[Pamphlets. American history]

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He had noticed, when abroad, how much the character of Washington
was spoken of as worthy of emulation. He also spoke of a book
which had lately appeared, a production of a Chinese authority, containing an eulogium upon the character of Washington, which he said
we should be proud of. His sentiment was as follows:
The Memory of Warren-And with the blessings we have inherited from our fathers, may
we inherit the principles necessary for their preservation.
JOSEPH WARREN NEWCOMB, Esq., a grandson of Gen. Warren,
responded, and gave the following:
The Council Fires of American Liberty —Unerring beacons in the path of freedom, now
and forever.
The President then observed that he regretted that the lateness of
the hour had compelled the several military companies, who composed
the escort, to withdraw. He was, however, glad to see one corps
remaining,-His Excellency's body guard. He would, therefore, offer
as the next sentiment:
8th Regular. The Boston Independent Cadets-Although disbanded by Gov. Gage iln
1774, on account of their patriotic sentiments, they were reorganized by the people's government, and. have ever since evinced in their history the compatibility of genuine republican
feeling, with the deference due to the high station of the Executive.
Col. THOMAS C. AMORY, commander of the cadets, in responding,
gave as follows:
The Day and the Event we celebrate-Glorious in the past, honored at the present. May
the blood of our fathers shed on that memorable occasion be the bond and cement of our
glorious and happy Union in all time to come.
9th Regular. The experiment of our Republic-If any mistakes should ever be made in this
experiment, may they, like the mistake which has just come out with regard to the mummy,4
remain. undiscovered for three thousand years.
Upon the announcement of the above toast, President Warren vacated the chair, which was taken by H. P. Fairbanks, Esq., first Vice
President, and several sentiments were announced as the company was
leaving the hall.
By the first Vice President:
California-The star of the Pacific-whose brilliancy dazzles while its cheering light
warms the hearts of freemen-technically out of the Union, yet actually in the constellation-it has arisen in full-orbed splendor, and its course is onward and upward to glory.
Alluding to an incident which lately occurred in Boston, at the unrolling of an Egyptian
mummy, which was supposed to be that of a priestess, but turned out to be of one of the male
sex. The lecturer assured the audience that the mistake occurred 3000 years ago, at the
mummification, and was now discovered for the first time.