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—*--'"^' - ¦ ¦¦¦ xvt. LiAXCAS'SEU, PA.—¦WBJUiWESflJAy, SEPTfliSlBBflC 14, ES42. NKW .^EKBES, V»t,. IV—i'vo* 41. .;i:b\yAED: c. daIihington. , , , ^OPPICK IN KOnTlI atJBKN BTnEET- Thfl igXAJllNEH i. DK.VIOCRATIC HEUALD U p^bfiqhodVoohly.nt'Two iWLLARa a yonr. : ADV2itTtaRHiENTa nol exoecding one aqnaro \vill be.iiisei^tcd throe tiracB;f9r. ono dollur, nnd iwenly fivo.cen.ta.WiU bo oliorged for cnob uddilional in AN ORATION Delivered before the Authorities of the Cily of Boston,'\ruly i, 1642. DV IIOIIACE MANN. [CONTINUEO.J When the Declaratiou of lnde(wndenco was car. aertion,. Yearly. adveTiisemeni., nol oxceeding n ' ^j J ; ( ^001, nnd tbo Cunatitaiioo of the Unit- Tmb 68 "¦"""* ^"'"^ »"'=<"',ed States wa. adopled, iho civil aud polilical rcin- —°v * "iJ—'.—• - ' • .:—— ¦— I tions of the generation then living and of nil sue- J_£'''jR(9fifiS'fi>6r'S Jpf 04iC©. I t^oedlng onc«, wero ihnngod. Men we're no longor r|^lilS.'u'i!o5untq on the islates of the respeclivo '!"> ?""<.'= ""="• I"" wero olothed with now riglita J. defo'iideriia iioreunto annexbd, are filed in lho ""^ rcspnniibiliiies. Up to that period, ao far as Register's OfHco ofLancaster county, flir eonfir- government was eonecmcd, thcy might hnvo been matiiinStid ollmvanec at iho Orphans' Court of ignornnl;—indeed it hna generally boon hold that onid couiity, ppramencing on MONDAY,the 19ili where n mnn's only duly ia obedicnco, it u betier nf Soproihber'riiexi nl tho Coiiri House, in the cily 'of tancaslor, 08 follows, towii: \Vlilipni, , Curry, Lampeter fownsliip. By. ^liliam Bail, E,«q, Adininislrator. ¦Jacob .Greider, Bast Hempfield, twp. Guard'n Acci. By Christian lleislnnd,, Giur- dian of Sonunim Greider and Jacob ntid Anron People,' .the wbolo condition nnd relations ot men wbero clianged. It was lillo a change in tho order of Naturo. Wore the polos oftho earth to be now swung round, nictily degroea—to n coincidenco with tho cquaior,—it would nut work a greater change in the aoil and climute of all lho zuiies, than was wrought by that change of govcrnmonli bulli ill the rclitivo and absulute conditions of men. Beforo this epoch the fow, by foreo uf rank, wealth, dresa, equipage, aecumptisbmcnta, governed tho ninny, nflor il, the many woro lo govern iho few. Boforo this, birlh and lamily woro words of sig- nifiontion ; but the revolutiun worked tho most thorough attainder ofnll fucIi blnwl; and it would havo been betlcr fer a man to put on ilie poisoned tunic of NesFus, than lo bonst that a drop of aris. tecruttcal hluod coursed through his veins. Be- Ihat be sbould be linoranl J for why should a beast,' J!"'" ""»• "'= dofereneo paid to the opinions of" dif of burden bo endowed wilh tho aonsibjlities <,f a | f^""" "><=". vT'eJ '" '''" "iio of tliousanda to man 1 Up Io that period, so far as government '¦ ™° '• ^'"- "'l" 'his. H'O yolo of ihe veriest igno- was coneerned; a man might havo been nnprinui.' [."'""""J scoundrel would balunc^i that of Frank- pled and nugitious. ilo li.id no access to the atul- ''"°''''^"."'""B'""- , •„,,., Iitcbook to alter or repeal its provisions, so aa tu ! A''""',"'' expediency, and espccinlly about the screen hia uwn violaliona oflho mornl law from p:^t=nt of thm chnngo .wido diirereneo ol opin- punishitieni, or lo legalize the impoverishment and !°" provailed. Bnl, tho chango bemg made, waa rum of his fellowbuings. But willl tho new in- '' ""'-'he duty of ita oppouenlB lo yield to the ¦Greider. ininor childron of lho said Jacuh Grei- .„,...„.„„ ,„„„„.„„„.„„. „„,. „,„.„.„ „,.„.„¦ dpr,deo'd. . ., slilulions, there eamo new relations, nnd an im- i"°"'".'''° ™"'^°"f """'"• ""'I'" P'=l'"''='"';'^ Ofohn.. K-. Mumma, Rnpho township. Imense accession of power.. New trusl. of jnap- [ng oxigenoics / And oould not every really no- Gimrdjn Aect._By Jonas Mumma nnd jGhria-; preciable value and iiinguitudo were devolved np- ''lo-oul.hn.Un amplo eompensalion lor ih i loss of greater dignily ond elevation ofhis fellow beings I From whom should inslruelion eomo. ifnut from ll)0 moal educalcd f AVhcro should gcncrosiiy «i.n Hiestand, Teatamentory Gnanliaua of Anna in theold ni;ente and ni«on their successors, irre! personal influence or lamily di»tineti„n, in the .Mumma, daughter'and ' heir'of said John K Mumma, dee'd in aect with Anna Mumma. iConrad Mnater, M.inheim toivnship. ¦By Susnn Master, Exioulrit. Davjd' Hees, Little Britain township. ', By-JanicB Neeper, Adminislrntor. .Thi^'maa Stoneroad, Marietta. By Adam '..^oneroad.'Administrator do bonis non. li)lizal^eth Demuth, City.- By Benjamin .J?.,Gill. surviving Exeeutor. vora bly. Nnw tlic rulo nf coinmon sense opplieablo lo an¬ alogous euaea, applies emphatically horo :—confide your Ibrtunea unly to tho hunds of a faithful and competent agent; or if, through lugal limitutioit or restriction, thcy must pnss intu the handa of one ot present unqnulifieil lo administer them ; spend towords tho poor begin, il not with thoso whom Providence bus blessed wilb nbmiddnco 7 VVhcnco should- mngnnnimily proeeed, if not from minds expanded by cuituro? If there were on order of half—spend nino louths ol lho fortuno iiseif, if nion who lost aomelhing of palr.cinn rank by this need be. tnqu.lify Uio new azcni for bis duty. P?'";*^?' '^''^"e«• '""""'i "' '°''''"8; '''«">»'= vea Ii; at the dpoeh to whieii I havo referred, thoip.^'^ Oo,™ 'I'" g^"P"=- "^y «'""'''' '"""= »"'"">'' 1 was ony diss of men wbo bolioved ilml. ropiibTi- "^""""l! 'I'^'"."» ^''"° •""' Socraies did nmuug their Samuel Invin, Ouard'n Acct. By Abra-1 cnn inaiitmidnjl eoniniasftinlicrenVnnd indesirnc. coulBiniiornries, und expounded to lhem tlio na- < him Horr, Isnao Myera and Jneob IV. Mye ¦ "" - --¦ ' ¦'.*—•<• --^'! —.•-- -i.- . -i i Adm'rs' ol Chi>istinn Myer wbo waa the Guard of Mary Irwin, s daugbterof lho said Sura ¦ Irtvin, dec'd. Georgo M Miller, City. By Sarah B. ¦ Millar, Administratrix. Malthia3'Heitzman, Drumore tuwnship. By Herman VV. Fedderaori, Adniinistrator. Jahn.N, Julinaun, Manor loivnahip. By Frederick Sogrbccr, Administrator. Vtironioa Wenger, West Cocniico twp. By Martin Becker, Administrii'ior, Chrislian Wenger, West Cocalico twp. By Murtin Becker, surviving Eseculor. Barbara MuK'er, Martic township. By ; Abraham Hurr, Adiniiiisiraiur, wii.h lho will ¦ miuexcd. Satnuel Eberlein, Borough of Columbia. ¦,By Rebecca Eberlein. Executrix. Ann Huber, Straaburg townahip. By . Chrislian Hubcr, Adminislraior. The Account of Emanuel Shaefler. Guardian of John J. Ebeily, of (jincasler. Christian Demulh, City, Supply. Adm'n Acci. By William Ebonnan, nud Bcujamin -D'.Gill, Executors. Tho snid Williain ICbor- !nnn';''flctrng herein hy liis Ailurney, John f-^. ¦ Eberman. .Tohn Ca;i'penter, Eust Earl township. By Lovi Carpenter, larnef Carpenter and Williaiii. '. Carpenter, E&cculnrs. Benjamin FL Herr, Strasburif lownship. .By. Fruneis Koiidig and Juhn S. Ilerr Admin- .istratois.. Mury Bronneifian, Conostoga twp. By ¦ Sjinuel Mycr, Executor. Henry Knight, Columbia, Suppl'y . G.iiaid'n Acet. By Jobn Furry. Guard'41 of Isaac ICtiigltt, a minor onu of anid Ilcnry ICnighl. Ilichard Muore, Strasbiii« township. By Samuul P. Bower, A.il">lriislraior. Abraham Lehuiiin, Lampeier. township. . GuiHd'ii Accf By JaiirtiWuUVv Gunrdian ol Divid and Maria l.eaii|iift.T>nJidyjBonjniniu Leu¬ man, Gunrdian of Cailiarjtlis'andiBenjauiin Leu¬ man, the four ininor chil(fti3ri-bf auld Abraham ' Lehman, dtie'd " , •'''i^'Si '^nNv ' UPV-V Lcchlei-, Ci lyt;-By; Pavid Lechler. . surviving executor.',' ,';¦¦¦,'•;¦'_ NioHoliis Boyd, Little Britnin township. '-By Staler Brown,one of die adiu'ra,. Nicholas Boyd, LilUe Brilain township.] iBy John Oliver Bnyd, uno (if lho ndm'rs, ' Elizabeth Dunnur, We^tEurj township. ' By William Carpenter, nilin'r. Andrew Donnn, Litlle Brilain township. By James McSparran.adiu'r. Jilcbb Kirk, IjitiroBritain township. By John Kirk and John Kirk, jr., executura. Tarleton Denham, Guardian Account, By Jolm Denlingcr, Gnardian of Honry nnd Emnn- ' ucl DonhanijSOna oftlib suid TarlctotrDenhum, Daviti r Lonirenpckor, Warwick lownship. . Dy Martin Hambright and Rosnnna Longeneck¬ er,* adm'rs. H3key ¦ Hendrickson, East Donegal twp. toy Jnmes VV. Hendrickson and Samuel S Put- , leraon, odininintinlors. JohnSheHenbeiger, Borongh of Marietta. By Samnel Navbir, odminiotralors. .Cbriiilian Mar'lin, Rupho township. By John •^*IotI!cr and .\hvnham Hershcy, execulora. 5i?hn Holirumn, \\cst Hempfield. By -.1- ,.,. . — ... ^,^_j M;,.l\n,.l Mooro. exocutors By .cr, til4u principle orBeir-purincalion.-who l.eUe«ed »"r<^ ^"*' V'° ''"''"'''*: °^ ^ •*-' '^''^¦¦'' .^''^^ had under- :d»n Ihnl a Kepublic fn.m lho nccesaity of its nature is V^" '¦" f"'-'?">'' '"jeL'd were, they should hayo .ucl.'infuiliblu n.id incorruptible, and like u b.uu.ifnl *lrQ«ned the pu.suncd bowl to sanchfy he truths 1 ffoddos...endowed fv.th im.nortnl vouth and puritv; "'"^'^ "'^*>' t?"«"'' ..^^ ^"""' °'^''»"' mtcres and Hr. if there is nny clasa of men ut tho preaent day »y'"puty in ihe co.iditiun of the puor und the igno- holding ih>8 f»ith;-lct nieeay it i« aB fatal an er- '^'^} ^'»V<^'; '>'" "ow nrcumatuMirea required, they ror na was eji^cKiiarborcd by the hun.an mind ; ba. ""•' t'"^"" tlcseenduHto imve be^-n, nnd will be cum cuuse it-trcTonf-B to that c|u«s of errors which blind P^"*^.^ ^^ '^""^ potions, .nor« biUer iban bemiuck, whllclhey menace.