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ediuen, with ith sureties to be 4 ‘reuit Court of the *! ° lector ts located b of the other offerrs shail, within one week after the col- of shall have entered upon the discharge of his duties, woute to the Confederate States of America a boud in tho mr amount, and ee to the like condition, with his last mi ccuie'e mond), with sureties fo be approved Oy We ga clor of the pore Where such officer's lnggied = 09 ‘B® oO Bee. 3. The said shall take an oath before a agistrate well and faithfully to di the duties of bis ice and .o support the constitution of nal gov. ment of the Confederate States of ica, which said ip shell be cena a the: boat ny ‘the bond shall be « office of ‘Treasury, “Ser piace as he may direct. Pola TWELFTH Day. Moytcommy, Ala., Feb. 16, 1861. Congrers met to-day at noon. Prayer was offered by ue Rev. Mr. Petrie, of the Presbyterian church. The proceedings of yesterday were read and confirmed. Mr. Barrow presented a communication from a citizen Georgia in reference to a patent, which, on his motion, ag referred, without reading, to tho Committee on mts. He also presented two models for flags, which moved to have submitted to the Committee on Flags. agreed to. Mr. Nisher eaid that the constitution which we have dopted provides for the “transfer of any causes which Ppeuding in the courts of the United States 0 the courts of the confederacy, and for the execution the orders, decrees and judgments heretofore rendered the said courts of the United States; and also all laws hich may be requisite to protect the parties to all such yuits, orders, judgments or decrees, their heirs,” &c. herefore, lest the eer Seeite may not have onsidered this subject, he asked leave to offer the fol- Resolved. "hat the Committee on the Judiciary be in- riivind to report an ordinance providing for the transfer of Dy couree “ bich were pending in the courts of the United ites te the courts of the contaderacy, and for the execution bi the orders and judgments heretofore rendered by the suid curt of the United States for the protection ot parties, their irs end assigns, and for the transfer of allof such decisions, xders and decrees, After some remarks by Mr. Smith, Mr. Hare said that he Judiciary Committee were now considering the iden- ‘eal questions involved in the resolution offered by Mr. sbet. Mr N. then withdrew his resolution. Mr. T R. BR Corn presented the model of a flag from a fy of Georgia. It was retorret. Mr Srankow presented a design for a flag from a citizen / \ouriana, Referred. Mr MrMMINGER offered several models of flags; one nh bg tuem he thought, was deserving of great consi- ration by the committee. lt has the advantage of wing the republicen tri-colors. He moved their refe- ce to the Flag Committee. i. Wrrnexs suid he had not had time to mannfacture ‘iutions about the submiesion of models of flags, al- gh he had received the first model of a flug which ‘been communicated to avy deputy, and which be id he had taken the liberty of referring to the Com- nittee on Flags. Mr. Mues said (as chairman of the Committee on gs) that there are daily a uumber of models of flags presented to the committee without first being presented o Cong ess. This statement, he thought, was due to he nurpber of patriotic ladies and gentiemen who have nt us those tasty end highly admired specimens of heir gevius and bandiwork. Mr. HALE presented a communication from Mr. John B. Reid on the subject of missiles of war Tbe commu. pication was referred, without being read, to the Muli. 'y Committee. Mr. C.ayrox, from the Judiciary Committee, reported dill on citizenship, and prescribing uniform rules of turalization. Tbe bill was pot read. One hundred pies of it were ordered to be printed. Mr. Brooks ofered the following :— Resolved, That J. M. Waldron, a citizen of the State of Beorgia, be, and he is hereby, authorized to file with the ttorney General a caveat, accompanied by suitable drawings nd explanations, setting forth the design and purpose there. , for the protection of au improvement claimed to have n made by him in railroad awitebes; and that aaid caveat, hen vo fi'ed as aforesaid, shall be effectual from this day to protect his right to suid Invention, until a patent office small be esteblished. Provided, that 1s Foon as said office is estab- Hished, sald caveat shall’ be fled with the Commissioner = mg such proceedings had thereon as may be author- yy" law. hr. Conran said he did not know whether it was the ware J the —— on ser Eee wate ret Congress, 1 cognate sal - ghts fe adel im the consideration of the Gemaitees Patents. If it be not 80, he moved that the committee denominated the Committee on Patents and Copy- ‘ots. He made that motion because he bad a document bout copyrights which he desired referred to that com- mittee. ‘ue Presipest asked the committee to state whether ey regarded that matter as under their supervision. te Brooke, the ‘man, replied that the committee arded the subject of copyrights as under their cogni- fase. The communication presented by Mr. Conrad was then ated to the Committee on Patents. Congress then went into secrot session. SEVENTEENTH DAY. Montocomery, Feb. 22, 1861. Congress has unanimously passed an act declaring the e!ablishment of the free navigation of the Mississippi, gives general satis‘action. THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTHERN CO: GRESS. The , Ala., correspondent of the Baltimore merican gives the following picture of some of the pro- minent members of the Southern Congress, under the dof ‘‘remarks of the le” Let us stand aside and note the delegates and the re- parks that are made about them by the people. See that , Dood) looking fellow froma the country, how he stare at the rot |, burly frame of Cobo, of Geor as he waddles h'the throng. “What w short, dumpy nhe is.” “Pity, isn’t it, that his wide brimmed bat the ferchead?” nthe Rhett, of South Carolina,”’ enys another. «What's the matter with his nose?” “Living too high, I jppuse,’’ ie the response. f him. “How fast he talks! What vo- “Do you observe him. ment action.” : “Yes—there he’s button-holed Toombs, of Georgia. Do you know Toombs?” “Oh, yes, I bave seen him often. What heavy, dark Hines acar his face, The corners of his mouth havg dowa ike General Cars. There is great similarity in the t ces.’ “Toombs looks more like « demagogre, ho . Bis ti fat, ‘gy? cheeks seem as though oe, 00, lived pretty freely. Ido not see uny great ainonnt intellectvality in the face. There, he raises bis hat. The forchrnd snd eyes are excellent, How they relieve he heavy teatures.”” “Who i tbat very if over there? 1 heard him bid a gestieman good orning just now tha weak, womanish voice. Who is the—-a delecow “Ol, Yer, don't you recognise him? That's Stephons— xande: Hf st phens, of Georgia—one of the first men r He, with Cobb and others, were great They fought manfully for the Cnion, ad slong with the tide. Tow is W. Pr. labama, who has joined Mr. Stephens,”’ e Chitten is @ mer of W. L. Yancey; isn't both members of the law firm are not in Con- *' «Tis true, Yancey ought to have been sent here; bot is too impetuous, He should have been kept out of e State Convention, It was the policy of his friends, lout he would not mind them. They knew if he was seat p the Convention he would never sit in the Congress. made many enemies by his fiery temperamoat " “How roughly Chiton dresses. | His coat looks like a ‘aborer’s corduroy overhaul, What an ugly sunif co or it Had you not told me, I shoul have taken the wearer the man is rather negligent in dress. vosebirt boom, collar and cravat do look as if he had spt in them; but then it is his careloss habit. If | pos- aeed his brains { should willingly dvom myself to dress smeanly. fee whata handsome forehead—wi'e ant ‘eop—he has. Intelligence sparkles in bis ange eyes. mouth, though, is heavy. The features are very var and inent The altogether is emineauy adicative of force of character. “That group over