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


selves, our enuniry, and the world oil man, that
ii Is taken: his the adaptation oil the powers
physical, moral, and intellectual, OF tins whole
Union, TO the improvement OF its own condl
tion-of its moral and political CONDITION, oy
wise and liberal institutions--by the cultivation
Of the understanding and the heartily acade-
mics. schools and learned ins,ilu'es-hy the
pursuit and patronage Of learning and the ari'
-of lis physical condition, by associated LABOR
10 improve the bounties, and 10 supply the Den
ciences Of na,ure-to stem the torrrht In us
course; 10 level the ntain with the plain; 10
drsarm and fe,ier line raging surge Of the ocean.
Undertakings Of which the language no"
hold is no exaggerated description, nave De-
come happily familiar, not ONLY to the eohrep'
tons, but to The enterprise OF our eonntfS'"eh'
That for ,hecommencemeni "i which We arr
here assembled is eminent among the humoer.
The project couiemplates conquest o'erPny-
steal nature, such as has never ye' been ACME
we'd bv man. The. wohcers OF the ahcfh.
world, the pyramids Of Egypt, the Colossus OIL
Rhodes, The Temple Of Ephesus, the Nauso'e
um of Ar,emisia, the Wall Of China, sink mo
insignifcance before it. Insignitcance IN lhe
macs and momentum Of human labor required
for the execution. Inaisnltlcance IN me com
parison of the purposes 10 be accomplished ov
The work when executed.
1t is therefore q pleasing contemplation 10
tho e sanguine andspatro'ic spirits VINO haVe
so long looked with hope 10 the G completion o.
this undertaking, that il unites the mora pow
er and resources, first oil numerous indi'iaud'''
secondly, Of the corporate cities oil Nashi"s
ton, Georgetown, and Alexandra; lhirdlv, OF
The great and powerful States oil Pennsyi'ania,
Virgins, and Maryland; aud lastly, by the SUP p,
scrip,ion authorized al the recent session OF
Congress. Of the whole Union.
Friends and Fellow Lahore s-we are INFORM
ed BY the Holy Oracles Of Truth, that at the
creation Of man, male and female, The i.ord OF
the Universe, their make +, blessed and SAID un
10 them. be fruitful, and multiply, and replrn'
ish The earth, and su5due II. To s"bdue The ear' n
was, therefore, one Of the first duties assigned
TO man a, his creation; and now IN MS laiirh
condition il remains among the most e&ceiieh'
of his occupali,ns. To subJue the earth Is pre-
eminently thepurpose Of the undertaking,'o 'he
Accomplishment, of which the hrsi stroke oil inc
spade is now TO be struck. hat II Is 10 De
struck by hi. hand invite YOU 10 witfss-
THeIe the stroke Of The spade and III per
forming this act | call upon you all to JOIN ms
in ferven, supplication to Him from whom that
primitive I'M anc ion came, that he wound ioi-
low with his blessing this joint effor oil our
prea, community. 20 perform his will in the
subiuealion Of the earla for the improvement
Of the condition Of man. rha, lie would make
it one Of his chosen iVruments Tor The Preser
valion, p, osperi,y and perpe'uiiy OF our Union
That he would have in his holy keeping all the
workmeu by whose labors i, is to be completed.
Tbss hi H ss} Fd AID 6at hey may five e to
he ,ri l,,tir
comforts and enjoymeats OF millions OF their
coun,rymen.
Friends and brethren, permit me further to
say. thai deem he duty now performed at the
rrque,, Of the President and Directors of the
Chesaoea Ike and Ohio Canal, and of the Cor
porations Of thr District of COLUMBIA, one 81
The most fortunate in idenls Of my life. Though
no, among the func ions Of my ofhc ial station,
esteem II as privilege conferred upon me by
my fellow ci,izens Of The District. Called IN
tn. performance OF my service heretofore as
one Of the Representatives OF my native COM
monwealth in the Senate, and now as MEM
Der Of he Executive Department OF the Gov
rrn.neDr, nv abode has oeen among the inha-
bltan,s Of the District longer Than at any Other
spnt upon earth. In availing myself OF This
occ aston 10 return 70 them my thanks Tor the
rumhe,l,ss ac,s Of kindness that have expe.
rirncrd IA, their hands, may De allowed TO as
sign il as a motive operating upon The heart,
and sup,raddrd to my tial obligations, for
taking deep ineres, in ,heir welfare and pros
p rity. Among NE prospects OF tu'uri'y
which we may indulge the rational hope oil
seeing real zed by !hi- junction of dis:an' wa
tiers. thai Of he auspicjous iuAaence which il
will exert Use over III, fortunes OF every portion
of The District, is one upon which my mind
dwells with unqua'iG d PLEASURE il is my ear
nest prayer that they may not be disappointed
II was Observed ,hat the first step towards
the accomplishment OF he glorious deslinies
Of our country was the Declaration OF lndepen-
drnce. That the second was The union OF these
States under our Fedrra,i,e Government. The
third is irrevocably fixed by the act upon The
commencement Of Viii, we are now engaged.
VIVA, time mere suitable for this operation
could have been selected than The Anniversary
Of our greal NaIenal Festival? What place
more appropriate from whence 10 prote than
that which bears the name Of The citizen war
rior who led our armies in that e,enIfui cons
ties to the field, and who first presided as the
Chief Magistrate Of our Union. You know hat