New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-06-19

on either side, was guarded by corps of the viii
tary at the ends, fronting dense wall OF human
faces.
On the spacious steps leading from this up to the
Monument Square were seated two 'hoosa''0
ladies, some Of whom had been waiting there
since an carly hour in the morning. VIZ u"
square or plateau above, closely surrounding the
Monument, were many thousands OF cltzens-a'
times thirty to forty thousand. On the stand II
self were the survivors OF the Revolution, the
President of the United States and his Cabinet,
the Governor and Lieut.. Governor Of Massachu-
sets, the mighty Orator of the day, the first Go
vernon of Maine, Senators Evans Of Maine,
Choate OF Mass, Mayor Brimlnerof Boston, Ro
bert Tyler the Officers Of the Day, &c. a mighty
Ocean of Humanity, One Hundred Thousand at
least. encountered and bounded the vision IN
front and on each side, while high above all, with
the westering sun just cleaning over its summit
the stately MONUMENT rose IN grand and graceful
proportion to the Heavens, piercing the cloudless
azure with its majestic gray, lifting the swelling
heart OF patriotism TO loftiest themes, yet almost
rebuking by its calm sublimity the hurried, eager
throng of life by which it was surrounded. 81
lcnce having at length been commanded and par
tally obtained, Rev. Mr.. ELLIS OF Charlestown
addressed the Throne of Grace in fervent aver.
1t rendered evident that the accommodations pro-
vded for Reporters Of the Press utterly inadequate
and unsuitable Instead Of being placed before the Orator
beside or even behind him. long board had been fitted u
on the side OF the platform fifteen
feet from the speaker with dense crowd intervening, many
of them standing on benches. To add the Hconye
nence strong wind blew directly from the Reporters 10
the Orator while continual and noisy scue kept uP
over the heads and between the legs Of the Reporters between
the Police and Soyereigns beo WHO Insisted climb
ing up the outside &c. The platform for which amra-
bic facilities had been provided And amid
outcry OF Get down. = won't = You must Officer,
here Sc &c, twelve fifteen Reporters, stationed from
fifteen feet beside thirty feet angula the Of Nh
Webster expected report Grafton OF which it was
said that written copyeSisted Wcmanage these things
better in New-York
Mr. WEBSTER rose speak, but for time not one word
ten audible the the Reporters board which
had been assigned Soon however most of the Report
deserted their places, which gave opportunity to
up nearly the head Of the table where could hear
about hall the Orator said OF this half have pretty full
notes; but shall attempt TO give the Oralion was
over an hour and half long and the whole Of would
nearly I'll two pages of the Tribune No toerabe Report
oft could have been taken from place We believe
Mr.. WEBSTER will himself aid in preparing authentic
port of for the Boston Courier ofhis morning We shall
only give few of the passages which enabled TO
hear with toerabIe distinctness--as follows:
A public duty has been performed work of
patriotism and of gratitude is accomplished.
That structure having its broad foundations N
soil which drank deeply of early Revolutionary
blood has at length reached It's destined hight
and now lifts its summit to the clouds.
After brief exordium, Mr.. W. proceeded speak Of The
designers and founders of the Monument, the Societies
which had directed aided its constructions and OF the
neut men who had given TO the patriotic work their efforts
and their means He paid feeling tribute to the deceased
who constituted by far the majority Of them bn whose de-
sce1ans here present and passed TO the Revolution
arv Soldiers, of whom he said:
And here too, are somc--a feeble remnant--ot
those who did service on this field on the Eth of
June. l775-all of them DOW far advanced in age,
who shared in the dangers and glones Of that nc
/ morable conflict. They have outlIvcd the storms
! of War-tioy have oniped the evils oi an IN
/ efficient Government-they nave ontlired tho
pcndency Of dangers threatening the Public Lib
erty-they have outlived nearly all their .cotem-
porurics but they have not outlived, they can
not outive, the ever-abidng gratitude OF a Free
! People. Tremendous chcering.) Heaven has
not allotted TO our generation an opportunity OF
rendering service like theirs, and manlfcstng
such devotion as they manifested in such accuse
as theirs but it may well become rs to praise
actions that we cannot cqualto commemorate
what we were not born TO perform,
Yes Bunker Hill Monument is completed.
Here it stands. Fortunate in Tie natural emil
nence on which 1t is plaacd--hlgher infinitely IN
its ohco. and purpose-hehoId it rise over the
land and over the sea, and viable al this moment
to three hundred thousand of the People OF Mas
sachusetts. There 1t stands memorial of the
Past-a monitor to the Present. landmark 70
all succeeding generations. If it had no other
purpose than the creation of work OF Ant, the
granite of which it is composed had still slept in
its native bed. But it las purpose which gives
ii dignity, and causes us to look upon 1t with awe.
1t is that purpose winch has cnTobcd ii with gran
dcur--it is that purpose which seems to invest 1t
with the attributes of a great intellectual person.
age. 1t is itself the great ORATOR of this occa-
sion Thunders of applause.) 1t is not from
my lips, nor could it be from any human lips,
that the strain Of eloquence is 10 flow, most oom-
potent 10 utter the emotions OF this vast multi
.udc. The potent speaker stand notionlcss he
fore you
It's plain shaft---it bears no inscription front
ing the rising sun, from which the future anti
illt!dil sb'iu pS 'ilii'1u3tH W "iIS away INT
dust nor does the rising sun awaken strains of
music on It's summit; butthere it stands and at
the rising and at the setting of the sun, at the
blaze OF MONDAY, and in the lnder ctfuigencc Of
lunar light, there it stands. Itlooks-it speaks
/ il ACTS to the full comprehension of every Ane-
rcan citi2en--it awakens the nohlest enthusiasm
in every American heart. It's silent but awful
utterance brings before US the 18th Of June l175,
and the consequences resulting from theeycnts of
that day TO US, 10 our country, and TO the world
consequences which we know are destined to ram
influence on the destinies OF mankind to the end
of Time.