Indiana American, Volume 5, Number 47, Brookville, Franklin County, 24 November 1837 — Page 1

IMMIAMA

AMIS o

OUR COUNTRY OUR COUNTRY'S INTEREST AND OUR COUNTRY'S FRIENDS.

13V C. F. CLAKKS03T.

BROOKVIUE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, WOVEHBER 24, 1837.

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I welve linos, or loss, will be 0(3 time;?, for cr.c ctollar. and 25 1 f.r each additional insertion

ivna rutins t i ort3.1 oiico or tl: cr.M will bo e'.iir,

i r a it st is on .s s pe i:c 1 1. Lrlrad of a rpcech ('Jiwral on 5;7t e Jkj s.', f.i Piquet. Ohio, by Gen. Harrison. In relation to the other branch of the subvet of liu currency upon which I proposed to t'loak, I shall say hut little, ncr can 1 believe thai much necessary to he said, I allude to the proposition to establish u National Bank, (')(.; dopcridcint upon the Treasury; whilst th:it Treasury, agreeably to the modern doctrine, is entirely under he control of the Chief Executive Magistrate. Is it possible that the iieooie of the United States will sanction so tc:U a heresy, so decided nn innovation upon irj principles of Republican Government? ' it Viiiv call it an innovation ? It is a decid- ,. s-.-.bversion of the principles of IheRepub-

:ul as complete an establishment of Mon-

.V.,

r.rchy

ns if an amendment cf the constitution

wcr,: to ueciare u to suc.i. u is not tnc

fu!-

r may

!-v which the Chief of a Government may

'.!C called, which designates its character, hut i i:c power with which im is clothed. The position of the sword, ami the purse and the power to sec that the laws are executed by an ii.aivnl'i d constitutes a Monarchy ,'what-

bo his designation, whether King, ullholder or President. That the

no.-".-?s"Kv; of these pon crs, constitute a Monr.rcl'v. I beg leave to quote r:s I did upon for.

n.r ccensior?, tt.o definition cf that kind of

t'Jover. ;v ' y r author w ho was not only

r.i " ' r '.. f!t a wirm supporter of

?'. ' . n -,- t! e English Constilu,'on. lathe.'.;! chafer of the Decline and I'a'l cf tho iL.man Umpire, Air. Gibbon says: The obvious definition cf a Monarchy, ;c:r!-' to lnu that of a S?afe iri which a single : ; n. by whalservr r name he may he distinuiv. :!'. f:'i.iu-d with 'ho execution of the !. ..e management of t e r: venue, and the

nana oi army. L.IU tin toss public II-

c

berty

'. constitute

of 'M

n f;

oil-

is j i c tecte 1 by intrepid and vigilant -,. :r'!ir,rity of so formidable a i ' :"on deg'jnoratc into despct-

v ciilzcr.s, if t!:o rcr.'rol which iifil by c.wr Prr eenf. and not b".t r r ; ; j- i V'T t!C public : ! ,: -' I s! rvild rather sav,

it i :y !:e people; what 1 ie.i a t ;.n.irch, if the ' . is correct! The

are faith full v ex-

i i- ; cotr -!--! :vi oi t! e .rmvare

.:..;: -MJutien. Did the - - t intend to vest him

!',!;; i'a ?.':.).-:.:? Or was it :y ::'v ci3 To vlt .... :. (i. first amping t!' ' '. :v:r 'iw'i wi'lj (he i ;"",f":; ii the !.;t tisat they were i fih " ( ; ':ree i f government, that "' i-J fr - e n I'opuh'i.-an consti-

rehv. I?ut I h.ave

t this prefect can cS '-r he carried I am certain h.- t it can never be i y the Kepresen'.atives of my naSonio ofi!.? greatest, purest men

ever produced, were opposed

tl:at the laws

l!.; cos; hv (ho i :,'. :v

d h

in ;iu"";;';i::'- ; tuti'in. lii-'v ere

!U) fear, tlt!itc eiiec'. i; po: ' 'd live st e.

that ih .'v .!

