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     OI{ATION  
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JULY 4.», 1814,
,7A_9r THE REQUEST oi; i‘HnsELEcTMEN 01‘ THE TOWN om‘
BOSTON,
IN OOMMEMORATION
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mv*Js~Irr231es.z2121f OF .MIE1i’ICu3JV‘ INDEPENDENCE}

 

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BENJAMIN WHITWELL, Esq.

 

‘BOSTON:
PUBLIf5I-IED BY CHARLES CALLENDER“;
3em.- 11, MARLBORO’ s'.mmmf.%

1814”

VOTE OF THE TOWN.

Qumran

AT‘ :1 meeting of the ficeeholders and other inhabitants of‘ the
town of Boston, assembled at ]”anezail—IIalZ, on Monday the 4th day of
July, A. I). 1814-, 9 o'clock, A. M. and then adjournecl to the Old
Srmt/a Church—-Vot.ecl,--—-'l‘l1at the Selectmen be, and hereby are ap-
pointed :1. committee to wait on Bx-mJ.A.z~xI1~r VVm'.rw1«:Lr., Esq. in the
name of the town, and thank him for the elegant and sphritecl Ora»-
tion this day delivered by him at the request of the town, upon
the Anniversax-y of American Independence, in which were <:onsi<le1'-
ed the feelings, manners and principles, which produced the great
national event, and the important and happy e-Ffects, general and do-
mestic, which have already, or will forever, flow from that auepic.'1~
nus epoch ; and to request of him a copy for the press.

Atteet, THOMAS CLARK, ’1"o*.am~Clm~.7»:r.

OR.zt.TION¢

TEIE American Revolution was an event which
not only efl"ected the eontellding pzwties, but involved
in its consequences the destiny of the world. The
feelings, manners and principles which led to it
were derived in legiotinmte S[lCCt}S$§'i011 from UETEWO, pi.
40113 email enlightened. anoeet()1*.~3'. As family reeem-«
blance is peculiar to difi'ere11t nations in the 1:in_ee of
the eotlrltemmoee, so it is eceumotely lnztrked in the
features of e112traote1*. Time o1'igin1el clm1*eote1* of a.
nation, unbiessetl by the pr-eseure of t;yrmmy, ant"!
tlnelloyecltby 1'o1*eig;n mixtule, will be Visible from ite
'bi1°tht1x1*ougl1 lneturity to its d€(2'»}il'.tL3.

It was the first pritleiple of our smoeetore to f€<£t'it'”
God and serve thei1“eou1tt1'_y; Itxxtwe and free, tlxey
knew no other fear, they yielded‘ no other service.
‘They understood the 11etu1'e of eivil and 1*e1igiooe
rights, as well those ‘they reteintett, me those they had
yielded; and when persecuted by thei1'esove1'eigjn
for religious opinione,they never t’ot'g;ot their z111eg.;i-
zmce, While they rigidly eseerted their personal p1'i’t"'i-



ieges---—tl1eir ardent piety elevated “'i$l1€i1"tViBVVS heyond
the joys and sorrows of life, mid elicouregecl them to
encounter the perils incidenttoa, new settlement in
the American Wilderness. A Such principles and feel—

ings formed the n:ia,nners of our ancestors, endthese

they bequeathed to posterity. By these were ‘a. hardy
race ot"yeo1na.nry readily converted into soldiers, at
the period when the connection hetvveen the mother
country and her colonies ‘Wes dissolved; the child as-
serted the 1*igl1ts of maturity, and the parent after :1.
struggle consented to acknowledge the claim. r

A View of the “ consegzttences which have flown
from the .fln2er2'ctm Revolution” will naturally involve
the consitleratdiorz “ oftlze mamzers, feelings andprim
ciples wlziclz led to -it.” Being; an event which has af-
fected foreign nations not only in their internal policy
but in their intercourse with other states. Among
the most importantt consequences to this country are
those iwhiich have resulted from its relations with
Fmnce. V

