The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-06-21
AIR WEBsTER'S GRAFTON

A duty has been performed, ,,'',,,,s having oh
ea'} Ian & co'opleted This structure, aI IN
nd patriotism . 10y, mich drank deep oil cary he
% 1''~~ h,ood has al length iesenou - oh
!, saiaht and now lifts lis s1wmt 10 VIC n,nl;sh OF
" W. have assembled 10 celebrate , VIZ Sr..h In 81
men, Of ths undertaking. ana 70 rI i design 81
co,,eetioa Of the great eseA' winch ,an half OF
no ~ oeu,orate Eighteen years, mon l4d
-ot'o . s'arv duration OF generation o, ni"" C.
- ean,ed since the corner stone "a ,' rssted CT
aent Was laid The hopes oil us PJ;eanee and m
m ol,,ntary contributions, private muil''' boye a
On 1I f,vor of the public. These hopcs "a %
VI. Haa Astronomical Donations have peon and {,
,o' ,,5naI in so c cases Of large amour ho
,sller sums contributed by thousa" IA accom- Il
regard the object itself as mpo,',p'; will enter
I'shment therefore, good 49, ,n,yraried a
,sra resnect and gratitude LOT 'io e' S me-
sa,,rts of the successive rrcsids's, 49, mich has
- and Committees OF ihehssoS'"'o,t' ,cb,tect 5
had the general control oil 'i'e w. commendatlon,
.lIv snitled 10 our thanks ana ed sL,ll
equn'nny a,h.r reward also, for has iapot anu -
y; ~. h.aty and elegance OF me op.'sa nrers on
~ d,siinetion which, as q WORK Oh an
him, .,ac,s of further progress
. - undertaking were gloomy and oiseou' 49,
an. Nechauic Association, 10y most P.";n, 4
and vigorous effort raise new iu',us 10, acnno-
Ior,yard and saw them applied WIN n'o",,, ,,hIie
Nv and skill. 1t is grateful duty 10 man "a
10y of such timely and ehcieh' anu
I've last effort and the last contribution ,a
i;as,ent source Garands OF grace ana eiesa" Hn
we're destined to crown work, wn,ch 'iaa no,y
mencement in mani, PATRIOTISM. INC and ali
or of the sex addressed itseii 10 inc Pao;, onos-
~, ,,as needle To carry the monument 10 i'h po
aa bs;vht and give to il its finish, was Prompsy 1up
nlied The mothers and The daugh'eis =. 80 ~
Contributed thus, most successfully " 49, ,,,i,;,x
lI; n.;nbc benefit and Man OF erecting this
.mci,ibrated, originated, many presents but
Others, alas! have themselves become subjects OF
monumental inscription. William Tudor, an ac-
compshed scholar, a distinguished writer, a most
amIabe man, allied, both by birth and sentiment, 10
the patriots of the Reyo utrJn, died, while on public
service abroad and now lies buried in foreign land
William Sullivan, name fragrant OF revolutionary
merit, AM OF public service and public virtue, who
himself partook, in high degree OF the respect and
confidence Of the community, and yet was always
most loved where best known, has also been gather
ed TO his fathers And last, George Blake, lawyer
of learning and eloquence, man Of wit and OF Ia
lent, of social qualities the most agreeable and fasci-
mating, and Of gifts which enabled him TO exercise
large sway public assemblies, has closed his hui
man career. know that in the crowds before me,
there are those, from VI ose copous tears VIII
flow, at the mention of these names. But such men
ton is due to their general character, their public
and private virtues, and especially this occasion,
to the spirit and zeal with which they entered into
the undertaking, which is completed.