there, near the door, is composed of in. W.AMarnwell, L. M. Keitt, ©. G. Meminger and James Chesnut, Jr., ali from South Carolina I recognise them South Carolinians at once.” You are right, South Carolina hae a fino dolegatira. She bas decicedly sent some of her very best men nweil and Chesnut are wea'thy planters. The iat- er I believe wae educated for the bar, and did p-actice for twenty years in hia native State [i fasher is one of the wealthiest men in South Carolina, hove a thotisand negroes, and can ride ail day withoat yng round his paternal estate The sod has served in United States te, He fg, as you see, still quire youn, being not than forty-five.” Mr Mein ir, with whom he converses, weirs « very German t of features, but tHGekin of the face is wrinkied and “Du @f German extraction, He was born 10 this country, thonyh the conrary has been as: werted, where, quite youns,h» was nurtured aod edu pate) at that Loble institution, the Orphan House, at Charleston. His evueation was recerved at the bards of Governor Bennett, of Sonth Carolina, under whose roof the present Statesman was rented.” «That is Keitt, with the bushy head of curly black ir, is it Ot?” “Very right, Bis face betokens energy id fire. «wonder how be came by that deep semi-cir mar sea om the forehead, It looks mar veliously hike be td been ina cohege row when # roystering plade, and ad been struck aver the sconce with a bottie.”’ ‘Sueh convert ro ety gratified the curtosity of eople, ane sat sl wm as to t onal A ypear- be rig thoge inte whose hands the de tiiee of « now pire haa beet Isteeerne Pom ov Law —We learn that writs of at- have been issued agaiast United dtates property tt w Custom House, by the workmen for sloyed upoa it Weare alee authoriatively tw me it the property attached be inanthetnt it ia inplated to attach the Custom Boure itself OF sonrse, The State interpedes no ole fh, avd euifers the building be cold, the claims of the workmen Will be satiated. honleston (8. C.) Cour ter. famall geatleman walking by him. | He owns | NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1861.—TRIPLE SHEET. - 3 WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY. The National Celebration of the Natal Day of the “Pather of his Country.” Splendid Military Display in the Metropolis. A Salute of Five Hundred Guns Fired on the Battery. The Celebration of the Order of United Americans. THE ORATION OF MR, MAYNARD, OF TENNESSEE, Dinners, Balls, Receptions and Addresses in Honor of the Day. Speeches on the Perilous Condi- tion of the Country. The Celebrations Throughout the Country. THE MILITARY PARADE AT WASHINGTON. Trouble Between the President and the Southern Peace Commissloners, dey dey ae. THE DAY IN THE Clty. The one bundred and twenty ninth anniversary of the birthday of the immortal Washington was celebrated yesterday in this city with more than usual ceremony. Heretofore the recurrence of this anniversary bas been only partially observed, and then only and principally by the volunteer parades of our citizen soldiery. This year, however, our own constituted authorities, both State and local, were seized with a paroxysm of patriotism, caused per- haps by the imperilled state of the country, which bas led these dignitaries to bring to their minds the days that tried men’s souls, and by their orders the day was otf cully ce'ebrated. To every lover of his country the name of Washington is thought of with reverence; and to them also the idea of the disintegration of this now perturbed country is only contemplated with horror. George Washington, be it remembered by those who now court disunion, was the man who, at the head of an army of American yeomanry, after years of wil, privation, and the loss of many lives, tested strength with Britain’s choicest troops, and finally defeated them, and thus secured to America and Americans the glorious principles which for over seventy years have been freely epjoyed by us. It 1s right, therefore, that the auniver eary of the birthday of Washington should be celebrated in a becom'ng manner. ‘The day was ushered in by a most beautiful sunrise, with a clear and pivasant westerly breeze. The Veterans of °76 dred @ national salute on the Battery at sunrise in commemoration of toe day. The shipping in tre harbor, embracing many foreign vessels, was bedecked with flags, etreamers, private signals ano bunting. In the city the hotels, public buildings, militery armories, and indeed, every prominent place where the American flig could wave, it was diaplayed. The ingress of strangers from the suburbs commenced early in the day, and early im the forenoon it was evident, even to an uno serving eye, that a great holiday was being celebrated, Our own populace appeared not the least behind their country cousins in their dieposition to give the day the appear ance and effect of a national holiday, and conglomeration of smiling faces moving to and fro made our metro politan city wear the appearance of health, wealth and general prosperity. THE MILITARY CEREMONIES. ‘The principal feature in the day’s ceremonies was the parade of the Firat division of our local cit zen soldiery, comprising one regiment of artillery, two of cavalry, one of riflemen and ten of infantry and light infantry. The | several regiments assembied at their parade grounds shortly after noon, and by one o’clock the strains of mar- tial music were heard in various parts of the city as the troops were marching to the parade ground in Fourteenth street, the point at which all the troops were to coucen- trate and be reviewed by his Excellency Gov. Morgan and Major General Sandford. Long before two o'clock, the hour designated for the division line to form, in the vicinity of the parade ground, in Union equare, Fourteenth street, University place and Fifth avenue, the balconies on the private dwellings were filled with gayly dressed, fashionable ladies, al! evidently anxious to witness the military pageant. The trees new the south end of Union square, though devoid of foliage, were covered for this occasion by a epecies indigeaous to New York—bunareds of ragged urchins, with smiles peering through half washed faces. The plebeian adult masses were not abeent from the ceremcnies on this oc- casion, as the presen ‘¢ of thousands semi-genteelly dressed people of both sexes attested. The sidewalks were Iterally ci owded , and quite a surplus number, who were, by the constant action of the mass, crowded over the curbetone into the carriage way, became the vic- time of the gentlemen of the locust, who, regard Jess of sex or condition, roughly foreed the intruders back on to the sidewalk. At halt-past oue the troops by regiments commenced to march on to the parade ground, and the excelience of the mutic discoursed by the regimental banis appeared to intensify the entha- siam of those within hearing. At two o'clock all the troops were on the parade ground, when the diviaton line was formed, the right resting on Broadway, and from there extending in one continuous mass to Fightn avenue. At quarter past two Major General Sandford, ac- companied by his full staff in full uniform, marched on to the parade ground, ercorted by Captain G M. Varian’s ox- cellent troup of cavairy of the Eighth regiment. The General took a position on the right of the line, there to await the arrival of Governor Morgan and staff, who were to review the troops. After a half hour’s delay, or fifteen minutes over the time appomnted for the review, Governor Morgan and bis foll staf, in fol! uniform, ail mounted on richly caparis med horses, rode on to the grOond, under the escort of a troop of light dragoons, ccmmanded by Captain Ovto, of the First regiment of ca valry. Tho presence of the Governur on this occasion caused little or no enthusiagm. Tbe Governor was wel comed by General Sanafora; the troops formed for review, with open ravke, after which the Governor, accompanied Dy General Savdford, followed by their staffs, rode down the line, inepectirg the troops a8 they