Indiana Farmer, Volume 2, Number 6, Salem, Washington County, 4 July 1823 — Page 3

TIIE l.YDLi.Wi KilLUEU. S.1LEM, JULT 4, 13C3. Communication have been handed in at iv.ch a rapid rate, on the subject of the e'ection, that we have been driven to the nrcessi'v ef excluding a larc portion of rher. Thev can r.nwever appear in harul ill f rn, at the req-iest r f (lie writers. It cannot !: ftpcted that so much matter up m the elect! m cm be published at the ex per.1?, of tha punters, and the exclusion of JUW, O ic or two piece?, omitted this wed;, w i'S. !.ou ever, be published next. (Jur u .'. : i!.e-s will find the Foreign No;vs to be interesting.

This i t'.e rouuTii of jcly, and the p-s d business, only allows us to i ay Sjcces-i to Liberty, whether Asiatic, African, iviron'-an or American May the tune shortly arrive when the sun ahall tea"-? to shine upon the oppressor, and the earth refue to absorb the sweat drops of the slave and ihe inhabitants of the earth uni'e, it not as brothers, as fiier.ds and

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We sre s-athor.-d to state th.it David Donnv, in case ot his election as a member Ltslature. will be in favor r-l IVis tricing the stae for the election of Klectors for President ?nd Vice President. And in a: much as ot! e;s have expressed an o pi;.i-:i f tin pc.x.n best qualified Lr tle ( fTice cf chief magistrate, hiweipr import ; !;t or t'.crwise l is vie of the ufjrct, i-e would state that he is in tavor of John Q Adam?; with whose character he has been some what acquainted, and lor whom lie Ins th highest opinion 3s a statesman ;:nd a man well qualified to discharge the important tru3t After having been requested to make the aS vr statement, Alexander Little, pav? us j eri:4i -n to express in hi- be!. alt the same sentiments.

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An ti quirv in your paper, sig-K d Pursuer." addressed the associate Judges of Washington ounty, enquiring iif th'-ni w:. th y made certain allow nr.rcs to the cleik ot th- court ot savd r.cur.tv, l;as excited much interest and rTii'v in the nehtaorho d wdiere I rcr :di-. And when ve were ar.sir usly csprcting an answer trcm the Judges thtmVilves, we were most net specttdly preMtired with a communication from Cicn. 2)e Pauw, who, under pretence that they v;cro a;n;ed at him, bold'.v rdaccs h'msclt in front and, li'e a rjallar.t soldier, advances to mrct an imaginary cmy. What tlie -cneruPs th;cct could have been, in thus untimely interfering with an enq-ai-rv not addressed to him, is a matter of some uncertainty. Why did he not wait for the answer ot the court: I believe ihev are able to make their own statements without the help of their learned Clerk, who, in this atTur, appears extremely cfllciou;. Uiit the Gtneral informs us that his communication is zn nnswtr, on his part, to a charge indirectly a:mtd at him by Mr. Pursuer, in an enquiry of the a:'.oc:ute judges relative to certain allowances by them made to him as clerk, i do not find that Mr. Pursuer has charged the clerk with improper conduct in obtaining the allowance; but hi3 an.:-v,cr has led me to beKcve that he not only made wrong statemtr.ts to the co:rt, but ia no; endeavoring to deceive the people, which I shall idiow from his own statement. The Ckn. after stating the length of time which he had served, goes on to state, 41 1 asktd the court, rt the close of he Srptemb-r term, to make me an allovanc and after overcoming some ob;ecti::: that wcrr rr.-dc, the court, con

sidering that the services of the year had been nearly all rendered, made me an allowance ot forty dollars, in part pay for my extra services, in criminal cases, for the first year." From this statement it appears that objections were made to the allowance. But the General overcome them all, and by his wonderful reasoning powers, convinced the court that he had nearly performed twelve months service in seven a point which no man, of less courage than the general, would dare attempt. But powerful as the General is, his memory, on this occasion, is a little treacherous; for after stating one thing, three times over, and appears to have colored it to his own notion, he triumphantly as!:s, "why did not those who made this grand discovery, and who were present when these things were transacted m court, then make the objections to the allowances thus made, instead of retaining them, with a view to make some excittment in the public mind ;tgamst me just on the eve ot an election?" i!ovv, fellow cuizcnj, permit me to ask if here is not an attempt to deceive you?lias not the General, in his eagerness to raise the cry ot persecution and turu every thing which may be said 1:1 relation to his official conduct into elect. o.iscnng purposes, evidently overleaped the line ot moral rectitude, by asserting m one place that he overcome the objections that were made, and insinuating in another, that this was the first time that any thing had been said against the propriety ot such allowance? .Let every unprejudiced man compare these statements and I presume he will draw the same conclusions which I have drawn that there has been deception used from they commence men: of this business. r"procecd now to examine the GcnctuPs assertions in regard to the service being neaily all periormrj! and as I Mvc never seen the record, I must do it im his own statemen:. Ileobseivcs kkI w.is sworn into c.thec, as clerk, on the mot nine of the fust

