Indiana Intelligencer, Volume 6, Number 266, Charlestown, Clark County, 8 October 1823 — Page 1

InteUigencer EES 9 ri, vi. CHARLICSTOWN, INDIANA, WIIDNIISDAV, OCTOBER 8, 18: NO. :.;.

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. . Inc-tLn inoriiiii'Sopi'0-" (lie f, ,,;,; V ASlIIMi rov, at (lie ronit an aial arket-'-liiHs, ami oik li . , rm'ili.ii our nancr. L mal' li.iv' n:int ur- , la' '214 'i IMay, I ..'.'., ur ii'.;u i. . ., w CO Mill . .! I fl I I ' - ' i , jour nniiii;s aii'jr mc mm; oj afmt.; )'., r.v in ci2nt month-; or IhJicrs ami fifty Ctuli, if payi (K I'i i'cil h the ci. J ol 111' vur; ! i our--!', a!! former subscribers (o jjH. J to the samo terms, a;- Ihetr fci:f -r.t terminate. f , . -ii i . .1''!r( i ipumi win lie uisi owi iouou 1! .in'arauts are paid, unlets it be (:-cr !'oii uf th I 'editors. AX OuATION, hi)NO'Tcr.:) J r.v ;.h, int. 'L 5 -he .;. c rem fob ;; (;; '.',:;. -Jib: i.s.aiiv cf A mi- iuja?: r;.:;c : :: y ill- JW.N QUN(' ADAM". 1 )K,'-ik.v Ihn.cix fan; ht.viis'-( r. Jcs oi ar.c ient hcror " c who tnilM fi' . ! 'in, ' m i assivc ages to bud.i up bji.n pi-. i! of f.itv ; beh-ik! at core '.tea-ler nan; ' y.Vt ;? ..y:, ?i s h-en a custom, snactiericd by the Jf .! pi .tetter I cSviti f nations, toi till, v i'h anniv-TS'.ry "o!omnitir, t!i" v:ifil'V'S whu li I: nvc l -en tlh'il'T-'.NJicu X ' t!ic most important th'j h:i ni- i ll; t':c pioj.h In rnii'Hiirs tvlu.tT (he I 1b! t;inity of nrai.k !id has been de;;r:id weii'mt-ss t! bigotry, or dchaH'd hy i-cr rs of Jor.otisn: this cnstf.irary roli". !.;!. lie.Tfnttfil into p. M'rvi!c mock t'-jtivuy hi in 'he b'i'th .' a sceptred It. "r li-is ii wii.dled to an onm aiin:j re ,1n Iik'i.t of co'iU. raaoniz',d fai.atic, of i Ii:i'; 1 1 r w remaitis Inn the name, in - 'idai i' KiM'ipi.-U'jd nipt fstition. In 1 iii'irc forMiinte r;";'m')s of the earth ff Li'nTty hascniid.-cciulecl te reside, the jjf iil rdiifudo nl her favored, people has f'-il tomiior.iMit gaiety, and lis. )ul relaxa,iiinn the tdiis ,t virluous industry, the iti.cd i'i 'volutin;, of'licse ilaj s v'h ch hav e 1 t'en Itrti ithi:.riij Iy the trinrph.s ut illaJCANS Such i the natnrc of he ku'iou winch ;is, (in ,-,f,lis vi'if at trnii?n to c the rsta'thshmeiit " your N d'onal 't ' ui'cni c. A ad Mi-Jy s'm;,f t!ie ct cation eavchly 01!) which separated th day '-'a' ia:;ht, aii id the laimm.h. red . icii'.i P' h ihors,h:.'t ti,e hislf.rvof the lmI " -"iv i.'iiic Ias ever occ urred more hit 'i--S'T i;-;-; ( f ctd( hratio'i by fveiy bp-eis ' HVjr.i.'J, th t rat; stil'v a setist- ot tii '.o tl: IjIjITY, a.kl of happintb, tlcriv.f' ai tin trau'-reltdant favot.rr. B'd w'ix .on! salutary i is'imtii,';. v.liK'h 'i)!y ret ails to the memory of free.ai o, f i'iiiir''pl.-s upou whkh tl't y oiv.ualiy tl.cir la!"rur;ns thn of stale. It is a av at the altar of I.ihctty h'-t self ;--a r w-d ot liomat; ; to the Sovere'gii, v.dio ;x- ( ' , w.'wl'v (if our vto:rati'Mi ; i pn.ff.I""' "-'at.'.ai f.del'.ty, expressive ot'uiir a '- S" nee 'o t'aose tnaKmc, o ite.v.l i.aitiilsa.'a. "dicm treedorn, vLioVt ia ihc-.e favored !:' harmonised the long ronteudiu !iis,:t lihiirty and law. IV a fia mwt re--r'"1!' e 'o tliwse sc:.tin;en':s and act'wes op I'diadi u, Klorv tud feho'.tv of tl:e. Kath.a Is' Sll;'i"i't"h ve arc enabled to renew f "I'ri.ts of bliss which we arc not pinnit'e.'. I t'l'taui ; wt secure a j'cnnanei.cv to t!o s!ation of which the Constitution of nature iciKhrcd fleeting, and a perennial ex'atf't" (njuyineaits which the lut of liumaniI "Js nou'e trar.sittn v. J, '' - ler lings, manners no-l prmrip.V'. rii:'li led to the Independence of our coaaVl,''. my tVieii-h and. iVllow c,ti?.r--s, i' 'a' tlte;ri ot our present coiometiKirat;C!i, Held r-vt.. . o .... f,..,;u-.,i . i ,, , . v .111,1 rn hi us i rat; ran i e ii.to. no i ',v g I'hered by tlie haicls of i-jenin ; a: ! ' "'.'n n,nv remaius'for the glcanin"; or irscnt i i liln'',ucc nr,,,,.!,. i.... .1... .c:.,i., 1. I ' 10 1 . tl(, ,), ,.!' '.. . 1. ..... '"V's which have escaped. t!i: " ""),. it. v il im; voiiiiv v,iin..ii'i i

