Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-07-11
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4, IN. av,o Of the corner of the Capitol at
wasbno,on on Tie 9TH instant Daniel Webster Esq, de-
livcrcd the following Grafton We copy from the New
York p crald for which paper it reported in full:
FrIlow CITIZENS: congratulate you-l give you JOY
IN thr return of this anniversary and eicitae you also
the particular purpose OF "ieH ,is e,ef
hall see before and around me mass oil faces oil glow
ing with checruness and patriotic PRIDE see thousands
m ewes turned towards other eyes. all sparkling with graft
Gcot;on and delight This is the New World this is Amer
ca aud this Washington the capital OF the United States
And where else among the Nations can the seat OF govern
he surrounded day OF any year. by those who
have more rejoice in the blessings which they
oy This is the anniversary Of American Independence
This bright and brilliant morning witnesses another return
Of he birthday of nann and that nation OF however
cent origin the most considerable and powerful,
snrcading over the continent from sea to sea-
Auunu the colonsls from Europe TO ms part OF Amer
ira there were some doubtless who great lunty,
but in general their hopes limited 10 the enjoyment OF
safe asylum from tyranny, religious and civil and 10 re-
snecnbe subsistence by industry and toll thick veil hid
our times their vision. But the progress OF America,
however slow could but at length awaken genius, and
attract attention of mankind In the enry part OF the
last century, Bishop Berkeley wrote his well known verses
ON The prospect of planting and learning in Ameca.
The last sunza seems high poecal inspiration:
The four first already past,
A nth shall close The drama wilhlhe day;
Times uobest offspring Is the last"
This extraordinary prophecy may be considered only
the result OF long foresight and uncommon sagacyi oil
foresight and sagacy stimulated hv excited feeling and
high enthusiasm. The clear vision OF what America woul
become founded square miles, or on existing
NUMBERS vulgar laws of statistics 1t was an ntu-
live glance into futurify grand conception enHrac
ing oil tine since The creation OF the world, and all regions
OF which that world is composed and by Judging nt Tie u-
by just analogy with the past, and the inlmabe I'm
apery md beauty with which the thought expressed Joined
to the conception ITSELF render OF the most Striking
passages in anguage On the day OF me Declaration
Independence lnstrious athers performed me hst
act in this drama: ac, in real npnrtance, Infinitely ex-
ceeding that for which the great Ehehs Poe' ih'oheo
fra
Abingdon ,ol u STAGE princes act
And tnunachs q behold the swelling scene.'
The nusa inspiring our fathers was the genius of Liberty
all ON fire with the of oppression and resolution 10
throw il off the whole world the stage and higher char
acters princes rrnd III and instead ." nunrchs coun
tries and na0ns and the age behcld the swelling scene
How well The characters we're cast and how well each per.
former acted his part, and what emotions the whole periom
ance exclied let history and hereafter tell Al subsr
uuent pe,i but before declaration u Independence The
Bishop of Asaph published DISCOURSE in which the fol.
| owing remarkable passages ar" lohha;
otis difficult for man 10 k into the destiny OF future
the designs Of Providence vast and complicated
and lr own powers narrow, 10 admit OF much saris
faction To our curiosity But when we see many great and
powerful causes constantly work. we cannot doubt OF their
producing prnportionabe effects. The coones in North
America have only taken root and acquired strength but
hastening with accelerated proeress 10 such pow
rfu as NAV introduce and Important change in
human affairs d, seconded from ancestors OF the most i'm
proved enlightened part OF the old world they receive
as il were by Inheritance all the improvements and
discoveries Of their mother country; ana IL happens,
fortunately for them to commence their iidurshlng
State ut time when the human understanding
mas attained the free OF lis powers and has learned to
ACT vim yr and certainty They may avail themselves
not only the experience and industry bnt even OF he er-
rors and mistakes Of former days Let be considered for
how many great part OF the world appears MT ohave
thought III al how many they have been busted in pn-
ing and while reason has oeen los IN
of words and they never seem to have suspected
on what frivolous matters their minds were employed AND
lei be well underst0nd what apd improvements what I'M
poant discoveries have been made in few years by lew
countries with our own at their head which have ast dis
,hn mt
not reasonably expect that number oil provinces possessed
Of these advantages and quickened by mutual emua'on
with only the progress OF the human nnu shonlo
very considerably enlarge the boundaries Of science The
vast continent itself which they are gradually spreading
may be considered us treasure vet untnacheoo
dution that afford ample matter for commerce
and contamination And if reflect what stock OF know
edge may ed by the constant progress OF lndus
,rv and 5sprvuon fed with fresh supplies from The stores
sometimes by those happy strokes OF chanct
which mock nIl the powers OF nvcaton and sometimes oy
those superior characters which arise occasionally 10 nsruc
and cnIightcn the world it Is difficult even 10 Imagine tt
what height Improvement their discoveries may extend
And perhaps they make considerable advance IN INT
of civil government and the conduct OF ite We have
proud and jealous OF an excellent Con
srituon; but those equitable principles on which il was
formed equal the best discovery OF potl
cal wisdom and just and commodlous distribution OF pow
err which with u.s. were price OF civil wars, and the re
ward Of virtues and suengs Of our ancestors descend
to them natural Inheritance without ton or PAIN bu
must they rest here the utmost effort OF human ge
nus Can chance and time the wisdom and Inc experlenc.
