Indiana American, Volume 13, Number 5, Brookville, Franklin County, 30 January 1846 — Page 1

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Our Country Our Country's Interests and our Country's Friends. BY C. F. CLAUKSON. BROOKVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 184G. VOL,. XIV. NO 5

From the Cin. Sint of Temperance Record. Sans of Temperance; THUS OltiCilN Af PRINCIPLES. ii Ertraclfrom a?i .Irfdres DeliccreJ by Joseph Cor, Esq. licfori the Order. 'On the 2oth of Sept. 142, sixteen men met t '-! Vr in the city of New York, to for.r. a si ciety for their mutml benefit, to improve their mutual relations, and extend

the !i'i ' of brotherly Juvc and charity to

every assistance in our power, ciples arc those of an enlarged

benevolence, permitting neither religious sects nor political creeds to divide us in our labor of love. Nor, while our or ani

mation is for our own mutual benefit, are we confined within the limits of the order. . but every true Sm of Temperance goes I forth upon the great highway of life, and hike the good .Samaritan, wheresoever he

eaca oiulz in ticKncss aiiu in t.cauti. : hey : iine.s a wounded hody.

sa.v the social condition in which thousands pours in the healing oil

oi tno.-c jo m city, town and country are Ution. I he world is the thettte of his bep'jeed: compelled to toil on from day to j nevolent enterprise, within our wails he day. and with no opportunities for mental j learns the principles by which to direct and reflned social improvement, often driv- j them. In our intercourse with cich other, en for relief from the vexations and cares of I every one stands upon that footing which life, into society from which their better na- j his virtue and intelligence places hurt. We tare shrank, until they imbibed habits of in- have no title or degree which serves to d intemperance which plunged them into untold nify him, or place him above another, evesorrow, poverty and crime. The great de- jery brother is eligible to the highest place sign was to reach these men, and by throw- anong us, but whatsoever station he may ing around them the arms of brotherly af- sill, he btands no higher than he who with lection, prevent liuse who had once been jau upright honest heart, tills an humbler intemperate, from agvn runiing into ine- t position. We recognise no higher title bricty, and those who had not, from taking than brother, believing that inth:s liht li.o first step thereto. The attention of the i should each man on the face of th-j earth leading Temperance friends was attracted ! regard the other. We have no musty cabio this subject. The temperance cause stood ! alietic riles, rendered venerable by time, to in a position which demanded the utmost jterri'v the uninitiated

Our Drin-' Fnm the n'ettcrn Cfirittian .I'lracarr. T & J A f . . w -

Christian luwuauuuoa ana rro,ress oi mewo-

dxsm in Southeastern Indiana. no. x. Having brought down my sketches to the autumn of 1811, 1 now approach a period of great interest to the Church and nation. For some years the commanders f English war ships had been in the prac- . e i. : . i i

or a bruised beart, I uce arl""'g A.ncnca.i vessels, ami and balm ofconso- i e,zm2 me" banning them as British sub

jects and deserters from their government.

In addition to ihes? outrages, the conr-

would repent and cease from sin, there I ter circuit, was a camp meeting held onT of her bonds. Dm suppose ehedoes mis-, the creditor resides, such latter State must

would be no soldiers, for there would be the land of Mr. Thomas Williams, sen , be-1 apply them, and they are not paid to her grant the creditor the right to sue in

Jiscreaon and promptitude; in order to reap ihi great harvest consequent upon the sowing in the hearts of men the principles so hvpi'y developed by the reformation com...tr.ftil nv til cir rci 7-i r- .-.-, I w aTUa!!.

.-.. n ....;r, , Onr doors are guarded only by

.... ....... l""u i . I -... C . i.ll. j . .

up.ii the hearts of men. which they never lu K.ee'' " l"5 ,cel l'-""S"us3 imruaers,

i so tn it we may not oe ted to confide our

' m-iltor of immrtani-i f-i thnea imii, whnaa

i fidelity we have n means ti determine.

rtf r...o,n. o.a . .... Ana i.ere pernios some rotm ooject to the

'Xo heathen rites we celebrate, Benevolence our only aim. To chee; the widow in affliction's 6trail, Console and aid ihe sick, the maim."

a password

-'n, which they never !

be'ere te.t. ottange scenes passed bemrc

tneir eyes, and strange sounds were hoard

by their ears, and in every part of the land.

t!.:: menus o: l entrance seemed to stand i

ni a, i t:.e wiid exciiemeiit and deliriiim of joy thi; tic foe's fro n wlnse eyes the dark tii.ii of years his been torn, deve! pinT t'

h:ri the jrrceii earth, and faces and forms

secrecy of our order. Let me say to such

jan one that for the sme reason that you wojIJ protect the secrets of your family i circle from the knowledge of the world, do

like L-s own, movir.g athwart it, baskinsr in j we kpe' ,nuch oi nT :,er4lio.na 6Pcrct

tin -nnl-ht. w hose beams to the scarcely i we ecc ProPer- 1 aere 13 notinug so mitWged pinions of l.is vision, seemed too ! ndlc ,r' onr organization, or transactions bright to bathe their plumage in. Men from fme to time, that, every man of sntejf. whose lai.guase, character, habits, and very ri,y 3 uPr'ht principles may not know countcuances were almost indubitable evi-1 b? endeavoring to da so. O ir secrets are denccs ff their total unfitness to Jive in anv i suc!' "s arc C!,,,y crr'el on in every well r:pp,M.t pamimiTiiti-. wr. tr.msf.ir.nprf - hi ! organized society, and we claim tint we

one mii-htv moral electric shock i tie I ve a nght to keep secret Irom those who

twinkW if an tvp. to p!.n sohpr ni i not Participate with us, the manner in

upright citizens. Fathers and husbands.

no need of any. I cannot help thinking that the very existence of the expensive war department in a Christian nation is a reproach to such nation. I am not so much of an enthusiast, however, as to think that

j the United Stales could do without this ! department, while other powers retain j theirs. When Christianity shall have imjbued this world with us benign spirit, wars will cease to the ends of the earth. I

