New Theatre.
On MONDAY EVENING, December it,
Will be presented, a TRAGEDY, called
The Fair Penitent.
Sciolto, Mr. Warren.
Altamont, Mr. Fox.
Horatio, Mr. Cooper,
(being bit second appearance..)
Lothario, Mr. Moreton.
RofTano, * Mr. Darky, jun.
Califla, Mrs. Merry.
(being her second appearance.)
Lavinia, Mr«. Francis.
Lucilla, . Mrs. Harvey.
To which will be added,
A F ARC £, in two ait 9, called
Who's the Dupe ?
DoiW, Mr. Morris.
Sandford, Mr. Wi^nell.
Granger, Mr. Moreton.
Gradusj Mr. Harvjooti.
Servant, Mailer Worrell.
Miss Doi'ey, Mrs. Francis.
Charlotte, Mrs. Harvey.
Box, One Dollar 'wenty-fiv* cents. Pit one Dollar.
And Gallery, half a dollar.
0" Tickets to be had at H. & P. Rice's fiook-ftore,
No. 5-9 High-flreet, and at the Office adjoining the
Theatre.
The Doors of the Theatre will open at 5, and the
Curtain rife precilely at 6 o'clock.
Places for the Boxes to be taken at the Office in the
front 'if (he theatre, from 10 till i o'clock, and from
10 till 4 pi) the days of performance.
Ladies'and Gentlemen are reqtielied to fend their
servants to keep places a quarter before 5 o'clock, and
to order them, as fiion is the company are seated, to
withdraw, as they cannot on any account be permit
ted to remain.
No money or tickets to be retu ned, nor any
person, on any account whatsoever, admitted behind
the scenes.
VIVAT RES PUB Lie J!
' Os SATURDAY EVENING, the roth Dectmbcr, at
6 o'clock, a' the Merchant's Coffee-Houfe, will be
fold, the following
Houses, Lots, and Meadow Ground :
TWO Beat w«ll finilhed three story brick houses, 16 l-»
feet front, with convenient kitchens, north fide markfet
between Sevenfji and Eighth-ftrcets. Each house has the
privilege of an alley. The lots are 150 feet in depth.
On« two story brick house in Zan» Street, commonly
tailed Sugar-alley ; the house is 16 1-2 feet front on said
Jtllty, with a gootl kitchen. The lot is 90 feet in depth.
One vacant lot adjoining the said house in Zane-(lr«et,
16 1-3 feet front, and 90 feet deep, at the end of 00 feet
-■ the said lot widens to 33 feet and runsback to the Market
street lots m feet.
One two story brick house and kitch n in Zane-ftreet,
16 I-i feet front, The lot 45 feet in depth.
One other lotlituated at the diftancc sf 92 feet from the
etftfide of Eighth street, containing inU ngth eaftand well
40 feet, and in breadth north and south 10 feet, fubjeil to
a yearly ground rent of 40s;
I? 1-1 acres (according to the origual deed) of choice
meadow ground, with a whirs on the river Delaware,
Paffyunk township, late the estate of the widow Parker.
Three acres and 6 perches of meadow ground, in Paf
fyunk tevnftip.
Any person inclinable to treat for the above property at
private sale is refuelled to enquire of George Cooper,
corner of maiket and Fourth ftrcets, south fide.
Nov. 17. dtf.
James M'Alpin, Taylor,
No. 3, South Fourth-Jlreet,
RETURNS his grateful acknowledgments to his
Wends and the Public for thsir liberal encouragement,
«nd begs leave to solicit a continuance of their favors.
He has on hand an extensive alfortment of the
Moji Fajbionable GOODS,
Asid of the bjl quality, suitable for the frufon.
At this shop Gentlemen can be furnifhed withthe bed
materials, and have them mide up in the neatest and mod
Falhionable manner, and on the (hortcfr ftotite. He will
thankfully receive any orders, and pay a prompt and
punAual attention to them.
November 10. . wi
Old London particular Madeira Wine,
Landing from en board the barque Eagle, Capt. Bates,
and for sale by ROBERT ANDREWS,
No. 86, South Wharves.
November 113. c'dtf
Just Arrived,
In the (hip Dispatch, Captain Morton, from Havre
de-Grace, and for sale by
Isaac Snowden, jun. No. 141,
SOUTH SECOND STREET,
An invoice of Gloves of various kinds, Men's
White Silk Hose, lilack and White Laces, and a few
pieces of Black Silk.