For the successfulkissueof the contest, We were
partly indebted to the aid of the French monarch;
our debt of gratitude to him we transferred to the na-
tion he governed ; during his life this was it pure and
virtuous sentiment, and the regret we felt for the calm-
Jnities of his family was too feeble to destroy our
ettacliiiient. The usurpers of his throne ungencr-
ously ‘abused their power over us, they indirectly in-
creesetl our prejudices by exciting our hatred against
their 1'ivels and enemies. Our passions were artfully
fmnented by compa1*ing; the revolutions in both coun»

tries, by misapplying they same principles to ‘an op...

posite course fol’ conduct, regardless of the essential
ozlifference, that ourstruggle was toretainrthe rights
we hadenjoyed, theirs, to remove theevils theyen-
dured; ours, was a blessing we inhaled with the breath
of life, theirs, an unknown good of which they neither
knew the kind nor the value. . t

In an early period of the French revolution there
was a party in this country who were wilfully scduc—
ed to promote the designs of that government. Twenu
ty years since the French republic passed adccree,
under which in direct breach of their treaty, Ameri-~
can commerce suffered much vexation and injury.
Our minister at Paris was repeatedly claarggetl to re-
monstrate against this gross violation of our rights,
instead of which he declared to that government, that
he had no instructions to complain of the decree or
I‘t-3t"]_l.l(35Siil} a repeal of it, on the contrary, if they sup-
posed it would produce themany solid benefit, the
American government and his countrymen, would bear
the departure with patience, and, even with pleasure.
This declaration was disavowed by Wasliington,
and the minister recalled, but itconvinced the French
ealiinet, that he would not hazard it on his personal
responsibility only,» unless he was supported by a
powerful faction at home, as he was a man liigli in
oiiice, and has since been gradually risingto the high...
est stations. i 

From this o1*igin, We may date the rapid growth
of that pernicious influencewhich, secretly ope1*ating;,
has promoted the designs of France, as much as it’
she had issued a formal decree requiring our concurs
rence. "Whether fear-,* hatred, love or admiration,

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was the 1*-utingg; ptiineiple, the eigottr of her c':e1ntn1anc‘te

have only been equmlled by the zeal with which they V

have been oh‘eyed, there was an entire hamxmmy be.

tween the design and t;h.ee:s:eeutio11,ithet in etfeet we

have been t.1%eeted, léether  a. French viee~1°eyeti:y,
tzhzm as a. ‘free republic. » Duringtthie Various ehatttges
in their §_z;0vem1ment,tve 1mvetsueee,ssive1y felt this

tinfluenee, but never ditl it so much p1*ec1omima.te ever‘

the opinions, p1*ejudiees and peeeioxlet, as (h11*ing the
reign of the Corsican. ueturpeln. See1'etee1°vice mo-
ney, lihemlly ci1'eul2ttedth1*eugh all the gmdee of cor»-
1'11 ptien, funde were supptiedhyi sequestration of pron
petty, and the sale of Spanish ptevineee. Now,
the glery has clteperted, and this meteer shore of his
heeme, we lnxty with stedthet eye dieeetm the eh:.m1e-
lees. Mregmiee 1')y'r~Whi0i‘I, hetseemetl to tdirseet e.Very
measure of our A a.dminietr‘ation. The victim which
he could not reach with:+tl1e sword? he cimumvented.
by intt=ig;:.1e,“e1° peiscmed by eemtulation. To what nine...
tive hut t"ee.1', cam we eec.rihe the suheervieney of our
min'ieti=y'-E’ It was their meveilent opinion, that G1'ea,t-.
Meiteizl emiht resist but a. few yezms, and must then‘
yieht te the ueu1*per. It hats heen ceefesssed that Ame-
rica, wee e.nene1*ed, that the knot was entwined rouml
her neck, en int’ema.1 Cilt‘t1"l11 re11de1'ed it illdisssohthle to
I1t;'.g0tit1ti.t)t’l, emit which the sword only ceuld disseever,
That meeter hand, as it mzwhzed the gige11tie ehedow‘

ef 1111.9 own policy, with the 8211116fIi'lySi0g11()t1‘aCB de-A .

scribed in niiniettire, the fee.tn1*ee of our geVe1*nme11t.

