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Volume I. Coersc, ludiavuv, Saturday, October 21, 182G. Number 19.

OTK-Tj is hereby given to all whom it may ... 1 concern, Ui.it I wiil on the

'of the Pieanisare to be levelled with the earth:, and the philosopher. Let us avoid w the cons of Thebes wept over the ruin of their common and uniform reference to nee

Next, commence selling. at t!ie Court house door

in the town of Liberty. Union county, Indiana, ."d! an 1 Hnjelar the lands and town lots, on which t !i : taxes and co&ts due t hereon, for the years 1822, 1323, 1821. 1325.5c W26 - 1 ,1 1 r 1

rem -5 mi unpaid, or, n.e s:.ui econci :iom.ay o! "November; and tint the sale m ill he continued from day today between the hour ofnine o'clock A. y , and tour o'clock 1. M. of each day, until all are c lie rod for sale. THOMAS MWIT.AINS.OI. U. V. Oct. lb id.

country. Emiliaus sheds a tear over the ashes

of Carthage, because he foresees that barbarians will one day sack the palaces of Home, her gorgeous monuments be consigned to the

if:ame. her children. jMiiinir with famine.crovvd

her stri cts begging for relief or death. Man was yet unacquainted with true happiness. The sublime theory of rights &, responsibilities was vet unknown. While nations were defending.

individuals were unprotctmg.

war by a

negocration.

Tlie consequence of war is conquest; one slate

iincreascd by the destruction of another. P.y

each victory. Napoleon added new territories to L' ranee. The fust symptoms of war will sound like a peal of thunder throughout the continent and island. For w hat, indeed, arc we to contend i Our products aie every wh?ro abundaut; our territories extensive: our ports commodious and safe. One republic has no cause to envy another. Shall the rich shep-

T. I will attend in Liberty, on cadi S.d-

unlay, until the day of sale, to receive tave 1 trust that those in a n ear-; will pay in time to save costs a the money must come and the easier the better for u all. I ILOS. MWIhAX.N Col. r. c.

Tr A IV a a v from the subscriber, res id it'.

C'onner-vilh , Payette countv, "jm! Jay morning k'.t, Thomas Burton,

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it would seem that the Fugli-h first laboured t herd dare to rob the fold of his poorer ne;irh

successfully for the rights of men. Thcir'.bor? What injustice! Tin diet will never con-l

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Hollanders, the prudence of the North Ameri

cans, the atrocities of the French Kcvoiution, the factions of the Belgian Provinces, and even those of our ow n soil, urford examples to imi-

.n indented apprentice to the Ta lei intr 0051" tatc oi avoid.

ancient chartcr.xv rested from the hands of John

and their progress through succeeding ages to the timeof the revolution. prove that we should regard them as the discoverers of the great political s stem. The Anglo-American is compelled to admit that the light which he recciv ed from his ancestors has since guided him in the contest, and conducted him to the haven where he reposes under the shelter of a just 4moderate liberity. Our situation is. still more advantageous. We derive instruction from the experience of the

virtue and vice, ot srxtv-txvo centuries. The! is necessarx to the end tor w hi oh it is confided

unanimity ol the bwiss.the constancy ofthe'd. In proportion to the extent of that power,

let me period ot its enjoyment be abridged. 4 tli. Let ihe individual to whom the power ii given, be always responsible to the people, as Uistuu t from the mihlarv. 5th. Letnostan-

senttu it.

A- alliances have frequently given birth to wars, America will enter into none, but by the comnun consent of all contracting parties. 1 however, abstain from the pursuing the ?ubjecttere, as anticipating the decision of the Consi'Css. Toe M'cond danger may lc provided against by suipie piecauticus. 1st. Let the confed-

eratta republics guaranty the liberty and inliepenaence of each other, id. Let no great

er power be entrusted to any individual, than

rt'5 lie 1-; nearly Uiycar ot ar, iihout j lei't inches hi-li, luht bhie eyes, .lark hair, sallow vinplexion, a.nd is very an kwa'd in his maimers; t(:.k witli l.im w hen lie u en( away, V-'. o coatees, o"ie black the other blue; two pair ol' o'aic shots r.C p'lir nexr the ot bound j-ndaboct halt worn

-two pair of lincey,

,L!ld t!

r-'e or tour pair u

u pautalooe two new fae! :

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"xlt'Ione one new Kmi:i'ti hat l.i.!

