Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 44, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 April 1843 — Page 2

principe sdvsnred hv v..ur r..nvci,ti -n it without doubt the true n f"t our future ziernment When the convention Mril of d erimmsting trtff for revenue, ( understand the.n s rrfs rrinsx to discnmmslions below th men mum rale of dunes upon inij orted srttrles not designed to inrresae th rotection already äff r led to domea'ic msi.yücturera, but to earrv out viewa r. tolicy .Liferent in ihnr character, and which may projerlv he embraod in auch a measure. Of the c-nstitutmral power to make disrriminat on, I have r.o doubt. Equally clear it n that the prartue of mVitg them has existed from the rnrnmrnrrmro' f the veiemeot, and constitute a feafang in every principal

tsrifTeill which i "o foun t u; ri ' u. tätige tet.k. They are ladied u. dispensable t . the mnevful i'tia:. n f eveiy rvertvie IM , whether the de-ign be to suai.l again! smugglmg cn the ne hand, where the nature of the article i

euch as to afToid facilities for that riactice, or on the other ised, and never when theie is not pood ieasn to believe 10 p:eent loa to the treasury by the imp lit Sots, of dutic that the legislature has, for the nv ment, through madveit1 hm the value of the aiticle will bear, and thus po- rnce, eiror of opun n, or other causes, placed itself in oppohi' itirjt; rs introduction int the country. If it be at any .tum to the Uleultl and wishes of the people. I his intime deemed necessary, or conducive to the afe'y of the ft icr.ee is fully sustair.cd y experu nee. The adminittarjuntry, to encoutspe the manufacture at home of the arti- tion of the elder Adam, of .Mr. JenVisrn, ard of that over rlfs neervaiy to its defence in war, nothing can be more which I had the honoi to ieside, di 1 not, I believe, produce urnper than to do so by a discrimination in favor of their a mgle veto. The whole number since the establishment domestic manufacture, inasmuch as the objec t in view is ,f the governmer t is very m ill ; and h DM wh mike war to prmo'e the saf y of an at the expenat of all. Diarnm- upon the j rincj, i , mav be safely challrrgrd to produce a mation have c .nstantlv besn made in favor of article irn- single in tance in vshuh the Presidential veto failed to be ported for the use of philosophical or liteiary societies, foi sustained by the reop!e. the enc uiagernent of the fine aits, or for the ue of n mi- Th most important, by far, of the occasions upon which naries ol leaimog, MWfhMW in natural InaMrjr, ai.iuiaS in.- it has been inti-ipo-e l, Jvere in regard to a National Dank, ported to breed, kc, lie, &c all founded on the same pin.- and to Iiittrnal Imp oKments by the l,e:eral (iovernment iple, in respct t t the um eis.ility of the brn fits designed To repeat my BWS OMvicUoM of the dangerous chaiacter of to be teeure! at the c ri n m xpetise. ltutat.ove all, u h an intn Stiep, or the public evtl which exrenence ha H t'ir p- wtr to mke them I f incstiruahle impoitanre, as the i shown to be uiaspaiable from Ps existence, would be snperoiiis means i, f ie.ii u.g the porei classes f:om the unequal fluous. o e.atior of this mode of collecting the psjMfc uvt nues, and P.e-M'anre. th;. ugh the instrumentality of the Vit to the of pjrtiaily rcalitng Mi. J lit ioi' beautiful iJsa of a wie ytem devised fur making Internal Impiovemcnts in the .r ! fi .rf.: g'vciunieut one which " hall tUtfitl men from Mate, under the author i.y, and at the expense of the Federal 11 Hi nog . i.e ai u lier, and shll leave tl.em otherwise fiee to t.oveirimc nt. was commenced by Mr. Madistn oi. the oceai.. L. ate then ou pursuits ol ii.dutiy and impiovenw nt, non of his veto tu the Ho: us Bill, continued by Mr. Monand shall not take fiorn the mouth of labor the biead it has foe, on that of hu veto to the hill for ti e collection of tolls eamsd." The MM of wtalih, wtmi be )ya tax, in the on the (. unit ei l.tnd lload ; and the w hole scheme, w ilh the irm of impost, which mures incidentally to the advance- j exception of limited appropriations f r the impiovetnent of ment of a .petial interest in which he is n ,l concerned, is tu j crrtaui harbors, and Hm removal of tempn .i v obstructions a degiee ieo MCSted by the reflection, that if the Manual pw,d in c, rt,,n 11VI ,S) was nnaiiy , vei thrown under that of ;en. was not col . . i. J in this foim.it would he assessed upon him 1 J rkson, by hi celebrated Maysul e cl., and other a. ts , f in ano-hei !y wbi.h the amount of his conti ibution, in a klll(Jre, rh:.iarter. It would, with the mass of fads we rcmpau on with MM of his less affluent n ighb. r, would have bcfo.e ns, a I tending to the same conclusion, be I .it a M mate.ially enh .nccd. But to the p ur man, no such con- , o i compliment to the intelligence uf the people, tc enhige oTltiaai IS aflttsM. The system wh.ch oj,er-tet thus favor- ut a the be netits whu h the countiy has derived fiom the ably to his moie f .itunate neighbor, increases Ins t i.x.sin oveithrow of this mischievous and dangerous policy. Fnm an inverse lain to h.s al nity to p.y. Kse.y al'in-nal the gieater tender ry of legislation by t ngres aM .such muth that he ha. ti feed, ad.;, to the contii' ution he is iuJj es, t . whit is called log-iolimg, than that t f the states, obliged to m ..ke for the suppoit of gjverrni.nt. It is only ,t kt quite certain thit the two hundred millions of dibt uiby eaWramtSMtaMl In favor t-f a Hides necessary to hit com- rJ 'r TT IlMt I flflhi is aaul 1st 111 miniii Htm

