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No. 39— V01. VL]
From the National Intelligencer.
THE INAUGURATION.
At an early hour on the 4th instant, the
Kjpvenues to the Capitol presented a lively
animated scene. Groups of citizens
fastening to the great theatre of expecta
‘faioo, were to be seen in all directions; car
.triages were rolliog to an fro, and ever and
Bt-anon the sound of the drum and trumpet at
H a distance gjave notice that the military
H were in motion and repairing to their differ-
Bent parade grounds. The crowd at the
B doors of the Capitol began to accumulate
|, about nine o’clock, and, although ladies
ft were allowed the privilege of their sex in
I being admitted to the seats reserved for
I tbfm in the lobbies of the House of Repre-
I seotatives, they bad to attain the envied
I station at no small sacrifice, and the gentle*
| men who led and guarded them were oblig.
§ ed in some instances almost literally to fight
p. their way to the doors,
H ‘Towards 12o’clock,the military,consist
ing of General and Staff Officers and the
. Volunteer Companies of the Ist and 2d Le
gion, received the President at his residence,
with bis predecessor, and s officers of
th e Government. The cavalry led the way,
and the procession moved in very handsome
with the mu*ick of the several corps,
Jpo toe Capitol, ottended by thousands of cit
jßzens. The President was attended on
wrhorseback by the Marshal, with his assis
ffitants for the day, distinguished by blue
Sic. On arriving at the Capitol,
fltbfc President, with his escort, was received
Iby the Marine corps, under the command
\of Col. Henderson, stationed in line in
of the Capitol, whose excellent band
jSnf musick saluted the Presidents on their
i|intraoce into the Capitol.
R Within the Hall, the sofas between the
jtlumns, tbe'entire space of the circular
iobbj without, the bar, the spacious prome
Slide in the rear of the Speaker’s chair,
and the three outer rows of the member’s
floats, were all occupied with a splendid nr
ray of beauty and fashion. On the left, the
Diplomatick Corps, in the costume of their
Srespective courts, occupied the places as
signed them, on the innermost range of
Mats, immediately before the steps which
*. ted to the chair. The officers of our own
‘sAray and Navy were seen dispersed among
ape groups of ladies, exhibiting that most
inappropriate and interesting of associations,
Ktloor guarding beauty. Chairs were
placed in front of the Clerk’s table, on the
XBmicircle within the member’s seals, for
||ie Judges of the Supreme Court. The
|||p<fP oi twelve arrived, and expectation
|Kis on tiptoe—the march of the troops, an
|Bunced by the band of (he marine corps,
Us heard without, and many a waving
Mpiroe and graceful head within beat time to
l®e martial sounds. The galleries, though
Nttled to overflowing, were remarkable for
||Be stillness and decorum which (with a
laßry few exceptions) prevailed.
ffUftt 20 minutes past twelve, the Marshals
aide their appearance in blue scarves, suc
aißeJed by the officers of both Houses of
jißngreHS, who introduced the President
He was followed by the venerable
iSai-President and family, by the Judges of
JkV'. Supreme Court, in their robes of office,
UVI the Members of the Senate, preceded
■I the Vice-President, with a number of
■pgmbers of the House of Representatives.
9H|. Adams, in a plain suit of black, ascend
ed the steps to the Speaker’s chair, and
took hUseat. The Chief Justice was plac
jjipo front of the Clerk’s table, having be
fore hagi another table, on the floor of the
MflUl, on the opposite side of which sat the
Judges, with their faces towards
tifjp Chair. Silence having been proclaim
.gi|and the doors of the Hall closed, Mr.
■Adams rose and read, with a clear and de
■ptfate articulation, the address which
found in another part of this paper.
