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

savage WIN may Stain 'nrouS" t"e e"'''N"' "''
will give his last who,p and retire before the
march Of the pilgrims, VINO will press through TIE
mountain torrent, thread the mazes OF the IAN
ged forest, and scale ~. lo!ty pree'pice, to 40
homage to the .epuichre of Washington. WINE
we would admire thu parental soiicitude aud at.
tachment shown by Virginia toward the ashes oi
her most Industrious son. and the struggle winch
she made to retain them within the bo.on Of his
native ,uil, permit me- 10 remark, that II "oad
have been far more magaanimo,s. II the antipnt
mother Of the Commonw palths had.discaried all
local considerations, and Yielded her ind'idnh
claim to the imposing claim of a whole Nation
nav uure, to have herself bestowed upon the me-
tropolis Of the Empire the ashes nf him who 'i'ed
only for his Country, his Whole County, and TO
thing but his whole Country. An act d" n"b'e,
50 devoted, would have red,nnded to the ever
lasting pcase of Virginia-been w"r'hy OF Inc
Birth State of Washing on-and ranked her with
the better age, OF the ancient Repub les
WHAT a vast amount of claims could not the
other States cut IN far the conservation II the
Patriarch's ashes! Nrw England. 1t h'ari al
the bar of pubic justice. would put IN hrr pea,
and would say; Ii WAS a son III New Eneland
tia, first named TIE Hero 10 nj, hisn command
of the Armies Of Liberty. Upon our hclgH', Aas
his banner first unfdrled, aud we hated nm a'
the Chief, OH "A soil already drenched with the
blood of the enemy. Vnees, too. would cry
from the tombs OF her q eeGe. the best beioved)
of Knox. and Lincoln, and Putnam, aud Trum-
bull, and Stark. and Scammei: Give the remains
of Liberty's most glorious son to the ianu tha'
roc ked the cradle of independence.
\ew York would say; Remember Long Island
and Harlam Heights. and the White Plains, our
long belpagured City. aud the triumph "f the He
ro in l.85-his first Inauguration as Cmcf Ma
eisrrate ~ SO. Hear the voices from the tombs
OF our Cntons and Hamilton, of Montgomery
and Schuyler: Give tn the greatest City IN the
greatest State the remains OF our common Fa-
ther.
New Jersey would say: Oar soil was the are
ma where the fierce,t combats of Liberty we're
fought. Remember Trenton and Princeton. and
Monmouth, and Mor'isto"n, and the ra'a ages We
endured from re enemy. The voices OF our
Dickinson and Ogden, and Maxwell, say, Give
to us the remains IT the Hero, that we NAV IN
hume them on one of the most memorable heds
OF his fame.
PENNSYLVANIA would say: Within the walls OF
the Hall Of independence We would cntomb the
ashe, OF the PaternaI Chief Where So filtiug
10 rest the remains OF the Great Master OF L!ber-
ty. a. within the walls of Its Temple? Remem-
Der 81 andywine and Germantown, and the Val.
lev Forge Oar voices from the departed bear
the endpariuo names Of Morris and Reed. oi Cad.
waIader. Wayne. and Hartley, and Hand
And gallant liz lie Delaware would put in her
imposing claim: We were small In SIZE. but great
in value True, we furnished but one corps to
the Armies of Independence, but that one was
fought dawn fran regiment to coppan'.-
Remember Ha,Iit and Porter, and kirkwnod s
Blues. VINO were never idle when any thing was
tn ne done With the bayonet.
Maryland, the Carolinas, and GeOrgia, max
ing the Whole of the old and honOred Thirteen.
might put in their claims. point to their nard.
fought Fl. d.. and snumera'e the long and vpne
rated list OF drrar'ed heroes the companions IN
arm. ut the CnIrt. praying th,t his remains might
rest IN the soil Aitn those of IL ward, WlIdms,
a NASH, a Davie. tie PInrkney-, ~ LaureDs
AID viii the eaim, oi Virginia 10 the ashes Of
the PaternaI Chirf, be- considered as paramount
to all those have enumerated? or would not the
re.entombment beneath the Dome OF the Capitol,
the centre Of the Confederation. rather have
satisfied all the claimants, and formed. as 1t were,
permanent keystone to the arch OF Union! Ii
might b. urged that, in such an event. the nal
lowed shades OF Mount Vernon would no longer
be the great centre Of attraction To the pilgrims
from all PARTS of the world But let me say, the
pilgrim from abroad, when first he imprInts his
fuo,steps on oor sands, and benOlds our lnstitn'>
buttons, ma, already reached the object OF his Pill
grima,e, the monument Of W ish'nston. Twelve
millions Of tree and haup, people form the proud
memorial, and Pater Patris it. sIb ne and sole
inscription
The Hero, thongh Mead, yet Nveth'' IN the
mora Influences of his life and actions. upon the
dps,inies Of mankind These Influences pervade
the world. sustain and cheer the oppressed IN
their struggles against the iron rule OF Despot'sn,
and are a. an hundred thousand soldiers, EARN
ed IN -proof,'' for the cause OF human liberty.
The Orator concluded by observing, that IN
wha, he had said. touching particular subject,
he could as,uredIy have had no I'll will towards
Virginia. She was the father land OF his ances-
tors, and in her bosom bad been passed many ct
the happy years Of hi, juveniitv. AMID a.socia-
ton, the most venerable and endearing. But
must be permitted to say, IN the old Romans
words. that # he loved Virginia much, he loved
his WHOLE COUNTRY more.
The O,ator concluded his Address, which nc