Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-09-06
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1880.
CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN INDIE
PENDENCE AT PARIS.
From Galignaaii's Messenger.


can citizens sat down to a sumptuOus dlnuer,
given at Lointer's, rue Richelieu, in commemo-
ration of the 54th anniversary of American In
dependence. The guests present on this occa-
sion were-General Lafayette and NJ. Levasseur.
The Chair was taken BY Mr. John A. Morton,
of Virginia. assisted BY the Committee OF Ar
rausemeuts, Messrs Canouge, OF Louisiana, L.
G.. Clemson, of Philadelphia, A. Rarnet, OF New
Jersey, ]. A. Ventress, and C.. +. Johnson, OF
New-York.
After the removal of the cloth, the following
toasts were given fror re Chair:-i
|. The day we celebrate. .. The President of
the United State. 3. The King of France and
the French nation. 4. The memory OF Washing
ton. 5. Benjamin Franklin" Erpuit fulmen
cCslo, sceptrumque tyrannls." 6. Our Ex-Presl-
dcnts--In their retirement, like the setting sun,
they please more, though they dazzle less. :.
The Freemen of the New World-The Pioneers
Of Liberty. s. The constitutional liberty of France
May 1t lead the way to the constitutional IL
berty of Europe. g. Revenue and defence
The legitimate grounds of taxation. 10. The ar
nav aud naYy-ileieuders of nations honor
a natioa's gratitude rewards them. II. Private
interest--'fhe best guide uf national industry
u. Chas. Carroll. VI Charlottesville last link
of bright chain Of worthless. Is. Civil and re-
lig;ous lberty--The birth-rsht ef man.
The preceding toastS having been drunk. the
President. Oa behalf Of the Committee of Ar
raugemeuts, proposed-Our illustrious guest
the friend Of Washington, the friend Of liberty,
and the friend of man. After the acclamatlons
which followed this toast had subsidized
General Lafayette rose and said-''I must
gratefully thank YOU. gentlemen. for your kind
toast. aud for the aseC i0nate manner IN which 1t
has been received. Your invitation to celebrate
- So 6 V,,Ix
but have had upon me-, the moment l received il,
the effect Of magnetic attraction. During the
succession of fGy three anniversaries, whether on
the field Of war. in civic celebration, or in the
dungeons of European coalition, 1t has ever
been my pride aud delight to Shall our great era
of American Independence, and to worship the
rising sun of universal frcedom.-(C Cheers. Ut is
this day. gentlemen, which Jefferson and Adams
esteemed themselves happy IN being allowed to
behold once more, before surrendering up their
last breath. And to us, the few survivors OF the
Revolution. it seems that on this day we behold
our departed companions, whom we are soon to
Join. looking down, with Washington at their
head. on these numerous celebrations, and hear
them again recommending, as they did during
their lives. the preservation of those American
fellow-feehngs-of that union between the states,
which, whatever may be the momentary language
of parties, is deeply rooted in every American
heart Cheers. Aud "io en- better TESTIFY
TO this truth, than The veteran who, 'appy To-
has lately been To visit ne tvr' -t0ur S,aes II
the Conteteracv; and who, from the Gindness 81
the people towards him. has enjoyed. II nav bg
said. an individual communication WIN the |
twelve millions of their inhabitants. Nor will il,
perhaps, appear misplaced in me, also TO bear |
witness 10 the universal sympathy, the fraternal
good wishes which have observed in the peO- |
Die of the United States towards those OF the |
other parts of the American hemisphere. May |
they. after the example of their elder brethren, |
by wise Institutions, civic virtues, and practical |
freedom, attain, to an equal degree, the bless
ings of tranquility aud happiness. May they, |
whatever may BE- the suggestions of Euro
pean jealousy, or the errors of local prejudice. in
the remembrance Of what was done by the Unit |
ed States in their behalf. long before any Euro
pean power had consented to acknowledge their
independence, as well as in the conseniality of
their Republican principles, find the only sure
wayfo the guarantees OF purely American sys-
TEN of politics. Permit me, gentlemen, to offer
YOU as toast The Constitution of the Unit
ed States-the price of blood-the work of wis
dom-the happy Republican compound of state
rights and federal energv-mav il ever stand far
above partial collisions, under the sole patron
age of nationrl good sense and seif-government."
The General sat down amidst the most enthu-
siastic applause.
Mr.. Poncet, of Baltimore, then gave" Our
absent friend. George Washington Lafayette"
By Mr.. Matlock, of New Jersey" The mem
ory Of the Bourbon, who served us with money
and men in our revolutionary war-the memory
of the Bourbon, who suffered as christian, and
died as became his life-the memory Of Louis
XVI"
BY NJ. Levasseur-" The United States of
America-the true practical school of Civil and
Religious I.iberty-may her wise lessons be ere
long understood by Old Europe
By T. G. Clemson. of Philadelphia-'' The
liberaity of the scientific institutions of France
may they be chosen as criterions of the West
ern World.''
Bv H. Edwards, Of Massachusetts, The
patriots of the revolution-time is fast thinning
their ranks, but time shall never obliterate them