Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-05-07

P0ETR Y.
NINETEENTH OF APRIL

| bVofoH, sIpH cav Y arc iuoCUtCu W lllS
editor ofthe Boston Gazette for the following
account of the late public ceremonies at Con
cord.
battle at Concord, in 1775, was celebrated in
that town on Tuesday last, by military pa.
rade, public Grafton, and other interesting ex.
ercses; which calledtogether numerous and
highly respectable assemblage of ladies and
gentlemen-among the latter We noticed the
Hon. Mr.. Webster, Hon. A. H. Everett, His
Honor the Mayor, and other distinguished CT
tizens. At half past ten o'clock, procession
was formed, which proceeded, under escort of
the Acton Blues and the Concord Light Infan
try and :'rtillery companies, to the public
square, where the corner stone of Monument
men Dhose blood sealed nations independence,
was laid~i masonic order by the Corinthian
Lodge, assisted by number of the fraternity
fro.n Boston: the ceremony was eminently in
terestlng and impressive. Soon after the lay
ing of the corner stone, the procession was a
gain formed, and conducted to the meeting
house, where an appropriate prayer was offer
| ed by the Rev. DR.. Ripley of Concord, after
which the Hon. Edward Everett delivered an
Grafton, in his usual eloquent and happy man
ner. He spoke upwards of two hours, during
which time not the least uneasiness was per-
ceptible among his auditors, but all appeared
10 Listen to him with attention and admiration.
The Grafton will probably be published for it
is worthy of its author, and the great occasion
that elicitedit. The Grafton was succeeded
by Il patriotic ode from the pen of DIR. PEREZ
val, which we have given below, as well as =
Hymn from the pen of the Rev. Mr.. Flint
After the ceremonies at the meeting house,
the procession proceeded to the hotel where
about three hundred partook of an excellent
dinner. The celebration ended by public
hall, which was numerously attended by the
ladies and gentlemen of Concord and the
| ueighborlng towns; we have convcrsed with a
Friend vho was present, and he informs us that
they kept Il up until four o'clock IN the morning.
We had almost forgot to mention that we
counted in the meeting house about seventy
ofth surviving patriots of the revolution, ma
| ny of whom took an active part i'll the Concord
Fight, and could testify to the fidelity with
which the orator portrayed the eventful
scenes of the 10Th of April, 1775.
The following Hymn, written for the occa-
sion, by the Rev. James Flint, of Salem, was
sung by select choir-Tune "OH Hundred"
o GOD, SUPREME DER earth and skies,
To THEE our fathers suppliant eyes
Were rais'd for help, when loud the alarm
Of battle call'd the Brare to arm.
Here, on this consecrated ground,
Where sleeps their martyrd dust around,
Their sons exulting raise to Thee
Their grateful hymn ofJUBILEE.
Thou did'st inspire the patriot band;
Thy breath the Flame Of Freedom fann'd,
| And babe her banners glorious wave
To marshal here the free and brare.
| In that dread hour, when needed most,
THY MIGHT was with the gathering host,
When first the royal hircling brood
| Proyok' ID resistance unto blood.
The blood that dy'd that day the field,
A nations INDEPENDENCE seapd;
That blood sent up its cry to thee,
A nations pledge of VICTORY.
Our fathers deeds, in deathless song,
Time in his course shall bear along:
Their sons, still happy, brave and free,
Shall own their boundiess debt to THEE.
The following Ode was written by DR.. J. G.
Percival, of this city-Tune, ".3dams and LII
berty."
When first from the land of the TYRANT and
SLAVE ocean,
Our ore.fathes ventured to cross the wide
They kneeled as they came from the perilous
wave, [tition;
And uttered their vows with an earnest pc
"BRIGHT SPIRIT in THEE
we ,OiH erer be free,
While the sun gives is light
To the land and the sea,
find here ON the Stoym-beGten rock ,ce unite
To conquer or die for our God and our right
Then deep in their bosoms they nourished
the fame, [of danger,
That burst from their hearts in the moment
Whenproudly the minon of TYRANNY came,
Polluting their homes with the foot of the
| stranger:
Then they few to the fight,
Where LIBERTY'S light
| Called the bold-hearted yeoman
To rise in his might, [gave
s'And the hard hand of labor undaunted]y
The welcome of death to the numbering
| slave.
Here, first in the field of the battle they stood,
And fearlessly gathered the HARVEST OF
GLORY; in BLOOD,
Here they first stamped the seal of their union