Public Leger, Volume 1, Number 13, Richmond, Wayne County, 5 June 1824 — Page 2

COMMUNICATED FOR THE LEGER. PASSOVER. To C M . I view the Passover, or what is called the Lord's supper, as one of those traditions brought from the Romanists, by Protestant societies, and appears to me inadmissible in my rule of faith and manners, inasmuch as the bread is to represent the body of Christ and the wine his blood. Now Christ has most graciously promised to be with all who meet in his name, as we read: " where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them:" and indeed, from the nature of the case it must be so; for if we meet in his name, (which is his power.) he must be present. Hence I see objections to this formal act of producing perishable substances to represent him who must be present if we Cieet in his name: neither can 1 conceive, wherein a piece of bread, broken into many parts can possibly represent that body of which it is expressly declared, a bone of him shall not be broken. I wish to feel tender to all who may think it an essential duty.and in thus speaki:ig, it is not with a view ofwourding any, but a wih that all may see eve to eve in the one thing needful; Christ the true PasVer, drb king of the cup that he drank of; and baptised with' the baptism that he was baptised with; ieddit.g our wills wholly to his divine will in all things; submitting to the operation of his purifying and cleansing spirit, wherebv we si-ail taste of the

virtue and etlicacy of Christ's flesh, baptised with him into death, expei ier.chg thereby a resurrection unto life, through the atto liner blood of the lamb slain from the fo'ind ition of the world, and shed upon the cro-s, by which a stream is opened, from which all may drink of the new vine with Christ in his lather's kingdom; for truly he is the vine and we are the branches, and if we abide in him, we shall experience the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holv Ghost, drinking the wine of the fruit, of which he is the vine; for the fruit of the vine, is the righteousness ,f G d, and ail who abide in the vine, must feel the spiritual power and presence of Christ, and needeth not a perishable substance produced, as a remembrance of him having the seal and evidence within of his presence. Let any of whatever denomination thc m.v lc, cuter ind. tl.iglorious antipast with Chri-t breathing the inward acclamation of u glory to God in the highest, feeling peace on earth, and perfect good will to men, having the veil "rent in twain" by virtue of the resurrection of Christ, wheieby a door of ac cess to the throne of his majesty in 'Heaven, into which the soul, in perfect silence, may mount up even whilst in tie body, and join in the song of the lamb and of Moses, with the whole angelic choir, in aseribi: g to the Lord Almighty the language ofullv, holy."' I ay should any poor souls, be thus mercifully favored I ran venture to sav. they would not think that bread or wine would be in the least, an auxilliary to true Worship: but for the want of this state of mind, too many of us apph to visil le tr that which none but the invisible power of God can give. 1 cannot believe (because I see no prrun ds to build such a h In f upon) that

bread arid wine is mre a religious dutv, than the anoir.ting with oil, or the washing of feet, the two latter much more sob ninv performed, (h then- in the dav of their use) than the former. both of which is done away, whilst the least of the three is yet practised. And I am persuaded that as soon as any become reconciled unto God in all things, the windows of light will show forth the lifeless formality of this ceremony, whilst the wings of his love, will hover over and about us, keeping us in perfect peace, as our minds are stayed on him. Hence I cannot see how the mind can be stayed on him, whilst it IS nn thnnv visible whirh

Uperish with their using. JONAH. PRKSIDKNl'IAL. FOR Tilt I'L'ULIC LFGr.R. As I was perusing the 10th No. of the "Western Emporium the other evening, my attention was arested by an essay from

the "Western Sun, setting forth twelve reasons why Henry Clay should not he olected President of the United States, and inasmuch as I am disposed to espouse the other side of the question, I will give a few reasons in the same way, why he ovgfil to he elected:Bee ause. he is a plain, old fashioned slave holder, and should he be elected President, will furnish hi? house, table, &c. with articles purely American, prepared and put in order by African decendants of his own household and held as property. Because, being accustomed to rule over a number of the human family, he is well

