Indiana Gazette, Volume 6, Number 31, Corydon, Harrison County, 18 July 1822 — Page 1

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i J o.a . .jr.;,,. r..r e-.rrv ;? n;.::Cs d-.' iv ia too p.iyn.er.t S,t crr.t.'ca- .v. x JisM:.e, or -o't of the -co Rt; 'Fnivoa wi.i ke rc-p-iised in adi-anc-, and i , Co:it:;.iuce whLurt, unless at the om ion cf SXF.dirvs. ,, 3ncr.'i H n, .VIess :;r.e -car taiiti;-e of" pa; his; nncir.ts, and eef d:.eonS. o v:. .? p .ucii:...! - 3: MC Ci.-c -i , ;;i ' couriered lis a saberirien fcr t? ? vft.tr s icva-Knr.rj!.! the paper wn lc ac" ver. r.. Adierthcae ampar.:od nsth ,;.C'vr, --vii! is.1-:;- t?rc -2 tiL'.f- ai $1 j--crsquv.r.?,a;:-.i pt , ;" e.rh connnu nrJ. .Isj: p-.yitient 13 uiau ill i r rr r. to. 0 i i" Crryi!..ii, Jw..- 1822. ILV Cli'I2ES: Tiif t?f r:od will r.non arrive, u!.n, pv lis vrnv'',ns th cv'y.iliiUun, v.;U I'vvolv? cn yan citct by Vv-iT sulT "gt3, an invkl-jV. ether ;ha:x nvnr?f, Jo act G rr.or ul the v.au. Darin the time I have dis..'mii."5 ! the duties rccuird tUa K---cuuve oi' Inaiara, it Iua been my a tvom v?isa to procie th.n haiRT.oaV r";'h w-..ch i,s: nth to f s?ate bv a ccr3c;3;;ioi tasrl.ai -o of the in;po.-Uf. t: u-u vhica s';crt!y fo leave, it ic.iti:e fay ilis to -.iter upon a sctiiC bi.fore ctn-d . M rc;md The conslilL. stl ? had r.scf-?aniv to is 'n o onpe.ration under tlte c . ri u-. .- k-uu t ot the various opinions, tvhicli ai--r.y s .rt-'ud eve:,y iinportu?t chfu;3 i: ;!.w f"H.M)f any t-overnoicnt. Unci c. r s u f h c : rr u vr. s t d i . c e si rr. ; t h & e crr'-d It must U- o-r'i:stttr'l that all vhitevcr rncv ba t'xs pr.'fcss t Teir.Tri-nc2. are suicot i'1 -ro n.nn to error of the 1;; i".!. Bui , 'lit v er f i -j 7 h i vo ' been i1;? ern:r m? rt, 1 f;.i a coe'ets pr-.iie thr.t I y - .o.-:-r. f. ;re't i- t .c is' ct a p vb" l: -j;t, in 3 ivy : ..",nr,er v.'i.u.h h?es reiulicd tn my private adr?.n:-e.i;-. In . :-rct.'e i,f a puniic trc.t. I have -liys mi.it; my perjr.ai 1 tnt?teht y:-f 5 1 lo the pammour.t cc-.?."ui.nuf;o'i . fi1:" i 'die. w :!a e u-ui in s.-iicitirrT fh" stH".:;;fc;es of th people, t s:ik ' w. r t which mher citizc is oi th s'.tc as e eligible. I !:ive hei n a candidate for n-t'-:nc p:it to ro present the second "..;:;M t ?si n u District in the eii;ht""th C?r',Tes3 If el-'CteJ. my ervtres m .sueh v. i? not be rcqotfed at the city ot Washington until D 5cm-b-r 1?S ncir'y tir,bft-,- '.nths b;tie.e In eor.sequ'.'nc." of vrhtch. ar.d the rxnectatbii thtG'n Hend icks i i-.J create a vacancy in the r.f xt v.t;J.e'3 session of the 1 7th Cerrrrcis, rnd ims'murh a3 the state can have tu! 0'ic rep-v'-seuiutive until after the e xp:nIr n of the ner.t session of Conen : I have been frequently solicited, from lfT rent parts of tb state, to ecnbmt to serve, if e.h?ecth to fill the rr.iivv, which Gctt Hendricks has h;tc!v ti ated by rrs'pr.ation My re'f. bz'. been in substance, that I s e w illir.q; to represent the people r-t tee dttrsnj- the vacancy -t revt winter, a3 they miht be to elect but tint it wa more, immediately r y vis! to represent the District in :ich I reside, if congenial with the interest and wishes of a majority of its ritizms. Having some tirn; since, uch declarations when er.quirn vt tor me to contradict

