Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 87, Richmond, Wayne County, 10 December 1825 — Page 1

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DUMBER 87.

"Vriendly to1 .

FRIENDLY TO THOUGHT.

RICHMOND, WAViM; COUNTY, I

fiilN'TED AND PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY in; he W.ik, and I in.- inihs oi ev

BUXTON & WALLING. front street, opposite Vavghans Hotel.

THK PRICE OF THIS PAPER fiOiii Dollar and Fiftj Cents for rift-two num-

clime are proffered for his acceptancf 1

x iic wanu oi i ne enchanter has passci ver the wilderness, and lo! it is tilled v ii life and rlothed with verdure. While ( temnlatintr the reclaimed rind hAmif ' '

Kpn. to be paid in advance: Two Dnll.ra if f iwl i 1 i

pa Within the tear, or Tw, Dollar, and Fifty i Dered w thY n ! 7 f- a ' tents if not ;wud before the expiration of thi ! " d "J. f,tlons of gratitude, that - je ir- rv,neQt i!i advance beinc to the mutual ' "gtou and lit"raturc are occupying ev interest f both parties that mode is foUnted. ' loot of soil from which unsubdued' nat ffo'ibsrnption taken for less than i n, nth. ;md rirnitiir I i iJ n-iper discontinued until all arr. Hraei are ""ng. I Say religion and lit - ;ture; for though legislative provisi , ti' ir to notify a discontinuance at the t j ira-' look only to the intellect ual education, Hon oi 'the tune whicribwl f,,r, will b ron-iri, red the wisdom of the world has seen their W Utters t the Editor must have the postage, sTarihle union, and the relation of hot t,j.id oi t't.eu uill not be attended to. '' the Welfare of society. If it wpn nose

lo suppose Hueh an anomalous and m ing contrast as physical nature Howe and fragrant, in all the profusion and hcrance of its liihest cultivation, wh, the intellectual hemp who is rioting on rJ this bounty . should exhibit himse lf an o"

ihasemer

we shoul

The ulendid monument of enterprise ,'t,,r" tr, looming and abhorancc fro

,jn ! genius, which ha ennobled the ( liar- ; t!u whde pictuie. No such unnat j(;.r of this, state, and marked an era in j u:l'1 ,,r ontrast exists. The par ihr p- Iicv f the entire Am-rican Rt pub j solicitude oi the Legislature seeks e . he, i now completed. Ve, rm fi iend?, ! rl'ild in t he lonolit -st and darkest hut , 'reat work i-dmn aed the jovful ii, j.whirh poverty can retreat, and lends hi tvlluierice committed to the w ing' of the j t'orth to light and knowledge. The h

vn.d. lias ere this thrill, d with rapture! man mmd here t annot cr.tcr upon its st;

TERMS OF ADVERTISING. Sifteen lines, or le , for three insertion Ooe Dol i ,r, i h continuance Twenty-five cent, ktrr i Ivr-rttseinent? in the same proportion. " EXTRACTS

Froninn A'lircss. ok the completion of the JC. jlct of iworant anil idolatrous a Y.rk Cmo, by Timothy Childs est. instead id'dw filing with deiitht.

(he heart ol the remotest citizen of your tnte. The fipirit-stirrii 5 ur d l,aieen f velietl, as it rusiied aloni:,b a pontane-cu-nurt of joy. ad gratitude, aid patrioti?;n; until the mighty volume has died r.w.iv upon the wide expa'e of t!;e Atlai -ti' ocean. Labour has st ud hi pl'ULrh i;; tne furrow, arid Comnn n ha furled h?r eativass fn the water and both hav crme with otrriig to w eh on,o tfieirneu to the high dhtiny of n.i i-teting to the service of man. Voi j have all seen it rise into ii -t n t aed pc rfe. t 'li-teiice,a? it were, from the hand

raiiot ear tiave

j of mortal existence, hut it l?ccome at or I the adapted cliild cf the whole comm ! tv, and has concentrated upon it everv thienee calculated to reform the heart develope the intellect. While warm animated with such reflections, it m . require buf a feeble eilort of fancy to ee,d some local eminence, from which 'win-le region destined to he reclaimei : ;dc?ed might be subjected to the vice a-id a more delightful piespect the eyi t ; ic christian or the patriot never re iri. He would behold a great pe ;fr..m whom industry had driven vice i poverty, whom religion had elevate I ehriti.mit , and education to intelle

e-i creative power, r.igoi ear nave n;r

h elansed. since, on the 4th of Jul. 1 C 1 T !! '('"W- "X-ndirg his view to the Ioiil

with praver and supplication to lln- An- j5 H lUl rtitici;l navigation, he would t'j. r of all pro?tK.riU, tor hi- hh--si,,.. , li - .-old its channel freiglted with the

t , nold dsig i; with mingled cm tio' ( hope, and fear, and confidence, tin mat work was conuneo( -d. wh)-e cooti !nifion we this day odehratc. Vou ur all bere the living witnesses nf its whole h s'orv, while time lias scarrelv advai red ,i' fmcv to youth, or added a furrow to the fooofage. In its etfect thuf far, it has 1 .id pen, to an eager anil niching cmigrition, a country rich in all lle capaci-

