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Europe (search for this): entry lafayette-marie-jean-paul-roch-yves-gilbert-motier-marquis-de
f the constitutional party on the continent of Europe, May 20, 1834. He received a magnificent publpopulation and by emigration from all parts of Europe—in a word, more than half of the most beautifuacrifice, and gratify the nation by a battle. Europe even expected it; and, although he had been cre army of Philadelphia, freshly recruited from Europe, abundantly supplied with everything they coulr finest ship, was chosen to carry him back to Europe. M. de Lafayette would neither receive from tthose which for centuries before had desolated Europe. The war had arisen upon a question between t as the sin of witchcraft. The governments of Europe, therefore, were at heart, on the side of the tish government in this war, and the people of Europe were on the side of the American people. Lag to himself only the liberty of returning to Europe, if his family or his King should recall him. omote the welfare of America, both here and in Europe, which they had frequently expressed and manif[13 more...]
George-Town (United States) (search for this): entry lafayette-marie-jean-paul-roch-yves-gilbert-motier-marquis-de
received orders from the King to give up his expedition; but he disobeyed, and sailed for America. The women of Paris applauded his heroism; the Queen gave him tokens of her admiration; the people extolled him for his strong enthusiasm in a good cause; and to his young wife, who was about to become a mother a second time, he wrote from the Victory: From love to me, become a good American; the welfare of America is closely bound up with the welfare of mankind. The party landed near Georgetown, S. C., April 19, 1777. They travelled by land to Philadelphia, where Lafayette immediately addressed a letter to Congress, asking leave to serve as a volunteer in the Continental army without pay. In consideration of his zeal and illustrious family and connections, that body gave him the commission of major-general, July 31, and Washington invited him to become a member of his military family. He joined the Continental army near a house on Neshaminy Creek in August. At that time he was l
Wilmington, N. C. (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry lafayette-marie-jean-paul-roch-yves-gilbert-motier-marquis-de
ese soldiers, in spite of their state of nudity, offered an agreeable spectacle to the eyes of all the citizens. General Washington was marching at their head, and M. de Lafayette was by his side. The army stationed itself upon the heights of Wilmington, and that of the enemy landed in the Elk River, at the bottom of Chesapeake Bay. The very day they landed, General Washington exposed himself to danger in the most imprudent manner. After having reconnoitred for a long time the enemy's positi Europe even expected it; and, although he had been created a dictator for six months, the general thought he ought to submit everything to the orders of Congress and to the deliberations of a council of war. After having advanced as far as Wilmington, the general had detached 1,000 men under Maxwell, the most ancient brigadier in the army. At the first march of the English, he was beaten by their advance-guard near Christiana Bridge. During that time the army took but an indifferent stati
Glocester (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry lafayette-marie-jean-paul-roch-yves-gilbert-motier-marquis-de
s, supporting an ideal money, and redoubling their firmness in the hour of adversity, the American chiefs conducted that revolution through so many obstacles. [Here follow accounts of Lafayette's convalescence at Bethlehem and his success at Gloucester, of Gates's campaign in the north, and the establishment of the melancholy headquarters at Valley Forge.] Notwithstanding the success in the north, the situation of the Americans had never been more critical than at the present moment. A p commission in the army, and at the time of the Declaration of Independence was a captain of dragoons in garrison at Metz. There, at an entertainment given by his relative, the Marechal de Broglie, the commandant of the place, to the Duke of Gloucester, brother to the British King, and then a transient traveller through that part of France, he learns, as an incident of intelligence received that morning by the English prince from London, that the Congress of rebels at Philadelphia had issued
Versailles (France) (search for this): entry lafayette-marie-jean-paul-roch-yves-gilbert-motier-marquis-de
ollows the account of his warm welcome at Paris.] Amidst the various tumultuous scenes that occupied my mind, I did not forget our revolution, of which the ultimate success still appeared uncertain. Accustomed to sec great interests supported by slender means. I often said to myself that the expense of one fete would have organized the army of the United States; and, to clothe that army, I would willingly, according to the expression of M. de Maurepas, have unfurnished the palace of Versailles. Eulogy by John Quincy Adams. On Dec. 31, 1834, ex-President Adams delivered the following oration on the life and services to America of Lafayette, in Washington, D. C.: On the 6th of September, 1757, Lafayette was born. The kings of France and Britain were seated upon their thrones by virtue of the principle of hereditary succession, variously modified and blended with different forms of religious faith, and they were waging war against each other, and exhausting the blood a
