Litchfield enquirer., 1843-08-10

John JayAMtna0n whom name, ana NnOih
 all will remember as one of the most illus.
 ,rirlis of the distinguished patriots who car 1 Tied our beloved country through the d5rk ipcriod of the RevOlution--John Jay. thea,
 Srcrotary of Foreign Affairs, underihe Con-
 gr,s; Ofthe Federation, was laying the foun. da; m of house in Broadway, but was sep- erateh by the distance of T rI1fler 0f n II''i2
 fronf,ny other dwellinN
 At that time, being eiefIfe0 ytifN ~ aga, received an nvitaiioN I1 visit WesteIn' New York; and ha4s feited oflen, bNl
 never more than DOW Inn had not nccept
 ed that invtation &H what would IslXe|
 not given to have soen this p.lfi 0f' this great
 State then. that uliglit be able % cont, ,ast li
 with what it is now.
 1'Ije spot upon which Ne nov stand WIS
 then n wilderness "a country u l6scripli6ns l of which was scarcely known. This entire
 region was covered with forests inhabited
 by wild beasts. Upon your lakes you had | no commerce. You were without neigh
 bors with whom to traffic All was a sol-
 tude, to be turned into a paradise and your
 fathers-yon shave turned it into para
 disc.
 This city, where was it in 1755! am 1 told that the first dwelling erected here was erected in 1911 or 1872; and now what do see there and there, and there! (pointing to} 1 tLlG CuuVCuSS dHu SCHUOL uOuStS ny 1 he was surrounded. )-Hew many such build- 1 ings have you now, erected and dedicateda to the worship of Almighty God, and to in- struct you and your children in the impor- 1 tant duties you and they owe 10 the great | Supreme? How many schools have you, 10 teach the rising generation-to rear and nurture their expanding minds? How many squares, beautifully ornamenting your city How many spacious mansions for the liv- ing-what delightful spot for the repose of the dead-haye l met in my brief excur- sion! @
 Fellow Citizens-This is one of those oc- casions-these are scenes-of which should find myself deficient in words to express to you my feelings. In addition to the deep in- terest which feel in the deeply interesting scenes which surround mel feel called upon here to express to you sentiment which in modified form, expressed to the citizens of neighboring town. feel tito be my duty to return you my thanks for display of kindness and generous hospitality which I could not have expected, and which is be- yond any thing have ever experienced in any part of the Union.
 In the difficulties which often surrounded me during my public exertions in your ser vice and in the service of our common coun- try-in times of trial and difficulty-l have, OW-CllIZCIlSp AlCL WILT odIpOlL vsSotS | ern New York, and, before all, from RocheS- | ter, which met with from the people of no other portion of tho Union, save from my own immediate neighbors. For this feel called upon to return you my thanks, and 1t affords me a pleasure which. words cannot express, that can ut last profer you those thanks.
 Fellow .ei,izens--I must not enter into a l more precise or particular aIluslon to those occasions. see around me, and wish 10 [ meet my friends of all parties; and God knows that if could unite your hearts upon every public question as firmly asthey seem knit together upon this occasion ot inex- pressible happiness to myself.l should con- sider it a glory far transcending any thing which war or peace could give.
 know not, w-citizens, how to express to you the admiration with which Ehave | looked upon all that have seen, or the pleas ure which have felt since entered your city. Your worthy Mayor has observed that here there are no ancient rHins-no de- cayed palaces-no statues-nO monuments of antiquity or ancestral renoWn-to invite the attention of the scholar or the antiquari- an. No-but there is something better That is good. have seen Venus de Medi- cis--the Appollo Belvidere-,he Lacoon-- and the Farnesian Hercules ,:--wonders ot ancient art, which mark the decay of all things human. No,let us not look to antiquity, but to what ,oi1 be antiquity !; to that grow
 ing Hercules which has already strangled the serpent in his cradle. and which is fast ] bursting the bands which confines his child | hood. Fellow citizens-When I have observed the new creation around me. and inquired by whs1 s1Fspcess and by whom that meta morI =s jI4* been effected: have been ans wera thnt has been effected by the indus try os fhe Zen see around me, or lder portion of those men. They have effected the e,change-demolished the wilderness, and erected theses spacious dwellings--the magnificent temples to religion and ednca- I ltion, which see around me-tnonuments q \ a system of free education--a system which, with satisfaction cannot express, l have heard Yo,azhave established amongst you, and HlltA seRnfNanQn education to every
 cfild ii fuu; p0I3l5fsA
 K FeIloN bil zs0s. l. kas seemed to me as if, Fin tIlis fe4i6N f|lH i;eH Df nature intended to < slnalt6 moro S.I1i ',N1 display of hispower .Iihals iss unf aIbeF portion of the world. He
 hat 1afiH E iH phYsical nature--iIl the ma, ;astiE &nlNIAci. whose sound you can almost, < henr Vi forrest and ir fcld lin the mind uf s4oh among you. IusWhat has beon ueeoEil- Iplishea t6 make Youf city what 1t iss tiie I aacd hav6 done most The middle aged < may say, we will Improve upon what has 7 been done; and Ih& VoglIik Apo Siiall accom- Dlish still nsora ih0n 6N Ialhefs. That, fel- low ciiizSAs. v;ls I'|l, bo0Sz ~ lhN ancient
 Spartan Hr1GcssioI' pfse<s iQn which
 was diyiae !ale thI4s slasses -,he 'he