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LIST OF ACTS.
Passed at the Second Session of the
Tenth Congress.
1. An act to authorize the trans
portation of « certain message of
the President of the Un»ted Sia;es,
and documents accompanying the
same.
2. An act authorizing the Presi
dent of the United States to. em
ploy an additional number of re
’ venue cutters.
3. An act authorizing the pay
ment of certain pension* by the se
cretary of war at the seat of gov- ,
vernineut.
4. An act for the relief of An
drew Joseph Villaird.
5. An act to revive and contin
ue in force for a farther time (he
first section of the act, intituled j
“ An act farther to protect the [
commerce and seamen of the Uni
ted States against the liarbary
powers.”
6. An act for the relief of Au
gustin Serry.
7. An act authorizing the pro
prietors of squares and lots in the
city of Washington, to have the
same subdivided, aud admitted to
record.
8. An act to enforce and make
more effectual, an act, eutituled
“ An act laying an embargo on all
ships and vessels in the ports and
Harbors of the United States,” fk
the several acts supplementary
thereto.
9. An act supplementary to an
act, entituled “ An act for extend*
iug the terms of credit on reve
nue bonds in certain cases and for
other purposes ”
10. An act for the relief of Ed
mund Boamont.
11. An act to alter the. time for
the next meeting of Congress.
12. An act for the employment
of an additional naval force.
13. An act for dividing the In
diana territory into two separate
government
14. An act making appropria
tions to complete the fonifications
commenced for the security of the
seaport towns and harbors of the
United States, and to defray the
expenses of deepening and ex
tending to the river Mississippi,
the canal of Carondelet.
15. An act supplementary to the
act, entituled “ An act to amend
the act entituled “ an act establish
ing circuit courts and abridging
the jurisdiction of the dLirict
courts ot Kentucky, lenocssce
and Ohio.
16- Anact to revive and conti
nue for a farther iiin« the uuth<*ii
-1 ty of the commissioners ot Kus
kaskia.
17. An act to incorporate a com
pany tor opening the canal 111 the
city of Wasington.
18. Au act making appropria
tions for the support oi govern,
meut, during the year one thous
and eight hundred and nine.
19. An act extending tbe right
of suffrage in the Indiana territory
and for other purposes.
20 Ain act treeing from postage
all letters aud packets to Thomas
Jefferson.
21. Ain act for the disposal of
certain tracts of laud in toe Mis
sissippi territory, claimed under
Spanish grams, reported by the
land commissioners asante-dated ;
and to contiim the claims of A
braham Ellis and Dauiei liar.e
gah
22- An act for the relief of Dan
iH Cotton.
23. An act for the relict of cer
tain Alibama and Wyandott In
dians.
24. An act to interdict tne com- j
meicial intercourse betweeu the
United States and Great Britain
and Fiance, and their dcpcudcii- j
cies and lor other purpose*. j
25. An act making provision for
the tariiier acommoUatiott °\ tnc ,
household of the Frcsnicnl of the ;
United States*
26. An act farther to amend the
judicial system of the U. Mates.
27. An act to extend the time
for making payment for the pub
lic lands of the United States.
28 An act making a farther ap
i propnation towards completing
the two wings of the capitol at
tlte city of Washington, and for
other purposes.
29. An act to extend to Amos !
j Whictemore and William Wliitie
more jun. the patent right to a
machine for manufacturing cot
ton and wool cards.
30. An act for the relief of Ja
( cob Bar nit z.
31. An act supplemental to the
act intituled “ ah act for estab
lishing trading houses with the In
dian tribes.”
32. au act concerning invalid
i pensioners*
33. am act toaurhorifte the mak
ing a turnpike road from Ma
sons’s cause-way to Alexandria.
34 An act farther to amend the
several acts for the establishment
and regulation ol the treasury, war
and navy departments.
35* au act making appropria
tions for the support of the milita
ry establishment, and of the navy
ot the United States for the year
1809.
3s. An act supplementary to an
act to amend the charier ot George
i own.
37. An act authorizing the fur
ther augmentation of the marine
corps.
RAINBOW, No. V.
ON THE AMERICAN CENIUS.
THF.RE is not a country on the
face of the globe, to which nature
has been more bountiful than the
United States. The felicity of
our situation and the diversified
blessings we enjoy, have been the
theme of panegyric, until it is no
longer possible to advance a new
idea, or to modify an old one, so
as to give it an appearance of nov
elty. Without entering on a mi
nute repetition of those advantages
of soil, climate, productions, and
remoteness from the Eastern con
tinent, which seem to promise us
an eternity of happiness ; I shall
confine my present remarks to
those moral causes which are in
timately connected with the cha
racter of a nation.
