Indiana Farmer, Volume 13, Number 1, Salem, Washington County, 26 July 1822 — Page 1

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THE ELECTION. ::::0:::: Frcrr, lit hid ctr.a Intelligencer. O . the f irth instanr, I attended the oubI:c i- c 3:1 . al in Charlestown, to celebrate the c oir.mencement of ou- civil liorrties. in the throng that were collected. I heard much conversation on the liberty tin: ha ! been taken in enquiring .nto the character and coodact of candidates for public ofilros some censured, others j'l't'fi-d the practice. The q tes;;on I thought at: interesting on.; but t ever having investigated it, I was at a to determine which side was right. 1 adverted to the rise ami fall of the Grrci-n, Konvm and French republics, r.r.d to the rise and changes in our own. I found in all that a free investigation of the character and conduct ol public ofli cers always preceded ar.d accompanied everv change towards liberty and the abn igement of the privilege always preceded and accompanied f very chang- to ward tyranny. On reflecting on these things, I was brought to tin conclusion that a free investigation d the char acter and conduct of candidates for ofn e and cf public officers, is net only right, but necessary far the existence of a republic. The French Ivcvclir.lcn afford 3 a goo d sxrnple. Daring the iecble re;gn o4 Louis thr s x -C'tth, the people assumed the privLge of speak ng and writing on ;he corduit of the.r ivcrn'nrv; th-ir corruption an I cnulty became known, th pe m!-e threw off the yke of oppres

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fcar of his rc3en:ment, thoe who wished .o erquire into his conduct and ex nose his faults: ac his piwcr ir.creiscd he i'with 'he aid of a fev devr.rsd friend artfuilv employed Ill's if.ueice and the darkest intrigues to render those unpopular v.r.oh'.d pitriotism and independence ennurrh f, oppne him, and by false v::r:c5es to bring them to the acaffold l.r crimes they never mediated. A vrord agamit the men in power was sufficient caue to have a mm privately arreste 1, fa'-ly accused and executed. Tn-is the dictator became a greater tyrant dim the king. In a similar u wa3 the fa'l cf the Grecian and K m ;i republics ffectcd. From thi-se enns'deratinns, I concluded that was not only the privilege but the duty of republicans to enquire who they are that ak fh'-m for office? what their ch facter is. and what h:ir conduct his been? To e-'q.iire into any reports that may be circulated ab ut them, and ascertain wh.e'her th-y are true or false. Anv act in private I ; f n that any illustrate the disp )'tion or anv important trait in the chira erol the candidate, ihe people have a -u;ot to enquire into These investigations should be public, that all the people may h ye an opportunity of judging. A y candidate who is n it willing to have a public enquiry made into his character and conduct, is not worthy of an office. Any candidate who wishes to press himscli into office, contrary to the wislu s of the people; who -yrould silence investigation by threats of 'resentment and repel opposition by meac of revenge, is not a republican but 'l tvflnt,Nand unworthy the confidence of -a tiro rrope. These were my conclu--iious; :tiad ;I. believe every person who .vill Cahdjdly'investigite the subject will i"ntm the same opirii-m. - V A HEPUULICAN.

