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from the Aurora . " :
THE acquisition of Louisiana is now ac
complished and the territory in our posses
sion peaceably, honourably, and to the satis
faction of all parties (unless that party which
has been;, always adverse to thejionour and
the peace of this nation),the voice of thtpeo
ple of Louisiana has responded the sounds of
joy and congratulation uttered byhe lAmeri
cah people ; faction has been ' driven With
shame from every ground which- it had taV
ken in its efforts to involve the nation in an
European coalition against France even be
fore the'rcnewalofwar in Europe .was pub
lickly known-Us efforts' to involve the na
tion ina war oflnvasion withSpain, its denun
ciations of an intended invasion by France of
our frontier i its opposition to and scouting
of negotiation as fruitless, pusillanimous and
hopeless; its declarations that we had no-
U! I. I.. ws
wiuig wmcri we comet give r ranee as an e
quivalent or which; France would accept ; '.in
the face o these" and a ".thousand other fac
tious declamations and stratagems against
the honour of the government and the peace,
and interestof the nation; Louisiana has
been obtained nearly one" third Jess than the
lowest price which the adversaries of the ad
ministration set upon it ; the country is now
ours, and its acquisition1 forms an era next in
importance in our history to the declaration
of independence, both ofwhich are combined
with the name of that good man,' for it is not
necessary to call Inm great, whom the good
sense of America placed in the. executive de-
partment of it's" government." My "object is
to recommend that.the national festival pro
posed to be held to celebrate this great c
vent,beonthe 12th day of May next. Va
. rious causes combine to render that day pre-
I lerabie to any other, and I will enumerate a
few. '
i 1. It has been the custom of nations to have
J some national day ; accident or at least. mo-
I tivec which had not the same object in y'xtv
i linil self r.tifl i wnprAL Irwllir. lin n
. ,v.,llrl iiiuiiii n;iv .no3 u
great benefactor of our first settlers in Penn
sylvania as a trttti'.acj guardian ; tutelary
saints have not always been selected with
pretensions so goodthe 12th of May is
however among us called the feast oiSt.Tom-
many, as the tutelary saint of America. Ma
a king the acquisition an obict of iust celebri
t ty and connecting it with that day it will
continue to ' e celebrated on jtjut dayjqrs
. .ever.
2. Though the treaty of cession was sign
cu on mc or ium ot April it was on
the 12th of May, 1802, that the treaty was
.cAiiiauircu uiui iransmmcu oy ine p eniooten
u.mvjuuic uur.i-uai4ie9.anu r ranee so
that it may be said that the cession was in
fact uiude on St. Tammany's day. .
3. That day will bc'peculiarly favourable
to the public festivity, it wi! be at the moat
chearful period of the yenr when nature
ncrscr. seem to rejoice the forests begin
to shew their guy attire the winged tribes
. enliven the 'spray by their f.ongs mid the
fa:e of nature ame;ri
I 4. The day will be muo:c alike com the
5 severity of winter cold and Ktiminer heat.
5. The day will not mterfcie with ji he U-
bur ufthe cultivator w the n apcr plough-
in: an J sowing w't!l have an 1 reaping
s( and mowing will not yet Lve commoncc..
; P. At that seasur, ths various uv trs of
A ourtcvrral houies ourcrtlur nn 1 mem-
' btrs of Congress an l mcui'.rrs uf LegWIa-
ture- infui-iufali'iii will be difTutcd, and o
vljri;c and rcspsi ."tf.ble a portion f mr fi ibw-
tntir Uinilu-i upon the public ci-vi: will be
cnal.lcdto partake of the general jfiy in tie
tirtjle of nocicty to which they pi licularly
I belong.
The tcaonvare rontluMve in my mind for
EaiiiDr the fcu:on the I2ib of. May. . '
7. There l one other reason is it is pro
posed to be general throughout the United
ri Utcs, .t such a period as may be nccrnary
' . to circulate th, proposal, and as will enable
u l: arts of, th-! union to mikc preparations,
' ,that period 9ppiri to bbtsl,.