—w^lo.e deadly ahaa ifl unaeen "« K'Cir daily beverage. Ii.ter:;at. bono., duty, umiWt quivers in the henrt. A republican gov. obko rr.q.i,r*.d (hnt no word uf aHpersion or coo. ernmnil is the visible mnnife«.ution oflhe people's '"'"^''y «''°»'^ ^^ eaet npon the now order ol invimhlc auuL Through lbc bailot-box. Ibe latent t»'>ng« "«• 't« auppor ere. Why Bh-.ul.l tbey laugli will bursts out inio authontutive nclion. In a re. "t »''»^ helmsman, when lho ..lup which conlumod tbeir own ireasuresua well as hia, was m tbc fur- riws oftbescQ? If, aa waBConttmpliotisly said piibiicnn govemnicnt the ballot-bux is (he urn of fiite; yet no god Bb.akes iho bowl or presides over the bit* If the builot-box ia open lo windom and pntrioiism and btimuniiy ; It is cquuily open to ig , ¦ ... nurunco and treachery, to pride and envy, to con- whoso naiuro it is to fail in twoyears,| and lhal a lempt for IhfJ ponr or hostility towards llio rich. It' repubhcweara out its mor a Id almost as aoon aa is the looHest (liter ever devised lo atrain out impu- | '^f »''e sap of a while bireh rots the wood,'—they should utter f* warning voice, iho mad popularo I had proposed to pursue thif) cnmnutulion in liingu.igc of loe poIiticiil prt.-js, tiiroughout ihc Wfjuld liurl him from the Torpcinn, In fine, in regard I o Kentneky, TonncB.icc, Sotitii Cnrolinn, rountry, dcridu ibo (iUfj.iton, whit:b of tbu abovu onr govornment, as at present adminiBlered, or nn Georgia, Alabnmn, &c., *jul tho Lnr'k is uHcless otid described classes Uicy cun.<-idcr IhctnscWes u.i ud- likely lu bo odministered, tho power, even nftcr a siokcnirig. It inuHi anfliro lo stale, in genentl drcssinfr. choice of rulers, is so fnr relnined by thc people ns terms, tlut tbo numbor according lo the census, ofl Somo havc thought thai, in a Republic lbc g( o I nlmost to BUi>ereedo thc runlily of represpntalnm ; pcrsons over lho ngo of 20, nn.iblu lo rend and ' nnd wise mnat nccL•H.^llIily iniiintnm an li-sctHidan. and. tborefore, if tho whole people bo nol eqtini to wrile, is, in Virginia, 53,787, in Nortii Curolmn, ey over the viciuu.s and ignuruiit. Hiit wb(?nro the business entrnsted lo them—the mnss, Uko any 5G,IJ09. Konlucky, 40.0(0, TcnncrtJiot', 58,531, S. nny snch rnorul neces.sily? The di«;inuiive char- individual, will aepuredly ruin whul ihcy do not Caruhnj,2U,6l5, (vvilh a free white populaimn over , nflerislic of a repulOic i.-t the gremnr freodpin and understand. I have said (hat schools ihould linve been es- tablinhcd for the cducalion of ibo whole pcople.— Tbeso schools ahould huvo been ofa moro perfect choracter than any which have ever yet e.tisled,— tnthem, tbo principles of inomlity shunhl have copinnslyinlerminj^Ied with lho principles of science. CuacB of conscience should havo allRrniitcd with lessons in thc rudiments. Tho multipliealion table shonld not havo bcftn more familiar nor moro IVo. qucntly npplied, iltnn thc lule, to do lo nthrrs as wo would that they should do unlo us. Tbc lives ofgreat and gootl men should hnvo been held up for admiration unil exnmplo ; nnd especially the life and characler of Jesus Chrial, a.n the snbl imc." t pattern ot benevolence, juf puriiy, of fcII sncrifioc. even exhibited lo moAals. In every coiiree nf ludics, nil the practicnl nnd perceptive parlitof the Gospel shnuld hnvo been pocreitly included; andail dugmniicnt theology nnd seclnrtanism sacredly ex- eluded. In no pcboot ahnuld tbc Bible bavo been | opened to rcvenl thc sword oftho polemic, but lo unloose tbc dove of pence. I havc thus endenvored tn abo'V, that will) uni¬ versal suffVngo, there mustbo univeraal devution of character, inlclleclual and murni, or thero will bi!cii f\il\j-cici! Itl b -n-l.^p. To sdiii-.; t\„; ttntUunn ftfil tvrrtnt, ii3t|i»i.^ li'id hi!.'ii flnshpfi Hjiiiisi raehoth«riri binli!, undmilitntu crinhnl liy thc ^fi'ittlt, 'fbe nii«arii ictifltitft, I.;;hl.sM!(iiijj »',-ip le'tiCs df :lic -intil had bcrn runietl do vmvarda into linrhncjtr ntd <!rbii'tfni*'n». A'l lbor«[\|mul bihiriiy which lim fiU-!»ei-in!» ryo t>f the mind, could pi:N"tra'o. h-uibiiin p-nplcj wiih the-pcctrea of Biipurstiimn. Tho spirits ofihe inr-rtml wcr'd had been llllh^ti>li2::'^ to bind all rr-tljtoii^ fm-dnin, whclhsf t*f fh.iuiihl ttr .ipeerh, in t'le boiidanc of i" iir. Heaven had , b«M!n "olil, fi>rm»tit;y. lil^e 'mnvrllily diimiril>, by Vhnso who, tciial uf hI>, hud «ny lit!'! to i'i iniin«i"ii». 'fn (hU cxiyunr.y, tt wim tho ixp'-tiiefii t.f Proviimnci, lo Iraasfor d miitiinri fr'nn 'h.- fr.w tn il|.i nif»riy—tVnrn i:,"iii whrt bnd nSii!>';d h. to ih'i--c whu bd-l snfRre'l. 'I'ho vTcin'ihy, thn hi^h-born, thc pnv.l.jui-d, hmi hi\ii ii m dicir p<.\ve« 1*>- bless thll [.(i.iple ; bill lh.-y bad curHod iheni, Nt.w, ih-n- nod flit ihcir rurltimis are iii llm !inii.!.f oflhc pccipl/5. ^hd prnpc'lv Y^hich'lhcy h:ivc Piit.nitd i« u> coiiuimnd (he}^ aOyenra of ngo.oi'only 111,663, aud with .127,038 ' power of its nicmher. "A repulilic 1:1 n politii-ui Blavos,)Georgiu,30.717. and t\Uihan\a.22,5'J-^ j and conlrivnncc by which llie popnliir %oiee is collect. Ibat, by the Conslimtiun of United Mlaio'. llic5:c cd nnd uKored, an oik! uriicnluiivc and iiulliuritaiivo ignorant multitudes Jiuve lho right of voting for sound, ll lliPn, lho people, arc unriglilcou". lhnt Reprcfientativca in Congrc^e, nut only for ihom. ' uttnrnnre will bc unrigbtt'ou". Iftbu people, or a selves, but for their slaves—five slaves being' mnjority of them withdraw ihcir eyes (rom wis. counted aa equnl to throo whiles. Now, ifto the dom nnd eqiijiv,—thos'o rverlaflting lights in tho 550000 free white Population, over lho ugc of 201 niiniimeni of trnlh; if ti;py abandon tbemselvo to,. . . t- , , , • yeurr, unablo to read and write, ns shown by thol pnrly strife, wlmre Urn triuniph of u faclion. rulhcr , °l'">f.'»:"- he .(-noninre th-.y havs, sulFcrcd to abound, t» ienaus,wc should add only tbiny per H., f/r Us;tba/lhe prevalence of -he ?igbt, is nn.de the ob-] --ll-^^^^^^^^^ ^tl^rr-Vit^S. undoubied under-esttmntes, it would increase tho ' jcct of comest,—,i bennnco os coriain as are the i^J'„,j,,.r,f.«, ..n,,,, „,..,de ih« Btuminnry nfih^ir h<.*m:«, tolal to more than 700,000. laws of ouinipolence, ihat sucb a community will J ]„ |-,,je^ ihui inn;rr'»i io.d ciiuccrn for the wpHnroof in I might derive anothor and a convincing nigu- ' e.vpress and obey tbe biisrr wiil. ment, Irom tJie slnliKlics of education given by { Suppoae a people to ho hom-at, hut unCnlightdn- Ihe cenaua, in regard lo our own Stale lo pruvo ed either by stuiiy or cxperienfi' ; und suppose a tbcir inaccuracy. Tba samo generul ni'ilivot, sorics of q'lcslioiis lo br; Sfibiiiiited lo them li)r do- wbich Would lead to on under Btatenieni in rcgprd cision, mure gruve end importntit thon were ever to lho number ofpersons uniibic to rend and write, hefitic cnvolved in tho history of tbe mde. Snp- would loud lo on over.stalemcnt in regard lo the pnse fuilhcr, tljal niiiny of lln: leading men amung number of thoso altending bcbool. In Mussnchn- them, and tbo principal organi wiiiili hold toni- Sftts, the wbolo number of acholara ofull ages, tn mt^niealion \vilb ihcm, iiiMlcid uf striving tn en all our Puhlic Schools, is annually returned ny the ' lighicn and in.slrui-l, only indnnie and exasperate Bchool Commillees,—mon highly competent ti do ' ouc portion of limiu ngninsi unolhcr portion,—and Ihcir duly, fumiliur with tho uubject, and popscss-I in this slnlc of mind they proceed to the nrliitrn- in>i the most ample nnd exact mcuns nf inibrma-^ merit. Would ilnut bo better, like (be Roman tion. Uy Ihoso returns, ii nppears tliai the whole poulhsnyers, to doicrmine the qucsiion hy the flight fHrinr."", whir.h shnnl I htvc aprung' from motive.i ftf phit- tinlhropy, muai nuw hn t.t(i.rti-J (nnrt inouVoa of tt|(> pres'TV llinn. As a Intnin** tciiclitu maiikiud to be in ;».¦*¦* iriuits antl pruvitlwtil. S'l d.f ihcric g'*i-il devrrnpnitn'.i lenrh the inure PivorRd chi-iseiVnl' .'ittcify ih«l thcy hcvif can ht'safe whib; thcy ueglect th<: wnlfiirc uf any poriimt of tbcir 9'ir.itil uilcrittrii. In a hniud !>urvpy of ific crnni eccnumy uf Pfi.vi.|.*in'C,the lesa^.n of tVuKi'hty andlhrit', whifih isiauiihi hythe ileiirthiil':i siitjlo jRurt in no plain* - cr than this •.¦mn-lur le^S'in of iii.iver.'iiil benr.vufiMiCff. which thn 1 p*i; "f ciiu'urtus has bc^n cvi-tving. and nuw inculciiiing upuii the wntlii. [noxcLUsio.-^ nr,xT vkkk-] rORTUE LA.NCAriTER EtXMI^:t:H ASD ni:n.\LD. bo universal mismanagement and calnmity. number of sehuIarB wbo were in nil our Public ' of bird.=, or to Iearn tho era/les i»f fate hy in.specting Lci U3 now, in lho first place, inqniro wlicthcr Schools, any part of tho limo dnring our echool the entrails of un animnl ? there is at present, in this rounlry. a degree of in- ycur 1840-41. (ibe year in wbich the census wns i When a peeuniarv question, however trifllntr, is | leliigcnce fsfiicicnt fijr thc wiPe adminisiralion of lis laken) was but 155,041, and the uvorngo alien-! („ bo suhi ' ' ¦ - aflairs. Ifthere is sulHcient inlelligence in the ag- dnnco was in winter 116308, and in summer,' gregnte people, then Iharo muat he suificiaut in Ibe 96.892—while tho number given in tbo ci'iicus, is individunl mcmbere; if ihiTe is nut alHcient in the . 158.351. individual members, then there ia noi auffieient in Bul wiihoot seeking any closer nppi'oximntion the aggregate. Io so unwelcome a truth let ua suppoHc, ihat we The last census thc of Uuiled States shows ihe have but 700,000 freo whilo persons in the Uniicd I ^,, „^ „,„.... .^c u .u....;.ii...M mi un ^,rv^„..^,.,t ,.. round number offive hundred and fifty ihuu=«nnd . Slates, under ihe age of Iwenty years, unnblo to baltery of ibriri\nmn7'oMlm" inlrrKlnclion of nny persona, ovor tho age of lH?enty yeor«. unable to j read and write; and further, that only one quarler 1 (,11,^^ irrevalcni m^iUer. bul rebukes iliem as a per- read and write. From no laconsiderable aUention j part of ihese are volers—liiat is, wo will deduct aonnl indignity. Noiv the people hnvo questions lo devoteil to-this kindred of fopjcs, J nm convinced ^ ono hnlf for lemales, and ullow onu Imlf of thc male ,|<.(,ide infinilelv more important tlinn are ever sub- thai lho above number, greitt^os it is, is far l)piow ' moiety lo bc pereons. e.lher between iwcnty nn.l , n,ii,^.j to nny conn—ibev mav have lhe question tbctruth. I will stale one or two olthe reasona, ai, or tinnalurulized. (which, considering the I qCiIj^ ,.