Indiana Palladium, Volume 5, Number 40, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 10 October 1829 — Page 1
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... -V EQUALITY OF RIGHTS IS NATURE'S PLAN AND FOLLOWING NATURE IS THE MARCH OF MAN. Barlow, Volume V. LAWRENCEBURGH, INDIANA ; SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1829. Number 40.
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INDEMEVDENTCK Or THE PRESS, Or thn p r inter an t his Patrons. As we sit turning over the leaves of our subscription lif. the other morning, we looked up, and saw our old friend Fudge Puffendo;f before us. I eee you have not yet lean eJ ail the secrets of you: trade, (says he) and 1 have called to give you a little wholesome advice. We have great pleasure in receiving ad vice And too little desertion in following it, (said he) I see how it i; but no matter I will open to you But here he was interrupted knocking at the door, and in a moment he shrunk behind the screen, as our ptron A. entered. I am very sorry (says Mr. A.) that you came out with that piece this mor ning, it will play the tne very devil with' your concern. I have heard several persons say that they meant to stop their paper. Can't help it; an editor, you know must speak his mind. O certainly! I like to see editors independent. But then it's always best to be on the right side. A id to tell the truth, I have no wish to support a paper whih propogates such dangerous doc trines. 1 just give you a piece of my Enind. Good morning. And he went out; hut the door had scarcely closed, when in came Mr. B. That was a capi'al piece thi- mor. ning, (says he) just the thing. Put my name down as a subscriber. I like to see editors independent. Here's a long advertisement, keep it in a month. But before wc had time to congratulate ourselves on the event, Mr. C. mtde his appearance. Sir, (says he.) I have called to tell you that you m y stop my paper. I can never support an editor who entertains such absurd opinions. Certainly, sir, shall we receipt vour bill? Why as to that another time will do ns well. But 1 take the liberty of tel ing you that the tariff is ruinous to the country, and moieover diabolical; and if you do not come out against it, we will put you down, that's all. I like to Sec editors independent. And he departed in high dudgeon. But, in a moment after, Mr. D. came in. Good morning, Mr. Editor, (says he) 1 have just called to let you know that my friend Mr. Spifflikins U. about to start for Alderman, and 1 wish you to give him a lift in your paper Why to be sure (said we) Spifflikins is n very decent man; but suppose we might select a more useful Alderman. 'True, 1 must confess, there are smar ter men than Mr. Spifflikins, 1 ut then 1 have a reason for wishing him elected. And certainly you cannot refuse to sup ort him, considering we have always ..jpporled you, and we all agree in politics." That to be sure, is a great matter, but in the selection of public officers, w
htto look to the imbiic good ; and notj'he rolling drum, captain Blum, (better
mi t to be governed by private feeling w ' -J 'V ery well sir, my practice is to sup
port those who support m Just stop! lur "u wu . meaurea step to my paper-I am for an independent Ed-!tne mnaierground, having a clean buckitor, who will stick to his frieuds without! 'aiUtuck in his hat, and a woollen sash
r regard to consequences m hf i-.riwt unnn his heel in a
rreat pet. But our embarrassments!" ,,,cn' ,,s weigmy were not at an end. Mr. D back ,vas:;appearance, might have been the very scarcely turned, befcre in came Mr. E. Is WCP2" w uch (j 4,,ah drew upon
..w r- - xelv turned, before in came Mr. E. understand (says he) that old Spiilliihatbeenpu'up for a candidate lor. I Kins lias oeen pu up Alderman. Now 1 want vou ol .v him -
out as cold j in three lines him an old and all that kind of thing. Don't fear consequences! There's nothing like independence in an Editor.' But consider Mr. E. there is something due the feelings of a worthy old man, even though he be no Solomon. It is not every one for whom we cannot vote, that we feel free to arraign before the public. 'What! you won't write against him then! Just stop my paper. I won t support an editor who can't be independent.' You sec sir, (said we to our friend PufTendorf; who rejoined us as the heavy tramp of our last angry visitor died si way on the ear) how impossible it is for an editor to please every body. Ihese are all equally friends; all equally admirers of the independence of the free press. And either of them w ould in a moment sacrifice it to his own. convc-
as a wedge Itmav be done' -ette of a ccmmissid officer, for such cs. Andt do vou hear? call!wa8 he who nad a,most "tilecl "P the fool an old dunder head'' meaf;!ire f his country's glory."
