Indiana Palladium, Volume 1, Number 24, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 17 June 1825 — Page 2

To "A Republican" the Editors of the

"lrvhana Palladium. In the twenty-first number of the "Indi

ana Palladium," I see a communication over

the signature of " A Republican," accom

panied with some remarks of the editors of

that respectable journal, requesting J ames h

Ray to explain his vote in the winter of 1 823

-'24 : and to know whether he still entertains

the same opinion in relation to the follow

ins section of law, to wit: "Every person

who shall make, print, or publish any slan

derous or ridiculous writing, picture, or

sin, with a wicked or malicious design or in-

tent towards government, magistrates, or individuals, shall, on conviction, be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars." If this request had been made by the editors, perhaps, Mr. Ray would have felt himself under some obligations to have answered it over his own name; but it cannot be considered, by any liberal community, as

his duty to respond to every, or even any

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concerns, in making tins attempt, ai mis crisis, when Mr. Ray is before the people, and not before, to drag him into a controversy, that can only be explained by the rules that govern parliamentary bodies, barely to confuse society and throw a suspicion upon his principles, discovers two prominent facts that reflect but little credit upon the author. By it we discover that the writer is profoundly, palpably ignorant of the principles and rules of legislation, and the effect of a vote in the legislature at the various stages of a bill. By it we learn that there are persons, who are prompt to cen

sure, before they understand.

I appeal to the world if it is not very un

fair, to call upon a man to explain his vote in favour of a law, which some have been pleased to call a " gag law," when no such vote was ever given. I assert most positively and prove it by the journals, that Mr. Ray or any who voted with him, never voted for this section of law to wrhich allusion is made. I appeal to legislators every where who understand what they are doing in a deliberative body, to bear witness with me on this subject. It is all a misunderstanding and misrepresentation, as to the nature of the question upon which the vote was taken. The merits of that section, which seems to be so obnoxious, were never before the Senate of Indiana. Its principles were never tested by the motion under which it fell. It is therefore unnecessary for Mr. Ray to state, whether he "still holds the same opinion when he never supported such policy. I challenge any and all who have been with him in public and in private life, and who have known him from his cradle up to this time, (and he has been raised here amongst us,) to shew that he has ever expressed a single wish to interfere with the liberty of the press, or the privilege of verbal freedom. On the contrary he has taken a firm stand in favor of the right of the people, to animadvert freely on their public officers who might step from the path of duty. The truth is, that a few calculating politicians have been trying to impose upon the people.

That all may be satisfied of the present! r nr r . i i t -n'

attack, or request, over an anonymous sig

nature, sometimes made by non-residents of

the state, who have no voice in our political ly, by which the House of Representatives

those who voted crzinst striking out, vote

No. Was the bill on its Furthermore, what was the

effect of striking out the section at that stajre

of the bill? It was this: all propositions to lop away the objectionable parts of the law were precluded all amendment to it was proscribed and prevented reflection and consideration upon its merits were ostentatiously defeated, and a contempt offered to the lower house, for not suffering it to undergo the customary rotine of legislation. Well, what would the vote of Mr. Ray and others, if successful, have effected? It would only have retained the law for further consideration, and then in the end when it was on its passage, they might, as is done constantly iri a legislature, have voted altogether against the law. It would have enabled its friends, (if it had any,) to make it as perfect as possible, (which is a course usual and liberal,) by amendment. It would have been treating the other branch of the assembly with that respect which is due them, to consider their law at least, and then to kill

it if thought unwholesome. It discovered a degree of malignity that was incompatible

with philosophy, to strike it out so sudden-

were told, their law was too detestable to be

thought of. Finally, I aver it to be an every day's pactice, for members to vote against striking out a bill, and then afterward to vote against the law ; so that this kind of a vote proves

nothing. The motion to strike out, if negatived, had not the effect of passing the section into a law.

In conclusion, permit me to state that this

section is much misrepresented. It does not

punish any one tor talking as much as they please, and of whom they please, and as

scandalously and wickedly as they please. Verbal discussion, or the freedom of speech Ab

not embraced by the law. It only punishes the wilful, malicious, and base hearted libeller. True, free, open and fair discussion, in the prints, is not prohibited. It punishes no one for writing the truth; bui it does for a slan

derous falsehood. Truth.

