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": :- - 4 : :.,'x ."' " '. , . , .,- : , .v- -i "; . s ,w;-v'3, n:.: -s-.v;Tii ' " --- . ' ; ; .:, .. .. .. . ... ... : '. . , -,v:-. , general SK&mMp SENATE. Tutfdiy. Ces. 13 " .... i9 i9w khrett t4sel SSred property hich had rct think he dih;s latr iF he fuf Sdthr WlUop.ft in "Elence e iotis veari, whm be hoped the 51 would have-pafrd by a Urgema ,r;tv He ws,and always had been lfrieni to th$ Univerfity, and had !lWav thought it cxtradrdinaty that . cfcheated propsrty, after beinf; l ;wrivcn4to the Trulees of tLi,Inftiftition;by the Legiaature, jud rfV tadhy grU exertions and -Ju.fi nronertv in fome ds- w produaive. the, Legiflature fteuld Have talcen thisprperty from thesr, withoav any apparent caufe. He hid indeed conceived the whichidthisto je.unconftitntio na! The Trultees had, how?vr, v never difcovered a wifh to try,ths queftion? but ac quieicea in me wii of the Legifl-ture. He trufled thstimehid atlencth arrived when the good Tente cf theGeneral Affeoa bly would reftore this property to theTtuftees,a$-xp'-.r1iehte had (hewn it was of no uf to the public, thft lte not liaving received a (hilling from this fource, fince it was taken from the Univerfuy. This Seminary of Learning, the Colonel faid, had been inftitutcd by thr Leg'tlature in obedience to the condit'itional injuriftion, as a natio ml Univernty; & whj' h whencom pletctl, would be an honour io the State. I' was alio an ufeful Inftifu Hon, and founded on found Policy. Heretofore, when a father wifhed toffivr. his fon any thing t?ke a fi- V vfcea eaucation, ne wasoniiKca tc 1 leflH him lb Philadelphia, or fom- f other U;..iverfity to the Noithward, F ornrh.3Ts to England r Stotlaud. IjV which our mone'V wasfent abroad jnd children were far removed torn ths care of their Parents; whereas now, not only the femsof ur own citizens are cornplr'rly e. daeate at home, where thsy e i fetandhear from them frej jrrit;y: but Youths arc alio lent, to oar U niverfity from Virginu, Soiuh'Ca rolina, Georgia, the Weft-Indies and other parts, leaving , 'he prjet bf their tuition, board. &c. to ctr folate amonftd our citizens, for th benefit of the State. Every conftderaticri of Policy, the Colonel laid, was in favour of pairing this bill, without which it woiild be impoflible the Truftees C&Hld nnifti the fine building with which they had made confiderabje progrefs, but which hid, for fome time been at a ftand, and wjs of eoorfe in fb'me degree injured by the feafons, for Want of fufHcienf funds, to progrefs with it. Tius building, and all the other buildings belonging to tftis Inftitution, is the property of tha State, and not of the Truftees of the Univerrit y ; and furely after expending fo many thoufands of dollars upon thefr buildings the Lsg fli ure will no fuffer them to go to rum, for want of the aid that is now affced.-efne- cially when gentlemen f-e tht thefe cheats are of no fervsce to the at. 1 his would certamly be win8 an iPjury to the oabiic in its property, as welt as depriving the or an the advantages de.ive. We from fo excellent an Inftitution, xed in a fine healthy fituation in the centre of our State, Hs hoped Innefore therbill would pafs. . ol. rijHER declared himlelf to wthe peii-m who firjl brought in the efcheated property which it was intention ql this bill to reftre. ha had always been oppofed to this numtion, becaufe he believed it w oe an inftitution s.lculated to benefit the children of the rich U exclulion of thofe of the rm wiio are are at leaft equally eatiiled - eorucieratin. This efch.a led fperty, uld the Col. was the con uenee and part of the rruit of the volution,m which the labourin P" of the community took a ver? vepart .iandif u,s togo forthe 1LO' eaucation, let it be ex C t0uVCry diflr,a fp-thit all Dittafee At itc . . . t . Wi 4v uvauiaycs, and not confined to a particular fpot, where none bat the ricii can avail t hem fel ves F it . H thou gKt