YOUR EXCELLENCY: AT FANEUIL HALL, AUGUST 27, 1842. It is my privilege, sir, on this occasion, in common with my associates in the city government, to represent the city of Boston, and in its behalf to speak the warm and hearty welcome with which you are greeted here. We welcome you, sir, as the representative of your country; and not yours only, but in a near sense our own; for, so long as there is a tie to link a child to its parent, America will not forget that England is her mother. We partake in the honorable pride which must thrill your bosom at the recollection of her glorious history; and, though the past is common to us, we would yet pay, through you, a tribute of respect to the illustrious queen on whose friendly errand you have come. Long may she live to preside, like a peaceful star, over the friendly alliance which now unites our two countries. We welcome you, therefore, in an especial manner, on this occasion, as the friend of peace. We acknowledge, with great joy, that through your instrumentality, in no small degree, the clouds of discord which lowered over two great nations have been happily dispersed, and that they who boast a common lineage and speak a common language shall henceforth know no rivalry but that of friends. We rejoice at this, sir, for the great benefits which both nations must receive. But we glory in it most for the principle which has been established, and for the noble example which it exhibits to the world. It shows that nations do not stoop, when they submit their differences to reason instead of passion. Yes, sir, you have helped to teach the glorious lesson that there are other and better guardians of a nation's honor than the sword; and that, in the sight of man as well as God, there is a loftier dignity in a noble, magnanimous and Christian spirit, than in the proudest array of hostile armies or navies. And we And we welcome you personally, sir. We delight to know that your distinguished rank is the just reward of a long life of activity, intelligence, and virtue. pray that that old age may be serene and happy which has sprung with the alacrity of youth at the call of its country and in the cause of humanity. We offer to you, sir, the hospitalities of our city. We have not the custom of tendering what is called the freedom of the city, in a golden box; but we proffer you that which, if I understand aright, you will prize far higher. In republican simplicity, we tender you the respect and gratitude of a free people. With these feelings, sir, permit me to present to you the citizens of Boston. And, fellow-citizens, permit me, in turn, to introduce to you the Right Honorable Lord Ashburton, the representative of England, the friend of peace, the man ennobled indeed by title, but far more ennobled as a benefactor of nations. ROLLS OF THE BOSTON BOYS, DRILLED AT FANEUIL HALL, FOR MARCHING IN THE PROCESSIONS OF THE WASHINGTON BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, APRIL 30, 1813 AND 1814. THE youths at these annual celebrations appeared in blue and white uniform, decorated with wreaths and garlands, marching five deep, each bearing, on his breast, Washington's Legacy. In the centre of this division of the procession was the Standard of the Rising Generation, painted by Col. Henry Sargent; as, also, were the banners, from which was suspended the gorget of Washington, presented to the society April 30, 1813, by Mrs. Martha Peters (late Custis), of Georgetown, D. C., through the medium of Hon. Josiah Quincy, and which was worn by Washington at Braddock's defeat. The standard was borne by Master Albert F. Hall, supported by two aids- Masters Francis Jenks and Ignatius Sargent, Jr. In 1812, when the society was organized, there were one hundred and twelve boys drilled by Col. Henry Sargent. In the next two years they were drilled by Lemuel