o V <^ ** .Q-n ':%V. \-Q^ ^^ ^ ^ \' '^», f ■» c? A 9 rD .*^^^ :^' '- ' ' » ^l{, '^ ♦ i*^-!!*'^ .^'"-"-^ AN ORATION, DELIVERED IN ST. PHILIP S CHUnCH, BEFORE THE INHABITANTS OP CHARLESTON, SOUTH-C;aROLINA| dN FRIDAY, THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1S17 IN COMMEMORATION OP American Independence 5 BY APPOINTMENT Or • THE '76 ASSOCIATION, And puUhhsd at the Request of that Sociefji 7" BY BENJAMIN ELLIOTfEsq, h MEMBER OF THE '76 ASSOCIATIOJf, CHARLESTON:' PRINTED BY W. P. YOUNG, No. 44, BROAD-STREET^ t^ t^i i^. 1817. tui^b m'»ci'iiX^saa/m»».»m999^»9m»!» AMERICANS, THE Day of Freedom has again con- vened us — Proud are its recollections, delightful the duty it imposes. Now are we invited to give ourselves to the enjoyment of that sera, which an admiring World would emulate ; an asra that at once entendcrs, sublimates, and imparts those sen- timents, which both adorn and protect our ele- vated station. Valor has been commemorated— Hypocrisy has used the machinery of gorgeous festivals, to draw more closely the chains with ■which a senseless multitude v^^ere already encir- cled. But never has the globe been dignified by a spectacle of loftier moral grandeur, than this hour presents. Here is a community who exult in the fulness of real bliss, yet remember it was won by virtue, and by virtue only can be retain- ed. Applauded by millions, yet unintoxicated with impious self confidence, they place the success of their counsels on the aid of him before whom strength is weakness, and human wisdom, folly. And, my countrymen, were there a peri- od, which could peculiarly evince your distinction,, this would be the period. Every section of A 2 Europe v.'ritlies under distress, the triumphant are in misery, and the humiliation of the unfor- tunate is aggravated by the contrast of iheir former pre-eminence. S'iil Columbia remains imtarni^hi :(| — you, the one people who have never deserted the cause of man, or been visited with the curse of kings. Nature urges the enquiry, how shall we continue to ourselves, how ensure to our posterity, the beatitude vvc inherit ? Why, like the statuary, we mu*;t study a model whose perfections all acknowledge Our revolutionary ancestors are that political modtl. II ever one generation should bow to anothet, we should bow to them — to them a e we indebted for a condi- tion u'tsich renders the agf' of Saturnus no longer a poet's fable, Let us ihcn not only indulge, but cherish the feelings which lead through their his- tory. vSo often is pity touched at their suffer^ in^^^, hiph -minded ambiiion fo oiien is fired by their deeds, and philosophy so charmed at the profundity and bo'd devi lopements of their schemes^ that he, indeed, mu seem; d concentred on one object— the ema- (ipaiiun of their iountry. Oppression had but ptrpetrattd its Inst outrage, when a thou5.tad pioairaie iiierceiiaries on Bunker- hiU wrre an admcnitory proof fl.at the zeal of re- pubLtai'S would equal the tactics o {iovalists. li; rsher trials, and succeeding year ., maniicsted more brilliantly this cncouniging fact. Shrill we recal Trenton, \\here upv. irds o! nine hLindred Hessian alii syieldedto their suppose d captives? King's Mountan, where Shelby checked the tor- re 1, and turned invasion on the invaders? Ben- uington, where farmers conquered regulars, twice in one day ? Or Lincoln k pnrfuir, when Provost of old fied like Pre vost of Plattsburgh. The intuition of democracy levelled to insignificance the learning of monarchy. To the^e resplendent qualities, ^vas added a dauniles'-ncss, which viewed danger only as the Theatre of Fame. Moultrie was told " vour incom- plete fort will be blown down" — 'Mhen we'll con- quer amidst ifs ruins," was his re})lv. Vv'hen Tarlcton was beaten, militia, not mereK stood the bayonet, but led by our venerable Pickens, made an irresisiible charge through the n^ost awful fire. \Vhaf did not ' umpter achieve — that soul whom peril couid not intimidate, i or misfortune un-- lit rve ! How many have died in transport, under the colors of Independence. Vv as not this the spirit of llLme, of M'Donald ? And of how many nameless iv;aiN r, vvhomi capricioi;s fame will not allow us lo adote, but v>ho^e lives were voluntary oflering^ for our liberation? Anolhei trait, on which adc-iiration must dwell;, A 3, is the magnanimity of these Heaven-souled pa«. iriots. Insulted by the opinions, incensed at the atrocines oftheir iicartless foe, yet never did they wantonly add mortification to his disasters. Even, Burgoyne, sent with the cannibal Indian to slaugh- ter, not only the warrior, but the babe, could not ibrce them to cruelty. Compelled to lay down his arms at Saratoga^, Gates with his comrades, would not even witness the humiliation, and the sympa- thies of friendship could not more have