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tl:ri e others.

ne back striacd vct, :-.e. A two 0

description of whieii not r collected. U persons are hereby warned not to harbor, t r : : -1 jv employ said ap;r nt ire. rI' tie a! eve irward of ;ixe d !! ir- will be ivn to any person u ho xxill t .kr up -aid run-away and return Lim to the -ubseri or. DAVID BUCK. Od.v n- 10, it:-:fi. .

I "?! E O Zr ;Tos Mvm-et. Lent Ne if. VinxcnNr, Ah;tf'( rfforn Vita, ii tficopcninrf i!te. bntrwan Cn;rcs a' Vd iaAut, on i'ie '22.l Jam . K'.JG.

rr.ANr.ATr.D row twv nation i. i.a7f.tti:. T'ne inhibitrtnt - of what tva forrnely Spanish America will be covered with the deepest infamy if th?v tlonot jxromulgatc law sthe xvisd;;rn and equity of w Inch shall secure present prosperity, and bandit dovn unimpaired to the

latest gner.'ions. I!c"tued to hifHWurd con!

ditto;. tree and independent, in fill poseion ot all his righ";. t njoy ing the reason w ith w hit b the sublime Author of bis being ha endowed him, man approaches nearer to perfection than ft the earliest days )fhis eitene. Tlim.

without the benolit of experience, be could not , be wi-je; without the knowledge of ev il he i won! I not know how to avoid it, he was with- !, cut the ability to enjoy from being w ithout the experience alike of pleasure and pain. .Vov.in s thp f..n

....... . v .1 . 1. -v . iii.-' 1 i. Him . in; v 1'in ill'-; , , ,1 . . . . . 1

,,r....K . a . t- .. , . conitneuceuieiii. oi me preseni ctniury ; 10 ue tmgmslie-, the pi-t trorn the uiiiU't, 1 1 1 v uschil! , . , ' , n . .

aad agreeable fnmi what i' pernieiou-s and hurt ful: s iftcy from l.inger.continue 1 moderate enjoyments from the momentary delight of inteti'C pleasure. T!ie subversion (d Umpires, the ebb and tlovv of wealth in all quarters of the known world, tlie destruction o f ,ome citie.

the elevation ofotbers. the granduer and de-

rhne of State. all are lesou-s of which he. can

avail him

to regulate

Amothe various revohition. phvsical,mor-

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Aiti eav me rieat American Lon.re.

which is to be a council in the hour of conilict. the f lilhful interpreter of treaties, a mediator i:i domestic coiiteutiou', and w hich r cbaiged w dhthe formation of our new body of international law, h.,s he-La organi.ed oc invested with all tlie powers comjtetent to attain the impor taut and digniiied einl lor which it'is convoked. Ail the piecious materials are prepared to our ha-id. A w-orld regards our labors with the deep e-t attention. From the 11104 powerful monarch, to t. e humblest peasant of the Southern continent, no one views our task with indifler ence. This w ill be the last opportunity for the attempt to prove that man can be happy. iIy friends! the held ot glory trodden by i'olivar, San .Martin O'Jliggins (iuadeloupc, lies open

ton-! Our names are to be recorded eitiier with eternal hotiororperpetu.il shame. Let us then proudly stand forth th'dieprcscntativ es of millions ot freemen. and inspired with ;i noble complacency, annulate ourscdv es to the Creator himst ll;wben he hut gave luwsto the Lniverce. Anir.i.i'.fd with celestial f.re, and looking -teadily : vxith rev en nee to the autnor of our Leing, diiliculties the mot appalling sin ink in

to insignificance. The hnsi oi our coiiiedeiat'.oti is firm; la- zitk the snulc rl i ; respect for Luropean Governments, even where their political principles aii diametrically opposed to those acknoxvledged in A.neuca, Jut coitimcrcc with all nation;, and a diminutiua ot imposts on the trade of such as have acknowl edged our independence; rliiuiis toltratii,h for such as observe ddicrent rites from those established by our constitution. How emphali callv are we taught by th blood which fanati-

cism has spilt; from the time ot theJcws to the

companionate and tolerant to all who travel to

the same point by ddlerent paths. Let the stranger, of w hatever mode or faith come hither; he shall be protected and respected, unless his morals, the truestandard of religion, be opposed to the system given us by the Messiah. Let him come and instruct us in Agriculture and the. arts. Let the fad and abject coun-

