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136 with favor and joy upon the downfall of Napoleon, and who, for a year or two, kept celebrating the Russian victories all along the Atlantic Coast, from Newburyport to Georgetown. In the middle of March 1813, there appeared in the Boston papers an appeal to the citizens to celebrate the downfall of France, "to unite in a grateful and national festival on this glorious and auspicious event, and to invite the Consul of his Imperial Majesty of all the Russias, to participate with us on the joyous occasion." In inviting Eustaphieve, T. H. Perkins, the chairman of the committee of arrangements, wrote, "It will not be forgotten that it was you who made known to the American people 'The Resources of Russia,' nor that what we now know as history, was prophetically announced by you, as the fate of the Despot, who vainly thought, that your countrymen might be added to the number of his vassals. We rejoice with you, that the oppressed and humiliated nations of the Continent of Europe are now bursting their shackles, and that your gallant Emperor is hailed as the Deliverer of the Commercial World.'

The great moment had arrived for Eustaphieve. He accepted the invitation in an enthusiastic manner. The celebration took place on March 25. It was a glorious affair. An Oratorio was prepared in the Stone Chapel. The solemnities consisted of airs, a recitative and choruses of nearly two hundred amateurs. Famous musicians, such as Hewitt and Graupner, furnished the instrumental music; Rev. Mr. Channing offered up a solemn prayer, and Dr. Freeman selected his Scripture readings in such a way that they fully rendered the course of the political events in Europe. Two thousand people were edified by this impressive church celebration, and at four o'clock the subscribers to the festival assembled at the Exchange for a feast, at which Hon. Harrison G. Otis, assisted by a number of distinguished gentlemen, presided. The hall was appropriately decorated. When "The Emperor of Russia" was given as a toast, a curtain was drawn which disclosed a transparent likeness of Alexander in full uniform, with the motto "Alexander, the Deliverer of Europe." When a toast in honor of Moscow was announced, another transparency was unveiled, representing "Moscow in Flames." Otis delivered an address on the emancipation of Europe from thraldom and the rescue of America from a great danger, finishing it with a toast to "Alexander the Great, Emperor of all the Russias,—he weeps not for the conquest of a new world, but rejoices in the salvation of the old." After toasts to the American national rulers, the Russian nation and the Russian armies,