Theee are net t'::11ifeunde(t a.eee1'ti0ns--t11ey are
etteeted by the eenduet of the Ft'enc‘h govermnent,
multwy the e.e1t110w1edge1eeé;e of our own. iwitnese hie

imperious declaration, when We humbly urged the
‘riglite of l neutral powei*s, that “ he would permit no
I1Gl1t1“t1l.t3;,tl1ttt we should aid him to enforce his eye.-
tem to destroy the commerce of England.” Witness

his insult on our weal: and unsteady policy--4-“-5“ that we
»snb1n.itted to pay duties to Great Britain, and that

such men, who thus submitted, Were more dependant
than one of her provinces. NIen, without honour,
and without eliergy, Who, liaving refused to light for
intereot, would be eoinpelled to iiglmt for lt1onou1~”+-‘-~
with such menaees, iiavitig vanquishedopposition, he
then declared “ the American government had re-
traced its steps, and had resolvecl to oppose the ene-

my.” fBut,the did not confine his measures to WO1‘(lS l

only--«--—l1‘e sequestered our inerellandiee to the value of
twenty millions, and tauntingly pretended it was for
violating restrictions imposed by our own laws, which
he offieiously undertook to enf'oroe._ ‘ p b

A I-Iis sulijugatetl provinces of Gierniany and Hot:
land did not more quietly endure eueli outrages than

the i'1'ee go‘ver*n111ent of the United»States; A To ‘emu... t

plete the elitnax of humility on the one eide, and
overhearingrinsolenee on the otlrierw-as if Congress
was of incompetent cl.ieeretio11, and he tlleir guardian,

he deelaredivva1' for us against England; andlourp

subsequent declaration appeared to tlie impartial
world, :tno1'e like the set-vile recital of an imperial"de-
eree, than an original, independent act of a free gov»
er-111nent.t p  A p t 4 T p

Do not believe these insults‘ were received with
unelonseious stupidity. Full Well did iM1*. Maclisotr
lmoW' their extent and hearin__;»;;;: "he had but lately difii”

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missed at B1’-itielx111i11iete1*fet* e. eenetru'c.tive itleutt,
which none but 111ic1-escopic eyes could perceive, amt
11etl1ing;but his nervous sensibility could feel. Yet
Within at yea1'hefe1*e, l1is 1*eluet::mt consent to termi-

V mate the cmltroversy, was teennected with so gms-as an

:vfl"r*e11t to his Britzmnic majesty, that he was obliged
te reject the instrument which would otherwise have
heel": c0n'firn1e(1,a.m] thus the fatal consequences of
the mpture would h€LV6 beena:ve‘i<1ed. h

To what more eztzcmazthtle czmee fl.l£1I]tt't111i(utj,7',

teztizt het1'efem:ed‘ this fe.t;t1 ;3zt1*ti:fthit.y* P ‘With the one,

the has cteztstzmtly reeieted pE1('1m.t3 csve1*tt11'es, and 1nztg_,;;—
xmified. the ehztdew eel’ an .%‘t‘t4fi’£)I}t‘ inte lmetile za.g;gt*c.e~
eieu 5 from the etther, he has ex1<h.“n1*ed with the mech-
nees of :1 eztixtztg every species of indignity. This
cequetish honour, liken sensitive plaatt, has}shrunh
‘from the touch 0f. Va }}51'itishl1 fair A , yet ‘ has home the

§;igai1ticg1*aep of F1*et1cl1 lover, zmd net reeeiled.

t'mm the p1~eeet11*e. A ‘What motive hut the featr et”
Fmnee, produced the rupture of M1’. Erekine”e t1.g1't‘,{3-
meet, or the ecenceelmeet of the absolute 1'epea,1et'

e the French, <tee1°ee.s aifectitig our commerce? Héml

this fact been seztscyxmhly nmde» known to G-reztt B1*it—
aim, she would have Witlmdrawll he1'erders in ctttmcil,
and tzhus, the chief‘ cause wltieh hzu1- been assigtletl
“fer hostilities, Weuld lmve been mmoved. But fear
has not been the only passion which has been exeit.—
ed, to pmdttce ‘these bémeful Ineasures, baeer 1110-
tivee, exld more 1Il”i[,=r1‘tt‘l(3ip1€§(1 i11.et1'umen'te, have been

employed to deetmy our Imtienel peace.

