Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-07-24
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iii or July Al WILLIAMSBURG.
The Aunhef-aiy OF our Independence was ccle-
b,alel with mote than usual spirit nj the ancient
metropolis OF tie Old Dominion. A dinner was
g,,en by the Students of William and Mary. at
Which the Professors of the College aud other dis
lupuishcd individuals invited guests. We ~.
p,ct lhat We have not room Tor the proceedings 1T
lcugh Weselcct the following;
1adst By d,c Cemmttttc-our guest John TYLER.
rhonsh driven from the councils OF ms country, M
i, vet iallcn, Ton
viuna never ia dela,cd--t Unchanged
Il, Hroses al fate, she tiiumphs o'e, lisress
Aud c'rfA bl'cdins wound ndofns her beauty
Mr.. Tyler here arose, aud addressed The company
III hs usual happy aud eloquent style lie concluded
bN offering tie following sentiment
Ihc Students OF " illmm and Mary Cocge-Thty
VA illustrate thc,r lives the beauty OF the moral
MAXIM, that tie first duty which W. owe is TO our
God the second duty which weowe Is TO our coun-
nv the very lat Ia ourselves
Benlanin ". I.eieh--N ueinIn has awarded hun
step sous portion but his " Alma Mater owns
aud donors lin. and caln HIM as our elder bro
lhcr. and desire only 10 share his tate.
Tin President then read Nj Leieifs letter;
RirnaoNp. June %. le37.
Gencmen--l have hitherto DELAYED to ans"r,
you le,t,i oi The 9th instant, IN the hope that !
should be- able to accept tie inNltatlon YOU INV"
rrrn me on behalf oi the Students al W l,am aud
NIaf, to then public dinner the approaching Atm
of July. Finding that | shall not have u IN my
uowel to leave home AT the time, write now to de-
,hneft.
~ with unl,ipncd reluctance. believe me. that
submit to The DISAPPOINTMENT Il the graf hcat'on
" hich | am s,ic should find IN Joining yon Al your
lrsii,al | LIQUID be uuly happy 10 visit the scene,
of NY Youth IA meet On classic ground man, oi my
college contemporaries, aud To make aud cultivate
the IL ,rutancc OF thosc who are nov RECEIVING IN
s,ruoi,un IN the school, aud III the same prlp-
cIples ~ winch was bred.
1le principles which onr rc'e,ed alma moidr
has e,ct delighted 10 teach, have been deeply I'M
pressed ou lien aianlhl. have ielt their influence
oi, III, conduct private and public, throughout my
life: aud If dctcrse AT all the good op'n,on ydu
have eNprcssod Of me IN such warm and tlatrring
terms, it Is maui, To the lessons IN literature, in
morals aud III politics, which ! received ~ William
& Mal, thai | am indebted ioi any neri, which can
cutuIc me To ,our esteem. There, at all tunes,
have been ucucMed tlc elements al an elevated
and ecncto,ls morality, "h'el teaches MS 10 love
and follow ,itnc loi virtues sahc and thai hardest
Of lessons. that injustice ind ICist cuiion cannot
al,soltc US from duties IL our hei2hbor and Ia
our eouuIts ald ought MOI abale zeal IN tho
performance oi them. lhele, too, have been always
Hpalh the tuc principles ol ktrubliean Ho'erhinent
IA government of Laws, IN ruutiadlslinciion to IA
eo,1nmcut ol Will; government founded IN ard
regulated bs known aud fixed constitutions ot which,
80 long tley Iefnam nnaltend, Magistrates and
LHpisia'uts aid cyrn the people thensclse,
meg .uucounlcs, aud by winch The VII and action
at thrn, III MN b. s,rlilscl and limited a 90
v,fhlnrnr Which abhors the dominion OF arbi
tIdy Wdl " neither al one III OF many, whether oi "A
,hlei magistrate 81 Ola dominant rshy Tie insri-
tutors Of Republican totetnnchl clam 10 control
tie mehts well as the lowest, the majority well
~ the minority. To the eoyerumtnt OF a majority
| uas laugnl 10 submit with chcciinncss. 81 loi u
thai mHioify submits to the restraints ri sonstiru