(Concluded from our last. J With respect to the commission to treat with the Indians, I acted according to my bes: judg nent, and if I had not been called on in this singular manner, just before the election, and not having the time to invest'gvte the subject, I would enter upon it vith pl-nsure. As to my monop l;z.:ng two offices, and receiving the salaries and emolument there of, it is basely fa I e. The Senior Editor of the "Indiana Farmer" must rccr.Il-ct, and his files ought to shew, that the Auditor of State g anted a certificate shew ing that I neither aked nor received any pay from the state, whde I was negotiating with the Indians ior the body of land which is now termed the New-Purchase. And as icgards the commission itself, upon my return ironi the negotiation, and after learning the course taken against me in my absence, on examining the papers brought with me from St. Marys, the commission so much handled to my prejudice met my view, and reflecting that the Governors of other States; under constitutions like ours, had acted in like situations; and that nothing dissatisfactory was produced, either in the States of Ohio or Tennessee, by their undertaking simdar negociations, I destroyed it in disgust. Upon Judge Parke's arrival some days afterwards, which was about the first cf November 1818, I called on him ad told him the circumstances, and at the same time informed him that I should nut act any further in perfecting a conditional trraty fnr lands lying norJi west of the Wabash. Judge Parke some time afterwards, told the circumstances confidentially as he informed me, to a third person, aad through him to other confidential h inds to "an old resident" I presume ol Ci i k County. With regard to representing the state and the Qa J C ngrcssional District, I askco! to represent the I), strict, and as to i -prcsentu.g the State, I have been ask rd by many of my fellow citizens. It restrains not the right of choice, ar.d the oe )plc have the right to choose or refuse. A to the idea of monopoly, it commenced -vith those who cxpeciect to gain something by the hue and cry, and by ome of those who were knowing to a plan formed in anticipation to kctp m. out of Congress, by turmuig Coi.grcs sional Districts in a particular iiK.uutr, and which plan was attempted to b cf fected in the Senate during thela-u vision of the General Assembly. But Gmerul Harrison was elected a lew years since, to fill a vacancy in Congress occasioned by the resignation of the Honorable Tohn M'CIean, and at ihe same election was elec ted for the next succeeding Congress; yet there wa rau monopoly spoken of in that event. Relative to ch- appointment of Judge I31ak,it is true he was indicted for duelling, but it is equally true he was found not gu'dty. He was strongly recomne.ided f r the appointment and if he did n it take the oath required by law, it is vi'h the judge cr justice of the peace who administered the oath, and whose imperious duty it was to make return thereof to the clerk of the Circuit Court in which the same was administered, to account for the omission. 13ut I have nevtr heard that "an old resident," or ry of h's party has made any inquiry on th'; poind No! it.doesnot suit their prernt viewed It might prove rather injurius to their present arrangements! With regad to my having been a Director of ihe Corydon branch bank, nothing was said until the banks failed to pay specie; and if the state bank and the other btanches had been as honestly mani'g ed as tlic Corydon Branch, "An Old Resident" would have no ground to c:d culate upon rousing the prejudices of the people. Every thing that concerns the banks, answers the purposes of this 4'01d

J Resident;" but if he and some of his par

ticular friends were as clear of our State li irk, &c. as I am, it might be well for them. Not long since, every little town wanted a bank, Salem, Charlestown and others; and were not General Bartholomew, Doctor Hay, Judge Shelby, Judge Scott, Captam Beggs and others, elected Directors of a bank to be located at

Charlestown? and was not application

made to the Corydon branch bank to procur money to aid in getting it into operat;n? Was not Judge Floyd a Director also? What reason can then be assigned why no notice has been taken of banking concerns, except for the purpose of a secret attack on myself? Whatever the gross amount of fines remitted may be, the instauces are lev where remissions have taken place, without the recommendation of the courtc hef Te whom the fines were assessed, or of a majority of the representatives of the county in which fines weie imposed. The documents in the Office of the Secretary of S:ate will speak for themselves. More than two months since some of mv enemies reported in this place, (Charlestown) tint the night preceding the fast day in April, I was gambling and intoxicated: For this report no person could be found to acknowledge himself responsible, and thus it remained until Judge Scott became a candidate, and then, and not till then, it m.ikes an appearance in the Salem news paper, in a d fferent dress. Why should it have remained to make its appearance in the

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election: Had it not have been for circumstances, I should not have had it in my power to have answered it, even two Weeks before the election. It is false and infamously false. I gambled not, nor was I intoxicated. Th"i3 " Old Resident" wishes too, to give me the credit of recommending tin fast day in order to se;ze the more easily on the religious leehngj of the community. The truth is however, I was solicited from a highly respectable source to bring the subject before the General Assembly, and the following is an ex:ract of my communication on the subject: "To ihe S?:rJ and JIuusr of Repre?erJtitii'?s u Pursuant to an application, respectable and cotnonrnt in its character, I submit to tiie General Assembly, in conformity to the request, the propriety of appointing a day of fisting, ike. I am no hypocrite enough to assume the appearance of a character I do not sustain; an ! not being a professor of religion, 1 deemed it proper for me to intiedure the subject in the cautious man nrr 1 have done, following the Imguige cf ihe request, after the extract given; see page 6-iof the Journal of the House of Representatives. But how docs the charge of ,4gambling and intoxication" as was first circulated now stand? It comes in a rnihcr more imposing form, with not qu;te so harsh an appearance. This 4lO!u Resident" comes out and enquires whether I 44 did not spend the night in the fashionable vice of drinking and card playing, &c. &c." Mark the pht .neology ! ! Not gambling and intoxication aa first reported. It is true I was, on the evening alluded to invited to a room at Judge Shelby's, where were several gentlemen already assembled, some of whom were playing, but for amusement only. The next morning some of my enemies, as I am well informed, instituted an enquiry, to ascertain who were in the room the night preceding, and what was done: and finding from what was drawn from a gentleman, that I was there, they gave existence to the report that I was gambling and intoxicated. The fact of my being in the room was obtained by mean and contemptible pimping, for the sole purpose of aiding the combined arrangement which had been formed against me. But if the transactions of every house, and of some of these particular characters were publicly known, some one or more of them have presented scenes of impropriety, which would place this charge with which they wish to injure me, far in the back ground. My political and personal integrity is beyond the reach of their malignity, but my personal character and feelings must be assailed in this insidious manner to save themselves from being defeated in their plot to put me down. In relation to my conduct the night before the fast day, I subjoin a certificate which would have been sworn to, if the laws of the State on the subject of voluntary oaths, did not prohibit it.

