Indiana American, Volume 11, Number 28, Brookville, Franklin County, 7 July 1843 — Page 1
OCR COCNTRY Of It COUNTRY'S I M TERESTS AN D OCR COCNTRY's TRIENOB.
BY C. F. CLAllKSOX. BROOKVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, INDIANA, JULY 7, 1S43 VOL. XI. NO. 28.
MR. WEBSTER'S ORATION, AT THE BCNKER HILL CELEBRATION. The prayer being concluded, the Orator of the Day, the Hon. Daniel Webster, arose amid the prolonged cheering of the multitude. He seemed to pause as if to take in the whole of the magnificent spectacle, ere he commenced w speak as follows: Oration.
A duty has been performed a work of pa
triotism and gratitude is accompusnea mat rupture having its broad foundations in a soil
j....ir rWnlr of the Revolutionary blood.
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his at length reached its destined neigni, ana nnw lifts its summit to the clouds. We are as
sembled to celebrate the accomplishment of
this undertaking, ana to inauige airesn m me
antifvin" recollections of the events which it
u dei" ned to commemorate. Eighteen years
a?0mnre than half the ordinary duration of a Bnpration of mankind the corner stone of
this Monument was laid. The hope of those
irhn conceived the design of raising here a
structure worthy of the events it was intended
i3 commemorate, were founded in voluntary
the congregation of thedead. Lafayettesleens!
inhisaaiive land yel thenameand (hebloodof a Warren are here the kindred of Putnam, of Stark, of K uowlton, and M'Cleaty are here.
Ana nere loo, beloved and respected, as universally as he is known, is the son of the gallant, daring, indomitable Prescott, (loud and
enthusiastic cheering.) And, here, too, are some a small band of those who performed' military service on the field, 17th June, '75 (great applause) all of them now far advanced in age, who partook in the dangers and glories of that memorable conflict, (cheers.) They have outlived all the storms of the Revolution they l ave outlived the evils resulting from a want of good and efficient governmentin this
country they have outlived the pendency of
dangers threatening the publie liberty
olution was performed, he has now had an opportunity of seeing the theatre of the first of these gieat struggles. He has seen where
Warten fell vhereStark,Knowlton, Putnam, and M'Cleary, and their associates, fought. He has seen the field on which a thousand chosen tegular troops of England were smitten down in the first great contest for liberty, by the arm of the yeomanry of New England (applause) and, with a heart full of American feeling, he cjines here to-day, I am sure, to participate in as feeling a degree as any individual present, in all the enthusiasm m all the grateful recollections which this day and occasion are calculated to create. (Renewed cheering.) His Excellency the Governor of the Commonwealth is also present; nor is it to be
doubted that lie too enters with a glow of en-
they
have outlived the most of their contempora
ries. They have not outlived, they cannot jthusiastic feeling into an occasion intended to outlive, the ever-abiding gratitude of their j celebrate an event so highly honorable to the country (loud and enthusiastic cheering.) peopleofthe Commonwealth over which itishis
Heaven has not allotted to onr generation an good fortune to be called to preside. (Cheers.) opportunity of rendering service like theirs Banners and flags, processions and badges, anand manifesting such devotion as they mani- nounce to us that with this multitude have f. sted ill snrh a :iiisp :i ihrMre- tint it m romp un llimisanilnrihp n jiivoa nf NVur Pn.
