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, . . . i j- . j k r7 r T " : - -rr , i s ' - - . a a 4i' 4r- 1 . .I ' -r - t - . , . , a if . . ... ' . . 4 t .' . 1 ' . II i ! - -ITASniXGTON'f BIIITII-D AY. ' . ' i ." jit Orxxtisn delivered U IWUbvisbcroush tn .he C2rf February 1316 on fhe c bove QCaiw bif Atajor- John'J. Inge. The object ut'tlu'mccung is too i trcll V-Own toeadijaf joBf to require, any cxptnatdrrctrcaralbcution from j mc X aia well awlrro Abilities are ifafijcient to perforta'the task vhic!i oar friecdiljipt notjoar confi Uence in mj taienis nas assineq htc. Xo poqrfrajr the chiracter of hub ihbse tirtk-Jaj we haver met; to com memo rate, woutd require" more tlian art 6r tUnarv sh'are ot eloquence and under- tandlnj: Jlietask is too great for-iny humble capifr, it is too broad for my narrow comprehension. Die most concise detail of the life and character of George Wa&hinjrton, the creat and illastrioui father ol the" American Re public, wouldfce too prolix or the pre sent occasion : and ,it would be too great a tax on jour patience for me to attempt a reiteration ofc that, with Ijet England boiit of her kinp and blenien, let her" boast of her Iarlbo- - - . . ' . - 4 ! tl . - I cob! rough, Nelson, and Arellingtdn, she cannot sSv that, either of them have contributed to, the, freedom and Jiappi new oTthe people. Let Friice boast of her Kapolean and her, other thun derbolts of warl Let Rnssia boast of her Alexander. Let Sweden pride j herself on the achievements, of Her! Charles Hthi but while tliese charac-l ters(thc HeraldrVof fho$e greatness j has gone, throughout; the civilized , world) seemed to ride buovant on the! pinions of Xatne and eclipseall around tl:em, the.hhmb!e subjects of their countries are grbauing under contrii butibni and oppres'ioa j the tinsel of their garments &, the splendor of the:i ilccorations are nothing more man giu- terinj badges oftlie misery all dis tress which fallto the. lot of the honest In' Xhtte Urk roles vher c bUikied faction ' styt, . ' I Wealth, pride and conquest claim the pilm : of praise, - I Att'd itt siaTCS vhile groT! in j millions f oan, And L.'ood-sUincd sttps leai um ards to a throoe. t i But thanks to.God ! it is far other wise in America. We can boat of characters of more intrinsic worth, of I luore substantial fame. Ye can boast of a Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Warren, Green and a host of others whose firmness was too great. 6 sub mit to oppression, and whose vrortf8- dneved trr. Tl bcllish thepges tues of al'hocion &. an Aintides. They j have risen to eminence &. immortality,!) 1 not in the cause of ItrnjalU;, uot in self- which you are so.sreii ac.quainceu,anu hich"ti to beTimxid both'ou the dig- 1 1 ? . a ". i u -. BLlieu pages oi nuivriuiu tu uicswiwi books of our countrr. c V. 1 the independence ot their cflun-i ' leir names would honor & euw u.L.,ou" ; .IJJIJk. I I lVi I U -T. 111". I ..... . , of tho lippinessof the people Icstriotis patnots ! ... Far ether wreathes thy virtuous temples : claim, V" - Far nobler ponors bu Ju tliy sacrl'namc : He thine the joys hnroort. I minds that KT-te, AnJ thine tlie toiLi tliat b'.ess a kirdxctl race. It is no little satisfaction, Fellow Citizens to take a retrospect from the commer.c'ng period of our revolution, to the present moment. In doin thi. we shall become acquainted' with cha racters of the first human magnitude. .Men whose needs stand as a monument of slory not to be effaced by time it self. To attempt an entire" recapitu Tatiunofthem woald be as vain as un necessary. YourniT audienccihati;the prominent