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: t'Vs .vli;. " T ' I -r' r kvj nrp;fkmrfh1 mi I tntin ww 'iv wit w . . . . .... . the Snj? fiI.wit!iMlOie jannility o" ctrocc fcsIbftC KXYrtjerj pit np the TbTs ?r (5wce tb Ret. John D. IHalf, cnv! the Wtovfins Oration wu ddlr- y stniibleof theiontr conCerred upon me, bY tnjrVissbcitte of the EanckstH an Institution, in elccfinjtneMtheir Oratofvl niuJtlc pcrmittfe.il to eipre resrjct; tint ioVe Gentlc&an, ftf tape rior abyitxts id mioj, wis nbt rcqocs "ted ta Undcrtalif.lW UsVof dolxiJas- ticc to Toarvcnra anucxpecianon, nil this intef entinr occasion c!cedconTirrceU that tha greatest mas- m l a . ...'l.l C " A ill ' tCf 01 rlievonCj.iTOUiu nnu ineuuirci. f th nrcnt meeting worthr ofchis hicst flfhU, and most animated eC Hfe miri?t ooortrar in elow cbbwni, brilliant.' etocts of a f in of Edocatifin brt which-the march U H e human minSis.ac'celcratcd and warm yonrima5?nation with live- r dejcriptionii ofjeencs of prosperitj, hcrfaJttr to w rtfaiireii in qurcounirr when, bjr the infTurnce of this ah'd similar institutions, the poorer class of the people of Virginia shall become i remarkable for kuowlede and vir tue, as; unhappil,' many of them '.are txrymen for qualities of an opnosito haiacter H-Wcn poverty jhall hare l-en relieved fiDm the e pressing Uir i?cn of ignorance and ce?iiusranomed jrtiinthe chains, imposed upon it bj 16 ii;cnce and mis err. He Tnight canse vnur hearts to reioice at thecpwl that hi alread been accomplished, and fctimalate the best facal ties of yoor 4a!s to perseverineeEortt in the cause of improvement! jBo the time I. have had for preparatfmi will not jiferroit roj atteuipUog so vMt & ranss J nor are mr Ulents adequate to the lindcrta Liur. I am codfortetl, however, with the rejection,' tnat jour iroerajiivanu cindor Will pardon the defects of a has tj compojiUon ? ainil 4hat 'the merits j cfthe Lancastrian scheme are such asj not to require the splendid arts of Oj ratorj, to set thetn off with borrowed ! honor, or. elaborate argumenrj, td rej loramenu them to your applause. a plain address to the understandings &, ? . - f l- -iLtii 1 rr. i jaumenisoi raj netrun wm ocbuwj & cient, and perfiapi,;more appropriate to the simple, though admirable inven tion of the honest and benevolsrit Qua Irr, Joseph Lakcaite. ' 1 We are now assembled, for the por poe cf proceeding, with bechmiog so lemnitr and ceremonies td.Iay the , Corner Stone of a building, the first of ! 1 1 t I . U . . 4 ... MS kinu Uoi lias tier wo cn:iipi u our City, bur second, in importance', to none bat theacrcd Edifices dedi cated to the worship of the Creator of heaven and earth a building to be de voted to the elementary Instruction of xtoorand destitute-children rratf, and o! all otners 00 sucrr terms as are cal culated to encourage their approach, to the fountain head of science. 'If,with cut learning, wise laus cannot be en- actl. or judiciouslr enforced if,' as all historv has evinced, a. people -with- cat iniormation, c&n ueither under stand their rights, nor assert them with eiTecjU the'6cAooorie should be, ven erated eaually with the hall of legisla tion, or the seat of justice. It should tc regarded as die parent of u UitU "mate" government, and well regulateO lihrrtr. As luorance is the fruitful sturce cf the vices by w.hichciety is debased and hum&r. life rendered a ic?ne- of misery, the school -hauie, here principles of virtue are instilled ar.d crimes art prevented, ought tohc lithorcd, as more conducive to the public to'xl, than the gfooray mansiois; !iere )endcrs are, confined, and e cal, jf not superior, in utility tq the r'tmiid Armory, where instruments of national defehc9 are manufactured. . True it is, that, withentarms to pro tect us. from invasion, oar country night lie subdued by a foreign foe; but it 4s Cfittally trae, that a peoplJ toiwstrucUd9and of coare undiieif.U fceJ, could not avail themselves ofj arms wnenput in. their, hand a; that degraded by ignorance, they Wou Id loua turrca'dcr to . rights of trecgien tj do?!!estic. uslrpMion,1 and v oiKd then have Iittl6 left that U worth de feadics;; A For the. happy 'dccaslon which iasj called us togtther,'WQ ro indebted, reuow-aizens, tothe iLnerai Uona tuas of Ciaay:pnvatc4ersyns, as u ell I " iv.mc Biu-oiiceiicc pi tUe cmutcati n.n f r.iir. To them, the thanks of thefr ccrantryrati mW:'P? paid and .our acknowledgements fe ilso rdue to, the hlghTy resnectable Society of Free and Accepted juasona, who have thought proper t favor us with their 'company ami co-operation in the ppoa jrors: aooup io 00 . cow menced.i ff t; indeed, Svwork-de-servinV the assistance of the members at that Society, whose peculiar ob jects, I believevire PrUndihlpSScUnce ed, may emphatically be denominated the. dmeUitig flaee of Charity 5 and that Goo, in whose holy character be nifcenc is the most cfelijrhtful attri bute, we hone will condescend to look down upon it with his approbation.- When mortals -are Employed in doln good to each other, especially in pro viding for those who have none to help them, they are humbly imitating him, and, may expect hi blessing up on their endeavours. Such were the sentiments of the up right Lancaster; and the blessing of j his God was upon him, for a discovery I so'excellent an improvement so es sential, in the most and difficult of all j arts. Education, could not have been j accomplished without thejnspiration j of that being" fromtchonfcometh every food and perfect gift." .The glory. of the Sage on wnose mina me wis-j dom of the Deity is impressed, Ac made , manifest by useful inventions for the J - f . ' 1 1 " . ' A . oeneiit 01 mana.ina, i iar supenur-tu . that ot the raosfcsuccessiui muuary Usro as the comforts of peace are pre ferable to the tumults and horrors, of w ar. The time wijlcome when the renown of the destroyers and tyrants of their fellow men will be forgotten, or turned into infamy ; while the fame of a Faust, a Franklin, a Jenner, an Evuni, q Fulton and a LancasUr9 will be immortal, and continually crowing brighter with the length of days. Of all Jhe benefactors Of their species, perhaps the highest praise is due to him, whose ingenuity has re moved the painful obstructions from the rugged entrance into the paths of learning, and rendered pleasant and east the acquisition of those elements which are the foundations ot all other knowledge. Long, indeed, kad the hopeless pupil of well-meaning incapa city and laborious dullness been con denmtd to toll and sorrow1 iti'the slow, and ttdioasf' and disgusting tract, in which nskilfuf pedagogues followed j each other. Long, indeed, (even from the days f Homer to the tinre in which wcijvej nzu Eiqucaiioi uecu yusyy, thnugh.allcgarically) represented, as a plant whose root v as 'black and bitter, and bard to be dug oat of the ground. while its Cower and truit were beauti ful and sweet. -But at the touch of the genius of Lancaster, the difficulty ofpncdring this. jrfan of celestial feed" has vanished ; nay, the root It self is sweetened and made palatable, even td the " whining school boy," I who now'no longer " creeps, like snail, ) unwilling