Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-07-12

social order, hitherto unexampled, and founded on
the sovereignty OF the people-on the plain rights
| OF man-on the practice of unalloyed sef-govern-
ment Its results have exceeded the most sanguine
expecta'ions-iis problem has been happily & prac-
tically solved-and another problem remains to be
solved: how long other nations will prefer paying,
at an immense price, the aristocracy and depotisn
oil few priv ileSed oppressors, the blessings OF
freedom and equalrghts, under economical and truly
representative institutions?
AT every step OF my visit through the invent v
four United States which you are pleased 70
congratulate me, have had to admire wonders oil
| creation and Improvement. No where can the,
| be more conspicuous than in the State of New
York, In the prodgious progress of this city Those
| western parts, which | had left a wilderness
nave found covered with flourishing towns, highly
cultivated farns, active factories, intersected by
the admirable canal already becoming the communi-
| cation OF ~ immense trade--all in consequence oil
Independence, freedom. and republican spirit.
NO higher honour could be bestow ed me,
'ian 10 have associated my name, to the two great
| names you have mentioned. To the first of them,
SIR whose place is above all men, in my flial heart
my principal boast is to have been an adopted son.
a faithful disciple. OF the other, no man can be a
more exalted ad,nirer than l am; and permit me
TO observe, that what my friends and myself have
only attempted In the other hemisphere, has been
IN South America, and under the liberatne auspices
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IN every testimony from the people Of this stale,
ana their representatives, am to acknowledge n
benevolent Kindness, which, if it exceeds my
merits, Is eGualed by the sentiments of my ever
lasting devotion, respect and gratitude.
The General, Senate, and Corporation, then pro-
ceeded TO the front of The City Hail. and received
the marching salute from the troops, which, after
fring fen de jon, dispersed.
Gen. Lafayette having met the Cincinnati, dined
with the Corporation, and in the evening attended
The Theatre, which was crowded.
The amussments OF the day were almost too
numeous TO repeat. In the afternoon the shores o
itoboken were crowded to see the boat race The
frIze Boat was won by the WM. III. CRAwroRp
the news boat originally built for this office, and
was rowed BY John Psrmenter and David Sisco.
The prize boa; and the victors were carried 10 the
| circus IN Broadway, accompanied by a band of
music.
Upwards of 5000 persons attended Castle Garden
10 witness the very splendid display of fireworks
tauAhall, and other places of amusement, were
also filled. The Lafayette Circus opened, for the
hrst time, to a full house; and, in short, every
thins went off well, and The hilarity ofthe tay was
not maredb BY any accident that we have vet learnt.
": Y. Nat. .adc.
We are happy 10 learn, that general Ia Favette
has yielded TO tlie pressing invitation of govern
ent to return to France in the new frisate Bran
DIVINE, recently launched at the city of Wash
lnS,on and, that he will rem ain until after the
lin September, in compliance with the wish of
government, 10 be present at the anniversary of
the battle OF Brandywinc, where he first Shed
blood In hShtins for the independence of these II