Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-07-23


Icompany, requires from me suitable acknewl
edgement. However gratifying this expires
sion Of your respect, as it was altogether uEe1'
pected,i it finds me entirely unprepared to ex-
press myself asI could wish,-except so far a.
my feelings ofgra,itude may aid me. esti
mate the more highly your appreciation, because
I have already discovered that you are both in
your lives and customs real republicans.
have seen no where the theory of the principles
consecrated by this day more fully reduced to
praciice-with you there is no distinction ex.
cept what is natural-a due respect for superb
or intelligence and superior moral worth. AT:
| ter making an allowance for the kind feelings
which prompted the favourable notice Of me, I
shall still prize il most highly.
II has given me, fellow citizens, unmlxed
pleasure to unite with you in the rites of this
sacred day-It is source of consolation aud
pride that millions of our contrymen nave met
like ourselves to offer up the purest OF all sac
ri6ces, the out pourings Of grateful hearts to
that Providence who vouchsafed so great de-
liverancc to this People. The first signal man.
Hesitation of which was on the day whose an
niversary we have met together TO celebrate
and to offer homage to the memories of that il
lustrious band of patriots who had the heads
to conceive and the hearts 10 approve this great
scheme of human emancipation what we
fondly hope will know no limits in time or
space. 1t has alrea dy emancipated the new
and has exercised a benehcent influence on the
old world-it is still on its march-mayit en-
brace. the whole of civilized man, and last till
the end of Time. Among the blessings of this
day cannot forbear to congratulate you on
the happy influence it exercises on conflicting
opinions, and the violence of political parties
to whatever extent these may rage, on this day
they are hushed to repose, and we meet as
Friends and Brothers-It is in that spirit /
afectionately salute you all.
1t is Oh occasions like this that an opportu.
nifty is afforded to the stranger TO extend his
acquaintance among his fellow citizens-of
which have not failed to profit, and trust be-
fore leave you, / shall be able much to enlarge.
In this intercourse friendly feelings are cherish
ed--sectional feelings are abandoned for
getting the lesser local appellation, we mt ct, in
the true spirit Of our social institutions, as a.
mericans.
In surveying your country which to the eye
Of the unenterprising, seems to have been LETT by
nature as inaccessible to man, one cannot
fail to be impressed with your industry, perse-
verance and enterprize--with these civil quail
tiles you have tanned the lofty and rugged
mountain and in the language Of the orator OF
the day "the wilderness has been made to bloom
as a rose"
Congratulate yourselves, People o. Bedford,
that you are portion Of commonwealth alike
happy in her moral and physical circumstances
She has already had the wisdom 10 perceive
the great and lasting benefit Of internal i'm
provements-and both in her own councils
and in those Of the general government, she
stands pre-eminent for the liberaity with which
- L., hat etNA hoe nna
she has given an earnest Of what may be ex-
pectcd she will do hereafter-fler roads and
her canals will be like so many arteries, main
tanning heallhful circulation and dispens-
ing blessings from the centre to the extremi-
ties, and, with hundred fold, from the extrem.
tiles to the centre. / most sincerely wish that
all the auguries of your future success may. be
realized--that all your ways may be wayS"ot
pleasantness and all your paths be peace.
EXTRAORDINARY REMUNERATION.
civilian Townshend Washington, native of
the state of Virginia, to the citizens Of the
United States, and to all whom it may con-
Germ:
declare and make known by the present wri-
ting:
!. That renounce my allegiance to the
government of the United States, and that mo
longer claim the protection of that government
or Of its agents: that renounce the duties, the
obligations, and the rights Of an American cit
izen.
That renounce my country, my coun-
trymen, and the name of American; that wish
no longer to be regarded as member OF the
American community; thatit is my firm resolve
never again to set foot upon the soil of the U.
States: and that wish, with some few excep
tons, to hold no personal or friendly inter
course forthe future with Americans in foreign
countries.
Ifit be asked why burst the ties that bind
me to all that is most dear to the human heart,
reply, that have lost my respect for nv coun-
try & my countrymen, and that have recelv-
ed deep wrongs from both
am no longer willing to belong to COM
munity that is not morally as we'll as politically
independent; and we cannot but acknowledge
tina, the chains of moral slavery still hang upon
the United States.-Thc people Of that coun-