We certify that ve were present when

Gov. Jennings came into the room in the house of Judge Shelby, referred to in his communication of the 15 h insr. and that during his and our remaining in the house neither his deportment nor any of his conduct were in violation of the moral law or any law of this S'ate. SAMUEL STAFFORD, WOODBKIDGE RARKER, WILLIAM H. MOORE. July 13.h, 1S22." The artful and unfair manner, in which they couple together the circumstance of my being in company the night preceding the fast, with the fact of my not being at: sermcn the next day, deserves some attention. "An old resident" basely and falstly states, that I refused to join my fellow citizens in their devotion, and thau I spent the day in slumbers at a private house. This assertion is intended to infuse an ida, that I h2d by intemperance disqualified myself for attending Church; but the following certificate will show how far my enemies, with their devotional feelings will adhere to truth: 41 I certify that Mr. Jennings came into my house on the morning of the fast day, in April, about six o'clock in the morning, and remained with me one or two hours in conversation. I discover ed no d fference in Irs appearance nor any evidence of difsipntim. Given under my hand this 1 5rh d o.' of J ulv. 1 joiiN Dounn r r." As to slumbering in a private hcue, I vas nt on that day at any priva-e house,

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son's and D cr. II -y'-; the !attcr gentleman's house io iny home when inCh;?rlestown. The Irt certificate which I shall subjoin will vliew how much truth is in this last charge, rs well as the circumstances which attended m not being a: Church on that day: 11 I certify that on the mornirg cf the last fat day, being the same week of fho Clitk Circuit Court, I met Mr. J linings, and a;t;-r lcarnirg frcrn him that he should leave town the same evenir.;: or the next morning, I solicited him t walk to my house, that I had some communications of n family und private concern to make to him a3 a particular friend; observing to him at the same time, that the sickness of mv child, and the press of business which devolved on me during court, as assistant sheriff of the county, prevented me until that morning from an opportunity of shovirg hun some letters and conversing on subjects very interesting to me. He then walked to my house, and -after he had read same letters, and conversed with me some time, Mr. Jennings asked if it were not time to go to preaching. I examined my watch and observed to him, that the sermon must have commenced a considerable time before. He replied, that he never went out of Church before sermon was ended, and that he did not like tc go at so late an hour. He then remained in conversation with rne until three or four o'clock in the afternoon, when ho left me. July 15. JOIIN S. SIMONSON." I leave to my fcilov cit;:ien3 to estimate how far I have forfeited their good opinion as a citizen or as a candidate for office. Respectfully, JONATHAN JENNINGS. C'larlestoicn, July I5!h, 1822. P. S. It is not my intention to implicate Mr. Nehon in the league formed against me. The Editors of papers in which were or may be inserted, the charges brought against me by 4;an old Resident," are requested to re publish this reply. J. J.

MhlilCdL HUCitiTV. A T a semi annual meeting of the Jfediu. cal Society f the second medical diitrict of the state of Indiana, held in Charles town, cn the 11th of June, A. I). 1822, the following; gentlemen were admitted to th practice of medicine agreeably to the laws of this state, to wit: William A. Scribner, Hugh Lyle and Phillip Jolly. J aMKS FOWLER, Act. Tcesident. Aldan Verkojc, Sec. 2Vo. Tcm.

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