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From the Manchester, (Eng.) Uuardisn, Ja
nuary 15.
STATE AJYI) PROSPECTS OF THE
VOTTOJm’ MARKET.
We last week published a tattle, shewing
according to the annua) circulars of the Li
verpool cotton brokers,- tle amount of the
import* of (his article for the year 1824, and
the present state of the stocks held in the
ports of the kingdom. By this table, it ap
m pears that the quantity taken-from-the ports
for home consumption in the course of the
year, including, however, what was export,
ed to Ireland, is about 640.000 bags, or 12,-
300 hags per week; a quantity so enormous
ly exceeding even the most extravagant es
timate ofthe consumption, as to make it ob
vious, either that the S'orks in the ports are
Very materially underrated, or thst (he quan
tity held by the dealers and sqyiners is now
very considerably greater than what they
field at the end of 1825. That such is the
case, does not, indeed, admit of the slightest
doubt; for a comparison ofthe quantities sta
ted to have been delivered from ihe ports in
the two years, 1823 and 1824, most render it
unquestionable. In 1823, the deliveries
from the pops 9 were stated in the annual cir
colors ai the close ofthe year to be 535 000
b igs, or 10,290 bags per week; which is less
tli hi the deliveries, of 1824 by 105 000 or;
2010 bags per week. That the conxump-l
tjon lias increased in 1824, so m'ocb as 2010
bags per week, would be too preposterous
an assertion to render the denial of it neces
sary. Such an inevease in one year is pal
pably impossible; and the Liverpool brokers,
therefore, in order to reconcile their siaie
yrents ofthe outgoings, have generally rep
resented the stocks now held by dealers and
spinners at .more by 30,000 bags than they
were-computed to be at the close of 1823.
“B it this is-clearly an inadequate allowance
for increase of the interior stocks; for 30,000
bags equal to only 576 bags per week—
w hich, deducted from 2010 bags, the stated
■weekly increase of the deliveries from the
ports in 1824, would still leave 1434 bags
(equal to more than 14 [Ser cent.) as the
weekly amount of the increased consump
tion of the year. This would show an in
crease of consumption tar beyond the capa
bility ofthe ‘rade, and it’ is therefore obvi
ous that the statements from winch such an
increase is dedicated, are erroneous. That
they are so, we have ourselves the most po
si’ive conviction. We are satisfied from the
best calculations ami the fullest enquiries we
can make with respect to the quantity of
niachiuery brought into action during the
past year’ that the consumption cannot, by
anv means have exceeded 580.000 bags, or |
,ll’, 160 bags per week; and the conclusion, I
therefore, we have come to is, that of the
64O,QO0bags said to have been delivered from
the ports in 1824. for home consumption,
there are at legist 50,000 bags more than was
field by dealers and spinners on Jan. Ist,
JH24, yet unrjbnsumed. Li favor of this view
of the subject, we may state that the sales in
Liverpool” ajone, for the last twelve weeks
of 1824. amounted to the enormous quantity
of 185,000‘bags, an excess upon the con
sumption in itself almost sufficient to account
for what we have assumed to be"the extra
Stock. Irina the dealers and spinners were
heavy purchasers during this period, is ap
parent from the quantity of cotton sent to
the carriers to be forwarded, having been
for whole time so large, as to produce
the 0^)3 1 harassing and vexatious delays in
the carrying trade between Manchester and
Liverpool. On this calculation the compara
tive rnte ofthe supply and demand lor 1824
is as follows:
Consumption, 580,000 bags.
