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ear ins of Holstein, have shaken the pillars of » all but bvought a million y conilict with each other. But, when pl \oken, when the are separated, w! your Supreme Court then? How are you to gettle great and difficult = And plenty of them, believe me, you will Think of those rivers running up, down, ‘and across the country in every disection, and the ‘controversies about their navigation—is there to be no way of settling them! Again, hostile tariffs, designed to undermine the revenue and commerce of neighboring States, will spring ya Aad this Wharln the n Vownh tin the name of Heaven are you to do with which new agitates the result? Do you think, Chancellor, Sqtdnne, Chancellor Walworth) the case will induce her to remain quiet? (Laugh- ‘ter, in which Chancellor Walworth joined) If New York should take it into her head to revive claim to a monopoly of the steam navigation of her waters, and give effect to her grant to the Tepresentatives of Fulton, would Gibbons and m prevent her from executing this purpose? (Laugbter.) No. When we come to that, the da of chancellors and judges is passed. e sha! shut up the volumes of Peters, and Wheaton, and Dallas, and Cranch ; we shall repudiate the autho- rity of the Kents and the Storeys, the Walworths and the Marshalls; we shall go to the ersenals of the old despotisms for their accursed logic—the udtima ratio regum—and setile all disputes at the ea of the pike and the mouth of the cannon. re are some other topics on which I intended to speek. (**Goon,” “Goon”) I thank you for your encouragement, gentlemen, but my strength is failing. But [ will'direct your thoughts to the position which the couatry will stand in before the world in eave of a dissolution of the Union. [ would ask you to leok aheed and see what would be our condition. The United States, now so at and powerful, and eo respected—raised to an tance which will enable us before loag to hola the balance of opinion between contending empires of the world—what will it be when broken wp and frittered down to twenty or thirty princi- ities, and, in the lapse of time, perhaps to three yundred miserable political principalities ? must teke my seat. [ thank you, Mr. Mayor and ea. for the kind attention with which hou we listened to me, and | beg to join my vows with yours, that the constitution of the United States, with all its privileges and blessiags, may be perpetuated to the latest posterity. Mr. Wermone announced that the ninth toast, or the toast of the clergy, would now be given out of its order, so as to afford an opportunity to the gen- temen who would speak to it, to retire whenever they thought proper. The Mayor then gave— ‘The Clergy of the United States—Always on the side st Nberty regulated by law, Musio— Selections Puri- i Rev. Dr. Cox, of Brooklyn, then addressed the meeting and said— My duties and engrossments this week, ond my duties tomorrow, induced me to think that | would not be able to accept your invi- tation to this banquet. Buta sense of duty towards my country prevailed over my doubts, and | am here. (Cheers.) The theme is so prolific that it is like a resurrection from the eepulchre of Mount Vernon sending some- thing into the air better than rockets, aad higher than the stars. (Applause.) And if | have to sweepaway the heads of all my arguments, it is because I had to capitulate at Fort Necessity. (Roars of laughter.) This, the 119h anniver- sary of Weshington, completed, and the 120:h be- in, Would make me as long as a commentary on e 119th Psalm. (Renewed agin) dd netfeel the necessity of being brief by coercion, | would have both the gentlemen from Massachusetts and Micsissippi together as my epology for saying little on this occasion. | have been told that | have changed my opinions of late. The man who says #0 does not know me. | sew my venerable octo- geparian mother in Philadelphia last week, and [ asked ther what she taught me. She tcld me she taught me to love mankind, Washington, the American constitution end all the people. (Cheers. lo talking of the constitution, I remember when was 19 years of age, [ belonged to a shar»-shooting militery compeny, commanded hy Captain Freling- joysen, in the last war, which I hope will be the fast that shall ever astonish heaven ant earth with its gambols. Here I am now, sir, in my 5ith year, laud mutadilis annus. Some kind but weak friend gave me 4@n inuendo that if I came here | would ive cfience. Itaid,‘‘ what would Wi'herepoon do if he were here now,—the friend of Layfayette, sad the companion of Washington’.” (Cheers.) I was born in the |'ttle State of Delaware, where my father acd Dr. Miller heralded the cause of li- berty and a ration born ina day. We have now rown from 13 (reversing the digits) te free and independent, with our bordera|the lakes, Mexico, and a!! the worl About 3.500 years ago, if my memory serves me— (roars of laughter) —ahere was 4 model pation planted on the coast of the Levaat, and, in some respecte, the syinbol of the world that was to be. here were teea States there. There were twelve tribes, aad the tribe of Levi dwelt among the others. There were thirteea ia made ¢ plurtbus wnum—under the dominion of woh Stator, republica custes. When the fools ed fora king, he gave them one in bis eager, end took him away in his wrath. Thea David, the man after God's own heart, arose, and was succeeded by his eon, Solomon. This was the golden age of Israel. ‘When the wise man died, a certain professor, who studied theology ia Egypt, set up calves for the worship of the people, and his nem: perpetusted to this day as Jeroboam, the gon of Nebat, who cauced Israel to sia (Roars of leughter). He was succeeded by erghteen as bad as himer!f, and amoug them Jezabel, the worst of all; and tne progress of corrup:ion and wickedaess Wenton, till at length the nation was carried cap- tive and lost in the cities Medes. Ic was a echiem easily made; but it has never been healed. I fear I em going ¢ he facts and orece. dente of history i isles, with @ decent mixture For myre!i 1 have a dash of | ime; 40 tbat it is not to be won: thiee with everybody W the Border Wars, the © tile of Flodden Field, every family in Scot not know th s P by division? When I was in Europ ume ago, | met in my travels a re Scotchman. He proved his