Indiana Palladium, Volume 6, Number 40, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 9 October 1830 — Page 2

To the People oflndiana. NO. HI. We have laid before the public, in the two list numbers of the Democrat a brief statement of facts relative to the

noli'ical affiirs of the State. It isour - . L 1 f . 1 design to impress upon me minas 01 me community, that portion of the public who are the real and substantial supporters of government, the men who pay the money which defrays the expenses, pays the salaries, and elevates the dignity of the gentlemen who hold the offices of honor and profii in Indiana, a true sense of their own importance, and ajuot consideration of iheir indefeasible rights and privileges. In wht proportion are the favors of office distributed among the people who furnish the money which pays official salaries. Every citizen of the Slate be he rich or poor, contributes to the pub he Treasury, and every citizen, be he rich or poor, stands on the extended plnin of equality, as regards hi3 fight to receive and execute official trusis. The people are alone blameable if they ; permit themselves to sink into vassalage, or suffer themselves to take a stand ! in society second to the professional gentleman, the monie I gentleman, or ihe official gentleman, A these gentlemen have to depend upon the Partner, me Mechanic, the Artizanand 1I12 Ltborer for the tenure of their greatness; and it is in the power of these "pillars of the Republic" to crush him who would mike distinctions among men, which are not characterized by other merits than the mere assumption of pretended sU;i;rioiity. O 1 the subject of equal rights of-cit-iz wis it 13 useless to repeat ideas which are common t every reflecting man. We are not so ignorant of our privileges as we are slow to exercise them. It is a truth which needs no exemplification, that not more than one man in four hundred ever receives back to his benefit or account one cent of the money which is drawn from hi3 pockets in the s!apn of taxes, and which is given in recompense to those who h.dd offices. Tn is ?t ate of atTiirs is not a necessary consequence upon the spirit and intention 01 our civil institutions; but it arises from the lethargy and carelessness of th se whose privilege it is to participate in the discharge of the full duty of citizens. Tne principle of rotation in office is one which corrects maay evils. It teaches every man that he has only such ngtits as are common to his fellow ci:zens. It is no uncommon thing for persons to hold offices from ten to iihy years, and it is equally common for others equally qualified, who are their neighbors, never to hold an office in their lives. A principle of sympathy seems to -obtain in the human breast, and because a man has once held an effi'e (although probably well pad for ii) ve an apt to think it a hardship to deprive him of it whib, on the contrary, we would not consider the injustice of never allowing others who have never received the first cent of the bounty of the public, an opportunity to enjoy a reasonable dividend. B it to apply the preface to ihs subj ct shall be our motive. The A lams and Clay men of Indiana have so long held 1 tie keys of ihe S'ate Treasury, that they have grown purse proud, and derm it sacrilege to ask them to divide and take a shire corresponding with their numercial strength in the Siate. Tell them that they should not engross all the favors of office, and they will reply that their qualifications and long jservice entitle them to continue. t A short table of salaries, which are every one in the hands of Adams and Clay men, would be such a striking illustration of our premises that we are induced to submit such an one. The following-Officers are pard by the people, and although there is a majority ot at least seven thousand J-tckson men in Indiana, not one dollar ot this great amount falls to their share: 1 Two Unitsd States' Sentor3, whose annua! salary is. each 1S00, Three Supreme Judges, each 700, 2 BOO 2.100 i S?ven Pr:sidot Judges, each 700, 4 90O Seven Prosecutors, each '50, 2 450 One Secretary of Treasury 6alary and perquisites, eat 650. One Secretary of Sta'e salary and perquisites, say 650, One Auditor of Public Accounts, sabry and perq-iisites, say 650. One Agent of three per cent fund 200. Ono Ajjent of Indianapolis 200, One jr mnor salary and perquisites, 1200 Oor Li-utenmt Governor. 