A The history of the F1*enchcebi.net which the
netionml eenventiexl published to the World, (1f3VB1t)p--

ed :1 ntnygtery of i11t1*ig11e and corrupiioll, a. systexn 
mlmmmic :m¢1%f0reig:a espionage, which for more tha.11
zLAs3e.r1mLa’+ , hzul extelailml th1*m'agh Europe, and even tn
the 'Unitm1 §3{;::-3.t(~‘,s, while Biritiaah colonies. The» sauna
sgvstmn Wm 1*enewe~*d by the us-:.m'pe1*, with i11stmmem:'s
as Ixmaxuzzh more mlmemus aml efliciellt, as were the re»
s¢)u%1A;w:c~sss of the: empiire izhan those «of the m.0na1*ch;y.
E-%:7[e;r: d"b‘K’:f;;fi*.11i.’2SEE(l :1 mgzllzw beam} of spies and iIfl'f(§b1'1n@}.‘S,
zmm d1i2s~stx;*i?)1Tnt«2.d the.n1 through 13h1r0pe axm Ame1'ic.:L;
with the pil}:a.ge of we elm-3.53 of L'.ifi1:?S(?l1i-‘:3 110 bxibeil
:zm,(%l (z«:>1*mpte¢l zu10tlw1'. The hnnegt me+.1*c.lm1nt Vvms.
mb!w.¢1 my t:.m'ich vv;ith the p1m1d¢:%%1* wine vcngtl pumi-
clam. WP!~ll1S with (4-ii::“"l)(')1£‘ 22.1.1 Vpolwicy, be compelled the
viwiln "whiclx lm 1mtc}m1*¢;et.1 to provitile the instru_1nents
“<:ri’ :sm(c1*i.ficc.4 If tl%1epre..~;-:m;nt king should i’av0u1~ the
'xw;>1"l.41 with am secoml. vulunme of the hisstory 01‘ flaat
t::;1.himz:t%, it Il'l'i.§.flIt :?mm)ly the re.nmining fmgxnmlts of
t}1%¢)sm n1m;iAlzLtm'l zzml .h2LU:-S1fl])]§)l‘(;355SGd (1(>r:nu111e,m;s Wliiczh
nut‘ ”Pl.’f.§.‘?5i(1(.‘:‘l'}H; 1‘(;:1a,1ctz1,z'1fly yieldccl to C0ng1'essss, umh-Lr
Mm inju‘x&’:w<:tVi¢>11 that tkmy sslmuld Ilnthe (mpied for the
fi1i1se;11u'~.:u!;i<%)1A1ofthe people. As be 112155 (la-clzL1'e(}tE1at
}i"'1*:;t1'1(:e xxmxtutl muncy and lllliffit lmve it, tlxese &1‘Ch«-
ims lnight (%'l;iss.cl<3»m:, hovv*1:x1uc:l%1 she wva.z1*ted—--what sum
we 1*e.m;—:ivmI--.z2m«L1 lmw a-“she ex1wnde(1wit.w-'l"i1ey Inight
vr*evmtl ‘the mice t}1atWI1.as 1J0u;..1;}1t our p1*0stitL1t:3d pmsses
:‘<~Lml um f‘?0‘r*o.§ga:1 editors, am’! lmann it blaze of light on
fi;}m.;t Hm: «I, vvhitzil H2113 tiirectecl in d€z.I'LZ‘Il(~3SS, the amt»
c::hi1m of g;<"»w'u1“11rxnerxt. * _ A V V ‘

'S'h0"ii!wm the pmlsiotl 1is~:~st fie publishefl, how xmmy
¢.1en1m:m*tic cvfiicexwis, besides those of M%a$sach‘u.settss,;‘
x1‘fig.;i'1t exile tl¢se1"ns¢21*.w2rs to ("I‘£a11ada., that Anwricmm
S:?3‘ibe1°ia fen: <.1i.sg1'm:cd. c,0u1°tie:1*.s9. .A,‘r:zd%if G.W:1‘ theirzi;

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fluence of the court should be too feeble to resist the
cell of national justice, plenary evidence may he
procured to accuse certain greet pe1'sona.ges with

”h,rea.ch of trust, and to support an in1pea.ehm.ent.
Had the usurper continued on the throne, his

