Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-12-14

the same zine they nobly secure the complete i
asseflioo of American Independence, reflect an
every part of the would, the light of far SUI
perlor political ci,ii'zaIiun.
What better pledge can be Siyeo, of a per
se'erino national love uf liberty, whru those
blessings are evidently The result OLA xiriuuu,
resistance to oppression, and Of institutions !
founded on The rights of man, aud the rcp..b |
hcan principle of self 20, ernineni.
NJ, AIR Speaker, pnsiciiiy has not begun
Ior me-, siuc-. Ia the suns OF my companions
anu friends, tind the same public irel,u,a,
and permit III. To add, the SAINT feelings Ia
Iuy behalf, which hare had the happinrss
To experience in their fathers.
Sm, have bcen allowed. lorty years ago,
before Committee ola Congress "f thrtr"u
states, To express the fond wishes of au Anne
rica'i heart; on this day. | have the h"nor,
and ENJOY the delight To congratulate the Re-
personalities at the Union. so vastly enlarged,
on me realization of Those " i,hrs, r,su aeynDu
every human expectation, and upnu the al
Nest infinite prospects We eau with certainly
,nlicipai.; permit me-, Mr. Speaker, and gen
!'einen OF the House of Representatives, 10
JON 10 tile express.on Ui those sentinp'nis,
tfibuc OF my lively gratitude, alIectionate de-
| 'ollon, and proiouid respect.
Both the address of the Speaker, md il,r
reply OF the General, we're listened to with
The proioundcst attention. Throughout the
Whole the members, aud in all The assrni
biaSe, both on the anor and in The gallery, UNI
Vvrsai slcire prevailed. Every eye was
strained, and every ear on the alert, that nut
Il movement OF The cnuutenancr, nor ii syl,a-
Die OF the language, of the venerable object Of
SD much solicitude. shU.ll he lost.
| As soun as HE General had concluded his
reply, and resumed his seat,
| AIR. M'tche'i moved that the House do now
| ADJOURN which was carried, HGnt. DIS. aud
The House then adjourned till Monday.
| AS soon as the adjournment had taken
place, the Speaker let the chair, and ad auc-
lnS TO the General, offered his personal con-
Sra'ulaiions, shaking him cordially aud re-
peatedy by the hand. The speaker th.a in
'rodaced all the members of the House, ndi-
'iduaily, and thus closed scene the mos,
imposing in lis character and instructive in its
'n'cis, which has ever been presented Ia the
people OF any nation whatsoever. !.Nui. JJur.
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE spectacle
which was yesterday exhibited, on the recep-
ton vi Gen. Laiay elite in the House of Krpie-
sentatl,es of lie United States like that in The
Senate on the preceding day, was one, to " h.ch
no Resemblance can be traced in history, aud
winch VIII hereafter occupy one of its most
delightful pages.
| Besides The full attendancc of the Represen
taiRes of The People, and the presence ofihe
S'nate, 10 whum seats were assigned i'm the
body of the House the OVERLOOKING galleries, the
well filed seals occupied by the higher officers
of the government and other privileged per-
sons, the assemhiage Of Ladies allowed for
tiiis day ouiy I" occupy the vacant spaces vi
the splendid Hall, attestel The deep interest al
| the occasion. Here was no glisteniug parade,
| no gorgeous paseaDtry, no tinkling cyinbal. ma
piercing clarinn Or melIiluous horn, To daZz,e
| the eye, or astohlsh The senses. 1t was a
purely civil ceremony, more cunsenia to
patriot iee'ins, more In the character of our
government and nur People, than has ever
oeen Witnessed since the day when Wash
inSton appeared before the Congress of the
United States, at the close Of tbr Rev CULINARY
War, and surrendered 10 The Representatives
ut the People the commission he had so faith
! fully and gloriously discharged. That was "a
scene Ut simple grandeur, which has been
woIthiiy commemUraied by our historians and
our artists. But besides this characteristic. in
The scene of yesterday, there ere IA crowd of
associated rrcoI!ectiohs rushing on The mind
which msanthropy itself could not rrpeI. and
which pure national feeling reveIird in.
| VINO could have Witnessed the Introduction
Oh That venerable man, whose name we nav.
all bren Taught TO honor and revere who
| could have listened TO The animated and truIo
appropriate address of the Speaker of the
House "f Representatives TO the present .b
Ject OF its respect and grateful attention who
have seen that venerable man. by an effort
Overcoming his sersibliiiy, giving distinct Ut
teranct, III the accent so dear TO the memorv
| OF all Americans, To his fervent aspiraiiuns
without ir'-liDs his heart melt within hin, nm
Der Tue Influence Ut those sentiments the uc-
! casion WAS calculated 10 inspire? II such ,her,
be, We thank Heaven we are not among tn.
number. Any attempt more Particularly TO
describe the effect Uf this scene would h. tn
weaken the Impressions which perusaI of IN.
Address of the Speaker and lbe Answer of
Lafayette are calculated toprOduce. We will
only say, there was IA moral beauty in H.,
spectacle-a touching communion Of heart and
soul-a gushing of grateful feeIing-a recipro-
cation OF alfccIionaie scn,iments-which can
be Iikened 10 nothing, on earth, but The meet
Ing of a fund and long absent laiilrrwitb gratis
lul children.
| Never wasany People more truly reprcsenied
than these of The United States have been an
tins occasion. For this time, AT least, the Con
| gross and the People are of TN. mimi T,h.r.
was, III the scene continuation of every thing
TO augment, aud not the slightest ci cum.
stance 10 deiIact from, lis deep impression.
tNul. Int
We have authority for saving that /, was
the wish of all the Military Associations of The
city, and the intention of some Of them. fo
give the most brilliant escort in their power
| To the Committees and 10 the General. on his
visit to Congress and The Brigadier General
WIS prepared 10 order out all the yoInntef
| corps OF his brigade on the occasion but IL
| was understood 10 Ire the opinion of The Lee