mitigated his sorrows, than did the unmeasured beneficence of republican hospitality — This sensibility to mis- fortune, was reciprocated by Cornwallis, in at- tempting to degrade the brave Lincoln, who with one third his number had stayed his approach for forty-two davs, at the nominal barriers of Char- lesion. His Lordship however, at Yorktown, was made to present ids sivord to the same Lincoln, and undergo his own prescription ; that he might be enabled to instruct his countrymen in the folly of expecling to humble a people, who de- light in no contest, but that of humanity. Often has the prisoner blessed th \nansion of his captor, and {ncsuO'cring hireling found himself cherished by the hand he was subsidized to destroy. But the virtue, tliat made every other more august, was a devotion to country, which adversity invigorated. Domestic case — the comforts, the grandeur of wealth were foreseen as the victims to be immolated. Events confirmed their an- ticipations yet each calamity, but incited to new 1. sacri^cies. Marion, driven from Ins home, ^^ns more than consoled, that the oak under which he slept, grew in the soil of liberty, and the roots, that subsisted him, were not the donation of a master. And the Patriot-sentinels of West Point, (tho* traduced by one, who boasts intimacy with the profligate convict) proved that poverty and America were preferred to opulence and tieach- ery. Our enemy, to break the spirit, violated every custom of civilization. Citizens were incarcerated in pestilential dungeons, called pri- son-ships, whence they were allowed to escape on the single condition, of being enrolled against their country. They chose death. When Barlov^ painted Britain, under the form of cruelty, pre- siding o'er these repositaries of horror, he afted the simple historian, fancy cannot deepen, truth, lierself, in detailing what was suffered, becomes incredulous and drops the pen. The last groans of our fathers was music to Englishmen, and it seemed a vi^lory, that their bodies had yielded, though their souls would never bend. Ignomini- ous executions were added, and murder was le- galized — The murders at Camden, the martyrdom in our own city on the 4th of August, shall never pass to oblivion, until we despise our freedom and merit chains. During these gloomy hours, the daughters of Columbia, feelingly illustrated, how the beauty of patriotism transcends the charms cf persons — The letes of joyous Britons were dis- dained, and the abode, where the continentalist pined in want, was their selected resort. They % ^ladclenecl at every success of ifeir country and "when calamity came, cheered the anxious with those davs, when the banners ot America, should %vave, never again to droop, ir the virtue of our .ancestors expands the hearf, their policy cannot but illumine the judgment. Here indeed was philosophy ma e practical They resolved a scheme of, emancipation after a full study of the character of their constituents — of the cabinet to be opposed -and of tne danger-^ to be cncounfered The people Sf-emed to lead when Congress already had given the impulse. Tor every event they v«ere prepared, and when the tempest r ged, it had already been foreseen. The great enterprise was conducted bs these new statesmen, without once receding from a position to which ihey had advanced.— Whilst t'^e experi- enced ministers of Britain, never proceeded but in disgrace, and from the denunciation ol "un- conditional submission" were happy to 1 ave the colonies ireey sovereign, and independent states. This triumph of wi^^dom is the more interesting, fr©m having formed the epoch when man sav/ demonstrated his capacity for self government, Dickinson awakened his countrymen to their situation, and first shook the colonial despotism. Other luminous minds increased the approaching day, when arose the author of Common Sense. Fearless of the prejudices of ages, he urged Ame- ricans to prove to their species, that kings were sfiii6lionsj and the people who would be happy mnst regulate themselves — The hearts of repub- licans vibrated to the do6lrine ; and the felicity we boast is the comment on its correctness. It has been our mortification to see royalists, and the dupes of royalists, misuse the religious errors of this vahunble champion and fnend^ to sink his political truths. But we, I trust, will honor all whom our fathers honored. — Sacred be the name of each, who stood to the standard of Indepen- dence ; and tho* his frailties were as crimson, this alone were sufficient to efface them, and robe him in ermine. Ever to be guided by the principles of this a:ra, my countrymen, evinces both sagacity and grati- tude. Blessed as we are with the means: the dis- semination of such principles should be our pride. The Arts should resuscitate our