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Tatborongh, (Edgecombe County, KC.) Saturday, May 25,
1833.
Vol IX 0
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PRESIDENT JACKSON'S REPLY
To the Address of the Chairman of the Monu
mental Committee, upon the occasion of lay
ing the Corner Stone of the Monument to the
Mother of Washington, May 7th, 1833.
$ir: To you, and to your colleagues of
the Monumental Committee, I return my
acknowledgments for the kind senti
ments you have expressed towards me,
and fur t lie flittering terms in which
they have been conveyed. I cannot hut
feel that I am indebted to your partiality,
and not to any services of my own, for
the warm hearted reception you have
given me. On this occasion, as well
as on many others, in the course of a life
now drawing towards its close. I have
found the confidence and attachment nf
my countrymen as far beyond my mer
its as mv expectations.
W e are assembled, fellow citizens, to
witness and tq assist in an interesting
ceremony. More than a century has
passed away, since she, to whom this trib
ute of respect is about to be paid, enter
ed upon the active scenes of life. A
century fertile in wonderful events, nnd
in distinguished men who have partici
pated in them. Of these events, our
country has furnished her full share; and
of these distinguished men, she has pro
duced a Washington. If he was "first
in war, first in pence, nnd first in the
hearts of his countrymen," we may
say, without the imputation of na
tional vanity, that, if not the first,
he was in the very front rank of those,
too few indeed, upon whose career man
kind can look back without regret, and
whose memory and example will furnish
themes of eulogy for the patriot, wherever
free institutions are honored and main
tained. His was no false glory, deriv
ing its lustre from the glare of splendid
and destructive actions, commencing in
professions of attachment to his country,
and terminating in the subversion of her
freedom. Far different is the. radiance
which surrounds his name and fame.
It shines mildly and equally, mid guides
the philanthropist and citizen in the path
of duty and it will guide them long after
those false lights, which have attracted too
much attention, shall have been extin
guished in darkness.
In the grave before us lie the remains of
his mother. Long has it been unmarked
by any monumental tablet, but not un
honored. You have undertaken the pi
ous duty of erecting a column to her
memory and of inscribing upon it the
simple, but affecting words, "Mary the
mother ot Washington. No eu ov
could he higher, and it appeals to the
neart ol every American.
These memorials of affection and grati
tude are consecrated by the practice of
mi ages and nations. J hey are tributes
of respect to the dead, but they convey
prauucai lessons of virtue and wisdom
to the living. The mother and son are
beyond the reach of human applause
But the bright example of parenta
nnd filial excellence, whiph thpir p.nn
duct furnishes, cannot but produce the
nubi saiutarv effects upon our coun
trymcn. Let their example be before
us, from the first 1
the child, till the. mother's duties yield to
uiuLour ot preparation nnd action
which nature prescribes for him.
The addrssa which we have heard, por
trays ... just colors this most estimable
woman. Tradition says, that the char
acter of Washington was aided and
strengthened, if not formed, by the care
and precepts -of his mother. She was
remarkable for the vigor of her intellect
and the firmness of her resolution. Left
in early life, the sole parent of a younr
and numerous family, she devoted herself
with exemplary fidelity to the task of
guiding and educating them. With lim
ited resources she was able, by care and
economy, to provide for them, and to en
sure them a respectable entrance upon
the dunes of life. A firm believer in the
sacred truths of religion, she taught its
principles to her children and inculcated
an early obedience to its injunctions.
It is said by those who knew her inti
mutely that she acquired and maintained
a wonderful ascendency over ihose a
round her. This true characteristic of
genius attended her through life, and
even in its decline after her son had led
his country to independence, and had
been called to preside over her councils,
he approached her with the same rever
ence she taught him to exhibit in early
youth. This course of maternal discip
line, no doubt restrained the natural or
der of his temperament and conferred
upon him that power of self-command,
which was one of the most remarkable
traits of his character.