Export to the continent about 50,000
\ 630,000
Total fmpnrt 538,000
M iking a deficiency of 92,000 bags
whi h is a falling oft sufficiently great to ac
count fix- a serious improvement in the pri
ces ‘hat were current before so considerable
a deficiency became’ apparent. Whether
Hie advance which has taken place will be
maintained or not, is, of course, uncertain:—
we give no opinion respecting It. 1 lie in
fluence, however, of that advance w.U be to
stimulate the efforts of the importers, and to
secure for the country a great and abundant
supply. The experience we have had, is
qui'e decisive as to the effect, in encourag
ipgtlie cultivation .of the article, and in bring
ing it from e very place of growl h to this mar
ket, of prices even under those which are
now current. The prices which were estab
lished in the latter part of 1823, were, no
doubt, in a great measure the occasion of
the universal cultivation whieh it is .univer
sally admitted took place in all the cotton
dist ricts of North America in 1824. The;pro
chice of that vastly-increased cultivation,, we
may be assured, our present prices will cause
to be brought hither. Os the actual produce
of the last growth in North America no con
fident opinion can be formed for several
worn hs to come. Buthe concurrent repre
sentations from every quarter entitled ,us to
calculate (finder favorable circumstances for
gathering it>on a much greater crop than
had been produced in any former year.—
The extent to which the crop has been in
jured by bad Weather is yet unknown. The
dauvige it has sustained from this cause may
probably have been limbed to the planta
tions on the sea hoard, where but a compa
ratively small proportion of the whole cron
is grown: and, at all events, it is represented
to have operated only on the plantations of
Georgia and Carolina. In the states of Loui
siana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee,
it is know n that the weather, on the whole,
has been favorable, and that the produce
ther*, is unprecedeiitedly great, and of
choice equality. From the period of the
hurricane too, up to the middle of Decern
her, we have information that the weather
had been good in Georgia anti Carolina, and
that the pickingwas proceeding well; so that
even hi ihese states the'quantity may still
turn out to be great.
In venturing an opinion respecting the
probable supply of 1825, our object is not so
much to estimate the actual quantity which
may arrive, (because this depends essential
]v on the degree and continuance of the en
couragement to bring it. which might be so
powerful as to occasion an import much ex
ceeding the quantity that will suflfiee for cur
argument) as to show that an accumulation j
of stock will, in all human probability, take j
. * f i-♦is- of the Year. An accu-!
•i’ * Vim* in'ftl carr uikl that ]
price* cannot remain long, a* we fear they
may -now be considered injuriously high.
With respect to the supply from North
America, it is important to keep in view that
the increase of cultivation, which it is gene
rally admitted took pla'e in 1824, was gene
ral. It was an increaseyn every cotton dis
trict, upon the largest emtiyation which had
previously existed, and wdiild have pi-oduc
ed but for the counteracting, effects of bad
weather, a crop larger thanatjy other, in pro
portion as the planting :as gLeajcr. On the
supposition, therefore, that tliie injury the
crops have sustaiped is equalTo t he augment
ed cultivation, tke growtlkof the past wear
will still be found to equal the largest growth
of any previous year; and wi|h such induce
ments to bring it as our prices now present,,
it would perhaps not be unreasonable to ex
pect a supply, in 1825,-equal to the largest
supply of any one year. In 1823, we re
ceived from North America, 450,000 bags
Under present circumstances, however, we
shall not take that as a standard; but. keep
ing in mind how much ilie depressed prices
in the French market (which are no# at
least 13 per cent, under those current hgre)
will tend to direct the crop to this country,
we think we are likely to in calcula
tiiig'bn the receipt, in 1825, of as much as
380,000 bags, which will sull allow a deduc
tjonyi-om the extent of the import of 1823,
oW&fiOO bags for contingencies. We are by
no means unaware that statements with res
pect to the growth, very different from what
we have proceeded%n in making this calcu
lation, some extending men to a defalcation
of 50 or 60,000 bags, as compared with the
crop of 1823, are made in particular quar
ters; but they are not borne out by xgdvices
which we have seen from the States, and
they appear to us. on a review of all the cir
cumstances of the case, to be grossly impro
bable. *’
From the Brazils the suppjy, for the last
three years, has been very nearly unifornri —
in each year about 145,000 bags. During this
period, however, the commerce of that
country has been considerably obstructed by
political agitations which are now subsiding.
‘The increased facilities for trade which the
re-establishment of tranquility already af
fords, in conjunction with tne improved state
of our market for cotton,, will, we entertain
no doubt, give us in the present year, an in
creased import from thence. We therefore,
assume our receipts from the Brazils in 1825,
at 160,000 bags, a quantity more by 15,000
than the average of the last three years.