11 11 1-111 tenaiicc ot the poor Atrican.bendmg under the ell : all are rules by which he learn! , , , , h . ,l 1 . ,J . chains ot rapacitv no longer be seen 111 thee his nrT"ent conduct.

eiiiues ; unit oe i uuoxvei wiin equal priVTl-

etres ot tlie white man, whose, color he has

r , ,t, 1 , 1 , 1 v , egeaoi iin, xMiue. iii.ui, xiijse. color he lias ' a . an lootical. which history has icconled, fcj;eCM taught to regard as a badge, of superiority

philosoply investigated, ours has j,o parallel

la ('hina.otie dynasty succeeded another from Lohi to the period when the Tartar chief as-

t'line 1 the throne; theKgyptians count upwards

rt MMO generations to St-

the r

er.'ians suc-

cce-led the Modes asthe latter had done the Assyrian; the Uom ms survived them all; a clou 1 of locusts issued from the north to ravagi

and possess the south of Luropo .Columbus discovers anew world ;Cortes, I'i.arro ami other wicked adventurers, tlcthrone the sovereigns of

4 fourth part of the n;lobe,and sei.e their territories: human nature still knows no benefit; every day she becomes more a slave to the few: 3 id by a passive, irrational subservience, sinks

mt an accomplice to the crimes of those w ho

hide her degradations from herself, and make her lorgct her noble origin. Dynasties have

v en destroyed, and vices of government re- ' mined una! t red.

Even when the Greek, the Roman or the

Carthagoniatiofantiquity displayed an apparent love of liberty, variable, jealous dissatisfied were their own teritories, great warriors but

t ad citizens, we see in them vice enlv indit

f? rent forms, and a continuous series of error and calamity ;the glories of Marathon and Salamis may be sung in lofty measuresdmt theAthe-

ntan trembles at the prognostic that the walls

f i

let him in learning that he is not distinct fro'm

other men, learn to become a rational bcin.

Immortal Titt' eloquent Fox! interrupt for a

moment your slumbers, and raising yourselve?

from the tomb, behold that the regions, once

emphatically the. legions of slavery ; are now

those where your philanthropic precepts are

most regarded.

As respects ourselves, two dangers are prin-

ieinally to be avoided. The desire of. aggran

dizement in one state at the expense of anoth

Clothe possibility that some ambitious individ

ual will aspire to enslave and tyrannize over

his telloxv-eitizcm. Loth the-c are as much to

be apprehended as the w eak dibits of the Span . 1 ... . 1 1

i.uos ,ue .10 oe coniempieu. unman passion

will always operate and can never be distinguished; nor indeed should we wish to stiile them. Man is alway s aspiring, and never content with present possessions; he has always been miouitous.nnd can we at once insniie htm

, I - - - with the love of justice? 1 trust we can he has had a dire experience of the ravages which uncontrolled passion has caused. Sully and Henry IV. projected a tribunal

which should save Europe from the tiift of these

calamities. In our own day, Gorden has written a treatise on the same subject. This as-

scrubby realizes the laudable views of the king

ding uriii:i be allowed in the time of peace. btii. Let us uveid generally the evil to which 1 have aiiuued, o little rccoiicileable with the itutu'sts, oi .ociety by ull tlie means that our ability enatues us to employ, and honor and prudence le.cununend. 1 nave not luiyttvu, that in an obscure corner

ol ti.e Lm ui ial, or t;.e palat e at Azanjiuz, plans' ;or new xpeuiiiui.s aaiasl u are noxv forming. 'j l.c hi.sioij 01 hpaiii, however, g'xei ahundant proof u 1. 1 1 iiicy wui e uiiav jiliiiij. iid I'lulip 11.