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of earth. It has

diverted from a f i-

'liirlit)iis of every clime, and its brink ! g mart of commerce resting upoti , w.iviug with the fruits of agric ultur Let himtle n turn and follow the tra

j t:io declining sun until he reposes in !bo-Mmof the western lakes behold .

continuous shores oi these vast wa l?iroag"t with a buy population, wh waters t!ieniseles are while with V. 'T.nicrceol' every nation. Should tlu -p tator h ave this cciic to contemplate the moral blessings which have flowed from

iiiiCt the pride and ornament of the new world. JVut. Jour,

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principle which in thi roui.try has givenj ; i h unrivalled activity to all the projects

ofpunhe improvement and private ent'T-pri-f. For it is true that the Ameiican st-tt-s do carry to the execution of anv give. pi jet t, an energy of action, and prociuf efljciciit results, which, when c;ni I r. d with ar:y Kuropean power, stand out hi vast and glaring disproportion to their pe uniary and ph sical mean?. It is riot fl. it thefcSkeve influences" are more propitious here; it i rot that nature here yirn-ndcr with a less nductant hand the tt asurea of her vast domains, or yields with jess feistence to the demands of intl i.trv, but it is to be referre d alor e to the le oLmi influence of liberal institutions on . i 'it.:..

Tip human m:nl. H not wnmn u:cp.wer of a monarch, w hat ver may be his duirarti r, to develope all the resources, to call forth into tln ir appropriate sphere faction all the talent of any r ation or on- try. Unfortunately, this object has h irdlv, in a solitary instance, constituted th- ambition of any king. In the long.

si.l and disastrous pilpriuiage of our rnce f'i five thousand wait, how few of the hi -,-ii.s and enjo) ments which are third M attered over this dreary track are to he av ribed to the wisdom Or benevolence ol nr.sitrirv power. ' 1 The w ild and uncultivated state of this stom cuuntn, is r early within the re nifnibrat ce of every individoal who hears On-.. He can close his ever, and the Ui - broku forest is duik and waving before

1 oi i 'Si.itifiid. a cornmercf whose nrohis

r.;;i return in a thousand streams l iVaii- ! wui" expansion ol our institutions, In, titv nr.d fortilize the country. It has com tiongot powers must recoil from the cf-stitMt-d an ample a: d lasting provii-n for ''ft to embrace the subject. And yet th- utmost poihle demand of the pubh, t oe-e are, at no distant clay, among the tr - i-un. Itisrapidlvaccurnulntingafu d wonders which arc to be wrought by the t i f t the expenses of its ow n ronstru -j; Air" Canal. ti . All this is accornp!isied, and t-.- The strong bond of union which is con-

t principles of its highest uscfulu ! ""lurca ny mis cnam oi inieruar naviga,t vet put in operation. ! tion, makes it an object of affection to ev-

A: d here lot us for a moment admire, the!, ory patriot, ana every goou man, wi.erc-

ever he may he. I tie conledcracj ot tnc tates, as it is the source and guarantee of all our prosperity, so its dissolution would be the most extensive calamity that could befal the human race. Monarchs may be vanquished, and their subjects and dominions transferred to other kings; a Bonaparte or a Bourbon may hold the destinies of an empire ; but the great concern of human improvement is no way alTccted. Barbarian hordes may flourish or die, and the beast they warred upon alone may mourn or mjoics But put out this light, and "there i6 no Piomethian fire that can the light relume." It forms a moral bond which traitors cannot buy, and which bayonets cannot sunder. How delightful, then, ate the reflections of this day! Our country, in its vast relations, is all before us and how proud does she appear in history and how mighty in prospect! Her national existence is not so old as many who hear me. And what age or what nation can offer a record ofalife so honorable to herself, and so useful to the world? To her must man

from every region turn his grateful regards for whatever of civil liberty his condition may afford. Whether we look at him slowly but surely rising from the accumulated bondage of centuries in Europe, or behold him in the plains of South America, breathless and bleeding from the battle and the victory, he thinks and acts, he

fmhts and conquers, in tnc spirit mai na

1 from this country. lowaras.