December i. £xv.
Ten Dollars Reward.
LOST, last evening, a small packet of French Pa
rr*?, among others, an -account due to the Citizen
Martinet, and a poxyer of attorney to the Citizcs
Whoever has found the fame, and will
leave it with the Primer, or with Cit'zen Thibeaalt, No.
ftjl- South Second-street, (hall have the above reward.
December 7. *3
Genteel Boarding and Lodging,
For Two Gentlemen, may be had at No. 6.5, south
Third-street, opposite the New Bank—Where a few
Gentlemen may be accommodated in the belt man
ner with Boarding only.
December 5. *4
WAN T E D; v
A WOMAN of good to undertake the
tare of a child,' and who would occasionally do other
work in t family. Apply at No. 109, Spruce-street.
stli December. f -j-j
Washington Lottery.
TICKETS, warranted undrawn, may be purchased or
exchanged for prizes, at the Ofiice, No. 147, Chcfnut
f;reet, where a correfi Numerical Book isktpt for public
infpeAion. Alfio Canal Lottery Tickets for sale or ex
changed for.ptiZLS diaw>: in the V'alhington Lottery, of
whieh the 44th aud 45 ih flays returns are received.
<& Th» Business ut a Broker carried on as usual. 1
».*A SHARE in the NEW THEATRE to be fold
«■ reafrmable terms. Dtctuibcr g ttstf
Horses taken in,
For the Winter Season,
And fed on clover hay at the Subscribers place, 12
wiles on the Briflol Road, whrregood (tabling is pro
vided, and great care will bs tJitn of them
William Belt.
Nov. Ij. mwfjwmihtf.
Philadelphia, December 10.
d Yeltcrday at twelve o'clock, both hotifci of the
Legislature of this commonwealth, being affeflfibfed
in the Senate chamber, the Governor delivered to
them the following %
SPEECH.
Gentlemen of the Senate, aid
Gentlemen of the House of Reprrfentativci ;
INVESTED with the arduous, though honour
able trust, of legislating for a free and enlightened
people, you w ill be gratified in contemplating so fa
vourable an opportunity, for the peiformance of
your duties, as theprefent feafo*of peace and prof
pen'ty.
To provide for the prefcrvation and admtnidra
tion of the republican system, under wlii- h our
eountiy has 8-iuridicd beyond example ; —to im
prove and protect the inilttu'tiohs, that are design
ed for the advancement of vir ue, (he flidemination
of knowledge, and the adim nftration «f juHice ; —
and to multiply the means, by which every species
of honest indudry, m>y be effectually encouraged
and rewarded ; are the great objeSs confided to
r » your wisdom and patriotism. For thefeobjects (it
mud be allowed) mush has already been done ; but
it is implied in their vciy nature, that mueh will al
way» remain to db : the increase of population,
ie the extension of agriculture and commerce, the
progress of arts, and the inevitable viciffi'udf of
e human puffions and purfui:9, cs» never fail to fur
" nifh occasions, for the of legislative care
.1 and authority.
j While affording the aid to your deliberations,
0 which the conftitu:ion requires from the executive
migiflra'e, permit mc, gendemes, so suggest some
of the amendments, of which our laws, on these
y fundmental points, appear to be susceptible.