fort, that the injustice to whiiii he is exjosul can be nutigitcd. It is theref ie a powei, the constant and f uthful exercise f which is( id niy ju 'gmei.t, d. manded by c iiM.leiattons of justice, humanity, arid sound fKilicy. f Am .!.! n il iKa V'...n a-MBM . : . . . . - ft... . 1 . v " ,l , eoriftittlTl ill ml ... t ,.. ' .. :im , .,r v ..... materially .fiance the piineiple upon which it iests. To fiame an organic law for the establishment of one eneial goveininent for thirteen independent MmnagattH v - -.- -ecus.omeu ,0 me use or povr. r, With att. factory prurisi ns fur the admission of new t Uni is 11 Ul "cw -slates, to be iherraf'er e 11 veil ut of the national .Intnim . ,1,7 im 10 iiJi uom-tm.tvas a work of a guat difficulty. T ot -taclcs, unavoidably atteu.lant .i on uch an linde. taking under circumstances the m H favoiab'e, wire, it. our eae, to beal hd embarrassnt of the gtaVfal el.aracfer. ThtM r iisi,fed. among othen, of -Jive ifies of tMWalf, and c i s. quenily ef st .pJs pioducii n .ii mi lacilttica for the proserution of fote Sn com me ice, and . ther Ulllll ,.e.rs.ots wh.ch belon;: t diff h t prnimm al mt aaaamy ; and, tj no bimaialiiahli extent kftss, to ditl'eien-es in their ongtn, and in the political pieleiencesuf the inh.bitants of the lespccive States preIcrences icidered ineteiate by the seveuiiei of a bloody an.l piotia.t. I civil war. The iMgam am Wham mat crc it work was tiotwilhstandim: aie. mplislied by its immortal auth rs. h s suipijsed ten their own must MagOiBI expeetati ns, and elicited the aimirati n -n I .t planM I f the frit nds of boasjoM tlnoughout the w ill. It h-s gueii MsbatttJ I irsrftntitua pii-uiplet, multip'.ie I an I lift ngthmed the BM aft of Ihe capacity of man lw self gflvsraaaial, nasi Misppsiolad the he pes of tl.e enemhn of free institutions. N in,taiirc gfa Wl,.rn constitutinn is t !e f in. I u br h In undeigone so little change since it cone fiom the aaadl of its Waawrf f or Which pesMMes M sj eminent a device the confi h nee, the res; set, and I may ad ', the reveience of tho c s ho a.e siif jcct to its opeiation. It is fiom the gcneul 1 ievalei.ee of siic'i feelings on the pirt of oui citiens, that ttie Maititalhia dirires much, lo t to say most of its efficiency , and it is by dorn; all in our p. wer to human and strengthen them, that we can ahne bags to Maha its cxis:et M pe.pt tnal. Although successful beyon I exam-lr, no one pieten Is th .t it is j erlVrt. perfection is an attribute which d.ts n. t brtarg to tl.e woiks of man. Def.cts mu.t tl.eie o.e be collected as they thaw themselves i.n the practical working of the ststetn. It 1, to uch' wnJ it BagM parhape ba safely added, to such only, mat ma hand . i armtai can ba aarfally applied. Thai the - - I r -v .-. :i of ihe toiitiiuiun under eoasadsrsltoa. can km more eaiiiy ie rule rod o: BMM to pejudice than others, 11 uitdoubtedly Hue. 'Ibers is BeoeeihelOM nothing in its struciuie h naiiifewl with the asneeal raaaa of our parnHm . - ein .1 gov rntuent, or aiiytbirg which is calculated to s a . t a 1 a a a .a s . . .ra.. ... oau is.u..,. MinR UMiiuau me decisions of Ihe mtjo:itv,,s, in the langu. go , f Mi. Jetferson, aiardinal principle in Kepubliean verninciif, it is yet to te reaat Marren, mm u is re me will of the mjortfr,en pressed acendm; to the loims of the constitution, ;hat he ie ter ; and th-t IhaM is nt eh.iniiel groi ided by our constituti. n thuuli Whkh the cr.se ol the irenhl ef the In red S:a!ci, i. .'lie aggJSgMa, may be taken. Such a prjvisi.m was deemel incmp.it. b!i Wths full enj n mci.t ty the States of the tights of overeignty which tl ey ree ve t tj t'u iselees, ut d Witt whri h it a M neithi r the mhmjthni vf the fmnnil uf that itistriimetit, ncr of the pes p who ado; ted it, to interfere, I he .pta.i; rat,, ns of the powei ot the tu. j ritv. and the ie- ... stnctiriis up. the auttority of the Fe.lfr.il (...vernment wbtch iradts the constitution, air d.uMlcs to be traced mtarsmtee. The right of tl.e Tresident to suspenl the operation rf an at saTCaogisai.ay arltthatissg ass assent fem it, aast aa tas . r . m a . absence of the le.;t:ste tnaio. iV to defeat it lur thr im ;

feirg, is merei. re in nannony with the spmt and designer ,is peisonul alherents, ard ts depress thse who, though t. , 9mm ,,f Edinburgh to which point the Hoard of the entne t'sMM I ay be the Imp b:iug. because all i x- they may MOnOM the strongest claim upon the public confi- Directors have Made h ttn.s ; ami peakMM Ins ranwra that objections to a public measure on dencc. have not the g. od fortune to stand in that lelation to f, ,'rrtas. it is with regr.-t that we are furred to the .. , t r . . . conrlnsi ni, 'hat therr has been, and still is a disposition, the part si a, v Naneh of the goret. ment, are, . the end, the appointing power. It would be b rable to human shown t t,,0 progress of the Road at I'olumhus. atwaysm.de to wM M the Settled Md WrU asceitained natuie, if we could flatter eursclves with the belief that such 1 ,v refiisiris inatr rials and aroriMOns Ie rXMtractor, eXwishes of the pcepht, iu nhaailSI m de they may be e'ieit- have nut been, rr the hope thit such will not in future tc,' cent at stieti ruinous prices M to forbid their further pried; the elect mi the inteifetenee rf the Kxeeutive, being to the result of its exeicise. Hut experience unfortunately "r at ,,u" l'r' nt I5! ll h 1,10 ,v"rk h:l!i '" 1 " er:ue t'uler ..n ! m. re ei f.et reo insideration uf the whole knthe . us a ditTetent lesson; and fiom the fallible nature l'w. , , . , . L , I Kesolml, I hat we hereby tender to the present COW subject by the pc yle. N..; was i.,,s rwci best, wed upon of mm, we ON scatcely allowed to hope that it ever will tractors, our produce and other articLs. wbicb tin v BM the Kxeeutive ni.hout ado.juate c nsiJeration, and a full leotheinne. To encourage an bon. st observance of sound nerd, or can use m the pengiam of this work, at our

iew f ttM bOBS ie Sal rahem Ü WSS rapabts ot producing in the a,!mi... f , .rtv..,m-,.t ... ii.. .... i. -- ....v...--nvw.nu .i,u ; : . - . I . I . C ; 1 1 1 I .J IV . Ul'eiCSS .S f" re IO he rntrut. d. 'I he lliei Iri.t is the enly fhcient ottlcer. and - - - ----- with the single exception of the Vice I'reiident. the only one M th Feierai Government. ,n the election of whom ,11 the Mate, arl l e electois mi earh State, Uke pait All others ( are ccTtpira i.ely J cil. as w ell 1:1 reti-ect to the constituencie. ty wham thev .tie chosen, at to their .mr.f-d.at.. rs. ,rw. ,,,, tk piMfttMi l. .a. ... , spontioiiiti. t. 1 nt iiesi.ft.t.t i. h ot. etn.iert represei.t- . ,. , , . r alive 1:1 The FlMMl v stem. trtween Wham and the w hole confederacy there exists that common sympathy which arises fiom the relation of elector st.d representative, and the ohligvi n it imposet. It is to hnn. thetsfote, more than to any other fanctionarv of the Federal Government, tnat the people il j:. I i' t'o W in ! ha v. a r i.-ri t t.. In L- frm, . -s ....... till attention to tae interest,, uf everv secti ir. rf nur a .,.' j fc , . . . - - . . . , . . ettenled I 1 i.n. to enable him tj perfoim hit impoitant dmies.s p rt.an ot the powers necestarv to od government is by th. eontti ution vested io the Executive Dep.itm.nt. Ths veto rrn.i mt.. mm -a . . . " ...- ' ., mnA ... .. . -'.'.. i ... . ..... ..j.,-,.. ., , . , . vsiy uielu part of th .ss p. wer. It is a ; art, also, which ,m can se.d.in. tt ever. M iMBl yed ty the haj I Ml Ml of the Preiidential chair to peimett t-ers. nal oct. Tint crnttderalion cannot t,s h ghly appreciated. It is tbe litfcilny of rut laetrost fo be thut aLu.td, that has been the cinlrer of srerv puMW trrvice. The oecas,.n w-n0,t be , ,a i. ... r , raison., indeed, upon which the P,e.,dent could, by, he - srcise of the veto powsr, ouuiiter to bis private gratmcation, or to thai af bis ttieDsls, or even to the advancement of hn .. ..

