Indiana Palladium, Volume 6, Number 48, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 4 December 1830 — Page 2

tier, ihe retreat was commenced, General Hanna in front. O.; that day the following note from "A New Subscri ber,"the Editorial comment, and the "celebrated letter," were served up to the patrons of the Gazette. Prom the Indian State Gazette of Nov. 5, 1829. Mb. Ebxtob: 1 take the liberty of requesttrig you to republish in your paper, the letter of Gen. Hanna to Judge Man waring1 which appeared some time since. The reason of which request is, that in a late Lawrenceburgh paper, Ge-i. Haona has been threatened with an ex posutt f his former life and political course, which it is understood is to come from a leading friend ef Mr. Adams. Many of your readers who ware not subscribers Hntil lately, have not had an opportunity of perusing- the letter.

and it is nothing but fair, that tne public mind should bs placed m possession of the reason why o ir highly respected fellow-citzen is to undergo the ordeal of public scrutiny. A NEW SUBSCRIBER. We aecede to the above request with pleas, lire, t only for the reasons assigned by our correspondent; but cn account of the valuable principles embraced in the letter referred to, together with some verbal requests to the same effect. The genuine spirit and honorable feeling displayed by the writer, is worthy of particular admiration. It is the opinion of many that the removal of Gen. Manna, is partly to be attributed to the course pursued by certain distinguihhed supporters of Mr. Adams, who were anxious to sacrifice him for the sake of retaining in office, another individual He is the only officer that, within our knowledge, in prefer ng Mr. Adams did not oppose General Jackson. That instance of moderation tself wa3 unpalatable to such of the friends of Mr. Adams as acted in all our local ejections, on the principle of proscription It is not surprising then, that to such persons, the following letter is really galling. The case of General Hanna is a sinking one Although of all those vho preferred Mr Adams, he the least deserved to be removed on account of his political course in the late canvass, he is the only one of them that has had the magnanimity and independence to recognise the republican doctrine of rotation in office, at the very moment when it was applied to himself- Few men have honssty enough to eall that policy right by which they suffer. IsuiAjoApons, 20th Aug. 1829. Salomon Man-tparing, EsqSib The mail before the last brought me the information of my removal from the office of Register, and of the appointment of Arthur St. Clair, Esq. to succeed me. Apart from the chastisement which my removal indicates, I consider it right, because 1 have been in office long enough to satisfy . any man not over much parsimonious. Besides, my dear sir, you recollect when we were associated together at the formation of our constitution, 1 'ook a firm stand against the doctrine of appointments during good behaviour. I was then a young man. without much experience, but further reflection and riper years, even now when my pecuniary interests are concerned, have not changed my mind on that subject But I do think where appointments are limited in their duration, that incumbents ought to be permitted to serve out the time for which they are appointed. They aceept the office with the expectation, and make their arrangements accordingly, unless some relaxation in duty sh.-uld make their removal necessary. In my case, I am happy to inform you, that no dereliction of duty is alleged 1 have land, and will go to work, at the age of forty, with a constitution make hardy by much lkbor in early life, if favored wrh health I can set absolute want at defiance. Besides my six boys uniting as they do the hardy constitution of the German with the mental vivacity of the Irish, can be employed as usefnl aux iliaries Therefore ref.rm on me has lost its force; I have been perplexed and disgusted with the whining complaints of those who have been removed from office, If their opinions were not worth the sacrifice, why ever entertain them? It is true that removals may operate With peculiar hardship on some, but the example will not be without its beneficial consequences. fcivery citizen should know some other means of procuring a livelihood than that of a public office, and those who have that lesson yet to learn, will now see ths necessity of setting about it. Show this ietter to my fond mother, tell her not to feel a single pang on my account, and so soon as my successor arrives and we settle the concerns of the office, 1 will come and see her. In haste. I am, with much respect. Your obedient servant, ROBERT HANNA, jr. Tt should be recollected this letter to his brother-in law had' been once published in the Gazette, but the excellence of its doctrines had not been held tip for public "admiration." That the Ednionalpwtnjght be applied, and a varnish daubed over the author to fii bino out for the Jackson ranks, a second insertion was required, which was done by "request." The note of the "Subscriber" was accordingly prepared by General Hanna or one of his friends. That he was privy to or concerning to it all, the circumstances conspire to prove. If not, why did he suffer the falsehoods of the Gazette, as to his course, to pass off without correction? See what he has said in his own praise over the name of "A Democrat" L"ok at the arrangement made with his brother-in-law for the publication of his celebrated letter," and observe the gross compliments paid by himself to GENERAL HANNA. And if in all this, ihereis nothing to crimson the cheek of a modest man, there can be nothing in the note of a "Subscriber," which would offend hi3 delicacy; oral which, bis fine feelings would revolt. And besides the objects in publishing his letter, in writing the note to the Gazette, and in praising "General Han na," would constitute a sgmenees of purpose. And as he is known to be his own eulogist in the one, it is but reasonable to suppose he is in the other instances. In giving shape to the "R-qucst," it was important that some reason be assigned that would soften th feelings of the Jackson party, and the Subscriber has been made to say, UA Adams" man has threatened to expose the General's course. This "Adams" man was no other than the nephew ofGeoeral Hanna a supporter