in lelittion to the organization, and the operati
ons of a representative republic, the rights and rules <
_ of el'cflion, demand peculiar attention. From the 1
complex character of our political association, the 1
e rights of fiffrrtge may be acquired in various modes >
—by birth,hy natural 7-ation in thiicommonwealth,
; or by naturalization in a;iy of our filter common- 1
2 wealths ; —but the fucceilive changes of the (late '
t and federal constitutions, have so deranged the pro- '
e visions which the law had previouHy made, that a '
declaratory has become necessary, it is thmght. 1
j to render the fubjedt clear (it it ought to be) to '
every undemanding. The atlop i 11 of fueh a mea
:, sure, extending to a general rtvifion of the election 1
c laws, I trust it will be deemed expedient t® iucor- '
' porate into one system, all the regu'rions that rt?f- 1
peift the federal, as well as (late offices, and to in- 1
troduce additional fanflions, for fecuiing,' at this ■
e lource of the health and vigor of the body politic, (
1 purity and independence, vigilance and impartiality, '
3 The difficulties, which have arisen in the '
E election and returns of the electors of a President '•
:, and Vice-PiefiJent of the United S ates, have re- I
• cently attracted the public attention, and are pecu- '
liarly calculated to enfurce any rccoitmendatioß, on 1
t the iiitet*fji'ig fubjeift, ta which I l ave just adver- '
> ted. By the law, it is made the duty of the pro- \
tho-notarics te dv'.iv«nlt«-Tcttt™a oi thrtTTefpeei 1
tive counties within 14 days after the election ; and '
it is made the duty of the executive to enumerate 1
the votes, to proclaim the electors having a tnsjori- 1
ty t>f votes, and to cause those elcitorg to be uoti- 1
1 fiid of their election, on, or befoi* the last Wed- {
nefday of the month. In a few of the counties, )
however, the votes of particular diltr'cU for various, t
reasons, wvrc not included, in the general returns-; f
and the returns of several of the remote counties c
were not received, when the term, pr-fqribed to 1
the protho-notaiies, for executing their trust, hud "
j expired. By the precedent, aftablifhed on the opi- r
nion of the judges and the attorney-general at the '
ele£tion of eledors in the year 1792, and confirm- t
rll in the fame manner on the late oecaiion, the li- 0
mitatLn imposed on theprotho notaries, could only 1
be conftdered as directory with refpeft to the/'reon- 'J
du£t, and not as an exclusion of returns delivered t
at a subsequent period : The limitation imposed r
likewifeon the executive magistrate mud be confi
dered as' Hill referring it to his difcrrtion to delay : a
enumerating the votes, and proclaiming the public , n
choice, for any period, that.was com r aub!e with 'tl
the delivery of official netifications to the eleilor»v J ti
on the dry designated by the Legifliture. Witb )It
this authoritative exposition e>[ the law of ti
positive infoimation that elections had been held in ' p
all [j** countics ; and concluding from repeated d
ftatenients communicated to me, ihat the returns n
had been fraudulently intercepted, or accidentally tl
postponed, I determined, contraiy to my fiiit m- | ti
tention, but upon matuie confideratior>, a r,<J wl " t h h
the advice of the law offi.ers of the C* e, to defer A
the enumeration to the luted h..ur that 1 legally p
could ; and, in the mean time, to give a full and p
impaitial ojsportunity,.for i'upplyitig the tjgliejeucies, «
and correcting the errors of the general returns! '1
As the best pi oof of the propriety of this deter- d
mination, it now appeart, that bad I puc'ucj a con- I
trary course, the real voice of the people of Penn- a
"fylvaria, fairly given, and accurately ascertained, ft
would not have been announced. A neglect of the r<
judge# of election, to deliver :n foi m, the returns ai
of two diftri&s in Northumberland and Lycoming ft
counties ; and the ad of fending the irnil which m
contained the returns of Weflmorcland and Fayette c
counties, from Grcchfburgb, the pl;,ce of dep. fit, tl
or some subsequent ft'ge to Pitt(bucgb, iultead of h
being forwarded, as it ought to have betrt, to the c:
city of Philadelphia ; were the circumitaiices ( h« ci
latter of which will, lam perftiaded, undergo a tl
drift fcrtuiny fn the propel departmenr) that, with- ' (h
out any otherimputable negh'gence, or delinquency, ! et
in the voters, or in the returning officer', bf the bi
date, had occasioned the deh y and difficulty, wlkjch I pi
I have defciibed But, upon the whole, 1 am pi
confident, that you, Gentlemen, that every can- ! ct
did citizen, will agiee, confoimably to the opi." : p
ii>n and advice upon which I have site', that ct
no fm-ll fraud, force or ac. ident, diould be a'. ' th
lowed to divert or defeat, the regular operations
of the public ch-ice ; and thut whenever the real ot
sense of the pec.ple can be authenticated, the re- of
mifiicfs, the mjliakcs, th« malverfatu»;>» o£ cS- ta
' ft
5 cer*, who are appointed meiely fn pr<-fi|'vt so. m
and order, in tranlading the bufinef# of ule&ions,
cannot be fufficient to preclude investigation, in
contradidion to evidegceand reason, nor toefiablirti
he error, at the expence of truth and justice. It is
id that the ail rifpedtng the choice ofeledors,
to nas not provided a fpecific mode for examining and
deciding upon the controversies- which have arifcn,
and, probably, will often rife, at election* of such
importance j but it is the conflitutional duty of the
executive to take care, that all the laws
of the (late (hall be faithfully executed ; and it is
ir- my earned wish, that the expression of the legiflv
ed j tive will, may - always be made so explicit and fa
Fa- ample, as to leave nothing for conftru&ion to ex
o'f plain, or discretion to supply.