In tracing the few recollections, which
can be gathered of her principles and
conduct, it is impossible to avoid the
conviction that these were closelv inter
woven with the destiny of her son. The
great points ot his character are before
i lie world. He who runs may read them
in his whole career, as a citizen, a sol-
lier a magistrate. Me possessed an
unerring judgment, if that term can be
applied to human nature; great probity
of purpose, high moral principles, per
fect selt possession, untiring application,
an enquiring mind, seeking information
from every qtmrter, and arriving at its
conclusions with a full knowledge of the
subject: and he added to these, an inflex
ibility of resolution which nothing could
change but a conviction of error. Look
back at the life nnd conduct of his moth
er, and at her domestic government, as
they have been this day delineated by the
chairman of the monumental committee,
and as they were known to her cotempo-
aries and have been described by them,
ind they will be found admirably adapt
ed to form and devolope the elements of
such n character. The power of sreat-
ness was there, but had it not been guid-
;d and directed by maternal solicitude
ind judgment, its possessor, instead of
presenting to the world examples of vir-.
tue, patriotism and wisdom which will
be precious in all succeeding ages, might
have added to the number of those mas
ter spirits, whose fame rests upon the
faculties they have abused, and the in
juries they have committed.
How important to the females ot our
country are these reminiscences of the
t f c ttr i . i r .
early lite oi vvasningion, ana oi tne ma-
lernal care ot ner upon whom its tuture
course depended. Principles, less firm
nnd iust. and affection, less reszulated by
J r ""J
discretion, might have changed the char
acter of the son, nnd with it the destinies
of the nation. We have reason to be
proud of the virtue and intelligence of
our females. As mothers ami sisters,
and wives and daughters, their duties are
performed with exemplary fidelity.
Thov no doubt realize the great im
importancc of the maternal character and
the powerful influence it must exert upon
the American youth. Happy is it for
them nnd our country that they have be
fr.r thom this illustrious example of ma-
ternal devotion and this bright reward of
filial success. The mother ot a family
who lives to witness the virtues of her chil
dren and their advancement in life and
who is known and honored, because they
ore known and honored, should have no
other wish, on this side the grave, to
gratify. The seeds of virtue and of vice
are early sown, and we may often anti
cipate the harvest that will de gathered.
Changes no doubt occur, but let no one
place his hope upon these. Impressions
made in infancy, if not indelible, are
effaced with difficulty and renewed with
facility: arid upon the mother therefore
must frequently, if not generally, depend
the fate of the son.
Fellow citizens This district of
country gave birth to Washington.
The ancient Commonwealth, within
whose borders we are assembled from
every portion of this happy and flourish
ing Union, renowned as she is for her
institutions, fur her devotion to the cause
of freedom and for her services and sac
rifices to promote it, and for the eminent
men she has sent forth to aid our coun
try with heart and hand, in peace and
war, presents a claim still sironger than
these upon the gratitude of her sister
States in the birth and life of Washing
ton. Most of you, my friends, must speak
of him from report. It is to me a source
of high gratification thai I can speak of
him from personal knowledge and obser
vation. Called by the partiality of my
countrymen to the high station once so
ably filled by him, and feeling, that in all
but a desire to. serve you, 1 am unworthy
to occupy his seat; but sensible that to
this position 1 owe the honor of an invi
tation to unite with you in this work of
affection and gratitude, 1 am unwilling
the opportunity . should pass away with-
out bearing my testimony to his virtues
and services. 1 do this in justice to my
own feelings, being well aware, that his
fame needs no feeble aid from me.
The living witnesses of his public and
private life will soon follow him to the
tomb. Already a second and a third
generation are upon the theatre ofactior,
and the men and the events of the Revo
lution, and of the interesting period be
tween it and the firm establishment of
the present Constitution, must ere long
live only in the pages ot history. 1 wit
nessed the public conduct and the pri-
n ITT
vate virtues or Washington, and 1 saw
and participated in the confidence which
he inspired, when probably the stability
of our institutions depended upon his
personal influence. Many years have
passed over me since, oui mey nave in
creased instead of diminishing my rever
ence for his character, and my confi
dence in his principles. His farewell ad-
dress, that powerful and affecting appeal
to his countrymen, that manual of wis
dom for the American citizen, embodies
his sentiments and feelings. May He
who holds in his hands the fate of na
tions impress us all with the conviction
of its t r in h and importance, and teach us
to regard its lessons as the precious leg
acy he has bequeathed us. And if, in
the instability of human affairs, our be-
loved country should ever be exposed to
the disasters which have overwhelmed
the other Republics that have precedec
us in the world, may Providence, when i
suffers the hour of trial to come, raise up
a Washington to guide us in averting
the danger.
