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LAFAYETTE AT Mb. GALLATIN'S.
"We have received from a gentleman at TJni
ontown the a.hnexed papers, than which
the' visit of Gen. Lafayktte to the United
States has given rise to none moreV inter
.. - esting. v - J : . v. , 'V h . : '
The General arrived In the v countv (which
bearskins name) in which Mr. Gallatiit
resides, on Thursday the 26th ult. at 6 P.
yt. and on the. following morning, set out,
in company with Mr. Gall riv for the
residence of that ' venerable Republican,
frhere the General . continued until the af
ernoon of the 28th, when he reiurned to
tlnipn, accompanied by his distinguished
friend ; and on the morning of the 29th,
proceeded to Pittsburg. His reception in
' Fayette county, if ; less" ' splendid than in
the cities of - uie United States,1 has riot
been'fiurpassed any where in testimonials
of the gratitude the people entertain for
his services and sacrifices, v y '
At Mrl 'Gallatin's seat, a retired bu most de
lightful spot, it was expected the General
would be left to enjoy, without interrup
tion, the society, which he so much valued,
of his friend and amiable family, f But, on
his arrival there; ; an immense multitude
jwere in waiting." The generous proprie
' tor threw ppep his house to them. It was
a day of gladness, and all who claimed
kindled there had his J claims allowed."
The good Lafayette appeared to feel as if
La Grange wasnotfar off, and none secm
. ed more solicitous to gratify the anxious
. crowd than himself. iv
The following is a copy of 'the Address de-
livered to Gen. Lafatettt, on behalf of
T the People, On his arrival at Union, which
has been transmitted to us for publication,
-' by th e ,C ommitte e of Arrangejne nt. 1 1 is
of unusual length, but bears so strikingly
the impress of the great mind from which it
'i emanated,' that no apology is necessary for
its publication- : -
Mr. i GALLATIN'S ADDRESS,
f Gen jifeAL Lafayette -The citizens
of, this county vou!iI vish to express
their joy on seeing you amongst them,
their feelings of ; l ove and gratitude to-
s wardsyou. These sentimentsycu have
always heard in a thousand places, and
from a thousand voices : and what lan
guage so eloquent as 'those multitudes
collected fronl every quarter to meet
you as those acclamations which greet
you wherever you appear !, j Accept
these demonstrations as the sincere and
ispontaneous eftusions of a free people,
impressed, with respect Tfor' your char-
" acter, and who entertain the most grate
ful sense of your services, f
Of these services it is hardly neces
sary to spea&ir they are engraved i n
the heart of every "American.; Who,
amongst them, has forgotten that Geri.
Lafayette , in the pri me of youth , re
linquished, for the sake of America, all
the advantages of birth and rank, the
allurements, the splendor of a brilliant
court, and, what, was far more! precious
to him, the endearments of domestic
happiness, of conjugal love ? AVK6 does
ntt remember that he came to aid Ame
rica at the most critical perio of her
struggle for independence ? that he
fouglit and bled for her ? that he ac
quired the friendship and confidence of
"Washington the love of all those who
fought Ayith him. or approached him ?
that he prepared, that he shared in,
the decisive triumph of Yorktown: His
services were not confined to the field.
Whilst he bore the' fatigues arid braved
the dangers of every-campaign, almost
evcry.winter he. crossed the ocean to
stimulate and I encourage our friends,
to hasten to obtain new succours from
our. illustrious and unfortunate ally.
All the.se services he rendered with the
most perfect disinterestedness, impair
ing his prrvate fortune,' instead of re
ceiving a compensation from the Unit
ed States. j :':;vsj::r,;;; .:'
The name which; this county bears,
an early, evidence of public?gratitude.
tnat name, whilst i perpetually re
minds us of your virtues and t your
services, has also rriven us a more than
common interest in air your
ei,uus oe our, anoiogy. .itr, ueiaining
you, even at 4he risk of wounding your
modesty, a few "minutes. longer than is
usual on occasions like this; ;-'k;1
1 th e first A ssembly of Notables1 i t
on our motionhhat a rerjoft bforie
of its bureaux recom inerided the restor
ation of the; Protestants of France to
their civil rights;? a report onXwhich
yas founded the ' ; 'clecrecito that ertect.
issued the year; before thd cm mence"
u.cnt oi the.FrencU Uevqlutidh. .