jf. It will be universally acknowledged, that to
guard a republican government again ft internal en
•a. croachments, or external violenet, a well organized
ur and well difciplinrd militia, is the only fafe and ef
ti- ficient iuftrument 5 and yet, it is, also, obvious,
n- that the police of Pennsylvania is not, in any re
in fpe&i fore feeble ahd defective. Let it then he
_ remembered, that the dang-r of for»ign hostility
es ( hough I anxionfly hope it is remote) il not a vi
sionary evil j aud that the emergencies will fome
to times anfe in the beil ordered communities, which
it the power of the civil magiflrate is not competent
ut to encounter. In either cafe, if the militia ca not
il. be seasonably embodied, it will be found hazardous t
n, and improvident, to ttuft the defence and tra-quil 1
jc lily of the date, to the only alternatives that oc <
of cur; —a permanent military force, or the casual |
r- exertion of volunteers. Upon this topic, hower- <
re ver, gentlemen, every opportunity has been em- <
braced, to engage the attention of the legiflatute ; t
s, par.icularly, at a period, when the reputation, if <
te nor the security, of our government was menaced j 1
ie and when a greater expence was incurred to obvi- r
fe ate, in a lingle inftancr, the cinbarraflTments prp- t
duced by the imperfe&ion of the existing law, than -i
[. W 'uld be neeeflary for conftamly maintaining, in
a Hate of preparation and energy, a judicious and t
, e liberal eltablirtiment of the militia. Referring, r
ic therefore, to the records of the general aflembly, a
tB and to the report of the adjutant-general, which 1
), will be laid before you, for a fpecification of the r
). impiovements efifentially requiftte, I can only add e
e an opinion, fortified by every day's experience, t
). that the duty which we owe to our immediate con- I
a ilituents, our federal obligations, public convetii- v
t. ence, and genuine ecotromy, concur in recommand v
0 ing a prompt and radical reform. i
j. That a general diffufion of tifeful knowledge
n mong the citizens of a republic, serves invariably a
p . to repress the spirit of licentious reft, and to che- t
f. rifh a sense of rational liberty, the history of na- I
1. tioils, and the speculations of philosophers, are, r
; s alike, calculated to demonstrate. ImprefTed, -in- p
deed, with this important truth, the framers of v
r t our eonftitution have emphatically imposed 3n ob- t
e ligation upan the legislature, to devise and establish t
it as) (l< mof education, "in ftith'manner, that the r
poor, throughovit the (late, may be taught gratis." e
1. Independent, therefore, of the motives, which it
n wc uld, otherwise, «<Sluare every wife and benevo- ».
■. lc:it statesman, all the offspring of indigence and o
penury have an interesting Sc incontrovertibly right ti
. to the enjoyment <>f a public premfttm, Pir the il- 13
J Inmiiiation of their minds, and the cultivation of t
e their faculties. But, (till, regarding the inftitu- ti
tion only as an auxiliary to perpetuate the bleffirtgs .it
[. of a free government, and to assimilate the lan- a
|. guage, feutiments, a\id manners of the ciCzcns, v<
S) you will sot, lam confident, gentlemen, allow it ti
to be retarded by the fuggeftioiis of a parsimonious ti
. policy; nor to be fettered by any reftriiflion, pro- w
s feeding from local jealousy, or habitual prejudice, o
0 Every of the community is i:ttere(led in the ti
j well being of the whole: the-fecurity of each d
. member will always, in some degree, depend upon e
e the intelligence and virtue of the reft: And thus, tl
. the measure now contemplated, as well as every si
. other measure for the public benefit, is nothing tl
y more, in fad, than a common medium, through
. which all the individuals of the fame faciely, (how- It
J ever clh'fed, and wherever (ituated) infallibly de- p
J rive a jail proportion of advantage. fl
so this branch of our review, maybe properly ti
j 1 annexed the considerations thut refpcA the depart- o
: | ments, and public offi es, in which the business of o
1 ■ the (late is tranfacled; since it must be nugatory 'I
v , to u-cogfiize the theory of a free government, , un
> j less the mode of adminiSering it, (hall, at the fme t<
f | time, be arranged and enforced, on a corresponding n
1 principle of order, simplicity and energy. | n the t(
