Indiana Farmer, Volume 13, Number 1, Salem, Washington County, 26 July 1822 — Page 2

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fe-t a monor-ohzirg disposition by oiferirg, at the f ame time, to represent the st.He am! second district in corgrts-? He s.iys, "i: de es not restrain the right fihli-Ko." U C3 this answer the enq i:r? Hut ma:k how the arch electiontcter patms his rib Jdry upon the penp!e. lie s .ystht mf'i.opcly commenced Wiih. thse who were knowing cjf a plan, lormtd in anticipation to keep htm cut of corapess, by fotmirg t ongrcssioral distri' is m a particular manner. Aie the peopl- prrparnl to treat such thing sri'usU? Is it supposed that the It g slaturror any set of men thought of lurmirg districts in uh a way, that none of tacm should imb ace the res th ree of J'-nu'i g-; if he h-d not been included m i h.e st iotiJ district, he might have been m the fust; il n;t in the fi st, he might have been m the third. Was it ever anticipated, that, by a special clau:e in a law, the iesidrrce t the Governor should bt a hided:!.'! D d they intend to make Coryikm a district of special and independent ju; -d(ct;o;.: ! What legerdemai: ! Whjt a magic wand was the leg lature waving uver the deaiinies of

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li aii;;us, in a v. a a a- it ! usaai t uMt fiu ,','tc lanni :nal jastihe hua-r li i) . iv-in-an in-t-.Tu e ia i .e Secretary , :h" ?i ara arv of t . 1. niltd S ales ha ir.j: d q o;t c i Hi tint i.nk. It is r.ot i; y iaiei ta-i., cilia r : pal! ate or j utify 'he c-n u.t ot the S-viet?.ry in th.at ir.b'ar.rp, sufli.' it t ) S". v that the money us lost tt Jia: United ".es. Hat, a it rep cts Mr. Joi.isin,-, ut.o (.f two ttii: i u .l'ilely ca-isia: It Mr. Jennings kro w that the far k v. a then inalvent. r hid rraoa m h'; ' e it v.aa.hi he his con hict was impru d -. ;i ra 1 uduieiit. It is mad. th- du- , t v . ! ?!; (i r rr.or to e: q fa e ia'o the -itu- ' r; th- bvr.ks. and it lie .is i.;:.o -nt t)l th- ir Mi'j.t'iiin, it l.o,vs ihal he i unlit ' to f iM ra-t d with ruh.ic huines. j A , t ) the Cauaihaa reluces ha i o j pick ar.d choice oriand?, a:al w.hy fe did not up j pose ir.-. b.li, h mt un'jlU'hiMly ev.-ds I ihe p ant l erapiirv, aad attempts to de- j ceive Th )Dp!e a to the rights d a deligi?. 1I sas to tint hil he was oppo. d; ' but how, and in what way, are the peo- i p'e i i know thai nat a whisper has J

rearhrd us that he d'o oppose it why (1 d he not, on the fl or ol Congres, decLin; against ? He declares that, "if I, ;.s a 'ehgate, had not been denied the right d voting in the house, the charge could i t be made." We can judge ol intent ( lis bv conduct only. Admitting that he had been allowed a vote, anil presum ng, as we have a riqht to do, that he was ia favor of the bill, he would have voted Jor it, or been absent at its find parage. As it regards his exertions to defeat he object ot the Tippacanoe campaign, he sas, in the lace ol ample prool to the r.omrary, that "it is untrue in point of fact." He did, openly and publicly, endeavour to dissuade men irora turning