heroes, who encir- cled with their resplendant deeds, would impel ourselves and our descendants to an hono- rable imitation. — Marble may become ani- mr.te in the cause of liberty, and point our youth the road to immortality. Already, Americans, have you conliructed to '76 two mo- numents more auguft, and not less permanent, than those of Egypt. — The code of fieedoni, our con- stitution is one. By it have been realized what seemed the ethereal dreams of philanthropy. The sages of antiquity were not allowed to see the gov- ernment which could make a people free, but not licentious — polished, but not effeminate — brave & magnanimous, enlightened and not supercilious. B ^0 Such a government America now presents, and tyrants, as they contemplate it, tremble at its splendors. Of similar grandeur, with the establishment of the constitution, is the late triumphant war. Here is a monument, at which distant posterity will glow, and by which we shall ever be instructed. All the hate, all the artifices, all the depravity, which were exercised against our fathers, aided by a similar tremendous disproportion of power, were brought against us. From the peace of '8$ Britain had established among us a deep Jesuit system, to throw into contempt sentiments of in- dependence — to make us either relapse into colo- nies, or separate into hostile communities, whose only polcy would be mutual misery and degrada- tion.— Henry's mission is one evidence; but that which renders ar:;ument superfluous is, the Hart- ford Convention. Here we saw the fruir, if be- fore we Houbtcd the existence of the deleterious tree. A coalition had trampled popular sovereign- ty in Europe, our ferocious enemy had become more terrible by a sudden accession of means, when an organized band of inflated aristocrats, leagued with envenomed tories, start up., deny arssistance, and recommend secession from the confederacy. Shall this ever be forgotten ? Not until experience cesses to be your guide. It was not a transient phrenzy, it was the test of a scheme planned by a foreign cabinet, to incite us to neli-desitruction, and prove that a republic was a chimEera, The vain hope of seeing' this magnificent continent the appendage oF a trans- atlantic island, never died, until the Hartford Convention exploded in impotence. The attempt is not to be lamented. But for this. Dexter would not have appeared, spurning the trammels of party, and impressing on the age, the devotion with which Americans bow to their laws. Holmes would not have beamed forth, dismaying the foe, and filling us with pride for the worth and talents by which we were supported. The deluded, themselves, indignant at their infamy, already declare their reform. Nor can the benefit be local. Every section of our empire, with an ela- tion that cannot be reprehended, will contrast its demeanor, and remain inflexibly true to the di- rections of patriotism. With what elevation may you review your condu6l, citizens of South-Ca- rolina. Yon did not call forth a pharisaic dastard to recommend you to the enemy for fervice.s against your own government. Your religion did not forbid encomiums on the heroes who bled for your fafety. "Your holy ministers did not sacrilegiously invoke the wrath of Heaven on your public guardians. — No — You selected as the chief of your state, a patriot who regretted he had but one life to expose for his country. An advanced corps you entrusted to another, with whom integrity and valor are inmates, and who in the field would have furnished Englishmen no strong considerations for gratitude. It is youi.- boast to have been eminently auxiliary in effect- B 2 ing this " second struggle for Independence.*' Posterity will learn, with pride, that as in '76 so in 1812, every representative oF vSoulh-Carolina advocated hostilities against Britain. The enthu- siasm with which your monumental ramparts were reared, evinced the spirit oppofed alike to fub- rnission, to dread, to partiality. You are, my ffllow-citizens, guilty of being without one claim on the enemy's love. May you continue to merit her hatred, the irrefragable attestation of fidelity to America. With us. Gentlemen of the '76 Association, the inemory of those days will ever revive the noblest aiid most endeariiig recollections. Moved at (he trials, our republic was passing, we were cheered by the smiles, but never saddened at the way- Tvardncss o! fortune. Failure seemed but a ftimu- lant to a people, who we thought would not tolerate insignilicance and contempt. — The sen- timent has proved correct; hope has not been fallacious, and our bliss is complete in the bliss of our country. If the war has demonstrated that the councils of America, may be embarrassed by treason, but not discomfited, it will also impress in fulness the disposition of that