Literary Cadet And Rhode Island Statesman

National Jubilee.-It will be seen, by a reference to the arrangements which have been made to celebrate the anniversary of American Independence, that that proud day which secured to us the charter of our Liberties will be celebrated on Wednesday next, in a manner, which in splendour, will outvie that of any former occasion.

To effect an object so desirable, the young men of the town, mortified that the older members of society, and those who ought to set patriotic examples, had neglected to make the necessary preparations for the celebration, in season to have them carried into effect, put their shoulders to the wheel, voluntarily subscribed the money, and made sufficient arrangements to celebrate the birth day of American Liberty and Independence.

For the spirit of patriotism and national pride, which they have evinced, they deserve the applause of the public; and we hope, that on future occasions, those who may become their successors, will follow the example they have set;-an example which is worthy of all commendation.

We are sorry to find, that the older proportion of our population have almost forgotten the day which relieved them from the yoke of Britain, elevated them to the enviable rank of FREEMEN, and secured to their offspring, the inestimable privileges of religious and civil liberty.

The celebration of the Fourth of July, whilst this Republic exists, should never be omitted, for when we cease to awaken the feelings of rising generations, and teach them by hailing the natal day of American Liberty with acclamations, and the thunders of artillery, that their ancestors were slaves, and achieved their emancipation at the expense of their blood and fortunes, we approach an aristocracy, and lay the axe at the root of the tree, to sap the foundation of our liberties.

The observance of the National Jubilee, has been frequently opposed by those who would form an union between Church and State; and they have declaimed against it as improper and immoral. Respect for their opinions, and they are certainly as good as those of others, would induce us not to notice the opposition; but respect for a very large proportion of the young men of the State, who are ready to bare their bosoms, and to brave the storms of war, to defend the liberties of the nation, requires us to say, to those who, from conscientious motives, oppose the annual celebration-gentlemen sirs, we beg that you will, in the fulness of your kindness, suffer us to celebrate the anniversary of American Liberty, by the pealings of the bells, the thunders of artillery, and the display of all the pomp and circumstance to which the day is entitled.

The young men of the town, have done themselves much honor; they have proved that parsimony does not preponderate over every principle of patriotism; and that they hail with emotions of gratitude, the return of that hour, which freed them from a state of comparative vassalage, and conferred upon them the enviable title of AMERICAN FREEMEN.