I hnnc ihf tp.oder will nardnn iliia r?iirrc.

mander of a British ship had fired into a:isiol)i if illdeed it be a digression, for it

" v i seems to me everv SDeaker ana writer is

far from our own shore, and killed several Americans. About this time, the Indian ttihes on our borders seemed to be placing themselves in a hostile attitude, being excited thereto, as was currently believed, by British agents, under pay and instructions from their government. All these things, with a lively remembrance of the

in the direct course of duty, when he does all that he can, to root out the savage spirit of war from the earth. The reader will doubtless think that

Methodism was used up on the White

j Warier and Emm circuits, as they were f.-ontiei regions. This, however, was not

ihecase, for God, in his divine providence,

tween three quarters and a mte from Brook, bondholders what it the result? Can it name.

ville. 1 he grove in which tue meeting iamrtlllU lo any thing more than a forfeit- 3d. That when in either cf the foregowas held is long aincc gme, and the tallle of hef faUh? ghe may Urais, i,cr' ing modes suit is brought, and judgment .rn . now grows ;on the ground where ; P'u honor by 6llch ,n ael bllt wllat remedy :" obtained against a debtor State, all freeTheycannotheriholdtaxableproperty eveiy indtvial at the sacred snot and think of the days of tat such a breach of faith. They cannot, in such btaie, t hab.e to executvon and other years, and am tempted to be sad. make her a part to any judicial proceeding sale. Langdon, the presiding elder, preached a i by which the water rents profits and tolls, j I do not piopose to examine the correctmost f-xcellent and instructive sermon from ' can be reached. She has given no Court ness or incorrect iiess of these propositions. I Timothy i, 15, in which he showed most jurisdiction to pronornce judgment against, I refer to them merely to show that in all clearly, that the Scriptures teach afour',er There is no Court, w ithin her limits, j the discussions of the question hTretofiire, fold salvation. Fist, an initial salvation, in,0 wr,jch she can he brought , as a party, it has been universally conceded, that a

m which an imams and idiots share. ec-.b af)v ki(lJ of jlldirU, process. The con-;Siate cannot be held answerable to

ono.y, asaivauon cmoracing piroon ina .-..,.- . ..... s, . ,

Ig paraon ana ! e ..,,i.,.ll.'Hiviiliiil in smnrl if insiino ii'ii!u.m l

regeneration, in which the penitent and be-, ., , . 3 . ,r. J. . . . , ,

!v ertiresanc-l ,1' J i -.- .... . ii,., ci

,nj ... v .c evo.uuon, lenaea to make prepared strong preventives. In the first the American people exceedingly sore and ( placei llie pioU:Jat1(i palrinlic Lansdon was helugereot in iheir feelings, l.ate in the j continued on the Miami dietnet. and Rob-

iau, wcucra: uarrison governor oi inaiana j erj y

territory, was sent ny ttie constituted au-

thoniies of the general government, w ith

...,.. .rguier auu m.mia, . Lawrencehnro. ThsP ...on hfiran ihnir

labors with great zeal and with an expectation of success. Finley was quite an old

Finloy sent to White Water cir

cuit, and W alter Grifilth reappointed to

Enon circuit, the name being changed to

the town of a pretended Shawnee prophet

on the Tippecanoe river, to ascertain the design of the Indians. In the latter part of the night, just as the General and his aids were getting ready to call up the men

man, and, to human appearance, one stor

my winter would send him to his grave;

but this appearance was Quite a rr.istake.

who had been ordered lo sleep on their . for he C0llld preach an(1 prav and exhort

arms, the Indians male a furious and si- day and nihl lhe yearr,umd. jjis preachmultaneous attack on several parts of lhe Un wa, of ,he most teirific character, calIines, doubtless intending and expecting cuated to awaken the most hardened sinner, to drive Harrison and his nvinoutof the , Griffith's preaching was pointed and pownarrow strip cf woods, in which they had erfuli all(i calculated to be successful; but encamped, to the open prairies, while the ,he nv,iig war spirit, which seemed to he Indians would occupy the woods, and deal needed in our circumstances, would have

ucw, i rery ure oi uieir r.nes; out in neutralized their efforts, if God had

consequence oi me courage and promptness of the General and his noble officers

not

made the earth help them. The same fall in which these men came on the circuits

per part oi me mg liottom. was present : iu a agains, a s;atet ,y an individual lu and preached useluily. Old brother Fin- It , very clear to my mind, j

ley preached the t.rst wbole.sennnn on oap- herefo ,hat h ,e case , have puU ,ne the

.if ill. unti i utt.1 llttt'u un.m.,11',-1 J

an in-

lier

hV;nir einner..hiirrs. Third'r. cntirp; s.ne-! " l"c reuciui v-ouns j... .... .3 .... .,.. II!al euo

tificaMon, in which the persevering Christ-, Miction of controversies 'between a State may authorize it. The State of V.igit.ia, ian shares. Fourthly, eternal glory, in nd citizens of another State," but this jn-rela'ion lo claims for mi. itary service, which dying infants and idiots, and fall be-' risdiciion was taken away, by the 11th ar- ,has done so aud s, perhaps, have some liovers who hold out to the end, share. J licle of the amendment to it. It never au- .other States. I recollect but a single inWilliam Lir.es, who was introduced to the thorized a citizen of a Stale to sue the stance in which this State has been sued, reader, in the sycamore grove, at the up-1 state in which he resided, and now inh'sb- and that was by special act of the Legisla.

