The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-06-24
THE LATE DINNER At FANEUm HALL.

THE LATE DINNER At FANEUm HALL
In our paper of Tuesday last. we gave an ae-
count Of The dinner al Faneuil Hall, after 'ne
return Of the grand procession from bonhs'
Hill on the l7lh instant. The annexed extracts
from more recent report, Will supply se'eia'
important omissions in the sketch when we
have heretofore published, VIZ;
In reply 10 the toast OF the President ol the
Day q. T. Buckingham, Esq which was as
follows;
"Ths Stale Of Kentucky The ygor o. manhood IN
all her steps and The haven Of liberty IN her eye
her destiny Is written in two words-0nuafd ana up
tcard.n
The Hon. C. A. Wicklihe responded, after a
few remarks in relation TO the early history OF
Kentucky,
"The Citizens Of Bosi a; They feast ireemen 10
the halls once desecra,ed by hostile armies, and IN
that church. where ledt the warriors sleed they
worship tie living God IN peace and safety
The President of the United States, Cabinet aud
suite here left the hail. being greeted, on their exit
by reiterated cheers.
CALEB Cusame, being apparently about to SAIL
he was loudly called upon from various quarters
The P,esiden, stated to the company that he was
present, and gave as a toast
"The Clinsse Empire In all its celestial surface
there mound ike Bunker Hiii"
MIR. CusHlNe rose aud said
MIR. President: Eighteen years ago to-day, under
bright summers sun-the same sun VIII Oh shone upon
our fathers at the battle, and to-day kndies upon US
we listened TO the eloquent voice which we nave this
day heard That voice then made mention oil Inc
breaking Of the green sod whereon was shed our
fathers blood, for the commencement oil the hohu-
nent To-day it is heard in honor OF lis compile
ton On that OCCASION as On this, one idea has
continually been impressed upon my mind Not
merely relating the conflict of 775 not to The ever
remembered victory which ushured IN our national
existence nor TO the scene which was the glorious
dawn Of our existence to the mere military trl-
umphs glorious as they were in that battle day which
is frs, among our annals of the war. But saw then
and there and now, that peace has her triumphs,
no less than more brilliant war.
There is glory above that of the field Of battle
there is glory in the teeming prosperity around us
in the swarmng myrlads no to-day assembled on
Bunker Hill--n the unbounded evidences OF enter
prise and happiness which we meet on every side.
There rs a glory above that of the battlefield
peaceful, moral religious, impressive glory, on when
my mind has fingered And though we To-day as
sembled on Bunker Hill and participated In the en-
thusiastc recoections OF the moment, yet there are
in our day and time considerations which continually
point TO the gores of peace rather than those OF
war
| have myself been honored with commission oil
peace, and am entrusted with the duty of bringing
nearer together, if possb the civilization OF The
Old and New worlds--the Asiatic, European, an'
| American continents For though, Of old, it wa
from the East that civilization and learning dawDet
upon The civilized world yet by the reiuent tide
OF letters knowledge rolled back from the Yves
to the East, and have become the teachers Of ou
teachers. go TO China, sir, if may so express my
Z in .h of twill and at
| the doors of three hundred millions of Asiatic labo
rers may be opened to America And if there IS t.
be another Bunker Hill Monument, may II not be Il
commemorate the triumph Of power over people
but the accommodating glory of peaceful arts and civi
Iized life.
| Mr.. CusHso then gave
"Ihe Triumphs Of Peace More renowned thai
those of war"