Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-12-21

,,;,,d and prac.ica, meaning. Whether al en-
|, .h,ened and stable government. pursuing The
interests. and obeying the voice of the people.
from whom their powers are derived, projecting
the rights and advancing the prosperity OF every
individual, shall be Tie result OF your sacrifices
and efforts, depends upon yourselves. hno"lhS
this. and knowing what you have already accom-
plished. whv should we doubt or fear. Disclam-
ng, as YOU have done,all views OF conquesi.your-
selves asserting no right to regulate the course
Of other governments. but leaving every hati"h'
as it may acquire the power ana Tie VIII: /" 'e-
deem and regenerate itself. yoa VIII ai'"rt no
pretext for foreign interference; and II such IN
reference bef attempted without canse.ah uni'eu
people, animated by the sentiment OF freedom
and fighting on its own soil, for It's own rights,
is unconquer able.
Frcemen neither fear 10 utter, nor shrink from
hearing the truth. Your former revolu ton.
People of France, held forth little encouragement
or hone to the friends OF vrtuOus freedom; and
The excuses which marked its progress. anounc-
ed and seemed TO Justify the stern dcspotlsm
in which il closed A splendor it is true, even
during this period, shone over France, bat the
lights were not to guide encourage. but To de-
ludc and tcrrify That day is past. There is no
delusion:nor terror in the splendor wenow behold:
tits the sun that has risen IN France, sun that
rises never to set, and whose beams are as hate
fu and fatal 10 righteousness and anarchy, as to
intolerance and oppression. In the moral world
the course o! the natural may seem rc:erscd; bat
we Cannot be deoeived;i it is the san. our own
sun that las risen ~ France.
Wherever the standard of freedom Is raised.
the ewes of the citizens of this republic are turn
ed with anxiety ami hope.
Whenever any conquest is gained tor the
rights OF man; whenever tyranny or intolerance
receives shock. neither in the new or old world
in Mexico or Spain, in Peru or III Greece. we ap-
plaud and we rejoice: so ilrm IS our conviction
that to be happy. man must be Tree; 50 warm our
sympathy with all who are struggling to regain
the rights and dynit, of 0ur common NATURE
With such sentiments and such feelings. imagine
with what emotions we received the intelligence
OF the deliverance OF France.
France! connected with US by 50 many recol-
lee iious and so many ties. France, to whom. III
a measure we owe our own freed0n'-the native
country of our I.afayette-fJr we too claim his
name and his glory. France! our faithful ally
in war. our friend in peacc-where we have nc,
er been illuminated, misrepresented, nsuiied;
whose citizens have always visited US IN KIND
nes, and received US with courtesy.
Yes. Frenchmen. generous and brave; we do
indeed exult in your success, as II the triumph
were our own; and in every quarter Of our land
we celebrate with public rejoiclngs your deliver
ance.
Addressing you in the name, and speaking the
sentiments of the citizens and inhabitants Ut the
CITY of New York. we lender YOU their hearif;!,
con.ratu aions. ogc her with their feryent wish
es for your Continued and increasing welfare.
(Signedy THOMAS HERTTELL,
JNO. DUER
SANl.. SN ARTWOUT.
CHAR rs KING.
VIM. JAM : MlNEVEN.
JOHN FRAZEE.
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