Krom Egypl the supply will be considera
ble, as the crop there, according to all ac
counts, exceeds 200,000 bags, thre gveater
proportion of which must come to this coun
try. The continental markets being under
stood to be glutted with the article, we esti
mate the import of this description at 110,-
000 bags.
From the East and West Indies, Demerara,
and all other places, we take to import at
90,000 bags which is about the same as last
year.
On these data the probable supply ofept
ton jn 1825, will be—
From America, 380,000 bags
Brazils 160,000
Egypt 110,000
East and W. Indies, &c. 90,000
740,000
And taking the probable con
sumption & export the lat
ter is generally expected (o
be much less than last year
at 640,000
The increased s'nek at the
end of 1825 will be
100,000 bags
That the stock of cotton in the British
market will be increased at tlie close of the
present year to something like this extent,
beyond what it was at its commencement, we
have a very decided belief—and if the pre
sent prices should continue, we should not
be surprised to see even a larger quantity
come forward than what we have ventured
to assume, so as to make the increase of
stock even greater. The consumption, too,
?ay be ultimately diminished, and will be so,
if spinners and manufacturers should be una
ble to obtain an advance on yarn and goods
equal Jo the great advance which has alrea
dy taken place in cotton. Whether they
will or not, is yet uncertain—goods, howev
er, have assuredly not yet risen in any de
gree at all approaching what would be equi
valent to the advance on the raw material.
With respeet to the price of cotton, we
take as our standard of a desirable price,
that, whatever it may- be, which is at once
sufficiently high, by its affording a remune
ration to the grower, to secure an adequate
supply of this valuable commodity', and, at
the same time, low enough to furnish our
manufacturers with the means of constant
prosperity and extension. The present pri
ces we deem much too high to serve both
Jhese important purposes; and we consider
our opinion on this subject to be supported
by the fact, that the average price of upland
cotton, for the last three thtee years, during
which we have been abundantly supplied,
ami during which the impetus given to our
manufactures has been greatest, is only 8J
pounds, which the present average is not less
than IQJ, a difference too considerable to
have more than temporary duration, or,
we fear to be unattended with injurious con
sequences. Os these, that which we must
apprehend is a reduction of the weavers,
wages, or the.dismissal of the hands from
their situations. The masters, we believe,
ralculate on a reduced demand for goods in
case prices should rise; and they say they
are determined not to accumulate stocks ma
nufactured at high rates. Under these cir
cumstances, we much fear the weavers will
find it difficult if not impossible, to obtain
that advance on wages, which, to the extent
of at least forty percent, they have recently,
at a meeting held at Bolton, come to the de
termination to apply for.
CHEAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA.
Parliamentary Debate. —We make thefol
lowing extracts from the debate which took
place in the British House of Commons, on
the 8d of.February, after the reception of
the King’s Speech.
Mr. Ihougltam rose and stated, that, of
some ot the points in the speech he disap
proved, and against others, and not a few, he
S must enter a solemn protest; he,ftt the same
i time, was bound to state that some other
! parts had his cordial and willing approbation,
ther could he, in making that statement,
;laim to any excess of candor, as Ute mea-
sures to which he had alluded had been urg
ed from his aide of the house upon a succes
sion of administrations. He made the State
ment more freely, as he was far from arro
gating the merit of those measures to him
self, but claimed it for those with whom he
had uniformly the honor of acting ever since
had had a seat in that house. The doctrines
that he and his friend* had advocated, had
long been treated as a visionary code, and at
times been termed Jacobinical, and said to
have been taken out of the book of the
Rights of Man. But those doctrines had not
only been adopted, but made the subject ol
congratulation itt the speech from the throne;
he recollected well when one member said,
“he trusted the house would never legislate
on such principles.” Ministers had taken a
leaf out of the blackest book of him and his <
friends, and he so- one sincerely rejoiced,
that just, and philosophical and statesman
like principles, had at length been recom
mended in tbft speech from the throne.