125, 650 50 650 200 200 I CC0 Three Canal Commissioners, each 500, 1500 17,2:5 Ilnre is a short exhibit of total disfranchisement ef J.ickson men. Evert flhce which is contn lable by the Legislature is hus filled. This is a rri"re portion of this yslemof procripti n pursued by the G'hy party. Cleiks oftht? Lsuislatiire, en massp, Sergeant-nt-Arms, Sz.r,Scr. were last ymrof the same political kidney. S nenteen thousatiltwo htmdr d hid twenfy-fivc dollars of the people's money given exclusively to thu Clay party, and not one

dollar to a Jackson man. This is the way the aristocrtical minority rule the majority, and rule them with a rod of iron. This is the liberality of the opposition thuse who oppose the will of the people. And this is not all; they are not satisfied with holding all the ohVes within the gift of the State, but the piteous cry of proscription for opinion's sake" is continually resounding in our ears. They would still be willing to enjov in addition all the gifts

of the G n ral Government. How long will the people, the Jackson puHJic, submit to such degradation and injustice? How long will they pay men to persecute them, and to cut them off from the common rights of citizens and freemen? The people have the power they can correct this gross usurpation of ortice! We ak them to consider these matters. to act fear lessly and inpendently. No man should be a representative no man is a representative, in reality, unless that man will do in every act, as the people whom he represents would do were they present to act in his stead. Let the people teach tl)p lesson to their servants, hv instruction, and they, the people, will rescue themselves from the sneering imputation of being blind to their own interests, and of being the dupes of designing political aristocrats. bid. Democrat. COMMUMCA TfChYS. 1,X V VilNLR -o. VIII. Fellow cit i ens, there are certain oath? for the clerks to tak", previous to their entering on the dutirs of their effi-e, fter brirduiy qutli tied and elected. And for the information ot all concerned, I will here quote the laws on that subject : In ihe revised laws oflndiana, in there is an act o cranizinir circuit courts and r!eh"n. ing their powers and duties. Section 3, (Page. 25.) "The clerk of the circuit court, before entering upon th- duties of his office, th-ll t.ke an oth or aflj-mation similar to that which is repaired to be tken by the eleifc of ihe su prem? court, h certificate of whirh shall he endorsed on his commission, and a copy thereof filed in his otlice; and shuli also give bond, payahle to the state of Indian, in ihe penalty i f two thousand five hundred dollars, with two or more securities, to be approved of by tl -v two associate judges of the proper county, con dition d fai hfully to discharge the duties of his said ofti e," & Ar act organising the supreme court, and, defining its duti-s. Approved January 2, 18 i (Page 128 ) Section 4 "Th f: supreme conrv shiii appoint its own cleik who, before h enters on the duties of his of?i-1, shsll take an oath of office, similar to tht winch is prts'.ri bed in th second section of this c.t, which oath shall be jrim.r isiered by ,ne if the judijts of said court,'' he (Page 1-9) St -tion 2. (Pg. 128 and 129.) ''Evtrv person so commissi. . ed, before he enters upon the duties of his ot fi". shall take an oath or affirmation, which shall be administered by any pcr.3on legjllj authorized to administer oaths, in the following form, to wit : k'Y u do solemly swear (or ttffirra, as the case may he,) that you will support the constitution cf 'he United Statts, and the constitution of the state oflndiana, and tht you will, to the beet of your ability and judgment, fiithfully discharge the duties of your ofSce, s a clerk of the circuit court in the judicial circuit of the State of Indiana ; and that yeti have not since the first day of Jsnury, eighteen