The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-12-31
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INVITATION.


1HF citizens Of Hanover, are rcspectful-
~ requested tocOnvcne at the Courthouse
OF thelr county, on tho fourth "Wednesday in
January next, Tor the purpose OF taxing into
consideration the PrOprlety OF addressing the
Legislature ca Virginia, on the subject OF e.
J rcctHg bustS. in honor Of the late fo0t,.jrk
I1en''y and Ger. Thumbs Nelson, Or cf A.
dortns. resolutions commemorative OF the
/ rCUGlri1onarYSsfUiceS OF those i!iustrious pa
! IrioIS' lie attendance OF the surviving vo-
iuhtecf6, VINO marched under the command
OF nay Eeniy, upon the gunpowdcr expedi-
ti1ll, IN the year i775, as also OF those. VINO
by voluntary enlistment, exempted the mill
! TIA o. Hanover from a draft, and reinforced
INC American army n Che year 1873, is par
| ticuiar? soiic!ted.--As Hanover was the thc-
are upon which many OF the republican viz
tues OF these cou-patriots were exhibited {:
as Hanover gave Birth and education to MIR.
ienlg, and was the chief residence of Gen.
Nelson, who drew here his last breath; it is
believed that an address upon the subject pro-
posed, VIII coinc wish more proprcty from
Hanover, than from any ether County in Viz
ginia.
The citizens Of Hanover first commenced
lhe glorious revolution, which gave Liberty
and independence to these u. >. ana then.
sons atthe late cali OF their Country have
proved themselves worthy ofthe rich inheri-
lance bequeathcd to thcm by tlli. fathers -
Tor 1t Is believed TO be fac chat more vol
untcers marched from Hanover, for the de-
fence and protection OF Norfolk and Hamo-
ton, than from any other CoHnty in the Com
mohwcalth four companies, Wnde's, Thorn
toms, DGriss and Goodwin's, under the COM
mand OF Major Thomas Starke, marched 70
the City o. Richmond and made vo rntary
tender OF their services to the Executive Of
Virginia; and similar tender of MS servi-
ces, about the same time, was made by Capt
bathurst Jones Of the ArtilcTy-This, and
their late resolutions and address to the Pre-
sident OF the y. 5. upon the subject of British
aggressions, afford the most salts actory evil
dence that the Citizens OF Hanover continue
to occupy the high ground taken By their an
cestors, and that they are animated bv the
same spirit OF patriotism, which so eminent
ly distinguished the republican Heroes OF 1775.
1t now remains Tor the Citizens OF Hanover to
retute, by their conduct upon the subject pro-
posed, the Liberal charge, too frequently re-
peatcd, that ingratitudc is the distjnguishiDg
characteristic o. republicans
The inches in tho Capitol clearly prove
that the Assembly OF Virginia had il in con-
temptation when they were constructed, TO
( M them up at some future day, with the
Busts Of Heroes, Legislators and Judges and
it is believed that two of them cannot be sup
pied with the buSts Of characters more us-
ritorious, than those now proposed. The err
ection Of those Busts or Rc8oiufioHs. express
sive Of the public gratitude, will do justice
to the dead, lpnor to the living, and excite in
the breasts Ct the rising generation, a spirit Of
generous emulation and exalted patriotism.
from which orr country, in the event Of
War with G.. Britain, or any other foreign
nation, may derive to herself iincaIculable