the Lefiflaturj?:M4oneougn,fprstni 4 Inftitution;- by eitpenaing.tne, ma ny thousands of dollars, which had been jaid put upon it. lie (hutd herfore cantinue his opplition tq '"'further expenditure upon it; : Gb5. WELLBrtitN wiftied to fay i ("w wbrds ott'4bis;T?jekJ t.ar Af.r to,exolaih the vote .which he fliniitfl ivB on this eceafion. He 1 had heretofore voted For withhold mg the rcheated property from the Univerfity, but fhould now vote forreftori'ngit. And he Ihould do fo, principally becaufe he found from experience, that the State de rives no benefit from th s rcheated nropertv, ilnce it was tK!-n rrom the Univrrfity. He ackowlcdgfd h d'V! not altogether like the plan m which the Uaiverfity was infti--uted. or th- manner in which, it had been cmdurted. He had b frv-d t o much of a monarchic or iriftoirrat'C fpirit pervade the raa agrment f thf liiftitutian. On the wh Je, however, bethought it better ,to teftcre this' property, which might be of advantage to h-s Inftitution in enabling ;he Tniftees to .finifti tVcir.Buiding,whichir6-:t proceeded with, wouU fo'On go to decay y lhis being his opinion, h thought it I right to declare it, deem ing it m:jr$ Honorable to retratr an error in c?duft when it is diic rered. than to nerfifl in it; He was now convinced that it would, be bad policy in the State to fufFer' the buildings which had been eret- rd, and particularly that which is in hq unfinifhed ftate, to g to decay i for want or ine runas r wnicn u had been deprived. He now thought I r . .t e p i '- i hat as the Univerfity might pi Oper-1 1 ly be confiHered as a child of the j ! Lrg.iiature, nw it had got confix lei able growth, it ought not to be i forfake'rti but foftered and brought,1 to maturity. ri ough he never ex pected to educate a Ion there, yet it vould be beneficial to others who did, and might be a mean of educate n.r yoitng mrn who would h?reaf-. irr become, l eachers m different puts vf the Sfatet. He heped, therefore, the pielsnt bill would. pals Cot. Tai lor obfcrvedj thaft had he been a member cf the Gene- j ral 4Sc-mUly, when the law palled ' veftir-g- the Truftses with the el-1 clieated nronertv. he fhould have; voted agaioft it ; hut after th!S pro neity had leen given to the Trul- tesrhy a folemn vote of trie Leg.lla- lure,, ne inoaia nave oppotea me bill, which afterwards eirt to de prive them of it : but fuch law having potfed, he confidered the fuljeft in thelamelight now, that he ihould have done when it was hut tak.n up. The Colonel thought ruthci"nt had already been done for this Inftitution, by leveral loans of noncy ; and that the TruQecS ought to have more carefully counted the coft, before they had begun fo large nd expenuve a building as that 1:1 which they are engaged, and Which is -at a ftand for want of funds. With refpeel to the Inftitution it felf, he did not think it waa con luci'ed on Repuhlicaa principles. Hd confidered it as a complete Arif ocracy within our country, and therefore cauld not be in favour of it He was-of opinion that fchools eitablifhed in every diftrift, in which the children of Common citi zns cowld b? of much more public lrvice than ah eftbliirmient of this cxpeftfive kind, of which none Can avail tftenUfdvcs but the more opu lent part f our citizens. I'ou SHE?PARD;exprefled him, Telf t be as friendly to the eftabl .ftv ment of fmlh r chools, in- every iiftrift as the gentleman from R-w-itt or any other could be ; thgsy had fuch a fchool at Hil'fborough, which had been I'berally luppdrted by fubfcription ; but thefe fchools were n-' t incompatible withthe pro tier fupport ot an Univerfity, at wjiich bys of genius, whofe pa rents wifhed it, who had received the rudiments of education at a difi trift fchool, might finifh their edu cation, in Head, as he had before ftaJed, of their being fent to a dri tance. , The Colonel denied that th:s In ftitution was cxclufively calculated for the rich, iioys, he hiid, might be educated