Arkansas intelligencer., 1843-07-15
BUNKER HILL CELEBRATION.

We give below the prayer, and few short extracts
from the able speech Of the Hon Daniel Webster, at
the Bunker Hill Celebration. H
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Ellis, of charlcstown.
SOVEREIGN OF THE UNIVERSE, thou disposer of
all events-thou God Of nations and of men, de-
voutIy and reverently would we invoke thy pater
nal blessing. We have come up 10 the mount Of
costly sacrifice and of treasured remembrances,
that wo may celebrate the decds of those whom We
veneratc, and pay grateful tribute to their men,
ory and to their sacrifices. We havo coEie from
tho homes Of peace and plenty, and with the eami
lies which thou dos bless; and it is bounden du-
ty to adore thee, our Lord and Father. For cx-
cept the Lord had been on our side, our enemies
had triumphod over us. We adore thee as the
God of our fathers-the arm of their thought
the stay of their confdence-their friend--their
protector. And we do invoke thy blessing, 0 God!
upon this venerated remnant Of tho band that they
may return late 10 their reward, and may bear to
the first gatherer of the host the tribute of respect
and gratitude which we now olfer-to assure them
the victory was fully won, that it was worth its
cost. We invoke thy blessing upon the chief
Magistrate Of this happy ma tion-upon his coun-
selors and his statesmen-and upon this gathered
company-and now would we solemnIy conse-
crate this stone of memorial; and would. ask in
prayer that thy blessing may crown its summit.
We would consecrate it not in remembrance OF
strife, nor to perpetuate scopc of blood, but IN
memory of the great and the good-to attest a
great and holy truth-and to remind those that ire
to come after us of duty-of iberty-of Justice
and of tho fear Of God. May its foundation ever
rest in land that is at peace, and its summit
point to heaven of love; and when its last stones
clunble into dust, may our children's chdrcu
continue to enjoy the blessings of liberty and hon
or their fathers who suffered that they might on
Joy it. Hear us, oh God! and answer oar pray
in the namo of Christ our rodeemor!
EXTRACT; FROM MIR. wEBJTER'S SPEECH,
sNot amongst the immediate progoni,ors of the
work, but one of its early friends, and the first
President of the Corporation, was the thcn Cover
nor of the Commonwealth, General Brookes, who
had been here on tho 18th Juno, l775, and aiter'
wards distinguished by honorable services in the
Revolutionary war, and who, through his whole
fe-a soldier without fear, man without re.
proach. Loud applause, and revolutionary
hero on the platform exclaimed while tears trick
led down his furrowed cheeks, "IIe was my Colo
ne') know well that in thus alluding to the dead
cause many tears 10 flow from recollectons o
bereavements too recent 20 be suppressed; bu
such honorable mention is due to their public ant
private virtues, and especially on this occasion
for their zeal and efforts in the accomplishment o
the purpose which has now reached its fulflmcnt
limo and nature have had their course in dimin
ishng the number of those who were here at tht
celebration Of laying the corner stone of the Mon
ument Is years ago. most Of the revolutionary
characters have joined the congregation Of th'
dead. Lafayette sleeps in his native and-ye
the name and the blood of Warren are here-th,
kindred of Putnam, Of Starke, of Knowlton, of Nc
Larie are here. And hero TOO, beloved and respect
cd, as universally as ho is known, and now vcne
rabe himself for his years, is the son of the gal
liant, daring. indomitabe Prescott, Qoud and on
tRusastic cheering.) And here too, are some
II small band--of those who performed military
service on the field on tho 18th of June '75-
(great applause)-all Of them now far advanced
in age, who partook in the dangers and the glo
ry Of that memorable conflict; (chcers.) They
have oullived all the storms OF the Revolution :
they have outlived the evils resulting from the
want of good and efficient government in this
country--they have outliyed the pendancy o.
dangers threatening the public liberty--they have
outIiyed the most of their contemporaries. They
have not outlived, they cannot outlive, the eyor
abiding gratitude of their country-(loud and en-
tbusiasiic cheerlng.) Heaven has not allotted te
our generation an opportunity of rendering SER
vice like theirs and manifesting such devotion as
thew mani tested in such cnuse as theirs; but Il
mov we'll become US 10 praise actions that we can
aonal-to commemorate what we were not borr
to perform. "a universal burst q app!auso.l