the troubled spirit sinks to rest, and in the little sail that
vanishes on the illimitable sea, we may find the type of the voyage
which he is so soon to take, when, his ephemeral existence closed, he
embarks for that better state which lies beyond the grave.

Richly endowed as you are by nature in all which contributes to
pleasure and to usefulness, the stranger cannot pass without paying a
tribute to the much which your energy has achieved for yourselves.
Where else will one find a more happy union of magnificence and
comfort, where better arrangements to facilitate commerce? Where so
much of industry, with so little noise and bustle? Where, in a phrase,
so much effected in proportion to the means employed? We hear the puff
of the engine, the roll of the wheel, the ring of the axe, and the
saw, but the stormy, passionate exclamations so often mingled with the
sounds, are no where heard. Yet, neither these nor other things which
I have mentioned; attractive though they be, have been to me the chief
charm which I have found among you. For above all these I place the
gentle kindness, the cordial welcome, the hearty grasp, which made me
feel truly and at once, though wandering far, that I was still at
home.

My friends, I thank you for this additional manifestation of your good
will.



Speech at the Portland Convention.


On Thursday, August 24th, 1858, when the Democratic Convention had