Indiana American, Volume 2, Number 38, Brookville, Franklin County, 19 September 1834 — Page 2

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

WILLIAM COBBETT. It seems that there is no idea too preposterous for this man to propagate. An invasion iflreland by America is about as likely as an 'invasion of the moon. Having lived here and knowing the character of our government and

its institutions, he must absolutely be in his dotage to admit the thought for one moment. That he finds people so excessively silly and

so profoundly ignorant as to credit such a lit

erally mad conceit, would be indeed matter of astonishment, had we not daily experience

of the crowds that follow every Charlatan

however absurd his pretensions. We copy

the proceedings of a meeting held in London

in consequence of this notable discovery of

Cobbett's, satisfied it will at least excite on

readers to a hearty laugh. .V. York Courier.

From the London True Sun. 'DANGER OF AN AMERICAN INVASION OF IRELAND. At amcetingof the Manchester Repeal Association, held at Hutton's Tavern, Deansgate, on Monday evening, May .19, Mr. Cobbett's Register of Saturday? May 17, was, on motion, ordered to be read at length, upon

which the following resolutions were passed

Uenlved-That the late paper, written

by Mr. Cobbett, on the probabilites and danger of an American Invasion of Ireland, is, in

our judgment, the most important document that has issued from the British press these

many years past; and that it appears to us to Up Apiirvnr of the most serious attention of

Ms Majesty's government and the people of

England. . PnU-Ml Thnt we tender our lasting

irmfifmlf! to Mr. Cobbett for this able produc

i;n .f hi npn. and rpsnertfullv request him

n rpnublish. in a chean form, this immorta

Jnmmnnt. and to assure him of our order for

500 copies, for the use of the members of our association.

prlvfd That we petition both Houses

rf Parliament, oraving that five million cop

ips of this invaluable paper be published .at

the national expense, through the agency of Mr. Cobbett, and distributed gratis all over the United Kingdoms. That our petition to the House of Lords be entrusted to the Lord Chancellor, and the Earl of Shrewsbury, and Lord Cloncurry be requested to support its prayer; and that to the Commons be entrusted to our tried, faith

ful and unnurchasable countn men, O'Con-

ne.lh and that Messrs. Hume, Harvey, Roe

buck, Ruthven, O'Conner, Ronayne, Shiel, Finn, Jacob and Maurice O'Conner, be re

quested to support the same. That these Resolutions be published in Mr. Cobbett's Register, the Evening and Weekly-

True Sun, the Manchester Advertiser, the Newcastle Press, and Liverpool Journal, and

that these papers have and deserve our confi

dence and thanks. LLOYD JONES, Chairman. Joseph Siiile Tole, Secretary.

as Jefferson, to proclaim an aversion to menworship, and to establish principles as the on-

y safe standard, &c." Our own reflections

and the examples of history should convince'

us that no free government can long be sustained, where men are substituted for princi-

les. If we are not incapable ot receiving

instruction from example, we must profit by

the republics of past ages, which have been overthrown by an abandonment of principle

nnd a blind adherence to men. We are all

such selfish beings, and either through infirmi

ty or depravity are always liable to err. A

principle wtiicn may he denounced to day, F . r i jt

may shortly become the test oi political ortuodoxy, and thus all the great movement may depend upon the whim or caprice of an individual, who himself may be the miserable in

strument of political jugglers. This is the government of an absolute monarchy, by whatever name it may be called.

It is a iust and profound observation of Ma-

chiavel, "that the rel power of government are sometimes contracted to a narrower point

in republics than in monarchies." He who

has not seen this tendency in republican gov

ernments profited httle by the lights of history

or experience.

In the davs of Jetferson. Madison and Mon

roe, who ever heard of JetFerson men, Madi

men or Moneroc men! rarlies were

COMMUNICATIONS.

son

then known by principles which they adroca

ted and they lormed tne rule by which men

were judged. And if we wish to preserve our

government, we must get back again to the

standard of principles which were then pro

fessed and maintained.

