Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-07-03

solid fabric of an enlightened eonmunify-wii'
stand firm hough Tue back * sc marn', may
for tim-, sink hen a'h ne curing lanes,
and the scien 'fc treasures they contain be re-
duced 10 dust aud ashes. =,
There is one association re- allied TO my mind
in vi>iring ,hi, place, to which l. "ovld DC o"-
ma, Jonabir. were insensibIr /; an association,
which has perreualed, nihe home Oh your Guy
IN i of an ever memorable ,IlIag- in h. COZ n y
jubabi,. aud in The near neighborhood OF my
re ,idence. ~ hen he rev. 1 The battle OF
L,xine on, on the 18Th # April, l775, re 'hed
a parry Of hun S, assembled n me sprung In
this place, they ,e,oived, il proph"lc COM
memnraton If hist EVEN. to give the nam OF
Lexington 20 he place Of il encampmen {,
and re town ,ha, should III re b. founfed.
No, more than so years, beiie,e, have p ssed
away, since The actual laying 4 this town; x IN
ina, n. rjod VIVA munumen, have no you AID
your fathers re ,red To thr b a,e aud good men,
who al tia, DOUBTFUL crisl, # tie cn"nuy's
f,te. on he morn rf err N rrd' nee. hercd
IN their live, in he, sacred -dse. nc! wrr'
not of your kindred, eXe"Dt ~ t"e kiod'eo 81
srruppiin ing liberty, arG ~ tie blloG Wi h'th
she'd f,r your freedom q, 10 lne;r own. lhy
lie in tfrlr humble gr..es, in he beTuriul
village where they fell and asimpe one
marks the scene Of their costly Sc lhcF: bu'
how WORLDLY, in the remote sesiy rhas their
pious self-de, olIoD b Ell ronimtm a'ed, IN he
amp., streets, the slightly DWELLINGS the sub
stan,ial public rdi6ces, in The char" 'bl, re
Il,erary, The religious foundations of thi' I'M
portant town.
NJ. an,imr, in the astonishing progress ot our
country, th.s s,atr, then an Amos paih'ess VII
derness n alt explored, un i'll, d. or "led OILY y
the bold huuter, who went 10 The field WI h
spade in one hand ard rifle in he other has
become itself the p,ien Of o her rising states.
Beyond the WABASH be md the Mississippi
there are now rye omrnunii, s. who took 10
these their na,iy. fields. with The SANE feelings
with which YOU ia her. 10 ked pack t"thtir IA
tive hum~s in VTg'Dis. have myself, with n
week or two, heard an individual, who had
been 20 explore for hIms' If new home IN lili-
nois, and was on his return 10 .'Ake out MS
family to the chosen spot, even while COM
mending the abundance and tertIIi'y OF the
vast praires in that ieglor, che hms"i', as
we were passing by some OF he prosperous
settlements, the 'omfor able houses, the itch
corn-helds, the p!easan' mradows, th' beautiful
woodland pastures of his native safe, and tx
claim: "sfter al, there is nothing on gods I'll
like old Kentucky
And thus gentlemen, il is, that civilization,
imprn, emcnt, and our republican institutions
IF government are making their auspi"Ious
progress from region to region, throughout
The continent; founded on III hsppiesl coHcep'
ton Of polite al wisdom, aud confirmed by The
dear lies of nature and kindred. The rapid
growth of The country has brought in o unusual
association those opposite feelings and re'a-
,ions, which bel ng respectively 20 ancient
aud moGern STATE, md were never before COM
hinrd insone. And he 'orth OF enlightened
libery y, originally kindled al the affairs ni James
Town and Plymouth, and iorg ago transmitted
across the noun aims, is still travelling onward
and onward, through the wide West Ii Re
OUR. M great stretch OF Imagination 10 trace
is auspicious path to regions yes lying in the
un,enauted solitude of nature nor TO apply 10
IT, with still happier augury, the beautiful
language. hv which he port mas described the
revival If fir dom, among the nations Of The
elder world
l saw the expecting regions stand.
To catch the coming fame in turn;
/ saw. from ready hand to hand.
The brigh but struggling glory burn
And each, as she received the fame,
Lighted her altar with its rays
Them smiling, 10 the next who came,
Speeded it on its sparkling way
But, Mr. President, must cheek myself on
ibis delightful thrm me, aud spare your patience
Allow me in sitting down, 20 renew my hankh
I, this rtSpccI able company for their friendly
md hospl able att -ntions, and 10 pr, pose tbs
follo"lng ser;im' ut:-
THE Eastern md Westera Maidstone in origin, one
in Interests: united in government, may they DC still
more strongly united b, mutual good will.
WEST POINT.
Names Of the FIVE most distinguished Cadets in each
Class, as determined at the examination in June,