Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-02-24
CITY AND COUNTY.

me uIttuay OF washington was observed
In Worcester by the ringing OF BELLS the firing
OF guns, and public meeting at Mechanics
Hall, at which Washington's Farewell Address
was read, and speeches were made b, Hon.
Henry Chaplin on calling the meeting to order,
and Mayor Aldrich, who presi led. The Fare.
well Address was read by Henry S. Wash
burn, Esq, after which Mr.. A. S. Allen sung
the national ode, "America,'' with fine effect.
Hon. Alexander II. Bullock was then intro.
duced, who spoke substantially as follows:
Mr.. Mayor Il desire to thank you as the
chiel magistrate of the city that in common
with millions OF our countrymen, and by every
available manifestation OF visible token, we
have been officially invited to recognize and
signalze the suspicious return OF this anniver,
safy, born OF Heaven. We do we'll after the
lapse OF one hundred and thirty years since
HIS birth, to pause in our business to honor
that name, In comparison with which there ia
no name IN human annals,-to remember and
to cherish in cur heart OF hearts HIM who,
while living, was first in peace, first in war,
hrst III the hearts OF his countrymen, and now
alter two generations from his death, we NAV
add, first and isolated i'll the intelligent admi
ratons OF the ages OF mankind. Cheers
This is not Il time or place to indulge in his
aduIaton. Upon him, fortunately, all the ex.
uberance OF eulogy has long since been ex
hausted. Him the appreciation of his coun.
trymen has already Withdrawn FROM the par
niture of history and letters, and restored to
that simple elemental condition of character
III which he will forever challenge the gaze of
the centuries. Ills name, his lIe his charac.
ter-GEoRGE WAsHINGToN-stands a monu-
mental pillar, SO plain, so symmetrical SO au-
uSt that III
vine beauty of the structure. Loud applause
Therefore, Mr. Mayor amid the events OF
our time, so rapidly accommodating and so
certainly eliminating, you have invited us to
assemble, not so much 10 eXpatiate in his
praise as to ponder upon his counsels-to in,i
tate his moderation-to admire his wisdom
and above all to practice his faith which sus
tanned him through the protraced agony of
the revolution, in the scarcely less dramatic
period OF the confederation, and during the
formation OF the constitutions; and the first
years OF its administration over which Proyi
dence, in mercy to us, permitted him 10 pre-
side
Slxly-six years, two generations of men,
have passed away since the unadorned words
OF that Address tell from his lips and over all
lie epochs which have marked the world from
that DAY to the present, those words OF almost
supernatural prudence and foresight even now
steal into our senses and fill our ears, like the
solaGe OF music through a long-drawn valley,
Ike the sweet refrain OF the song of angels
Listen to him again, Mir Mayor and fellow
citizens =" HE UNITY OF GOVERNMENT
which constitutes you ONE PEOPLE y II X ls
main pillar in the edifice of your real indie
pendence, the support OF your tranquility at
nome, your peace abroad; OF your safety, of
your prosperity, of that very liberty which
you SO highly prize" We have treasured thy
words, thou more tn IN philosopher, guide, and
friend! The truth OF them we have endeay.
ored to cherish in periods of great contumely
and public wrongs. The testimony OF our
devotion to them is borne to MS empyrean
abode, recorded this day in the best blood of
our neighbors and friends, our brothers and
sons. In the attestation our flags are stream
ing gaily throughout the city this afternoon,
while, as part of the sublime but surrowtul
testimony, there is crapein many a dwelling.
IHE UNITY OF GOVERNMENT X one
people the pillar of our Independence
tranquility at home, peace abroad, safety
prosperity, liberty" Grand truth dear to
every American heart How il binds the
loyal states this hour in fraterual embrace and.
thanks to God, how it is bringing back to
their allegiance states that were lost but are
found again! (AppIause.) That lruth,-of
which Washington in his lifetime upon earth
has given us a charmed nationality for seven
ty years, which III the eleme nts of strength
and power has made US the first in all the
Word,-yes, sir, sometime alter the Trent
cometh the judgment (cheers first in all the
Wortd,'-whlGh has whitened every sea with
our commerce, which has carried the meteor
flag OF our navy into every cline, which has
cheered anu animated tile down.trodden of
every Iand;-that truth OF our unity, one
country, one constitution, one destiny, ianear-
ell to our hearts at this moment than in all the
years OF the past And it is more potential
and better established this evening than when
IN f9o 1t was proclaimed from his immortal
peii For 1t has been tried and put to the test
Behold the manifestations OF its power Ii
has spoken trutnpettongued from the nassa-
ere OF Balls Bluff. 1t bazed forth amid :he
fire and smoke Of Port Royal. 1t carried our
gallant countrymen VIGOROUSLY through the
unequal conflict at Mil Spring. II is return.
eu 10 our affections with fresh assurance and
ne" endearment from the glories of Roam
oke (Cheers J 1t assembled in triumnh
amid the rolr of cannon and the voice NJ
I pray er to the capture OF Fort Henry. Il burst
iorth with uneXtinguishable lustre upon the
nafK ana bloody summit OF Fort Donesou. II
Is, 1t as The word OF Washinglon:-
Glory Glory Haleluiah
his soul is marching on (Cheers.)
1t has saved Maryland, so as by fire. 1t has
snalched Missouri from the dark abyss of So.
cesslon, INTO which we begin to believe she
never really intended to plunge. 1t has res
cued kentucky, which holds the ashea of
Clay, and which, God helping us, never shall
hold the ashes of Breckenridge. (Applausel
Within thirty days twill have redeemed Fen
hessee from Virginia TO the river, so that the
voice OF Andy johnson shall again be echoed
through her mountain gaps ana over her blue
hits, sweeping with its patriotic cadence the
tomb OF jackson and almost awakening to
another life of victory that treasured dust. and
startling, as with the archangel's trump. to
Judgment and retribution, John Bell, from the
grave his own hands have digged. loud
cheers. 1t will open the gates OF New Orle-
ans, and within sixty days the flags which
dance to-day from our house.tops will be wei
coined with new joy in the streets of that
metropolis.
.sIhe unity OF government, *** one people,
** the main pillar of our Independence y
These words thrill and magnetic the ranks of
our gallant army wherever line is formed on
this festive day. They have read them as we
read them, from the parting counsel of Wash.
ington. They adopt them as their talismanic
motto. They read it as the flaming Constan.
tlhlan cross III the sky-wITH THIS you SHALL,
CONQUER Already the symbol has been trans
ierred TO their shields and banners. Having
entered the service tor the restoration of the
UNITY OF the government, they desire not TO
return until in their hands the mission nj
Washington shall be fulfilled. | have this
morning broken the seal of a letter from a
near friend, no stranger here, Lieut.. Colonel
. Sprague (cheers), written after the battle of
Roanoke, and concluding with the words in