our country, then, let each one so deport

Sr.uy. This unhappy country exhibits increasing claims on our pity. Her situation, at this moment, attracts the attention of politicians, and baffles their calculations. The ecclesiastical party exercises over the public mind the worst of all despotisms. Ferdinand himself, by the adoption of a financial plan in 1819, which affected the revenues of the church, did much towards the alienation of this strong party from him. It was owing to this want of attachment to the king, that the revolution of 1820 was not more effectually opposed by the government. When, on the other hand, the Cortes began to axarnine the affairs of the clergy, fearful lest their interests should suffer and their influence be abridged, they threw off the mask and joined the invaders of their country. The French co-operated with them; but finding that the constitutional army was too powerful for them, they crossed the Pyrenees, in order to throw down an edifice which was already undermined on all sides, and tottering to its foundation. The liberal party, on the other hand, is favorable to religious toleration, security of person and property, and a government capable of guarantying to them their rights. This party is the more numerous of the two, and exercises the greatest influence,

in a moral view. In its ranks are to be found the most enlightened nobles, the merchants, and the educated and intelligent of the inferior classes. It is to this party that the army inclines; and were it not for the protection which the French army has afforded them, the clergy Wuld, before this time, have suffered a very con

siderable diminution of their influence. , The French themselves have pursued ? vacillating policy. In the first instance i they suffered the clergy to obtain an ur bounded influence; and, subsequently, discovering the error of which they wck guilty, they have endeavored to obviate i' ill effects, by displaying a deeirc to 6usta

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r : liberal state of things. This is nc2 however, from any love of more libistitutions, but merely to swell the ;r of their friends, and enable them with more effect, as circumstances suggest. To meet and defeat this , the clergy have conspired to deFerdinand, and to place his brother lesin his room, calculating on tho entire subserviency of the latter, ch is the distracted condition of Spain rs moment. There is every indica of new disturbances; new prosrrip , executions and assassinations, will 3; but the result is in the har ds oP "dence, and cannot be anticipated tmost powers of human prescience. JVa. Journal.

rae of the opinions held by the Ma etans, would put to shame those of maery zealous christians. They believo some of all religions are saved; arid , at the day of judgment, there shall rected a 'fourth banner for such to reto who nerer heard of Moses, Jesus or - omet. "Assurediv (they aigue) there malice in the Omnipotent, and ho ; lot damn men for their involuntary auce of his revealed laws, provided live up to the genuine dictates of na md reason, which' are the truest irds of virtue and positive religion. Raleigh Reg.

upow fifty-one years, says the Boston idium, since the first American GenCongress was held, "to consult m asfor the preservation of our liberties." is illustrious band of patriots, only urvives; and that is the venerable Adams. What a glorious change taken place in our happy country that day of anxiety and clanger! Of millions we have become nearly re. Our republican government is in free tide of successful experiment.are as powerful as we are free; and prosperous as we are powerful. Tho ?ral union has been all, and more than expected. It is romt i pu.nte to ovr destiny, if the officers of the Genera rnment will be content with the .Xof their legitimate powers, and tho severally y ield a harmonious sup- ) the national administration.

.nox, the chief town of Berkshire coun , Massachusetts, is a place of unc ommon neauty. It is built upon a high hill, on tw o streets, intersecting each other nearly at right angles; and is composed of handsome houses, which, with the e xception of a few brick, are painted of a brilliant white; is ornamented with 3 neat houses of public worship; it has a jail, a woollen manufactory a furnace for hollow ware, an academy, and a court house of brick, in a fine sty le of architecture. Lenox has fine mom tain air, i surrounded by fine mountain scenery, aud is one of the prettiest ofou r inland tow ns. Vat. Journal.

The Missouri Republican invites capitalists to invest money in the manufacture of iron iii that State, where iron ore is abundant, and of the best quality; and where a ready market and good price can be obtained for any quantity. It is calculated that the number of emigrants into the state during the present year, is not much under 20,000, and as the agricultural-facilities are very great, there is no probability that this emigration will diminish. JVol. Journal,

The St. Martinsville Lousiana paper, of the 1st October, declares that the prospect of cotton has scarcely ever been more flattering. The caterpillars have done lit

tle injury in the Parish of St. Mary ; and in the neighboring parishes has scarcely been noticed. The rot has almost entirely disappeared. The weather for picking the crop has been good for several weeks past. Tiie sugar crop also promises to be good and abundant. The corn crop is the only one that is expected to be short. JournaU

WARNER & MOKR1SSON fT AVE just opened, and intend kee.- on htad " l;rse n' ?en r' iirr