American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1826-12-15
Extracts from the Uessage Of Cue. TrLER to the
Legislature of Virginia dec 1896.

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Legislature Of Virginio. DPc 4 1926.
II be. leave to be permitted to m,n,Ie my re
pre, with v urs. at the loss which This sac has
Gently sustained, in the death o. Thomas Jefferson;
nc OF he mos, distinguished and oelov, d Of he
cIlizens; los, which is only felt bv Virginia,
his native State bur will be acknowie Iced by the
civiz world I may well b. que STONED whethe'
thee exis ed civilian who governe' ihtou h
out BY tn purest motives had ed greater o.
more lasting b. ne6iS ON his country o. ma kind =
This state has especial eason fur generating his
mort since he TALLY contr bu'ed to impress
upon her institutions the stamp Il freedom which
they rear AID SHAPE her polic'. as TO wed be-
ndissoluhv 10 republic an government TIT Ext
utve Department has fulfilled IT. duty to ard, his
memory by deCreeing suct honors as fell vrhin he
Limits Of It's powe IT, omissions will We SUPP leo
nv Legislative interpositon The honors raid 10
he lu>r ious dead are, for the most part, Of rIch
dese't and tend to the presrrssIion OF high and no
noraole feeling Thy form no idle paee.nt o.
hrs,tless parade hut decreed by The wise ~ po
itic. TO- the hene6, oi posery w ether you
shall direct Stsue as has heretofore been done In
the ase OF G-n WyshIngou and TO stand by hr
side OF each oher, snail order more proud and
lofv monument To be ere ed to he memory OF
each, will he worthy Of your serious tellhera'ion.
While lamenung he loss which have sustain
ed in the death OF thai eslimahe Il2sn. we shall
find a. " dan for The expression oi on & att
tude to an overruhrg p Vd or the prosperity
and happiness which has attended rs as nation -
m,ds the 'reInh'ing apprehenSions OF the friends
Of human liberty and the gloomy predictions OF the
enemies of free government, have completed
under circumstances highly suspicious. the tiItie h
', a. OF our existence. Our growth in population
and wealth stands wholly unriValled while the fu
ture unveils the mos herring prospects. We have
already verified the great tru h, that man is capable
Of sell government aud arc advancing, unde RIO
vIdcnce wi h Tspid steps 10 the ulhment OF high
er desiny than the apHals OF history have ever vet
unfolded Our rm az 'vernmen' an no longe'
be considr' ed an experiment in politics Crow ed
with success sands forth ar example 10 'hr
world and exhibits the proudest Triumph OF reason
and philosophy To perpetu.te tht blessings which
We e. Iny, So that eenetaons in endC> SUI cessrns
NAV possess the same high privileges with oui-
selves, canno' he other han the alden wish OF all
and il belongs, especially TO l., glNlstors, by the
adc piion OF wholesome and recess s'y laws TO throw
around the public liberty, en'rtnchTents, ove'
which The evil propensies nd passions OF man
krd cannot break UGH has hetn done lay your
predecessors to accomplish hs most desi' able oh
iect- ard as wstchIul qua diam The public good,
trel evtrV assurance that YOU will labor assduous
" in the same holy
Among thnse subjects possessed Of the most ma
niest po' tancc il the accomplishment II this
end is the orgsnzsiion OF system tor the diffusion
Of genera instruction. amn"g the great mass Of the
people II the mind br SET free from the bonds in
which igno ance would bind it the body will sooner
or later parlake Of its cnrdi'ron; and the mos ei
feclual mode Of ensl.v wing he is bV henlghling
the other This is sufficiently esnced by the his
tory of the w,rd in all ITS stage, Not 10 go fur
Their, in search OF an example, we might be content
10 refr, to thot pc iod Of f. rlish History. when
under the early Kings, all the es'nirc was corhned
TO the Clergy; and II was denounced as an offence
of high magnitude for other thar P'Iest to he
found in possession even of Dinle This was the
age oi slavery tn offspfing Of nental ignorance
and superstition. That age was succeeded by one
of ,rester hight and greater liberty And in all
countries the Moderation or dehasemeni Of man
condition. has beer the constant attendant on the
snresd of intelligence the cX'inghishmeni OF the
lights Of science. With US new motives exist for