passed, the bands ing batronal airs and the regimental colors drooping sorne was very grand and imporing After the re viewing offi. ers bad proceeded to she extremity of the live they returnes to their original positions at the bead of the division — The troops were thea broken into column by compemies, ano ip this mennrtwk up the line of march cow Broadway to the Park, where they were to be revieweo by the Mayor ano Gommon Council The stages were turned off Broadway by policemen who | were Ratione” along the route, The sidewalks of the great ‘horoughfare presented ornse musees of buman be- | Inge from Fourteenth stroet to th: Park, and the hotel balconies aud windows ef other buildings all farnisoed th The Governor and eacort rede the route of march were salutes from the ladies, ‘The Woops optic around the Pak unti the right rencheo the exat wate, Here ayothor grand scene broke upon the gaze of the spectator #rom the City Hell the \merca uegn ano the Oo poration flag were fying ty the beeze, trem every window im that eres were seen stniling, buppy faces as they stood on | their hp toes to veew ‘he ceremonies belo m The Hall steps ond the trees in the vicinity of tne parade ground were ore wdeo with bymanity, and one ragged Hittle urchip War observes quiety eexted on the ugly City Hl, known as Boole’s line on than #x thousand ty to the City Hell, | whiou the miltary were feom intr | of twe burdred pelicen he comma | tor Tamed e aud Captaros bowl g, Sib | Hutebine pehor TECUED Coan SS ae Ss | position in their ethrte to keop order, oiseharued their | cures with arrestee of poli euese, yet with resolation, | that entities them to honorable notion Atter the hear! ot t avy © lumn reached the east of the Park the Gevernor entered shat enorosure, rode np fo a position in the ceutre of the front of the Oy Hol ahere she and aft diemommeed, and were reeelved by Warer Wo d and che members of both Droncheset the Con men tonne, eben boob pa: tes pre i pared themserwes to rerevwe the marching salute from 1 queta of Rigbt-seors rao of the 1 atatne opposite tb the troops. The Washington Gray trogp, the escort to General Sandford, and the ligbt dragoon troop under Captaw \ it opposite the Governor and Com- op Council. al) Poing ready, the troops marehed past ib review in the following order:— FIRST BRIGADE BRIGADIER GENERAL ©. B, SPICKI, Regiments. Second regiment Col. GW. P. Tompkins. Seventy-mest regiment, Col. A 8 V i First regtmevt (cavalry), Lieutenant Col. Devlin. Third regument (hussars), Cul. 5. B. Postley... SECOND BRIGADE—BKIGADIER GENERAL C Fifth regiment, Col C. schwarzwaeider Twelfth regiment, Col. Daniel Buttertleid Sixth regiment, Col. J. ©. Total alt THAD DRIGADE—RIGADIER GIN ‘ Seventh regiment, Col Marehalt (afferts Ninth regment, Gol. Van Buren... Figbth regiment, Col. George Lyon........ Foity-fifth regiment, Col. Eugene Le Gal FOUKTH BRIGADE—BKIGADIER COLONEL JOHN EWEN, Brigude Lancers... Eleventh yegiment, Col er : Sixty ninth regmment, Licutenant Colonel Nuget Twi pty third regiment, Colonel Raynor. Seventy-ninth regiment, Colonel MeLeay. The troops iocked oncommoniy effective, avd marched with the steadiness of veterans. After the last regiment bad ed the Governor and the Common Council re- Ured avd the military cerememes were ended. The Veterans of 1¢12 (D. B.'s), attired iv citizens’ dress, with co kades and swords, and acopmpanied by a martial corps, made an Saeee ‘nt parade through prominent streets ip the city. The Washwgton Continen‘al Guard, Captain G. Terrance, also paraded. As they marched through the streets their unique uniforms attracted gene Tai stiention. THE SALUTE OF FIVE HUNDRED GUNS AT THE BaTTERY. The anpouncement of the firing of the usual salute caused a crowd of ©°ctators to gather together yester- day im the neighvorbood of the Battery. At half-past eleven o’clovk yr*terday morning the Fourth regiment, or ratber Companies B, C and F, numbering about one buvdred and thirty men, exclusive of commissioned offcers, under Col Edward Hincken, passed in front of the Washington Hotel, and entered the Battery near pier No. 1, the men marchi"g bebind each piece of ordnance. They next took up their position to the east of Custle Garden, planting the thirteen guos—six-pounders—be- tween that Duilding and the flag staff, about a litte over one hundred yaros from tho water's edge Tho crowd was kept back by the police, and formed three sides of | square, the water making the fourth, After mana. ‘vring for a short time, directly the first stroke of che noon ell was beard ‘he orcer was given to tire. The mode in which the tiring tovk place was a8 follows:—Tho first ive guvs would each discharge five roun the next four would take up the firimg and give twenty- five more discharges, after which tho remain ing four woud do the same The firing would then again be taken up by the firet five as before, sniti- cient cme havieg. by this arrangement, ban allowed for the gups to col. ‘The time occupied between the firing of the tira: shot and the yiving of the order to “limb r up.” wus twency-tive minutes, or an average of a d's. charge every three minutes. The last round, which ran the lengeh of the line, wag dred in very quick succession, the whele thi: teen oischargee occupy ‘ng only five seovads. ‘On the whole the salute was well given, aith would occusionaily miss fire. The spectators orderly, nota si ®q" re very aitempt being made to break the are, although ouly twenty M. P.’s were all that were led to kee p the space clear. Not a single cheer was given either ber ore, during, or at the end of the proesed- in RS. Almost ali the flogstaffs. mastheads, &c., in view of the Hovrery, haa coirs flying, and the brnting spread bravely us it was moved by the brevze, which was frea and heathy. ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF THE ORDER OF UNITED AMERICANS. The celebration of the ove hundred and twenty-ninth apniversary of the birthday of George Washington by the Order of United Americans took place at Niblo’s Garden at half-post one o’clock yesterday afternom. The spacious amphitheatre was crowded in every part—pit, boxes and galleries swarming with the beaming faces of youth end beauty. The doors were thrown open to the public at half past twelve o'clock, the exercises being ar- ranged to commence at halfpast one. In lees than an hour the bo‘iding wes filed, and @ number of persons arriving too late found it impossible to get accommoda- tion. ‘The meeting was opened at a quarter to two o'clock and Chancellor Gildersleeve called to the chair. The Cuarrmay addrerses the audience in a brief speech, showing gow the Order of United Americans have always celebrated this the birthday of the Father of his Coun- try, and alluded to the present distracted state of the land, expressing the hope that peace would once more prevail. ‘The band then performed the nationa) overture—‘Wash- ipgton’s March.” This was followed by an eppropriate prayer by the Rev. 3. A. Carey, of New York city. An origina! solo and chorus, composed expressly for the ovcasion by F. Widdows, Feq., was very wal) sung by Mr. George Harrison. N. B. Mountfort, Esq., then came forward and stated that the invitation committee bad sent out rumerous in- Vitations to celebrated gentlemen throughout the ooup- try, and he would read replies from scme of the most prominent. He then proceeded to read LETTER FROM HON. WM. H. AEWARD. Wasuincron, Feb 19, 1861. GxyriewEy—I have received your invitation to attend the velebration of the birthday of Wash:ogten in the ony of New York by the Oroer of United Americans, for which 1 beg you to accept my thavks. Unavoidable a requiring attention will deprive me of the Pleasure of accep’ ing !t, though I beartily rejoice to see every de tration that can be mare of affection for the Union, and of reverence tor the memory of the greatest of its founders. W:th much respect, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H, SEWARD, LETTER °ROM LIEUTENANT GRNERAL. SONTT. HEeanQuaRtens oF