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PUBLISHED (wrkit) it ALMAND iVfLI -.TUESDAY, " SEPTEMBER 18, IW - Koi. rw. .i 402,
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K THE ELEPHANT.1 "
.'..THE Elephant is fuppofed ; to be tne
large) of any, quadruped in the known
world j and Teems to be the wifeft alfo.
The otfervation it Cicero's, whofe words;
(De Nr. Deor. t.) are Elephanto bellu-
' sran, nil provf dentfor. ? At .figure om,
vaftor. All the jam table and all ho furt.
ous. pafficmj, are to be found in this ani
mal j an4 its docility is wonderful , for,
; when protirly tamed, he is capable oft
being inftrufled and difciplined into , a taft
J . -variety 'of entertaining anU ufeful rjtuH
ficatioftS.'- ';;,; y .flf?? ;'f
Do him f material Injury ' and he will '
a ' , al as if he had be'eh tutored by the late
t lord ChetlerHeld i l'Y.' fe; if ;U be,ln' hit ;
? . power, hewulitnrnedlately- revenge the.
I ' .' ;.'?. affront t but if reft rained for tM prcfenU-:
- either by moVivs 6fjprudenc,;t by ;lna.
J .' "-bflity to wreia, k-is presentment, .' he will
' retain thenffenc in hi V memory for years;;
J ' , ' togeiher,r and ake care td 'repay -I it ?wkh..
jnterelt ijna nr't iavouraDie opportunity,
1 have heard or lead of a boy who wan
stonly ftruck the frobo$cis,or trunk of an 4
Xlepluntv;-?nd men courageouliy. ucu
. red mmfelfj by Winning away. ' Seven
ytsrs afterward) the lad was playing near
the .fide ot a river ; and had proDabiy tor--rbVhi
pafi tnifsfemeanor." But jhe Ele-'!
phant had abetter memory, and making
up to ihe young delinquent, grafped him
with his trunk, and very fedately carried
the fprawlmg captive to the water; 'where
he ducked him voce or twice over, head
and ears, and then quietly fetting him
down again ontirra ftrras, permitted hint
o walk off witlout further hurt.
It is faid that in thofe countries where1
Elephants abourd; ' fuch ot them as are
ismc, go about tie fireets, like any other
, lomellic animal I'vand it is common for
people to give thim fruit as they pafs.
in time they commence abfolute beggars,
and will pat io he cjnramity of their
trunks at doors aid windows,, in hope of
receiving the lade benevolences which
curtom has inured them to expeft. " Af
ter waiting a Dior while, it noihing is
giveo them, they withdraw their trunks,
& pafs on to the nttt accefGble houfc It
is related that foiae tavlors wrreatToik
on a board wlihinfk!e4 a window, hi4e
cafement flood pen. -A vMva Elephant
' flopped and pot in Ms trunk. One of
me men, mtteaa 01 conTcrriBg ooccur,
cave the animal's trunk a fcratch whh his
needle. The injured paTty took no pre-
jeni, nmicc 01 mo provocation, uu '
tiently walked away. II 9 repaired to a
neuhboaring Oream and having filed
nia capacious irunit, wun m targe uaiiinj
of water, returned to the wiadow where
he coolly avenfted himfelf, by fpouung
the fluid artillery on the segreflW and
I . fiis comrades, for their late breach of hof.
J : pi I alii jr If we' do not relieve the indU
J t KCntt ,h7 M' Uaft have a right" not to he
t Infulied.' Aed very frequently he mean-
$ . ell are able fooner or later, to retaliate
!f with ufury the cooteopt they tAdcfcrvcd.
? ly leceivc .
) ' I Every beggar Is not houeft. Nor its
' all Elephants aQuated by a ftriA fettle of
moral delicacy. Their ftnell is very a
' Cute j and if a perfon has any truit f
'. cake about hint, they (hew, by the quick
i -i and judicious application of tbeir trunks
M X to tbe proper part of his drefr, that they
1 V are adepts in the art of picking pockets,'
I Willi c.viihi rv.iitf . "
Elephants, like men, have (if I may be
( allowed the etpteflioni their virtues and
' N their vices though 10 the honor of the
; former, be it obferved, the tiers of the
i Elephant' bear but f-nall. pfopyrt'oruto.