„urt.j, cxisU-ncc 1*0 decide on,—and should aniong many, which have led to iIuh conclusion, j Sluies where iho greui mnsa of this ignorunco be-1 n,,^ thc\', therelore demand 0/ all their udviseri, There is no_ part of our eounlry where a man | longs, is _a most liberal al'owancc, beeausu the | w|,t.ti,pr elected or sHf constituled,a corresponding J»\>«S€il5tf.--^9*0. SI, Reader! ure you ae<Iuainted withthe Qerman Ucd*l!ra^,S'7j'.d7cs"cmn^ 'f*' ^"""^"j;^,/"d longue, Ibat thc most Icarne.l men in Ih*. Innd.lhc pnrlies whose |j',"''**^' ^''^ **'='^-'"' langunge. dt^oolhern, Gnropo interest is at stake, employ eminent counsel, that I ''>'^"":* "" ^^Bcni Irum the Uun, but pretends tu tho whule merits oflho ease may be developed, and'"" "f'K'"'l"^ f"''«"t ""^'^ honurnb P,-simplc. ¦' ¦-¦ ' ronci.^u and oiiergcljb as the i1;ilion whoso Wolhey If you aro rnnsicr of itj you al^ pos* I conduCB lo a ju:<t decision. And the court will not suffer its attention lo ho withdrawn, or its judginenl ; lit bc disturbed, by vilification of un opponeni. or would not prefer lo bo accounted ublo to rend nnd ' number of ignorant immigriinls is much less ol' irulbfulncsa und gravilv 7 write, rathor than tobo writteii down according the South than ut lbc North) und we should then / H nbib coohc to the preference of Dogberry/ To be aupponed have 175,000 voters, unahlo to read and write. great irutbs o'f ablrrmomy. tongue it, ir". sessed of the key m one of ibo ricbcsl repositoriL::* - of Kcienco and literature on canh; lluvo yon aot beard of Cieollie and S(diiller and Richler-—of tii- iher and Kepler and Kndi! Aye, and haVc jroa nutrf>ad nnd re iend tlieni with incrensf-d delight. I havejust ri:-en from ibo pcru.Hul of u volumo of.- Jcun Puul, s.nd li»r tliy [iriv.itc btmcHl, dear Header, ^ ! il tbou slioutd.'il eb.'iiicc nol to und'.'rsiand, aUjJ^bi , of tbis rare tongue. I Will thTuscribo tor thee a fcW I of wliat I esteem choiue pasjuges, ungeUc; ^ oar the possessor of power and dccqinplishmcnls is a I N ,, , 1 old pediignffue was wont to tell us—ecce signumi nffc.cdfnreRird toall tho up.n>ot asd RmALrr. at tl.o l..«t prc«i,lcnti.-,l cleclion „hcn i !^''=°,'''""''"'°»''""''"'l'.''''•'="''''''•)'¦''''?'""""'''¦'• Men adn.iro both most upon two occasionJ,•— Hor preaiuca over i,;^ ¦¦^VlT.r" „, ";ft;j ,i,7„"<;fJ.^V "^^^^^^^^^ men, whcliiter »av,.gc or civ-' every voter n,t nbsolutely in liis iv.ndinjr sl„,ct i ""''=""."'"• ",V'S""""'-" ""J'^ ",''" I"?"", "'''";»¦ j "laMi .h Id envv ?o con i "hoso nature it in to fuil in two year.,,' «nd that a ¦""r3lu,l„ or aasisUint. «l,o to^.l.e.cen.un traveled ,v„, so thoroughly ,«ep, that neither stubble nor \l''\X ""hci»-TlhT^^^^ nV,y • "J "',"."- ana envy, 10 con-| _ , ^. ___ . ,_ /, ^^¦__ _^ Ifmm Iim.i«.% m Im.i^fi. mnkinD- flin aliortuBt macti-' lares were Icli h.r ibn irbinnnr—iit that pinriitm. 1" .? T'^^l"*'^"'•"cui, _n_ mey are neiicmm _iii _ imy g^^ ^j^l^ji riLtvB. Itgives equal ingreaatQ whatever comes, No mafHCB of Hclfiabness or (rnud, no foul aggrega. Bhould forthwivb have auturatcd lhcm with bucIi u 'prepamtion of vnlue end knowledge as would lions of cupidity or proQigocy. aro so ponderoua | ttyauize" even the porous alrncturo of birch ilself, or bull 't>ui/W KaufTm-inand MivhaeV Mooro, exccuWrs y as lo meet obstruction in its cupuricmo gorge, Tho criicria of a rigbl tn voto respect cit¬ izenship, uge, residence, lax, and, in a few cnses, properly; but no inquiry canlw put wheiher the applicant is a Calo or a Galalinc. To secure fidel¬ ity in the diachnrge of duties, an,oath ia impuaed on the most unimpor'tnut officers—conBlahlea. clerks, eurvcyors, of roads, of.lumlwr, leulher, fish — (vbilc the jual exercise of lids higliest (unction of. tho cilizen, by whicii law-niakers, law expound- ers, and executive ollircr.i nre ulikc created, ia se¬ cured.by no civil sanction. In nil bnainess ifiiip- ni-iionB, especiully witeru any doubl or dislrusl flt- tnches Io charaeler, we reduce mir stipulations lo writing; bul in cotdeniug iht-right to voie, wc tuke no promise befjreliund that it shall be hon¬ caily e^tciTised, nor do wo reserve loonraelven any rightof subKequcnt rcdrexs, fchould,llie privilege be ubuacd. In some Stiles, iho law provides ibnt the nome of cvciy. voiur fchall bc cndoispd upon the ballot hc gives. Kuppo-se. m unnic of our antrty polilicul con- tcsls, the mf.tives of t very vol^r Were wruitrn ujwu bis Imllnl. HU tbav they should ail (10 as IcgibU-to man, ou llie juipor, hS thoy are vi:iiblo to God, in lbc beart—what a history they would reveal I We arc accuslopicd lo qnole tbe alioni;nable edicts o! 'popes and Kiiigi;, and wo dwoll npon every line, to Kindle iibhorrence at humun di-praviiy; yet, as un fxponenl of niolivcp, what in the verbiage ot pupal ' bulls or imperial maudali'S, cumpared wilh lhe hoO' ! icnliuus decrees whieh every man's ballot conlnins, and which gu.foiih omnipoienl to executo h-.s wdl. Yei ihitj iri-vH[Hmvible ulterance ihruugh the ballol- l>ox, is lbc inccpli\o procesa of j^Jl•gii^lnuon ; nay, in alllhe mo^t importunt cases, it is lugishtlion^- iho wili of Vhe ptople being mnde Uuowu here,and ouly passing on 10 Ifgihlativo ln«lls lo go Ihrougli ceruiu formulitica mid bo prouudgaled an law.;— The human imugina ion cnn piciure no semblance uf tho destruftivu potency of tho ballot-box in tho hunds of nn ignorant and a corrupt peuplo. The Uoman CohurlB wero te.rible! lho Ttirkish Jani zaries were inearunto fiends; bul eacb wmt puw- crless OS a child, for tarm. oampurcd w.lh univer¬ sal siinVnge, witboul niental illuuiinaiion and mor¬ ul principle. The powor of cas.ing a ioto i^ f; r 1 more formidublo than ibal of cuMing spoar or j'lvelin. Onc of lho foulest in 0»o loug catalogue of atro¬ cities which nccessilnlcd the French Uevoliilio), I WHS llio einiB-^tou of Lutres de cachet—thoso se- ciel, ruynl oideri", by which good men, wilhout Iri- al and without aceurtulion, were snaU-hed. at mid¬ night, from homo.aml frum all ihoy held dour, their properly connaenled, and Uiemsclves imprisoned or uaaiissinalcd. Yft every vote whieh a bad man givos, isa eecret, royal LsUre de cachet, a^^'insi lhe and keep the dry rol forever from its apongiest fi hrcs. With the change in the organic structure ofour government, tlicre should have been corres¬ ponding changes in ull puhlic measures, nnd in¬ siilulions. For every dollur given by the weuilby or by theState, in rolleges to cultivate the higher branches of knowledge^ a hundred should hnvo. been given for primary education. Fnr every ni-re of land bestowed upon nn academy, a pro- v.nco should have been granted to Common Scb-joU. Select schools for spleel children should ' have been discarded, and universal ednc-lionjoined hands with universal suftVage, Il was no limo for OA iMortulily* to ho furbishing up the gruvcHlones nf Uie Head, when house, and household, nnd pos¬ terity were all in peril frnm the living. . Inateudof lho old orderof nobility..with its baubles ond pueri- liles, u new ordei should havo bcen crcuted—an order of Teuchors, wise, benevolent, filled with Christian cnlbusiafim -"« rewarded and honured hy all—an ord-- ''loking forward to a noble line of beneffin'--'; whom thcy might bolp to rear - »oer llian backwards to unn'«inr.»i (rnm wnom Ibey h-id bas^cly degeneraiod. In tbese schools, tho first grent principle ofn repuMieen government— that of native, inborn equality—should bave been 1 raciically inculcated, by tbeir being open lo nit, and attended by nil. Hero too, tho second great prin¬ cipio uf n republican government should huve huen taughl—ihal nil men. though nmively equal, iiccunic inherently unequal Uio moment ihrti ono grows wiser or better ihnn bis follow. Tbo dr^ctriuc itf •higher'and 'lower' cbiHscs in society should h.ive been retained, but wlih n chnnge in ils applicaliun.' Thone who hoJ done tho mosl good lo innnkind should have bcen honored ns lhe 'higheal;' while thc^e who bnd dime no good to the race, cither by 'he labors of the buul or hy the hburs oftho mine—who bnd lived, wilhout re. quilaUupuii the earnings of others, nnd left the worbl no betlcr or inado it worse, ihan they found it, should hnvc beon thnmt down in the scale of social eoiisideration, lo 'low* and Mower,' through all lhe degrees nf comparison. Whalever of lei- inurabnla or assistants who loiiKlbepenPus traveled ' wns so thoroughly si\cpl that neilhei nmuin« um , , , . , „ . . from huuso 10 houso, making ftjo shortuat practi-1 Ures were lelt fur lhe gleuner-at tbut election, r'";?' l^'^'ir" ^''^'";.''/'»^y . "'"^ '''^*^'='"''^'» cable stay al each. They rcceiVciJ cumpensatiun the majmily for tho successful cundiduto was; ^"'T'''"!''^7"^'\''* V'*^"'""''''*"* ^''^^'''''^"'^"J-'-T hy the head, not by the di,y. for iU work done.— , 14G,08l—nboul 30,000 less than thc esiimatcd | ^".'^ ^^ P'"'"^"Pl»y ''"s no qm-.tioos more dilT.cult Considering (he time which they were limited,'number of legal volers in the Uniled Stales, unable ' "'"'''''*''.''"'"*¦¦'''^¦'".'I''*^^^^^^^ moro waa required oflhem than could be ihorough- U. read and write. Al this election ii is als.. lo bo ! '!>' " '"T". ^"*"'- *^ ''J' ""''' '''f:"'!^ ^^" wnnder Iy and accurately performed. The mo.st credibfe rcmctobTed, n larger mnjority of.the electoral sources of informalion vvould be the bends 0/ fiim-1 vole* was given 10 the successful caiididutc than ilicp; but as these might not always be at home,' wns ever givcii to any oiher President of Uie Uiey were nllowed to, receive ftuletuenta from pur- United ."Slates, wJili lbc exception of Mr. Monrue .¦ions over sixteen ycnrs of ugc. It must often in 1820, ugainst wliom iher^ was bul one vote. hnvc happened thai the import of thequC;itioii3 pro- Gen. H.irri.