features of this never to be forgotten fera treasured up:inyjoar riinds.' You have seen your. cicatriz ed Sires, after sbfl'ering all the calami tous turmoils incident to the camp, fit and fight the" battles of their country o'er their fire sides. When listening, often has the tear of sympathy elUtcn cd in your eyesl'and you liave wept Decanse you were not participators in tiie clones ana struinrles ct your ve nerable ancestors. Whd among you can take a. retrospect and glance be rond the period of T6, without being !s)U in a maze of wonders? Who but the political prophet Pitt could have supposed that'tlic American people, .thinly scattered over a widely cxten ded territory, could have successfully oppased the potent engines of Britain's lajotv. Wc wereTullc.l in the lap of traauui!:ty from our colonial i:xis- c-zrantfizernent. not nt tlie cspeuceUus ur l; ,cuou " ' W"5 . "urr tence, and ignorant of thc scicqce oj war: . Ip his situatiopj what could '. ITn.'nnilitional SubmiS- ioa, loaded with all the tetters of tv rannr and Oppression, was thV'oniyi ratiAafwriclasion. Uutmiraculous 1? to"itHe(pbntrarj! We beheld, the forests and mountains sending forth their hard r sons in defence f injured Justice. Vc see them rallying under the expanded.wings ofihe Eagle .on vollied lightning from Bunker's awful mnant ihroufrh the rankg,of thelfenej mies: and Vorktown's surrender cap't the climi of our successesYoc mark- ed tlie rising glor' of the -American naiinn. Vc see old England des- cendingfrom tlie haughty authoritative eminence. inaL was worn, iu mimic- uu colonial oppression. She is coin pel leu, in a definitive treaty to acknowledge our Indetendknce. IndependejJ:e! cheering sound J vhile it thrills the soul of every AineHcan with boundless ccstacy, it plants daggers inthe petty Tyrant ?s heart, "l 'shall pass in silence the circum- stauces interveningihe Kevolutionary War and the War or 1812. Un me causes, the justice or injustice, the po licy or impolicy of'the War of 1812, I j doim it unnecessary tn make any com ! inent. The voice of a free and -en - j lightened nation has made a decision, ; and by tint Icheerfully acquiesce. j But j"cannot refrain from .dwelling a few moments' 6ii' 6 or land and naval ; heroes, who shone so conspicuously ! dun ng our late contest j and whahave i nroved themselves to bc.the worthy uecendants ot the-great tatner.pt tlie REruBLtc. Who fs not.-pfoud to own fur his countryman the.gallant and in trepid Pike? His life VaS adornedjby the noblest virtues ; the sen of -glory beams upon histomb,and he reposes in the lap of victory. Illustrious Law jiknce ! superior to eulogy itself! what shall 1 sav for thee ? In hitn were blended alf the nobler qualities. He is tlie hero who stood unmoved in the hour of peril. Hear his deliberate eloquence in his expiring moments, Don't give up the ship, let the fla wave while I live.' A motto which will last as long as there ciists one spark of naval cmu!ation,and one which I will not fail to excite the liveliest pride afltl aJiiiiration as long as true valor is apiauueu, or iioeriy nas a votary, ilignanimous Ludlow, worthy to be associated witli Pike and Lawrence. . ' Let pitv's tear its balmy fragrance shctl, O'er lions, wound. u.J patriot iarriors dead j; j Accept dqurted shades thesefratefulsighs, Your ibnd attcruUnts to the approving skits. What American can advert to the .pfe'fdid to be, found in'thie annals of "Vlii m0" crn herblsm ? Let us for a mf- inent ie fancv Hwav, and let her bear iL.l... .. II. Al.A?4VlA nencc, we, will watch the coming Con flict: wc will weave tliciaufel wreath to crcwu the 'brows of the. conqueror and the. sacved shrowds of the fallen sliuli uebatheu in our tears. feee 4000 of Columbia's t;onsjust emerging frorq the humble duties of domestic lifei men who had b!cn, reared in the forest wild, far from the darrjrs&, turmoils of war j who ha"tl merer1 heard of the con- i flict of battle, jexcept in the Talcs of transatlantic story Led on by two f - II A. ll . 