of lancaster county. 307 



Speaker. 



16 Senators, two and two. 



Clerk of the House. 



Speaker. 



32 Members, two and two. 



40 Citizens. 



The State Legislature met at Lancaster from 1799 to 1812. 



The subjoined account of an election jubilee held Jan. 1, 1801, char- 

 acteristic of the manners and s})irit of the times, will be i)eriised with 

 much interest: 



On New Year's da}', the Democratic Eepublicans of this State, at the 

 Seat of Government, celebrated the success of the Republican Cause, in 

 the election, by a Majority of tlie Peojyle, of Thomas JelTerson and Aaron 

 Burr, to be President and Vice President of the L^nited States. 



They assembled in Franklin College^ where an entertainment was 

 provided, under the direction of Mr. Slaymaker, of the Borough of 

 Lancaster, undoubtedly superior to anything of the kind ever before 

 exhibited in the Borough.- 



There were present the Governor of the Commonwealth; the Speaker 

 of the House of Representatives; a majority of the members of the 

 House, and the minority of the Senate; most of the principal officers of 

 the Government; ^[ajor General Irwin; officers of the militia; the offi- 

 cers and corps of the Lancaster Light Infantry,-^ and citizens of the 

 vicinity. Over the chair, at the head of the table, was placed the por- 

 trait of Jefferson, and the wall very handsomely decorated with ever- 

 green. 



1 This building stands on liigli ground, on tlie north side oi" the Borough of Lancas- 

 ter, and is 100 feet in length, by 3G feet in breadth. It is divided into tlnee rooms, 

 having large folding doors, which were thrown open, so as to liave tlie centre table 

 extend the whole length of the building. The side tables were each 80 feet in length. 

 The whole number which dined together amounted to 2.")0 persons. The Trustees of 

 Franklin College are incorporated, by law, on the most lit)eral ]>lan. The building 

 and lots were given by the State, and the Institution endowed with 10.000 acres of 

 land for its support. 



2 Near the head of the table, among i)ther decoi-ations, there was placed a pyramid 

 covered with sugar-plums. On three sides of its base were, respectively, inscribed 

 Monarchy, Hierarchy, Aristocracy; and on the fourth side was written, 200.000. in 

 large characters. The base rested upon round and irregular pieces of sugar-cake, called 

 jumbles. It seemed to have been designed to produce a scramble ; and was soon de- 

 n>olislied, i)yiamid, bas(>, foundation and all. 



3 The Company paraded at the State House, in complete uniform, about 1'2 o\-Iock. 

 After paying their respects to the Governor, they marched to the College, near which 

 they lired sixteen vollies in honor of the day. They were then dismissed : and, soon 

 after, joined their fellow-citizens at the festive Board. 