:uefa.rious designs on our liberties might eventually

have been accomplished. His hirelings lmcl from

time to time hamrded a, course of experiments, not
one of which has so Well succeeded that they t'.l.z‘t1‘0(l
to repeat it. The vigilance of freemen has frust ntexl

{their purpose, and the overthrow of tl1e:ir1nester¢les-

troyed their power. Can it be doubted that such
means have been employed to contr(;)ul our 11a,tio:rml
councils, to deceive the people and inflame them at.
gninst Great—B1-itnin? Their e1nissa,ries have s\vurm..
ed through the countr ; except in NcW—Eng3le11(l,
they have infested every city in the Union. 'I‘l:m.re
was not a. place of resort for health or pleasure, where
our ears were not inflamed by sle.nderm.1s whispers
or stunned by I‘(~3[)t.1lT)llC.{J.11 §,.’;t1.S(5()‘Il€i.(l(3, Not at nieesure
could be adopted by the Eng'lisl1, wliich they did not
denounc.e-m--—l)y the French, which thtzy did not ::td.vo-
cete and espouse ; not an ot11t1'ege com1nitted., whicli
they did not pelliate ; not a, crime perpe‘t;ru,*ted,, W’hl(‘2l‘1l
they did not excuse. W'hi1c Fxnncc stiled herself a.
republic, the friends of peace were pr()n<:n_txnc<-.:(l unis»-
tocrets; when she became despotic, Il](“)l'lfll.’t3lllS't5;
while, with all the inconsistency of snppo1;'tiug lewless
tyranny, they assumed to themselves the modest

. name of republicans.

The influence thus acquired, has been employed

l to ipreperettlle country for a. provincial ,g;ove1'1t,1me11t:,

and farniiiarize , it to the tcontroul of a ntilitary

chief. Wllenr we a have complained of nnconstituti-.

onal laws and violated rights, the minions of Na»
poleon have threatened to enforce silence with the
sword. After they had reconciled the people to en-.

dure the war, to enforce their measures, they dared to '

recommend that most horrible feature of an arbitrary
government, a military prescription, and to establish
martial law, under pretence of punishing as spies
_A.me1*ic.an citizens. To destroy conznnerce, they im-.

posed such severe restrictions, that if continued, would

have transformed a maritime country to an inland.
desert. The legislature of Massachusetts has had
the ‘proud honour to compel them “to retrace their
steps.” The temperate, firm conduct of this state
has eifected the repeal of the law violating our con-
stitutional rights. They knew that ha legislature
which had declared a law not obligartoiy, would never
permit any of its citizens who should resist its autho-

rity, to suflier its penalties. Had they persisted, avcivii

war must have ensued. They were step by step par...
suing the course of the French people; if we had
succeeded, we had to apprehend anarchy----gif defeat»
ed, dcsp~otism-mwhen that Power, who directs the
storm, suddenly averted it whenready to burst upon
our heads, and saved us from destruction. , The 
scrutahle purposes, of Wl1ic.l1 this scourge of nations
was the instrument, having been completed, he sinhts
to his original insigniiicance. With the fall of the
nsurper, peace will be restored to the World-—-peace too
must revisitA1nerica. ‘Whatever our 1l1lI'llSil1‘_V may
pretend, the ability to conduct the war, depends on

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the {lie-peeitielt. of the people, aml they em": lemlere it