respectaility fact of his high eppreciation: f Amerie. (La end cheers) He said that, ia relation country, the union of the States was the greatest of all bieesings to America, and that diart uid be their destractioa ror upon the possibility of the coming of a ume when this event mignt happen; when brother's hand would be turced agvinat , and red would be the border. Tne tof Washingteu T often studied, and pon- dered upon it. I shall never forget “ Marshill’s Life of Washington ;” but [| must ackuowledge that I received pew impressions and new ideas of his greatucee thie day. They call this State the Exceleior,” ond California the “ Eurek where they have discovered euch treasures of gold. Pennsylvania i# called the “ Keyetone State It i the only moto lam j of; because every Sate is a keystone —e vey in the arch ia a heyrtore. I pellce all will ogether. ald be there, my couateymen ! » down, while bioody treason Bat when hear of these Hotspurs ion, it reminds me of alldows the Alleghanies with je so cemented by 8 very coastitution. aad so gu 1 by the genius of Washington, who being dead, yet eveeketh, thatit only remaios for Ws ‘Oo ener! atevery futile atiempt to destroy it. I have read in the tables of Jeep of a certein bird Vaying & golden egy. The owner, not setistied with this comulative treasure, was resolved to get pos seston of ell at once, acd to perambulate to those iferous regions—(Roare of laughter )—by aa set of enatomice! skill, he found trembling viecera, smcke cud intestimes—tutno gold He then begam to do what ail foo!s do He reilected, afver action, Gnd discovered that « greater coose was still alive m that he slsughtered. (Roars of laugdter.) th reepect to the val erty, I could say more then time will it. Bat this | will gay, thet I think @ clergyrnan unfit for his office if dees pot appreciate religions libert J et erty incom perably in this country. (Cheers ) | am va Ameri- Americans. My ancestors, of the ea mame, arrived here eight generations ago, on the eastern shore of Maryland, Talbot county, 1 love ow drink + toast in the pure us to extraordinary point in Washing- God’, oan tty the Pure I Meecn and Bre | ton’s character, forthe main itnpediment in the way of the, jit marriage—pare water, proceeding out of al compromises, for a long time = throne of God and ofthe Lamb. | al | past, has been the existence of sectional feeli you to the toast if you it im sectional prejudices. If we imitate t ¥ all to drink if you do i and must say, | am only the conveyor of it, tor example of Washi we will be more like its Hering seeing a3 tay right hand. (This ‘brethren than we are; and if we discard section to Dr. Sprit forth of langhier)- The frnlowsien, we shail have bat little difficuity, and rev. gentleman conclu: his itty speech, more ready to perform our duty. There are which created so much mirth and laughter, with | special reasons why we should discard sectional the following toast:— fentiments, and avoid Firing way to sectional pre- “The Memory of W: —The infusion of his | judices Not only is example of Washini irit is the preservative of country—the oelebra- ished to us, but some of the great men of the fon of his virtues, the of mankind.” t day exhibit an entire absence of party and } | | | | Aud what did these great men produce ? | all the po This toast was received with great enthusiasm. The fourth toast was :— The Com} of 1850—! reuetion nat ate ins nt and Sy man, (General ‘ashington) I almost think I see the mild blue eyes move, and almost think | hear the language of wisdom falling from his lips. The sentiment which you have asked me to respond to, is the parting advice which he gave to his count en, “Beware of sectional par- ties’? he says, and “ maintaia the Union.” On, what a glorious sentiment is that. And weil doesit come trom the noblest Roman of them all. (Ap plause.) When Washington lived, Mr. Presi- dent, that was the day of great men. He was surrounded by a noble phalanx of great and glorious spirits--he at the head, the wisest and greatest of them all. Let his words be imprinted on every American heart—write them on your heart of hearts, and teach them to your chil- dren, so that shay may go down to posterity. Let is words be as household worde--never let them be forgotten. Sectional parties he warns you agninnt. I warn you against them. When he and the brave spirits who were with him raised the cry of liberty, did he do it for one section of the country more then for another? Did Patrick Henry, in his thunder-claps of eloquence, speak for the South, or for the whole country? And when Fanenil fall re-echoed back the cry, did Faneuil Hall speak fo Massachusetts alone, or for the whole country? aad did not every section of the country re-echo the cry! spilt separately for Massachusetts? No; but for ail se colonies of the country. When the battle ot Lex- ington was fought, was it fought for Boston! No: but for the North, South, East, and West. When Warren fell, did his hfe blood flow for Bostea alone? No; of independence—a cry which they never ceased to raise till our flag floated trumphantly from every mountain top of our glo- rious country. (Tremendous applause.) Ah, my friends, those were days of patriotism. ‘The patriots of "76 were different from the pigmy patriots of “SL. But [ | Those were the days which proved those glorious spirits; and it is for us tov unitate their example. of thirteen States; end it hes well been remarked that, by reversing the figures, we wili have oue aad thuty stars, making a great and glorious conste!