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VOL. IX. NO. 26,
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THE HOLY SCRIPTURKS.
Tie friendship’s pledge, my generous friend,
Nor thoa the sacrod gift refuse ;
Nor with a cheerless heart attend,
"The kind suggestions of my muse.
Bince thy gay spring, mast 500 nbe passed,
And all the sweets of vernal showers ;
And winter’s stern and withering blast,
Must nip the fuirest earthly flowers ;
Since thop, in all thy youthfal charme
Ere long must bid this world adieu ;
And feel th’ embrace of Death’s cold arme,
And join in scenes forever new ;
Yet still, when these can charm no more,
Nor leave ove lasting joy behind ;
This Book, has nobler wealth in store,
To satiefly th’ immnortal mind.
Be thine the sell-approving glow,
That flows (rom piety ut heart—
Thy path while voyageing here below,
Be traced in this anerring chart.
Then joys refined "bove sense and taste,
No more from you shall e’re be riven ;
And doubly wereihe poet blest,
‘Fo moeet these joye, and you, in heaven.
JUNIUS.
A FRAGMENT.
. s | 100, ¢ spoke of the missiona
7y, but it wasof one to whom afflictions had been
sanctified. One who stood forth clad in such ho
1y armour, and spake such words of comfort to the
sorrowing, that the mourner could scarce believe
but that an angel’s presence cheered them. When
he warned the carelesa, it seemed as if his
soul had held such favored, constant inter
eourse, with heaven,that his eyes had actually
seen and his heart conceived of the joys prepared
for those who embraced the Saviour. He had
often prayed, at morn, at noon, and evening, and
rose at midnight’s silent hour and prayed, for a
epirit weaned from earth and devoted to the glory
of its Author. And when temptations came, and
this sought grace suffered him not to yield to them,
be thought his prayers were answered. But not
yet. There was one who had resolved with him
to sacrifice all to which the heart clings with its
sirongest erergiecs, that the command of Jesus
might be ebeyed. When weary and exhausted,
she would often hold to his thirsty lips, salvation’s
eup of living water, and point him to the crystal
etream that flows from the throne of Cod ; and he
refreshed would resume with increased zeal his
arduous Jaboars. \When sickness came,with all of
womans most devoted purest love, she ** minister
od unte him,’’ as if she felt that the advangement
of her Redesmers kingdom depended on her faith
falness. Ah ! she formed a thread of no common
strength, in the closely woven texture of the few
that tied his hopes to sublunary joys. And it was
severed and f(astened to the throne of the Eter
nal ! And then the sympathizing Saviour ofl'ered‘
him the cup of consolation. At first he almost
tarned aside, and refused to drink of it. He wu“
weak, he prayed for strength, it was granted him ;
then, heavenly submission calmed his troubled spir
. Now he collects the loveliest choicest blos
some that strew the path of life, and holding them
in one hand, with the other raised to heaven, he
@alles upon the surrounding multitude, to benold on
them the fatal blight of sin, and begs of them in
Janguage resistless as hicaven’s own eloquence, to
gather only clusters of the flowers of Paradise.—
Thrials sanctified, have thus prepared that heart for
wuch Christ-like deeds of mercy. ANN.
FOR THE STAR.
“ MELASSES.”
* When Greek mects Greek then comes the
tog of war'’ ;—but this molasses war tugs hard on
the pationce of the public. Now Mr. Randall,you
profese 10 be n caterer of matters and things, suit
sble for intellectual refreshnent ; you should,
tharefore, remember, that in this age of marching
intellect, varioty quite as much as utility, is in req
uisition. Bo that usefulness is no longer sweet
than it wears the garb of novelty. The same may
Do said of molasses, Your readers view with hor-
ror the p.otracted debate on spelling, which during
_-oug late hot weather has crammed the colvi"ns of
~ the Biar, Many fine ladies ahd sonsitive gontle-
meu think their appetite for treacle has been fright
ened away forever ; and wonder at the impudence
which emboldens your Bobadil ehampidne 10 call
thomevives old bachelors. Old bachelors sy they,
@re net 00 fond of dubbling in molasses—nor will
4hqy bo found obtrading all their whime before the
b, 4o do thess impostorn. A friend st my ol-
POW inggeste, tha) the penalnder of this eontre -
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versy might be sold to Mr. Dnn& profit, as
a eapital article for inflating his Salloon, there bes
ing no gas in the Universe halfas destitute of grav
ity as thesg said pieces on the orthography of**me
lasses.”’ At any rate, you are exhorted to med
dle no farther in the matter, lest the growing rarity
of' the subject should take you, shop, paper, devil
and all, into the upper regions of the atmosphere ;
and that would be a lvss—inasmuch ae the tem
perance cause would lose your services,—the Con
stitutional party would blow up, and even anti
slavery might be reniotely injured. By the by,
Mr. Editor, on which side of this fence are you ?