-on'a popular majority also, was uii- pnsL'd by Uiem wao not fully nnderslifod. TJieir duubtcdly the largesl by wbich any President ol informunls were 5u*>ject lo no ipst,—their bare ' lbc L'nitcd Staica has ever been elecled, wilh the word being accrediled. Thevery question jvould excepiion abovo meniioned, of Mr. Monroe, nnd imply disparagement, and would oficn be regarded perhaps Uiat of General Washington, at hi.s second ns an insult, by tbosc who saw no reason for put-1 cliiciion. And yd llos majority, lur;;o as il wus. ting il. A new source of error would exist in uny ' wus about ^ID.OOO less than the estimated nuin- want of fidelily in the agent; and whocan suppose, ber ofour legal voices, unablo lo rend nnd write. amnng so many, that all were fnilhlul ? It is well' No. Fellow Citizons, we have nnt for years past, koown too, tbut no inconsiderable nnmber of per-' and wc shall nut havo, at leust for inuiiy yean to sons gave infiirmatinri when inquirtd of by Ibc come, an election of a Presiiicnl, or a* Congress, deputies,—oilher through a wanton or miscbiev- or a Governor of a Stale—chosen under written uus dispoHitiun, or through a fear that the census cnnaiitutions, and 10 legislnic and uci under wril. was only a prclitniuury slop lo some tax or other ¦ ten coiipliluliuns, whose choice wlll nolhe di pen. requisiliun, to be made upon tbem by Uic govern- dent npon, nnd determmnhle hy^ Icgil voters, una- menl. _ . 1 ble_lu,.rcad and wrile,—voters who donot know, annnul'nic'sa'gc of Goveriior Canipbell of Virgin-ioVYiuF iu to the U'rTslalure ofthat Slate', dnlCd janulvrv v.iu n&....u ,...- i^^iulM.u of the Union. "Wnsh. 9h 1830—lho yenr immcdiaudy preceding that' ingtun, Adama, FrunUlin. Jt'treraon, Madison,— ill which Ihe census was tuken—I find the follow- j who adjusted all the principles which 11 cf.ntalIl^^ in? slalemcnt:— , ^'V t''*^ ''»*= ""*^ '''*^ plummet, ond weighed lhe ^ - r-_ ,.c:-:„„» a..cinm tyft^dupn- i wohIs wliicli debcribc tbcm in scalea so nice an to tremble beneath Uic dii^l of lho balance—expend¬ ed the energies of ihcir mighty minds to perlecl an instrumenl. which befiire half a century shou d pass away, waa duonied to bc ndmiui.'^tercd, con¬ trolled, expounded, by men unable to read and wrile. Thc power of Cungress over nil the grcnl social and economical interests of Uiis vasi coun¬ try ; Vlie orbiis in wbicb ibe Stn;ce arc to move a- rouiid the central bmly iu the syslom j thc function of lhe Execuiivo who holds in hifi hands the army ond the navy, mnnnges nil diplomaiic relations the day of their coronaiiun und iho dity ; deiilh, nre ibcy buth nio.-*t hlgiily exiolled,. So shines a star tnusl hrtllinntly at its ^t^ing and. setting : bnt lhe sun nliU every star appears MmialH. richest (luod ol light upon tho earth! '• ¦ PUUPOSf. .\Nn ACTION. Many n flower opens itd rhulice to lhd sun; yet but om- couliimaliy fnllows it. Himrt, hi lilio illn aun-Jli.wer—he nut only open lo the commamls^'or iby God, biitolipy them I TllK BUTTBa-Pt.V IN' TUK CIII/UCII. ^ Let him lly } whcihcr be flu,tors in the humblo ; chnpei or lofty icmpic, he tuo, has a IcSbon to teach. 'ro A wiTHFitEb Rosr;. Puin ro.oe. lho sun gavo theo color, its glowing ) ugnin deprives ihee of it; thou art like uqtu ihut on nii lho grcai qnestions whicli, ns yct. have arisen under our government.—tho increaso Of re¬ duction of Uip army nnd navy; pence or war; tar¬ ifi'or nnti.tariff; infernal improvementB or no in- Icrnul hnpruvcmchts; currency, hank or no hauk, sub-ircasiiry or nuRuh-trcaBUry ;¦—why shnnid wc wimder, ibal on all tlieee nnd oilier viial qiios^ioos, wc shnuld nlrcndy have precedents nnd nuUiorilics on bolh sblcst nnd every thing a^* yct imseltled.;— nny, even a wider diversity and a fiercer ciflflict „j.|, of opinion, nt the prcKont Ume. ilinn at Uie tuuuda. ; ,,3^ ^yiion (iod, who causea lho cheek nf mnn to lion of lbc gnvernmenl I ' | glo„,_ descends neal-er and t^nrmcr uido us, it 100, And while the prcsiMit stale of ihincfi exists, isit grows pnle, nibl nl.in i^ eilher slain or iransporled.- i.nvi:. As ill the aea whon it it perfectl,y cMm and trans* parent; Uio renccied heuven joins in a luw and nar'. row arch wilh the iieuvcn uinive, so UiaL ItiosQ on nntobvioiw. Umt wc can neither devrlopn lhe prin. ciplra ofa iruc pol cy, mr enjoy thc ndv;mtnges of Lnnnis.cncy even in an erronutuis.course I A for- eignor would n^iiiiralty enquire how il is, Umt with such an extendcd*couniry and With >-ueh predomi. : ahip hoard, ns tl ougli un uppiriedj <e m to glide nnling inter«-sls, our pirtics ore BO cqunlly balnneed, I ahout lhe world in a pure cllicr. uiuh the reality —and why it is. Uiul power so oflen aliifts hamls j and ideal uf Love piclure enrlh and heaven so nar- nmongsl us, and nvnl.'' and eonipeliiors nrc nuw on ' row, that nil bcL-omes liijUid heaven without any ' " "tiiirii iir*«. "'The impurtancc ofan efiicient syslem of educa¬ tion, embracing in ita cnnipreliensive and benevo¬ lent design, ihe wbolo pcople, cannot be loo fre¬ qiiently recurred 10. •The statemenls furnisbed by the clerks of five cityand borougb couits, and nincty-ibrec of the country courts, in reply to inqiiiries addressed to them. nBccrtain, thatof ibosL} who applied (br mar- ringe licrnses, a lurge numl>cr wero unnMc lo wrile thfir namc^. The yenrs selected for ihia in¬ quiry wore those of 1817.1827 and 1837. The stnlemcnla slmw Uiat the applicants fiir marriogo UceniieB ihia Bide nnd now on ibal, like partners in a eodn- ' of the rude eurlh. and all.Uiii nasi to lbc silencing of opposition,—not tbrmigli j Memory is die only paradise f.oi opfi any sagacity or sanity of Its own. bnt ow- ing lo a deep under cii.'ieiii nf (>vetils which bt-nrit il prospf'rmtaly iilury, iKa«ilhs'niiiliiig miy fulhfR'of tyUl"'' militii whieh inny Im cunuui Isfl un thti surrn'R;'il is Q.'ify fopoe thnt, iti a cnuntry prr'srn'iiig iuchWivrrsi- fiud inierests ns ours, ami wirh tuKOvh-Hyiis-. !uadifi)Uite ttl a mastery oriheir rfihitinns, the dtfirnteo' nnd dispers¬ ed pnriy cnn ndy under soiriR new nnmo, nnil nvmvnig s"inc niiiv Hud pliiiisih'e purpose, ajaiu cm tb d f r vie¬ lury. And ihiiri in an ii::it<niui cuuimiiuity, die dccum 111 whicli we can¬ nol be c.\peiied. Iv.Xn our firti purcjil^ could not be tliru:>l out liom it. IL-TiinR. Lulbcr! ibnilTirt lii.e the fall of the Riihiei^ II'iw niightdy do^l.tiiou ruuu and Uiuiidcr I But. ns Uic rainbuw reposes unmoved upon its slormy w.iiers.fo r.Rifliu tby breast ihe bow of peace witli G.id und m:in, undisturbed—thou shakest Ibino eatth,hut wt thy heaven.' pusilion and recumpusiiion of pari es niiiy Hiiluw each! ^ly „oxi iruiiMlntiun, gentle feadcr, I must pre- nthei ftircver, Or, mi[i liR.i cntains a iniMiuu .s.. il.al nnel. of lwn fir.-„l fir- | face'wilira,, ap.dngy i firstly, beeause, if ihuu art I lnnd utihcrioil^,—dv men whni . », r ". ¦ . , ¦. i_ ' -- -la 'damoScl of'sweet sLxleen' il concerns thee ncar- id 1817, amounted to four Uinnsand six ! with foreign powers, oiid can involve tho couniry, and eighty-two; of whom eleven bun., jai any lime, inihe horrors of war; and Uiat grand 1 iwnntv seven were unnble to write ;—five [ poising power the Supreme Judiciary, appuinted tu hundred ^ . dred nnd iwenty seven were unnble to write;—tive pol „. thousand and forty-eigbl in 18*27, of whom ihn be the presiding innelligcnco over the syyicm. nnobloto write was eleven hundred nnd harmonize ite motions nnd to keep lis atiracling "V '¦?,"" 1 J ' I t .1 _ [sixivaix; nnd in 1337, the applicants were four ' and divergent tendencies in equilibrium :—nllthis sure or "f knj.wledge was ^possessed^hy Uin^ iro.fsnnd six hundred and fourteen ; and of lhe..o splendid structure, the vastest and Uio nlcesfcvcr ¦ *¦-¦ I .i~..;.-,.i u., mnriniu—"w iind,>r the control of men weuilby or educalcd, flhouldhuve been freely ex- ^Jh^'nun"be"of"one ibousand anj] for'ty-soven were !6ul& >yaiier, ,fiapho lownship, . Jacob Horshey arid Samuel SlricUlcf, executors. OifeargQ Miller, Borough of Strasburg, , . "By CJeorgo Miiler, oiic oftbo exeenlorB, ChriBtian Herr, Lun'castet township. By '^'Chriniian Brabacbdr and rtonry Kanffman, exc Qeorge,Rcdscclicfr.Sr. Borough of EUza- boilituwn. By Jttcob:Rcd8ocker, surviving ex'r. Abraham Wineonr, Ciiy. Administralion ' Aecoiinl. By George Wineour, adinV. ' Uegifitcr'i* OfRte, Lancaster, August 94, 1842. •Offlco of tlw Laiic&ater Ciiy b.tn\ Cmin'ty Fir« tnfluraiicn ) An Election fi>r Ten Directors of the above ¦Cmnpttny will bo held attho Offico, corner of North •Queen flnd Orango Streep". on MONDAY, vhe 4di •day orOCTOBERiiekt, frora 11 o.flitak A. M . lo pended lo enlighten the laboring classes. Lec lures. Ubraties, lyceuma. mcebanicB* tneliluics, shouid every where huve beon forttered; scientific ' trnrts gratuioiisly distributed; and n drowning cbild should not have beert snatched from a watery grave with more protnptness and alnerity than an ignornnl or nn nbnndoncd ono should havebeen sought out, nnd broug'-t under elevnling and re¬ forming influences. Tlio noblest publie edifices, tbc most splendid galleries of art, thcairefl, gar¬ dens mi>nnmcnVs—should all hnve been deemed a reproach lo any people whito Uicro waa a cbdd flmonr»sl them witbout ample and improved means four unobleto write tbcir namea. Frum which nap. pcnrs. tbere stiil exisU a dcp'orablo exicnlofig. norancc. and thnt in truth, it is hardly lesR thnn 11 wna iwenly years ago, when the school fund wao crealed. The stntements, It will be remembered are pnrUnl, not embracing qaite nil the counliea. and urc moreover ennlincd to one sex The edu- ,^ d Uio niccstcvcr devi.