1 .1 J t , , gauant vuuiRA, wnosc names lame nau not recorded even in her humblest page. Heboid in Jront a superior num ber rqf Britain's proud Myrmidons; men whohad been traincdinthe school of 1'urcpe,' where waf and' desolation had been reduced, to a 'science; who had been taught the principles ofmU . chivalry,"- the immortal Wellfaston1 : j men, tlie heraldry of.whosc fame: shall be iminartal in.lhc archives of Spanish, glory t Se them approach with the mechanical step of veteran precisibn. Tlie pride of victory is, stamped' upop their, countenance, while the palid cheek of the Americans seemed to dn riounce . the terror of thir soulf ,w and their d. sordered ranks Yorbode'a retro grade mfttion. No', theic though ts are turned to Princeton, to. Trenton and to BunkePs awful.hill, theHheatres of their fathers glory and the kindling ire of thier souls is excited by the . re membrance of their country's wrongs. Firm, paced :n:! slo r, a Jrarrid front !Jev term. i . ; JtOl is the breezel .o$i"'ey ;6; pie' heads' of4 Departments firm. ' , stormT , ' " '. ! r i rtuoW arid enlrghtenea. . A " Tne eneror ar&nwat hand and ; Z.&nyress btoeitedjtates. it '51 all nature reiens with solemn silenced Is it possible that the 'Americans havej forge wien tn gtory oi xneir Bires ana the Arrongs . of their; country Arts they agoing tonbmjt, to ignommfous l)odkge ? "NoV jtheir silence is, like that ofEtna or Vesuvius ere they I" roll their: ilructive layi ,oh the devoted Lhabitati - hpf men." The gallant Scott waies his'swordand sheathed in names ! of fire, theirvollled thunders rolland j ! Britain's falling heroeiii pro'ciaim; their i i unerrinsraim: But the uisorder 6f the I mpment is relieved by the discipline I of her veteran troops, uur ranks are : in confusion,and thecehius of.Colom- : biais seen lamenting th0 defeat; of Her j double vibr. "Butthi enemy receive - i '. . jr 'A z-kVm u . to onen,.and a .winged messenerdes - cenilins: from the chancery of ne'aven bearin? in her left hand the fiat of fate. Tli pnemv beheld it and fell back an fialleil.i S3he bore in her right Kand a beam bfglorr snatched from thibright- e3t arcn ot neavenj to. crown witn im- mortality Columbia's favorite son. A-; mencans saw it anu.cneerea witn iov the harbinger of their;glory. Is not j such a day as this, my friends, worth j an age ofconnnon time ? I would, now j willingly paint to you the 'feats of the ! American Leonidas on the plains of New-Orleans, but-the attemptvould ; be idle, it would be worse than vanity. O that some florid Gibbon, or romantic Shakespear, would arise to give it toj posterity in the luminous pages, of his-! tory,orthe " deathless strain of song." j ! Capt.Ts Allen We have mettheen Let me not furget the heroic Gaines 8c I ' eirvy and they are oms " - t , M'Comb, nor your Decatur. Hull, I j Lew is.Gairies, Scott, Bron'and Jones, Porter Perry, McDonourt,::-MTT" Illakely, and a numher of othersbo ; jt1 tS'l , JJ . ! -"ni, ' otakely, may lie ever hold a CTateful seat deserve a conspicuous standing iO;the (in the hearts 'oi his countrymen.