enemy, who endeavored to enslave our fathers. Did any citizen ever ques- tion. Vvheiher England would use against us everj mean of destruction, his error is now dispelled. To ilu'ow into perdition the land of his nativity or adoption, he has seen Iier become the associ- ate of the negro, the pirate and thesavage. At Fer- nandina, citizenship was proffered to all who would assassinate their masters — the pirates of Barrataria, were invited to join Britons, as brethren in prin- ciple — in Fort Mims, 160 mothers, children, and fathers were consumed together at her insti- gation — and on the Raisin, the wounded helpless prisoner whom mercy would have cherished, was massacred by her allies, and then devoured by dogs and swine. But one atrocity seemed committed that uncertainly might never return — the conflagration of our infant-capitol. The tyrant imagined she had realized the wish of Nero, and at a blow could annihilate a people. But when the incendiary Englishman applied the torch, he lighted, in the heart of every American, a fire which may bright- en the world, with the flames of the execrable nation, that missioned him to the deed. This champion of religion, was indeed unrivalled in plunder, burning, and similar warfare ; but who was enwreathed with eternal laurels ? Not Britain. She titled herself mistress of Ocean, yet of sixteen combats, in which mutual skill was tested, the Republicans won fourteen.* — Of these two ■were in squadron. We know of no superiority obtained by a fleet of the enemy — unless in the iinparallelled performance on the Serpentine — ■ * The following are the conspicuous engagements^ in Nvhith B 3 but there the American ships were manned with Englishmen. To terrify and chastise us, the elite of her ar- my were pompously arrayed. They were scour- ged, and ch:ised home. When attacked they were beaten, and in most of their assaults they were foiled. Need Brown's sortie be recalled, the at- tacks on York and Fort George ? Canwe forget the transcendent defences of Fort Meig^, Sandusky, Ivl obi !e, Fort Erie ? Shall this day ever pass with- out revivino- the fame of Armistead ? Democratic Ealiimore was a suitable victim for royal venge- the naval skill of Britain and America was tested. In the terai loss, we include both wounded and killed. Thus in Warrington's victory over the Epervier, there were but two wounded in his ship, his whole loss. amehican victories. Amcriccii Vessels. Constitution Wasp United States Constitution rion?et IDecatur I.nterprize l.ake Erie peacock Wasp Wasp Lake Champlain Constitution 14 Hornet Captains. Am. loss, Hull \A Jones 10 Decatur 12 Bainbridge 34 LavvTence 3 D'Iron 20 M'Call 13 Perry 123 Warrincrton 2 Biakeiy 26 Dlakely 3 M'Donough no Stewart 15 Ucklle ri AmXBritiih Vessels. \Br, loss. 76 So 104. 210 40 60 39 160 21 65 44 194 Guerrlere Frolic Macedonian Java peacock Dominica Boxer Epervier Reindeer Avon Levant 7 & Cyane j Peniiuiij 77 42 y f< > w u bij ■5 t: -0 CO a w (i> ^ t> CJ ■n til in en JS ij lyi J^ .•s U ance. It was thought republicanisiii would crouch to inonarchy ; but the undaunted Ealfimoreans *' made a demonstration" that the eagle oMiberty shall hover victoriously o'er the lion oftlespotism. For lour and twenty hours the atmosphere flamed with the vindictive cannonade. Yet when the inorning dawned still The star-spangled banner, in triumph did wave, O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave. But what seraph shall descend to speak the glories of Orleans. Jove did not hurl the 01) m- phian thunders, nor did Mars mingle in a conllicl, immortal as that of his own Ilium ; but thou, inconquerable genius of America, thou wcrt at once the God of War, and avenger of the wrong- ed. The whirlwind is meek, the torrent slow, compared with the band that rushed from the Alleghanies. Children of peace, they but saw the invaders, and became soldiers. Three limes did the disciplined myrmidons of Britain advance in desperate column — each time (he earth was strewed with the enemies of the Kepublic. Europe was benighted in tyranny, when burst forth this star, attesting, one nation yet shone, who would never bend to Kings. In this resistance to your unchangeable foe. My Countrymen, you have shewn yourselves worthy your descent. Cheering must it have been to the f«w revolutionary fathers, who remain with us — they m.tist now feel that thcv have toil- ed and lived for great purposes. — And yet the biiss of their posterity is not the sole cause of their holy exultation. The revolution has exal- ted the world. At it became emulous, that nation which seems sacred to Mars, the Loves, and Miner- va. Frenchmen learnt in the camp of Washington that the soldier's highest renown was gained in the battles of freedom. At their own court, in Franklin and Jefferson, they