ciintrimnions pri die mumm run., .... j. j well oeeome us to praise actions that we can- land, resident in other States. Welcome, w elal public favor. Those hopes have not been , not equal to commemorate what we w ere not come, ye of kindred name and kindred blood ! disappointed. Individual donations have been j norn to perform. (A universal bur-t of ap- (Great cheering) From the broad savannahs mile, in soma cases, of large amounts small pi:Ulse "Pulchrvm est bene facere reiuubli- of the south from the fair regions of ihe west
contributions bv thousand, and all those iw w. etiam bentdicere, hand ats'irditm est." from the thousands of eastern origin who entertain an opinion of the value of the object , Yes. Bcnkeu Hill Montment is completed! cultivate the rich and fertile valley ofthe Gen-
itse.f. and the goot auainea o i.s su lessim T,,re jt stand. Fortunate in the natural essee. and live along the margin of our ocean-
ania
It probably was not very important for the Provincial army to hem in the British in Boston, by a force a little nearer, when that could probably have been effected by a force a little further in the rear. On the other hand, it is quite certain that if the British officers had had nothing else in view but to dislodge the occupants of Bunker Hill, the British commanded the waters, the Mystic on the one side, and the Charles river on the other; and as those two rivers approach each other, it was perfectly competent to cut off all communication, and rtxluce Prescott to famine in eight and forty hours. But that was not the dav for m-h
calculation ou either side. The truth is, both parties were ready and anxious, and determined to try the strength of their arms. The pride ef the British would not submit that a redoubt should be here, and stand in their very face and defy them to their teeth. Without calculating the cost, or caring for it their ob
ject was to destioy the redoubt at once by the power of the Royal army, and take vengeance as well as attain secuiity. On the other side, Prescott and his gallant followers, fully persuaded that the time was near when the existing controversy must break out into open hostilities, long thirsted for the contest. Thev
wished to try it, and to try it now; and that
is the secret wtucli placed Prescott there with ! tiou of Luther broke out, kindling up the minds
North America; and men were training for that purpose, competent to introduce the English name and the Anglo-Saxon race into a great portion of this western world. The commercial spirit was much encouraged by several laws passed in the reign of Henry VII, and countenance was given also to arts and manufactures in the counties of England; and some not unimportant modifications of the Feudal System were effected by the power of breaking the entailment of estates. These, and other measures at thai pet iod, and other causes, produced a new class of society, and caused it to emerge from the bosom of the Feudal System. And this itself, on the community of Europe. Thus was a commercial or middle class a class neither barons nor great land ou neis on the one side, nor on the other mere retainers of the great barons or the crown; but a class of industry, of commerce, of education, thus produced a change on the face of Europe. Operative causes were arising and our land ptoduced an effect, which from the accession of Henry VII to the breaking out of the civil wars enabled them to enjoy much more of peacethanduiing the controversy of the Houses of York and Lancaster. Causes of another
description also came into play, the Reforma-
sccomplishinent. will cheerfully pay their ho- j ;emjnenre m which it is placed, higher infinite- lakes fi' the mountains of Pennsylvai mage of respects to the successive Presidents, : ,v m jts onjeot ts p,,rp0se behold it rise from the thronged and ciowded cities o Boards of Directors, and Committees of the OVPr U)e and over ,he ea visjble ,,lis mo coast welcome welcome! Wherever
hi troops. Cheers.
I will not attempt to describe what has been so often described better than I can do it. The cannonading from the w ater the assaults from
f the j the land the coolness with which the Provin-
else ; cial army, if it might be so called, met the
to 3J0.000 of the citizens of Massachu- vou .nay be strangers, you arC a.! at home here; charge of the enemy, the valor with which
There it stands a memorial of the past most enthusiastic cheering, the lauif f" the they repulsed it, 'he second attack, the second
near inn name oi uunker itiu sianas amongst me
most important that ever took place between
rival Stales. It was the first great controver-
1 sy in the Kevolutionary War, and in my judg-
of men afresh, leading to new habits of thought
and dissension, and the waking energies of individuals that before were wholly unkown to even themselves. The religious controversies of that period changed the state as well as re-
Hj".oa. and indeed it were easy to prove, if this were the proper occasion, that they chanced
- i i-i .i . . i
Corporation which nave nm mt- scnciai man- meni agement of the work. The architect, equally ; ses
entitled to our thanks and consideration, win a monor to e mesent and to all succeed- glacis waved iheir h andkerehiefs.1 Yon ha.e repulse, the burning of Charlestown. and final-
