The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

The following paragraph of an address to our late illustrious General, from the three learned professions in Philadelphia, on his returning to the Southward in December last, we cannot forbear inserting though it appears somewhat late.

"Let others, Sir, recount your military achievements, and draw the honorable comparison between them and the deeds of those other heroes whose names adorn the records of time.--It is ours to view you in another light, and to see your character surrounded with a glorious splendour, before which the star of a Caesar, or an Alexander must hide its diminished head. The mad ambition of unlimited conquests, was not your incentive to action; your aim was not to exalt yourself upon the ruins of your fellow citizens. It was the voice of your country that called,--it was the genius of freedom that led you to the field. In the defence of liberty, property, and the rights of mankind, your sword was drawn. It was consecrated by religion, by law, and by humanity; it was revered as their guardian. The purest principles directed the management of the war. Undissembled piety, without the fear of offending Heaven, could implore its assistance to your arms. Virtue, philosophy, and sciences, considered their cause as involved in that which you have so illustriously supported. Heaven has smiled upon the glorious struggle. Our freedom is established--the sciences flourish---and the gates of happiness are thrown open to mankind."