JflHk time occupied by the delivery of this
was about forty minutes. As soon
KvHKp last sentence was pronounced, a gen-
Aplandit commencing in the galleries,
MMfeiending, in a degree, throughout the
assembly, continued for some min
ntl® The President Elect then descended
frouiWie Chair, and placing himself on the
righfsand of the Judges’ table, received
from (jhe Chief Justice, a volume of the
IHHBfthe United Stales, from which he
4MHP a loud and clear voice, the oath of
OUlp* at the closk of which, (he plaudits
wß®|*pealed, mingled with cheers from
the spectators who filled the galleries, and
, immediately followed by the discharge of a
•’ artillery.
Thßcongratulations which then poured
jjf raHf.every side, occupied the hands, and
4M|A'fM>t but reach the heart of the Presi
dent. yff'fle meeting between him and his
predecessor had in it something
peculiar))’ affecliog. General Jackson, we
(1 to observe, was among the
eaflteet of those who took the hand of the
President; and their looks and deportment
toward each other were a rebuke to that
tjUleoess-of party spirit, which can see no
M> a rival, and feel no joy in the hon
ouHH|} competitor. Shortly after one o’-
(JigGh, the procession commenced leaving
fheßgtfj but it was nearly an hour before
groups which had crowded
avcAW and avenue completely retired.
f )flHßPresdeiit was then escorted back
% ulnbic. and, on hie arrival at his resi-
THE MISSIONARY.
dence, received the compliments and res
pects of a great number of gentlemen and
ladies who called upon him, who also gen*
erally paid their respects at the Mansion
occupied by the Ex-President.
From the Nashville Whig.
ELECTIONS AND ELECTIONEERING.
The season again approaches when can*
didates for the people’s favour are to take
the field, and strive to win their way to
power by the people’s voice. Since the
last occurrence of this kind in our 9tate, the
Legislature has deemed it necessary and
proper to interfere by law, with some of the
practices which have heretofore prevailed
on such occasions. The act referred to was
one which is designed to prevent the cus
toms of treating at elections, or purchasing
votes by means of liquor. The degrading
and demoralizing sysiero of canvassiog for
the suffrages ot those who call themselves
freemen through the agency of strong drink ,
had proceeded to such extent, as to become,
a source of serious mortification to every
friend of his country’s honour. Custom,
which is often too powerful for reason to
control or wisdom to conquer, had so far
sanctioned this most obnoxious practice,
that it was almost vain for any one, no mat
ter how great his claims or how exalted his
pretensions, to ask the people’s gifts, with
out conforming to tbeir rules. The idea of
procuring the suffrages of one who is a
freeman, (and who in bestowing it, is exer
cising one of the most valuable privileges
known to our constitution,) by this species
ot bribery, should be deemed insulting to
the feelings of him who is sought, and de
grading to the character of him who seeks ;
yet custom had sanctioned (his fashion, and
even those who condemned it in principle,
pursued it in practice. To such an extent
had this most uurighteous practice grown
10 many sections of our state, that it was ru
inous for a man of moderate fortune to as
pire to any office within the people’s gift:
for he must either relinquish all preten
sions to the office or station sought for, or
else engage in the series of expenses and
extravagant canvassing known by the fa
miliar term of treating; most frequently
resulting in a fortune much impaired, per
haps wholly ruined, and a habit acquired
by frequent use of indulging himself too
Ireely in the vote-catching juices. Were
wisdom and integrity confined to the wealih>
alone, and the morals of the community set
up to the highest bidder, it might be then
deemed expedient to encourage a mode of
proceeding which would ensure to those
alone who could afford it, the reward of
demoralizing their fellow citizens, by thee
species of debasing courtship. But in our
researches after the most elevated feeling,
the most sterling worth and brightest geni
us ot our land, we often find them accompa
nied with comparative indigence or very
moderate fortune. He who devotes his en
tire thoughts to the accumulation of wealth,
may in time succeed, be his talents mure or
less; nay, the veriest dolt full oft succeeds
in this, while at the same time transcendant
genius and profound reflection, regardless
of the world’s grpat wealth, too often fills
a less conspicuous place in publick estima
tion. It is proper, and is full time that men
should weigh among iheir fellow men ac
cording to their real worth ; that sycophan
tick arts, gaudy show, debasing and immor
al means of making friends, should have an
end; and morality, worth, and virtue, pos
sess again the ascendant in our councils as
in the private walks of life.
