The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-09-02

NAoyOl eiNA <hitlSIilGl iilu liiellUCTS OI lltt
Committee of Arrangements and Common
|. Council, preceded by the City Marshal, went
in sixteen carriages to the line to await the
approach ofthe GENERALLY military escort
consisting of a corps of Light Dragons, anf
battalion of Light Infantry, the Boston Light
Infantry, Winslow Blues, Fusileers, New
England Guards, Rangers and City Guards
commanded by Capt. John Tyler, was alsc
prepared at the line to conduct him into
town.
On the arrival of Gen. La Faycttc at the
line, the Hon. Mayor, in the name ofthc City
Government, addressed him III the following
terms.
To Gen. IA FAyMrTE-
SIn-I'hc citizens of Boston welcome you
on your return to the United States; mind,
full of your carly zeal in the cause of Ameri-
can Independence, grateful for Your distin-
guishcd share in the pcrils and glorics of
its achicycments.-Whcn, urged by gener-
Gus sympathy, you first landed on these
shores, YOU fonnd a people engaged in an
ardous and eventual struggle for liberty, with
apparently inadequate means, and amidst
dubious omcns. After the lapse of nearly
half century, you find the same people
prosperous beyond all hope and all precc-
dent; their liberty secure; sitting i'll its
strength, without fear and without reproach
In your youth YOU joined the standard of
three millions Of people, raised in an unequal
and uncertain conflict. In your advanced
age You return and are met by ten millions
ofpcoplc, their descendants, whose hearts
tllrong hther to greet your approach and
rejoice in it. This is not the movement of
a turbulent populace eNeited by the fresh
laurels of some recent conqucror. 1t is a
grave, moral, intellectual impulse.
| y whole people, in the enjoyment of free
dom, as perfect as the condition OF our ira
ture permits, recur with gratitude, ncreas-
ing with the daily increasing sense OF the
blessings to the memory OF those, who, by
their fabours, and i'm their blood, laid the
! foundations OF our liberties.
"Your name, Sir---tae name OF La Fay
ettc, is associated with the most glorious
! periods OF our revolution, with the Impcr
ishable names of Washington, and of chat
numerous host of heroes which adorn tlfat
proudcst archivc of American history, and
arc cngraven in indclible traces OH the hearts
Of the whole American people. Accept then,
Sir, in the sincere spirit III which It is offer
ed, this simple tribute to Your virtues.
Again Sir, the citizens of Boston bid you
welcome to the cradle Of American lndcpcn-
dencc, and to scenes consecratcd with the
blood shed by the earliest martyrs in the
cause.o
Gen. Ia Fayettc then made the following
answer.
"To the Mayor and People of Boston
The emotions Of love and gratitude which
have been accustomed to feel on my entering
this city, have ever been mingled with a
sense Of religious reverence tor the cradle
of American, and, let us hope it will be here
after said, OF universal liberty.
"W'hat must be, Sir, my feelings at this
blessed moment, when after so long absence
find myself again surrounded by the good
citizens of Boston when am SO affection
atelv, 50 honora,ly welcomed, not only by
old friends, but by several successive gcner-
ations when can witness the prosperity,
the immense improvements, that have been
the Just reward of noble struggle, virtuous
morals, and truly republican institutions.
81 beg of YOU Mr.. Mayor, Gentleman Of
the City Council, and all of you, beloved
citizens ofBostcn, to accept the warm thanks
of the heart, which has for ncarlv half cen
ury been devoted to your illustrious city"
The Mayor then entered the carriage Of
the General, which was 4 handsome barou-
che, drawn by four white horses, and the
procession moved towards town. This move
ment began at about II O'Clock, and was an
nounccd by sgnal to the Sea Fencib'cs, sta
toned on South Boston Heights, who then
fred a salute, and tho bells of the town be-
gan to ring. The procession passed through
the streets indicated in the order ofarrange-
ments already published, in the following
order, VIZ; The Military escort, the City
Government, the General, followed BY the
gentleman who accompanied him from
France, and from New York-thc public
officers who had joined the procession, and
the cavalcadc Of ctizons-thc whole being
under the direction Of Marshal Harris, as
Chief Marshal, and twenty five Marshas.
The procession entered the common from
Boylston-strcet. From the point where they |
entered to Park-street, the children of the /
public schools, Of Eoth sexes, neatly clad, and |
under the directions of the instructors, were
arranged i'll two lines. Between these lines
ofchidren the procession passed to Park /
street. The military, forming the escort, on
reaching Parh-street, were formed i'll line, |
and the General passed them in review.
Vast numbers OF people filled the street
through which the procession passed, and
the adjoining houses, and an immense CON
course OF spectators was assembled on the
common, and iii the State House Yard. The
General was cheered from time to time as
he reached the principal asScmblage Of pco-
pie, particularly by the vast assembly on the
common, when he approached the State
House.
The general was then conducted to the
State House, where he was received, in the
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