anciBoarded at the Uni verfity at near'y 3$ Jor a price as at ivy. Academy inbe Stated an4Vn'. ahced bite cafe in particular, add feg atlhsr were tfi?ny others, in whic a floor boyi.." by learning ahd eacbfn1i alternately, had become b'neof the fir ft citizens, for educa tiott and talents, in the U. States. The CoU confefTed that the teanage ment of the Inftitution had not al ways plea fed him ; he had feeri too much of an ariftocratic fpirit pre vail, but he trufted it was and would ftill become, more liberal. Upon the wbd?e he th(ught it an excellent Inftitution and worthy of the, protection and patronage of the Leg; ft it ure. The Colonel here went into a hif. fnry of the Inftitution, in whichhc fhewed thit the money wh'ich had been advanced hy the State to the Univeifny, hid been btainedftom confifcated property that, it s pro ble, had it nt been for thr care and induftry : af the Truftees of the Un verity, jouM never have been got ; th.it he Truftees had msinaged iis ?fTjs with th' grfa:eft attention anJ sal, and that all their rxer-ens would' rventually prove ber!'.;riiil r& the Stete. MrAVAtRns wss oppofed (o this bill, jno in this oppofition he was in no fear of tnfr nging on th- con ftitu:ion. He thouhr the Itfl ture had done fufficient for the en couragcanent of this Uaiverfity. He was unwilling' to do inorr, b". caufe he faw noendto clain:sof the Truftees upon then. If the e!chean ed property was now reftorrd,he fhould -jfiervi-ards expect 'o be ap- plied to for a lean, tf he could fee any boundat which theymrght ftop, ie mould have Iris reluctn :e to 1 give the a;d now vfk d : but ae he could fre udiueS fa ud, he rr-ift be oppoled to t, c pr-fent mealnre; The q'j'ftion was thn taken bn the bill's pafTm its (econd jeadine, jj and carried 27 U 26; but, on its : l third read--ii Sew A-m myir As. ; was loft by faur votes. The yeas j ancj nays were gVen m our hft !'On the laft rHmrt k. -M ' - ... ... nib UiH, A' IV Slade made torn? ortinenf remarks in reply to Mr. Dudley who had aid, iftv Unveiii. y was a chilo of the Leg fljrure, it W35 ar ilregiti matfl one." H - (hewed, in a brief bu'. clear manner, that the founda tion of the UMverri:y was Ta-.ci ir th conftitution hy he patriots of 177O, that ao enlightened Le ture hall p2fTed U ws to cary he in' junction into effrct, that the Infti tution had its birth and early nur ture ;Vom the Lei ft 'ture. and that it could no. therefore beconfidered other thn hi Iegtimate child ; but hewasforry to fay the Letiftitur' had proved ufeif an unnatutal pa rent; , fTJie diror having only heard f&is dc bttc from the gallery, and give it frm roe wry Without Dotes, hetrufts ht (Kill U ex cutetf, if th argnment is not ptrleclly cqi tr& He believes it to We tolerably fo Marriage Bill. The following if M. Drew' Speech on the Bill t prevent females, uadtr tUe age oi a 1, frm marryiag without the con fen t of their Parents. I cannot ftr, here refrain fi'om rifirrg to exprefs my greaieft aver fian a-nd difapprobation of thr bll on year table ; bn the firft blufn of the pridcinlesem which that bill is ored:cted, 1 felt it my indifpenfi Hc duty,- t apt fme, to rppol'e the paflago in this houfe. The bill ap pears to me to have for its objedl a very intproper and cruel re ftraint on will appetite, and" mclinati ri t it contravenes; the laws of nature, ahd grea t nature's law. Love isr a natural and. involuntary paflicn" in herent in' the human breaft, and is of all ether IWfatiQhS' tire leaft fiub ject to 01 r controul ; vyc cannot command, our .defires, and w(hen once an hnprenlon is taadu on a len der v outhfui IWrt, no time or cir Carnftaacecat: Eradicate it. Unhappy art: thofe : who Vie nlaicjitci if then hea rt s a re n ot. J We are now t o confi der if Parents -have a rright to di fpo feof i he it child re 5 a m& riae, S?IIft r- cntcnt, rihi the bill before iis toleraifs, I cuir cede this ion, that.Prents have the right t0ijirry 'Uicir': cluldren moft