To effect an object so desirnble, we will
have to discountenance every thing like
corruption, whether presenting itself in the
gaudy attire of courteous smiles, rich en
tertainments, promises of favour and the
like, or in the humble, low, and degraded
shape of a drink of grog! *Tis all the same
in substance; though in form, one is splen
did adulation, while the other presents to
the view of even ignorance itself, some
thing servile and debasing.
ADDRESS OF THE CHOCTAW DEL
EGATION.
The following is an address from the Choctaw
Delegation to the Congress of the United States.
It is dated Washington City, ’February 18th,
1825, and signed by Mooshalatubbee and six oth
er chiefs. [A". Y. Observer.
As the Representatives of the Choctaw
Nation, aod (in part) of the Aborigines of
this couofry, we feel ourselves impelled,
alike by duty and by inclination, to address
yon at the present crisis. The Indians are
becoming objects of increasing interest
among your people. Sympathy is felt for
their condition ; and the most benevolent
exertions have been, and continue to be,
made to improve and civilize them. Under
such circumstances, we cannot refrain from
giving an expression of our feelings with re
gard to our condition and prospects. You
are an assembly which we have been
taught to consider the most august in the
world, and into whose hands are committed
Ihe destinies of our people. To whom,
then, could we more properly address our
selves on the great points connected with
our happiness aod prosperity ?
Our good Father, thfe President, has spo
ken to you, and requested you to adopt
some measures to improve the condition of
the Indian race. He has recommended
that all the Indians east of the Mississippi
n ,.. ... J ®°? e !“ t 0 ‘be world, and preach the Gospel to every creator*.— Jesus Christ.
vi an me dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports.— Washington.
MOUNT ZION, (HANCOCK COUNTY, GEORGIA,) MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1825.
be persuaded to remove and establish them
selves to the west; that a certain form of
government be provided for them; and
that the land to which they may remove be
secured to them forever.
Os the policy and praclicabilily of the
measure, we will not now express a decided
opinion;. time alone can determine. Os
the motives which prompted the recom
mendation, we entertain no question. The
opinion expressed by the President, that,
under no pretence, should the Indiaos be
forcibly removed from the lands which they
occupy, gives us an assurance that his feel
ings are truly paternal towards us. That
opinion accords with the sentiments enter
tained by all just and reflecting men, and
cannot, therefore, fail to be responded to
by your honourable body.
He have long been sensible of our wear
ness; and we know that, should the govern
ment of the United States rise in hostility
against U 9, we must inevitably be extermin
ated, or driven to the west. We knqw
that the extensive country which you now
possess, once belonged to our forefathers.
He have beard that, from a small begin
ning, you have grown to be a great and
powerful people; and that, as you advanc
ed, we receded ; as you flourished, we de
cayed. We have been tempted to ask,
Why should this be so? Has the Great
Spirit frowned upon his red children, that
they should thus have withered in your
presence? Yet we have been told from the
Good Book that he love 9 all his children
alike; and that his greatest attribute is
that ot infinite mercy This we are most
willing to believe; and, believing, we are
led to the natural conclusion, that, for some
great end, only known to himself, he has
permitted us to melt before yon; but that
the time must come, when his interposing
hand will be out-stretched in our behalf,
and we be made to become like while men.