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H4"1 iidrreits, except by mean the molt honorable, and ' uSh 1 channel in an emmrnt demise free from exception. "X Nsesnaa, MhaMOM! t" a bill which l.as passed both houset. h " ,urr hi rxette at the out-e' the f imidable opposition of ,h v influential bodies, to offend the particular intciests wnich expect to be advanced by the measuie, and to expose nim't am tempoiaiy odium of iunmne counter to what MiM regarded as presumptive evidence of the will of I thc pek lc No Put,,c man w,n P PUfe timself in P" ' n ''yn. ""lest be is influenced by an irresistible nvicii. n of nht, and a him c nfidenre in the ultimate rectitude of that public opinion by which he can alone hope to !, "Mained. fiur political system dei not, thcrefoie, rluthe any f the agents it err.p'oys with authoiity whirh iv m re Iikt !y to be exert. J from puie motive, and to patiictic ends. We have, in thee cot iterations, the rct of human ecunties, tht this negative power will be but seldom exeras ar r w bun vas'ly inharic 1, if such ot'j.cts had bcn undertakr n by ÜM ld' i ll (Jovenm ent. InJied, thero ean be but little if My doubt, in the mind of ai y calm and intelligent tlsrer, that but for the Maysvillc. veto, and th suteijuei.t adheiei.ee to its prin.i.les nr.d poLcy, the tlcnerul G -ven ment j .Vi .. . f . ,,,, half n s:..t. :.-.t iv , I , o , I, t . f thiec St four hundie.l millions, without having een as miuh to how fur it as have the nAartatard Stitcs. When uur pies, nt condition, in these respects, is conliasted w ith wh.il WüuiJ havv bten under the g. mding o,piessi.jn of su.hu 1 ... .1 j deht, BOd the corrupting and destructive rpeiaimn ol a . , ., . , ... a(i.nal Liio.k, vvc asajl loirn sor-'e idea sf the sdvsal -es wuh the country has denved ft m tl.e cxeicise of tl.e Tics.d. nin.l rata. Tl.e Lest effects have also Mtawed its exereise in icnect to its influence upon public o)iin. n. Although that loücy has now but few if an advocates no one can hive forgotten how deeply the public mind, in many parts of tt.o country, wat elicited in its fivor. 1 te atesssSSjr limits lo a communieatn n of this character, rfnar it awpaiitH -o do jusnce to the rarmm other ataacti n. which this SSJMM May be us. fully employed in the adminjstration rf the government. As a shield which may, in tie exercise of a s. und discretion, be thiown over a weaker dcpartment of the government, or o'.ct the iatSMstS mi a less poweifal Mthmaftha Uniott, when they are, in tl.e . p ii . n 0f ihe l .x.iu ive, unjustly inv.idid, it may become of the greatest imp. it nice. Political i wer, as it lepects diflereat poition of the republic, is rowstaatly cbangiag hmds. and u,, particular pal y can count with safety upon its perpetual exempli n fiom the ellects of such :ileinati ns. When the Federal CMIltlOlisa was adopted, Massachusetts and V11giia were decidedly the most poweiful States in the confc,,.r. ey. New Vo.k s as classed among, and part' ok of the fraamm Whkh wam common to, the small States: and the U intory vshich now c. ntitutes the western States, was for lh- n. it p .rt Ihe abode of savages. Although Still taaag in the viittie, pirit, entcipnse, intelligence nnd p,t iotism .f th. u citiens, and respectable in all thin,:, it is mm known that th-?e vencn'.de States have already, in Bseaiill il stiength, fallen behind sjme of their coternporario, . a,j the gieit west, it BOt already, is destined soon to hecomr, the seat of Kedeial Power. No poiti. n ol" the I niou can therefore assume, with ,-i itam'y, that it may not, in the c ,u,e (1f time a,,d cv. nt. become useful, if not nccessiry t lVukc the cx. icisc of this salutary power, for the protection oi a, rillt, an,i Mtorettf, -n.e colltr,,i 0f the PmfcWal r r the dispensation of Peda- - . . ,..1 r . .i, fil 9mtvm fta, yunaH iiwi ui"""),"' stsjchfal rkcUanCC of tbepeapW. ChargOtl hy the eonstitii- ,:, wi,h ,,, execution of the laws, it was altogether proper l0 c ,ntVr up,n lllfT1 an Mtpertaal share in the selection of the the IO a aIlt, 1h.0ii-l.wh .se instrumenta ity that Rteat duty ie lf,,formed. The bower which be pasicssts in this respect i;,OWhd. ictnc'ed by the eh.eks up SJ it whieb are j, JC, ,1 11. other to anclu s of the gov eminent, m 1 111 IhoBeaN. ,,y ajl t,,utt veto upon ti.e most i.np.rt.nt of his selections, and in each branch of tl.e ktgislstnre, by an equally a!o!u:e negative ujon the a;; r priafhnM neccssiry io their comiensnti n. It is eeertbeleni true, th .t this eon,rol over the disttibuiion of public patr. rage, is in iti tendenfl a'vprc to a MMJ administiaüon of the ImpartMll t.usts vvlncii the i '.e have committed to their agents, Kxptr.c; ec has shown that these is a temptation in the iossession.! thil rvjwcr, to its ahuse, which catinot be effectually jmmiJt .1 hv humin Ivws aril airai:i?t tl.e ii.lbi- - . . . - j mm i ' ft ' I erne ef wliich evn In ne-t and patriotic men not onfra- j quently had it d.ffi ult t, guard then-elvts. With ail the reetraiati imposed upon its exercise, ,t may still bt witldtd ty the Kxeculive to inrtuenre widely the 1 3ction sf bit assuilatM in the public service, to secure . .. . , . . i uJ Miuhiia lit mi snlkntils f.ir the ovc in l.e:r.f nt 31 - r"T - ' mw ptditical principles, by the dis,nstion of patronage i I . . . . : - . . .ii, ju msaiiNan .. on i.'.iiiu uuut r mm gov Mnmn. I. I.r.'rttnin I KM u t.1.1 mjih rr., I , ,nnr. ............. .... - s. ....... .v. . ., , , . . - henJ. have heen in ireneil far ot.'iei vs .e. Kur this r il. and a gravs one n is, theie is but one eiTtrtu.il remedy. When we cannot dispense with the officers, we must distribute as ' widely as pissiMe the power N appoiniirg them. To make this rcmedv more erfec-u . I, it is always wise to icserve the " eWt.on of ,,',r,e efTieers. as far at nra. tieahls ,. f.... ... .... . t. runt, n the pc . e t: t mselves. It is rat an easv m itter tu er- - keep indiv i lual action in public alTairs wholly fise fiom th influeicc, in some foim, of pen. nal interest. That of the mass of tbe people, is, on the contrary, ahn t invariably d.sinterested, and seldom, if ever, fails to come right in the end. As much power over appointment as is deemed really necesiitv t.i enaMe trie Urrutivr In nfi ,m in ifcnruro, ... r - duties shau'd be left to him. ( f a'.l tevund that an I which , - J I - - i , ,, ft,... , , . ean be as well exercised w ft e people themselves, or otherwe. he thould. bv c nstttuti.,avl means he d.vetted. The ro-e.s,on of the excess 1 der.dcd'y advc.se to the health,,! .,.,. ..r ,k. a . . v k. . t v . . v. lur ur L'm i uuriiv. -v i i.iuiii iumuu III a.. . v . U. ... ., .. r , , tie Fiesidei.tial chair, after be ha lud an opportunity t . ti j ju tge ty experience of its eiTee-s, WÜI detire to possess it-l'r-m tins prolific souice, prececds most of tbe te n, t itioi.s which draw lbs arobi'iout pt litician from his duty to his o-iistitueiits. While the veto is generally applied t que- , ions exclus.s-e.v of public concern, and it exercised under a persoa.l lb lllj ethhm w.ll n.t be incurred, except , wtfJl me reluctance. MM in cases ,n wh.ch there u a tt.ong ! relume upun the aahtic jliaml f.r Mfliott, this power is ..

