American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-01-07

It's own oak in insincible strength and perpetual
yerdure.
IL. The People, the only legitimate source OF po
litical power-Whe rulers are responsible agents,
they can never long abuse their authority or be IN
mindful Of their trust. -,
L. Public Opinion and Free Press" The
lcherubm and flaming sword which I" keep the way
of the Tree" OF Liberty.
IS. The me nory of Kosciusko and Steuben, ~
Ilaski and De Kalb-Ilustrous compeers OF our IL
Ilustious Guest.
IA. The Republics Of South .4merica and .Merieo
INSTRUCTED by our example, may they parlicipa'e
in our success.
Is. Greece-May the glories of antiquity be re-
lkindled amidst her desolate groves and broken al
tars, and Athens and Sparta be retouched INTO lie
with fresh associations Of spendor and renown.
l6 Woman--Her virtues are at once the high
est reward and the best security Tor our own.
After the regular toasts had been drank, Mr..
Gailard, the President of the Senate, rose, and
lgave the following toast
MAY every generous and gallant defender Of a
nations rights meet with the nobest reward that
can be received by mana nations admiration,
gratitude, and affection.
| MIR. Clay, then rose, and said he wished, in a
parting glass, to propose sentiment for which he
anticipated a cordial reception from both their II,
us,rous guests, and from every other gentleman
present II has indeed been, as it was impossible
it should not be, on this pleasing occasion, alluded
| TO in the loasts prepared with much judgment
and taste by the excellent Committee of Arrange
ment, and which had already received as they mer-
tied, unqualified appreciation. But the sentiment
deserved repetliion-he hoped, without arrogance,
that he might say distinct and emphatic expires
sion from him. Whilst we are enjoying, IN peace,
plenty, and safety, the blessings of those Tree insu
wi he he
and their gallant companions now present have es
ablished, and freely ard gratefully indugng IN our
Revolutionary Recoections, can we forget that our
neighbors and friends, on the same continent, are
now struggling to achieve that freedom and lnde
pendence which here happily was so successfully
vindicated! In their behalf no foreign nation, no
generous and DISTINGUISHED La Fayette. has risen--
unsided, they have sustained their glorious cause
alone conscious of its righteousness, and with no
other helps than those which their courage their
morasses, and their Andes, have supplied. 1t the
monarch Of miserable Spain had ever displayed any
Extraordinary moral htness--if he possessed any
superior wisdom for governlng-i situated beyond
the ftantic, within his contracted European PENN
sula, all mankind not obliged confess tine folly
and the presumption Of his vain effort to regain his
last dominion over The greater part oil America, We
might moderate sympathies, and feel a less live
| ly interest in the final issue OF the But wretch
leu opain, BoVeTHtu ltsei py y io'ei@n po"er-h
iauated Monarch, YET to cherish the mpracticable
hope of maintaining rule in the New World for
which he is utterly incompetent in the Old - He
would no longer detan the Company. lie proposed
Seen. Bolirar, the Washington Of South A
merica, and the Republic OF Colombia
j As soon as this toast had been drank, the Presi.
dent and the General retired, and the company soon
afterwards separated, al an early -Four, greatly de-
lighted. The Entertainment began and ended with.
Out the occurrence OF single circumstance to mar
the pleasure of celebration which, in all its cir
cumstances, can hardly admit of a parallel.