Indiana American, Volume 2, Number 33, Brookville, Franklin County, 15 August 1834 — Page 1

HAM A AMIEIBncDAM

KV C. F. CLARKSOX.

TERMS OP Tim AMERICAN. in advance $2,0 in six months; or 3,00 at he expiration of the year. Advertisements. i wwve lines, or isss, win oe inorted once or three times, for one dollar, and 25 fcnts will bs charg-cd for each additional insertion. HISTORICAL. PJPERY IN THE UNITED STATES. The following statements on this subject 1 U 41,-, T ri.:i it li i fere prepaicu uj mc jtrv. nmu r. i neips. fcbe read at the late anniversary m o:ing of he General Assembly s Uoard of Ld-ication Philadelphia. Mr. Phelps has cevoted Lrhof his time to the subject of Popery for lie last year or two, and his statements, we elicve, are generally correct, although we ink his estimate of the number of emigrants this country in iojj is too high, l he numraf foreigners which entered this country cluiing Canada, in 1832, we believe, was tween loO.OJOaad 2J0,0iX), and our impreson is that in 1S33 there was a grea': failing more than supplied in the year lbJ4. r. obs. That another conflict is to be expected with ie man of sin and son of perdition"' has en believed by m any since the era of the formation. A hether our country has any ing to apprehend from such an event, is a stum t Inch demands our most r ous atntion and is urg d upon us by t;ie provi nce of liou. Most of the leading Protest kt divines in this countrv ajrree in expeo T such a couflict, and believe also that this jntry will be tiie theatre where it will be tuessed, and also that the time is not rete. Some of the reasons for apprehending :io;ertoour country from this source will be entioned, althoug'i the time will permit litnorethan an allusion to them. 1st. The! system of Poperv is adopted to evau. We arc accustomed to consider the system a prodigy of error and absurdity; and it is roaeous and absurd, but it has other attn fesanJ aspects jy which its ansurd:tics are lied, and the whole is wonderfully adopted a depraved world. It is the most finished m action of that wisdom which is from beAncient in its appearance, irr posing its forms, higa and in fallible in ils claims ling out t;ie prosncct ot indulgences in here,and the promise of heaven hereafter. io thai knew man would not feel safe in dieting its success? It seizes the deep sentiments of the soul fitJ to respond to the claims of religion, throws ound them the chains of superstition, con the reign of sin, embodies and baptize! unchanged dpravilv of the world, and thrones it in the earth in the sacred and a i5ed name of Christianity. If the elements if evil remain the same if man continues he is then may we expect that Ponerr ill eain proselytes. Then we may expect at this system, which has grown up under e supervision of Satan a thousand years, inch Cecil with the plainness of truth calls ;hc Devil's master-niece," and which Paul reaking by the Spirit, calls the "mystery of quay," will prevail, or it it dies, it will be rith a strife and struggle such as has never et ccenwitnessed. If it had just made its appearance, and had lut one hundredth part of its men and means. ii Tiewol the subtlety of its structure and its ronderful fitness for popularity in out fallen orw, we might count upon its prevalence. 2J. The restoration of the order of JePJi's. The restoration of this order is an event of ast importance to Popery, and may yet be to have an important bearing upon the Jture history of the world. The origin and 'uracter of this order arc well known, at kastto those acquainted with ecclesiastical iMorv, After their institution thrv 5nrrMpd in health with amazing rapidity, until the reven- ' of this order, equalled the revenues of ma- . oi me governments of Europe; and though -i immners were artlully concealed, it is 'PPOSed thev must hav simminfod f.i two nJred thousand: an army excelling in disr" v. ana emciency the standine army ot anf.nrt 1 rt . . . J military despot that ever lived : all educated ren Ppared and sworn to start any moment uirecnon. anil lor anrtorr rp. rnmJ ianucd by the ccncral of the order, bonnd to io family i v",""'uiij ui luuiurv, uy uiij ui i Orainnri- i..t.! j iJ e t c 10 e service of the Roman Pontiff, they fcrc the fit oi ambition, i his nower risin? soon F?rths revival of learning, and seizing as far F possible ;.he keys of knowledge, bid fair, Retime, to enslave the world. " ,s a remarkable fact bcloneine to the ory of our limnc that this order after hav,5een banished for uheir immoralities from .l: . - - - -- mo?t every civil crovcrnmnt in Europe, and Ja'ly abolished hv tho Pronle. has again Poperv aS location an1 ,iaoilitJ to fore'ga "e occupy a small part of a hemisphere, ; enu Eiglity per cent. of the whole popuon of Caaada is theirs. Meiico west of iong to them, and the southern continent aPe Horn. Uur free institutions, which constitute our