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principles, wlnni conduc ted our venernhle foreta'hets from the unliallowcl shores of oppu ssi"n ; which inspired them with the sublime purpose of converting the forests i f ? wtldern s$ into the. favorite, mansion of Liberty ; of liufoHiiH", the i;ates of a new world as a rehi;;- for the victims of persecution in the old Che feelings of ii jured freedom, the mania rn of social equality, and the principles of t-terii"! justice. Had the Sovereigns of Fir huid pursued tha polity prescribed l) their ioup m ; had they not irovolttd the hostilities ot their Colonists 'g:iinn llic icthle ', u lress ot their authority, hey nii!.ht perlinps have retained to this day ,.n laopire, whic! would have been b'lt the more durable, for resting only upon the foundation of immemorial custuai, and national ..IV ctio... luctimb"red however with the oppressive glory of a successful war, which h.al enrk.hed herKlUKof liritain with the spoils of her own opulence, and replenished the airoeanr.e m proportion as it had exhausted the resources of the nation: an adventurous ministry, catching at every desperate expedient to support the ponderous buitheu of the national digni y, and stimulated by the perfidious instigations of 11. 'a- dependents in America, abandoned the profitable commercial policy ot tlitir pred Cessot s, and superadded to the lucrative syst?m of monopoly, which we had alv. ays tolerate 1 as the price of their protection, a s. tt ni of internal taxation, from N.lneh tiny hoped to derive a fund for future K.irnp-.ion, arid a supply for future extrav a-t,.ia--. I he nation eagerly grap(l ft t'le proposal. The si'uat'on. the comhtioti, the stntimcnts of the colonie1-, vere ::u'ojects upon wliti.h the pcopit of Britain were divided bet Aiea ienerance atid error. Tlie endearing ti-.'s of oararguinitv, which ' ad C(,nt:ecte(l t'o.'- anct s.rs '.vita those of the A m'iic'm, tcid !-tn yradualiy loeamed to the verge tii d; "'orioi, bv the sh)v but ceaseless hand o! t.toe. Instead d rt tut ning the scut iments o' fc t'. t it i 1 af'ei ti .ii, which animated '.he Americans ti.ty indulged their vanity with piep.'M.'i .,ns ot i'iHin-. of iiSLltinv. Siin' "