nience; would trample it under foot, whenever it crossed his own path, and interfered with his own particulars feelings or prejudices. You see the same paragraph which excites the admiration of the one will prove the hostility of the
other. A(-id that in contested elections, 'lie editor is posted between two fires; he is sure to be scorched by one, perhaps both. Vcu have found it out then, at last. ( aid our old friend Pufifendo f) that it is the very subject of, and concerning winch, I wished to give you a little sage advice. In the first place, let me advise you, never to commit yourself on any subject. If you find it necessary to say any thing, speak very dubiously, first say a smart thing on this side and then on that. If you speak ut, y u will most certainly interfere with some of the preconceived notions of some of our party. and the you will be sure to h se bui ness. In all cases of contested elect ion-, never support or oppose any candidate; as y-.u will certainly lrnke an enemy of the party you oppose; and perhaps Isooi the party w;ei interests ) u espouse. Because it is not oftc.: that a CTTuhdate will be contented with the measure of nraise you may be di-po-ed t mete out. !f he have no character of his own. he will expect you to give him one, and if your imagination is not very prolific, he will be disappointed in these just expectation.'!. If he have preten sions, he will be convinced vou have not done him justice. If he lose his election he will a'tribute his failure to 3 our want of z?n), or ability in his cause; and he ill dislike you on that account. It is al ways dangerous for an editor to oppose an individual; it is scarct ly less so, to support him. Why, according to your policy, at. editor must say nothing at all . 4 You have hit it very near. There are very few topics he can approach and speak out, without crossing the views of someone. But this simple maxim will bear you triumphantly through every difficulty. Whatever may be the subject, however important it may, at the first view appear never commit yourself. Let your editorials be like Delphic oracles, every paragraph an enigma. Every reader will then interpret it so as to suit his own prejudices and opinions. This is what has raised many an editor into popularity, and extended patronage. This is what they mean when they talk about the independence of the press. From the Baltimore Emerald. We found the following sketch of a militia training among our stray papers and present it to the public, as it was written about two years ago. The scent is laid in one of the- S uthern States, as it was then inflamed by party animosity, and the soil of orators of all ranks and opinions. , Presenting Standard. "Those gallant souls wbo shoulder guoe, And twice a year go out 0 training." It was as fair a morning as one would wish to behold, when, obeying the call cf Kiimvii mi uir ju iih; us or. uor, ami law fully elected a member of the legisla '. 1 1 r,L 1 tied round his body, whereby was sus pended a Urge cut-and-thrust sword. .u:u f-, 1,1.. 1 . r-" - - ' - u.tw upon te h.rmc D .v,d--bui vvas not. On his ' Mulder lay a knot of pl.stcird 1 1 U:U JT ? " "" w iiujpneu.u. an cpau "Shoulder arm!1' exclaimed the doublclunged commander, and a general confusion ensued among the broomsticks
and corn-stalks, "flight face. ' "Keep rignis, ana v,ieek or Cherokee, or off my heels," says one "I reckon jcu ai) other of the Animalgermati0n parly donYknow 1 ight from left," says another. lal1 not make us budge an inch. (Loud "Ymi lit !v exclaims a third "Silence !"jcht ering.) Jly constitutes have elected thunders Barny B:inn,(iu8truments tune)j,n(2 to the Lcgialatur; they know that Bass drum bank! snare-drum, rub! I'm rail oppositioner, and therefore have
a-dub! Fife, tootle, loutk bugle, ter rata, toita! "Quick lime Forward 1 1 march!" Music strikes up "Come all ye bold Virgloians, I'll have you for to know; That for to Cbt(be enemy, We're going for to go V "Take care to wheel to the right march! Forred march! Trail arms. Shoulder arms. By files to the front. lorm platoons march! Thus tbey proceeded higgledy pigijledy, ore tumbling over the other, until they arrived at squire Dodd's, where