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PROOKVIL,L,E, INDIANA, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1834.

true glory, facilitates their introduction. They stand forth to the world, a public invitation to all mankind to come and maintain them as they are, or modify them as a fututre majority may desire. Our free institutions are in their infancy, and our numbers comparative! v lew. It is only necessary lor them in sum cient numbers, to come and live, and vote, and the land would be theirs. Should the event ever occur, unless they abandon the principles they have always professed, our liberty will belong only to the history of this past, and our only alternative be submission or death. 4th. Their present numbers in thiscounly. They have been variously estimated at from five hundred thousand to a million. They number between 300 and 400 priests, and also about 300 churches, 10 colleges, 28 convents, 14 male sermiharies, and 16 asylums. 5th. Their aid from politicians. The fact that they move in a mass, and move according to the dictation of the priests, renders them a convenient instrument for the ambitious demagogue. The system is so well arranged, that in some parts of our country the priest can state beforehand what-num-ber of votes he can bring to Ihe polls for the person he advocates. Places can also be named, where the priests have stated from the pulpit what candidates must be supported. This gives great influence to the hierarchy of Rome in this country. They are also aided by infidels, who almost every where make common cause with them, and thus unite with politicians in "giving their power to the beast." 6th. Aid by emigration. This is the chief dependence. While by their colleges and schools, some proselytes are gained from nominal Protestants, their chief source of increase is by emigration. In 1833, it has been estimated that two hundred thousand arrived in this country by emigration; three fourths of whom where Roman Catholics. From an estimate made by a gentleman connected with one of our theological seminaries and published in several of our periodicals during the past year, it appears that the Roman Catholics had increased ten fold during the last 20 years. The popnlation of our country doubles in about twenty-five years. If therefore, they are able to sustain the same ratio of increase for thirty years the land will be theirs by an overwhelming majority. This whole subject assumes a still more solemn aspect, when these facts arc considered as the indictations of a mature design on the part of Romanists to establish themselves in this country. Leading Protestants in Europe consider this as a prominent design at present with the court of Rome. Priests and Laymen among themselves have avowed the same sentiment. The crowned heads of Europe, the popula tion of France and Austria through the ir Leopold foundation, the college of Cardinals at Rome, and through them the whole papal world are turning their efforts and resources to the same object. These are some of the facts which have arrested the attention of many who love their country and the religion of Christ, and led them to apprehend danger to our country from this source. The late Dr. Rice, feeling deeply on this subject, invited a meeting of his brethern ten or twelve years since in New York, where he urged it upon their attention and prayers. Dr. Cornelius after traveling extensively, came to the same conclusion, and expressed it at a little meeting called for the purpose be fore his death. Dr. Porter and Dr. Fisk, who have rested from their labors during the past year, held the same opinion. To these might he added the names of ma ny who are still living equally esteemed and eminent, in the Episcopal, Baptist Methodist and Presbyterian denominations. But while we solemnly believe that a con flict is approaching, for the final result we have no tear. It may come, and in the onion of all the enemies of Christ, the shock maybe violent and agitating, it may come in our time, and we may be called to witness such scenes as we now know only from history, and the blood of those who come after us may be sprinnkled upon our graves, but whenever it comes, the Lord Redeemed will prepare his church for it and preserve her in it. The cause of truth is the cause of God, and will ultimately and eternally prevail. But if such a conflict is at hand, this, and kindred boards have much to accomplish. If the advocates and emisarics of superstition are mutiplying through our land, and sustained in it by revenues drawn from all quarters of the world, ought not the preachers of righteousness to be also increased In number! It such a con flict is approaching, let the watchmen on the walls of Zion be multiplied until they shall see eye to eye, until looking from tower to tower vision shall meet vision, and through their vigilant care under God, Zion shall be 6afe, and the cause of truth be sustained. Scarcity of Wivus.-lt is said that in South Wales an old maid is a much rare animal than a black swan. It is asserted that the fair emigrants from this country receive offers of marriage through speaking trumpets, before they land from the ship. In this country, however, it requires something louder than speaking trumpets to make them keep their distance! r JV. F. Star.