experienced in the best mode of bringing our republick into that of a despotic government, as nothing can posibly tend more to bring about that end than slavery ,which is as contrary to genuine republicanism, as darkness is to light. Because, he would use his influence to extend the blessings -of -slavery to every part of his government, thereby ameliorating the condition of the oppressed and much injured blacks. Because, if elected, that truly ignoble and complex system of court etiquette introduced and put into practice by John Q. Adams, of every man waiting on himself, or having a free man to do his business for him, would receive its death blow, and the practice of personal attcndance,sc necessary to distinguish our senators, representatives, and other big men from the common people, would be brought into general practice, thereby relieving many of the unfortunate slaves from the more laborous services, to drive splendid carriages when going on visits or amusement,

and to do ail other matters and things which gentlemen may, and of right ought to have done for them. Because, he would discbarge at least one half of that host of clerks, and assistants, fcc. which swarm about the Federal City and are kept under good pay, (especially if money was scarce in the Treasury) so that he would be sure of bis own salary: to prove this, 1 need only refer to his speech in Congress on the bill that passed increasing the salary of members from 6 to 12 dollars per day, affirming that six dollars per day would not support his family. Because, he is a self-made man, and has no line of illustrious ancestors to look bfcck upon, and would, in the distribution of private offices, pay not the smallest regard to that qualification in others, and proided he could write a good essay to promote his election, would as soon appoint the son of a poor faimer, overseer of his slave?, as the relative of a senator, banker, or rich merchant; thereby carrying into (fleet the old and absurd principle of slavery and inequality with a vengeance. Became, he is a warm, zealous and devoted friend of duelling, and if elected, would use his influence to the utmost by precept and example, to bring into practice that trulv noble and honorable mode of redressing wrongs real or imaginary, by taking the life of an adversary in single amIwit, with sw ord and pistol, as men of honor should and of right ought to do, or die in ti nt hori.rnl.lii uy in .iM'.-nij tn.u it. " Because, gambling being the only pure road to wealth and happiness, will-not only receive countenance Sc encouragement, but his oxpanshe mind can inent newmodes yet ui thought of, and adapted to the low st circumstances in lile, such as can be put in practice almost at an time

'i and plate, as a specimen I will gie one j case, the truth id which I believe may he ! relied on, it was simply this; bin. sell and I c mpctitor walked out delihciately to a j

location of the Canal, and insert in lieu thereof a provision for giving the square

mile on each side for the whole length

of the Canal. In support of this motion,

Mr. Call delivered a speech of some length,

which he commenced by reply ing to an

anticipated objection on the score ot prece

dent, by saying that a grant of land for a road was in principle the same as a grant for a Canal, and a grant similar to this, for

a road through a part of the state of Ohio

towards Detroit, had been lately made.

He then turned his attention to the impor

tance of the Canal proposed to be made,

which, he said, would open a communica

tion which would connect New Orleans w ith the Western Lakes to the great facili

tation of military operations for the purpose of defence, &c. not to speak of the facilitation of commerce. But this channel.

however important, it would not be possible to open, for a long time at least w ith

out the aid of a grant of the Public Lands,

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papers to the 18th April, that no cert! ' information had been received there fr France, relative to the reported infm, -'"M

j of that government to recognize tbo i-!?

pendence of liayti. President Buyer u-' prepared for whatever might happen, ' ' had placed the whole of the coast in a'iv " ' pectable state of defence, and should a 1 tile landing be attempted, orders had A, issued for the unarmed population to tire to the interior of the Island. Its col r merce, finances, and agriculture are rem? T

j sented to be in a flourishing condition ; an

measures w ere every wnere taking tokeea the people constantly prepared for the K worst that might happen, and to impnj c on their minds that they fight for liberty. ?'' On the 6th of April the President lu f

Sec. Mr. Rankin, the chairman of the the following Proclamation: t committee of Public Lands, stated the DECREE. il

views of the committee on the subject. Jean Pierre Bayer ', President of Haiti,

They dulv appreciated the importance of Considering that, in existing circumstnr x J

such a canal, be lieving it the best point ces, the most active measures ought to ,; : C for the connection of these waters, but taken to put in execution the orders ar C.-V were restained by principles on which instructions which the national sccuri:?.they had always acted, from going beyond demands. Considering that the nati the space necessary for a canal, and for were informed, bv the proclamation oft! e

assisting the collection of tolls thereon. Cth of Jan. last, that the moment has ar. i