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compatibility, nor any other objection to the course, either leal or constitutioroi, except that the preference which every elector has an undeniable riht to exercise between candicotes for the same office When golicited cn the subject of the vacancy of next winter, for roe to have said that I was unwilling to serve, if the people were disposed to elect rne, wjuld !iavc been uncandid, and for me to have refused v.cu!d have been ungrateful o'a my pail and qualified to t!l;app:iot u?ary of my friends. My object in this address is to pre-v-r-t ivy v.ews from beinr; tia reprc-SL-cted, is to prvvert any dcccpticn frrm btii practised upon t.rse t. ho luivc not made tc suSjitt of hi- r.pt.ror.chi.-if;' (rUction an object of roiuiry. ir.. reiat:c: fo th circum sunci t f ito election taking place for the eighteenth Corrrees on th.'; same d?y v. ith the election fcr'thc vrcar.cy ct a ex; v;imrr ir. i'hc -iwenteer.th ('ong ..esi To prevent cny Ci.id'ucn yjro'vir.g cut tf tl.e cirr.utViLis.nce of both ch-cttona fukir place oa the. first doy of At'..; is! tut, itv.il! only be ae-.'f33r.r f n .i vcier, to t;ive i a tiv ket icr that :.ci3:in vhom he mv wish as his rrp'v rC'u'.ive x' ".vii.u r To rcfi-ieC t'.t siute in the x'ac2:-y of t.'ie 7th Congress" and ?.nctiser ticket for the per-o: whom he may vviih to f!pr:sv?u him winter alter r.rJU ru ea.yit the District in the It'otctcd, fellow citins, I have only to assure u that I shall discharge my du;y vwtn rhh.!ity &s:d as rr.ueh to yrur advantage as my abilities vvill euablt- nit . Very respectfn'.'y.

NATHAN JENTNINT'$. TO THE CiTIZENS OF INDIANA: Fallow Citizens: In tusdci iiK- my strvict 5, and soliciting your support, at the a mroar.hii.g CooressioiMi clvCUo-.i. 1 vviil bo candid to acknowledge ;hat I have not been ir.duct d to tak-; this mcantrr. by the solicitation oi ru me rous Iriends. It has bts.i the re;uh of my own re2 cion, atwl could I have t cascnub!j ::::: a! ed the formidable cJicuii'.n, wideh 1 a::i hivi iy lo mett, I Iranuly acia,', that neitUer tt.y amb'tu n r.or v:r hy, could hev? prtnnpitd pit to t-;s mcaiurc. But n.auy ot ye.u know rr.e too well (.ot to L elievo the.t neither hctve or vrar ee,n urodttec anv cff.:ct iti t.-.iu .itit; me lo si rink from the ceuiae ih;.:b I iliink ccrrect. Neither the dit.J of dts appointment, nor the Ims cd future sr. j. port, shall t:ver induce r.re to set contrary to thes rules of propriety v. hich I have laid down fjr the y;ovcrtiiiKnt of my conduct. i'hum a residence of upward of f;r ty years, having ben raised in the western country, I have become familiar with those privations, dimrulties, and distresses incident lo the set tlrmcnt t f a nt country;, ar.d having resided w ithin the limits of the sUie fer the last twenty two years, am able to form a pst estimate of those which were ptcuhar to the people cf thia sfiste. Ve. have seen our country labeuting under the d. faculties of the only constitutional government adapted to our case (the first grade of a territorial government;) wh;n we were fcCverned by men in authority and a system of laws, in which we had no voice; we have soenour country gruduill arim and assuming the mt e d aniricd at3nd in community, ih 2d prade of a territorial government j we have 3en our state assundrg an equality, and taking her stand with ner sisters of the union- Within those periods we have b-held our frontier, froin the Miami tr the Wabash, exposed to the scalpitiiT knife and tomahawk cf a relentless savage foe. In short, Fellow Citizens, we have s?en the "Times vrhbh try mens senile' and h?o

