Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-06-30

meas Johnson, Robert Andrews, Elijah
Dresser Josiah Clea veland, Jesse Smith,
Phillip Bageley, Needham May nard, Ro-
ger Plaisted, Joseph Stephens, Nehemi-
ah Porter, and James Harvey, who bore
arms for their country, either at Con-
cord and Lexington on the 9th Of April,
or on Bunker Hill all now far advanced
in age, have come here to-day 10 look
once more on the field o: the exercise Of
their valor and 10 receive a hearty OUT
pouring of our respect.
They have long outlived the troubles
end dangers Of the Revolutions; they
have outliyed the evils arising from the
want Of a united and efficient Govern
ment; they have outlived the tendency
oil Imminent dangers 10 the public liber-
ty, they have outlivcd all their contem-
porarieS: but they have not outlived-
;hey cannot outlive-the affectiouate
gratitude oftheir coun try Heaven has
not allotted 10 this generation an oppor-
tunlty of rendering high services, and
manItestlng strong personal devotion,
such as they rendered and manifested,
aud In such Z cause as reused the patri-
Otto fires Of their youthful breasts, and
nerved the strength Of their arms. But
we may praise what we cannot equal,
and celebrate actions which we were not
born 10 perform. Pulchrum est bene
taneere Tepublicae, etiam 6ene deere baud
d6Surdum.
The Bunker Hill Monument is finished Here il
stands. Fortunate in the natural emInence on which
II Is Paceo-hlgher, infinitely higher in its objects
and purpose. rises the land and the sea,
and visible at Iheirl homes, to 100000 cizeas
OF Massachusetts,-it stands memorial Of the last,
and monitor TO the present, and all succeeding
generations, have spoken Of the lOiiiness Of its
purpose. lfit hal been wit bout any other design
than the creation Of work of art, the granite Of
which II Is composed would have slept in its native
bed. II has a purpose; and that purpose gives IL
character. That well known purpose il is, which
causes US TO look up 10 il with iselng of awe II
Is itself the orator Of this occasion, it is frum my
p' Il Is not from any human lips, that that strain OF
eloquence this day TO flow. competent to move
and excite the vast multitudes around. The potent
speaker stands moiionless before them. II is
plain shalt IL bears inscriptions, fronting to the
rising sun, from which the future antiquarian shall
wipe the dust Nor does The rising sun cause tones
Of music 10 issue from its summit But OF the rising
Of the sun, and at the setting ofihe sun. 10 the blaze
oil noon day, and beneath the milder influence of
lunar light. 1t looks. il speaks. il acts to the full
comprehension Of every American mind, and the
awakening Of glowing enthusiasm in every Ameri-
eau heart. lis silent, but awful uIterance; its dee
Pahos, as II brings 10 our contemplation the l7ih
Of June, IT'S, and the consequences which have
resulted 10 u.s. TO our country. ard TO the world from
the events OF that day, and which we know must
continue To rain influence on the deslines Of man.
KIND. 10 The end Of time; the elevation with which
II raises US high above the ordinary feelings Of life
surPass all that the study Of the closet or even the
inspiration OF genius produce To day il speaks
10 US. Its future audories will be through sue
cesslve generations of men, as they rise up before
II and gather round IT, Its speech will be Of pairi-
olism and courage; Of civil and religious liberty; Of
free government; Of the moral improvement and
elevation Of mankind; and Of the immortal memJry
Of those who with heroic devotion have sacrificed
their lives for their country
In the older world numerous fabrics still exist,
reared by human nands but whose object has be en-
lost in the darkness ofages. They are now monu.
mems OF noihIng but the labOr AMI skill which
csnsru cIed them.
Tue mighty pyramid ITSELF half buried in the
sands OF Africa, has nothing TO bring down and re-
port to US, but the power kings and the serviud
OF the people. IL IL had any purpose beyond that (
mausoleum. such purpose has persisted from history
and from tradition IL asked for its moral ehect Is
admoniIion, its sentiment, its instruction. 10 mankind
or any high end IN its erection. IL is slent-sent as
the millions which lie in the dust at its base and in
moral object, heretofore. make known TO man. though
raised against the Skies it eKcites only conviction OF
power. mIIed with strange wOhder But il the
CIVILIZATION OF the present OF men, founded as
II is IN solid science the true knowledge ofnature
and vast discoveries in ART, and which is stimulated
and purified by moral sentiment, and ny the rulhI
OF Christianity, be not destined 10 destruction be.
fore the final termination Of human existence on
earth, the object and purpose Of thus sdrce will be
known, I'LL that hour shall come. And even If
CIVILIZATION should be subverted, and the truths Of
The Christie Religion obscUred by a new deluge Of
harbarlsm, the memory Of Bunker Hill and the
American Revolution will still be eleaienls and
parts Of the knowledge. which shall be possessed by
the last man. whom the light Of civilization and
Christianity shall be extended.
THIS celebration s honored by the presence ofthe
Chief Executive Magistrate Of the Union. An
occasion so national in its beet and character
and 30 much connected with that Revoluon from
which the Government sprang At the head OF which
he Is placed. may we'll rsce We from him this mark
OF at'enlion aud respect Well acquainted with
forhown tho scene Of the last great military srug.
gle OF the Revolution, his eye now surveys the field
OF Bunker HILL, the theatre Of the fr.t of bs.s i'm
P0riant conflicts lie sees where Warren fell where
Putnam aud Prescott and Stark and Knowles and
Brooks fought He bebOlds a spot " lers a thousand
trained soldiers we're smitten 20 the earth. in the
hfst effort Of Revolutionary war, by the arm Of a
OO'u 4he determined yeOmanry, c0ntending ot libsr-
" ana thsr country. And while all assembled
here entertain towards him sincere per,onsl sood
WISHES, and the high respect due 20 his elevated
Office and station, it is not 10 be doubted that he
snie" with true Ameriean feeling. Intoth patriotic
fenihusissm kadlsd by the occasion, which anmafes
the millions which surround him.
HIS ETesilency, hs Governor Of the Common
Weaih' me Governor Of Rhode Island, and the
otnei o'uns lished public men, whom we have the
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