The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-09-07

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Az arch was thrown across Washington
: Street, above South Boston bridge, near THE
sliot where, when LaFayeti. i,it the town
(, ~ 1897, were The remains et breastHork
erected darias the revolutionary war. Al
each side of the arch WAS tfansplanted "A
tree III oak, aud another of prpe, about 20
fret in height, aud the pillars were tasteful
, ly wreathcd With eyergreeus aud flowers.
The arch itself WAS decorated with Anne.
rcan llags aud e,ergreeus, aud from ITS
I, centre scroll was suspended, bearing the
inscription w hieh stands at the head Of THIS
article.
Another arch was erected acloss Wash
ington street by the Boyston Market, on
the spot once shaded by the Liberty trrc,
which was elegantly decorated with oak eh
earlands, So arranged as I" form beaull-
fnl border on each side of the arch. The
space mol covered with these leaves.oi OAK
WAS about two feet broad, and contained
the motto " Washington and La Fayeltc,'
IN large capitals, extending from one END
Of the arch To the other. Underneath
was The motto" a Republic not migrate
F. fu"
At several places lines were extended Il
cross III. str, ct, decorated with tdgs, aud
forming handsome iestoons.
About II O'Clock General La Fayette
approached the boundary line OF the CITY,
from the residence OF Governor Euslls in
Roxbury. His arrival at the line was an
nounccd by discharge of artillery, when
all the bells of the city commenced ringing
"A peal which WAS continued till he arrived
al the State House.
he was met ~ The line by the Mayor and
City Council. The Mayor addressed him
AS follows:
SIR-The citizens of Boston welcome
you on your return 90 ibe u. States; mind
FIJI of yolr early zeal IN the cause df Anne
rican Independence grateful for your dis
tlngnishcd SHARE, in the ports aud glorIes
OF It's achievement.
When, urged by generous sympathy,
you first landed on these shores, you found
IA people engaged in an arduoas and event
iul struggle for liberty, with apparently in
adequate means and amidst dubious onens.
After the lapse of nearly half a century,
you find the same people prosperous be-
yond AL hope and all pre- cedent their /
liberty secure situps in It's strength F.;
without feat and without rcpruach.
In your youth you joined the standard I
or Three Millions of people, raised in an
unequal and uncertain conflict. In your
advanced age, you return, and are met by
Ten MILLIONS of people, their descendants, /.
whose hesfis thronS hither to greet your
approach and to rloice in it..
This is not the movement of a turbulent
p0pulace, excited by the fresh laurels of
some!ecent conqner0r. 1t is grave, moral
and intellectual Impulse.
A whole people, in the Enjoyment Of
freedom, as perfect as the condition oil our
nature permits, rccur with gratitude, in
creasing with the daily increasing SENSE of
their blessings to the memory Of those who,
by their lahurs aud their blood, laid the
foundations of our liberties.
Your name, Sir: the name OLA FAY
ETTE, is associated with the most perilous
and most glorious periods of our revolution;
with the impcrishahle names of WASH
fNGTON, aud OF that numerous host Of
heroes, which adorn the prpudest Archives
of American History, aud are engraven in
indciible traces on the hearts of The whole
/ American people.
Accept then, Sir, in the sincere spirit,
in which il is offered, this simple tribute To
your virtues
welcome 10 The cradle of American lnde.
pendenee, and TO scenes cousocrated with
the blood shed by the earliest martyrs in
lis cause.
The reply of General Ia FAYErrr we
wetc not able 10 obtain for this day pa.
per.
The Mayor then took seat with Gcu.
La Fayette in the barouche prepared for
~ hatn nd itc e.,
the order and through the streets mention
ed IN the order OF arrangements in yester
days paper. 4 company of light dragoons
led the van. The light infantry companies
belonging to the Boston brigade which
followed, made an elegant appearance
Following the carriages in which the mum
cipal authorities rode, We're field aud stall
officers of the militia, aud next came a
troop of Truckmcu, consisting of nearly
200, neatly dressed in white lrocks aud
black or blue pantaloons, with an appfopr-
ate standard. The'Cayalcade of citizens on
horseback and in carriages brought up the
rear. We ar" not able to state the number
of persons in this part of the procession,
but u gentleman informed ms that he coun
ted upwards of seven hundred on horse
back after a pant of them had passed II
was the largest procession ever Witnessed
IN Our city.
But the most beautiful part of the spec
tacle was exhibited on the Common The
pupils of the public schools, both male and
; female, were arranged on the side aid DIN
ing the mall reaching from Boy street
tn the head of the mall, under the care OF
the respective teachers, aud protected from
the press of spectators by peace officers
appointed for the purpose. Between these
beautiful lines, the whole military and civil
procession passed. When Gen. Lafayette
entered the passage, an interesting little
girl of five or six years cid stepped forward
and being placed in his barouchc, presented
him wreath, and made brief address in