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"May the Almighty and merciful Sovereign of the universe keep your Majesty under his protection and guidance!" Little by little the place where Lafayette was imprisoned became known to a few, and public sentiment was aroused to the point of bringing up the matter before the British Parliament.
General LAFAYETTE had a distinguished command on that critical day.
Morse presides at Fourth of July dinner. Proposes toast to Lafayette. Letter to New York "Observer" on Fenimore Cooper. Also on pride in American citizenship. Works with Lafayette in behalf of Poles. Letter from Lafayette. Morse visits London before sailing for home. Sits to Leslie for head of Sterne Morse's life almost equally divided into two periods, artistic and scientific.
Desirous of offering all due honors to General Lafayette, and knowing his taste for military exhibitions, the Governor ordered the militia of Boston, which constituted a brigade, of the first division, and an equal number from Essex and Middlesex, which included the second and third divisions, to assemble on the Common in the city of Boston, on Monday, the 30th of August; This was really a proud day, particularly for the citizen soldiers of Massachusetts; but all classes of the people enjoyed this imposing and honorable display.
What was to be done? They had now but one horse. The alarm had been given. Not a minute could be lost. Huger gave his horse to Lafayette and told him hurriedly to go to Hoff, the rendezvous agreed upon. Lafayette mounted the horse and started out. But he could not bear to leave his two rescuers in such a plight, so he came back to ask if he could not do something for them. "No, no!" they cried.
Beating Wayne badly, Cornwallis had Lafayette at his mercy, but could not follow up for a complete victory. At this point indecision by Clinton, commander-in-chief of the British army, caused a fatal error. He had ordered Cornwallis to send the men to New York; then he countermanded that order and wanted them shipped to Philadelphia; then to New York again.
Am now in my 72d year. It must have been in 1822 or '3 that I first came to live in Brooklyn. Presently we Whitmans all moved up to Tillary street, near Adams, where my father, who was a carpenter, built a house for himself and us all. It was from here I "assisted" the personal coming of Lafayette in 1824-'5 to Brooklyn.
He passed in his coach among the rioters, urging them on in their villany, and 'tis even said by some that he was seen giving money to the mob. And this is the man whom the King hesitates to banish! Perhaps, after all, boy, I did wrong to counsel Lafayette and d'Azay to stand by a King who is weakness itself and who knows not how to defend himself or his throne!" It was just a week after Mr.
Frank, with a strange, empty feeling, retraced his way, fought a path by means of sheer will and the virtue of his police badge across Market street, and struck out toward Lafayette Square. Scarcely realizing it, he was bound for Aleta's apartment. A warped shaft had incapacitated the automatic elevator, so he climbed three flights of stairs and found Aleta packing.
And one day, as if tired of this misdirected adoration, nature organized a dam on the side of Mount Lafayette, filled it with water, and then suddenly let loose a flood which tore open the canon, carried the bowlder away, and spread ruin far and wide. It said as plainly as possible, you must look at me, and not at my trivial accidents.
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