Indiana Palladium, Volume 7, Number 23, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 11 June 1831 — Page 2

fence of any want of orSjiaiJbarmony amang the beads of departmentWashington, 6lh May, 1831. Dear sir learn with some surprise from your enquirers, as well as those of others, that an impression has been made on the public mind to a considerable extent, that the cabinet was so much embarrassed by the dissensions of iti members, as to render it incapable of transacting the public business. You may be assured, that there is not the slightest truth in such a rumor. The official intercourse of the heads of departments with each other and with the president, ha9 never, to my knowledge been interrupted for a moment, nor has any difference cC opinion as to the measures of the government, divided the cabinet in a single instance, so far as 1 recollect, according to the line of separation now so generally ascribed in the public papers. I am very reipectfully , yours, S. D. INGHAM.

CQ3Ii?IlIiICATIOZS. For the Palladium .. Farmer Senior to Citizen. Friend Why do you misrepresent me, by saying that I write over two fictitious signatures? Would you have the public believe that I am the only creature, as you call it, that dare write on the ad valorem subject? la this you are much mistaken. I never have wrote over the signature of Farmer, jr. neither have I ever charged Mr. Armetrong of violating any promise or pledge, for 1 never heard him make one; and if you will examine my communications, and from them convince the public that I have directly charged Mr. A. with forfeiting any pledge, or violating any contract, or not being worthy of public trust, I will admit all your misrepresentations to be true, and all your anatbema3 to be just. You would have the people think that my wish is to write myself into office : This is a mistake. The reason why I wrote on the ad valorem subject at all, was from an honest conviction of its justice, and every argument that I have ever beard against it has strengthened that conviction; and all your sarcasm shall not drive me to lay down the pen on that subject. If we raise a revenue at ell, let us have the privilege of doing it on just and equitable grounds. Let every man pay a moderate poll tax, which is the quintessence of the ad valorem system, and every man pay that percent, or the real value of his property to make a sufficient revenue, and then we will be relieved from those awful forebodings that haunt your mind, on that part of the comnact between Indiana and the general government, exempting land from taxation for five years from the time of its purchase. You again say that I have been here according to my own story only twelve years. This is another mistake. You ay that you are a friend to the ad valorem system; this I shall take the liberty to doubt, and if the public are to judge you from all you have said in its favor, they will be compelled to veto you on that subject. You also say that you are a citizen. This I must also doubt, for you have stated so many.things that are not facts, that your whole production is a doubtful one. You have undertaken to defend Mr. Armstrong. Now, friendvdon't think that you are half so well qualified to that task as Mr. Armstrong is himself. No, friend, ysu never cau vie with him while the big-bottom produces corn and hogs; but as you volunteered yourself, why did you not answer the interrogatories in my last communication? You again wish to know why 1 do not rasp the doctor for his conduct, which you have not dared to censure. Shame on you, Citizen, for wanting Farmer to lay down the pen and take the plough, and almost with the same breath want him to wield it in a deadly warfare against a fellow citizen. You say that you have resided here for more than thirty years. Query: was civilization too refined for you, at that early period, that you left the precincts of civil society and emigrated to the Indian country? But be that as it may, I am sorry that so many bold pioneers emigrated to this country before us: for when we landed in Dearborn, in May, 1818, we could scarcely find a place to set our foot on. Ve were compelled to settle on some of your refuse land, of a 3d rate quality, and now you want to gag ua because we complain of paying hall ss much lax per acre for our land as you do, for your first rate bottomland, that is worth fifteen times as much per acre as ours. Shall such injustice remain I Common sense sayp, no; justice and humanity echoes, no. Let a judicious community, with a voice louder tharv thunder, proclaim by their acts and deed that these things shall not be. FARMER. Old Form, Connecticut, 1800 Sf 31. Dear Cosin Stricklin You can't think how proper glad your letur too dad maid us awl, when we found you ti!l Remainm' on ihee old plae, hens, chicken and all of the rail Harford