his virtues. There hare been inrtinces
; of thefe creatures, wHo, In tlrt firft hurry
I of rage lor ill treatment have killed ihcir
i I lejert. But their fublcqtitnt remoiTe
f ha been fo infupporiabiy keeo, that they
i hare rrtnfed lo take any fuAenai'Ce, and
literally flarved themfeWes to death. A
j 4 ' Icllan to perfons of violent paflions who,
' If turtied away by the Impetuous torrent
either of exctflire and unguarded angfr,
or fif hcad.lior.g or Irrrgular dcCre, are
liable to the commiilMa of irrepa.
table evil, end may,-la a fingle mo
mentlay the fuundatioo of IrrcmeJiable
ruin. I have rea4 c-f aft heathen, "v?h,
when he fund Mm fell unduly fermented
fcy wrath, would ptvtr wtter a fingle
word, until he had ftrrt deliberately run
over i 1 Ms mind all theletttrs cf the si.
phabet. 1 have real 'f a Chrlflian, who,
when endsngefed bf Collar temptations,
i , would rv (.iBer himlell to ipeaa a ijua.
' bte, uiil he had tiently repeated the
1 1 JWl Put" . , , , .
5 Elephants are lirsularly grateful, and
I have a very deep fenfe of ftiend3ipr
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They liatne been known to lay the ilearti
of a brother ElephaM, fo touch to heart,
as to pine away from that time forward
: In fbme cdantriesi we are told, Ett
phahts fupply 'T the placed pf execotioners;
They are traraed, at a gtten ngnai, to
lay hold of the crimirsaVwfyh their trunksi
by a ftrong fusion , and eithet tlafli him
Violently againft the ground, r ' tofs him
aloft in the air HO'il repeated contufions
put a period to his ifc, , Mankind are
very'prooeiO lvalue themfclveSi-on thcir
iuppofed civilization v and yet, by'-avthll
pTacttfing on the ferocity ot inferior an"
irftals, they ,C)metrmei teach brutes thin-.
felves to be ftill more brutak:-:-''A-?;
vt jtfmfy as Eiephknn ate, : ihey way be
taiijAt, to danc, froth finely end, in eomf '
-.aniH.' .- Wnit thhv move. on thefe ooca
I fioaisWTiU lingular exatlnefs' anf otiin
i nef are notiulttiUble to tne narsirony or
tnvfic.ViV and 'If po,petly ' iiiured ;kcepf
w
hch
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finre w i in their ieet. in , manner
. difcovers great power of Judgment;
Kit. f .1 l " ri-rt 0 ..-.
ngnuy rcmemocr, DimopDurnci iriidnueuo
4n his travels.that he faw anElcphant jplay '
at ball, with all the eate aTidexpcrtnefi of '
a man, , But Platarch, in his life of Py rr--
' hus,' mentions a much nobler inflance of -
Elcphan ine onderlUndtng andadroitnct;
accompanied fcy fuch magnanimous cou
rage and fidelity i as would have redounded
to .the honor of aSertoriout, or of an A-.
Icxander. When .Pyrrhus flormeJ Ihe
town of Argos a number of accoutred E
lephant,' accordingto the cuftom ot tliofo
times, formed a fart of his military sp,
paratus. Ooeof thefe -creaturvs, percei
vipg that Mi ndcY was fallen, invited him
by every effort In hit -power,- to remount.
But finding food after, he the rider) was
dead of the wounds' he had received i the
animal in a traafpott of grief -and rage,
rit(hed furioufly on friends & foes with,
onr diftindion and aking tip t1e body
with his tronlt.mado cood bis rurea t and
refcued the remains ot his breathlefs m af
ter trom further violation, by faithfolly
and heroically Convey tug them hem the
fcene of aQioftM
Tho mv'hod ly - which wild EJepbanrs
are taken, deferve to be noticed. A nar.
row inclofure ia tiade one cnJ of Which
is left open for entrance and at ihe.et;
tremity ot the otUer, fcerl tame fcmaie
Elephants are placed. Between both (i.e.
between the extremity whete the Tcmls
refixtj) a large pit is dug, whore fur
face is lined tth a flight bridge work fu
teat lv Turfed, that it has all the appear,
ance ot firm ground. Allured by the fe.
rn a let, the male Elrphama make towards
the place, bet are fuddenlr intercepted by
the unfulpecled fnart. Piojer perfons
who are flaiioncd to watch fa event, flan
from their concealment ; lU witttexulU
ing fhouts mock the indigraat diilrefa of
unwieldy prifoners.
