BY •. * W. KOBBATaOZT,
fVat.lstlERS OF TBS LAWS OF THE UNION,
DAILY 1'APZR, 1 : I ! I J : KIOHT DOI.
COUNTRY PATCH, i ! I'll ! FIT* HOLLARS,
die'with thp political affair* of tho state,
with a viow to the ensuing eloclinn, I have
determined to suspend the publication of
my promis- d expaiitiun until alter the elec
tion.
Respectfully.
EDMUND PENDLETON GAINES.
JKilltdgctille, Sept. 12, 1U25.
Mvimm
TUESDAY 'MoftNINO, SEPT.
The Mlliedgevffle Journal of Tuesday,
fi ys—*• We are gratified that we have it in
our power to relieve the apprehensions of
our friend* at a distance in relation ^to the
health of Governor Troup, and at the
same time to put to rest the innumerable
stories that hove been already put into cir
culation by Hi* adversaries. Gov. Troup
has entirely recovered hi*, health, and is
daily engaged in the discharge of his offici
al duties."
The last National Journal announces the
receipt of a letter from Mr. Berrien, in
cluding a correspondence between himself
and Governor Troup, on the subject of thi
charge against the Attorney Genoral. The
Governor, it appears, says the Journal,
** misunderstood both the teuor and object”
of Mr. Bts. observations,
By the following letter copied from the
Georgia Patriot, it appears that General
Gaines has determined to suspend his pub
lic communications until after tho election-
The General tells us that this determina
tion is made in consequence of the asser
tion that he has attempted to meddle with
the political affairy of the state, with a view
to the coming election. This determina
tion .Would hare been Wise before the pub-
tion of his three last letters. It now comes
too late. Whether the general has or has
not co-operated with .the Clark party in
this state, we. shall not enquire; but the
feasts given to him by that party for his
" public services ”—his constant associa
tion with them; his transmission of his lot
tery-through them to Goncral Clark’s own
pren and no other; his personal attacks
upon Governor Troup, in one of which he
refers to the Yaaoo question, die. &c. have
induced the majority of the people to be
lieve him'so, and to continue in that belief.
The Genoral says it is an untruth that he
has co-operated to “ break the late treaty.”
But what has been the direct tendency of
his publications ( Why the repeated asser
tions that forty-nine fiftieths of the Creek
nation are opposed to it,'by which not only
has the survey been ordered to be suspend
ed, but the determination nas been adopted
to refer the treary to Congress ? But above
all, what arc we to understand by the letter
of the General to tho Governor of Alabama,
in which he asserts that “ there is too much
reason for their (the opponents of the treaty)
objections to the mnnner in which the trea
ty was made that it was concluded by
“ not much more than one fiftieth part of
the Creek nation, headed by M'Intoeh. with
no other but very ordinary chiefs and horse
We aro gratified to find by tho Milledge-j thoy work, and as it progresses dosert them I whethor the people of Georgia with similar
villo popers that-Messrs. J. T. LAmar, oj and build others furthor on.- We went into' ingratitude, will turn Troup out ol office,
Macon, and G. B. Lamar, of Savannak several of thorn and found thorn in gen-
intend to run constantly, the ensuing ana, otal very uncomfortnblo. Their pay is sev |
son, a steam boat aud four tow boats from enty-five cents por day. The banks of the
' Savannah to Macon and MillodgeVilte, Stop- **nal are covered witli huge piles of stonns,
at the intermediate landings lor thp to timove Which prill bean enormous work., j
The fragments of rock as thoy are broken
for tho efforts he is making to bless Geor
gia, with a work equal in magnitude aud
importance with that which in New-York,
will csriry the name of Clinton down to tho
remotest posterity covered with unfading
glory.—Goo. Journal.
