Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-11-12

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made 10 HIM the following address
GENERAL LA FAYErrE :-Weare deputed
by the citizens of the county Of Fiuyanna to
meet you here. sir, aud conduct you to the
place at which, you have been SD kind as e.,
say. you will partake Of a hoiDely but hospita-
BILE entertainment which they have cleeriully
and diligently provided Tor YOU. We are
charged by them, sir, 10 greet you on this vc-
casion with u warm and hearty welcome,--to
tender their sincere congratulations upon your
restoration 10 a people who owe you so much,
and who are always ready to avail themselves
Of every opportunity to pay debt, which yet
they feel can never be extnguisied and 10
assure you of the pleasure which il gives the m
To hear, that you come 10 them in health and
comfort, and, ashley confidently hope, in the
full enjoyment Vt that large share Of happi-
ness winch they believe to have been SO Justly
merit'd by long life OF uucrring virtue aud
rectitude OF conduct.
we speak their sentiments, SIR when we tell
you, weare hapfJ, indeed, that you ha, come
anous ns,-the pnrest, the proudest, the most
triumphant rrcollrctiu,is Of our fathers are
lus-parah'y and tenderIy ass"ciat, dwith your
name aud personal---very. have told us Of your
deeds Of valour-we have heard with rapture
from their lips the tale of nctle daring eand
lofty spirit Of high emprize that distinguish
cd The young and gallant Marquis when he
took The cause of strangers and of freedom
against mighty and a fearful foe-on such
| occasions we have seen the big round drUI,
that stole unconscious from the veterans
eyes-they were the tears Of kind remembrance
the richest offering which the brave man
brings, TO pour upon the altar Of gratitude aud
love.
Most of our progenitors sir. are gone to the
world OF spiiis-those mighty men of valour
who followed you often To the field of
death aud turned not their backs in the day Of
battle, with few exceptions, meet you here no
more But they have left us rich inheri-
lance OF liberty, and las intimately allied to it)
the sentiment towards yourself which have
endeavoured 10 describe. In us then, sir, the
mrsgre representatives of your old friends
and companions in danger, you meet with
affections rs warm and as fresh, as those which
animated their breasts towards you. Trust us,
SIR, We never can forget y0u-like that of the
Saviour and father Of our country, the very
name OF liza Fayette is music in our ears we
are daily repeating it to our own little children
they viii cling 10 i, with delight and trans
init il with faithful memory to their own re-
mote. poslerily.
La traversing our country, sir, in which you
are every where hailed with Joy the mos,
sincere and rue, we Wish you all the pleasure
which cannot fail to arise TO a heart SO good
and generous, when you reflect that the in-
dependence and huppmtss which every where
awaits your observation, is in an eminent de-
gree ascribabie 10 your own magnanimuus ef-
forts in our Gehslf-ille influence OF your own
powerful arm and liberal treasures. We per
suade ourselves, sir, that in this joyous visit TO
the country OF your early adoption, you reap
The luil harvest OF r1cOmpence, To the attain
ment Of which, all the efforts of your life have
been so uniformly directed, when you con-
template the human character at its iufiiest
point Of elevation when. you see nan erect
aod free exhibiting his highest capacitiss-and
when, IN word sir, you find a. the wilderness
and the suIi,ary place made glad and the de-
sert ~ rrjoice and blossom as the rose"
To this address The Gen. replied in substance
as ioions:-i am much gratiii'd, sir, by the
attsIHions which the people Of Fiuvanna coun-
~ have .heen pleased TO bestow upon me-
AmoDS al! the recep tioDs with which hay.
Deem honoured siuce have been in this com
try, =, dear 10 my heart, none has gwen me
aure real qualification than the kind, friendly
aud hospliabie reception which | meet with
from the clIizess Ut Eiuyanna. You are plea
seq 10 advert tn my services to your country
IN the hour OF her struggle have only to beg
OF you, lake care of the liberty which your
fathers have secured to you.-alost of them.
as you say, are gone.-Whatever may become
vi those who remain of us--take care of yo,r
liberty. Accept my thanks, sir, and tender
the expression Of my gratitude to your fellow
citizens.
The General was then conducted into the
house, where handsome collation. had been
preparedio Tor him, his companions and the com
'niilee hum Goochland, by order Of the Com
.,f A
Lee, wbu provided The collation. and other re-
iresbneDls on this OCCASIONS entitled TO much
cVDmendation for the abundant, neat and
tasty preparation which she had effected az
notice Of two days only. The parry having
been refreshed and many citizens, male and
ie,Daie, who had assembled from the adjacent
counties having been introduced, at half uT,er
8 O'Clock, the General and his attendants set off
10 Wilmington. We We're much grati6ed Ia
6ud Col Campbell and VIM. Fl. R1ane. Esor.
Of The Executive Council, in the suite, and re-
gtetied mat the whole Of the COMMITTEES from
GoochIand could not conveniently accomoanv
the party to Wilmington, and share the hos
pitabie board of our citzens-ao invitation
was politely rendered to all, by order of the
Committee at Arrangement. The procession
reached wilmington at So min. after O'clock.
The carriage IN which The General rode was
drawn by stations oil the true English Hun
ttrs breed and M this occasion acquitted
mtn'sts'e s III manner worthy Of their an
ccsIry, having accomplished distance oil
more than nine miles in an hour and five mi
nuies. General La Fayette was received at
Wilmington by n COMMITTEES appointed for
chat purpose and was addressed by J Ohm Tim
beflakc, jr. Esq. as follows:
GESERAL LA FAYErrE,
io behalf OF. the citizens Of this county. and
especially of those here assembled with glow.
ing hearts, to welcome your visj, TO our couo-