public new remedy against Inc etls te
NOT hope without presumption TO preserve greater "cai o
piey aud public devotion than have done! For sure
hardly happen To them as has 10 US tat when
understood aud rendered pure and reasonable
that then should be the precise time when many cease
10 believe and practise II, and all IN general occom
most Indifferent to it.. Nay they possibly bt
more successful than their mother country has heen in
serving that and authority which Is due 10 III
nws-to those who make and those who them
May not method be invented of procuring toerab
share of The comforts Of life 10 those INFERIOR useful ranks
of men, whose industry are indebted for The whole J.!
Time and discipline dscnyer means TO correct TIT
extreme inequalities Of condition between the itch and M
poor dangerous the innocence and happiness OF both
they may fortunately be led by habit and chuce TO desps
that luxury which considered with the enJnynlen
Of wealth. They may have little relish for that ceaseles
hurry Of which is pursued in this country with
out pleasure enpuynlcnl und, perhaps, ae
ryn. Of "les and raprices and rejecting TN
rest they my be led by reason and experiment, tu ha
ii simplicity which first pointed nut by nature anc
ias produced those models which still admire in arts
Il qurncc and The diversity of
stu atoms which many growing States must NECESSARILY
pass through, may introduce changes in the hncualnl
opinions and manners Of men, which form no Gun
cepion of and only the gracious disposition Of Prori
dence, but the visible preparation Of seem TO indi
cate strong tendencies towards general improvement
Fellow Cirzens-On the 4th of July l776 the represen
aives of the United States Of America in Gong assem-
bled declared that these United Conies are and of RICH
ought be- free and independent States This declaration
made by patriotic and resuuIe men, trusting in th
Justice cause and the protection uf Provdence-ant
yet without deep socite and ansetyhas now stuot
Tor seventy five years and still stands. II sealed il
blood II has dangers and them; II has hac
enemies ard has CONQUERED the it has had drtractors
and has abashed them NIL il has had doubling friends bu
il has cleared all doubts away aud now, to-day, raising M
form higher and higher than the Clouds twenty
ns OF people contemplate it with halowed love, and TIT
world benods it, and the which have followed
with profound admiration This anniversary anmatcs
eladdens aid uniles all American hearts On other days
the year nny be party indugng in controversies:
more or less important 10 the public good may have likes
and dslkes and may maintain political difference.
often with warm, and sometimes with angry feelings But
to-day Americans all and ALL nothing hut Americans.
As the great lumnury heads dssipatng mists
and fogs, cheers the whole hemisphere, do the
sucatiuns connected with this day dispense all c"u
dy aud snlIcn weather. and all exhibitions in tn
minds and feelings "f true Americans. Every mans heart
swtlls within hm-every mans port and be ag became
proud and lofty remembers IN
yre years have rolled away and that the great inheritance
vi liberty is still his; his undmnished and unimpared; his
in all ils original gory his cn'y his protect and his
to transmit future generations. Fellow. czens This
is not only Inheritance n liberty, but of our peculiar
American liberty Liberty has existed in other times in
other countries and in other forms. There has been Grecan
liberty bold and POWERFUL full =" spirit eloquence and fire
liberty which produced muitudcs of great men, and has
immortal the of Demosthenes,
posterily. But still ii liberty of disconnected
| indeed nv and