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drop upon it the s rrcd tear of friendship. ' He will behold a few, a ery few, f those ipd-likc men who fought with hi:n upon "Young Columbus plains." In their embrace and in their convert ah ut scenes through which they passed together; he will e over again thatpart of his life which has so much endeared him to Americans. They will recount to each other the semes which pissed before their eves wlun Washington resigned the command of the armies of A-

m erica and refused a crown the silent grasp the throb ot gnet, the tears wrung trom him by the separation that then took place between him anil his loi.g tried military tr.ends, and Me melancholy- look of the war riov!, as thev passed !v and pointed to him wiu) never ug tin should lead them to victory. lie and t.iey will soon be swept to the noise less tom.. ivacitutly may they smktoit, an I may they pass from earthly glory to that w .ncii is everlasting. I he unbased theory that repabheks r.ipidlv degenerate, has been prostrated by the doctrine oi experience. Tne Deoaturs, the Jacksons, the II irrisons and the Ilrowns of latter days have gather ed lawrels that vie with those acquired bv the heroes of 76. The battles of Lrie, of Ne .v-Oilcans and of Tippacanoe, are not les glorious to the American arms than those of IVmkershill, of Saratoga and of 1 .vnton. In tiie late contest between this co nitty and Cireat l'it tin, we almost imma gi'ied th it Amei leans were n lighting the I) lt!es rfour independence. Tue peaceful has ) imlman relinquishing toe calm and e vea tenor of his way, and breaking from all the endearments of the domestic circle, ru . hed to the field oi strife whilst the tender c nl 1 r usi ar its h mds to heavean ottered a p raver for his safe return. The vou'di anim ated with the spirit of his fathers burned for tue contlict whilst the war-worn veteran pointing to his wound long si ice healed in itched to the ensanguined plain. It has bjen asserted bv tire friends of monarchical governments that rcp.sblicks have been and ever will he ot short duration. 1 nev have : t' ne after time urged the dispiriting sugges r. tstaatthe records ot history atl rd not a solitary instance ot the durability of repubhf VI ifiU'tM'MiiiiMtf -11(1 tii it rt- t o rficti-l tuiiou that h is existed previous t ) our own his been lost in monarchy or terminated in d spotism. In reply to their suggestions, I would ask; has any other form or government devised by the wisdom - fman been exempted from change ami destruction? Is not evcry thing on earth subject to decay, with the exception ot t.ie soul ot manr Uo not time ari.iehance happen alike to .ill thir.gs sublun irv? Tell us ye political wiseacres and tell us t.'o history thoa clironicler of the dead! "'.i:re are tire nrlstocricies a!i l monarchies wa.h existed in tb.e times of t'.ie ancient rep;')liekv? I'lieir coastitutiors have long s'nv ik-'.'u svept away, their strong battle -ni us been destroyed, theircii.es have sunk i t Miins and r.ot a s'ngle monument remains to tell of their former grande ar. Dearly as ve love o jr corttitution we claim for it no e . notion from the fate of every earthly objv ct; o it from the superior excellency which i iwlls ovtr every other, we may with i i t i i - i . . V:ii i . v prietv indulge ine oenei tiui; it win ne

c.o-t -tensed ! superior permanency. No IJl.:,tV , " , tr exisieo nuc g wern.Meat h -.d upon a well organised rep-" P"-tion ugnts not her appalling torch norrWitati vint -norv class of its citizens in thunders forth her wo d,nounc;ng ninth- . , i-,.. . ,, 1 emas arnmst the devoted victim but where