ping i
The Election.—W'o loarn verbally, and ^ c ' ption tnA d 0 u V ery of Produce and Mnr
by lottors from tho interior.oftho state, that ch4n(liz( , w freight. The inoreaaiug'hntAtf'-
public opinion is daily .becoming more d«ci- tll)co of lhjlt iecl ion of our state, whdsC
de'Hly in favor of George M. Troup. The b4t | neM [.'thus to' bo connected wltliJSa-
following !* an extract of a letter from vannah , W n have no doubt will reward the
a gentloman in Clark county to hia -corres
pondent in this city, dated 13th September;
** In this county, (Clark) thore is no
doubt of Troup’s ascendency In Jack-
son, Clark will get a
votes. In Morgan, Jasper and Jones, hith
ertu Clarkite, it is confidently assorted here,
majorities for Troup will bo obtainod—in
the first very large, in the other two very
small. In Habersham, a great division ex
ists. In Gwinnett, , (a Clarkite)
proprietors.
stated a few weeks back that Troup would
succeed.' tine thing is certain, that in all
these counties he is rising, and the moBt re
spectablc inhabitants are coining round
The day ot chase is at hand, when it will
be determined ; and unless very great re
missness ensues on the part of the friends of
Troup, I feel confident that he will suc
ceed.”
.The subjoined calculation appears in the
Milledgevillo Recorder. It is introduced by
the following remarks:
Gentlemen:—1 hove lately seen mid
conversed with gentleman from almost, every
county in the Elute and have made particu
lar enquiry as to the probablo result of the
election for Governor.—I. have taken the
statements of both patrieB, and from them
have made the following calculation, which
I think may be considered ub generally cor
rect. There is hot little doobt in my own
mind, but that Governor Troop will be re
elected, as the result of my enquiries gives
him the majority at this time, and from all
ports of the state there is news of his gain-
,n B ground. In tho following calculation.
Tho President of tho United States lias
recognised by his Exequatur, Don PrahciB-
majority of fifty \ c0 Hernandez Noguet. Consul of his Ca
tholic Majesty for the port of Philadelphia
William Ritchie, Esqi Vico Consul of his
Danish Majesty for the Now-Eiigland
States, to reside at Boston s and the Che
valier Ignazio Vincenzo Caravadossy, Con
sul General of his Sardinian Majesty,'to
reside at Philadelphia
FROM ONE OF THE EDITORS
The country is quite wild and unciilti
viiled, after leaving Cansndiagua, until
within some few mitos of Rochester. We
arrived at tho latter after dark, took
supper, went to hod nnd very enrly next
morning took a rumble through tho placo.
There is more stir nod bustle and appear
ance of business here, than in any place I
hove been in since we loft New York—
There are a great many mills of various
kinds turned by tho Genessoc River, which
flows through the town, and a number of
manufactories. The canal enters tho town
on a noble acqueduct of free stone, over tho
Gonessee river, seven hundred und fifty
feet long, of solid and elegant ninsonary.—
tho place is but fifteen years old, and it now
contains near 'live thousand inhabits ids.
many handsome houses, stores, churches.
the mnjorUwt only which it is supposed the | al)( | jt jg Boi( | u w j|| beenmo olio of the
candidates willnbtaitiiiithnreapectiveconn-1 , ,, - .
ties, have been put down. Tlio Eastern 1 moal ,m ! ,ortant P lttces m tl,e >«tenor.
Circuit has been put down collectively, with- About one hundred liuuneB and stores, are
out enumerating the counties,'of which it
is composed. 1 think the infiirmation re
ceived as to tho probable result in that Cir
cuit maybe rofidently relied on, as it isderi
now building vapidly, mostly ot stone, 1 was
informed that the cost of n range of stone
stores, three stories high, with cot slime
aro drawn up by largo wooden cranes,
worked by horses- The part of the canal i
yet without wator, is about six miles in ex |
tent between Lackport and Black Rock.'
and two miles between the latter and Buf-
ffalo. They expect to have it completely
finished by the 20th Sept, but in my opinion,
if boats pas* this season, it will bo Very late.