-When this last-event took place, at
though bel origin to alistinguished fa
mily of the privileged class,:-you!i:istaht
tahebusly appeared as one of vth .most
zealous and ablest defenders of the peo
ple. Trie part you took on 'all the mo
mentous questions agitated at that tune.
in miuwii iu uie worm. , nuz it. nas,
perhaps, been a icommoh error to be
lieve that France had" reaped noj other
fl?'rn-,ner.reyofiition than wretch
ednes: and bl(odshed, that no material
benefits had. ultimately accrued to iho
nation from that porten tou s event; I f,v
however, ! the masiitudc of the obsta
cl es to be bvercom e in every q uarter,
shall be duly considered, and if we
compare what France; wa at the epoch
of our revolution, with Vwhat it now is,
there will be found less cause of asto
nishment that ho more ; was affected
than of regret that Jt should have been
purchased at so' dear a prices r
A pepal code, imperfect in its forms,
but in ifd penalties as mild as our own,
substituted to the sanguinary enact
ments of a'barbarou&ajre ; an uniform
civil code, adapted to the present state
of society, taking tHe place of superan
nuated and contradictory usages 5 trial
by jurv in criminal, at public" trial in all
cases ; the principles of a representa
tive gov e rn men t .ad opted, and public
moneys an n u al ly voted and accounted
for 5 personal liberty rendered more se
cure, that of the press enlarged, that
of conscience established ; aU the pri
vileges of individuals, of classes, of
corporations, of provinces, abrogated ;
servitude and feodality entirely abolish
ed, and a people of vassals become a
nation of freeholders : All these to
gether form a mass of improvements,
a radical change in the internal policy
of France, far greater than ever had
been effected, Hvithin the same time, in
any age or in any country. For almost
if not all those advantages were obtain
ed in thc course of the three first years
of the French revolution, of that short
period, during which alone you had an
influence, and a most powerful influ
ence, over the affairs of France.
No, Sir, you have not lived in vain
any more for France than for America.
The foundation is laid, and the 'life 6f
nations is not to be computed by years,
but by generations, . It does not belong
to us to -say what further improvements
may still be wanted ! -what are suita
ble to the state of France. We can
only pray that, whatever they may be,
they should flow from persuasion, and
not be due to force ; that they may be
the result of mutual confidence restor
ed, and not of new convulsions, of re
newed sanguinary conflicts.
It did not depend on you that such
should have been the early, the immW
(iiate termination ot tiie rrencn revolu
tion. Taught, permit me the expres
sion, taught at the school of rational
liberty, under the illustrious foun
ders of this republic, you were not
a more energetic defender of 'the
cause of liberty on the floor of the Na
tional Assembly of France, than con
conspicuous, as commander-in-chief of
the. National Guards, in preserving or
der in checking Jexcesses, in prevent
ing crimes, in averting the effusion of
blood. You were ever the refuge, often
the protector of innocence and misfor
tune : And w he re you r efforts failed,
it was because the task was beyond the
powers of man to perform. j
When that Constitution, which you
and your enlightened 'colleagues had
thought best calculated to-secure the
liberties and to promote the welfare of
France : when that Constitution which
you had sworn to support, in vain tnrea-
tened from, abroad, was assailed irom
within by an infuriated band 5 with a
prophetic spirit you foresaw the im
pending ruin. Faithful to your oaths,
faithful to the v people, regardless of
forms, careless .of personal consequen
ces, you threw-yourself in the breach ;
and, on that memorable, occasion , to
the cause of the people you sacrificed
your own popularity-you, to whom
the approbation &. the love of the peo
ple? were , the only worldly rewards,
which you ever deemed worthy, of any
consideration. ' ' "'v . .
The sequel is well known. ; For, ha
ving attempted to save the country,
you werepersecuted, proscribed, des-
t 1 C . I . . .- f . t '
poneu 01 tneinnentance ot your latuers,
as if jou had been an enemyto- the
country. You did riot expect to receive
abroad th e; re wa n i o f ' y ou v se r v i ces t i a
t he ca u s of : I ibe rty tin d jif 'Fra nceV -But,
in a. foreign land, , the proscribed
patriot iounu no asylum but a dungeon
r - 1 f . . x 1
immureti ior years, letters migm 1
your. irmb3 j your inind remained
bind
11 n-
cOnquered;! unbroken and free. v
-,Yuiir proscriptioiif vvas the signal for
tbe woes that awaited ' vour. devoted
country v 'I will not dwell on the de-,
nlorabie scenes that ensued Liberty
fled from -"jsMa"tid polluted -by i crime.-?
