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mf j, u M'.u-nally dc V"m for tJ c rnntinuatiuii of tlir :uttwj.l Idcnsmg wc nw p.mr m. 5,f, The rut arc of vur government ; line ex. imsioii of cur territory j fhe rapid Increase of our population j end, ahove all, and ihe most to te deplored, ihc state of our churches, the great 1nr-uAliiy in the numlr of Uospel Minuter to distribute, compared Uh the number of Immor tal sonls throughout the United States to retctvc, the bread of life i'l- ...... ..t iw.i iti tv rt rnitwr In n J IV liaiMIW -vw-rt ft ' . 1 peculiar degree, above nil other kind of govern menu' that the minds of the txople be enlight ened, and their hearts influenced by the power of religion. It m the peculiar characteristic oi a republic," thai all power U lodged in the people: ilic.pw-cofjhose whtjjulcjs entirely delec ted: there is not a freeman in this assembly but the President of the United States. Surely, then, there is no need of argument to prove that every roan honld l'ehdowcd UhrViidwledge and principle f make a rihl use of It. That civ it government cannot be supported without rcli I'ion, haV bcciratknowlcdgcd by mankind in all azes. When Julian, that noted apostate, had protratcd religion at hi feet, he called in to his aid a religion of his ow n contrivance to support his cause. This, Oiivcr Cromwell employed to open hi passage to the British throne. During the late revolution in Trance, Mereirr, an infidel, aid, " By proscribing religion, we have ruined our cause." "To what, (said the immortal Washington,) arc we indebted for truth in our courts cf justice, but to the awful sanctions of the Christian religion?" "In vain, (he adds,) does that man claim the character of a patriot, who is an open enemy, or even a cold friend, to that religion which is the glory and prop of his country. Whatever influence may be conceded to tome minds of a peculiar Mru lure, let us for bear the opinion, that national morality can be snp:oited in the exclusion of religious princi pics.' When he laid his commission on the ta- bleof Congress, whal a spirit 'of religion brc'ath ed in lhat flow of easy, natural eloquence, which he possessed in a remarkable degree, commit ting the officers and soldiers whom he led to the Held, to the care and protection of the Cod of armies, and the united States to his holy keep ing. In the fear of (Jod he fought our battles in the fear of Cod he presided in our councils ; and during his administration, for eight rears, all things prospered; leaving to his successors in that high station, an example that, they should follow his steps. Not only the nature of our government, but also ''2d J the wi : extension of our territory, and the rapid increase of our population, require the diffusion of knowledge throughout our borders. In both these respects, the United Slates have increased, in the short space of forty years, be yond all example uny where in history. When first a nation, three millions now more than ten millions I Wh n first a nation, thirteen states, some of which were thinly settled, scattered along the shores of the Atlantic -now-twenty-! three stales, extending west far beyond the Mis &isvippi,and south to the Floridas, opening an im mense prospect. But the strength of the mate rials should always be in proportion to the weight and magnitude of the building. Unless learning and religion go forih witto our emigrants, or soon follow ihem, to enlighten their steps and to con trol their passions, instead of proving a. blessing to the world they will be a curse. From an ig norant and unprincipled population, " good Lord deliver us 3d. And the last plan, the Church of Christ, lavs in her claim. Now opens the great object of our Seminary. " The harvest is great, and the laborers are few." Without public religion without the administration of the public means of salvation by an order of men, set apart to that sacred office, it is impossible to conceive how "the knowledge of the true God, and of Jesus Christ; "whom he hath sent," can be diffused or rontinued among mankind. This is plain from the conduct of our Lord, in first appointing twelve, and in addition to them, "twenty other "disciples, to engage in the work of. the sacrec ministry ;, and his promise to be with them, anc their, successors, 44 to the end of the world." Were ve now to take a particular survey of tho destitute State of our churches, the rccita would be nwful, and almost