CT. VANCE, ESQ.
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GENTLEMEN:-I feel sensibly the fiat
lering terms it pleased you to bestow up
on my humble effort. / should on ordi-
nary occasions, require no ether critic
Fio- =-sf-s.s>@si,, .l.esr tiro- &PPFOousf9sI Of
your judgements; but in this instance, ]
am SO conscious Of glaring defects coca
sioned by has!y preparation and imme-
ihodical arrangement, that l cannot in
justice to myself, and to my fellow-citi-
zens, impose my address upon their pa
tence in It's present form. If Pleases
the committee, am willing to submit it
10 publication in the shape | now pre-
sent Though so condensed in thought
changed in language, and modelled In
arrangement, that I fear it loses all the
features of its original, and will hardly
be recognized as such. | will venture
to say, however, that all the thought,
and much of the language Of the origi-
nal is embodied in this.


Yrs. Respectfully. go,
CALVIN F. VANCE,
Messrs. c. Miller, A. K. Erwin, J. c..
Armstrong and F, A. Tyler.


GRAFTON.


DELIVERED ON THE 4TH JULY INST. BY
! CALVIN F. VANCE.
s. FELLOW CITIZENS IF you consult
your experience, you will find il q prin-
eiple of humanity, that The continual en-
5oyment of any good will cloud its vir-


ues and hide its Importance Now
what is more transporting TO those Of
blmple and unsophisticated characters,
than the glories of this Universe, yet
continuous enjoyment induces these same
glories 10 pail upon their senses. To
appreciate any blessing we enjoy, either
physical, moral, or intellectual, we must
either be deprived Of il, or constantly
Sreminded that it exists. We walk among
the glories Of this world, unmindful of
their presence. We breathe in the fresh
lair of Heaven with unfeeling indifer-
sence. The fine healthy blood courses
itselfthrough our veins without inspiring
our bosoms with one emotion Of graft
tude to the good God that INDUCES US
with the blessing; but that good God has
wisely interspersed throughout the va
rletles of life and nature, lnementoes-
mementoes suggestive Of the character
and tenure ofthe blessings he has vouch-
sailed US. The fevers that play their
dreadful games through the'issues life,
are some Of these mementoes. The pal-
I'D death "lhat muffles up the beatings
oi the heart" is memento-a melan-
'noiy memento, not only of the blessing


u lille itself, but Of all the blessings Incl


Tent to life.


Now, our American ancestors shed
'helr llie's blood for certain political
'iSsS'ngs~ They did not only wish to