Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1820-11-28

tcHUr Ot my SENTIMENTS. From the accom-
mediation that one farmer has this day
received from manufactures, 10 their pre-.
sent very restricted state, can easily
conceive what immense benefit the whole
country must experience when they are
10 full and efficient operation. | have
some time since discovered. that Europe
can raise more grain than she can coB-
slime, and it would be idle TO look there
Tor an outlet. Taxes, 10 reasonable
amount. have lost their terrors with us
the citizens of country mast support
their government; and it is better for
them TO pay trifle, even to- collector,
aud prosper. than to pay nothing and suffer.
Good morning, sir-you have assisted me
to some practical arguments to-day, and
they shall not be lost on me-"
Extracts from the Speech of Gov Clinton to the
/ Legislature of New-York.
1t is to be regretted that the collision
which took place at the last session oil
congress, relative to the prohibition OF
slavery in new states, should have been
attended with SO much irritation, and that
il should be considered as an attack on
The local authorities, and an attempt TO
violate the rights of properly. In states
where slavery has been established by law
| it is not 10 the power of the national gov
eminent TO interfere and all regulations
90 this subject must proceed from The To-
cal governments but 10 the admission Of
new states into the unioU, it is the duty OF
congress to protect the great obligations
Of morality, to enforce the principles OF
the American revolution, and TO consult
the paramount and permanent interests Of
the empire.
| Ii affords me the highest satisfaction to
renew my congratulations on the success
full progress of our internal improvements.
| Upwards of 81 miles Of tire canal between
the Genesee river and Montezuma, H.
Guiding fifteen locks, are under contract,
and the whole distance OF sixty miles aud
a quarter, with two additional locks, can
be easily completed by the first day OF
September next. The contracts made
during the last session, were on better
terms for the state than those on the mid
die section, aud during the present year
they are from thirty so.40 per cent lower,
including iile mason work. Thirty miles
of the section east from Utica, are also
under contract, Including twelve locks,
and will be completed the next season.
In the progress Of these operations,
b.. Have ho..k ovuovataA 49, s,kf.
Falls 10 seventy or eighty days, which it
was originally supposed would have taken
two years. The improvements in the
Hudson river aud by canals, TO the dis
lance of twenty. eight miles south from
Fort Edward, will be effected the next
season; and il is hoped that the remaining
ten miles to Waterford, which will finish
the whole operation Of the inland naviga.
ton of the north, can also be accomplish
ed within that period. There will then
remain about one hundred miles on the
western, and about sIxty-eight on the
eastern section, in order to realize our
whole system Of internal navigation.
The Aonrishing condition Of our semi
naries of education, furnishes additional
inducements to continue aud to extend the
patronage of the state. In six thousand
common schools, organized under the act
for their establishment, three hundred
thousand children are taught, and 100 900
dollars are annually appropriated to the
compensation of the teachers. am 10.
formed by the useful aud able officer who
presides over this department, that the
number of pupils at present taught in our
schools is equal TO nine-tenths Of the Who'll e
number of children between the ages Of
five and fifteen years, and approximates
to one fourth of our whole population.
There are probably twenty schools iu this
state conducted on the Lancasterian sys-
tenn exclusively, and several others which
follow it partially, but not SO far as to as
sumo distinctive character. 10 some oil
these establishments several young men
have been recently instructed as Lancas.
terrain teachers, aud it is to be hoped that
this system will be carried into the most
defensive operation. There are DOW up
on average about fifty scholars for every
ischoolmaster under the present plan Of
common schools; and whether the num-
Der be great or be small, the introduction
of the LancasIerian method is Of import.
ance; for admitting in all cases The CON-
potency Of the teacher TO attend 10 all his
pupils, yet when we consider the rapidity
Of acquiring instruction under that sys.
TEN, aud reflect on the useful habits
which it forms, aud the favorable impress
sions which II makes on the minds and
the morals Of those who participate 10 it.
benefits, we cannot hesitate to give 1t q
decided preference.
i The education Of youth is an import
, ant trust, and an honorable vocation