- catalogue of heroes ; ?they form a con- j. Owen The Militia ol North-Qaroli- stellation in the western world sur- na have-done hciior to themselvtind passins in brilliancy the most splencfid , country. triumphs of Iloman antique greatness. ! Hillman. i cratitutie and applause of Jh-Mr .JmiSdg coun, ! men, which is the most satisfactory ! ivuloguim. -" Fellow-cizens. we are the only free people on tlie habitable globe. : While the Eastern World is entram- melled in the bonds and shackles of i si? very ; while they kre groping thro' the midnight darkness ot tyranny and submitting to the yoke of their oppres sors, wc remain the free and Undis turbed sovereigns ojf a Republican aLqti U But though we feel grateful & rejoice attour prosperous situation, nevertheless a principle of philanthro py will draw down pity's commise- I rating tear for the sufferings of other countries. "Who can read tlie history oi uuiortunate ireiana witnout ourst ing into all those paroxysms of anger peculiar to exasperated humanity I? I Who can read the fate of hapless Em- met iviiuout: oeuewing witn a tear tne the page Iwhich oritains the bloody tagetly ? Oh my; countrymen i.f I hope this soil, the; last retreat jand sanctuary of Liberty, will remain ever unpolluted by such wicked crimes, and r long to see the period -arrive when the hacknied doctrine that there is nb permanency in a Republican Gove'rn-1 fiuent, shall be. thoroughly exploded to the 'fatisfaction of Sie world j that tlie virtue of our. government aM the wistiom' of our counciU may produce thb political Millenium, isTivy sincere prayer.';,' 1 hv-.. The company then retired to the Eagle Hotel, William Hawkins, Eq: was; chosen President, and Joha Hare, Eq.' Vice-Prcsidenti arid after an de cant dinner, the folio wingToASTs rwcredranktw ? . , ' . 1 A 1st. piq.daywe celebrate It gave bhtltjieramer of American Inc!epen-, dencjc.&swelptizethat Independence, let ts cheriih hisJ(principles.- ,J: - vi S.VneSiges and Heroes of thefAme rican Itvolationtwhile we drink' the cup cf Xiberty and eat' the rea4 pfIndeptn-- fiencCr tne memory viueir gionpns a- charier of our Liberties, the-" bond ,of cur Union.-; 'v -3 ' 1 ne wmon 01 uic otates on lae.prm 5.' Jain.es Madion. President of the. U. S. te, ufcderiatips fdhltountry.; I nev have receivea tne clnevemehts wufunusn the most gratefal part of thrpasV;:fU i ;AKr ' SC'The Constitution of ..the: U&1the ciples ot our constitution, tue rocK ot our political' saFetcnnei rech,;wh6 would destroyat, N l 1 -'.' - o. i nejar oiarv-oitne i. r iviav tnev f ever be mindful that Q people's liberty in a CTeat mbasure defends on an impartial administration ot Justice. . ' ; 9.tTomasJeffeinTheSage and Pa triot of Moutlcjjllo;. , H '. 10. 'The! Government of NorthCaro-lina.-. A'-r-A- : 4 '. ' 11. Weldon K-'lMwards, Escr.our Rer f presehtative in Congress, may he emulate wc vinues oi nis .wortny preaecessor prosperitv, 13. Tlie Nay v of the U. Sfc Her Gallant neroes naye broken t,be magic spell and P.ro?.tnT$ty of British naval in- 1 14; To the memory of those who hail? r1 remember that,a nation is grateful. ... o r. -T"" wnen a soioicris orave. -m Virtue, iveligion and Independence this motto triumfch.f . 1 continue fresh as the verdure of the Spring, I immortal as the currehVxf human life." 1. The; American &ur In war their sensii ibihty nein es the soldier s arm, , and in I peace sweetens the cares of domestic life: ; The Presjdent, Vice-Presilent, and ,"iaiwi mj- 'iu'c"i each of whom the thanks f the com- t"Mj " Wm. Hawkins, Esq. Gen. Jackson a monthc first military characters of the world , ' m Maj. Eaton. Justiccfand Libert to all Nations. ; ' " : -: Andrew-Rhea The .University of N. ; Carolina, and other seminaries of learning m the btate: i