cay ot the February term, in the year 18-1. served ihc February, May and Sep'cmber terms ot thai year, which were nil the-sessions of the circuit court for the fi st ytr; and const q-iently, nearly all the e;:?ra ierv ices of the ye tr had then been perform: d." It remains now to ct.ouire at what time has th- clerk the most service to perform, and the answer v.dl shew whether the clerk has t.:tcd f.cts or not. If, thru, the reverse of

v. 1. at r.e. lias asserted sncurl appe.tr; it v. 11 follow that a base attempt towards deception hath been made. I.i the first place, I shall ctate, without fear of contradiction, that there is more service to perform during the vacation of the court, than while they are sitting and for the tn.;h cd this, I .sppeal to every member d c o t , ui.d all those who are in the 1 : .;.('.! i:t d with legd proceedings. I-:h.e present instance, there Was a v.'.-aii, n ot about five months; during which time, writs were to be issued and other services performed, perhaps as much or more than at any other season of the year, so as to exclude the possibility ot thr years servce being performed in a little more than half th time. But I conceive that enough has been said to convince any candid man, that the statement of the clerk does no: agree with facts I pais therefore, to notice what th Grueral has said concerning the ten dollars which he says yet remains due; and as he appears, by Ins fr-q i-:it repetitions, to place great confidence in th'u mode of reasoning, it would be unfair to pais it over :n silence. His words arc as follows: 'and that ten dollars yet remains unasked for by me and unallowed by the court, although the two years expired on the 2 I:h of February last." This is kind indeed, and might lead one to suppose that the General had really the good of the public at heart. There is something surprising in th'13 uncommon generosity. Why did not he ask for it at the last September term, when he drew fifty dollars? I am apt to conclude he would have done so, if there had been any prospect of obtaining it; but the General knew too well, that this course might put the court to thinking and instead of allowing him ten dollars, they would dediut ten dollars eighty-three and one-third cents, from the pay of that year it being the amount he had taken too much the year before. This, in my opinion, very rationally accounts for the GcneraPs silence on the subject, and there is not the least reason to doubt, judging from his former conduct, hut that he would hare remained so, if Mr. Pursuer, or some other person, had not broke the silence for him. I shall now take my leave of the General,

with this piece of advice, that when he undertakes to account for his conduct, as agent, and his settlement with the commissioners, to treat it in a more consistent manner than he has the present subject and not raise the cry of persecution because the people are examining his official career, and have even had rhc presumption to doubt his honesty. EXAMINER. FOR THE INDIANA FAHMER. W hat a strange world this is Messrs. Printers, every thing seems turned upside down our country used to call on us fur our votes, but nuw the candidates do the principal part of the calling. It once was considered a duty, due to the country, to attend elections, now, a duty we owe to our fiieml. It once was considered a privilege to vote for whom we pleased, bit now we must support our friends, capable or not, or they will turn our enemies. Merit once insured an office; now, whiskey gains it. A candidate used to be one ot the peop!e,he is now, a sycophant. Lectures on politics used to be given to candidatesnow lectures on 'lectioneering. Strange world this, Candidates do everv thin to destroy each others reputation, with as unblushing a face, s a n?an speaks f gainst his neihgbor's dog; and brag ot their own talents with as much familiarity, as a jocky will boast of the qualities of his pony. AndVessrs. Printers, ) ou need'nt say any thing about it, but Sam Smash, sa-.s, that 'tis confounded strange, why there is not good sense enough, a: least in a majority of the people, to give a proper coloring to such conduct, and let sober honesty tiiuninh. l,Comc, says neighbor Pug no-e, you shall go to the legislature -I'll be judge, and our good old friend Pom ShuOen, shall be ccinrai:ioner, anil your nephew Honse shall b justice, as soon as there is one to be elected and ifweVi all help each other, there U no danger. There will be seine other oices to fill bye and bye, a captain's place, we- il fix it.'; This is the '-lug rolling'" of our country, and Sim Smasa enters his profound protest agamst it. So much about candidates, general! y, fr one dare not point out the persons, the time, and place: for one might as well stick his finder in-o a hornets nest, as to name an individual, But still when one thinks. himself pointed at, and not clearly identified, 'tis plaguy tough to hold still but then, policy dictates if a candidate does ;et some kuks he must bear them, like j ks in harvest' I know there is not much meaninrr in Mo.j. or GooscV Melodies or even in any f my writings the only cbject is to help fiie printers fid up tl.e papers: and as my rie'i,'! ir av 'aobodv need'nt never read

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myself, in tin epistle writing line; on a par writ had' of your con esponelen's, and with this hia seii"e t roy own importance I subscribe my-eif Voui's respectfully, SAM SMASHI. S. When you hear fulks a-k who Sam S nadi is, tell them lie i b?;n &mash, and that's enough. Wonder why folks do not enquire who James Monroe is? Style is style, as the fellow said, when he was asked the definition. Kclipse beat Sir Henry Wonder why horse racing is not more encouraged it determines the best blood, and greatly contributes to a good breed of horses, and is much practiced where there-is but little respect paid to tho breed of men. Hat as my subject is tiie election I must make two or three more queries. How must a man feel when he can discover a mote and cant feel a beam? W onder if folks don't know that the public