Elephants are tamed chiefly by hanger
and by blows ( they are faij to be ex
tremely fond of pomp, and to receive
very plcafurable ideal from the ex.
hibitlons of fpleitdor, Htnce, the na.
lives ef Call. India, who hold the doctrine
of trinfmigntion, imagine, that theft a
riimals are animated by the foil's of depar
ted princei. for this, teafon ihey are
treated, efpecially In tbe Kingdom of Si
am, wih diQinguifhcd reflect ; and I urn
of the handfomcit are decorated with rich
ornaments, and even dignified wiih titles
of honor: An Elephant of quality is
known by the tingi of gold, flver or
coppr, with which hit talis are adorned.
There latome'hlng' rrv bumiliatirr to
the pride of human reafon, Incendutt To
extravagantly abfurdai this. ' , .
Etcpr.arill arccjttremtlf Ungvdr"It
1 ft ff tr, ffKat lK0 a 111 laarh jk
wm pmiiihmj iiia vnvj wit IVIV'I s M ril j
two, or evert three hundred years nf ai;e.
If this be 13, and it rcQi on very refpec
tshle teflimoniei, it is proSably true of
thofe Elephants only, which are permit
fed to live affording 10 natort, anfpiled
by the artifice and UK refinements of our
mamgemcnt. It will admit f little doutit
that on the fiint totsT, tl.uis br"i srs hip-
m
pied, mhohattthe Wsfl conrt filoa with
man ' Not firtgle brute, frvm an Ele
phint to ' art animated f(eck, but Is e
ventually theworfe, il it fall within tbe
circuit of human government. Let ut
endeavour to make cur mal-adm!oiflra
tion as cafy and as little rmfiMcrous to
them as we cm.
USUI, the FiraidentUl tUctloaneat fait.
It It to be esrxtted that the dtr'uts will
ktrpaptl 6reofof;wwUn with all their
bersoovi and prty aeal. After that event, It
U tcr be b"4 tbvSr tag i!l abate, their is
lumnieccic, arxl the natimi be aurfervdte
tnjof a frputilkantyviemof govcrctnent! la
UsniuilUty end peace 4t.
LOUISIANA JUUQilSTRsWCE -
' to rax . -.
COXGAESS OF THE VbJTED STATES,
U - tn S&NATElB - -?
' , SOUSE OF HEFMSl NTATIVES , , ,
"'"'' r Sy'P- 0MVKElt f fMyi-li
WE the scbscribers, pla: ters, merchants,
and other in habitants of L lisiana, resiKcU
fully approach the lepslatule of the Uited,
-vriui a -incitiui iai ui uifc-iiiita, n tc- :
monsirance egainst certain ua wntcn, cob
yavene them,' and a' p etttiob for that repress
to which the laws of nature, anoUonedby po-'
' Vitive stipnlations, have entiled "ps. .r -
iWiJhout any fegdhcy nv Jfc events which
haVc annexed our country' the" U Ules,
we ' tet considered them ai fortutratb, arid
H Utpught our libertiea securitf, ten before we
ff kn-mStf terms of the cession "Per. saided that
'a .frfje people would acquire nendtory bnly tfll
extend the bleailtigs Ffreedpt-that n en-
lightened nation would never destroy those
principles Oft whicb it goVet nmcnt ; Was
ibondedaftd-thutAf their representatives
Would disdain to become the'instrttmnts- of
oppressioni we ealculatedwith : certainty
that their, first act of sovereignty in outd be a
communication of all the blessings they e
joyed, and were the lest anxious to know on
what particular terms we were received. ' It
was earfr understood that we wefetobe Ame
rican citizens, this satisfied our wishes, it im
plied etery thin wcoould desire,, and filled
Qs with that happiness which arises from the
anticipated enjoyment of a right lorg with
held. We knew that it was impossible to be
citiieniof the United Sutet, witjfoul enjoy,
ing ptrsonal freedom, protection of proper
ty, anl above VJ, tlte privileges of a free re-
!rcsettative government, and did hot, tbere
, ore, imagine that wo coald be deprived of
these rights, even-if there should have exis
ted ni pronrheto impart them i yet it was
ithsome satisfaction we found these ob
jects secured to as bv the stipulation' of a
treaty 1 and the fith of congress pledged to
us for their uninterrupted enjoy tntritt we ex
pected them from yoor rmgnanimity, but
were not displeased to see them wecured to
qs as a right, and guaranteed by soicniu "to
gagementt. -:
With afirra pertuision that these engage
menu would be sacredly fulfilled, we passed
Onder yourjnrjsdiction, with a joy bordering
on enthusiasm, submitted -to. the inconven
iences of an' ir.termerljate .dofnirsij wilhoat
a murmur, and saw the last tie Out attached
us to our mother coumry, stTtrcd without re
gret. Ercn the eVih of a rniliuiy. and atAo !