hundred and nineteen, either directly or indirecily, knowingly given, accepted, or carried a ch.ileitge, to any person in or out of the st'ite, to tight in a single combat, with any deadly weapon, and that you will not knowing ly giv. , accept, or carry a challenge to any person or pers r.5, to figbt with any deadl , weapon, in single combat, either in or out of this state during your continuance in ofiice.' Fellow citizens, can both of ycur late candi d.a'ts for th office of clrk of Dearborn circuit court, t-ke the above oaihi? N ?t is not possible that Gen. James Dill will presume to be qualified to the clerk's oHice, by taking this oath. The circumstance of the General's contct with Mr. Lre, at Ifardinsbnrgh, snme tim pasi, is too fresh on his memory to admit of so base a crime- Snould it be decided by th? court that h was eherible to he ofTice of cleik cf he Dearborn c ircuit court, (which I cannat be done by men of irood understanding done by men oi god understandirg and sound judgment,) th;s injunction of itseit, I will put a final bsr to his further pretentions as fl'ik of a cir- uit court in (hrs 9tiie. Fellow citizens, as the constitution of !ndi ana expressly declares, "h&t the said i lerks respectively, when qualified and elected, shall hold their fH es seven years and no longer, unless re-app' inted,"' 1 will ask again who hns the p:w-r of re-appointing," he court or the electors ? You will ail certainly answer, the court undoubtedly has hat express power in vested in thtir jurisdiction, which powpr is not within their reach, only in cass of absolute necessary, when destitute of a qu-dified a:ul elected cleik 1 would further kk, how a man cn be elected to any ffice, when he is not eligible to that office ? It is not possible in the rturii. nf all riil-i n F r Ir 1 1 1 a t inn A mn j, j t0 8n cfTi e, when he does not com within the reach of that election, it is a soliosm: or to suppose a person can be elected to office, when that person is xpress'y prohibited frooi serv ing in such office. Fellcw citizens, permit me fun her toq'iest on you on this subject, are not all th" vfstes given to Gen. Dill lost, for a clerk of the D hrbom circuit court, as completely so as though they had reen thrown into the ti--. instead of putting tin m in-o the poll boxfs ? What can be the difference when h.J is expressly forbid hold-rig tjie cfHce or being beni fitted by ; them? Should that pi ove to be thr case, of which I I have not the le s; doubt, who is your cleik elect ? Uo 1 hear you say, &H with one voice, I that Snmiul Morrison is legally and cor.stitu cieis or in: uearorn circuu ccun, i uiriy eiecu-d by the electors at their annual Election m 1830. It is hardlj posiible to err io this questioo Fellow citizens, 1 have mounted the box cn your wtch tcwer, and 1 intend to declare to you fearlessly and undauntedly, the great er rors and imposition which are practized on your constitutional rights and prvihgs, with'-ut nny rr-gard to ptrsons. 1 feel a lender regard f r my fellow citizens; and be it far from me to w ish to ii jure any of them, either in character or property. u,u sriSii I remain sdentany longed, and suffer those great e ron to b contn.u d, bechuse I shall hurt some friend's ti nder mind. If I have a friend who has a tender mind, let that tenderness of m'md be actuated towards the co;uiu;ional support if ur government, and we are all safe in pos s ssion of such friends. Fellow -'cuizens, I feed cot fiJent 1 shall ebuio. one ?i;tory iq

P this exarcinat!on,ft Is, I Tj 1I c&nvwice the community of thov errors, if 1 do not succeed in fitiding- a r--rn-!v, which will afford me a source of cor.solatior.. Is it not aim ).t beyond comprehension, that we should suffer these impositions so lmg? we certtirdy must have been very remiss in our duty, and have very little independt nee tu perform it, to let year Ifter year roll -way and no one to inform th? people that our cifdy clerk held his office the lst s-ven yenrs unconstitutionally, he n t being eligible to that office but one term of Si.ven year. F-llow citizens, are you prepred to support our constitution, or shall we tt-mely and tman.