committed in her sacred name. : for, if
that first of blessings mut be conquer;
ed by : courage, virtue and wisdom can
alone preserve it. When, after a 'lapse
of years, you were restored to France,
you found her. in the hand s of th ate?: -traordinary
man, who had been il esign -ed
to rule for a while her destinies anil
those of Europe. ' France was immers
ed in a sea of glory t she w s no longer
freei Yoii i f rejoiced , in the successes
obtained over foreign : enemies : you ad
inired all that was preat : you, approv
ed al I that was good. Bu t the honors,
the dignities, the -splendor,-' the glories
of the new government 'you sternly re-
was limited to a few electors designated
by the Executive ; the legislature, was
dumb,-personal liberty insecure, that
of the press annihilated, all the powers
were centered in one man. You with
drew into honorable retiiementJ where,
surrounded by a beloved family, you
were, for near fourteen years, a pattern
of every domestic, as yoa had been a
mouei ot every civic virtue. The bau
your nearr, you
that you made a sacrifice : but .there
still remained one to be made to your
principles. j
Your only son, the worthy inheritor
of your name & your virtues, he whom
we rejoice to see by your side, j he was
fighting under the banners of the Empe
ror ; they were those of Francje. . He
could not but follow your steps ; he
distinguished himself in a-remarkable
manner. A rapid promotion seemed
to await him, a career of honors" and
glory to be opened .to him. lie bore
your name : that career was at once
stopped ; those brilliant prospects were
shut up and for life. And that last
sacrifice was made by him and you, by
vou, ,the tenderest of fathers,1 rather
than to give the powerful sanction of
your name to a system destructive of
that cause to which you had devoted
your life.
And yet, when the Colossus fell,
whilst flatterers betrayed or fled, you,
who had resisted him when in the height
of his power, you then only remember-
ed, that to. ms urst victories , you nau
been indebted for your release froni the
prisons of Olmutz. And you were the
first to suggest those means off safety,
which were provided in time, & hich,
had it not been for a strange infr.tuati
on on his part, and fo shameful trea
chery jm that of false' friendsj would
have preserved him Irom the late which
at last awaited hi rnv :. .
When the free' suffrages of your fellow-citizens
again called you: on the
public . scene, no one doubted the ,part
you would act. Vulgar minds alone
could have recollected former persecu
tion, or even neglect ; whilst your heart
beat in your bosom, you could not ap
pear otherwise than as the defender of
;tne rights ofthe people. Yet age might
have cooled your ardor j disappoint
ment might have damped your primitive
hopes. But when the veteran of the
cause of liberty, in both hemispheres,
again came forth in the defence of that
cause, for which, he had fought and
bled, for which he had suffered chains
and proscription, it was with renovated
vigor, with all the energy all; the pu
rity all the freshness of you thl
Such is tlie faint outline of a life ex
clusively devoted to the cause of man,
of an active life of fifty years, untam
ed by vice, and which has not been dis
figured by a single act of inconsistency.
Your career has ieen no less arduous
than brill Tan r. But after so many toils
severe trials unjust persecutions,
and domestic afflictions, it hasj pleased
Divine Providence to grant to the even
ing of your days the reward most gra
tifying to yourj mind. 1 . '
You, left, sir, infant America still
bleeding from the wounds of her Revo
lutionary contest without v commerce,
without wealth, without credit, with
out an efficient general government.
After an absence of forty years, you
have been permitted to revisit her
shores ; and you find her already in
the strength of manhood, sustaining a
distinguished rank amonjist'the nations
of the dearth ; the asylum ot the oppress-
ed and, of the unfortunate of every na-
tion anu 01 every uescripuop, naving
obtained a height of prosperity, unequal
led, within so short a period, in the an
nals of mankind.. Her villages are now
populous cities her shipsncover the
ocean new states have, as by magic,
arisen out of the wilderness": her pro
gress in manufactures, ia arts ia in-
bies 01 ambition never were the object
of your pursuit 5 and,; in the simplicity
of your heart, you did not even think
ternal Jmprovemerif s latterly in science
ind literature, has kept pace w'ith that
bfher.wenlth and of her f reblel fopii ji
lation. We had beeh threatened vith
an Vt ipfal Hbl e" cl jssol at ion of oil r .tlriiofir ,
a n d thi r t e en ihd e'pen d e n f S t a tes w e re
Seen, vol nntari I jr relinquishing a porti
on of their soreifjty tandfvesting a
e n e fa I, ,'gover nrfi en t v wi tli ' t-a 1 1 j he powd
ers necessa r v.. for the common defence :
an act of wis'Jot &f patriotism of which,
extraordiry as, itjmay appear, history
had not yet'afTordetl an example I j
1 ne prosperity, the. long peace they
have .enjoyed, has riot enervated the
Americans. The present generation
have; proved worthy "pf their fathers i
yoiir com pan io n s i n a r ms. You go
hence to erect a Monument on Bunk
er's Hi! I, on the spot where the Bntisli
first learned .what resistnee they had
to expect from a people who had willed
to be free. Anl you arrive here from
New -Orleans, the scene of an exploit
not surpassed in this age of military
wonders 5 of an extraordinary and com
plete victory, gained over veteran troop
superior in numbers, by a band of citi
zeri soldiers, led by a self taught HeroJ
one of themselves one of the people.-j-
At the same time, a Pennsylvania Jar
mer, in a series ot well lougnt actions,
was sustaining the honor ofthe Amen
can arms on the Northern frontier. -
And. with a still greatef disparity 6
forces, our intrepid Navy were show!