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POLITICAL. THE PliESIDEJrCV JV PROSPECT. It was a common remark, we Jielieve, up to the commencement f the last Session of Congress, that nothing would be definitely known with regard to the competitors for the succession until near the period of adjournment. But the adjournment has come and passed, and we are yet as much in the dark as ever; and we doubt whether there is a sharpsighted politician, even among the famed sporting circles of the Old Dominion, who would venture on an even wager to name the candidates for the ensuing Presidential contest. That there will be a National Convention appears to be no longer doubtful: and that Mr. Vai Buren will be the candidate of that Convention appears a matter of nearly equal certainty, though Col. Johnson will have some warm friends in the assemblage. True, we have seen it intimated in the jour nals of the Opposition that, in the event of the deleatof the Administration party of this atate in the ensuing fall contest, Mr. Van Buren will no longer be the rallying point of me great ooay ot that party; but such a result does not appear td enter at all into the calculations of the party whose defeat is there in contemplated. But who will be the opposing candidate or candidates? In Ohio and Pennsylvania, Judge M'Len would seem to be the most popular individual yet named; while in both, as in other States, Mr. Clay has yet a strong body of devoted admirers,who win ne oeterreo cu at an; irom renewing the struggle tn his lavor only by a conviction of its utter hopelessness. And then, too, there are Messrs. Webster and Calhoun, who have each their supporters; while in Virginia Messrs. Leigh and P. P. Barbour have been proposed from the respective narties: and Ex-Governor Troup is still a favorifp with his political associates in Georeia. We do not presume that all, or even half, of these gentlemen will be ultimately pressed as candidates for the hich station: but what mav be the order which will ultimatelv arise out of this chaos is beyond our conjecture. lueanwnue, mere are various suggestions from time to time put forward in the nolitiml journals, which, whatever be the prospect or me piopucij ui meir aaopuon, are vet deserving of passing remark. The most import ant which we have noted on the part of the Opposition is a proposal that, in the event of Mr. Van Buren's becoming a formidable candidate, the opponents of his elevation shall select their Electoral Tickets in the several States and Districts with a single eye to that consideration, and without any formal an nouncement of n special competitor; and then allow the election to be made, in case of success, by the untrammeled deriinn nf rh Electoral Colleges. But, while it cannot be questioned that the Constitution originally contemplated the choice of President by the r i ! ... iree nnu unoiasseu action ot the Electors the prevailing usage rendering their very existence but an idle ceremony it may well be doubted that the spirit of the age would tolerate so serious an innovation on the unvarying usHge oi ine lasi mirry years, i ne arrangement would be likely to be defeated, unless cemented by a strong community of feelin? on cardinal points, by the eagerness of per sonal preierence and the influence of mutual jealousy. We can revert to several instances in which the friends of two acknowledged canaiaaies nave been driven by a sense of common danger into a coalition against the claims ot a third aspirant, numerically stronger than either as in the union of the friends of Adams and Jackson against the ticket favorauie io vrawiord in New Jersey and North ... luii vvsi ui a ana rne more recent support ol the same ticket in several States by the resDectiv nart5eon r nr. ay and Mr. Wirt in the struggle of '32but we can recall no instance since the organitation of parties in which a ticket has heen selected by the popular voice who were not presumed to entertain a preference for some prominent individual already in nomi nation. The settled policy of the Opposition, if we "V J"U6J irum me cone oi meir leading journals, contemplates the preservation of a thorough non-committal on the subject of the Presidential succession, until they have fairly measured their strength with the supporters of the Administration, and overborne them, if possible, in the approaching Congressional elections. Success in this point would super sede the necessity or a concentration on their part; as they might then scatter their votes among thirty individuals, aEd yet be sure that the ultimate issue (being left to the decision of the House of Representatives) could not be materially adverse to them. If, however, the elections of the present year should insure the return of a House favorable to the candi date of the National Convention, we presume that an euort will then be made to concen trate the votes of the Opposition on some sin gle candidate, though it is stoutly (and with a shotv, at least, of reason) affirmed by the Ad ministration prints, that the uWhies" respec tively of Massachusetts, of Ohio, of Virginia, and of bouth Carolina, can never be brought to unite with that cordiality which is requisite to victory on any one individual, whoever he may be, and whatever his opinions and qualifications. Time only can test the correctness of this presumption. Yorker It is better to be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of misfortune.