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be picked a little; and why a man can't leather his own nest from Mother Goose, without so much fuss about it. Wonder if Mather G e has'nt been fleeced before now, and why folks can't believe the moon ii mide of green chtese. Postscript, once more. Wonder who can tell what kind of 1 thing popularity is, and when a fellow oilers who is not popular, if he don't feel as poor tray did when he got into bid company. And now, last of ail, and most important. Query Is not an officer who converts to his private use, the public's money, unfit for public office. I3 not a man guilty of a breach of bust, who lays his hand, unauthoi i.ed, upon public monies, whether in his possession or else whesc? Does not a man, on going into office, generally, swear to discharge the duty ot that office, which is, if to hold money, to always have it in readiness? Wonder if it is not the province of public men to guard public money and if they don't-do it, if they are any longer fit for office? Now query if Sam Smash has not a right to talk about such things as well as any body else. And now a song from Mother Goose. "There was a man in our town, And he was wondrous wise ; He jumpt into a hedge And scratched out both his eye; But when he saw his eyes were out, With all his might and main, lie jumpt into another hedge, And scratch'd thsm in s-.ir.."

FOU THE INDIANA FARMli. JIt ssrs Patrick -J TVheelock An anonymous writer, in your paper of June 20th, 'has demanded of the Associate Judges, of Washington county, "why they have so bountifully extended the hand of relief" to the clerk of said county. Stating, unequivocally, that the said associates had improperly made allowances of public money for the benefit of the clerk of said county; and in conclusion remarks, that he "hopes the Judges will be able to explain this business, so as to remove the existing prejudice that is against themselves." We shall not, at present, enquire how far individuals are bound to answer, in their own names, to the interrogations of those who may think proper to use a fictitious signature, instead of their real names, to their communications. This we shall leave tu others to judge. And as we have held official stations, by the suffi age of our fallow citizens, we feel ourselves accountable to them for our official conduct and will state the facts, as they occurred, in the case alluded to by Mr. Pursuer. The clerk of Washington county requested of the court an allowance for his extra services, on the last day of the September term of the court, next after his coming into officei the court made an allowance to him, of S40, as part of his compensation for that year retaining the residue of 250, which was the sum intended b the court to be allowed annually to their clerk. At the next September term. General De Pauw. clerk of the Washington circuit court, demanded, of the court his annual allowance stating that an other year of ids time had expired. Amidst the hurry and pressure of business, the court, without examination or enquiry, as to the time of his coming into office, or the date ot his last allowance, made him an allevance for the past year of 50 dollars. Tr ose are the facts, of the case, as understood by us md if any prejudice exists against the Judges, as to this transaction, it must b that the allowance, in question, was made, at the request of the clerk, without an examination of the records, as to the former allowances and our memories not furnishing us with the exact ti:r.e and circumstances thereof. If this be construed into a neglect of duty, iveonly would state, that as the clerk is a siv)rn officer, the court did not conceive it necessary to examine the records for a corroboration of his satements. If it is belie veil, that this transaction had its origin, in a disposition to "bountifully extend the hand of relief to thecieik. of said county," as Mr. Pursuer expresses it, at the expense of the county, we must ive such assertions an unqualified contraiiction and must only refer our felhnvcitir.ens, to the wh-dc tenor of our official conduct, to determine whether such imputations have any foundation, in trutn, or not. We mako this statement, nat to satisfy an anonymous writer, who may be governed by motives that possibly he would not wish i.i avow. Hut respect for public opinion, and a d;p )-ition to make known the facts of a ense that has exulted some interest to our fellow citizens and whether it excites or removes ) jadices, as to ourselves sti!!, it is due to the pub ic, to who.n we therefore submit it.

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The opinion ot th cojrt wdi not b- given until the r.xt fall term. Ky. pap. CIvOPS 1! ESS I AN FLY. Frederick, (md ) may 23. We have been informed that several fields in this vicinity, which promised "25 bushels to the acre, will not yield more than 10. Woodstock, may 21. The Cy is committing unusual ravages among the grain this spring. Our immediate neighborhood, has sustained no material injury. It is said that the l uvler wheat ha not been in the least atT-cted bv the ftv. a Fro is ru x s . There will be circuit p oaching on Sacday the 13ih of July, in Sdem, at 10 o'clock, a. m. and at 4 v. m. at Cooiey "s meeiingdiouse. faarterly meeting at Coolcy's the I9:h and HOih of July, or 31 Sabbath. rrrIUS is to forbid all persons from harJl boring or trusting my wife Ilanuah oi my account, as lam determined to pay no debts of her contracting after this date, as she has left my bed and board o;i the I2t'i inst. without sufficient cause or provocation. Nor will I consider myself accountable for any reports which she may put in circulation in regard to the conduct of nv nelson. David ok.es. Lawrence co.inty. Jane 20, 1323. S3 3t