ing the. world that, "even on her own
element, the occaii queen wasnotinvi
cible. This magnificent spectacle af-;
fords the highest reward to your labors--above
all, because that prosperity, those
blessings which we are permitted to en
joy, are the results of our fre'einsiri tui
tions;, withdrawing, fromthecontrbljof
government the imprescriptible . rights
of men in their individual capacities,
have left to each the -liberty of con
science the liberty of expressing! and
publishing his opinions -the free exer
cise ofjiis faculties -the unrestrained
expansion of his intellect- confining
the operationOf government; to its le
gitimate objects, the protection ofjin
dividualsagainst the cupidity and (the
ssionyof others- that of the com in u
nity against foreign aggressionthose
institutions have vested all the powers
necessary far those purposes, in a go
vernment emphatically of law? in pure
representatative governments of j tlie
simplest form, founded on frequent e
lections and on universal suffrage. f lrhe
fruits? of that sjjstem are before j the
worlil, and none of those evils have be
fallen us which had been deemed j the
necessary consequence of popular go
vernments. r-
v Religion has preserved all her benign
influence, amidst universal libertvf of
worship and conscience, and though the
unholy connexion between church and
state has been entirely dissolved, ! pub
lic tranquility has not been impaired,
though personal liberty has been f so
perfectly respected in fact, as by law,
to this day, tne Habeas Corpus has not
once been suspended. The unlimited
unrestrameu UDenyot tne press, so lar
from shaking Government to its centre!,
has riot in the slightest degree impaired
its strength or impeded its action. '
Universal suffrage has been testeoTby
the choices generally made by the peo
ple. Frequent? j multiplied elections
have never been attended rt'ith the feast
commotions, and even when forj the
highest offices, th-ough conducted With
the energy of freemen, though inflamed
by the freest publications of the press1,
they have ever been followed by an im
mediate, acquiescence in the constitu
tional decisions. If I
All powers here emanate from the
the people and revert to the pe(jpl ?.
It is our boast tliat, acknowledging,; in
their own laws whilst in force, at all
times in the eternal laws of justice1, an
authority superior toth em selves, jthey
have not abused those powers, j jlrj pur
foreign relations, whilst govejTiretjt
has been found jcompctent to support
our rights, what nation has been; injur
ed or insulted by the United States ?
In our internal concerns, whilst the
laws have been duly and impartially
administered, can, during a period of
forty years, an ..-instance1 be adduced of
a citizen) persecuted or oppresltd p
The complete success of the great ex
periment made on tlie largest scale in
this country, this living proof that we
arc capable of self-goverrimenfj the
splendid example given bjf the United
States has -iiot been lost 'to' manjir idif
y ents perhaps anticipated, but which
we had yiewcul as belonging to poteri
ty, have taken place in our time.
i - A twelve month before you? landed
in "America to join her standard, potf a
many save the wild Indian, who did not
acknOwedge, tne supremacy oftan uf .
ropean po v er. ; jx .i now, xvi nu :i les
than th e short span of one 1
life, from (Tape Tlolrii to '3th
triansiactive
c .sources of,
the, M ississippi, nor a solitary" province ,
remains that has not shaken off the ftr
eign yblce. History Vill rrrord 4 ;tie
immense sac ri fices, the ne th Jo t, tit rbisn 1
arid self devotion,' the uridisinayed.per- '
seyerancc by .Avjiicli !iose great events
have been achieved, J (Jhir ffoycrniperit, .
faithful to its rinciptcs had neither ex
cited nor encouraged the insurrections.