of General Jackson, and known to Gen. Hanna at the lime the request was made. The highly-wrought eulogistic conv ment of the Gazette was most disgusting to all who were conversant with Gen. Hanna's outset, but to his expec ta;ions and vanity it was doubtless most grateful; indeed he must have been almost ravished with the hope of pence and repose under the frank of tin Gazelle, on ihe strong side. This Editorial paragraph is one of the. General's best efforts. As a sine qua non to membership in the part), two things were to be accomplished. The first was to fas-

ten the responsibility of his removal on "Adams men," and thereby excite the sympathy of the other side. To have charged Gen. Jackson wilh bargaining him off, or to have said "Adams men" had bargained for his place, would not do;Aa would have been ffe nsive, and would not have comported with the President's character; a resort to inuendoes therefore was concluded on, and the Editor was made to say, "the remov- f al of General Hanna is partly to be attributed to the course pursued by certain dis tinpuishcd supporters of Mr. Adams, who were anxious to sacrifice him for the sake of retaining in office another individual." lo this puzzle there is no key. All is wrapped in mystery. How the "sacrifice" of General Hanna would retain another individual, or who the latter is, we are not told. How the "sacrifice" could be made without a bargain with General Jackson is not named. How the exertions of these "Adams" mjn to save another individual, turned out General Hmna we are not informed. And who these A!ams men are that exci ted so strange an influence over General Jackson, as to induce him to turn out this innocent, submissive General, contrary to the wish of the President, but did not 9avi the other individual, (for all were turned out,) is lef for others to guess at. Iti the next sentence of the comment, the Editor has been made to say, "he (Gen. Hanna) is the only officer thai within our knowledge, m pre ferine TT Mr. Adams, did not oppose General Jack son. Here is a broad declaration un clouded or unincumbered witbambigoity; and with what propriety General Hanna could make or suffer olhers to make such barefaced assertions. the pub. lie will judge. Could he have forgotten his Bloomington speech, .$5 donated to the cause, and various other acts, so long as we claimed the majority for Mr. Adam?! No, it is impossible ; and instead of his being the only i fficer who voted for Mr. Adams without opposing General Jackson, he was the only officer among us that ever made a public address on the subject. It is this senfence which upsets to the foundation the claims of these men to reputation for troth and consistency. With these evidences of his tergiversation and perfidy, with what justness can he assail individuals with his hints about "white flags," "conversations," professions, &c. when his whole course is marked with insincerity, inconsiMeacy, and base injustice to others. To escape the odium that awaits him, I am aware that Gen. Hanna may aim to palm the responsibility of this comment on his Editor, and he may at the expense of his reputation assume it, but let it be remembered that these men are allies in war, in peace friends. When the editorial matter was prepared, they both knew it to be incorrect; and if innocent, if he had no participation in its preparation, why did he not promptly correct it? Would his Editor have placed his firmness in so questionable a light, if he had not consented to or dictated il? No, never; they understood each other too well. To the doctrine of rotation in office, no correct politician can object; it is one, the expediency and justness of which, have been acknowledged and settled for thirty year?. Gen. Hanna, however, now sires it, says it is his own, and in his "celebrated letter," has gone back to 1816 to establish his claim to the bantling, at which time he says he "took a jinn stand" in the convention; a "stand" which seems to live in the imagination of the General, but sleeps in the memory of all others. The General having set up such high claims to public applause; wiitten so much in self praise and contended so obstinately for the honor ol"HIS doctrine," 1 will not deprive bis vanity of those gratifications; but, as all who surround him know his loud professions to be hollow and insincere, as a test, I will apply then to his practice. In sneaking of himself over the name of "A Democrat," he sa) s "It is true the General deserves a little chastisement Jor HJS doctrine oj rotation in office and learning to live without them." Let us now see how his noisy declarations will accord with his examples. About nineteen years since, when a boy, I settled in Indiana. At that time General Hanna, was the Sheriff, Collector, and I think Treasurer of Franklin countv ; and continaed in the office of Sheriff until we nent into a state government in 131C, at which time he was elected Sheriff and served until August, 1820, when he obtained the appoiutment ot Register of the Land