had the most imperious calls of honor

and patriotism to stand forth in the defence of cur families and friends. In none of chese perilous periods have I been an idle sfectator During a residence of 22 years, upwards of 15 of which, have I t ndeavored, to the utmost cf my humble abilities, to serve the public; and although my conduct has been marked by those impcrfec tons Incident ;o man, !t all rds a consolation, while journeying down the declivity of life, that even my enemies will do me the justice to admit, that they were those of the head and not of the he a nr. Assured that your decision will be such as will comport with the character of the free men of Indiana, I shall cheerfully test and acquiess in the result. Yours &c. D AVIS FLOYD. Coryd-m, Jur.c 25, IS22. ORATION, Delivered by Join: W. Patke Esqr 'at the celebration cfthe 4th of July, at Cor j-Jon. Fellovf Ci;iz. ns: At the rcqvrst cfthe comnnffce, to whoui I rrt.trn my tra-.tful acknon-ledgn.ents, ror the holier conferred upon rie, it has become my dify, to deliver aa aJdicss, suitable to the ce-ebratioii of this day. Being ccncions of my inability, o perfenu this cV.ty, in a re.anner, creditable to myself, as well as profitable to you, I can assure yon that it is under the influence cf r.nch embarrassment, that I sttcxj:t P. I, Innover, ll.r r.r -r.jrplf upon yoar Lire imlutgfiice. hrsi'ao. not to believe, that those liberal, tiio.se generous feelings, ti'uich animate each hoiom present, will anticipate eveiy apolojry, which it i-iiwlit.be nrccsary for me to aiake. It is imposviblc, Fellow Citizens, to conlemplate the object of this csscniblnge, without emotions of pride and 2;tT'.irr,je: pride, when we consider,, thc-3 s noble sentiments of political govevcuijut, whirli. animated O'T anccstcn, iu cles-n-3ying the htilarks of oppression, and in declaring themselves, freo, sovereign, and iudependent; cvntifiide, when we censiJer, the many signal i"terpn;:tio!s of a benign providence in or behalf If to celebrate events, which have contri'uvfed fo nrprovc the condition cf man, be la'iJiMc, th. ce!cbratie:i of this day must be f o crtti(cred. It is laudable, because it is calculate 1 fo Veep those Fparks cf patriotism alive, wbieh ji a republic, are so important to ifs well being, ar.d which might otherwise becon.e extiiigtiished In the rcminemorulion cf this day, we will attend to a few of ihc prominent circumstances, which present themselrcs, as connected with our In lepenJencc. In the boit space of 15 years, we see a nation doubling the extent of domain, while its population has more than trebled itself; we see sovrrign ?.nl independent stales, emerging f.om the pniitu'le of a desolate forest; wc see a large extent of territory, converted by the hands of civiliied industry and enterjSrizt, into a land abounuieg ia all the necessaries end conveniences cf 'ife. The sound "of the axe, as well as the swoct melodies of music, Lave been substituted, for ibo harsh yell of the barbarous savage, lev: the almost continual prowling of wolves. Who, can contemplate so sudden and so happy s eh ansa vMhctt feeling his heart throb, with joy and eulf;;fic'h? That man, who cuU iadulgo a sentiment f regret, ?t the rapid r.d-vaneemf-nt of thc--e Unittd States, in the iuiprovemehts efait, in the progression of science and civilization, is not oidy cur enemy, but he is the enemy of mankind. When we iew the fcr'ihty, the beauty, and the extent of this new continent; when we re'trorpcetthc circumstances, which led toils discovery; when we survey the situation of the miserable and the unfortunate inhabitants cf the p;tyVcilJ; when tve, aho, tike into consideration, the sncccsful est tblishment of this J 211.15 n.id doarishing FTtpoblic, we are, almost, i;resisUbly led to the cnr.di'.sim, that the Go J of i.ature, devgned this. f.,r freedom's last refuge, frr an asybtm, fir the oppressed. I'rcu these circumstances, v.e tray reasonably cJcuIate, that liuman nature is here to recehe its last polish; that the intellect".!! faculties cfrr.an. mutrammeiled by power, ci:her civil cr eclesiastical, will in United America, evince energies hitherto undiscovered. This is no improbable conjecture. It ii not the uaicnary anticipation cf a mind, wrought to cnorisiasm by a partia'itv, "or its native land; but if is a calculation of the strongest probability. The history cfall ages demonstrates .to us, that it is eidy in a land cf liberty, that all those arts and sciences, which are recessry to the happiness and dignity cf man, can flourish. Slavery tends to the prostration of all our energies; libeity invigorates tlieui. In despotic gjveruraeuls. we tut seldom hear cfthe existence of men, who, by tbeir talents, have immortalized their names, ia amelicating the moral and the political condition c f mante-it the whole atmosphere o' liberty is illumined by a constellation cf geniuses- la Greece, liberty and intellectual improvement, 'fcarisial tegethT; but w sa- tal bbty