Let a party be organized with an exclusive

reference to any individual, and let thatindi vidual, be placed at the head of the govern

ment, he must of necessity be supported in

all his measures. If he should be supported by his party, only when he is right, the party

must soon be broken in pieces; lor his name beinsr the only rallying point, whenever the

party shall fail to justify and sustain all hi

acts, it loses its appropriate designation and

must dissolve. It is therefore as necessary to

support the chief of a party, thus organized

when he is wrong as when he is right.

But this is not the case where a party is or

ganized in reference to principles which are

vital to a h eee government. Un these tn

standard is planted, and by these are all mem

bers of the party, from the highest to the low

est, judged. A party with such a basis, and

with intelligence, virtue and patriotism to d

rcctit, mustalways be impregnable. J spea

of no sectional party, but of one devoted to the

great principles ot republican government

and wnicn views men, nowever exaueu

their talents and public services, as agents to act for the welfare of the whole union. I have the honor to be, with great respect, your ob't serv't.

JOHN M'LEAN.

For the Indiana American. WHITE-WATER CANAL.

There appears to be a contrariety of opin

ion extant relative to the propriety ot undertaking this public work at the present time

The election is now past, and the public mind

has become settled ; and it is hoped reason and

common sense will usurp their exalted thrones

in weighing this momentous question. Itisol

mighty magnitude, because it involves a principle of vast importance to the future prospects

of the State. This is only the commencement of a career of Improvements that will ultimately overwhelm the state with debt, which will hang as an incubus around her neck.

That course of policy is a bad one which

is calculated to immerse the estate in debt,

and render her- tributary for ages to come to some other state sav New-York. In this

ltimates the question now under considera

tion. It is proposed by politicians, to borrow

money on the faith of the state of Indiana to

construct a line of Canal through the valley

of White-Water, at a cost about $2,000,000.

This Canal will pass through four counties

only but I will take it in its most favourable

ight, and say that eight counties shall be con

cerned in it. Now, there are G9 counties in

the State, and every eight are entitled to an equal sum of money to be expended on such works

as Vipy esteem needful which will create an

ggregate State debt of E1U1I 1 LEM M1L.1

- course ofher existence she has never owed a1

dollar, nor has she kept funds rusting in her

vaults. Her first aim was good roads, and as she demanded them, she resorted to canals. Let Indiana go and do likewise. Let her

first turn her attention to good roads. . Above

all let.her avoid debt as much as possible.

will exemplify the matter by applying the

mse to an individual. A owns 150 acres of

land is not in debt he mortgages his land

forS500 and applies the money to the con-

v

- oerxan emigrants. Within the present summer, large numbers of German emigrants

have poured into the West. Many have settled in this state, and a goodly number in our

immediate vicinity. It appears from the

Baltimore Gazette, that the tide is not yet stopped. If they bring with them the simple

manners and industrious habits of the old German population of Ohio, we cannot have too

many of them. Some political economists af

fect to think, that these emigrants, being most

ly withoutTroperty, will take up the places

which ought to he filled by our own wprthy

and industrious poor. But this idea is falla

cious. They will never interfere with those whoare as enterprising as themselves, and

choose to be as attentive to their business.

There is nobody, but would prefer employing a man that speaks his own language, to one

whom he can onlv half understand, and who

can only half understand, him. With equal

intelligence, honesty, and industry, our own

poor have greatly the advantage over any

emigrants.

The Baltimore Gazette of August 23rd,

navs: "Yesterday and to-day presented a

lively appearance in some of our streets, from the number of emigrants who have arrived at

our port within a day or two from Bremen, and

are now directing their course towards the West. Their general appearance, "added to

the fact ofthcir can-vine with them most of

the Implements necessary for their comfort

and convenience, and some of them large sums of money, induces us to believe that they will become a valuable acquisition to that section

cf our country.'" Cincinnati .Mirror

MATRIMONIAL ANECDOTE. The Rev. Mr. 0.,a respectable tlcrgvman

in the interior.of the state of New York, relates the following anecdote A couple came

to him to be married; and after the knot was

tied, the bridegroom addressed him with

"How much doyou ax, Minister? "Why," replied the clergyman, "I general

ly take what is offered me. Sometimes'more sometimes less. I leave it to the bridegroom."

"Yes, but how much doyou ax, lsay? ' re

peated the happy man.