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peculiaily adapted to the iitn.ter purpose of ambi'ious and c 1 ti h asj uantt. It it therefore ty diminishing this execu" ! live prwer, and not that of the veto, which i least liable to sbu-e, and hat been thus far umfoimly exercised fer thepublic advantage . that our statesmen can render the most essential, and, I doubt Dot, the mt acceptable service to the cause of the people. To accompli-h this great and aalutary object preer.t a proper field for the patriotic exertions of all who think it wise, as I d., to keep a jealous eye upjn Executive authori-y, and articularly up- n its administration of the pu'.i.c pationage. Placed at the head of the committee upon app ir.tments in the convention for the amendment of the constitution of my own State, I took an active , ard I hope not an ineffectual art, to carry out this principle, as far a J with tl.e lights which experi e cculd safely go. As dm nee hid then afforded,! th Bgfcl th"e lights multiplied, I united in giving it a still wider lange; and I am well satisfied that a I . tn..! .1 rev u-w . f the s et, I y tie ktflllxtaW M 1 M .- pie, wi:h view to its tiil gn-ater extension, would be emi nently uefui, as well tn the administrati W ol the Federal as p of tie State Government!. To your last intenognt ry, I unhesitatingly answer, Yes. The lcmocracy of the I t. ion will not fail, as I am sure they uht not, to adoj t evei j r j er piecaution to ccure, th.oog'i the instrumentality of the convention they pCDpOM to hold. an hone-t and full expression of the wi-hes and opinions of a majo.ity of their political associates. Bearing in mind the lisreput ible fccnes -f 1S40; conscious of the effects which t hniA i.ir ac o oe .1 ri I lil in m K . b . ri f V. a a . . C ' uvji. r sl 1 1 3 i two - a i i iki'i in -lie L tJIl II ' I 111,1, t mnnLirtif in t!if i.f flip Vinprt.-m no. r t f.tr Iran .. vs mmwm . ,s -- - -juv va a s v III st.tutiont ; and mi tuaied by a patiiotic zeal to w ipe off, now aud f.itver, every injurious impicssion which was thus ma.!c upon the character of critktl ; they will not, I am certain, peimit their r.oMc etfoits in so good a caue to be

s.aine.l hy a -mule act of indurction or unf-irness. So be- ef letter, anj that is savin? a great deal. He replies licving, I hold it to be nip -isible th-t a selection can pro- ! fully and fran-.lv, an 1 with great ability to every queseeed fr- m such a source which I eould n t cheerfully support I tion propounded by the Convention ; and to every query or a nominee be selected in whose hands the mteiests of his response it entirely MlMfatlniJI Whether Mr. Van

the cuv b try would not be nlirclt si'e. .My niinc and pretensions, however uboid.nate in unpoitanee, shill never M at the disposal pf any person wha'ever, for the paapati of creating distraction or division in the Hem rutic party. Kvery attempt to use them for such a purMse, whenevit and wheiever made, shall be artcstel by an intcifc -rence tn my part, alike prompt an ', lecisive. I rcgar 1 the Presidency a- the highest and in st honcabla of political üräactioaa jtt it is only as the untoabtad and fiee Will otl'eiing of the Lemocraejf of the i Nation that I could accept it, because it is in that a-pect only, t!. at I tould ho;e to trnder the dischaige of its high iu ics either useful to the country, or honorable to myself. I am, gentlemen, With sentiments of high reganl, V ui "bedient servant, M. VAN BUR Kit. To the Hon. Km an A BaoWH, CholiMM), and Jn. Law, Natmamti. Wtn, John TrTTiT, Jgfft D. BaiOHT, and A. ('. I'rpprR, Ksijuires, Members of the C.mmit'ce. toil HMC ATIOAV.

thoMWIBOa of othns. will lim I that thev have been in t.'ie Hh'g lunte "StiiTs-sl up with a EtOatg KTonj pete, Dor advice is, to all toe fa, if tfaej wisfa to WCt obtain credit for bOBK -I of porpOM, at opce to Maaini Eorrosts .di i contend alooe , fcr inn bn. ' (. fr m M rrls ui rictnry 1 Miant now retire irom toe field in oope-1 f 1 l. ss d..sp..mle'ev. overwhelmed .-.s I am with a . loud of ,(' acknowedge their errors, d' thej have eoMMitted javelins, from the uii'-rriiig hand f the Jtmt.itish High any, intentionally or ignorant ly . No doubt the hot wrath PiriH. Hut a higher motivi' stimulati M me tli'tt idaaira rjf ihr Jnntn would be pottted Oil their heads with unto he wreathed Wltfa I laur. I gathered ill a WOT of slang S, lri bwh Hal wh it of it ' Tbc day of their reIrom lb." ieiir-ir rn r.w.s- t tln-se veteran .It-reiser i . . , , , . - .. ... , .... ... i i i i i lotcins is snort, and tbeir sun, it it does not " set 10 blood, I h .ugh tin st.ti.iii-.tr t theae tremhliit Ekwbazzan J may so shone and misrepresent ma as to cause m.my lor h -""s "..w n amid the groins ol the Wido lad orphan while to drummer me. t.r exposing sacred thinjes," I robbed of their inbssritsiica, od tho curssrs of starring

bag my party to Mwpend their judgmeni until I show them that ihottgO ihcSSJ Ml he s o reu uiii.gs io ii, c Junto, tl.ev are nev ertheless n pawSJTing bane, preying ii in -ti ihe ritala of the nartr. AI v biabesl smhition will br erat i lied if I univ be able to bu'rsl the mrsteriooa d.,r r this Snonish Innnisitioti. tlssl comrauuiis may look mm it dark vaults, and ore the bones of its ciiixena who .. i .i ii .: . .i e .1 . nave neeii mere pioiii.:an s.irrim e.i or in. or lunsii in dissenting frotn iuntoic diets tion. I'ntil then, thov 1 donhtleM rail mo Westr (iliost, and other npiwobioui aamer. Be it so Until the lugs shall arouse in erarr pari of the Slate- led l.v captains of their own el in giving t. the breeae the rich folds of the people's banear ahontinf a juhima orei ihr esheti of a tteparted Junto; tbett, and not till then. I PXpstcl to hear a note of araiaa, as it bursts trotn the warm heart of the working man. to the humble elVorts of him who, as yet. must beg leave lo snbsrvibs lnms. li" April 8st, 1H43, A SICK WHIG Rull ICo.kI .Il'iMiiiir. At a hirgr. Meeting: of the cilixen of the r.mntv of