Are you for the pure unadulterated black and
white, or would you amalgamaté ? As antima
sonry seems fast declining into ¢ Abolition ,**
“WilFbe “comtipelfed 1o come out some
where, previous to the elections. Ido hope you
will show a flag worthy a good Conatitationalist,
and put to shame the wiseacres, who think they
see in your willingness to discuss the *‘ molasses’’
topic, indications of preference for modified color.
It is no time for deliberation ; neither is it a time
for you to injure your interest, out of complais
ance to ** Dr. Webster,”” or his humble followers.
By coming out decidedly against the negro plan
you wmay awaken the rage of a few yellow wasps,
bat fear nothing, they carry no stings in their tuils.
Almost every thing ought to depend on consisten
cy. You wust bave noticed the fate of whiifling
newspapers. They pass through every regular
stage of consamption from a slight puin in the
breast, to complete dissolution. Some die harder
than others, it is adwitted ; but one_ inevituble ca
tastrophe awaits themn, all alike. * "I'he turncoats
path leads right down to the grave.”” This is a
truth, which has grown into an axiom, both in
politics and theology. References might be cited,
without passing the state limits, but reluctance to
increasing the pain of mortification, deters me
from particularizing. ' 1
It is thought by some; that Potter is leaning to
wards ** abolition,’” and that your *“ melassea es
suys’’ are written by him and Maj. Buil, to ascer- I
tain the beatiug of the Rhode lsland pulse on this
'subject. He fiuds that antimasonry and Jucluon-i
!inm are too weak to make him a Senator, and has
‘concluded to complete the triangle with abolition
‘and amalgamation. DBe this conjecture true or
|l'|lse. at any rate, there is a mystery about these
‘essays, that indicates the *“ hand of Joub ;’’ and
! you should be careful of implication in the latent
mischief. It is said a ** burnt child dreads the
lfiu.” And you have not yet, fairly wiped away
' the obloquy of your ** unhallowed association with
Daniel Webster and Tristam Burges, in the old
embargo days.”” Let thut unhuppy affuir serve
for an effectual warning to you, and remember
thetany connexion with Potter, Hazard, and Bull,
though sweetened with ** inelasses,’” to the palate
will like John’s little book, be bitter ** in ventre.”’
No matter how the thing is served up. No imatter
how much muscovado they profess to incorporate
with the prose, or sprinkle on the verse. The
whole abounds in danger, and conceals a dose
which no auti-Jackson man’s stomach can digest
or conscience approve. Even a “‘glorificationist,”
with forty ostrich power of gizzard and whole
hog principle, would require the protection of|
much ** wrapping paper and twine,”” before dur-i
ing to swallow such a potion us Mr. Potter has
compounded, of Jacksonism, antimasonry, and ab
olitionism, mixed in ‘¢ melasses.’”’ .No ! Mr. Edi
tor, have nothing to do with pelitical ** welasses’’
—it will wash off hard.
