The Delaware Register, Or, Farmers', Manufacturers' & Mechanics' Advocate

COMMEMORATION OF THE LANDING OF

WILLIAM PENN.

Friday, the 24th of October, being the 146th Anniversary of the landing of the immortal Founder of Pennsylvania and his pilgrim associates, the memorable event was commemorated by the Penn Society, with sentiments which its recollections were calculated to inspire. At 5 o'clock, P. M. the society sat down to a sumptuous dinner, at the Mansion House Hotel, Philadelphia; JOSEPH PARKER NORRIS, Esq., president, assisted by PETER STEPHEN DUPONCEAU, Esq., as vice president. Among the Toasts were the following:

The Memory of Wm. Penn.—The great Law-giver, "the first in either ancient or modern times, who laid the foundation of government in the pure and unadulterated principles of peace, of reason, and of right." (Jefferson.)

The Pilgrim Fathers of Pennsylvania, sacred be their memory, and honored be the example they have set of political justice and private virtue.

The Treaty under the Elm.—A text book for diplomatists, whether monarchical or republican.

Old Upland—The seat of the first, the shortest, and the most memorable session of the Legislature of Pennsylvania.

The Great Law.—An imperishable monument of the wisdom—the justice and the foresight of our illustrious Law-giver.

The first Tariff of Pennsylvania—being an act entitled "an act for laying a duty on the importation of Negro Slaves, Rum, and other Spirits."

The fragments of the Lenni Lenapi, once the powerful sovereigns of Pennsylvania; may no cruel or avaricious hand disturb them in their last retreat.

Universal Education.—The only sound basis of universal suffrage.

"The three Lower Counties,"—now the state of Delaware; though our political union as one state, has been broken, may our harmonious intercourse continue uninterrupted.