1 depart -ient of accjunts, and the land office, fevc- tt
j tal i.nprovements will be suggested by the reports of tl
I the relptctive officers ; but it is incumbent op me is
.j to represent, that the de ith of the state trtafurer c<
1 having o:c|fioned a vacancy in that offi e ; a-,tl pi
r fume doubis entertained of the coniiitutbnal ft
of the executive, to mike a temporary ap. Y
1 pointment, during the recefa of the legiflatur?, .1 ti
, } was h ppy to find, that neither the intercJt, nor at
. j the credit, of thr government would fuffer, by ik in
- decli tiug any direil interference on the o rafiori. C
- It will be pioper, however, to provi ie, l;y la-.v, ti
■ the inconveniences, that may tefult from a ei
, similar fit nation at any future period : And you will la
r re dily excufn my reminding you, that an adequate fit
s arrangement has not yet been mad'e, for establishing to
f suitable buil ;iugs to contain and prtferve the public d<
1 records; particularly such as relate to the land- of
• offi.e, to the office of the register of wills, and to ci
, tlie office of the pro;honotancs of the several courts m
t held in the city of Philadelphia, which ate now ni
' ex puled, to conflaat danger from fire, and other ac- th
1 cidfms. If, indeed, the removal of the feat of cl,
1 the Cede'l l government, or any other occurrence pi
.| (houid prevent the building, which has been lately
, erected by the (latr (and of which an account will 131
t. be Ktd before you) from being permanently occu- pr
>1 pied according to its original dcilination, it mighr, th
1 perha,,s, be cor.vcnientlf appropuated to the ac- m
commodation of the legiflaiive ard executive H e - tu
pjrtments, so as to preclude the n«ccfihy of in- th
j tuning ar.y additional expence, kr the i-rrpofe ta
■ tnf.i has been intimated. * f t j c
Proceeding, gerulerr.ei, to a consideration of T
our public injtitutions, for promotinpr the pradice lis
of virtne, and rhe adminifttation justice, the an
lanthropic and patriotic »in 4 will discover i B the j in,
m, iiiicyfs tlut 1i» !»Itl-er*« ex« C r<*
i, the noblest wwaid, at weU » Jt »e V
in to perfeve-ance. Ihe penal code of Pennfvlvi '
Ih purified from Ft. ancient faoguinaty liuin, ou'min ■',[ ■
i. to evtnre it. efficacy in pruducin* rhe only rc f'v
■8, that can be defined from the inflation w au ■'
id ment—the reformation of offender., and the f™ '
n tjr of the public : while the gen.nl
•h our courts of juU.ce, leem, ooljr to wan, , p:)r! ;,
le of the equitable power, of a court of chan L
•' u aet r , :o , b l C ° rae eora P letel y "perati.e. | t m fjl
is be useless, however, on the firft of thrfe fubi-a. t,t
v submit to your eonfideratmi the expedien t" u / r .!
ducing all the penal laws into ose aft ; and on -h
t- other, to recommend that some
be adopted, te render the remote circuit, »[ u
» court* of common plea*, more convenient to
l- officers,as well aa to the citizens, wlio attend the n
•d The education of the poor being already
f. oned, it is o.rly necessary here to add, that i„ft lU) "
s, twins, cal<?nlatud to ftipply them at H ll felons, Vr ;
the materials for labour, and to afford the m an a !V.
e htm, when age or infirmity sfflia,, m'ift p lOVl ' a "
y powerful guarantee for that purity oPftioulj a „d
i- manners, to which idleness and extreme indigence
art incessantly and fatally opposed. The poor Us
h th,' laws relative to the ellablilhmentof work-houlVs'
t and the laws affording a le gl fl*tive patronage id
it public hospitals, claim, with this view, an early
is and careful revision. The temporary and gratuit.
ous aid granted for the relief of distressed French
emigrants, ha* been faithfully and effe£tnal!y ap.
il plied ; and independent of it* charitable uses, |, as
driuotlef*, produced many salutary effects a* an ad
of policy : but you will perceive, by, the report u[
; the agent* employed in distributing 'it, that there
f are (till some of the emigrants, to whom the cor, i.
» nuance of your bounty is necessary, as the ouljr
- means of fapport, and for whom, at this season Jf
i. t 1 e year, your humanity cannot fail to be deeply
i -interefled.
i Directing year attention, gentlemen, to the
3 means by which the iodtiftry of our fellow citizen
, may be encouraged, and rendered mi ll produce
, and beneficial to the community, it will at once be
l difcernod, that'the intetefts of foricty arefoin i.