re. I therefore insist that, in no event, can

water rents, tolls and pn fits of our pub-

U..1.1 e i 1 . ... iiiii,;.! ; wr.rkc hf iit-ioriea to lhf nnvtitpn! or

sSS:1 lwa 1 tE 'SviS medy,.nd .hat i.e the icnts profits! our . onds by any judical process, so long 19, literally rendered from the Greek . us-; and tolls remain under the control and j the Slato retains control over tl.e ing the word discipline for the word teach, management of lhe Stale, ihey cannot bejwoiks. The sermon was etrongly controversial, 1 reached by any legal proceedings in favor j This brings me to another question, and was a little more strongly anti-immer-! of her creditors. i which I propose to discuss, sion than the Methodist discipline. I well j For the mony loaned to prosecute the J Second. Can a suit be maintained against remember one expression of the preacher, i Wabash & Krie Canal, lhe State pledged :a Company which has acquired possession which was, "I will not say that any man lh( anJ, water rents,' lolls. &c, of that of any of our public works, so as lo subwho baptizes by immersion is an indecent : nnjt nJ plir,ed her faj,h lha, 1Vou!d ject the water renis, lolls and profits in ra?!tt "y! the who,le?U wL : rlfil lhe eonlraei. Those who now hold j the hands .,f such Company, to the pay. "erVh charge Intent of the interest or rnciP.I of tl.e ther it was time, and talents, and labor h?r with a violation of that faiih, by a tein-jbtale bonus. thrown away. I cannot say. We sometimes porary diversion of lhe funds which prop-j The act of 1812, which provided for a are compelled by circumstances to preach erly belonged to that canal, which, they continuation of all or any part of lhe ptbfor hnurs on the subject of baptism, as a ! insist, has weakened iheir security. Sup-! lie works by private companies, "snrrenmattcr of controversy, but such necessity poe ,ey iiaj known that this diversion ''ered and graiited'Moauy association formis to be deplored, 'and the persons 'ba : in.pnjpj i.pflirp . Bt ,hP ijmp it was ed under it. '-all and siusul.ir the rights of

cause it are much to blame. How cur ini-' m,jA .....u ,i, iVB n.f.i-ntf.,1 it? If i wav. fixtures, water nower. boats, cars, toll

mersion friends and their antagonists can 1

and men, the Indian, failed hi their expec- anJ in wnWthTgattle of TiP?gL enndered aVoT, lationsa.d lost more of their own war ranoe vas fou,ht, the whole winOJ nors than had been usual in their baltlefe country was shaken by earthquakes of a Imust be utterly a fault abuv

with the whites.

wtisch we conduct the business affiirs of soro battle to our neonle: for manv of them

our order. For instance, if a person is pro-. fell, and the bones of many a brave man p .sed for membership amongus.and for any now lie j(,cosied and hurried on that u iworthinesiwlMoh we see in h.,n, render- (,und ofte have, stwod u and

iii ii inij.Tii(jcr lur uiiu in ue aummeu, we

whose brutai.i y had alienated them from their iioi.-us and families, turuing their od"-. Epftug over to be the recipients of that chi-

mv u,!:cir.. woru oestoem but scant, , - - - - passed by ,t, and felt mournful and sad.-

i. i.,..iig lucne.rts ot wives wi om heiore 7. "" - 1 ThU haul . slaiid.tornf.mr ,M

iiui and man they had soicmn'y s.vorn to lov. protect and cheris'j, with miseries h"A agonies whose bitterness knew nolcllio;, iiiikiitg thnu tj feei in very anguish of eoul tl.l 'I hs 'igbt of other years as kindled but to die," seemed aam to have lighted in their hearts the f.res if atroction, and noa- th'y might be teen with their once scaft-rod families, meeting arourd the family heaahs aitertii ? fattgueb ol" the day, and with miry s ghs for the er.ors ofthepsst. pointing their cb'id;e:i to H12 balm fr all the sorrows of eanli, thir.k GoJ that the bright sunlight of these latter c'ays had shone upon ihem a ,d luaiikmg, pray with mek and humble hearts cojusel and stren 't!i for davs 10

co-vie. 15 n there came a lime when all this failed longer to excite the attention of .community. The drunkard's thriliicg tales ot h.s sorrow aa J entering, and providential resc si (herefrom, hau become familiar cer.es to all, and they heard these tales en i wit:.LSiCd these scenes, s ith that cal-n i;:ii;tiere::ce with whijh n.en lojk upon the e:t cro-.vned with everlasting verdure,

of which we endeavor lo ?uard a?.inst.

pro

duced one simultaneous feeling in favor

nf war almost all over the nation, but particularly in lhe western country, where

w.th th? utmost strictness. Or if a brother may hive gone astray, and the matter is brought before us for our action, whatever

that action miy be, we claim the world has! many lived who hal never forgiven the na rijht to kn.iw. In th-s dispoiition of our j Indians the loss of their friends ut former

iiinu mnemcr Limrj msuusmeu ope-i Indian wars, nor tne Kiisiin for encour-

Pjr I aaeina the i-avajes in then ruthless slaii?h-

intswas, However, a severe kind. These eanhquakes lasted

the largest part of a year, in which we would have occasional shakes; but they

were not so severe after the winter passed

made, could ihev have prevented it?

...... 1... I.I. AnA.1 ...a .ImiU. II I lllll fC RIlH ('thPf H H HP I ! 1 1 f (' 4 flf Cnit

unt to God for,thct.mcloa At the bitter hcll.. iHi...to .,n,,.c. ! works incliidin? denots an j lands h.-id l.v

mere circum- !,', ll ' , . .. '

cannot tell. 'i'iiere i lu,"a -' coula na e G e so " J i mc

l Imnst henttrrU- afni.lt: hont thia matter Bui they could not have enjoined lhe ; right ot demand mg aud rccM ing lo.ls and

l I ! m, " I 1, ...

somewhere. aiate. i iieie is no cnnnrnior nuiu ciThe success of this year was very preat, ' ed to issue lhe writ. If no injunction could for the White Water circuit incresed fiom ' be obtained restraining the misapplication

five hundred and sixty-seven to eight hun-! of the funds, &c, there is certaiulv, no

rents for the same. &c." Wlieu tlie pro-

vi-iuniof thai act, in regard to notice, the subscription of stock, were complied

by. The first shock was on Sunday night, j ,,rcJ aml forty-seven, being an increase of J means bv which ihey can be reached i fter

rati u of the order, or foi oiiaritable

p se in relieving tne cistrcsses ol a broth-1 ; x, we claim that onr te't Laid should not! know 'vbit lh light hand does. Cvcry j . one io jkI see that the very perpetuity an 1 ! ' uset'a'a.v s of onr order, must depend o;i the ! 1 str:clt silencf up.vi these piims, and thil j j it weu'd bo impossible t cnridtiel oar bisi- J ; ness, if every act and word were carried ' out, to become the subject for the commen ! Itary and gossip of thone who neither un-'

tor of me:, women, and children. Doubtless there are circumstances which will justify civilized and even Chiisshn na

tions in going to war, and ttich were the! circumstances in the American Revolution !

