Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-06-23

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THE RUNKER HILL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
EDWARD EvERETr'S GRAFTON.
Tho PROCESSION in Boston on Wednesday on the VI
cason of the anniversary Of the battle oil buHA''
HILL when the Warren statue was inaugurateo' 'ccu-
pied aboa, all hour in passing any given point. Inc
military display was very brilliant, aud the M"son'
ysrsded about fifteen hundred strong. Every a''""'
bic spot along the line was occupied oy spec'a''
The procession reached the monument aoo.'
o'clock, when the exercises commenced ny 'ne 0e,'
very Of the Grafton by the Hon. Edward Everett -
was, like everything coming from Mr. Everett au aoe
and brilliant production. The following Is INC oo"
Guiding portion Of ii
While We pay due honors TO the hus'rlou: hen
who led the armies of the REVOLUTION, we tJo -
beiieye and do know, that the great separaon "hsh
they effected has been productive OF equai penens
10 both countries and that Tie ehiisnIennu f1"sne'i
ste,ss,nn of RI. present day, like the BuTkes aud
Galatians OF the revolutionary PERIOD, schnowieuge
the sounduess of the princp piles Tor whcn our iathes
a.w m arms and ara everywhere extending their ap
olicaiion throughout the colonial empire OF dreat
Britain. H.ncetorth let our Gully contest win Inc
fatherland be generous emulation III the arts VI
peace. A. .o ,o,,
,;os .re hopnd on = Joint errand to the nid-ocean,
pot IN san lts waters with 'raterna blood but 10 kDt
the tvs continents together by those mysterious uonos
by which modern science and art outstripplng the
laggsrd hours. annihatlng the "ia's VI ocsans apu
flushing like thought through their rayless Depths Is
bringing the whole civilized world into the magic
circle OF instantaneous communication.
Rut after ALL the obelisks erect and the statues
Nl,.,ts na HaGf
we set up are but expressive symbols: Inc prouaes.
monuments to the memory of our fathers are not
those which are carved by the skiful artists from
blocks of marble, reared by the architect ~ naIes
tic piles CT granite. These, indeed, have value aud
intel oct. They :.rk for thu se1i poserlty the scene
of some murnentuus conflict they redeem t:om the
power Of lime decay the features OF sone NOBLE
cvuh,eua,c- and IL. proportions ct some manly form
in The molten bruGzs o 4uarrlrd iha;a2 E !.,SE@
.re not the rewards for which warren and ms asso.
cietes braved death; not The monuments "oicn VIII
best perpetuate their tame
| The principles of free government for which they
laid down their lives; the national Independence
which, by united couDsels and painful saorhces: they
achieved on hard Tough; fields; this great fanny q,
STATES which, with prophetic foresight they bound
| together in u fratsrnal couiederacy; this adnraoe
| adjustment of local and federal goverhmentIthe
most exquisite conlrvance of political wlsdotn ~hcn
the world has seen-ihese sla' oe .us a;, ~, h
fin, material prosperity which has Resulted from their
wise and patriotic measures ,., at, 4. .
'rhs xnrld.surrounding ocean whitened with the
sails of American commerce, when before the FeTo'
lution was hcnued in by the narrow limits OF colo.
mini restrictions the hundreds oil cities that line h6
coas and crown the SS;sS OF noble rivers, and which
have started from the soil since the establishment OF
independence, the vast wilderness: whose primeVaI
forests are yearly bowling to the settlers axe, aord.
ing home to the redunddaca vi our own population
aud the hungry millions Of Europe; these boundess
prairies over which the living wave OF population s
pouring like rushing tide, bringing With II 10 the
~ Inst NJ n. . a.
tion railroads following the line of the recent Indian
trail, electric telegraphs 10 convey intelligence "here
the mail coach thius OF yesterday; great s'es
ers on rivers and lakes trsversed within generation
by the bark canoe-these proclaim IN language more
impressive thar Inscriptions on the monumental era.
