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height . It was a production worthy of his reputation as a patriot and politidaiH It was full of manly thought , patriotic sentiments , beauty and fbrce of illustration , and political wisdom . Parts of it were declamatory , and others pathetic in the highest degree . His apostrophe to
tVarren , to the manes of those who wer £ bnried in the sepulchre over which he spoke—his affecting addresses to the survivors of the battle—and to the officers of the revolutionary army , partook of this character of eloquence—and especially the distinct and forcible picture which he drew of the disinterested
services and chivalric character of La Fayette , deeply affected every person present . In dwelling upou the future prospects of the country his views were statesmanlike and profound ; and in his description of the dark scenes of difficulty in which the countiy was involved in 1775 , and of which the battle of Bunker Hill
was the most prominent , contrasted with the animating circumstances of the present times , we admired the facility of his language and the clearness of his ideas . After the oration was concluded , another hymn was sung , and a concluding prayer was offered by the Rev , Mr . Walker , of Charlestown .
Hymn . By Rev . James Flint . Tune— " St . Martin ' s . " 1 . O glorious day ! that saw th array Of freemen in their might , When here they stood , unused to blood , Yet dared th * unequal fight .
2 . The sons are met to own the debt Due to their fathers' fame ; And here they place the column ' s base To bear their deathless name . 3 , 'Tis not that here the victor ' s cheer Rung o ' er the falling foe , — That earth here drank of many rank Th' life-blood ' s gushing flow :
4 . The pledge here given to earth and heaven , Freemen to live or die—This gives their fame its sacred claim To immortality , 5 . To God , who willed a state to build , Based on the rights of man , CUory we give , who this day live
To hail the accomplished plan . The subscribers to the dinner and the invited guests were then escorted by the
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military tinder General Lyman , to tht dinner on the high part Of Bmater ^ fiUl . A tent bad been erected 400 feet }*> pg and 100 feet m width—under which twelve tables v / ere laid lengthwise , with plates for 3000 persons . A platform , in . the centre , elevated the tables intended
for General Lafayette , the distinguished guests , and the revolutionary officers , and the survivors of the battle . The first toast wa 3 , —The 17 th June , 1775 : The marble may moulder ; but while a heart beats in an American ' s bosom , there will be a tablet from which the record of that day ' s glory shall never be effaced .
The regular toasts having been given , the President of the Association observed , that he rose to propose a toast in behalf of the Directors of the Association . Pro . bably he was already anticipated in the name which he should mention . It was well known , that the distinguished
personage near him , from the time when he first became acquainted with the object of the Association , had taken much interest in it , and had expressed an intention to be present at the ceremony of laying the CornerStonc . This purpose he had kindly remembered , through the long course of his visits to the several States .
It was not at all necessary to say—indeed it could not be said—how much his presence had added to the interest and pleasure of the occasion . He should proceed at once to the grateful duty which the Directors had enjoined on him , and propose to the company ,
" Health and long life to General La Fayettis /' On which General La Fayette rose , and thus expressed himself : Gentlemen , —I will not longer trespass on your time than to thank you in the name of my revolutionary
companions in arms and myself for Che testimonies of esteem and affection , I may say of filial affection , which have been bestowed upon us on the memorable celebration of this anniversary day ; and to offer our fervent prayers for the
preservation of that Republican freedoin , equality and self-government , that blessed union between the States of the confederacy , for which we have fought and bled , and on which rest the hopes of mankind . Permit me to propose the following
sentiment—Bunker Hill , and the holy resistance to oppression which has already enfranchised the American hemisphere , — the next half century Jubitee ' s toast shall be — to t / te whole of enfranchised Europe .
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758 TntUUgence ^^ F&mign i America *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1825, page 758, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2543/page/54/
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