find other rewards in the beauty of the obelisk generations of men. I spoke of its purpose, a glorious anc vstry of liberty you bring with j ly the closing scene of the retreat of the Miliitself. and in the distinction which it confers on ; f ;t had been without any purpose than the you names such as are found on the rolls of ; tia of Ne;r England over the Neck, I shall not
him. as a worn oi an. ait minus onasimi creation of a work of art, the granite of which Lexington, and Concord, and Bunker Hill, j attempt to descr;Ie; out in its consequences
cliiinld the omission be made to mention ine :, ;,. -,mri .iri h .....n.i , oiu. Vmi ni,n hnru in iii r ri,.,.i,r
praiseworthy services of the builder, who has in its native bed. But it has a purpose, and the family altars where your yo'ini lips were watched the lay ins of one stone upon another lnat pUrpse gives it dignity and causes us to first taught t lisp the name of Go 1 near the from the foundation to the top. Alatimewhen i,,,, .on jt with awe. That purpose it is temples of public worship where you received
the prospects of farther progress m the work ; wnjru enrobes it with a moral grandeur that the first lessons of devotion near the lulls and , meut it was not only the first blow struck in
were gloomy and discouraging, the Mechanic p,lrp0se jt i3 which seems to invest it wiih the colleges where you received your education.! that war, but it was the first blow that deterAsoci Uion, by a patriotic and vigorous effort, ( aUr,hutes of an august, intellectual personage. You come here, som of you. to be embraced mined the issue of that contest. Cheers. It nised funds for carrying it on, and saw them t j3 Self the great orator of the occasion! once more by a Evolutionary father to re-j certainly did not put an end to the war, but it annlied with fidelity an 1 skill. It is a grateful (Great cheerina It is not from mv lins. nor ceive. perhaps, ano'her and a last hleinz. be-; put the country in a slLte of open hostility; it
dutv to acknowledge on thisoccasion the worth ; cunjd jt j,e from any human lips, that that slowed in love and tears, of an age I m iher , put the controversy between them to the arbi-
I strain of eloquence is to flow, most competent , who has survived thus long to behold a id en-; tration of ihe sword, and made one thing ceri to utter the emotions of this multitude. The joy your prosperity a id h ippines. If those ! tain that after Warren fall after the troops
potent speaker stands motionless before yon., fiily recollections if those ten ler associa-. of the New England States had been able to (Here the speaker paused, and with outstretch- lions of eailv lifehae brouj'it you here, with meet an 1 repulse the attack of the British reg-
ed arms, looked upward to the solemn pile, and something of extraordinary alacrity, and given ulars, it was certain that peace would never be ings against the Spaniards. They therefore
the vast assemblage joined in one loud and . from you to us, and from us to you, something established between the two countries except crossed the ocean with a frequency and daring
nn l efficient effort of that Association. The i
remaining efforts to complete the construction of this edifice had anoihersource. G irlands of grace and elegance were destined to crown a work which had had its origin in manly patriotism. The winning power of ' the sex," addressed itself to the public, and all that was needed to carry this edifice to its proposed height, and to irir it it finUh was nromollv sUDDlied. So
..u - - , I I lhat the mothers and d aughters of the land hive contributed largely to whatever there may be of elegance and beauty in the structure itself, or of utility, or of public gratification in its accomplishment. Of those with whom the plan of erecting this Monument originated many are living and are. now present; 'ur. alas! there are others who have themselves become subjects of Monumental inscription. William , whose surname was not distinctly heard a dis'inguished scholar, an able w riter, a most amiable man allied by birth and sentiment to ihe Patriots of the Revolution, died in
mitilie service abroad, and now lies buried ill a
foreign land. Win. Sullivan, a
the State in instances in w hich they did not change the religion of the State, Thespiiilof foreign commercial enterprise and adventure followed the revival of commerce and this spirit, on the one hand was the spirit of commercial enterprise which had gained much strength and influence since the discovery of America, and on the other the
spirit of religious reformation, weir the great causes of the introduction of English Colonists into what is now called the United States. Sir Walter Raleigh and his associates, who settled Virginia, may be considered the creation ofthe
first of these causes; lhat is, the spirit of adventure mixed with hope of commercial gain and seduced too much by ihe expectation of discovering mines of great wealth in America. They were not unwilling also to diversify their pursuits of colonization by occasional cruiz-
name fragrant
with Revolutionary service and public meru a man who concentrated i t himself, to a great
decree. theconS lenc.u 'His whole comniuHity one who was al. oi st loved where best known he too has l eo gathered to his fuhers. And last, George Blake, a lawyer of
leiriiing and eloquence a man of wit and talent -of social qualities the most agreeable and f iscin uing of gifts which enabled him to exercise large sway over public bodies he has closed his human career. I have, thus far.
