Litchfield enquirer., 1843-03-02

welded in his countrY'S Vduse Fi"c"'
the philosopher of the thunderooIt, the pr'n-
ting-press, and the plowshare! What
names are these in the scanty catalogue Oh
the benefactors ofhuman Kind Washing
ton and Franklin What other two men,
whose lives belong to the eighteenth century
of Christendom, have left deeper impress
sion of themselves upon the age in which they
lived, and upon all after time! Washington
the warrior and the legislator! In war;
contendingly the wager of battle for the IN
dependence Of his county, and for the Tree
dom Of the human race ever manl1estlng'
amid its horrors, by precept and example
his reverence for the laws of Peace, and 1or
the tenderest sympathies Of humanity IN
Peace, soothing ferocious spirit OF dIscord'
among his own countrymen, into harmony
and union, and giving to that very sword now
presented to his country charm more potent
than that attributed in ancient times to the
Tyre of Orpheus.
Franklin the mechanic of his own for
tune, teaching, in early youth, under the
shackles of indulgence, the way to wealth,
and in the shade of obscurity, the path to
greatness in the maturity of manhood, dis
arming the thunder of its terrors, the light
ming of its fatal blast, and wrestling from the
tyrant's hand the stih more affective sceptre
of oppression while descending into the
vale of years, traversing the Atlantic Ocean,
Drawing in the head of winter the battle and
the breeze, bearing in his hand the charter
of independence, which he has contributed
to form, and rendering from the self-created
nation to the mightiest monarchs of Europe
the olive-branch of peace, the mercural
wand of commerce, and The amulet of pro.
lection and safety to the man of peace on
the painless ocean from the memorable cru
city and merciless rapacity of war.
And, finally, in the last stage of life, with
four score Winters upon his head, under the
torture of an incurable disease, return
ing to his native land, closing his days as
the chief magistrate of his adopted Common
| under the Presidency of Washington, and
recording his name, under the sanctionof de-
vout prayer invoked by him to God, to that
Constitution under the authority of which we
are here assembled, as the Representatives
of the North American People, to receive
in their name and for them, these ven-
, cradle relics of the wise, the valiant, and
the good founders of our great confederated
Republic-these sacred symbols OF our gold
en- age.
May they DO deposited among the archieves
| of our Governments land may every American
who shall hereafter behold them, calculate
mingled offering of praise to that Supreme
Ruler of the Universe by whose tender mer-
cies our Union has been hitherto preserved
through all the vicissitudes and revolutions
ofthese turbul emit WORLD, and of praye for the
continuance of these blessings, by the dispen-
sations of His providence, to our beloved
country from age to age, till time shall be on
more I!
The Same tokens of appreciation which
had greeted the address Of Mr.. Summers
was exhibited at the close of MIR. Adams re.
marks
Mr.. Adams concluded by offering the fol
ewing RESOLUTION, which was adopted unanl-
mously:
Resolved by the Senate and House OF
Representatives Of the United States or
america in Congress assembled. Ihat 'ne
thhhks ofthis Congress be presented TO SIM
uel T. Washington, of Kanawhn county, va,
'or the present of the sword used by his H.
! lustrinus relative. George Washington, in the
military career of his early youth in the sew
en- years. war and throughout the war Of the
National Independence, and of the staff be.
! queathed bv the patriot, statesman and sage,
Benjamin Franklin, to the same leader Of the
armies of Freedom in the Revolutionary
War, George Washington. That these pre-
cious relics are hereby accepted in The name
vi inc NutioH tIdt ineV DC nfpnSite0 IOr
| safe-keeping in the Department of State Of
the Unified States, and that n copy of this
| resolution, signed by the President of the
Senate and Speaker Of the House of Repre-
sentatives, be transmitted to the said Samuel
Washington"
On motion of Mr.. Talaferro, the addresses
Of Mr.. Summers and Mr.. Adams were order
ed to be entered on the Journals, and copies
of both transmitted to Mr.. Samuel T. Wash
ington.
Mr.. McKennan said that after the deep
feeling which had been elected by the ex-
citing scene just witnessed, it seemed to him
thatathe House WINS not prepared Immediate
ly to enter again on the ordinary business of
the session. He moved, therefore, that the
House adjourn.
No voice dissenting, the House adjourned.