N. B. The author of the above, who is

a subscriber to the "Public Leger," requests

Mr. buxton to insert it in his paper.

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LATEST FROM EjXGLAXD. By the brig Monroe, in 23 days from Galway, the New York Evening Post has received papers of that place of the 27th, and Dublin papers of the 26th, containing London dates to the evening of the 23d April. Despatches iiad been received from Sir A. Campbell, dated Rangoon, Dec. 10 and 15, announcing a series oi brilliant victories obtained over the Burmese by the British

and native troops. The entire hopes of the

king ot Ava, had hpp rlstrojcu, his army utterly ruined, and 240 pieces of ordnance, together with 3000 stand of arms, the whole

of tiie camp equipage, and 30 war boats,

taken by the British. Nothing was said of

the king of Ava's death. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had introduced a bill into the House of Commons, to modify the law authorizing the collection of duties on spirits. It was nis intention to reduce the duty on foreign liquors from 10s

to 5s lOd per gallon; and that most oJ" the

who came to his dominions, placing trust and confidence in a monarch just and beneficial, who respects the precepts of God, given through his prophet. "If the men claimed by the King of Spain be offenders against the laws, his Majesty should suspend their punishment until he is firmly seated in his throne; and when that period arrives, the Emperor will have a di

rect understanding with the king of Spain,

who may then demand them, for it is the duty of sovereigns to respect and attend to each other's wishes. "If the King of Spain considers these men as offenders, because they have not opposed

destiny, be it so. Other Kings there are, and friends of the King of Spain, who do

not look on them in that light, and would moreover have wished them to take refuge in their territories, where they would have been protected.

"The Emperor is a lover of clemency, and is not a stranger to the principle ofjustice,and therefore he cannot without offend

ing God, by breaking the commands of his

prophet, accede to the wishes of his friend,

the King ol bpain." IMPORTANT FROM CUBA.

The editors of the N. Y. Evening Post,

have been informed by a gentleman of respectability, and on whose statement they can rely, that a treaty has been concluded

between the French & Spanish governments,

by which the islands of Cuba and Porto

Rico, are to be occupied, like Cadiz, with

the troops of the former nation. Of 10,000 French soldiers now in the West Indies, 8000 are to be drafted for Cuba, and 4000

for Porto Rico; and the garrisons now occu

pying these places are to be disbanded and

sent to Spain, or to some other station. A Frenchman has been appointed to succeed

General Vives in the government of Cuba,

which, with Porto Rico, is to be held by the

French, until the alarm arising from revo

lutionary principles, and from the fear of

invasion has completely subsided. Wheth er Great Britain will permit this arrange

ment to be carried into effect, remains to be seen. She has from 1 7,000 to 1 8,000 troops

in her West India Islands, and a powerful naval foice, equal at least to that of France

and Spain. It is scarcely possible that so

great a European force can continue long on this station, without coming in contact with

each other; and if the views of the different

cabinets are not in union, we may expect

soon to hear of some decided event arising

out of the present uncertain state of allairs in this quarter of the world.

in such demand as to cause c considerable.

rise in their wages.

77ie Holy Alliance. Accounts from Milan of the 24th March, state that great prepara

tions were making there for the reception of

their Imperial Majesties. Iheir presence had attracted a vast number of strangers,

and several hotels had been hired at high prices. It was believed that iri the month

of May, all the Sovereigns of Italy, except the Pope, would meet at Milan. There was

to be a camp in the neighborhood, composed of the greater part of the Austrian troops in Italy. In the month of June, their Imperial Majesties were to visit Florence, but nothing was said of their going to Rome. A fatal pugilistic combat took place at Wendover Common, between a sawyer, named Keathcote. and Rawlins, a r.nar.hmnn.

