The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-12-23

bpon Tie f,e,ident oi ihe Senate, and Iie Sen
| siors, rose IRON thsir ses,s, aud The Gene a.
advancing town ds the chair OF the Senate, was
invited by the President TO take a seat pTspsG.
cd for him on the light OF the chair.
Soon after the General ives seated,
Mr. Barbour moved thar the Senste sdiousps
Mr.. Lloyd, OF Mass. eonconed in the wlsh
for The Sens,s to adjourn, 90 siforc the Mem
bers en- opportunity Of paying their individosi
respects 10 Gen. La Fsye:te.
The Senate then sdiourned, and The Sshs.
tors, individually, beginning with the p esi'
dent Of The Senate, rendered him their i-
specs, which were cordially and fsslinsly re.
cipr ocsnd.
HOUSE.
Friday, December 10.
Mr.. Condict, of New Jersey, moved that =
messenger oe seot TO the Senate Of The UDl-
ted States, inviting thai body to attend 10 Ihs
ChsDbef OF Representatives,, st ! o'clock, to.
day, on the reception of General La Fsyeue.
The question was tsken, and The molten
passed. !"
Seats were accordingly ordered for he rsern. d.
bers Of the Senate, who shortly sfter entered
and took the places assigned them.
RECEPTION OF LAFAYETTE.
At o'clock, according 10 previous arrange.
ment, General Ls Fsye,te appeared, sttended
by . commi,tee OF twenty four Members Of
she House Of Representatives, and was intro
dpeed to the House by Mr.. Mitchell, Chair
man Of The Committee.
On the GenstsI's entry, the Members sod
persons admitted on the floor of the House
rose, and remained uncovered.
Mr.. Speaker then rose, and in behalf Of ths
oh m 10 ~.
following eloquent strs Sin, ados ned by those
graees Of oiasory for which he is dis,irguish'
ed:
GENERAL. The House Of Representatives
OF the Unled States, impelied sliks by its cwa
feelings, and by those OF The whole Amotiesn
people, could no, have assigned 10 me q moro
gratifying dug, than tbs, Of presenting to yon
cordial congratulations upon the occasion o.
your recent arrival i0 The United States, in
compliance With the wishes of Congress, and
TO assure you Of the ye'y high satisfaction
which your presence affords on this early the
sire OF youi glory and tenown. Although boz
few Of ,he members who compose this body
shared with you in the Wet of our Revolution,
all have, from impartial history, or from faith
fol tradition, knowledge of the peiils, the
suffe'ipgs, end tho sacrifices which you volun>
,srily encountered, end the signal services, ia
America and 10 Europe, which you perform.
ed for an infant, a dstsn,, and an alien people
and al! feel and owo The vecy cal extent os
the obligations under which you have placed
our county. But the tela,ioDs IN which you
have ever stood 10 the United States, inie res,-
ing and important IS they have been, 90 nos
constitute the only motive of tho respect and
administration which The House OF Represeo-
tstives en,eusin Tor you Your constituency
OF character, YOU uniform devotion 10 reguis-
ied liberty, in oil the vicissitudes OF lorg aod
arduous life, also commands its admiration,
During oil the recent convulsions OF Europe,
smidsr, sss sster the dispersion OF, every poiili.
cal storm, the people Of The United States
hsVs behe!d ycv, .,rus to your ole principles,
firm and erect, cheering aud snima,ng With
your well known voice, the votaries OF lbe'iy,
its faithful and fearless champion, ready TO
shed The las, drop Of thai bit.d which hero
you so freely and nobly split, in the same ho-
ly cause.
The vain vish has 6een sometimes indulg.
ed, that Providence would allow The Pstiot,
alter death, to re,urn 20 bic country, and TO
template the in,et etmediate changes which
he'd taken place--to view the forests fslled,
the cities built, the moun,sIns levelled, tho
canalscu', the highways cons,rucied. the pro.
g'ess OF the arts, the advancement oflesrning,
the increase o! popula,ion.-General, your
present visi, TO the United States is . resliza-
lion OF the eon,oing object Of tbs, wish. You
ore in tho midu o! posleriy. Every where.
you must have been struck with the great
changes, physical and moral, which have oc-
CURED since you lei, US. Even thisve,y city,
bearing yenera,ed name, aiike endeaied to
you and 10 US, has since emsrgsd from ,ha
foreN which then covered its scite. IN orfo
respec, you behold Us unaitered, and that is in
the sentiment Of continued devotion to lbe,Iy,
and OF ardent affection apd profound grsli,ude
10 your departed friend, tho father Of his
county, and to you, and to your ilusttious as
socisles In the field and In the osbinst, for tho
multiplied blessings which surround US, snd
for tho very p'Iviegs Of addressing yoo,
which now exercise. This sentiment, now
fondly cherished BY more than ten millions Of