Indiana Republican, Volume 3, Number 126, Madison, Jefferson County, 8 May 1819 — Page 1

(DAK s' ! II iUUi "where liberty dwells, there is my country." MADISON, (INDIANA) SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1819, No. 126 Vt)L. III.

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LODGE & ARION, VERY SATURDAY. " CONDITIONS. 1 u HEPUBLICAN" will v dJivered at the o!Hcc for two nars per annum, paid m au''V if P'l',tl hhin lwo months VJ',r bscribinq;, it will be consi- ? rd in ad vara e ; two dollars and 4-f.; cents if V-M vlthhl Uidve ;n;ths ; and three dollars if not until the oar expires. N-J PaPer v,i11 be lIlscotUmucd ,J aU arrearage are paid. U Pi a'l case3 a subscriber must : .1 rri- punctually at die end of sr of hh intention to disconor he will be held rcsponsiI. for another rears subscription. '(lv-rti-einiiV not vxcehiv a ...pre v.iUbe inserted three times H a dollar; longer ones in prorrti, and if the number oi msVio'i d-sired, are not specified, y will be continued at the e:;'.;v, of the advertiser until orderly" t. Car--p AU letters to the Editors sust be post p TAKEN UP Bv Elenor Taylor, in Saluda Township, a sorrel horse 14 jni 3-4-th hands high, three Tears old, no brands. Appraised before me to 30 dollars this zSth day of Nov. 1818. SAMUEL M'KINLEY, j. p. ipril 24. 124 TAKEN UP Bj James M'Kinley, in Saluda fownship, a small sorrel mare, b'ind of the left eye, small blaze and snip, off hind foot white, five years old. Appraised before me to 14 doilan, this 16th day of February 1819. SAMUEL M'KINLEY, j. p. April 24. 124 TAKEN UP By Luther Shed, in Saluda Township, a small brown mare, 13 and a half hands high, small stai,7 years old next spring. I Appraised before me to 20 I dollars, this 25th day of Febj I ruary 18 19. SAMUEL M'KINLEY, j. p. April 24. 124 TAKEM UP By William Monroe, jr. in Saluda Township, a sorrel mare, about fourteen and a half hands fcigh, no brands. Appraised before me to thirty dollars, this 5th April 18 iq. , SAMUEL M'KINLEY, j. p. 24. 124 TAKEN UP By Richard Hopkins, in Saluda Township, a sorrel mare, afcout 14 and a half hands high, bout five years old, blazed foe, right hind foot white. Appraised before me to 32 'hilars, 50 cents, this 10th day 0- April 1819. SAMUEL M'KINLEY, j. r. APil 24. 124. BLANK Lh.EDS lrcr sale at this Office.

Land-Office, Jeflfcrsonville, August 15&, 1818. PERSONS wishing to make transfers of lands entered in this office are requested not to make them on the back of the Register's certificate but on a separate piece of paper. It frequently happens, that by transfering and assigning on the back of certificates, they become so mutilated and defaced as to destroy the contents. The following form may be used. 44 For value received I, A. B. of county, do assign & transfer to C. D. of countv all my right & title to the quarter section No. in township No. (North or South as the case may be) of range No. East of the Jeffersonville District. Witness mv hand and seal this day of 1818. A. B. (Seal.) Test," This assignment being acknowledged before any justice of the peace, and certified by the clerk of the county of its being such, will procure a patent. In all cases where the magistrate's or clerk's certificate happens to be on a different piece of piper from the assignment it will be proper for them to set forth the particular tract sold. It will be well for ma iris1.) t rates and ethers who are in

the habit of writing ass inn menls, to preserve a copy of the foregoh.g as their guide. Those who send to the office to get their business done, will please to be' particular in describing in a plain legible hand, the tract they wish to enter, and to write their given names at full length. SAMl. GWATIIMEY, . . R L. Office raum rmr- mrrTr-M-7nmmmmmmi TAILOR, . on Mulberry street, opposite Sheets' stote, has just received the latest fashions from Philadelphia. M. B. P. returns his thanks to those who have favoured him with their custom, and still wishes a continuance, he assures the public that his exertions shall not be wanting to satisfy those who may favour him with a call. Those indebted arc requested to call and settle their respective accounts. March 27. TAKliN UP BY Jonathan Barret, of Vernon Township, Jennings county, one bay horse 14 hands high, ten or eleven years old, a small star in his forehead, a bob tail, and has been roached. Nobrandsperceivable appraised to twenty dollars by Allen Campbell and David Campbell, this 20th March 1819. Certified by WILLI AIM T. STOTT, J. p. WANTED AT THIS OFFICE, an apprentice to the Printing buiness, one between 14 and 17 years of age would be preferred, who can come well recommended.

