Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1843-06-30

TIE BrSgEa HILL CrLEnHArIoN Although our
very able and intelligent correspondent, gave our
ders the m Isl accurate and graphic description of the
late celebration which has been published. yet as We
we're present on that extraordinary OCCASION de-
sire to place on record few u the Impressions which
we're made upon us by an event which has no paral-
lei IN the history Of our county.
FItsf ami foremost as mltter OF course, in the his
tory Of The day, stands the orai0n. The Orator as
we all know, was DANIEL WEssrER and although
we have protested against his remaining III the Cab
net with JoHS Tyler and found faux with his con-
Sentng 10 bind the United States to do her duly on
the Coas, Of Africa and although we have censured
IN unmeaagred terms his Fnneu Hail speech and diff
lcred With him IN regard 10 his late speech Balll-
more-Wc rre among those who are proud that the
United states can bo,,t of one prcemnenily the
master intellect, of the age. In sncaking compare
lively of he grea Grafton OF Mr.. WEBSTER, We have
no standard of comparison save his own former ef-
iurts aud as wehave ever looked upon his spec in
| reply 10 Col! HAysE on Mr., Foo-E's resolution as
'he greatest Grafton of ancient modern times, we
naturally compare TIE recent effort al Bunker Hill
with that production The report Of the Grafton such
asi, ~ IL before the pahlc but speak not of that,
We speak of his speech MS we heard il lelivered-as
We sac II aeted-and are free TO declare, that II was
an effort OF NUM- such M we deemed II impossible
| even for DAsiEL WEBSTER TO make. We have re-
pcaedly SAID, tina, in our esm,llen, Mr. WEBSTER il
| not only without rival in the United States but tina,
cv,n Europe can boast OF no such mighty intellect
ile IA IN truth The man Of .te are whose gigantic in
teUect places him IN position where he is without
| rva! and all who head, saw, and could nppreciat,
the grea, Grafton which he delivered on Bunker Hi
on Saturday last, were parclpators in intellectual
treat, such as in all probability, of their nbsen
counirymen vii ever enjoy, and the recollection o
| which should be treasured up as a mser boards III
god OF his idolaliy
There was then, in the Grafton on this occasion
mole Tar more Than any one had right 10 an,cipa!
evenfrom DANIEL WEBSTER; and any description o
II must necessarily fall far short Of the truth Tn
published Grafton Tint undoubtedly prepared for tn
| occasion; but under the excitement Of the hour AM
place nnd that patriotic devotion to every thing con
necied with our revolutionary struggle, which MI
WInsrER has ever eyh tied, he repeatedly spoke 70
quarter OF an hour conseculyely without Teferenc
10 ms notes Then it was that words of fire fell fror
MS lips which electrified and delighted his hearers
| Ard Ilen too, his manner corresponding with an
paItakna Of the sentiments fresh from his SOUL wa
rs impressise as winning, and as emphatic as hi
language. To suppose that he could subsequent
'ranscbe upon paper these exornpor illusions
so tie Incredible; and If those who heard the CRATIC
are disappointed in not finding it as eloquent as the
anticipated it is solely for the reason that at in,erya
the orator broke loose from his notes. beautifsl .
they nre, and trusted solely to The impulses of his z,
MUS and his patrioIism.-N y. Con-. 4. Eng