The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-06-21

eet and purpose OF this eaiioe ,,o, should 4,
At hour sna" - ,rhs Of The Christian Religion g
. a NJ. = nav. dehlge OF bafoaristi, u'e ~ I'll A
p,nker Hil and the American he, ,s,se ssbicL h
a - olsn,ent, and parts oil lhe a. = ligli
:, -, - -e.sed b, the last man. 70 WHOM ~ 20 o.
al Dc Posss and christianity shall be extended
CIV ~hr.tion Is honored by the presence % Wy
n'' rsse,t,ye Magistrate of the Union. 40
a,an 40 National la lis object ana en'' 49,, hieb \
- connected W ilh that Revolution, ho" H. A. g
~ ,,srnment sprang at the head OF winch 70 /
: "a '.'sv well receive from him this mara o. -
',on and respect. Well aoqnainisd "''h =,
sn The scene OF the las great military ga "a
No Revoluti'p, his eye no" sui 80 imnort-
mixer HILL the theatre of the hrst Oh '"ssu H..
~ na,c,s lie sees where Warren zen, ""e
W a proseott and Stark and kno"itoh an"
- S,ught lie behods the spot, wheto W..
and traioed soldiers OF England were sn''1'e" he
ar,b ia the first effort of Revolutionary va,
,n az a bold and determined yeomah,S, ', 800
or liberty and their country hhu VIZ wiz - ,srsona
,lsd here eutertail towards hun sihceIo P,asa,ed
nod wishes and the high respect due 10 'is ~ 80
- ,nd station IL is not TO be doubted 'ie' y" ~
ers with true American feeling, h' .p pi,,es
,nthusiasm kindled by the OCCASION 7" nv"
Inc millions which surround nun A.. Common
lis Excelency, the Governor oil ''o - tie
.ai,h ihe Governor OF Rhode Island ana .l'o o''e.
d,stingushed public men, whom we nave VIZ
~ receive Us yIsiters aud guests, 10 oay' W" REQ,
Iy unite in celebration eonnee'ea :" ''' Wv
event Of the Revolutionary war. &c l. NOR,
No name in the history OF liio ana 20 ,rr;,ed
ish.d than Ina, OF an ex- President OF the o"'e"
S,a,ae whom we expected to see here, hu' WINS. =.
health prevents his attendance Nhehe'ei arfsnl .
lights were TO be asserted, an r,r,,l Declaration
i'en., 80, tha time came for the ioihai ,n,s tha,
ana whe" wy 4, was the voice OF an Aosa's
have welcomed End " he just aud worthy Representa-
tive OF high Revolutionary names, merit and services
Banners and badges, professions and hags, an
nounce TO US, that amidst this uncounted multitude
are thousands of natives of New England now rest
tents in other States. Welcome, ye kindred names,
with kindred blood From the broad savannas Il the
South, from the newer regions Of the West, from
amidst the hundreds of thousands OF men OF Eastern
orig n who cultivate the rich valley of the Genesee,
live along the chain Of the Lakes, from the noun
tans Of Pennsylvania and the tlronged cities OF the
coast, welcome, welcome. Wherever else you may
be strangers here you ali at home. You assem-
Ole at tins shrine of liberty the family affairs at
which your earliest devotons paid TO Heaven
to the temples Of worship, first entered by you,
and near 10 the schools and colleges, in which your
education received. You come hither with a
glorious ancestry of Liberty. You bring names,
which on the rolls Of Lexington, Concord and
Bunker Hill. You come, some OF you, once more to
be embraced by aged Revolutionary father, TO
receive another, perhaps, last blessing, bestowed in
love and tears, by mother yet surviving to witness
and TO enjoy your prosperity and happiness
But if family associations and The recoections OF
mngle with your Getting much of local attachment,
and private aftec N, greeting also be given, free and
hearty greeting, TO every American citizen, who
treads the sacred SOIL with patriotic feeling, and
spires with pleasure IN atmosphere fragrant nth
the recoeciions of ITS This occasion is respec
benay, it is grand, it sublime by the nationality
of its sentiment In the seventeen millions OF happy
people, who form the American community, there is
not one who has not int est in this Monument as
there not one that has not deep and abiding nte-
rest in that which II commentaries.
