The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-12-24

introduce Gen. Lafayette To the Sr,,,,
the United States )" whereupon tbe D..
| deaf Of the Senate and the Srnatot.
from their seats, aud the General al,9s
chg towards the Chair of the So
WAS invited by the President To t,la
seat prepared for him ON the right sla'
Chair. VIC
Soon after the General was seated
Dir, Barbour moved that the Senate nd
jonrn. ~
Dir. Lloyd of Massachusetts concurrc3 :.
the wish Of tue Senate To ad ionrn 10 aro5I
the members an opportunity Of pa,or |
their individual respects to General /,
/ Faycitc.
The Senate then adjourned, and I'm
Senators Individually, beginning with H..
/ President of the Senate, rendered him finn,
respects, which were cordially and rceImsIy
reciprocatcd.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10.
Mr.. Condct Of New JERSEY moved H.
a messenger BIZ sent 10 the Senate Of The
United States, inviting thai body To attend
IN the Chambtr of Representatives, at IN.
e'clnck to-day, On the reception of Gener.t
! ibhlh Vt't, W HlCl WIS dNltth w.
RECEPTION OF LAFAYETTE.
AT one o'clock, according 20 previous ar
ranDemcnt, Gen. Lafayette appeared at
tended by the Committee of 81 memher,
al the House of Representatives, and W.,
introduced To the House by Mr.. Mtchf..
Chairman Of the Committee.
On the Generals entry, the memhgs
and peIson admitted on the floor Of ne
House, rose, and renamed standing uacUy
d.
Mr.. Speaker then rose, and in behaIr0i
| the HOUSE, addressed the Nntpn's Cues,
III the following eloquent strain, adornpdbg
those Sraccs of oratory for which he is d.,
, tingniehtd.
"GEHERAL-Thc House Of Represents.
tlHes Of the United States, impellrd alike
by IFS Own feelings and those of the whole
American people, could not have assigned
To me more gratifying duty than that Of
being It's organ TO present 10 You cordial
congratulations upon the occasion Of your
recent arrival in the United States, in com
| pliance With the wishes Of Congress, aud
To assure you of the very high satisfaction
which your pres cnce affords on this early
theatre ofyonr glory and renown. Attn
but few of the members who compose tins
body shared with you in the war Of the
Revolution, all have u knowledge, from
impartial history, or from faithful tradition
of the perls, the sitfrrings, and the sacrii
ccs, which you voluntarily encountord,
and the signal services, in America aud ia
Europe, which You performed for an ~
fant, a distant, and an alien people j; and all
feel and own the very great extent Of obi
cations under which You have placed our
country. But The relations in which You
have ever stood TO the u. States, interest
! ing and important as they have been, do
not constitute the only motive Of the rr.
sPcct aud admiration which this House ~
! terialns Tor YOU. Your consistency OF cha.
racter, your uniform devotion to regulated
Liberty. in all the vicissitudcs Of II long and
arduous life, also commands the highest
admiration. During all the recent cnnsu
slons of Europe, amidst, as after the dspG.
sion ofeyery political storm, the people of
the United States have ever brheld yoa
true to your priariplrs firm and erect,
cheering and animaiing, with your Hri
knnwn voice, the yutaries of liberty, It's
faithful and fearless champion, ready to
shed the last drop of that blood which,
here, yonso freely and nobIy split in Tie
same holy cause.
THE vain wish has been sonnet mes IN
d0grd, that Prov idrnce would allow lie
patriot after death to retHrn 10 his country
and IT, contemplate the intermediate chan
rs which had taken place-to 'irw The
'"rcsts trllcd, the cities built, the mountains
lryeIlcd, the canals cut. the highways con-
structrd, the progress of the arts, the nd
'ancement of learning, and the Increase q!
population. General, your present usll 10
The Unilrd States in The realiz dlon oI
consoling object Of that wish. You are IN
the midst Of postcrty Every where you
must have been struck with the great chah
ges, physical and moral, hich have occur
red since you left us. Even this very ciy.
hearing vcntrated name, alike endeaftu'
to you and 10 us, has emerged from 'Hc
forest which then covered its site. In one
respect, you behold tbs HnaItered, and lh''
Il IN the sentiment of continued deFoiiOo"
liberty, and of ardent affection and Proioa''
gratitude To your departed friend, the Ia'If'
OF his country, and In your liustIIous d
s0cihtcs, in the field aud in the tahlnr', l''
the multiplied blessings which SURROUND" ~:
and Tor the very privilege ot addltS''p7
you,whlch now exercise. This sen'llnt"'
now fondly cherished by more lfIan ' 81
millions of peoplr, will be transmlitrd'N'5'
undated vigor, down the tide OF llmr' '4l'
the countless millions who are desilntu ~
inhahit this continent to the latest po''..'
rity."
10 which address General LAFAYETTE
replied, in tone in which energy "
character and sensiblIity Of feeling "Ne
most Interestingly blended, to the following
effect
M. Speaker, and Gentlemen
ofthe House IF RsprsentaftrtS
" While the people of the United 9''le'
aud their hon. Representatives in C"rb'''1f
have deigned to make chuice of me-, one ~
the American veterans, TO signify ~ h''
person their esteem for our JOINT st'Ft''