restrictions on Distilleries should be remo-. The match was for 5, and a very hard bat-

tie ot seventy rounds was fought, at the close

LAD AUK SHEEP. Mr. Moorecraft, in a letter from Tartary, says, "The novelties which have already met mv view in natural historv, are so sreat as to invite the introduction of details that would swell this letter to a volume." One example is the Ladahk sheep. "This animal at full growth, is scarcely so large as a South Down lamb of five or six months; yet in the fineness and weight of its. fleece, the flavour of its flesh, and the peculiarities of its constitution, it is inferior to no race. It is as completely domiciliated as a British dog. In the night it shelters in a walled yard, or under its master's roof; in the day it feeds often on a surface of granite rock, where cursory observation can scarcely discover a speck of vegetation. If permitted, it will pick up crumbs, drink salted and buttered tea or broth, or nibble a cleanly picked bone. It gives two lambs within twelvemonths, and is twice shorn within that period. A British cottager might keep three of these sheep with more ease than he now supports a cur-dog, as they would live luxuriantly in the day on the strips of grass which borders the roads, and by keeping clean hedge bottoms." Mr. Moorecraft has procured fomc of them with a view to import them into Britain. The letter contains, likewise, a notice of a non-desciipt wild variety of horse, which he thinks might he domesticated for the use qf the small farmer and poor in Britain. It is about fourteen hands high, of a round muscular form with remarkably clean limbs.

of which Heathcote was carried away and i i , i . .

opinion of Mr. Rayon this subject, I willived.

copy some of his own language from the first A letter in the Dublin Morning Post, da-1

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parugnipn oi nia auuicss 10 me voters oi ine;ieu jonuou, iipru 20, says iimi me taino- died in the niht

ja congressional district, as late as August uc mil icui ue tost, a new reaction having; rfhe proposed new criminal code of the last, long after he is said to have sinned, byjeommenced among tne dissever to oppose' Canton of the Grisons, contains the following T I ir -!.i; 1 . . ... 7 ... o

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people in these plain terms, viz: "Your gov

ernment has been created by yourselves.

articles relative to duelling:

4iIf, at a concerted meeting, deadly weapons have been used, but without effect, the

combatants shall be condemned to stand half

an hour in the pillory. If a wound, more

Accounts from Zante to the 15th March, repeat the statement, that the Egyptian

It is one of your own choice, and is happily troops, amounting to 3000, which landed on

hased in the will of the people, and is of laws! the coast of Modon, had been attacked by

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anu muasuies auu 1101 01 men. ry your, me vjreeus, auu cui 10 pieces ; aim Uiattneioriess,erjous has been inflicted besides the powerful voice you direct its helm, in yourjinvading fleet was blockaded by the patri-1 pillory, confinement in the house of correcown hands are its purse strings, and your vi- ot. tion for a iod of from hvo to four gilant eye penetrates all its departments.' Letters from Milan of the 7th April, men-'incurred. All its public functionaries are the creatures oj Hon the arrival there of several pcisois be-i "If the" duel end in the death of one of the your volition, and there are none of them, what-; longing to the Holy Alliance, to make pre-! parties, his death is to be considered as de-

ever may oe incir poimcac cievauon, tnac are; parations tor their recepuon. n was not-liberate murder, and the survivor to be cap-:

jvc uu imjo ouujcli j intt uu(fuutu - tci lam liciijci iiicic wuuiu n i cpi cati it-? xtnli v punished sion for mal-administration in office." Is this ative on the part of England. There hadi "the punishment of the seconds, where

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Rail Roads Mr. Weightman, who lias lately published in London a pamphlet on Rail Roads, states, that a complete delusion prevails as to the rate at which it would be possible to travel these roads. He contends that a velocity cannot be attained by their mear.s, equal to half that with which our best stage-coaches now travel; and that the money which it is proposed to expend on them, will, in most ca?es, be thrown away. Antidote against Poison. Take a dessert spoon full of made mustard, mixed in a tumbler glass of warm water, and drink immediately: it acts as an instantaneous emetic, is always ready, and may be used with safety in any case where one is required. By a mistake, where a gentleman took a full ounce of poison instead of salts, the casters were fortunately at hand, and no doubt an invaluable life was preserved to his family. SJ2 AJVjXUAL ELECTIOJV. FOR GOVERNOR. Isaac Blackford, James B. Ray, FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. Samuel Milroy, Elisha Harrison, John H. Thompson, G. W. Johnston, Dennis Pennington. SENATOR FOR DEARBORN COUNTY. Isaac Morgan, John Watts, FOR REPRESENTATIVES. Erasmus Powell, Abel C. Pepper, Ezra Ferris, Thomas Guion. Collins Fitch. A Valuable Farm for Sale. A FARM for sale, containing 160 acres; about 35 acres of improvement, uifh a cabin and

other buildings on it. For the terms of sale innuire

at this office, or to the subscriber living on Wilson, Laurence burgh township. EDMOND PECKOVER.