We fejoice to think that that period is ap
proaching. The voice of the President,
tne sentiments of philanthropy which seem
to pervade the people, the schools and re
ligious institutions which have been estab
lirhed among us—all give us the consoling
assurance iliat we are not doomed to ex
tinction. We have become sensible that
one great reason of the power and prosper
ity w.ith which our white brothers are so
eminently favoured, has been the general
diffusion of literature and the arts ofeiviiiz
ed life among them. You have institutions
to promote and disseminate the knowledge
ot every branch of science; you have a
government, and you have laws, all found
ed upon those principles of liberty and
equality which have ever been dear to us
For, in all our vicissitudes of fortune, and
not withstanding tbe constant and gradual
diminution of our numbers, we have never
been the slaves of any power; and we trust
in the Great Spirit we never shall be. The
theory of your government is justice and
good faith to all men. You will not submit
to injury from one party because it is pow
erful ; nor will you oppress another because
it is weak. Impressed with that persuasion
we are confident that our rights will be
respected.
VVe have but small tracts of territory re
maining, and our numbers are comparative
ly fe w. The majority of those east of the
Mississippi are. turning their attention to ag
riculture, are settling themselves, and
would, in time, become useful citizens. We
admit, at the same time, that a large num
ber still continue a wandering life—are
wretched and degraded. These it would
give us pleasure to see settled west of the
Mississippi. It would be better for them,
and heller for those who remain. But you
cannot, persuade all to remove. The grad
ual operation of the laws which you may
enact with regard to this subject, would
probably effect much. But there are those
whom the strongest inducements could
scarcely persuade to leave the land which
contains the hones of their fathers; and
which has been rendered dear to them by
the recollections of youth. The important
question then presents itself. Wbat meas
ures will you adopt to improve their condi
lion ; to promote their happiness? It is this
great point to which our address is intended,
principally, to direct yonr attention.
As connected with this subject, and with
the question just proposed, we are constrain
ed to say, that, in several of the southern
states, we are denied privileges to which,
as members of the human family, we are,of
right entitled. However qualified by edu
cation we may be, we are neither permit
ted to hold offices, nor to give our testimooy
in courts of justice, although our dearest
rights may be at stake. Can this be a cor
rect policy ? Is it just, is it humane? When
schools are multiplying among us; when
we have made liberal appropriations of
money for the education of our children;
when we are forsaking the chase, and turn
ing our attention to agriculture, and are be
coming an orderly and social people—does
it comport with an enlightened aod liberal
policy to continue the imposition of those
degrading restrictions upon us ? Should not
inducements be held forth to our young
men to qualify themselves to become use
ful citizens of your Republick ? Should not
the portals of honourable distinction be
thrown open to them as wetf’as to their
white brothers ? Bat the subject is a painful
one, and we will dismiss it. The mist of
prejudice is gradually vanishing before the
light of reason, and enlarged sentiments of
philanthropy begin to prevail. We leave
the issue of the question to your wisdom,
and to the liberality of the Sooth.
In conclusion, we wonld express the ear
nest hope that the result of your delibera
tions respecting oar unfortunate race, may
be such as to ensure durable benefits to
them, and lasting credit in the eyes of pos
terity, to yourselves.
THE HOTTENTOTS.
It is among the mo9t interesting effects of
modern missions, that they have been the
means of elevating into knowledge, morals,
and civil happiness, some of the most de
graded, the most wretched, and the most
contemned of human being 9. The Hotten
lots of South Africa were formerly thus
classed; and many thousands of them, alas!
still remain neglected, ignorant, vicious and
sordid. But by the blessing of God upon
the labors of his servants of different socie
ties, to many of them the gospel has prov
ed the power of God unto salvation ; and
where it has been received in truth, it has
produced the most happy effects upon their
outward condition. Os this, the Wesley
an Missions in South Africa, among others,
have afforded many encouraging instances ;
and with every succeding year, are extend
ing the light, the sanctity, and the happy
external influence of the religion of Christ,
among various and distant Hottentot
tribes.
Khamies Berg was the first Wesleyan
Mission Station established in South Africa.
Mr. Shaw was the instrument of commenc
ing the work; aod in a late visit he paid
to it, from Cape Town, he thus strikingly
draws the contrast between the Fagan and
Christian condition of the natives, with re
ference to their civil affairs.