From Niles's Register. The decision of the supreme court about the bank of the U. States, is more important than any ever before pronounced by that exalted tribunal a tribunal so far removed from the people, that some seem to regard it with a species of that awful reverence in which the inhabitants of Asia look up to ' their princes. This courtought, doubtless, to be respected, as every other public functionary, in the discharge of his official duties, should be and may also, especially claim our regard from the talents concentrated in it but we have yet to learn that its members arc superior to the common feelings and frailties to men, and that they cannot be mistaken. The opinion before us establishes the broad principle that congress may grant monopolies, almost at discretion, to any set of men and for almost any purpose, if the price is paid for them, cr without any pecuniary consideration at all. Any branch of the revenue, any peculiar trade, any business with foreign countries nr in foreign product?, may be farmed, t-ut, as such things were in France before the revolution ! There cannot, be a doubt that this power exists in the opinion of the supreme court, as spread before us. Those who are content that congress shall have such an unlimittcd power, will say aye ; those opposed i " it will say no. It was an anient z:al fov the good of our ccuntrv, rather than a matter of calculation how far we were able to support the constitution, that impelled us to commence a series of remarks on the principles of this decision. v e are just as well satisfied of the ruth of what we have advanced, as if its " proof were drawn from holv writ," but are fearful or a want of power to impress them npon the minds of others as they ought to be impressed, knowing also, the open force and secret influence of those to whom we are opposed, and foreseeing that the press will be nearly muzzled upon this subject, as it was on many that came before the people in the years '98, '9 and 1800. But we arc not without hope, that men will rise up, with tongue and pen as if touched by a " living coal," to bring about another recurrence to original principles, to whom we offer our humble services, if questions respecting individuals arc not discussed, for we will not have any thing whatsoever to do with them. The opinion demands attentive perusal. Every citizen of the United States ought to read and consider it, for every man of common understanding has a right to be able to comprehend its arguments If he cannot comprehend them, they arc faulty theconstitution was made for the people, not for lawyers only ; and whatever belongs to it should be laid before tiieni iu the plain language

of truth, without sophistication : the liberties of the peo

ple of this republic cannot be presumed to stand upon extreme interpretations of the instrument which they framed the better to define and secure them. We frankly confess our opinion, that the author of the opinion in question, has not added any thing to his stock of reputation by writing it it is excessively labored. SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES. No. 2. It is with unfeigned diffidence that we now proceed to examine some of the points of constitutional law, as settled by the late decision of the supreme court, respecting the bank of the United States. We know there are some that will affect astonishment at our impudence for daring ever to think diflfcrentlv from a tribunal so loftv as seemingly to command u belief in its infallibility; and others may regard our conduct imprudent, as being unable to maintain our ground against the weight of the talents and character of that court vet we hope, many will agree with u;;, that the rights and liberties of the people of the U. States, with the intcgiity of tiieir constitution, ought not to depend upon the opinion of any man, or et of men, whatsoever: and that if we err, we shall eir on the safe tide. We recollect a very pleasant anecdote of an honest old quaLci , who took an upper seat, (in ihe gallery), of his meeting house, from whence he often exhorted his brethren to 'place their affections on things above. It happened that the good man had a beautiful horse, which he was so fond of a 5 to have several times refused exceedingly high prices offered for him. He suddenly sold this horse for a very moderate sum; and being asked the reason for it, said because the abominable thing would get up into the gallery with me.9 That is, his passion for the horse diverted his mind from the duties which he owed to his God. The application of this true story to the case before us, is easily made; if the idea of a horse diverted the attention of an honest man from his spiritual obligations, how readily may we believe that improper feelings mayinfluence the decisions of our judges; and especially in cases connected with msncv transactions, or extensions of power. They are so beset on every side by interest or inter csted individuals, that they must be uncommonmcn indeed who can, in every instance, srictly adhere to their own de. liberate opinion; though desirous of acting honestly. History will bear us out in the general assertion, that there is a constant disposition in rulers to increase their power and extend their jurisdiction, and that, if the people do not watch carefully, and sometimes compel, a recurrence of the first

principals of government, by a change of rulers, their liberties will naturally expire. An act of violence may overturn the freedom of a state; and then, the people may properly resort to violence to rescue or restore it: but against the gradual encroachments of men in power on the liberties of a people,there is no safety but in a vigilence to check the least abberation from the plain sense and meaning of the WRITTEN LAW. "john Dickinson elegantly said, itwas Julius Ceasor who forged thechainsofthe Roman people but Augustus that riveted them." The? rf;V?v was a bold and ficfc who justly perished' b Jgger if ever a dagger wa. used; but the other was old calculating hyppocrite, wfio under an apparent respect for the public good, rooted out every ?e.iblance of liberty, was extoled to the skies by hireling pcets and pensioned historians, and quietly dyed in his bed. WihtouC meaning to impeach the integrity of the judges of the supreme court, we think that the rectitude of their opinions may be questioned and esteem it right tor us to express our apprehensions, that the principles established by that which is now before us, is far more dangerous to the uniofv and happiness of the people of ths United States, than any thing that we ever had to fear from foreign invasion. We laughed at lae threat of Great Britain as to deposing" Mr. Madison buc are truly alarmed at a judicial decision which threatens to annihilate the sovereig nues of the states; which, will sanction any species of ,v5?:ipdy, and make the productive many subservient to the unproductive few. Ths 10th article of the amendments of the constitution (having the same force as the original instrument; says. tTe powers not delegated to the Ur ited States by the constitute On, NOR PROHIBITED BY IT TO the etates, are reserved ta the states respectively, or tbz people.' We dj not know how any words could be put together in

a better form to shew the nature and spirit of the ;rneral government. A plain man would think that' there was "not a loop to hang a doubt up. on" as to the meaning of this article. He must believe that the general government, so far as its powers are delegated, is sovereign in all things not delegated by nor prohibited to them, by the constitution. The article, in its two points, was designed to prevent the posslbillity of a misconstruction as to the powers delegated and those retained, by inserting the words "nor prohibited by it to the states If then, by construction it can be made to appear, that congress has the right to grant monopolies, and invest certain men with exclusive privileges, it still follows, that bich monopolies and monopolists may be taxed by the states, seeing