FOR THE STAR.
| For more than five years the heroites have been
basting this nation with ‘“ melasses.”” And what
is the result thus far ? Leta bankrupt Post Oflice,
an exhausted treasury, a kitchen cabinet and a
third Senator declare. A deluded people, not
content with being well off, were deceived with
the ** sweet’’ promises of better times—swallowed
the ** melasses,’’ and found it in effect sulphuric
acid, Afire wae kindled that * waters cancot
quench nor floods drown.’”* Already are its de
vastating consequences miserably conspicious from
Maine to Georgia. And has Rhode Island escap
ed ? No-—She has suffered a double portion.—
Beside participating her share in the general dia-‘
tress, she has supported the infamous inflictions of
ns shameless aset of home politiciuns as ever dis
graced the most degenerute days of degenerate
Greece. Bat hitherto, Providence has warded off
impending ruin ; and it seems as though the time
bad almost arrived for her to choose between com
plete domestic tyranny and a triumphant emanci
pation from the galling chains of an unprincipled
combination, that has nothing farther to do, than
elevate Potter to the Senate, to make themulvu‘
lorde of both soil and Helots ; or lose him and their |
ill-gotten power. t
Mr. Editor, you cannot be too earnest in warn
ing the freemen to choose sach representatives at
the ensuing election’ as shall be pledged 16 support
the ** old Northern bald eagle’’ for the Senate.~—
It is no time to tamper with melasses—or listen to
the song of the SByren. Scylla and Charibdis
are ahead. Burges und a good Constitution are
the safe pilots, We must have them-—one in the
U. 8, Senate, the other to guide us at home, I re
peat, press these things in your colamns. Too
much reom has already been lost, by the occupan
¢y of Potter’s detestable ** politico-melusses’’ ebu
litions, Jackson ** gingerbread’’ and allegorical
* old bachelors.”” The marriage Yhese writers
wish to consummate is, the union of Rhode Island
10 the car of slavery. V.ve. W g X,
The PRINTER is very much in
wmuf a lile money. Pleass give
him a eall,
Siar Offies, July 20,
WARREN, R. L. SATURDAY, AUGUST O, 1834.
[»y REQuUEsT.] ,
From the Polyanthos.
In the perusal of the Viliage Curate. we find
the various birds that fill the vale with ** cheerflal
sound of woodlund harmony,” fortn & subject of
meditation for Alcanor lm{ his attendapts. For
each of the feathered songsters they find a pareliel
Wpoong the various classes of mankind— .
Now we bear
The golden wood-pecker, that like the fool
Laughs loud at nothing. Now tne restless pye,
8o rn aud garulous. A gossip she,
And she has been to town to legrn the news.
O you shalt hear her tell, how lm'a‘h.ld
In goody Grabson’s beans, she o rd
‘T'he tattiing dames relate, * Lord, what d’ye think!
The Parson’s to be married—Beity Boauce
}N‘xil:loon be brought to bed—the 'squire is sick—
lulia has parted with y.ufl—tzl_‘g* i
More taxes yet—the minister's a fool—
Corn will be cheap—what shall we farmers do >—
My lady Bountiful has had a fit——
Ay, let her die—they say she means to leave
A fortune to the poor~ good rest to ber soul—
She is no better than she should be—that
“I'wixt you and I.’—And so from morn to night
Y our scundal-monger prates, and teils you all
‘l'he secret springs thut actuate the state,
‘l'he winister, the people. Ehe can see,
With half an eye, who stands who falls, who rises,
Who little mernts, apnd who best deserves,
And so she murders trath and propugates
‘l'he public lie, extorting many a teur
Aud many a sigh from wounded inuocence.
Observe the glosgy raven in the grass,
Making rude courtseip to bis negro mate,
O he’s a flutterer, and in his song,
If such it way be called, her charms recites.
He tells her of her bosom black as jet,
Her tuper leg, her penetrating eye, |
Her length of beak, her wolt und silky wing
Her voice so tunable : then wuddlea round,
Begins aguin. and hopes she will be Kind.
But all in vain. Alurmied he claps his wing
And flies ; she much against her will pursues.
The avthor follows the Curate through
the remainder of his rambles, and thus
concludes the secend division of his po
em ;
’ So have we sung Alcanor andthe fair,
Through the slow walk and long beloitered day
Of early summier. Let him read that will ;
‘And blame me not, i in an afternoon
1 hardly stray asingle wile from home.