ai.U liia uiaiiUson reduce JlolJainl to si:i-jcct:"!i, or eoulJ Ihuup IV. ever rectver Portugal. Wou'd i. ululonia ever liuve been recovered but for the griie.o'iiy ul t ru.aeei lla-j Gibraltar or Jajiiaica ever uea restore u ' '1 lie i.istory of her tiealies is little lc'S tlean U:at of succesiive it nunciatioiis ol

iier rights and ti-rrnoiMs. Whalslie Raided r t tiie

ijatiics ef 1'itxia and bt. uintiu Sin; tost ii) tii-

i.rcjiK 01 Virvinib, v eip..u'i a, w.e 1 yrencrs, einiuin, and Aix la C hapelle. The ."North Ainericaiis coiupeiied tier to surrender the l ljndas,

xvi.ici she had at .quired Ly the treaty of pan. Let us i cal t.i ineniorv other cm Uinstahce.b l'iiilipll. p nniited Ins t roups to support th..-.ii-,'eixt.-. by rapine, and thus tjrauiiaily c..austed thr pal'.ehce ol t; e 1 (iiaitler. Ciiarles il. exacted taxes 10 tie uieuuul of fifteen per ceat. and traliirued a xv ay the vicercyalt ie ul Alexico arid Peru, to support iiis armies, buoli xvas the policy 01" ihe .-paiujii uiuuaic.:, xv hen the sua aixvays i.ui:c on

niiA portion of his d jiaihiouS, and when pasiiveo-

. euieiite cbaruct jrizcu ills su.iect. Atlhi day

lijt cm Li: aceoh'ij'Ush, s. ripp.d of his colonics,

without tiiii aa at i.oi.ir, and vvidi a hundred thou

sand 1 rei.riui.aii cuarteied in the 1 1 iiin-sida; vN c

dl knuv ..') what mean tlie expedition of V.)2i) x .is lilted out; tl.e iudeuuiities paid by the l'reuch.

tiie prix) purse of tl.o kih,ah were appropriated.

iAcr) vjuiec; has been exausted; vessels of war are

vanUi: tn last ileeay t d iaiiKs in theserv lee have

been di .'p.iti h. d 11. me llaxuaiu; anns are net to

e procured, and ..unish tr. ops evince little dispo

sition to pcrisi 011 our shores oy either the sxv oivK

oi i'tiiiiiien, 01 li e ii.ortality ot the climate.

It is hot Hi) iiiteinioii to advise our diiarminp:

ourselv es, on the contrary, oar military unci uval

lorccs siiould oe mcrfased and not allowed to re main inactive, and in quarters. W'e should strike a

blow which may appul a nation at once so obsti

nate and blind to its own interests. Let ih rather oy decisive measures compel our enemy toiveuj his rashness and caprice. All Europe disapproves

of his conduct. Not even the princes of the house ot Loiirben venture to hold out the leat aicument.

No nation feels an interest in the continutien ef the xx ar; the creneral xx ish is for peace. Without it

commerce i? interrupted pjenerallv,to the preju

dice of iudustriouK .S: trading communities. Mow

uiti'erent was the situation of Great Hritian w hen she recognied the independence of the Untied

tales! W ise Knglndi teach and guide thee blind

Spaniards.

hue bpain obstinately resists the mediation ct

tbepower? that protict us: the products of her soilof all kinds, as xv ell an her niauufatures.are totally pro

hibited. They are seized wherever they arediscovered; and those vxho are convicted of nrciking alaxv, xv ith which we cannot dispense, uniformly lose their cargoes. The manufatureisof Valcncia anil Hart elona have ceased, unable to export their i;oods; their industry is paralyzed, Eci-di-nand VII. persuades himself that by withholding his recognition, he forces on us enormous expenses in maintaining our armies: at the same nio.neiu destroys the remaining energies of a kingdom already torn by discord, and groaning under a foreign yoke. If ever h.s judgment should be opened to the counsels of justice if he could ever be

persuaded bow useless is the attempt to tveover what il ik impossible, to retain ifhe could be eon vinced that in America there are no factions and strong bold of xx hich he can avail himself Amer

ican would then use a different language tov.itL him. We will not buy our independence. Oar souls revolt at the name of freedmcn. Ourcoin-

munities arc. constituted with privilege1 similar!