saw, splendidlyillus- trated, how republicanism was adorned with sci- ence, patriotism, and c^enius. The great people of Europe moved, and every crown shook. Ty- rants conspired, and the tri-colored flaw; waved o'er their submii-sive capitols. Domestic ambi- tion and forri"!! artifice convulsed, and but dis- memberc'Jthe new empire. Bonaparte appeared, fr.cfion vani^ihed. He flew abroad, the anointed cohered as he swooped, and were exposed in Jegi- iimate noihingncss. The groans of modern Britons — the l applications of all Europe, pro- claimed that tlie confederates of Pilnilz were o'erwhelmed by iheir own tempest. Prodigies were his daily acts, when fortune struck him from her roll. Yet a nighf had scarce passed, the revelries of his inebriated inferiors were not closed, v^hei), like Fhcebus, he ajain fired the horizon, covering with his beams a gazing world. Again has Providence allowed this great charac- ter, and his great country, to sink together. Le- gitimacy dreads lis name, and would extinguish his being. Policy, impotent and senseless ! Can the sods thu hwvy the limbs of Napoleon, bury Ms fame ? A spot may contain his body, his yenown — -the Universe barely holds. An amiable sensibility makes us partake the afflictions of one, so idenfided with a people to ivhom we desire the highest prosperiiy. Circam- stanccs, however, emauaie from his late, at whicli every American should awake. The discomfiture ol a French army has been mistaken for the an- nihilation of the human mind. \^ e are toldj man has no rights, but God created him the property of Kings. Jt is even said equality was not designed. between those who acquire, and those who inherit crowns. This may be correct. Ccesar, Cromwell, and the greater Kapoleon, cannot be equalised witri *' Mr. Guelph, and his profligate sons." Of what benefit has monarchy been to our race? Why is the old world fl} ing under the wings of the new ? To escape Kings. Are they essential to the de- fence of nations ? Their armies are always van- quished by republicans. Greece proved this. Svvis- seiland proved it at Morgarten. France at Ge- mappe, Fieurus, Hohenjinden and Marengo — and two triumphant American Wars substantiate the assertion. Is monarchy inspiring? Why then, have they, who have inpsired the world by their genius, been remarked for a contempt of Kings ? So felt the empyreal-sou led Aliieri. So, in France, Montesquieu, Voltaire, D'Alom- "bert, Carnot. In England, i\iiUon, Sidney, Locke. And in our own country! — in our country, I trust, it is the single sentiment ; for were there a thing so vile as an American who admires monarchy, it would be a thing formed to rrawl on earth; and Earth herself would shrink at her own debasement, when knowing this was her true off- spring. Our present relation (o the world, would alone characterize Anieiican Independence, as ano- ther salvation. But for this solitJiry asylum would not cur feliow-beings, be involved in the tartarean blackness of despair ? What loftier honor, shall national pride desire ? Protector of man, comforter of misfortune. Such is our country, already admired in infancy — but only time c-ATt develope her grandeur — How vaft thatnutnber, who, hereafter, like us, will hail this immortal day ! Activity, intelligence, and the produ61ive arts are the aq;ents of population. We have seen them give France 174 inhabitants, to the square mile, the Neiherlands 2i?2, and Holland the prodigious average of 275 Emi- nently operative as they are in America, possessing as she does upwards of two mil- lions of square miles, and eftimating 150, to the square mile, her full growth will be con- stituted byTiiREE HUNDREU MILLIONS OFFREEMEN. • I^ussja's empire, the great empire of Na- poleon, never exceeded forty-five millions. Afionishing as will be thf magnitude of our |:opulationj not less alloni&hing is the rapiditj with which it will be attained. In 1607^* one hundred in the Wilderness of James Kiver, were all the inhabitants of the present United States. In 1701, they reached two hundred and sixty- two thousand, and are at present, about nine millions. Will not the two centuries ensuing^, then, give us our entire amount ? Aaothcr trait in our political futurity will be, the more complete amalgamation of thesa states, into one community. We were unnerved with the dread thctt our union was transient. Europe presented hostile clans, combined and converted into mighty nations ; and yet we were taught that colonies affiliated by interest, affection, sympathy, could not harmonii::e. Tlie world was seen fraternised by commerce, and we were told, that the Patomac should only echo the cannon, and redden with the blood of the North against the South. This, with other colo- nial prejudices, is disappearing. Union has become a national sentiment, and will be more ^J-'rugresiive J'upulation of the Lnued >>(utes. YEAR. 1607 1620 1660 1 701 177^- 1790 INUMBER. 