I) submit to al! those usurptis, who are tram pline iht pood irstrument undnfont, r.d set off our rights at defiance ? Lork wtdl to your own birth rights. Examiner. GRAND JURORS. To the Grand Jurors of Dearborn county !, the folioiving oath and charge is respectfully submitted: OA VfL 'Saving yourself and fellow jurors, you as foreman of this grand inquest, within and for the Cv unty cf Dearborn, do solemnly swear in the "presence of Almighty God, the searcher of all hearts, that you shall diligently enquire, and true presentment make of such matters and things us shall be given you in change, or otherwise come to your knowledge, touching the present service; the counsel of the state, your own and your fellows, you shall keep secret, unless called on in a court of justice to make enclosures; you shall present no person through malice, hatred or iil will; ncr shall ou leave any person unpresentcd through fear, favor j or affection, or for any reward or hope thereof; but in all your presentments, vou shall present the truth, the v hole truth and nothing hut the ti nth, accord ing to the hest of your skill and under standing; ai.-d for tliis you shail answer to God at the Great Iy." fcThe same oalh which A. B. your foreman hath now taken before you on his part, you and each of you shall well and truly observe and keep on your re spective parts; and as this you ?hall each answer to God at the Great Day." CHARGE. Gentlemen of the cbajjd jury: By virtue of a writ of Venire Facias under the hand and seal of James Dill, clerk of the Dearborn circuit com t, you have been summoned and are now empanne lied as the Grand Jury of inquest, within and for the body of the county of Dearborn. So repeatedly, gentlemen, have you discharged the duties of that impoitant station, to which your country now calls you, that it would be presumption in me to imagine you unacquainted with these duties; at thi time it affords gratification to behold so respectable a collection cf my fellow citizens, assembled on the present oc casion, and it cannot but be consolatory to myself and the rest of this court, to feel from experience, an assurance that you will do every thin in your power to support the laws ol your state, and strictly by your indictments, agreeably to your oaths, to present every person guilty of offence?, without partiality, favor or affection. The penal laws of this state have too long, gentlemen, been considered, not only weak, but perhaps pasillanimous by offe nders; it has too long been believed so, and it is high time that the energy of the laws should be used to prove the contrary. "The geneial nature of crimes & their punishment; the discussion & admeasurement of which forms in every country the code of criminal law. The knowledge of this branch of jurispru dence, which teaches the nature, extent and degrees of every crime, and - .-t I ii o fo f r it ito n A ctrt 1 1 n t r "nl t- i-.rxo 3 r. ""J1- - ry penalty, is ot the utmost importance to every individual in the state. For no rank or elevation in life, no uprightness of heart, no prudence or circumspection of conduct, of should tempt a man to conclude, that he may not at some time or other be deeply interested in these researches. The infirmities of the best among us, the vices ocungovernablepa-sionsof others, the instability of all human aflairs, and the numberless unforeseen event, which the compass of a day may bring fotth, will teach us that to know with precision what the laws of our country have forbidden, and the deplorable consequences to which a. wilful disobedience may expose us, is a matter of universal concern.15 You shall present all crimes and misdemeanois whatever, committed within the limits of the county, and breaches of the pennl statues, either by private citizens or officers. You are strictly enjoined by your oath aforesaid, to examine all officers from the jndge down to the constable,' whether they have given bond and ta ken the necessary oaths, and performed their duty according to law; and by so doing you may save half a winter's legislation, in legalizing the acts of officers who do not perform their duties according to their oaths or the law. Gentlemen, the law is imperitive. All officers before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, shall take an oath to support the constitution of the United States, .and the constitution state of Indiana, and to perform the duty of such office according to law: And when any officer lakes the foregoing oath, and does not comply with the law, he violates hid oath and the lav of the land.