- lation. Since that union, what have we become ! We have nobly fought the battles of two wars, and have not only achieved mighty deeds in arms, but in ar's and ecience Americans can compete with ers of Europe. (Great cheeriag.) Aad in striving for the palm in the eastern worid, [t that American skill and American eaterp: will stand side by side with the best ia Europe. | Our cinzens can traverse the world and have ouly | | } | | tude my country; but if I could net enjoy liberty here, | | go to the nerth pole. [f all the fires field were lighted pale, what would 4 Fire the combustion | A man once asked me i 4 to think what he pleased. | ed what he would give? He wae JL d 1 he must first give me heaven , and ratth, end then! would not doit, Ia con+ elusion, | wonld say, that nothing can be done #0 " ny form of government, as under the f the Union, in which the stars. (Applause). I will | | | | } ui to exclaim, like St. Paul, “I am en Americaa citizen,” and all the world pays him respect. Mr. President, the glorious sentiment of Washiag- ton, that the Union must be maintained, has been nobly responded to by our Presidents. Ic was for Andrew Jackson, a Southera’ President, a democranc President—it was for him, the American Cato, to declare to his owa section of the country, that the Union mustand shall be preserved. (Prolonged applause and cheering.) There wasa sentiment worthy of the Koman Cato. President bas not been backward ; you owa Mil- lard Fillmore,—(Great cheering,)—your son of New York has proclaimed that all the power of the government shall be used, if necessary, to sustain it; that your union must and shall be maiatained. (Vociferous applause.) And if aay of our Southera brethren are here, I say to thei, youmay go to a homes and tell your fellow citizens that New ork is eound to the core; (applause and waviag of handkerchiefs) and that we will maintain your rights, your compromises, and your constitutional privileges, as strong as yourselves. No, the Em- pire City of the Empire State of New York is not recrrant to its duty, and therefore | am proud to say that the city of New York will maintata Southern rights es well as Northera rights ; that she is for the Union, and the Union for ever. (More applause.) This is the glorious fight in which we are engaged. I myself have come forth from the privacy of pro- fessione! life, and have drawn the sword and thrown awey the scabbard. [ consider myself en listed for the war. (Cheers) I rise above party barriere; I follow no party leaders; my maxim is, My country, and on my banuer is iascribed, My country, and not my party.; (Applause.) When the traveller goes to the plains of Syria and beholds the glorious ruins of Bulbee and Palmyra, he mourns over the nations that produced suca splen- did works of art. He looks at the different coiumns and, Mariue-like, mourns over the t if our republic should be d stroyed, if the model republic of the prese day should crumble, how would he wh ° looks upon the ruins of empires and the fall of nations, cast a long look on the goveranieat which had thus fallen into ruins. No, my friends, feel thet the Union is cafe. (Cheers.) I feel itiamy bones. (Laughter.) I feel that no man can shake the mighty fabric of this government. I he mysterious reppings. (Laughter) Lam a firm by liever in certain ita. (More laughter ) are knocking spirits—the people are knocking, and they Won't cease knocking until they drive the abolitionists trom their propriety. (Laughter aad | cheers ) Yea, my fellow cinzens, there is a spirit | abrond—there is a noble spirit abro spirit of the por and when the p [ @wey go the pi (Lavghter) = Their geze 18 terrible ark the doom of Ttreitors on the d Belshazzar’s fate Wes not more clear itten by the hand writing, than that of e abolitionista of the ent day. | aiao be e ia another of the of the day and cries of “ly yther ism 1 a clairvoyance-- a} —** Where’ y?")--and | will teil you a little of my vision. (“Good”) I look some hundred years ahead, and there is the mighty fabric of our government, supported by thirty co- jumes, each having ooe haadred supporte—one hutdred States of our glorious Union. (reat a plauce, whieh lasted tor some seconds.) | fear bo eatension of our territory, I tear not that the mighty mass will fall into rains am and lizht- ning will keep them together. {a that | of noble mns, | see Maseachy ud an (Tremendous tre 7 Vermont shall have her verd antique, an ppehire her granite rocke—and on that noble letters of gold, | read— The Union; it must end shail be preserved” Mr. Gerard thea sat dowa amid enthusiastic ch@ring The next toast w The Orator of the Day. Music—' Polka.” This cailed Senator Foore to his feet. He said he felt very sensibly the honor which was done him; and elthough he had done a great deal in the afierncon, yet he supposed he mus respond, aa the toast seemed to be complimentery to the orator of the dey. He had heard gentlemen speak here to- night, not only ina manner far beyond him, but svpenor to anything be hed ever heard i lite. But, eaid he, since you intended to refer‘o me @ the orator of the day, | suppose [| must make aremark or two. I have several pas for not speaking this evening. that | have occupied as a the good cilizens of New York, as a man of my caparility,should. Secondiy, | will mention a fact in my own history. I have veen charged, al the country, with being exceedingly loqua acd | have become 60 sensible to the charg three or four months ago, | determined to be mor diecreet than ever, and accordingly, for some ume in Congress, | have been the most silent member of the body, (Laughter.) Now, | hope you will not make me hagatd the little repa- tation whieh I have gained in this way, b. peaking much to-night. But again: | think subject so ri as this, pregnan’, as it opics, has been exh ed entirely by the ( ready given; an et Lhave been 60 kindly treated, that ido not know how I evn re+ frain from saying something, at least, for my gra i+ The atteations shown to mein New York are far beyond my deserts. [Voices--No, no; not atall.] But I thenk you again, gentlemen, for you have given me en opportunity to listen to the brilliant voices we ve ali listened to with #0 much delight. | bad really sore intention of go- ing to the World's Fair; but | say, in all sincerity, thet the exhibition here to night is more attractive than oil that has been deserved of this wondrous Wor'd’s Fair. 1 thank you for the opportunity you have given me for seeing it; end | thank you also for the opportunity of becoming a recipient of the favors you heve extended to me, and which 1 shall remember with grauwde all my se Since | om occupying the artention of this assem blege, | will add that, mm the character of Wash- ington ‘here are some points which bave not been yet menioned. Perhaps ae man ever lived in any ae of the world, who wae free from sectional Those who have perused feeling than Washington his levers, will see that there ig, not, one single n made, or anything to be ay per . We teen that f-. men ional cheracter: waid of him “he belonged to no party, but was of all parties; that be was sothing but