Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-07-16

4.
aSGshviHs on The OCCASION at a Public hin
fg'ren 70 him By The citizens of Aat mace on
E'def Jaas, 1929.
TOAST
Our Cus't The lion Edward Everen, dis.
suished represen,s,,s, of the learning.
re heraiity and refnemen. OF tho Eastern
rJea OF eur country.
the drinking of this toast was followed By
ns and continued tokens of approbasioa.--
saen these had subsidized, Mr.. Everett rose aud
bid
.d, Pfesident and Conference.-The sentirnept
pch has just been announced, and ths kind
fthtion 81 Which IND myself. on IBIS coca.
% the object, demand my particular ickaowl.
semeEts Coming among yea frsm remote
hrics Oh the country F.; Personally acqasioted
my ARRIVAL with bat single inividuah be-.
des your distinguished representative IN Con-
erassi possessing none OF those pubic and no.
lticsl claims on your notice which are us,,ally
PckRswedged by courteses OF this kind. , 6nd
myself the honored guest OF this da, cordially
greeted by so large company, where conid
have expected to form lew acquaintances !:
Pnd made to feel myself at home in the land 81
FtFangers should feel that sense ofoppgass,op.
which unmerited honor ought always to pro.
fuce. did look within myself for the reason of
Ehls h4ttsring distinction. II is not there gen.
emen, tnat look for il know that ii flows
Prom much higher source, from your ready
|nosp"aiity-fron your liberal feeling which is
ao'e 10 TAKE in those parts OF the republic wh Oh
aF7 me most remote from you; and whics dis.
p0'es you even toward the person Of an ndivi-
qua stranger, TO strengthen the bends Of good
VIII oetweeh all the brethren of the great A.
ihsF'can family. II 10 IN this view of the sub
Iect alone. thai rnuid vernns,f.
'hls KIND proffer of your public attentions.
With the inofEensive privacy which Il ;s nv
sacy to preserve in usy present Journey tor
se sake Of which | have been led. on more
laa oae occasion since left 6ame. 70 express
sSSn to be excused from smlisr attentions on
ae PsFi OF Political friends attentions which
s'u'd have implied pubhc stand ing which
~ "o' possess; and would have caused my ex
'aFa'oa 10 be ascrbed 10 another than It's real
Motive. ' 40 se~'
"as motive. gentlemen, is the long cherish
81 WISH to beheld, with my own ewes this
'efh world, not OF premise merely, out Of
S.'" astonishing and glorious tuifi ment The
SS"aers as they may Justly be called, of The
| "sSt tue prodgieus extent Of the territory,
We magnitude of the strea ans, that unite into
VIC great system the remotest parts of this
Sul"d'ess region,--ths fertility OF Us .oh. of
sh,cn tue accounts, till they are verified nv &C.
l'' observation, seem rather like the fables of
'naNea than sober narrative, were among the
'F"est objects, that attracted nv yuulhful Gu
"""'-Whiie visiting some of the most an.
It aoodes OF ctviz 4tion IN the elder world,
uAu frequently occasion to observe land /
s no douot, Mr.. President, that vour obser
"on confirmed the fsct) that the curiosity OF
,"eilgent men of Europs was more awake
attl4x
,rs snolect OF this than any other portion of
No. country. Of the Atlantic coast they
n. some genera! Knowledge, arising from
NAM ''ensn OF time since il was settled and the
, ,s events of which il has been the thea
IN oa. The valley Of the Mississipei seemed
"a 80, presented itself, as il were suddenly
norran. haag,nsiious, az most peculiar. i'm.
req anu hitherto comparatively unknown
Ie9 ~ bat from the time that have been
,onn,0 particularly to reflect on the Western
I'M 70 .is social relations TO the rest OF the
dessaa'''' nave felt an irresistible desire to en-
too ~ 20 understand from personal observa.
ns,. VIC s'uPendous work of numan advance
The h,. sAicn IS here going on, and of which
,as. history OF mankind certainly affords no O.
ipts,s"pie, cannot but think is the most
The sung subject OF Contemplation. which
v,aas oyla at present affords Apart from the
Of no,n a'afal features Of the scene, tha aspect
IRON r ~ towns springing ike an exhais,ion
ness Me soh;-of a vacant or savage wilder.
tb;.a,U transmitted in one geaeratien. into a
lnea6ited teEgitcry--must certainly sp.