It is to be hoped that all judges and other officers administering the laws, will rnete every aid and encouragement in the righteous discharge of their duty, and that their sentences ill be respected and carried into proper effect; otherwise we need hold no courts, but becoming in a state of insubordination, leave every man to assert his own rights, and maintain what he may call his own privileges in the best way he can: for, gentlemen, when the laws are trample upon, and judges and other of tkers defied, no good order or decorum can exist in society, but all must be confusion, and the worst of anarchy. Gentlemen, you will remember, that you are not a jury to fry offenders but only to present offence?, as they may be laid before you or come to yodr knowledge, on behalf of the state of Indiana. Should you need the assistance of the law on the present occasion, you have a right to call upon your prosecuting attorney, for information, which dubtless, he will readily furnish you with. Consider, gentlemen, that the

! peace, quiet, safety, and the lives of the ! inhabitants, ever rest in the hands of a Grand Jury ; do your duty impartially, j and trust for your reward to your own j consciences, ycur country and your God. MttS. BARNEY'S LETTER. The publication cf this letter seem3 to have had a rmgin influence upon the fairer portion j j-f the reading community, and induced my j distrusting -nd secluded matrons, to seiz- their 1 Peus a, a enter ,he hit ot newspaper writers. Ihe tallowing, trom a respected female readrr, is the second epistle we have received, elicited by the publication of Mrs Uarne)s letter. TO BOTH SIDES. Poor Mr. Darne) ! I frequently involuntarily exclaim within my self, poor man, removed tiom ciTk-e, consequently deprived of all means of supporting his helpless famil) , aiiheted with infirmity and iil health, in so much that rw was not able to write a letter. But it is hoped he Is not so feeble but he can rock a cradle, to keep some of the Utile ones quiet, while his help-mate is writing a lengthy scrawl now and then to the President, highly seasoned with acrimony, loading him with calumny and invective; with a charge of a breach of faith to her husband. It may be Mrs. Barney is in the right, and n.y ideaon the subject are wrong: for Mrs. Barne)'s opportunilies for acquiring useful knowledge, must have been very great, both in her youthful days, and also in her more advanced years; in this respect I have nothing to boast of over many of my sex. I hold that we ought lo have a free and independent mind and be jealous of our rights, and maintain our station with dignity. I do not think it ever was intended, by ihe all wise author of our existence, that we should be that degraded part of the human family, which some have supposed, (especially in former times,) in this respect the scale is turning, and we shall rise (hs I Ihink) lo an equality in talents, ami education, with the stronger sex; but let us move in our proper sphere, and not interfere with matters that do not belong to us, more than laboring in the field. iMrs. Bunev's Jelter is before us we all may read if. I do no feel disposed to make many remarks upon ii ; but with all her charges, and violent attacks on the President, I diecero much selfishness through the whole. If the i resiui.ni nan removed an me men i from office, as he really has done, excepting Mr. Barney; or if he had even removed some worthy man from a more lucrative ffice, and raised Mr. Barney to the same, we should have heard none of these hitler complaints from her, against the President. Now, in m humble opinion, if any good is to result to the country by removing this large number of public officers, and placing other persons in tlje. same office, we must acquiesce, for we ought to sacrifii e private interest to public good ; but if this is not the case, and the exchange, of officers is only to inhance expenses, strengthen a party, and serve to cut asunder the bands of unior, in t his magnanimous natioa, if this is the case, certainly cur wise republic will remedy the evil by electing one in due time of superior talents, and capability, that will conduct the alTiirs of the nation, so a3 to preserve our independence with dignity and honor. How Mrs. Btrney can have eight small, helpless children at one and the same time is a paradox to me. I can reconcile it in no other way than this, they must be ail very young, as well as small; or they must be dwarfs and idiots. Either of those cases would be very trying to a mothei, more especial ly the latter. This certainly is a very singular case, such an one as has nevei come under my knowledge; one such case in a family some times occurs, and 1 have ever considered it a great calamity. But if it is the former, much depends on the mother, to rear and educate them, that they may be a blessing in their day and generation; with a suitable education in the arts and sciences, with a mother whose wise precepts acd good examples, will direct