a downright warm Ame cen patriot.” (Applause ) Such is my conception of his character. Now, I think it is important for When the first blood was spiit at Lexington, ws it | but forthe thirteen colonies, when | | they raised the nr A union | Another | There | over | gen feeling, ‘oe yoy wasin danger, (applause ebster, (more applause), Cass | pa of them oan above sectional * party feeling. They saw the republfe was in danger, formed the ion iteelf— justice, patr: d they stood side by side in the great struggle duty demand that it should beaustained, suslo—"We | Which feccued the coustey from the tanger whtoh Mr. aan, : .. | threatened it, | trust foreverand ever. ficicue:) Mr. Gmrarp moepenied. Ascending a chair The examples on this subject are many. [ think pn as Png 3 Se ‘euuale “*% asia | we pight painitate, the acis of {howe who are |--Mr. Preside: ot calmand dignitied features of that great, and 5 Pion re Cannan cone agate Pages r. Chairman, I conclude by making re- mark or two, preparatory to a sentiment which I propose to offer. Since sectional peandics and perty feeling are recognized by usall to interpose so many impediments to the settlement of great questions, without giving up party entirely—with- out sacrificing one single great principle which we have contended for—why may we not liedown for a season, until the republic is secure and safe? Why no: forget we are Northern, Southern, East- ern, or Wesiern men, and simply recollect that we are Americans? | offer you, as a sentiment: Our <7 first, party rwards; ouw country first, sectional feeling a long while atterwards. Drank with great enthusiasm. The next toast wa: The Judiciary of the United States. Musio— Belections from “ Lucia di Lammermoor.” To this toast, Chancellor Wacworru replied, and said that these who are acquainted with him know that he is not addicted to much speaking; that what he has done he hes done by writing. | Lam not a speaker, said he; but on pussing thro’ | the city, I could not, on the anniversary of the birthday of the Father of his Country, refrain from accepting the invitation to come and attend this j festival, especially as 1 am on my return froma pilgrimage to the tomb of him who was “first in peace, first in war, and first in the hearts of his | countrymen.”—(Applanse)—and I regret that when | | came from my boardiog house, I did not take ‘th me what | brought from the tomb of Wash- ington, a relic trom his grave, as the best thing to present to my son, to inspire him with patie and love for this glorious Union. regret I | have it not here, to present it to the com- | peor The judiciary of the» United States a8, 48 will be observed, been an important part of the government. And you have done well to select, as an advocate of tae cause of the Union, | one who understands the duties of an advocate. He understands that, with the judiciary, prece- | dents tre of importafice—that, mn addition to stating an argument, the opinions of great and important men in judicial aflairs are of great consequence in settling law. This is not only law, but the law de- clared by the beloved Washington, which the ad- voeates of the Union are now discussing. And this is the law which is advocated by one who has | done as much #8 any other man in this Unioa, | in his seat in the Senate of the United States, to settle this question, and compromised, by so doing, | his position iu his own State. He has advocated | the cause of the Union with great force, and is ea- | tiled to great credit. Gentlemea,1 thank you that | you bave brought here these learned doctors of the | “higher law,” to teach us that there 1s nothing in the code of heaven which is inconsistent with the constitution and the laws of the country. With these remarks, | will not occupy your attention any longer. Chancellor Walworth then sat down. The next toast was:— The Army and Navy of the United States. This was responded to by Gen. Wurrina, of the U. He said, brevety was the soul of military matiers, as well as of wit. As he was neither clo bbe nor witty, which might be seme excuse for | delaying the company, he would be brief. He | therefore rose, as a representative of the army aad | Bavy, to return the acknowledgments of those branches of the public defence, and said he could | do them no better service than to leave them to | epeak for themselves. The next toast wi Commeree—The offsprin maid of manufactures——ci vil she opens. Mur | J. De Payster Oopen ,Teeponded. Con- | sidering the latenees of the hour, he said he would be Very brief. The compeny, he thought, did not | wentto hear anything about commerce, further then to know whether the suns of commerce were ready to do their duty to the Union and to their country, He thought he coul d answer that they | were. The enlightened spirit of commerce goes | ebroad on the face of the waters--she aflectsevery | clime, and exchanges with all mankind. She has | enlisted in her service the mighty power of steam. | We stend now, as you all know, with one foo: ou | the shores of the Pacific; and we still look | with hope thet we can arouse the elumbering | Asiatic from his sleep of ages, and that we can | teach the mighty empire of China that it can profit by the enterprise of our countrymen. New York | is the centre of our common country. She is called the emporium of the country; but let it never be forgotten that she is eo because she shares in the prosperity of the country. One thing the sons ef commerce wiil say end maintain. They will main- tain forever the constitution and the laws passed under it, and will ever revere the memory of its il- lustrious author, whose name will live forever in the ecroll of fame. New York wil! oppose forever all doctrines wh are contrary to the principles on which the Union was formed. She will have nothing to do with any sectional doctrines. She will held no communion with any party who advo- cates dangerous principles, but will maintain and defend the Union undivided, now and forever, After a few more remarks, which were inaudible to our reporters, Mr. Ogden resumed hie seat ‘The Cuamman then gave the eleventh regular toast as follows © The dietinguiehed et: who, forgetting party aiff danger that threatened ‘heir country” lections from Ernani- | Mr. Lasepon, the Mayor of Mobile, beiag the only Southern man present, was cailed om