tbtV ct ! -Met ed not as KllOW suf-.jCCts, a.:v tlm'.ie i v.iui inrinafivts y . 1 - . 1. 1. ....1 ... ..-.r.. . p, i 'l-ee of Caigl 3'imen ; bu' as wretc hed .; as'.s, op'on whom tlvy nrght safely load ii, j burden, while tliey reserved to themselves t! e ad'-aut iges of .the national grando ir. I lias been observed, that nations the na si Irg'c ly favored with freedom, hav not ai way . bee 'i the most friendly to the 1 bcr y of others. 'Che peej le o J'.nt.tin epcrfd to fee) nor," of the opprt sj.ion whi"h a parhamenta rv tyranny might impose upon the Aincnoans; on the con vary, they expected an alleviation of their burden, from th accumulation of ours, and vainly I'oped that by the stnpfs iullded upon us, their wound s niiht be healed. The CingNeedit be said, that he adopted as the olo-pting of his own affections, a plans') favorable to the natural prorf'.ity of rovahy towards ;ii!Mrarv ;ow.i !' 1)--pcpduir; upon the p.ror.titnttd valour l Ins mercen.iry legions, he was deaf to the cotnplaitu::, hi was i'V.ovalrh,-to the rctr.oustrances of violated freedom. Hum and educated to the; usual l repubces of iiereditary dotviniun and hubiWliy ac customed te 'ie Sy ren somr of adulation he was ready t; heiieve what the c.ouillv tribe about hos throne did not tail to assure hirn, that can plaint was nothing r.ico than the r.fjniuir ot sedition,, and remonstrance the clamour of rebellion. 1! jt they knew not the people with vhc.m l,IC) ,llll,!l, Ti .mi. .i' "I"' "-.J'" enlightt i - i s , ri-'its. ..( to dif-cern, r,-.,il and cietiiKtrate in f.riM ard rest h.t-; to maintait.. thair I M-iti tlie first appearance ot t'ae t (,fnai iiauientiry opnresaon tnuict tat oi ta et a St:cup Act, it was inc. uy toe m.ler.i.mea opp asiuon oi tie v.u... (Naitiocii. The annals of other nations have -u i ict.i instanc s of succx-.(.:! struggles to ,r ak a v ke pieviotniy itnpoifd; but ta-; r ro,d i.n-.istory did m.t perhaps i'limsa an c-Kauiple of a pet.plc whose i.cnoir.itmii h id ' . I 1 , . . .mI.,.11 in I (i I ' III 111 anticai t,tre;t the (.iciattoas ot tvranoy, ...... -aose st: mat li.n" (iisuauieti to mi u i a.. elano.'iit cpon their liberties. 1 he nvnisttniai u.i tir.ans hud 1 flattered themselves won tin. i e u.-ertaiioti hat the act w ount eseoce e- .i. that bef ae tin; bauds of freedom could he laiaa" to rc-' llu' n-tirpation, they loaded with fetters: that tho Amarnn! would te in Sampta i 11 O! Ills lUCItS v. II ti- . "-' y l:eia:aved of ids strength. , 1 . I ....I'.' nvd wi t a thu ...i'-i !"- m i !-' their ir,rt w.th impumtv. an ' forcrio!, i'O-tl.M '- I " ' 'ft -.' a b i tra; soc.t at, taf t-.a-.r-i sp.m. n M-taa: i.ri'i :i 'e l everv u:'t t ,y, tne country , nod at the tti'im.'at. .vb en vms intended t , cienm' tc'.e, it was iutiii'b. :d liy three million t)t m"U ; n, . ti.'trr.nui:;d to -a'ni. e r.it'.t -r tha i resi.g'i tii ar b,re d 'en ,n