spoken only of those who have ceased to be
hut a lon?life. now draw ing
towards a close always characterized by acts of public munificence and public spirit forniingcharacler now become historical sanctified by public regard and private affection may confer, even on the living, the proper immunity of thedead, and be the just subject of honorable meditation and warm commendation. Among the early projectoisof this structure, none more zealous, none more efficient, than
Thnm II Perkins. It was beneath his ever
hospitable roof that those I have mentioned a
among the dead, and ihose now living, have h,n raited together for the purpose, and took
the first steps towards the erection of this Monument. A venerable man, the friend of us all. w host charity has distilled like the dew of heaven he his fed the hungry an I clothed the naked
and he has oiven sisht to the Mind. Renew
ed apnlause.) And for such virtue, there is
record on hirh. which our humble work, and
all the Unguage of brass and stone, can furni
only a poor and distant imitation. ( Applause.) Not amongst the immediate progenitors of the work, but one of its early friends and the first President of the Corporation, was the then Governor of the . Commonwealth. General
Brooks, who had been here on the 17ih June,
1775. and afterwards
Die services in the Revolutionary
long shout of enthusiastic applause.) It is a plain shaft; it bears no inscription, fronting the rising sun, from which the future
antiuuarian shall be employed to wipe awav
the dust; nordoesthe risingsun awaken strains of music on its summit; but there it stands,
and at the rising of the sun and at the setting of the sun, and amid the blaze of noonday, and
in the milder effulgence of lunar light, iheie it stands. It looks it speaks it acts to the full comprehension of every American mind, and to the awakening ofthe highest enthusi
asm in every true American heart. (Great ap
plause.) In its silent but awful utterance the deep pathos with which, as we look upon it, it brings before us the 17th of June, 1775, and
the consequences resulting from the events of
that day to us, to our country, and to the w orld
conseq io-.ces which must contnie "to gam influence" on the destinies of mankind till the end of time mi -"passes all lhat the study ol
the closet or eveu the inspiration of genius
could produce. To-day to-dav it speaks to
us. The future auditors will be the snecessivr generations of men. As they shall rise up be
fore us and gather round its base, its speed
will be of courage and patriotism of religion
and liherly of good government of the re
nown of those w ho have sacrificed themselves
to the pood of ihf ir country.
In the older w orld many fabrics are still in
existence, reared by human hand, w nose on
ject and history are lost inthedarkness of ages
Tliev are now the monuments of iiothtng but
ihe nower and skili which constructed them
The miohtv pyramid itself, half buried in th
i-indi tf X I'rira. has nothin? to bring down and
report to us, but the power of Kings and th
:ervitiideof the I'eort e. II asked lor its ae
-icMi. or iust object, for iis sentiment, for it
idmonition for its instruction to mankind
for anv nreat end of its being, it is silent si
lent as the millions of human beings that li
... ,i,n nit at its hase. or the catacombs that
surround it. Having thus no just object no
known to mankind though it be raised again
the Heavens, it excites no feeling but that of he consummation of power, raised with Strang'wonder. But if ihe present civilization of mankind founded, as it i on the solid basis of
science, or great attainment in art. or in extra-
of a peculiar and hearty greeting, it has
tended to every American from every and
any spot, who has com up here this day to tread ibis sacred fi d I with American feelings,
and who respire with pleasure an aim isphere
redolent with theseniiin ntsof 1773. cheers.
