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** tu S. wavy—Present. ’. ,v«» Si*•inARRIVAL OF GBN. LAFAYETTE Macon- (Ga.) March w • Gennr.nl Lnfnyeito arrived in.this town yesterday. His arrival took place several hours earlier than was generally expac* tod{ which disappointed many of the plea- 11 yum of seeing: him while hare. Owing to the rapidity with which he now-travels, I j ho was entirely unattended by any mili-11 tary fscort. The only persons with him were hit son and secretary, and two of the Governor’s aids.. . „ . \.V' ' 1.At 12 nVdoctc n signal gun .announced 11 his approach, when the' Indies and gentlemen proceeded to form in linos on Bridge strctjt, near the ferry. He.'dismounted from his carriage nod crossed tho river, Whote he was received by tho Committeeappointed for that purpose and Commissioners of the town. ) On ascending the bluff, ho was welcomed to our town in bc-ljfalr.6ftho citizens by James S. Frioraon, Rsq. in the following appropriate adr /Iross.General LafayetteSir—J am deputed by tho citizens of Maoon audits vicinity, to welcome you to this place. * ' *To tell you, Sir, that you wero the early, steadfast, and cunsiaton* friond of this Republic in her revolutionary contest, would he only to say whnt has been acknowledged by tho past and present generation. •But that tlio glorious struggle in which yotir destinies wero pledged in common with tho illustrious characters of that day, Ims^vontuatod in provingvthat a system of government, new in the .history of tho world, a confedorativo representative democracy, is tho beet guarantee fur the jlibertfosof a great people, is nowconfirm-| od by tho cxporionco of thirty-six years.
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Savannah Republican
Savannah, Georgia, US
Fri, Apr 08, 1825
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