to school." Ihe mode of tuition in iiLaucas trian School, is such as to make it at tractive to the. youthful blind, by the lUuicious mcasures.auopteu, to stimu late emulation, without resorting to base and servile punishments; by .the clearly intelligible, and, therefore, ea sy methods of communicating informa tion ; and by the systematic forms of conducUng-tbe business of the day, which are so contrived as o have a playful and arousing effect. The Nde lighted pupij of Lancaster, is enticed, and not terrifit d into the cates'of th jtcs.ple of knowledge ;' -yet' is wisely 1 iraineu 10 ooevtence dt irapariiat .-ana. (steady discipline, and. formed ;br ex cellent, rules, tio .useful habits 61 m- ujou-anu reEuiamyAoi cpnuuet. , Frouj tiiOjvappy combination of all uicc tauBCTj rosaiis wc iraiy exxracr jl l. ff 4 II . W 1 A ' Uroary leatores ot the Lancastrian H system the cilentr' with which-the? scnoiars are auyanccu in jearning, ana the. facility of eichiiig a much greater numoer, qyic aue prcepver.nan4n any .other; virV'vMt folio wif therefore, tfcat' ageneraf i ntjre duet fen ftliat 'sys tem into practice j wonJdbeof iiicaU cuJablo ad vantage' 1 ! specially br the purpose of;diftusiirulKverTalI.j light of knoTvledgej aotia nrinWrixs population, at imtltexpence.. .At' iime. .H-parucuiriy vie -aijie pz una iraprqyen)euviav PWrptin jrutition cnriot'l.Xbaliightisti tiaiT, wh'sxrlwx cttidcrthAt His vmnone; m ww' cucrpaseq j uieirjicczr or javaiette had produced no otner xjitcii fuiiuj auu win, proDaoiyir- a short time, establish public schools! for the Education of f ft children' W the po"br; throughout the , Commons wealth. When that ausnlcibus vent shall take place, the Lancastrian tea- chers. will be the most useful and' effi cient agents, and, possibly absolutely necessary to accomplish tho wise yievs of the General Assembly, j ' It seems, then, providentially inten ded, that this recont Invention should be auxiliary. to tho-Vdesijrns of theLe-i gisiaiure, as wen as. to tne zealous en deavors.of XTbleocieies, to dissemi nate jthe word of life amon the poor in our Uc; TVltfcoirt the knowledse of letters, t-...Jo6k of Divine Wisdom cannot be readt and without Lancas trian teachers,rur, com para tivel yi can attain that indispensable knowledge. But thevmost important trait in the j Lancastrian scheme has not yet been mentioned : the moral and refiMuft deas, which are daily imbibed by! the un and susceptible minds -of, the pupils ot this institution, In i the schools conducted by Jnseph Lancas ter, and in those which are formed on his model, every thing is calculated to have the happy effect of inculcating t,nnsiian principles. ,riot only ; the sentences which the children Are first taught to read are impressive extracts from the sacred Scriptures, but reve rence and love for the word of God, are skilfully blended with all their progressive attainments. With joy, then, may it be said by the friends of the religion ot our Lorjl and Saviour Jesus Christ, that oue of the grand dis tinguishing signs of the times of the Messiah, " that the poor have the gos pel preached unto them.''9 is remarka bly renewed, in tins our day, in the transactions of Bible Societies and Lancastrian Institutions ; as well as in the disinterested labours of Mission aries among the heathen, and faithful Ministers among ourselves. The bles sings of their divine Master will assu rdly attend their efforts. His prot mise is undoubted, and its fulfilment certain, that, " if thty faint not, they will receive the rewara that " Me otrers of