"1 have just said, returned the clergyman,

"that I left it to the bridegroom. Some give

two, some one, some only a quarter ot a one.

"A quarter, ha I said the bridegroom, "wal

that's reasonable as a boy could ax. Let me see if I've got the money." He took out his

pocket book; there was no money there, he

fumbled m all his pockets, but not a sixpence

could ne una.

"JJang it." said he, "1 thought 1 had some

money with me; but I recollect now that it

was in my t other trowses pocket. Hetty,

pave ye got silch a thing as two shillins about

yer

"Me? said the bride, with a mixture o

shame and indignation, "I am astonished at

ye, to come here to be married without a

cent of money to pay for it! If I d known it afore, I would'nt a come a step with ye; you

might have gone alone to be married for all

IONS OF DOLLARS. The interest on

which, at 5 per cent, would, amount to $900,000 a year a pretty considerable cum for a young slate to pay annually for NOTHING!

1 his nine hundred thousand dollars must be

paid each and every year to the state of New

ork provided the funds shall be be derived from that source. An for what? is the grand

question. Mcrelv to have it said that Indiana

is pressing forward in the work ot Internal

Improvement. 1 he Canal now in question,

at a cost of not less than TWENTY HUN

DRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, would

not keep itself in repair, aside from paying the

interest on the capital invested in it. Itwould

not enhance the value of property, in general.

to the extent held out to the people by those who expect to reap golden harvests by it. Itwill doubtless make a few locations for villages and cause the proprietors to sell off lots at extravagant prices, and enable a few individuals to make a living by the storage and commission they charge the farmers on produce they must necessarily place under tlieif charge for safe keeping and for sale. SpeculatorsIso would

have a better opportunity oi imposing upon

the honest larmer ana mechanic, by buying

up their surplusage at different points on the

Canal at reduced rales.

Anv man who will make fair calculations

must come to the only legitimate conclusion.

that the farmer would ultimately loose the price of transportation on every article con

veyed by the L-anal. oay, lor example, A

has 8 barrels ot flour, and wants in exchange

bbl. salt, tM lbs- coltee, KHJlhs. suRar, nnd

struction of a fine dwelling. Now what must

follow? In a few years, it will take the house land and ell to pay for the house alone. Just so with regard to the Canal policy now in

vogue. The Canal would be as useless, at

this time, as the fine house to the poor man

and quite as unproductive ; and soon would the

State be neck, and heels in debts, and the

heart of her treasure would be annually ap

plied to the payment of the INTEREST.

1 was not a little amused on reading Mr

Conwelfs Circular just preceding the election. He makes a saving in transportation on the Canal of 25 per cent, to the farmer equaj to $70,000 a year to the inhabitants of ten counties. How does he come to this result? Sim

ply by charging the farmer with four fold his freight and then adding 50 per cent, to the aggregate amount. He omitted to say that the farmer must haul his produce to the Canal and then perhaps store it up in'waiting for a

Boa! and then pay drayage and storage be

fore it left. Nor did he say that the Canal is

to terminate at Lawrenceburgh, 21 miles be

low Cincinnati, where ltmust again be stored

up in waiting for a steam-boat to transport

150 lbs. iron. The flour would weieh 1600,

and the back freight COO, making 2200 lbs. of freight, which at 25 cents a hundred would

amount to $'5,50. This sum he might save bytransporting it himself and, with good roads, he could do it in 2 days, or in 3 at the extent.

but let it be sent by canal transportation, and the expenses must be augmented in nine ca

ses out of ten, by the addition of storeag-e.

drayage, and commission to the freight and

finally half the produce will be swallowed up

in getting it to market.

