Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1843-06-23

/ from any human lips, that that strain Of elo-
quence is this day to flow, most competent TO
move and excite the vast multitudes around
The potent speaker stands motoness before
them. II is a plain shaft. 1t bears no in
scriptons, fronting TO the rising sun, from
which the future antiquarian shall wipe the
dust. Nor does the rising sun cause tones oil
music to issue from its summit. But at the
rising Of the sun, and at the setting OF the
sun, in the blaze of noon-day, and beneath
the milder eHulgence of lunar light, 1t looks, "
speaks, it acts, to the full comprehension oil
every American mind, and the awakening oil
glowing enthusiasm in every American heart
Its silent, but awful utteTance; its deep pathos,
as il brings to our contemplation OF the l7ih
of June 1875, and the consequences which
have resulted to us, 20 our country, and to
the world, from the events Of that day, and
which we know must continue to rain lnilu-
ence on the destinies of mankind, to the end OF
time; the elevation with which IL raises us high
above the ordinary feelings of life, surpass all
that the study of the closet or the inspiration
of genius can produce. To-day, it speaks to
us. Its future auditores will be through sue
cessive generations Of men as they rise up be-
fore il, and gather round it. Its speech will
he of patriotism and courage; OF civil aud re-
Iigious liberty; Of free government; OF the
moral Improvement and elevation OF mankind;
and of the immortal memory orthose who with
heroic devotion have sacrificed their lives Tor
their country.
In the older world, numerous fabrics still
exist, reared by human hands, but whose OBJ
il ct has been lost, in the darkness Of ages
They are now monuments Of nothing, but the
labor and skill, which constructed them.
The mighty pyramid itself, hall buried in
in the sands of Africa, has nothing To bring
down and report to us, but the power OF kings
and the servitudc of the people. II it had any
purpose beyond that of mausolcum. such
purpose has persisted from history, and from
tradition. If asked for its moral object, lis ad-
monition its sentiment, It's instruction to man
kind, or any high end in lis erection, il is ST.
lent-sent as the millions which lie IN the
dust at its base, and in the cataconlbS which
surround il. Without Just moral object,
therefore, made known 10 man though raised
} against the skies, it excites only conviction OF
, power, mixed with strange wonder But II
The civilization of the present race of men,
founded as il is, in solid science, the true knOwl-
edge of nature, aud vast discoveries in art, and
which is stimulated and purified by moral SEN
timent, and by the truths of Christianity, be
not destined TO destruction, before the final
termination Of human existence on earth, the
object and purpose OF this edifce will be known
Till that hour shall come. And even if civil
; cation should be, and the truths of the Chris
, tan Religion obscured nv new deluge ol
l barbarism, the memory Of Bunker Hill and the
: American Revolution will still be elements and
, parts of the knowledge, which shall he pos
, scsscd by the last man, 10 whom the light OF
civilization and Christianity shall be extended.
, This celebration is honored by the presence
, Of the Chief Executive Magistrate Of the u
: MON. An occasion so National in its object
i and character, and so much connected with that
fr,n xvh rhf bssu nj
e at the head of which he is placed, may wei
: receive from him this mark OF attention and
e respect. Well acquainted with Yorktown, the
$ scene of the last great military struggle OF the
!. Revolution, his eye now surveys the field oil
: Bunker Hill, the theatre of the first of these
: important conflicts. He sees where Warren
!, Tell, where Putnam and Prescott and STARK
!, and Knowiton and Brooks fought He be-
holds the spot, where Thousand trained sol
v dicrs of England were smitien TO the earth
;, in the first effort of Revolutionary war, by III,
: arm Of bold and determined yeomanry, con
q tending for liberty aud their country. Anc
y while all assembled here entertain towards hin
: sincere personal good wishes, and The hgl
: respect due 10 bis elevated office and station
Il il is not To be doubted, that he enters, will
e true American feeling, into the patriotic en-
e thusiasm, kindled by the occasion, which an
I, mates The millions which surround him.
J, His Exceency, the Governor of the Com
}. monwealth, the Governor OF Rhode Island
i and the other distinguished public men, whom
I we have the honor 10 receive as visitors ant
II uesis, to-day, will cordially unite in cele
: bration connected with the great event OF th'
g Revolutionary war.
b No name in the history Of ITS and I776 i
is more distinguished than that Of an ex-Presi
e dent Of the United States, whom we expected
:, TO see here, but whose i'll health prevents hi
,nl,I ,ar
;. 10 be asserted, an Adams was present; ant
5, when the time came, for the formal Declara
e ton of Independence, il was the voice of al
Adams, that shook the Halls of Congress. -
n We wish we could have welcomed TO Us thl
t day, the inheritor of Revolutionary blood, ant
e the just and worthy Representative of higl
e Revolutionary names, merit and services.
l. Banners and badges, professions aud flags
n announce 10 US, that amidst this uncouniet
20 multitude are thousands Of natives of New
is England now residing in other States. Wei
lie come, we kindred names, with kindred blood
d From the broad savannas of The South, iron
J. the newer regions of The West, from amidst tn
T. hundreds of thousands of men of Easter
h origin, who cultivate the rice valley OF tn
l. Genessee, or live along the chain of the lakes
= from the mountains of Pennsylvania, and tn
Z, thronged cities Of the coast, welcome, wei
It ONE! Wherever else you may be strangers
I, here you are all at home. You assemble a
:, this shrine Of liberty, near the family affairs, a
n which your earliest devotions were paid l.
10 Heaven near The temples of worship, first en-
tered by you, and near To the schools aud col
ID leges, in which your education was received
d You come hither with glorious ancestry q
I'd Liberty. You bring names, which are on IN
he rolls Of Lexington, and Concord and Bunke
ic Hill You come, some Of you, once more t
il be embraced by an aged Revolutionary father
= or to receive another, perhaps, last blessing
lie bestowed in love and tears, by mother, ye
10 surviving to witness, and 10 enjoy, your pros