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When .Mr. Jenrr'ngs approaches the subject ot app anting Judge Make, he wutes with an airot triumph, as though he had caught m old resident" in the toils, lie sax s, "it is true he was indicted lor duelling bu it is tqually true th it he was 1 anal not guilu. He was trct.iv recommended, ne.d if he did not t.ik - the ia'h ' quired by law, it was wnh tor Ja ge ..r Justice ot the peace wh acluouutei rd the oath." Does that an-wer the rnqu.iv? Ihe inte r r garory was, wh d d Mr. Jeanings appoint Col. H.-ike Cruit Judge, who had, only two da;, i hefi.-e m it appointment, relu sed to take ;he duelling' ath required by l-.w, an.! wh ah was all known to Mr. J.-:mmgsr Now I v. ill .tvk the people, and .Mr. J .mi; gs alvi, wlit-'her it be tonsis tent v ih the dimes ot the h ghest ex-cu-tivt: (lficcr oi a st ite, who is sworn to see thai the laws be obexed and properly ex cuted, to niiikt: an appointment under sui.h ciriumstam.es? Ihu he w.i a director of the Corydo i Hraiith H.mk he does not pretend to deny; but says, "if an old resident and sonv- of his friends, were as clear ol the Banks as he is, u would be better for them." His excellency throws his smdl shot at random. "An old resident" has nothing to do with Hanks, nor ever had. nor dal he ever barrow at a bank, or dep sit, or indorse foi any person, and were the acconn s of h;s friend rxh b;ted, they would not amount to the interest on the sum, which M. Jennings and his Iriends stand indebctd to the banks. The finger of Jennings is distinctly sreri, in that part of his answer, which speaks ot his having acted under a commission to treat with the Indiana. He has not time to investigate the subject. What length of time docs he want? Is this the fust time he has ever heard of it? Was he not requested by Gen. Milroy, aa chairman d a committee in the legislature, to furnish that committee with papera and d cuments on that subject and in his reply, did he not insinuate that he had none m his possession? . And did he not afterwards, in an address to a regiment in Washington county, declare that he then had in his possession, papers and documents, which would put that subject in a favourable light. Hut th- master stroke ol Jeunings is, that he

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the otate, wnue ne vas negociatmg wun the Indians. He deserted the state to act in a situation more profitable. He destroyed that commission "in disgust." The acting under that commission, was a resignation of his office as Governor, the duties of which he had no right to resume; but by the rape of the seal, he again placed himself at the head of the State. Docs not this incontestibly show, that Jonathan Jennings, by tricks, chicanery, and duplicity, is determined to hold on upon office, until the frosts of eighty winters (should he live so long) shall have withered him into dotage? IMr. Jennings has also evaded the enquiry, as to his drinking and card playinrr on the eve of fast. That he did. at

' that time, play at ia ah and drink, he i does not pretend to deny and which lie has repeatedly at know ledged. Hut ' i it,

r.nserve tne dodger. lie mates a new charg, and answers it. I he certificates, which he introduces, on this subject, do not deny that he played cards, and drank t a public house nor do they deny his lumbering the next day nor does it ap-

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whether the gentlemen who rertifv, were with h m all night, or a part onl) nor docs he show any excuse lor not attending worship in the evening, for it continued all dav and part of the night.That 31 r. Jennings should say the cert ficates would have bcn sworn to, had not the law prohibited voluntary oaths, shows in him a small mistake. Had he attended as faithfully to the readmg of tile law, as to electioneering, he would have known that the law punishing vol untarv c adis is repealed. See acts of last winter, page 33. Air. Jennings in a sweeping clause observes that, "the qaestions put to him lor answers, are connected with transactions, same of which, transpired nearly twelve years ago, and all, except thaee ol ihtm, have been passed upon by his fcllaw cit:zens, by largt majorities in his favor." It is cot acknowledged, that the people have ever fairly passed upon those transgression". The arts ot d ssimuluion, which his Excellency so adroitly manages, has kept the people in ignorance. When Mr. Jennings shall have fairly answered the interrogatories, I will then acknowledge him, to be more entitled to the confidence of the community, than he is at present. AN OLD RESIDENT.

For the Indiana Farmer. AV. Pv inter. 1 have read the governor answer to an old retdt'iit," and have made a Irwciiin nents on it. As the riht to di i us die character ami conduct of men in . fhae is acknowledged by every enlightened citizen; and as the best means to purify a corrupt administration, and to ke?p pure that which is ah cady so; and th3t all men have a riht to share in the discussion, I make buhl in coming forward a an independent voter, to render visible of possible, tha; which is attempted to he concealed. 1 am an unlearned and a plain man, but believe am capa tie of making rnyse'f understood by the common people, vvhoe good alone diuduaes me to write. The governor complain that the attack made h him is ungenerous; and that he is com;)-lied to furnish evidence to condemn himself. Now tail is common to men in office, and he should not, in cons,quence of his having held high offices, view hitnse.f exempt; and his hitter complaint against it, furnisher evidence, that tie is opposed to the fiht of enquiry, and consequently no republican. He talks about i ae inquisition is applicable to the q lestions askedlu.nl Does he pre'end to s.iy that the people have no right to speik of his conduct r and because called in question, must he cry out persecution! the rack! as though hi stood aloof tYotn them? Ii it po-Male that a man who has been so long in office, should advance such doctrine? and that publicly, in the face of an enlightened people ? lie speaks of a combination against him, as if was treasonable to consult on any measure which might oppoie Ins august personage. Hut where is this mighty combination ? why the people, the unrighteous people! have combined against him, and intend to rive a better man their votes! And I would a-k, is there no combination in favor of him also ? why, surely there is! but their intentions are not criminal they are his Inv i n rr friends they are such as he pays his obsequious respects to, when performing electioneering campaigns, and o long as they remain in the faith his loyal devotees, they cannot err! Hut the governor's weakness, or I should say, his cant at electioneering, is most visible, where he complains of the mighty combination, as 'airing- and declining, etc, And at the conclusion, as if Neison had checked dim for hi observations, lie is graciously pleaded to say tint