they were greeted by the loud cheering of a legion of ragged little urchins, whej rushed out of school in spite of the threatening shake of their old pedagogue's hickory switch. But what inspued ihe warriors mosi, and hrc light the g!o of consciouspride in their leather countenances, were the smiles of a band of fail spectators, who stood crammed together in the windows, and under the piazza, which stretched along the front of ihc squire's house. A nod from the gallant captain sufficed as a hint, and the military baud struck up the fashionable air of "Polly put the kettle on," in compliment to the ladies, who giggled, and as a grate
ful return, waved their handkerchief, and kissed their hanils to the brave de fenders of the fair. "Hah! front left, no right dress! hack there, back; heads up eye? right now front Order arms!" A iu ket of whiskey now went its merry iuid, much to the encouragement of home mini'facturcs, for no man fell shori t a half pint, the u-Ual guage of a back woodsman who ki ows the true ue of his gullH. Fallsti ffwas a fool to either t f them, for his leather-lined paunch srldetn k ''w any thing stronger than sack, theirs Here proof against the action of modern whikev. When the best part of the day's sport was over, the troops were again tilled to order, and what few rifles there were among them, proved by their unsteadiness, that their bearers had lost the besi part of their understandings though they had taken in an additional quantity of new spirit. At the roll of the drum, a fi"e plump country lass stepped sneaking ly from the crowd of damsel?, healing a standard, or rather a yard or two of white horne-spuir, with a turkey buzard sin rounded by thirteen blac k lustre worked in the ceni re, (doubtless intended for the Ameiicnn eagle and the thirteen -tars); over the whole, in blazing letters of broad-cloth, was worked the motto, Georgia and state rights." The abashed damsel, (who, but for her blushes, would have borne a fine sem blante to Joan d'Arc, when that inspired heroine stood with her country's banner upon the battlements of Orleans) : after passing her arm twice or thrice along the under part of her nose, and snivelling a little to g;ve interest to her appearance, held the banner out. and snnk us fr.!!.-iw. "Gentlemen: this here flng which worked by the gals of our school, 1 now hand over to you. It possibly may happen, that some of these day 3 you may he called into service, to fight for the rights on your own state, and all we've got to ax you is, that you wo'nt disgrace it by running from your inimies' Captain Blinn stepped in front of toe ranks, and, with the air of one who is aware of knowing something about such matters, diluted the fair donor with three several flourishes f his sword, and a low congee. After taking the standard, and charging his mouth with a new quid, he thus addressed her in behalf of his associates: 'We accept of this 'ere flag, ma'am, fromyo'i and the other gals with genervioeold continental feelings providing our breasts: and 1 reckon there's not a fellow amongst ih thai would not die to defend it. Is there, my bay s? (No no.) We are all politicly now a davs. and these 'eie is pretty ticklish times'; but the devoice on this- 'ere color shall brine to mind the prelogatives of our state, and of the duty we owe to Koskiasko, Pulaski, De Kalb, andthe rest of our forefathers who bled and died for the invisible rights of Ameriky. Has Georgia not cau to -stand by her arms?- J$ sne ll0t biiiciillort !r.rrslrl Ctini. I. .'i l r,clJ ' iorir8sana framph d tlou n upon under the feet of GfiuVal Government and the men of the coalition? Is she not held up to contrislon alld 83 Jark P'arsavs. do thev not mte their thumbs in scorn? Yes, ma'am, but we're the boys for defending . alliance in my integrity for no ministra tion man is to be impended upon: there fore, I will say that all who march under this fl g shall be for Jackscn. and may I bed d if I take it! May be you don't know what corruptious doings are goii gon to injure our canderdate, wjio is fattically called the Cincy Natty, (that being the name of a brave. Cherokee chief, who died of eating wild parsnips.) They eay that he killed six militia men, and sarved them up at the electioneering barbacue that he shot a man in cool blood; that he traduced the affections of