precious seed will doubtless come again rejoicing, bringing their sheaves with them." ! Permit me, therefore, fellow, citi zens, to congratulate you upon the glo rious prospects now presented to your view, as Patriots, Philanthropists and ! Christians 5 and to express a cordial1 hope that the Citizens of Richmond - been too observable, am dnz us ; that the Edifice, the cornerstone, of which is to be laid this eretifngj will consti tute -a part vnly ofc'thel literary and scientific establishments which are des tined to make conspicuous jtfe public spirit and liberality of this City ; es pecially, that m any 'days WH note laps before the Richmond Academy will 4 awake front her desolations, and put bn her beautiful garments s, lying heg- iccteu nu writer, n Tums4 ana in me dust of the Earth.3 To the friends of science, even " her 'stones . are pre- j cious and ardent is theif -desire thad " time to jatior her again" may be near at hand .J . , ! 'Let us now proceed to ft'e busiiness of the Evening; and may bur Almighi iy ana Dountnui Deneiactor grajic suc cess to. this and every "other similar unuertaiung, , jiay the acnopi-uouse, now to be erected, be fostered arid supported by wisdom and benificncet J At- - i m J t t rmm ana mc exceueni system 01 tiaaca- uuu, mere carnea into practice,4 con- unue 10 uoyrtsn, ana, 11 possipie,rwim increasio!? Ittslre, to the ldtest cenera- tionV'-'u- . -;' -i v'l - ' '4- -SIR, ROBERT:. WILSON. , . 1 The interrogatories put to this gp- erbns" map on; his tnaJ, Tiaye wawd insure hini tinJversalspeO the friends "oft liberty ; and j hunuiity for, which we cih fiqd' raknni i t H . tVhr, then;ia the af&irdf Lavalette -aat afftirjorpigb toyotfr. goyernent- oiayoii exert ypurseit tor cat odium opoa Whrdhlrvod trfeiit them.fe Aersr cutOTifomultitfie'd tyelc ejfcrts olcf ture their Uoodu 'trfumfihJ. lh)f did you add, that they bad dliccrei the win not again oe accusea ot that apa. tliy, and disregard to subjects of gene- ; ral interest, whichf have heretofore of thttr'tirey and that the e- lailvft - oui 10 rtnaer.iesejnontiiers marc If"0 f Upon the first artjclerof this laterrogatory, I answer, that the affair of iavatette (abstracted, fronr the' part. I iuu iu 11; was iioi;ioreign 10 air-JMigiisn-man; There existed a'conventioh: sisrned by an- English general, andrratihed by Lthb Emtlish eb'ernrnent 1 i anrf the trial of it- w , r : T r " iavaiette was a manifest violation of that convcntionv - .. ',: : ' It would appear that the honor bf your country could not b$f the only consi deration to which you must have yielded in this conjuncture since von. voiirself ad vance for its justification, Hie calamity of auvuicuci vmtcn you ioot$Aipon as a dis honor to the cause of liberty and humane ty ? v These two yf ordsg liberty and fiut manitybecome the proof of mv exolana ticrfi. , In fact, the word libei.wheri well understood, expresses respect for ithe laws and for justice. The laws were out- ragea jay the violation of the treaty; and it was. .then reasonable to regard this as the cause of liSertv and humanity . The phrases .that follow . come 10 aid of the .stnesl of UisT; interpretation, -since m i uicm - a express the wish that- Jinglana caniic iac sname ryj narticinaung a- new tn an assassination, arid that every j honest and independent mart $rf JSurofie may have an opportunity of rejoicpig in these times f mourning Aand ignominy .