Mari-.u at the t'.uirt Hons,., in the town of Indians polis, s.-jdns r sno conning oi ine vv nig pan? cannot aestruy on Bmnrday th- 16th rnaf, pnranani to pnblic notice, a fact or refute an argument cd that sole address. Let HARRIS TYNER, km called to the Chair and A U every man lead it. Morris, appointed Secretary. N I Palmer Esq President of the Rail Road Com- Opernle.. panv beimj present, at the lanmml of the inertinc. ad- Wr have only to call attention to the following letter .Ir. ssed them at soom jength, tin- acenamt which be gai a u, s,w ,,,NV S( -ttrriloos abase off Ir U hu. otwh peoff the present condition ot the Road, tbe amount the , . ,. e i 1 .. . i . .i ratet where be is known. Loiningirom a political oppoCompany m making, itt prospects for ihe future were truly ' 11 rn. onraging. lie show. d th .t on the .diort distance off Bent, the Matter is set in stronger light : the coarse ol twentr-eigfal miles, leratinating at GrifBth'a th.- st.. k the Junto. Smith. Barnett, Btipp A '. more Mrongly

wm realising tx par cenl exclnstre nf expenditures, and that the tnck would realize at toast (and he spoke im1.,. .....I -- Jala .-... t.. I. I ..!-. .. . - ...... In sifatingly . and from data not to be mistaken) ten pet n ut , ami most piubabh ttcemtif per cent, whan the road will he conn. I. ted to Rdinburadi. I He show. d that if ev er tho road is completed t Indianapolis, it must be done bv the people of Johnson aim .11.111011 1 .nun 1. s,, i.ikiii 11. in 01 n. auo .I'Mii; iik , . , , ? .. .. . . , and Marion counties, hiking bold of it. and doing the : grubbing, grading, and bridging, for thr stork aud Iuris rtiimins. sraiiin. ami nrin.tij. tor tnr sinca Rlltt 1 nri of the Cosanany, that thr company wontd no doubt lav .lovvi. thr iron, as last as tb,. grading was ma.!.- ready. "V- V VV ;"' "ftT" -T nude in i May nasi and tint the gr.,.l,g ftc mightjuat MweUbs commenced this Rummer as to wail I. II next ....... .... ffl... ..... .....- II.. 1 . ...I I.... . .. tl... v. ar. r the v . ar after. H" showed that hut I r tlu , - , . , , lilltiifll.l.il lit t t.-IC I. I S.l I . ..- ..I I ...I .i II ...... I I til. i t ' ... ....... ,..s ... ., .... would not ha v. hern made by the dir-dms from ..Inmana in rninourgn, owing to ine uiscouragmeuts prcsenieu to contractors by those interested in stopping the Road st Col umbos : that these contractors are not men of exleaairs capital, and Would need the public count, i.anre so fir nt lean as to receiving from them, the si . k certificates of tie- Company for the produce and materials, which mar be needed m the construction of thr Road Mr JaMes Blake, one of the directors corroborated the statement t Ii I aimer, and rut ireed bv several arguments thr necessity ..f speedy and prompt action on the p;trt of .Marion eottnty. Ra showed conclusively that the stock certineatea, wbkb these contractors are offering lor labor and nro.luce.sr better than even State Itank ft . lanck, and thai it is our interest to sell a portion of our fae, for Ibis Jad io lh final termination ,ii the fCoa.l at Indianapolis. The Meeting therefor lanimously adopted the following pitsiisbls and raaotnrions ; H hcrras. it is of tlm great. -.1 iaafMwtanee to thr con nty of Marion, that the Madisou and Indianapolis .. . i. . . .... .. .'. nan Koatf,ne extended during ine apur-.a. inns rail, to tmM pries, and will taU Inert lor the to k -t , "' madisoo and Indianapolis Rail Road Company. ,Vu red l int it IS our il.libtrate opinion that the .1 C 1,1 .1 : ,. . , . , ..ft.oio.. ...ut jiii.i.s'iii. in itieir corporate ca-Jom-oii. m t tit- r rum. .ri.te i .1 nacitv or bv their citizens indiv uluallv hould eon. !. . . - - ... . j lha 'gr",,,"',f?- frn-ll"2 ami britlging o mid load frm" Edinburgh to Indianapolis and that foe s,,cl, w.-rk us it progresses the eomt.anv should issue stock t . rtiht;it,., a to oth.-r contnetor-i. the stock thus issued la be entitled to its share at dividends when the road between i. ....... h. - points is brought int.. u-e hv tl.e omp-.nv. and era earnestly solicit from the Board oi Pirectara a letting . .1 - - . . . . 1 , . . . . . ot this part .t the Koad. and such r. irn I it 1. m. as rirht ad justice to the present stockholders mav dictate Re sol red. That th- r. s lution be published in the newspaper of t,i!,i 'j'''?,' . t ,N .,...., mm s.crdiru' ClasfMan -r. -... is . c LAvin . iLfctt 1 tasu. , lorrneris a co-:aiorer Ol ine n, r . i' u ' - - Af Si... I... - , . . - I : . L 1 S ... ' s. . 1 ri HIV i-ldlC, ilftft mril .. - .w. ft i 1 tu I e.ecte I Mayor of the c.tv ol Indisnapo is The good People al the Capitol eould not have be-towed the mayorul'"n 1 m re worlh-v 1 rr,i-w J'"'1"''- , Dr. I, cke. of Cincinnati has einla ued the cau.-e of the I ... 1. .1 . L. . I . . .. Omm . . i.. i I . . - ,1 evpiosiun ai tue iir .ur iu tue seiiei ji. n oi u -.attl 113- . . 1 , . , . s N ( . . , . ble gas, (carhuretted nv.lrogen.i which lound vent withot.t bem? on firi., ,Rto the contiguous closed pork house, snd there comn.ii-aled with the common sir which that room contained, until an explosive mixture had formed. At -hit critical point the fire burt into the spartm. n the necesssry consequence ol which was ,n instantaneous eiplosion cf the who's contents ol the apartment. !So subte: cakuUud to producsr the explosive Ka, than the Ul part of poik. and no gas is VI sipl i lhn that thus pro-lucrd