If Congress intended to give a grant to this rived w hen every preparation rnu?t e fCL

canal, or any other road or canal, it was ! made forthe defence of their country; a j

much preferable that the grant should that it is the duty of the public authority be in money, rather than in land. The i to netrlect nothinir which mav conduct"

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road which had been spoken of, was i thepublic interest: Therefore the follow. . ,

claimed as a right, accruing under the ing decree has been published:

treaty of Brownstown, and could not be Article 1. All persons,m towns and citkj

considered as a precedent for this meas- who cannot prove what are their mean? '

ure. v mi resrard to the exrediencv ot suosisicnce, ana w no exercise no prc t sM n ii

granting aid to this measure, Mr. R. said, or trade, shall be obliged to retire into t :,e

if it should be included in a general system com try,where the resources of agriculture of internal improvement, he should be in w ill insure to them the means of life. favour of it, but was opposed to acting Art. II. The greatest w atchfulness sK J ' "

upon it in the manner now proposed. Mr. I he continually exercised, that persons ,

McLean, of Ohio, made a tew remarks, ! good health shall not retire hem the aj;n- ,4. expressive of the deep interest be felt on j cultural labors of the farm w here they ie-woJ

this subject, and of his conviction that side. Jailv

the benefit to accrue from it to the L. Art. III. The penalties authorised h jie "L States, would doubly repay the whole j the law concerning the general pf,hxtei expense of making the canal. Mr. Test .shall be strictly enforced, against all v;:tyG,

of Indiana, explained the geographical abonds taken up for disobeying the prtsci.t ,an character of the country through which decree. adet the canal is to run. It was a measure so Art. IV. The civil and municipal uu-ilir:

perfectly practicable, that he believd the thorities are charged as far as each iscorv jnp3

deepest part oi the canal from the surface, j cerned, with the punctual execution of ti.ij oth: supposing the canal to be a dead level, j de6"c, the strict observance of which si ill nh

would not be more than twcntdive feet, also' be considered at the responsibility of ritj

lu lontrth wruhl br- ordv from 1 5 to 20 miles the commanders of districts as b"u w t'-

The country on both sides of the route was the police in those districts. LlZZ extrem h rich, as rich, indeed as it poi- At the National Palace of Port au Prince,

hlv could be, and capable of producing a I April 0, 1624, m the 21st yearol Indepen- lc'

vast amount ofagrienltural products. On 1 dence. BO ER, by the President.

Uhe Secretary Gen. B. IrsGIINAC. EAST INDIA. Madras, Dfc. 23. It is with regretthat

we notice the increasing distress prevalent

among the natives from the scarcity of rite;

in the bazars it is not to be procured, ard

the importance of this work to that country, and of the United States generally, be dw elt at some length, and then replied to the objections made by Mr. Rankin, on the ground of the obligations of the compact with Virginia, and shewed by ccm-

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I c old draw tle largest, .n a wackr (y tkn :l public bands to a much greater amount 1 Mc.koF.s, shewing to the world not 01. h a i than tl.at of the proposed appropriation. ; simple anil eas mode ot gi.n bling, which j On m tion of Mr. Tracv, of New York,

po auoo propo-eo. appropnauon : on, r;c Baflk,hall is now open loritssalo,

; could he attende d to 1 !'(? e breakfast it I r eedful, but also that property of that de;sription was of but little regard in his ! view. ! These Mr. Printer, are but a few of the j reasons, but as thev are of considerable

weight 1 shall not enlarge. I hope the editor of the "Western Emporium w ill give us Cla s speech on tl elnll to increase the salan of numbers oi C'ongiosskc. a year bat k,w ben be gets through w ith bis speech on the tariff hill, together w ith what they cost the United State s, in order that the people may have an oppor

tunity tojvulge 0 their 1 cat profit. LCj5 S1M0N magus.

r-iKiiorn, may j, iti'4. CONGRESSIONAL. HOVSF. OL RFII'RI SFNTATIVKS. Saturday. JJ(n C The House took up

the reported the committee of the whole,!

made yesterday, upon the bill making an appropriation towards r moving the sandbars and obstructions in the bed of the Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri rivers. This caused much discussion, and sundry amendments were proposed. Some doubted the practicability of the proposition ; others the romtihitioimlity of the prrreedint'. Some tlaimed the appropriation, (75.000,) as a proportion of right, on the

ground (d the: light ht use estai liv nHnt, Szc. At last, the bill was hud on the' table, to allow time to prepare" it more j agreeably to the wishes of the m mbei.