each hr 1..C11 : fits legislation and possessing v '.li n -.;sel! tlve uie.m.iot amend nent ui I re f r u withaut being liable to any d inger from ex.; rail resist an . e or internal commotion has hitherto existed. Fellow citizens if you will t 'ke a survey cf the odu r niti-os of the wo: id, yo.t will ti vl aban l 1 t reis.ni t a eongratal ite your1 es iy i the co nj) irativ etv h.ippy situat: : )t yu-ar own. country. Look at Spun w i ;aiag in arms cf black d p lir her eery l;ope i freedom for which she so laceiitb-s-.uvv ovi wit here, ner natrirtic. eh:tt:.'.r.s O. ' I .- r.ying r.-om tne larl t their n itivitv or !so.irirg o it ihvir Ides blood upon the scdfild sahniit ngtotaedicution -f Frmce hvieg u ")ii v.iV ranee md O wo:sc taa:; all' curs ed with the d.ia.in itieni of a Mon irea whoso ivk i has lieen marked with cox. ardice, in-jp-iiitu le and crueltv who has tided the celU of the hell'.sh In aisitin which he has iveat i!;lis!ied in h.s dominions with tire pious an noble minded, and who has signed the dv uh v.-ar rants of those brave men who vv ere the most indefat ig ihle and succes.ul in c a ti .mi to n-pel underhis banner the deso1 i.i:;g l :;;io;;so; Napoleon. Look at Fr. -r.ee h- 1 iv it' com uNedi b the machinations of her d'.-e .euted chil.'.ren and with a co'dision of v .a t.Ksuieiane i oy a tiaud Houvhou j . a'.ino ;ga edaeated in the m-1w4 of mis- j e.r.e .i ts not learned mercy, audi dictated t w bv superstitious and crafty priesthood .1..:. - !.io m iKuoix; o.ii uieir own 1 e i . 1 , aie 1 a i :t usm.ir.ic in tue .or lent ' iv e'vore-s'..! toe I nty and t iUon.nc: . .11 m ihe.r spons. At Portugil whofiv.n J p o 11 minions prince down to her unlet- ' ; e.:sa;.t, presents r.ethm.; totlie view uec,s uv: tne v Xere.M ot pdtv ar.d eo:;ipt. iK-iin.l italy once due lar.d (4 the ih''hu.! itrdv once ti ul .-1 1 r.ie, once so f r or..tm-s, f ua aeu tT st itcvaicn. o - v.-.v-.. -hu ami i:ji11 I' n.-r.-u-v n.ur n,v. .-.-. . ...1 .... .1 ... 1 v v "..v. v . 1 1 i i m . i i i -1 . a- the K ed e. the nn-t Neapoht .n ie.sarreetion w Mid bat to su;;ri-e m.dJns r.r.v wa'.ik ea d. c tihie eif rt in d d'enc: gi-o. ioa the mi. the 1 :v ce. ; - y i an v i i, in. ueeu - n h:!kii nl 'sed tneir anient rs I: is indeed a con :t1-v j.ta: i" f hieh t : -' t and low a'c in i i . . ...... i . . . i a ni.va ; n port .ani-,.-t sin ".;di:.n;-, tm k.'".;" L' ds. e, u .acrac, it Uusi t hou to the er nt oy tiie iron sceptre ri ..; a s ode aesjn t. Look at Great Hrit dm s-:ddd an iinnic. se puh;e d- .'-t, ate.I w :ih . h. is the h li n t h's nh -ndn. 'd " do i H.ie- t- , i i i" - i:u:.C U'" " f ave-i m j..,; iaLVi. taxes wh;u

icavier than thev can hear his Irish sub

jects weeping over the tomb of their Emit; overwhelmed with universal bankruptcy their trade lost and their manufactures anni hilated. Look at Greece, that nation in which Homer sung. Demosthenes thundered and Leonadas fought, now lorded over by the tierce and merciless Ottoman, her children considered unworthy of adoption and treated as ransomed captives by their Mahomedan Masters because they are christians, compelled to pay an annual tax to them for the privilege of living, and her most beautiful fe males dragged from their homes and trom

