Indiana Republican, Volume 3, Number 157, Madison, Jefferson County, 18 December 1819 — Page 1

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CONDITIONS. V 4. REPUBLICAN" will sd . iivered at the office for two irs per annum, paid in adit" paid within two months Ascribing, it will he consiV-'-' in advance ; tun dollars and Sc.-v, if withm lUc 4i ud thwe dollars it not

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Lin i-O lice, JcXersonville, PERSON'S wishing to make trnsfjrs of lands entered in th':'.'n:c 3re requited not to im.ci tlvni on the back of the Register's certificate but on a jarite piece of piper, li frequently happen?, that by transkrvr in I assigning on the b . -k o t cer 1 i G cat e s , t hey become ) nuvilned and defaced as to dtroy the contents. The tolo 'io form nnvb: ised. ";vrviluc received I, A. o. of county, dj assign Sc tracer to C. D- of county r.l my right & title to the qu trier section No. in township No. (North or Sjth as the case any be) of ran '' No. Eiit of the JefIrvmville District. Witness uvv iimd in J seal this day of iSiS. A. B. (Seal.) Tot," Hits assignment being acki.nvled.rsd before anv justice or the peace, and certified by ihz 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 asMoment it will be proper for them to set forth the particular tract sold. k will be well for magistrates and others who are in the habit of writing assignmems, to preserve a copy of he foregoing as their guide. Those who send to the ollice to get their business done, will please to be particular in descrihingin a plain legihlc hand, the tract they wih to enter, and to write their given names 3t fuH length.

FOR THE REPUBLICAN THE NEW THEORY, No. 2 Thi number is entitled to the tame praise for style, and liable to the same objections, " in respect of principles aud deductions as the former. We are still entertained widi hypothesis instead of knowledge, with fmcy instead of certainty. Pnennaatology is certainly a legitimate and inter-csti-ifi subject of investigation. Where and how "This fond, pleasing, anxious bemg this thinking, sentient principle this tremulous exile, the disembodied spirit, shall have its subsistence bevoad the veil of mortality, cannot fail to attract the attention of the reflecting and serious. Men of the moit powerful intellect have dedicated tTieir best days to investigate the philosophy of the human mind, and have occasionally glanced upon that state of untired being, which lies embosomed in eternity. They have in the last case, evinced their wisdom, however, so far, as thev have taken Inspiration for their guide toeir periV ction, where they have chosen the uncertain glimmerings of reason to lead their inquiries. On the gn at questions Is the soul immortal? Where and how shall it exist beond the grave.1 Shli a rcun oa of soul and ivvh be uTetted? on these momentous questions, leason ha j no certainly to oiler. Reason never put into he hps ot Cato "The soul secure efher existence, ''Smiles at the drawn dagevr and

denes its point.

"The stars shall fade awsy; the tun himself 41 Grow dim with age and N Jure sink in yenrs; uBut thou shalt fl ouruh in imr---tl youth, Uahm:t, amidst the war Oi v':eneats, 4vThe wreck of matter and the crush of worlds. Reason n?ver enabled us to say uTh. rich man di-;d, and wa3 buried; and in hell hi lifted up his eyes being in tmaent. The beg-ar died and was carried bv angels to Abraham's bo-s.-ni.M "If a man die shall he live agiin?" Revelation answers yes Reason, except as taught by Revelation, is silent. To speak, then, of frsving by reason wiu thin? respecting a state of future existence, is to rrr from propriety of hniu ". Reason ascertains to us a revel ition from God, and then has nothing to do, but to understand what God "declares respecting things hevond the ken of reason. 15ut if Reason unaided proves nothing respecting a future state, hor improper to speak of proving o such a subject by A 'tp'JheM Let us abandon such a fairv-laad of shadows and illusion for the" field of Light and Truth, the word of God. In the pieceleforeusanew ground of argument is presented Analogy; but analogy will never answer the severe purposes of demonstration. It answers well to illustrate but can never prove. In its place analogy is use fill. It is the drapery of her figure and cives a charm to Truth. Few analogies are more elegant and striking than the history of the chrysalis and the resurrection of man. Analogically speaking, that poor worm crawling in the dust, is man. Tiiat bottle in which the reptile is incarcerated, is the grave. That beautiful insect with gilded wing, wafted on the breath and warmed by the sunshine of Heaven, fc?din on the nectar of

flowers and free to expatiate orer the field of the Creators" works is man redeemed from the Tomb. Beautiful however as the analogy is. it has nothing of the nature of