-ied by morlals,—^i-* undei who are incapable of reading onc word ofthe lan- gnago which dcBcribcs its frame-work, aud defines ils objeias nn-J ils guards—incapable of reading one word of coulcmpurnneous cspo^iliun, of unte-' cedent history, or of subscqueul developcmenis, and therefore ready lomake it ipclude anyihing, exclude nnything, as tboir blind pns«ioiiB tnny mny be lelii'd un,ivv|m wdt nut, on the infriuni; of biiiile, ] r : "",,".",^' e> ., • ,. .t slrilic Iheir fins «nd march over in a body to ihrt cue- | 'y. ""d secoiidly,'bocause of the quniutncM of th*? niy's ranks ;-but Kup[.ose Umt, in aHditi"h lo ihiii loyal I expressbhi iisl-U—1 should i.iost u.-isiircdly nolhav« million on each si.le, theru area hundred ituuiAtind mnro ' introduced it here, nrjr indeed, anywhere olaCt had niercen.iries,p"'bncRlS«*!B', reaily tu fi^ht ontilhergide, 11 nut been convinced of its firiUiug Irudi. and whoso only inquiry is, whichs dti ofTirrs nrnaler pny I ^^jm 3, and gr|-fi-er plondtr ;-ta u nu( p am ihnl bvcry qu»-s- ytntn'r •nth nif iike .,0»n'' Utrkrys, which thrice ly-»l lenst ... irrrspmis,!,!,, n Lhcr., if nnl iri k.J.ltr!,; ^"r" ''«»« ^"l"'"'" crcaUircs-lra.l.ca, aa .. wore, bl! i™i|ileil lo .ilTer bminly and »|i.nl.-lu I.1.I and av«r-1 ul flower dust—hki-.tluuroa m paste. Under lassca bill tm iKi-.ir sarvicca, iinlil Ihu vunul lleiiiiina arc glul- —11s ull h learcd from U9 priniesa-ralilicr:! nnd fruir. ird, Irf Ihis priij) fCy,or i.s il hislnry ? tliievcs—until llu-y become firm. Tliia consist* We lin.k Willi u kind iifeuntempl 113 well n^ nlihor. . (,i>ii|,fr in retirement, whirh li'Jt leads lo on iin* I renco il|>'ni lhe tieir.3lyl,.d rel'iiblie. i.t S.inlh .Vraerica, | ,„^j innocence, thai lails, nol, indeed, beibro Uw . ; vvhieh seem 10 liefmrnaed |,al,lie,lly. as well as icrriln. ubenine, bul before the rtatlerer. sociely nor Indus- TIW, upun (¦iirU\tuu«e.3. \> < re U uul mat so ruucn ol i . ' , ; l ,., .11 ru «„» ¦ ¦ ¦ e'sisinvulxed in ih.ir tev lutir.ns ridi--'^y. oihcr^Msc. no cunnlry-gia ^Voubl^fall-nor cation of feniak'B. it is lo bc feared is in a condition dictate. Phaeton wus less a foul when ho m uini. of mueh greater neglect. ] cd iho eliariui to drive tbc horses of the sun. ihan 'There nro now in Uic Plate, two hundred Uiou¬ sund children bet.veen lhe nges of fivo und filleen. Forty ihousand of ibeni nro reported tn be pnor natiaof all vicious desires. _^ is'uo in evil deeds; and the dceils will bo disarm¬ ed of none of their malignity becauso Ihcy are jone in secret. On ono of ihoBO od-rccurring days, when tho fute oflhe Slnlo or lhe Union is to be decided a( the pulls;—when, over all the land, thc voles are fallin}j tliicU na hail, an-, ^ _ _ llo like lhe clangor of arms;—ib it not enough to innivC tbe lover ofhia country turn pole, to reflect upon the motives under whieii thcy mny bo given, nnd Uio consequonccs towhich tboy may lead?— Uy Uie voles ofa few wicKed men, or oven ofone '¦¦iclicd man, bonorabio men may bc hurled frtim iscreiintfl elevaied to their plures; use rcligiouo rights, and therefore m be cunatmincd, (CMcftim. as lhe Romans wuuld. have more vigor¬ ously expressed it.) hy nil civil nnd roliBir)iia obli¬ galions. The grent truth should evory where cbildfen ; and of ibem only one half lo bc attend¬ ing schools. It may be antcly assumed Uiut of Uiose possessing proiierty, adequate to Ihc expen. scs ofa plain education, a large number are grow- ing up in Ignorance, for want of echooLa within convenient distances. Of those at school, mnny derive htlle or no inslruclion, owing lo the inca¬ pacity of the teachers, ua well at tu their culpable ncgligoneo and inattontion. Thus the number like. :ulu would uverp -wer inrhnuatiun at the spcdacl-. ibey , K"0^' Cducainin bim-e Ibis may be tound in every prescnl. It i.^ ddllculi Io siiHe lhe number <d"ihi:ir'>vi r-^ library and uvcry moidb', but tn Ihcso bmr hrst urus, nnd ut' hile yc^^s, it h'\* B>-i.-incil iTardly wortli snd liihl things milled, which may be dispensed .vhilcioUttt'i; ihtj uUy, Iml proh.iUly Um elmug«s cf par- ^njih or tombiiied by a virluous aud judiciuus Mo¬ have been inouloiued, by ex implo qs wcll as by ¦ , ; precept, llint for tbe.depondani to voto fiom nuilicp, inTlli'icU as had, and wo seem to hear ihom ra.. j»' envy, nr wimlonnes.. involves anb.iantialh - ..._.. ,. .„'moral guilt of treason: nnd fur lli ly tn roinain uneducated nnd lo ^rn^\• up. willmut ju^t percepiions oflheir dutie.i, religim13.R0ci.1I. preeept, that for iho.dependanl to vote f,„m n.aliee, I »'>'', l""''i«"'>'» ^'If, •>r';iM>"!l"'g magnilude, and 1 or envy, nr wantonness involves anb.lantially llic ""•'-'' "»,",' "f.''™ """ ''T«""e oameslness 10 a i moral ffuilt of treason: nnd for tho anperior 10 l'-';5'f\YTr°'„ ,^ l- ,• 1 W i. cinpol tho depondolil, ihrough fear of bribery. 10 »'=^>' « '"' ""'1"="" mark pa ticulari.. Writ, i voie agninst his judgment, involves tho baseness as '"=" "Ppl*""!'"" «"» '» ^e mado lor a marriage ll. ; well aatho guilt or^ubnrnaiion of treason. Ha, I'"'""'• ^'"= "'rfl'"""'"'"' -l<'-n>ontary odneation this been done, our dnys of election would never ' havo been.ag Uiey now so oflcn arc. daysof turbu- I Ience, and Baechanalian rioi, uf insuUing triumph revongeful defeal; but tbey would bnve been oflicct and mioi^.v........ ^.- . . ^^^ ml oiAv:08 abvilifibed, and sinecures created ; ino ^ ^^ l^^j.^^,^^^,^^ j^^^j ^^fy,,l^,,„ni^y_3,,c^^ public woallh, which lmd Bupportcd industry. ^^^''^^ j^y ^vj,o^ setting aun will wilncsa Uio ruin flHuaiidered upon morcenurlcsi enlcrpriSQ erippicd ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ofsurouch uf human welfaro. ¦j=^ _llio hammer fulling from every hand, Uie wneei J ^^^ thin been done, our pioneer seniors would stopping in every mill, tho sail dropping loUio I ^^^ ,^J^y^J^^,^,J^JQn(,d their (,omes, for the western • a: LL personi uro hcre'by cautioned ngninst laK- masi on every seii-and thus <=°P";"'";**7,, "^^ wilderness, until ibey cmid have carried nil the A in^^'nWrgnm^^^ ona certnin PROMISORY been honestly and I^'*?""""!^ """"T"'"^;!;*^^^^^^^^^^ blessed influer.ccs-Uie power and lbc spirit of ed- T^fttF? forfiavlv^'odoflarftandtbii'tyacvcneenW. irttodross;—Ih nnp.thepolicy of '''^.ff'*'*''^7";.7 ucntion—with tbem. No prospect of weallh -l^wn in" favor OfS. W. Kirh. pnyublo in ihrec m,y i«, reversed and the social condition oiinii. ^^^^j ^avo tcmpiod ihom lo leave a land of moral inonlhs. Willi interest from dnte. and dated llio lions chnnged. to gratify ono man a grudge, or pr^^^ culture for a moral desert. Then our civilizalion. ^^^^^^ iwenivfifth day of cigl'H' month, eighteeu hun. j„dice, or .ovcnge. <"^,«'?,'"^« *'"''* J°;°!'h^J^^^ as ll expanded, would have beeh laden with ble«8- j^.^^e ^^^ ofa d^^and orty ^wo. and feigned by l^ faU so copiously into lhe b;vUoia,ox, on or da^^^^^^^ . ^^^ ^^^j^^^ indeed, havo subjugated lea* ^,j^^ l,;.^,^ :s.heroa.e4alon.ettsn^nstsaid.mu:.^ Wl^^cllon en.annte fr^^^^^ f^om Ho.vcn. lu bless the land and fill il with Bongs mid ,gladneos-»ucli ne have never boen known upnn enrlh since the days of Parad^aej' 'day ;3 o*clocltP, M. ¦ , JOHN ZIMMERMAN. Aclunry • Beplombor JBi. 1843. 3i-40 which a person obtains, usually precedes marrtuijo. Aftor this climacieric, peoplo rarely go to sehool to lenrn reading aud writing. Tbo inforinaiion, hore given, waa obtained from five city and bor¬ ough, ns well OH from nincly-lhreo ronnly courls, (tbu whole number ofeoun<ien in the Stale licing ourselves, if wo cvpect lo reach Uic zenith of pros¬ perity and happiness muicr such guidance I I have i^poUen of tbuse oily who might as wrll have lived tx-forc Cadmus invenled leliors. as in tbo tniddlo of the 19lh century. But it is to be ro- luemhered thereis no unoecupicd space—no broad lino of dcninrcnlion between the totally ij;norant and the competently learned. B.'twcen meridian and midnight, a dim and long Iwiligbl ioiervunes. If thu seven hundrod thousand, who. In onu pir ticular, surpass die inoai learned of ancient or mo¬ dern limes—because lo tbcm all written langu-igo'i ] nro alike—if iheso nrc tbu mo.it numerous elass—1 I probably the next most numerous consists of those I who Unow next lo nolbin:;—nnd In nfavlung Un I summit of tho highest intelligence, wo should ua I 1 cond by very easy grndaiions. Very mauy ptr Isons learn to wriie their names (or busincsa pur¬ poses, who^o altainments, at thai poinl, becoine Btationjry ; and it is ono lldnw to be ju^^t able to road a verse in the Bible, and quiio anolher lu on- drrstnud the forty-thrMisnnd woids in roinnon use, nniong intelligent men;—there being nmro lliun a gcomelrieul incrnnae in Uie ideas which words mny be made to convey. Nay the A'ords, uflcil by an iniellii;ent man Iy and ufpuiicy in uur g'uiern! y .verumeut, hnvr nut j been rniieh less mmier'MiM thiiii ll cirp. In st-mn ofour State;', cerlain y, Ihc e'laii^'-q nf^piiriy h ivu heeu 8i> frequent, tlml thc Mmu would bo iheir most upprMpriate uftiU of nt-ins.* ' In nuK inipMri.ini piritciiljir Indeed, we buvb iho nd- valnaj!!^ ofuur uinnn^nkfi-i iu lhe puuihiirn hfinispliurti ; fur onr ruvolutinns of (i-iriy, us y< i,havu htnut bhualluas. I Iiuw lung ihev m.iy conlinuu so, iwen in Now fclnglnnd, [ dt'.prnds Uptm ihcmea-<ure w»iiako lo givo pretUituinatice I to piii<c!piu over pust-iun, ihlliu cducanoii uf Um youiij ' Tn thi:sH indis(Kildble lucis rcRniictin-^ the jieuend ig- nuriuici: ul'lbis coutilrv, it cnnnuthu lui.-iwered, thai, stii- ' Honed at ditf<;r«;ni puiiitR, all over its Burfac , widi nar- ¦ I row iiiietvi'iimj di8Uinces,ih<.r*'. arc a fnw met', whu have I liGcn hred in ci>,l<<;!iaiu halls, educalcd in nil thu caic ol'l I civil p.dicy, a..d iruincd lu ihe lab -rs uf prof.^saiurml life, ) ^,^. rcniarlu-fl Im had eaten quite freely. whn will hoey... to t'»; hlind and nnd..smn.hngs tu ihe j Spcakiu;fol Gcrmiiny and Uermans.anoU.er an¬ il k-a.t lhe iguuranl in iliu p.ilhs ul wis-1 ^^ ^ i^^ ^^^J^^ ^^ _^^^.^ ^^.,>^^.^ ^^^.,^^_^„^ li.ppencd soma rs since, in ottr C'louiy. A church bad Ueen L'lcd (tir the w>r-iiiip uf G-d, und after tho con- Aiid ^ccrali(^n llicrcof, ii was prupoynd lonllnch a light* aj!.jio, ifio history nflho \v.i!rld shows iui fvtr-p'cseiii i ning rod to ihu buildin'/, when oneof lho elders d.'rsire iiMniinUininuiirqo.rc |.mvfr Ai»lprlvll.