There, U Mill nMher reason, public fciM
.' will it Lcld on the 4th of Mircli, in ma.
' ny part of the union, toenmmemorate the
, triumphit f federlim In lEoo .1. Time will
not jDiinitof blending ih tivo f-stivsU.on
' that !ny and j-rhpsi? wouJJnot be citlKr
proper or dciir!c.
I ni aware that tlus propom'mn like eve
ry other will be oppokod and that not only
factious ingtnnity which rlt wcrtni tl,g e.
sent ittrlf will deprecate the celebration
but I tut persuaded that there are Jtllitrswho
profrsking to ; bo xtrjfrtat t.;ui mitt a.id .
cere is gi cat and wise friends of the anjui.
iiion,ard ycttr ay tiJnk or effect tothink the
time tvol'iiig, or too ilort, or the rcaiotjt for
tlij advice not gr,rxor .trhnp may object
li the day brraue it is pruji-srt! through the
A-jrta as the most general n.rd'nim of re-
pMhlican communication, lor my prt. Sir, i
haitvtrihe objrttiontnay be; or whoever :
mat obiecl, I am willioif to Wave it to the t,
cnr of the country to dele rmiW u,on the
tVithal and t'ue da) while I say, fc. til good
c;ikblitaiii iiy -
National Jubilee.
v .r TO CELEBRATC .. :''.-''
The Aqquilltion of Lou;fiana,
As an event of the greatest moment to " .
The Liberty, '" ' ' L
The Happiness, -' .
- The Peace?, . ' -
; l nc security,
;v The Prosperity,
The Glory of
REPUBLICAN AMERICA, :;
"; . - " AND TO ' ' . '
r Thtrp?rpetuation of lltprefenta"
" Stive Government, -
As an event f.
.Resulting from the Wisdom, Uprightness, '
and Resolution of , .
the Man chosen by the Peope, ;
" To administer their Government, V
'. THOMAS JEFFEHSON, of Virginia,
Who has administered it for their good, to
their satisfaction and advantage
. and . .
To his own Honour ;
i"AHTICI'LARLY " "
In the -Provident measures which he had ta
kin lor
In the wise negociations which he had
: - directed for
And the success which lias resulted
- - - in -' -. . '
THE ACQUISITION of tOUlS!AN,
"'' ' ' .which ' . " 17 ' .''
Opensto Posterity a vast field for the enjoy
' mcnt of the blessings of, free i
Government,
Security against the vices and miseries
J, of European nations j-
and
Which renews to the oppressed of Europe
That' Asylum
First offered by the OH Congress
in lh,e days of Revolution
And now further assured
fi days of Regeneratian't ,
An event.
Which secures Republican.GoYcmmenl
froni
Dangerous er hostile ncigh'iours,
Which affords afield for the Aborigines
.Who Juve not tmbraced.civilized society ;
. and . , ;
VhiVrV provjdes ne"- fnesns of defetjee V
gainst an evil entailed on us by those
frojp.whom wesnatoled our
INDEl'KNUtiNCK ;
An event
Which enlarges the sphere. of .
Human Action and Civilization,
which
Presents to Philosophy, Curiosity, and
Commerce,
A more extensive scope,
Connects tfic Tropic with the Frigid Zone,
Under one temperate rule of Jaw :
And
Holds forth to the world by the example,
The superiority, efficacy, and preference
of .
Rept tentative Gwnmenij,
Faithfully Administered :
To tctcbrale thit Important Event,
It it proposed
That a grejU National Festival
He held throughout the
- UNION
Oj Saturday, t).i 1h daj of
MAY, 1804,
UN.
Jamrrunj's Djj. . '
St.