Every farmer needs a wagon and team, and

on a good road he may transport his surplus

products to the head ot market without visible

expense, and at a season when his work is not

pressing his attention at home. Every dollar thu9 saved by our own labor is calculated' to

enrich the State;

tion

it to Cincinnati if it did not meet a market at

Lawrenceburgh there again freight, drayage and storeage. i and perhaps commission. There

is a possibility of all these charges being taxed on a wagon load or two of produce which would about consume the whole of it. It need

not be expected that all the surplus productions of this region of country will find a mar

ket at Lawrenceburgh at fair prices. Again

by illusory statements he makes every farmer pay $19 for freight a year. Every boy of 10

years old in this community knows this to b( ideal that AG would be an exorbitant calcu

lation. The most novel of fell his argument is

that of creating water power. He says: "the

crase of water power which will be excedingly

invaluable, will be "quite sufficient, perhaps

to defray all the expenses of the Canal"!!!! i

There is no part of the United Slates that can boast of suchvaluable water privileges as the state of Indiana along the valley of Whitewater. When these privileges shall be im-

proved, then it might seem necessary to create more; but not until then. " Among all the other fallacious things that he said, he thinks it

probable "the General Government will appropriate to the furtherance this great enterprize, the lands which remain unsold in the 12 mile purchase." He knows, and all know-that the lands spoken of are of but little value, and that under this administration

they cannot be obtained for that purpose. In

fact, the constitution of the United States for

bids all appropriations for local purposes.

I did not intend going into detail on this

question at the present time, but merelv to di

rectthe public eye to it. It is one of much importance and should be fairly and freely

discussed, and seriously considered. The motives of those who are over zealous in the cause

should be well scanned and traced to their source. From what I have here said it will

be understood that I stand decidedly opposed

to the proposition. I, however, always held

my mind open to conviction. 1 honestly be

lieve, that in the adoption of the proposed measure, we impose a burden that will weigh

us and our posterity down to the earth we

render the state of Indiana tributary, and

make her sons virtually slaves. The whole

In looking round fur a person dossj.;-

the reqosites above alluded to, my attention i irresistably arrested by the Honorable Joan

McLean oi unio, wno seems to possess in

greater degree man any other man in Amer-

ica, the connaence oi all parties; and should therefore, be put in nomination for the Presi

dency, by the friends of peace and good eot.

As to the V ice Presidency there seems aim

to be some anxiety; and with the view

further the great object here contemplated much care should be taken in the selection of a person to be placed upon the ticket wither.

jNIcJjEan. And as there seems to be no n?r

son among the conspicious politicians of the times who could be run for Vice Fresiden t, and who possesses the confidence of both parties to the degree that he does, I should be in favor of selecting some man who has not heretofore been engaged in politics, nniWto

is not obnoxious to the censure heaped uoon

the great men of the day.

There lives in Virginia a gentleman .uoii

well known in that state, and known to m.

ny throughout the United States who is not

inferior to any in the nation in point of talent,

and whose private character is unimpeach

able and possessing in a great degree the

confidence ot all who know him, who would.

in my opinion, be a suitable person to place!

upon the ticket with Mr. McLean tor Nicer

President I mean Henry . ar. GkomsI

Tucker. I

With this view of the subject, I would rej

commend to the voters of the United State

the following ticket to be supported at the rm

proacmng f residential election: :

tor President, JOHN McLEAN, of Ohio. For Vice President, HENRY ST. GEO. TUCKER, of V, Respectfully Youra, II Brookville, la. Sept. 15, 1S3J.

HUTCIIEN.

For the Indiana American. NEXT PRESIDENT.

me.

"Yes, but consider, Hetty," said the bride-

groom, in a soothing tone, "we re marneo

how, and it cant t be helped it you ve got

sitrh a thing as a couple shillings "

"Here lake 'em, interrupted the angry

been

5

i following letter from Judge McLean, ec to an invitation to dine at the Foun-

Inthe

in answer

tain Green Hotel, with certain of the democratic citizens of the city and county of Philadelphia, on the 4th Julj last, we find the same patriotic sentiments expressed as are

contained in the replies of that great apostle of Republican liberty, Thomas Jefferson. We rejoce that we have such a

man among us at this important crisis in our

Government, and that the people are rallying around him, and in 1836 will confer upon

bun the highest honor in their gift. shield.

JUDGE McLEAN'S LETTER. Richland, 29 June, 1834.

