Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-11-26

IN ere - the sUOhRes'-CtSiTV ''''' w -
with US the mos, friendly rela,iohs-fo cherish
and increase which used nv best exernohs-
and believe not altogether IN vain
In looking on III, signs of The lines in the
did world. which exercise N Influence on the
course Of human affairs, | feel authorised 10
congr a,ua ing this assembly, and the friends
Of liberei principles generally, on The intense
soiici,ude every where expressed Tor me sue
cess Of the great experiment We are making
oil mans capacity for self governmrn'-on the
rapidly increasing Acquaintance 'hr"ugh"ut
Eurone with the nature OF our insii'utiors-
nv the Increased facilities OF in'erna l"n Il
commune alton Dy the increased purity 81 the
press, which kings can no longer seds1e' ava
an incre ased holiness which ministers cannot
iptlmidste-for instead OF one Woodfati and
one Junius, they have thou sands-bo'h In Eng
land and France-he spirit OF liberty having
miiipated he libel low in the one, ana over
thrown the ba,i!e in the other-and The press
in boh. ike faithful warders on the tower,
having Become the IN, incible defender oil liorr-
al principle .-producing higher tone OF Po.
li.icaI feeling and political inte'hgence--and
the growth OF great tribunal OF public opin'
ion, whose jurisdiction Is spreading 10 the
u,termosr confines o. me civilized wor'd-and
about TO become as sovereign as IL VIII oe tx
tensive-taking cognizance alike OF the wees
Of kings and he foilies Of republics, and award
ing an impartial Judgment and whose lenden-
cies mus, inrvl ably advance and secure the
mrli ,ration oil the condition oil man. Permit
ME in conclusion TO renew to you my warm ac.
acknowledgements for this dis inguisned mark OF
YOUR regard and to salute you all in the cor
dial spirit Of a Friend and Of Brother.
beg leave to look blck the country have
recently left, to pres-n, 10 your notice name
worthy Of the rites administered by assemblies
like this TO those entitled 10 general approba-
ton. do SO as slight acknowledgement ot
my sense of he kindness he dispensed 10 me
during a snjourn Of some days under his hos
pitabe roof. II. is the mos Ilustrious Com
moner Of Great Britain, and which Ne has re-
fused to exchange for Peerage-ihe friend
Of America and Of Amerlcans-the admirer in
common with Fox, his intimate friend, OF Geo.
Washington in the da,kes' days Vi our re'olu'
tion-.whose venera,ion Tor hat lllustrious
man has increased with time-and l may add
a veneralion not limited 10 The few, but unIver
sal, as I've is placed SO far in advance Of the rest
Of mankind that there his second is not NAM
ed. The individual in whose behalf |
invoke your kind appreciation, though :nem.
Der Of Parliament since rs, has given nc vote
which cost his country farthing, or humans
" drop OF blood-'rhe great father of Eng
lish agriculture, 10y whose Improvements a pm
urious soil has been made productive, and
his estate compared with the countermin-
Gus country like an Oasis in desert -
The ben, Fl cent landlord who has reconciled
his claims with the comfort and happiness Of
his teuan,ry-mauy evidences Of which | saw
while visiting with him, his ,as' domains in
short, bentfactor 10 man-AiI these grea,
quaii les uni'e in Thomas w. Coke, Of Holk-
ham. whom p essen, TO you as worthy of the
warmest reception and hie hest appreciation.
4. George Washington: The only name
which no eulogy can exalt
S. Thomas J, fferson: The drafr sman Of The
Dee Lar alton Of independence and the author IF
lie Bill for religious freedom.
6. Lafayette: The apostle Of liberty in torh
hemi, pheres-the gratitude Of fre.men is his
rch reward
7. The Old Dominion: The birth place and
grave If Washng,on-one and indIvis'bie.
8. The CONVENTION Like tat Of TO may
experience be The corner one Of its wisdom,
and patriotism adorn its work.
9. The venerable trio OF revolutionary pa'ri.
srons now in Convention The spirit Of '76.
self d, vnli,n TO our Country still animares
.hem; they will soen have new claim TO its
gratitude
10. The memory OF Benjamin Franklin; The
representative Of a NJ world he taught phi
s p v TO the old.
H. Patrick Henry, The statesman, the ora
or md patriots; he lives in the heart Of mis-
caun,rymen.
10. The University of Virginia; may it re-
we d. most sanguine hopes
IS. Education, The guardian Of republics;
give "a bu tight
BY MIR Madison. The rights Of man, the
eels If he Sla,rs, and the rights of the Unit
Z S lies, all discord, all harmony, well under
sood.
Bv Mr. Monroe. The liberty Of The United
s'aes vas acquired by combined effort Of
the whole people: May their union be perpetual.
By Mr. Msrshall A Constitution 10 Viz
gina, which viii unite her sons. secure repsb.
lican liberty, aid protect all her interests
BY Mr.. w, Bingey of New ORLEANS. The
States OF Virginia and Louisiana: TIL mother
and The daughter-lsth Dc ober, '82, and 9Th