Altogether the workB at Lockport are such
ss to astonish the ttaveller. Dr.C. of Savan
nah, whom wc moj at Utica, remarked that
in his opinion, thoy were of as much magni
tude as the Pyramids of Egypt,
On Friday, 19th, at 0 o’clk wo left Lock-
port in a woggdn (the road being too rough
for coaches) to cross 6 miles of portage and
arrived at the Canal boat in an hour. Af
ter embarking we proceeded 5 miles per
hour towards Black Rock, where wo arriv
ed about 3 P. M. During our sail wo pass-
td through 12 miles of Tonawunta Creek
mhich'is dammed op and made a part of tho
Canal. Thera is an extensive harbor and
basin attached to tho Cunnl at Black Rock,
but until tho Canal is finished below, it is
bill little used. Wo saw but little of this
place merely passing through it.
We took cuaclt here to Buffalo on the
shores of Luke Erie, where wc arrived to a
late dinner. There is a fine harbor here
protected by an Island in front. There
were however, but fow vessels in port.—
The inhabitants aro sanguine in their, ex
pectation of its ranking as the second city
of the Stale in a fow years, and consequent
ly property is very high. . Directly opposite,
iii Canada, is Fort Erie, now in ruins, the
scijiio of one of tho hardest contests during
the war. Wn had no time logo over. I
I hough t ButlHlo was n placo of much more
-importance than it actuully is. It is a mere
village yet, containing about 2000 inhabi
tants, with but little appearance of business.
ved from several gentlemen ol'distinguished fr„ ntgi F , x ty foet deep, building by contract,
talents and extensive means of information.
“by treating them with .kindness and hu
manity we shall erect in the placet they in
habit^ everlasting monuments to our justice
and Jturoauity,” die. &c Now, what are we
to understand by all this i Are those argu
ments intended' to support the treaty ?—
Their direct tendency it to weaken and de-! Tati nail,
atroy it. In this light they have been view
ed throughout tho union; that they arc
thus viewed in this state is evidenced by the
high state of excitement existing in the pub
lie mind at this moment, If there be any
mode of interpreting these expressions dif
ferently, the people are not iu possession
of it.
from Tnx Georgia patriot.
The oditor of the Patriot, is respectfully
requested lo suspend lor the preseul the
Eastern Circuit,
Tjioup.
600
Clark.
000
Appling,
OUO
50
Baldwin,
000
ino
Bibb,
50
ooo
Burke,
COO
ooo
Chirk,
- 250
ooo
Columbia,
000
150
Crawford,
000
100
Doeatur,
j loo
ooo
DoKalb,
000
100
Dooly,
000
50
Early,
000
50
Elbert,
Emanuel,/
700
000
000
100
Fnyette,
000
200
Franklin,
000
200
Greene,
ooo
000
Gwinnett,
Habersham,
000
100
ooo
350
Hall,
000
500
Huncnck,
600
ooo
Henry,
ooo
250
Houston,
000
OUO
Irwin,
ooo
50
Jackson,
ooB
ouo
Jasper,
ooo
100
Jones,
ooo
100
Jefferson,
Lnqrons,
200
OUO
400
006
Lincoln,
ooo
150
Madison,
ooo
000
Minnie,
Morgan,
mo
otto
100
ooo
i Montgomery,
ooo
ooo
Newton,
100
ooo
tigiethorpo,
350
ooo
l’i lie.
ooo
150
j Pulaski,
50
ooo
Putnam,
4(10
ooo
Rabun.
50
ooo
Richmond,
ooo
100
Sc riven.
100
ooo
'Tattnall, *
50
ooo
Telfair,
Twiggs,
ooo
100
50
000
Walton,
ooo
350
Warren,
800
000
Washington,
000
100
Wilkes.
• ooo
100
Wilkinson,
ooo
200
Ware,
ooo
50
Upsou,
50
ooo
6500
3850
1 letter of the Otb inst, pro
mise ‘
excellency Governor Troup-
publication of my
mined in mine of the 20tji August to his
1 have been
charged with having qfieuiplod to break
the late treaty ; and at having connected
myself with a pnliitical party of this state.