incredible -it would sky ! We shall view the matter only in the ajr. grcgate. Allowing the United States of America to contain ten millions of souls ; allowing a pub lie teacher to each thousand, it would require ten thortynd ministers of religion to afford an uni versal supply. What is the actual number? About th ree thousand, of all denominations, that mm in the eye of liberality be considered as competent ministers of the gospel. Of "course"; there is, at this time, a deficiency of seven thou- 1 1." .L ...... r ajiki. nuiii mis e.MCJiMve vie,y ot the state ol the- church ihTWigbt?at tlTt-Unibl let us come trt the state of our own country, that section in which we hope to establish a Seminary of Learning, to , lu-cpurc young men ior pumic stations in UIc iind especially for the gospel ministry. ( c tuus calculate, not wishing to extend oui views far to the East, that fifteen-coumies in this State may unite in ihe design ; to these we wi take tne nnerty of, adding to the amonnt, five counties in South-Carolina, whose principles in religion, and habits in life, ate generally similar to our own ; say thirty counties in all f say, for the sake of round numbed, that, each .courity con tains ten thousand souls tjic -whole number will iu uniic imi rii .uiuusJllil : ii Hnvintr nUt hi ir ill. ' tlic real number cT n.irutcrs, f nil dctwininft tii;tis, In ihU distiht of c ountry I Not more than fortyit dtfitieney of two hmdicd ind b'uty, in nflcrn of the Western counties of this Site, in cluding the addition mentioned from thc&atc ol South-Carolina But a imall number of these will, in the scanty tpacc of twentyfive or thirty years, lc on the stage of time. If, then, no ad ditiott he nude, we must shortly, in this part ol the world where we dwtll,be totally destitute. - - jrq he coxTiKvtn.1 ' ........ MTIMf H C'U Wi H Kf, trrmw Ttiitf jtiMTta flip S1 A roi. r an csciitC on lonf iic d'utilli 4 On motion of Mr. J"her, it was .W,vi, 'I'l.ut tlic committee oil the I'ovt-OfTre and riMt KrtwU be inntnictcd to Inquire into the expediency of rtitrihlinMnp a pwt. route from tha town of Hali-ihury, in Nirth-i:Mliiu, ly tho inot dirttt route to hi town of I'ayttlcvUle, in the Mine tnte. ' MIHSOUUI. - TitunsDAY, lAXt 4. Mr. Jrchtr,of Virginia, read from Ids seat the following resolution . Ljftvi WJ!brtih?. l,ljtt'JW, ? Vtic'iary be In tnictel to irKjuiiv wh ili:r there he itX thlsTIu exI.U inj?, and In force, in MUwiurVany UrA tribunals or tri bunal, derived from the authority of the United States, inmtcd with competent jurisdiction imd powers for the nliinion'and dtttniuiwtion of f ecntrorcrsy c.ini . , . 1 V K.P V.i. AJu! . .. Mr. Riclh of Vermont, ofTcrcd tho following resolutions, prefaced by some remarks, which we Jjjic not room to copy .i-m.M -5;,T, , K'tLkctlt 'lliat ihe cum, ulilcc on UnnMun' bcTn structcd to iu('iirc fnto the expediency of proliibhing' (except for the export trade) the importation .oS", lt. All diiUIIcd ;iriti and mult liquors, IrCm ami af ter the lay of , A. I). - 2L AH manufacture of wind, or of which oolihalI count itutc component part, fnm and uftir the day cf , A. II. .Id. All cotton and flaxen ganth, or of which either cotton or flax shall constitute a component part, to wit : slicetinjt, nhirtingx, counterpanes, tabic cloths arripea, check's plaiK yuhum, liint( h, ralicoci, anil prints of all dckcnpt ion, honk ry, cotton ) am, tit, and thrcaxL from and after . 4Ji. All kinda of jjlaiJ wares and window gla&i, from and after . 5th. Iron, in bar, rods ahcets castings pik s, and nails and all manufactures of sheet iron, or of wjiich tlitet iron shall he a material of chief value, from and after . ,6th. All manufactures of lead, copper, or tin, from and after . 7th. All descriptions of napor, from and after . 8th. All manufacture ot leather, or of which leather' shall constitute a component part, from and after . 9th. All descriptions of hats and ready-made clothing, from and after . 