to re- spondto the toest. He se 1 must confess that, in accordance with my own s, and from the importance of the occasion, | do not as a Southern | man desire to enrink from responding to the seati- | ment conveyed in the toast. | am fromthe extreme South---frem the shores of the Gulf of Mexico--- and when | tell you that | sympathise with the principles promulgeted here to-night, | only exprese the sentimenta of this borom. We in the South have ell along concurred in the movements of the | Unien Safevy Committee ; and whea | say that the people of the South are with you, I speak what [ now. (Cheers) Individuals there may bea party there is--in the South who ridicule these | movemente, and letters from my own city have been published in the ne wepapers inveighing against these patriotic men. But Jet me tell you that the writers do not represent the sentiments of the people of Mobile. (cheers.) ‘They misrepresent you as in- fluenced by dollare and cents, and selfish intereeta, but the great mass of the people know that you sre influenced by patriotism and the public weal. The abolitionists of the North and the fire-eatere th may follew their own course, but the se of the people will ever prevail, | be- d this eveniag ound to the ; Lam fully con- vinced that this issu he hands of the men of the North. We of the South feel that the cause is juet ; we feel that the constitation, which is the fouxdation of the Union, has granted to ua certain rights, and all that we aek is to be let uloae im the enjoyment of them. (Great cheering) And we think that this is notunreaconable. [tis the bond of Union—the condition on which we came into the Union of free States—end we are willing to maintain that compromise. The majority of the veople, both North and Sout e Teady to do so. have been denounced in © South ss an aboli- tionist, because I dered to say that the \ patrione. I therefore claim n right heard by the North on this occesion. I was born inthe North, but my interests and aflections Jie ia the South. | love the North, for there is the grave of my an- erstore; end would that my voice could penetrate (every villege and hamlet within | ders. I would eay to one ani all, “cease thie agitation; let thia siave question alone ; leave the Statee in which slavery existe, to deal with it after their own fashion--it iv none of your business.” (Loud cheers). [ know that theae re- marke do net apply to the assembly | have the honor to now address. But it does apply to others who inew!t the men of the South, by telling them, in effect, that they are not adle to manage their own domestic efiaire. If these divorganizers will revet in their career, and will not let the southern ‘tates manage for themselves, this Union cannot stand. The ultra m the South are not willing to stand by the existing arrangements. We, the moderete nen,—the great majority are—will etand hy the compromiees of the last s*ssion of Congress. There ate the stere ond the stripes, and we will do batile under them for the Union end the Constitue tion, But the compromise must he fully and fairiy carried out. Do you put down the abolitionists of the North, and we will take care of the fire-eaters of the South. (Laughter end eheers). We both have a common object in view; let us, therefore, go to work and crush the extremes, ((ireat cheer roe). Tsay there is no danger to be apprehended from the South; and I apneal for the trath of what T eay to my friend from Missiaainpt Mr. Footr--I say #0, certain'y. Mr. Laxepox—I know that the men of hie State will eanctiog the cowrse of the galiant Senator of | of agriculture, and hand- the pato epee, united to vert thi Music —" Bs. | good of } of the of the You have been told that toseeede. I don’t believe it. Twenty years ago tical Peery South Carolina politics. lified at that time. But when she saw the necessi- ty her |, she d the of Gene- tal Hamilton, and quietly the duty, and thus the Union was saved. ( and cheers.) But she is or, ghter ized for war, and is ing her munitions and men for a collision. Bo not enter tain the slightest fear om that score. She will never take that leap in the dark—she will never lunge into the unfathomable abyss of secession. |t is perfect folly to think of it, and believe me, the ople of South Carolina are no foole. That ate will hurt nobody. All you have, therefore, got to do,is to put down abolition in the North--we ‘will attend to the South. Gentlemen of the Committee of Safety, as your pro- ceedings advanced, I telt the spirit of them work within me. I tell you we are with you. We watched your course from the first momen: Pot took your stand at the great meeting in Castle Gar- den. We knew the difficulties you had to contend with, and we fully sympathyzed with your position. You bearded the enemies of the constitution in their den. You have done the State seme service, and you have only to persevere, and the good cause will be triumphant. What are whigs ard democrats—what 1s, 4 compared with the permanence of the Union? ‘hat are tarifis and internal improvements, and other sectional questions, when placed in the scale against the very existence of the United States? The country must progress under any admiaistration while the Union is safe. But destroy that, and what remains! Plant yourselves, therefore, under the stripes and stars, and fight the battle of the con- stitution till theee agitators and disturbers are put down. The next regular toast was— ‘The Mayor and Common Council of the city of New York. Music—' Mymbeer you Dunck.”” ‘The Recorpex responded to the toast. He said he did not see an Alderman present to do so, and he therefore would say a word or two in acknow- ledgment ot it. He begged to return his thanks to the Senator from Neen and the Mayor of Mobile. The city of New York will stand by the constitution, and if Rig Mayor backs out the Re- corder will come to the work. (Laughter.) Mayor—There is not the slightest danger of his Honor backing out. (Roars of laughter. The twelfth and last toast on the list, was— Woman—America points to Mary, the Mother of Washington. Music—“ Let the toast be dear Woman.” The assemblage broke up at eleven o'clock, highly gratified with the proceedings of the even" ing. It was, indeed, a splendid celebration. NEW YORK HERALD. sAmus GORDON BEN NETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU £73. THE DAILY HERALD, 2 cents per copy—87 per mnum. THE WEEKLY HERALD, every Saturday, at 6% cents per copy, or Siper annum; the European Edition $4 per annum, to any part ef Great Britain, and $0 to any part of the Continent, both to include the postage. 