The following passage contains a part of
Mr. Canning’s reply, ancf it is ill that gentle
man's b -st manlier:
“1 turn,” said Ire, “tu that other part of the
honorable and learned gentleman’s speech,
in which he acknowledges bis acquiescence
in the passages of the address echoing the
satisfaction felt at the success ofthe liberal
commercial principles adopted by this coun
try, and at the steps taken for recognizing
the States of America It does happen,
however, that the honorable gentlemen, be
ing a not unfrequent speaker in this House,
nor very concise in his speeches, and touch
ing, occasionally, as be proceeds, on almost,
every subject within the range of his imagi
nation, as well as making name observations
on the matter in hand, and having at differ
ent periods, proposed and supported every
innovation of which the law or constitution of
the country is susceptible; it is impossible to
innovate without appearing to do what he
calls “taking a leaf out of his book.” Either,
therefore, we must r-emaimforever absolute
ly locked up, as in a northern winter, or we
must break our way out by some mode al
ready suggested by the honorable and learn
ed gentleman, and then he cries out, “Ah, I
was there before you. That is what 1 told
you to do, but, as you would not do it then,
you have no right to doit now ” In Queen
Anne’s reign there lived a very sage and
able critic, named Dennis, who in his old
age, was the prey of a strange fancy, that he
had written ail the good play s thot were act
ed. Every good passage he met with in any
author, he insisted was hi 9 tyevn. “It’s none
of his.” rtoinis would always say: “no, it’s
mine.” He went one day to see anew tra
gedy. Nothing particularly good to his taste
occurred till a scene mi which a great storm
was represented, in the course of which a
sudden burst of thunder called forth the. ge
neral approbation of the audience. Upon
hearing it, Dennis started up and exclaimed,
“That’s my thtinderlV—(Great laughter.)—
So it is with the honorable and learned gen
tleman—it’s all his thunder—(Laughter.)
It will henceforth be impossibie to confer
any boon or make any innovation, but he will
claim it as his thunder.
But it is due to him to acknowledge, that
he does not claim everything—he will be
content with the exclusive merit of the libe-
ral measures relating to trade and commerce.
Not desirous of violating his own principles
by claiming a monopoly offoresight and wis
dom, he kindly throws overboard, to my ho
norable and learned friend (Sir James Mack
intosh) near him, the praise of South Ame
rica. 1 should like to know whether, in some
degree, this is not his thunder. (Laughter.)
He thinks it right itself, but le9t we should
be too proud if he approved our conduct in
toto, he thirrks it wronfj; in point of time.—
1 differ from loin essentially—for if 1 pique
myself on any thing in this affair, it is the
time. The whole question was one of time
and mode. There were tw'o modes—one a
reckless and headlong bourse, by which we
might have reached our object at once, but
at the expense of drawing upon us conse
quences not lightly to be estimated. The
other was more strickly guarded in point of
principle, so tliat, while we pursued our own
interest, we took care to give no just cause
of offence to other powers.
France not only recognized the United
States before her teiritory was free, and
without giving the mother country any offer
of precedency, but, though in amity with us
at the moment, mixed op with the act of re
cognition a treaty of alliance with the United
States, to enable them to achieve their inde
pendence. France, for that purpose, made
herself the enemy of England. But it really
seems as if it were conceived that this act,
on our part, is imperfect, because it is not
accompanied by war. Now the task I thought
set to me, was to arrive at my object, not on
ly without .that war, bat without giving just
cause of war to Spain, or any other power.
The honorably, and learned gentlemen pro
fesses to consider my policy as huckstering;
but ifhe thinks that war might not have been
had by a little dexterity, he is muck mista
ken—(cries of hear, hear, hear.) It lay on
each side, but I have arrived at my .object 1
without stirring the dangers that encompass
ed me —(cheers.) Is the result, then, dis
satisfactory, because, from beginning to end,
we have taken no step that wo have not pre
viously announced to every party interested
by immediate relations, by sympathy, or by |
honor? (hear, -hear!) There is not in the j
archieves of my office a document connected j
with this negotiation which Spain has not j
seen, or the Allies had cognizance of. Spain :
was told for years, that If she would take the !
precedence, we would fall behind at a fum
ble distance. We offered to give her a su
periority in the markets of her late colonies;
but at last, because we were forced to go
alone, did we avail ourselves of our priority
to secure peculiar advantages? So far from
selling our recognition, we demanded only
to be placed where any one who chooses to
follow us may be placed, on the same foot
ing.