'Jfeiohrtf, That'thd said committee he 'also instmcted to inquire into the expediency of levyine an excise du ty upon the domestic article which shall he substituted for those, the imortaliori of w hich shall he prohibited : the excise to take effect simultaneously with the prohibi tion. After some inconsequential observations, the resolutions were, on motion of Mr. liuUcr of Louisiana, ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Warit id submitted for consideration the following resolution, which was ordered to lie on the table : Jtetohrtt, That 5,000 copies of the letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury transnutting a list of ba lances on the books of the second and third Auditors of the Treasury which have remained more than three years prior to the 30th Sept. 18"20, a list of the names of per sons who have failed to render their accounts to the said auditors withinihe year, and a list of advances made prior to the 3d. llarch, 1809,. by the. War Department, which remained to be accounted. for. on the boos of the third auditor of the Treasury on the SOtb'Sept. 1820," pc printed for the use of the members of this House. The bill making partial appropriations for the support of the Military Establishment for the year 1 82 1, underwent some brief discussion in the House of Representatives, which was confin- d to one item of the proposed appropriation, that of 150,000 dollars for the Quartermaster Department. It was then ordered to be engross cd for a third reading. Wednesday, MN. 3 Mr. Cannon submitted for consideration the following resolution which lies on the table one day of course : Jletolvfd, That the Secretary of Avar be directed to lay before tins house a statement ot the number ot (,a dets educated at the Military Academy that have remain. ed in the service ot the United States five years ; also, the number that have received commissions and have re signed before the expiration of five years j alsd the num ber that have left the Military Academy without com missions, and the amount ot money Uiat has been paid to each one : also, the sums of money that have been paid to Cutlets w ho were permitted to stay at home (if any) for the time between their appointment and that of their being mustered at the Academy : also, the whole number educated at the said Academy, who were in the service of the United States during the laic Mar, and the number of. those thus. engaged in the service, who were in any battle or battles Touglirduring lhe"said time with the enemies of our country ; also, the whole expense of maintaining officers and instructors of the Academy each year since the year 1802. The whole expense of amniu uition and soldiers that bavc been placed at the Acade my, for their assistance, since its firstcstablishment ;, also, how for martiat Taw 1iHji;be ca and whether or not the professors and teachers are, or have been, under martial law : and whether or not any ot the (atk.-U have been sent from said Academy, or di9. missed by said Superintendant, or any other officer, with out a trial or any specific charge being proved against them ; also, how many toreuniers are professors' or teach ers in said Academy, ami the number of Cadets (if any) that have been admitted into the same from the families of fofcigners. On motion of Mr. flaldwin, it was Hssolvei!, That the c( lUuttee on commerce be in structcd to inquire w hether, in their opinion, any furth measures are necessary to be adopted for the due enforce nieiit of the exTstihif revenue laws."""""-' Resolved, That the committee of commerce be instruct cd to inquire into the expediency of makinjr any altera tion in tte existing .laws which relitteto the; yerificat ioii of invoices, cr to manifests of goods imported from foreign pans: n .t . , a .1.. ncoiveuj i nai uic commiiicc ot commerce oe in structed to inquire into the expediency of making any proi ision by law for tin: due enforcement of tbe provis ions of the act, ontillerrAn act supplementary to an act, entitled An act to reirulate the. collection of dutte on imports and tnnttgef .passed -the 2d: day of March tcuoh ed, That the committee of Wavs-and Means be instructed to inquire,' and to report to this House; wheth vr, in tiieir opinion, the permanent revenue is adequate to meet tne expenses ot tins toVernnicnt h'o-ohvd, That. the ccmmiUce of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire whether any measures niav. in thei opinion, he necessary toincrease the revenue, and if so, to report my .measures,io uus lions whirhhave ar'ntvr may ailte lUt rein, un-Ur tlWcun stitntion, la ah, or Ireativ of the tinted MUtcs or con tmrcnics to-wbirH-lWe twitetl htat ar ir may U4MM a party and, U there be no such tribunnali or tribunal, ihen to report totlii bouse the provision! and measures w hich, in their opinion, may be necessary to be adopted by Congress, for causing the authority of the govern. mnt and laws of the United State to be