Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-07-20
GRAFTON OF EDMARD ENEREIT.

Edward Everett made q fine Grafton at Dorches-
ter in Massachusetts,, the last anniversary OF the
4,h of july l7:G. Many OF its passages are OF com
nundinr eloquonce: one or two seem powerfully mp
plicable to existing combinations and parties, while
others grossly unjust to the Mssouriahs' Inc
following is surpass!nsy iine:
..On the 10Th of April the a!impor:ant bln:v was
sruck-hc blow which severed the fated chain whose
every link was boited by act OF Paranent, whose
every rivct closed up by an order III Council
which bound To the wake ot Europe me Grave paTk
OF our Youthful fortune, destined henceoh ana Tor
ever TO ride the waves aloue-the blow which sever
cd that fated chain WIS struck. lhe DO" WAS struck
which will be felt in its Consequences to ourselves
aud the family OF nations till the seventh sea- Il bro
ken upon tie apocalyptic volume "i lie history "i
empires. The cuiIsummG;ion Of four centuries was
completed Tie lifelong hopes the h"aT'sirk VISIONS
of Columbus poorly fulfilled IN the SUI l"Sa''oh OF
the pluIncd tribes "t lew tr"prh' i>iai''' an" W"
distant Glimpse uf q continent, cruelty ln"ched ny
th. letters placed upon hi noble limbs by ms own
monia, aud which he carried win INN ln'" h's
grave, are Ut length more than tuInitu' "h"h inc
New World 0t his discovery put ON the sovereign
robes of her separate national existence anu joined
m. trent nauullrnuc procession Oi the nations ne
WRONGS OF generations were redrcssch. Inc cup I'll
humiliation drained IL tn" drcgS by the Oh iai"h
,out,ssors ar; ;on-connrnIs victim, oi oppression
lon,hsome pr.ons-bastcd for;unes-ips iorbitden
IA omen in praver-carh and wafer denied IN their
y. * Notwithstanding pens or Ttrs'oos.a "H eTre@s
cd hedgeruws aud vocal tickete n the old c"untrIr
exchanged for pathieSs Wilderness ringing with the
war whuop and cleaning with the scalping- kne-
the secular nsur;Icc al Colonial rule checked by 10
periodical recurrence to the public wii-govcrn"r'
appointed on the other side u! the globe that knew
not Juseph-tile patroni2LG d!s,Iaa OF undcc-atcd
powcr-the legal coutumcly al foreign law, wanting
tho first element of obligation, the consent of the
governed expressed by his authorized representa-
l!ve-aud a; length the last una:crcOte ai!l burning
atfrumt aud shane, Il mrrcemary s"!d,rry cncainped
he fuI
with springs on their cables, munrcd III frnt "i our
crowded quavs-arlllery planted upen-inouthcd IN
principal streets M the doors nj our houses n as
semUlv, their morning and cveiing saivos prDc!a!in-
ur To- the rising and the setting that IRE the
subjects and they the lords-Hll these hlleous
phantons oi the long colonial light swcpt of BY the
first sharp volley or Lexington Gr"cn
"Wril might Samuel Adams cX:!u!:n. ne he heard
il, oh, what glorious morning Is this! glorious,
but is too often the case with human glnrl.s, tho
germ md the fruit OF snrrIw, anchcd with tears ana
sealed with blood. Precious hives are !" oc sacrht
great tra!s-puh!ic and prvate-ta be endured: clS
wears OF ~ drsoate the aiil patriot armies
aro "a march with bloody feet over ice-clai fields
cloud Of anxiety hang over the prospects ct on"
Generation of the young, while another OF the aged 20
down the grave before the vision ia fulfilled: hu:
still glorious at home aud neutrality-suspicious. Tor A;nc-
rlca and, strange rs tho word may sound glorious
even for Emglaud. L,rI Chatham ti''iced that Ana
RIGA had resisted Surely Lord Chatham never re-
oced in the sume OF England; he rjoic"d that Anne
rlrn had resisted, hecausr she resisted On tie great
principles OF constitutional liberty. Barke, in the
early Stages nt the contest spoke these golden words:
'Wc view the establishment of the British COLONIES IN
principles of liberty AZ that which is 10 render this
| Kingdom venerable 10 future ages. In comparison
ut this regard all the victories aud conques;s Of
wtrkc ancestors. of oar own times barba-
ruus aud vu tar distinctions, III which many nations
whom we hook upon with little respect value have
eouallpd il M, exceeded IL. THIS IS THE PECULIAR
oLoRY Of ESGLASD.' All the victories and conquc-is
OF our warke ancestors ut our own tinrs-Pian;a-
gene;s and ludors: Crccy Polctlcs, Asinc"nT: Dam
kirk and CALAIS Ja:nacu and Gibraltar; the CrOm-
wells and the Blake: IN. Williams and the Georges
the ,riumhs OF Marlborough AT the gates OF France
the ihunIrrs OF Give on the banks of the GanSea-
all i'll Burkes Judgment barhaf"us distinctions vu,
gar fame compared with 'the peculiar glory Of found
ins coluuia! empire on ihr principles Of liberty