Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-03-14

kill the fatted calf to welcume tae prodiga'S WI"
return sorrowIng, and repentant, there VIII De
seen low, forsaken being, stunning the haun.s
of men, abaorred BY the loyal and tie good, anu
like wounded snake. dragging the slow ien.th
of existence along, while the finger OF scorn
points to nuliifipr.
MIR c. proceeded. II has been bat too much
the custom OF Southrons. d-cry their BRETHREN
the Yankees. Yankee did | saw. by Heaven,
tits name IA noble in all It's 6eaDr,ss as ever
Roman was; ave, and will 90 as far IN the mo-
dern world. whether on the land or the sea, 10
the Halls Of Republics or the Courts OF Princes,
as would tina, renoa ned name AT which the an
cient world " grew pale" lis the National
! cognomen. Call me Yankee while live. and
LET il be craven on nv head stone, tor 1t points to
as high moral, and adorus as mighty tale, as
ever gave lustre to the annals OF Empires Ii
snacks of Fanuril Hail, and the cradle OF the
Revolution, OF Lexington, where the h'st mar
! tyrs bed for liberty, OF the heights OF Charles
| ton, where the farmers and the farmers sons
gave to European valor and discipline lesson.
that for ages will not be forgotten, ut Bennington
and Saratoga. Ave, and il smacks too ol glory.
! in more modern times, of old lron,ides. and the
! Immortal Yankee who first broke the charm that
! for centuries had held the maritime world IN bnn
dane. The Yankee land. as it is called. Is the
very bone and muscle of this Empire, where pa
| tent industry has caused rocky surface, in an
unsenia climate, 10 " blossom as the ROSE" and
where daring enterprise has Caused our flag tu bp
borne to every portion Of the q ODE where com
pass would point. or vessel could HAT. lis
the lani that Washington loved. and always
! STYLED TIE land of steady habits, where his prln-
| ciples have been longest preserved, aud where
| bis memory is most fOndly adOred.
8 d.. t,,..
once told Your Orator. | shall ever love the
Yankees, said the veteran, for their n"bIe con-
duet in the hour of our greatest need. Twas in
ID, crmber, &c. that Washington. with the shat
| tered remains of his army, reached the frozen
shores of the Delaware. OF our cnntneuais,
or veterans, some fourteen to sixteen bundled.
full muety. consisted Of the wrecks of the New
| England lines Their terms OF service had ex-
PRED, and they demanded to be returned TO
| their homes, from the cherries. nav, despairIng
| prospect that was before them; and when you
| urged them. in the name of liberty. to endure
vet more pr,vatl"ns and hardsh'ps in her sacred
cause, the soldier would point to the bleak and win.
try skv. aud bid YOU mark how the chilling blasts
howed through his catered garmenis-to the fro
zen ground, and bid you mark the blood tracks
| from mis- shoeIe,s feet WHAT was 10 be doneI
the militia, which had Jeff by whole resi
| men,s, would never return unless there were re-
.ular> for them to rally upon. 'T~as then APP
nearrd the moral grandeur of ou, Great Wash
lnston II. appealed 10 his suHrertng conn AIDES.
| maved If them that thew would stand by him
gu, another six weeks. aud he word AK no more.
Tie prayer OF the hero pIe'aled. and oh.
NV countr, men, what vast events did thnSn SIX
weeks nrmucp, what Influence upon the attain
| npnt Of those lb'r'ie, we nov e"j"y! Vniun.
| teprs from Philadelphia. men bred ~ the lap of
luxury. left their doNn bed, 20 par axe ct The
hardships Of winter campaign, tie mni'la raj
| tied around the nucIeU, that formed AnPrca's
last hope In these SIX weeks occurred the trl-
umphs of Trenton and Princeton. n" Jerseys,
cleared of the enem,, and The Il = Of Freedom
which so dronpinsly hung To II, stall, agAin li'A!
| ed galv in the breeze, from the heights OF Nor
| lis own.
Ills said that at this awful period Of our des
| tiny, Washington she'd tears. He was "aOeit
man somewhat unused To the melting MOOD, s"
| but times like those described would have wruug
| a tear from heart ribbed in with iron My tale
is told; and when, nv fel ow. Southrois. ye teach
rour children the story vi thu days oil trial, and
| pledge in your cups TO the memory OF the Brave,
in Justice and grariude, forget not the generous
Yankees who formed 50 important a portion OF
WashinS,on's army, on the frozen shores OF the
| Delaware.
| The Orator continues: Z" Time rolls its cease.
less course" and its current has swept from the
lists OF mortality the last Of the ConscrIpt Fathers
Of Irdependence. The aged, the excellent CAR
ROLL Is the being M M,gMey aod better worlds -
II va, Carroll, Of Carrollton. who. in the bloom
and sunshine of his days, pledged t e delights of
a b ameless life. the uxuries of spIend'h for
.unr, and, above all the bond Of an unsnlled
honor. to the Magma Charta Of an Empires Lii
berries He survived all the Roman Fathers.
his ilIustrious compeers. and was the last pillar
Of the once glorious Temple. 1t pleased Pro'-
drnce 10 grant to this admirable citizen length OF
DAYS, tina, he might behold successive generations
ARISE and flourish under the benign influences ct
free government and equal Iaws.-and satisfied
that The grand experiment had fully succeeded.
that the structure he had labo,ed TO erect was
perfect and beauteous in ali its parts full Of years
and hOnors, the Patriarch
| F." sunk to rest,
With all his country > WISHES b!est."