the protection of their parents to the seraglio j editary y;dour that confidence of success to gratify the brutal lust of the Sultan or j which springs from thy presence, Pour into some other highly favored follower of the. ! their hearts the spirit of departed heroes impostor M thommed. This barbarous con - i inspire them with their own, and while led by duct together with the murder of the Ore- thy hand and fighting under thy banners, cian prelates and the butchery at classic open thou their eyes to behold in every val Scio in which 70,000 innocent Greeks fell ley and upon every plain what the prophet beneath the Turkish cimitar have enlisted once beheld " horses of fire and chariots of in the favour of that people, the sympathies fire" Should hostile regions eer again, of the christianised world, and are enough array themseh es upon our shores and tutto bring down upon their inhuman authors noise of battle be reechoed through our land, the retributive and righteous vengeance of mute be the voice that dares to speak tlu the eternal god. The smoking blood of the traitors language nereksthe arm of the defenceless females and innocent children soldier that strikes not in defence of the sespilt to satiate the fury of those contemners pulcerof our Fathers, of the sanctuary of the of Christ, in this war of the crescent against : most high and of our free constitution, the cross has not I trust ascended to heaven - . .

m yam lor three vers thye ijeen striving to liberate themselves trom a w orse than Egyptian bondage. Already have they i . r . i .1. i3 ...f ' oitamea me mastery ot tne sea, me n g m ..ru...: : i : ri n-n.uw. VII UKII Ul I 1UIO itliU 11 Uliuuv.uui o,i ti,-.,?- t'.,v.,.in,i nt f.,r HUtunt whi-nthe 7.000.000 of christians that are at present held as slaves by the Porte, will enjoy that I'bertv for which they have offered so many orisons, endured so many sufferings and shed somueti moon, i.merty is ner unui nfini and she outfit to possess it ; it was wrested ,tn,.;ttoli,v U thorn nno in this nnmerons v,v. ,.v . . -o. v.. - . -- auditory when he rellects udoii the freedom which ancient Greece enioved upon the useful erudition that she h is bequeathed to tjie world upon th philosophy with which silc w enlightened it imon the sublimity niigiiteneu it upo ( f herioesyupon the inimitable elegance "' hr iiitv rif lift vriilftturr inm'i ilir elor i -t . . i i 1 qu voce of her orators the bravery of her j ctr, ftiinsand the wisdom of her legislators that win not pray tor the prosperity ot tne caue upon wh:?h the greeks are embarked? The masters of the Grecian eloquence are studied in our scho Is her poets are read bv us with delight her mo h is of arcli'.trc tare are imitated bv Americans and by the pi c-rtsofher political sag; s, the fnm'u s ot ;; constitution were materially assisted. " 1 ; v " there then among you that can ponder upon these things ami upon all the wrongs heaped bv the Turkish government upon its Greek subjects, andnots;y let the Moslem fall, let G11 ceo be free. When