; raatclv interwoven, and so mutually dependant, th„t
1 endowments, which might fupe.-ficially feetn to !«
, the immediate and exclusive advantage of-a particts
- lar art, science, or occupation, may always, nel
- verthelefs, be accurately traced throughout the
whole circle of our avocations and purfuii*, diffuf
ing a benign and salutary influence.
But the relations of agrictiltuie and commerce
r are, at this period of our national independence,,
the mod obvious, and perhaps the mud important,
to be canfidered cultivated. In order,' theiefore,
, reciprocally to promote' tbofe effentiil iatereii ■,
permit me earnestly to recommend a liberal perlc-
F vetance in tfie policy, of extending and fact .
• the communication between the different parti of
i the date by every practicable mode, of roads, of
■ rivers of bridges, and t/Snals. Indeed, the fpiritul
' example which your prrdtceffora g«vc, has excite',
i in one of our lifter Kates at let it, aa emulation I >,«/,
».£tive, as to demand fotne extraordinary cjcerliVr '
on out part, merely for preserving. that portiofc T
the benefits grifing'from an fnterecarfe >y?& the
WCElilll w Atsr*, to local
: tion, and other natural advantages, have jtilily en.
titled us. The towns that have been laid out, anj
i jn part fold (at a corifh'wable price) on lak* Erie,
and the western bordeis of the state, seem, like- i
wife only to require the means of free communica
tion, to ensure a rapid population,, and profptrous
i trade. But it may be prcptr here to revive the idea
which was intimated to the legifljturc on a former
occasion, that if a part of e*ch of tlie reserved
tra£t» ill the neighbourhood of those towns, wsj
divided into farms of convenient extent, and grant. Jaj
td, for a moderate coiif/deratiort to aftual-iculers,
the rneafure wotiid sfford additional fecurrty to the '
frontier inhabitants, and at the fame time enhance
the value of the remaining public property.
1 n all these efforts, however, to augment the opu
lence of the state, by extending the sphere of po
pulation and settlement, every poifibie ptecautien
(heuld be obfeivtd to prevent the feuds and litiga
tions which aie produced by thecollilioH of tides,
or by a Ipecieus oppotition of the equitable claim
of an or the legal rights of a patentee.
The appearance on our weliern trams r« th s
refpedt, of a nature to excite some and
to demand immediate care : nor will it be foum!,
upon examining the documents which 1 hi>v» direc.
ted to be laid before you. that the territorial cor.
troverfy at Wyoming, which has so long violated
the public authority,-and disturbed the pHblicpeicr,
is at all abated in its virulence, or audacity. In
compliance with the request of the legislature, a
proclamation, rtlatsve to the latter object, was is
sued, and communicated to the governors of New*
Yoik, Maffael.ufet;*, Rbode-Ifland, and Connee
titut ; and it affords me great pleasure publicly ">
acknowledge the alacrity and decision with which,
in every iuftance, except perhaps in the intt?nce of
ConneAicut, I was honoured with the aurhorit?.
tive co-operation of those magillrates. But it is
evident, from the systematic proceedings oi the
lawleft intruders on the Wyoming di(tri6t, that mes.
fures, more opeiative than those which hive hither
to been fan&ioned by the legislature, miift he n
dopted,'to evince the power, and aifert the right",
of the commonwealth ; Unless, under the pe. uh»r
circumi'lances of this controveify, it fltsil be th< t
mttft equitable and prudent, to promote a compp'- t
mile between the parties, by allowing either .
them to take, in comimitatiwu for the lands no n
claimed, a proporcional quantity ar iiuapproprtatr
public lands, in apy other part of the (late.
When considering the direct aid vvhLh the
lattire may afford to commercial itidnttiy
prize, it can scarcely be neceffaiy to rema:*., i-1
these ought ever to be diltinguifhed in then trea.-
ment, as they ate ever diltinguilhable '« t fir na
ture, from the wild and faicinating movements o
the fpjrit of fpe.ulation—a spirt: that never feus "
taint the morals, and to blight the credit o, the ra
tion which is exposed to its malignant influence.
Though it i* imp' ffible, tndcr the pii'fen' c,rc
ftaneesof our c..u»try, to avoid noticing tlri" <
and perhaps laraeriti that our governmei -, ' )
jindifcriraioate falc of the pub'ic lanes, -i- 8