100 2,300 85, 000 262,000 i,o53>o-o 2,141007 3.929,3^6 7,2 3 9/;*^ 3 C 3 AV THORITY. Chalmers. Chalmers. J Chalmers, and ^ Spairord's i^-. York, Rev. Dr. HumphreySc Provincial Census. Gov. Fownall. United states Census. to ador?d by our children, than even by ourselves. Yet the most bcautifui asp!?!ct of the new world, ever will be, her doniestJc beatitude, and disregard of ambition's enticeraeDts. II the amiable man, blessed by his consort, encircled with his innoceiitts be the spectacle in which the blessed delight ; how shail the world be affected'at beholding the greaiest nation, the 35iOot harmless, and occupied only in exJending fcUcity ! What has been like this ? Conquest is hateful, science frivolous, coniTiared to such glory. In thy domain only. Father of Love, shall we see the prototype of America's emulation ! Note continued. Population of ench of the oKi Staves in 1 701, according to the Kcv. Dr. rluiDphrejs — and in iJjlA, accordiiio; to the Pro- vincial Census. I 701 I7A0 -: Massachusetts 70,000 220,CX)0 Conncciicut 30,000 1 00,000 Ebode Isiaud 10,000 35^000 Kew Hainjishire 1 0,000 30^000 l\ew-Yoik 30,000 100,000 Kev/-Jersey 15,000 6o,coo Pciinsyivania 20,000 .150,000 J\iar Viand ?. 5,000 35,000 Vir^>inia 4 J, 000 85,000 Korth-Curolina 5,000 45,000 South-Carolina 7,000 30,000 Georgia o,coo 6,000., Louisiana o,coo 7,000" Tola! 262/000 J^053,ocQ Bligliting to arbitrary govern in cnt, as would be this spectacle, '* this mischievous example of democratic rebellion," intrigues against our tran- quillity might be apprehended. But Providence here gives one of the brightest manifesfaiions of her benevolence towards her favorite children. E- vcn kings are made instrumental in chf-rishing America. Our navy has avenged Europe, and every monarch of the continent is elate at its success. Britannia rules the waves, was rung to their humiliation, and felt in their most peace- ful concerns. Was any kingdom enriching it- self vath domestic establishments, or opening Bcw sources of opulence abroad ? The jealousy of this island intruded, their towns were battered, their commerce desolated. Britannia no longer rules the waves. Your skill, your heroism have annihilated her odioitsfame. When Hull coolly i assailed the ^ucrriere, and made her cower be- I jieath his baliners— to many it seemed a deed not to be repeated. From Champlain and Eiie, from the Southern Seas and African coast, ascen- ded new beams of American pre-eminence — it then shone but as the lirststar of a galaxy. And when we recall the inexperience of many who have given celebrity to their republic, our admi- ration augments. Thus no victory was more resplendent than the capture of the Boxer, by our young townsman. Never had lie witnessed ji conilict, the brave Bwiirroughs lay slaughtered before him, yet with veteran composure he fliakes the war- work proceed, and ^ives the c 3 Union a token that Gadsden and Moultrie yet live in their countrymen. Our Naval skii! is appreciated by European statesmen as tlieir best security. May not Ame- rica then, ere this century shall close, lead a maratime coaiifion to the shores of Britain, car- ry retribution to tyranny, and restore to man his long-usurped domain? — Such events are evolvino — and with delight may thepatriot advo- cates of tnis establishment contemi-date the ful- filment of tlieir predictions — ^justly may they share it^ loiry renown, and claim applause lor the beatific revolution it is destined to effect. Grateful as is this perspective abroad, not less cxhilirating are domestic changes already begun. The United States have unalterably determined the esfa lishment of Manufactures. Indepen- dence is then safe. — Arts will be introduced — va- riety ottered to cverv species of talent — union confirmed — foreign infUicnce superseded. *Great- er minds nevi r guided a nation than those who have urged ihis polity. Irom the first move- ment of liberty it was recommended as a mean both of opiilence and protection. What has already been per'ormed is a rich exhibition of * Among the inany able prodJctions enfjrcing the policy of America's ctabii-'hing ivianufacUires, see Dr. Rusli's Address, 1775. Kamilton's Meport, I7;^r. Gallatin's Report, iSio. Coxc's Digest, 1S12 ; and .-^ainpson's eloquent Address or behalf of the New-York A3S'>.ci.;Uon, 1S16. our fDpacity^ ainl the unyielding:; pciseverprre of Americans will rcver be cvricdn e by the stratagems or com|etition of a vigilant rJNal. One improvement mr re is vvjinfing to give our cGuntrv that disiinctive tlKnactcr, that splendid influence fully within h' r acquisi- tion — a national svstcm of national (ducaiicn. 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