stamp. D.tdda ais ifyou had age and experience you'd be up too the best of 'em are foks up there inn Manchester, for hee eais as how the Country's full of Yra sort ov Fellers, and it's not best tu fase 'em openly. Hesaiswee must have the wisdum uv the old Sarpent that betrayed Eve tu help us on. But dear cousin, you must keep dark, for dady says our stienth lies ion conscalment. While wee Cry out No party, bee sure tu stick tu your own; and while we run down Kocuses, you must meat secretly that is the v.a we do bisness here down east. Wee must not be discoraged becaus wee are fue, for only think wee have all ihe Jentlemen on our side, and the Judges, Lawyers, Doctors and a pretty good Sum ov the Preachers tu boot; so we think we can out Ginrel 'em are plow boys. Dady sais the only wa tu doo it is bi invention iff one fails try another. You no our foks tried one a long timesinse, whenwecalld ourselves fedrel republicans; but we found that didn't do. The fightin fellers, who kickt upp the last war and almost ruined our lasses and rum trade, said there was too much mixter in our cookry; so we foks,and some from the bay state all long shore, who you no beat all nalur for inventshuns & patent's, set our heds together, uncle BenJ actin as deaccn, and had ourselves cristend National Republicans. Now you no Uncle is as cunin as a mink, but fur awl that hee sais he's fraid the tarnal hickry bark will out sale u?, not withstandin the late gale at the big city. We thort when we sea three or four uv the principal hands Leep over bord all was over; but the old feller at the stearin ore calld tu sum others in the hold tu cum upon

deck and take thair places, and every thing was fixd snug agin in less than No time; while the hands whod jumpt overboard arter possumin tu hear what folks said uv them arter death, all swum ashore safe and sound, hurrain for the Hickry bark. But dady 6ais as how this scrape at the FeJral City, is going tu bee bad bisness for us, as it has set the whole political oshen in labor (as unkle Ben say s.) and we ant prepared for a heavy swell. He says we shall have to haul up our vessel and throw over the Clay ballast and take in something of greater wait. We have had swampiu work of it here tu keep above water. Our pilot's as slick a feller as ever swallowed a codfish,, and nows his bisness as well as his namesake in makin spellin books. Now lovin cousin you must keep dark as possible, and not let the folks away up west no nothing uv our difficulties. Arter the anti-mason meetin, I may rite you agin. This from yours eter nally. JONATHAN. Fourth of , July. At a meeting of the citizens of this town and vicinity, convened at the court house, agreeable to public notice, on the 7ih June, 1831 ; the Rev. S. Scovel was called to the chair and L. IV. Johnson appointed secretary. The object of the meeting being stated by the chairman, it was, on motion of Gen. J. Dill, Resolved, That the citizens of this place and vicinity do celebrate, in a suitable manner the approaching anniversary of American Independence. On motion Resolved That a committee of five persons be appointed by the chair, to report at this meeting the most suitable manner in which the object of this meeting may be carried into effect. Whereupon the following gentlemen were appointed that committee: Messre. J. Hunt, Wm. Brown, J. Dill, B. S. Noble and M Gregg, who after a short time,made the following report: That we do unite in celebrating the approaching anniversary of our Independence in the following manner, viz: A procession shall be formed under the direction of such marshals as maybe appointed, and proceed to some suitable place; where the exercise shall consist of 1st prayer; 2d music; 3d reading the declaration of Independence; 4th oration; 5th address to the different Sabbath Schools; Gth music; and 7th prayer. After the exercises, the citizens will retire to partake of a cold collation, (excluding ardent spirits.) Which report was unanimously adopted. On motion, Resolved, That a committee of seven persons be appointed to make such arrangements as they shall deem proper, for carrying into effect the foregoing report. Whereupon the following gentlemen were chosen, to wit : Messrs. J. Hunt,J. Dill, M. Gregg, E. G. Prat, Wm. Brown, S. Ludlow and B. S. Noble. On motion, Resolved, That the different Sunday Schools in this county, and in the adjoining counties in the states of Ohio and Kentucky, be respectfully requested to join us in the celebration of that day; and that the Rev. S. Scovel be appointed to solicit their attendance. On motion, Resolved, ThU the proceeding of this meeting be published inihu