we draw our attention from Kuropcr.n nations, and !i: it upon our own, we srem to pass from a political hell into a political Eden. lVdow Citizens, you live in a country possessing an exuberant soil, a pleasing variety of climate and a constitution excellent above every other that has ever existed where the persecuted desciple? of Jesus nnd the pers uied descinles of freedom, alike n an assvinm. ou nc m a country wn-cii 1 although vet in its infancy is :idorned with many monume;;ts oT 1;' ory, with names th t would hr;ve immort wA :my age or n itiou v.'iere talient end v'rtue are rewarded, where merit is t'ae st-.nd::id r-.f i)rornotion, and where industry and enterprise meet with ample encouragement. Von live in a country which is rapidlv adv'.mring in scH'.tlhV, military ar.d naval glory, and which Ins be fnnw.t'nr.,Mi-;.T t,,;, f,-' Civ r iiv. IIIV 1 Itl iHL 01 UK 1 l i i V r i i i V V dom in eierv clime. 1 hi-seerh von bv the memory of the immort::! heroes and pr.triots wIioIkuc co:i-ecv.;ted it by thur pravm. and t:ie:r hlood oy tne idesins t its free constitution bv the interests of pes'erity,and by ecry thing th. 't is vicrcd, and by every thii.g that is dear to pr:ere vour rightsam iolate to rally rcr.nd the pail.ejre.m (f vour liberty, nndi to -perpetuate the ii'iVendance th;t WASHINGTON his be;ue ith.eil to yiMt. Permit not local prej-adi-1 es t a Idiciit your freedom. Remcnemher that when divided, youra e in dai ger of rdling; but th .t wl-.eti united the ee-tnbined world e mnot reduce von to serv.tud.e. Let not to.cn your cneripes be diverted trom their proper point by a too iolent sperit of partv. h is your dutv'to be as much c'n vour rv.avrl ; ugair.st the home tlie f r- ign tvrant. ma.nuf .ctured as :gni!t As for as the inttrests! afreedom :ire concerned, (the most prenK all sumunarv mterc-ts;. am my 1 countrvmeu stand in the caiv.icitv ofdie fi d4 oral repr.M :itati es of the human, rer.- f-r it is f r vou under (iovl to determine in v. hot co.idilion the h.test noteritv shail 1 x'.-t. If libtrtv is to be forev er cl.u en ii'o,'!i jn Ive.roVni'.ri'M. wddich I pean nations, and in S uit'.i seems to he the detet oe.::i..,on of : :i Alii ir.ee callinc itself holy, but which should !- e-dh-d I . .. i l . . uii!i"i , i acre is it ever to emerge trom the ' l :i i ' " 1 1 A- I h-j f M il ....... ,t It n-m.d-.s 1' r Aa;er;e-,ns to i ,;!, whother that t;a . d- i-.i w 'aose voice ?iCe dNra lh-d. theiiv.s t t;.perstit' n and in itvi tl:e reitior.se: l'enpeto rmi the car-. r 'T virtneus i muk.tion; vdi.H' m igie t :;di kindled t'-.e-avs rt genius, the cr.thui ivrn of prosy eilth - dime id" eloquence th it fuid-m - u. a p-cuivd into tiie lap of oar country, o;iid'ne and arts, and made it the tiie. tre wonders; it remains for Amei icar.s to de- . o wue'dn r this freedom s!i ill ( ts :rv!'. e H' . l : cineied w .th a ftmend !) dd. fchr wranv a t: etv'rnal il.d'kniss. If riu smm Wc . ted ('. 1 ! :;a- v.t '.ittoil tn MuJ.l j.eids t.u: urv tas..;.g place i:i this wc:!J. ----- . -vt v IV