Europeans have sometimes ac
cused America of a poverty of
genius and weakness of intellect,
which place her much behind the
ancient world ; and even the en
lightened Busson has adopted the
idea that nature is more ieeble in
her efforts in the Western than in
the Eastern hemisphere. The
charge itself is a proof that Euro
pean segacity is still far from hav
ing attained its perfection. It
could only have been dictated by
an illiberal preference of the soil
011 which we have been accidently
cast, and a contempt for all other
nations whose habit*, manners, &
improvements, are not similar to
those of our own country. A phi
lanthrophist will pause, before he
consigns to oblivion the fairest
portion of our planet, and a phi
losopher will forget that he has
any other country than the Globe
itself, while he pierces with ardent
gaze the mysteries of nature- If
we cast our eyes over the map of
America, we shall perceive that
nature has not merely consulted
its convenience or happiness in the
distribution of her favors ; she has
done more, she has put forth all
her strength, and erected monu-
I ments to her own glory. She has
worked on a scale of grandeur &
magnificence, before which the
boasted prodigies of Europe hide
; their diminished heads. Where
Will Europe shew her Andes which
j heave their suow-capt summits a
; bove the clouds ? Where are her
1 Amazon and La Plata , which
[No. XXIV.j
MONDAY, March 27, 1809
would be regarded as fabulous, did
not authentic history a:test them ?
Where will she exhibit lakes like
those of Canada, which connected
with each other it' with the ocean,
bind all the Nothern part of this
great contiuent in one indissoluble
commercial chain ? The most en
thusiastic admirers of European ex
cellence must shrink lrom this
comparison ; and so far must ac
knowledge that nature is here at
least as bold in her sketches and as
vigorous in her production* *s
on the Eastern Continent.
When these truths present thenu
selves to our minds with irresisti
ble force are we to conclude that
tlie hand which has lavished such
unequalled favors, has penuriously
withheld the more estimable en
dowments of the mind and heart ?
Mas a paradise been given to del
generate souls who are insensible
to its cha rotes ? is nct mind
ot the -dmertcan sufficiently ex
panded to take in these vast ob
jeets in all their magnitude and
sublimit) ? i will not insult U w
country urn u by addressing the
questiou to them. I perceive a
glow of indignation on every
cheek, and while 1 write, I feel
it difficult to suppress mv own.
But it will be a more instructive
task to examine tiie basis of these
exalted pretensions ; to pay the
just tribute of deterence and ho
mage to European superiority, if
it should be established by investi
gation ; or to render to the insulted
American tiie honors which nature
has colitericd upon, which human
ignorance has vainly endeavored
to observe.
It has been a question of endless
speculation among the ac
what time America was peopled,
and whether her inhabitants arc
her own offspring, or emigrant*
from tlu: old continent. If we
are lo suppose America coeval
with the world, & that she became
peopled as soon a* the other part*
of the earth, we may be asked
with triumph, upon what principle
we are to account for her vast in
feriority in intellectual improve
ment ? Why did the adventu
rous bands of enlightened Europe,
who first explored our shores, find
the native American, naked, igno
rant and ferocious ? Upon he sup- »
position of equal talents and equal
advantages or soil and climate, we
may be told, that we have a right
to expect an equal progression in
the arts and sciences in any piven
time. The same causes must al
ways produce the same effects. If
the American genius had been
equal to the European, it ougfc in
the same lapse of years to have ex
plored as many sciences, invented
as many aa'-a, and humanized and
polished manners in an equal de
gree.
This reasoning is at first sight
specious & imposing ; but cannot
withstand the test of rigid enquiry.
I shall assume the hypothesis most
disadvantageous to my position ;
that America is as old and ha*
been as long peopled as Europe,
Asia or Africa. I shall also make
the comparison, with the most en
lightened part of the old world—
Wtien I select Europe for this pur.
pose, it ought not however to be
forgotten, that the art* and scien
ces have not originated with her,
but have sprung up m Asia ; from
thence have been transplanted to
the southern parts of Europe, and
by very slow degree* have spread
themselves into more Northern
climates. It is also worthy of
remark, that those cduntries into
which the sciences were first re
ceived, where they were most
patronised and flourished with
richest luxuriance, are now the
gloomy residence of want, ignor
ance and despotism.
Whoever has observed the pro
gress of the human mind, must
have perceived that its first strug
gles with ignorance arc always
more painful uud difficult, than its