Indiana Farmer, Volume 2, Number 9, Salem, Washington County, 25 July 1823 — Page 2

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As t- I). F i'jw's !:nowde 'inr; bir.i- - it .1 rascal 1 b. ivc no nbj-ct!-;n. i shall n viv.r r b.i;e to take upon mv-t.lt -hat i , un-ii I a lopt the practices whi h w'.iitnaT:e tne suih. And wlun 1 oo. I v "l acV tiowbeilg'" I)r I'auw ai h:odicr. l'i;f;her's cci tdi u e el) ait the business d i lcok ijein twice as reat in criminal cans, in timei ol court, as out, conv-s r me a curious idcaodh?3 cando'. He nst hive f.urotten the F nil lie -.onl, v. h-ch ;s tinr; i more thin wdiu ;s done in i our:. liu: admitting his stattmmt to be "lorn urd to days ct each cciirt 0 e '. f 1 . n cnmuial suit', on winch he ; '.. I. e-. c:. rpt whit the countv d 1 .-.:. :u and he rrts too much. lie v . : . i: app-ar that Dc 1'uiw es

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the tiuiii, Dooth ask-'i him for his book and papers relative to his office- as agent; he said hr never kept any. And when Booth asked him for his notes or his receipts for them he stated " I have no notes I have made a calculation how much I own- the county and tore them to pieces." But whether he smiled with contempt or not when he said so, I do not know but recollect verv well that he said he ,k had no notes." He speak3 about the suit being withdrawn and lettto arbitration he says he objected to this proceedure. Now I)e Pauw knows he is telling an untruth in this he is the very one th.it proposed it himself and he knows it, and so does every one that was present. At the February term 1S21 the commissioners passed an order lor John D.: Piuw as agent, to proceed to collect all accounts, as you see bv his hind bdl, and at a subsequent term of the court, thev endeavored to bring hem to a settlement in pursuance to the order passt d Oeto'r bui he told them it w is impwiH'hle he had not had sufn mt time c arrange the Uusines-?. I'his state merit also appears m ho- hand bdl and it seems Iron this that he had had 3 or 6 months to arrange the papers for settlement and vv as still not ready. ?Iv opin ion is, and always has been that he never imended to be re' dy o long as he could k. ep the commissioners trom su ing h m. D Pauw has a peculiar faculty of chaug.ng (Cameleon like) his character and capacity to suii any and everything. Ho would make you believe, that he was

j settling with the commissioners as John j De Pauw cit-zen ; when he offered to J - wear tha; 10 cents, w.isall he owj ed the count) and that he could with a j clear conscience swear that that was all he owed for f.ts which he had purchased at the original sale. This is evidently a i false reprcst nratu n. He was called ur j on to settle with the c mmisioners as a- ' gent, lor the town ot Salem ; not for lots only which he had himself purchased. 1 he nature ot tliia settlement was such, j that it he had come forward fairly, he would hr.-e hvd b- ;cre the commissioner', a str.ct detail of all his transactions, w tide aeiii g in that capajity. I (i. i.. rat. iri older to prove that Ids inn i. i en- were honest, whefi r.ontei.dir;

; w u:i mii- cotntnis-ninei s. on hi settlemeiit witn t!inn i- aenf, r.t oduces a cert dieats ; tr'on ja.h:: Io, wiiMm, it appears he had i employed a las atrornev. I'his certificate ! contr s M ne -.ta einenth. made hy luiii with

ifard t he ce.U'se h- imnrp iti future to per-ue Ex uni e this ccr ufic-tc, and then mv what we are to infer horn if. Jud'j:? II ss does not nreteml to say, or insinuate tfi.it he even b;d,ees f!u- (lenend'i views wer.-h uiest. What then -hdl we believe ould it no v.2 reaxmahle t -.'Jfipose t!:at m ji'v;n the necessary infornnatitm to his attnrny to triable turn to set up a proper deteiice, h - wa- under the necessity ofdis closing s(m:k- hi-: which he thoutit ni'gnt induce Mi. Ifo-- to -uf-ect tliat he did nut

not to contradict mo until as he say

just at the eve of the election," whin he thought bv equivocation, to blind a portion of the people until after the election, and he again placed in the most lucrative office in the gift of the people ; afier which, he would abandon the contest, as it would cease to be one touching his privac- interest. 2iut I was too well prepared for him. lie has, it is true, accused me of asserting falsehood. Cut I am not alone in it. lie has also accused men cf the firs: standing as men of integrity, or certifying to wilful falsehoods. "Men who were knowing to ail that did

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unless the Gen. produces something in evidence agamst them, more than he has done. Something tu ore than his own broad assertions. I am now wii!m;r to look to a renerous and enlightened public for their decision and feel no dread of their C. nng me, or my friends ::nv injustice bv the same, Agiin, I repeat, I feci wdhug to leave it vitti the people to decide, wuhout fur ther comment, whether the Gen. is entitled to credit for his statements, and wo whom he accuses, b-se fabrica-ters and asserters of falsehoods.