Office, and in that siaiioa continued rjp to the 1st of September of the last year. The first ten year of the Sheriffalty of Franklin county, was the most lucrative period, and the office was worth from five hundred to one thousand dollars per year. For General Hanna's services while acting as Register, including a few hundred dollars obtained as clerk hire for his nephew, I have in my possession his receipts for between sixteen and seventeen thousand dollars. These are some of the General's fruits of the doctrine he preaches and calls "his" These are the examples he 6ets, and who is it among us that could not learn to "live without office," after growing rich on them and pocketing from twenty-two to twenty five thousand dollars out of the public crib? Who could not talk of his willingness "to go to work at forty," either with or without Dutch or Irish boys, after getting fat on the public bounty for twenty years? This is the way that the General has enforced his doctrine when his pecuniary interest is concerned, and as regards-hi vupport of others, the evidence hfj Viven of his love of the

principles and sentiments proclaimed, s quite as convincing. It is well known that of all the sons of Indiana, Govern or Jennings, Senator Hendricks, and James Noble, have been the most indulged with office, and in no instance for fifteen or twenty years, has Hanna been out of their support ; still he prates about "hie doctrine of rotation in office," at a time when he wishes to apply it to others, and when its benefit will accrue to him. So long as he is supplied with office, he is mute; bu divest him of place, and he is for "rotating" any man out who may stand in his way. From what General Hanna has said about "rotation in office," a superficial observer might suppose twenty years service to be the period at which a man's claims to public bounty ceased, but in this he would be mistaken; for within a shrt time after he was deprived of his place, he and his relations spoke of the cilice of Governor, ne he announced himself for 1 tie L gislatuie, and is now out for Congress. To sum up the General's tiue sentiments on the subject, if we take his examples as an index to them, by "rotation in office" he means, never resign one, but hang on as long as ou can, and if rendered ine!ligitp by the operation of lav? or chokrd 'ff ny the reform of the day, then get a better one. Cry give, give. But be sure and approve of the doctrine of rotation in office, that you may get eome othe man's place. It no body else will do it for you, write your self into notice, and make arrangements with your relations and tools for its publication. This is a true outline of the General's course. General Hanna's letter to his brother in-law was designed for the public eye, for consumption among the friends of Gen. Jackcon, and as it is now public property, I feel licensed to speak fit freely. To the sentiments professed, nave no oojecnon?, out mat they were uttered in insincerity and for politicia! purposes, never did the old adage that "actions speak louder than words," more conclusively verify. If his love of ofiiee had abated if his long service was uffensive to his republican principles if he had been "in office loner enough," why not manifest it by resigning? Why wait for the "destroyer to come," and when turned out, 6ay veil done. If "in office long enough'" why did he urge Mr. St. Clair for a letter to Mr. Eaton to keep it longer. If so tired of office, why speak of that of Gvivernor, apply for a seat in the Legislature, and now ask a seat in Con gress, all within the lapse of a year after he is turned info the ranks and placed on a level with his peers. Ifan admirer of the wholsome doctrine of "rotation in office," when did he give the evidence by disrobing himself? If in the Convention, in 1 816, such sentiments warmed his bosom & he took his "firm stand," why step into an effice and hang on ever since? Las'ly. If go willing "to go to work at forty," why not do so? Why, after living about twenty years on the substance of the public and becoming rich, does he ask for one after another in defiance of his published creed? I leave it for othersto finl answers to tbesequestions. Of General Hanna's oscillations and unfairness in politics, abundant proof can be adduced. In open, honorable combat, he never engages. That my fellow-citizens of Dearborn may judge of the credibility of my accuser, 1 will submit one more instance of his adroit ness at prevarication in politics.- Last February, General Hanna and olhers who wished to stop ihe mail on Sunday, signed a memorial to the Post Master General, requesting that the mails n ight not be delivered at Indianapolis on the Sabbath. Whilst General Hanna was a candidate for the Legislature, the objection was brought up against him. Thinking, I suppose at first, the instrument signed had gone to Washington, he denied its contents, by telling the people he only requested the mail to be delivered on Saturday, that they might get their patents, &c. one

