Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-07-08

| PRAYING Tor The blessing OF Htd'eh uPoh ou'
| task, we ask il with tequal zeal and sincerity
upon every othrr similar work IN this contede-
ration, aud particularly upon that which on
this same day, and perhaps at this very hour,
i, commencing from Deighboring cry. /,
is ONE Of the happ,est characteris'rs J" The
principleef Internal !mpro, eme nt,'ho, the Sue
cess Of one ere al enterprise, instead Of coun-
tel ar ting, gives assistance, the execution oil
another MAY lh-y increase and multiply, Ill,
in the sublime language OF inspira'io1, every
valley shall b. exalted, and every mountain and
hill snail be made low-:he crooked Straight,
the rough places plain. Thus shall the predic
tion of Bishop Cloyne te converted from pro-
phecy into history, AMI in the virtues and Tor
,unes Of our poseri,y the last shall prove the
robiest Empire of Time.
AS the President concluded, national salute
was fred by detachme nj of Unied States Ar
,icty posted upon the ground. As soou as
the cheering which followed the close OF the
Presidents speech had subsidized, the Chairman
| of the Committee of Arrangements delivered
the following brief address.
an the name OF he COMMITTEE OF Arrange
ments Of The Corporations Of the Dis,rict, l
tender 10 the President aud Directors Of the
Canal COMPANY, and to this crowd OF gra'ited
| Spectators, "" '"e "HPPy
F.! commence ment OF this great work.
"To the President of the Company, we and
the country are indebted for his early, pers-.
veripg, and successful efforts in the great cause,
the triumph of which we have this day assem-
bIed 10 honor, and we cordially respond 10
those emotions which the occa,ion is SO well
calculated to inspire in his br.ast.
"ro The President Of the United States we
are under obligations for the kindness and
chrerfuness with which he accepted cur i1vi.
taliun 10 practically begin the labor. which Is
| 20 unite, by closer lis Of amity and interest
the Inhabitants Of the borders Of the Atlantic,
of the margins Of the Lakes, ,nd Of the rapid
" peoping forests and praries OF the Interior.
| In the name of oGi Corporations, we return
our acknowle gmentS TO him tor the counle-
nance and aid which this undertaking has con
s,anlIy received from him.
| "To the Director from the State of Pennsyl-
vania, who may b. considered, in his pr. sent
| rel atom 10 US The Representative not merely I'll
| his own STATE but Of the whole Wes, We otfrr
our cordial felicitatioI on The prospect OF the
early completion OF the work which has just
now been symbolIcaly begun, and Of which he
too has been The jealous and efficient advocate.
| $40 the almost unanimous support OF the
| Sena ors and Representatives Of the Western
! States, uhi,ed to that Afforded by valuable
friends from other States, we, Of he Atlantic
shore, greatly owe the aid which Congress hiss
liberally granted TO this undertaking. II is our
arrest hope, that, in the advantages to be de-
rived from he opening OF this great channel OF
commerce-iruR the construction OF this great
---..Da! CHI ain of uninn-ihe States VI the Yves!
will find their most sang"i"r CANCELLATIONS sur>
passed by the realty, and thai, in The result,
~ In nj vii hR m
sensible OF the benign influence of liberal le-
gisation."
When the Chairman had concluded,
Mr. STEWART, (the Director referred to "a
boveD after IT turning his thanks 10 The Cons
mittee from the three Corporation, Of the Dis
irict for the fsttering terms in which they had
noticed him in the address delivered BY their
Chairman, begged 10 avail himself Of this oc-
cason to tender also his grateful acknowledge
ments TO the Stockholders now present. for The
distinguished and unexpected honor they had
conferred on him, by calling him from dis
tant residence 10 a seat at the board OF Dlrec-
tors. lie had, however, 10 reg ct that, owing
10 his very limited experience, he could bring
10 the Board little more than his hearty good
will and an ardent desire to do every Thing in
his power to give energy to the prosecution of
mination--a work pre- -eminently national in all
us aspects, commenced, as had been well res
mark; by the President Of the Company, un-
der The most cheering auspices, by The hands
Of the Chief Magistrate of the greatest Repub>
Ii. on earth, and in the presence of the official
Representatives Of several of the most refined
and powerful nations Of Europe.
Designated by you, gentlemen, (said Mr.. S.
as The representative Of the Western States, on
this occasion, ! may vsAture to tender you their
thanks for the just tribute you have paid TO the
liberal and magnanlmous spirit by which they
have been governed. need not say that the
people Of the West take deep and lively in
trrest in the success Of this great enterprise.
They have spoken their sentiments by much
higher au,horl,y,by their immediate represen.
,ari.es in Congress; for in eigh, Of the nine
Western States, there was but one vote agains,
the liberia! appropriation granted at the last
session to this object, and to which we are so
greatly indepled for the qualification we all ex.
pelience on this Curious and joyful occasion.
Looking, as we do, in The West, with Intense