It is wy humor. Let him speed that will,
And fly like cunnon-shot from post 1o post ;
I love to stop, and quit the public road,
To gain a summit, take a view, or pluck
An unknown blossom. What if | dismount,
Uunder the plénsant lee, or idly roam
Athwart the pusture, diligent to mark
What paseess next 2
I love my liberty, and if I sing,
Will sing to please myself, bound by ne e,
I'he subject of ne law.—l cannot think
Fhe path of excellence is only hit
By servile imitation. Ina path
Peculiarly his own, great liandel went,
And jastly merits our applause, though not
The Homer of his art. In a new path
Went Shakespeare, nobly launched forth,
And who shall say he has not found perfection,
“T'hough not u Sophocles. Ye shallow wits,
Who bid us coast in the learned track,
Nor quit the sight of shore, theie is an art
A world unknown, whose treasures only he
Shall spy, and well deserve, who proudly scorns
T'he withered laurel, and exulling steers
Far from the customed way. My slender bark
Perchance has rushed into a boisterous sea,
That soon shall cverwhelm her : yet 1 fear
No storms the furious elements can rouse,
And if 1 fuil, shall deem it noble still
‘l'o founder in a brave attempt. Once more
‘The cheerful breeze sets fair ; we fill our sail
And scud before it. When the critick starte,
Aund Angrily unties his bags of wind,
Then we luy to, and let the blast go by.
(From the Ladies’ Magazine.]
FEMALE EDUCATION.
EXTRACT FROM A LETTER TO THE EDITOR.
' Mnrs Hare,—lnoticed with peculiar
‘pleasure, in your October Number, an
;appeal to the philanthropic of the other
sex, for equal facilitics in the acquisition
of knowledge. There 18 no suhjcct on
!which 1 feel so deep an interest as that of
female education, in all its bearings ; and
when 1 see a writer express herself with
such a noble fearlessness in so good &
cause, she has the best eympathies ol my
heart. I would say to her, go forward in
earnest effort to enlighten your sex, and
the gratitude of many shall cheer you on
yout way,
~ Much has been said of the superior
privileges ol woman in this enlightened
age, with regard to education. But not
until recently, has it been even hinted al
that these privileges have been overrated.
She has, as is true, in some instances the
advantage of knowing what would make
her usetul and happy, and of seeing the
desired good almost withen her reach,but
her energies are wasted in unavailing
efforts, thy must woman be denied to
drink of the deep fountain of knoweledge,
und to experience the rich dehght it -
fuges into the mind? What a charm
would it thruw around her otherwise dull
and monotinous cares ; what a blessed
light would it give to irradinte her path
and beguile her sorrows! Trifling as are
my own acquisitions, I feel now, while
rocking my babe in his cradle, and at
tending to the wants of two other little
prattiers, an unspeakable gratitude that I
can now and then sweeten my toils by tho}
pleasures of reading and reflection, of
imnagination and composition ; and I thiok |
[ can form some faint idea of the mine ol'l
wealth and enjoyment she must possess,
whose powers of mind have been exien
sively cultivated, With the blessing of
God, those treasures shall yet be mwne ;1
though years of toil and welf-deninl be
the sacrifice. |
wioman, if the mes are
| il her ren % no her
| i N P s Y he
r'a “{ acle ~Zfi' i dm l’-':'
, | e ) bas the facuity to derive happi
o {rom her it nful vccupativns,
'wilt find that t ' ptain of koowledge,
¥Ben once tasted, is oo sweet to be neg-
EBted or furgoiten ; that it opens to her a
oNree of enjoyment always new and de
ightful, to which she will gladly repair
bfirelaxation from depressing cares.
| & would pload the cause of female ed
ghtion, wure it & ineans only of promot
.| \fitbe happiness of my sex. I vee many
5 . . " i ie e
L flerings ¢ and mothe ém
and patiently, and even submissively, with
"|scurcly a gleam of unmixed sujoyment Lo
gladden their existence. ‘Lheir beauty,
which once won for them the gaze of au
miration, has perbaps deserted them, the
vivacity of youth has fled, and their ig
norance is a subject of rnidicule or mortiu
cation to thosg whose respect and love
Jare dearer than all beside.
