Indiana Palladium, Volume 6, Number 39, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 2 October 1830 — Page 2

COMMUMC4TOJVS.

AMOS LAOT'S APPEAL TO TUG PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF INDIANA. No. f. Fellozo Citizens: The only apology for addressing you at this time is, that a number of individuals and leading politicians in the eat end of the state, some of whom reside in' Lawrenceburgh, have made it their study, for the last 16 years, to misrepresent, slander, and persecute Amos Lane. That no means, which ingenuity and falsehood could invent, wickedness devise, or talent execute,aided by combination, professional envy, political rivalship and conspiracy, have been left untried, to keep down and destroy that individual. At one time you have seen the whole power of legislation exerted, at the expense of the people, in violation of their unanimous voice, in legislating him out of the oilice of prosecuting attorney of the 31 judicial circuit. At another, the robes of an individual, high injudicial authority hleached in the dews of mi J- : night conspiracy, to complete the work of high handed persecution. To disclose these circumstances, and the part each has taken, will be the object of this, and the subsequent numbers. In which it shall be the constant aim of the writer to exercise soberness and truth; neither extenuating or setting down aught in malice. He has had long in contemplation to lay before the piblic certain documentary evidence, in justification of the public and private character of Amos Lane; to repel those slanders, disclose those conspiracies, and prove to the world, that those individuals, while they were engaged in saying all manner of evil of him, in order to poison the public mind against him, entertained privately, the most exalted opinion of the honesty, integrity, and talents of Amos Lane. The present appears not only a pro pitioui moment, but called for, from the circumstance ofalate general and indifinite attack, made upon his private character, in the Western Statesman, by one of its editors. The wiiter, conscious of his innocence, called upon the editors of the Statesman in vain to point out an immoral, dishonest or dis honorable act of Amos Lane, which had fallen within either their observation. He also called upon his enemis to do the same. All were silent as to any specific charge; yet the editors continued their general and indifinite slanders. To repel them, is to prove the negative, and prove them all false, by the whole tenor of his life, that they are the result of political and professional envy. To sustain the character of Amos Lane, from a period anterior to his arriving at the age of 21 leaving not a year, a months or a day unaccounted for, by even the evidence of his enemies -is the ohject now in view. Iir order to be more clearly and distincf ly understood, it is deemed important to state, briefly, the pi ices of his residence for the last 27 y ars. Amos Lane commenced the study of law in the county of Cayuga, N. Y. with Joseph L. Richardson, on the 1 2th day of Sept. 1803, and continued in his and Daniel Shepards o'lice, until the 7th of August, 1805. Resided in the county of Saint Lawrence, the last of 1805,anduntil the fall of 1806; in the village of Steubenville, Ohio, the whole of the year 1807; and from the 4th of March, 1808, until the present moment, in this neighborhood, and the last 16 years constantly in this villageThe writer holds himself responsible for the slighest deviation from truth, in matter o' fact, or circumstance. The cirtificates, recommendations, letters, and documents, to be published, will be referred to by number; and should any one be disposed io doubt the genuineness or authenticity of any document published or referred to, the originals shall, at all times, be subject to inspection. KO. 2. This is to certify Am,s Lane f)s been student at l.w, anJ . clerk in my office, for the- urm cf one year five months and nined.y., to wit s fmrn ths lCf , Uy of Somber 1M? tilt the 2!st day of Frhrutry, 15JQ5 . grid that he is a man of'ood moral character. lUr$ Levant, Cayuga County, February 2lsr lf05 ' J. L. KICHARIISON.' This certificate, given under the solemnity of the oath of the individual, as an attorney, proves most conclusively, that Amos Lane, from the 12th dav of Sept. 1803, until the 21st day of Feby. 1805, was "a man of good moral character." NO. 2, This may certify, that Amos Lne common ord-a rlrrkship G8 a student at Iw in my of fine, snd under my direction, on the twentieth day of February 8t, and has continued as surh to this day, being five mouths and eleven days ; r.ri tnat the ssid Amos Lane is of good nvira! character. Dated, AiKorn. rv. cv. Aut.7th, 1105, DANIEL SMF.PAKD. This certificate is equally satisfactory of his being a man of good moral character, up to the 7th day of August 1005, then in his 22d year, ho. a. Dr. Sir: The heartrr ler-nff Mr. Amng Lime, s an fcttjuaiuUncr cf rai.-.r, and has for svme

