Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-06-29
VAIEDiCTORY ADDRESS
OF MIR GUSTS, OF ARLINGTON.


fJuae 1929.
dedicated by the Orator, with profound esteem and
admiration TO the Right Hon. DANIEL VCoSNELL NJ.
p. sc. &c
We have assembled for The last time, and
these Halls, which so Oft have witnessed our
honest endeavors in the cause OF Civil and Re-
ligiops Liberty, will, as an A,socia ion, soon
know Us no more. In friendship we met, in
Friendship let us part; and il, in the warmth and
exci,emen, in,eparanle from tree and aUimoted
dehare aught mas occurred which might SAVIOR
Of unkind feelings towards each oihsr let il be
forgiven-iet the stream Of oblivion wash II a.
wav from our memories forever.
How changed is the scene what mighty E.
vents have occurred since he period Of our
FIRST assembling. THIN all was gloom and
dreariness like the wintrv desolation which
reigned over the face Of Nature-nor in the
bleak and barren prospects Of our cause did
there appear one bud Of hope, which could give
promise of a coming Spring; while now, the
Winter Of our discomfort is made glorious
SUMNER" and with cheering and revi,ifying
sun .ligh, shrds il bright and balmy influence
upon he Gestihies Of Ireland.
LIE. there be praise TO the Supreme Ruler
of he Universe. The Giver of all good, TO whom
all praise is due Praise to the Irish Liberia
tors, the blpodless conquerors, who have OBJ
rights OF others; whose civic wreath, fresh as
the ycrdure Of heir Emerald Isle, will bloom
and flourish when he blood stained trophies Of
Of the desola,ors OF mankind shall have wiiher
ed and dsoaycd Praise 10 the liberal and no.
minded OF the Ministry aud Parliament OF
England, and to 'hr Hero of an hundred bat
ties, whose peaceful victory as far trar scends
Salamanca or ! Narerloo as the fome of
mics overtbrown and nations conquered must
yield 20 the undying glory of nation saved.
Bat what prsis~ shaH We neIT out % "i"h'
The NJ ,ster Shirt, who hath "rode on the whirl
wind and directed The Storm" who, through
evil and through good report, with un'ir'ng
zeal and matchieSs perseverance, and with no.
bl daring, has so long and so eallan'ly s'rug'
e!ri IN his oountrys cause; ai whose mighy
bdding clements have been agitated, and YET no
storm permitted 10 burs'-who hath caused The
thuntler TO ror, and yer withheld the bolt from
falling, Ill the political atmosphere being puri-
fed ard serene, the threatening tempest mas
passed hsrmlrsSlv away, aud Ireland hecome re-
penera-ed under the calm ethereal SUNSHINE
OF Civil and Religious Liber'y Cheering
Will you rank the triumph oil OConn'l
with the barbarian pageanls which rewarded
vic,ors IN the o'den days? All 10! banr'
fol lustre is shed over those renowned and gor
peous sppctacles when reflect that theu
splendors were derived from the wrongs ant
mis~res Of mankind, their ma 'erials were gath
cred from amid the wrecks OF hum NIFTY. an'
their march accompanied by he widows wall
the orphan, tear. and all the woes and agonie
NJ calamitous war; while II has been left TO
Erin's Libera,or, without impriu,ing foots'el
on any foreign land, to have run his course o
gl,ry on he green surface Of his native Isle
her liberties his goal, her Happiness his amoi
ton. Hence, weeping caplives follow II
l. Nla nk n
chaiss is heard in the 10 triomphe which burst
unbidGen from the hearts of grateful million
his spoia opima are the rights and immu
nj es his long and generous Efforts have wo
fer his country; and his trophies OF victor
will b. imperishaby erected IN the hearts
his countrym"u. Loud cheering.
And when 10 whom ireland owes so much sha
hayr paid the debt all give TO Na'ure, the sty
ium Of ime. guided by The hand OF Immortal
~, VIII grave OFT he marble 'ha, inurns hi
ashe. L,beraioy Patria, he proudest apotheos
10 b neiac,or Of Mankind And when, in ii
long enduring days Of Ireland's future greatne
and prosperity, distant generations shall rec,
to the era Of her trial. and the illusrrious patr
ots who achieved her d-liverance, on each al
uiyersary of freedom, in The mansions OF Il
rich will goblets be crowned to Erin and LII
erty, erin go hrah,'-while, in her peasant
cot, grey haired sres viii deligh' and instru
the artless and endearing age of Irish inian
with the tale of Ireand's once mighty wrong
and her immortal libera'ors; and then with We
GRAFTON and gratitude will the poorest peasa
Of the Emerald Isle pedg i" his humble pt
teen, Good luck 10 the name and memory Of O'CO
nell. Long continued cheering.
ireland is free! Let America rejoice throug
GU, all her land! Let her celebra e the ,rium
OF free PRINCIPLES from her mountain tops
the depth of her vallies, from her Norihe
frontier, where Writer fingers in the lap
Spring, 20 her troaic boundary, in the regi
OF aowers; from he Ea,, where the Allan
biliow beats upon her shores, 10 the vas, d
prsirie oceans OF the We>'! Anotaer Nation
born 10 liberty, aaoth, People have ri,en ."
dignity and value Of Freemen. And why is q