Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-02-25

\ O story OF RepuDICdU y-HOnOT 10 whom h..
- aue-iustice to al-fear and favors for none '"''
Where Government is free, every citizen is soIa;
every soldier is citizen, and nation comes IN 80
shock Of war as man rises in defence of his life
bearthsone invoking in death the benedlc,,o =.
Heaven on Just cause. Hence it is that Repub,..
ALWAYS have been and always will be invincible pI
PROMPTED by ambition, revenge or conquest they t,..
What is due to their own rights by invading III. r,,
of others. Though you are surrounded to-day ~ :.
manv imposng evidences Of the "pride, pomp and 80
cumstance of glorious war, 1t becomes us 10 rememI
that our bulwark is not in walls nor in camps, but
system of wise and just laws faithfully administered
a. TO cause the hunblest American citizen 10 is,
.ensibv as the Monarch his throne, that he is d.
tilted with his country-that he is part Of It's Cover
ment-that he is bound by sacred obligations 10 i've g.
to die in its service.
Resolutions coting SuordS 10 Colonel Roger Jones a.,
CAPTAIN Thomas .7p CatesJy Jones.
IArreed 10 by both Houses February Is, 1891
]. RESOLVED unanimously by the General .fsssmLlg n
Virginia, That the Governor be, and he is HEREBY r.
quested to present Roger Jones, citizen Of Virgins
now Colonel in the Army of the U. 5, sswort viii
suitable Devices in testimony of the high en-,
taned by the Legislature of this Commonwealth Of II.
pallantry and good conduct in the battles Of Chppev
Niagara and Fort Eric, and of his patriotic service, ..
morally, during the late war with Great Britain
9. Resoired unanimously by TIE General iss,ml.
That the Governor be, and he is hereby requested i
present TO Thomas APP Catesby Jones, citizen Of t..
gnia. now Captain in the Navy ofthe u. 5, swod
with suitable Devices in testimony Of the high sene
entertained by the Legislature Of this Communwes,I
of his patriotic services during the late with G,,
Britain and more particularly for the gal!antry an
rood conduct he displayed in the capture of the prse
Of Baratara the sixteenth of September, el.hter
hundred and fourteen, and in the defence Of lie -n
boats under his command, near New Orleans when 4.
lacked by an overwhelming force detached 'rcm A.
miral Cochrane fleet, the fourteenth Of Decentr
eighteen hundred and fourteen.
Replv Of General Roger ,Jones.
GovERsoR - This sword which you present % ne
in COMPLIANCE with n resolution of the General Assem-.
py Of my native State, Iecevewith all the reverence
of devoted Son.
These devices and inscriptions carry back the i.ace
ed memory To our second great national struggle.
the fields, and to the army Of The Niagara How 81
we recur to the memorable campaign OF ia, and Sc
as here emblaz'ned-"Chirr "LRiF, mo.
RAJ" and not invoke the spirit Of the departed Chf
under whose guidance our Eagle so often perchrd u
Victory: And how can suppress the names OF oa
ralIant Generals, who, in the same campaign, and II
many a field bed for their country and trumPhed
her cause The success Of the American arms, HEde
the banners Of Brown, and GAINES, and ScolT, snc
Porter, can only be forgotten by .7mcrieaas-u hel
he miphty cataract whose reverberations otter
MINGLED with the shouts of victory shall Cease 70 ..
ract the gaze and excite the wonder of the world
1t is, Sir my association in arms with these patriot
soldiers TO which deem myself much indebted vF tie
rood report of M humble endcavors in the il
nv country That their testimonials of services The
ace Of the enemy often received fresh from The
lrct, have been confirmed by Virginia in the presence
If this angus, scmbly-witncssed, too, by that honor"
ID Patriot-the chivalfous Chief who never lost aa
lc fills the heart of faithful soldier With Tie prrr,
nd most abiding joy.
ain unable express in words, but generous hearts
nay conceive, the grateful emotions which this scene
inspires sensible, indeed, am, tet the honor con
erred far exceeds the merit Of the services comnrno.
ated.
IL the call to arms again be sounded over the ltnd,
hail. as in other days be ready to obey the summons
Gut if in the order Of Providence, the trump Of war
hall never more salute my ear there is pleasure in tn
hought that this polished blade may some day be ~
lertage OF one of seven And should It be Their
estny to draw the sword in the defence of the RcnGU
ic the Charm. OF reward made visible in these beautiful
eyices united trust, to the innate love Of duty and
# country, cannot fail to inspire them, and exert g.
,ial influence in their line OF march through life.
| tender to the GEsERAL ASSEMBLY, and 10 your
sAcELLEscy, sincere thanks and the homage Of my
,igh respect with the that, though sOdr,
md not in the immediate service of the State, clngto
Ter always, ever regarding myself citizen Of The
of Virginia.