and lhe war of IS 1 2. In gener.il, however, a war spirit is lo be deplored, as the

or rather Monday morning. I and my

family were sound asleep, when the cracking and jarring of the house awakened us, and I saw the cradle rocking in the midst of the floor w -ithont any hand touching it. I was then living in a pari of my father's house, and 1 and my brothers started up lo search for a file of newspapers, in which we remembered to have read some articles on earthquakes. We found lha aaticles, and they assured us there was no danger

from this phenomenon, unless in moun

tainous regions, and we went to bed and slept again quietly, at least I did. When

. day arrived, I felt anxious lo have another shake, l!i;it I might witness its appearance

greati calamity wnicn can lelaii the . m daylight, and I was soon giatified; for m.tralc -nd ff.li'M.in nf anv nntLin lint I . c. "i . j i .1 i i r..:.,i 1 r I

.ieiviuid our principles, nor appreciate ouri more narlictilarlv a nv.i-m with

t in hundred and eiirhtv; and the Liw-

renceburg circuit increased from three hunilrcd and six to four hundred and eighty nine, being an increase of one hundred and eighty-three, so that notwithstanding the antagonistic influences named, this year was a most glorious one for the Church. It is true, the higti prer-sure movements o( this year were succeeded with a sad reacti in the next yc.;r, and it was some car before the Church "wag as healthy and vigorous as tic had been. AIXEX W1I.F.Y. Brookville, a., .orrm6er 15, 1S45.

they are misapplied.

I have never known lhe idea to be seri

ously entertnined that an indebted State jThe general provi-'nuis of this act, in rc-

ith, it vested in lhe association all the

rijlus, franchi-es. &e., which its members could have enjoyed if they had heen conferred by a public act of incorporation.

Jesisrn--. W hile therefore

-rder are open to the honest, upright in in, we expect In tit (o come vitfiin the threihhold, i !crn its 'operations. An. I let me assure him, thit here he will fi:id nothing, coiifl ctinx in th.; slijhtest decree, with

but

a repun

:.ne oooraoiour - n f.,. ,, ,..., r... ..r ...oti

' IV UllVil fill II

t iirm (ii government, trie imss ol tne people fel its demoralizing elTecti. In monarchies, where they have standing armies, it is 6omcwh.il different; for lhe mass

From the Terrc Havte E.rpress. Important Law Salt Mr. Editor: A sun has been recently instituted in the Franklin Circuit Court,

j which attracts a good deal of the public atitention. The importance of the princi-

.irihj her t Loiisand mountains to tl.e aii l t'.i-it sky glittering with all the "zj!, : l jewelry of ho iven, forj-'tting

- c-ry i..i.:!-arii y

o.'

by :l i.i'r': l. a

I -veu this g.eu exei'.e.iiOiit.and its friends foresaw turt Uiilosi so ii? ark c 'uld b; found, in nhicl), Louie hih above llie Wives of octemon, c-'uld bi preserved t ic tree principles of the deformation in

each fer::i ai wou.d mike men feel lb.it it

the scerir, its

:e.u- ri'.ia taagniacence, and thil ally being who cil;ed it into existence breath. A trioiiii.jtvis reictioi fol-

thc ob'ig ailtj.is which in the eye of bis con- j of lh.e people feel very little concerned science, he rests under, to his family, h s ; about the wars whicn may be carried on, trie.-.Cs, the community at large, or his God. 1 as llii'y are to he manage! and fought by Our ceremonies a e fra ight with less ins ot ihe etandiug armies. This is always the

the p uest morality, and whosoever listens c!lie itf,s the nation is in imminent dan-

cer f invasion. N Christian man can 'think about w:r, with its concomitants.

it he

to lli. m iJ treasures l.ieiu up in ins lieart ciitr.ot fjii lo be.-omc a better citizen, a pu

rer patri- t, a -id tei h that mm

pirpe !" l.is creifor, nor wia the smiles

of heaven, ur.less beir. trmnerata in alii

things, h love his neighbor as himself, and , he, are lhe least f the iitjiwics lo the , learned the seat of ruin was

a r . i n r fil.p ? ii a I l,ot

can i cither fulril the -re .i i VV!,',olil Um? ui10'1 horror, even if U De a ; ;v;cky m,mtains

jusiiii.ioic one. no snnermgs. auu grouns : ' i i. -f.t. u:-.- I. :ul. .1. ...i

ctnii ut'ai'i ui me mi.u.i'ij. iioriiiMc as o

ley

after I and my brothers had finished feed

irg the animals, I was leaning nsaiusl the j ....... i r..i, ; i a ; .. ... . n l

,,. ,. ,e . , c ' pies which it involves, has induced me to looking at the barn, I saw it shake fear-1 ' ... , . , . f r .i rr-i i i .- c j -. examine them, and to ask a portioo of your fill y. This shake satisfied mv cursosity, , , . J V. - . ' - J ....tntrktia ft. at I muv oivs nnh irnv tt in V

1 I ,11 l,n. .. t... t. In ,.". j fc..-- j

lhe lust; but the thing having begun, did ! I ..1.1... r. , :.. L'Ak ... .

lull t'uu su ir ii 11113, in ivnuiJii, hci. , . . , . . r , o. . , . , , ". ., " ! y associated with the interest of the State hod t.h iki'3 still Mime terrible. l iirsome- J . .

lime after these earthquakes beg in, we

! were at loss to conjure where they had

their seat of empire. We v ere sure from ihe movements, it could noi be in the Alleghany mountains, and we supposed the

were too lar nil to pro-i

dgce so sensible an effect where we lived. 1

After some weeks of painful stispence, we

in

views, rortnis, I hnd sunicient justincation in the fact that the matter is intimate

I and her citizens

I The facts are thus stated in lhe ' Brookville American:

I ' Mr. C. G. W. Comegys is the owner of

' Indiana bonds to the amount of $100 000.