Gentlemen :1 regret that my absence in the

country delayed until yesterday the receipt of

j fKir lavor oi ue yuth Inst, inviting me to the democratic festival to be given at Fountain Green, on the 4th of July next." It would afford me high gratification to unite with my fellow citizens of the city of Philadelphia and its vicinity, in the object of the festival, which you informed me, are Mto bring together those democrats, who have been for some time divided in their choice of men, in union and harmony, to resuscitate the doctrines of Thom-

bridc," who during his speech had

searching in her work bag, "and don t you,

said she, with a significant motion of her fin

gers, "don t you never serve me another sitcn

a trick."

burden of the work will fall upon the farmer

and mechanic, and the merchant arid snenila.

I'll ta Vtfafo. i r-i n kmt. :nl.n.1 .1 1 1 i 1 f 11 . 1 i .

v v,. ut-i imciiirtj Luuui- tor win reap an tne advantages. , and aid the farmer in his business and Sent. 19th. 1834. C. W. HI

when hesprosperousjthe whole country must flourish. This position is tenable and cannot be suc

cessfully controverted. Let every man take

a lair anu rational view ot the matter lor himself, and uot be, blinded by the fclious dazzle of impracticable theory that interested men, and

misguided politicians may throw before the

public. All the arguments that I have yet heared advanced in favor of this new fahglcd project have been specious and will vanish at the approach of reason and common sense as

"mist before a summer's sun."

Economy seems to dictate a course, that

would, under all circumstances, ke p the bal

ance of trade in our favor, if possible. This

Rather Supcrfluaus.-Durmg a recent discussion in the Tennessee Convention, on a proposition (which has been adpoted) to compel every member of the legislature to swear that in voting for public officers, he will be influeced neither by "favor, affection, partiality or prejudice," a Mr. Cobbs moved to amend by inserting "exceptTin the case of a candid

ate from his own county or district;" and,

after some earnest discussion, Mr. J. A M -

Kinney offered the following rational sub

stitute:

"I, A. JLJ. do solemnly swear, that as a member of this General Assembly, I will, in

the first place, do the best I can for myself in the second place for my friends, and in the

third place for the State of Tennessee."

Now we like this rastly better than the

other; but it is hardly liberal enough yet for

practical operation. Mr. M'Kinney is a sensible man, and will of course see the necessity of inserting after "myself," "secondly for my party," and classing the rest accordingly. In

that shape it might stand as fair a chance of

! being heeded as oaths in general, Jezc xorker

THE Mr. Editor:

As the term of office of the present Chief Magistrate of the Union, draws near to a close, we naturally begin to inquire, "who is to be u: i t . . .

ins auLi.t;s.or. mis i consider to he an important question, and one deserving the serious consideration of every American who

K.eis interested in the great cause ot freedom and the stability of republican institutions.

The political divisions which have existed in the government for the last eight or ten

years, have been viewed with regret by al

true patriots, of every political creed, from th

being an exporting state, it would not be a fact that their direct tendency is to anarchy, difficult task so to regulate our concerns as to or that, which to Americans, is but little bet-

keep a regular and gradual flow of money

from all parts of the Union into it. But if we are to go on in a blind career of Improvements

without a regard to our available resources, and step by step descend the depths of debt.

it will require all the advance on the labor of ple, as for the "spoils of victory. it i i - it. I vtpti nooi .1 I i a 1 t i i. . i

me country 10 pay we m iukco! on tne oe true, ana i Deueve there are

ter, monarchy. And the opinion, that the

countn is in danger irom those angry politic

al struggles, which have shaken the Union to

its verjr centre, is strengthened "by the fact

wai we w ar is not so much a war lor urinri

if it really

none who

principal borrowed and expended on objects have hardihood enough to gain say it, that the

oi no intrinsic vaiue. x ne consequences are present aisturDea state ot our countrv. has h-

easily foreseen. Cumbersome taxes must be risen more from the love of office than the love

levied and collected to support the Quixotic of good government or should it even have

1 -Im ...

sencmes ot mushroom politicians, who regard had its origin in a nobler foundation, I be-

more a hobby on which they may ride into 'lieve the time has arrived when every man office, than the true interests of the flourishing should set his face against the present politic-

siaie oi uiuiana. ai excitement oi tne country when each and

l wenty or thirty years nence will be time every one ot us should yield up, if necessary.