Statesman" and Palladium." The meeting adjourned sine. die. "Signed S. SCOVEL, ch'n. Signed L. W. Johnson, sec'y. The committee of arrangement for celebrating the approaching Anniversary of American Independence convened at the house of Jesse Hunt on the 9th of June; present, Stephen Ludlow, Jesse Hunt, Edwin G. Pratt, Milton Gregg, and James Dill. Jesse Hunt having been called to the chair, and James Dill appointed secretary, Thomas B. Pinckard, in the absence of Benj. S. Noble, was appointed on the committee.

The committee then proceeded lo form the fallowing arrangement, to wit: On motion, Resolved, That a sub or sepante committee of five be appointed to superintend the arrangements of the Sunday School children, which may at tend on the contemplated celebration, and that William Brown, Benj. S. Noble, George Weaver, Enoch D. John, and Irvin Armstrong be that committee; and that William Brown and Bii j. S. Noble be excused from serving on th present committee. O ) motion, James W. Hunter is added to this committee in place of William Brown, excused. On motion ordered, that John Lawrence, Esq. be appointed to read the Declaration of Independence. Mr. Pratt having withdrawn, was, on motion, unanimously appointed to deliver a suitable Oration, on the occasion of the approaching Anniversary. Ou motion, ordered, that Walter Armstrong be appointed a member of this committee, in the room of Edwin G. Pratt, withdrawn. Ou motion, ordered, that Col. John Spencer be appointed Marshal, and John S. Percival assistant Marshal of the day. Oa motion, ordered, that Thomas B. Pinckard, Milton Gregg, and Jame6 W. Hunter be appointed a committee to agree upon, and contract for the necessary refreshments suitable for the occasion. Oa motion, ordered, that John Porter be appointed President, and John Crandon Vice President of the day . Ordered also, that these proceedings be published in each of the papers published in Lai lenceburgh. Oa motion the commilee adjourned, to meet at the same placeou Saturday week, at 4 o'clock. JESSE HUNT, CA'n. James Dill, Sec'y. From the Indiana Democrat . Mr. Morrison Inasmuch as the most common actions of men are frequently misconstrued, and those who are the most flagrant in their political digressions are the first to cry out against others, I can see no impropriety in calling public attention to some facts which are now transpiring, and which, I think, show that great ilhberality and even ii justice has and does characterize the couise of the Clay leaders in Indiana. Much displeasure & resentment are shown because Judge Read and some other friends of the present administration have thought proper to become candidates for office. The good people are told that there were already THREE candidates for the office of Governor, and therefore it was unneces sary that any other or any more should come ouU The charges of 'dictation," arrangement," caucusing and management are made in loud terms againstlne Jackson party, merely for the reason that they were unwilling to lei their Clay neighbors decide lor them who should or should not be candidates. This is, indeed, assuming high ground, & I had not presumed that such an aiislocratical stand would have been taken by the Clay party, who, from their own admissions, are but a minority of the people of Indiana, The term "diclation" should never be used by them again, much lessshould Jackson men ever be charged with attempting it. his strong "dictation" I conclude, when the Clay party tell the Jackson party that they have not even the privilege of running a candidate I This is worse than absolute disfranchisement from office, because it forbids even the attempt to aspire to office. What independent Jackson man will not feel himself insulted and his rights infringed when he is told, Sir, you nor your friends have a right to become candidates for effice in Indiana, when anyone or more Clay men are in the field. This is in accordance with the old fedeial doctrine that the people are only servants to the will and power of the aristocracy; and because Clay men have always been candidates and always will be candidates for every effice of honor of profit, therefore they have exclusive privileges 6o to continue, and no plebian Jackson man has a right to set up his claims before they are all satisfied. As well might he wait until the grave ceased to open for the dead, or the green verdure of the earth to be acceptable to animate creation. When the 'horf leech" shall no more crv "give, give" then my the Clay men y they havu olliceis iiiougb,but sooti