, On lhe 'JTih of last month, his attorney

visited Cnnnersville and demanded of the White Water Canal Company, all the wa-

Ihe lower ter ren,s am vrf1- l,,e White Water

could be sued bv it individual cieditors.

In 1S13 a letter written by the late Nicholas Ilidd'e, Esq., was published in lhe "Philadelphia Inquirer," in which he discussed with great clearness and ability, the liability of the Stale of Pennsylvania; but he did not advance the opinion that her creditors, as imliciluaU. could maintain a suit against the State. lie hid down three propositions. - lst.That, by the constitution of the Uni

ted States, there is created a t rihunal. wholly independent of the Slates, to decide all questions between Pennsylvania and any other foreign State. 2 1. That, before that tribunal, judgment can be obtained for every dollbt of principal and interest of these Pennsylvania bonds, and that oil the property of the State can be seized and sold to satisfy thai judgment, just as if it belonged to the humblest

citizen; and

gard to the manner nf obtaining possession of ihe woi ks, related to tile unjini-hed portion of them. The 55th section provided that the Companies should also receive and enjoy, to the same extent, the f.nislie I parts of the works, .bj paying the cost thereof in Stat e Uowls. The 5Sib section provides that any company which slii tiiJ not pay for lhe whole uf lhe Jiniied pr.rl of any a ork, slu.uld be entitled to purchase tcith Stale Bvndt, such an interest, as the bonds surrendered would beai to the amount expended by lhe Stale; in which event ihe Staie and company should jointly receive the lolls, &c. It will be observed that 1 his act pro ides 01 ly three modes in which companies could pioeure an interest in the publio works: Jtr?r, that they should take the wn-

Jinished parts of ihe works and compleie

tliein; second, thai Ihey might purchase

3d. That all the other twenty-five States! the Jimsnea portions, vy surienaeiing are bound to carry into execution by State Bonds for ll.em, to the extent of the arms, if necessary ihe judgment of that cst; and fuY. that ihey might purchase tribunal against Pennsylvania. parl of ihe i.W portions, and the State He then insisted that there were three Jan'l Companies receive the tolls, &c,

classes of political persons capable of sue- jointly

nractice that chiritv which "siitTeretli long 1 people at large. lhe unholy oesne for ; M.ssUsippi valley, and even undrr th

1 ,n.l i a L- i n.l n.l h.l'ii 11 r Jl M t li i nT j oilil n rin.r : it-, i ! nrnil.,t h V I h. 1 1 1 ih Mil it llftfMl ill- '. ... . ..I. I wi a. I f I, . fit. i if fif Vkta. f .rt

..ti ti.. rp;.i...ti. iiiit.f. tr.iti, Vr ....... ...,.,..,...f i,Mi. , ii. : . r . - i . 1......1... t i teicit due on the bonds w Inch be ho.ds.

Canal from Urookvilleto the Ohio River,

, at Lawrenceburgh, in payment of the in

depended, not upon the aviation ol th mo- i aM ll"-se l-nneipl-s la: d down as mere ab-! uri.

..ier.t, b it was connected and indissoiubly ! sir.ici i"n. uuk m.i... .jui inter Aoven with the happiness of mankind j ber .-ujouied M carry them out 1.1 practice, forever, there was danger that the reaction 1 oes a member violate his pledge, we hive would s allow up in it all the good which j a committee who wait upon him and with the ileformiiioii had developed. In this ;al1 brotherly kindness and auction exhort

,. ,..., i ..... ...t., .'i .1... Ii'ili.iO s.uiu uie .liiuoiv coo, as nu wouu

II UC.V U III It. 1 llCil All kll 1 . , ,

a deatti oi stiime, anu ii ue yieia

makes a nation ni covetous ana rccK-1 writer about the danger of earthquaKes t-e

less speculation?, wnose niorai principles are ruined. Bui the great injury to religion i found in tiie desecration of the holy Sibbath and a disiegard for its services.

patment, and on filed his bill in

r.rder t,i-n they

le' er -h exciieiuent had passed away, th. principles oi " Temper mce and social nappi-ne.-s AnalJ have vitality, anJ nourished and invigorated' by pure fountains, send fotiU brinches noder which the weary livelier could tinj repose, u;ml the n io.i ii.le Le-it had passed wi;. A careful review

! -iu ; riiiciples uoon which "AO rest. will.

or uo tnuer oiner circumsianrcs. nen ; ar.d pray. ov every preacher, traveling f K...-.I.D rotilijlira I f.iil: llrltl Iviil 5l!t ! .....I l..nn1 .i.'.il. fl... a.-1i...ia.. 1 .1 . . I. 1 .1

...... . .. - j - . V- VI. VI. .r. m j ...... 1 ... , 1 ,,,U IllVfll, Jill llir IWIIVII ICI T Hll l I IIUIU

nor Kinaness. i.i.-u, s.,u..uj c.i.iy " ; rlr ,n v rule of oservinj the habsatti: but mpptinn u itli mor carnslnpsi than ev-

after holding meeting as an exhorter, in

l'he day of judgment alone will tell the

to the ! mischief done in this way, Often conscien-

I word of kindness, agvin is hi restored to ! nous meti are pl.iced in circumstances, ! o tr number, and every tic which affection that they have to do w hat they would nev-

Ican bind around l.i.n, added to uuoy hiui up.