time been reading in tr.y office: sr.d ii raw. setting cut on tour in the county of St. Lawrtner, with a view of making a permanent res ulence in some part ot that county, in the prac ice of th lnw. YouMI please receive rem as our acquaintance. ny favor you m-y be able to render him, will Lc plehSit'ff to U3. , Mrs. Sb-pjrd desires to be remembered to Mrs. Brown. August tJ, 1SU5 I am I)r Sir. wiib esteem, am, Dr. air, DANIEL SHEFARD. Jicob D-own,Esqr. This letter of introduction, from D.iniel Shepard,the writer of the above certificate, of high respectability, to Jacob. Brown, his brother-in-law, late m'ljor general of the army of the U. States, dated 3d of August 1 805, proves that Amos Lane was not only a man of o-ood moral character, but amiable and

respectable, derserving the friendship and patronage of the good and great, ami was an open letter; and the absence of genereal Brown accounts for its remaining in the hands of Mr. Lane, 2TO. INDIANA TERIilTOHY. " I, JraeS ill, Dearborn county, Set. Clfct of the circuit court of l)tfartorn ouuy, in the sid ter ritory, in whose office and care the houis nd records of the former courts of common pleaa and circuit courts, of the couoty of Dearborn, have been transferred anil deposit!; do certify, that in ths records of proceedings of the court of com JTion-pleas, of said county, of the term of April, 1910, it ;3, Mrnortr.it other thiols ordered to be certifi.-d, tint Amo3 Lan , a citssvn of the Unit.-d Sintes, and this territory, is of yood moral character. In testimony, whereof, I hiv? hereunto Seal atlixed ihf seal of our said circuit coui t, this 7di Octo 1 J MES DILL, CLrk. This certified order of the court of common pleas, of the county of Dearborn, made at the April term, 1810, proves Amos Lane, at that date, to be a man of good moral character." And more especially, as the granting of it, was opposed by James Oil', then at the bar, by all the means in his power. To-do this, the false and spurious letters, which he afterwards published under the title of "the Modern Gret Man," were placed in his hands. Of this publication, and its author, trie writer will have occasion to say much. But even of this man, w hose injuries to Mr. Lane, oceans of blood could not wash out, it is not his wish or intention blazon abroad his follies or foibles, but cast the mantle of charity over them. To assail, is not the object of these numbers; to wound others, rot their aim. The writer can assure the oldest and most inveterate enemy of Amos Lane, that the smallest hair in rus head shall not he touched, farther than shall be essential to the attainment ol truth, and the justification of his character. Nor will he be driven from this firm resolution, of doing unto others as he would they should do unto him, from a fear or dread of James Dill, and his political associates, threatening and preparing to publish a third edition of the same history. No, he rather they would go on and publish a third, a fourth? a fifth, and the ninety and ninth edition; let them outnumber the stars, and equal the sand on the sea shore; nor stop here, but say and publish all manner of evil cf Amos Lane; it will but establish on high the object of these numbers. That the unkind spirit of persecution is abroad that Amos Lane has not only been, but still is, an obj ct worthy of their highest envy, their deepest malice, and blackest hatred; at whose unoffending heart, to sustain their own professional and political standing, they are determined to cast tne last arrow of persecution. Upon whose head, fearing it should come in tor a portion of public confidence, they are detei mined to pour out the last viol of wrath. To general Dill the writer would say: examine your own heart, retrospect your own life, and then place your hand upon that heart, your eyes on Heaven, and if you can say James Dill is without sin, then, and not till then, cast the third stcne at Amos Lane He would make the same solemn appeal to each and all of his enemies. Yes, to the whole seventeen, who contribute to the publication. NO. 5. Thi9 is to certify, that I have been well and personally acquainted with Amos Lane, since the spring of lfcQS. That he practised as in attorney and counsellor at law in the Bojne circuii'court, Ktniucky, in which 1 ffr iated is the clerk of the said court, until 1 S 1 5. That the said Lne was generally engaged in all the business, both civil and criminal, and so far as I was capable of judging, the said Lane performed all his professional duties with independence, ability and honest integrity, and with an unusual degree of attention, industry and perseverance; and with great success. That during the period aforesaid, B part of which time 1 lived a near neighbor to Mr. Lane, 1 have had considerable dealings with him, as a neighbor and private citizen, commencing our private dealings in 1808. And tht the said Lane has alwas conducted himself as a peaceable sober, and moral man, and in all his deal, mgs Lur. honest, and honorable; and that such is his general character as a lawyer and a man. SUy 21st, 1817. ABSALOM GRAVES. The above certificate of Absalom Graves, than whom a morp rfsnrf-ihln. better or honest man never lived, not i only sustains tne character of Amos Lane, rom the spring of 1 803, until the 2 J st of May, 1817, for morality, but proves him a sober man, n peaceable man, an honest and an honorable man aid fair in all his dealing, and an at teutive successful lawyer. Mr. Lane