them in (he path of virtue, with health and indu3lry, they will make ample amends for the loss of their ffice, which she laments, even to distraction. It in this cae I don'i judge wisely, I judge disinterested!); 1 have no share in public effice, neither do I wish for any. If I may be allowed to enjoy the blessing of a private and retired life, and live above contempt, and disregard alike the frowns and flatteries of the world, this is the height of my ambition. I also have eight living children, tbo same number with Mrs. B. They aro not very small or helpless the oungest of whom is 7 years old, a sprightly boy. All the others are able,ic c apable, with their own industry, to provide every thing that is necessary for themselves, in an honest at d honorable wajf and without any assistance by public office. Taking into consideration Mrs. B's. letter to the President, and drawh: all the conclusions that are whhin Ihe limits of my abilities, instead of the effice her husband has so long had in his possession being a blessing to hia family, it has been quite the reverse. Mrs. Lane's letter we alsa have, and can peruse it at our leisure. If my abilities were adt quale to the tak, f would draw a middle line between the two letters. The one is too lavish in abuse, and calumny on the President, to bn excusable in any person, male rr female; seeing he is our chief magistrate, even if he has been as much in the wrong .as Mrs. B. has set htm forth to be, it would have better become a wise and discreet wife and mother to have ca?t a mantle over his faults and failings and preserved as much as possible the dignity of our country for the eyes of all nations are upor us. Mrs. Lane's letter in my opinion, is a3 far from the line on the other hand. Supposing President Jackson was really the wisest man that ever graced our nation, with a character unsullied wria any irregularity whatever, and was perfection itself, she could not, with all her natural and at quired abilities, have loaded him with more enct miutns. She has extollea him to the skies, a though he was somelhieg immortal. I do not think it right to bestow so much praise and adulation on any failable mortal. One observation I shall take the liberty to make, that is, I think the Pre-ideut is a devout christian; oral hast one thing is obvious, he is a true belieier in rewards and punishments. The silver stream that has for so many years uninterruptedly flawed to nourish, and support Mrs. Bare't'a family, has in the course of events dried up, to Iheir great consternation and regret, leaving them without any means of succor; and in the mighty turning and overturning of affairs, another luxuriant stream has been diverted from its accustomed channel, and by the same generous hand, has been turned to refresh and nourish a branch of Mrs. Lane's family. It is no wonder that a tender mother should feel grateful sensations in her throbbing bosom, tow ard3 the doner of such a rich boon to a beloved child. In this way we are bound to excuse her in the 1 ud acclamations of praise she has so profusely lavished on her benefactor. Perhaps, in the extravagance of her expectations ehe had forgotten that no bliss is perferf; that good and evil are mixed and flow from the same, fountain; that every bitter has its sweet, and every sweet its bitter; and that it was even so in this case. It is written, "in the days of prosperity rejoice, and in the days of adversity consider." N w, tins is ber time for rt job ing, and I feel inclined to rejoice with her; for on out wearisome journey through life, if we did not find now and then, interspersed in our thorny and uneven path, some cheering ruits, pleasant flowers, and refreshing shades, we should be discouraged and faint by the way. This is a world of change; ai d I would have Mis. Lane remember Mrs. Barney, who was living at her ease, in affluence and perhaps extravagance, on the public bounty, supported by the, industrious hand of every free American citizen, whom she looked down upon peihaps with contempt; forgetting that the ir dustrious working part of the community are the strength and bulwark of the nation. I think Mrs. Barney deserves a gentle reproot; but Mis. Lane has chastised her with severity. I also think it would have appeared with a better grace from a more disinterested sourceWith Mrs. Barney I have no personal acquaintance; with Mrs. Lane I have long been acquainted, and her taler ts, mental abilities, character, industry and economy, are unquestioned by- me. They both have, with sincerity, the good will and, best wishes of a Female Observer, Lawrenceburgh, Sept. 1 1, 1830.

We are sure the American public will learn with regret, what we derive from a private letter of August 2 1 that M. Lfvasseur, the Secretary and much respected companion of General Lafayette, on his late lour through the United States, was dangerously wounded, io Ihelale revolution m Path. Bait. Gaze tie.