he did not implicate 7iim, 23 cne cf the combination yet at the same time, he is one of those who offered and declined and Ross aloDe stands implicated, as candidates9 and a combination i As it respects the first question, about the money placed in the bank and lost to state; it is unfairly answered. The bank was suspected as being unfairly managed at the time, and long before, the money was placed in it. It was generally believed through the country, that it would fail, and rone but those concerned in banks, spoke to the contrary. And yet he says, he wa? no more to be blarred than the secretary of the Treasury of the United States, who had at the same time a large deposit in the same bank. Now will the goc:nor pretend to say, that the secretary of the treasury, had as good an opportunity of judging of the banks solvency 33 he had ? that a man at Washington city should he as well acquainted with a bank in Indiana, as tiie governor of Indiana, and one of the directors of a branck of the same bank ? Certainly this is degrading to the dignity of the state, lie a'so say, that the state wa indebted to the bank; hut would governor Jt nnings aprop- iit'e that money to the payment of the v.t?.te debt? lie intimates as though tho monev was safe in const quence of the debt due the bank from the state, but he know s better; the one could not he plead as an Mlset sgainst the o her they were separate and distinct concerns the hank can collect of the state, but the deposit can never be recovered. The money due the bank is due from the treasury the deposit is money for opening roads and canals, which the treasury has no control of. lie acknowledges the los3 of money to the state and pleadg ignorance, A happy consolation to the people ! 113 says that he had no right to vote when in congress as a delegate from Indiana, when the choice of cur Sands was given to the Canadian refugees. 13 ut was hi mouth stopped because he could not vote? N-; he could :peak; it was his privilege as much as any oilier member; and it was his duty! hut did he do it? No, he sh;u- k fiom it, from motives not explained. lie has uften said when aked the cause of his silence, that he did all i.e could out of the house, but is his conduct to he ma ked for out of doors wo:k? I he people wai.t evidence, not of secret quibbling, but of manlv defence, be fore thev applaud for public service. He answers the nuestion. renectinr hi9

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who fell in that battle.-' A shrewd answer, and a noble appeal to sympathy! He is opposed to the protection of our frontiers! but makes it up in providing for the widows and orphans! liut what he's done is left untold. A pity tco, that the world cannot see and hear, that history may team with eulogies t Ins patriotism! As it respects the temporary seat of government, the governor had a right to decline voting; he was an office seeker, and wished to become popular; and by such measures he became so : and now, if the people have discovered his real character, thev have an equal right to tell hirn of it and laugh at his calamity They h ave a rignt to point him out as a modern Jibsahin, standing in the gates, saluting all that pass him, and consign him to the private walks of life. With regard to the commission to treat with the Indians, he knowa, and so doe6 every pcrsons who is acquainted with tho ci; cumstances, that he violated the constitution ; denied his having a commission ufcerwards burnt, and confessed it, quibbled and turned a dozen ways to avaid detection; and, what ii unexampled in the annals of our republican government, put the legis ature, and people, at defiance, and now unblushingly says, he " acted according To his best judgment. vl It is not my design to travel the rounds of the questions and answers. It s sufficient, to point out one circumstance where he has acted like an unfair politician, where he has deceived the people, and that it is pe.sonal aggrandisement, that he is seeking for, instead of the food of the people. Tint he played canU on fast eve, he does not pretend to deny he even acknowledges it in private conversation, and evades it in his published answer, andyet, he declares himself no hypocrite! He subjoins several certificates, to prove where he was on that evening, and the day following, but none of which contradicts the charge of card playing and drinking, hut that he did do both, he has often acknowledged, but denies what was not laid to his charge, drunkenness and gambling. Now, Mr. Governor, you should know that cardplaying, simply, is an indictable offence, and has been declared so by the decision of our courts 1 -and if the grand jury do their duty, you will yet be called before the court, o plead tu the charge; and your own confession, may be brought as evidence against you. Several have already, been indicted for the same offence, and I recollect one who paid heavy damages for it. In your answer to the same charge, yoc state, that the certificates would have been sworn to, if the law did not forbid voluntary oA'.hs. What sir, are you the governor