me longer. W’"l1etl:e1'i‘t will be hem;.>mblete1* ¢lisg1*ac,e~
tel, we fear may (lepeml less 011 «our own, thmu the
Beitieh gevezmment. ‘We should be p1*epa,1*e¢l for the
‘worst. The claegereue eeerete, with which Fmnee
may fumielta our enemymeey enable him to fix zt‘p1“lC.G,
Wlliell miglat min NeW—E11gla.m;l, by eempelling hex‘
to the alamtxclenmetat of the fisheries, or migl1t l1umble~
the pritle of the ffieutll, by requiring the eeseion of
Leuieizme. These tmay a.p;_m.1'ently be the terms 01'
purchase, Wlwlll in 1-eelity but the bribe to secure
secrecy. Like him who has tottereatl on the lgrilik
of :3. pleeipiee, it is with te1*1'01' We vleWtli1.e ¢;l:imgere
We have esearpetl. But for the elewnfzxll of the ‘tyrant,
your p1'0pe1~ty would have been seized to clieelzztrge
exe1'l)ita.nt taxes, your ellildren led to the c(mse1'i1)tien,
y0u1*eelve.e to the scaffold. All these have been t.hree»
te.netl---a.mll div] they ever threaten, aml if able, fail to
perfemn. 'l‘l1et.ymnt llt-Ml a,l1"'e:3u.l.y merlied lais vie-»
time. He never f<e>1'g;ew*e you the eeptu1'e of the In..
surgent and Be1'eeeu 5 fer tlilis he would have mnihi.»
lated your na,vy,, as he lme p1'eee1~il;e1l your ee1mne:r.'c:e.
The speeches of your putt"-iete were 1'eee1-(led eml
their nzmmes enter-ed on the list of p1.*eeeriptien, hie
mtfielm @X8€’;!'!ti{)1'H;;l'S“ mezmeed the pitllagge of y(.n:11' p’m-
perty eml the 1mmle1' of yeu1*pe1'sm1s; l'e1't1:1Imtel,y,
the Ineesee1?e at "lfi'»22,lti11101'e wee  p1*e1t1"zet1t‘a'1'e expert.
ment l.l(£'f0]?€5tl1Bl.}il.lNllttl were completely 01‘f_.§a1]iZ0(l
and their sehelnee of eenspimey matured.

A But, g;_2;le1'y te God! the t_y1'm1t  fallen, eml We
are tlellverecl. W/ling) lzunzent his fate? Wlm are t.le1e1"e
to fel.lew the pell et‘ (l;epzw-teal .g1'eet11ees? (lees it gee

3l111l.€l'fiG.11(led to the grave P are there ne mourners from
l1isdieeeve1'ed houelxeld? Hellzmcl end ltely «lesert
him ; the Gre1*1nan family he had eelleetesfl, return te
the h.e1'edi'lm'y lnzmeiong tl3~.e1*elis not a. emle0e11t.e-
mmee worn in Europe, except by the American em.
beeey. ‘With the tyzmlt nlustvaeiszh his wlmle heel;

A 7 ef'1*etei11e1'e, epies, izafernlers, meetitutecl ed'ltere, fugi-

tives frmn Tyburn eml tl1e.ga.ll'les. Ales, their veee.-
‘tien is g.;e11e ! l1illae1*t0 they hewe turned with l'l1ereV0-
lI]l1l;('j)l:1-Of the political ‘Wlaeel, and e,01m~iVe(l alw'z-lye to

be Ielappetwnoet. "Will they te,ne:ler the.i1* services to the l

11«e\wrlking*? tinat vi1*Lueus-3 II10Ilm’(tll wmxld, assoen reu
lmeeleollxrielte from prison, aml introduce them inle
lxie ca.ll)i.11et. "Will they1*eelu1*n to,Eu1*ope? elaei, they
eupexetitieuely believe tlmt e1'essir1g; the water woultl
(lisssolve the‘ cl1arI11 which new eeeures tltxem fame
Tylm1'1l1. \Vl1e1'e will yell fitml ‘them next, if their

friemle at home (leeert ‘rfhenl E’ Aml y0u1*'self,iI1e21u- ¢

timae m~;welle1*! you will 1n‘eeH;l1em o'n.ltl1el1igl1wa.y.
VVit:.l1 tl1elty1'zmt bee A fletl tllmut vene1'atile11lm:1{l
(:%Ol"l‘l.l(l(%'I]l(3E‘/3, which 5:, ge11e1*c»us,el)ult clelmled people lmzull
1*epesed in their politieall elxilefi The head which
lxmtl l;)ee11 turned lbythe l1l0neurs“o1‘ French citizen.
e11ip,%o11g;l1t~l navel’ to lmve been “tl1e> head of the
Ame1*iee11 people. Leftlo the te1*m1'eofl1ieme1°se, per-
]1a.1)s there is not anetlzerbeixxg so n1iee.1'ehle on this
side the Isle 0flElbe. History will reeerd, and
posterity denote lliln----«net, as he nllglxt luwe been eon-
sixlered, aslthe sueeeseer ofVVael1i11gltoz'1~—-lmtthe cen-
fetlemte of Bonaparte 5-—-—-not as the elxerislzed friend

A of the A_me1*iem1 l1ere--—~lml; the albjeet (lependant of an
e Imlimi a.4.lventL11'en';~—-not like Wasehingtezl, i11sulale«.l.

