Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-07-07

The altar of Liberty. which II was tue brave
men that fell at Lexington, who dug its founda-
ton in the solid granite OF marble head, and may
| it never he ovcrthrown.
| awhile the Earth bears plant,
| s'And the Sea rolls n wave"
Yes. friends and follow-citizens, il was at Ply
mouth that our orcfathers first landed borne in the
Bark of Independence, and breathing defiance to
the many headed Monster, who drove them over
The pillows, which il was very stormy season OF
the wear that they arrived in Ii. think see
Them now with their helpless wives, thcirlittle
babies and their dumb beasts, if they had any,
which they all of them must have suffered very
much from sea sickness and salt provisions, and
winch il was fare that they had not been accus-
toned to eat it, l think | see them nov landing,
with no other human beings To welcome them to
the shore of liberty, unloss ii was howling Wolves,
barking HyTnas, roaring Tigers, troacherous
Lvuxes, Cat-a- Mountains, Panthers, Black Snakes,
| Moccasins and Opossums. Soon however they had
TO build their log houses i'll the midst of the will
derness, which 1t never any white man before
that done it, and then friends and fellow citizcns
they conquered the Indians which they the
aborgineso Of the country, and forced their proud
Chiefs Powhatau and Pocahontas to rock the
cradle which infant liberty was born in it,,
will not follow our brave forefathers in all their
mcanderings (iko small brook at first, but to
increase afterwards 10 great rver) and all their
Itracks.-You have all, no doubt, read Weems' life
of Marion, which it is book that | would advise all
Young persons to read it., it only costs sixty-two
and half cents. No, friends and fellow, citizens
will skip all this long vista which it would be
a beautiful sight to look into and see the bright
sun of independence shining at end of it and
come at once to the immortal Mr.. Jefferson who it
was, with perhaps only one single dipped candle to
light him, was consuming the midnight oil to write
the Declaration of Independence which it is me
that you have determined this day that l should
read it. How great and brave must that immortal
patriot have been when we consider that he well
rs the immortal General Washington and Aaron
Burr and General Hamilton were all obliged to write
half Il
King of Great Britain whose Lion was rushing to
trample into the dust the feathers of our Eagle
which it flight that it took to the top of the
Peaks of Otter and there rested safe from his muir
derous talons,!
will now friends and fellow-ctizens, after this
brief exposition of my swelling feelings OH this
great and glorious occasion proceed to read it,
| After tho Declaration had been read, in a very
distinct and admirable manner, by Mr.. Prim, the
company sat down to an excellent dinner provided
for the occasion, by Mr., and the folIowing
toasts drank with great animation:
l. The Day we Celebrate: Twelve millions of
| freemcn hail its return with enthusiasm Air
"'Twas on the twcnty-first of June"
3. Our Country: Blest with a salubrous climate
and Astounding in the richest products. March in
| 'Bue Board"
'Hey! dance to the fiddle and tabor.
/. The Press The Engine of Power-Which
it never should be forgotten that Doctor Franklin
was Il Printer. Ar, 'BIack-eyed Susan"
>. Inc army oil the u D.
SIN ,Car a lion chaRed by the hunters sDhere:
In peace more gentle than ''suckLing nightingale"
Air, "Bucks have at ye all"
6. The Navy of the U. S.
"COlumbia needs no buH-park
No tOlocr along the steep,
Her march IS on the mountain raue,
Her home rs in the deep"
Air, '''The Rough Old Commodore"
7. Lafayette: We shall be extremely happy to
see him in America when he has finished his three
days in Paris Air, Hail to the Chief"
8, The Ex- Minister'S; May their vulgar fractions
never form another Unit. Tune, ''I'hree Blind
Moo"
8. The Memory of John Ross Air, "Dead
March in Saul"
10. Virginia: Like all Maidens-she must be
coaxed into doing what she had ought to. Air.
"Pray GuGrdy please TO moderate"
II. Our Manufactures: Which we have got but
very few of them now. but hope, with Gods bles-
sing the Tariffs, to have great many of them
by and by. Air, ''Hope told fattering Tale"
II. The Pow That be:
"To be or NOT TO bsr-that is the question:"
Air, "a Gipsoy III a Wood"
"And mon the hermit smiled TN ,Ooman sighed.n
Air, 'Hcigh no! Noddy."
VOLUNTEERS
BY Major Mystic The Plot: Conceived in the
basest iniqu ty-Executed with assassin-like pre-
cison. Perish it's authors! Air, sTI tell nobody"
BY G. X. Double dot, Esq. The Fourth of July
10: May us successors sun hnd us principal the
same ''old T. and O." Air, "The good old DAYS
of Adam and Eve"
BY Timothy Snod grass, Esq. Agriculture and
the Fine Arts: As the orders of architecture are
said to have had their origin in the fancied resem
blances OF trees and shrubs, hope that agricul-
ture may continue to reap every benefit from the
indie tatgable eXertions of scientific men directed
TO objects, at the most praiseworthy in their
character and the most important in their results
Air, ''Fhe Farmer and the King"
BY Guest. Here's wishing that the friends OF
Internal Improvement may never be road by rate
, want, or want railroad, Air, Glow we 90 up
up, up"
BY Toby Talk-mc-dead, Esq. The unhinged
Cabinet: Its contents, like those of Munchausen's
wardrobe, are all mad and biting each other.-Air
'Kkenny Cats"
, BY X. Gravcly, Esq. The dangers that threaten
our prosperity, moral, physical, and political: Aw
full, imminent, and neverto be-any-t half
sufficiently dreaded Steady be the eye, and sure
the arm of the Pilot on whom safety rests
Air, Cease rude Boreas."
, BY Lady, invited, but prevented by ndispos
, ton from attcnding-U am happy TO say she j.
ION the mcnd'): The three S's-sighs, sentiment
and sensibility: May they always be connected by
Hymens sealing -wax.-Air, "Shepherd's I've lost
I my loYO."
BY Child but handed in by its Papa Infant
Schools:
: A nqs an Archer and shot nj frog,
was Butcher and had n great dor.
Air, "Little Jack Homer"
BY Gregory Groazy, Esq. The Russians: Like
simmons, may the longest Pole sweep the most
Air, "PoSsum up the gum tree
BY Signor Punniani. The memory of Koscius
ko: Let it shall be the Polar Star for TO his conn
trymen shall not lose his way by it!.-Air ..The
, Bold Drapoono