to tti" :id ption of the Constitu lion'of f he Uni

ted States, iecauso it look from the states the v, !.oh po-vrrover t':-. sword the purse, and

veiled it i i iio ovrni!tir nt General. Thronrh-

ou t liie protracted and anxious investigation an 1 discussion cf that instrument, previously to lis ;;dop;ion, it never entered into the imap!?:tior cfone of its enemies, or its friends, t;:;-,t iliis enormous power, the essence of the sovereignty, would be claimed for the Presi

dent

inevitably result in the destruction of public liberty. The source of this confidence, is an amiable trait in our National character; its origin is the gratitude of the people for important public services, but like alt the other virtues when carried to excess, is always productive of error, and no error is more difficult to be received, than one which claims such a parentage. In despite of the innumerable examples of the calamities brought upon Republics by men who had distinguished themselves in the service of their country, which the histories of all ages furnish, the warning voice of history is disregarded, and Republicans still continue to confide and to be deceived. It is unnecessary to refer to the particular instances, enumerated by Historians, in confirmation of what I have said, as thev are familiar to every school boy. Bui our own limes and our own continent, have furnished an instance, which is too remarkable to be passed over. It there was ever a man whose early and middle career in life, gave the promise that when he left the world he would carry with him the blessings of mankind, that man was Simox Bolivar. No historian, ancient or modern, not even thediscriminatingtalents of the Baeotian sage, hns descried a character richer in all the qualities which constitute the hero and the patriot, than those displayed by him through a long career of public service. Nor would any friend of character shrink from a comparison of his military achievements, with any of those distinguished commanders who stand highest in the temple of fame. If the talents of a general are to he estimated by the difficulties surmounted, compared with the means at his disposal, Bolivar may be justly compared to Eumcncs or Sertoriu?, cur own Washington, or even to Hannibal himself. In his long arduous struggle for the freedom of his country, he was opposed by the possession on the part of his enemy, of fleets and organized and disciplined armies all the material of war, the cities and strong holds of the country, and mure even than these, by the habits of obe

dience, which centuries had confirmed, and

the strong influence of religion carried to the height of bigotry', and the terrors of a government which was never known to spare resistance to its will. His allies were a few choice

spirits and ardent patriots, headed by ban-

lander; a drawning conception of liberty and human rights, upon the part of the people, and his own active genius, indomitable spirit and devotion to a cause to which he had solemnly pledged his life. Nor were his private virtues at all inferior to his public character.

butchery of those who were once dear to him.

and who had shared with him the danger of

the field, and the honor of giving a free government to their countrymen, with the design to betray them, and fought the battles of liberty, the more surely to destroy it. What a lesson, fellow citizens, does the history of this man present to the people of a republic. Would to God that our own would profit by it, and never again repose any further confidence in those who administer their affairs than is necessary to a proper discharge of their public duties. It i3 my sincere belief, that much of the embarrassment under which the country suffers has been occasioned by the neglect of this republican maxim. If I am correct in this opinion, a reformation in the administration of the government will produeeonly a temporary relief. The reform must commence with the people themselves. The effort to do this w ill however be opposed by a spirit w hich is abroad in the land n spirit which is the bane of all free governments the cause indeed of the fall of all the republics in the world ancient or modern. It was the spirit more than the powcrcf Sparta, or the talents of Lysandcr. w hich levelled the walls of Athens, and subjected Rome to the alternate massacres of Marius and Sylla; elevated Caesar .to the dictatorship, and w hich, in our day, crushed the hopes of the republicans of France. It is a spirit, the more dangerous, because it assumes the guise of Democratic Republicanism, and speaks in the name of the people, whom it is ever ready to betray. Fi omits lofty pretensions to uncommon parity, and apparent zeal for the public good, like the false prophets which were of old foretold to appear upon the earth, many are deceived by it, even those who are themselves mG?t pure. There are, however, traits by w Inch it may easily be distinguished from the Demo

cratic Republican spirit, w hich is the basis of

our government. 1 he latter, mild and amiable, seeks to guide the people through the medium of their understandings the former, by appeals to their worst passions. Th? one, true to the principles of equal rights, administers iustice alike to the rich and the poor

the other, by arousing the baneful feelings of

envy in the bosoms of the latter, endeavor to create the belief that the prosperity of Hie rich is a deep injury to them. The true Democratic Republican spiritof our constitution, is contented with itsjust share of the benefits of the government the other, insatiable as the grave, is never satisfied as long as there is another victim, to sacrifice, or a spoil to he obtained. In truth it has nothing in common

Generous as brave. Ids whole fortune was gi-jwilh true Democracy, but the profession of beven up to the public service, and hislast mor-juig always governed by the will cf the people; sel and the remains of a most scanty wardrobe, which it declares to be omnipotent in despite

always shared with the companions of his lor-;0f the guards which the constitution lias plac

Fhis bank rreiect does not stop here.