has in his possession a similar ccrthicalc j

from nearly every man of respectability, at that time, in Boone county, bearing equally honorable evidence of his honesty, sobriety, fairness in dealing, integrity and talent during the same period; one of which will appear in each number. ITO. 6. STATU OF INDIANA: ? D.-rember term, D.iaroorn I'rubaxe court. 5 IB'Jj "It is ordered, by the court, to be certified, that Amos Lxne, esq-of L'tnceburgh. Dear, born roun j, ludiaiu, is a T)u7i of good moral character.'''' This extract is also the solemn act of a court of record, of the county of Dearborn, which proves beyond all doubt, that in December, 1823, Amos Lane was a man of good moral character; and vfas ordered to be certified of record by juds, each of whom had been personally and intimately acquainted with Ames Lane lor the last 1 G years. It is desired to be understood, that the evidences offered in this number, j are but a few disjointed links in the i chain. Mr. Lane has in his possession the written evidence of some honored witnesses, all of which shrill appear in due season, and prvper order. AMOS LANE Sept. 24, 1330 r X MJNF.Ii No. Vff. in the cours- of my t m-iition, he union ol sheriff -nd collector w- she most d fil.-ult to come at. 'I'ht-se two Hi : s Wc lind in pos bt-ssion ofonr p s;n, n nvs of the countic s i f v!..s state; nd dot fa . s are lucrative, when ht institution rxpffis.y forbitls it. 1n this instance vc are not authn. i:'ed to cond mu, in v great an xttnt as in mny other r.ses, ny person for taking the collector's of fire, when actitig us sheriff"; for the appearance if law is on ht- snie of the sheri.T, not only as an in-tucement to take Ihv o'lice of collecibr, ut Hffa command, in cases of refusal of others. In this blu.ti and stupid ac of the legislative ody to m-fce a lw, (s ihty no doubt loteiia. ed,) to unite those nvoo'hcts in one p.fson, is dmost bejond credit, if we did not find the following act to that viFftt: An act for assessor and rollectmg- the revenue Appoved, JuiUHiy, I8i'4. Sxciion IS "The sheriTof each county, or iy oh;r fit person, shall ai.nuiiiy gt. tne time f he eppointment ot the ius.ssors aforesaid, oe appointed, ccllei tor thereof by the several boards of county commissioners, nd each col lector shall forthwith Uke an oath before fuh lioard; o;v ar.y i.:1i er authorized to administer oaths, well r.d truly to perform tile- duties of his oIice, with se( unty to 'if approved cf by huch board, in the penalty of five thousand do!lars, conditioned hr the faithful performance of the dutit-8 of his in e according to the pro visions which re or ruiy be made cenctrniug iht same.' Hcrt we see an error of a whole as3?n)b!v of wise men, disregarding the great chart which they acted und-r the constitution. The net is, that an unconstitutional act cannot become a liw, although enacted by a whale sss rnbly of the state; fr this plain reason, they have snpi rseded their jurisdiction. Ths assembly ,f wise men were elected by ihe ptopfei-s their n preservatives, under the authority and restrw tions of the constitution, which is the foundation of our state government. The human family are su lj.ee t torn, both us individu a Is and as men in a legislative capacity, but what apprurs the most surprising is to find so mny unconstitutional acts passed by he conslitu'cd fiathontitsol Indiar.a. We are led to buppose that our firrafr assembles w-rc of the opinion, that thrtr