Hut it h-: will yield nesther to eutieaties

Uougli we miy be

cenipeiled to prevent him longer from assocntin T with us in the capacity of a Son

1 - .. 1 1

we trust, convince every unorejudiced c"l '""'""'""r, ' J a scabbard for my bulcher-knife. and made mnd that they bu.lt not upon the sand, but ' P .uTST even wtK ' her preparations to marches I expected upon an enduring rock, against which the ; 'th e,r,rs ,t0 r-u m hun c,ven. lo. U,e 1 ,,. ..Z..' verv moment to call us to the winds and wavcJini-Ma b-Ii but would on-1 Srave' and kneeling upon the turt, which an omi er every mome it to can us to ti e ly serve to iJtX'utun beauties Rovers bun from our sight fervently hope frontier, where the Indians had been kill-

w. !., i . ... i t Kir tii warn onn?3 ot An ernn-f br oilier 1 .s ana scainins some oi xue ciuzens. 1

uiv, u v u c cuiimjIII' a ii.i i rt i .v o.- ri un. 3 -3

He ii develops. Let us o-laac- for ale. v 'et ba overlooked ana forgiven hy a moments at. th..s, nr.i..-,niL in.i i. i merciful GoJ. Hive diihculties and ill fee-

wbo would "seek t. enter the ates of 'our ! I'"?8 growr between brothers? la the j order." uiust .-.Mna ..m .7. i .. . isime soirtt of kindness do we attempt to i

The compaitv refused

. i. .in. i. i t . . .

i...T ; th. ri..n f,nimlii.i. Wo. vniilt-g J

k. ,.ii: i ire . i...; ,t'i . chanc.iry, to subject the lolls and water began to think if fire iiiiu nun could burst . '' ,J , ,

the s a' payment ot me

: tnteiest already accrued and to accrue on

Ins bonds, and those ot sucn otners as

J might see properlo come in and contrib ute to the expenses of the suit.

n. i. ii...

nf I. iinnl!iiT fii d u-pin I '

up from uu ler the Mississippi river,

same might occur under the Ohio, lhe Miami, or even White Water, and the whole country became alarmed, and the most

vile and hardened sinner began lo tremble

and quake, and

predicated upon the 9th section of the act

of l83o, which provides for l-a general sy-

uem of Internal Improvement." That

section is in these word?:

i rr ill almost nil it iroMiniw nml It inll-t min-

raoi.i . . .l... .... .- . . , --r(riiirniiiii.-iiiaip;i. iii-ii .11 1 11. 111 icn-i, aiiu 11 n 1

llie spring Ol lli, I wt-iu inline aim nunc ister Old llie same, and It seemed as ll SI- ' rU mpiimi of the principal of all mw of m- mv

I ...... -1 .ihm. h.i,tn i....i,ll li.i,i,r,a Alii..iia . hit-h inv Ik-tmrmwt'd untU'r ihr proiioiisof thi act

iiiui 1 v 1 1 i'imi r . uiiiu i'L. Vint 1 1. iii.'ii . , . -. , , . - 1 i. , , J 0 j ilit rt- .liull In-, ami arr hvrrhy irrvvocably plrdg.-d and

inai winter anu spring, oome

mention this circumstance merely to show the evils of war lo religion by its S tbbalh profanation. This was the last work ol a

the wine cup 0.1 his cheek and its enarkle i a'liv Ul0se foelin' by teaching that in,j . The war spirit however, contin

llie Sowing bowl, but and dtternniiation of

unreservediv pledge biuiscli

s declared redress of Now we

bad

in nisei e. to mmgie in social revelry round , nm oroeric va4.. i d incroa5e lllltll Con2re

un parity oi Heart , .,.,. -ri..... : i. ,1 ' war , having failed Jo obtain

Spirit s.i ,'nitl 1; ami ' DrOlilCr 6IV.i liSIU in uiiiiv.-j; 1111 .lutvu 7 ,.ii 11, solium, y anu . . ., , , I in.vinri in anv nthcr w av.

.rn ii.p nnnf n u oroitieriv iov-3 a ti 1 i"v j - j -

iu .., t r c . . , . .. i..ri. mvi.iiwl nisii:iiiluniT l, wjnts.iweiu lo w.ir in cavncsi, wnu an uic

-- n.ut, n turn away iroit siron v uriiilv. -,,.' 3 , , We want no unnatural excitement to tire I and !ieviatinj his sutformg by every act of, blool common in time of war. ll is us up in the d.scbaro-a of duty, or qualify I aention, both by mght and by diy. This strange to think, at this distant time, or us for the rational enjoyment of social life, j we are bouIlJ ,0 llobf lbe ,nost Sdlemn and) ihe kind of preaching, which was not then but with minds strenti.enpH nH -nu.i hJt binding obligations, and wheresoever he I lincorn,n;)ll. William Burk preached to

nature' pure waters, we meet to devise ' m be' sickness or distress o.ercooie the best means to carry out in practice, the i Li,u' Le U" a tIa"n upj,i lhe ands of l,,e dictates oi" warm, benevoleut hearts. Our ' order which he can demand not as alms, gutes are r.ever closed against the worthy, ' but as a r'kl- lJut ,f al1 our a"ntin a"d and we measure no man's wortb.by a world- i sympathy should fil in keeping back the ly standard; his tank, condition or circum-' S,i,n mjnstor, and the spirit of oar brother stances in life, are all forgotten, and we ' 60uhi take its d-.ght from -is, then in a bemeasure loin nn!u iia ti.at Avii.i Ei..,.k,m 1 cotninsr manner do we pay the last saJ rites

moral worth. The uprifhi hontst man','01 humanity to the tbnue in which it was j and the character of the minislery of rehowever humble mav ha Lis oosition in ! enclosed, render a tribute of aff :ction to the l conciliation, we must say, such sermons

life, is always wekome." And w hen he i luei,,ory olhis virtues, and aupp.y the place . j)ave Vcry little of the spirilor work nf a ; ier. of religion. But such was the impetenter5. he sees upoa this bade emblazoned i r lhe ,alaer to the defencelc& offspring fijsDe; .'ninisterin them; and it is to beUisciven to the Church bv the causes