lute acthoritt were acohicsced in, Vetsute K
'indicated an er.gemett locortp'cte the trans
fr, and place beyond tbe rt&cfi tf. accident
the onion we mntuaMy defined. , . A . aingle
magistrate --csed 'iib dv'd tad military,
,with execW.ive and judiciary, jowrrtt tipon.
whose laws we had no check, ever whose acts
we had nocontreul, and from whose decrees
there is no appeal, fhe auddch suspen
sion of all those forms, to which we had
been accustomed, the total want of any per.
mancnt system to repU'ce them, the luro
d action of a netr language into the adminis
tration of justice, the perplexing necessity of
Using en interpreter for eery comtnun ca
tion wfththe ofTict rs placed over us, the invo
luntary errors of necessity conimittcd by jad
ge,er(ertain by what code thty are to dc,
cide, wavering between the civil and the com
mon law, between the 'forms of the French
Spanish and Amcric&n jurisprudence, and
with the best Intentions unable"' to expound
laws of which iLey art ignorant, or to acquire
there in a language they do not understand,
these were not slight inconveniences, nor
-as this a state of things calculated to give
favorable imprtstiona, orrta!i4 the hopes
we entertained. But we submitted with re
eignatton because We thought It the effect of
necessity. We submitted with patience tho
Its d'Jra'.ion was longer than we had been
taught to expect 1 e submitted eet with
cheerfulness while we supposed Vour heti-j
rU-body wa croploycdiav rtiuciug this
chaos t4 order, and by your lefjisUlhe fiat,
calling I aystttn trhsrmoiij from ths depth or
this confuttd discordant mass.H Jt we csnnot
cuncta!,wt ought not to disscmlle.that tbe 1st
project presented fot the government cf this
country, tended to lessen thc'cMhutittm
which, until that period, hd beet) utiivtrtal
and to fix our attention on -prtunt erUa,
bile it rrndertd us less unguinc at
to the future 'etifl, however, we wished
to persusde ourclts, that further en.
oirf would produce better Information J that
tcussiun would csublisb bur rigMa, and
lime destroy every prejudice that might cp.
Kt them. Wecould not bring ourtclrts to
lieve that we had so far mistaken the til
jrulaliont in our favour, or that congress
could so little regard them, and we waitad the
result, with aft anv'ety which distance only
prevented our esprtuing before the pasuKe
of the bill. Afr a sutpte which conti
nued to the last moment of the session af
ter debates which only tended to sbtw how
little our true situation was known) after
the rjetUnef tfcry rtrndmett declarato
ry ef our rights. It at lmh became a law,
and Wfure this ptUUoo tsa be prtMaud
3:
Will take cfiectitrourtounfrys , Diskvowiuj '
any langualge but that, of r rtspeetful rtmoh
strahce, disdaining any other but that which: ;
befits a manly assertion of our lights, we
pray leave to examine the law erecting
Louiftma into two " territories,''" and provi.
Uing for the temoorai v
to combaro Its nf6visKMk fiti
itd its whole scope with th letter uiwl npU -
...w v. n uiv.il vutu, ua iV UlC VUHCll
The first sectirihirta th V-mm
oilhe 33d degree, into a territory of the V'
witea states, bjr the name of tbe Ttrritofy $
'1 he Second C-ives h arnHmor. onrrilntf ',
fcr three years bj? the rreiidetit' of the Uni
ted States, the 4th veals 10 hitn dm! tii .:
cil also chosen bv the fWsiitl'u.' 1 tfri.u.:
life; power; subj'itt9. tliertevion' or Cdo
o y ry, tt Hn iiiitr
rrnra 4asth Kulilw nrw'iM.ul sw tlh. Urn. e t
,-w " ,'''" tv. vjvts,j vivtivrt ( i .
tion of tales1 And the filth establishes a fu
uiviirjui (.uuaisi tm h 5upiT5Te COUntiaVlTUJ.
eCluStVe crtnikial arwi tiriirinal niri.i;.i '.