“It is seven years to-day since we first
reached this lofty situation. ‘ Bless the
Lord, O our souls , and forget not all his ben
efts.'’ This institution affords a pleasing
contrast to tbe dreary wilds we have been
crossing during the week last past. Instead
of a barren wilderness, presenting nothing
but sterility as far as the eye can reach,
here are fields waving with corn, and ri
pening apace for the teeming harvest. In
stead of noxious water, which the cattle of
ten refused to drink, here are numerous
fountains ever sending forth their crystal
streams. Instead of a parched desert, des
titute of verdure to relieve the languid
eye, here are gardens, presenting vegeta
bles in abundance, and trees richly laden
with fruit. Instead of a lonesome Kraal,
which used never to hear ‘ the church-go
ing bell,’ these rocks, and these dales now
smile when the Sabbath appears ; and good
ly company, who dwell on high, join to
gether in calling on the name of the Lord,
and in shouting his praises ‘/row the tops
of the mountains .’ ”
Thus, the arts of plowing, sowing, gar
dening, building, and other useful employ
ments, have been introduced by Christian
Missionaries; a wandering tribe has been
located, and health and comfort generally
diffused. Industry and cleanliness have
been produced also among a people even
to proverb indolent and filthy—a proverb
which has passed into all European nations
The cultivation of fields, gardens, &c. no
ticed above, is in proof of the former; and
as to the latter, the congregation assembled
at the Chapel, presents a delightful proof
of improvement, and, with respect to the
Pagan Hottentots, of contrast. The same
effect, as to cleanliness, has been remark
ed among the Hottentots under instruction
in Albany, where the children of the schools
appear as decent in their dress,and as clean
ly in their persons, as the children of the
peasantry in England. Some years ago,
Infidelity, in its sarcasms against all such
attempts,predicted that the Hottentot would
never be made either industrious or cleanly;
but the facts are now too obvious and pal
pable to be denied ; and what is more, ma
ny of these despised and neglected children
of Ham, have been made Christians in truth.
The religious societies at Khamies Berg
and o(he,r places, exhibit a number of our
fellow-beings, who outcast as they once were
no true Christian at home would hesitate to
call his brethren in Christ Jesus. They
have been made u partakers of like precious
faith and call daily on the name of the
Lord Jesus, “ both their Lord and oursV —
The supposed wea’ , less of their intellects
is another notior g/iich has been corrected
by the effe^ r Christian missions. So
far from bWe< capable of instruction, they
have geueraHy shown great quickness of
apprehension, as well as docility; the
schools have afforded the greatest encour
agement in the progress of the children;
and it is a delightful reflection that onr Ho
ly Scriptures are now read, and hymns of
praise to our Redeemer ever blessed, are
laid op in the memories, aod sung by the
tuneful lips of many hundreds of a degrad
ed class of people, for whose souls no man,
formerly, cared, aod who were left to them
selves because judged incapable of improve
meat. How marked are the moral mira
cles of our religion —the blind tee, the deaf
hear , and the dead live !
All these in<*>reMiog effects have been
crowned by the raising up of a few Hot-
[Price $3 50 per ann.
(entot preachers of the gospel, the forerun
ners, we trust, -of a host of native Evange
lists, who shall traverse all the wilds of
unexplored Africa, and preach throughout
their length and breadth, and to all their
varied swarthy tribes, the unsearchable
riches of Christ.
ORIGINAL LETTER FROM LORD BYRON,
ON CHRISTIANITY.
The lady of Mr. John Shepherd, of
Frome, having died some time ago, leaving
among her papers a prayer which her hus
band believed to have been composed on
behalf of the Noble Poet, Mr. Shepherd ad
dressed it to his lordship; and tbe admirers
of tbe Poqt will, we believe, be as much
gratified with bis reply, as the friends of
Christianity with the address which called
it forth.
TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD BYRON. PISA.
