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

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Union OF the States. These are tie pond. ~.
union, after ALTO which we must look, and ~
which we must RELY; ,hese are the bonds wh,,S
We arr Called on hy every patriotic fssnp -
cherish, to strengthen, and increase. Frs..
attempt, no matter from what quarter i, NJ!
come, to dissolve these bonds, 90 wrak.n III,
ties which bnc the People to The Union. n =.
Constitution, and laws If 'heir COUNTY,. sbor'J
il must, meet the indignant repr,ha,lon :,
every true patriot. For should hi, Uni,p /,
destroyed. what becomes Of this fair i,rd u;T
ali its cheering prospects? Where will ne,,.
culed liberty longe, look Cor an Asyirmi We.
viii the patriot turn his ewes TO safey9 WI.
becomes Of our blight example 10 The friend, IS
freedom throughout The World? Con T.
tinguishtd forever
BIT win d;,miss his r, hrc,ion as inan,,,
2rale to the occasion, a an even, beyond T..
reach of anticipation, to which We should never
look but 10 avoid it.
! present you, gentemen, and al pres.n,
the congratu!atiun Of tie West on this coca,
sion, and permit me 10 Express the HOPE ,b,,
We win be able 20 compi.ie The work now 8,
happily b. gnn, in hire years fr N this dav
aud by union and CO .rpeI aiion with our
f.ienGs al Baltimore, whrn the ;wo works be-.
'Olnc w oichidN tINrI. WIN A
common pbj-ct and a eommob interest. NAV v,
no, indulge the hope tha the day is not dlst.n,
when we shall again s,emble al The sunni,
level TO cciebI ar an event sill more glorious
than ,hi,-,he mingliug Of ,ht waters Of he
Chesapeakr and Ohiu, when we may truly
cxcIalm, without he spirit Of prophecy,
carts nobest, greatest triumph L. her last"
These adore ,ses being concluded, the Spade
was taken ana sods Of earth dug IN success,
sion by the President Of the Canal Company
The Mayors Of Washington, Georgetown, and
All xanaria, the Secretaries o. ihe rre ,sury
War, and Navy, the Postmaster General, the
Commander oi the Army, the Revolutionary
Officers present, the Directors Of the Canal
Comp nv, and then BY great number Of Other
persons.
After few moments Of repose, the Process.
sion again formed, and returned To The boats,
ard by The way Of The Canal back 10 the tide
wafer. where they re-embarked on board the
Steam. Eats.
a cold collation. was then partaken Of on
board the boats, with a relish sharpened by *
ercisr, and by the era;if alton, free from the
ie ST particle Of alloy, which the whole XcUr.
sion and the incidents Of The day, had aff1rdd
10 I'LL.
At the table en- the deck Of The Surprise the
President Of the United Sta'es, being called
upon for toss. gave the following.
Tile Chesapeake and Ohio Canal - Perseverance!
The President Of the Canal Company, on be,
ing called upon for asen;imant, gave the fol,
loving:
"1he Constitution ofhe United Stdtes-1he offspring
of mutual concession, may it be preserved by mutual
forbearance."
The Secretary oil the Treasury Being also
called on far 1na.,, Cav. the following, which
only spoke the universal feeling:
The Gesapeake and Ohio Canal May its com.
peton be as productive of public benefits, its
mencement has been of social pleasure"
BY this time The Steam Boats had arrived
opposite to Georgetown; and after wing in the
stream a few minutes, proceeded down the ri.
yer, and swep, up to DavIdson's wharf, in he
City, where most Of the passengers were landed
at about half past O'Clock, and The COMPANY
dispersed 10 their respective homes with the
kndes, feelings in themselves and TO one sno-
thcr.
Thus endec The most delightful commemo-
ration Of this evenliuI day tina, we have ever
Witnessed, and thus auspiciousIy was begun the
work upon the Chesapeake an Ohio Canal.