*pi!, midio , f„j,y inlhc titiiioht indignalion, and exclalmtd, roiain lhem, wh. n arquued. Knowl. ,!{;o is puwcr, and i ..>j„ ^j ,^,p ,,.,vi, huill a lidu-e for «od. and if Ond the race lins sulimd as n.i.ch fr-m it_e i-.nrp.rs " .1 ^Aco^^ (o da,.J. r Ai.t ou-n/.oiii^ cAlii-i iuhimdan. , kiiowIudiiR, as iMui .-MtMaud^rs und Naiiulf-uii!*. H : , ... ,, „„ .. fa few of ie.,nnngrcurd bn m.mupoli^-d hya T-w in !iv dual, a-j'^'¦•- »'/"'o"-" H'^ iToposiliun was ..Imosi iinaut. -T,. losl lol m..n^t U-, anuthvr p.u'siho.itl, F.gypiian it Dri.i.hcid, ^ mous'ly rejected. f.AUU tlii[ s nis l-f men beneul'i , ' ' UitT; Hy the hye. speukingof poultry in gerteral, re- rall.-j to niy mind, my old college acquaintancr, Fred N, and a ludicrous liicidtMit In hia biiiiory. A noble, spirited Iellow weit thon, Fred, but nll-loo- inuch given to jolilng. Wc had just concluded re¬ galing ourselves (Siive Uie word) upon a dinner given tis hy tbe cullcgc fueulty, in homjr of our gr.iduutiini, Ibr \VIiicb, ns n niulicr ot" eourse, tVc p.iid most dcnrly, when Tred whs l-alled upon by our (-b-.iirnum for a loasi. Fred fuse wilh thc most iinpertUrbildi' trruvityund raising u glassof vvater lo lii-i lips, said, '•'•Maij ^t all liceas lon^ as yon- dei chicken hus lived," pointing lo u fowl of \Vhich fo'iidh, nnd » „. .„ _ don. In Ihf firsl pintv, s\ippoBe lhai\Tfcc«ii(;Uable , diiTcri-'iiccs pli'iold atisc :ir>i Miyvt tliesn meu; can uu ig-1 y'^'*' nuranland stupid pi:.pIo d-'Cl.le lietweiiU ihtTUi, wub jtny ', rre ctiia'iiiiy of nul dt!ciiini« ih lavnr ofiho * thef c hundred nnd iwcnly-lhrco;)—not, llicrefore, in ' the hearer, through his ignordiice of their inenn- j wouiU giieetlilv arise, howni dark inlerior only, bul in llie blazo of cily illu. ing, the whnlo diifl nnd object of the speaking or i the b.ir.l.n iil'ili.'ir lerno'e aii|ier.nliiina ; ..r, illearnicia " -¦-.,! , .„ • -— .... , i.„ 1 were nlitre "iite'y F|ire:iii, bul rtlill cniiliiie.i hi a [i l-l. ' MATRI.\U).N1A(. ANtlCOOTE. rhe Hcl. Mr. O a rr-ipei!able clerg>imnn tho Ibllowios; ¦>i. JOKL S.MEDLEV, WM. H. JOHiNSON. Lillln Britian. Sept. 7.184-2. 3l«-46 ,, (VMI?! tci llio proinis'os of lho .ubscrilier, in Sa, ^ __^ ^_ ^ __^^ _ _^ ^ ^ J. lipbury Mwnship, ''»'»!'""<"¦«?"">'•''""'" '.'"'; on Sodoin and Goniorrali bul if, on I lho .Olhcr hand, these voles como from ignorancb 1 nnd criinctthe lira and Jirimstono lhnt wero rained would ho moro tolerable. en thnt alnibst anarchinl ga which iinmedialely followed (ho but, as ftlliouaand fold requital for Ibis, wc should haveeubjugaled fewer aboriRinca by frand und vi¬ olence. Instead of Ihc, unenvinUlo power which belongs to tho swurd, wo ahould have enjoyed ihu godlike power which resides in beneficence. And until thia work of improvement is done— documoniary or iudieinl characler ^hem ; bill nl a iarirtcae—nniMlsi the »'ympail.j of j ¦•••¦¦-•_^^^^^^^^ 1^^. ,.,„,.„,.a „, „ ,: „|,.„,i n known to tho law. And wlmi was'numbers, lho e.xeilomenl of Visible, obji-clii, the ,^^^1 ^^i^^^_.^li^,^,i„„ „|-,li,„„ „j, „i l„iih, „„ rthieh nloi.i: nTv^°iear'o7Voi'nt'tiian Iheir Imsblnds, at lho splen. tibii. ,.,,.,, r .i • i„ i re'nmi''i'o^h.|.''lhe ii'nii.^'ia^halaria. by .«prink dors oTscience. Inue.d Gov. Campbell clearly in. I A clcaa corollary '.is deducible from this do-! ;^;;,';;;;,f|.,.l „„ „|„„^ ,„e crock, anJ shalw>v, ..rUi. fn,,, • imnips an opinion tlmt the women were far moro , mnnsiraiioii. If lho majority ul a sell (rnvcrninc ^^,^,,1^^ ^_,^„„_ ,„ „|| ,„ j,,,,!,,, „,,,= cuir.^pied. llnmica an Ol""' i i„ ,.,„ „.,i„,r.,»,i,.,l/>,l cnliirblciied: sludlulia oli „.... i, „,.. P.,l!„w.l'r!i7.™s, viluui 1 s,iy, I lej'iice pco, le aro Bober-mind.Ml'; onlii;liteiied; Mudiuiia of j " ',';;j;;,;;, „¦„_ F;,|!„,v.ci!i7.c ¦jrootu." "YcH—^hiit Inw much do you nx, I say !'* re¬ pealed lhe happy m.in. '•I have just raid,'* reliiriied the clernynlnnt "thai I Icfl tt lu the decision of of the hride|»rooni. Some givo me len dollars; !»uiiiu livo ; ^oine three | some two; and some only »tj:mrter ul'a one." ".\ quarter lln 7" a.iid llm luiilejjrixnn ; "well thai'a iiS rcaholiable iih a h.ifly cmilii ax, f.el ltm ii r«e t^oi lhe ntoii.-y." lb: Ui.ik oulhis p,'ek(»t he inniblrd i ivn ¦iiouhd». Th« owner in requested lo provo iwp-; """' "', "•¦"«", """^" " --j - , ,, ,,.. eriy' inid fako limi uwny, olheiwioo ho will bo dis- Rcvoluiionary Wir, tsubnided and look Hhnpe and , > iiOToa of ai tho law direcls. charaeter in lho llepiiblictin form ofour Nulionul 11'| CllKISTI.\N UMIUjE. I and Slalo conmltuliuna ( ol that time, X1\cro was a "" Saiishitry Sept. Vl 184a. " 3l«.40 ' largo clasa of men moro wo.illhy and holler educa. '- -' 't-t-itl'lirny > <> lil A l> tl ' ""'''""" "'" '""".^l"'"--'''"'!; moru oftho adveii- '.¦OxtI 1 I il'n /l li I . j liliniis dislinelioiisofRoeiety. and couversMit «itb ILUAM M. (JHANT nook binder Jtlil.ink an ampler ranjro of hutnan hi»lory,-J-and hence Bnok-flailtifactorer, Cchiiro tiquar'o. itexl tlrawinj; ainjiii ¦« unlavi.rablu to iliom>clvpa anil " " to tho ccnlniunity, i'roiti lho co|^tnu^ iiifnsion of lhe tlomncratio principio into nil our Inntiiuiions.— I* - ,, , , lhal ehiKs of men had ono ol the inttm aulcmn du I nl'mga'iun ul renied.o.s and ihrough the corr.i|) lio.. to perform eve, inli.o,.cd npon human b^ioB- 1 '»'" "I I'""'*' °' ""'"] °^. '""' J'"''" "" '''" l',''"''"' •fIhoy hnd n soperior knowledxe nftbe pitsl, and i I "' I""'"'; '¦"¦'"'y '""" " "l!''^ °' '".''"'t' '""y '.'= ""l- • .- - ' '-. :iii.«iV,»;,.i„i„ I ned for the grossest nfjrcsjions. As pariiea al- ho plundered a life of on'd'wVit'^ ; or a great deal _ csl iIra\vin«F aiiiiii ¦!'H to'Hrfl. llublvy'ii Hond, l.ane.asior, respeclfully ac. .qt^ujnts l^i'c citizens of Tjiiiicaster^aiul cniihly, tlmt iio han i)« lianil a general usjoitincniol'SELKC'l'- ED STATIONAlty, Blank Books,Hholesalu-tmd ^ctqil. BltrnkH" 111' 1*"^*!''' ofl'iecH, Bank, .vlcrcaiitile d Trntieainan^H Aeeouni llooUs, ruled and bouui! lb - - - • ^n" ar more than 4U pcr cenl. North Carolinn, reckleis from prejudico ur passion, with u f"eo 'Vl.ito populalion over 20 yeara of sro naoguoe wh. .ires,, will adipt themselves to tho of onlv 20i) li^W. has lho nppallin|; numlier, even dupes who hi ur, jitt as oirlniny, uccort'llnc i" lhe ccnsur. nfflfJ.liUU unable M read udnpts hia hro lo lho an,ntnl h. .,,,.„.„„ acconling I __... J.,, Ihnu one quarter and llatlcrv, .mp..Blur.., f.bolmed. the vindic,. ton ¦ nnd euol.my of lelluw.parf.-i tns however wicked, r lets r -Jll ., lllitJM si;ven thoiiHaiid; ivIiili "" V """"^' to rcail anil writo IS o! would ensiinre; th« tnaj.iriiv fur poicr ll haa-.l-.l.ti in ivliii.s. .1 ami ivritc. Ill Iilllil. I (ill Ib'il aail 1*1111 in liotw Ullalt ivliitri. Ill tlic |ini! liiaj.irliy live fanitina ril, nmt clfccli*. IMI. I If. "10. itiln. r '.'ll vcar. Ill ano, iitialilc llUOil III IViiiifVlvniiiii ViUi.-il r.l,in lllrtXl t"-,'J.i:iU iir. 1)1' Itito. uiiatilo tiiriiiiO rity Illll. viiri.'il Iri'iii -J liiHI .. - Inat vciil.) 11.1 iiiit!il)«r ol riTiilil- In null ill'til UTtie u :i.^,;ii".i. Iciitlnl olcctt'.ilt of le;ill. Mr. Van Ilnroii'ii ilariiiin iifins Iter c .nSllI^ llli ll White ivas'AiOaa.-Kinilli licr clvclcrA liy lho t.vtfi-Uitnr.-. .\l tlte in.iji.ihy, oil thi ojip.ijlly slilc. "Ves, bnl consider, flellV," .said Iho hri.leijrcom, in a sooihiiii! liine.-WB'er in irricti nnw, and it cunt Ik, heliicd ; ify.'U have unt "Urli n lliitig a> a couplo ofshilllu'^'s-^-' w . , ¦'llerewltn 'cm," interrupted tho angry kr«tp, wlma.iti'n.; lhe s|vech, lia.l la), n senrcbiiii; in l.«» work bai;, '.md dun'l you," said sha Wllh a njjiii- licanl miilitin of linr linger, "dun't y.'"*, •• ivb m,» i oMi^'.'iiruicA a liich I
Object Description
Title | Lancaster Examiner and Herald |
Masthead | Lancaster Examiner & Democratic Herald |
Volume | 4 |
Issue | 41 |
Subject | Newspapers--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County |
Description | The Lancaster Examiner and Herald was published weekly in Lancaster, Pa., during the middle years of the nineteenth century. By digitizing the years 1834-1872, patrons are provided with a view of politics and events of this tumultuous period from a liberal political slant, providing balance to the more conservative perspective of the Intelligencer-Journal, which was recently digitized by Penn State. |
Date | 1842-09-14 |
Location Covered | Lancaster County (Pa.) |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Language | English |
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Month | 09 |
Day | 14 |
Year | 1842 |
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Title | Lancaster Examiner and Herald |
Masthead | Lancaster Examiner & Democratic Herald |
Volume | 4 |
Issue | 41 |
Subject | Newspapers--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County |
Description | The Lancaster Examiner and Herald was published weekly in Lancaster, Pa., during the middle years of the nineteenth century. By digitizing the years 1834-1872, patrons are provided with a view of politics and events of this tumultuous period from a liberal political slant, providing balance to the more conservative perspective of the Intelligencer-Journal, which was recently digitized by Penn State. |
Date | 1842-09-14 |
Location Covered | Lancaster County (Pa.) |
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LiAXCAS'SEU, PA.—¦WBJUiWESflJAy, SEPTfliSlBBflC 14, ES42.
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Thfl igXAJllNEH i. DK.VIOCRATIC HEUALD U p^bfiqhodVoohly.nt'Two iWLLARa a yonr. :
ADV2itTtaRHiENTa nol exoecding one aqnaro \vill be.iiisei^tcd throe tiracB;f9r. ono dollur, nnd iwenly fivo.cen.ta.WiU bo oliorged for cnob uddilional in
AN ORATION
Delivered before the Authorities of the Cily of Boston,'\ruly i, 1642.