A husband may regard his wife with
kindnegs, may sppreciate her Lamiable
qualitiey, and especially her ren&iueu to
ovlige him ; butif she be ignoraut, he
may althe sume tune coansider her us
rather of an inferior order of beings, & he
will treat heras such. Now there 1s some
thingan the breast of woman that tells
hr&: his equal ; and if she have any
sendibility, without his respect she can
not be buppy. No wonder, when there
is vothing to excite her iuterest or en
courage her etforts, she should sumetimes
repime and murmur at her lot. No won
der that ber mind, tho’ naturally strong,
| should, by sickness and the dull monoto
ny of her life, become weak and inactive,
and thus the idea that ¢ woman is the
weaker vessel,’.become a proverb,
A mother’s life is one of unceasing
care, of luborious effect ; and if her bur
thens can be lightened in any way, and
her happiness promoted, it should be
done. Ldutation is the very thing she
needs. Educalion, moral and mental,
lwill sweeten her joya and enliven her sol
itude ; will thrrw a gracefulness around
her every employment, and render her
not only persevering and useful, but hap
py and beloved. :
An ignorant woman may flutter hersel
with her privileges, but she is in fact only
an wpper servant in her family, and pays
dearly for the elevation uf her station by
more abundant cares and iabors. Her
influence is scarcely felt at home or a
broad. But let the same female by edu
cativn be transformed Into the intellgent
wife and mother, not only will she glad
den her home and the _heaits of all who
know her, but she may elevate the taste
and polish the manners of an illiterate
husband, and give u character of respec
tability to her children, which it is not in
the power of a father to bestow. sVho
that has looked much upon the world, has
not observed that the respectability of a
family depends chiefly on the mother ; and
that even when her children are worthy,
how slowly they force their way in the
world, if she be undeserving of regard? |
But we need not fear that our claim on |
appeals for mental culture will be disre- |
garded. The public mind will soon be |
awake to this subject. Neither do I be- |
live that female influence will be less |
i(han it is at present, when she shall have |
realized the advantages of education.— \
I think too highly of the taste ot the oth- ‘
er sex to fear such a result. We willf
give the most charitable excuse for their ‘
long inattention to our wants in this re
spect, by supposing they have concluded
us so gilted by nature as tb require little |
aid to render us accomplished. [f expe-|
rience has not already convinced them of |
their error, my feeble efforts may do|
something towards producing lhl'l‘. e&ect. .
Indiana.—This State is rapidly increas
ing in wealth and population. In 1828 it
numbered 149,000 inhabitants—lB3o—
at the present time, the
population probably exceeds half a mill
on. The sules of public lands in India
na for the first three quarters of 1833 a
mounted to $425,371.
In the Jackson Convention, to nomin
ate a candidate for Congress, in the third
Congressional district of Massachusetts,
the eight delegates from Newburyport were
all Custom House Officers!
Intrepedity.— About 4 o’clock, on Sun
day alterncon a child about b years of
nge, belonging toa poor woman residing
in Water-street, fell off Vine-street wharl
into the Deluware, and sunk ; a lad nam
ed William Riddle, residing in Ferris
court near Vine, west of Kront-street,
caught a glimpse of the child as it drop
ped from the wharl, rushed to the spot,
lelrl into the water, and brought the
child safe to land. The gratitude of the
mother was unbounded, she had witness
ed the whole act of the boy, .:.d‘pnnod
him to take all the money she by her
but his r;&ly was “I did'wt save it for men
g™ [Philad. prper.
LAWS OF R. ISLAND.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND ['ROV|-
} DENCL PL \NTATIONS.
In General Asseinbly, June Session, 1884,
AN ACT 10 regulate the gaking of Shell Fish,
in the town of Waurren.,
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, and
by the authority thereof it is enacted, That no
per=on or persons not an inhatatant of this Siate,
shaull take or carry away from the shiores or wa
‘ters in the town of WQ&&N or other
shell fish, in uny larger quamtity than one bushel
by any one peison, of “M day, under
tie penuliy of lutfenning for every such off.nce,
the-eum of (ea doilars, 10 be recovered upon in
formation or complaint made before any two
Jusiices of ke Pucgf #aid town ;.l‘ho vne hfl
4 shull be » iated 1o _and
.bom town, ondpl’tfmer balf thereol
o bim who shall iniv.rm und prosecuto for the
same. True copy— witneas,
HENKY BOWEN, Sec'ry.