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I MM V IMI l v iPBIL 3, 1848. Ihmnrrati- Republican .VommaUons. for cos r.rion, JAMES WH1TCOMI f io. or tirtrr MVItMl JESSE D. BKICiHT. f JcfienM ilftfrntlf IHntc Ceaf ral c iniiiittrc. WllMMWd Wcbt, K, It PaMMT, John l.istrr. J p Drake, l L M Pailaad, V HowtaaWI, i A Cixpnua, Jtiliu- Nicolai. James HI. ike. oliro. The State On'ral Committee are requested to meet at (sen. Drake's Hotel, on Thursday next, at - o'clock, Zj Owing to the length of Mr. Vau Düren' letter, and the crowd of matter on hand, we are compelled to omit .ecral articles, ine of which relates to the unfair course 1 of (). H. Smith. i j j 'l-,c c.iiiiiiiiiiur itiuti of Jitnc vvn. rjfowicd out j tfyi wetk. It shall have coaayicaoai place in our Mit. ".v Lavycr" will appeal Mil week. Mr. lau Batrea'a Letters 'c liar ! y n. . d direct attention to the admirable letter from Mr. Van Haren hielt we publish in tins paper. It is long, but no democrat after reading it will tomplain that it is too long. We think it decidedly Mr. V. !).' Hu'en shall he lha no.iiinec of the National Convention or not, this letter etMIMOt fa. I stiil further to endear hi n to every true democrat, and to all'.rd ad liti.uial evidence, il required, that he is justly entitled to the inestimable encomium of (ten. J. ksox, expressed in his emphatic words MTai Wist Ma si." M 1 is S4 l-itf." Tins qsjcatioa is Kpeatedli Mkad of us: Is tin writer of the arti. li s in jour paper, Mgued "A Sick lug. written b) a W" I i "r Democrat - To answer all at oner. luth Wing ami Democratic qtteraita, arc nj he is and has been, over since v: have Known him. a Whig, We MOal a. kii'iwl. Ig . however, that we baliatrc with more light, hj Studying those principles vvlneli lie hns beiciolbra opposed, und bv be. oming liinnlrir w ith tho Manner by which few deeigaia men, commonly called the Indianapolis Junto, manage to rino tin tin.os of those whom they wish to use. and therein secure to tin in-i Ives all others of honor and profit by leading thrill whithersoever they will; wesav.vve believe that when he become- Bconainted with tduggtrw enaimffy, be, like thonaandt who were promtaed "two dollars i da and i Our MOM particular object, however, in OOticinC this amtier, wm. to show tint A Sick Whig" has M hit the nail 011 the bead' so far as tit- Junto are cones rnr.l, 111 ,,.ttin.' Oliver H. Smith, Pence Viewer, to -m tin e ""'6 r J pamphlrl entitled " Kscts fl.r Iba People," on the: subjecl !" th.- ; triff Tlr- following is Irom the Gosbeo Demoeral of April 13 Tb. Indiana Journal states that the Whig State Central Committee have applied t li. r II Hmith to draw up ai, answer to the Anti-Tariff pamphlet of J.un. VI bit- , oiuli. v hi. It is now publishing i n oir il.itims. and that he his accented the task It will aodoubt be written with ability and somr pomposity, but the question arisen why was nut Gor. IJiy. r called upon to reply to Mr. VVbitcomb . Ii bk intellecl t.... thai low, his ideai t.... muil.lv. or is lie afraid to venture in so deep water ? rbcrc must have becu a reason of some kind The truth w, Mr. WWtemha pamphlet ie snanrwerable. Ail the j condemned, and their trickery exposed, we seed not frie4 to read our paper, as we feel assured he 11 will .1. it ; and w hen he prop. rlv understands thr nature m . . . a s r' ill ol the t tritt . its hearings rn.d certain . Meets, we mail c. rtainlj Sad him shonbler to sboolder with as ia resisting measure which inrariablv tend t make the poor par the t;(X ' BOPKVII I 1' Hh mo 4l IM1 . rich Man a tax pWEBM . bare lately taken tome n.t. r. st ,., poli-! tj .(d eonasqaently, when I went to town, have oh-1 lamed a copy or two of thy paper and thv neighbor'. I j., M?m u .,, doea al((lUf tlll. tariff; perhaps I . understand it v. rv vv. ll In BOOM respects the - . 1 ..tli..r t. in. r ftftrntftld suit nie h. st : l.:it I see llier .lo. s nnl "III. I l " 1 I " -" . . V- ... . - - - - - - ' ' " " " - ..... .. ,L.M.,.,,d to the low scurrility and abuse Ol men as .iocs ,.,,.,,, ,r kn,nv fKend Willi lb, and if I am opposed t. In- politics. I know nothing is to be gained by ebäatng a good man Enclosed I Mod thee a shin plaster rag which promises to pav one dollar Thee will scad thv paper till it is expanded and then Stop, unless I gel another to .-t lid thee !. Thv friend. I. 8 bal litis I IV Hour ! aha con prints arc loud of saying that Governor Itiggrr. while oat cktctioaeering for a strand term of three ,,,., , ,i... nrwirii .,,,,,, ..c uim ( ft, wewaiOMtp. VeryweM: Let all the people ask In... W II AT II E n . nnvr v i,. .. ,.,,r Itnnsh . ,lit.,r , f ulinm " lHtSl' u " " ' r Hn" ' credrtof; mbm rtoble, Coe, app dfc tO. borrowed ntoney far our splendid system of tmfemml Improvements wrot to him. did u m M.i. ; uu i,u ,i,., Till Kn r, .. . lie even rrpU II. ir Ie lit. l.r - .s 1 1 1 1 I .M . I "I ' " won t etori to particulari.c. lias he recomuicii.lt d a ingle measure calculated to relieve the. State, OT sustain her M honor and cre.ht ; Has be crer answered W bitromh's TarinT pamphlet ? We will tell you, follow citizens, wbat he hm done He baa had his house li:; y furnished by the people's iiion( : !!a baf hud pfontj of Clerks, who wen no doubt well p . id OUt of the Governor s Cmmtimftmi Fund II. has, while receding his salary as In - emor. been cmploved a verv large porti n of Ins time in revising the laws, for vv hi. h be will be allowed rtry handsome pay Hut don't iWget to aik him what be baa done or n com III, II 11 .1 . HI.' I'l III I I 1. III." Ill ' ' I . "I .'','1, '! 111,. . . ,- ) . . c ,. r. .1 " 1 1 ft amjnf tad credit of tbe gHi Governor and I k .tenant Governor il is said ll, 11" ' ..sii.o.i .11....1 . m" . elected hy a rn .jont et at hast tilt. . n thousand How is it ; W o ahnttld like to bear from our fri.t.d-10I . , s-Z . . . . . 1 . . . ..... ,.s 1 1 asii a 1 .... ln ' lJ". ' f'""" ' mv set down lot Uld llearborn let lis . al least tight Madrid ' Political Riacon We are not prepared to give meorrect estimate just vet One reason i-. a large number of the counties hive not vet given the Central Committee their corresponding committees As soon as we have them all. we ran make an approximation At present, our opinion is. that our ...1 . - t 1 1 ... ,k...,..j n lllhfl will U.H.U "I .'i.'i l.i''u-il'l ftft. uir ,. , . . . clad to heir such eisecnne news Irom 1 11.1 learb..rn I, - mtfaani ode with whal we hear fron, other sections. The rile abnea heaped open oar candidal 1 11 operating Ith the abuse beared upon fieri Harrison in 1-1" 4 uniiei liemt. The Indiana Jou -nal iaeieli that Gov Cleveland i-ret . b eted bv nVe people It is Strang- that that paper finds it nneemeea ba deaeiee its readers oh matter so easilv and soon to be made, know n It must he that the habit : too strong to he overcome. Thst Rr.w-.nn has nt l-ccri ela u.ed yet. Who know? the mother of that bahv !

Ih. Tltsinaiiarmritt of (lie liifrrnal lipi 9 1 1 if ! ( in. :uiI tin- Male All.tirs l.i'ni'i all . fro is Furtkrr Addttmns to the Housr Intern' Improremtnt t ommittet, Including tior Bil't ' the .Vest l eg "t the System; f'ateter s Resolution ; F.rans s Amendment and l trt Hill for dmrral System ; .1 CrM( l ernt ftc mile of Itnilvau. and a t ar Prrpelled by HorseFairer ' tfnirtus of Frans Original BUI. We In s..l by "tir l;st preceding artic le, th.it (in l-"4 - the Senate Committee on C anals and Interim! Improvements stood ten Whigs to three Irrtum rat W als. show, d that the H.uise Committee n the same mb-

