Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-09
THE GAZETTE.
SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9, 1858
ANOTHER SPEECH BY EDW. EVERETT.


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ANOTHER SPEECH BY EDW. EVERETT
Conservation Of iAmots Ledge Light House
We have come, sir. TO ~ press our iateres
in a great public work. Well do RENE IN
Der that dreadful night, the l6:h OF April
1851, when turioue storm swept aleng the
coas, Of NeS Ergand, by which houses were
unroofed. s'eeples toppled down aud vessels
driven on shore. 10 tue ure OF that tIemen
dous night, ihs light-he use N Miuot's Ledg'
disappeared; 1t was last seen at 81 o'clock i,
the afternoon. and between that hour anC
daylight toe following morning, the ocean
driven in hy the furious tempest, had teaSeL
the light. ouse ON the ripe iron pillars or
which it rested and wbich it twisted like osi
ers. had dashed it In fragments % the rock
and with it the two brave men who, 10 tha
awful hour, stood braseiy at their posts. We
have come now, sir. to repair the desolatlons
OF that hour. and to lay the Cornerstone OF q
structure destined 10y that divine pressing
which has been so ferVently invoked by the
reverend Chaplain, to resist the utmost 'io'
lepce of the winds and the waves.
Ii is point second to DO other on our coaet'
both for the amount of the commerce when
passes II, North and South, to It's destined mar
lets, aud for the periis which here await we
mariner. II Mino,'s Ledge could Keep MI
por's ledger, 10 which the value OF every car
90 that passes it, in either direction, could he
entered and in which-on another page
could be recorded the fearful apprehensions
and hear,-troken lamentatiCIs Of anAious
sud bereayed mothers, wives, sisters and
daughters, sorrowipg fos the delay oi the
losed ones, destined many OF them never To
return. it would furnish an illustration OF the
importance Of lighthouse Oh these mourn
fuIly notorious rocks, which would neeu no
comment Of mine.
liz isa work of interest for other reasons,
10 which you, sir. (Oapt. Alexander) have so
perrncntly alluded. We are assembled mere
TODAY, not IS cit'z,ns OF Massachusetts, out
as citizens of the United States. Tue hight
bouss is Tor the more immediate 6enehs Of
the commerce Of Massachusetts. but the ex-
pense is buroe by the general government
The appropriations Tor It's construction nave
been passed by the concurrent votes OF repre-
sentatives from the remotest paris OF Tue
Uoiop. As the lighthOusesot 1T Cape Hatteras,
ON the FLORIDA reef, and at the mouths OF the
M,ssi.sippi have been erected by the votes
of your representatives, and PROFESSIONALLY
by the resources which you haze furnlsheo
TO the common treasury, 80 the noble ana e4-
pepsive structure whose cornerstone Is now
laid, will he built with the concurrence snd
aid OF your fellow -citizpns who inbabit por-
tons OF the Union which the SUI does not
reach the same hour that be shines on you
10 fact, II was primarily for the commerce oil
tue luntry, end all tue works and measures
reousi,e for it's growth and protection, that
the Constitution OF the Uni,ed States was
fr med, and the present gpVercment estat'
Eshed.
Bat you are not alone promoting the inter
ests of our own vast country, In erecting thir
noble structure. A has been we'll stated by
the gentleman who bns preceded me. tis i0I
the CON mon teDc6t OF the Dstlons. Ihe ligh'
which y kindle, you kindle not 70 guide your
Own vessels al0ne-the Vessels ui tie irletoly
provinces ia the North from which we are wy
happy to see a ncst res3ectabie gentiemau
p,rs.t On this occasion. (lloG. Joseph Howe
OF H. litax and the vessels OF the noigbb boring
reDubic on The Souh whose late PRESIDED
General Couopfor') also honors Us with h''
preseuce, will equally share the bcrch'. Nay
cir, l. viii eXteUu To tue rec1o'eSt ieBiono Y
the civilized world, from which ship shall
go forth TO navigate our waters.
But most not detain you, Mr. Mayer anc
gentlemen, at this late hour. Let me close by
responding to the patriotic sentiment Of Cap
tain Alexander. As the costly and importan
structure whose erection be has so auspices
ou.ly commenced, has been founded and car
ried on under the auspices ofthe governmeh
of the Unlon, let it prove symtos u tba
Uniou's duration and sOlidity. Owingso moct
of our prosperity to ii, let Us warmly CHERISH
and support il. Let US remember bat IN TIT
eve; OF it's MISREPRESENTATION Heaven and 1T
mercy avert,-the protecting power Hhic'
now spreads its egis over u. East and Wet
and n nth and South, will be forever g'ne;--
ar j as you have told us. sir, that the sole
foundation nf the structure you are Fesrif
isl, K u and bolted together with dove tali''
blochs of crarite aud bar Of gaiVan'zsd ir"'
so as never 20 he moved, 90 may The SIsts
States Of ill.,, Union he forever bound '"seihe
by the stronger ties. 0: commcn l"t gua q
kindred blood, and mutual affe',iot.