In the seventeen millions of happy peuple
ho compose our American community, there
not one man w ho has not an interest in that ructure. jnsi as there is not one who has not
deep and abiding interest in the events which
was designed to commemorate. The res
pectability, I may say ihe sublimity of the oc
casion, derends entirely on its Nationality. It
sail all American. Its sentiment is compre-
ensive enough to embrace the whole Ameri
can family, from North to South, from East to
West; ami it will stand, I hope, for ever, em-
lemaiic of that union which connects us to
gether. And wo betide the man who comes
up here to-day w iih sentiments any less than wholly American. fCheeis. Wo betide the
man who shall venture to stand here with the strife of heal jealcusies. heal feelings, or local
nmities burning in his bosom. All our happi- .. . i
uess and all our giory uepenn on our union.
Cheer. That Monument itself, in all that is
de-
ex- j on the basis of an ackno ledgment of Ameri- which may well surprise us when we consider
can independence. When that sun went down the state of Navigation of that day.
the Independence of these States was certain. 1 It was tin other emi that eettled New
Cheers. 1 o event ot great military magni-1 l-ngiana. v uen me Jiayiiuwer sought our
tude took place between June '75 and '76.
when Independence was formally declared.!
It rests, I know, on the most indubitable au
thority, that w hen General Washington, hav-1
ing just then received his appointment as Corn-
shores, she came with no hop of commercial gain n luv oi goid no mixttue of purposes, warlike or hostile to any human being. Solemn p.ayer to God at ker departuio from the
sea coast of Holland bad invoked lor her thtt
blessings of Heaven. She put forth, like the
.j.ii,n,.-t,a1:k1,l iii m i 111 Ant mid rh:ir.irler.
, .i. ....-. ... ........ ... - - ..... .
uends upon union. I Cheers. I do not mean an era in the history of man favorable
o say that it would not keep its position if the
States were rentasunder bv laction or violence.
I do not mean lhat the solid earth would move from its base Biid that it would actually totter
to its fall if dismemberment should be the af
fliction of our land, and I cannot say that it
would mingle its own fragments with those of
a broken Constitution. But in the happening
of such events, w ho is there could dare to i; .
at it? fGreat sensation. 1 Who is there
from beneath such a load of mortification and shame as would overwhe'm him could approach to behold it? Who is there that would not expect to have bis eye-balls to be seared by ihe intensity of its silent reproof? Great applause. For mv prt. I say. that if it be a misfortune, designed by Piovidence, for me to live
to see such n time. I will look at it no more I will close my eyes from it forever! Great
applause. It is not as a mere military encounter of hostile armies that the battle of Bunker Hill
mander-in-Chiefof the American army, heard dove rom the ark, in pursuit only of rcn. Tb
of the battle of Bunker Hill, and was told that gtrg that guided her course were the unobcu
for want of ammunition and other causes the red constellation of religion and liberty . Her
militia yielded the ground lotheEnglish troops, deck was the altar ofthe living God. Pray
he asked if the militia of New England stood ers, from bended knees, morning and evening the fire of British regular troops, and being mingled with the voices of octaa and the stghii.t tHo A,A ., o,.o till ng winds through her shrouds. Iforosperous
KIIU IIIUI lilt I UIU. UIIU IV9VI1VU IIIVII V"H ,,,l. .M I. -I . . ., -l- u. i j .u I breezes filed her sails and carried the pilgrims the enemy were w ithin eight rods, and then . , . . . V i ... ,' . , , , , 7 . ' , to their unknown homes in a dittant land, it
u.scnargec . i w uiieaiiui eueci, ne men ex- wakcned i them new anthems of praise; and
claimed, -Ihe liberties oithecountry are sale:" if lhe elements were wrought into fury if thi
.ninusiasiic cneering.j iea l088ed their frag.le brk from billow to hi I
The consequences, then, of the battle of how, like a reed or a feather, ant til the now
Bunker Hill are just of the importance of the I er ofthe tempest, not the darkness and the
American Revolution itself. If there is no- howling or the midnight Btonn, couia lis He a
thing of value if there is nothing worthy the
regard of mankind in the Revolution ihe
there is nothing worthy of regatd in the battle
of Bunker Hill and the consequences flowing
i from it. But if the American Revolution be
to hu
man happiness if it be an event which has
marked the progress of the human race from
man or a woman troni the nrm purpose oF soul
to undergo all, and to do all that tbe meekest
patience, the boldest resolution, and the steadiest reliance on heaven could enable human be
ings to suffer or to perform. (Loud and long continued cheers ) For they knew that wbilo
they Lad perilous duties to perform, and unknown destinies to encounter, yel that the power of Alinightv God was always over them.