nimni ufuiH'U HSl 11 mio a cemmittee of the whtde, on the bill "to autlwiize the state of Indiana toopen a canal through the public lands, to connect the navigation of the rieis W abash, and the Miami of Lake Erie. Mr. Call Delegate from Florida, moved to amend the full by stiihir g out the word "ninety feet" proposed by the bill to be given for the

the committee then rose, reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again. And the House adjoured. On the 11th of May Mr. Strong of New Vorka IT- red the following resolution in the House of Representaties:

consequently the rush of the people to ob

tain a portion ot this small supply is drer.Jful, and the North Beach is covered with

hundreds, waiting with the faint hope et V being at last fortunate enough to rtacb its door. Mar.' European gcnth n.cn are JX"r

seen mingled with the crowd, er.deavcrirj fS to procure grain for their servants, wl lb T. after h aving succeeded,thcdiilicultv c f carrying it awav in safety is considerable, a? 1 A

"?nrrr, That all nioneys which shall the right of the strongest, the only law of . be received on account of the sales and necessity,seems universally ncknowlulced. ryentrics of the public land, after the fourth Some few merchants arc dealing out thtir iu L! day of July, 1C25, night to he appropriat- stock of rice scantily and secretly during ind c ed exclusively to the support of common j the middle of the night, to avoid the sni zn schools, & the construction of public roads of confusion and violence attendant n a 2on and canal and that the said mones public sale of it. Grain of the worst aid "f ought to be divided be tween the several ! oldest description is bc.ugbt up w ith aiJ 0 C2 states and territories in proportion to the ! ify, and many are reduced to subsist cb lob

1 -. . - , w ----- representation of each in the house of rep- (Gram; this even is not to be jmnlaMU vcult resentatives of the U. S. and applied by I e xcept in small quantities, and at an enorthem, re spective ly, to the aforesaid pur- j nious price. Several deaths have eTiur-g . pose's, in such manner, and with such lim- red amongst the lowest ordered the 1 a;iu

itationsand conditions, as the congress may which have been occasioned by stanrtior,

prescribe." and se miserable is their coi.ditui ' at

many children have in dispair been aiaa l-j; dotted by their parents. r; The inhabitants of Pondicberry wo ro Cret to liTirn nr rd fciilliT'r I'.ir tl.e a:.t

: of food. We can no loi ger indulge l' e fL j expectation thata fall of rain may yt t:rJ;i the' harvest of the c ming year, as wo 'derstand fre ni those ac quainted w ith tl -c Tc: j subject, that the Crops are already '1 f a t treyed; we however sine ere ly hepc tl I plentiful supplies fie m Bengal and t! r" Northward will boon re ach this port to t-b- l-

viate the diftresii c fleets of a scarcity y L: which presse s se severely on all cU?-lS 2r:r of the native population. izll Dfc 'r. 25 On Monday night, a va rA cc multitude assembled in the Black TUI1 c-. and proceeded to break epen sc meet the Rice stores belonging to Native niercba";t.N i.'il. .,!... . 1 1 ..w-lt rraif - vo

carried oil. Guards of native troors ffC

sent to protect property of this descnMiatl

tic n; the mob however behaved u 111 '-er: it most daring and outrageous maixcr

A SHAMELESS STATESMAN! In a late spe c e h n the Gree k question, in congress John Pcnaojdi observed uAmoi g other cases forcibly put by the gentle man fre m Mass. why be would mbark in this ii e ipicnt crusade against Mussuluien, he state el this as one that they hold human beings as property. Ah, sir, said Mr. R. and what sa)s the constitution ed' the- United States on this point? Dees not that corslitutiein give its ."miction to the holding of human beings :i property ? I would ask ge ntlemen in this House, who have' the misfortune to reside on the wrong side ed'a certain mysterious parallel oi latitude, to take this queMion riedisly into consideration whether the Government of the U. States is pre pared to say, that the act of bedding human beings as property, is sutlicient to place the party so ohVnding under the ban of its high "and mighty displeasure? G. U. Eman.

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