Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-08-06
Feom tie Portsmouth fimes.
MIR. EVE3ETI,S GRAFTON.

MIX. L a. VIVA ioA>' 4
We have Just reat:, with much pleasure, the
Grafton delivered al Charles,own, Mass. on thu
4,h inst by the Hon. Edward Everett. MIR. Eve
iett has been so frequently called upon for pub
lie addresses, and upon the same suhJpct too,
that we might amos, expect him 10 De tired
Of his often repeated task, and to show some
thing of diminished interes, in his manner of
performing it, But his powers Of interesting
and OF pie asing by addresses upon this subject,
shew vet no indications Of exhaustion.
He possesses rich store OF historical facts
and engaging incidenis-and he has an eminent
talen, Tor narrating them in the most touching
and elevated language.
The following extract is from the concluding
part Of his address:
Fellow Citizens, the eyeniful pages in the
volume Of human fortune, are opening upon u.s.
with sublime rapidity Of succession. 1t is two
hundred years this summer, since lew OF tha,
party, who in 1923, commenced, in Salem, 'he
hrs, settlement Of Massachusetts, were sent by
Governor Endicot,, 10 explore the spot where
we stand They found tina, one pioneer, OF the
name Of WALFoRp, had gone before them, IN
the march of civilization, and had planted him.
self among the numerous and warlike savages
in his quarter. From them, the native lords
of the suil these FIRST hardy adventures derived
their title 10 the lands, on which they settled;
and by the arts ofoi,iiiza'ioD and peace, opened
the way for the main body Of the coonisis of
Mass achusetts, under Governor Winthrop,
who, two years afterwards, by coincidence
which you will think worth naming, arrived IN
( Mystic River, and pitched his patriarchal lent,
on Ten H,s, upon the seventesnih day Of June,
! 1850. Massachusetts, al that momen', Consist
ed Of six huts a, Salem; and one at this place.
! 1t seems but a span oftime, as the mind ranges
( over H. A venerable individual is living, al the
sea Of the first settlement, whose lille covers one
half of the entire period: but what destiny
! has been unfolded before our coun'ry!-what
events have crow ded your annals!-what scenes
! Of thrilling interest and eternal glory have
signalizeG the very spot where we stand.
! In thar unceasing march Of things, which
calls forward the successive generations OF men
to perform their part on the Stage oil life, we al
length are summoned to appear. Our fathers
have passed their hour Of visitation; how wor-
,hily, let the growth anc prosperity Of our hap
by land and the security OF our tir' siats attest.
Or il this appeal BE- too weak 20 move u let the
eloquent silence of yonder veneraied nrlgh's,-
let the column, which is there ling in simple
majesty, rec all their ven,rated forms; as hey
toiled, in The hasIy trenches, through The drea-
ry watches of that nigh' OF expeo ta'ioh, having
up the sods, where they lay IN peace and in ho-
nor, ere the following sun had set. The turn
has come TO us. The Trial Of adversely was
theirs; the trial Of prosperity rs ours. LIE, US
NEE, il as men who know their duty, and prize
their blessings. Our position is The most FIJI
vlable. the most responsible. which ,''''"-- -
fill. II this generation does IT'S duty, Inc cause
If constitutional freedom is safe. II we taii,-
no: only do we defraud eur children Of the inhe-
81 II, tEth prs
but we basr the hops Of the iiirnds OF lin-
erty throughout our continent, thiough ou'
Europe, throughout the world, 10 the end oil
time.
! History is no, without her examples Of hard
fought fields where The banner OF liberty has
Hoa,ed riumphanIly on the widest storm Of
battle. She is without her examples OF peo-
pie, by whom :he dea, bought treasure has hrtn
wisely employed and safely handed down. The
| ewes of he world are turned for that example to
US. L. is related by an ancirnt historian, Of
! that Brutus who slew Caesar, that he threw
| himseli o. hi, sword, after the disastrou, bat
| lie Of Phiilippi, with the bitter exclamation
ina, he had followed virtue as a substance, bat
found it name. 1t is not too much 10 say,
that there are, at this momeu', noble spirits IN
the elder world, who are anxiously watching
| he march Of our institutions, /" learn whe'her
Liberty, as they have been told is i mockery, a
pre- lence, and curse, or 81, sslng, Tor whieh
1t becomes them to brave the rack, the sc atioid,
| and the scimltar.
LEI us thrn, as we assemble. on the BIZ hdav
| Of. the nation, as W. gather upon thr green
turf, once wet with p ecions blood, let us de~
| oIe ourselves to the sacred ause OF corsttu-
! ional liberty Let us ahjuie tho interests and
| D ssions, which divide the gie,t family al Anne
rican FREE men. Let the rage OF party spri,
| leep to-day. L., us resolve, thar our chill
dren shall have cause to bless the memory Of
heir ia hers, Us We have cause 10 bless The
memory of ours.
HIT 10 sharers-A person not far from
Tor,inston, whose fsce is somewhat above the
| .rIlin.ru diInen sinnS has nPpn waited On and