conducive tothfir owti happj hels. but it is denied that they have a right ahfolutely to d i Tpofe of their dau g h t e irs . w i ho ut coh ful t in g the inclinations of the heartw That pa rents have a fort of rule and jurjf: diSiori oyer their childreri, when thev come into the -World, ami; for fome tim after, is true 'but it is Ion IV a temporary one. The bonds or this Inbteaiori are like the fwaddliH!f cloachf s they are wrpt .up in "and lupported sy, m the weaknels of their infancy : ace and reafon as they grow - up, loofen them, till at length , tHey drop quite cff. and leave them at their own free difpe fal. The ipbwer then, that Parents have over their children, afifc$ frbm that duty Iw hich is incutnbent on them, to take fpecial care of their f-fFsprin?,tduring the imperfecl uate of childhood: To 'riform the mind and govcrf) ihe actions of their vet gnorsnt npn age$ t il real-n fn-ll., take its place, and eafec'hem of ta?s trouble, is wha- the ch ldren Want and Paier.ts are bound to r for God having given them a reafonable uh- derftanchnier to direct their aft'ens. has allowed them an ihne eafil lefret-i dora of will and hberiy ot acting, 5 nrrtnPrhr kiAnirmt f hvtn; within the bounds of that municipal law tbsy five under.. I will ac knowledge, that whilft they aie in, an eflatc, wherein thy riave not a prudent unde: (landing ofHheir own, to direct their will they arV not to have any will ef tnir own to follow ; trjcy that underftand for them, mu ft will for them ; they mull preicribe to their w.ll, nd regulate he;r aftions; but whn the.y come t o the age of Duherty" aridd lcretion, which our jaw recogmfes in females, t the age df t welve and fourteen,. hey fhould be allowed to have (bme irjency in tlic difpofal of their hands ind hearts in marriage. Perhaps it ujy be wrj fpered, thet I am in fa vor of encbun g ng difobedifcnce in children tojtneir Parents. In this 1 pledge my word 1 am not. I would adviie children to honor ahd obey their Parents' m all things reafonable and juftV, nd t would even vote for the prelentbul could it be amended fo as to limit the age of females t fixteen, before they fhould affume the right toidilpofe ofthemfelves in marriage, Wtihout firft obtaining their Parents Or guardians cohfent,- and to mike it penal; very penal- Mr, lor any man to marry then withouttfirft obtaining from the Pa rents or gu;artins the certificate or warrant which the bill before us contemplates ; but the age of "21 which this bill preferibes, is a peri od too t emote. Life is fliort 2ft beft in th s climate, and that of beauty is much fhoHer. It isaften the caft frcm a del. Cue conftitution in the fm-le fexj efote they arrjyc at that epoch, their beauty is cvanefcent ; hry canno: perhVpsmake fo advan jgious anct;fuitable a march as at an earlier age, j But fir, I do not know of a worlc' yranny on earth,' than the power vh;ch that ' bill aims fo ;ives parents; It outftrips antient & modern Europe, it outrages" the bar Sarous cuftdms of anticm Rome and China; the foimer aiTumed the jowcr of life and death over their children, the latter the horrid right of infanticide, when their cfrrPdi c were too numerous. If you pafs the bill on your table into; a law, you plant a thorn in the female breaft a rooted forrow.J wnicn cannot be plucked from the tnembry, a grief that will weigh heavy at the litarf r you will give 10 oa rents & guardians a right to dH pofe of 1 heir daughters as" a mer. chant cfoes a bale of goodsy then he wealthieft admirer would ob tain (although an object of the greate ft aver hon ) the fa ir di fpo fed f . When parents get old, they get mercenary, they vo longer feel thafc teqder fympathy-, thofe extatio and iMdiff-fuble Iigak2nts which bind the hearts' cf youth ful. lpvitts iri a psfiion which animates the loul and fweeteris.all the toils of iif'c ; .their 'he' ins 'are fte led agairift all re bit Ices of confejeacf, for avarice has fei zed upon the Coul; & when once avarice feizes upon the foul h iie:.z-s nrf every warm and: liberal eeling. It is an enemy alike to vir .iuo'aad faftc,.' tff.s it p?