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item fereigxi emmectiens, and standing on the pecles-s
tel efhis own gyeetliessm-hut, ignominiously cliinging

lite at fullest eeilessus, wliieh has (51’l1Sl1ed him umler
Aits weiglit. They who sliametl the friendship must

p&§””ti0l:§;3afl.t@‘ tee enmities of the usurper---a.n(l he,
was the Emit-3X3"l;§J ef lxtmian liilld. Into What an abyss
mist ii in’: lime '* ll1l"l9‘(’:‘§tl eur eeuntr I Almost ruined
a.) _ . ti» V V
lay El-‘ii eamzieals, whitlier can slie turn for relief?
If site reittiml me }Tl‘(3l'ECl1 1n0n:t1‘*el1 of the ties of
‘m1C.1E.+-lf'ii; :7s.iiszit';};3 VW1ll lie net reply-—-A--“ These ties you
lime iolllifyg .&al§',ii”:.e mig_.A:.;z*2i:tei’e.1ll;y* cut asunder. No soon-;
er dial yam see the ljkletitl of your benefactor flew from
the scziz.'li’eltl, time you elasgjetl the reeking lmtml of
his II1l.1l°(l;f3:l‘€3't‘S. If not wslneipztl, yeti were a.c,c.essAa1'y
to rel) me at 31137’ crown, my subjects and my life, and
to aid in the Jillzwet :—.m.(l ina.sse.e1'e of Euro e.”
A V as A A V

I-low tliel1e:;irtisiel:e11s, zmtl tshame tlnges the
fallen emmtenzmee, to feel, that 0111* nation lms added
its weigl1't,te (lepiess the fe1'tu11es of this illustrious
fmnily. Tliet we like sztvages, lizwe ml01*ed tlireugli
feel‘ that (lestmc.tive tlzemen who (ml Wzwe his
  A 2 2:»
fr-iemls the miserable mvllewe to be the last he

.2: J

‘slleeltl ¢;le‘veut*.

But rm» this fetal peliey, We migllt this day lmve
eelelamtetl the festivztl of lium:;i.11i1;y.—-tl1e mliversel
jubilee eff mttiuns; in humble :1(l01’a.i;'i01l 111i.gl1tl1a.Ve
lmelt with the assembled erewns of Europe, en-.
eirelitig the altar of peace, and Worsliipping the God
of ltemfeai. Gut §;TI7L‘i:’«&t.ilt yam, tminetl in the school
elf l1(BllUm‘, the nlUI“i§5e¥iEt of mzmlsy p1*ineiple,111igl1t luwe
fleuglit te rescue mmltitid from the op:p1*esse1*, luiider‘
tlm lm}m'iei‘?s ef the tl.elit'e'tei* ef ;lTu11'(1pe, of that inmi-=

 h ”‘

meh who Best on the list of time, is first 01112116 roll of
heroes. A . A  ; A A A A A ‘
Could We have heilecl the 1*eet0retion of tlmt
f:1miIy,-hwheee at-In supported usvin ourhunequal con-
‘hestvwicthh Britain ; could we have aided to conduct
their king; to the throne of his zmeeetors, and have re-
eei%vVed‘;e his grateful eehllewletlgments that We had
thus extzieguished theg01=igi~na.1 debt, vvli1icl1hg1‘atit:,1de
had written in. 0:22 hearte; on this day, the f*ete1*nii;y
ef nations migllt lmve united in one gt-and celebmtiolx

ef the Indepenéieneehef the ‘Eastern and VVeste1*n

xverld. From myriads of voices, Europe end.Amee1*ice
‘would lmveeh resoeuhdedwithgrateful aeelanxetione,
while the opposite slwree of the Atlantic re.-eeho to
each ‘other, the names of their hereie deliverers
“WELLINGTON and VVASHINGTON.