RODGER SHERMAN Is both a subject of eulogy and study. He was one of those who by the force of his

geniu9 and virtues emerged from obscurity to distinction and honors. He was born in Newton near Boston, in the year 1721. He decended from a good stock; the early Sher mans oi mat place were men of good sense, and some of them of hieh attainments, but the family had become reduced at the time of Roger's birth; and such were the 'n augusta domif which he had to struggle with, that he was bred a shoe-maker, and worked at his trade until he was twenty-two years of age. Many an evening during his apprenticeship, he read by the light of pitch knots, set one end on fire in the chimney-corner, to serve as a tallow candle. This fact and a hundred others of a like nature, he was ready to avow in the height of his fame. He left his trade and opened a small store, and read law at the same time he was engaged in merchandize. In 1754 he was admitted to the bar; and hbout this time he was elected a member to the Legislature from the town where he had resided for some time. He practised taw with no small success. In a few rears afterwards he was promoted to the bench of the court of common pleas, and to that of the Supreme Court of the state. In all the Judicial and political affairs of the state of Connecticut he was a prime leader until 1775, when he became national property. In the first Congress ne was so conspicious as to have been elected one of the committee for drafting the Decla- ; r 1 i -VT ration oi jnaepenaence. jur. Sherman was also an active member of Coneress after the adoption of the Federal Constitution, and advacated all the great leading doctrines of Mr. Hamilton. He died in the year 1793, aged 72. Next to Franklin, he -was among il lustrious list ot sell taught men who figured in that day of peril and terror. If he had but little of the ease and flow of thoughts of one bathed in the beams of knowledge from his birth, and who can hardly recollect how, or Irom whence he derived his information, he had the prudence in husbanding his intellectual treasures that made them count well in all business of life. II had no idle hours in his existence, no wastings in the economy of! nis nme. . tic was not eloquent, but always spoke to the purpose. His pen wns better than his tongue; for he sometimes hesitated in debate, but wrote with great clearness and force. His native and adopted states are both proud of him, and his country, since she has acquired an existence and a name, ranks him amone the first of her sons. If he had not the gen'us of Franklin, he had a standard code of morals; if be wnnted something of the invention oi me pnuosopher who drew the lightning irom the heavens, he had fewer eccentricities, and was a safer man to follow. Both were great blessings to their country in their day and generation. Born within a few miles of each other, having acted together, in an important crisis, and dying within a short compass of each other, their names will go down the stream of lime together rs two proud instances of self taught men. The example of such men are of permanent value to the youth of our country; they teach practic al lessons upon the doctrine of free institutions, and why should we go back to remote times to hnd them, when they are directly before our eyes, in our own history? The Poles. Great and ilheral exertions are making in our various cities, through, churches, theatres, and private donations, for the relief of the exile Poles. Those ardent friends of freedom, who once occupied such a vast extent of territory, and whose population exceeded 22,000,000," (nearly to that the British hies and about double that of the United States) are now banished from their country. scattered over the face of this habitable globe. and left in their feebleness to the mercy and hospitality of their fellow-beinps. Manv have sought the "asylum of the oppressed," and it a ue nopeo tney have not sought in vain. A spirit ol symnathv must rrUt within thi W som of every patriot, merely from the truth of a u J l? ""Te yery privation and want and shed their blood to throw off the came yoke of bondage and oppression which our forefathers labored under: unH in k-:-port of the principles of liberty with Pulaski, ..uc.v,..u iuCis,Hare oeen blotted from existence, as a free and independent nation. To aid such a People, must reflect the highest fiiiiniiiiiropigig, Pennsylvania Argus. A STRANGE FACT. U. S. Bank Bills better than Gold or Silver. -We have just been informed by a gentleman who had the information direct from Washington, that President Jackson himself sent Ma jor Donaldson to the Metropolis Bank the pet bank at Washington, with a request that they would spare him, as a particular favor, two hundred dollars, in bills of the Uni ted States Bank, to defray his travelling ex penses to the Hermitage. What a comment this upon the hostile course pursued, by the President of the Uni ted Mates towards that useful institution himself obliged to ask as a favor their notee or pay a discount on the bills of the ret banks every hundred miles. We merely state the facts, without further comment, and are prepared to give a responsible name for the truth of it, If necessary. Princeton Whig.