his wife from another man, and so forth but it's a lie, and I'm muscle and bone f r the feller that says it is'm ! And, who are them that supports the mii-ter-alion? Their de ds will give you an answer. They have fergered letter they have fredricated lies they have bribed newspapers (ihe vinicles of public depinion) they are constituting and larrifying a woollen's bill, which will ex criminate southern trade; they are shaking hands with the niggeis cf the territory of flay ti, and aiding and abbetterir g the English in making the Greek? a? corruptions as themselves. They are leagued with one Col. Trade, a rank Hartford cor ventioner they are playing billiards they are eating public dinners; wasting public pens, ink, and paper; and travelling in stiige coaches! Whose here that will say these e're doings is not ignominious? (Lu l shouts.) Hurrah! my boys! Georgians is pluck down with the ministeralion up with old Ci.iry Natty ready aim, fire!" No sooner was the word givii, than t!e instruments nf death answered with a pop bang whiz boom which harmonicusly blended with the instrumental ba?ig rub-a-dub tootle-lootlo and
tema-to-la-fa, while scampered clfihe field the company From Hie American Traveller. THE Rll' LEMEJV OF CtUPAWA. At the time of the French and Indian wars, the American aimy were encamped, on the plains of Chipawa. Col. St. Clair, the commander, was a bold and meritorious ( flicer, but there was mixed with his braveiy a large share of rashness which too often exists in the breast of the bravest generals. His rashnesin this case consisted in encamping in an open plain, beside a thick wood, from which tfie Indian scout could easily pick ffits outposts without being exposed w, the least to the fire of the sentinel. F;v. nights had passed, and he tranquility of each night was disturbed by the disappeaiance of the sentry, which rtocj a! a lonely post in the vicinity cf the foresi. These repeated misfortune?, had struck such a dread into the breasis f the remaining soldier, that no one would vol untepr to lake the pest and the comman-dn-knowing it would be throw ing awav their lives, let it stand unoccupied for a flight or two. At length a lineman of Unh'' Virginia Corps volunteered his serwee-;. He was told the danger of the dut, but he laughed at their fears saying lie would return safe to drink tin health of his commander in the morniec;. The guard marched up soon after, and he shouldered his rifle and f II in. a arrived at his bounds, and bidding his fellow sentinels 'good night,' assumed the duties of his post. The night was dark from the thick clouds which overspread the firmament, leaving no star to shine upon the sentinel, as he paced the lonely path. The moon had lung since hid herself behind the western hills, and naught was heaid save the mournful hoot cf the owl as she raised her nightly song from the withered branch of the venerable oak. At length a low rustling of the branches on the right, caught his ear; he g'Z'jd long towaids the spot whence the sounds uppeared to proceed ; but saw nothing, save the impenetrable gloom of the thick forest which surrounded the encampment. Then as he marched enward, he raised o'er the gentle breeze of the night, the joyful cry of "All's well," after which he seated himself upon a stump, and dropped into a deep fit of musing.---While he thus sat. a savage entered the open space behind him and after buckling on his tunick with its numorous folds tight around his body, drew over his head the skin of a wildj boar, with the natural appendage? of those animals, and thus accontcrcd walked slowly past the soldier, who seeing the object pans, quickly stood upon his puard. But a well known grunt eased his fears, and he eufiered it to pass, it being too dark for any one to discover the cheat. The beast quietly sought the thicket to the left It was nearly out of sight, when through a sudden break of the clouds, the moon fhown bright upon it. The soldier then perceived the orna mented moccasins of the savage and quick as thought, prepared to fire but fearing least he might have been mista ken, and thus falsely alarm the camp, ana aiso supposing u it were so, other savages would be nigh at hand, he refrained ; and having a perfect know ledge of the Indian subtility, quickly took off his coat and cap, and after hanging them upon the stump where he had reclined, took his lille and carefully groped his way towards the thicket lie had barely reached it when the whizzing of an ar-
