The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-07-14

HHfl u tlr9tifil i4ihf w YIN HiAlfiNs w :
monument VI AZ nov lp ionnd
Turning fannri The President ut Nc Unite,
states. WIN ,lao,l ncan brn, Nj u. proceeded
Nj f~nsnniAf. ON a Ia, lalln"rd by III,
tondcst leoollrcions trueaih Tins cheering
tmay We not humhly bust. ans niciau- Ky, sur
rounded ht the many thousand spectators, VIII
look ou rs with Joyous anticipation ~ the pres.
cn"c OF the representatives OF the most polished
nation. al the old aud new worlds on II spot
where, little mofe than u century ago, the pain.
ted savage held his nightly orgies at the tr-
quest of the thee cities of the nsiuot oi Column.
bla, ! present to the Chief Magistrate OF the
most powerful tepuhlic on earth, Tor the most
noble purpose that WAS ever conceived by uinn,
THIS humble lnstrnn, NJ Of rural Idiot, ~ sym
Dol of the invorItc occupa' ION Of out country
men. May the use 10 which Il Is about 10 be-
devoted, prove the precursor 10 our beloved
country. Of improved agriculture, OF multiplied
aud diversified arts. Of extended aud
navigation Combining lis social and mural
lnlurnccs with the principles ot hut lmppy CON
%siltntion under which you nn,e been called Ia
preside over the American People, may II bc.
come u safeguard of their liberty AID ,ndcpen-
dcncc, and n band OF perpetual Union!
To the ardent wishes Of tbs vast assembly
| unite my ferYeni prayer 10 TINT infinite aud
aw tai Being, without whose favor all human
power Is but vanity, that lie will crown your la
Dor with HIS blessing aud ON work with immor-
tally,
As soon ms lu Ind ended, the President of The
United States, 10 whom Gen. MrncfU had pre-
soutcd the spindle, stepped forward, and with an
animation Of manner and {, untsnnncc, which
showed that his whole heart VAS in the thing,
thus addressed The assembly Of bis fellow clli-
l"ns
J1-,,,,J. ...J I.g.., E.y,-s,
Il is ncall, a full century aimee Berkeley, BIsh-
op of Clo,ne. turning towards this ia'r land,
which we now nhabi the eyes ofn prophet, clio
sed a few lines of poctlcal inspiration with this
memorable prediction
"Tino'a nohlcs, empire il the last
A prediction which, to those Of us whose lot
has been cast by Divine Providence in these re-
gions, contaius mol onlyA precious promise, hut
n solemn injunction of duty, since, upon our en-
efgies, and upon those OF postr1liy, its fulfil
mcni viii dcpord. For, with reference 10 whit
principle could it be that Berkeley proClaims
this, thelast, 10 he the mobiles, empire ottimc ! II
was, ashc himselfdcclares, on the transportation
o fiCnruiug aud The arts 10 America OF learning
aud the nrts--thn four first ncts-th The empires OF
the old world and Of former nges-ihe AsNyIian
the Persian, the Gfcciau, the Roman empires,
we've empires Of conquest, domlnions OF man
over man. The empire which his great mind
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