AN ACT to prevent Geoso from running at la
in the compact part of the town ofnl;‘u Guer‘n:
wich,
ECTION 1. Beit cnacted by the General
s Assembly, and by the authority thereof it is
enucted, That uo Geese or Gosling, shall be suf
fered 10 run at lurge in any of the streets or public
highways in thut part of the town of East Green
wich, herein debcribed, to wit :—Begiuving ut ihe
shore on the road thut divides East Greenwich from
Warwick ; extending westerly to the road that
runy southeasterly by the estates of Carr tlarring
ten and Lucius M. Wheeler ; thence slong smd
last mentioned road to the road leading easterly
fiom said lust mentioned road to the muin coautry
road, and acrose raid main country roud to the
south west corner of . William G. Speucer’s
land, on the east side of#@lid country road : thence
in a direct line to Shell Poiut so cailed, and thence
northeasterly by the cove or salt water to the pluce
of beginniirg. B T, y |
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any
Goose or Gosling, shall hereafier be found at large
in any of the streets or public highways, within the
limits uforesaid, such Goose or Gosling may be
killed by any person or persons : And the owaer
or owners thereol shall reccive no damage there—
for : nor shall the owner or owners be entitled to
uny action or actions for any injury done by auy
person or peisons, to any Goose or Gosling 80 run
ning at large, withia the limits aforessid.
‘Avue Copy—witness,
HENRY BOWEN, Sec'ry.
RESOLVED, That the Sherifly of the scver
al counties in this State, be required to report to
the General Assembly at the neat session thereof,
the number und nauies, and the times of commn.it
ment and discharge of all persons convicted of
crimes witbin this State, for the three years lust
past : And whether any have been counvicted more
than once, and if 0 how many times : for what
offences ; the costs of such convictions ; the ex
pense of maintaining them in prison : And wheth
er they remained in Juil the whole term for which
they were sentenced to be imprisoned ; and if not,
how much of 8. ‘l'rue copy—witness,
HENKY BOWEN, Sec'ry, 1
AN ACT to amend an act entitled ** An act to pro
vide for the repairing of the Streets and ligh
ways, in the town of Newport.”’
Be it enacted by the General Aesembly, and by
the aathority thereof it is evacted, ‘L hat the afore
said act be, and the same is hereby so far altered
and amended, as to requiie the freemen of said
town unnuaily, to appoint three Street Commnise
ioners ut the unndl el ction in April, instewd of e
lecting them at the election of tuwn officers in
June, as by the aforesaid act is now required.
T'rue copy—witneas,
HENRY BOWEN, Sec’ry.
The Chief Engineer of the State, ac
companied by the Canal Commissionera,
and a train of rixteen assistants, is now
‘engaged in surveying the track and laying
'down the route for the canal, A survey
nade heretofore, estimated the cost of the
Canal at $875,538, for a distance 103
wiles, commencing at Rochester and ter
minating at Orlean, on the Alleghany riv
er. From Rochester to Portsmouth, on
the Ohio river, the mouth of the Ohio ca
nul, is sevéh hundred w.iles ; one hund
red miles of canal, and six hundred of
river navigation.
The Orlean Canal,—so olten mentioned
as the New York scheme for connecting
the Erie Canal with the Ohio river,—is
about to be prosecuted with energy. By
means of this route, the New %otkou‘
expect to sustain their competition with
the Pennsylvanians for the trade of Ohio
and its tributaries, while by the way of
Buffalo and Cleaveland they think them
selves seucure of that of the Laukes, nndl
the “far west.”
The wandering Piper, Mr Stuart is
still at Montreal and in bad health. This,
however, accordiug to the Daily Adver
tiser of that place, does not appear to be
the only cause of his non appearance .~
Spurious advertisements have been cir«
culated, announcing that he would appeer
at places |§uimt his inclination or per
mission. Yet he scems lo have always
conducted himsell with propriety, and
has most generously contributed to pube
lic charities. The following sums have
been paid by him t—lu Geeat Britian aud
Ireland, 175601, sterling ; in the U. Siates,
$lOOO
The hoard of health of Norfolk have di
racted that all vessels coming to that port
from any port in the West Indies and g::lf
of Mexico, shall undergo a quarentine
before approaching the city. ‘
Funeral cerenionier in honor of Lafay
ette took place in Albany. The proces
sion ie ...S to have presented unrivalled
splendor end effect. -
Teu tons of Coal was n Bos
ton o Moodey.for o
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| (From the Adirem of e S
| ‘Those who call in ques
' right of suffrage, lay grest’ 0
"I the fact that in s 0 many of ‘con
' |tutions* the 'qgtlifica;ipfi,‘ of e ¢
n fible to the offices of government are fix.