Doct. J; Hawkins--" DorAgive up &e : Ship.'" . y r The brave Decatur, conr ,7 " . . v-ra" f ;f War Dkpartme?;t. An Act to provide for designating-, surveying and granting the military bounty1 lands. Be it e7iacted by ttm Senate and House cfJReiretieniatzves of me United Sia'esof America in Congrees assembled. ThW , the President if the United States be arid he is hereby authorised, to causeto be sur- j vcy'ed a quantity of the publ ic lands of the United States, fit fcrcultivation, notdther-1 wise appropriated, and to which the Indian title is extinguished, not exceeding in the whole six millions of acres, two millions to i"vbe surveyed in the territory of Michigan, : of the Illinois .'riveiauxlwo millions in a ..... .fTa..:-i. X, .- u : ver nt. r raucis, ana ine river ir.ansas ; t-A, '. J ,1.. L ' - A- A 5'. . the said lanojs to be divided intp tpwnshipsj-. anu suo-umaeu m 10 sections auo jquan-er sections, (each quarter section $6, Contain, as nenr as possible, one hundred and sixty acres; in the manner presenpedby law for surveying and subrdividmg the other public lands of the tinited States 1 the" same price to be allowed Jot ;sur yejing as isfixed for sUrveviherthe ! other' nubliclands in the same territory. Afld the lands tvs. surveyeu, witi tne exception 01 tuc sat springs and lead mines therein, aiid of quantities of land anj acenthereto,spiiyi be-reserved tor the usept the same, tortne President of the Uaited -States, iM ihe set apart and reserved mrhe purposejoi satisfying the bounties ofe.hundd,d sixty sacres, promised to th& nbnolnimis sioned officers and soldiers Lthe United States, their heirs aud lega Tepi-eenta- j ti ves, by h t ictt entitled v n Kfof completing the-lexistmg miliretab-J lishmenti" approved the tweBtyrfourthj eleven; and by the thect, cntitjedin act to raise an addvti6nal militaryifo)rcev apprpved the elevciutli'' .Jay of January eightecn hundred and'vtwelve. ' ; Sec 2. iMdbeJiirtatacttd, That the Secretary for the Defiatfmentof War fdi the tiniebeing, shall, fronj timetd time issuejwarrants for the mma'rlaiid boxm ties tie! persons endtIedtherjetoy the be issued only in' the. naxiq(es of IHe person's t)iusehtitlea, and be by trem or tiicir rep're sentatives ajp&d for-within five vea'rs ikt ter the said person'shall have pecome en ticed reto) ' &: the said wrrantil&ll not be assignable or transterabie in; any manner whatever.; A V ' ; r , Sec-' S. And be it further enactedl That cryery person in vtfftss&vo? such warrant j. Jri7r)&ed'at: h's. that suchwaiTants 'shall shall ha;vebee lssuedshall on ?qehverx of the stRii e, U thece th crt taryttf the yreaffliry1 totjiejrf''' A taw, xims' sanennienaanceoi tner venen land office of&fnl seat of vmcntitled to draw by; lot in sucf mnVi as ihe ogder. Ht th ead 6f..the"lanor,ridef -iui,ui jr rwsjaejic oi tne ppuptateff, may preserve'; one of ehf .qnarfet sections surveyed W virtue of the first section of this act, in eitliefk of : the said territorie's hvfiichthe gersdiviii AhbWlTavor such war- . ra.nv 45 issueuvmy designate. -Ana a : patent jhalLtherepw person! for such - ouaHe'r sectionwithout reqiynn any: iqe- toe-reior,? . . f -' no' claim for themltoryln bbxftiel s afii"esaid.:shall be'Silislhahie'or tfatisFer"' abein t2nyanfiVieferntt'fD' tef-tlatei shaUt hfyebeegred la , ije nDerroresaid. Aiisales,: mort tuce&ceiairacs. DrgTeemeacs, oi any na tUrehntrmdri . and.- vcitl ; npr shalKany tf&it bJartd fateds aesii(lijiXa.ib be tateif in execQrsoiditctount ofa : simrtgagei "cbtac1lQjr agreement oipi account oabjt , tojthe date of the pteHteitlierby 'tHe,feeiv son orighiMly eniittedta thet"Iand, or by his heirs lehl vrep or by virtuq of, pi-ocess:.or suit a' flaw, m j udgiTient of court 'against a pei'sWenti- I tied to receive his pateht, as- aforesaid -Speaker of the House of KepresentAtive's; p'. 