to thoe of Luropean States. e are men spontaneously united, and only bound by the compact . xx hich in the lull exercise of reason we have formed. If Ferdinand xx ill recognize us enter into terms

like those which are offered in a spirit ot perfect generosity, we will forget the injuries he has done us, and the day ol peace will be the

day of sincere reconciliation. It is w ith ex trcme reluctance that we continue the v.ar' We will end it with the most lively alisfaction if we can er.d it w ithout dishonor. Lut my friends! recognition is not the point of most importance to vs. Holland was rich ictorious before her lecognition. Switeil; r l formed adiances with the sovereigns of Lun ;f before the house of AuUiia acknowledged i.er as a nation. The exi- tance of a state depend. on other circumstances; recognition only j iocuress the extension of her foreign lelation. it being, inM'li more depends on its interna! political organization. Let 113 secure the Lest. Let us maintain a propriety of demeanour; let

us admit no foreign agents without regular diplomatic credential". Within our hnibours no dags are permitted to wave, but those el tiie Sovereigns and Lepubltcs that tdlow the entrance of our vessel-:. Above all, let us form one family, and forget the names of our respective countries in tae mor e general denomination of brothers, let us trade without restriction- without prohibi

tions let articles of American growth be free from duty in all our ports let us give each other continual proofs of confidence, disinterestedness and true friendship let us form & botly of public law, which the civilized wor.d may admire; in it, a wrong to one state dn il be regarded as an unity to all, as in a weil leg ulaled community, injustice to an' indiv idu -1, concerns the rest of the republic. Let us solve the problem as to the best of government. The form w hich we adopt, securing to individuals ail possible benent.ito the nat'on the pre advantages, is that w hich beyond doubt, reaches the greatest felicity of which human natu.c

is susceptible, the highest perfection of human institutions. And when our labors are conct 1ded, let us return to our homes, and surrounde d

by our children and grand children, let us select the young( st of those beloved objects, at d uplifting it. a fit offering to the supreme Iking, teach it in tender accents to give thank for the inestimable benefits we have received. Let the Greek celebrate his exploit? in leaving Troy in ashes; the representatives of the American Republics will boast of having promulgated lawi, which j-ecure peace abroad a- well the internal tranquility of the states that no

confederate.

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ATLANTIC AND FACIFIC CAN'AL. Sev eral contradict irv statements have onpeared in the public papers relating to tire Contract wiiich h.is been recently formed with ti.e Go, eminent of the Central Ameika by a O mpany of Citiz r.s of the United State, for uniting the Atlantic and Pacidc Of cans, by mean of a canal to be opened acro the Isthmu.-.thru the Lake Xicaraugua. As ;tn upporiu-iiiy hrs

been aiYordou Vj u, by ihe pol;tenos ol A. H. Palmer, Lp the general agent of the "L'ci.ircl American and Unilen S'ciU .itiar.uc ar.d Pacific Cuial Ooinj-any'' of reading the Contract itself, as well as some of tiie discussions concerning it, which took place in the Legislature of that lie public, we have thought it wot; id n t be uninteresting to our readers, to lay before them a brief abstract of the terms and conditions of the Contract. We understand that it has been submitted to the insjH-ction of the c r f t a k v or State, ami Sfcni-TAKV or Ti;n Tktasi p.y; and that they have both expressed their decided approbation of the great object of uniting the two oceans by means of a canal tor ship navigation, and their great satislaction that, if a work of such trancendant importance to the commerce of the world should be executed by any company, that company should be composed cf citizens of the United States. For ourselves, we entertain 110 doubt of tiie practicability of the enterprise, and at an t-pen-e that may be considered insignificant. w hen compared with the incalculable adar.t;uwhich must be derive.- to commerce in general, and particularly to that of the U nited State", from a ship channel ac ross the Isthmus. It was probably to Mich a direct communication as this between the Atlantic and Pacific, that the Suia-.iAf.v of the Tr.Ev.si:nv alluded to in his verv intfOstii g and able Keportofthe loth February lat, in which he discusses the interesls of our foreign commerce with the principles lhalsho'.'dd govern it. As our readers may not have" that Leportat hand, we extract tlie following pziisage, which may bft regarded as almo't t rphelic. ami whn h supersedes the ne-ce-,sitv of o ,r adding anolher won! 011 the sub-

"Whi!-' repudiating ior ourselves nil claim to special favors, we must not be insensible to, b failing to improve tm? trancendant advantages v. inch nature and Providence have placed before ih. Among-d these, most especially be ranked at the pneut juncture, is that of the phvsical position assigned to us upon the olobe." l'cside the aseeticeiicy which this, in

conjunction with the e xisting amount and perfection ofour mercantile marine, is calculated to give Us over the chief commercial operations rf this, continent, a vista is opcrei by the re-

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