{"newspaper_name": "The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register.", "edition": "01", "page": "p4", "byline": ""}
;na nicture Of the blessings poured oy ~
snn san.,,al generations Of American people o,
the remaining days Of delighted veteran,
Gov vonr afTectionate remarks on TINS sau
hnnr of separation, on the country OF my oirth
h,1I can saw. of American sympathies, on
~. ,one so necessary to me OF my seeing a.
r.,;n tbc country that has designed near nan
8 So nan,urv ago to call me hers! shall con
tent nvseIf refraining from supcrfuous rep
etitions, at once before you, or @hu,.ni
spectcd circle, to proclaim my eoiu."i 49,
tirmation OF every one " the ?. ....,
which have had daily opportunities pup
licly to utter from the time When !ou' W."
cradle predecessor, my old orothei y" g., ~
and friend, transmitted to me the hohofioic
invention of Congress, to tins day, @heh YOU
NV dear Sir, whose friendly cohneHloh WIN
me. dates from your earliest youtn' arg ~
inp TO consign me of the heroic natlohai hdS
ON board the splendid ship, the nan1e =,
which has been not the least hatterlhS anu
kind among the numbcrless tavours CONFER
red uDon me- God bless YOU, Dir, anu you
All who surround us. God bless the Amer
lean people, each of their States, anu thc
Federal Government. Accept this patriot
ic farewell OF an overtowing heart, such VIII
be it's last throb when 1t snail cease 70 ocat'


During the delivery, both the President
and General Lafayette we're CONSIDERABLY
affected, and at the close, the General afiec-
tonately embraced the President, and held
him tor a considerable time by the hand, re-


peating, Farewell" God bless yen, IN


broken voice, and with very visible agata'


tion.-rhe emotion spread through the sur


rounding circle, and communicated char


actcr Of sadness to the ceremony whlcl


made the interest OF the scene much more
intense. Some refreshments were brouSh
in, while the General retu.ned the briet bu


aiirctionate atlieus Of the citizens who crowd


ed round him.