In being; the first to recoiTuze the inde-
I pen d eh ce of Sou t h A me rica the-.. 'first '
puDiiciy .to ueciare tliat they couur not
see, with indifference aft... hostile inter?
ference on the part.of other nations--tfiat,
duty fiaSi been? performed which
tpeir position ahdHheir moral situatioii
m the world had assigned .to the United 5
States -c ;'-;-t:tT-'f: f -tv : :
j ,A new spirit pervades; animates the
vhole civiljzetl world. ; lit nas penetra
ted. through every class of society, teach -ingeveryjmanj
eAen iheniost lscure fc.-.
bitterly oppressctl, to feel and to assert
his rights 3 making, . every d a y, new'
Converts, even amongst the privileged '
ranks; sttng;p.h the y eryfoptst e ps . of
the! th nin es ,J And shall the Voica pre -
vail of a few infatuated men,7 who only
dream what they cannot hope ? (Shaft
the po wer be ven' tin to them of arrest
ing fight in uts progress ? Of, Vuakin
the human mind retrogadc ? The plar
nets, also, to the eyes hf man, appear ,
at times to have a retrogaile; motion :
but they; still pursue their unerring
course, in obedience to the laws of ria
tu rent rid to the- first impulse of the
t 'reatpr. - And now, in the moral world
People, Nobles, Statesmen lonarchs,
are all carried away by their resistablo
stream of public opinion . and growing
knowled'c ' ', ' ,
Do you ask for nn ; irrefragable proof
of that overwhelming influence ?Crrh6
British Ministry, composed exclusive
ly of inen-,v who, ten yejirs ago opposed
eTfry revolution, and were trembling
ly alive to. the slightest appearance o
tne slightest irinoyatjon ; they have, in
in ; less than i year commenced tHe
reform of their ancient and complex;
system of laws, destroyed colonial mo
nopoly in their qvvn colonies," recogni?
ed the ind epe n dence of Sou t h -Am erica,
countenanced, if not assistetl, the
Greeks, and, if we arc not mis-informed,
are at last on the eve of emancipa
ting that long oppressed, long injured ,
people, the friends of Ameriea, the lrisli
nation.. , , , ,; -j.'-y, iyh ty.-r ; . -
The flame of. liberty has spread from
the Peruvian Andes from the extreme
western boundary of the civilized world,
to its lno'stVeiiJOte confines towards the
East. , U ir-y'l-ZA -'''.vv:v'...
.Greece, the cradle of European ci
vilization anl of our own Greece, thu
classical land of firstborn liberty, had, '
for .centuries, groaned under tli inost
intolerable yoke. Her sons were be
lieved to be utterly debased by slavery,
degenerated, lost beyond redemption :
their name had become a by-word" of
reproach, theinsejves an object f "con
tempt rather than of pity.. Suddenly
they awaken from their lethargy- they
fly to arms they break their chains -asunder
: they receive- no foreign as
sistn'nee : Christian powers frown .upon
(hern ; they are surrounded by inhume
rable enemies , they do not enrjuire J
how many theses bu t where . they arc."
Every year, without. ai navy, they dis- "
troy forinrdable fleets ; every year, with
out an a,imy, disperse countless Jiosts ;
every year they astonish the, world ;
tbey conquer its reluctant spmpathy,
by dceds worthy '..''of, the trophies of Sa
lamis and Marathon,; -by- exploit t;
which theJLove of Liberty? could a! one
have given 'birth, DyHprbdigies Iwhicli
wou I d h a v e been d eem ed f a ba I (Ais dh I
they not happen in our'pwn daysV arid
a a ti ml er ou r own eyes V hence : that
regeneration and its wond erf u I effects ?
From the progress of knowledge ; from
the su peri oYity of iutellecr over brutal
force.. The Greeks hud preserved their
immortal language, the recollection of
their ancestors, their religion, a nation
al character. Patriotic individuals bad,
fop the last 5Q ye.-rs, instituted schhols, '
established printing presses, Uhed every
means to renovate andCdisscminate
knowledge. Their stupid 'oppressor.
could not perceive or fear a progress
hardly observed byv Europe. But the
seed vas not thrown on a barren oil :
the Turkish cimetar hal beer less f.ital
to the hu man mind than tle Spanish In
quisition. ; -
'J because 13 not yet wori! An a I most'
miraculous resistance; may yet peihap
be overwhefmed by the tremenuous su-
periority .-or; nomoers. Ana win th
civilized, the christian world,' for thon
, - Concluded on 4tk f&g'A 1 - f
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