was taken frcm them, we hear but little more cf Grecian genius. The same, may also be rcmaiked of Rome. The introduction of despotism, only paved the way, for :he introduction c those dark ages, which immediately succeeded. And, I apprehend, fellow citizens, that the same might, also, be remarked cf England. For, it must be admitted that the time did once exist, when the people of England, enjoyed a larga portion cf freedom They did Rot, it is true, f nj' y that freedom, as a light inherently belonging to them, but simply as a giant or donation froia th' ir kings. These grauts or donations, wer extorted under the influence of a fear of that dread majesty, hich resides in the power of the people. Being held by a title so precarious, it is not snpricg that those liberties, were short ia their duration. The sun beams of the re formation, having partially dispelled that cloud of darkness, which hid man from himself, the arguments by which tyranny had hitherto sup p atcd herself, became too grois & t"o cflVrsiv, to effect the purpose intended. To give time ta deliberate upen more refined schemes of policy, donations had to be made, and itismuchtobe lamented that these srhemes, in their execution have been but too successful, in the accomplishment cf their object. The people of Frglsnd enjoy at this time, little crno liberty, end the finesse by which her kings have been enabled to accomplish its overthrow, may be discovered, to have originated , ia the introduction and gradual accumulation of en immense public debt, and the establishment of Iare standing armies. By these means the people arc oppressed, and influence is added to the crown. . lioes England evince as much life nry energy ltow, as she did half a ceatnrv past. No. lier Aegusline age is gone, and behold ! a mighty cloud gathering iu the north, which by signs tt met oaiinous, threatens to overwhelm her remaining energies. But, fellow citizens, may I rot be permitted, (0 rebut these discouraging forebodings, by the pleasing anticipation Ibaliheadvaatage3 we enjoy, may not arouse our European brethren from their lethargv, may not fire them with the principles of freedom cause legitimjey to become pale, and the oppressor t tremble with guilty fear. This would be a revolution, not to immortalize the name of nn indtvidua!, not to fetter men's consciences, no to confine them by chains, to particular and to specified lisiits; but. to place them on elevated ground, to secure their happiness, to dignify anil enable all their faculties. When the advocates fcr the rights of mac, found themselves rgain subjected to that despotism, from n hich. they had vainly imagined themselves free, and finding it impossible to regaiii the ground they had lost, they reiolutely determined to abandon the land of tbeir nativity &nd to seek a refuge, in a wild uncultivated wilderness. No sooner had they succeeded, in establishing themselves here, and in raising themselves, by their industry, to some degree cf wealth and strength than despotism, with sacrilegious fury begin to'shoot her shafts acres tkfc Atlantic. Those shafts had sea ceb reached th shores of America, before the whole coloues, were in arms Remonstrances proving ineffectual , an utnafural civil war commerced, and Norlk America, resounded with the roaringcf the instruments tf death, end the groans of her dying sons. The circumstance s which attended this war, and which produced our independence, are frish in your recollection. It is needless to attempt ts recapitulate them. They are recorded in your history- They are no doubt imprinted upon the rni. ds cf some of those grey headed fathers, whom I now fcave the honor and the pleasure to ae'dress, in letters which age and infirmity can cot erase. Man;, arc still living, and r.ome perhaps, within the sound o( my voice, who participated in that blocdy contest; who, when the cloud, of adversity, sern.cd rcaly to burst upon them, stood fearless, undirma)cd; who, had the patience to endure fatigue, at. the courage, to encounter danger; who, regarded, their own com foit and ease, and cun their Jives as r.othinr, worth, when brought ia competition, with the libeity of tbeir country, and the bappmers of their posterity. Thev conquered, ttcarse they were a..ir:?atcd,hy nolle principle-, and fought in a. noble c:ui:e. My young friends, no attention wscan bestoiv upon ibem, no services, we can recdcr them, w if compensate for the hardships thts hae endured. Our gratitude should evince itself ly oery possible demonstration of friendsLip; we cannot too highly venerate thee. Let us, by following their patriotic frctsUpls; mar iftst to fccm, and not to them only, but tz the world that their stfierir gs have not been is vain, that they fought a?d bled, not to secure u pearl, to be forfeited by our indolence, our ambition or our cotte ntiocs. Heaven forbid, that we, Ly ftTnising the liberty they have secured to us, should bang dovn their "grey heirs vriih sorror: toth grave.' ' In casting o:r eves back, and bringing Irto review, that vei erahle list of disfinguised wcithirs, who food as a'muniticn of rocks &gv-.t the eacrcatbmert. f a tyrannical pailiamei.t, we crncot emit the tame cf our Washingtcn. An Alexander, a Ceasar, a Bon r part bare rerd'red thcirnamesiinmortal.br desolating Ce wrld,

by destroying the liberty of tbeir country; bui cur venerable Washicgfen. stsmds At; 1, ia the majesty of hi virtue, nof only as an able, and skillful general, bu: be his emphatically the father 0 his u 5. They destroyed harpines, fc

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