the departed and virtuous hero whose birth day we now commemorate, is bending from his elevated seat to witness the spirit of patriotism that at this time glows in the bosoms of millions of freemen. I lis mantle fell when he ascended and thousands enilamcd with his zeal will tread in his steps, will never, ne er desert the cause that he so well defended. Should the red cloud of war ever lower again upon our political horizon do thou sov -creign ruler of the the children of men, gird on thy sword and go forth with our hosts to

the battle. Impart in addition to their her fn tlC iTCSideilt if the United U J SlutCS N pnrsl,ancc ot iaw, , James MokM kok, President ol the Unilcu bta-cs, III i do heicby deciaie and make known, thai Public bales will be held at the Land (if fices in the States ot Indiana and Illinois, hereinafter designated, tot the disposal 0f sUC, lands, situatid within the limits tf the districts ot land-otfered tor bale at ohose offices, i especuvciy, as were relm QShed tO the UiUttd Sta-tSpilOr 'Othe . . . . , uaX 01 'tiouci, 101, ui.uti ine piu-1 visions ot the act. approved on tne d.ty of Match, 1821, entitled -An Act t . . I V 1 fv the rciicfof purchasers ot the public iUnnm-.Mth.-firo d of Inlv. iR2t " jn luc nianncr folio. vine to wit; . . it' btdtC of Indiana. At hc wd )TiCQ at yif.cennes on the Jirt Monday in June next, lor 'he disposal of the relinquished lands tying witi-in the following described townships and fractional townships, iz: .Wrth of the Base line. IiiT No. K o 4 .i 6 7 i; 9 of R. No. 1 1 ; 4 : h 7 S y frac. 10 2 1 J ;4 j 6 7 9 10 frac. 11 3 1 U o 4 6 7 8 9 10 & U 4 2 1 'j ;"J t 7 8 11 frac. 12 1 J : 4 5 6 !i 10 and 11 1 U 6 ? l. frac. 14 1 6 7 8 11 1J 13 14 frac. 15 8 7 8 9 Hi 1 1 V2 13 14 15 frac. 16 9 IV. C town. 7 8 9 10 fr. 11 town, u Id I t lj fr. 16 Fr. r. nos. 1 8 9 and 10 31 12 Slw: rf the Bate line. i. 1 : frac. 5 o c. 7 of R. No. I; 1 1 : 6 frac. 7 3 . j ! j 6 and 7 1 4 3 frac. 6 1.3456 frac. 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 frac. 7 and 8 1 3 4 5 6 7 fi. c. 0 1 . 3 4 5 6 frac. 7 12 3 4 5 and 6 2 3 4 5 frac. 6 and 7 Fraction 1 town 3 4 5 6 frac. 7 1 2 town 3 4 5 6 frsc. 7 2 14 4 5 6 frac. 7 3 4 5 6 7 and 8 8 9 10 11 lr I': At t!ie Land Odicc at J ff rsonvU'c on the third Monday in Junt ?:?xt. fui ihe ! disposal of il.e rciinqnishcd lands ivmg 1 wilhm lhc ioi;(Avi, lescribed tovnhips, and fraeiional townships, viz: Xorth of thr Base line. In T. Nos. 1 2 3 4 5 6 & 8 1 2 3 i 5 and 6 of range 0. 1 12 3-1 : and 6 1 3 4 5 audi 6 1 2 3 4 5 ar.d 6 Fract. T. 1 townships 2 3 4 and 5 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 3 4 5 6 7 and 8 1 23 4 5678 o 4 5 i 8 9 j l)Vv s.iu s 1 . o , . ano j a Fract. 3 0 7 8 ,.:al 9 townships 6 7 8 and 9 ad 10 1 B:i e 4 t. 4 Line. of ran'-e no. t. 4 5 6 Fract. l At the L :iu! Office at K;s,-aHic, in the S'atc ot lliitr.iis, on the ttcond MbT.day in June nc.vt lor the disposal of the lelinquishcd lai ds lying within the following desoibed townships and tractional townships, viz: In T. Nc s. 1 2 .5 6 7 9 11 12 13 14 15 frac. 16 and IT of mage no. 1 1 2 3 0 7 8 10 11 12 13 15 frac 16 mid 17 2 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 10 fr.ic 11 12 13 14 1 and 16 1 2 -'. 5 6 7 H frac 9 10 'd:d 11 1 2 . 5 6 7 frac 8 .n 1 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 frac 7 and tf 1 2 3 1 5 f frac 7 1 2 3 4 5 frae 6 1 2 3 4 frac 5 Fractional 1 T. ? 3 and 4 Frac. T. 1 '2 3 a.ai 4 I V 9 10 11

At the Land Office in EdivcrdsvilU in

the State ot Illinois, on ther Monday m July ncxty lor the disposal of the lands relinquished at Ldwardsille and Kaskaskia, i)i..g within the following described towi. ships and fractior.il townships, viz. In T. Ncs. 12 3 4 6 7 and 8 cf range No 1

12 3 4 5 6 7 anil 8 "2 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 and 8 .' 1 2 34567S and 9 41 2 3 4 7b 9 and 10 1 2 3 5 6 r and y ' 1 2 3 4 and 5 7 1 2 3 4 and .5 12 3 lrac 4 and 5 9 1 and 5 10