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In justification of my own charaster i feel it incumbent on me to mae a short reply to a paragraph contained in Gen. De Pauw's late address to the ciriz n-, o.' this county. He states that when I made applLa.ion to him tor fus r'oes, u inrne'.-. to me iviik a smite of c out em at. 'f ar.d sav "hew do ou !;no;v I. a i iiae tore tneai lo pieces." Now v;ha idea i'.u- Genna. would convey by his ' s:nite of cor.iev.tpt"' 1 am atalos to conjecture, un;e.s ne . ;.u!d insinuate that he treated die e.ourt with contempt which he certainly did if he did me for at that lime I uns acti::- a an - iricer of the court, and did no more thus -.oy duty as seen. It the d-nnj; of mv dutv as an officer be considered a ct.nti-niptiblt- uct in the eyes of tiie (;er:crai, be e.iust v.vve hunsei! i-uiltv of as f-.y corriem-di.de uets as any man m our ceurity. As to the General's rerdy, when he gave the e,ra uitoas. sudie d contempt, t.he ;o;a!s "liiv do txiiuiv but" were net me.de n-e of at ail, K' they were i lihouhi have heard tht m, and so would others who wei e present .'for there were several.) Bat his answ.-f , as in tho positive. ffGr'witiiout ;T' r LuiS' ?CJ"1 have v.-) T;'jttJ-l fiuvti tare tkeiu t-u

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x 'u.Is ct the j"d.;e are in u stance as to! i..v. : M..r.er:.i stated to me that if '- s d otdy ci'ry his point in tiic thou pe.'.i'itj- -a:-, he woui.l at some futuie i'''r,Mf e' 'oa. il .ifjtl pay all that lie was !' ' p v S.. we pirccive that vi t. J;.- Gen "rat's woid. at last, tot ' e A . e u:' rice of his mteioled hrin:iy, --,.) .ohsiandui; i!ie atiove-meniiiiri ed ceruhca e. '!'(; :i!y ilifle f nee whi ii I can ceivp. n. l!iat ir c;mes f;om him. thro'ud! a men of itrerdv s- orul harubnl, and c ui-' q icr.t! y he may think it will b :n re apt to oe c: eoin d ' than if it came warm from .his own iins

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- f'oti s tok phice. I'i'ie,' te!U a'.uut abase bu I must !tt 1 never li'.u- d him The truth

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rru'h I h.vc received too much. f'ut ! e this !)- a it may, I can ;a what l.ccati-no-, 'hr I nave paid over all tho- money I have collected and am no public defaulter. He say 'he county has gained by ids delay. N -w admitting this to be a fact, can we s.upnosc tint he had the public interest in l.ia own view, cr was K pnvate intrr:-:t that kept him from paying it. Bur thi3 is not die fact. The debt was never due in cur.cn money (such as has bet n considered s' ) but .n specie or its equivalent, and I am bold to say the oillcei s of the curt could never, consistent ly, receive any thing else. This interest money should bj better

um.ersUood. It is m mey wh cii i) : i assertions for at least cghtecu mouths Pauw Iliad collcrted ju incipaliy f d oik- prev ious to my having been compellec

am sorrv that it ivai nude iv-cevsary 1 for me to appear before the nublic thro'

i the columns of a newspaper; but as I stated b-foro, the discharge of m duties as an nfiicer has brought to me a better knowledge of his conduct in relation to the matters in controversy, than I could, otherwise, have obtained. And my duty 3S a cititen, and more particularly, as gni: m whom die peoole have conferred

j an office of TRUST, has rendered it ne j cessary for me tf) expose such of his j transaction as I conceived, in the least,

calcuated to injure the 'public's interest. In consideration of which I have always made it a point to speak freely on the subject wh-nevcr it became a matter of discussion. The Gen. no doubt, has been

knowing to my navmg ma le the same

ol w- ich 1 .qne.it to the General's ov.nce;:-fcu-.icz. and i; it is nut ,ea:ed a- nidi a i-,r iran gCT? vrdl atitzi Lo the truth cf what I have slated. The Genera. say3 the rf?sor,s for f:i saying wiiat he did. v. as for die -eirpo.ie cl giving ore an evasive anr wc: ; for 1 had !- seen them" he :-ays. ('.! I i ee.di n-r rerreet !y.) for upwards cf a year," f if !. had :.

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th.ey weie, (Vit dtei mined n;:t to -ise t'oo-: tipi" fir ;f he ;.':ou!d, the comrniv rion --w w -jhl have t';e aflvr.nj:;e of him, as i'.ev wouid then have the j a demerit earnliag agains. Li n-, and the notes be-ideand c.'eet both the amount of t e j x !g neat at.d 'he notes t', if tli y were s !i-n -..sed.. -Does die General suppose thsl !;e au pdm an eseusc of tliis kind upon the pe-pie, ar :d m;.ke them ii dieve it, in order to iastif V h:

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by bun to appear in the public print, in d'dence of my own character. Knowing I suppose, that I was it any time able to prove by incontestable witne-scj alt that

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as c-- o.'. ; tiie Gen. had

tint i H'er.J; and my exjnMjt itie.n was tiiat it wouli! he st;; unl. :nd the hi. -in ess he ih.-diy-r-lsed, and in thnt wise it was ct.: tsi.dv ntwpvsary tiiat the county d,e::hJ h.esome veuclier, to slice their claims and v. hat oJJection-? the Gen. could h.-.ve (if he meant to act iionstly j t) ;i ve a i eec-ipt, a: e h.'st known t himseif ; it is very urn e:von.;'' e to stippa-.v t.h ' iv'iis whicii he ha-; eiicn, ato correct. There is a snniethie Ve: y my5teii .:s in the (Jerri, statement rv.spect-

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