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The crowded state of our columns prevents us from giving in one sheet all the letters brought to us by the Ohio, Our corres pondence ie exceedingly interesting, giving a clearer view of the condition of Cuba than we have yet seen in print, and will lead, we hope, to results of a highly beneficial character, not only to the Gem of the Antilles, but to the United States. We have, in former articles, drawn the attention of the public to the necessity of new and liberal commer | cial relations between this couatry and Spain aod her colonies, and we intend, in a day or two, to follow up the subject. 1: is one of far more conse- quence to the Creole party than sudden or violent revolution. We think the seventh toast given at the banquet is an indication of this important move- ment Byon Itin the Senate. On Setugday morniog, after tne cloudsand storms of the preceding day hed cast a gloom over the me- tropolis, the brazen throats of heavy artillery an- nounced the dawn of the one hundred and a teenth anpiversary of the birth of the Father of his Country. At en early hour, too, light broke upon the horizon,jand subsequently, the san emerged from the sea and mis's of clouds which had enveloped it —ominous, it is to be hoped, of the destiny of Washington's republic. There was no true Ame- rican heart in this metropolis that did not bless that day, and inwardly pray that ite annual recurrence may aiways be respected and honored asa national festival. Concurrent with this event, there was a topic of great interest inthe public mind. Oar jour- nal contained the message of the President of the United States, relative to the recent outrageous and sveceesful resistance to federal law in the city of Boston. The document was read with avidity, de- light and satisfaction ; and we doubt if there could be found, out of the pale of madaess which hedges some recreant ‘ national poet,” one hones mar who did not feel forced to avow that the chier megistrate of this country has nobly followed the discretion, prudence, decision and firmness of Weshington, in thus addresting the assem- bled wisdom of the ion. It is easy for men, under the almost unperceived and unfel: ad- ministration of a mild goverament, like that of the United States, to delude themselves with thé be lief—when vice, treason and crime prompt it—that the federal government is what Mr. Bulwer once foolishly suppesed it to be, ik; and thus de-~ luded, it is natural for them to set up their own perverse will and capricious judgment in the place of constitutional law. Such folly, however, cai not long run riot. It may display itself in the glowing periods of a public journal —may foan upon tbe lips of the fanatic at noon-day, in the pub- lic haunts of bosinese--it may sweep along with its ravings the ignorant anditor, who is caught by the apparently noble sentiments which salute his ear; but when it is placed in opposition to the great statutes whieh the confederated wisdom of a great nation has framed for the good and guidance of all, the rebuke with which it will meet is as certaio, ae if men existed under the moet arbitrary power Mr. Fillmore is well informed as to the compact by which m iliong of men have agreed to live to gether in harmony for the common peace, the eom- mon security, and the common welfare of all. Starting from the firet great principle, that the ad- ministration of the federal laws is the only evidence of actual government, he has addressed himself to the particular case which has called upon him for action. He has done his duty, without flinching, and without aay regard to those absurd party re- servations, which have 60 often shackled the judg- ments and the consciences of the best intellects of this country. The consequence of this is, that the law shines through him ; and, what is more, the power to preserve it in its integrity, and fullness, is exhibited in a shape that men cannot mistake. What could result without his proclamation, and without such a solicitude as to the powers conferred on the President of the United States, where re- sistance to the laws is attempted, the future might teach us, but for the action of our chief magis- trate. His prudence has been well exercised ; and while there is a doubt as to the President’s powers, under the constitution, to protect our fed- eral officers in the discharge of their duty, and to enforce the laws of the country, it is obviously just and proper that he should seek to know the precise extent of the power delegated to him by the peo- ple, that he may give satisfaction to those who have elevated him to his high position. We pity the miserable repule, whether existing in the slime of party, or demented by the ismatic madness of our epoch, who can 80 far strip him- self of the common feelings and attributes of an American eitizen, as to regard Mr. Villmore’s meesage in any other light than as the deliberate act of a magistrate who is determined to abide by his oath of office, and to discharge the duties of his lofty station with all the zeal and energy re- quired by the exigencies which may stimulate these qualities. Nay, more; we abhor those party poli- tictaus, and canting, smooth faced preachers of higher law doctrines, who, habitually regardless of the great interests of the nation, seek to add fuel to the flames which once threatened this con- federacy, and who, under the false plea of the national honor and the national good, level their weapons at the very heart of the constitution, and are most desperate when they are least successful in the wretched business that fires their ambition. How long American citizens will continue to give encouragement to such political knaves and moun. tebanks, is a problem that must be solved, sooner orlater. It is impossible that this country can ex- ist in a state of sectional political distraction, i creased by such adepta in exciting the passions and prejudices of men. The mutuality of our de- pendence on each other against a common, foreiga enemy—snd in commercial affairs—and