-f'ven- 'nci that it annihilates.' I; y:iu pafa . he b;ll before you, you give torrents fhe i iW of uriiUng yojiI.aftf fymraetry ancl vivfcityiQrfee cnpttudeS . WimprincthttiaTnorrja BbtfeuenceliiC up the fo a I of Human tty ir irel atiir ' whit yqu iifjt, aboxi t to0yiAla)r fefr will inflict am incurabiewop i aid on pofterityliel fetriale riiw'inKe craclle, bret unbpr (mart of yenit,4ei&pni$'ft is ratified hy the i -houfe, bumut . lie iame time pafs adweuiifor : when rharjriejd iiife is rodlilSf feuds? a n ifnoC ies a o d ju niCapp jnefsv fiid other ferious eyiisjuck con t i ne h cet n fe p. rable f romXKH T Union . i heri it bec6t&es-teKteYv 1 neccflary trrat civil fociety ; fhould prelcriberule8 .of fcparafiprl ;;AV not her very great . bbjectibn tplVhisi meafure.ts, 1 conceive it Wilfviriji tate aja)nft the' fpirit and jetul?of: ou r ch ftitii iiiri and goygf SrnBil from a tefidenctfiitt the rfcij of that h l will haVev th fyiilt&otfrg - an in -qiiiiiy orpropertyj-yilfcli edrder amtiaft priviIijdcdeTs3 I lhall conclude Sir, wjtb ejcpujfii my,hbp$.tha'r the bill wiU orrpah and C 0(1 id I q ua I fy .ttyjrpt5r fttM ently with decorumand t& fiti&itt th s houfe, and fo as aot' tOgive pairi to the gsnt Itroa n Who i n t roducecT , I would vote that thevclcr.' fhould ibt6w.it bat b f t he wip do yfe . , f)N the tth day of December;' ijM. 1 gate isfr Bond tov Samiiel Bai . ley, t Rw4d Couiuy, Sut oT t$oftK-Ca-rtfrma, foi thirty bu&ds, Whanthe fond wit pajoie i eo n remember. I hertbV me Notice t alJ and everr ferfon that i have long ftnee paid effthe Bond therefore j re wam all Psifons from tra4U for faid Saad or taking any Alfigamefit bn the fatne. WILUAM SMITH. November 28, t8ot ' , - ADVERTISEM EtfTi TTHE Copattnerfhip between the Subl'erihert will diffoire on tht iiii of December wxt, by mutua.1 Caoicnf: All i'erfons having Demandt agaipft the fiid Firm are requefted t prefent them, that they Mar Cid bijm by Bond, :Kote'-;or''fik;conW are reuciioa ro come torwardad -fejile the lame oy uxe firlt Oa y o faniiary neat. 1 hbfc who do not avail themleies ot thia Notice, roayespeft their ACcta'lodceti tfc UZa.- of anif5cer'fbt'CoUeion;t :t Un '"W Day.of January foJIoWlnr, will commence the Sale pfjth feiwrohit Stock oi Oooaj on Habd, t the A movAt ot-1" about ten thoufand dollars; confiftiB iftiictiS Woollens, Calitoes OfnUj. Muftika lincts, Cwtton Shirting, 1 Dimity. Dorint Caiimaacos, BomWine .Hankeftn a! of which are weU afforted. with a Variety 0 other Dry Goods too tedious to metrba. Alio, a Quantity Cutlery, Men and La dies Shots, Ironmongery, SugaV Tea -Ruin. Wur Salt 4 MoUffcs. Twlv, Monthi Uedit be given, and Bond With a., proved Security rtouired, fr ah Svma bVer; ten Dollars, and lor all Sums under, Caffi ift Hand Thole who think proptrta purchafe lately, will meet with a generous Difcout. by making prompt PaymedtSK eitAec t Calh or rrcdee; " . . .'' v -1 ?xTrtr There will alfd be axpolel aCuafSc? Time, if not previdufty ;'fod'irpiVite-1Sa1e a Square pf Ground coBtaiufUjVlLo ri1 which are fituaiedan elegant two-tlory Houfe. good Kitchen, Stasle, and Oulloufesl ai Vtry Si?tc Ware ' Hou Count ing Room, fee. well calculated tar aPetfo wiping to do Bufiaeis; extenlively'tSTl l.ANI ER apd DICKSON.' ! Sntydwough Mv aiii8j. SHERIFt'iSALE," "' ILL be fold, at Puplin Cdur Houle, 6a the a6th, Day oDectn r v next, to much ot too Acre of Land Vi ! fa Creek, as wUl be Efficient to biy r taxes for the yif i?99. "-4if HUtiH M'CANtfE. ShH ; Nor. ao. : Lately ptiyanUor: , , ' ; .. . Af, this Office,. ,:t.V',.' Powers an'4Dutier '" ' -Executors ami 'Aolnmifetofi'ift .acepram tOet - f. Cf7---!l". ' t ;It is imagiTiedf tbatYtr: e re'at ' Wo k of;'tis-;Kia. V iti kmistxttir ' aud AccutSicy. '. .... . ;-'' " it y1- 1
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