enough to commence so bold a career. At some of our preconceived notions of men and

that period we may hope to succeed in those

magnificent works which have added to the

fame and prosperity of the umpire State. It

seems to me that we should profit by experi-' ence; and mark the course that older states

have pursued, and fall into the footsteps of

things for the sake of compromise and peace

For the accomplishment of this desirable

object, it will Le necessary to choose some

man to succeed President Jackson, who is not

identified with either of the great cohtendin

parties ana who would be able to to calm

INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS. We have an authentic table before

which exhibits the total amount of money ei pendedin each State and Territory from til

adoption of the l ederal Constitution to ta

first day of October, I rom this tab! it appears that the General Government hi

expended upon works of internal impro

ment, in Maine 11,724 Z; Massachusetl

03,042 46; Connecticut, ,009 07; Kho

sland, 195 19; New York, 68,138 45; M

svlvania,35.72S 32; Delaware, 307,1011

Maryland, 10.000; Virginia, 150,000; Nd

Carolina, 1,000; Kentucky, 90.000; Tenni see, 4,200; Ohio, 390,150 03; Indiana, IN

G23 88; Mississippi, 49,385 52; Illinois, m

Alabama, 81, 7t)2 78; Missouri, 22,7U!s i

Akansas. 44,690; Michigan, 48,607 95;Fli

da, 799,002 01; making in all, a sum of tf

million three hundred and lorty-one thousl one hundred and thirty-six dollars and thj

cents. To this sum is added the cost ot I

National Road from Cumberland to the 01 river (.1,662,2-10 75) the continuation of!

Cumberland Road, the various appropriata

made for military roads, for surveys of rof

and canals, for improvcing the navigatioi

the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and lor oa

purposes of internal improvement, whicn

penditures added to the former amount mi

a grand total of four million nine Irmidl and three thousand six hundred and thii

seven dollars and ninety-two cents.

- M

JLorransvort i

PrrirTNo onus's teeth. The practice!

pickingone's teeth in conmpany or at W

is condemned, being considered "a bread

every rule of propriety. But customs

in different countries, and in some pan

Europe, particularly among the genteel

ses in the city of Lisbon, picking one s ti

is considered a ceremony necessary to oe

served at dinner at the end of every com

So much so. that tooth picks, fabricate

pieces of tough wood, are always furni

by the host. They are fancifully stucn

a neat little machine, resembling a pti

box, placed in the centre of the table,

which is regularly handed round to the i pafiy, who supply themselves and procecj

business. It is somewhat ditncult tor a

kee to accustom himself to this singular b

and we confess that we were not a little as

ished. perhaps shocked, when, at the first

i 7--. W I I

ner we had the honor to eat in

young lady, the daughter of the host, 1

most eneafrinfr smile. Tmintrd to an

o o o ' r , ij resembling a Hindoo Idol, with its head 4 line with small sntintfrs of wood. H1 a(

o i ' J us to have the goodness to hand ber a q pick! But we heard aright she selectei

ID

from the lot. throwing herself bark

chair, and opening her pretty inouthf menced operations in the most gracef ucr imaginable ! Boston Journal.

Shoe Blackisg. Perhaps the best i?

world is elder berries. Mash the berriei

your hand in a large kettle of water; tM

it a halt a day, filling it up with water, i ter it is cool, strain and wring them throj

coarse cloth, and then toil it down

thickness of molasses. Put a small u;

with a feather on a brush; rub the

there is a fine gloss. The same win frond writin? ink. . .

Western

such as have ascended the lofty summit of the present excitement and hrinff the govern-

greatness with the least difficulty. New-York meif back to that quiet and peaceful condipresents herself to "the union as a pettern for tion which existed prior to the Presidential economy and enterprizc. Ia the whole election in 1824.

Missouri. The Western (Mis?')'1 tor states that all the members of as exrent one. eleclvtl in tht. tinner part'

State, are anti-Van Buren. The St. Republican says, if this be so, it will p decided anti-Van Buren maioritv in e

eral Assembly, and, of course, an opppi

Senator in the dace of Mr Linn, wbose

of appointment exnired with the Iat A

ngress.