I am desirous of offering some explanation
with regard to the treaty with the U. States
for the more effectual suppression of the
slave trade. The treaty was drawn up by the
ministers of the United States. It received
some alteration here, but none very material.
By the constitution of the United States, the
confirmation of treaties is vested, not in the
Executive only, but in the Senate and Exe
cutive jointly. This Was. an inconvenience
of which we were certainly aware, and,there
fore, we had no right to complain when we j
found that the treaty fegularly negotiated
and ratified by his Majesty, was refused to
be ratified by the American Senate, unless
pa conditions to wliiob wc could not accede..
But wfiat was peculiarly singular was, that
the most material alteration made by the Se
nate, was an alteration of the original draft
of the treaty made by the American govern
ment, and an alteration which withdrew all
the reciprocity on which the treaty was
founded. The right of search was, hy the
original treaty, conceded by us in the West
Indies, but they refused it to us on their own
coast. It was impossible as a matter of jus
tice to the West Indies, to consent to this al
teration- It would have been a tacit admis
sion that our slave laws were evaded by our
colonies. I will not affirip that the Ameri
cans evade their slave laws, but 1 deny, posi
tively. that ours are evaded by our colonists.
We cannot agree to a treaty which seem? to
sanction the imputation, that we admit on
ou'r part what they deny on theirs. It has
been proposed to cancel the whole negotia
tion and begin anew, andVe have offered to
agree to a treaty, as amended by their Sen
ate, with the single exception of the omis
sion of the word “America.” 1 cannot sup
pose that their objections will stand the test
of furthur discussion. At all events, our feel
ing* have been made manifest. We raised
the penalty of the trade to that of piracy, and
we are willing by treaty to concede equal
powers. It gives me great pleasure to add
that the whole course of the discussion was
carried oil in perfect friendship, and (hat 1
have no doubt the personal feeling of the
Executive government was entirely with us.
(Hear, hear!) As to any other topics, 1 pre
fer at this moment to defer the consideration
of them to the more detailed discussions that
will be hereafter necessary. The right ho-
sat down amidst the gene
ral cheering of tl\f house.
From the Savannah Republican, 2 3d imt.
ARRIVAL OF GEN. LAFAYETTE.
The great reception of our “NATION'S
GUEST,” is over—anti the display, take it
altogether, exceeded any thing eVer before
witnessed in Savannah. As seven o’clock
on Saturday morning last was the liouksmi
which the General was expected to arrive
at Fort Jackson, the military were ordered
to assemble on their several-parade grounds
at 5 o’clock A. M. which was done with an
alacrity and promptitude characteristic of
good soldiers, At about 7 o’clock the line
was formed, and remained underarms until
9, when their being no signal of the approach
ofthe steam boat, the troops stacked their
arms, and were dismissed until warning was
given ofthe arrival of our expected guest. —
At 10 o’clock the Committee of Reception,
proceeded to Fort Jackson in barges
rowed by seamen, in bluejackets and white
trowses, and decorated with flags for the
purpose of welcoming the general on his ar
rival in our waters. By 10 o’clock the Eas
tern end of the Bay wa9 literally choked up*
by the numerous spectators who were anx
iously looking out for the steam boat. Every
bosom, from infancy to old age, seemed to
glow with patriotic feeling, jjpd to feel as it
we re t h e sacred ness of t h e on; 12 o’clock
arrived—all was anxiety and expectation on
tiptoe—almost, every tonge was heard to
ask, “do you see any thing of the boat;.” “Is
he coming.” Despondency seemed to hat e
taken possession of every countenance, when
few minutes before l b'cloefc, a signal was
made by the ringing of the Bell, whieh an
nounced that the welcome vessel, bearing
Lafayette, was rapidly advancing towards
our City. This joyous intelligence spread
through town like electricity; and smiles of
j joy revelled on every face. In less than 15
minutes the military were under arms in
front of the Exchange, and marched to the
lower end of the Bay, where thevwere form
ed in line, their right resting on East-Broad
street. On each side ofthe entrance, through
which the General passed, into East-Broad
street, were placed two French brass pieces
which were manned by a company of mas
ters of vessels, andqthers who volunteered
for the occasion, ft was a proud day for
Savannah. A more splendid military dis
play has not been witnessed; or more cordial,
f'etierous, and spontaneous feeiing evinced,
t Was a jubilee—a more geoeral holiday than
the 4'h of July# Business was suspended
stores closed, and streets thronged with weU
dressed people. About 2 o’clock it was an
nounced that the steam*boat had rounded
too off Fort Jarkson, when a national salute.
