The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-09-14


mislad. which must be our excuse Tor ti'rii
not beIog in hi, Isl.
Thr compsa, ihrn r-tirpd 10 the great
,.st harmony, much pleased.
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THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS Al
BOSTON.
The Boston trntinrl furnishes the lol-
loa ing corrected Sketch nf the Address 81
the President ii the United states, a, IN.
Anniversary Dfnnef of the Public Srhoois,
on III. .c, n uon If n toast bring gnra pc
cnliarly kind 10 himself.
Mr.. Mayor, and my fetioto Cttizeus 81 6os-
ton:
A few days since, we were assemo'ea
in this Hall, AT the House If Mourning
in coinmrmoratlon of thr two last sufsH-
ors Of thai day, which had proclaimed Al
once our Independence. and our existence
As Nation. We are nov Assembled
"ithin the same walls, at the House VI
Feas,ing-at the festival of fathers re-
loicing in ihr progressive improvement oil
their children.
W. have been told by The wisest man
If antiquity. that il is beiterte 20 The House
nf Mourning, than TO the House of Feast
lng-Ilow emphatIcalY true, would that
sentence b., II the House OF Mourning
we're always such rs this Hall but 50 re-
Gently exhibited A mourning of graft
tudc--a mourning Of faithful affections
MOURN z full of consolation aud Of JOY
Aud yet, could the wisest of men no"
look down upon this happy m~'tmg--of
parents, partakng together of the bo'nt'es
Of Prov idencr, in mutual graiulailoa WIN
each other At the advances of their OH
spring in moral aud intellectual culi'va-
tion-wopld he--could he, my frle"ds,
have said that il is better To go To the
House of mourning, than tn such House
f F-a.ting
For is moi The Spirit of that Solemnlts,
aud Of This, effectively the same If that
WAS the commemorative If the good deed
of your fnrefathers, may not this he called
the comnemoratlpn Of the future achlrye-
m"nts of your sons2 lftbat day was DE-
dicatrd Ia the blessed memory # tir
past, il not this devoted 10 the no less
blessed hope ol the future ?--it was from
the schools Of public destruction inslitn-
forth, which now Eliminates the world
1t eas in ynur primary Schools it was
by thr midnight lamps of Harvard Hall
thai we're conceived aud matured, AZ II
was Within THESE b,llo"ed walls that were
first rr-nuud,1 the accents of that lndr
prndeace which is nov canonized IN the
mrmory of Those by who" il WAS pro-
claimed.
Was it not there that were formed, 10
say nothing of him, " At for the praise Of
any Tongue but mine, hut was il not
there that were formed. and prepared for
the conflicts of the mind, for that intel
ie' tnat warfare. which distinguishes your
R",nlurion from the brutal butcheiies %
,ulgar War, your JAMEs Orls. yomr JoHN
HANCoCk, yor SAMUEL ADAMS, y""'
RnBERr rREAT PAINE, your ELBRIDdE
GERRY, your JAMEs AVID yo"r JosEpH
WARREN, aud last, not least, your Josiah
QUINeY, so worthI, represented ny your
Chief Magistrate hpIea my side
Indulge M, fellow c,lizeos with the re-
MA k that have been called to answer
myself these 1urstlons before could en-
Joy the happiness, NJ the very kind invita-
ton Of your Mayor aud Aldermeo, of pre-
senting myself among you this day.
In conformity to NY owo inchnation-
and TO the .sages OF society, | have deem
I'D it proper, an the recent bereavement
have sustained to Withdraw for time
from the festive intercourse Of The norl
and in retirement, 80 far a. may he con-
sstent with the discharge If pohlic trusts.
I" prepare for ard perform thr additional
datlos dcyolvIng upon me az a son, and as
il parent, from this visitation Of Heaven.
To that retirement, have hitherto been
confined aud IN departing from it for
single day, | have needed an apology TO
myself a. trust shall need one to you
Seek for it, my fellow citizens, in your
own paternal hearts, have been unable
IL resist the invitation of the authorities of
this, my own almost native city, 10 mingle
with her inhabitants in the joyous festlyi-
lies of this 0ccaslon-and after witnp sslng
in the visitation of the Schools, hundr eds
and thousands Of tire rising generation,
training up in the way they should go'
to come here. and behold the dlstin-
guished proicients of the Schools, sharing
at the social hoard the pleasures of their
Fa'hers-snd 10 congratulate thu athers,
upon the growing virtues and Frightening
talents of their children.
But. fellow citizens, will no longer
trespass upon your indulgence. thank
you for the sentiment with which you have
honored me- thank you for the may
affecting testimonials of kindness ndsym-
PATTY which have so often received al
your hands ;and will give you, as the to-
ken of my good wishes, not yourselves
but objects dearer to your hearts.
Mr.. Mayor, propose TO you, for a toast,
The blooming Youth of Boston-may
the maturity oi the fruit equal the pro-
mise OF the blossom.
.-e0e.-
II has been asserted ia the public prints.
and assumed as jact by a writer in the NJ
flonal lntrlllsrncer, that the papers pub
lishrd IN the National Journal under the
Signature OF PATRICK HENRY relative
Ia the oliiclai conduct Of the Wee Presi-
dent, were actually written BY the Pres
ldrni of the Untrn States. The supqna