nite-in forms more significant than the scIipl"reo
| marble-the worth and the memory OF the great ana
| good msn who sowed in weakness the harvest which
we raise in power; who IN the aoaotiul eieaehts VI
national greatness which opened upon them IN VI
sonary future, beheld the germs OF ms pahny
growth of this impartial abundance, as the sculptor
5ebolds in advance the muscular limbs, the glowing
features the triumphant expression OF his marble me-
70, in the heart Of the shapeless block
FualIy my friends lei the recollections oil com,
mon danger and common glory, which the DAY ana
the spot awaken, bring with them The strengthened
love of COMMON country. The patriotism OF cur
fathers, and especially OF the INDUSTRIOUS Insn "hom
! ~. commemorate, was of the most comprehensive
cast, In letter Of the 2lst Of November "a, ad.
dressed to Josiah Quincy, another earnest, deVoted
champion of American liberty. General w aTren oe
cares that "it the united voice OF America 10 pre-
serve their freedom or lose their lives in defence OF
IT, am convinced that the true spirit OF liberty was
nevcrso universally diffused through all ranks and
urdsrs of tho peopls in any country on the lace Of
the earth, as it now il through all North America.
On the daT on which Warren fell Washington was
commissioned Us "Comniandern- Chief OF all the
continental forces raised, to be raised IN defence
Of American Liberty Massachusetts and C9nnec
,icut had their armies in the he!d, commanded oy
L,,t IAl, tnnK hn
Iced in promoting the nomination of general from
that part of $40 Union where there was, az yet, no
force embodied eager 10 give striking PROOF mat
no local feelings swayed New England, ny ehtrust-
ing the command Of her army-for such II was-to
leader from the banks of the distant Potomac Whom
he already designated as the "beUved Washington
The melancholy tldings OF the death OF warren
were received with poignant grief throughout inc
country, and II may be doubted WHISTLER the Eost
brilliant success Bunker Hill could have done az
much to bind the colo MES together the NOBLE
though in lie Immediate iesu:s unavanR resistance;
the prouse, though at the time uaprontao'e ouponr
ing Of human blood. great revolution must De H.
Gugursted with great sacrifice and all pas
sions are ennobled by the publication OF sorrow nor
is certain that Warren had lie assumed the com
mani aud driven the enemy back to has boats wouio
have done as.much to kinde chastised and resolute
enthusiasm throughout the country, and unite the CO.
lonies in the impending struggle, ~ when ne sno@
dered bis musk-t aud fell in the rsnns.
And oh my friends let the lesson OF trsternal al
fec,ion which he taught us in his death be repeated
in the persuasive silence of those stony lips. In his
own lear;stirrug language, let "the rooa OF our ia
theirs blood cry to US from the ground" and upon
this sacred day, and upon this immortal hill. let ii
proclaim tuce 10 sectional alienation and party
strife a. the medieval church proclaimed the truce
Of God" Wherever elss the elements OF discord
may rage let the pillows sink down and the storm be
ushed, liks yuuder placid waves, at the foot OF Bum
ker Hill.
Here let the kindly feelings that animated our
fathers revive in the bosoms Of their Sons, assured
that-should "mace domestic or foreign levy " in
vads us-if living champions should fail, that monu-
rn.nta! cheek would burn with The glow OF patriot
ism, that marble sword would leap from it's scabbsrd,
and the heaving sods of Bunker Hill give up their
sheeted regiments TO the defence of the Union
The orator frequently interrupted by the ap-
plause OF the surrounding crowd.
Mr.. Warren. the president of the Monument Asso.
citation, responded.
Numerous brief speeches were made by Governor
Gardner, of Massachusetts; Gov. Dyer, OF Rhode
Island Gov Hall, of Connecticut 4. Z. Winthropi
Senator Mason, o! Virginia; and Hon. John F. Ken
needy, Of Maryland.
The Masonic ceremonies then took place, aud II all
Columbia" bsng sung by the audience the assem
blnge dispersed
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