Extract front . Communuathn in the Cl&rlti
ton Courier. f the Wlh u.'t. on the tuhjeU of
the Cu'.gtrotu relaxation ct OttcijHir.t in ine
rearing uft oj the Vuvth of thittountrj, and
the general depruzitf likelj to arise frim U ti
is the (omw.unitu
AS the mlicomluct and vicious pranka
of. the wliippc'Snappcr boyk,, are eniirelir
owing to the .neglect ol the parents, any
thin; hereafter that Uiall he said upon the
subject, whether in admonition, cposi illa
tion, satire or ctuMirctfch'tuld be considered
as directed to them. The wholn earth, nay
the most vicicus country in Europe, doc
not afford luth a pcctatle as is olicn (the
writer it assure )) to be teen in CharUttonr
Boy t who ought to be under the scourge of
the school master,, associating in iua!l clubs,
or companict, gotr ru fnddliiig parties tT
the pnl-hc houses In the vicinity ! as bid tnc
cbaiiics who fatigticd with busit.ctt, fo for
relaxation to hi houses. There dunking
grog, perhaps aspiring to punch, orevcnMa.
dcii j smoking their younif braim out of
thtir heads with tcgart, and stinking mun.
dimgus, and talking of challenging and duel
ling, Gnd wot. Would it be believed thst
In any thiistian country, beardless brat of
aby thould Ikj tulTered without chastff
incut vuch ni ivdue to niiKliy childrtn, to
?y to a man. by Cod, ir, It-ill tU ru ol.
I will call ail out '." say t one who U only
f.t to le Ur'J put by h'u mine.
The writer remembers lohtvebctn pre
tJ.t tome time iiijsCtwLcnagintJtrniK nun
tioned with some indignation a circumstance
of the kind to? which he had been, an , eye
,witnes,s that very day. The boy was at the
time raiding down the stret, with all live as
sured aip and petulant affectation of a .cock.
' ney coxcomb, at' .the ring of Hyde Park. A
person lately arrived from Europe, happen
ed to be present, and said with some aspe
rity, " In the name of God, sir, had you not
pity enough for Jtheboy, and charity enough
for his father, to pull down his small clothes,
and scourge him on thespol?' No, sir,(said
the. other) nor would I even ran the risk of
speaking to him, for fear his petulant habits
Should. urge him to such ip.solen.cev as might
tenApt ine to gjve him a switching , jn whicr,
case 'tis" a hundred to one tfc father.would
challenge me.i'- ' - ' X
"To comment upon , such wicked and ru
inous relaxation of discipline is unnecessary ;
the,.bare facts jire sufficient'to make the hair.
,pt uny put mad men. qr b.ul men stand ere. t
wit horror. rising generation in a jroiing
country trained to blood arid murdi;r, for the
gratification of the damned vjee of vanity ! !
O shanie! O horror! Those who do not
see at once the abomination of, , and feel in
.dignant at iy.ch things, must be steeled a
.gainst reason,, religion and all sense of mo
plity. ... -
; To close this ijt-tailto say every thing
tiat can alarm the natural guardians of
youth in this ."state he it knov n that it is
a constant practice with some of the young
sters of this city to practice shooting at a
mark with a pistol, in order to bring in their
hands, as they call t, "r and fit themselves
for the elegant accoinplisliment of assassina
; lion. Eternal shame to those parents .who
suffer Mich things. Hitherto, and in others-
places, the oITicc- of vanity has -..been confi
ne.', to trilling ridiculous thjngs, and. its,
Wvirst ultimate eHVcts have "been the rub) of
fortune, forgtvy, fraud or theft. But now it
asu'i res to murder, and seeks distinction of
bloodshed.? - '
The Courier rf a subsequent cbte, contains the
fallowing
. STRICTl.'rtF.S oX'KIlUCATXON. .