was fired by the revenue cutter Gallatin,
Capt. Matthews, which vessel was beauti
ful decorated with flags. The merchant
vessels in our harbor were also decorated in
the same manner. The starry standard of
America, and the French flag were hoisted
on the top of tire balcony of the Exchange,
and various other parts of the City. The
rush tqjUre theatre of expectation was im
mense,Thotisands and thousands crowded to
witness his landing. During the progress
of the boat,from Fort Jackson to the city,
many an eye was strained in the hopeless
task of recognizing the “NATION’S
GUEST,” A few minutes after 3 o’clock
the steam boat dropped anchor alittle above
Fort Wayne, when a salute was again fired
by the revenue cutter Gallatin. On board
the boat was a full band of music, which
played, at intervals, the Marseilles Hymn,
and other French and American Airs.—
Gen. LAFAYETTE being now assisted into
the first barge; prepared for the occasion,
1 with his son George Washington and his se
i cretary Mr. LeVassqhr, accompanied by .the
j committee of reception, was rowed to the
| landing, where a temporary flight of steps
: and platform were erected. As the barge
! reached the slutte, the excitement and bus
tle increased. The windows of every dwel
ling, near the spot, were filled with lovely
fftjr ones of our city, whose smiles and spark
ling eyes spake volumes of congratulation
to our venerable Guest. A line was formed,
facing inwards from the landing place on the
wharf, composed of the Mayor and Aider
men; the Clergy; the Judge and officers of
the different Courts; the Union society; the
Hibernian Society, with their bannes; the
St. Andrew Society; the Agricultural Socie
ty, and Citizens. The General was then re
ceived by W*. C. Tlanikll, Esq. Mayor of
the City. As the General placed his foot
upon our soil, a salute of twenty Jour guns
was fired bv the Chatham Artillery, in line
on the Bluff, with four field pieces, one of
which is a trophy taken at the batlfe of York
town, where the genius and vrflor of LA
FAYETTE were conspiciotisty displayed in
; our revolutionary struggle. The 9atuteof
the Artillery was immediately followed by
twenty four rounds from the infantry which
had been drawn up in ft line to receive the j
General. He was greeted on his landing by,;
■ acclamations long and loud, which ran along ,
the line like electricity. 3itppnr!el byil
Mayor, he now ascended the Bluff, folio*
by his suite, the Committee of Recepi;
the members ofthe corporation, the Sq<
ties and citizens On reaching the lop o f.
Bluff, he was again enthusiastically cheei
by the niilitary and Citizens. Me. \y a <( t |
met by .Governor Troup, who wclcomei||
in the most feeling manner to the soil
Georgia, in the following words:—
“Gk.xxual,
“Tis little more than ninety years,*
the founder of this State first set foot u;
the bank on which you stand. Now,)
hundred thousand People open their
receive you. Thanks to a kind Provide
it called you to the standard of liberty j, {
hopelessness of our early revolution— jj
preserved you, that, in your latter day,
glory of a great Empire might be reflg
back upon you, amid the acclamations
ions.
“The scenes which are to come will be
you, comparatively tranquil and-placid; th
will be no more of dungeons—no more
frowns of Tv rruUs. O.i Sir! what a com
tion fora man, Who has passed f (trough i
sens of troubles, that the million of bay*
which guard the blessings we enjoy,
stand between you and them. But eixj
Welcome, General—Welcome —thrice ||
come—to the State of Georgia.”
