Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1843-07-15

| one OF us early IT1enOS ana the HTSt TTeSl'
dent of the Corporation, was the then Gov
ernor of the Commonwealth, General
Brookes, who had been here on the nth
June, ITS, and was afterwards distinguish
ed by honorable services in the Revolution
airy War, and who, throughout his whole
life--a soldier without fear, man without
reproach. cloud applause, and revolu-
tionary hero on the platform exclaimed,
while tears trickled down his furrowed
cheeks, HE was my Colonel'0 l know
WE'LL in thus abiding to the dead l cause
many tears to flow from recolections of
bereavements too recent to be suppressed;
but such honorable mention is due to their
public and private virtues, and especially
on this occasion, for their zeal and efforts
in the accomplishment of the purpose which
has now reached its fulflment. Time and
nature have had their course in diminish.
ing the number of those who were here at
the celebration Of the laying the corner
stone of the Monument eighteen years ago,
and most of the Revolutionary characters
have joined the congregation of the dead
Lafayette sleeps in his native land-yet the
name and the blood of Warren are here
the kindred of Putnam, of Starke, Knowl.
ton, and of McLaire are here. And here,
too, beloved and respected, as universally
as he is known, and now venerable himself
for his years, is the son of the gallant, dar-
ing, indomitable Prescott. loud and en-.
Fthusiastic cheering.) And here, too, are
some--a small band--of those who perform
ed military service on the field on the 18th
of June, '75--(great applause) all of them
far advanced in age, who partook of the
dangers and glory of that memorable con-
flict--(cheers.) They have ovtlived all the
storms of the Revolutio1--they have out
lived the evils resulting from the want of a
good and efficient government in this coun-
try-they have outlived the pendancy of
dangers threatening the public liberty-they
have outlived the most of their cotempora-
ries. They have not outived, they cannot
outlive the ever-abiding gratitude Of their
country-(oud and enthusiastic cheering
Heaven has not allotted to our generation
an opportunity Of rendering service like
theirs and manifestiug such devotion as
they manifested in such a cause as theirs;
but it may well become us to praise actions
we cannot equal--to commemorate VIVA,
we were not born TO perform. "a univer.
sal burst of applause.) "Puichrum est, ben
efacere benedicere. baud alb Secundum est
Yes, BUNKER HILL MONUMENT is com
pleted. Here it stands Fortunate in the
natural eminence on which it is placed
higher infinitely in its object and its pur'
pose--behold it rise over the land and over
the sea, and visible this moment to 100000
of the citizens of Massachusetts. There il
stands-a memorial of the pasta monitor
to the present and all succeeding genera.
tons Of men. l have spoken of its pur.
pose If it had been without any other
purpose than the creation of work of ART
the granite of which it is composed, would
have continued 10 sleep on its native bed
But il has a purpose, and that purpose
gives it dignity and causes US to look upot
It with awe.--That purpose it is which en-
robes it with moral grandeur--that pur
pose it is which seems to invest it with the
attributes of an august, intellectual person
age. 1t is itself the great ORATOR of thi:
occasion. Great cheering.) 1t is not from
my lips. nor could it be from any human
lips, that that strain of eloquence is to flow
most competent to utter the emotions of thi:
!, multitude. The potent speaker stands mo
tionless before you. (Here the speaker
paused and with outstretched arms, looked
! upward to the summit of the solemn pile
and the vast assemblage joined in one loue
} and long shout of enthusiastic applause.)
1t is plain shaft; il bears no inscription
, fronting the rising sun, from which the flu
,ure antiquarian shall be employed to wip'
away the dust; nor does the rising SUI
, awaken strains of music on its summit
but there it stands, and at the rising o
the sun, and at the setting of the sun, ant
, amid the blaze of MONDAY, and in thu
milder effulgence of lunar light, there
i stands. 1t looks--it speaks-it acts TO tn
f full comprehension of every America,
mind, and TO the awakening of the highes
enthusiasm in every true American hear
/, Great applause.] Its silent but awful III
: terance--the deep pathos with which as W
/; look upon il, it brings before US the lit
/ of June, IT'S, and the consequences re
, sulting from the events of that day to III
S to our country, and to the world-conse
:, quences which must continue TO "gain in
0 huence" on the destinies of mankind
v the end of time-surpasses all that the stud
). of the closet or even the inspiration G
genius could produce. To-day-to-day
}. speaks TO us. The future auditors will b
: the successive generations of men. A
:, they shall rise up before us and gathe
f round its base, its speech will be of cal
: mage and patriotism-ot religion and lib
!. erty-of good government-of the renow
: of those who have sacrificed themselves I
e the good of the country. In the olde
} world many fabrics are still in eKistenc,
/ reared by human hand, whose object an
|. history are lost in the darkness of age