Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-06-30
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The Gushing rose and said:
Mr. President Eighteen years ago to-day, under a
bri,ht Summers sun-the same sun which shone upon
our fathers the battle, and TO day kiades upon us
we listened to the eloquent which we rave e'S
day heard That voice Then made mention VI wv o.eaA
mo of the green sod whereon was shed car fathers
blood, for the commencement Of Tue Monument -
day It Is heard in honor OF lis completion. VI ua' W
son. THIS, idea has conunuaHy oc.n ''P'c
ed mon nv mind Not merely relating TO the connect
&c I4-s M, N the ever-remembered victory Which
ushered in our national existence; nor 10 'he scene
which was the glorious dawn OF onf existence; nor 10
the mere military trumphs glorious as they "efe 10
that battle day which is nfst among our annals OF Tue
war But | saw then aud there, and see now, that
peace has her trumphs no less than more brilliant war
There 10 a glory above that OF the field OF battle
there IS glory the teemng prosperity around US
IN the swarmng myriads who to-day assembled on
Rnnker Hill-in the unbounded evidences of enter
PRISE and happiness which We meet on every s'oe.-
There glory above tina, OF the battle heo-a peace
full moral religious, impressive glory, on which my
mind has fingered Aud, though We to-day assembled
on Bunker Hill and participated IN the enthusiastic re
collections OF the moment yet there IN our day and
time considerations winch continually point US to the
gories OF peace rather than those os war
have myself been h0nored with COMMISSION oil
peace and am enlru led with the duty OF bringing
nearer toGether if possible, the civilization OF the Old
and New Words-the Asiaic, European, and Ameri-
can continents For, though OF old, It was from the
Enst thai civilization and learning dawned upon the
civilized world yet by The rehuent tide of letters
knowe rolled back from the West 10 the East, and
we have become the teachers OF our teachers. | 60 TO
China Sir, If mly express myself, in behalf Of
civilizations and if possible, The doors Of three
hundred millions OF Asiac laboreIs may be opened
10 America And If there is To be there another
Bunker HI Monument, may it not be to CONNIE
,nora,e the triumph Of power over people, but the
accommodating glo.y of peaceful and civilized life
Mr. Gushing then gave
"The rriumphs Of Peace: More renowned than those
of Wsr.'
Mr. George s ailliard being called upon for the next
regular toast, rose and spoke as follows:
The effect of all is TO call INTO exercise
that principle of mind by virtue Of which the past
che distant and the future made 10 predominant
over the present. This place. the occasion tina. calls
us together and the peaceful assembage that surrounds
Us recall By natural law of ssocat,cn, the FAR dfe
rant scene the widely unlike emotions which occupied
the senses and the mnds OF the people OF Boston sixty
eisht wears AGO. when lis population crowded into lis
s,eeples, and, GROWING its heights, were watching
with an interest that deePened into agony the chances
OF that fearful game of war; winch The lives nf those
who were dearest them staked upon In. issue.
The scenery and of that memorable contest are
painted upon the minds eye wildly as If we had
been present actors spectators We see that sim
pe embankmeni of turf, we watch the steady march OF
The British sCldery eyes dazzled by that long
unbroken sheet of deadly flame which arrested their
progress we mark the retreat, the rally, the Keeling
shock of the encounter the steel flashing through the
smoke the shout the groan, and all the "cnrrenls oil
. heady fight when war; stript of its pride, pomp,
and circumstance stands revealed in all lis CHASTITY
terrors. We recl the men of those days-resoute in
action eloquent speech, wise in council OF generous
impulses aud heroic self sacrifice We reminded,
too of those who, later and peaceful times,
have upheld the of rational liberty by their eo
auepce their WISDOM and their WORTH Tor need not
saw even the stranger who IS here with us, that the
fame which bese kndled by the glowing breath OF
Adams, Otis, and Qnncy-names which our State yet
dsliyhs to honor-nas been suffered go out
hurn din, end that there never has been period in
which the people of Eoson have not here been moved
charmed and instructed by that manly, deep-toned and
iinpassioned eloluence which H the utterance Of great
minds engaged the discussion OF great subjects or
these men, some have passed into the skies, some are
present with IN person. some are yet LIVING but not
here.
table necessity distinctly present to the minds
of many who hear me, for his is strongly ident-
fed alike with the erection of Bunker Hin Monument
and the trumphs of eloquence IN this Hall de wes
the first Secretary of the Bunker Hill Monument AS
sociaon, and to his efforts and influence much of the
early which attended that enterprise is to be
ascribed. He has devoted to the service of his coun
try mind fruitful, comprehensive, we'll trained, and
enriched with tributes from every department OF know
ledge and every province Of thought. He has CON-
memoraed the opening scenes OF the Revolutionary
ivuus- arenacy or heeeafs, re.,~rous se,eGtfvn
pics, beauty Of style, and glowing eloquence, have
nike instructed the intelligent, charmed the fasti
dious, and delighted the uaIettered. Three thousand
miles of ocean rolling between aud him;
but the untravelled heart faithful 10 It's early in.
stincs, and this, the seventeenth Of June, NAV
feel assured that his thoughts dwelling upon TINT
costly oblaton which poured ont TO liberty
upon that flaming mount Of sacrifice and upon the
scenes OF tranquil beauty and prosperous industry
which now greet the eye from lis summit, and that
he is with IN spirit, if not IN person Happy we
should be 10 have him present to.day-glaely as we
should drink the well remembered music Of that
voice which has often charmed the silence,
and made our hearts burn within US as we listened,
yet cannot regret the of his absence He is
representing our common country IN that land OF our
fathers to which is bound by many ties of
kindred, interest," and sympathy and through which
blood s traced 10 ,s parent lake by the shores OF
the Baltic and n the forests of Germany. We cannot
but applaud the discrimination which has placed him
IN pos, which he is well qualified to ell with ho
nor TO himself and us; we cannot but reflect with
pride and pleasure that he showing to the subjects
OF Il monarchy ho% finished man may be the growth
Of Republican soil, and that The ar OF Encaud is
stirred by the breath OF that classical eoquence which
is always best appreciated where the standard of cult
walton most high. In this hour of JOY, which
celebrates the completion OF work which, in its early
stages, owed much TO him, is seemiy that be
should be freshly remembered, and / trust that all
will cordially respond TO the sentiment which now
offer
"The Hon. Edcard Ercreu: Who has shown to the
world the power and the grace which eoquence bor
from free institutions and that the fire Of genius
never burns brightly when laid upon the altar Of
patriotism
AS response 10 this sentiment, the Presden; Of the
day requested the Chief Marshal to read the following
letter from Mr.. Everett:
I.oNooY May Is, 1SI3.
My Dear Sir A pressure of business puts it cut of
my power 10 express 10 you, fully should wish,
the satisfaction feel that you ce hrale
the completion of The Bunkc. Hall Monument. | con
graduate you and all the other public spirited friends
of this patriotic work The happy termination Of your
Iabcrs look backward, with pleasure, OH the humble
share my good fortune TO take, the earlier
efforts to accomplish this object, and though absent
and distant from you this suspicious occasion, as
sure you shall be present with you in imagination.
/, Is ten years within few days, since utter
ed Fanueil Hail, before public meeting at which
think yea presided, (as you have a. SO many Others
held for the good canse) the confident words tina,
~ aoaS sure The ,co'k 'roud be dane rested that
my belief, that the massachusetts, Char.
table Mechanic Association, not prone to leave jcb
half completed, having undertaken TO finish it, would
persevere the enterprise TIL The cop-sone was car.
red up | much obliged to them for saving my