VOL. II. NO. 33.

FROM EUROPE By the arrival of the packet Caledonia, Capt. Graham, from Liverpool, we have Lon don dates to the 17th and Paris to the 14th of June. The intelligence, however, is not important the state of Europe being altogetner more tranquil than at any time since the Revolution of the Three Days. We adopt the abstract of the Courier : V. Yorker. England.' Some additional changes have taken place in the British Cabinet. The Duke of Richmond has resigned the office of Post Master General, in consequence of a motion in the House of Commons, that the office should be put in commission. The Marquis ofCon vghara has been appointed to succeed him. Capt. Bying, a nephew of the member of Parliament for Middlesex, has been appointed a Lord of the Treasury. Earl Grey still remains Prime Minister though under the continued censure of th leading journals. He has stated in Parliament that it was his intention to propose th renewal of the Irish coercion act, which U about to expire without any material alteration. A scarcity of potatoes existed in Ireland which had given rise to some disturbances in that country, but the Ministers, in answer to inquiries of them on the subject, had replied that they did not believe a real scarcity would eventually shew itself. The ney Colonial Secretary, (Mr. Rice) has carried his re-election for the town of Cambridge. Sir E. Sudgen lost his election by 20 votes only. Mr. Abercromby has been appointed Master of the Mint, with a seat in the Cabinet, much to the mMUnwiiuu of the conservatives. The disabilities under which the Jews in England labor had passed the House of Commons. . Great solemnity had attended the installation of the Duke of Wellington as Chancellor of Oxford University the papers are full of details. PortCg.yi. Don Miguel has embarked on board the British forty-six gun ship the Star, and is bound to Genoa. lie has fortyeight individuals who accompany him. It appears, on his surrender, no other condition as to his future conduct was made, except that he would commit no other offences. His army is entirely dispersed, his soldiers sent to their homes, and all places which still remain in his possession, have been directed by him to surrender to Donna Maria. An income of sixty contos of rers, about $70,000 has been allotted to him. The Government of Donna Maria has convoked the Cortes of Portugal. AH noblemen who abetted the usurpation of Don Miguel are however excluded from seats In the Upper Chamber. By another decree, friars and monks of every description are abolished, their property confiscated, and all the monastic revenues applied to the use of the states A third decree abolishes the monopoly of the Douro Wine Company. These measure, are generally spoken of with approbation. These measures are generally spoken of with approbation. Portugal is evidently fast returning to a settled state under the govern ment o Uon l'edro at Kegent lor his daughter. Germany. The free, imperial citv of Frankfort had been entered and taken possession of by troops of the German Confederation, under command of an Austrian General. The Senate had protested, and the English newspapers denounce the act as uncalled for and of the most arbitrary description. Russia and Tprkey. There are some accounts of difficulties having arisen between Russia and Turkey, in relation to the frontiers which are to divide the two countries, and Russsian troops have, it is said advanced beyond the line stipulated by the late treaty. There are also rumors of war between Russia and Persia. France. From this kingdom there is nothing of interest. The King and Queen of the Belgians had arrived at Paris. Dr. Gervais, whom the government prosecuted for a libel in stating that their officers had committed acts of the greatest cruelty during the troubles at Lyons, has been found guilty and sentenced to fine and imprisonment. The editor of Le Messager, in which the libel was publish-, ed had been acquitted. The elections for the new Chamber absorb almost entirely the public attention. Spain. A chanee has taken nlace in nr Spanish Ministry. Count Terreno hav;n superseded M. Iniaz, in the finance deoar ment. A slight disturbance had taken place in the theatre at Mad rid. in con.ennna the lenity shown to Don Carlos, but the capital was generally tranquil, and th nnreJlof Don Carlos in the nortli fast dwindling in From Guatemala. A mala to April l?Hb. renresont ft,- t t.. to be, as usual, in a state nf A. Morazan had suddenly nrfi.t,i i.: i. Sonsonnte, and assumed the command. Some said he was about to establish himself as Dict tat , Tr6 Wbich wa8 to ve co vened in March, had not vet nAmki.j

( April 18th.)-ur. of Commerce.