IF parent really love their .children, and
at ll:e same time are endued with common
sense, thev will treat them not in a .manner
which gratifies their own immediate over
weeningjove, jnuch less .their vanity tl. ey
'itVJr.pone all those terseless indulgtoeies
and fwllow, in the education of their children,
; the track which the widest men have pointed
I out as the road to .virtue aud honour. - And
this of education is one of the subjects which
; Jiave employed the wisest men of all ages,
fron the time of Solomon up to the present.-
1 Imbed, education is so connected with morals
! and every duty to God and man, that it is i o
j wonder those who cndcavouitd to provide
I for the iqculcation of ihose duties, should
I jhavc also adverted to the principal means by
which they are instilled into the human bo
som. Solomon has left many ui.ic and roi i nt
suyiugs upon the subject "f rAse Jon (oaiili
le) rtjoiitlh the f other but an 'hngrtcihus tn t
sharresthe mvll.er" As if even at that early
pt-ridit was at well khovniis it is at this
day, that the wickedness of. nineteen twenti
eths of the bad people that exist in thewoild
lies at the door of tbeir indulgent luothert ;
wild will rather.lct their children be starved,
or w hipped, or hahged,. at twenty or twenty,
five ycart of age, than -.whip tbcm .when in
fants, or put, constraint upon their inclina
tions when in a, state of adolescence.
With all due respect for the opinions, and
still more fur the faijirms of pre,nttt w c jnust .'
t, that it does not appear to. tit a tbing ot
absolute ncccstity, that bO)thou d be Indul
ged in the full gratification .of every wanton
4r unlucky desire, or. capricious,. mischiev.
mis notion that ilriket them, .or that llcy
should have unbounded licence to dp at they
ph-ate, to go )vhcic they please, to keep
such company as they please, or even to
wander about in vacant tl.o' harmleit hilati
ty, w hile the precious moments ate lost fore
ver which the Cod of Nat Jic in makintrns,
h.itadcpted more than any.other part of life, 1
m wr reccpuon oi usciui unowieoge, ana mc
acquliing of those accomplishmtntt vibich
.render tbera when meo, useful to society, an
honour or a comfort to their family and hip
py within themselves. It does not ctm to
ut at a thing ofcourtc, because w e think it
does not at all conduce to the fjdt fa parent
o jght tu have in view, that a toy thould have
hit horses, hit bottle, hit duelling pistols, or
his scar pouch. If they think these things
are tnahly or ornimttnal, .or honourable,
they are greatly deceived. At tiding we can
get a thousand dogboyt md whirpervin to
beat the rn all to nothing. UdrirLing were lo
imurable, the Herald t Ofliice could ttot sup.
ply crests, tout of arms, or escuttheont e
riffiif h for the rup-i J gin-drinking drabs of
St. C.ilcs'i or Ilrilinggttr. We have never
found animal valour so tcttce at to role
f.glitiii a high diitinction. It isiocommcn
cm the contrary, that U it mrt iiflttult to
find one coward-than fifty courap,MU n.tr.
Whttitthlre then to very captivatirg intl e
thir.0,that peor.lethouMp'rc to i''t.roi.r,li
ti e medium ol the rr.oit horutle ctime tint
man cn contmiu And t to m&ak.n, we,
.venture to assert that Caere are at this moi
men at least ten thousand wrinkleotpld wo
pier. of sixty or seventy years of age in Ire
land, whoidirty nnd ill-clad, sibling on their
hunkers over a turf fine, wUh their bare loes "
roa,sling in,the embers,: who, with a 6cutty
of a tobacco pipe, black as jet, and short' e
nough.to burn their noses,, if.they .were not
already calcined with the same process,
should. smoke with the greatest He in Caro
lina for a thousand dollars aye, and win it
too. . Itlhexefore does not appear quite clear
to us that there is any .thing-so very honour
able or enviable in those accomplishments,
,',as to induce parents to suffer the.attainme.ht
of them, to supercede motii'iclul and neces
sary pursuits. ;'?
CONGRESS.
.HOUSE, OF REPRESENTATIVES.
' , Wednesday, Feb. 22.
