Indiana Centinel, Volume 5, Number 12, Vincennes, Knox County, 21 July 1821 — Page 2

dent states, than h to bo feared from combined attack-of all the powers of Europe, leagued together for our destruction. There is another evil also to be dreaded by us, and that is the extensive diffusion of luxury and prodigality through all the ramifications of societv. Th caubos which have operated in producing this state of affairs must be obvious to every individual. The immense issue of bank paper, which for a short period was considered as an equivalent for the precious metals, placed the means in the hands of every man in society, not only of supplying his own wants, but by means of credit, of obtaining from the European market those luxuries which our own could not supply. Hence, after the issue of the late contest with Great Britain, credit was almost unlimited, and the demand for foreign manufactures increased The question was not as to the best mode of obtaining an honest livelihood, and of increasing our capitals by a slow but certain prolit, but a general mania seemed to have spread over our country, affecting every class of society, and hurrying them into speculations as wild, as they were ruinous Property of every description was valued far beyond its intrinsic worth rents were hekl at the most enormous and extravagant latcs extravagance, and vice, its natural concomitant, were the order of the day, and the real capital of our country was drawn off to supply the toy-shops of Europe., enabling them to supply us with fresh importations From such a state cf things what else could have been expected than embarrassment and distress. The evils arising from these causes, are now peculiarly felt, and they should speak to us in a language w hich should be neither be misunderstood, or misinterpreted. If the evils of war were felt, certainly those of peace have been felt also. Let them teach us the necessity cf prudence and economy and the important lesson, that in a government like ours, "the prosperity of a nation will bear an exact proportion to the encouragement of domestic industry and economy, and that decay and decrepitude, are the sure consequence of a neglect of it." These truths are self evident, and nothing can add to the real interest of the country, more than the strict observance of them. The question now is. how are these evils to be obviated ; I answ er let our pow ers be exerted to shake elf Hie trammels of foreign dependence let V:s turn our attention to ihe encouragement of our agricultural and manufacturing interest let us show to the world that we are a nation of freemen, not alone in our political lights and privileges, but free and independent, as it regards our commercial connections with them. Can that nation, I will ask, feel independent, which has no reliance but upon foreign hands for the fabricks which are to clothe her citizens for manufactured materials which are necessary for the construction of their dwellings, and tor the tools which are to cultivate their soil r liat such has hitherto been our case, and the fact warrants the assertion, that during the last war, we were obliged to rely on a treasonable trade with Britain, to clothe the armies that met her in the Held of battle that the very pn-vder w hich generated the thuniler of our cannon, was sometimes British (,i iiiufu't ire, and the striped buntinri h;s oftiMi h en produced from the s.une loom with the cross of St. George,

over which it so frequently tvaVcd in triumph Providence, in bountifully placing w ithin our reach w hatever can minister to our happiness and comfort, indicates most plainly our duty, and what w e owe to ourselves. Our resources are inexhaustible the experience of the past teaches us a lesson never to be forgotten and points emphatically to the remedy. Our distance from the ocean the exuberance of our soil, and the variety of our products, should teach the important truth, that we must look to our manufacturing and agricultural interest, as the only strre guides to the great de'stinies that aw ait us. The rapid grow th and improvement of the w est, lids ever exceeded the most sanguine expectations. They appear in their progress and expansion, to be even in advance of thought, " and while the political economist is drawing their portraits, their features change and enlarge with such rapidity, his pencil in vain endeavors to catch their expression, or fix

their physiognomy. Ihe causes which have produced their advancement are now considerably checked, and we have only to look to our own internal resources, and the industry and patriotism-of our citizens for new sources of wealth and prosperity. The spirit of emigration has ceased, ami the surplus products of cur -soil, which formerly -supplied the f wants of new settlers, is carried off to supply a trade as precarious as it is ruinous, to those who are engaged in it. Can we then, suffering as we are, under the evils resulting from this cause, find out no mode of relief? are w e so blind to our own interests as not to perceive that such a state of things is ruinous to our happiness and prosperity as a state let us then look to the only true source of national prosperity, the encouragement of those interests which will render us no longer dependant, and let me conjure you by your regard for our common country by the duty you owe to yourselves and posterity by the desire you must feel to arrest the progress of the depreciation of the grand staples of agriculture, by the destruction of your manufactures and trad-3 by all that 3011 hold near and dear to you on earth, to make a good Es.e of the immense advantages you possess by so doing you add to the prosperity and happiness of each individual in society, you strengthen the bonds of national union, and staud as a bright example to other nations of the immense advantages accruing from the physical efforts of a people whose object is the promotion of their own and their country's glory and happiness. Posterity demands it at our hands, and that Being who " drives us seed time end harvest," will certainly require that a proper use should be made of those blessings w hich he has sr bountifully bestowed upon ir. Let us unite then upon this occasion in expelling the bitterness of party, in exercising towards each other a spirit of charity and good will Let us encourage a spirit of prudence and economy in our domestic relations. Let us direct those means which providence has placed in our hands to the attainment of national honor and national strength, and show to an admiring world, that America is as great in the arts of peace, as she is terrible in the science cf w ar. That though our desire is to maintain inviolate our friendly relations with other powers, yet should the alternatives of peace or war be submitted tons, our course will be directed by our interest, guided by justice and good faith.

