Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-01-05

We stated few days since. says GalignanI's
Messenger, that deputaion of gentlemen from
Philadelphia had been received at the Hotel de
Vile, by the Project of the Seine, with an ad-
dress expressive of the admiration entertained
BY the inhabitants of that city for the noble con-
duct of the Pasans during the Glorious days
OF July. The deputatiou was introduced BY Gen.
Lafayette. In the evening grand dinner was
given in honor Of the OCCASION ut which Mr.. Rves,
the American Minister, returning thanks for a
toast of &" The United States and the health of
President Jackson" addressed the company as
foliOws:-
Permit me, gentlemen, to thank you for the
honor YOU have done my countrv-an honor il
may, at least, claim to merit by its cordial senti-
ments for France. TWAS my good fortune, gen
tlemen to be an eyewitness of your glorious
Revolution of July, and to see. with unbOunded
admiration. how populaion-brave and gener-
Ous-Can be tOrbearing ate having been subject
ed to the most terrific trials; and what modera-
ton it can exercise in the midst of victory.
purchased by so many noble sacrifices. But il
was not necessars TO have been personal wit
ness # vour Revolution, to admire and aprreci-
ate it. At the distance of more than thousand
leagues; beyond the Atlantic ocean, it has been
felt and appreciated. in all its noble grandeur
The three memorable days have been hailed bv
every people as the triumph of human liberty:
bnt with Us, they have given to the same re-
iocingS as our national victories: we have celc-
brated YOUR GOTH July. as we celebrate our own
!th ofJu!y, with Nominations. professions. "sa-
lutes, and all the demonstrations of patriotic en-
ultalion. This proof that the ties which for
merly connected the two nations in glorious al
nance, still retain all their moral force; the evil
dence of a. sympathy, and fidelity to ancient rec
objections, which hope. will ensure their cordi-
al union, under the auspices OF an enlightened
and upright King, whose constitutional throne
and noble character present the best of guaran-
tees at the same time. for his own people and for
foreign powers. have the honor to propose
toast, which emanates from the bottom Of all A.
merican hearts. The King of the French, and
the French nation.
We cannot resist adding an extract from the
animated speech of General Lalayette:-
al Here find. happily mingled together. all
the recoectons-al the sentiments and feelings
of my life. am surrounded by the grandsons
of my early American companions, the sons of
my comrades of 80, and my new brethren in
arms Of 1850. I'm this Hotel de Vile, twice the
cradle of the freedom of Europe, have this day
been presented the resolutions of the CITY of Phi
ladephia-of that city where, on the 18th of Ju
Is, l176. was proclaimed the Declaration of In
depence, the date of new era Of liberty for the
two worlds-of liberty that, for the first time.
was founded upon the genuine rights of the hu
man race. Five years ago, at the commemora-
ton of great anniversary at Boston, on propos-
ing as a toast The Emancipation Of the Ameri |
can Hemisphere which had been effected in the |
course of half a century. prophesied that be-
fore the next iflleth anniversary came round. the
toast would be The Emancipation of Europe.'
May this prediction be verified A disciple of
the American school, as YOU all well Know
and we're capable of forgetting it. there are ma
ny who would remind me Of tit is most IA