Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-02-18


suitab'e No TINS occasion. IN parting from him
as after few Snort Days we must all do it will
on my part be in sorrow, that in all probability
shall see t!s face and hear his voice no more.
But his words of this day hu~e been planted in
rtv mdta,rp, end will there remain til the last
pulsation of nv heart. The sword Of Wash,
ington! The staffof Franklin Oh. sir. what
associations are linked in adamant with those
Washington the warrior Of hpnsn
! Observation-Disclosures whose sword my trend
has said was never yet drawn bat IN the cause
Of his conntry, and never sheathed when needed
in his coun.ry's cause,--Frankin ! the phTssso-
pher Of the thundetboit the printing rress, and
the ploughshare,
What names arc these in the scanty oa,a>
| logue of the beneiactors of mankind Wash
ington and Franklin! What other two men,
whose lives belong to the 18th cen.ury Of
Chrissoasep,, have iefa deeper impression of
themselves upon the age in which they lived,
and aron all aftertimes! Washington, the
warrior and the legislator In war con,ending,
t,y The wager cf battle, for the independence OF
his country, and for the freedom of the human
race-ever manifestng, amidst the horrors 81
war, by precept and example, his reverence
for the laws ofpeace, and for the ,enderes, sym.
ra,hics ofhunanity. In peace, soothing the
ferocious spirit OF d'scerd among his own
countrymen into harmony, and giving TO thst
very sword now presented 10 his country a
| charm more potent than that attributed in an
cient times to the yrr Of Orpheus. Franklin,
the mechanic of hi. own torture, teaching, in
early youth, under the shackles of indigeuce
yire way 10 wealth and, in the shade Of OBJ
security, the path to greatness: in the maturity
of manhood, disarming the thunder Of its ter
rors, the lighting Of its fatal blast and wrestling
from the tyrant's hand the still more affecting
sceptre of oppression while descending into
the vale Of years, traversing the Atlantic ocean,;
hraving in the dead of winter, the battle and
the breeze bearing in his hand the charter of
Independence, which nc had contributed 10
iorm and terderiRg, fran the sei'-created ma
ton, the mghtlest munurchs of Europe, the
ollvc-branch ef peace the meIcurial wand OF
commerce, and the amulet of protection and
safety to the man o. peace on the pathless O
cean from the memorable cruelty and merciless
rapacity of war and, finally, in the last stage
Of life, with fourscore winters on his head, un.
der the torture of an incurable disease. return
ing to his native land, closing his days as the
Chief Magistrate ofhs adopted Common wealth,
after contributing, by his counsels, under the
Presidency ot Washington, and recording his
name, under the sanction Of devout prayer, in
voked by him to God, 10 that Constitution. under
} the authority of which we are here assembled a.
the Representatives, of the North American
people, to receive in their name. and for them
these venerable relies ofthe wise, the valiant
and the good founders of our great confeder
ated Republic these sacred symbols of our gold
: ems age.
Nav they be deposited among the archives
of our Government and NAV every America,
who shall hereafter behold them, eiacu'a'r
mingled Offering ofpraise 10 that Suprome Ru
Ter Of the universe nv whose tender metcie
! our Union has been hitherto preserved through
: all the viciss,udes and revolutions Of this tur
hulent world. and Of prayer for the con'inn
D ance of these blessings, by the dispensaton
= of his providence to our beloved country fror
age 10 age, ,l time shall be no more. (GreO
q applause.)
t Mr.. Speaker, submit the following join
Is resolution
" Resolved hy the Senalc and House of Rel
e resentsiivCs of the United States in Cunrre
a assembled, That the thanks of r,is Conore
o be presented to Samuel 4 Wa shin,,,op of Ka
$ awha county, Virginia, fer the present of 4
r sword, used by his illrstriors relative, Geors
Washington, in th military career of his ear
u youth, in the seven years war, and throug
out the var of our national independence; AZ
~ OF tn staff bequeathcd by the patriot, state
10 maa, and sage, benjamin Franklin. II the san
leader of the armies oi freedom in the rcvol
'n tlonary war; George Washington.
That these precious relics are hereby a
on cep,ed In the name OF the nation that they
a' deposited for safe keeping IN the Depar'me
H. of State of the United Slates aud that a c
'Se of this resolution, signed by the President
on the Senate and Speaker % the House of r
MS presentatives, be transmitted 10 the SAID sam
'"' ei T. Washington. .. ....- ....
" This resolution was adopted unanimous
and with loud acclalna,ion.