The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-09-29
DEPARTURE DE- LAFAYETTE.
WASHINGTON CITY.-Septeniber9

Government on "Wednesday, on his return 10 |
his native country. -.
All business was suspended in the City dur,
ing the day; the shops and Banks were ciosea
and every thing indicated the deep 1eeiihss
which pervaded the community on TINS i'i'ei
esting occasion. ,,
Az An early hour, the Corps OF Marines,
the Volunteer Companies of the First bri-
GRADE of the District, and those OF the Alex
andria Brigade, were on the ground deslsna-
ted ON the Presidents Square, where they
were Joined bv Gov. Sprigg's and Capt.
Dunlap's troops of Cavalry from the state oil
Maryland the whole formed and IN waiting
to take up the escort.
The Boards of Aldermen and the lom-
mon Councils of the three cities OF the DIS
trict, headed by their respective MAYORS en-
tered the Presidents House about paif past
eleven o'clock.--The Marshals OF the Gay I
had assembled there short time previous,
The farewell addresses of these several
Efnnicipal Bodies, having been communica-
ted to the General by a messenger, about
70 o'clock they were all summoned to the
Hall, and having been arranged III a circle
hv the Marshals, the President OF the lniteu
States appeared before the entrance Whlch
leads to the Drawing Room, supported on
each side by the Heads Of Departments ana
officers. Civil and Military; several Members
of Congress; at present in the District anu
other distinguished citizens, also, formed d
part of this group. The company having
waited some minutes in silence, siae aoor
was opened and Gen. La Fayette entered the
Hall. attended by the Marshall Of the Dis
trict. and one OF the Sons of the President,
and presented himself in the vacant space
with, the CIRCLE and at a suitable distance
TO receive the address of the President. Nr.
Adams. then, with much dignity, but win
evident emotion, delivered, IN clear alstlnCe
and impressive manner, the toHoWihs ~
dress: ;,
General r.afayshe--It has been the good
fortune Of many of my distinguished telioW
citizcns, during the course OF the year now
elapsed upon your arrival at their respect
i've places of abode, to greet you win the
welcome of the nation. lhe less pieasiiis
task now devolvcs upon me, of bidding you,
in the name Of the Nation, Adieu. 1t were
no longer seascnable, and would be super
huous, to recapitulate the remarkable IN
cidents of your carly lifc--incidents which
associated vour name, fortunes, and reputa-
ton in imperishable conneXion with the IN
dependence and History OF the North Amer
ican Union. The part which you pcrtormed
at that important juncture was marked with
characters so peculiar, that realizing tht
fairest fable of antiquity, its parallel conie
scarcely be found in the authentf record:
of human history. You deliberately anc
perseyeringly preferred toll, danger, the
endurance of hardship, and the pfivatlon o
every comfort, in defence of a holy cause
to inglorious ease and the allurements o
rank affluence, and unrestrained YOUTH a
the most splendid and fascinating Court @
Europe. That this choice was not les
wise than magnanimous, the sanction OF hai
a century, and the gratulatons OF unnunlber
ed voices, all unable to express the gratitude
Of the heart with which your VISIT TO TN
hemisphere has been welcomed, afford ampl
demonstration. When the contest OF tieedon
to which you had repaired as a voiuhtar
champion, had closed, by the complete til
umph of her cause in this country OF you
adoption, YOU returned to fuli the duties {
the philanthrophist and patriot IN the Ian
of your nativity. There, in a consistent an
undertaking Career of forty years. you hav
maintained, through every vicissitude OF al
ternate success and disappointment, til
same glorious cause, to which the first yeal
of your active life had Been devoted, til
improvement of the moral aud political con
tition of man.--Throughout that long sue
cesson of time, the people OF the Unite
States, for whom, and with whom, you hl
fought the battles of liberty, have been livin
in the full possession of its fruits, one of til
happest among the family of nation
Spreading in population; enarging in terrific
ry; acting and suffering according to til
condition of their nature; and laying tn
foundation of the greatest, and we humbl
hope, the most benificent power that eve
regulated the concerns of man upon eartl
In that lapse of forty years, the generate
of men with whom you co-operated in til
conflict of arms has nearly passed away. {
the General officers Of the American arm
in that war, you alone survive. OF the s.
ges who guided your Councils; Of the Wa
riors who met the foe in the field or upc
the wave, with the exception of few,
whom unusual length of days has been a
lotted by Heaven, all now sleep with their f
thers. A succeeding, and even third gel
Grafton have arisen to take their places; al
their children's children, while rising up
call them blessed, have been taught by the
as we'll as admonished by their own consta
enjoyment of freedom, to include in ever
benson upon their fathers, the name OF hi
who came from afar, with them and in the
cause, to conquer or to fall. The uniyers
prevalence OF these sentiments was signal
manifested by Resolution of Congress, rel
resenting the whole people, and all Il
States of this Union, requesting the Pre-
ident of the United States to communica
to YOU the assurance of grcatfui and alft