The magazine of history with notes and queries, Vol. II, No. 6, December 1905Various
History
The magazine of history with notes and queries, Vol. II, No. 6, December 1905
Various
History -- Periodicals; United States -- History -- Periodicals
Among all the numerous addresses which have been presented to me, in
the present critical situation of our nation, there has been none
which has done me more honor, none animated with a more glowing
love of our country, or expressive of sentiments more determined
and magnanimous. The submission you avow to the civil authority,
an indispensable principle in the character of warriors in a free
government, at the same moment when you make a solemn proffer of
your Lives and Fortunes in the service of your country, is highly
honorable to your dispositions as Citizens and Soldiers, and proves
you perfectly qualified for the duties of both characters. Officers
and Soldiers of New Jersey have as little occasion as they have
disposition to boast. Their country has long boasted of their ardent
zeal in the cause of freedom and their invincible intrepidity in the
day of battle.
Your voice of confidence and satisfaction, of firmness and
determination to support the laws and Constitution of the United
States, has a charm in it irresistible to the feelings of every
American bosom; but, when in the presence of the God of armies, and
in firm reliance on his protection, you solemnly pledge your lives
and fortunes and sacred honor, you have recorded words which ought to
be indelibly imprinted in the memory of every American youth.--With
these sentiments in the hearts, and this language in the mouths of
Americans in general, the greatest nation may menace at its pleasure,
and the degraded and deluded characters may tremble lest they should
be condemned to the severest punishment an American can suffer--that
of being conveyed in safety within the lines of an invading enemy.
JOHN ADAMS.
Philadelphia, May 31st, 1798.
A. S. GRAHAM.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.
[Illustration]
WHERE ARE EVANGELINE AND GABRIEL BURIED?
The priests and sextons of old St. Joseph’s, St. Mary’s and Holy
Trinity Churches, of Philadelphia, are often called upon by visitors to
the city, to point out the grave of Evangeline and her lover, Gabriel,
the delightful creatures of Longfellow’s fancy, in relating the
expulsion of the Acadians from their happy homes and their dispersion
along the coast of the British provinces.
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