Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-07-13

TEE JUBILEE.

san Independence was celebrated in this
city on Tuesday, With great maoilesta-
. ons Of public respect
The day was ushered in by sslutes
of artillery, which made the welkin ring.
At the appointed hour, the Volunteer
Companies Of the city assembled on the
plain North OF the Presidents House;
marching salute was paid to the rreN-
dent orthe United States by the Military;
aud, after receiving the President, Wee
President, Heads OF Departments, e.
the procession moved oil, IN the pre-
gcsibed order, along the Pennsylvania
avenue. to the Capitol. The most con
spicuous object in tho procession was
g.aosral PHfLtP STUART, a veteran,
whose body is scanned with honorable
wounds received ia the war Of the ke-
volution, hablted IN the military costume
ii the Revolution, bearing the standard
Of his couatry on the one
sida by Commodore BAINBRiDGE, and
on the other by Gen. JEsUp.
The procession reached the capltoi
about half past eleven, previously to
which the Ladies admitted into the Hall
accounted nearly the whole floor, form
Tag graceful and honorable auditory
10 the ceremonies of the day. when
the President and Vice President OF the
United States, accompanied by the
Heads of Departments aud other pubhc
officers. and the Committee of Arrange
ment. entered the Hall OF Representa-
tives, whers places hal been reserved
foy themi front of the Speakers chair'
the Band OF 1.-The Marine Corps, was
stationed in the gallery, struck up pa
sriotic ar. and continued to play at IN
fsryals through out the subsequent serYl'
css Of the nothing
After an appropriate and eloquent
froIuctory prayer, by the Rev. MIR. Ky
LAND, the Honorable JosEPE ANDERSON,
a veteran, who honorably fought the
battles OF his country throughout the
whole orthe war of the Revolution, read
the Declaration Of independence, &C
complained by few appropriate ex-
planatory remarks.
WALrss JOKES, Esq. the orator OF
the tay, then rose and Delivered an tm-
pressye and argumentatige Grafton,
which, though too mperfectly heard IN
many parts OF the Hall, was listened to
with great and deserved interest by those
who were so situated as 10 preserve un-
broken the series OF remarks. Having
ourselves heard but small proportion
off. we shall not undertake 10 present
any report of the Grafton, which, we
trust, syiil in due time be given TO the
nubhe entire. The orator commenced
with a comment on the practice OF sta
sed public commemoraticns of national
achievements, and compared this moue
of their preservation with that by statues
and monuments of art; giving the pre-
ference to the former as better suited to
the character and genius OF this nation.
He next compared the value of great CT
vii and political acts oil patriotism, with
those of military kind-ahd OF the lat
ter. those whose object was merely CON
quest and selfish assrandi1ement, with
shose resulting from the love o. country
and re al for liberty .-He alluded brifiy
70 the acts Of our Revolutionary states
men and soldiers, to whom ne accorded
their euiogy. Then, turaingt to the ma
ture of our Government, ne noticed and
combatted the objection urged againstit
by the adv COATES Of monarchy, that IT
was rsresaarily of transient duration,
and contained within ttssit the seeds OF
ats own destruction. lie went to the ex-
amples of history, both ancient and mo-
dern, to p we the falsity oIthis position,
even as respects such Republics as pre-
ceded oIrs--and then argued the per-
petnty Of this, fcrtsori, from its supe-
rior advantages TO those enjoyed by any
which had gone before il. This led ma
tursiiy to the influence o; such an ex-
perirne mt on the rest of the world Its eff
facts in Europe and ia South America.
Here the Orator INDUCED in the most
chearing antlcipatIons, as well for this
continent, as for the CID World, looking
forward to the celebration of the next
Jubtee-and predicting the universal
-reedos, Of all America, and the aine-
liurated coDdti2n Of European nations.
Such was the outline Of the speech
: occupied nearly an hour in the deiiYe-
-, and contained many passages OF en-
gnent beauty.
The ceremonies Of the day were clo-
ssd by fervently pious and pathetic
prayer. by the Rev. Mr., Posi-.
8lr. BARBOUR (eecretary OF War then
eseanded the chair Of the Orator, and,
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