er will the mother forget her first born, or the right hand its cunning, than these things shall be seen. In this land of liberty and equality I have been taught to consider all men as endowed with equal rights and privileges, and never until the issuing of this worse than Roman Bull of excommunication, did I suppose that a Jackson man stood on worse ground than a Clay man. I would say to our Jackson friends, let us show that we are men; that we have equal rights and that we will maintain those rights, even with the same sacrifices which were demanded from our forefathers by the tyrants of Europe.

If a friend of the present natnnal administration shall determine to become a candidate, and his determination is responded to by a respectable number of his political friends and fellow-citizens, the whole affur is immediately represented as a "caucus," as "dictation" lo the peopre, by the follow ers.of Henry Clay ; but if any one of their party should be brought forth as a candi. dale by the Lawy er faction of Indiana, who so long have ruled the people; or, if two or three of them in any one district of the state shall shift and shuffle, buy and barter, manage and intrigue until they harmonize all conflicting interests in their parly, so as to secure all the offices at disposal, this is all fair and honorable; and it would be heresy to call it a "caucus" or suspect it of management or "dictation." Let the Clay candidates for Congress in the first Congressional district tell the people how all of them were managed off the field but one, and then 1 may tell them of gome future arrangements for the office of Circuit Judge, county representatives and United Slates' Senator in 1833. Why is Judge Law left alone and all forces united upon him? Let some of those who profess &z. who do actually make politics a trade in the third district, with their hypocritical associates, tell how it is that one favored family holds and wishes to hold all the lucrative offices in the district and 1 may tell why certain men are candidates for Congress and Lieutenant Governor, and the deceptious, intriguing and disgraceful means used to carry their private ends, ia defiance ofevery thing like consistency, honesty or purity. Even cloaked enemies may be shown in their true colours, and sinecures may not be left in their possession after their unholy alliances shall fail. This cry of "no question" will lose its effect if the people can be brought to understand the tricks of the Clay party. D es any man believe that they would cry "down with the question" if they believed there was a majority of Clay men in any county, district, or portion of the state? No, never'. They would by force, as they now do by intrigue, drive every Jackson man from the stale offices, and they would then be more insulting than when they tell us we have no right to run a Jackson man. I may be heard from again, and if necessary, I may make some explanations of matters which may now appear somewhat parabolical. JEFFERSON, j ILalc Foreign ftetvs. Poland. The London Times contains a letter dated Warsaw, April 2nd, on the subject of the Polish victory of the 31st of March. It is calculated to encourage the friends of the holy cause in which the Poles are engaged, whatever may be the result of the present contest. It says "our men fought like lions; our general flew from post to post, from rank to rank, directing, animating, and encouraging. This is a glorious triumph I The barbarian has indeed felt "The might that slumbers in a peasant's arm 01 could you have seen our heroes, could you have seen the burning zeal with which the recruit hurried on with the old soldier and even the half recovered wounded of our great previous achievement how they hurried to the field, you would have said, this people cannot die the death of slaves they were not bornfor eternal bondage." "We are tired of appealing to the great powers who were parties to the treaty of Vienna. They give us sympathy well, our next treaty shall be inscribed in letters of blood on the field of battle the condition is our country's freedom: we shall achieve it ourselves, and single-handed if we can, if not well then we know how to perish." "The pursuit is still hot, but we have not the prompt transport which gives wings to an army: men can run for a day and night, as ours have done, fighting and struggling, but physical exhausiion will impose power, and we cannot accomplish every thing. Our country has every where risen, and Diebitsch will.'find .assailants in every village. Lithuania is striking her blow,trc the march through Poland is not the passing of the Balkan he will not have quite leisure enough for the use of his rich Turkish pipe and perfum-d tobacco cor even for Li brandy