Woe betde the man, who brings TO this days wor-
ship feeling less than wholly American W oe belide
the man, who stand here with the fires of local
resenmenis burning, the purpose of iomenting b.
cal Jeaouses, and the srifes of local interests fes-
tering and ranking in his heart. Union, founded in
justice, in PATRIOTISM and the most plain and obvious
common interest union, founded on the same love OF
liberty, cemented by blood shed IN the same common
cause union has been the source Of all glory aud
greatness thus far, and the ground OF all our high
est hopes. This column stands Union. | know
not that might not keep its position if the Ameri-
can Union, in the mad conflict of human passions
and IN the strife of parties and factions should be
broken UP and desro.rd ~ "'"S q us fragments
with The fragments Of Liberty and the Constitution
when State should lie separated from State and fac
ton and Acknowledgement obliterate forever all the
hopes Of the founders of Republic and the great
inheritance OF their children. Ii might stand But
who, from beneath the weight of modification and
shame, that would Cypress him. could look up 10 be-
e.,
shall avert my eyes from it forever.
4 Is not as mere military encounter Of hostile ar
mics, thai the battle of Bunker Hi POUNDS il, prnci.
pal claim TO attention. Yet, even a mere battle
there were circumstances attending IT, extraordinary
IN character and enuung it to peculiar distinction
II was fought this emlnence in the neivbborhood
OF yoDder city; m the presence Of more spectators
than there were combatants in the co,aict Men
women and children, from every commanding Dosi-
ton, were gazing at the battle and looking for MS re-
Gtf trtfb all Tho
that the issue was fraught with the deepest conse
quences TO them. Yet, on the sixteenth of June
l1l5, there was nothing around this til but yerdure
and culture. There was, INDEED the note of avf,,I
preparation 10 Boston. There the provincial ar.
my al Cambridge with its right flank resting ON Dor
chester, and its left on Chelsea But here all was
peace Tranquility reigned around
On the seventeenth, every thing was changed On
yonder heght mad arisen, in the night red oubt in
which Prescott commanded. Perceived by the enc
nay al GAVIN, u was Immediately cannonaded from the
h0atng batteries IN the river and the opposite shore
And then ensued tie hurry preparation in Boston
and soon the troops of Britain embarked IN the AZ
tempt to dislodgc the colonists
suppose II would be difficult, in military mimi
OF view, to ascrbe to the leaders on either sid any
Just mouye Tor the conflict which followed On the
enc hand II could not have been very mnortan, ,o
he Americans to attempt TO hem the British within
The town by advancing single post a ou,,,e, ~
mile WHILE on the other hand IL the British found
-, - u! ~ uisiouso Tue American troops, they had
-, ',ion poNeTi al no exper'e Of life. BY moving
up their ships aud batteries they couId 49, s,e
pletey cut on all communication with the mai, lana
over the neck and the forces in the rsdoubt would
have been reduced TO a state OF famine in go
eight hours. ." 'o'Y
pu' una, was not The day for any such considcr,-
ton on either side Bot parties were an~io,,.
Try the streng of their arms The pride Of g.
isnd would not permit the rebels, as she termed
hem, 10 deiy her t. the teeth, and wiihou, for /
moment calculating the cost the British General A.
,.t,,ea 70 destroy The fort Immediately On the
o'ner slue, frescou and his gallant followers ongeJ
ana hlrsted Tor conflict They wished n and ~
ed y az once And this is the true secret of The
on this hill VI "'e
WI not attempt to describe the battle Tho
o landing Of the British-heir adj
me coolness with which the charge was me,
tho rcpnlse-the secnnd It'll o ", Ilol l