DV IIOIIACE MANN. [CONTINUEO.J
When the Declaratiou of lnde(wndenco was car.
aertion,. Yearly. adveTiisemeni., nol oxceeding n ' ^j J ; ( ^001, nnd tbo Cunatitaiioo of the Unit- Tmb 68 "¦"""* ^"'"^ »"'=<"',ed States wa. adopled, iho civil aud polilical rcin-
—°v * "iJ—'.—• - ' • .:—— ¦— I tions of the generation then living and of nil sue-
J_£'''jR(9fifiS'fi>6r'S Jpf 04iC©. I t^oedlng onc«, wero ihnngod. Men we're no longor r|^lilS.'u'i!o5untq on the islates of the respeclivo '!"> ?""<.'= ""="• I"" wero olothed with now riglita J. defo'iideriia iioreunto annexbd, are filed in lho ""^ rcspnniibiliiies. Up to that period, ao far as Register's OfHco ofLancaster county, flir eonfir- government was eonecmcd, thcy might hnvo been matiiinStid ollmvanec at iho Orphans' Court of ignornnl;—indeed it hna generally boon hold that onid couiity, ppramencing on MONDAY,the 19ili where n mnn's only duly ia obedicnco, it u betier nf Soproihber'riiexi nl tho Coiiri House, in the cily 'of tancaslor, 08 follows, towii: \Vlilipni, , Curry, Lampeter fownsliip.
By. ^liliam Bail, E,«q, Adininislrator. ¦Jacob .Greider, Bast Hempfield, twp.
Guard'n Acci. By Christian lleislnnd,, Giur-
dian of Sonunim Greider and Jacob ntid Anron
People,' .the wbolo condition nnd relations ot men wbero clianged. It was lillo a change in tho order of Naturo. Wore the polos oftho earth to be now swung round, nictily degroea—to n coincidenco with tho cquaior,—it would nut work a greater change in the aoil and climute of all lho zuiies, than was wrought by that change of govcrnmonli bulli ill the rclitivo and absulute conditions of men. Beforo this epoch the fow, by foreo uf rank, wealth, dresa, equipage, aecumptisbmcnta, governed tho ninny, nflor il, the many woro lo govern iho few. Boforo this, birlh and lamily woro words of sig- nifiontion ; but the revolutiun worked tho most thorough attainder ofnll fucIi blnwl; and it would havo been betlcr fer a man to put on ilie poisoned tunic of NesFus, than lo bonst that a drop of aris. tecruttcal hluod coursed through his veins. Be- Ihat be sbould be linoranl J for why should a beast,' J!"'" ""»• "'= dofereneo paid to the opinions of" dif of burden bo endowed wilh tho aonsibjlities <,f a | f^""" "><=". vT'eJ '" '''" "iio of tliousanda to man 1 Up Io that period, so far as government '¦ ™° '• ^'"- "'l" 'his. H'O yolo of ihe veriest igno- was coneerned; a man might havo been nnprinui.' [."'""""J scoundrel would balunc^i that of Frank- pled and nugitious. ilo li.id no access to the atul- ''"°''''^"."'""B'""- , •„,,., Iitcbook to alter or repeal its provisions, so aa tu ! A''""',"'' expediency, and espccinlly about the screen hia uwn violaliona oflho mornl law from p:^t=nt of thm chnngo .wido diirereneo ol opin- punishitieni, or lo legalize the impoverishment and !°" provailed. Bnl, tho chango bemg made, waa rum of his fellowbuings. But willl tho new in- '' ""'-'he
duty of ita oppouenlB lo yield to the
¦Greider. ininor childron of lho said Jacuh Grei- .„,...„.„„ ,„„„„.„„„.„„. „„,. „,„.„.„ „,.„.„¦
dpr,deo'd. . ., slilulions, there eamo new relations, nnd an im- i"°"'".'''° ™"'^°"f """'"• ""'I'" P'=l'"''='"';'^
Ofohn.. K-. Mumma, Rnpho township. Imense accession of power.. New trusl. of jnap- [ng oxigenoics / And oould not every really no-
Gimrdjn Aect._By Jonas Mumma nnd jGhria-; preciable value and iiinguitudo were devolved np- ''lo-oul.hn.Un amplo eompensalion lor ih i loss of
greater dignily ond elevation ofhis fellow beings I From whom should inslruelion eomo. ifnut from ll)0 moal educalcd f AVhcro should gcncrosiiy
«i.n Hiestand, Teatamentory Gnanliaua of Anna in theold ni;ente and ni«on their successors, irre! personal influence or lamily di»tineti„n, in the
.Mumma, daughter'and ' heir'of said John K Mumma, dee'd in aect with Anna Mumma. iConrad Mnater, M.inheim toivnship.
¦By Susnn Master, Exioulrit. Davjd' Hees, Little Britain township.
', By-JanicB Neeper, Adminislrntor. .Thi^'maa Stoneroad, Marietta. By Adam
'..^oneroad.'Administrator do bonis non. li)lizal^eth Demuth, City.- By Benjamin .J?.,Gill. surviving Exeeutor.
vora bly.
Nnw tlic rulo nf coinmon sense opplieablo lo an¬ alogous euaea, applies emphatically horo :—confide your Ibrtunea unly to tho hunds of a faithful and competent agent; or if, through lugal limitutioit or restriction, thcy must pnss intu the handa of one ot present unqnulifieil lo administer them ; spend
towords tho poor begin, il not with thoso whom Providence bus blessed wilb nbmiddnco 7 VVhcnco should- mngnnnimily proeeed, if not from minds expanded by cuituro? If there were on order of
half—spend nino louths ol lho fortuno iiseif, if nion who lost aomelhing of palr.cinn rank by this need be. tnqu.lify Uio new azcni for bis duty. P?'";*^?' '^''^"e«• '""""'i "' '°''''"8; '''«">»'= vea
Ii; at the dpoeh to whieii I havo referred, thoip.^'^ Oo,™ 'I'" g^"P"=- "^y «'""'''' '"""= »"'"">''
1 was ony diss of men wbo bolioved ilml. ropiibTi- "^""""l! 'I'^'"."» ^''"° •""' Socraies did nmuug their Samuel Invin, Ouard'n Acct. By Abra-1 cnn inaiitmidnjl eoniniasftinlicrenVnnd indesirnc. coulBiniiornries, und expounded to lhem tlio na- < him Horr, Isnao Myera and Jneob IV. Mye ¦ "" - --¦ ' ¦'.*—•<• --^'! —.•-- -i.- . -i i Adm'rs' ol Chi>istinn Myer wbo waa the Guard
of Mary Irwin, s daugbterof lho said Sura
¦ Irtvin, dec'd. Georgo M Miller, City. By Sarah B.
¦ Millar, Administratrix. Malthia3'Heitzman, Drumore tuwnship.
By Herman VV. Fedderaori, Adniinistrator. Jahn.N, Julinaun, Manor loivnahip. By
Frederick Sogrbccr, Administrator. Vtironioa Wenger, West Cocniico twp.
By Martin Becker, Administrii'ior, Chrislian Wenger, West Cocalico twp.
By Murtin Becker, surviving Eseculor. Barbara MuK'er, Martic township. By ; Abraham Hurr, Adiniiiisiraiur, wii.h lho will
¦ miuexcd. Satnuel Eberlein, Borough of Columbia.
¦,By Rebecca Eberlein. Executrix. Ann Huber, Straaburg townahip. By . Chrislian Hubcr, Adminislraior. The Account of Emanuel Shaefler.
Guardian of John J. Ebeily, of (jincasler.
Christian Demulh, City, Supply. Adm'n
Acci. By William Ebonnan, nud Bcujamin
-D'.Gill, Executors. Tho snid Williain ICbor-
!nnn';''flctrng herein hy liis Ailurney, John f-^.
¦ Eberman. .Tohn Ca;i'penter, Eust Earl township. By
Lovi Carpenter, larnef Carpenter and Williaiii. '. Carpenter, E&cculnrs.
Benjamin FL Herr, Strasburif lownship. .By. Fruneis Koiidig and Juhn S. Ilerr Admin- .istratois.. Mury Bronneifian, Conostoga twp. By
¦ Sjinuel Mycr, Executor. Henry Knight, Columbia, Suppl'y
. G.iiaid'n Acet. By Jobn Furry. Guard'41 of
Isaac ICtiigltt, a minor onu of anid Ilcnry ICnighl.
Ilichard Muore, Strasbiii« township. By
Samuul P. Bower, A.il">lriislraior. Abraham Lehuiiin, Lampeier. township.
. GuiHd'ii Accf By JaiirtiWuUVv Gunrdian ol Divid and Maria l.eaii|iift.T>nJidyjBonjniniu Leu¬ man, Gunrdian of Cailiarjtlis'andiBenjauiin Leu¬ man, the four ininor chil(fti3ri-bf auld Abraham
' Lehman, dtie'd " , •'''i^'Si '^nNv ' UPV-V Lcchlei-, Ci lyt;-By; Pavid Lechler.
. surviving executor.',' ,';¦¦¦,'•;¦'_
NioHoliis Boyd, Little Britnin township. '-By Staler Brown,one of die adiu'ra,.
Nicholas Boyd, LilUe Brilain township.]
iBy John Oliver Bnyd, uno (if lho ndm'rs, '
Elizabeth Dunnur, We^tEurj township. ' By William Carpenter, nilin'r. Andrew Donnn, Litlle Brilain township.
By James McSparran.adiu'r. Jilcbb Kirk, IjitiroBritain township. By
John Kirk and John Kirk, jr., executura. Tarleton Denham, Guardian Account, By
Jolm Denlingcr, Gnardian of Honry nnd Emnn- ' ucl DonhanijSOna oftlib suid TarlctotrDenhum,
Daviti r Lonirenpckor, Warwick lownship. . Dy Martin Hambright and Rosnnna Longeneck¬ er,* adm'rs. H3key ¦ Hendrickson, East Donegal twp. toy Jnmes VV. Hendrickson and Samuel S Put- , leraon, odininintinlors. JohnSheHenbeiger, Borongh of Marietta.
By Samnel Navbir, odminiotralors. .Cbriiilian Mar'lin, Rupho township. By John •^*IotI!cr and .\hvnham Hershcy, execulora. 5i?hn Holirumn, \\cst Hempfield. By
-.1- ,.,. . — ... ^,^_j M;,.l\n,.l Mooro. exocutors
By
.cr, til4u principle orBeir-purincalion.-who l.eUe«ed »"r<^ ^"*' V'° ''"''"'''*: °^ ^ •*-' '^''^¦¦'' .^''^^ had under-
:d»n Ihnl a Kepublic fn.m lho nccesaity of its nature is V^" '¦" f"'-'?">'' '"jeL'd were, they should hayo
.ucl.'infuiliblu n.id incorruptible, and like u b.uu.ifnl *lrQ«ned the pu.suncd bowl to sanchfy he truths
1 ffoddos...endowed fv.th im.nortnl vouth and puritv; "'"^'^ "'^*>' t?"«"'' ..^^ ^"""' °'^''»"' mtcres and
Hr. if there is nny clasa of men ut tho preaent day »y'"puty in ihe co.iditiun of the puor und the igno- holding ih>8 f»ith;-lct nieeay it i« aB fatal an er- '^'^} ^'»V<^'; '>'" "ow nrcumatuMirea required, they ror na was eji^cKiiarborcd by the hun.an mind ; ba. ""•' t'"^"" tlcseenduHto imve be^-n, nnd will be cum
cuuse it-trcTonf-B to that c|u«s of errors which blind P^"*^.^ ^^ '^""^ potions, .nor« biUer iban bemiuck, whllclhey menace.—w^lo.e deadly ahaa ifl unaeen "« K'Cir daily beverage. Ii.ter:;at. bono., duty, umiWt quivers in the henrt. A republican gov. obko rr.q.i,r*.d (hnt no word uf aHpersion or coo. ernmnil is the visible mnnife«.ution oflhe people's '"'"^''y «''°»'^ ^^ eaet npon the now order ol invimhlc auuL Through lbc bailot-box. Ibe latent t»'>ng« "«• 't« auppor ere. Why Bh-.ul.l tbey laugli will bursts out inio authontutive nclion. In a re. "t »''»^ helmsman, when lho ..lup which conlumod
tbeir own ireasuresua well as hia, was m tbc fur- riws oftbescQ? If, aa waBConttmpliotisly said
piibiicnn govemnicnt the ballot-bux is (he urn of
fiite; yet no god Bb.akes iho bowl or presides over
the bit* If the builot-box ia open lo windom and
pntrioiism and btimuniiy ; It is cquuily open to ig , ¦ ...