It l 'o'.;s is something beyond. Nothing short oi tiie centred of the exchanges of this exten

sive and commercial countrv. Possessed of

all these means of ituhience, with that which he constitutionally posses, w ho can fix a limit to tiie power to which an ambitious and en-

UTnrismg ip.cun bent of the PresidentialChair

n:;iy not aspire.

l laving already taken up so much of your

ti - J ntien eti, J will not detain vou to (lis

cuss the means bv which the present embarnssaicnl of ti e currency mav be removed,

rer say anv tiling further as the immediate causes which have produced them. These

may lie casilv removed; and a temporary re

lief ailhrded. But the origin of the evil lies at a greater di.-lance. Reform in the Government will effect an apparent cure: but the

disease having a deeper scat, the proximate

causes mini be seaichcd for, and the ettorts directed to its rcmovahor our bodvipolilic can

never be rronounced to have attained that

health ami visror which once belonged to it

h is not unfivquently the case, that the friend

"iiopo.nU out to another that he labors un

l,cr a consuming malady, incurs his displea-

s'lre. perhans his hatred, hut it is his duty

u luuard that result. Long in the

,!v countrymen, my conscience tell

I have alwavs been their friend, although

"ever their flatterer; and I think it incumbent

"pen nie to say to them in their embarrassed circumstances, that these never would have occurred, but for their having neglected one of the fundamental principles of Republican Government. That principle teaches us, the necessity of eternal vigilance, and attention ,0 their affairs, on the part of the people. thdimiled confidence in those who administer hem, is a vital error, and eooner or later will

tunes. I r.nce driven trom his rountry, a wanderer in the adjacent British Isles.he thrice returned with renovated spirits, hope kindled anew the despairing of his countrymen, and in three successive and signal victories gave the final blow to the tyranny of Spain, and fixed forever the independence of Colombia.

He had thus far performed all the duties ofj the soldier of his country, and the immediate subsequent year found him with equal fidelity, discharging all the obligations of the citizen. A constitution, from the model of that of the United States, was presented and accepted by the people, and under his auspices, put in successful operation. But he had vowed an eternal hostility to Spanish dominion in Amei i .... i . f I a I l

nca. I cru ciaimeu ins am, auu meic, iuu,

lis senilis triumphed. There the last stand

ard of Spain, displaved in America, was trodden in the dust. And would to God, that this splendid consummation of all his early . ... i i

md purest hopes and wishes, nau ucen seaieu

with his heart's best blood. 1 hen would A-

merica have had the boast of having, in one

age, produced two instances ofexalted talents,

united with the purest patriotism, ana me

most snlendid achievements. Heaven willed

it Otherwise. It was upon one of the summits of the Andes that the tempter approached

him, and presenting to his imagination the idea of a sceptre, whose sway, extending from the higher Peru to the confines of Mexico,

and from ocean to ocean, would form the nucleus upon w hich a mighty empire was to be

erected, cm racing ujion mc ouum nun-m-im i

continent all that once acknowledged me ju

risdiction of Spain, Bolivar for a momert hesitated; faintly struggled, y ielded at length to the seducer, and was undone. The annals of the world scarcely afforded a parallel of a fall more to be lamented, and more difficult to be accounted for, on the principles w hich form the ordinary motives of human action. What was wanted in the situation of Bolivar,

I r rrrnfifvnnv of bis reasonable desires? Was;

it power?---An edict, issued by the blood thirsty Nero or the stern and unrelenting Severus, would not have met more ready obedience, in any three Roman provinces, than would a suggestion of Bolivars within the bounds of three Republics. Was it wealth? His con-

service of duct through life showed that he always dess me thatlpised it. Was it fame? Who in the world

possessed, in greater c.egree, iu: rc-pnnM worthy and the enlightened? His praise was on every tongue, where liberty, was dear. His name consecrated by the immortal bard of Europe; and in America, a niche was provi.loil for him bv the side of our own Wash-

