Indiana Republican, Volume 3, Number 111, Madison, Jefferson County, 23 January 1819 — Page 2

main in tnc treasury for fifty years to come. There h something in the female character admirably calculated to gain an ascendency over the minds of those violent, hut generous youths, who arc formed by nature to act a splendid part upon the theatre of the world : and who, when a proper direction is inven to their passions become the friends anil benefaetors of mankind. They listen with more attention to the mild admonitions of the mother, than the rougher mandates of an impeiious father, his vcrv remarkable that the f;reit votaries of liberty both ancient ;md modern, have received the mmi!sc from this source. The

Gracchi, Brutus and Cassius ot Rome, Agis and Cleomeija, Sparta, our own Wa .':-are a and perhaps Kosciumstanccs few out of the tVeJ. that could bey.ud Mr. II. the I v ; V not only inconsht;!,'va;u thcr laws, but with ifrcU. It direct, that when the widow shall be married, unci the children arrive at 16 years of age, the pension shall cease; but it dovs not niak. a continued provision for tlio.se who have not arrived at the age of iG; and many of the widows and children are left in a wor-c ntuation than it found them. Wh it, for instance, can a woman with four or live young children, have been abiC to save out of 48 doll.us per annum? It lias enabled her to procure a few condor ts only, of which she v ill mo: e scnsirlv feel the want v. hen the means of procuring them arc withdrawn., than if rhe had never enioved them. It is not mv intention nor 0 would it be mv wish said Mr. H to make the allowance perpetual; but to limit it, to t!io:e who had son, to the period of th-iir refilling the age ot 16. From the length, ki Mr. II. to which sonic gentlemen are desirous of carrying their stun of economy, 1 a poreLend that an idea is entertained, that the wealth of the trcvur) is the strength of the ration. But however true, the principle may be when applied to monarchies, I deny its correctness when applied to a republic. The strength of a republic consists in the correct pi maples ot its citizens. Moncv i- theretcore never misapplied, when it is used to dis cminate correct principles among the people. Guard your treasure, savs the pcntleman from South Carolina. Guard it ay I, also against every unjust claim, and every expenditure inconsistent with the nature of ctjr government. But open it, wide as thegates of your temple, toevcrv just ciaim, for every expenditure whicn has for its object the interest or honor of the nationThe gemieman from South Carolina has said that this is a popular measure: It is so, sir, said Mr. H. The money of the people could not be expended more to their satisfaction, than by the passage of this bill. Go to the American ploughman, and speak to him ot Montgom cry and Mercer; of Pike and of Covington, and you will touch a chord that vibrates to his 1 ouk Ask him if he is willing that their families should be supported from the treasury, and he '..ill answer, that aithnugh pocij he is just and hor.

est; although not a lettered man he knows the source of the happiness he enjoys; of the immense distance, as to rights, which separates him from the ploughman of Europe a distance as great as the wide ocean which rolls between them. Mr. Speaker, said Mr. IT. the persons who arc to be benefited by the passage of this bill, do not come before you upon equal ground with t lie horde ot claimants upon whose cn-v you daily decide. Thqpcm. allowed to solicit focmhers selves thcvvisit.a urge their at their lodgitf, in the 'streets, prerensiofh of the revolution, 1 he; soliciting your justice, is

Vcmitted to exhibit upon this floor, his war-worn counten ance, and his locks bleached tintier the helmet; and even the maimed soldier or sailor hobbles upon his crutches to the door of vour hal! to excite vour pity to ask your benevolence. But the persons whose feeble advocate 1 am upon this occasion, are obliged, from the delicacv of their sex, or the tendcrncss ot their age, to confine their sorrows or their sufferings within the walls of their own cottages. But suppose it were otherwise; suppose the many hundred widows and orphans, the relicts of the late war, were to be brought before us; with what different feelinrs should we vote upon this occasion. The thins: cannot be; but I b eentlemen to tiivc some scorv to their imaginations, and persuade themselves that thev real0 ly see it. Here a venerable matron, followed by a large familv of children; there anothcr in the full bloom of beautv, 3 widow through choice, and under a sacred vow that the hero who once Jihed her arms houkl never be supplieil by another: t lie lovely bov she holds by tiie hand was an orphan b'fore lie saw the light; and more unfortunate than Astyanax, had never been pressed in his father's arms and dedicated to his country. What man aid Mr. II. could resist this appeal, accompanied by the reflection that their misfoitune had secured his own happiness, and the safety of the nation? It has been urged Mr. Speaker, (said IV -. H.j as a reason against the passage of this bill, that the government had done all that could be expected, having complied with all the engagements they had made, and that those who fell had done no more than their duty. I regretted extremely said Mr. H. to hear an argument of this kind, and was sorry to find that the events of the late war were so illy understood, or so badly remembered. Is it intended, sir, (said Mr. II.) to assert that the government can owe no obligation to its citizens, but what is contained in a written law? This is a dangerous doctrine to promulgate; your citizens may imbibe it and wretched, indeed, must that republic be, where the obligation from the citizen to the country, and from the country to the citizen, is to be determined by a written law. But I trust, (said Mr. . II.) that there is a sentimgul..' ot duty towards his country, -. 1 - in every imericarr oosom, which no legislature can impose, which no law can define. It was, sir, (said Mr. H.) under the inflnencc of this senti-

