Our duty is plain and bright before us,--plain as day, and bright as the sun. It is simply to proceed as we have begun, and to abide by our declared principles. This is not the moment for any surrender to threats, even if Massachusetts could ever yield to such compulsion. It was the saying of Samuel Adams, in the early stage of our Revolution, that we should be respected abroad just in proportion to the firmness of our conduct. And this is true now. The victory which we have won can be assured only by such conduct, tempered always by that wise moderation which is needful even in victory. There should be no party act or hasty word to increase present responsibilities. Our safety is in our principles. They are of living rock, and no power can prevail against them. Again I thank you. Good night. This was followed by a serenade, with a song for the occasion. MEMORIAL STONES OF THE WASHINGTONS IN ENGLAND. LETTER TO JARED SPARKS, HISTORIAN OF WASHINGTON, NOV. 22, 1860. FROM THE BOSTON DAILY ADVERTISER. BOSTON, November 22, 1860. MY DEAR SIR,--Since our last conversation I have received from Earl Spencer precise copies of the two “Memorial Stones” of the English family of George Washington, which I described to you as harmonizing exactly with the pedigree having the sanction of your authority.[41] The copies are, as I understand, of the same stone and of the same size with the originals, and have the original inscriptions,--being in all respects _fac-similes_. They will therefore give you an exact idea of those most interesting memorials in the parish church near Althorp, in Brington, Northamptonshire. The largest is of Lawrence Washington, father of John Washington, who with his brother Lawrence emigrated to America. It is a slab of bluish-gray sandstone, and measures five feet nine inches long and two feet six inches broad. This is the inscription:-- HERE·LIETH·THE·BODI·OF·LAVRENCE WASHINGTON·SONNE·&·HEIRE·OF ROBERT·WASHINGTON·OF·SOVLGRÆ IN·THE·COVNTIE·OF·NORTHAMTON ESQVIER·WHO·MARIED·MARGARET THE·ELDEST·DAVGHTER·OF·WILLIAM BVTLER·OF·TEES·IN·THE·COVNTIE OF·SVSSEXE·ESQVIER·WHO·HAD·ISSV BY·HER·8·SONNS·&·9·DAVGHTERS WHICH·LAVRENCE·DECESSED·THE·13 OF·DECEMBER·A: D[=N]I: 1616 THOV·THAT·BY·CHANCE·OR·CHOYCE OF·THIS·HAST·SIGHT KNOW·LIFE·TO·DEATH·RESIGNES AS·DAYE·TO·NIGHT BVT·AS·THE·SVNNS·RETORNE REVIVES·THE·DAYE SO·CHRIST·SHALL·VS THOVGH·TVRNDE·TO·DVST·&·CLAY Above the inscription, carved in the stone, are the arms of the Washingtons, with the arms of the Butlers _impaled_,--the latter being, in the language of heraldry, _azure, a chevron between three covered cups or_.