acts were st-If" sufficient, although contrary to the constitution ; or we must be more charitan'.y disposed, and r.orsider them all ignorant of th grest chart which they wrresaili! under, tnd excuse tbua on that ground. Among the many errors they have fallen in , to,, there is none more apparent than the act of legalizing illegal actsThe word legalize, implies ?n i'Ugul act or acts. It is no diflertncf whether it is by arfin dividual or a large cr snail number ot persons; an illegal act in either cf these cases is a crime against the peace and dignity of the state, and is su ject to punishment either by fine or im prisonintut, accordirg to the nature of the crime. The fact is this, legalising illegal acts, is in reality legalizing enm? ; and if our aseem bly have the power ot legalising a small crime, they have power to ugalue a crime of tht Itrgest magnitude, whereby an artful and intrguipg man of gret influence, could by flatteriug and finessing, have any crim? legalred, and thereby escape the jusl punishment oi tlie law. But to return to ocr test. I wokM humbly ask, and beg to be txrused for making the en quiry, how our sheriff can hold so many .offices in direct opposition the commands of the con sti'ution of I idiana? Behold our public news papers crowded with titles, all lucrative offices, vi '. Sheriif of Dearborn county, Collector ot Dearborn county, and Deputy Marshal t takt the sensus of Dearborn county ; three very prof itable offices in possession of one man, Col. John Spencer; a very fat man fa uny of those ofti . s, but can he hold more than one cf them legally and constitutionally? if he can, pray explain to the public the frequently quoted section in the constitution : Article 11. Section 13. 'No person shall hold more than one lucrative office at the same time, except as in this constitution expressly permitted. In the whole body of the constitution, thee is but one permission for one person to hold two lucrative otfines, that is clerk cf a circuit court, and a recorder of a county ; there i3 no permission for a sheriff to be collector cr arty otlv er officer whatever, that is lucrative. Some pretend to say that t.kirg the census is not an orfice. Let ail those ot that opinion ask the following questions what is r.n office? what is a deput)? and how does officers sin their name, in distinction from individuals in a pri ate capacitj ? 1 will give you yankee answers, by asking other questions. Does not an ffie imply a duty to be performed for the public, in t ither a large or small community, for which the person receives same authority trom his goverrment or the commu nity who constitute ai.d conferred the office? Dots not a deputy imply the power and authority of whkh it derived its deputation? if iv original had power of office, he delegates a r art of that otSce and power to the deputy. Does not officeis sign their names officially, attaching the title of authority which they act under. There is no difference in th- signature of of. ficial acts of the highest or lowest oftcers in the United States. Ihe President of the IVi ted States, and .supervisor of high ways, bo'h s'go their name wnea acting lor the public ii

an f itVu! capacity, accordirg to their festive sttion3. And a deputy puts his signature to all his deputized busmess, in as ir.urh of an i fficial capacnyi ns the person dots, from whom he derived his deputed commission. Can all those tmart and enterprising met .