ncntfiat thousands of your Mellovcitizens acted in the late war. What but this drew tke veter.l Shelby from the forts A which his age 5nti vices Uitlcd him; tr(?ernor diguing station o'fatc, to of a met respectably (')f a encountr 'he ami tjiat nothcrniptS'commaru nf:m too unjfjy 1 inferior in oihriry tjcnts a,uj experience? j lie who! western population acted upei this principle, as they did, am persuaded, in other parted the Union. By this princire you not only got men todieield, but, when in the field, tby did more than any law, va -Uteri or unwritten, obhfectthem to perform. The cu-.Drr of war, which is the militry law, authorises an officer bdly wounded to retire. I Ia the gallant Spencer measured is duty by tlm law, he might still have lived a blessing tohis numerous family. He ws badlv wounded in the heacand the thi'di, but he refUf Cvlo leave his post until a third til pierced his heart. Where va the law which obliged the gallant captain Ritchie to ')w never to leave his artilkrylivc? lie remained by the ide of his piece, Weeding to path, when by retiring he mif t have lived. When yon citizens thus, Mr, disregard thlobligationsof law, in fighting our battles, will you tell thchwidows and orphans, whoipplyto you for relief, that ou have nothing to give, havig complied with all thcengagnents you made? Mr. speak!, said Mr. H. let the gcntlemti who votes against this (ll, return, after having done J, to the bosom of his fimilj and when he finds himself mounded bv everv earthly lessiner; when he sees happine. beaming from the eyes ot archived consort, produced byhis presence and his safety, letiim think, if he can, upon t;:se wives who have no huslinds to return to them; upon tosc children who have no parcts to bless them and when,.ir, he performs the pleasing t;k of instructing his children, particularly the darling boy worn, in imagination, he may estine to replace him here; wlin he would teach them a lesso: of patriotism, drawn from tz events of the late war, and escribes the heroism of Pikejand the devotion of Covinton; when fie has made thi impression he wished, and :es their little breasts heave vith emotion, their eyes kince with the patriotic fire, let aim change the subject, and tich them a lesson of repubtan economy, and tell themlthat, notwithstanding their rong claim upon his gratitud) and the gratitude of the cintry, he had yet courage,unpr the influence of a mere treasry calculation, to consign the phans of these men to povertjimd wretchedness. Let genemen do this if they can : r cannot, Ia ' ft ill not, I dare , J

AJNGtESS. iOUSE OF REPljsENTATIVES. Monday, )ec. 28. On motion dMr. Johnson, of Ky. it was Resolved, Thathe committee on post oflices;nd post roads be instructed t( enquire into the expediency f authorising

th Post TlStcr General to concract 'c fie trariSPortatin f tj1(,.iail by steam boats, or oth.wiie, on navigable waters, in the same manner that he is authorised to contract for the transportation of the mail by land. The Speaker also laid before the House a letter from Thomas Dunn, the Scargent at Arms of this House, stating that John Anderson has instituted a suit against him on a charge of false imprisonment, in consequence of his having arrested and held in custody the said Anderson, under an order of the House; which letter was referred to the judiciary committee. On motion of Mr. Talhnacrc, it was Rcsclvcify That the committee on the judiciary committee, be instructed to enquire into the expediency of providing by law for the appointment by the President, by and wjtli the advice and consent of the Senate, of the Clerks of the several district courts of the' United States, and aho to require from them txrea-er sc-rurity for the performanccof their duties. Tuerciay, Dec. co. Mr. H. Nelo?i, from th.e :,udiriary committee to wluuu had been referred the letter n the Scanrcnt at Arm-., rero-;ct-inz the suit commenced arraimt him by John Ar.der.-on, reportctl a resolution authori.ing and requcstiiig the speaker to employ such counsel as he may think proper, to defend the suit brought by John Anderson against the said Thonus Dunn, and that the expenses be defrayed out of the contingent fund of the House: which resolution war. concurred in. Wednesday, Dec. 3c On motion of Mr. Johnson, of Ky. the committee on the post oltice were instructed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the establishment ot a post route from Cincinnati, in Ohio, to New Orleans, l,ouiiana, bv steam beau or otherwise.

