The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-06-22
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE.

bration, aud though the SHOWS Of six winter
have whitened my locks-and II will he admitted
that the last forty have been passed among
scenes more exciting than have occurred IN
many centuries, though residence Of some
years in Europe has made me familiar with
the wars incident to the F.ench revUlution-I
can truly say nothing has ever called forth every
feeling OF my whole soul more than the august
assemblage on that far-famed Hill, which may
be truly called the Mount of Liberty
What is there in the whole career Of the
mighty Napoleon, that does not sink into insg-
nifcance hen its results are compared TO al e
results OF the single conflict which took place
on the never TO be forgotlen l7,h day of June,
ITS, upon the result of which, Washington
declared "the liberties Of the country are safe :"
The conquesls Of Napoleon which reached
from the snow-cad fields of the Moscovile TO the
howery plains of Italy, and drenched all Eu-
rope in blood--whai are they in their result,
They are the histories OF wars the most de-
structive, sieges tie most disastrous campaign,
the most bloody, carnage The most horrd Yet
Europe sill groans in the chains Of scryltuJe,
h, millions are yet moved by despotlc SWAY
aud man is still slave
Even under the British Crown, that boasts If
its constitutional freedom, do we not hear on
every breeze that reaches us from the Emerald
Isle, the bitter cries of a noble race struggling
for rights which are withheld from them
Are MOI our fellow-men on another part oflhls
Continent, still wading in blood to gIul the am-
bilion of some naughty chief, struggling for1
erty that they can neither achieve nor enjoy
These some Of the questions that sug-
gested themselves TO me upon reading the soul
stirring speech of Mr.. Webster. How his
mighty mind has grasped the whole subject
How clearly he has shown US the contrast be-
tween the results Of the conquests made by the
standing armies of Spain, and the industrious
pionees from England, bringing with them tie
love of liberty and religious regard 10 the
rights Of Others.
Hi, whole speech is rich with instruction. and
will of course be read by every person in the
Union " no can read. ! touch upon its great
outlines to call the attention Of your readers 10
the ennoblug subject, and with a view to show
What a favored peoi lie we are, and how much Of
our success has depended and will depend upon
a preservation of the right spirit-the spirit Of
the Revolution, which was eminently one Of
brotherhood and good fellowship.
This feeling brealhes throughout the speech
" Our inheritance was oflbeuy-liberly secured
and regulated by law, aud enlightened and en-
nobled by knowledge and religion "Woe
beude the man who shall venture 10 stand
here with the strife Of local jealouses, local
feelings, or local enmiies burning 10 his bosom.
ALL OUR HAPPINESS, AND ALL OUR GLORY DE-
PEND UPON OUR UNION"
SO much have been graifed by this speech
that in think ng over the whole matter, | have
said to myself-there were many things ncces.
sary TO This celebration. There was first, The
great occa 'ion-the Lattle itself, and its consc-
quences-the monument and the peope-but
there was one man, without whom 1t would not
have been complete, and that man was DANIEL
WEBSTER. New England is a great country
New England principles are sterling principles
but Danid Webster is the man whose name
and whose fame beIorg TO the whole
Union-indeed, if you please, to the Weston
Hemisphere Yet what, on such an ocrasi,n,
is New England without her mighty son ]
may, presume, be excused this short episode
being myself the son Of New England mother.
There were many other distinguished men
present, who must have felt very happy, and ~
one had more cause 10 feel so than he who re-
presented the sovereignty of this great nation.
lie had great reason to rejoice, in that be
could sit there with his head uncovered sur
rounded by the immense mulltudes Of his fell
low-citizens on that sacred spot, and while his
heart beat high with patriotic fervor, he could
feel that all was quiet within-he had discharged
his duty to his God and to his country Aud
this no man better knew than the great orator
OF the day, whose hand the President took into
his warm grasp as soon as The grafton was com
pleted.
Those Of his former associates in the Cabinet
who had aided him in the negotiation which
resulted in the Treaty Of Washington, must
have felt reioiced to be present on this great os
casion. In fine, who that was on the ground
could have felt otherwise II was day to be
remembered when all that are now living shall
be numbered with those who fell on the fatal
day itself. And il will be treasured up in the
ay, in the very hearts Of the People
so long as these United States shall last as a
great, free, powerful, and independent nation
and God grant este perpetua"
The Caledonia appears to have brought DO
news Of moment, and hear Of nothing else at
M likely TO interest your readers.