Fract. At the LandoHice at hhaxi-neetorjn in the State i f Illinois, on the fourth Monday in June rx, for the disposal of the relinquished lands lving within the following described townships, to wit: In T. Nos. 1 3 7 a 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 of rangr xo. 1 E. 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 and 15 2. 1 2 3 5 7 8 9 10 12 33 Ik H 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 3 4 14 & 15 2 A 5 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 & 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 5c 16 6 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 10 1 1 12 13 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 I 1 & 12 8 123456789 K) 5c 1 23456" B9 11 & 1 1 9 12' 1 0 1 1 12 V. 13 14 1 3 4 5 k 6 1 1 2 3 4 Sc 3 Also, at the limes specified, there will be exposed, at public sale, agtetabiy to Uk. provisions ot the fuurts section 0! hc . J act of the twenty fourth of Apiil, 120, entitled "An act making further p! vi-"n for the sale of the public lands." such lands heretofore sold at the rcstntii; c Land Oilices, aforesjid, as ha-.e been forfeited, or which, before the day of sate designated in this Proclamation, may tu.vc reverted to the United States, togctln r will) the sections and part of scctn.ns heretofore reserved by law frthe fotuie disposal of the Cong ess of the United Slates. There will also be cfTe.cd, immediately after the closing of the sale of the . relinquished Sc revetted lands, any stcti- . or.s c fractional sections, situate in toiui5 ships herciofore ofTered for sale, at the- of6 frees aforesaid, but which, from uaoir!7 j blc causes, were not so r.RVred; and, at the Land ofiicc at Edivardsville, tlu ; a will be offen d certain Islands in, l: ti ' flfirlinnal SiTtlntl iifKnir ii r tiio Iiv4--sippi river . In T. No. 1 N. of ranges Ncs. 10 & 11 V ringeNo 10 West, and townships Nos. 4 of r;mge 9 The lands reserved bylaw lortheosc of schools, or other nuipr.scs, will be cx.chi(!t(l trom the saits which wido.n-int-ncc wit li the lowest number of section, - township, am! iarur, and piocccdimrci'1 ui.i' inline! itaii ui tier. Giv.ti iinder my hand, at the Ci'v r,f Washinirton. this second dav ol Fcbiuary, A. D. 1824. JAMKS MONROE. Bv the President: c;f.orc;k (;raiiam. Commisi"Tier rf 'v. (li nl. Lnnd nf.rc Call! Trv! Cheap Whole side Lr Utlail, IK T 1 , . . 53 P PRICE. OH MARXF.T STP.FF.T, U visc'Rnnks has constoii'ly en hand, a handsome assortfiiei t of ha?, of every desci iption, wh.ich he istiibicd to sell as low as any in the place. HK NOW M XITAC TVIIKS TIIF. Cortes, cr (real Water Prorf HATS, 10; Which are asccrtaii rd to be tiie latest 11 j fashions 5C7Ord(rrs f'otn a d:s'ar:(C 12 i tiiankfiilly received, and speedi y fi'bd. 4 iv Noxciitber. 1?21. FUUtT THIIES. '"FHE subscriber bai!.;r a brrj;c nursny .f young APPLE TP EES, situate in Walnut Praiiie, Claik conr.ty, Illinois, three miles south of daiswix, invites the cit'zers cf the Wabash country adjacento give Idim a c dl !!c will sell at six dollar ftr hundred a? d take in payment Cor;i, Cattlr Cotrcny H'hrat, and almost any other good, trade, but tii above articles will be preferred, and al lovy a lihrral trade ."-ire for the same. The purchaser shall have the Tight te cnoose incwrc,; r.onc iu d. i;e aiiiaid. ot not being supplied, as there a:e at leo 40,000 fit to set out. W I). ARC'IT July 7, Ui23. 24-tf 4 1 .

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