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stinary and entity on the one part ; of perfiev -raric e and fortitude on the ether, until the period when eery "horrl which had bound the two couu't'.i s to-tt!.T, w as destroyed by the violence of reciprocal hostilities, and tb.'e representative', of America, adopted the measure, which -v is already dictated by the wish, tr. of their constituents; they declared the United Colonics, I tec, Sovereign and Independent tiate;. AMJ'.UIC ANS ! let us pa,;; for a mo mem to cuiiotler the situation of our country, at that eei.tfu! day v. he n our national existence com uenrt d. in the full poviension and enjoyint is i f all the. a- prertapitives for which youthen lared to advt uti re upon 'all the varietit:, of untrietl beitr;," the calm and settled nnderath u ",f tin u.itid, is scarcely c.omjiettnt to conceive toe tone of heroism, to width the souls ol tit tie. en were cxahed in that hot r of perilous magnanimity. Sev enteen tbh-s has the sun, in the progress of his ann-.il revolutions, difl aad his prolific radiance over the plains ot Independent Aineric.t . Million, if hearts which then 'palpitat' u with the rapturou :; ;;low of jiatriolism, ha -e alreadv been translated to Ijrigbter world-,,- to the abodes of more than mortal irec'ilnm. Other millions have arisen to receive from tin ir parents and benefactors, the iia Ciuiablo i er.on'.peiise i,f their achieve men's. A large proportion cf the audience, whor.e Irmevoh nee b at this moment listening to the sjieaker ot the day, like him were at tliat period, too little advanced beyond tlie t.'.-eshholo cf life to partake of the tiivine efi'.lmv.iasm which inspired the Amttican bosom; which prompted her voice to proclaim dtfaiii:. to the thunders of Britain ; which consecrated die banners of tie- armies; and n.: i!iy erect- d tlx holy temple of American V .f i'-y, over the torch of departed tyranny. It is from those wlx have already passed 'he mert'dian of lile ; it is from you, ye v enviable as.,ertrs of the rights tf man-Lit.-!, that ive are tc be informed, what were die feelings when swayed within your breas's, and impelled you to action, when like the stripling of Israel, with scarce a weapon to aitvirk. ""'liniitii Uoeld f, ic v.nir deti, llCl . you me', atel unci -a.uav e;:. engaged watu 'he g'g.-.titic grea'nes'; of tlie liritish power. Untntoia d in the disgraceful science of Im , nan butchery , destitute cf the materials which tlie im-e rant' of man lias combur. d, to sharpen tin a die of death , unsupported by the r;ii -A "ay fr it-ndly alliance; c.:;J unfortifed agtua tht power'ul assaults of an unr len'a g taa my, you did not hesitate at that moment, when your toasts were infested Ly a f..nuid.ble fleet, when your territories were iava,). d l y a ti' meian.s and veteran army , to prfimwnre the sentence of eternal separation trooi r.rUiiui. an .1 tht o w the raunt let at a

riower .!.:; terror of wlmw. recent trttraiphs j . . , . , .,.-1-1,1 wa almost co-o.tetvave with toe eart,.. a nc intitcso-d and si ll.di nroot nsita-s which in times oi piospci'ous tranmlii y have such powcriul dominion ever the heart, were ull expelled,, and in the'-: s'end, the pu' lie virtta s, t!:e spirit cf personal d v:, ion to th? common cause, r. contempt ol every danger in comparison wi'h t lie subservency ot the count rv, had assumed an unlimii.-d coutro'd. l'lie p issioti for the public, had absoil c: all tie rest ; as the glorious luminary of He .ven ex'ingutshes in ' a foc i of rttulgeoce the tweikiuig spliTidiit' cf every inferior planet, i'ro.-of you my country men, v. ho were actio-; in tl'toi" interesting scenes, will be-t know how feeble, and iirpou.ot i.- the lanriu, r. of this description to express the im pas-.'ior.ed eneation a of the soul with which you r.-ere thc.i agitated ; yet it were injustice to ciacludc twii thence, or from the greater prevalence of private nn.l persona! moties in tliest: days of calm serenity, that ynur sans have degenerated from the virtues of tlieir tatliers. Lf;t if rather br a subject of pleasing relha '.ion to you, that the generous and disinterested energies which yoti were summoned to display, are permitted bv th bouutifrd induh'vncc of Heaven to remain la'ctd in the ;.,'-o:ns of vonr cbih!.reti. Fiom the preset) prcr.perous'a; -pear ir.ee of our public af! or we in iy admit a rational hope that our country wall lnvo ta occasicn to tvo-mrr ot uth'osc extra' row irv and heioic. exertions which it w;r. your fortune to exhibit. Hut I'join 'he common versatility cf all humao .... ... .. I, ..cr. , It 1'V il.r(!e V, S,. )UK1 tile pre-,))' oi. ix: ! tai, and the le.uds t a i r t -.'ii tr, a teuioest : 01 pn.. shouhl O'.r.a rtune voice of oar country's calamity ever call c.s to bar re hef, we sweiirbv the precious memory o line i., .,.:, ,..,,il (X the he roe-, v.hohbd m i, a- defenr.e. that we will prov oui'S'dves ' so dearlv a- fai'hf d animoush uiai-un-not mi worthy the piine, wlncii me ,.,,rrii isrd - t rt we w r.i ara O 'i-t ;is disciples of tho,e who so mar:. ,,i rio os lie ins' I'ueuv e lesson oi 1 ICAN V IK I im;. Seven vear. of inelT'ota tl h-n'hVv, an hut.dred in lli-uis of tr. asar- fian'.l sslv e::;, tried :tii, no ircotiiited th .a, amis ot h..mau