To this address, the General delire
the folloyving reply:—
The kind iuvilatiou I first received |
your- F.ecellency, and which, on the meet
ofthe General Assembly, was bestowed
me by both houses, in terms most gratifi
could not but confirm my eager resolii
to visit the Slate of Georgia. This state,
I had not the good fortune to serve o
own soil—but, while our more nonl
movements were not unconnected with
safety and rescue —l have long been ati;
ed to it by my sense of its patriotism, sw
ing and exertions, by personal obhgai
and private affections. Permit me hen
express a regret at the rapidity of my In;
visit through the several slates. The a
bration ofthe greatest of all birth days at
seat of the general government could
be omitted —and although I have been cl
ed to sacrifice the motives of propriety,!
the feelings of personal friendship, winch:
led me to wilnete the of
executive branch of the union, I couul
sagive up the honorable pari conferred ui
me, on the behalf of secular Jubilee of Bn
cr’s Hill, as the representative, being
only surviving’ Major General of the kn
ntionary Army, My dear sir, I am h.tppj
witness the improvements which, witlnnl
than a century of existence, and fifty u
of independence, have attendee!, in this st
the blessings of republican institutions
Accept, if you please, for v ourself, and
two houses of the Legislature, my n
affectionate anil respectful thanks.”
He was then introduced to several offit
and soldies of the Revolution.
THE MAYOR’S ADDRESS.
Soon after the dismissal of the Civic It
cession, the Mayor and Aldermen, again i
at the Exchange, and with live City Man
at their head, with the insignia of his all
proceeded to flielodgings of Gen. I.ufavi
They Were immediately received by the
neral, to whom the following address was
hvered by the Mayor:
“General.—
“The citizens of Savannah receive j
with the most grateful emotions In \
they behold their country’s early anclste
fast friepd, who, spurning the allurcmenti
rank ana affluence at home, devoted him
to the cause of an infant ana alien peoj
resisting oppression in a most unequal i
fearful conflict.
‘•hi the history of the war of the revo
tion, your arrival upon our shores, con
tutes a highly important era. To the li
rased soldiery, it imparted additional vig
To our exhausted country, it gave new ho;
—and to the cause of Liberty, a power
and a faithful ally. To the glorious term
tion of that war, you largely contributec
The establishment of a republican torn
government, as necessarily resulted from
character of the people who waged that i
The peculiarity of that form, as happyi
is singular, is the proudest monument cfl
man wisdom and virtue.
“Gbskral— After the lapse of near ha
century, you rev isit the scenes of youri
ly glory and renown. Few, indeed, ofyi
olcl companions survive to embrace von
We, their descendants, rich in the inhe
tance of their glory and their achievinen
welcome you in the name, and asthefrieml
our fathers. In our national indepemlei
—in our politicial institutions—in our and
and religious principles—in the diffusion
knowledge —and in our individual piospt
ty’ and happiness—behold the achievmf
of the revolution. In the hearts of the An
ican People, your services and your gl<
are consecrated; and so long as they are
thy of the liberties which they now enj
so song will t|iey hold, in the most grate
■reverence, the names of those to whom tb
are indebted for them; and so long will t!
shout, with the warmest enthusiasm, I
names of Washington and Lafayette.”
The General immediately replied in I
following terms:—
“1 am happy, sir, to enjoy the long wi
ed-for gratification, of a visit to this inter
ting and classic city, where you so kin
welcome me. You are pleased to speak
friendly emotions. Sir, my own feeling*
this occasion, are most lively and multiple
While I rejoice in the honorable and nff<
donate receptiqp from the citizens of Sa
nah, the prosperity and happiness, whi
this city presents to a patriotic eye, I fort
%st time approach the spot where the bluj
of two nations has been shed in a comm
cause—where Pulaski fell, and Laurens pi*
ted the American Standard. It is to meacli
rished thought, that although the wounds
D’Estaing, the gallant devotion of Lincol
were not rewarded with success, the remei
brance of that day must be one of the bon
of mutual friendship, and good wishes
there is also the tomb of my dear Compuns
and friend, the great and good Greene.
Amidst those sentiments, 1 am highly
sible of the knfdness of the people of Sa
nah in my behalf, ami beg them and you, *
Mayor, to accept my respectful, affections
acknowledgments.’*
At Sun down a salute of twenty-four g
was fired by the marine corps.
THE DEPARTURE.
Immediately after dinner, about 5 o’cW
; the General returned to hia. lodgings, $
; soon after with his son, George Washing 1