I take this occasion to pronounce these
charga to be wholly destitute of truth—I
have frankly and candidly answered every
civi) question asked me by men of a# parliet
i.i reference to the Treaty. I have exerted
niyselfto convince, the principal child's of
the nation opposed to the treaty, nf the ex
pediency of their acquiescing in it. I liave
indued cordially, accepted the civilities of
many much respected citizens of Georgia,
without knowing or making any effort to
know to what party' they bolupged ; and I
bare, since ascertained that they in some
cases belonged to different parties. Iliad uo
knowledge of tbe political vicwB of Mr.
Varnpr at tho time I replied to his en-
? niry respecting the “ emigrating party.”
have never deemed it proper to insult a
citizen of any state or. any party in canse-
quence of being civil to me I have never
to my knowledge, endeavored to influence
the vote.or the political opinion of any man
in the state of Georgia, in regard to the en
suing election. And although I am not a-
ware that my letter oflhedth will produce
this effect, as it tends to expose tho impro-
pei conduct of some men of both parties who
have advocated a violation of the nth article
of the treaty—Yet. as J hove been charged
however falsely, with an attempt to mefo
Fr'M Francs ~B h ship F.lwnrd Q ics
Del, ut N.Yirk, Havr- papers tithe 1st of Aug
end Paris to the 31st July, sre received. Tbe
political intelligence is unimportant. A
Havre Circular of the let, gives an unfsvora
ble report of the Cotton Market- It conse-
q.ience of the spienei s and dealers being en-
to ety out of stock, they were obliged to come
nti( market, bill being very cautious in their
purchases, the holders could not prefit hy
this circumstance to maintain the prices. In
the course of the week 1800 bales were dis-
posed of tt a d lily n d iction- The prict s on
the 31st of July were for New-Orlcans 29 to
34; Uplands 25 t»30| Alabama, Uo. 26 to
31 The slock on hand was 34575 biles,
against 11492 list yesr. “ But then," as} a the
circular, “our manufactories were well stock
ed, and the work* had not been interrupted
for three 'months in this yesr, these eircum
stances should induce some few bohlera to re
fuse selling i.a the hopes ofsfature use i but
ibis is fsr from being general, as they mani
fest s great desire of realiii,. 0 -’’
. Major Andrews has transmitted to the
National Journal, it appears from that pa
per, a defence from the charges brought a
gainst him by the Georgia Commissioners,
.in tin/' - official reports lu the Governor of
that hide.
was jjl1,300 curb. Building is clteop, ho
cause the materials cost nothing but. haul
ing. Among other manufactories, they
have one of sashes by machinery, which
thoy can sell at one-half the price of those
made by hand. Here the few drops of wa
ter of the Genessee that eeeape the mills
on its banks, tumble over a precipice one
hundred feot high, its bed of solid rock be
ing suddenly broken off. After viewing
tho town, at half-past eight, A. M. we took
the canal boat for Lockport, sixty-four
miles, whore, after a passage through an
uncultivated and generally wild looking
country, we arrived next morning, tilth
inst. at six o’clock. Tho canal water wns
very low for some distance, and our boat
was continually robbing. From the injury
done tlio banks bv washing, they intend
facing them at the water’s edge with stone,
the whole way through, which is already
dotio in ninny places. At Lockport we
were much surprised at tlio singular ap
pearance of tho best public bouse, called
i ihe cottage, which was recommended to us.
| nor for some time could bo convinced wn
had not made a mistake. It was the first
house built in the place ant! is made oflogs,
one story, with several log rooms of sundry
shapes and sizes—a room having been add
ed at different times, as business incrcasetl.
all perfectly run. It. The other house is s
good looking building enough, but far be
low this ns regards comfort aud attendance.
The most Herculean labor yet met with in
digging the canal, is at Lockport, the length
of time consumed in which, created the vil
lage. Just at this placo there is a hill of
solid rock, on which the town is built, near
ninety feet high, up which the canal is car
ried by five double locks, for boats to go up
and down at the same time. For three
miles from these locks tho canal is dug
through a perfectly hard nutl solid rock of
lime stone. We walked up thetowpntli
to where tho labourers were still at work.