I in wnmtul in neace; and

cpir.nt nrdv. in the esteem of his countrymen

All that was exchanged for the exercise of

dPnotic authority, for a few years, preserved

only by the bayonets of his soldiers, and the

for Gen. Damson, will rather be strengthened than abated They will more probably be multiplied than extinguished. This is a matter of great importance. Tiie suggestions of the two short paragrans

just quoted, most probabjy involve the fate of

the next Presio.er.linl election, it is, therefore important that they should be met, in all courtesy, arid in all candor. Why do the Boston Atlas and the National Intelligencer wish delay? Plainly because they are averse to the nomination of Gen. Harrison. The Atlas prefers Mr. Webster, the Intelligencer prefers Mr. Clay, and both prefer Webster or

Clay to Gen. Harrison. iiiey apprehend that before a convention, in June next, Gen. Harrison would stand the most prominently. Thev hope that time and events may present a different state of thing?. Hence they propose delay. We nre prepared to surrender, at once, every preference. Individually my first preference would be Mr. Clay my second Mr. Webster, But I feed no right' to press my individual predehctiona upon the country. As an observer of timca and things, I am sa

tisfied that Gen. Harrison continues to he the

body sways to and fro. self command seems loose, his head is bent forward in his earnestness till it sometimes touches the desk, his voice frequently break?, and he pursues hi subject through all its bearings nothing daunts him the House may ring with cries ot order order! unmoved contemptuous he stands amid 5he tempest, and like an oak that knows its gnarled and knotted strength, stretches his arm forth and defies the blast.'

Goon ani Bad Luck. The following from the London Sporting Magazine for August.

i furnishes a couple cf striking instances of good

ana nau iih-k:

lie V hue. the celebrated Irish

J j i

u.rc, . is.i.i.icui nie as an trranu nov

million

to a book stall, and finished it by representing

in his own person and those of his three sons, four counties in Parliament. Ila ing succeeded in scraping together as much as enabled him to purchase a few pamphlets, as trificsof stn'.ionnry, he tied a wallet ! his back, and set uphimself as a pedlar. His tcir performed, and his merchandize disposed of. he turn-

iieinjti mot .v-ii. i Miii.'uii Luminous m ou UIU j . . , . t- i. . , ii . if r i ecl his stops once more towards Dublin, to rctunslavatMJic candidate. If others prefer him. , . - , , , . ,., , . ' , . .. tii - it n.eriiS;i his knapsack, and add to his store. I am ready to stand by that preierence, and 1 1 ;,M , . ,, . , ,- ., . . i i hen some thirty miles short of his deslmawish to see it decisively made. I repeat, the . . - ' , , , ... ., l ( . .4n ; t ' i ... Hon, he retired into a he'd adjoining the high sooner th; better. "Delay brceus tlanser. is . . ,. , , J , ., ? " .... t,i a u r road to dmce.t a crust, ami washtldcwn with

is

an old maxim, as it seems lo'ine of pointed

and especial application to tins case. the time and now the Whig press speak.

h?ti!J

Gen. Harrison. There is an extract frord

.V i r ft I l T ... . '

: nr. :n on !i n I i - t' n i ifirr inn i r it-nru iui . ....

...v. c,..... v. -v...... ..... . .v.., v.v . v.. vi, ijjjj oilier won (he dth Julv last, nt Piqua, in this State, pub- "" ..... rr ... '

usticu in mis numocr oi ine viizu'ite. ii it should happen to fill under the eye cfany one who adds scholastic attainments to ordinary coir.n.on sense, I should ask him to peruse it with the feeling cf a critic. There is not a better belies hllret scholar in Ohio, th ui

a draught from the rivulet on whose banks ids humble n.c:d was made. That over, he renewed his journey, arriving towards the evening of the following day at his destination. The succeeding morning saw him sally forth : the cues of ::j,y merchandize, when lo!

earnings were gone! lhe bag, his then treg box, had

vanished, and he was again a beggnr.

