The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-06-18
GRAFTON ON BENEFICENcE.

GRAFTON ON BENEFICENcE.
ON MONDAY EVENING;
As hdV Gftey o'eioek. Mr.. 0siivie will deiiuer; in
rs the ntsp room Of rho Exch0ngr,
AN GRAFTON ON sENEFrcEScE.
With aRPrepridte seeisdtions; for the benefit of
the Female Asyiuns. recently established in ,hi.
eiY SIS
This Grafton. (which has been anxiously re-
vised and considerably eniarged) was orr,nallv
composed for the purpose Of illustrating the u.
tility OF institutions tor the protection and edu.
cation OF orphans. Such institutions constitute
an essential nerve of the social system, a vital
organ Of popular government, a necessary an
pendix TO the wisest and most equitable lava.
that human wisdom can devise, or human virtue
administer. Judiciously organized and conduct.
cd they strengthen the very foundations Of So
ciety. and purify the very fountains of social
happiness. Such institutions rescue. from de.
sttution and depravity, numerous class of in.
dividuals, whom the inevitable imperfection of
Poiiticai institutions, and the accidents of ad.
verse fortune, must otherwise have predestined.
70 become the remorseless pests of the honest
ana IN ustrous; or, the helpless prey of the pro-
hgate They strike at the very root of those
enormt,es' at which humanity shudders, which
make the prosperous man I" lift up his hands.
and wonder who could do them ]" by Undue.
ing the victims of indulgence and misfortune.
70 regard their opulent and accomplished neigh.
nours, not as enemies or oppressors, the I'm.
'eeih6 spectators or indirect agents oftbeir
misery, but as benefactors and friends, in whose
beneficence they find an asylum from wretched.
ness. -.n.,;ss.s t'o-,-
1t is honorable to the, American people. that
not only in the principal cities. but in MANY of
the smaller towns of the United States. institu.
lions OF this sort have been established. by the
spontaneous combination, and Are supported by
the liberal contributions of respectable persons.
OF both sexes The opportunities which have
occasionally offered, Tin the progress of an ex.
tensive excursion through the o. Ssates) Of
Illustrating the utility, and enlarging tue funds
OF such institutions, have assuredly afforded
Mr. Ogiisie the purest and most solid plea.
sures, to which he has had access /; pleasures.
IN his estimation, equally precious, and to his
ieeiings alike soothing, amid every vicissitude
OF fortune, and every huctuation of health and
spirits -
1t is therefore with peculiar satisfaction. that
Mr. .. announces his intention of delivering.
for the benefit ofthe Finale Asylun, rscea.iv
established in this city, an Grafton, which has
been previously delivered icr similar purpose
IN all the prlncipal and most of the smaller
towns thIoG p which he has passed nor will IL,
he conceives be improper to add that when this
Grafton was delivered in Boston. the sum arising
from the sale of tickets of admission, Amounted
to $50 dollars in New-York, $40 dollars !. in
Charleston, $50 dollars in Salem, 100 dollars:
and in most of the smaller owns to the eastward
to betwixt ~ and 100 dollars.
lie INDUCES hope, that the crowd ofrespec.
table persons, who have listened to the orations
he has previously delivered in Savannah. will
not, on this interesting occasion, withdraw their
patronage, from an effort to illustrate the util.v
and enlarge the funds of the FEMALE on.
PHAN ASYLUM, recently established in
this city.