Charlestown, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry lafayette-marie-jean-paul-roch-yves-gilbert-motier-marquis-de
or perish in that cause. Landing at midnight at Major Huger's house, he found a vessel sailing for France, which appeared only waiting for his letters. Several of the officers landed, others remained on board, and all hastened to proceed to Charlestown. This beautiful city is worthy of its inhabitants; and everything there announced not only comfort, but even luxury. Without knowing much of M. de Lafayette, the Generals Howe. Moultrie, and Gulden received him with the utmost kindness annfuse into his mind their own feelings and prejudices. Having procured horses, he set out with six officers for Philadelphia. His vessel had arrived; but it was no longer protected by fortune, and on its return home it was lost on the bar of Charlestown. To repair to the Congress of the United States, M. de Lafayette rode nearly 900 miles on horseback. Before reaching the capital of Pennsylvania, he was obliged to travel through the two Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware. While st
Chesapeake Bay (United States) (search for this): entry lafayette-marie-jean-paul-roch-yves-gilbert-motier-marquis-de
ore closely during the disembarkation, the patriot army crossed through the town. Their heads covered with green branches, and marching to the sound of drums and fifes, these soldiers, in spite of their state of nudity, offered an agreeable spectacle to the eyes of all the citizens. General Washington was marching at their head, and M. de Lafayette was by his side. The army stationed itself upon the heights of Wilmington, and that of the enemy landed in the Elk River, at the bottom of Chesapeake Bay. The very day they landed, General Washington exposed himself to danger in the most imprudent manner. After having reconnoitred for a long time the enemy's position, he was overtaken by a storm during a very dark night, entered a farm-house close to the hostile army, and, from a reluctance to change his own opinion, remained there with General Greene, M. de Lafayette, and their aide-de-camp; but, when at daybreak he quitted the farm, he acknowledged that any one traitor might have caus
Fort Ticonderoga (New York, United States) (search for this): entry lafayette-marie-jean-paul-roch-yves-gilbert-motier-marquis-de
ngth that Philadelphia so well known in the present day, and whose future grandeur Penn appeared to designate when he laid the first stone of its foundation. After having accomplished his noble manoeuvres at Trenton and Princeton, General Washington had remained in his camp at Middlebrook. The English, finding themselves frustrated in their first hopes, combined to make a decisive campaign. Burgoyne was already advancing with 10,000 men, preceded by his proclamation and his savages. Ticonderoga, a famous stand of arms, was abandoned by Saint-Clair. He drew upon himself much public odium by this deed, but he saved the only corps whom the militia could rally round. While the generals were busied assembling that militia, the Congress recalled them, sent Gates in their place, and used all possible means to support him. At that same time the great English army, of about 18,000 men, had sailed from New York, and the two Howes were uniting their forces for a secret enterprise. Rhode
France (France) (search for this): entry lafayette-marie-jean-paul-roch-yves-gilbert-motier-marquis-de
were to fall beneath its ruin. The destiny of France and that of her rival were to be decided at th and Deane, for the doctor himself was then in France; and, although I did not venture to go to his r Huger's house, he found a vessel sailing for France, which appeared only waiting for his letters. France and the United States.] By quitting France in so public a manner, M. de Lafayette had serrica, and my peculiar situation when I quitted France. [Here follows the account of his warm welctal extinguishment of the colonial dominion of France on the continent of North America. The deep humiliation of France, and the triumphant ascendency on this continent of her rival, were the first r national conflict. The complete expulsion of France from North America seemed to the superficial vle of progressive advancement in the armies of France was set aside for him. He received from the mie people of the United States. He returned to France, and arrived at Paris on Jan. 25, 1785. Suc[19 more...]
York, Pa. (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry lafayette-marie-jean-paul-roch-yves-gilbert-motier-marquis-de
he summit of Pisgah. It was not given to Lafayette to witness the consummation of his wishes in the establishment of a republic, and the extinction of all hereditary rule in France. His principles were in advance of the age and hemisphere in which he lived. A Bourbon still reigns on the throne of France, and it is not for us to scrutinize the title by which he reigns. The principles of elective and hereditary power, blended in reluctant union in his person, like the red and white roses of York and Lancaster, may postpone to aftertime the last conflict to which they must ultimately come. The life of the patriarch was not long enough for the development of his whole political system. Its final accomplishment is in the womb of time. The anticipation of this event is the more certain, from the consideration that all the principles for which Lafayette contended were practical. He never indulged himself in wild and fanciful speculations. The principle of hereditary power was, in h
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