| |éd much higher thay lose of the electc
: litical righte are not self-subsistent, bul
are deprived from ad arbitrary appoint.
ment of the law-giver. We do not con
sider any such distinction o be necessary
lin this State, nor do we coutend for ‘it
‘|and it is a sufficent answer to the object
|ors to say that where the distinction 6x-~
,|ists, it was made by the people them
-|eelves, in their original, sovereign capa
|city. The constitutions of all the States
| proceeded from the great fiéo:ity of the
' people, fairly represented in Convention.
| T'hese constitutions were laid‘before them
for acceptance or rejection: ‘They could
{and did define, limit and settle their own
|rights as they saw fit.. The ‘fuct above
|stated so far thea from proving sny
|thing against the rights of the people,
| proves another thing conclusively in favor
|of the people, namely,—that in manifest
|ing so much solicitude that all places of
trust should be filled with those most com
petent to discharge their duties, and in
llhu. foregoing an equal claim to them in
all the voters, they have shown thems
selves the state depository of political
power, and eminently worthy of republie
can freemen and selt-government. -
We do not ask for a change here, merely
because a restitution like ours has been
abolished in other States j—but because
such a change is right. Still the fact
that twenty-two, out of twenty-three of
the other States, huve no such execlusive
landed qualifieation as that now insisted
|upon 1n this, ought to go far in overcom«
ing any doubts or scruples on the subject
of an extension of sufitage. Are not the
people of the other States our brethren ;
are wu not all bound together as one peo
|ple, under the glorious Constitution of
the United. Siates? Can the people of
this State be expected to entertain any
lvss hberal ideas of Republican freedom
and government then the vast majority of
their orethren elsewhere, who are united
to them in interest and feeling, and sepa
rated only by the outline of State bounda=
ries’ Such an expectation is unrearona
ble and contradicted by all observation
and experience. Are not the people of
other States, who have adopted the plan
of the extension, as enlightened, as capa
ble of understanding the greatest good of
the whole, as much blessed with sound
laws and the wise exerution of them, as
ourselves? Aro we indebted to a landed
sutirage for any decided superiority in
our civil and social condition? Have we
‘gono farther than all others, in proportion
to our means, in providing for public in«
struction, and. public charities? We are
obliged reluctantly to admit the contrary,
Not to pursue this part of our subject uny
furthet, at present—let any man point to
any one practical result in this State,
which give an advantege to a landed qual
ification for veters over that of the pay
ment of taxes, and we shall be bappy to
give it a fair consideration, and aliow to
it all the weight to which it may be euti
tled. .
One of the reasons offered in favor of &
frerhold qunlification is that it tends to a
greater division of land‘ and to check tte
increase of great landed estatos. Even
‘admitting this to be true, the refnedy 1s
not wanted for it has already been "‘f,’lP“‘
ed by the statute of distributions. The
right of primogeniture as it respeets prop
erty has been done away. An equal di
vision most commmonly takes place at the
death of a parent ; and it is perfectly well
\mown that the third, or fourth gemeration
at most, in the country, scatters the great
vst accumulation that the industry and
econumy of the ancestor ia ever able to
make. Property is divided and equaliz
ed in our country to an extent ever known
in any other. And in property, of
some kind or other, thus ereated in the
majority of the pevple ie one reason, and
a strong one, for believing that our form
of government will be r:rmmout. ono
State, which has exchanged the Janded
for atax qualification, has there been the
slightest complaint of too grest un accu
mulation of land in & few bands from thie
cause. The argument is evidently more
for the beuefit of the present suffrage law,
than for the benefit of the people.
What then is the object of uy‘mpmy
qualification at all .:c a voter? ol;l’
ust ebject is to ra o'rn-“fln "
{nooody sud iotelligence, hl:ahb
honeaty and w‘lfl be .uc;rd
e. 28 st veilhe ok, i
ves, eh ey,
the discuesiog of the qu:
we should be '“ o oL