Rhode Island Republican

NATIONAL JUBILEE
TO CELEBRATE
THE ACQUISITION OF LOUISIANA,

THE PERPETUATION OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
Resulting from the Wisdom, Uprightness, and Resolution
Of the Man Chosen by the People
TO ADMINISTER THEIR GOVERNMENT,
THOMAS JEFFERSON,
of Virginia,
Who has administered it for their good, to their satisfaction and advantage
AND
TO HIS OWN HONOR;
PARTICULARLY
In the provident measures which he had taken
for
In the wise negotiations which he had
directed for
And the success which has resulted
IN
THE ACQUISITION OF LOUISIANA,
WHICH
Opens to Posterity a vast field for the enjoyment
of the blessings of free government,
Security against the vices and miseries of
European Nations,
AND
Which renews to the oppressed of Europe
That Asylum
First offered by the Old Congress
in the days of Revolution
And now further assured
IN THE DAYS OF REGENERATION:
AN EVENT
Which secures Republican Government
from
DANGEROUS OR HOSTILE NEIGHBORS
Which affords a field for the Aborigines who
have not embraced civilized society;
AND
Which provides new means of defence against an
evil entailed on us by those
From whom we snatched our
INDEPENDENCE:
AN EVENT
Which enlarges the sphere of
Human Action and Civilization,
Which
Presents to Philosophy, Curiosity and
Commerce
A more extensive scope,
Connects the Tropic with the Frigid Zone,
Under one temperate rule of law:
And
Holds forth to the World by the example
The superiority, efficacy, and preference
OF
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
Faithfully administered:
To Celebrate this important event
It is proposed
THAT A GREAT NATIONAL FESTIVAL
Be held throughout the Union
ON SATURDAY THE 12th DAY OF
MAY, 1804.
BEING ST. TAMMANY'S DAY.

The reasons for fixing on the 12th of May, as the National Jubilee, will be given in a future paper.