The walls the greater port of the way, are
as smooth as mason work, and generally
about thirty feet high, and tho tow path is
also cut out of the rock. I wondered at
men having the courage to undertake so la
borious a work, and when commenced, ul
their patience and perseverance in carrying
it through. The same time and labor used
hero, bestowed on Georgia, would give
her canals from one extreme to the
other. Tho whole-of Hiib work is done
by blasting, and when you see how slow
this is done, you most wonder how they
have ever -got so far. There was about one
hundred aud sixty mop at work here, some
cutting the holes with long iron bars sharp
at tho end, others charging them with pow-
der, some removing tbe loose piecee of rock,
and others pumping out the water. Acci
dents frequently occur in blasting, and I do
not wonder, for the workmen merely retire
a few steps and cooly watch the fragments
as they fall. The labourer* are all Irish,
COMMUNICATED FOR THE GEORGIAN.
Jokes Countv, August 21, 1025.
Reports of a painful nnd mortifying char
acter, have lately reached us from your
countv—whethor true or not, I am unable
to say—that there should have keen the
most remote cause for such apprehensions,
is humiliating indeed. Rumors are afloat,
supported by the declarations of persons
with have recently visited Savannah, that
the enlightened and uniformly republican
County of Cbutham, will give a majority
for Clark—Impossible ! I catinot believe it
for a moment—I spurned the ides from mo,
as inconsistent, as tho emanations of party
movements, to subserve party purposes. I
could not bolicve for a moment, that a conn
ly so enlightened as your’s. which in tho
worst of times lias uppreciutoil virtuo sod
talents, cuultl be influenced to give their
suffrages to an individual so inferior in eve
ry virtue.am! acquirement, necessary to con
stitute a vahtiibleand useful statesman. I
intend no disparagement, to others, when I
frankly say to you, that I believe Troup the
greutest man and most disinterested patriot
1 Inivo over known.
This man’s curly life wns marked with
temperance; and a devotion to science ami
virtue, aided by grout experience, lots emi
nently qualified him iu mutticer years to be
extensively useful to society, nutl au orna
ment tot he stale. When 1 seo lilt; ability
displayed iu lite exposition of the constitu
tion amt the maintenance of the sovereign
ly nf the states, and the untiring zeal mnn-
iieslt-d'lo subserve the best interests of the
stute, 1 foul proud, I exult tlmt l am
Georgian, Behold his competitor, his
enrly lift.; spent in vino and dissipation, a
true disciple of Bacchus: Im was deeply
interested in tiiat blackest of ull crimes, the
selling of the birth-right of the state. Wit
tiesa him travelling over tlio btate, secretly
collecting the people nod swearing them not
to divulge the propositions lie had to mnku,
before they wore submitted. Tho heart of
ihe patriot sickonBand re- oils at the repe
tition of such transcendent vice and corrup
tion—and this the individual who tins, ami
who . seeks to preside over the destinies nf
a virtuous and enlightened people. There
is, I t.rust, o redeeming spirit in this people
in the virtue of the yeomanry of the coun
try,. which wiil forbid it.
Believe me, my dear sir, when I tell you
the respectability of n stnte is graduated
by the weight of moral character and intel
ligence of public functionaries. 1 call upon
you iii the undisguised language of personal
friendship, hy your well known devotion to
the true interests of the country nnd to re
publican principles, to use your best exer
tions and influence in support of ability anti
disinterested patriotism. Say to Yazooist
and corruptionist, tho todernlits, their mini
ons and Satellites, nnd the whole yelping
pack of curs, from north to sooth, that has
beau set upon its, that has treated Georgia
mure like a conquered province, than an to
dependent slate—thus far shall thou go
and no farther. It is doubly important now,
not only as it regards the preservation of
our interests, but our character ion, that
the present incumbent should be re-elected.'
N. B,—The good cause is gaining friends
daily in this part of the country.
