The Wilmingtonian., 1824-01-29

lean government should succeed, and be pcrpe !
|uatcd, we ourselves should lead the way, andl
our children win assuredly follow. Young pco-l
-lplc do not degenerate, they are never spoiled
until those of maturer age are sunk into corrup-
|tion. An eloquent writer has observed of Spar
ia, that her institutions were so nfalbe, that it
sgniiied nothing to gain victory over her, with
out subve1ting her poiity: and we are told in,
.Ihistorv, that she could not be subdued until.
,Itheir manner of educating their children was
changcd. A republic is nothing but large IA
Imily, and every family ought to be governed
and educated according to a plan best adapted
to the whole. The great principle Of our gov
crnmcnt should be virtue; that will conduct as
1 to the love Of order, Of our laws constitutions
and country. Now gentlemen, let US be repub-
licans practically, and not professionally only.
Let US look to our sons and daughters. let the
young men be taught modesty, sobrlety, indus
,try, to respect old age and to reverance rcligi-
on; and let the young women be instructed in
all the arts of domestic economy, that they may
be qualified to be good wives, good mothers,
and TO train their children "in the way they
should CO." and then learning will adorn, i'm
prove and increase the more substantial excel
. Ilcncies of public spirit and patriotism.
: Agriculture and domestic manufactures may
be greatly promoted by proper encouragement.
1.-THE former happily has many patrons, and
: seems to be daily, though slowly improving; but
, the latter needs the aid uf every friend to his
country. IF we could once resolve to live with
in ourselves, to abandon foreign luxllries, and
J indeed foreign necessarics as the country cam
o supply them, or others can be substituted,
we should be truly independent. But while We
employ foreigners, in their own country, to Ia
, bour for us, we withdraw from our citizens the
means of subsistence, our specie is drained off,
and we most detlimenta!ly to ourselves, and be-
: nefciallv to other nations, become their tributa-
n ries. Why there should be different opinions
=, Oh this subject is not easy to conceive. The ex-
pericnce of every man must convince him, that
J, the more he depends upon his own resources
= and cxertions, the more he increases his own
, fortune, and becomes less dependent upon
= Others. We are now indebted to European ma
: tons in large sums of money, because we have
2 purchased it of them beyond our abilities to
pay. They refuse to receive the products of
this country, and viii take nothing in exchange
j. but specie and the public debts and stock the
bank of the United States, to satisfy them for sl
rlperhuities, and for articles of use which with
" proper encouragement we could manufacture
yourselves. Congress only can apply an immedi.
ate and adequate remedy, but individually aid
ed by proper public sentiment, we could SUI
'Ipcrccde most of these imports, which are the
elbane of our country.
= | cannot omit this opportunity of protesting
against the frequent alterations, which are made
or proposed, of the constitution Of the United
States. That instrument has never yet been
amended except in the first eleven additional
ARTICLES; and they only expressly guard and sc.
cure rights which are generally colnprehcnded
within the scope and meaning of the constitu.
tion; or, not being parted with, were retained
by the people This subject has been forced
upon me by perceiving the many proposals made
lin congress for efiecting new mode of elcctlng
H., ,r,ciIpn+ nf tha IInta5 Ser
ously be apprehended that all the schemes now
'ebefore congress are rather designed to favour
" particular candidates, than to promote the wei
i-fare of the people So many novelties may be
A. introduced, that the whole fabric may be under
a. mined before We are aware of the mischief And
eallow me to remark, gentlemen, that as long as
the nation exists the wit OF man will not be able
h to devise system of general government sc
~ yIhappy, so we'll proportioned, so practicable g
1.-THE present was in its origin, with the addition
es of the eleven articles and particularly tor the
ynIpeople ofthis state. And fit could be restored
to 10 its primitive purity by abolishing the tweftl
'iartcle of the amendments, nothing farther woult
1, be required than that it should be administered
din wisdom, and in integrity Of heart, without re
)n gard to private or local interests except as they
are connected with the general good, and as the
of the whole would be promoted
n i hope, gentlemen, that may be pardoned
to for the remark that our statute book is growing
,lto an unwieldy size; that the number of our laws
icImake our system perplexed and intricate; and
n, that the minute provisions and details scattered
s. through them, frequently without order and
nsI often without much connection with the acts IN
isIwhich they are inserted, produce difficulties.
which sometimes embarass professional gentle
x men, and which, to common reader, are mys
n tcrious and inexplicablc. 1t is trite observa
e. tion that too much legislation is peculiar mis-
celchief ofrepublics; and it cannot be doubted tina
c, lit is misfortune of common occurrence in thu
C. states of this Union. The willingness to satist,
Ia all is the motive of such excess, and it is au
es dable one; but it is far better that some parta
should happen from doing tot
r little, than that confusion, uncertainty, neon
f, ,|sistencies, contradictions and other imperfec
IL tons, should result from too ardent desire to
on provide for every individual case without per
n ceiving how society in general may be affected
chi Inow, gentlemen, pray that he who rules the
dcstinies Of nations may inspire us, in our severa
I'd Stations with knowledge and virtue to promote
is the prospesity of the people; and that he may
Df lead, and guide, and direct us in all our duties
sc with single eye to the public good
n SAMUEL PAINTER.
he Dover, January Goth, 1894.
vi vi Col. Light who was severely wounded
e. e. in defending the heights OF Corunna
he against the French in the late Spanish war
lelhad derived in England. he states thai