proof. The proof is all from scripture; analogy is nothing but illustration. Unless the New Theory therefore, can be supported by some thing besides hypothesis and analogy, it must fall to" the ground. The candid author will see on reflection, he must quit his proofs and resort to Revelation for authority. In regard to the second point, that "Heaaven, Earth and Hell are three distinct material globes cr worlds," it mav be remarked, here is in some 'respect an approximation towards truth. The locality of heaven and "hell many denv: we are nat of that number. The bodies of Enoch and Elijah, and the risen bodv of our Lord are undoubtedly in heaven. All body is local this' inters the locality of heaven. To sa, however, that heaven is material is an assumption perfectly gratuitous: there is no proof. The quotation from Genesis will never prove the similarity of heaven and earth. 1 he writer errs if he supposes "me Firmament' to mean that heaven, which is the peculiar dwelling of God and the repose of the bleed. Literally it signifies the expanse, where he ha?, set the celestial bodies moves them constantly and regularly in their appointed rounds. Their unvarying crd r is firm their theatre of in ig;iiiicentdi-pli.y is properly the firmament. The supposition that heaven and earth hr.do.xe a e;t proximity, but that s;a fia.-. separate u tucn. itn-i? - Jv sver very r dt figuratively, but never p.ftlosr.pLi:allv. "Lamentably true it 1j, that sin ha figuratively sec heaven n:d earth far er.ough asvmdcr; but we J 'vr of no physical removal in the , It would seem by quoting Gen. , 2. the writer had some idea : that cf some of the ancient Fatht -3 of the Christian Church, viz. the a jn& of God here mentioned were angels, but this idea is too extravagant to bear examination. The term sons of God undoubtedly mean the relitfizuslj educated, and the evil consisted in iliadvised marriages between

prefessors of the true religion and those of the false. The notion of a balance produced among the spheres, heaven earth and hell, is hardly accredited by philosophy. I - . T"

lhe iNew iheory attempts to cus-

pense with the scriptural doctrine of a Resurrection of the bodies of men. Of this we have the pledge in the resurrection of Christ, and a sure promise of it in his word. We perceive no advantages in the New Theory to withdraw us from the plain old way of Scripture. Would the writer choose another theme he might at once please, instruct and persuade. On the whole admission into heaven and redemption from hell is far better than to describe the nature of both. Could we describe the whole interior of both, it would not be worth so much as one sincere lamentation for sin one holy and ardent aspiration after heaven. We know enough of heaven to seek it enough of hell to shun it. r,, PHILALETHES.

GOVERNOR S MESSAGE. Gentlemen of the Senate and cfthe House of Representatives. At no period perhaps, since the operatioa of tl state government ha

the situation of the country at largff been raore embarrassed, nor required more of the fostering interposition of legislative aupport. Though our citizens generally be much less shackled with difficulties than those of adjoining states, and although we can derive from such reflection no consolation whatever, it should nevertheless stimulate us to renewed exertions, by wise and timely measures, to avert public and private distress, so far as the ultimate good of the whole wilJL render our object practicable and pro per. Under the existing pressure, theextent of which is unlimited, we have? how ever ample cause to call forth our gratitude towards the Omnipotent Disposer of events, whose goodness, during the past season, has blessed us with unbounded health, the enjoyment; of peace and a sufficient supply of th& productions of the earth, notwithstanding the unusual season which vrj. have experienced. The subjects which appear to require more immediately the deliberations of the general assembly, although, limited in their number, are for the most part important to the community, and demand the united effort;, iff the wisdom and experience of the ie gislature. The system, under which the revc n ue is assessed and collected, requiresa thorough change to insure an impartial assessment and punctual collection; as well as pampt payment into the treasury. The public credit must be supported or the public faith will benrateiially injured. The former cannot be considered as secure, without the present system shall be materially ' chingJ, or uivc place to another aubstantially different in its provisions. The assessment, under the present, system, is unnecessarily and unreasonably delayed, which affords so much the less time for individuals to prepare for payment, and for the offr cer to collect the taxes. An annual assessment for state purposes might be rendered unnecessary, when once bein faithfully performed", if afterwards, the owners of property subscquendy becoming subject to taxation, by pay-

ment being made to the U. o., were required by law to report such property to the proper officer, for the purpose of being enrolled with like objects of taxation. The proper vouchers for the officers charged with the collection of the revenue, should be placed in their hands as soon as practicable after the time required by law, for the annual payments into the treasury; and their property as well as that ot their securities, from the time of executinjthe bond required, should be held subject to the claims of tke government, until they shall have been adjusted and satisfied. Such a course would rentier unnecessary the enactment of laws for the relief of collectors, so common to our statutes, byfacilitating their collections while discharging the duties more directly connected with their official situations, and with much convenience to the people. In the collection of the revenuethere is too much uncertainty and delay, when coercion becomes necesiary growing out of the present regulations. It is hardly to be expected, that either of the treasury officer should attend the court3, at different, points throughout the state, to urge, the legal measures for collection. Ol the part of the several prosecuting at- r tornies of the different counties, the? c it not such responsibility to the tr .a lury department, as to secure punctual ccUccticn of the xcycnf 4C,' jp"