Yazoo—Somo of ths prodigals attempt
tojostil'y a'partiuipation Fl' their friends in the
Ymoo speculation, by showing (hat them
worn somo men concerned in it who are not
radicals. It is no now thing for men to at
tempt to justify themsolvo by showing that
thoro are others who have boon as bad ss
themselves. Every nun who has fallen into
bad repute, has, at some time or other.resort-
ed to this mamr.vre But let what will be said,
this one thing must be had in everlasting
remembrance :—Among the numet of the
purchaten it it impossible to find that of
GEORGEM TROUP. Noy Ho was
not among thorn. He was to be found un
der the banner of the opposing parly bat
tling it ninnfuily in the cause of his country
by the sido nf that incorruptiblo patriot
JAMES JACKSON—J6.
The Now-York National Advocate re
marking on the letter nf tlio Ating Secreta
ry of War to Gen. M'lntosh, Yoliolo Mice,
nnd Tuskonuggen, appointing them Agents
of the U. S. for disposal of i lie Creok Lands
in 1817—says.
Wo hero soe that M’lntosh was Ihe ac
credited Agent of the Crooks and in full
authority, and yet we have suffered him to
be murdered, fordoing what tho Genoral
Government considered he had a right to dp.
An important fact, should he known.—
The towns which head tho party in thu
Creak nation, in oppnsitinn to tlio treaty,
are the very h ient which took the Uiul in
the last war against the United Staten The
T'ockabatcliic, Onkfuskc and Hillnheo
towns, wore the ohiof towns in opposition
to the testy. Jim Hoy, tlio third! chief,
wns captured hy M'lntosh during the war.
Monnaway, who headed the parly that
iniirilereil M’lntosh, was at the massacre
at Fort Mims.
Notwithstanding these facts, wc find
G .n. Gaines anil I lie army, together with
Cnnvnll, Andrnwii, and other Agents of the
General Government, ill the midst of our
enemies during the late war, taking pun
with them against Georgia, and protending
that M’lntosh wns not the Chief nf the
Creeks.
Wo have proofs that this is all an elec
tioneering concern. The Clark purty are
toasting and feasting Gen. Gaines ; ami
while we are happy lo learn, the business
is loft to Congress, we tliink that the Geor
gians should oppose, by every means in
their power, the candidate of the army and
the General'Government; for if they suc
ceed, wliat slate will' he left free in thou
elections aud their- right of suffrage t
ADDRESS.
Of the President of the United States to
Gcn.LaJayctte, on taking leave of him
at his departure on the 7th of September.
General Lafayette : It Iirs been the
good fortune of nmny of iny distinguished
follow-citizens, during the course of the
year now elapsed, upon your arrival tit
their respective places of abode, to greet
you with tilt welcome of the Nation. Tho
less pleasing task now devolves upon me,
of bidding you, in the name of the Nation,
Adieu.
It were no longor seasonable and would
tie superfluous, toiecnpiilltilte the,remark
able incidents of ynur enrly life—incidents
which associated your name, forhines,
and reputation, in imperishable connexion
with the Independence und History nf the
North American Uniuti.
The part which you performed lit tlint
important junction was marked with
characters so peculiar, that, realizing thu
fairest fuhlo of nnfiquity, itspnrnlled cmild
scarcely ho found in the authentic records
f human history
You deliberately nnd pcrssvcringlv
preferred toil, danger, the endurance of
every hardship, and the privation of every
comfort, in defence of a holy cause, to in-
riorums ense, & the ulluremen!8 of rank,
affluence, ami unrestrained youth, nt the
most splendid und fascinnting Court of
Europe.
Thnt this choice wns not loss wise than
tnngnniiiinnus, tho sanction of half a cen
tury, und the grntulntions of unnumbered
voices, nil nimble to express tbe gratitude
of the heart with which your visit to this
hemisphere has been welcomed, afford
inn pie demonstration.
When tbe contest of freedom, to which
you hnd repaired ns a voluntary clminpi-
K
nnd
I ship
Important.—A correspondence is going
on between Governor Troup.and Governor
Carrol'of Tennessee, on tho subject of open-
ings cninmunicstion by canal through Geor
gia between ihe waters of the Tennessee
river and the Atlantic. If the people of
Georgia wish to see this great scheme car
ried into execution let them re-elect Troup.