sooner. The patents are deliver-

ed by one mail ouly, and from an inspection of the roemoral below, it will be seen that it says "maiU" meaning all the mails. MEMORIAL. To ihe lion H'm T Harry, Fostnatter Gen The undersigned, citizens f lnoianapolis and the County of Marion Indiana, believing the change of the day of arrival tf our Eastern mail from Saturday to the Sabbath, and the consequent delivery of letters and papers on the latter dav, calculated, in a great degree, to interfere with, and disturb the quiet and orderJy observance of the Sabbath, which has so much distinguished this place, would respect, fully request that the arrangement of the mails to Indianapolis be so changed that they shall not arrive and be distributed on the Sabbath. (Sirnev1) R- HANNA, & 20 other citizens. Indianapolis, February, 1830. Unluckily for me as it now turns out, our August elcctien proved rather disastrous to the General's high opinions of himself. Col. Russel (who married mv niece,) was too obstinate to be driven from the field when the General s name w as announced. He talked loud and long to 'the people of his "firm stand" and other services rendered in the Convention, but not knowing that he was in fun when he said he had "been in office long enough," and not knowing that "his doctrine of rotation in office" was only intended as a j ke, they, at the polls, applied it as a kind of "caveat" to his high claims to their confidence; and the sins of this defeat are now to be placed on my shoulders. The allusion General Hanna has made to family monopoly is another specimen of his ungenerous mode of political warfare. That such monopo lies should be avoided in all governments cannot be denied, but until my only relation, by birth, now in office in the state, asks for a re-election, or his friends demand it for him, General Hanna should not have suffered the smart of his disappointed ambition to cairy him so far as to raise the objecton to me. To one entertaining such unbounded ambition & thirst for flic , prudence should have dictated a different course. If disposed to bandy and throw bark such objections I could show, conclusively, thar his family connexions, in all its ramifications, by consanguinity and affi ity, is the most extensive in the state. I will not ask General Hanna to explain why it is, that after exerting himself for rm brother's re-election, at a time when 1 was in office myself, and afW being beaten by his son-in-law, Col. Russell, for the Le gislature, that he should slip off to Dearborn, to complain of the people of this count), and raise an alarm about "family connexions," under cover of a fictitious name. For myself I claim no Credit on account of my friends, who in private or public life may he entitled to public approbation; and on the contrary, if any of them have foibles to contend with, I object to bearing any part of the burden. As a aassnort to nublic ! confidence I look to the reputation I have laboured to build up if good, and if bad, I do not ask the public to bolster or prop it up. I will not, because General Hanna. calumuiatoMike, has only hinted at an impropriety, overlook his second intru-l sion on my domestic affairs, by the insinuation in relation to the sale of the negro cirL'beloncinir to mv wife's family, which took place eleven years since.! In the spring of 1 819, it is well known that my losses in the storm on the river ! were so heavy as to deprive me of means to continue business. Jn the f ill of that year 1 married; and in consequence of my misfortunes in the storm, it was doubtful whether I should continue in Indiana. Mrs. Noble's father intending to remove to Kentucky, she brought with her the girl named byGen. Hanna. On our way to my mother's in Kentucky, we stopped in isrookviiie two days. At my mother s we left the girl; and with the aid and advice of my friends, I went to business in Brookville. With a view of obtaining a farm for ray fathtr-in-Iaw, in the North-bend, I corresponded with Col. Johnson and others, but failed. Of this failure, and of my determination to continue in Indiana, I apprised Mr. Swearingen, and he directed the sale of the gill. Benjamin G. Willis, Esq. was the purchaser; to whom I gave my own guaranty of the sale, as he re quired it. This is the transaction which Hanna wishes to magnify into crime. Last spring, he made his tool of the Gazette, indirectly charge me with running this girl out of this state and selling her. But being over his own name, it was harmless, and went unnoticed by me. In this girl, I held no property; nor did I ever own a slave. All that Hanna knows, he got from me, and 1 have no doubt but I exposed my father-in-law's letters to him, for at that time he was friendly towards me. If, in this transaction, there w as any thing wrong, I hope Hanna will explain his long silence, by letting my friends of Dearborn know why he suffered me to rest eleven years. The people of Franklin county have long been kind and generous; they have indulged me with every office that my interest or ambition hrrs asked for: and during that