ject. arat trigm alaactd m to tolitka, and that anerssar.is. .. i.iotion o, ..vans, mr v.....n..n..s a- a I a-i -.-sN lugs, via Stanford and Heil, were- added. This was not all. how s.v. r The h.g Imftnaimi nt Svstrm men had not yet the eompletc contrid vs hi. h tawyoWod. ton - aamaaaj further additions were made hy them to tl.e committee of the IIiim On lha 90th Pacaaahar, 1831 (am II Ionmal.901 M Ai'cr' (Whig) was ad.l.d: and n the tollovving U3d, i Journal. 'Jilt, i M. srs Martha!!. .Iin.-' r, .''.'. h . linjan. and Smith of II w. r. added -ALL HIQfl bat Smith. The Internal Improvement ('"ttniutt.es of the two Houses, att. r these additions, stood as follows WUg. Pcrnorrat Senate, It 1 1 on-. , !" 9 W e are thus particular, because th. se are the t oiniiutte es to Whom the Surrey Hill, and wmthrj otbvr proposi turns were referred, and whose recommendations carried with ihoM great weight It will not br lost sight of that (iovernor Hin. in was a member ot" the HottM CumMittea. Till. K EST EGG. One of the earliest movements in relation t a ayetoM of luiprov. incut, was made bv a aontloMan who has become proverbial fir inahino motions we mean .Mr Jons V a w I i.R, of Jennings .unity The politics of this gentleman mat be leaiut bv referring to the Indiana Journal of laa 80, ln. containing thr proceedings of the Whig Slate CowrantJon, wfaiefa rc-n .initiated tiovernor 11.2. r. In 1.1 on thr ?th of thr same month It will be mi that the Whig Stale Convention wm u railed toerder b) p!a iiij Hon Jons Vi iik of Jennings in tbe t'l.air Tins gentleman, prominent as a Whig Irom that dav to this, on thr 6th Dae. 1:U, introduced a resolution into the House ot Representatives. instrii. tum 'ind .In. i '.inj: ' the Committer mi Canal and Internal lint. rn eincnts t. ..... borrow on the laith ol tin State ol Indiana. Ihn Million . il I I ; i n il . - f . II'." HI IIUIIHIIII I .'..((.- U fl( t'l'.OI.s III I.UIt'lO III ll.si- ' trfn n at 14 per cent, interest, reimbursable after 30 and I within SO years, pledging lbs ', per e. nt hand forth, pay- ' meat of the interest the Mone borrowad to ba adrancad as Beaded in the construction ..f Rail Roads from and to ' the following points, to-n it . from Eranm ille to Lafti - rtte. 19MJ900: Lafayette to Mi. bigan City, i,000: .ftiauisoii in iiiuintlap il.s. ss I II.000 ; i.1 lanapol is T I C. . 1 - .1.1..., a' ft' 11 . . .1... ' - 1 - . ... .- . 1 rsrr t the I i.aiav. uc 1.1. mo ; irU!i r ..us 01 . nno 10 mi. - btadisoa and Indianapolis Rati Road at Ca4naanaw, fJ100,000; Lnwwncobargh to Indianapolb, fjlfiOJMO ; New Albany to Terra Hanta, $180,000 ; from Leren ' worth to intersect the New All.anv and Terr.- 1 1 ante Kail Ruaii. at ihr rait fork of lute liter, .OU'ii" . and from I 'ontiersvillc to tbe county teat ot I lunliogton , si;0U,lMI0.,' Tins was the NEST EtiG of the Bysteai of ! which Novo Nohlv was the father, and JoMSSI .s w ,. . , ,. ., . , eg the Motlur' Ami llmi RtnmV, araouDtiu in the , , , ... I , . iii aggregate to nearly laM) niiles' ' ! SSM which vvuld have cool to coMptete them aboan FORT1 millions OF lwk, , ... . , DOLLARS!!! ThMwai a modest proposttran truly; but it is due to Mr Vavvter to state, that he added a prorämmhaj raaatnthm, "that no adrantm ifcenM ha aaana "by the State toanvof the coirtsmplat. d lt.nl K. a.ls. ' until companies should be formed and subscribed for the remaiiidei of the tto. h isiiary to caaaplele either of said roads, and th-ii the Stale to make, advances ... the same projiortioii as the tOckboltten eolle. tn elr do. ' This prudent proviso however, se-.-uis at length to have proved fatal to thr meolatton. On Dee. 33d, on motion ot" Mr. Crass, the coeasaittes of the wihuls House, to which said resolution was heretofore committed, was discharged Irom the further consideration thereof': and he moved farther t amend said resolution, bv striking it out from thr resofring clause, ami iinuwiina ia lieu thereof the tollovving That a s.hct committee of thirteen he directed to bring in a lull providing for a loan of SI .".IMI.ihmi, to be borrowed at not exceeding " per cert . redeemable in not Inm than 30 nor nora than 50 years ; Mid Man of money to he appropnatrd to thr construction of important v. orh's d Internal Improvement within the Mate Il. ti.se , , v Journal, p 303. 1 i i , o .i I Ins measure w as adopted, (mv ntgger, among others pte.t. iiov Kiffger, among rotina ia favor of it- A motion va then mad. to add lo thi-; substitute of Erant, a proviso of similar purport to tbe original proviso of Ifawter, bat it was tejoeted without a call far ihe ivei and aoea. Mr Eraas 's substitute vsas tinallv, on 1 e '-M. rafi tr d to the loll .w in sei. ct eaaaasitma : hfesera Frans. Holla, 1, lair,,. BtU, ilainii 'mine, .Via eiaa, " atera ; H ttreen, Shaw, Itasaanaan, Lowe and f-tnTew ELEVEN V l.iys .md TUo Denaocrata ! Another "larni" evidence ol the d. termination of tin; l.i t" retain the Stea weasenl 1" the whole matter 111 their ow n hands from the start This committee never reported. THE FIRST SYSTEM BILL I in the s.'1-t January, 1000, .ir i.vans prenc uu u t rue House his report from the committee on I'.inals and In-t-r rial I m pro v emenM, in relation to all the matters which had been rcferr- d to them That doctSMeal is 111 the tone nfsimil ir don RUoftbe period-nrgmg tl..- prosecut.on of the scheme ia the most ataaSMg lanjruae t expressed a preference for canals orer Kail Roads I: t I 1 th onlv portion we consider worth extractina is the km- , . . lowing laiigliable (as it wall now ne consnsereo) panearvric on tl.e Uwiaaxdmrgh .... 1 lmanamlii Rail Rond o M.-ny charters have been Srai.tcd to Individuals for the conjunction of Kailweye in thht Smm, and on many of the rout. s. subscriptions of s'ocl, bave been liberally made On one railwaj referred to your committee, (the Lswren. tturgh snd Indianapolis ll it I Road i st.,. u io si large a. no....- has been token, unci tht work actually Msnaamcad OlYC MII.F and upwards ..f tingle irncfc has b,en completed . a t'.lli h'is b, l n pmcced. and hy the aid oi' horse pmrec. has be, n prop 'ltd on thr route (!!!) ... ' . . , . . .1 1 .. 1 . fas experiment ttnms to con frm u tact lono admitted, that for tear, it, no pawysscs, railways are the beat means ..f taaamanication and yonr committee belierc, whan water cannot be procured t i . onstm.t a . anal, they maybe made to answer .1 v alu .ble purpose im a 1ne.u1 d transportat.o,, (! !) Yonr cornmitWVccsrniMend to the f..vorable notice of the I. g.sbiture . this as vv. ll a. ail otiur works having for their object the improvement ef the condition of the State, and the pronaotion oA the convent ... ence ol bercitizene. OajraramaamaaVnJmai fham. mad a ear aanamtad by lornj pomxr.'t! IVbal mdajaet for canaamntation I What an armament in &. or of grantine the saarstanrs of -. . . . ... .. ... . . the State ? particnlaiiy when we raaaajBtna ih-'1 ww n,dr of It t:l Road, the memory OS which ih thus t minor' tmiizodf was u actnally commenced" and cou.pl. t. d. fir lha purpo-e of obtaining tin: favorable rio'.i- of the I., glslatur- . 111 ti.e- shape, of a t Is -iihsr. iption Aacomaanyiaa tins Kcpurt w:. Bit! to provide tor . the Wabash and Lr.. canal snd Jn the co, ,, neue nt oj a General feifti oj fafti nsl qui mi at m fn darns We have inttfhl for :i i .p of this hill in the erehieen of State, bat have not been able te find it. We therefore cannot ret oont its provisionsUpon the oneetion of printing the bill, the vote was afollows, wh. .Ii shows the feeling with which ;t was regrrd' d: Aves : of win. h -sC were Whigs and 13 Pnasei ratNoes 31 " 14 "I K.epme in mind the fact that the Whigs had 17 majority it: the Honea, it nmH be sen tt;,t ihe contrast is stronglv m ftvor of the U.-unx its will put it n another slwpe to show the matter more fully I Afea Nom W 1. gs, 86 II Ut mist rata, i"1 To this bill amendments rn.aro-tnj u p wen watt off red bv Messrs Kiljore and llrv an. both whig, Win u Mr Willet. a lletiiocr.it, moved t lay the bill and amendments on the table, which motion wat I -t Smith .,f ' aÜpIajr, another Deasot rat, man inov.d to reeoinniit the "bill and propo-d amen. linen's to the committee on j canals. A. intli tnstructio' s to strike out all that par'.

