Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-10-08
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ANOTHER SPEECH BY EVERETT.

from the Boston Advertiser oi Mohuay, we
take the tolowing
"on the invitation ot Captain b b Alexander,
under whose direction the work Is gong on,
pnrty consisting ot the clty government, dele
CATION from the grand lodge oil hassachusetts
Free Masons. and invited guests, numbering IN
all about four hundred, won't down the harbor on
Saturday IN the steamer Nantasket, ior the pur-
Pose oi laying the corner stone OF thc i'Enthouse
to be erected ON M'not.s Ledge Several addres.
scs were made. after which Hon Edward Everett
spoke rs follows:
M. Mayor. Captain Aierdnder, FeHoT- cthscns:
i an greatly indebted to you Tor thus KIND ro-
ccpti"n. and esteem 1t piece ot good fortune
tn hnvo been permitted. by Ills Honor III" mayor.
to bo present On an occasion ~ interesting ana
important Tho Mayor. however. Is iuly aware,
TINT have not come with any formal speech, ft
to follow the gentlemen whose carefully prepared
AMI eloquent addresses nave 'nrn'shea \" mucn
pleasure and instruction to tho company can
only "fcr you the unstnd.ed assurance oil my cor
dml sympathy; anu that III lew words mo
hour 's speeding; the grent eclipsng hight OF tho
heaven, after llnln'ng this hemisphere mas AREA
ay sunk behnd Those western Mus iH Par"mH
smile lingrrs upon th'n but u" has gone 10 k'hu'e
another portion "i ms circuit INTO l'ie M" IEht'
wh'i" the dSNky shadows "i evening s''"' over us
I'VE lave Ind pleasant though somewhat
'proniscn"us day. aud Tor one. Mr. Mayor.
mn not sorry To s'nnd ngnn ON fdrd hFnd !
Thought Tor u whie whch You hna US h""h h 'he
outer har'"r. thnt y'u had been learning lesson
from the sinking oi the Atlantic telegraph that
M they had laid that at tho bottom OF tho sea- you
were for laying tho r"rner-stoheoi Your lighthouse
below low-wa,cr mark However greatly approx
| ing the enterprise must own myself Too much
oi lnndsman to lav" co-operated very eihc'ehtiy
in the undertaking: and rather inferred from
! the grave looks ANA long inces I" se'ora, oi our
friends, that whs not a"ne IN thh' n'Hao''''y'.
but We nrc once more on good hrm lann, ana
| think the OF tce the better fur tle CIunpC
Of element.
We have come, sir. toexrrcss our interest IN
| grcnt public work. Well do | remember that
dreadful night, the 10Th OF April ihoi, wn"h
| furious storm swept along the '"ast OF New Eng
land. 10y which houses were nnr"olcd steoPicS
topped down and vessels driven On shore. In the
course of thnt tremendous night. the ghth"nsc
on Min"s Ledge Disappeared; II was last sccn
nt - O'Clock IN the aiternoon, nnd between tnht
hour and daylight tho toil"wi"g morn'"E '"'
ocean. driven IN by theiurious tempest. i'nu hcaV
ei the lighthouse from the nine iron pillars ON
which it rested, and which 1t twisted IKE os'ers.
had dashed 1t IN fragments ON the rocks ana
with it tho two brave men who, IN tnnt a"'ui
hour, stood bravery ~ thelr posts. We nave
come now, sir, to repair the desontl"ns oi thnt
hour. nnd to lay the cornerstone oi IL structure
! destined 10y that divine blessing which has been
30 iervcntly invoked by the reverend chaplain, 10
resist the utmost violence oi the wlhus una inc
| waves.
1t Is point second to no other on our coast
| both for the amount OF the commerce wh'ch
passes it. North and south, to ITS destined mar
kes, aud for the per,ls which here await 'no
mariner. II Mn"t Ledge roun Keep u NlnV'
! ledger, III winch the value ui every cargo 'ha'
passes 1t. III either direction, could bc cncreu'
and IN which another phgc-cou'i DC re-
corded the farin! applehens"'s ana heart
broken lamentations # anxious and bercaNei mo-
thcrs. wives. sisters and daughters, sorrownng'or
the delay "l the loved "nes,hesfined many OF mem
never to return, II would furnish nm illustration oi
, the Importance OF lighthouse on THESE m"urh'ui-
| ~ notorious rocks, which would need no comment
| OF mine.
| II is II work Of interest Tor other reasons, 10
| which you. SIR Itnpt. Alexnnier) nave 40 pert"
nently alluded. We nre assembled here to-day
not rs citizens Of Massachusetts, but a. citizens
of the United States. The lighthouse IL Tor ,he
| more immediate beheht oi MASSACHUSETTS, p"' .,'c
expense is borne by the general government Tho
appropriations for its construction nave been pas
sed by the concurrent votes OF ofr"prcsenat'vesirom
| the remotest parts OF tho Union AS tho light-
houses of Cape iintcra4, on the fiorida ree'' ana
Mt the mouths ot the Mississippi, have been erect
ed by the votes Of your representatives, ana pro-
portionally ly by the resources which you have fur,
nishcd to the common treasury, so the noble ana
expensive structure whose cornerstone ~ now
| laid will he laid, Will be built with the concur
renee aud MD OF your icllow-citizens who inh"bit
! portions OF the Union which the sun does not
reach the same Hour that nc sh'hes Oh you. !"
fact it was primarily for tho commerce OF inc
country. and nil the works and measures requisite
for its growth ANA protection mat ,he ,1hs'itu-
ton OF the United States was framed una the pre-
sent government established
But YOU are not alone promoting 'he interests vi
our own vast country IN erecting 'hs hooe S''uo
who has proceeded me. it isfor the common benefit
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