Blake, Esq., the bookseller. A portion only of these youths paraded more than once. Amory Jonathan. Andrews James W. Allen Samuel. Abbot George W. Adams George W. Austin Israel R. Amory Samuel Linzce. Bradlee Fletcher. Bullard James. Baldwin Henry. Brewer Stephen. Blake Samuel P. Brown William. Blagge Samuel. Cowden Warren. Chadwick William S. Corlew Elijah J. S. Carter Henry. Davis William James. Eliot Frederick William. Eaton Ebenezer. Gilbert Benjamin Russell. Green Mathew. Goff Davis. Greenwood Edwin L. Gardner John L. Kreager Charles. Locke Joseph. Loring Jonathan Heard. Lewis Winslow. Lewis Gustavus. Low John F. Leland Francis L. Lincoln Mitchell. Livermore Edward St.Loe, Jr. McCondry Emery. Manning William. Minns Constant Freeman. Morse Samuel T. Nash Daniel. Nash Joseph. Norton Charles E. Nickels Samuel. Neill John. McNeill William H Neat George. Neat John. Phelps Charles C. Parker Charles. Parker Richard G. Peirce John. Potter William. Prescott Jonathan P. Payne Samuel B. Payne Josiah C. Perry Charles. Park John C. Pope Nathaniel R. Price Henry. Phillips Isaac. Pierce William. Perkins William F. Pottle William B. Perkins Abijah C. Perkins Richard. Perkins William. Peirce John B. Payson John B. Pritchard William H. Potter William T. Parker Charles A. Plumbeck Henry. Parker John H. Perkins Abijah. Pollock David. Phillips Samuel. Partridge Henry. Parker Albert. Perkins Samuel. Penniman George. ROLLS OF THE BOSTON BOYS. Prescott Edw. Goldsborough. Penniman Augustus. Russell James. Rupp Joseph. Rich Benjamin. Rich Samuel H. Russell John C. Rand Caleb H. Roulstone Michael. Richardson Benjamin P. Redman William. Rogers George. Rogers Thomas. Rice John. Russell Francis. Roulstone John. Rupp Joseph D. Roach James. Rogers Charles. Richardson Edward G. Sullivan Thomas R. Scolfield Arthur. Turner Edward A. H. Turner William, Thayer Thomas. Tuttle Samuel. Thomas Alexander. Wheeler Benjamin. Wright Stephen. Watson Adolphus Eugene. White Henry. Winslow Edward. Williams John D. W. Winneberger George, Jr. Young George. INDEX OF NAMES. Adams, Abigail, 1, 2, 128. Appleton, Nathan, 642. Allen, Ethan, 35. Brown, Clinton, 552. Blake, George, 200, 231, 253. Bullard, Samuel, 2. Brown, Penuel, 10. Austin, Jonathan Williams, 31, Blanchard, John, 2. 133. Atkinson, Theodore, 45. Allen, William, 64, 287, 385. Allen, Jeremiah, 119, 330. Austin, Benjamin, 121, 180, 308, 322. Apthorp, Sarah Wentworth, 129. Ames, Fisher, 146, 206, 291, 309, Abercrombie, James, 161. Alden, John, 567. Abbot, Benjamin, 428. Austin, Stephen, 370. Blake, William, 253. Bernard, Francis, 4, 23, 44, 54, Blake, Francis, 254. Brown, Luke, 580. Buckminster, Joseph Stevens, 260. 355, 391, 428. Bowditch, Nathaniel, 275, 411. Beecher, Lyman, 576. Binney, Amos, 356. Bainbridge, William, 364. Buckingham, Joseph T., 365, 501 Barker, Jedediah, 371. Barker, James, 373. Bullard, Asa, 377, 410. Bowdoin, James, 5, 11, 104, 107, Brooks, Abigail B., 611. 381, 641. Brown, Elisha, 24. Boswell, James, 36. Brown, John B., 46. Bradford, Alden, 53, 101, 287. Burgoyne, 67, 174, 107, 375, 506. Briggs, George Nixon, 412, 498. Blake, 367, 369. Beattie, 420. Austin, James Trecothic, 470, 585. Bassett, Francis, 405. Ashburton, 437. Atwood, Charles, 477. Ambrose, Stephen, 510. Ambrose, Hannah, 510. Allen, Wilkes, 530. Allston, Washington, 559, 626. Austin, Ivers James, 584. Brooks, William H., 665. Bartlett, Joseph, 405. Blagden, George W., 252. Baty, Rachael, 254. Carleton, Jonathan, 510. Carleton, Emily, 510. Cheverus, 446, 309. Chapman, Jonathan, 23, 193, 581. Cranch, William, 30. Cranch, Mrs., 1. Clarke, William, 560. Clarke, Richard, 8. Cushing, John Newmarch, 513. Cushing, Thomas, 2, 7, 11, 19, 22, 85, 125, 157, 235, 612. Cushing, William, 560. Cushing, Caleb, 441, 513, 577, 652. Channing, Edward Tyrell, 384. Carleton, Guy, 199. Chipman, Ward, 199. Clark, Henry G., 553. |