respected, and for asiurintf proUc t'ion to the pmocrty and other rights of the United Spates, and of tbvir citizens, 'within Mia- Uefore forwarding the motion to the chair, Mr. A. stated the motives which had induced him to offer it. Whatever might be the situation of Missouri, with respect to this government, the propriety remained the same of instituting the inquiry he proosed, and of adopting the resolu tion, lie must be candid enough to state, howe ver, that to him it appeared lhat Missouri stood entirely disconnected from any legal or political relation with this government. With our own ; hands, said Mr. A. we have cut all the mooiings which attached her to it, and she floats entirely iberatcd and at large, bhe stood formerly in the elaiion of a territory to the United States : the had proposed to assume the new relation of a State of the Union. This House had refused her permission to do so, and, Mr. A. suid, she stands discharged from all relation to the -Union. It was vain to ten him mat Missouri was a ierniory. Such.an assertion was disproved by the fact, known to every one, that she had discarded every attribute of that character. The concession which Congress made to Missouri at the last ses sion, Mr. A. said, consisted of two parts: the permission to depart from the existing relations of a territory, and the permission to assume, un der certain conditions, the relations of a member of the confederacy. She must have departed rom the relation of a territory before she could lave availed herself of the second part ol ihe concession to her. What is it that Congress can admit into the Union ? Not a territory, but a state. Missouri was therefore obliged to cease to be a territory before she could be in a condi tion to claim admission into the Union i and she became a state. Not only, then, in point of fact, but in legislative station, Missouri is no longer a territory. . ,.......:". Mr. A. said he was not intimating, nor would he be understood as intimating, that the people of Missouri wished to be permanently disconnect ed from the Union. He was assured she was attached to the Union by feelings generated by her descent from it, and by a true reverence for the principles of its institutions. Nor did he sav say that she had shewn any disposition to throw off the yoke of allegiance to the Union ; it was this House which had itself cut loose the harness, and thrown away the reins. Mr. A. went on to say, that, if Congress could act at all at present with reference to Missouri, such was now her condition, that it could hot act by law, but must act by force. The authority of the Union might hang over her, but there were no legal modes by which it could be exercised. All its ordinary and regular conductors were broken ofl. With re gard to Missouri, Mr. A. said the citizens of the United States had individual rights, which it was the duty of Congress to secure. Many of thctn, for example, had received donations of land in that territory, in requital of their services, of their blood, and of the glory they had acquired for their country. Congress were bound, by the most sa cred of all obligations, to ensure protection to those rights. -..-.The question, therefore, which he wished to present to the consideration of gentle men was this : VVThere arc the tribunals and me thods by which these and other rights Can be protected where the channels by which the ati thotity .of ;ihegovernment can be enforced ? man could say that tjiere existed such tribunals, or channels for the enforcement of our authority. My-pnsitionrsaid-AIrr-ArisTiot-presemedtiei cause of any peculiar situation of Missouri, but because of the ambiguity of it because no man can say what it is. Suppose, he said, that he was right in his opinion, of the condition of Mis souri: every one would say that an inquiry ought to be instituted with the view to establish some bonds of relation between Missouri and this, go vernment. But, suppose that he were mistaken on this point : the- inquiry-would s be-properr in oruer to remove tne (louois which he and oth ers entertained. In every view in which he con sidered the subject; he thought the inquiry 6ugl to take place. He did not propose that this in quiry shouldbe committed to himself,' or to those who agreed with him in opinion but he proposed to refer it to a standing committee of the house, which might reasonably be supposed to be an im partial tribu Sergeant,) was one -of the most