' (V J . u-"MUIl'
witlumt appeal for allMUseS aboVe the value
,01 iwuoiiars ( wiu sucn intenov cotmt aa
the leeislature tf the teriitorvmnv -K(uKti.i,.
tbe )udgs of tbc Viperior court re app,in'
'led by the President to continue in officeart "
yeen. . This is the summary of enjr tonsur
tioiK Thisistheaccomtv!!iJiTneiitnf a tr.1
tyxnttB-ement ro'' incoi novate na snio tUA v,
nnioa, and lo admit ut to all the rights, ad
vantages,- atd immunities of Atuei if n Stf
KCM'C." ' Alt it.Vl u l.a
which was made by our first marstrate in -
your name, mat you woutd " receive lit e
brothers, and hasten to extend to 4is a por
ticipalion in thoic invaluable rights, which
had formed the bam "of your unexampled.'.''-
prosperity.? ' '' '' ."' " ' '
Ignorant as we have been represented ef -onr
natural right, than we be ioalled on to - ,
shew that this government is inconsistent
with every principle oT civil liberty. ,
Ur. hi formed at t r nnnv. i tn K nf
mr dtquirtd rights, is it netestary for ua x
. A . . .tk - ....
ut.nvnsiniic uiai mis tci ones noi " trKorpo- .
ratt ut in thi union," thai it ytts as With none ;
of the M righltf gives us 'no dvimlats,"
n ciepnves us 01 ail the "t minur.tf.u" , A -merlcan
titixens. ', ' ' .
If th?s should be rtCulrtd -e think eitrwf
task wjll be difficult. ' . ."',' . ;
. Dnthe (inlnn'Stsrt rut im' ihrunl'lM .
I i , -l "r.j,
your declarailon of- fridependchce,: to your
buiiBiiiuuurt, 10. your u.ncrenu aiiue govern
Tnents, to the writings of yoiir -eevvtuifotiary
patriots, and statesmen, to your own profes
wons and puW ic tcU, and finally, legislators, '
to your own hearts on whkh tlie love of cU
v.i ttoeny ami Ks principles are Ve trust too
deeply engraved to be ever totally effaced.
' A governor it lobe platsd over tis hf nt
we have not chostn, whom we da not evea.
know, Whohuiy bclgnM-aulnfoiir lamiaget
uninfoiVned of our iuatiiuthmt, and wlio may
have no connections with our country nor
interest in its welfare. ' . . ...
Thit governor It vested with all .executive ,
and almost unlimited legislative power for
the law declares, thct Mby and with the J ',
tic and rNtwf of the legislative body, her
may thne-e. tnodifv. and nru-al the l.w.
- ' ' - 1 - .
kc mrl this advice and consent will no doubt
ia all cae be easily procured.frcm the rnijo
tity of a council, ackcted by the president
or governor, tnd d:pendent on him for their
appointment nl roptinuancc ia tffice ; or if
they should prove re Cradory, ' the power of
fimtvgttron frees biat from any troublesome'
nterfertace, Until a more prudent sc Wet ion
at tbe end of the year, shall gire him a coun
cil better suited to his views ; the true legisla
tive power then it Vi-sitd in the governor a-
hne, the council operates at atloak to con
eeal the extent of bit authority, to screen hint
from the odium of all unpopular acta 1 to , a
void all responsibility, . and ire lis the faint
temblanee of e representative assembly, with
so lew of Its distinguishing fctturts, that un
less the nair.e were inscribed on the picture, it
would beoiiTicultlo Ciacovtr ibv LjCl -which
it was lateadcd. :
Taxation without representation, an tbll
yathnto oheylawt, without any eoke In
their formation, the undue Influence ,f tbe
executive upon legisktivc proceedings, adt
pendcut judiciary, fortntd, we bct'vt, very
prorolnt at articles In the list of grievance t
comf latand of by the U. States at the com
mence rue nt of their glorious contest or free
dontl the opposition to them cveO by force
was deemed meritorious and patriotic, and
the rights 00 which that opposition waa
founded, were termed ftmdimenia), In.lcfca
aible, self-evident and eternal they formtd
as your country then unanlnKiusry ataertcd,
theely rational Ut.s on whkh gtwemment
could rtst tbtf were so phin. It waa added
as to be understood by the weakest under,
standing t not capable ( ef ahrninion, thry
Wright tlwa;t be m'almed t unauscrptibte ef
change, they were the tame at a!) timet, In
elltlimiKs, and under all circueastanaes
and the fairest inheritance for our posterity,
they should rxvrr it wat firmly Mrrttd
rhty should fttver be abandoned but with
Lfw
These wtri tha tcntitunts ef yotrr prrdt
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