" a ik.. .-. a. l - i c-

ue eui.c, us of those principles by which wl"-a ?r "as icii ocuina. nun l"ete 1 honed that we shall never again see the

iue i.ie oi a son ot lemnerance is to be tiioiia

lhe soldiers in Cincinnati on their march north from Joel lii, 9, 10, and Joshua L. Wilson from Jeremiah xlviii, 10, and El

ijah Sparks at Lawrenceburgh, to a compai ny of volunteers, from 1 Samuel xii, latter part of the 47th verse. When wc considered the nature of Chiis''s kingdom,

men weie

converted and became preachers, whose conversion I had been in the habit of regarding as almost as hopeless a lhe convertion of the devil himself. There nas one man by the name of William Ramsey, who I had regaided as the most

secular kind which I have done on the bo-J.prof,ne and wicked nun I ever knew; who

became as tame an J timid asala.nb. A few months after he was soundly converted, he became a useful preacher, and continued so for years; uhile he remained in our part of the country. He afterwards moved to'Illinois, and became, as I have been informed, a Newlighi, or follower of Barton W. Stone, formerly of Kentucky, afterwards of Illinois. Time would fail me to tell all the individual and family hard cases that became members of the

Chuich, and, many of them, truly convert

appropriati-d lhe I'diiali, Kail and Turnpike Rimils,

wuh the mrtione ul r.iiiii inin-unio appertaining, and privilrsyi ttieivhy ereati-d, and the rcntt and prm. Jitt of I he truer prarr tlicrcy', together with the nett pitceedt cftollt celtcctctl thereon: The ufiU-ieney ,,r hieh. fur ltu- nnr;it- af.iri-aid, lhe Slate of Indiana

doih hereby irrevocably Ruaranitf."' I propose to examine, briefly, lhe questions which arise upon this statement of the cae. First. Can the water rents, tolls, and profits on our public works ."be subjected to llie payment of the interest or principal of i.vx bonds, by any judicial pr icess? The answer to this question does not de

pend entirely upon the interpretation j

which may be given to the Sin section r the act of 1836; yet a correct understanding of that section will not be amiss in ihe examination of it. What then, is the extent of the "pledge and appropriation,"

which it makes of the '-rents and profits nf

ing a State, under the constitution: the Can a tompanj wnicu ias arquireu nny United Stotes-any sister State-aud any 'of our public works, by virtue of either of

foreign S'ate. The United States or a sis- j these provi-ioos, oe tlit tubed in tne enter State he insisted, might acquire pos- joy ment of the water lentf, lolls and profsession of the bonds ol a State by taking ills, by the bondholders?

them in payment ol dehis, in payment of j The W aba.h and !,el Kiver t anal urnland or, mthecaseof aSlate. assecuiity pany took the otk from Ter re Haute to from its banks. In this wav they make i the Feeder Dam. in an n nf;ni W rd condithe debt their own aud have a riSH to col- lion, when lhe State was c. iiipelled to lectilby process from the fe leral courts. 1 abandon it, without the pros; cct nf eer But the most dangerous plainl.fr. n sticlAleriMnga dollar from it. 1 he Company a uit, he thought, would bea 'Forcin . have expended several thousand dollars in State." The "Foreign Stale" he insisted, repairing and prosecuting it. Suppose might entitle itself to sue either by using ! they had finished it, and were now receivis name for the benefit of its subjects, or ling toll., Ac. could they be interfere.! or by acquiring the bonds in payment of with? I think iinl. The water rents, prnfdebts or taxes, or by the purchase ofihem'its and lolls of the wo.k would be the prosons to become the absolute owner. To;pertynf the Company for their ...e.n such a suit heconld imasine of no defence. ' produced them. If lhe Canai had ..ecu and ifbroupht, the Courts nf the United If ft in the condition tn which it was hen States would be compelled to render jucg- abandoned by the Stale, there would have , . . .. .i . . i,.. ..n.il.ot .rnlnricnlc urtifl.S or ti'iii.

niftil niMiKt Ihn Mnlp llfn. IJOOII I ll IS mi ' ' ' i -

. I . ... 1.1 I. run 1,. t fl A M a r. ' H!

Hiiiiiiiitrrtuii"'iit.,iiiiiiiL..n... . ,, J ... I .. ..ii i i. I., .w.l. .. -, mill

creditors couni iook. mi -

be in faor of the Cotn-

id no'.hiiis, therefore, to which llie Slate

sh;il of lh. U. States, bv viitue of which,

all the property f the State, all lhe canals not all the eqi i'y

a

lie

COtlld

naid into-the Stale Treasury might be at

nd railroads h.-Ionging to her, all her pub- pany-and especially so. when the bondic lands, her reniientiatyandStaiel.oi.se 'holdcis. having full notice, st. 01 by and ot.1.1 all be sold. Decides this, the taxes 'suffered lhe Company lo invest its mean., .aid into the Stale Treasury miuhl be at- without making any effott to prevent if

lached to pay the debt.and the Stale there

by be deprived of the means of future tup-

port.

I refer to ibis canal only as a convenient

illustration. The same nrjumcni wia apply to other works. . r. . I ?. .-.(.J ..i 1V.0 ,ttr nf ihfl

verv 1 ne rva'e inn

?lligent gentleman, the bolder nf some 'act of IS12, some portion of the una bonds, who then u?8estcd views: that a small revenue cu d then ue c v similar to those atterwards exoiessed ' fiom them. If a Company former

worki, so

etived

under

ed-many of them however, were only j lhe water power" and "the nett proceeds

scared from their sins fop a season: not be

ing renewed in their hearts, they endured but for a season. After the earth ceased to shake much, and the war began in ear

nest, we began to feel the pressure in mat

in a

guided, the red, the ehile 'and the blue, em-ilha Sjns of Temperance has spread

"Love lo h.s brethran and all mankind in ' " ' tsckaess aad in hea'th. Purity ef inten-l Tuinrin n. TtLztt. A letter writer from

t.oa eiricily to carry out tha principles of! WaeUington, giving an account ofthe'speech lhe order, and Fidelity to the biudingobli-; of Mr. Adams on Friday, bv which the

gai.cn which he takes upon himself." In 'House of Representatives was electrified, our intercourse with each other we are says one Indiana member was 60 excited that

