Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-07-16

am aware, Sir, thdt eSetl S'@ ~ r
nails Of fame. its own peculiar ana 'cai rohs ~
talents, and deservings, yet these are cn'y ne
severed rods, the scattered fragments OF naton-
al renowu. which will finally be hound oy the
mighty chai,r Of federal union. Are Wasnlh8-
ton and Jefferson less tie children OF our COM
mon country because Virginia claims tnem os
vi,,ue Of prior paren,age? Aud, on 'ne o,n-
er hand, what Virginian would prrmi' nis
RICH. 70 all Franklin his counryman 10 DC o's-
,ntfd. because Massachusetts boasts ner oei"g
The place Of his nativity, aud Pennsylvania VI
having received aud nurtured him as son ny
adoption
There once was temple where renowned !,
people Of antiquity, bro ght suecessiVeV a..
the yanauished gods OF the nations they nav
subdued In our country, Sir me gra,ei''
hearts of freemen are a nobler tempe WIRE
the memory OF The great, OF the gooa' % '.e
iliustrious, in peace, by wisdom, oy a''s- i"
war, by noble daring, Uy deeds OF e'erhl' re-
memnrance, are presei we'd enshrined passinh
by inheritance, not il right OF primpge"'''',
TO the chosen few, bu, like the estate o. sopu
and Jus, father, il equal portion 10 all inc emu
dren Of the great American iamly' 'hto"g"
the unbrokeG series Of successive gehera'"hs'
The ceremonies OF this LAY, SIR, amidst Tie
numerous associations they were SO wen ca'cu>
la,ed ia excite, have brought - IN! re'he"'
brance wha, read in my boyh"od, many years
snce-will you listen 1" that reml0isc nee OIL
early studies with the same pa'len' at'eh -"
you have so kindly granted Yes, YOU arr
willing to hear me, will proceed Alter a. :
dlca,ing their capitol 10 the gods "f INC Ike
D lblc, The Romans, say their historians, num-
bl, en,reaied 'hrir u larry divinl'ies o c""seh
10 being transit r. ed TO lhr nrw abode pre- pared
for their re, e, tio,. Al wee willing to 60
save him who stood the sacred guardia o.
boundaries, aud he, WIN resided over youth
The oracle, consulted in that emergency, rep'isd
tina, this per,inaci,y Of the two del'es. IN pre-
serving 'heir stations was happy Omen. II
3resaged the frontiers Of Rome would new
rec .de before an invsdcs aud iha the Roman
you,t would ever remain unsubdufd MS
dav, Si,, IN auspicious day lay The tounHa'
ton Of good wniks) Won have laid the C'ine'
Stone OF he Capitol OF Maine; and, though
no material omen struck The eyes or the ears II
til assembled multitude, though no eagl' soar
Ell an The right, in happy angury oil Iis'ng EN-
pirr; though no lighlniag glared through me
6 ark cloud hough no thunder proclaimed the
approving will OF tIcavrn; I, the m4di'a'ing
mind might, like ,ht oracle OF Old, WITHOUT
fear Of being Gun adic'ed by coming days, read
IN the firm and resolved as2ec' oil men oil ma
lure years-and i'm the arde mt hu>iasuc eye
of youth; the glad assurance thar the iron lers
ni Maine never will Iecsde b. fore the footsteps
of an invader, and that her you b, in The de-
fence OF their native land, never can be con
quercd And now, Mr.. Presiden', with my
grateful acknowledgment for our attention and
for the exciting, though unmerited ap?lauses
Of all who hear me-permit me to propose, IN
| return for he honor abb te s,imonv you have
borne to The patriotism of Louisiunians, a sen
, ,hs mos a aT1sT - With o. my
watchiul soc'tu e of sagesin war, defended BY the
indom'able vaor OF emitted and indv,sible people