who hold two or more lucrative ifficts; uh h-ve thken a solemn tath to support theconsti- ! u 1 1 1 1 i lint wi 1 1 1 1 j i v. avitALivi i, li.r s : ii f tution of the United States and the constitution of this state, have coniiuu d in those errors for years without a m Dvnts ri3.-ctionof their oath and their daily practice; if so 1 beg Irave to cull their attention to a consideration ot a correspondence between their oaths anu their Will it not be fair and cardid to contest those dt uble and treble o : ces, by the constiiu tion, from which they derive their au'boi ity, in a legal and judicial manner? Examiner. a : ial acts. To the People of Indiana. NO. IX. We are under ihe promise to show to ihe people the necessity cfatlempiirg lo protect their righis as citiz.i, Irom ihe enchroachmeniF "of men who live upon iheir labors, who fatten upon their . i i ? j strenglh, and who claim and exercise a superiority over the plain, industrious and honest farmer and mechanic. These official gentry are common to every county and town in ou etate, and they are the personages who use all their abilities to model public sentiment, in such a manner that all things shall eventuate to their own advantage, either by placing themselves in power, or by conferring office upon their rela tion?, retainers or political partners, A train of interest and a community oi feeling is created among them, which extends throughout the limits ol eveiy , . .b. ...J state, and which verv generally ramihes , , . " , c ihrcughout Ihe various departments of government,- boih local and general. io lndmdualize would be tedious, and it might be said that personal pn Judices ti fluenced our conclusions; but general examples may serve to explain our position, and to si l ike the attention of that portion of tha community, who have nei'her time nor convenience sufficient to enable thtm th or ike general researches on these subjects. That a c mmunity of interest influences Ihe conduct of ihe political gentry of ihe limes, who are generally known as the aristocracy of the country, is to us apparent from reflection on the f.il lowing facts. Jft is the great principle of self interest which prompts mtn to decisive action in most instances,- where political ambition marks the character of individuals, and where a thirst for efike is the ruling passion of their mmd3. This being admitted, and it is a fact which the observation of every da's events will establish, the only consideration is, what course w ill produce such and such resuils, in the beginning, and a certain slate of affairs once pndiirtpd, what will he the final result? Ia illustration ihe lawyer who is pin chd for practice and fees, argues thus with himself; if f tan succeed in eltc ling lawyer B. to the oflice of Judge, he will be out of my way, and leave a rne iter amount of business to myhnre; Jodt;e B. in his turn argues if I can efTect the election of Judge II. to the United States'' Senate, I may possibly occupy his place as Supreme Judge, and in this system of gradation, brought about by interested peiaons, are the whole train of offices in the state dis posed of, and the interests, rights and privileges of Ihe people become a matter of bargain and traffic, in the hands of political shavers, who appropriate all Ihe public favors to their own use, and who laok upon them as their entailed inheritance. The legislative halls of otsr s'ate are Cile.i on this great principle of reciprocity of inter csts anion-; politicians tva mean men who make a trade of politics. It runs in a einple channel and may be discovered in almost ev cry county election. Some man, already in office, rishes to r'i3 higher in power, and to effect hi$ purpose he must have friends in the JcpisteMrft. A fw faithful and interested guitifmen are made acquainted with his views, and tbev eoon devise means to get pledges anJ premises from thoce who mBy be considered prominent before tho people. When such pledges, p?omise3 or leaning are receired or diseoered, such individuals are duly seconded in their pretentions by the aristocracy, and ihe cry that they are rr.en of talents, intelligence and integrity is aounded in the ears of the people, merely that they may be elected to answer a certain determinate end. Here the interests of the public ara again sacrificed at the shrine of political ambition, acd still the people are lulled into the belief that their intere3t8 are be.t guarded when ia tha holv keepinj of the urisfocracy The people of Indiana have labored under a system of arrangement ever since the origin of their territorial gov. eminent, and a change of that form only served to strengthen the bonds upon 1 them. A rery few persons have civen laws and measures, with as much absoluteness of power as if ihey had been horn to govern. To such as have ruled in justice and merry the people will alwave be grateful? botlo6urhs

have labored for self and self alone, the was one of the hotest elections evei conpeople will soon spenk in terms that tested in Churl eston, and when it is cor

will cause them to bar. Previous to the election of AndrewJackson in 182D, hre was an almost perfect s stem of fHcial nobility established, and a common man, or plebian, micht as well have asked an effice, and wilh about the sme prospect of sac-

cese, as a plebian, might have claimed privilt ge- of the patrician of R me, previous to the dais of tht GiadK liii. -Since that netiod some of the fficc9 of the General Goifrnment have fallt-n into the hands of ihe men of the people;