;The house went into a committee on the
, lull from the Senate, providing for .the recor- .
ding, registering h enrolling ships or vessels
in the, district vof Orleans, which after some
debate ya.s orderdd 16 a third reading tQ
piorrow. '
The house went into a committee of the
.whole, on the.bill supplementary to ah act
providing for a naval peace etahlishment.
Mr. Leib moved f.n additional section, vir-
tually abolishing the ofiice of Lieutenant' Co
lonel Commandant of the Marine Corps, and
authorising the President to . make such 6-
ther reductions of the subordinate ofiicers as
be ay think fit.' The object of the bill be
ing a reform of the epences .'attending the
naval csta'.dishmcnt, the measure contempTa-"
- ted by the' amendment w as, in his opinion a
very proper pric to be apsvvered by it. The
.bill he 8aid,,conlemwlated the annual saving .
in the single article .of provisions of 7,000
dollars, by abolishing, the joice of I.iciiten-.
ant Colonel Commandant a saving of 6.00C)
.dollars in addition would be mad. This .
officer made, it appeared, all the contracts', ,
and it would be-seen by documents before
the house, that while the j rice of the ration
,in the war department was 15 cents, that fix- '
td by this oflicer ws 20 ccntt ; the differ
ence made the sum of 3,750dollars a'yeai It
would also be seen that exorbitanLaumt wcrt "
: expended in, postage and fuel in the single
article of postage -4 50 dollars had bcii ex- "
pendei in three months. Agreed.
Mr. Jackson moved a new section for the '
allowance to capuins " required to hold
themselves in readiness" of the same.rations
they art entitled to receive when in actual
service, which was agreed to.
Thursday, Feb. 23.
The bill to al'ow .drawback of duties on
goods, wares and merchandise, transported
by land in the cases therein mentioned and
the bill providing for the registering, recor
ding and eniolling.thips , or. vessels in the
district of Orleans .w ere read the third time,
and passed.
- The bill supplementary to the act provi
ding for a navalpeace cstobiWI.mer.t. being1
read the third time, Mr. Vartvura moved to
recommit it to the committee of the whole,
for tie purpose of striking out tl;c section al
lowing rations to, captains ordered to hold
.themselves in readiness.
This mot3ojv,was supported ly Messrs. .
Varnum, Bcdingcr, Sloan, Sndie, Holland,
and Elmer ; and. opposed by Messrs. Nich
olson, -Jackson, and Eustis ; on which the
yeas and nays being called, were yeas 63
. - nay 1 3 Th e hyue went into commi t tec,
.who disagreed to the above section ; ayes 55 ;
noes 37. The bill was aftn wards brought
in, in an engrosted form, omitting this sec-
I -tion, aud passed ; Ayes 63.
The house went into a ccrnnuUee ol the
.whole, on lie post cRice bill. After making1
several smendmcits the committee rose, -and
asked leave to sit agajn which was
granted.
Ftidej, Feh. 34.
The -louse went thrw gh the ;x)st-clnce
bill and, after making several. amendments
thrrctn, ordered it .19 .a third reading ot)
.Monday.
Tie house went iiito a cortvmHtce of the
whole on the bill declaring the assent of Con
gress to an act of the state of N. Carolina,'
. (supposed to be the Tennessee set.)
Having coniiderecfthc bill, the committee
reported it, snd the committee ordered it tt
a third reading.
Mr.rindley from the committee .of ejec
tioiit, to whom was referred a memorial uf
Andrew Mooie, respecting the election cf
Thomas Icw i, a sitting member, made a
rcpoit. which after stat'u.g Hie tad votes gi.
vtn for each of the candidates, concludes
that Thomas Iwis is not, and Andrew
Moore is entitled to a seat in the houses
Report made the order for Wednesday.
Mnd.if, lib. 57.
Mr. Randolph from the committee of wayi
and means reported a hill making s prona
tion! for carrying into effect the .(tonvehtkij
between the United States and Spain, of the
13iI.iT August, I3 i?. Referred.
The post'-cmcc bill was ni the thud Uirc
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