'fv:W:vicilAW!FOffD,' ; " 'president of t$eriatAW itempor. . iay sia-rin ;' ' .ivfe; v . , - jXiXtfts MADISON ; Frongthe prvisidthe foregoing Act, it li manifest haif n.o Patent can is-; sue untirf be Varant is presented t,6 thet Cbiihmisioner?C)f the Lan4 Qfficei It 13 , ttetefore tnejBterest of tlte Persons entl- tl'tled M MititaBr'-fcainds; that-their War rantlmuijiitely after they areii .issueoT,.vepltedr.in. thev. Office from : whcehejn?tts to be obtaiiiedi ThU c6ure illJ)res.erVe theni from the varwuq Icddiu'ts :,tv V&i 'thejih&y:.)e ; , subjected mrhfhads of the ; wnen bi'';' Agents fho ayiliave been autliorised td &talfrUenci thatalV Contracts' rothe Sldeor incumprance upon these'iians, Jtrtpr WtHe Issuing of the Patents; are illegal dud Void: Asjit is impossible' thatyPerson$ possessed FFow ers ogfAttornev sfoiobtainini!r MilitaiV Land' Warrants,, can have any lecritimatb , j interest, dstitfrom their Principals, ! Warrant&J&eiafe?: issued will be deposit ; tea in tne erierai lana umce ; anu a. j Certinca.tefOf tlia act will be given to uch' ; Attorneysltif fouircd.A copy of this proceeding will be forwarded to . ever).;. pledging' oiJnVcrtj are hereby dedare;andsBalIbe held null . person m wnose name a . vv arrant span, , ! issue, not only, to counteract any lii isreprelf ? .' ; 1 sentations ol the object of this .Regulation, ; bat to place the Soldiers of thei late army upon ' their guard against ; tfieevies. which have already been, of may iiereaf? ter be, jn-actised by unprincipled and dev signing men to deprive, tliem of ' the Re- ward wiiicli is sg justly dile to their meri- ' torls;ervices4 - ' ''- ' . ' x . 'aliof -Wari-lfi, wilbcfoiitjiiue to he is sued at, the vWr Department upon thtf pematioorlpf the ORtqNAL' u -Hovtfr hablb lisciE,,ivhidi will reiitalnL- i there upon Fie, aheretofore; but nao therHdocumentviil 'be required to aCcom panyft, excpt'i theaddrcjss . of the ori ginallaimanw .iaf o'der' that may be duly notified oitfe' :.niimfa&y&. 'date ot tho ' IndWa-!Ppt wiissue:iIt:hi&, iname." " srsx: '?- F t ' L-a- --Lf'n Vl are' dead;.-" TfeiiiiolTiMAs heirs at' LAinust substantiate their claims Cbn f mabikto-ihe:HegttUHdns noty in usd , - Mrtiarummiy a- ;' ' i x : llE lon tmiibaheaiiii Tof oue. act- JLrtff partner ; in thsEstablishment, reti-, "frs it'irojticbre, for him td give the he5i -4aiyUetipniuifel to tlie increasing;. Costoni4;orvthe 'liouse V We have therefore. determrtiM.tod1sfe bfJhe Hotel,' wrth allV its Appurtenance cdrerfne j two acres- of ground ami gix'e immediate possession. Any ' person ttesnww to purclia can hare refer en.jtoodp'Boks since we kept tlie "IIouser Jk:hh.We supe, tlie best evidence we can 'bfteriw shew', tlie Vidhexif tli e F.sWl ishrtienf-M- pTliere can'be no doubt but it is the most pro Liitaoie, ana ot cursetlie most desirable-, Pro pjrty ih tiie ouUiernStates. ; 4 . S d BIIAMK & GO 22, 1X6, : y 57 Af ENTERTAINMENT. SLAV GIITER. riEewaespectiuih- inforpVUd; Ittthexthave Utely opened':. TOWTcbfSRirrn.the itotise fofmerlv' ibeeuptft! py"1t;l1li4Ke) ." ' They:den it sdfficjent toiavytJiat etpences hive not been spared to rendeithis ELabLshmeat commo dious and acrreeable i :?ind to place it on most extensive a' liberal Ciii Ation, i R. TORItAKO', , mil: SLAUGHTER, . r 1 II: U.i. : iiil i !! .i i r x- 'i St. ' HI Ml E -1 - 17 ll' , 7.f.--...w.!.
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