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could do so consistently with the proper discharge of my public duties.
The important questions which now engage the attention of the Senate
of the United States, however, compel me to deny to myself this gratification.
I regret this the more, because the moment is propitious to the interchange of those kindly courtesies, which ought to exist between the
citizens of this great Republic,-and especially because the occasion
of your assemblage, vividly recalling to recollection the patriotism of
our ancestors, will serve to strengthen the bond which unites us as one
people, and to increase your devotions to that glorious charter of our
liberties, which is the fruit of their labors, and our common and priceless heritage. Esto perpetua!
I have the honor to be, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JNO. MACPHERSON BERRIEN.
G. W. WARREN, Esq., Chairman, and W. IW. WHEILDON, Esq.,
Secretary, Committee Arrangements, C. C. and B. H. M. A.
WASHINGTON, 12th June, 1850.
Hon. G. WASHINGTON WARREN, Chairman, &c.
My Dear Sir,-The state of the public business in Congress allows
me no longer to indulge a hope of being present at the celebration of
the 17th instant.
I can only, therefore, express my grateful acknowledgments to the
city of Charlestown, and the Bunker Hill Monument Association, for
their obliging invitation, and offer the subjoined sentiment for their acceptance on the occasion.
I am, with true regard,
Your friend and servant,
ROBT. C. WINTHROP.
Bunker Hill and Yorktorn —The opening struggle and the crowning triumph of the same
great contest.for American Liberty. May a common glory in the past, a common pride in
the present, and a common interest in the future, keep them always united under the flag of a
common country.
NEW YORI, June 14, 1850.
Sir,-I have had the honor to receive the card of the city of Charlestown and the Bunker Hill Monument Association, enclosed in a kind
note from yourself, inviting me to be present at the seventy-fifth anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill.
I regret, exceedingly, that official engagements will not allow me to
be absent from my office (here) at the beginning of the next week, as