despotism to liberty if it be an event which I and that living orfdying, on the sea or tbe lar.d
h . - , -: ?. , influence on not only this con- they were always encompassed in the arms of
. ..! .. ..rl,1 then that Monument is everlnsting love. It. rent applause 1
..t i iih....i ..ihn u Hunker Hill Some differences may doubtless be traced
... , , wu.i I through all the course of thai r history, and even
iMiu'nrinv ell iinr it'll H iiirr linn i.ii. viuati r.. . .. -
J then is the principle of the American Revolu-
ordinarv knowledge of nature, and stimulated finds iis principal claims for commemoration
ana importance; yet. as a mere name, uierr
9ii.l nervaded as it is bv moral sentiment and
, - . . . the truths of the Christian religion tr this civilization be destined to continue till there come a termination of human being on the earth, then the purposes of this Monument will continue to be on earth till lhat hour conies. And if. in a dispensation of Providence, the civilization of the world is to be overthrown.
as a
are circumstances attending it of an extraordinary character and giving to it peculiar distinction. It was fought on this eminence, in the
neighborhood of yonder city, in the presence
of more spectators than there were combatants
in the fight men, and women, and children
draw n fiom their homes, filling the towers and
chinches, covering the roofs of public build
ings, ana an tnetr resiaences, looking on ior
the result of a contest of the consequences of
which lhey had the deepest conviction. The I6th of June, under a bright sun, these fields
lion, of this system of political government,
which it has established and confirmed? Now
the truth is that the American Revolution was not caused by anv instantaneous adoption of a
theory of government which had ever before entered the minds of men, nor the embracing the ideas and sentiments of liberty before alto
gether unknow n. On the contrary, it was but
the better developement and application of
sentiments and opinions, which had their origin
far b;;ck in American and English history.
The discovery of America, its colonization by
the several States of Europe, the history of the
colonies from the time of their establishment
to the time when the principal of them threw
off their allegiance to the States by which they
had been planted, constitute a train of events
amon
anna!
These events occupied 300 years, during
which whole period knowledge made steady
progress in the old world; so that Europe her
self at the time of ihe establishment of the
t;.i;.,.r..Uhed bv bonora-! and the truths of Christianity obscured by an-
volutionary war." and w ho1 other deluge of baibarism. still the memory of
was. throughout his whole life-a soldier with- j Bt xker Hill, and the great event w itn w men out fear and a man without reproach. (Loud , it is connected, will be parts and elements of applause, and a Revolutionary hero on the j the knowledge ofthe last man to whom the platform exclaimed, w ith tears trickling down j light of civilization and Christianity shall be "He was mv Colonel." i extended (loud applause.)
I know well that in thus alluding to the dead, I i This celebration is honored by the presence cause many teats to flow from recollections of the Chief Magistrate of the Nation, stirJ ... j ....! j.j l JL.iinnmctxi individuals who
oereavements too recent to nestipprrsseu; m,,, . ... - -- thing changed; in the
such honorable mention is due to the.rj public are his occaMon1 night, redoubts had been thrown up by a few-
ana private virtues, ana especially onwusoc- o.m ;u V1'; --;m.ilhlhal i, ,,rfv men. under the direction of Prescott.
