The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-11-10
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,.r, Among these is the landm,
Pam an the shores "f Penns, w.
lxe,re slaa 10 SEE that society
hi, name. has been formed for the
10 .,,,.s,. Of keeping alive the re
-, or This event, and ef paying
:, ,h. memory Of that iliusirlons
of the human race. Little
49, ,e hundred and forty years
f...1 since this great and good man
- :, HI. native country on account
.e,;ou. trnpts, determined to adj
his life and his fortune in the track
.3..r,he western Continent. He
rLa PiLarro, Cottes. and other
.l.eaturers, marking his path
,,..J If the dclencelcss natives,
doisg every rhins in his power to en-.
81 III, minds and improve their con-
,cL.,.v.r he went, he streWed
j .ioa. in bis path and under his adj
5,;a, IN, desert smiled and blo+-
=, =. rose" Such are the men
il is .. duty TO honour, even when
"a a,,w hspd to the tomb. Their ian'
: 10. arc not hedewed with tears
,,a,osa uith hood; but they shall not
- .,d bloom the less becnuse they
s .,ow,r1 ofci,ic virtue. Tie deeds
,a .o,d,er are more frequently depict
~. tho mage of History than the actions
,,a ohil,nthropist and the memory
n them more tcnaciuusly, because
!, nature to make deeper and
~ .:,id ;nprps.ion.- 1t will always be
If mankind that they will be dazzlfd
II the splendor Of military reno"n' and
H. they are too often led : adopt m''.
.os ;,;orions TO their best and lasting 10
.,s,s IN reward those who have wadrd
broppb carnage to fame, while they neg
:. TIM retired and peaceful virtues Of The
,,rsmsn and philosopher. Long may 1t
l. herore these United States Afford a prac
fcal exenplfcation Of this remar
II IN the oath al; the William Penn So
~ If Philadelphia celebrated the inter-
,inr era Of the landing of that sage
fharles J. InsrrsoIl, Esq. whose rhiloso-
$bcsI and legal researches make him an
S,panent alikr to society and To the bar.
3a,i,rred an Grafton, which is spoken of IN
H. mosl exalted terms. The audience is
Alto have been numerous. Among them
erp the President of the United States
Andthe Duke Of SAKE eimar--nnc the
fnrega ruler of free people, by the
,oen and unbiased expression Of Their
arjI-tae other 4 Sovereign By dirIac r'E4t
y The holder 0fa sceptre not placed IN hs
b. DIS BY the voice of the people, bat re
Z: med hecause he is his fathers son : The
#eon,,ast coalI not bat strike h'm with
Drce. That II did so, his speech, wa,cA
vi be found among our extracts, viii snf-
rcieDfiy p\ince. After the Orat on had
been delivered, the society and It's gnesIs
SIT down to sumptuons dlnoer aud run
Tie occurrences that tr"usPired on the &C
clsinn We select the following:
The memory OF onr ilInstrlans Founder
and LaYgver. WILLIAM PENN
The President # thr United statcs,
Previous TO annunocng this toa,t, Judge
' Ia, ltf I'D h.
] Sueipiy an the fortunate event al her I've
& VIZ honoured with the company oi IN"
d President of The United States. 1T Io.'
4 tsaid llp venerable Chdirman,l IAN ansrl-
4 c1is commencement of the dailrs ot our
institution --f0c late Province, nov Stale
oi PENNSYLVANIA, WAS among The most
Z"lons OF the Founders Of our isrvuiat'"n
The political arrangements, the laws, y the
r"PnbIcaD principles it possessed, re4pr-
al little alteration IL accom- ni0date them
10 he happy change that glorious Re'ofn
'on required. PEsN laid the fouodal"n
N onr present enloynrnts and "e should
rcmcn N having snch an rmIn"nt "ud dt-
sNc.ly distinguished witness Of onr graft
tide and Oar vpnnratinn OF the memrry
Of The great and god man whose landing
90 onr shores we have mt 10 Z irhrate.
The PREsIbEyr rose, and IN an lmpr"s-
s's" manner said, that he felt deeply SEN
'be OF The Kindness and respect shown
LIN by the toast iust given, rendered. rs It
WAS, donhIy drsr to htn by the r"r"laf'nu-
"fy Fps from which it procerdea, liz l"it,
he said, sufficiently impressed with liz m
fortancc Of the eveGt which had been com
n"mofatrd on this day. with the elevated
sbiracter of the distinguished Founder at
f"nnsyleania, and the happy consequence,
Much had flowed from the principles OF
BIS soscrnm ut he woni not trcssPa@s
on tbe time of the Company, hy d,iai'nS
u,"ntnnic. wbirh had already ben touch
'dhy a masters hand, in the Discourse
'ehrfea in the mornlns ne co"d ahd
'''1Ios hlt his hearty concurrence IN the
sspn'InrE W xrrcssel ia that 'cn''rsr.--
H,rpPatln! 'Sffl a"forr. his THINKS tT 'hn
tlN0 TpcpDlIon ,r,Snp lI,fl he uTnDpSfu