The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-07-18

rresa ofinproYemenf.i il sill not lie for
eetfsn. that the MARBLE Halt, IN IS ieh
We are now assembled, an edilIee sflen-
did. even as n monument nftIf. arts. aud
which The grow IL u. ihls city has already
left sHoft 81 is eedlfe oeenafes The Place
whieh vas common nastt without Tie
eifY, WHEN ii ioled IN CIR eaa,e and
Wa thu usa1 rs an of,n field upon whirh
mefcenary troeps were nafshalied and
sem forth IN battle asainsl naf fathers.
Such II Tie character # TIE blessings
Which how from freedom -surh are some
NJ The results proceeding from HAT Ipde-
prndrner, and lhosr republican institutions,
which NJ envy, ana which jon asslsltd II
establish, and to which YIN first sealed
your deviation, with PORTION of your
blood, at the BrandsHine. II vas the par
tIeifufi1a il such eaase, md the peffnf-
nance IF sneh decd, by Wldsh you merit
Ell the gratitude and gained the devotion oil
tbs naiion. Tint friendship has attended
Z IN IN every subsequent event Of your HE,
aud il has e.er found you, in the hour Of
/ temptation and trial, faithful To liberty,
good order, and good government Of
! laws. Tie enthusiasm of youth might
! have attached you 10 our cause the firm
nes4 Of manhood and The sprit To with
sfaud oppression, might have sasitln-
ed you when suffering IN the prison nj u
mutt hnt yirfnous love Of rational llbcf.
y, could .done have enabled yoa to resist
the temptations of power aud the workings
Of ambition, when mighty Revolution
bad placed you at the head ofthe National
Guard Of France, and invited you 10 WELD
the power ofthat wonderful people.
1t was lhen that danger awaited you,--it
vas then that the love fpfinciple prevail
ed over lbt love II power-and virtue ri-
.mphed OYER ambition.
It's al such moments, in the possession
of power and apparent prosperity, when
human weakness IS most expnsrd. 1t was
In such moments when a C8sdf, .Nopote-
on and an Harbide fell II WAS in such mo,
nIents when a Washington. IA lafayette and
Botiuar trInmphed
Gen. LAFAYETTE Immediately replied
in the following terms
II is 10 me, sir, aninexpressible but deep
Iy-fplt qualification, on this solemn ami
versary day, To be able To celebrate the
joyful Jubilee of this great and good city of
New York, WHERE, for the first time, after
The happiness 10 ind myself again on A.
meiican ground aud "htre was begun,
near eleven month, since, that series of
welcomes from the American people, and
then representatives, which will fill every
one Of the remaining days, and the last in
stant of my life, with most lively sense
of gratitude aud delight.
Now, sir, that qualification is completed,
when am permitted TO appear befofe hi.
respected body, Ia offer To the gentlemen
Of the Senate my profound acknowledge
ments for the farors bestowed upon m, by
the two branches of the Legislature, aud to
receive from them those highly valued
marks OF their appreciation and friendship,
expressed by you sir, in SO kind and fat-
tering terms, for which | beg yon, Mr..
President, and all of you gentlemen. to ar
cept my warm and respectful thanks.
The F0URTu OF July has been the era
of a new social of1er, hitherto unexampled
of the pa,n tights of man, IN the practice
of unaIoyed self-g government. lis results
have exceeded the most sangnine expecta.
tions-its problem ha5 been happily and
practically soved-and another problem
remains In be solved how long other na-
tlons will prefer paying, ut an immense
pfce, the arisfoefacy and despOtism OF IA
few privileged oppresaors to the blessings
of freedom and equal rights, Under ec0na-
mical and truly representative institutions !?
At every step Of my visit through the
twent y-fuur United States, 90 which YOU
are pleased To cong atoIate mr, have had
| to admire wonders ofereation aud improves
ment. M where can they he more con-
.picneus Than III the state Of New-l York, in
! the PRODUCTIONS progress CT this city. Those
western parts, which had left Il wilder
NESS, ! haze found fourishiog towns, high
! y cultivated farms, active factories, aud
ntersected by the admirable canal already
become the communication of an immense
trade--all in consequence Of independence,
freedom, and Il republican spirit.
No higher honor could he bestowed on
me, Than to have associated my name IN
the two great names you have mentioned.
p the ifst Of them. sir, whose place is
above all men. in my filial heart, my prln-
opal hnast is, To have been an adopted son,
a faithful disciple. Ofthe ath,f, no man
can be more exalted admifer lhan am ,
and permit me IL observe, that what thy
friends and myself have only attempted ia
the other hemisphere, has buen in South
America, aud under the llbetating auspices
ofbis talents aud virtues, happily efertaa-
ted. Bat ioerery testimony from the peo-
pie Of this state, and then Representatives,
am tn acknowledge b.nesolent kind
ness. which, IT it exceeds my merits, Is e.
quaIled BY the sentiments NJ my cyerast-
Jog devotion, respect, and gratitude.
Gen. Lafayette having met the Cincn-
natl dincd with the Corporation, aud in
the evening attended the Theatre, which
was crowded.
The ADJUSTMENTS Of the day were almost
too numerous to repeat. In the afternoon
! the aLnrea Of unhnkrn Mnrn crnlydrd Il