i . hut we may seek in vain for an i ffict r in Indiana, who claims his tfficeas a gift of Ihe legislature, as a boon of the aristocracy, unless he has bo?td iho knee to Bl, and al jared the heresies of Jacksonism. Unless he fights, as a Swiss soldier, for those who hold ihe power in the slate, he is told by the ballot box of the legijdatun , thai he is unqualified, undignfied and disfranchised. The money thai is drawn from ihe pockets of Jackson men is virtually claimed in payment of sinecures lo those who deude them, and who will most eff ctually , by the influence of the ir fliv ial character, nd their opportunities to mingle with Ihe peojle, be able to sub vert their desires and subserve the opposition, i The day cf monopoly h drawii g to a close in Indiana. The people are intelligent and they will nol tolerate 6tirh a state of ctiTtirs. The Jackson citizens of Indiana will t ot be disfrant his-ed from ffire by the legislature, until that legislature shall absolve all Jackson men from the payment of taxes. The . Constitution of our tate makes no disi tinctions equal taxation equal representation and we will add, equal participation, i its spirit and i's pnde. There is neither a Judge, a Prosecutor, a Canal Commissioner, oi other ; no- , o, , . i Umcer or blate, who derives tns i fhee i f i , u , from the legislature, whr is a J; kot: man . hlA Xritni , . ... man in Indiana. H -w long hall this be the ease? Who shall be rurmxt Senator in Congress? S: all nol the majority have equal nehts with the minorH) ? Let the pf.ople answer and Ihe will of the people be heard. siruction is lazv to a representative. Indiana Democrat. MATRIMONIAL TROUBLES. We publish ihe following matrimonial alfiir, to show our readers how these things are done in Coiydon. Tht correspondence appeared io a late number of the Coiydon press: Annotalor. Corydon, August 10 h, 1E30. To P Jiy Bell: Your busbano. Philip Bi ll, beseeches you to c me hom-, for Chiist's sake,- for the Church sake, for the sake ol all that is near and dear to ycu, and t specially me; who 'r through grace, mai ilest the same by my conduct ; and I, as yeur husband, as in duly bound, will ever jrv,&c. PHILIP BELL. !, Poll) Bell, answer : I wont, I wil! not, I nee u ill live with ) ou any more, whether I get any thing of y.u or not ; hut l am d lermined lo get all I car , if I have to get my bread from door to door But now I will tell you what I wai., ! want you to give me the thiid of all ytu are worth, when the debts are pid that has been contracted since the Isi f Oc tober, 1829 up to the present date. I, Philip Bell, answer. I intend se riding my three children that are with me to school one y ear each, at m) c hirnF? and you with me in it. But I suffer not a woman to feach, nor usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence; for Adam was first formed, then Eve; and Adam waa not deceived, but the woman being deceived, was in transgression; notwithstanding they shall be saven in child-bearing, if they continue in fnith, and charily, and holiness, with sobriety 1st Timothy, 2d chapter, 12, 13, 14 and 15lh verse. Polly Bell answers arfJ says I will give you a final clearance fnro me for fVer ad ever. Piiilip Bell answers and says I dont want to have it that wa) ; but ng it ig. )our wish and full determination, I grant it, if Ian fu, you said you would do it. O Lord of Heaven and earth, I beseech thee that this may have the destr. ed eft" cl, for Christ sake; that the peo pie may know that a King shall reign in righteousness, and Princes shall rule in judgment. Laiah 32d chapter and 1st ve.se. PHILIP BELL. "This note above the reit shall swell, ''My Jrsus has done all things well." Ames. The penchant of the conductors of the opposition press for misrepresentation is perfectly irresistable. This rr mark is verified by the fo!lowi&g article from the Baltimore Patriot: ''Signal Triumph over the JVullifiers. On M-ir.day lsi an t leclion was held in Charlestown, S. C. for Intendant and twelve Wardens of the City the Union ticket, headed by James R. Pr ingle, prevailed.. The ticket of Ihe JVullifiers was headed by . L. rncknryy the present Intendan', and was supported bv Hatne. Hamilton. Cheves. & Co. If sidered that th"i3 is the very hot bed of theJarkscn leaders in the South, the triumph over this violent and retklcs fiction may well be hailed with enlhu. siasrn throughout the country. The Charhstown Mercury, the mouth piece f the faction and edited by Pinikney