A complete history of the Marquis de Lafayette, major-general in the American army in the war of the revolution. Embracing an account of his tour through the United States, to the time of his departure, September, 1825. By an officer in the late army.

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CHAPTER V.
RECEPTION OF GENERAL LAFAYETTE BY THE LEGISLATURE OF
MASSACHUSETTS-PROCEEDINGS AT BUNKER HILL.
On Thursday, June 16th, General Lafayette, agreeable to
invitation, met the Governor and Council, the Senate and
House of Representatives, in the Representative Chamber.
The several branches of the government being assembled, he
was introduced by a committee, and seated by the side of the
Governor, by the Speaker's desk. The Governor then rose
and made the following address:" General Lafayette,
" The immediate Representatives of the people of Massachusetts, in the Executive and Legislative departments of the
government, have assembled on this occasion to offer you their
cordial congratulations, on your return in health and safety to
the capital of this Commonwealth, and in the name of their
constituents, to repeat to you the assurance of respectful and
affectionate interest, with which they shall ever regard your
presence among them.
" Your arrival in the country, on this happy visit to your
American brethren, was greeted by them with expressions of
the liveliest satisfaction and joy. Your own observation since,
will bear faithful witness how true are their hearts to the language of salutation, with which they first welcomed you. The
population which has crowded your path-way, the prosperity
which has smiled along your progress, in your tour through the
Union, are but the fruits of events in which you largely and
gloriously participated. The remembrance of your early sacmifices in the cause of this country, has excited the deepest sense
of public obligation, and the breasts of millions of freemen
will never cease to swell with gratitude, in the recognition of
your services, most generously and effectually rendered to an
oppressed and suffering people. A nation just to itself cannot
be indifferent to the fame of its benefactors, and while liberty
is dear to the enjoyment of Americans, the names of those