Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-07-13
For hs Enquirer.
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION In LUNEN
BURG.


The eighty second anniversary OF American lhae
pendence was c-lebraied Saturday, the sd Day oi
July, at Oral Oaks High School, In inc coun'S -
Lunenburg, under the auspices ot the Orat C"h De
batting Society, in very spirited ana pa'.to'lo h'n'
ner by more than one thousand OF ltS cHIZens' III
cuding more than four hundred OF her fair daughter'
giving zest and spirit to the occasion oy 'neI spl'n
ling eyes, beautiful faces and mstchess intelligence,
and doubt not but many hearts were caP"f"'eu
on that occasion.
with come very handsome, chaste, beautiful and hP
proprs;e remarks, and read by the Torlhy ana nr''
yent principal Of lhe school, MIR r. A ion'S'e -,
He was followed by our talented young H'enu' 'i'
Ii. l.. lee. native OF our county. now resloen. u
Boydtou, Va, in q speech ot ihirty hVe mihu'e',
fraught with beauty Of ofdcton, chaste language sou
logic and high republican etatesman Ike views An
present could bur observe the marked dln-rencs o'
twaen hls learned, sensible and valuable discour'e
and the himsy, trashy. wordy, senseess, common
nIan. ora,iona too common 10 our day. De IS de4
tn.d at no dst ant day mark his name high upon
the column OF lame.
The company w8s then entertained, for sixty five
minutes in most beautiful, eloquent ana ph'httic
manner. by our old friend Mr. f K. Chambers, who
il also one of the many bright and noble sons OF old
Lnnrnburg but now a resident Of Boydton, virginia.
His speech needs no need Of praise from our feeble
pen-sll who know him are familiar with his vast
powers of intellect aud nstchless eloquence. Suffice
il 10 say he brought tears from eyes unused to weep,
are sorry that he would not consent TO i;s puoic6
ton. -.
The good order, harmony and patriotic feeling
which pervsded the whole assembly speaks volumes
for our Government and free Republican institutions.
We like TO see this day celebrated in tho country,
where the old and young, great ana SMALL r'ch and
poor, high and low ali minge together 10 one grand
Jubilee and make the old forest reaound with ehouts
Of heartfelt JOY and gadness.
After partakng of an old fashioned Virginia bar
becue the exercises wers closed by drinking tbe
following tossts Colonel T. II Allen presiding, as st
ed by Messra. 0. NJ Smith and Orlando Smith Vice
Presden,s, and WIN NJ. Bsgby acting IS secretary.
REGULAR ruAsrs.
l. The Day We Celebrate. May ltd snnua return
ever continue 20 excite czens 10 the performance
OF noble and self sacrificing deeds IN Inc cause VI i.p
erty and fire their souls with undyng hatred 70 ~
ranny. s.,
=. George Washington. The boon of providence
N The hnman race; his fame Ia eternity and his resi-
dence creation. ,,-I.,
Patriots and lovers Of liberty, Their nemea and memo
r;ss will ever be remembered TO be loved and cher
ished ,. nv.
arc .nbalmed in the heart of every true American.
) Soldiers of 1872. Noble sons Of lllusrrious sires
g. The Federal Constitution. It's strict construc
ton the only safeguard TO its perpetuation.
I. State of Virginia. The mother of States snd
Statesmen. Whilst with one arm she upholds the
rights of The S0ath may she with the other embrace
tn frde-n. coa-t.,riion.
:. Oar F.Gg. Isy ii ever wave the laEt OF
ne free and the nom- OF the brave, aordDg protec
ton 90 lis friends and striking terror INTO the hrarta
OF IS ioes.
O. The Pfesi,ien; of the United States. May he
not be judicialy blinded. but may he cling to the
Constitution like the mariner to the last plank when
night and the tempest close around him
TO- Lafayette. The friend of liberty and the foe oi