Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-09-29
SPEECH OF MR. EVERETT 1T THE &iLEA
CELEBRATION

X.
sumo there is no personal descendant oil mo-
mas Walford Of NIishawum, TO return thanks
for the kind remembrance, in which the place
Of his settlement has Jus, been had, Icheertuliy
Weld TO your call, as citizen Of Charlestown,
briefly 10 express the feelings, which the sen'i-
ment awakens. When we compare The places
lust enumerated with those, which now slano
ON the spots, once indicated by those almost
forgotten and scarcely ia,ellgible names, and
when we look forward. aud in the same ra'io
Of progress, reflect what our country, two nun
dred wears hence, viii. become, we feel the iorce
of the sentiment, SO beautifully expressed IN a
mother place this day, that the event we COM
memnrate is one whose importance no man
living car express or feel, and which 1t must
be left TO the course Of time and events 10 un-
fold. The repetition Of these names has, oy
the force Of contrast, if not Of association, pre-
sented 10 my mind with lively impression.
sentiment suggested by the occasion, and D!
the course Of remark TO which we have airea>
DIV listened with delight. 1t is peculiar iea-
rure oi our history, (Which certainly needs no'
NV humble ilIustrauon.l that our national e4-
ist-nce is OF date so recent, thai the memory
of man seems to cover its whole extent; that
authentic accounts and authentic tradition SO
back 10 the very cradle OF the commonwealth
=
es,in, fact, thai we trace our origin TO cIvi-
iized period and to civilized naions aud arc not
Obliged 10 hunt for the exploits OF our ances-
tors. in The doubtful and disgusting fictions oi
barbarous ages and tribes. tits in this view VI
the subject, and considering the happy auspl-
ces Notwithstanding all The trials and hare.
ships that awaited ir) under which the polite al
existence Of our country commenced, and us
rapid progress to an early and promising ma
turi,y, thai sh. has been called In the happy
language Of an ane lent poe', "tbe faiier daugh'
ter Of fair mother"
But, sir, while on this happy occasion, we
| contemplate, with mingled feelings OF pride
! and Joy, The lovely and august form of our A.
me,Ica, rising. as il were, from the waves OF
the ocean, with the grace Of youth in all her
steps, aud The Heaven OF liberty 10 her eye there
| is another aspect under which We are led oy
natural association 20 regard her, as we co"si-
| der the family Of republics, which have sprung
| into being beyond the mountains. The grace
| full and lovely daughter has become The mother
| Of rising States. While our thoughts, on ,his
| dav, are carried back to the tombs Of our ia
theirs beyond the sea, there are millions oil KIN.
dr.d Americans beyond the rivers and noun
,ains, whose hearts are fixed OH the Atlantic
coast, as the cradle Of their political existence
| if the States of the Coast wee struck from ex-
istsnce, they would already have performed
their share &c the great duty, as Il has been
cslled, OF social trans mission. GTal applause. J
A mighty wilderness has been colonsed, almost
within our own day, by the Young men OF the
| Atlantic coast; not driven By the arm OF Perse-
sy ..n e .saGai thss 4ai q slii
|, is Us. forty Years ibis summer. since
long ark-!ike looking Wagon was seen travers.
ING The roads and winding through the villages
OF Essex and Middiesex, covered with black
canvass, insc ribrd on the outside in lai &c lei,
tiers, 10 Marietta on The Ohio" That expe.
dition, under DR.. Cutler, of this neighborhoud.
was the first germ Of The settlement, Of Ohio.
which now contains near million Of inhabi.
tants. Cheers. Forty years have scarce
passed by, and this erea, Safe, with all its srt,
Elements, Improvements, its mighty canals and
growing population, was covered up (it I-,nav
SO say under the Canvass OF DR.. Cutters wac.
on. Not half century, and state is in exrs,
tence, liwice as large as our old Massachusetts)
10 whom not Old England, bu, New England, |
Is the land OF ancestral recollection Yes, Sir. |
on richer soils and broader plains than ours,
there are larger communities Of men. 10 whom |!
our rocks and our sands will be forever dear.--
len years ago, there were thirteen or fourteen
s.,
the name Of Salem, the CITY of peace;-one in
kentucky, one i'll Indiana, eight or nine in O.
hio, all bearing The name Of the spot, where we
are assembled, where the faith of Massachu.
sets FIRST Set foot two hundred years ago
Sir, there Is much in the fortunes of the Sc our
Sister States TO fix our ar,ention and sympathy.
Ia reading their recent history, we seem to be
eading our early annals. Struggles with. The
Indians and the Spanish enemy a, the Soub. re-
al 10 us the conflicts Of our fathers with the
french and The Savages of the Canadian fron>
Ter. In travelling westward few hundred
niles IN Poin, OF space, seem to have travel.
ed backward two hundred years, in point of
inc, although We cannot but congratulate our
rethren In that region, that under the cheerful
uspices oil the Confrderacy, they have made :,
greater progress in fifty years, than the settle. :
,ents OF the Atlantic Coast were able 10 make.
, three times that period.
IL isan icident when deserves mention in
MS oonnec;'on, that the FIRST comprehensive o
lstory OF the whole Of that wonderful =, pinn '
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