The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-11-16

""H nv Iiulutf. FdI rum ". Lafayette
and his associates, many of whom traced
their nobility beyond thr fenlal ase, ,iesir
Ell restoration , To share again with the
people NJ least "A part of those privileges
winch every educated man knows they
hold BY titles not only more rational, but
more %ahcient, than any titles al mobility of
which successive tstrraticns had despolled
them. The martyr kag, sh m Il result
ton of the American Congress entitled
Protector of the Rights of Mankind. swore
to maintain them. The present king was
their declared advocate. II the selfish,
coward few, whose ancestors tor centuries
had sown the Wind, fed from their iordly
homes at the reaping of the whiriw,nd, IL,
from their hiding places abroad, they scat
tered back the seeds of yet mort terrible
desolatipo-wlc IL accountable " hose
the harvest
Aud Was not tie French Revolution
Indispensable : The only possible revival
1T France from tte prostratIon of rIany
relgns OF misrulr aud impoyrrtslment =
Let us not exdgseralc the evil, nor und"r,a-
Tue the good, of conclusion IN the order of
things. Lei not the many lllustrious victims
nor the atrocities of tilrir cNrcut1onVrs,
dlsqudhGy the mind IL estimate the event,
The m0rtntin wastes of then fan country,
inr the first time covered with smllias
holnFstead- her comirercc, manufactures,
and agriculture, nonrishing beyond exam
pie her chaos of finance restored IL com
potency !; her capital aud circulation solid
and a%illucnt, with credit The plant that vi
theirs IN the absolute soil, and thrivcs only
IN the liberal )snperaddrd To them u con
tented and educated people a lurispru
deuce the admiration Of the world Il rne-
tropulis the centre of refinement E; literary
ana scientific Institutes ~pfc-cmlncnt a
press comparatively free above all, morals
long abandoned To the most protligaie dis.
solntenrss, of Nhich the court set The ex
ample, chasleHed by the frs, prevalence Of
those domestic Virtues nhich are the pure
funnt"tn ms OF all the rest ; these are the sc
Juel and the fruits Of the Revolution
these are he enioymcn,s Of those who de
p!efc lis rakages.
In Europe, IA riamnrous and dangerous
reaction. may coninnnd all periods, persons,
and transactions of thar agony, IN one dark
cioni of obloqay. But America Is n sort Of
pnstcrity To Europe. Here II IA that the
principles Of independents" are I" be .indl-
Gated, not only BY the wisdom of govern
ment aud tts "A, elton of the peorl', hui
by history, philosophy, eloqncnee, and all
the means of justification. ifthe truth be
not radiated from this lnninary, where can
il prevail : Though the origin of thosr
principles in this hemisphere, like lis first
settlement, was fotlorn, aud their progrrss
Ions disastrous, as in Europe it has been
consulaivr and porttnt"ns, they are never
theless already established here tryund
contradiction If for = moment cclipsed III
the Ea,t, yet there, aud here, aud every
where, destined 10 be soon thu spell to dis.
enehant aud reform the world.
Our e~nvialie associate, Gen. Lafayette,
has enjoyed the singular happiness of shals
iuS their fortunes for the half century ri
their existence. Disciple of Franklin, iuti
male 81 his legitimate succrssor, for many
years the president of this society, vino
varliSd intn The presidency oi the country
the benevolent, economical, just aud pacific
doctrines "f TIE philosophy of the age--he
has uniformity, undrr all .lf'ssltudes III both
worlds maintained il from the first, till II.
wardrd by the brilliant present When part
Of his requiial IS u popular coronation, IL
which the triumph Of old or any modern
pageant bears bat a FAINT resemblance
For cold and ciiccricss is b, spoken aud or
G.ni7cd p"mp. NuepectdcIc s%cItiler piiysl-
cally or morally comparahi" ~ n'a9nIscetst
t. that of Il rejoicing nation. No govern
ment can rouse IA people Ike Their own
awakening. No treasury can Afford the
means, 40 ordinance can prodacrthe effects
otihe gf.ttuitoas nstentdtion OF n unanimous
people. An"lica does not forget the ro-
mantle toI thconfinS Of tae most generous,
consistent AMI heroic nt the knights of the
bold world otle rs7ctir Of tie uew. Sh"
has always dWtit delighted on tine cunaiari-
cy OF the uohirmAn who Coa'd frnoancc
utlcs and wealth, for more historical aud
philapthpopic llanors the commander re
n0ancing pow er, who never shed n crop oi
blood for conquest or vain glory. >lie Irts
often trcmhlrti. but never hlushed, for her
oriental champion, when tried by the alter
nate Carrsses add rag of the most tefrliic
mobs, and linpusiuS monafchs. She knows
than iIi3 lospiti blt mansions MAS the urine
at which her citizens IN France conscrrated
their faith In Independence,
1hilher did all her yalian; youth resort,
And from his memory iulame their breasts
To matches valor, and adventures lii8I.
Invited 10 revisit the genes Of his lirsi
cmlnence, the very idplatry oftic wVIcome
ahounds with rcedcrming characteristics
of self government. A squadron of steam
boats brought hjm to the shore. u steam
boat 0rlMger dimensions than thu ships oil
war To which, in the time Of ijeLrt Tie
Great, those ofaii ths rest of Europe van
ed their 1ags, has been "A Vehicle OF LIS
Observation-Disclosures Of the enterprise,
nobility, abundance, comfort aud equality
of the county which lii" Last tIn1e our
distinguished gac5i assisted at "A meeting oi
| tIi, society, JuiY, 1885, ao poor, "a debt,