THE ARMY, Wasnrxaton, Feb. 16, 1861. Drak Sin—I arn requested by Lieutenant General Jcott. to acknowledge the receivt of the inv:tation of the Ordert of United Americanr to jin them at Niblo’s, on the 228 instant, to cele the birtbeay of Washington. ‘tina source of deep regres to Gepetel Scott that the presring pature of bis engagements ‘n this city will not permit bis leaving to join iD yeur celebration in Ne York. Iam, sir, very respect! ily, your most obed» n* servant. KEYES, Lieutenant Colonel U. 3. Army. Boston, Feb 18, 1861. GenrixmeN—T am compelled to decline your obliging ipyitation Jor the 220. but T thank you tor counting me worthy to be inciuded ameng the honored guests of the occasion. At a mementef so mach national dis- tress and danger aa the present, T should shrink ‘rom fest va His precepts never encoursged sectionaliam. His pr'n- ciphs never savetioned dicunion. His example never couptenaberd cormmption or treachery Fe career fur ‘yirbed vo precedent an’ Lo apology for rash prec'p'tansy at (pe end of the couptry, or for uvempromising obsti- pacy wt the other His Farewell Addreea, / sorupnionsly observed and rollowed wmla bave saved us trom every evi) to which we are Dow exposed. Well may wo recall uw wp hour the great elements o his cncracter— th.tmirvled moveration and firmness, that prudence, tha: to bearance, integrity, that magpanimity, cpat patriotiems, which mae him a tower of strength to his couptry th every period of foreign or domestic pert) No failure of ours can cast @ cloud or ashadew over bis me y Bis glory i# even enhanced by the reflection we, mm thie generation, are Dardily to supply virtue and valor euowgh to uphold the Dstitutions #bich he and bis compatrie's were endowed with the ability to ettablich, Let vs hope that something of the apirit of Worbington may avitpaty the +e® aimivistration of our goverbment and may ie due it witb wiadom to extrinate our upbeppy lend from the dargereof civil wur on the cove ride, and of permanent disauice on the other, a> that, hetore stober 220 of February ehail come round, the Onder of © Unived Aqmericans.”’ in a wider repre thin yor er given to the Dame, may once more embra- ave heretofore reeegnizeo the ait for euch a consimmatin, and by @ time y exbibition of ferhearance, conetiation ant brotherly ‘ove, we Fuereed at Jeet io wine ing Bick. penrath the feids of a commen fag, those whom it would be mudi ere to a tempt to force into subm sion = “he pervean Upjow carpet be cemented by blond = Ite ene- wy be. It civil war must Deeds come, woe be to thoee by whom it comes, Lervy not he place in history of these of whom tt may he aid (if there be any such) that they averteo their faces from every com sion which their own (ntemperanes <vagurces of speech and of act had rendered tor the puniic = But jot that we aro ed, to he cherished derended by sour hands. , kven tived for a lor ger OF asberter time to ‘ose bong of the eravdeur of ite preportions, it will still srent on ample theatre for the g eat ilvetearion of free rep bhear government, and Ged gant that the bitter fre De mt peti @ ex vent ye wil trem + ver egain forge Heentouse ers, that pebue offers are something higher then party spoils, (hat sectional ptstforms rre a poor anb: . au that a fae jews freedom I r friendy eervant. WIN “HIRO. Merere, NB Montfort, Ber jomin E, Hancock, Wm. F Pink patties, &e |New York, there were Lor erons ott ey letters, but their publica ter wend eecupy for mun BD Rpaee Ihe 6 mter or t the Hon, Horace Mavwann, eMC thew tetredverd, and deitwered eovation He said that The part wm irretrh va we Peeve ard plenww «t the other, ect Otcustone there have deen, om nor far remote, when |t would have me pleasure ‘wdeed to recur to the great event an Nagel - this day illustrious iM the world’s caiendar, and to trace it away dow: ite mighty emergencies, as they bave successively evolved to our own + ventful time, and 80 on, with the Bee re hope into the far depsbs of the years yet to ovine. is 8 not a time for such able ipdulgenee. It must be for a bly for ever. Should our acs iny yield to the errors of the, hour, and Cgeig of Wi ton, by a catastrophe more’ terrible than has befallen the earth since the deluge, be rent into fragments, and his rave by the #aters of his own Potomac separated forever fiom whe great Northern fields of hw fame, thas anni- hilatirg, w almoet the twickling of au eye, the brightest hope yet epkindied in the breast of man, covering a8 with & pall the holy ak of the covenant of liverty, and turning her grand and swelling anthems int shrivks of woe and universal wuiling, then let the day perish wherem be was born. Let wat cay be darkness. Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it. Leta clout dwell upon it, The earth is no longer worthy of his fame. Avd let not bis Jofty name be dedied by eulogy from the hips of deg nerate men. While this great peril is upon us, and ubtil it is clean gone, let us retire abashed from his awful presence, and betake us to the eminent duties Which us American citizens we owe to our distracted country. For it 18 a8 American citizens that I choose now to address you, rather than us the members of an ageociation or order, most respectable and pa- wiotic as it is Known to be, Faithful sentinels upon your watch towers long ago descried a coming danger, and failed not to give you timely warning. For this they were scoffed at, and mocked aud derided. You heeded them not. Six States claim to hive seceded from our great copfederacy—a territory anywhere else in the civilzea world large enough for an immeose empire— of our vast realms no inconsiderable part; wo of the old thirteen and four of our younger sisters. Had they Deen acquired, instead of being los! woula have rung with joy, and he who should have japon the gigantic acquest would pave been hailed by ony an oue of their greatest benefactors, and | raised to their highest honors At their loss there are not wanting those who look with sullen indifference or with affected satisfaction, Texas, the mighty eaglet of the suuthwest, is preparing to follow, and wide spreading Arkapsas, the eight cotton productog States, whos great staple feeds and clothes uncounted millions, and gives laws to the commerce of the world. Nor does the Jloomy work or disintegration swp here. Thousands fhere are who would precipitate the seven remaining States of the South into the same boitoraices vortex. Day by day are they engage: in their unbaliowed work. To little purpose be studied his country—a wretched oot and @ more wretched scholar—who has not learned iow wn cessary ig the North to the South and the South to the North, Each is stropg exactly where the other is weak, Their upton is all strength; their separation is all weakness. 1 the two mignty Genii of Kastern fable, of whom one was blind, th» other ove a cripple, waen alope the puniest 3rm might overpower :hem; but their combived ferce borne upon the legs of the blind and guided by the eyes of the cripple subdued giants, and rescued mankind from monsters and fiery dragons. Pon- der the fable well—carry it bome in your hearts, But 1s there a0 hope of our deliverance? Shall we sink into Diauk despair? Is there nothing before us but the wide desolate vista of an unknown seay Shall the work of revolution never be stayed? Can we find nothing in the recent action of Virginia and of many otners, each looking toa way of escape? My hope from the beginning has been in the tirmpees, the enlightened patriousm, tze ex- tracrdinary political intelligence of the people in what 18 called our border States, especially the four great central States of Virginia, North Carolma, Ken- tocky and Tennessee. The vote in ail these States in the November election, taken in connection with the is- sues submitted for a decision, demonstrated a Union loving senviment, deep seated’ and unchanging. What- ever porition they may think it proper to take will not be acsumed hastily or without mature reflection; nor will it be abandoned when once celiberately taken. ‘If the mo- nitions of their prudent, thoughtrul men, expressive of the popular judgment sball be heeded by the country, all will be wate. The national flag will sgain flaunt to the auspicious breeze, our reactional grand march will be re- sumed, abd America will burry on as before to the ac- complishment of ber mighty destiny. I have said taat any hope in this distressing hour was in the people of the border States. Their past history is a guarantee of their present action. In all our times of danger they have allied to the preservation of the Union, and through their putriot sons have offered terms of peace. Mr. Clay’s loftiest title, as recognized by the American citizen, was that of “the "at = pasiticator.’’ He was a great pacificator, use he repre- paciiic people. The undying words from the echring and resounding trom every hill top and valley in the land, in one unbroken strain of patriotic determination, declares, Ths federal Union, it shal: be preverved.’? Jackson was a steadfast friend of the Yorn. But the pecubar emphasis of his great decla- ra) ion was derived from the answering voice of Tennes- see—+welling Up in unnumberea choruses along the val- jeys ane mountain passes, the houses of the true hearted, Union loving men who bad stood around bim in the con- fiiet of battic hke a rowpart of fire. Clay and Jackson, Langh and Macomd bave gone to their reward; but their month has 2¢:cended upon men, only not more noble than they; and like them encouraged and supported by the same pacitlc, true hearted and Union loving people. What they were to the country in 1812, in 1620, im 1833 ano ip 1860, ! have taith to believe that their successors ‘will be in the more tminent perils of 1861. It should uot be fi ven in these times of detection seces- sion was }, and first a in avowed in actice by South the oldest the Blatca,” While Galornie, the auriferoun ‘acquisition of the Mexican war, 80 often and so bitterly dencuncea— California, almost the youngest and quite the most remote—California still remains a fixed star in the westward bound jon of em pire. The peculiar frame of our government, deriv ing {ts streng h, not from any central source 0” power which gradually weakens as you recede from the foca point, but from the coherence and mutual inter-depen- derce of all its parts, 18 vey calculated , as certainly designed. for a rapid unlimited expansion. Hence the government is as #trong at the mouth of the Oregon as on the banks of the Potomac, and far stronger in the port of Smyrpa than in the harbor of Charleston. But the idea of rales in contradistinction from the ruled, 48 applicable to any clase or Lay meee in authority, is with us @ political soleciam. the impertinence of the inqu:ry we constantly meet, have we a govern- ment? Of course we have pot—yet, although there are pot wanting those who think we ought to have, and who, 0 Jucge by their repeated declarations, would ‘willingly bow their necks subject to the yoke. The true questi 18, are Wea goverpment, and if so, what is its great gth ana wherein does it lie? Its strength abroad, as one of the firss Powers of the world, lies in our vast sources, our wide natiopal domain, our high mari- time position, and the military genius of our people— the dinary and obvious elements of national eminep At home it is in the consenting . min purposes, the harmonious counsels of the people; drvided on quertions of Lage Bod mere ad ministration, but upitea in sustaining the honor, and in a deter- mination to advance the geveral prosperity of the coun- try. Therefore, paradoxical as it may apjear, we are to withetand the civilized world im arme; but are not to compel the unwilling population even of Dela- ware or of Rhode I-lond. The ‘‘evercion”’ of a State, to use tbe current parlance of the time, is, under our fys- tem, @ palpable contradiction in terms Who is to coerce snd’ who are 1a, be cosrced? Manifestly the people in doth casee. 1f a State, from intolerable and irreghediable grievance, or trom mere caprice, engages in revolution, no douot the other States may, :f they think proper, by the useger of pations. make war upon her, and reduce her to subjection, then hold her, not as a sister State, bot ae & conquered sige hey od hey 7, of South Oarolma, tor example maj overrun proffered trope of Macsachoneten and New York. These may be ecrpitated by thousands vpon the banks of the Poses the they may lay waste her fieles, Durn down her cities, carry des>lation to every Deartbstane. and drag captive bome her most honored citizent—ber Haynes, her Orrssnd her Memmingers. But what has been gained? Have you brought back the wandering star to her course? No, no; that etar has shot madly from its re: ‘gone, gone forever from our con. stelistion—ivke the lost Pieaid, seen no more below. The strength of our government, then, is pot as the compact- p+ 8# of the sphere, all of whose points bear a constant re- lation to the centre; nor yet as to the firmness of the whee). beld together circumecribing bande of iron; ‘but ratber as the solidity of the arch, each separate stone at once upholding the ove above it and resting upon and eu) ‘ting the one beneath it, the whole depending Ls oan aiving im its position, aud crambling and falling iw single ope be displaced. us, fore. look for the causes of our present troubles elsewhere than to the wide extent of our territory. The hafmory of society reau te fr¢m the mugual dependerce of there who are en- pletences of na- © dependence of the several parts. mokimg each necessary to all. To {llastrate my mening more fully, permit me to refer to the actual state of our t ade before it was disturbed by the present political: mmotious Our exports for the last year did y teh from four bupared miliions, of which, I y that nt least three hundred militons art cemmercial aggregate wore received, for the form ot foreign growths and manufac- Nershern marts of trado, this, the great meteopone of the Western world, receiving’ the hon’s share, while the shipments each way were to a very Iurge exten’ contines to Northern bottoms. These « the comm ror of the North are reagily 4 Bot the iltorsration must not stop here. It ry to waquire bow the south is ropaid for this erormeue @xportaion of her great staples. Of course, chew production emp'eys her cepital and jabor to an ex: hich leaves ber j:tle time to supply many of her was well uk Dost of her artidoial wants, and so 16 her dependent in a great measure for their y upon ‘he other portions sf the country. To New nd eb ke for her shoes and her cotton fa- ; to’ New York tor her imported merchandise to Vepray zania tor her maoafastures of iron, and ‘be Te Northwest tor her horees, mars, pork and © Drsines thege low ing ovmends she requires a thowear d oxder article, Obtained from whatever part of country they Lappea to be produces in And this is vot all New Pogiune f> ber ehoes and cotion fabrice so furmehed receives pwrk from Cineinaetl, and flour from ‘bh cago. the #6 commodities again are excbanged for im- ported merely suke, teas and what pot,trom | New ¥ D arr pact for It charge drewn upon New ¢ nid balancer # ail wound are adjueted iv gold fom the | 3 one Of these great sours of supply be | cot fant be mart be a buld specolator who would con wove the reealt, Step the coston mils ant shee ehops of New Foplend, 054 many #n American iad woulo wan erthe ay ‘breegh, sy i tlese and barefoot Prairie on) meat 8 of the West, and a> night he woul gOKOpperk AR cy bed Cyt of the gesa’ Soushern ap (bree-tourths of your exports tha main- machive en, aod the machine ged; * Hationalty and he interesta between them curivus mattors which during | Brees acchinuNt® upon the tanle of a aun Thek slmost haphngars for iilustratione The first ase MON delivered on the Inte national fart, by one of the fret Norther @ivinee and ove rf the best of men, ard pudiieved dy the written request of a late of mer , the whole nation | clowe the | Northern Governor. me in one v= two extracts. “It i the system of aape sine which now, on this fourth cay of Seeeery the year of ou: Lord 1861, ar- rego as gultiy of be crimes and msde ranors.” “Let me go over some of the counts of this tiiiztment. Im- prmie—I charge slavery with encrossbi « upon the holy sanctuary of chastity, aot binging mixed bicod into a thousane families, debauchiis the sous and depriving the lovely daughters of safe anu pure betroth- ments. 