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Hritiu !i (it vernment, a-rl comreU?:'. thetrt w relititpiisb a claim which they Indium1, suico been unable to maintain. The prk'.e 1 1 1-ri tain, which should have born h-tnbled, wan only mortified. With, snilm i;opoleace( yielded to the pressure .t'accumtiiated cal.uti'ity, and closed vith r-dttctance an hifiioriovs war, in whi: h che had often been thf. object, and rarely the actor of a triumph, Che various occur recces of our raUionil histrry, since thitpetbd, a e within the rr collection of all my heaters. 'I. lie r-1 txati.r. and dobday of the political I ody which uac ceeded the 'violent exertions it had myt dur ing the war. the total iucfVrcacy ef tht re romm'.u'datory federal system, whi ,h bal been formed in the bosom of contention , the peaceable and deliberate adeptten of a more effectual national constitution by the peop'.r of the Union, ami the prosperous adaii-.istra-tinn of that govemmetit, which h ts repaha ," the mattered fat tic of public e-a.f.deno. which has strengthened the salutary hu.ulsu!. national nnior, ami restored the bl.io'n ami vigour of impartial justice, to 'i.e pootic courtten-ntice, afford a subject ef pleasmr cm tcrnplation to the patriotic mind. i.r fficatni unamtKity f the na'vm ' bc A a rif head '.fthc Antvr.can Councils, hehcoic leader, -.dmc firudmce a'ld yahr o-.t'.o c,l t'i v.ctwy the armies of freedom : ai J tlin (TJ' 'first '.Jftcrs of trs Cwnonwralth .s u' rxhUU the virtue an t emt.hu the Uden's the venerable patriots, iidme Jhm ard c'-'v interested devotion ft the caune oj J.ion:,.

reiu.irded by (lie honorable ay .navm 'j? llruin'' flroxer'ifition. J.'ienca' ' t,-. a of grcteful freedom a utro' '.jfr to the tuni'?. , - adulation. II nis r-y -wisn i"s; ur no axsuted that the rr: mo-ij ,f 'reused u:on i.ll out if r.de'.i'de ' ' " litem '"' - -Ath " Hon ' , ,- . Jineri , ,s. 'endii. " i'n in'.' n 'a ' ' ,ri..-i.i esunuiie... the most flattering tc, ra.'.veirs afifdai.ee. 'Che n,agui'.ude ind . great event which we comma a vast accession from its inline:, aff.drs of th- world, and itsoperait. th- tiitory f fiiai.kiiicl. it has already observed 'that the origin of the A-r-uit Hev.lv.tiou c.-s a character d rurent iroru that of iinv oiIili' civil Contest, that hid ever arisen atoong ,:. It was i.ot the '.oi.vulsivr struggle';f shivery tothro.v oil the burden of aclcaiulHted oppression, but the deliberate, though energetic etiort ot I; cemen, to repel the insidious approaches of tyranny. It was a contest involving the elrmemarv 'uio. ipk- of tojvcrnmcnr. a question of rguC tj-twoen the sovereign and the s'jbjec, wheal in its progress h ad ateiahaicy to introduce; amon,--the civibred ricAion'- nt lvaope, the discussion of a topic the fa st in magnitude, which can n'tract the attt-ntion of mankind,, hut whrJi for many crntunes, the gloomy shad 's of despotism had overspread with im peneM-abie darkness. The French mUoi chceriully supported an alliance with the U. Stat-s anna war with liritain, during the course ot vf-ch a large body of troops am! . I .. th,. 1, i n,,cU

considerable fi ..-etc were sem uy uir . eoernment, to act in conjunction wr.h toeu tie; allies. The umou which bad at lint been formed by the coalescence ot a comtnan enmity, wa soon strengthened by the bon is ot a friendly intercourse, and thjjsujj'ir ; o. an arbitrary prince, in fighting the ba.'.es o freedon:, soon learnt to chsriJi the cause of. Liberty itsolf. By a natural and -isy aj'I'acation to themselves of the pianc.p.e'i upja wbxb the Americans ariertcd trie justice of their warfare, they were led to impure intr ,. nature of the obligation 'vhich prescrnifd bc'r Mib mssion to their own sovereign ; an"', wlien th'jv discevertd that the consent ot thr pample is 'the only leg timao;; source of autho-. nty! thev necetsa.ily drew the coticlusion -heir own obedience was go mure than the compulsive acquiescence of scu vio. an?. t':ev waited only for a favorable opportur.l'y to recover the possession of those enjoyment';, to which thev had never ftrbit-.d t-,e ngh' Senfim-nts of a similar naMue, ly a gradual and imperceptible progress, secret ly underminded all the fonndati ,ns ti.-ir gove: u mint ; and wl.en the ntces-.tti.-s ot '.he '.. ; -

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