MA 01 SON: January 21), I'd 1 5). COMMUNICATED. MADISON POPULATION. Agreeably to the census taken in Madison, Indiana, on the 2cth day of January 1819, thcpopulaticn stands as follows: Wmte males above the as of 45 years 26 l97 1S0 165 Do. Do. between the age of 18 & 45 years Do. Do. under the atre of iS o White females over the acre of 14 years Do. Do. under the age of 14 years Whites total Blacks 774 47 Total number of souls 821 There are 144 families, and 123 dwelling houses. The committee of the house of representatives, appointed to investigate the state and conduct of the bank of the Unitcd States, have concluded their examination at Philadelphia, and two of them, Mr. Lowndes and Mr. Tyler, have returrt-

cd to their seats. The remai: ing three, being a majority the committee, are said to bt prosecuting their investigation at Biltimore; It is probable that a report need not be ex. pectcd for a week or ten days to come. Nat. Intel. Dic. 10.

Of the diplomatic corns a.

broad, it apprars that no lessH yc taan three of its members ant ..,1

expected shortly to return tn the United States; namely, f Mr. Gallatin from France, iMr. f Krving from Spain, and IVIr.r Sumpter from Rio Janeiro. ! Mr. Forsyth is spoken of a3 J likely to fill the place of Mr f

Krving, and Mr. John GrahanV ) fi 'r

that of Mr. .Sumpter; but v . ji

cnjecture is yet aiioat as to the f "n

r.n rector or Air. ( ra latin. 1 ll C. Gaz. Capital 'Jruis. On Tues. dav at the circuit court of the 1 f United States, sitting in Bos- 1 ton, the mutineers of the schr. Iattsliuri'h were arraigned, ' and Moiiday the aSth in-star.t r. p p ' i n t c d f o r t 1 e i r trial. Th ey -are irmictctl on live different churls; three for murder, viz. : 1' tiic c)tain, the mate, and the supercargo of the lV.ttsburgli, one for piracy, and thi iii'th for niraev and murder f under the stature. They were nrraiLTned on the two first in. ! dictmcnts only. M-.;;rs. S. L. Kuapp e:id Hooper were, at their retpacst, assigned as their counsel. A7. 2 . Gaz. FROM ENGLAND. BOhTON, I) KC EMBER 24. The sliip Iriton, ('ap;ain Holcomb, arrived here vesrerday in 48 days from Liverpool. By this vessel .ve have received from our correspondent London papers to the 1st November, inclusive and are indebt

ed to Mr. TopUif for Liverpool i 0f

papers to the 2d nearly a fortnight later than former advice.?. We have given as many extracts as our time and limits would The Triton brings despatch es to the Secretary of State ot the United States containing the Treatv of Commerce coneluded by Mr. Rudi and Mr. Gallatin with the British Commissioners. The London Courier of October 25 contains the Co.nmercid Treaty between this country and Sweden, negociated bv Mr. Rus-ci. The British army is to be rewinced rMcoo men. Orders have been issued to the recruiting parties in London, to suspend recruiting men until further orders. The King of England has completed the 58th year of his reign, being two years longer than any monarch who ever before reigned in England. On the demise of the Queen, it is said to be the intention of the ministry to propose to Parliament a greatly' diminished establishment for the King at Windsor. The care of his Majesty to be confided to the Duke of York, who is to have an additonal allowance for his services. LIVERPOOL, OCT. r. All the Allied Sovereigns and their ministers, except the Emperor of Austria, have lefc Aixda-Chapelle, and have repaired to the frontiers of France, in order to review, for the last time, the Army of Occupatipn before its final depart urc

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