have spoken only Of those who are num-
bered with the living But long Re, now drawing
towards It's close, always by acts OF pub
lie spirit, humanity, and charity forming character,
Whlcn already recume historical, and sancilntu
by public regard, and by the affection of friends, NAY
confer, even on the living, the proper immunity OF
the dead, and be the fit subject of honorable mention,
and warm commeIdaiion. OF The .aly projectors OF
the design OF this monu ment one OF the mst pron
Inent, the most Zea!ou-, and the efficient,
Thomas II. Perkins. 1t was beneath his ever hosp,-
table roof that tho,e ~hon have IN, nlioned, and
others yet living and present, h,ying assembled
Tor the urPose adopted the first step towards erecting
monument on Bunker Hill Long may he remain,
f,cuif5 in thp i,ie field nf
fitness. His charities have distilled, like tho dews OF
heaven he has fed the hungry, and clothed the
Naked he has given sig hi 10 the blind and fur such
virtues there is eward on high, of which all hu-
man memorials, all language brass and stone, are
but humble types and attempted limitations.
Time and nature have had then course, in dimin
Ishing the number of these whom C met here on
the 18th of June, 1925 Most of the revolutionary
characters then present have since ceased and La
fayeue sleeps in his native land. Yet the name and
blood of Warren with u.s. the kindred of Putnam
are also here; and me, universally beloved for
his character and his virtues and venerable foi
mold, Of BoIford, Phneas johnson, Robert An.
drews ElJah Dresser, Josiah Cleaveand Jesse Smith
PhiIp bagley, Needham Maynard Roger Plas,ed,
Joseph Stephens Nehemiah Porter and James Uaf-
Sey who bore arms for their country either at Con-
cord and Lex ngfon, the 10Th of pri or en- Bun
her Hill, all now far advanced in age, have CON.
here to-day to look on the field Of the er
erese OF their valor and receive hearty outpour
ing of our respect
They have long outlved the troubles and dangers
Of the Revouon they have outlve the evils rising
from the want OF united and efficient Cove nun Mt .
they nave ouhyed the tendency of immins Mt dangers
e. the public liberty they have outived nearly all
Their contemporaries; but they have not outiyed--
they cannot outlive-the ancctonae gratitude of thei
country. Heaven has no, allotted 10 this generation
an opportunity of rendering high services, and mani
testing strong personal devotion such as they rem
dered and manifested and in such a cause as reused
the patriotic fires of their youthful breasts and nerved
the strength of their arms But may praise whl,
we cannot equal, and celebrate actions which We
were not born to perform Puietrurn est benefleeye
reipubhese, efidm bone deere maud
The Bunker Hill monument (, finished. Hero 4,
stands Fortunate in the natural eminence on which
II placed-higber, infinitely higher in It's objects
and purpose, IT rises the land and over he sea
and VISIBLE al their homes, to three hundred thousand
citizens OF Massachusetis-it stands, memorial of
the last, and monitor to the present and all succeed
ing generations have spoken Of the lofBess Of its
purpose. II IT had been without any other design
than he creation Of a work Of art, the granite Of
which IT IS composed would have slept in its native
bed II has purpose, and that purpose gives it cha
rachr. mat purpose enrobes IL with dignity and
moral grandeur. That well known purpose 1, h
which causes US TO look up to il WITH a Feline oil
awe IL Is hssN the orator of this occasion II i. moi
from my lips, II Is not from any human lips that that
strain OF eloqueDce is this day to flow, most CONNIE
tent TO move and excite the vast muttudes around
The potent speaker stands moonless before them
III pam shalt IL bears no inscriptions, fronting
to the rising sun, from which the future an,iouaria9
shall wipe the dust Nor does the rising sun cause
tones o! music to issue from its summit But at lie
rising OF The SUM- and at the setting of the sun in the
blaze OF MONDAY, and beneath the mider ernlgence
of lunar light II looks, it speaks it acts. to the f
comhrehension Of every American mind. and the
a~asen'ng OF glowing enthusiasm in every American
heart Its silent, but awful uuerance its deep ma.
uios, AZ brings 10 our contemplation the I7th oil
June, l175 and the consequences which baye rcsul,
ed 10 us, to our country, and TO the world from
the events OF that day, and which know must con
unuc TO gam influence the deelines Of mankind 10
,ne ena OF tune The elevation with which il raises
ms high above the ordinary feelings Of life surnas
All mat The study Of the closet or even the inspira