Almo-

made in tiie cellar in vain ; at length "could he have dro

era

(e search was .ad slept, but

is Gen. Harrison, and not a half dozen in tliei

hole Union. A purer patriot, a more energetic philanthropist, nn honester or braver man exists no where and yet there are doll heads, even amongst the Whigs, who pretend to say that Gen. Harrison is not a man of talents! If Gen. Harrison had taken the pains lo make himself known that some other polilicians have who possess but half Ids brains, he would long ere this, have assumed his stand

among the first and most enlightened of Ame-i

rienn politicians. Gen. Harrison, however, is becoming belter known daily and though political mountebanks and political trimmers may seek to hide his merit from the gaze cf tiie public one thing is certain, that amongst those who know him well, and who arejiblc to appreciate him, he has not a single enemy, political or personal. jMussiHion Gaziile.

side

he I.

v. tierci.i

the idea flashed upon him,

ned it where bv liie nver

lu

an

:ed to

ml

from

the stream!" Instantly the road was retraced and at the end of theVifth day, half starved and dead with travel, the hag and its content were found upon the brink of a public path, within a few yards of the turnpike road. After this, it is not surprising that in a few yenrs we fine! him in prosperous business as a bookseller in Dublin. It as during the period when the mania for loth ry spemlation

ed around the rights of minorities, and those of individuals. This is the character of the spirit, fellow citizens, against the seductive arts of w hich I wish to warn you. I consider it the fanaticism of Democracy, animated and pushed on by the fanaticism of party zeal. Nothing can be more

i inconsistent with the deliberate and cautious

action which belongs (o fhe character of our government, and if not arrested in its progrf

it will prostrate this, as it has prostrated all the other republics of the w orld. The remedy is in the people's taking upon themselves the supervision of their own concerns, with a determination never to do a wrong under the pielence of public good, and never to suffer a departure upon the part of their rulers from the principles of the government, however great may be the promise of present advantage. In conclusion, I beg leave, gentlemen, toeffer y ou a seniiment, condensing as much as I can, one of the principles I have advanced: Public Confidence Like the public treasure when used with economy and discrimination, it may be promotive of public interests

but when lavishly and unnece ssarily be.1 1 1 . . . . . . ...... . . . I . . . I . n.-rwl

destructive of public liberty!

Vji't J !. VlIU I J i . i i i i C IJV-

in tickets, and upon the particular octo which this, alludes, he had disposed

was at its uei

dealt casion

of all his shares save

alf-

liets, which ho

was in the act of enclosing lack as unsold to London, when a young woman entered hia shop and inquired for a sixteenth. He told her how the case stood, that he had but two halves remaining, which he was about senuingolFat that moment. After uitcrchr.tiging

JOHN ClUIXGY ADAMS. The October number of the "Democratic

seme &uri'gr, 'Come,'" said "yen shall buy one of the h.

ren the other, and, it the

the bibliopole, Ives and 1 will ticket turn up

Review," published at W ashinglon, contains to be a prize, we will marry and join ourselves the following sketch of that extraoidinary man , and our tickets together.' So it was; and the

John Qcincy Adams.

From the Cincinnati Gazette. NATIONAL CONVENTION. The suggestion of the Boston Atlas, in the annexed paragraph appears to us very judicious, and we venture to express the hope that it may be concurred in by the Whig parly throughout the LTnion. Jat. Intel.

TinAi, Convention. The Whigs of

Vermont have appointed delegates to a National Convention for the purpose of nominating a candidate for the Presidency. We are inclined to think that the time forholding this Convention will be further postponed. It does

not appear to us to be either necessary orcx-

pedient to make the Presidential nomination until the important elections for members of

Congress shall have taken place next year.

.Itlas. We are constrrineJ to dissent from the o-

pinion here expressed. The Whigs are divided in opinion, who should be their candidate

This decision should he very soon pui out. The sooner the better. Such a course prevents all mining and countermining for a preference of men. Whilst the question of individual preference is open, it is unavoidable

that partisan feeling should. exist, and the nn-j

lurai lenaeucy is iu uinanun imt ...... .... healing. Once the candidate is irrevocably selected, the tendency is to union of feeling

"Our alten'ion is now attracted to a ray; of j

light "located on the leftofihe House, in the neighborhood of theSpeakci's Chair. It proceeds from that wonderful man who in his person col'ducs the agitator, poet, philosopher, statesman, critic, and orator -John Quincy