in the great and rapid interchange of products—and in our social relations, even—demands that the common good should be sustained, if necessary, even at the sacrifice of some of our intellectual and political idels—and when these small gods of sectional am- bition bring the plague and pestilence home to our doors, itis quite time to inquire if it is not best to throw them down. This decision must be that of individual minds, it is true, but it will be made and continued, till the whole nation is once more free from the corruption that has afflicted it. In this connection, we are happy and proud to notice the position taken by Mr. Clay, in the de- bate upon Mr. Fillmore’s message, to which we have referred. His allusions to the successful working of the Fugitive Slave law in this city, and in other parts of the country, Massachusetts ex- cepted, were pertinent, and calculated to inspire confidence in the administration of the laws gene- rally, while his prompt support of the Presideat, distinguished him as eminently patrietic and de- voted to the good of the country. We regret that he should have been obliged to notice the absurd notions promulgated by that notorious political twattler, Hale, of New Hampshire, whose mysti- cal reference to “ladies and slander,” was nor very opportune, or in good taste. The vir- tuous eloquence of an Esther, or the bray of Baleam’s ass, may have a wholesome signifieance, if duly reflected upon, when a serious debate is again interrupted. The speeches of Mr. Cass and of Mr. Dickinsoa, and of several other members, on this excitiog question, were in much better taste.than the imper- tinent trifling of the Senator from New Hampshire. Indeed, the conduct of Mr. Cass, in coming to the support of the President, was such as to give con- fidence to the great mass of the public, and the de- claration by Mr. Dickinson, that he would have voted for the Fugitive Slave bill, had he been pre- lated to give renewed confidence in him, as the ex- in this State. Our principal regret, ia examining the debate, is to find that any doubte should government to enforce the laws. Has it really ccme to this, that men n be fownad in the hails of Congress so thoroughly misin- formed as to the state of public feeling with respect to the federal statutes! Is it possible that mob, guided by inflammatory appeals made by | licentious preeses, can maintain their heedlees and illegal force against the power of the goverament? Certainly there is no proof that ean justify such epprehensions. On the contrary, the commoa | feeling of the people at the North is to support the dignity, end supremacy, and the eflizency of the constitution and laws of the United States. Should any rash misconception of the real postion of pud- lie centiment on thig question, hereafver lead the fanatics to interpos® their wilful miedeeds in op- posiiton to the administration of public justice, the penalty will fall heavily upon such temerity. Every men knows his allegiance, as an American citizen, to the United States, and we have no fear either that the requisitions of the law will be made null, or that those who are opposed to it will succeed in making it a dead letter. One principle alone rules this government. That is a sacred one. The majority shall govern; and, the country form- ing that majority, essuredly will govern, now aad forever. The shouts and forces of a few fanatical | men cannot be construed into the deliberate coa- victions of reason, or as tokens of the general opi- nion of society. From the whole people spring the laws, by which all consent to be guided; and while they exist, at all hazards, good citizens will be guided by them, and will be found ready to sup- port them. If we have any means of judging, this govern- ment was never stronger or firmer than it is to day, and we have seen the sun set upon the hundred and nineteenth birthday of Washington, with no tre- Mors or apprehensions that the parting words of that patriet to his countrymen will be so far forgot- ten as to induce men to lose one jot of hope for t perpetuity of the ‘at confederacy under which we live @ happy Prosperous people. ARRIVALS OF OcrAN Sreamens —Six ocean steamers arrived at this pert last week. The Crescent City came in on Tuesday, with two weeks’ later news from the Paeitic ; the Baltic and Can- bria on Thursday, with one week's later advices from Europe; and the Ohio, Cherokee, and Pro- metheur, on Saturday, with about three-quarters of « million of gold dust from Califor:ia. y the arrival of ptain M'Kfoney, from Nassau, N-P., we have received our files of the Royay Bahama Herald ve the 8th inst, The ovly * cf news we found in them were of a maritime character, and will be fou: der their proper head. W. MoNovlty,# 0.) 1D. Snel. ® Ga; B. 8 Uabon, California; J. L. Lenord, Linnville, N. ¥.; A. Kintely, New Orleans, were among the arrivals at the Clinton Hotel, yesterday, Hon. N.P. Triet, U8. Commissioner to Mexioo, un- der Presidemt Polk, was in Boston on the 22d inst. parsed, amet ioablon, Parepec and smother UB. etenmeg i: sent when it came up last session, is well calcu- | ponent ef the feelings of the majority of the people | be expressed as to the ability of the federal | sensible men can entertain the belief that a lawless Celebration of the Anniversary ef Waste ington’s Birth, Our columas contain, this morning, a very full;, and exceedingly interesting, report of the oration of Mr. Foote, of Mississippi, om the character of Washington, which was delivered at Niblo’s establishment, before the Union Committee and am immense concourse of citizens, at two o’clock om Saturday, while the streeta and public places were thronged with the population of the city and sur~ Tounding towns, anxious to do honor tothe day, according to their eeveral tastes and dispositions. It was a gratifying spectacle to every American heart; and those who were unable to hear the ora-- tion of Mr. Foote on the character of the Father of his Country, should devote anjhour to its,calmy perusal, to strengthen their own impulses in favor of the country and the constitution, by instructing themselves on the value of those opinions which were transmitted by the first President, as his most: solemn and important legacy to his countrymen’ Mr. Foote’s oration will give every one an insight: into the