The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-02-25
From the relegrsh Of yesterday.
The Celebration al CaIusis. saosn.

MEssRs EDroRs: | received lette OF invitation
from literary friend 10 attend the eeeIation OF The
birthday OF General Washington, at the slloon OF NJ
Carusi. and thought il my duty 10 attend bu did prin.
cpaly because was informed that the excuses would
be creditable and above medocriy Judge Of my sur,
prise at finding most respectable audience ladies and
gentlemen assembled where expected TO See but lew
persons-as il was, without contradiction, lie most dis
agreeable evening" so lar as the weather wa concerned
ever spent at Washington, and have vsled here reg
ulay for several winters The introduction, prayer by
the learned president OF the college, ull OF god
ly sincerity, patriotic feeling, devou aspralon chris,
tan humility, and benevolent sentiment Tie Farewell
Address OF the Pater Patria was read nght 10 be
readwith modesiy, propriety, judgment, md distinct
ness and the Introductory address TO wa neat and
terse production, epeie with patriotic tut and inter
II had the odor Of the college, however the work OF
fugown afumnus, resident graduate itbore the mn
mark OF the artium mdgiser and was regularly con-
case made and provided but none the worse for that
admired the quotation the close climax worthy OF
the congeres upon which it was conslrucedhe fabric
OF which It was the cope stone-a suppcahon which
will be read and venerated and its ferveny and pathos
admired when the gorgeous ensign OF the republic and
the constitution itself shall be covered with the scars
The Grafton of Joseph s Wilson, esq was gem-a
literary jeweland It's oratorical management an intel
lectual banquet That gentleman, by remaining at Inc
bar would have ranked among the eminent forensic
advocates in country The remark made OF an Illus
trious Roman is applicable to him" tstigi gaod non
DISCOURSE the product of mind well matured illustrating
The immense magnitude of the work of the revolution.
The extraordinary character, intellectual grandeur, hon
heart, and gigantic mind of each of the noble band OF
which General Washington the acknowledged
leader, were unfolded and held up TO- our love and
admiration. The unbounded resources, the military and
naval prowess, and supremacy in arts and arms OF the
mother country, and the crowd of iusnous statesmen
that Qgnfed the contemporaneous history, were, like the
scenes OF brilliant panorama passed in review before
The prospects of country and the OF freedom,
full of glorious hope, dwelt upon in effective and
brilliant periods Mr.. Wilson possesses, in an uncom-
degree the power of producing that delig hu
buence of feeling in an audience, the nvariable effect
and attendant OF great oratorical genus-l think the
French call il onetion. His periods flash, coruscate,
sparkle upon the audory and his utteance is SO vivid
piercing, full of anmationthe genuine uuida OF the
oraor-that il leaves moment Of Tagging no time for
comparison no chance for criticism; you carried
away il were, in intellectual hurricane and the
only thing you conscious of is the master who
has assumed the command of your Judgment and triumph
ed over your faculties.
This discourse ought not to be locked up by the society
OF learned gentlemen interested it eminently in.
structive, American republican, caihoc-wl suit all
time, and fill with delight every heart