June 3, 1825.

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NOTICE. f 0 1HE Law partnership, uhich has heretofore y existed between Daniel J. Caswell and Arthur St. C Vance is this day dissolved, hv mutual consent. The business of the firm will be closed by A. ST. CEUR VAJS'CE, who will continue the practice of the Law, and may be found at his residence, in LawrenceLurgh. March I5th 1825. II tf.

DOCTOR 3. K. BRCWER, mrAV,NG ret'irned from Nev York, has reeu-

JLJL med the practice of his profession, in Ehzabethtown ar.d the adjacent country: Having furnished himself with a complete assortment of Sur

me language ot one who is friendly to a gaiT been an affray at Madrid between the J vine's ui pnfb rlnoc t-i r-. , I,, lm cma r fiscal Instruments, he is now nrenarpd in nffpnH in

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-. .un.mic iu mustr woo nave ctiiuuipicu;jiuarus a;u me ixoyai v oiunieer?, uuniig thus to slander an officer, who has always, a religious procession. Several individuals breathed the most republican sentiments.-were wounded, and two women crushed to . A:ain, does he not tell you in his short ad-: death.

dress to the 61 FreemerTof Indiana," of the

21st tilt., that he is friendly to the liberty of

London, April 8.

Subjoined is the answer given by the Ba

the press? Why then do you rish to see his'shaw of Tangier, in the name of the Empe

sentiments repeated?

I will now state the stage of the bill at the time the vote was taken upon it, as the journals show, was the revised bill of crimi

nal-law, reported by Governor Hendricks and this section was a part of it. This same law was passed by the House of Representatives without opposition, and was reported to the Senate for its concurrence. No sooner had the bill landed in the Senate, than a motion was made to strike out the section, which was decided in the affirmative. Nine members voted for striking out, and seven, vnlh Mr. Ray, voted against it. Now, did

ror of Morocco, to a demand lately made by

the Spanish Government, that ''the vassals

j of his Most Catholic Majesty," who had ta

ken refuge in Barbary should be delivered up. The Emperor wrote to the Bashaw, "Thou hast done well in not giving up the Spaniards they have taken refuge under our flag, and must be protected." The barbarian and infidel monarch appears to great advantage in contrast with the Royal Minion of the Holv Alliance. ANSWER OF TIIE BASHAW. ;His majesty cannot for a moment entertain the idea of delivering up the persons

the principals: but if one of the combatant

fall, the seconds are sentenced to six years' imprisonment to hard labor.7,1 The manufactories in England are represented as flourishing beyond all former precedents. Artizans of every description were in full employment, and so anxious were the manufacturers to have their orders executed, that it was by no means an uncommon thing to lock up the doors where the workmen were, and to supply them with food gratis, in order to save the time which would otherwise be expended in going to their respective lodgings. Orders to immense amounts were daily received at the manufacturing towns, many of which could not be fulfilled within the prescribed period. Wages were every where extremely high, and mechanics were enabled to fare sumptuously for seven days, out of the proceeds of two days' work. Even common laborers were I

the operative part of that branch of Ihe profession.

and respectfully solicits the patronage of the public. May 13, 1825. 20 ARTHUR ST. CIzAIR, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, IJ AS removed to Lawrenceburgh, Indiana, . j where he will attend to any business confided to his care. His ofik-e is on High street, near the court house. Envrcneeburzh, March 1, 1825. 0 tf.

MOSES WILEY, LYA -KEEPER 1 1 A R RI SON, SIGN OF THE SHIP. Dearborn County, Slcic cf Indiana.

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