nurunco and treachery, to pride and envy, to con- whoso naiuro it is to fail in twoyears,| and lhal a
lempt for IhfJ ponr or hostility towards llio rich. It' repubhcweara out its mor a Id almost as aoon aa
is the looHest (liter ever devised lo atrain out impu- | '^f »''e sap of a while bireh rots the wood,'—they
should utter f* warning voice, iho mad popularo I had proposed to pursue thif) cnmnutulion in liingu.igc of loe poIiticiil prt.-js, tiiroughout ihc
Wfjuld liurl him from the Torpcinn, In fine, in regard I o Kentneky, TonncB.icc, Sotitii Cnrolinn, rountry, dcridu ibo (iUfj.iton, whit:b of tbu abovu
onr govornment, as at present adminiBlered, or nn Georgia, Alabnmn, &c., *jul tho Lnr'k is uHcless otid described classes Uicy cun.<-idcr IhctnscWes u.i ud-
likely lu bo odministered, tho power, even nftcr a siokcnirig. It inuHi anfliro lo stale, in genentl drcssinfr.
choice of rulers, is so fnr relnined by thc people ns terms, tlut tbo numbor according lo the census, ofl Somo havc thought thai, in a Republic lbc g( o I nlmost to BUi>ereedo thc runlily of represpntalnm ; pcrsons over lho ngo of 20, nn.iblu lo rend and ' nnd wise mnat nccL•H.^llIily iniiintnm an li-sctHidan. and. tborefore, if tho whole people bo nol eqtini to wrile, is, in Virginia, 53,787, in Nortii Curolmn, ey over the viciuu.s and ignuruiit. Hiit wb(?nro the business entrnsted lo them—the mnss, Uko any 5G,IJ09. Konlucky, 40.0(0, TcnncrtJiot', 58,531, S. nny snch rnorul neces.sily? The di«;inuiive char- individual, will aepuredly ruin whul ihcy do not Caruhnj,2U,6l5, (vvilh a free white populaimn over , nflerislic of a repulOic i.-t the gremnr freodpin and
understand.
I have said (hat schools ihould linve been es- tablinhcd for the cducalion of ibo whole pcople.— Tbeso schools ahould huvo been ofa moro perfect choracter than any which have ever yet e.tisled,— tnthem, tbo principles of inomlity shunhl have copinnslyinlerminj^Ied with lho principles of science. CuacB of conscience should havo allRrniitcd with lessons in thc rudiments. Tho multipliealion table shonld not havo bcftn more familiar nor moro IVo. qucntly npplied, iltnn thc lule, to do lo nthrrs as wo would that they should do unlo us. Tbc lives ofgreat and gootl men should hnvo been held up for admiration unil exnmplo ; nnd especially the life and characler of Jesus Chrial, a.n the snbl imc." t pattern ot benevolence, juf puriiy, of fcII sncrifioc. even exhibited lo moAals. In every coiiree nf ludics, nil the practicnl nnd perceptive parlitof the Gospel shnuld hnvo been pocreitly included; andail dugmniicnt theology nnd seclnrtanism sacredly ex- eluded. In no pcboot ahnuld tbc Bible bavo been | opened to rcvenl thc sword oftho polemic, but lo unloose tbc dove of pence.
I havc thus endenvored tn abo'V, that will) uni¬ versal suffVngo, there mustbo univeraal devution of character, inlclleclual and murni, or thero will
bi!cii f\il\j-cici! Itl b -n-l.^p. To sdiii-.; t\„; ttntUunn ftfil tvrrtnt, ii3t|i»i.^ li'id hi!.'ii flnshpfi Hjiiiisi raehoth«riri binli!, undmilitntu crinhnl liy thc ^fi'ittlt, 'fbe nii«arii ictifltitft, I.;;hl.sM!(iiijj »',-ip le'tiCs df :lic -intil had bcrn runietl do vmvarda into linrhncjtr ntd f the mind, could pi:N"tra'o. h-uibiiin p-nplcj wiih the-pcctrea of Biipurstiimn. Tho spirits ofihe inr-rtml wcr'd had been llllh^ti>li2::'^ to bind all rr-tljtoii^ fm-dnin, whclhsf t*f fh.iuiihl ttr .ipeerh, in t'le boiidanc of i" iir. Heaven had , b«M!n "olil, fi>rm»tit;y. lil^e 'mnvrllily diimiril>, by Vhnso who, tciial uf hI>, hud «ny lit!'! to i'i iniin«i"ii». 'fn (hU cxiyunr.y, tt wim tho ixp'-tiiefii t.f Proviimnci, lo Iraasfor d miitiinri fr'nn 'h.- fr.w tn il|.i nif»riy—tVnrn i:,"iii whrt bnd nSii!>';d h. to ih'i--c whu bd-l snfRre'l. 'I'ho vTcin'ihy, thn hi^h-born, thc pnv.l.jui-d, hmi hi\ii ii m dicir p<.\ve« 1*>- bless thll [.(i.iple ; bill lh.-y bad curHod iheni, Nt.w, ih-n- nod flit ihcir rurltimis are iii llm !inii.!.f oflhc pccipl/5. ^hd prnpc'lv Y^hich'lhcy h:ivc Piit.nitd i« u> coiiuimnd (he}^
aOyenra of ngo.oi'only 111,663, aud with .127,038 ' power of its nicmher. "A repulilic 1:1 n politii-ui
Blavos,)Georgiu,30.717. and t\Uihan\a.22,5'J-^ j and conlrivnncc by which llie popnliir %oiee is collect.
Ibat, by the Conslimtiun of United Mlaio'. llic5:c cd nnd uKored, an oik! uriicnluiivc and iiulliuritaiivo
ignorant multitudes Jiuve lho right of voting for sound, ll lliPn, lho people, arc unriglilcou". lhnt
Reprcfientativca in Congrc^e, nut only for ihom. ' uttnrnnre will bc unrigbtt'ou". Iftbu people, or a
selves, but for their slaves—five slaves being' mnjority of them withdraw ihcir eyes (rom wis.
counted aa equnl to throo whiles. Now, ifto the dom nnd eqiijiv,—thos'o rverlaflting lights in tho
550000 free white Population, over lho ugc of 201 niiniimeni of trnlh; if ti;py abandon tbemselvo to,. . . t- , , , •
yeurr, unablo to read and write, ns shown by thol pnrly strife, wlmre Urn triuniph of u faclion. rulhcr , °l'">f.'»:"- he .(-noninre th-.y havs, sulFcrcd to abound, t»
ienaus,wc should add only tbiny per H., f/r Us;tba/lhe prevalence of -he ?igbt, is nn.de the ob-] --ll-^^^^^^^^^ ^tl^rr-Vit^S.
undoubied under-esttmntes, it would increase tho ' jcct of comest,—,i bennnco os coriain as are the i^J'„,j,,.r,f.«, ..n,,,, „,..,de ih« Btuminnry nfih^ir h<.*m:«,
tolal to more than 700,000. laws of ouinipolence, ihat sucb a community will J ]„ |-,,je^ ihui inn;rr'»i io.d ciiuccrn for the wpHnroof in
I might derive anothor and a convincing nigu- ' e.vpress and obey tbe biisrr wiil. ment, Irom tJie slnliKlics of education given by { Suppoae a people to ho hom-at, hut unCnlightdn- Ihe cenaua, in regard lo our own Stale lo pruvo ed either by stuiiy or cxperienfi' ; und suppose a tbcir inaccuracy. Tba samo generul ni'ilivot, sorics of q'lcslioiis lo br; Sfibiiiiited lo them li)r do- wbich Would lead to on under Btatenieni in rcgprd cision, mure gruve end importntit thon were ever to lho number ofpersons uniibic to rend and write, hefitic cnvolved in tho history of tbe mde. Snp- would loud lo on over.stalemcnt in regard lo the pnse fuilhcr, tljal niiiny of lln: leading men amung number of thoso altending bcbool. In Mussnchn- them, and tbo principal organi wiiiili hold toni- Sftts, the wbolo number of acholara ofull ages, tn mt^niealion \vilb ihcm, iiiMlcid uf striving tn en all our Puhlic Schools, is annually returned ny the ' lighicn and in.slrui-l, only indnnie and exasperate Bchool Commillees,—mon highly competent ti do ' ouc portion of limiu ngninsi unolhcr portion,—and Ihcir duly, fumiliur with tho uubject, and popscss-I in this slnlc of mind they proceed to the nrliitrn- in>i the most ample nnd exact mcuns nf inibrma-^ merit. Would ilnut bo better, like (be Roman tion. Uy Ihoso returns, ii nppears tliai the whole poulhsnyers, to doicrmine the qucsiion hy the flight
fHrinr."", whir.h shnnl I htvc aprung' from motive.i ftf phit- tinlhropy, muai nuw hn t.t(i.rti-J (nnrt inouVoa of tt|(> pres'TV llinn. As a Intnin** tciiclitu maiikiud to be in ;».¦*¦* iriuits antl pruvitlwtil. S'l d.f ihcric g'*i-il devrrnpnitn'.i lenrh the inure PivorRd chi-iseiVnl' .'ittcify ih«l thcy hcvif can ht'safe whib; thcy ueglect th<: wnlfiirc uf any poriimt of tbcir 9'ir.itil uilcrittrii. In a hniud !>urvpy of ific crnni eccnumy uf Pfi.vi.|.*in'C,the lesa^.n of tVuKi'hty andlhrit', whifih isiauiihi hythe ileiirthiil':i siitjlo jRurt in no plain* - cr than this •.¦mn-lur le^S'in of iii.iver.'iiil benr.vufiMiCff. which thn 1 p*i; "f ciiu'urtus has bc^n cvi-tving. and nuw inculciiiing upuii the wntlii.
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rORTUE LA.NCAriTER EtXMI^:t:H ASD ni:n.\LD.
bo universal mismanagement and calnmity. number of sehuIarB wbo were in nil our Public ' of bird.=, or to Iearn tho era/les i»f fate hy in.specting
Lci U3 now, in lho first place, inqniro wlicthcr Schools, any part of tho limo dnring our echool the entrails of un animnl ? there is at present, in this rounlry. a degree of in- ycur 1840-41. (ibe year in wbich the census wns i When a peeuniarv question, however trifllntr, is | leliigcnce fsfiicicnt fijr thc wiPe adminisiralion of lis laken) was but 155,041, and the uvorngo alien-! („ bo suhi ' ' ¦ -
aflairs. Ifthere is sulHcient inlelligence in the ag- dnnco was in winter 116308, and in summer,' gregnte people, then Iharo muat he suificiaut in Ibe 96.892—while tho number given in tbo ci'iicus, is individunl mcmbere; if ihiTe is nut alHcient in the . 158.351.
individual members, then there ia noi auffieient in Bul wiihoot seeking any closer nppi'oximntion the aggregate. Io so unwelcome a truth let ua suppoHc, ihat we
The last census thc of Uuiled States shows ihe have but 700,000 freo whilo persons in the Uniicd I ^,, „^ „,„.... .^c u .u....;.ii...M mi un ^,rv^„..^,.,t ,.. round number offive hundred and fifty ihuu=«nnd . Slates, under ihe age of Iwenty years, unnblo to baltery of ibriri\nmn7'oMlm" inlrrKlnclion of nny persona, ovor tho age of lH?enty yeor«. unable to j read and write; and further, that only one quarler 1 (,11,^^ irrevalcni m^iUer. bul rebukes iliem as a per- read and write. From no laconsiderable aUention j part of ihese are volers—liiat is, wo will deduct aonnl indignity. Noiv the people hnvo questions lo devoteil to-this kindred of fopjcs, J nm convinced ^ ono hnlf for lemales, and ullow onu Imlf of thc male ,|<.(,ide infinilelv more important tlinn are ever sub- thai lho above number, greitt^os it is, is far l)piow ' moiety lo bc pereons. e.lher between iwcnty nn.l , n,ii,^.j to nny conn—ibev mav have lhe question tbctruth. I will stale one or two olthe reasona, ai, or tinnalurulized. (which, considering the I qCiIj^ ,.„urt.j, cxisU-ncc 1*0 decide on,—and should aniong many, which have led to iIuh conclusion, j Sluies where iho greui mnsa of this ignorunco be-1 n,,^ thc\', therelore demand 0/ all their udviseri, There is no_ part of our eounlry where a man | longs, is _a most liberal al'owancc, beeausu the | w|,t.ti,pr elected or sHf constituled,a corresponding
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Month | 09 |
Day | 14 |
Resource Identifier | 18420914_001.tif |
Year | 1842 |
Page | 1 |
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