If they wish ln see the project blasted and
t he wealth of Tennessee flowing to tho mar
kets of Alabama, let them turn Troup out of
DeWitt Clinton was turnnd out of
cceding, and even it third gonerotU.
have Arisen to take their places; hh.i t*
children’s children, while rising unto e's
'hem blessed, have been taught by ti,,'
ns well a. admonished by their own e , '
slant enjoyment of freedom, to include :,
every benison upon their fathers the J,
of him who came from afar, with t|
and in their cause, to conquer or to ft.ii'
The univers I prevalence nf the,* '
timents was signally manifested by"i
Resolution of Congress, representing
whole People, nnd oN the Stntes '
Union, requesting the President „f,|‘
United States to communicate to y nu .i
assurances of grateful nnd affecti,,,,.
attachment of this Government
People, and desiring thut a national „...
might be employed, at your convenietJ
for your passngc to the borders 0 f, t ,'
country. „
Tho invitntio'n was transmitted to,™
by my venerable predecessor; m “
self bound to you by the s; r „„„ l)st
ties of personal fneudsihp ; himself “J
ot those whom the highest h„ nors J
his country had rewarded for bland earlv
shed m her cause, and fur n Ions u fc ,, f
devotion t« her welfare. By him tho
service of a national ship were placed j.
pour disposal. Your delicacy preferred
u more private conveyance, nnd a full
yenr lots elapsed since you landed upon
our shores. It were scarcely hii exageri.
lion to any, tlmt it lias been, to the pl,| e
ot the Union, n year of uninterrupted fi «-
"vity mill enjoyment, inspired by y„ U(
presence. You have traversed the twenty
four States M this great Confederacy.
\ mi Imre been received witlimptnrcbv the
survivors nf your earliest e.nmpnui
arms. You have been hailed ns n ■
absent pureul by tlieir children, the m.-ii
and w men of the uresnm age. And a
rising generation, the hope of future nine
iu numbers surpassing the tvhule papula,
thin of that day when you f,, U gln nt the
bend mill by the sido nf their forelmliers,
have vied with the seamy remnants uf
that, hour of trial, in ncclmiintions of joy
ul beholding the face of him whom tiny
fool to bn this common benefactor of all.
You have licnril the mingled voices oftlie
past, tbe present, nnd the future uge, join,
ing in one universal chorus of delight at
vnur npproach ; nnd tbe shouts of unhid,
den tltniismids, which greeted your laud
ing on the soil of freedom, have fnllmv. d
every step of your witv, and still resound
like t he rushing of many waters, from er-
ery corner of our laud.
You are now nhout to return to tlio
country of your birth, of your ancestors,
of your posterity. Tho Executive Gov-
erumont of the Union stimulated by tbe
samn folding which had prompted the
Congress to the designation nf n national
ship for your accommodation in coming
hither, hns destined the first service of a
frigate, recently launched at this Metrop
olis, to the less wclaome, but equally distin
guished trust, of Conveying you home.
The nnme nf the ship Inis added one
more memorial to distant regions nnd to
future ages, of u stream already memora
ble at once in the story nfyuur sufferings
nnd of our independence.
Go,(honour beloved friend—return to
the land oflirillinnt genius, of generous sen-
timnnf, nfhoroic valour; to tliur. heaut.f j
France, tho nursing mother of tlio Twelfth
Louis, ami tlio Fourth Henry; to the un
live soil of Bnyuril and Celigiii. ofTurnime
sad Catinat, ofFunntun and D’Aguesspuu.