punch. Our generalissimo, Skizyncc ki, is like Napoleon; what a general he has shown him?e!f! With a handful of men he has overthrown whole Muscovite masses. 38.000'Poles have beaten back 100,000 Russians who congreeted their masses under the walla of Warsaw; and now 24,000 men are chasinjr and prostrating twice their number at the point of the bayonet, from fortified positions, deemed impregnable without heavy artillery. Do not believe what the Berlin papers say of the humanity of our invaders ;he barbarity of the Rnssians extends to torture." I declare to yon, upon my honor, that 1 have seen on the skirts of the fields of contest, wounded Poles, whose eyes were torn out, merely because they had resisted like he-

roes. Women have oeen, on me Muscovite line of inarch, brutally violated and carried off whole families have been dispersed, and many borno into Russia under ba&e pretences. They sow horror and devastation wherever they show themselves. They have even taken away a lady from Pulaway, from the very apartment of the Princess Czarforyski. "Heavens! see if it is possible to get us arms: the campaign is only begun no fear now of a coup de main upon Warsaw. We do not want men, or money, or addresses, or compliments. Wc delight to hear of the affections of our friends in Paris and London ; but thiF i not the season for indulging in affectionate personal recollections. We must delay all these until tranquil times; the assistance we want is what I have mentioned. Can any thing be done in this way towards Cracow? We shall pay full for any thing of this kind, and he who gives us a musket, fights with us he is of our ranks. Let freemen, then, lend U3 this helping hand. Show this to our friend the general, if he has not set out." There was a report of an interference on the part of England, France, Prussia and Austria in favor of tha Poles. It was, however, not credited. By the arrival of the packet ship Napoleon, Capt. Smith, from Liverpool, whence she sailed on the 24th of April, the Edilors of the New York Mercantile Adverti? r, have received their regular files of London papers to the 24th, Liverpool to the 23d, and Glasgow to the 20th of April, all inclusive. In relation to the affairs of England, the most interesting information to us, and the rrnat important measure to that country, is the prorogation of Parliament, being a step which will be followed almost immediately by the dissolution. The Reform Bill, which was tha order of the day for the 13th April, waj then taken up; the debates on this question, or subject , arising therefrom, with some of a secondary consideration, are very voluminous. From Monday the 18th till Friday the 22d of April, when the King in person prorogued Parliament, the reports in tha Atlas, fill upwards of thirty t:co columns closely printed matter. As far as we have been able to peruse the debates, and read the remarks of the London Journalists, we are cor vinced, that neither in our day has there occurred, nor in history since the time ofChailes2d, is there recorded, such stormy and tumultuous proceedings in the British Parliament, as took place between the 18th &, 22 J April, 1831 In both Houses a majority of the speaking members exceeded all bounds of order and decorum in debate their tempers were over-heated beyond all discretion and in several instances their language outraged common courtesy so grossly, that the London Journalists declined to publish their icords! This is a sad episode on English refinement! As far as time allowed for a manifestation of popular feeling in relation to the energetic course of the King it was loudly in his favor and on his return from the House he was cheered by the people. Such has been the feeling and anxiety in relation to the proceedings in Parliament, that in London all things else seem to have been considered of minor importance. From Poland the news is cheering Skn zyneski has followed up his v ictories of March 31 and 1st April with energy, skill and bravery and from the 4lh to the 7th of April he achieved such signal successes, that rumor is willing to believe the independence of Poland is sealed some of the London Journals seem to doubt the extent of this cheering intelligence the accounts reached London on the evening of the 21 st April but up to the latest dates no ttli- iai despatches bad been received. The following paragraph from the Alias of 24th sayfc: "Up to the moment of going to press, we have not heard any thing frtm the Continent, which can add to the important intelligence undtr our regular heads. Ttie polish victory is confirmed beyond question. PaisJa is suspected of an intention to join the autocrat against the reviving hopes of Poland. This intelligence, we are happy to say, ie doubtful. The troop? cf the