"We should he aliens ffrcml the principles elm}
feelings of An1e1*ie.:ms, if we did not exult in the 110.»
iiivelenee ofm::>.nkin«1.% Though eonnpelled to pmctieifi
jpe.te in an unjuet W211" zmgaizxhet EngEend,hWe n111:sf;‘

e.c:}«:znexvle«.1g;e htlmt but for her exertions we enaigght

h‘mg_2; emee hzwee been slaves of the ueu“rpe1*. In em:
‘wee wiilen ]55¢‘1=:1nee whet protected mu: commerce 111165,.
1-esah'z1i1e1e«l her zmmies fmm the inveei011ef'e111*she1*esE’
The Iflritielx nmvy; whete.I*1"eetedht}e1e eeuree 01' in»
*é;:*ig;L1caw'1h1ic:}1 was eeeretly nh1mEe1'1xai21i:1g; our lihemiee?
hunt the eue»ee:~se of we British and allied:-1h1'mies.. ‘We
predietecl the d0¥V1‘1f2lM of Engglmxd at the mement
eheh pI~e1"m.'z'e(1 to rescue us frmzu ruin. She crushed
that serpent coiling round the neck of his sleeping;
victim, who unemlecious of deng;e1*, was d1*ea.111ing; of
her (1e1iVe1'e1"e deeh;'m:thiee..

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Our adversaries accuse us of foreign partiality,
we love no country like our own; we are attached

V to the union, being all members of one body, of which

Virginia assumes to he the head, but we know that
New ENGLAND is the ‘heart; her sons have no cer-
tificates of French citizenship to divide their love.
She has no patriots by adoption, those exotica weeds,
which exterminated from their native soil, take root

i on any spot Where they casually fall. ‘A Her sons trace

their descent from ancestors, Whose institutions they
preserve and whose memory they vencrate. She

requires no mixture of the best nation on earth in her

political composition, let the llead, and the heart and
the arm be purely American.

Our sires achieved the Independence We now
c'elehrate,in as, just cause, like them we should feel
but one sentiment; they did not nicely calculate the
chance of success, with God and their rights, our rude
yeomanry withstood the disciplined veterans of Eng;-.
land. They required no diplornatick skill to dis.
cover their wrongs; they were taught them by the
‘voice of nature, it was not persuasive,---it was imperi-
ous,----not the cold step—hy,-step process of algtxmerlt ;
it was the electricity of instinct, pe11etrating;iin an
instant the sultry sands of Greo1*gia and the icy
mountains of Maine. In a just cause, the feelings of
the fathers would revive in the children. They ap-
pealed to Heaven, and when like them, then eanst

thus appeal, beloved New England! we will again A

confront thine adversary on the ocean or on the field.
He dares not despise thee,----(leath at Bunrke1"ts hill,
stripped off the ridicule he had thrown on thy yam-

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free soldiers, olndrne r~1r.ao or THE Lann,itl1e coin
tempt he had cast on thy fresh water sailors. t

It is rude moeker T to declare to our merchants

and seamen that the real object of the War was to pro-
tect their rights, when but a few years since our politiw

cal chief 1°BC'50'l11I1'lE:Il(lB(l them “ to abandon the ocean
altogether, and to cultivate the soil.” Strange as it.

is, the passions of those who suffer, are far less exci-
ted, than of those who sympathize; our sailors 1'igl1ts
are vindicated in the Woods, and the champions of our

lnerchants, are the hunters of Kentucky ; theyinvite

our gallant seamen who in the storm of War have
shed a stream of gloryen the wave-----to share with

them the darkness lwhich overspreads the field.

"They promise our enterprising merchants a fertile

soil and a temperate region ; ease unbonght by ex.-
ertion, and abundance without industry. But what
would they relinquish in exclxange, for this sensual
paratlise. The friends of their youth, the habits and
manners in which they liad been educated, and
their ancient institutions of religion and literature.
Spirits of our ancestors ! until we are unworthy
of your virtues, we will preserve our civil and sacred
rights of inheritance, and in this temple where you
have worshipped will renewedly resolve, that where
you died, we will die, and there will we be buried ;
your people shall be our people, and your God our
God. For our shield of defence against foreignand
domestic fees, in is the A
“SANCTUARY OF OUR GOD AND THE
SEPULOHRE Oh‘ l0UR FA.T.HERS.”