In that illustrious catalogue of names wliirli
she claims as uf her children, m d with Im-
nest pride holds up to the admiration of
other nations, the name uf Lafayette Iim
already tor centuries boon enrolled. And :t
shall henceforth, burnish iuiu brighter fame:
for if. in alter days, a Frenchman slmll ho
culled tu in die a lo the character of Ilia nutiua
by that uf one individual, during the ag.' iu
wliir.il wn live, the blond nf lofty pntrinii-m
slmll mantle in his chunk, the tire el'cons i-
nus virtue shall sparkle in'liis eye, ami ha
shall pronounce tho name of Lafayette.—
Yet wo too, nnd our children in life, ami
after death, shall claim you for uur owu —
You nre-»urs by that more than pntri.itis
self-devotion with which you flow lo the aid
of our fathers at. the crisis ofthoir fate. Ours
hy that long series of yonrs in which you
have cherished qs in your regard. Ours ay
thut unshaken sentiment of gratitude for
your services which is a precious prirtiun
nt'our inheritance. Ours by tlmt lie ot*
Idvo, stronger than dentil, which haslinlod
your name, fertile endless ages uf lime,
with the name of Washington.
At the painful moment of purling from
you, we take comfort iu the thought, thnt,
wherever you may be, to the last pulsa
tion ol'vour heart, our country will he ever
present to your affections ; and a cheerful
on, Inul closed, bv the complete triumph] consolation assures its. that we are nutcull-
cd to sorrow most of all, that we shall see
We shall indulge the
ofhur cause in this country of your ndp-
tion, you returned to fulfil the duties of the!
philanthropist nnd patriot in the land of
your nativity. There, in a consistent
nnd undcviniing career of forty years,
you have maintained,throughout every vic
issitude of nlternnte success & disappoint
ment, the same glorious cause to which
the first yenrs of your active life'hud been
devoted—the improvement of the moral
nnd political condition of mail.
Throughout that long succession nf time,
the People of the United Stntes, for whom,
and with whom, you had fought the bat
tles uf liberty, have been living in the full
possession of its fruits, one of the hap
piest among the family of nations. Spre
ading in population; enlarging in territory
noting nnd suffering according to the
condition of their nature: and laying the
foundations of the greatest, and, we hum
bly hope, the most beneficent power that
ever regulated the concerns of mao upon
earth.
your face no inure. _
pleasing anticipation of beholding our friend
again. In tlio meantime; epenkiog in tho
name of Ihe whulo People of tiie United
Stntes, nnd at a loss only for language in
giv; utterance to that feeling of aM«ilu" erit
with which tho heart oftlio nation beats as
the heart of one man. I bid you a reluctant
nnd affectionate farewell!
Copy of Gen. L'f ijtlU't answer to the Pre
sident of the United States, on the Tth Sep
tember 1825. -
Amidst all my obligations to tho General
Government, and particularly to you. air.
its respected Chief Magistrate, I have mo«t
thankfully to acknowledge the opportunity
given, mo, at this solemn and painful tuo-
mont. to present tho People of the United
States, with a parting tribute of profound,
inexpressible gratitude.
To have been, in the infant and critical
days of these States, adopted by them is a
favorite sun, to have participated in tho
toils slid peril* of our unspotted struggle
for independence, freedom a id equal rights,
and iu tile foundation of the American Era
of a new social order, which has already
pervaded this, and must, for the dignity tnd
office. _
, , .. . , .. . . I office once in consideration of hia Services , — - —-, ... „ >.<„n unusual
who have their log cabins or shsntces, as J to tbg State of Now York in carrying on length of days has baen allotted by Heaven
they call them, a little back from where (ha great New York canal.' Let us tee all now sleep with their father*. A atta
in that lapse of forty years, the genera
tion of men with whom you com(terated
in the conflict of arms, has nearly passed happiness of mankind, successively pervade
away. Of the General Officers of the' every part of the other hemisphere; to hive
American army in that war, you alone received at every stage of tho Revolution,
survive. OftheSqges who guided our « nJ *•*•»« foityjrean affor
Councils; of . the Warriors who met the
foe in the field or upon the wave, with the
exception of a few, to whom unusual
from the People of tha United States, and
their Representative* it homo and *broi.a»
continual marks of their confidence end
kindness, has been the pride, the escoor-
a • neat, the support of a long sad cw»«*
fulUfa.