row passing his head, told him of the danger from which he had so narrowly escaped. Upon turning his eyes towards a small soot of cleared land within the thitket ha perceived a d z n of thoee animals, s-ttii.g upon their hind legs, instead of teedi-.g upon the numerous acorns which lay al this season upon the surface of the leaves; and on listening attentively, he heard them converse in the Iroquois
tongue the substance of which was, that if the sentinel should not discover them, the next eve, so soon as the mocn should give them sufli.:ient light to carry into elT ct their infernal operations, they would make an attack upon the American camp. They then left the rendez vous and soon their tall fornix were lost in the gloomy shadows of the forest. The soldier then approached his post, and found the arrow buiied deep in the: stump, it having passed ih rough the breast of his coat. After cflrrir.g up a fervent prayer to the God of Heaven for his escape, be sought the. camp; and entering the marquee, desired the ordeily to inform the Col. of his return: and also to request an audience, as he had a subject cf gieat importance to communicate. The Col. ordered him to enter, and heating him through, bestowed upon him the then vacant office of Lieutenant of the corps directing him at the same time to be eady with a piquet guard, to inarch at 3 o'clock that evening again to place his coat and hat upon the stump, and then lay in ambush for the intruders After taking some refreshment, he sat about obey ing the ordersof his commande; and long before the golden sun had sui.k behirrd ?be western forest, the little Wand were ready for their inarrh. The 'ime grew near they mustered upon the giecn tlu Colonel after reviewing them bade thvin move on. This order was willingly obeyed, and they reached their post in salt ty the oat and cap were placed on the stump as befoie. The moon soon aroc, but shown dimly through the thick hrai ches of the f.tesi. While thus naitiig, an hi row u hirzen ficrn the sarr-quarter a9 he for the mock soldier fell on hi face a dezri low voices sounded from with in the thicket, which were shortly followed by the sudden appearance of the speakers themselves. They barely reached the fallen soldier, when our hero gave the word "Fire!'5 which was quickly obeyed, and the whole band lay diad or wounded upon the plain. After stripping them of their trappir.gs they returned to the camp. Twelve chiefs fell at that fire and th' ir fall was ur.douLtr.dly one great cause of the termination of the Fiencii &. Indianwars. Then was raised from the mighty valley of ihe Susquehanah to the falls of Niagara, the leud wail of the red 'ribes for their fallen chiefs; but they had ascended to the plains of paradise, and the led shin now roams through the leafy forest unmolested by the presence cf fhs cruel white man. The soldiers retired from the army at the termination of the war with competency, and was not again heard frtm, until the mother country raised her arms against the infant colonies. Then vv.'js seen, at the head of a band of Virginia Riflemen, our hero, ai the brave and gallant Col. Morgan. Trifling Qualifications. The Frcdoni an says, that the qualifications necessary for an editor are as follows; "First ofalf, principle; then courage; independence; genius; industry." To which another adds, "common senseja habitof thorough investigation; a systematic knowledge of ethicks; a knowledge of political sci ence; an i: timate acquaintance with American constitutions; and a practical knowledge of men and their affairs!" To this may be added, patience and long suffering, and a snapping turtle t6 bite loungers. Death in the Pot. A farmer on the banks of the Piscataquis Piivcr, in the town of Foxcroft, for many years had kept a large Pot near the margin of the river, for the convenience of his family on washing days. It so happened, a few weeks since that the farmer had turned into the pasture where the not stood, a pair of yearling steers, tied together; who, having a fancy to explore the interior of the capacious vessel, thrust both their heads togetherinto it. When being unable to withdraw them, they raited the pot upon their heads, and takirg the direction of the river plurged in. The weight of the pot drew their heads under water, and in that grotesque predicament they were found drowned. Another melancholy instance ofiieathin. th iV." Ih-ngvr (Me.) ItrjpubiiLcn