prominent of those who di tiered from him in opinion on this .topic. ' .. . Mr. A. saij he wai far from supposing tRat there would be any oprcMUooio this proposi tion : but, if there were, he would say to the op txincnts of it, that they, had taken upon them selves to direct the course ol our. legislation on r . i, . ... ' I IlfxulvetL T hat the commit! if W,m hrl t. ....... u. I shoal and breakers. U ;enllcncn "who cr,j. tute the late majority of tlis hoiuc, were to re fuse to agree to the proposed Inquiry, he ihouU then say, what he Wa now very far from saying, that they were afraid to pursue the principle cf their own vote in its operation, and to stand con fronted with the results.. The resolution having been read from thes chair Mr. Sergeant suggested that the resolution was one of such a description as ought not to be . .. ..I. . attea'vpoir wttnout tuoromjan opportamtjno ererjr member of the house to otc u?on Ur ;IJe therefore moved that it lie on the table. Some debate took place on this motion, in which Mr. Cobb. Mr. Scrccatit, and Mr, Lowndes bora a piincipai pan. i ne qucsuou on laying mo w m . m Km ww m w mm md aHu w mr.n w. aaaaMraaaav Urelyt by ,Yew and Nays, 9 r votes to 59T. SAUsnUHV, (N. C.) TUESDAY, JANUAUV 2J, 1821. to ioair.roDiT. We w ill endeavor to make room for M.1uy Iltuuhvd" in our next. The Club" shall appear next week, digested of it Attie title; - full blown Ihifo, puff'd by hit pwii quill. 1 ' rora ALTtatn. The following reached us, through a private channel, a day or two since ; and asMhe writer employs his 44 lx tallions,0 f what does7 he mean f) we shull use the ex ialioni, and gratify ourselves, and no doubt the sapient " Legation, by giving it to the public verbatim, et literatim, et punctu alim, that talents of such uncommon promise may be justly estimated : Lex talliont Mcttrt Editort Gentlemen Be it rememUred, thatt Le. gation teldom ever thought $eriou$ty in the whole course of hit life. In fiening hit communication, i. . . . y -. y. . . L5.j nc lvut ivici'j intent vn munujucmring juwt rvif And ii not a little diverted ttnee i io jtnd it hctmejf vith foolt to hut them on themtehet or on their neighbour. But much turfirited lhat they' have been found to Jit to weli at to be mistaken for ori- mnaU or called trlanntr hertonaattet i when no tutu thins; wai Utndtd. Be ye further atured that, ye art indebted t9 lega tion fur tome lughly airoved ettayt that have ci fteared in your fiaicr. But he it determined never to Trouble you again vrith any more of hit cogita tions L And " be ye further o-surcd, Legation, that you have our humble thanks for your " highly approved essays,' (what a modest writer I) and our unfeigned gratitude for your " determination not to trouble us with any more of your cogita tions." We know not who you are, nor did we ever think it worth our while to inquire: But we believe we may append to your unsolicited ac knowledgment, that " you have seldom thought seriously in the whole course of your life," I de claration no less true, that you have as seldom thought wtely. Your " essays" may have been " highly approved but it is a little singular that the first notice we should have of it should be trom your highly valued self. Recollect, friend " L:" that "vanity is a passion which crosses its, own purposes, anT begets .contempPwhen it means to inspire admirattorw" , The "head and frcmrjof pur oTending,M the direfuI-caTisfcwhiclhalfwp ;;ii-i. : iLi flilr.."- . m A.m 911th Sift. Oil then-eCTTptHjiiof-" Legation highly proved essays, giving the reason, as politely as we knew how, why we should decline publish ing it : '' 1 LcgationM is inadmissible. His personalities are top glaring i and weshpjujd r if we believed he entertained a s:crious though of our publishing them. - j r. nn ) ttitfhi Rentreni ' . v m n l. M i . f - v.... The following extract Trom the remarks or Bishop of Chester in the debate in the Brtush House of Lords on the third reading of the Hi" of Pains and Penaliies, exhibits the Knglish clerr gy, if he be a fair specimen, in no very favora t liglitr The Ipwcr ordrts' of the clergy th c tablished church, in Cowper's time, were A priesthood, such as flu -d's was of okl ; and, it would seem now thai even the heads" are not much better. When 3 has the unblushing efTromery'to cortc oul in . face oftlie world, and tell such palpal u lrU hactiot foimderuUtbc wlwt lut we ta expect from a Ucrpw'1 m6ii !- TUilutacfct of (e.V r