1 charge slavery with compelling masters, when they fall into decay, 10 sell their own flean and blood; their own sons and davghters by wrong mothers; or if pot ariven to this, till they come to absolute bank. rup ey, there to stand by auction bieck and see them ‘truck off as prime stock,’ to the highest bid. der.” 1 turn next to another sermon, preached last mooth, by a ‘earned Professor ip the due course Of religious instruction to the students of a North: ern eollege, Ove of whom, a most estimable youth from my Own State, sent me a copy containing the following postage, marked by him with evident disapprobatioa: — “The North without the South, united, free, industrious, tranquil, lawwbiding, cherisbing free a] , afree press, free schools and treedom of conscience—in one word, the North adhering to the spirit of Northern in- stitutions—thus the North without the South were far ricber, more prosperous, greater in all material resources than the North with the South, overrun with the morals end manners that grow out of Southern instimtions, go- verbed by the bowie knife and the revolver; ‘ett in thought, and speech and action, and subject to perpetual fluctuations in business, to frequect panics, bankrupt. cies and repuciations, that sweep off the profite of many years in @ sipgle month. And as to honor and great- ip the estimation of toeign nations, to which we are, perbaps, unduly sensitive, who has been abroad and geen the finger of scorn which Eu- ropeans, und even Asiatics, past at sho represen- latives of the great slavebolumg republic of the West, and thus bas been made to feel in every fibre of his heart that sin is a reproach to any people—who that has seen and felt all this, would not rather be known as the citizen of a free North, or, if need be, of free New England, than of these United States, saved from dismemberment by subjection to the arbitrary and impe- rious rule of a slaveholding oligarchy?” I have not the time, had I the heart, te commeat on such matter as this. | You would hardly be satiefied without the counterpart of this hideously distorted picture—the Southerver’s popu- lar conception of the Yaukee, us they cail the people of the free States, without discrimination. A person slight- ly undersized, smart, sharp, cunning, tricky, mean, cowardly as Falstaff and as boastful, submissive to ingult, When it does not afftet the pocket; mpudeut, moddiesome. ‘opmnicnated, sanctimonious, unemotional, cold hearted and stingy—a corpination of Paul Pry, Master Blidl and Uriah Hecp—a race of “arummere,”’ sprung from a gene. ration of pediers, redolent of wooden nutmegs, white oxk bark bame, born gun flints, and a general a sortment of simulated merchandise, of which these articles are the expressive type. Would you be informed how such iueas have been acquireé—imake the acquaintance of « certain adventurous class who e their fortunes ‘down South,” and bear them ex- ult over contidence abused, credulity imptwet upon, and hospitality shamefully requited; become familiar with the Southern truck,” and egpeciatiy with the manufas- tures “gotten up’? for the Southere market Literature bas i this case alto lent her helping baud. From the Fame aecumulation as before I take another pamphlet. It ‘8 by a Louisianian, convinced that “every uubiassed and reflecting man must acknowledge the superior ad- vantages the South possesses over the North, oaking of a distinguishes Northern Senator, he say: ‘ere la Senator from thisstate, aud I came’ withiu sovating dis- tance of bim, even in the Senate chamber, 1 would com- ncuee spitting, us I generally do when { come i contact with @ putrified carcass of carr'on; an’ i' he «proached me too closely I would epit upon him, ane 1 the Senate, in defence of iis dignity and decorum, thonght proper to expel me, | would cheerfully return home, believing myself and my State more houored than disgraced by such an expulsion. I consider no man worthy of my esteem who would treat him or bis confederates with the respect due to a gen- tleman,” and ¢o on, in words of int»nse loathing that I do not care to repeat. With these mutual senti- ments between the people of the two sections, there was only teo much foundation for the assertion, made not Many months ago by an eminent Northern Senator in his Place, that “there 18 really no union between the North apd the South, and he believed no two nations upon the earth entertain more feelings of bitter ragcor towards each —- than thore two sections of the republic’ It is this bilter, sectional hostility, originating far back in the old colonial times, fostered and kept alive by bad men for bad purpores, that bas given us #0 much trouble | heretotore, apd has now brought us inwo the extremity of our present peril. Men in the North win golden opinions ané atten substantial honors by the vigor of their as- ganlts upon the South; men i ihe South reap similar re- wards according to the flerceness with which they reta- Hate. In the meantime the people uncovsciously have nm sides with their respective champions, and now, without the slightest cause of quarrel stand iace to fee in terrible cefianc y at the first accidental or in- cendiary shot to engage in carnage such ag the world has Lever geen. Mr, Maynard concluded by warmly advocating peaceful measures, and was warmly and entnusiastically applaud- od by the audience. Fx Governor Hust being discovered among the gen- tlemen on the platform, was loudly called for, and re- sponding, mace a brief but patriotic speech. The orchestra supplied tome excellent melodies, and a benediction baving been offered by the Rey. Cuas. W. Dennison, chaplain of the New York Bethel Union, the assembly dispersed. THE DAY AMONG THE FIREMEN. ‘The fremen of our city always exhibit their interest in public holidays and anniversaries by a demonstration of some kind. Yesterday came in for its share of obrervance by Mohawk Engine No. 16, who took advantage of th occasion to publicly test their new and handsome appara tus at the fumous liberty pole, corner of West Broadway and Franklin street. The engine of this company is fresh from the hancs of the’ manufacturers acd ie a first class double decker. It was received on Thurs day last, and the foreman, Mr. J. J. Glass, desirous of testing ite merit, had it conveyed to the liberty pole yesterday afternoon for that purpose. Forty men manned the brakes, and shortly after four o’clock th trial was commenced. A stream was directed up the pole, and after a few attempts with various sized pipes,a one and one eighth inch nozzle was used, when the water was thrown ten feet ubove the pole, a perpendicular dis- tance of 192 feet, a feat of which the company justly fel very proud. The horizontal force of the stream was then tried, and a distance of 215 feet attained. The company, with their jas, then returned to their beautiful new house in street, where a collation of chowder and bivalves was #008 supplied, together with quid refreshments Party enjoyed themselves until a late bour in the evening. “i THE CELEBRATIONS OF THE EVENING. PUBLIC BANQUET AT THE ASTOR HOUSE. ‘A number of republicans celebrated the anniversary of Washington’s birthday last evening by a dinner at the Astor House. The dining room was appropriately decorated for the occarisn. At the end of the room, over the President’s table, appeared a portrait of Wash- ington, furmounted by the American eagle and the words, ‘Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.” At the cther end was an unique model of Fort Sumter, from which thirty-four miniature guns were fired during the progrees of the