Government1 In the dawn of the morning, being perceived
exhibited nothing but verdure and culture; there w as indeed note of awful preparation in
Roston but heie. all w as peace; and the field-
then rich w ith the loads of the early harvest
told of nothing but tranquility. The morning
at this day between the colonists of Virginia
and New England, owing te the different circumstances un which the settlements were
made. Bat these differences are anly enough to create a pleasing; variety in the members of
a large family.
tacies, non omnibus, una.
Nec diversa. tameu, nualein decet csce soro-
rem." (Applause an lha platform ) The hones, sentiments, and object of both
soon became modified by lacal causes, growing out of the condition of the new world, and the
differences so apparent at first, gradually dis
appeared in the progress or time. 1 ne necessity of eome degree of union to defend them
selves against the savage irioe, icnaeu io prumote mutual regard. They fought together in
the wars against r ranee. 1 hen ine consoia-
cominon religion createa new iinasoi
non of a
cuhemost important recorded in human concord fully, hsppily, gloriously preserved in I I the form of government, which now makes
them the great Kepublic ol me worm, ana proclaims to the whole earth that for them tbere it only one country, one constitution, aud ouc destiny. (Great cheering.) . Tha colonization of the tropical regions of
New England States and Virginia, had been thjg contjnent was conducted on other princiereatlv changed from that Europe which had , nthr motives followed by far other con-
commenced the colonization of the continent LMlier,ees. From tbe time of its discovery.
1,,..,,! l.ofnro And what it .k- H,.niEh Government diligently pushed for-
most material to my purpose is, that in the ward its settlements in America, not only with
first
iho di
Virginia and Massachusetts the events occur-, extended her power over all sho had red especially in England and some parts of ;red on lhU continent. Aa early as 10a
-l . r T." ,nk m.i.lAellItT' . . . ...
l material to my purpose is, that in the ward its settlements in America, not on.y w.u of these centuries-that is to say, from ! spirit but $to!j "gu ' a iscovery of American to the settlement of! SS iVrur.'nd""":
rasin hi. mid off.irt in ihe accom- so National so intimately conuecieu on i.
plishments ofthe purposes which has now ' Revolution, out of which the
reached its fulfilment.
Time and nature have had their course
in
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ana sumiiaiiuii """""" " - i . j.i.i i :a r
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a--... . . . . , ilL r.ll... l , , an s unit Intra fl IDA mil I! I V V IS "11 ,uv ...... -
diminishing ine number oi inose wno werei ms ini llUK..,,m-. . , River
noon r w i iir mi viriiiiirii m
l., mark ofresDect by the enemy,
a cannonade was immediately
here at the celebration of laying the corner . placed at the
tone of the Monument ei
most of he Revolutionary heroes have joined where th
I suppose it would be difficult,
J:""? I:-' ""! L ain. , he is. with Yorktown,, in n military point ol view, to ascr.oe any just
Kiiicc. -gi.,, ------- , .,. n.v . motive to .ither rartv for that conflict.
last gteat milliard cuun ui n -
continent of Europe which materially
changed the whole condition of society. ow
no l nnw ilnl iftor nmi few nttemOtS lit the
or '32, just about the time of tbe settlement of this colony of Massachusetts, Spain bad laWen nosession. actively, or formulljvof eve-
rein or Henry VII to plant colonies in Ameri-, Ty flK)t of territory between Fiorica ar.c cape " ' 7 1 .t... .t. tu :a. r ihta conauests was
ca, no enective enoit was mauc ..... nm... . - -,msa of bnda ' u ... r th snbieets tin- rratv to be ascribed to tbe eagerness o oanoa
pose.
With-; of adventurers anxious i. suoouu..u . t--
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j r... .I.nmi a renltirv
ucr in uimriimn mi ------w- . - . . , ,Bt reffiona
out inquiring into the cause ot tnts tong aeiav, ! t0 d.ecoyer mines of ffold aad its consequences are sufficiently clear and stri- j . exPee king. England, in the lapse of a century, un- A lhJ ,0Tt of known to herself, was becoming fit to coloniz From tnete iac