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

barbarisun. still the memory of BUNKER HILL, and
of the great events with which 1t IS connected:
will be parts and elements OF the knowledge o.
the last man 10 whom the lights Of Civilization
and Christianity shall be extended
This Celebration is honored BY the attendance
of the Chief Magistrate OF the Nation, surround
ed BY the distinguished individuals who are his
Constitutional advisers. An occasion 50 Nation
a-so intimately connected with tlIat Revolution
out OF which the Government grew. Is surely wor-
thv OF, this mark of respect and admiration from
HIN VINO by the voice of his fellow citizens and
the laws. is placed at the head OF that Govern
ment. Acquainted as he Is with YogkTowS,
where the last great struggle Of the Revolution
was made he has now opportunity o! Viewing
the scene of the first of those struggles. He has
seen Where " ARREy feIl--where STARK, and PREs-
corr. and PCrx.,A, and their associates. noby
FOUGHT. He has seen the field on which thou
sand Of the Kings troops were smitten down IN
the first great contest for Liberty by the arm Of
the yeo,nanry Of England-and with
heart full Of American feeling. he comes here to-
day, ara sure, TO participate IN all the feelings
IN all the enthusiasm. in all the grateful recolIec
tons. which such an occasion Is calculated TO
excite.
Tha Governor of the Commonwealth IS also
present: nor is il to be doubted that he, too, en-
tiers with glow OF enthusiastic feeling into the
celebration of an event 50 highly honorable to the
Peeps, Of that State over which II IS his good
fortune to preside.
Banners and flags, inscriptions and badges, an
Doluse to us that with this multitude there have
coIn2e% up thousands Of the natives of New Eng
land residents in other States 10 unite IN this Gel
ebraton. Welcome Welcome. ye of kindred
name and blood Immense clieering) From
the broad savamatls OF the SoutL-from the far
regions of the West-f.om the thousands OF
Eastern origin who cultivate the fertile valley OF
the Gencscc and live along the margin OF our
oecar.lakes-trom the mountains OF Pennsylva-
nia--from the throngcd and crowded Cities Of
the Coast-welcoInc! welcome Wherever else
vou may be strangers. you are all at home mere :.
You have q glorious ancestry OF Liberty You
bring with YOU such names as are found on Inc
rolls Of lexington. and Concord, and Bunker
Hill. You come here, pilgrims TO this shrine OF
Liberty. to renew vour vows upon her affairs near
the family affairs where your young lips were first
taurht TO lisp the name OF God-near the tenn
pies of public worship where you received the
first lessons Of devotion-near the schools and
You come here, some of you, to be embraced
once more hy Revolutionary fathcr--to receive
perhaps. another and a last blessing, bestowed IN
love and tears. Of an aged mother who has sur
yiyed thus LONG to behold and enjoy your pros
pcrtv and happiness. If those family recollec
tions-if those tender associations of early life,
have brought YOU here with something of extra
ordinary aIacrity, and given from you TO us and
from us to you something OF peculiar and
hearty greeting, il is freely extended to every
American, from any and every spot, who has
come up here this day TO tread this sacred field
with American feelings, and who respires
with pleasure an atmosphere rcdolent of the
sentiments OF lT15. (Cheers.) OF the Seven
teen Millions of happy people who compose
our American community, there Is not one now
who has not an interest III that structure just as
there is not one who has not deep and abiding
interest in the events which it was designed TO
commemorate. The responsibility, may say
the subIimitv, Of that structure depends entirely
on lis Nationality It's a!l-all American. Its
sentiment is comprehensive enough to embrace
the whole American family, from North to South
from East TO West, and 1t will stand, hope. for
ever, ernhEematic of that Union which eniolds u.s.
Wo betide that man who comes up here to-day
with sentiments any lrsa t!iau wholly Amcr-
cant Wo betide him who shall venture to stand
here with the strife Of local lealouses, local tce
mrs. or local enmtics burning in his bosom All
our happiness, all our glory, depend on our tnlon
That Monument itself, in all that is commenda-
bic in its sentiment and character, depends on
our Union. do not mean to say that 1t would
not keep It's position if all the States were rent
as,nder by faction or violence. do not know
,h.t In bcarfnr earth would move ii from its
( tptt to- fall ,Tft,s
+,nemhermcnt should be the affection OF our land.
cannot say that Il would mingle il: fragments
\ with the fragments Of a broken Constitution
Bat IN the happening of such events, who would
dare TO ool; up toil Who IS there that from be-
meath such load Of modification and shame as
would ovorWhclm im could approach 10 behold
it Who is there thai would not expect his eye
balls to be scared ny the intensity OF rs silent
rcproot2 For my part | say that if IT be mis-
fortune designed by Providence for me 10 1--we 10
see such day, viii look at It no more-l VIII
avert my eyes from 1t for ever
Itis not as a mere military encounter Of hos
tile armies that the Battle of Bunker Hill POUNDS
its principal claim 10 Importance and conlmcmo-
ration vet, rs Il mere battle there are crcnm-
stances attending ii of extraordinary character,
and giWng 1t peculiar claims 10 distinction. 1t
WAS fought upon THIS emincnce, in the neghbor-
hood Of wonder city, III the presence OF more
spectators than there were cOmbaiants IN the
hght-!nen, women and children drawn from
Their homes. filling the towers of the churches.
covering the roofs Of public buildings and their
own dwellings, ANXIOUS for the result OF u contest
Of whose Importance they had the deepest convic-
ton. On the 10th of June, under bright sun,
these fields exhibited nothing but yerdrre and
culture there was indeed awful note of prepare
ton in Boston, bat here all was peace; and the
fields, then rich with the loads Of the early harvest
told OF nothing but tranquility. The morning OF
tho 9Th saw every thing changed: en- this emf
ncncc 4 rcdou5t had arisen in the night, and a
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