UO

Gospel minister m mem; and it is to oe.iiS given

nun uue m,peJ that we shall never again see the named, that we hardly fell the reaction the order ol, ...i,:,,. , -oil r... ,m.ii .!,,. .,i,.i r,.i.. i ciRii. ..n..iii,i n.e

llfllCS will-ll occr n va i Millie A niicjf an va vat uiihii iviu ""vv

rent desecration of lha a ly ministry circuits. O, hov Langdon and others used which these excellent men then perpeira- to pray for our men, especially in Hull's ted. If Jesus said to a man in his day, fol-j campaign, that God might preserve their low thou me, and let the dead bury their) lives and piety; and in this matter their

dead, surely Gospel ministers should let j prayers were heard; for perhaps there was

with tne . never so few lives lost as m tint uitoriu-

1 ii imt I had an interview wuh a

intelii

Indiana

...... ... .I..... Ir. ,..i

k.. t. r,. I ii. I l.-J i i,;, i ihi nri bad DUrchased sccli finished pnr-

self, that they had been submitted to and ; lions and paid for them in state Uoi.o ., , approved by several of ihe most eminent insist tlut it could not be eis'.mbed m tne

eiMoyn.enioi uie ions, o.. . -

.Villi. II lllt.ll'T

lawyers in the Union, whose names I am

not at liberty to mention. He insisted: 1st. That as the General Government i bin the representative of the Stales as

had

of the tolls collected," &c? It certainly

will not be insisted that this has any other ; zen

meaning than a pledge of the Jaith of iiei of com

State, that the provisions of the sec. sha'l each

be obeyed. I have never heard any other interpretation given to it or other similar acts, and I am confident t'at n other can be sustained. The Stale has no where in the act of 1833, surrndered her control

over the rents, profits and tolls. They must be collected by her agents. Wheu collected they are her property and go into her Treasury, from whence ihey cannot

!. i u in .von. n i i. ' i li nco tv Un nrptciided l hold a prior

mc na..iiQii..., ...v. ...... , . . i . nor.

nUro iIia c.iraorators

i r ...... .n.n Kiirrbiisers. who

aiiiiuuci.i inn""'" . . acquired title by the implied consent vf 1 i I I n nrlitr I:Pn

-- v

shares equally-aiv is a government! and who. wi.n due nonce jian -ompaci, guaranteeing protection lo; their rights. Secon J.. me ver. i cit.ze.i-as any Stale, in reference' right to sell, as an incider. i to er r .v-...... o .!;.,iw nd hv the sale sne would p ."

f Clll"Ild Ul UlllMIIC-l, 13 ,11V laill& na . ii. - j , " j al.V prit in government; the government of; perfect lule, not suVci j , nited Stales is as much bound lo in-! ty in favor of individual, ; e in the case of a just debi withheld sal remedy against her j

to the citizens of another, is the same as a'eignty, and by the

foreign

the U

terfere in the case of a in

Stai a in th? rase of il- would be compe

. ' ... .. . . -i .irnis as. m no

legal capture. ll I recollect rignuy, i.itjBioor . acqlIir.

mode of reaching this liability, was l. lay case.couiu i ..c ... r mtni of

lied to look

prior equi-

no le-

ldividuais

to tier fal.n

alate cf lhe

iVia nuiilift'i'a nf the earth strive

. . ... .. .1 . i . I I r ...1. .1... X

potsherds of the earth, but they should nate and unsuccessful campaign. indeed, Sf cuon. p.ig'ueu nrr laim, iu ocu mr, j

Phird

and then apply to the proper. autr.oniy mc u".-

... . . ia ... i ir kr..r ih; fniti trrtrkj os

be drawn except by lav, winch sue, a'one ormg inera mcr. m ie2Hi n.ru., t.c.w. . . hl . . r..i.! -... r .Ka it iSi.iai viluals, the Sia.e nan .

can-make, sue iu. nuwerer, iit uiu am ; oiiiicnie vunm ms , ',, r.ir the ho una

if it he

. u.r .. ,. c ,.r Si-i'p ' pit br Ia tie sn"j -

gcmiimni ucium lis uviitimj .- . ij..,- Third. V,

to tiieoeoi. oi . .-ninAi.

iransaciioii un"-

m ae;i io which they

21. That, ahhoiuh a citizen cannot supine corp. . .hsl shw i,B(j

I -' :t . v..,.

, and held upon

J. ..... . . 7 .. .. . . I .. ... .. r . . ' . . , .....,.,. 1 ... .1 .iaI... T,.ooc. rV, ill n.,1 mu. ! a "St ft TR1 aiiltf Call SUB ail""iri

iiia oy our ootiginoa to be corteou. at- he could cintain bimself na lon?er. and he; Dreach the unsearchable ricnes oi t.nrisi me trnwe Ltiurcn usea 10 leei me irtj uf u uuu .ici ,va.u, t - ,i.- Pichi 10 oreicr

...... i . .- .. . .. . - . . i. ... . i . . . .. i .i . . , i, : . . i r.n rklir,. . ii.iinn iml liia l trnurt v . - - r

u.o iuu Kiumeus. ana w a Bon or I m-1 Aic.aimea. "tve om ma taui ait tn a mast : tn th ...ihok n,i m i iprt irhiii tnere sre nTniT.ir.e fraee. ana nravea iir 11 mucn. wiy mem, mi nin iuihiiiwo r-

j-encce is umreti, reader moat cberful!y .of g Izry. '

'oldifre; but jf nittjrs and individuals

siiJTStT.tr.g grace, ana pravea inr n niucu. vvj ....., vu. . , r . .r-.u ti,, iym.jj Th last i.inrly m-stin; for Wblta Wa-lti pvr.tof Ha irteratt ani prineipal srcaiiiica ti l.'Mi bo State m r..vn . ...

her rrf ditors, if he chose.

ichshe teceifi c '-