- 11. w as uoc necessary ror me to aecaii me various sentiments which animated ime, following the order in which, they present themselves to my mind f . I wished only to draw av general picture, "and there -is a great distinction to be made, between the precision which belongs. essentially to a letter addressed confidentially Jtb an; en lightened -frieud, and the full develope ments which one destined for the pub lic inspection, ought to possess." j 1 ? Had VeIlington acted in this man ner, and asserted that validity of the capitulation of Paris, instead of con niving at the murcler of Nev and o- f thers, his fanib would stand on a lif- lerent basis. - But ha has lost that op portunify, and must , be classed ( with the basest of the crusaders against jus ticey h0norapd the rights ofman. Columbian. J T9CM THI BOSTON SSCORDKR. Our black countrymen at Sierra Leone; Many, of our readers doubtless re- couect, yiat about thirty people ot co lour left Boston early last winter with a view of settling themselves in the British colony f t Sierra Leone iri Afri ca. ' jHie vessel in which thy sailed was the property ana onaer the com-J mand of captain. Paul CufTee,. Cap tain Cuffee has returned to this coun try, and brings letters ffpm the emi grants to their friends and benefactors. We have seen one of the letters, dat ed April s 1816, It states that they all arrived safecjct Sierra-Leone, after a passage;ef fifty five days, -and we're" welcomed by all in fte .colony. iThe pla.ee is represented as jgood.' They have fruit of all kinds, and at rfll sea sons of the year, The governor was very friendly 5 he gave each familyt a lot of land in the towa aqd fiajare of good tandin the couritryjor nforei jin proportion to tHjrfamilwsBd al-ii allowed them-the pifck of the whbie.'i Their land m the country .mwt two miles from town;, The"y have pleni? ty ot rice ana corn, ana au otner ioea that is good. The British were brin&- ina: in American vessels every: ,wee with the slaves which they were ear rying off under the Spanifia-'flaj Iiie, slaves were all set free. - lliere sfrefe five churthes in the colonyf led three or four schools, in one are . ' iSOS female Africans,' ho ' iife taught td read the word bfGodV bnl thing which' hed then as the immense riumbexof ants, who Vgo in uauaBjtaouuKiu an wie serpen w mai haveautheiitkpy - f v - most important taxe :apr, tne erv hastalhat sumSorts the proud eolumsp of AmericI.ibe atleasoO. FiThe! EbVnsJSaii; sjtiUprd ctf tbeije ubpn by; the bold ambition Ottbdfjnilen, hsdec'eaoiSi WOU ;nlastooiy has"colUted1aiid'.sMinimente fine bpy of , RUgfhTar jpa-been 6x4 eiiea e? aater. specunns ex srr, ana tne 1 ic .lanCes xL thei ceals . ;Ofld ;'imaturei rnave roaoe erry rcauex cjuiste in vxreai mnimi- 1nrA'W,-iTi lii" ''irtrj,'' wbica the-eye ot tastecan.r:xorta inp toent, wu4tjsatbfajcti MAGNA JQHAJO 1 eyery bwvisicdat'emfains has- beeu -trampled pn?auiuuacu tu avjjTgrey kuvj ujl ri .;rv.'. I.i;i,-a of futat thel'period inqubdoh2-bntwftl of art alihfaff na : thei literary sdtaitntl.irm jyoreiy WSrWeg ; i "Nrreasasceu '.nuy- mn.jr ttea to thedecorsittons of art asihfae: ' s ta of Enfrrandanrl 1f' iW.Ta? si- S .mcvi(uiif the 1 patrioti ' Wbo.sighed 4t, wub'eX'-- cn iit' would' servaT&jCJs foHmitationf "of the?' eorrespondits Jn4 hi'OTt6fthe'ansii:thaV ' the Enrflsh iCharteruthenctant mon Jiendence atSprelaohberd i jthieyes them will serve JaJboitoPfo cause of public -Jlte&je-.S to an apartniMti will hive fa tettdencev; ta"' spread the knowledge of itnteits a,:-; mpng thseT ' who would, otherwise pave; turned theicthouglus biitllghtly! towards V the sobject. -.. Such an edition will serve to place it continually ndejd ithe'eyebtmaifc woman, and Mfatoilt'wlttteic-'; ciate