Adams. There he sits, hour i fier hour, day j after day, with untiring patience, never absent from his seat, never voiing for nn adjournment, ;

vigilant as the most jealous member of the House, his ear ever on the alert, always prepared to go at once into the profoiindest question of state, or the minutest points of order. We look at him and mark his cold and tearful eye, hisstcrn and abstracted gaze, and conjure up phantoms of other scenes. We look upon a more than King, who has filled every department of honor in his native land, still at his post; he who was the President of millions, now (he representative offorly odd thousand,

I quarrelling about trifles or advocating high

principles; to day growling and sneering at the House with an abolition petition in his trembling hand, and anon lording it over the

passions, and lashing the members into tne wildest state of enthusiasm by his indignant and emphatic eloquence. Alone, unspoken to, unconsulted with others, he sits apart, wrapped in his reveries, or probably he is writing, his almost perpetual employment. He looks enfeebled, but yet he is never tired ; worn out, but ever ready for the combat; melancholy, but let a witty thing fall from any member, and that old man's face is w reathed in smiles. He appears passive, but wo to the unfortunate member that hazards an arrow at him the eagle is not swifter in its flight than Mr. Adams; with his agitated finger quivering in sarcastic gesticulation, he seizes upon

his foe, and, amid the amazement ol the House rarely fails to take a signal vengeance His stores of know ledge on every subject, garner

ed through the

! ticket was a seventy thousand pound prize,

and ihcy were married, the fruit of the union

being the three Senators already spoke n ol. Here is a sample of the class, who, as Mr. II. used to say, "if they were lo stick their umbrellas into the ground ever night, would find them oak trees in the morning."'

Gu3krx.vtghj.vl. The Veil Buren men of Ohio are already casting about for a candidate for Governor, to run in opposition to the present Whig incumbent, Gen Vance. There is a tolerably deep game playing by some of the knowing ones of the Loco Foco party. The honest truth is that John A. Bry an, of Columbus, and no one else, w ill be the Van Buren nominee for gubernatorial honors. The Stark County Democrat lately came out with a nomination of General John Thompson, of New Lisbon: but this was only a ruse. tokcep Columbianaain good humor. Bryan is the man designated by his party to measure his strength with Vance. Bryan is a good jolly clever fellow; Heaven never destined him to sway the executixe sceptre of Ohio.

.Uassillion Cror.

Caution. W v. again t:nd

it

necessary to

caution the public against receiving the notes of the "Manufacturers Bank cf Illinois," at

Jackson. There are a large number of these worthless rags in circulation in this city. They arc probably intended for deception the word "Manufacturers"' being in small letters, and "BANK OF ILLINOIS" in large thus resembling at the first glance the real Bank of Illinois. There is no such bank in that state. Sy'rerlir's Reporter-

GovnitXMEvr Patronage. -The fees of the District Attorney of New York fora single week, it is stated, amounted lo -15,000. Mr.Sandfoid. the Former District Attorney,

f i: I !:..(, e, Sinr iv-r!nl :it nn( civnon

course or nis exirauruinan i arroruiiii; iu mi- ..,....- ...

:.. .i .. ...n i o.i.Mnfn mo. cm nf)0 from the Government for fees on

lilt. III ll!U M L'll ill l.llljjcu i.u".- i v ' " mory which is said never to have permitted a , bonds. Ball. Pot. single fact to escape it, give him a great ad- - vantage over all comers in enco inters of this A Mr. Oaxley, a? we learn from the Ureenskind. He is a wonderful, eccentric genius.; burg, (Indiana,) Repository whilst trying the it i.i. , .. r !noj nnv nartv I sneed of his horse with a neighbor, was thrown

belong (oliim. He is too cold a nature to- against the end of a log laying in the road, n

O , r I

belong to a parly leader. He is originally, ol i

nn.l rrvirrrt hi action .

What is to be gained by delay, for the com- moment tnrowmg himself V . b V..s t. J a veteran 2 adiator. he Pier

very peculiar ideas, and perfectly fearless and

independent in expressing and maintaining them. His manner of speaking is peculiar, he rises abruptly, his face reddens, and, in a

himself into me attitude oi

iiares for the attack

consequence of the girth of the saddle breaking. Hediccl the same evening. Cm. Whig.

Providential Escape. On edncsuay evening, shortly after the passage of train cars, the Concwago bridge, on the Lancaster and Harrisburg Turnpike, gave way. Itsj height it about 110 feet.