ngs, producing #tine effect. The table was Jaio out in a very tasteful manner, and the lt of viands comprised all the choice varieties of the oason. Among the patisserie crraments were models of Mount Vernon and the White Honse. t+ mples of Union, L‘herty and Jus- tice, a statue of Washington, and other sppropriate de signs. Dedworth's Band interepereed the entertaiument ‘with @ varie! aba. ‘The Ben. re Folsom presided, On wie right were seated Charles Xo, !. L. D., President of Corameia Ool- lege: Moees H aoeli and Heory J. Raymond Gn his lett the Rey. lr 3eiows, William M. Frederick A. Couckling, wember ef Congress elect: skoimer, State Treasurer, Comptroller Haw Lake. During the courte of the evening Goversor Mor- an came in and occupied a seat on the right of the Presioent. After the Rev. Dr. Rellows bad returned thanks for the bounties of which they had partaken, and the cloth had decp removed, ‘The PReeiYNT roee, and, previous to introducing the regular tonsta, referred bo the character of Washington. I well remember, gentlemen, he said, and [ doubt not | remo of you alto remember the occasion when the | fifth th anniversary ef the inauguration of Washington as Presicent of the United Staves was crlebrated in this city. Twenty.two years, wanting a few days, have since clapeed: but who of us that was then present does not remember the venerable and distinguished orator on that cceasion—the old map eloquent, who, after filling with the highest henor the first office in the gift of his country, devoted his deciming years to the assertion and maintenance of some of the mest important principles of buman freedom’ I need not say that I mean John Quincy | Adaine. The dixcourse he pronounced on that occasion, epuy termed the jubilee of the coustitution, will not | corn be forgoten by those who heard ‘it. The introduction was mort striking, alluding to the acene “in the Epic fable of the first ot Reman poets,” where the goccers mother of .Eneas is represented as delivering to bim “the celestial armor with which be is to ,” the orator imagines the mother of Washington to appear before him in the vieione of the night preceding bis igUrstion ae firet President of the United States, iu order to cheer and epcournge him in the perform: arce of the duties he was abont to areume, delivered wo bot a suit of cel stin! armor, ‘‘a helmet, consisting of the principles of prety, of jurtice, of honor,’ of benevolence; , studded With the self evident truths of the De- clavation of ludeperdence: a eword, the same with which he bad led the a mies of his country through the war of freedom, ane, last of all, the constitution of the United Staten, & ebield emborsed by heavenly hands with the bivtory of his country. ‘Yee, gentlemen,” ex . “on that shield, the consti- was sculptured the predes- f the one confederates peo: This vieture of Wash- y receiving the @mgis of the covatitation from the hands of bis venerated parent, when about to enter upon the duty of practically carrying into effect the provisions | of that inst ument. ‘thay be justly admired, It was on (hat foundation Washington beheved the fature «ory Mf he CovBUY Won res —the constitution binding to: etber the States and the Union giving strength and | bully to the constitution, Tt is for these reasons, | yo Coubt the motto adopted for this | “the Chien and the conetitatien,”’ as inse- yoraby conpeeted with the pemeo: Washingt n, With there ieirednevery cburvations he introduced the an bhetnere of the Ibe regular tens 1 The President of the United states, (Oheers.) Musto, Vail Covet y. vhe Coversoref the Btate of Rew York, (Cheers. # he Fresicrnt Piso of the United Staten, (Loud cheers.) Mable, “*) er kee e."” ree birth to him whom all de. | ia C (Oh Dixie's Land. ountry, (Cheers) Music, oy Jha mpuey ot Watingen. (Drank tn silence) Muste, “, Dime” 6 ‘the Copsttution of the United States” Fit organiam of the spirit apd migbt of a grane path n 7. v be Federal onion, A Weacy of untold valne from our houord fathers; beving served us in our day it will be our gratesul duty to band it soe eee alert ye Wathington's Farewell Address, A nobie learon of wie. om abd pat iotis, now vrbapplly too rarely vtudied and too litte beeded. Musi, “Independence Day” and “Auld Leng hers of the Repnblic. No honors can equal heir ¥. ‘Tbe merits, 1 0. The y it ever winétulof its rights and duties, and drmly and fai Maln'wn the ope veiterm the other, The Ameries ie. t standard re we the ‘oe Dut fails before us; With free: roll beneath our Aud fret om s banner Waving O'er Ua," The Army and Navy. ress M. Fvarte, Feq. the fourth toast, was yrs outset, in pay Dg homa, Where brea when announced to respond to ‘ed with bud cheers. At the to the birthoay of a great mao, he raid they might pause a moment to remember tha: the only great things that have ver happened in shia great country of ours have been the birtheay's of great men. Tho brightest star that i'uminated ihe Grmament of the country was our Washington. Mr, Evarts aweit at length upon the carver and character of Washington. The ‘ead- ing trait in the cha:acter of that grout man was patriot- ism or love of country; and this feature was beauty illustrated by the speaker, who cited the loyalty of Wasbington to the laws of England when he was a lawful subject of the Briveh Crown But the object with which he commenced bis carcer was to break down the tyrapny of she Crown and the Tarliament and sustain the copatitutic un- doubtediy he carried his expretations no further than to secure the iiberties that British subjects unser tho British constitotion were entitled to. But after our inde- pendence was secured he proved his devouon w bie owe country without apy sectional prejudices whatever. Avother great trait of bis character was bia perfectiy firm and intrepid acherence to the principles Wat he espoused, which point waa also dwelt upop in an elequent’ menner by the speaker, great- eet monument that we have of Waehington was thot of which he laid the coroer stone himself wi he figned the censtitution of the United States, After reviewing the origin of the republican party, which xprang ito existence on account of great popular dis- content, and glancing at its goes ur. Evarte proceed ed of which should be pursued by the incoming admipistracs WI, he said, as a republican, am aske! whien I prefer, @ mutilated territory or a corrupted constitution, I answer that the republicun party recognizes (he necessity of no such miserable ultervative; apd yet I do av,and I do mean, that if the republican party cannot open its compre hengion to the actual difficulties and responsibilities of the occasion it will see cither a diememberment of the coun- try made very threatening if not absolutely necessary, or & combipation over ite head and agaist it which is to eave the Union by the corruption of the co tion, and Tsay it stands here in the sacred duty and trust of pre- serving both by patriotixta and iutrepidity and yenerous ecn@hation, which together made up the character of Woshington, We find a great many words ud-d iu this crisis, and if we will let our oppournts choose the posi- tions in which they will place us, and prescribe them for ug, we are ip a miserable condition. We are tol’ to com- promise, and that if we do not capitulate, the ultimatum is to subjugate us; und subjugation is the uyme they give to such @ mamtenai ce of the constitutiun of the United States as we suppose public duty requires from ull its citivens. Or, if a milder be ased for it, they called it coercion, and in this hard fought tield we—the party whose success has carried the day— are told that between capitulation on our part aud subju- gation on the part of our opponents tbere is no real alver- bative, and no word that will describe it. I find im the Principles ot history, whether of ctvil or military contests, Ubat the first duty after the tual controversy is Gecived and all sides agree in the character of the con- test—the first duty is paciticaticn; and that aves uot