purity, honesty, perseverance, prudeuce and wisdom of that character, to wich this nation has been chiefly indebted for us peace, security: and prosperity, and which has stimulated the mase> of the people to admire it, as suited to the Institu- tions under which we exist—and which, while it is respected by the majority of the people, will prove a talisman of political power over the evil genii of the political atmosphere who strike at tho foundation of all that is great and good. Beside Mr. Foote’s oration, we can warmly: commend, also, the reports of the speeches which were made at the dinner at Niblo’s, on the even- ing of Saturday, and the letters from the President of the United States and other distinguished men, which form a valuable part of our reports. The epeech of Mr. Everett was delivered in his usuat style of warm and glowing eloquence, and we havo a higher opinion of its value on this occasion, from the fact that we have found him always at his post on great constitutional questions. We shal} not forget, and the country should not, that in Congrets one ef his best oratorical efforts wae made in opposition to the abolition doctrines of Tristam Burgess, of Rhode Island. Itwasin Jan , 1828, when D’Auterive made a claim oa the United States for injury to the preperty he held ina slave who was disabled at the Dattle of New Orleans. Mr. Everett on that occasion sustained the plain constitutional view of the question—and now, after more ihan twenty years have elapsed, we find | im again plecding for strict obedience to the laws, as the only safeguard from the peril that must threct n any disregard of this priaciple. There 1s mor’ importance attached by us to hig views, too, because he is a Massachusetts man, who, from his social! and intellec'ual position, may be supposed to represent the truly popular feeling of that section of country, so late'y stained by the negligence of its federal officers, and the insane temerity of the mob, led on by some of the fanatice of that region. We gather hope out of such an evi- dence of respect for the constitution, that the late rescue in Bostoa was an accidental and not a popu- lar fact, and that the good men of that city wilt not again permit the only guide of our actions az impropriators of this confederacy, to be trampled down beneath the heels of higher law madmen. We have not space to allude, more particularly, to the other spee. hes and sentiments of the ocea~ sion. They have their own trumpet-tongued elo- quence, which will go out to increase the national faith in the conservative efficacy of an enlightened people, who have learned already that, on ques- tions whose tendencies are doubtful, party tactics must be scanned with the most scrupulous nicety, leet men should be hurried into the entertainment of creeds which cannot be persisted in without dapger—and dreadful danger-—:o the hopes of the confederacy, and, consequently, to the hopes of mankind. The rest Divorce Case, We received by the Baltic, a note from our Parie correspondent, encicsing a statement of Mr. Henry Wikoff, relative to the Forrest divorce case. Io justice to ali parties concerned in this unhappy affair, we give it to the public:— Panis, Dec. 26, 1850. | TO THE CORRESPONDENT OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. last, to put on | and bis w | true Pp ame arese sadly mixed up. Thisie after much and rtrenuous effort, I induced Mrs. | Forrest to write a letter. in which she nobly consented to abendon the country, and ber name, to leave * ur Fittance to her bush enerosity, and, more than all. to renounce ber FF to self vindication. Her only motive in these extraordinary concessions. | was to pacify her bi and with the self-sacri- ¢ made them, thoughtless \y fear was that of offending her bie counsel, whose directions she disobeyed in . My motive in this, asl stated to Colonel and Colonel Swit. the worthy friends of Mr. t,was to get Mra. Forrest out ot the country. a er intended to bring. an: egeinst 1 allegen, but a* bis old frie b he been actua’ed by desire to dissolve his trimepial coprection peogen-- chon would have accepted these What then war bis motive for refuring them? Hie ene mie y, but I shall name pone, t repeats the evidenge of his eer- bert Garvie. formerly published im pampniet form, but this time, with ‘tain alterations and im- rs ements The servant swore, lastJanuary, “that rought home dirs. Forrest from the opera, and that be believes bi the ball Mr. this evidence without look- bert G it says, “had May, ister Vir; returned home ih thom between tase em both into th vily at the time, of Kobert Garvin and playing ro a which © be beiteves are imvewtion. ro belp meGed. Lt all the rest 0° his sworn, evidence ageingt Mre. Forrest is as false as this, then ' injured women, ated, by Andrew M: corres iret made ber Gishonerable nature, and thet joed to pe them in writing.” pring, | called on Mr, Bteven: re. Forrest made him thiastat Grove off im: to my skippn ¢ had once monde them yerball added, that — he pw in it ‘bis faleebood 1 le I never gave eaure to Mre Forrest to traduce or aseail me. and theretere am leas tnelined to believe that she origi- bated this #ijly tebricadion. I have vingicn(ed roy self, and but for the persevering melice of Mr Forrest. im éregging my name repeatedly before the pobiic. I shou ¢ refrained trom doing 60 | at know co well an Mr. mony fran vig : might Tetaliate upon him; but my id I strug- gles with me. end | forbear, 1 will add thar of Augurt last, I bad the pleasure on. Josiah Randal, of Phi- the counsel of Mr. Forrest, ia bir i ert which it due tom tioned im | clon’ Them, why, Mr, Forrest, did neme of om innocent man to be use sof harm to yeur unfortunate wife, anit june? It ne enught the teliirh spirit of | were inspired by the lines you have so often with efleet— Atl other ta | Twill close wich thie friends and rerrante, t to figure} pored, the: court hereafter on moderation in my detence, bi ne own good all give way. Acqritrrn —The Trial of Benj. Prink, a mer. chant of this village, at the Court Sersio, jt | Week, on an indictment for perjury, elicited | deal of interes’, and resulted, as bis friends | doubt it would, in hie honorable acqaittal. | evidence Was such as to carry eonviction to the | jury and to all « ho heard it, of his entire innocence. — Chenango Union, 19th inet. 0