getting the undertaking urnler way. In
the mean while, we have ns.-uranees that
by the meeting of the nexi General As
sembly, measures will be taken to ma
ture a plan (to be presented to the Le
gislature) which it is believed will ensure
its success. FayttUville Obs.
Accident. A young man by tho
name of John H. Siden, was accidental
ly killed, on the 21st uh. at Ch m
monsville, Davidson county, by a horse.
Mr. JSiden intended to remove the
horse out of a lot, and on approaching,
he wheeled and kicked him . in the
pit of the stomach. Mr. Siden di; d in
the course of an hour and u half after
wards. Salem Rrporter.
(7 James Tunn y, who, it was stated,
lied of a wound received while engaged
in immersing a wooden-legged man lias
written to th Editors of the St. Luis
Fimes, informing them that they have
been hoaxed.
tt?lt is a curious but well attested
act, that Virginia negotiated a treaty un
der the title of the "Old Dominion," with
Oliver Cromwell.
OCF'Samuel Houston, late Governor of
Tenness. e, has been eleeted a member
of the Convention, which met on the 1st
day of April last, in the town of Sn Fe-
Iipi, for the purpoe of framing a Consti
tution tor the province of Texas.
New York. A cording to Williams'
Annual Register, for 1833, just publish
ed, ihe number of member of the pi -
fessions of Jaw, physic, and divinity, in
this State, is as follows:
Attorneys and Counsellors nt law, 19.riK
Physicians and Surgeons, 25o0
Clergy, viz:
Presbyterians & Congregationalists, 5i2
448
41
1153
lt6
29
14
73
Baptists,
Methodists,
Episcopalians,
tie farmed Dutch,
Associate Reformed,
Lutheraus, -
Other denominations,
Total, 1741
Duel. We learn from the Norfolk
Beacon, that a duel w fough a Old
Point Comfort, on the 9'h iust. by Wm.
Armstead and John Carey, two young
men of Hampton; in uhnh he far
mer, at the first fire, was shot through
the body, near the region of the luius,
which it was supposed would prove mor
tal. Raleigh Star.
Pin-making machine. ..The New York
American gives the following cle.srripi
of a pin-making machine, invented by
Dr. John I. Howe, of that city, who sails
with it in a day or two for England, th? re
to procure a patent for it.
The model machine is small, betu i ful
ly made, and worked by hand. We saw
it it in operation, and from two sorts of
wire with which it was fed one stout for
the pin, and the other fine, which is twis
ted into the head we saw nins mm
Fellow citizpns at your renuest and in mlete poured forih nt thR rie nf 4n nr1
your name, I now deposit this plate in; with a capability of producing 60, in a
lilt; CflUl lirllliryVj ini i UIIM wucii nit
American pilgrim shall, in after ages
come up to this high and holy place and
lay his hand upon this sacred -column,
may he recall the virtues of her who
sleeps beneath, and depart with his afFec
tions purified and his piety strengthened,
while he invokes blessings upon the
memory of the Mother of Washington.
The Cape Fear and Yadkin Rail
icay. We learn from a private letter on
which we can rely, that the subscribers to
this stock in Wilmington stand prepared
to make iood their subscriptions as soon
C3 i I I
as a reasonable prospect shall appear ofjper day.
minute. The oins are nerfect in evprv
i j - j
thing but the coloring, whieh, as in all
cases of pin-making, is imparted by a
chemical wash afterwards.
Invention. An account is contained
in Niles' Register, of a machine recently
invented for the purpose of knitting. It
is only one fool square, weighs hut ten
pounds, and the cost does not exceed 5.
It is worked by means of a cjank, and
one girl of twelve years of age might
tend three machines, if properly arrang
ed: akin? from one to
two pair of men's long woollen stockings
i