j time Hanna remained sileni, !v keep

liig iockcu in rits bosom, the cume he now imputes to me. The General has tortured his ingenuity to convert the substance of the Indian story, culled from the history of the Southern troubles of the revolution, to his use, and 1 have no doubt that the electors, at (east, w ill feel de lighted with the character by which they have been personated. Unwilling to be outdone in civilities ot the kind, in turn, 1 will relate a story of the late war, and as the General has always admired like illustrious deeds, civic or chivalrous, it wilt suit his taste and ambition. The General,! presume, recollects "Captain Johny," the Delaware; who used to visit us in 1812-13. This warrior got the little he wore bycalling himself Captain, when from home. He and other Delawarcs were in camp with Harrison occasionally. At the Indian towns he was looked on as an idle, bragging, mischief making fellow, who was always talking of going to hunting; but still lived on the earnings of others, in camp with Harrison, he bragged of achievements in "bygone" skirmishes, unknown to others, and all were tired of his talk of patriotism, and abuse of other Indians U hen in at Brookville to beg for clothes, he would tell what rogues the Miamiea were. O veily bad man, stealum horse; hut the Delaware, O veth good man, velly honest, no stealum horse. After trying to relate in Ei.ghsh, his good qualities, his love of the whites, and the "firm stand" he had taken under Harrison, he would close every effort with the exclamation, "O velly good man me, honest man, velly big man me Captain Jonny, by G-d." Now in imitation of the tiue Indian style, General Hanna, by being a little laconic, might have saved himself much trouble in makii-g the above communication fo the Palladium. To give scope to his feelings, three things only were needed; and he might hae said: 1st. Noah Noble and his friends are all scoundrels "Good man n e." 2d. The people of Marion county are all fools, or 1 should have been elected over Russell; and 3d. Big Mm Me Captain Jonny. The public favors and other demon strations of c onfidence repeatedly bestowed on the Jackson electors, by all sides, and the high reputation lhey have established as citizens and public servants, are such as to require no defence on account of the gentle reproof offered them, when General Hanna insinuates that they were operated on by "treats. feists and suppers;" and charges them with having requested the removal of all the Land Officers "who had independence enough to vote their sentiments at the polls of electors." It is with an ill grace that he casts impropriety and weakness in the teeth of the electors, and attempts to sport and ridicule the administration for the ! appointment of"Tom Moore," when he has exhausted his ingenuity to gam fa vor and get within the pale of the party, and he and his club have been repulsed at every point. When General Hanna shall have rid himself of the imputation of falsehood, bJ establishing what I have pointed out as untrue he will be entitled to a, respectful reply for any thing he may have tosay of me; but if he fails in that, I shall not feel hound to notice every calumny that hi3 revengeful feelings ma' multiply and propagate. Until he makes good his charges, our rontroversy is at an end. N. NOBLE. Curiosity. This country abounds with lakes or ponds, from a few yards to a mil in diameter the banks are sometimes sloping, but generally abrupt. The water is .often of great depth. A circumstance occurred here whisb shows the manner in which they are formed. The country is based on a porous shelirock of, the most recent, or tertiary formation, which is penetrated in every direction by streams of various magnitudes, from the rivulet, to navigable rivers. The Waucisscx which rises in Jt fferson county, is supposed to discharge a larger volume of water than James' river at Richmond. The Wakulla is also a considerable river at its first appearance. It is supposed to discharge the waters of lake Jackson and the lamonia. Between

the fountain of the Wakulla and these lakes, a number of smaller one3 occur at intervals. The water is deep and transparent at all the season?, indicating a constant supply and discbarge by subterraneous channels. About four miles south west from this place, in their vicinity, a lake of about half an acre in extent was formed last Friday night. We are told that a party were fire-hunting deer, and had passed the spot but a few moments previously. The earth which was covered wilh trec9, fell with a tremendous crash, & the frightened huntsmen fled in consternation. The spot has since been visited by some gentlemen from this place they state that is forty lo fifty feet from the surface to the water, the depth of which was not ascertained. Florida Advocate