Standing then in the high situation in which the policy and wisdom of our rulers has placed us, the mind is naturally called to the period when the administration of our government first commenced. Since that period we have successfully carried on two wars, and have triumphed over every enemy our commerce has increased the arts and science have flourished, our population extended and enlarged, State after State added to the confederacy, and a territory more than double our dominion as it then stood, acquired without conquest, or w ithout bloodshed. Our treaties with the Indians have been managed in good faith and justice our connections and dealings with the European powers have been conducted in a spirit of peace and amity, and to w hatever part of the globe inclination or interest may carry us, the declaration, 1 am an American citizen, is sufficient to insure esteem, respect, and attention. Let us then address our fervent supplications to the Supreme Ruler of the universe and sovereign arbiter of all nations, "that his providential care may be still eMonded to the United States. That the virtue and happiness of the people may be preserved, and that the government which our forefathers have instituted for the protection of our liberties, maybe perpetual." Accept, fellow citizens, my thanks for your polite and friendly attention upon this occasion. May the best interests of our country ever find in you Uieir ablest supporters and protectors and should the sound of war as;ain be heard, mav you rally round the standard of the union, and your best exertions be used to preserve inviolate the liberty and happiness of our common country. To you, the fairest portion of this respected audience, my thanks are also due. May peace, prosperity and happiness ever be your attendants. In your affections may the citizen or the soldier ever lock for the richest rewards of patriotism a-r.d valor.

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SATURDAY JULY 21.

The Receiver and Register of the Land Office at this place, have at last received their instructions from the General Land Office, and arc prepared to act under the law passed at the last sc?s'on of Congress, for 'the rcdiefof the purchasers of Public Lamb. It appears to be a principle among some of the heads ef departments at Washington, to draw every possible cent ef specie from the West, and to employ little in it. Every body here has wondered why the Instructions, under the new land law, have not sooner arrived to the several Receivers and Registers. Now, the mystery is glaringly unfolded It is to that system of favoritism established at the seat of government, that this great evil is to be attributed. It was to give their printers and binder time to furnish the necessary blanks and bocks for the several offices "in the West, to the exclusion of our mechanics and paper-makers, who are not worthy of the patronage of any ramification of the government. While the Printers, ke. of the great city are dashing in their carriages, or tloating among their cards and wine, drawn from the public purse, the farmers aavi laiidhvite cf tiis rYcst wut awvt

tkeir easy leisure before they can receive any benefit from a law which . most concerns the welfare of themselves and their posterity ; and so long has been this useless delay, that the .Receivers ami Registers, poorly paid as they are, must labor night and day, and yet be unable to finish their business in the time prescribed by the act intended for the relief of the burthened yeomanry. of the country. Hence, too, often arises the vexatious delay of the mails. The carriages and pack-horses are constantly strained by" extra loads of ponderous volumes and massy rolls of sheets, franked, and sent on from government to the land-oirice and post-offices among us sent on, to the manifest injury of the public funds to the loss of reputation and property of the mail-contractors and to the contempt of the patronage of the western artists and all this, lest one loitering drcp of the rich torrent which is constantly rushing to the East, should ba retained for a moment by our manufacturers, and give some scanty proof of the equal care and sympathy of the administration. Tor our part, we feel, with cthcre, the full sense of this ininisttrurf injustice j T.nd gkdly shall we hail the day when an Adams or Clinton shall redeem tho character of the republic, uprooting the hedges of panderism and vassalage which now eirgirt and disgrace the executive of the union ; when they shall maintain the car of government steady and upright on its axlrs, rolling on in its constitutional brilliancy and strength, unassisted by the cajoling mummery of, another lour of amalgamation. It is fashionable to toast the uw'on and harmony which produced the last Presidential election. God defend us, in future, from such unanimity ! Twenty years more, with such union and harhicuy, will destroy our Republic. All our thousand Arguses will be charmed to sleep, and some cozening plunderer will be fattening upon our liberties. Reward of Slander. certain Joseph Cornwei! of Allen county, Kentucky, had slandered the reputation of Mrs. Luiri:i.v, one of his neighbors. On the night ef the 14th June last, he knowing Mr. I.nmpk'm was absent, attempted to force the door of her bouse. She warned hirn off, but he persisted, and she shot him dead with a rifle.

His Excellency Gov. Cass arrived in this town on Monday last, in eleven days, only, from Detroit; performing the journey, aiththe exception of 8 miles portage, in a large and elegant bark Canoe, manned by 6 rowers. He is destined to Chicago, on government business with the Indians, and is accompanied, among others, by Henry R Schoolcraft, Esq. who performed the tour of the Lakes with him last year, and whose mind and attainments are fast rising into notice. The object of Gov. Cass, in taking tho circuit of the Wabash, Ohio, Mississippi, fcc. to arrive at Chicago from Detroit, is, we understand, merely the purpose of useful observation. He left Yihcennes on Wednesday morning at sunrise, anil lis equipage imparted "the pleasure of romantic novelty, as his light bark was pillowing on the white bosom of the Wa bash, and, swan-like, descending and adoming this mild and beautiful river. Self Murder The small Pox is said to be making ravages in various towns in England This is downright suicide, vh'z Venation t attainable.