the pleasurable idefiflecand f' ornamentswitbthehlstoryorthetratisa tion itselfmdfamiliari ?e v those priiic v pies which firm, or ougntoi?4he'v4-. ,V Nor is It of small moment that such ' an ::" editHin, weir .execuM," will serve as; S specimen of theaftthe Fin Arts amongst us at tfieprt; Actuated by Oiese ipsthe -ibscrilieT proposes . to,publh. . '. v-fef " : ' -j Jl Splihdid EiMM p Which shall mlfcrespects Ameri-, can, Ml thft, necessatymaterials shall bo manufactured in this, 'country, and- ext : ' pressjy forhis jpubpetfon; The,.'e-.-. signs the Mniavings shaji be. thejWcrl of Americcn ' ArtistsJ?. . the publication throughout shall afford e videnceof what pur citizens have done in politics. and can do hi art. U . ; Jthiladefihiay March, 1816 . isnd'ternii of Subscription, h Whei ihe pubfher submitted the precede' ing notice of his ihti&itipii to" undertake thi$ national publication, althojrh it had long oc cupied his reflections, be was not fully awaro " ofjU.importanceVforbe had ne?er suspected what ihe fact realiy is,'that there is no hsr extant an authentic published conv of theTnot I importantrstte faper in the ; annals of the :Vszttr&tion'ofdep'endenee as deposited in the Secretary of State's office, was happily jftfeserved when so many valua ble papers were i consumed, by the enemy.' Yithout dwelling Upon silghtdhTerences, in aurcie, or omissions, the first word whicll present .themselves-iw our printed copies,and .even as. th ey are o 'f. record on the Journals of; the Old Congriaj'are as follow : ; ; ; :. jf declaration the Retreimitati'v'es oftktt JJwfed Stater ofAteerica in ongree assem bled" vhereas in the -original tLe Declaration is thus headed zr" . r ' V 1 1 ; ? ' . Ifyvnatfaourdeclaration of the tHrteeti Uptea States of Jlmertca , -,, , . . ; CThJl isinot a. mere verhttj distmctkm ; " it id-.oltes.4irn'-ih principle Does it te come'JOTerianto be jtaretlesn this; sub- , j ectj or ought mttrpolat ionr alteration of a y kino to be permitted in a publib document so sactedi Ouehtit hot to be faithfuUv nre- t erved and tnuxsmjued to posteriw word for? ' rd, letter for. letter, polnft for point SW5ES. f iuidhe .Publisher stands- pledged :g tohave it en4raveVLyahd tier accompany it J& BeUef i and will encircle e tJeclaratiod as ordonlf honqr surmounted by" Arms neath the irmi; will e : a iarke 'tpanion'por- 1H.0f GenefalJGOJtGB. WASHDtfGTO?r v StKan.FlattmMtfherMUta taut ' V etWp"Ob n sklrofthia medallion poi totWafibe ajsimilar porUotOilJfHAl! COGK, Pridef Cts ly A,1776 ! Mtt&iUt&i)f THOMAS v the principles of ptreclior rtne world, the mot ltd, by foreiguonIell:alK and erery;fM6!etfid may serve-, to :Wrat4raltentionwrcl im rcqvHSixe prooi 01 airaiamciiv.. -' tTbrJI.wItt be 3$ inches by ' 24. ' It ill be tnan3facture4 by a.c A is - y in'lkil'jBian.'aijbtwy bestjuiatijWr;iv r Beidport, will be executed Jnr imltaon of MepdieMi .' jo -mehoflsjiniUd yy "wreath ibr-OLye jLeves, yui arm tnCeinder,ofihe cef don, which bfcu or thenaracteuclptoa POrtraitsttwlUbe aved by .iMosvitJ' of philadalphiyho has for someweekj bita.- Mr. liijrsT. pT2teircrkwill ensnrate tba , JBy tile avbfff th'rdstfi enpied, thepIisberhaaabannedtbeiHeaftf print ing tne TMMaicrtVTrVisiand has tleterV iHir ni l f i nzw. iiir v nnia ct tr v vtzv a mt a i. i gruanifnw qu5poiuon ana u ohf engra,. . ., ri inV ofj.'me,J0sei4it' o' Independea i ' " ? wWvcytiiatarierottcecoi"ac5 . "-Jr- 1; .'4 v. i XT-. . -h- - -lit,.. s .',.v. .y -J. . v.; CP 'r .t. - . , - '- . -i .'- j ... .1 s .... V
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