Frome, Somerset, Nov. 21, 1621.
My Lord—More than two years since, a
lovely and beloved wife was taken from me,
by lingering disease, after a very short uni
on. She possessed unvarying gentleness
and fortitude, and a piety so retiring as
rarely to disclose itself in words, but so in
fluential, as to produce uniform benevo
lence of conduct, la the last hoar of life,
after a farewell look on a lately born and
only infant, for whom 9he had evinced inex
pressible affection, her last whispers were,
“God’s happiness!— -God’s happiness!”—
Since the second anniversary of her de
cease, I have read some papers, which no
one bad seen during her life, and which con
tain her most secret thoughts. I am in
duced to communicate to your lordship a
passage from these papers, which, there is
no doubt, refers to yourself; as 1 have more
than ooce heard the writer mention your
agility on (he rocks at Hastings:—
“ Ob, my God, I take encouragement
from the assurance of Thy word, to pray to
Thee in behalf of one for whom 1 have
lately been much interested. May the
person to whom I allude (and who is now,
we fear, as much distinguished for his neg
lect of Thee, as for the transcendent tal
ents Thou hast bestowed on him) be awa
kened to a sense of his own daDg*r, and led
to seek that peace of mind in a proper sense
ol religion, which he has found this world’s
enjoyments unable to procure l Do Thou
grant that his future example may be pro
ductive of far more extensive benefit than
bis past conduct aDd writings bave been of
evil; and may the Sun of Righteousness,
which, we trust, will, at some future peri
od, arise on him, be bright in proportion to
tbe darkness of those clouds which guilt has
raised, and soothing in proportion to the
keenness of that agooy which the punish
ment of his vices has inflicted on him! May
the hope that the sincerity of my own ef
forts for tbe attainment of holiness, atid the
approval of my own love to the Great Au
thor of religion, will render this prayer,
and every other for the welfare of mankind,
more efficacious—cheer me in the path of
duty ; but let me not forget, that, while we
are permitted to animate ourselves to exer
tion by every ionocent motive, these are
but the lesser streams which may serve to
increase the current, but which, deprived
of the grand fountain of good (a deep con
viction of inborn sin, and firm belief in the
efficacy of Christ’s death for the salvation
of (hose who trust in him, and really seek
to serve him,) would soon dry up, and leave
us as barren of every virtue as before.
“ Hastings, July 31, 1814 ”
There is nothing, my Lord, in this ex
tract, which, in a literary sense, can at all
interest yon; but it may, perhaps, appear
to you worsby of reflection, how deep and
expansive a concern for the happiness of
others a Christian faith can awaken in the
mid9t of youth and prosperity. Here is
nothing poetical and splendid, as in the ex
po9tulatory homage of M. Delamartioe;
but here is tbe sublime, my Lord ; for this
intercession was offered, on your account,
to the Supreme Source of happiness. It
sprang from a faith more confirmed than
that of the French poet, and from a chari
ty, which in combination with faith, showed
its power unimpaired amidst the languors
and pains of approaching dissolution. I
will hope that a prayer, which, I am sure,
was deeply sincere, may not be always un
availing.
It would add notbiog, my Lord, to the
fame with which your genius has surround
ed yon, for an unknown and obscure indi
vidual to express his admiration of it. 1
had rather be numbered with those who
wish and pray, that “wisdom from above,”
and “ peace,” and “joy,” may enter such
a mind.
THE ANSWER.
Pita, Dtc. 8, 1881.
Sir.
I have received yoor letter. I need not
say, that the extract which it contains has
affected me, because it would imply a want
of all feeling to have read it with indiffer
ence. Though lam not quite ture that it
was intended by the writer for me, yet the
date, the place where it was written, with
some other circumstances which you men
tion,render the allusion probable. But, for
whomsoever it was meant, I have read it
with all the pleasure that can srise from so
melancholy a topiclt f *ay pleasure , be
cause your brief and simple picture of the