imply surrender or retreat.) cows not impiy enbjnga- tich or necessary coercion, but is does require that the party who hes gainea power shail understand that we whole of its duty docs not consist in tixhting the batue over again, (Cheers.) Washington agopwd from the armorial bearings of his ancestors, and; kwed apm the bookesse tn bis hbrary apd i the Feal ring that he used 2 motio which seems to me to desiguato the practical prudence of his whole career, and | take it now w aid in illustrating what uppsxe is the duty of the incoming administration, He did not, as I understend it, find in this legend encouragement for apy such proposition as this, that wiful selection of purition and indifference to its cousequevces 'ormed apy part of the wiscom of bumgn affeirs, but the motto he urea Exttus acta probat’—The taxue approves tbe action ; and I give you, sir, this sentiment:— ‘The pecitication oF the couptry—the first and principal duty of the incomirg admipistration, may the lesve ap- prove its action. (Loud cheers ) As the sixth toast was annoutced the guns of the min- jature Fort Sumter op nea fire and che thirty tour dis- charges, one for each State in the Union, produces a very happy eftect,and a oused the enthusivsm of the company. All rose to their feet, cheered and waved their hanaker- chiefs while the tiring was continued. Mr. Joenwa M. Van Cott responded to the sixth toast. He said his faith wos loyal to make him bedeve that the constitution and the Uvion were sti) (gine at leaet the States which were loyal were yet ‘e888 on of the field. The name of Wushingwu yet ovged w the whole country, and the seat of government to the Union, with the dag of thirty-iour stais stil floating over it: He repudiated the idea that revolution on paper wus & rvevoluton in fact, and pointed out the oifference be- tween the American and British constitutions. Ue be- lievea that ull the compromises necessary to aatisty the People were found in the constitution, aud he was there- Jor Joyal to it as it is. Ex-Judge Pkavupy responded to the next toust in ap appropriate manner. and concluded by giving the follow- ing sentimen::—'The Univo of the States —ip tbe lan- = of the Fatber of Map Ayre be is the meta pil- r of your ina jence, the support tragquiritt at heme, yout pen abroad, of ‘your safety, 8 ‘your prosperity of that liberty which’ you #0 hi; ly tae? Heaven biersing our efforts, we will tramaral boon unimpaired to posterity”? ‘The next toest was responded to by Mr. H. J. Ravwonp. Mr. E. C. Cownis spoke to the next toast and tuvoked the epirit of Washwgton, coucluding with the seuti- ent:—The North sna the South—United by the memory Fi ihmee Otis one Patrick Henry, ‘who first moved the ail of the Revolution,’ cementea by the deeds of Wash. ington, whose glory is the rich inheritance of our com- mon country. Hon, Frevmuck A. Concktnc, member of Congress sient from this city, responded to the tenth toast as fol- we — Mr. PR¥siokvT—Our pational constrtution was ordained and establisbea by the peoplo of the Unitea States ‘in order to form a more perfect union, establieh justice, in- fure domestic tranquillity, provide tor the common de- fence, promote the general welfare and secure the biess- tinge of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” (ap- plauge.) ‘this declaration of ita objects has an especial reference to the conoition of things prevailing among the orgival Thirteen States, upaer the act of confederation which, it will be remembered, was superseded by the present constitution The fundameutal difference be- tween the two systems of government consisted in ‘thie—that under the fo mer of them the powers of the Congress preceeded from avd seved upon the State au- thorities, and po. upon the imdivigual citizens; whereas under the latter the authority of the yal govern- ment preececs trom and acts upon the individual citi- zevs, and bas littie or no concern with the States as States. The constitution wee ratified, not in worce only, but in fact and in substance, by the people, apa not by the States as dist net political communities. Im none of thote acts of ratification does the word siate occur, ex- cept in the phrase “ peopte of the State.” The O : which is the supreme power of the 4ujoa, never legis: lates or votes by States; nor do the executive and judi- cial deportments of tbe government ever act ny » or in why renge represent a State Beeman | It is true that the Sepaters are chosen by severe) States, but o@ legirlators\ they pever vote by Staes. The Houre of Representatives, a8 a board of electors, voter by States, bat o# @ legislative bedy neves, In short, the States, as powers in the 5 ure viterly unknown. How then cam any man in- ist that the government of the United states ie a mere league of suvereigntier, each of ich may, at ite pleasure, ecede from the rest? (Applange ) The ‘great end radical vice of the Confederation, comeidered as a gcLeme of national government, according to the #deral- ist, woe ih the priverple of legislation for States or go- bit Dts ib their corporate or collective capacities, and as cor racistinguisbed from the individ of whom they consist, “ Fuch State retains ite sovereignty, free- dom, and independence '’ The raid States hereby eater into @ firm feogue of friencehip with each ether—such war the languege of the articles of Confederation. The system thus established was, therefore, but a league be- tween the Oid Thirteen “tates, as distinct and invepen- nt political bed es. After @ thoroogh trial of the confederation, both in war and peace, the people of the Mpited States becume satisfied that it was put aiapted to their circuTpstances apd becessities; and they accordingly cetermined to substitute another and racicsily different form of government io ite piace. Then it was that the Jaws of the U; the resolves and recommendations of the Congress of the confederation. Ana yet the aoption of a segue «f Con- ‘ederate States reth cts no discredit upon the wisdum and leart ny | of our Revolurjonary statesmen. (Applause. Jn the st that the rivalries ocompiieh. bich bave flouriehed in ancient and in modern times, ) a8 thore of Greece. of Etruria, the moth: r and aurse «f Rome, of Switzerland, avo Holland, are rious in history, and have received the approval of the most profound writers on pobtical science Mont squiew faye that sueb # goveroment is jv ne danger, either from foreign violence or domestye corruption and is thus clear of al! defects nniting ax it does the «treng b of « great morareby, with ail the internal advantages of @ free (Apploure ) In the constitution of the United of the Congrees are summed up ta the J iaws whet +ball be necersary and 1g into execution the power vested ja ni, or in any department or offioer thereof, We look in vain tor ary power to compromise, and least of ull te compre wish thowe eitvzene of the United States who wre ur agaitet the government or rabering (0 ite ng them att and comfort. Applavee.) naiees bus power “to raise and it ormes,” “to provide apd maintain a navy,’? ovice cor Calling foreh the militia to execute the 1 the Unien, suppress insurrections and inva- ibis cree not suggest compromise, but the lt me rote ve un —the fine) reason of kings, whieh is . Ourprent leader, the President eleet, as he cem- ney to the sent of government, declared citizens of Kevtweky, that be intended to ws Waths ond Jefferson did—to have ther quiet pursuits and the instetutions of their » ehotee, (Applause ) Can we doubt that be will Jollow the same great oxaimplere in the treatment of rebels snd treters? (Applause) Wosbington sent en army of fivtern fbourane men to pat down the whiskey rebellion whe to etfo-ee the laws of the Union Jefe ron arrer' end tried for high cop these ne matter how elevated thelr postion, who pioteed disupfon, and attempted o to establish a Southern confederacy. be & Emore > n to wonder at at they are pleased to call! akness or disselation Cour goversirent, Cet them wait awhite, CONTINUED ON TENTH PAGE.) y ¥