of the bill trhuh pinr! I, r the II hit h'trrr C mnetl and Hhi'r Water ( anal and the I'm! Road f rom Madison r Indianapolis to lafayettr, and to reduce the Irtan to tk' trants of the If mmoM t mnul. and to prortde for Us prose ' cutum alone " The p.is-age ..f tin r. s.-lutum wo il I base keen death bl.tw to Mr r.van. lull, and would have concentrated the en rgi. f tue State on th. al' U and l.ne Canal On the li'tii the MCtiM1 was taken, and was derided in the n.gntive .ijanisl the amendment) b. as..t ..f nves IvV', w 1 1 I s IS . i !). .. h rat. la I? Wk . H M The De in or rats were abut equally div ided. while a

I tree riimnritv ih. Wine rr in favor c.flbe adoption rf E ,;,.,,- w;i!l (inv n,(.,.rR The ) . fiJU rcfvTT4 to a select conim-ftee of three Thompson , Ancle and Armstrong sli. Wiimü' fei , , T, majrfv ,.,,, ,immlUoc , Thompson and Angle ) MJ, mU ;,.,, . t rrrnnnrnrlin- rur,h HAd, , Hons to the lull, and irr. all v pledging the faitb of the Stat, lor the eommrii. . in. nt and completion -t everv work, win. h upon a ourvey sbsll be reported prsc tn able Armstrong .lis. nt. I Hwa the report of the nis jontv. on the ground that the bill neglected the claim of tlu J. rTeroti .lie nad Ind.. aMMoaM IJsil Road. tbe absi and bit Canal, fwlin Ii he rontrndn! !i uld be first tin isbi'dK and tinallv beeausr the pr. p d mlrni ssould lead to . v . -stv e taxation S. . ..iim- Journal, p iCli A ti.endm. i.ts -.nil further ettending ami modifying tbe provisions of the bill, vs. r. -ul s ii Ml v introduced by the following BMsMMrn lAickhart. I'd. Ips, landereir. Sliaw. Harnett. M. Dougle, Smith d' I . t'hapriian. nnth of R . Ifrvnn. Bower, Rilgore, Shaw . Hardcore and Thompson I.t onlv 4 of W lioin w ere ). in r. its On the 'Z'M Januars Mr IIow II, (It mrat. moved to postpone indefinitely the bill and pending amendments, on which inoii.i-i the vote st...,! s I..1I..W s h.-w nig a majority of Whigs in favor of the s BMM , and a majority of Uamet rats against it, iz Avcs N.h's U higa, W U lesaMctats, l" it Av.S 31,llos 11. s., the Il.olioti was lost On the dav billowing, the motion lo m.b titnt. lv postpone was n in wnl bv another llet at.Suitbot K .when Mr Eraas railed nr the previous question, which huug MmmV d, Mr Nowmaii moved lo lav the bill on the table. win. ii was decided in the atlirma'.iv e, ayes tt. iick-s to Wit . ,. "E ' Ih ana rat-. ,, . . . Itv this a. Jr . i i J An s Noes IT 13 It llv ibis a.lr.ul tu. mo in I of Me-s I. v aus and New . .a .. i . . , i man. this lir-t b II lor a l iicral Sleiii .. Improve,e .1 . . i-m . 1 lit. nt w a s s.l v e. It. ion tl.e si Itriii.'i ol I lull tin, Ii imt mnn nirnt - o j 1 1 aimed against it by ihr b iding Democrats. Herr tins lull rested, aAer I fitful career, on Saturday, the tilth of Jau.n.rv. !-.'..' On the following Tuesday morning, Jaaamrt 27liit tjae "tmwtf Kff, as n arm tailed, was sallt-lSi Ci 1 1 11 file S. II .1.- Itlll tills 1 v v, 1 .ri I.e . .1 "ft " '"S- --s"-- " " J a separate bapler m this " strange eventful Inst. r 1 rv N'ii la goring the Lmtof .Menibers of the House, 111 ", m our la-t No . we accidentally omitted the name nf Judge hilon . a lug and a Svstem man. whose absence, front si- kn.ss, the first il.ijs .if the session, lost Bigger his eleetioa m Speaki r The joint Wing major it WM therefore 'I MMewJ of "2 loii LgtM, The Journal of the l-ili . .ones and ttid..rs, - ., sUn.l. r . .... . ' i' r ii os- . .1.11.1 1 l ll L' lo .1ST SS III!. I..T. i b the uuerance ol the follow inn '.' ,,,r' ""?'' ' of,, nf ., ,,,...,, .i saä-aWmapaaM " '""A' "'" '' Ih" i rotis air cutout W 'lo n,,t " 'r Purpose of pMaSMMMg ' fe,,K,,:s amI r KainM Ml Wh.tc.mb wa" ,,,,M r yrA h ""! honorable of the ßUI AamwsrafratMB), Ml tb. first MMmn mt 8,:,I,(,tr. " ft'""nt ran onh, injur, tl,o,r rajhj m"kt : no one ,rha L Motes Mi It tut, osai oil! (V 1 1 1 1 1 t I , . , 111 I . E fts. lei for o moment Inhere it.n It is w. II, however, tl .. th. pc.pi. should luv. full kawwlodge of the hi., n,. , s ba w in. h th. Win- M anagass hope to d. f. n Mr i, . ,mh Th. w. II know Mm proper remedy i . appK The Journal adds to the above alas Ose assoah) . which it pr. t. mis to copy ham Mr. Wfcra .. ah wmm I . I It says he enaramau th.- Whig panv as t. Sasna "Time ihini nt i. slander and th, ir rotation ts t'.efa motion." This iiiij. .nation, which ihe Journal bnanMM of U r II Smith, is also falsi, ami b:isV . js,. ,,, man cm sativtv kiMMht ahasnt tin- bj saaaMasaj Vr What eoaab's pamphlet and readltis l .r J..111 If. n.st. ad of takm the assertions of Simth or thr Journal for truth That the riaiMS asaliüi BMM instlv I-. th. !,,, r .. H,.Wh. ,...rt. ,i. i u . '"r ' ,rl their curse m n latum to r W nt. mb. it . ., . ,. "Joining else, aufJicienlly evtn . - 1 1 is as anae aasar na st . .. , " v a - fen v e.H s ;uni. when J. .I.I. 1 .l n... r,.l. I, . I. r.r. . C3 " w " " S S'FsU. 11 i of the W hig leaders, that "nhmdef is timr Hamaj und v ... an. n, and th. ir onlv bond of sv mpatbv a hatr d of all men of purer principles than th. in. lv - limn i ferr mmm hmw jr woridrrliil high roriipliinrnt wa- paid to the men, whom ti,e Isnrwal .nil-. "Manien Coanrty r.opie W ing aoMinaea, hj thr lluuond.l. OKaaa II Smith, the reit Tarif Maa Baya CNtrer. " lur candidates renn sp. ak. rs. fo he s ir,. hut will MhSJ the rt.inip and canvass the county for them , done , Oliv . r W ell done, tJoons '. ? Suppose we make a propovition tu our coon friend If ftrnw ..il.l.i - . .. . ......... ....-s ;.re not ain; 10 give von tin-ir Vit art CVenon the ttnMp, wbatehaMee have tin v to arffii. MM tions before tin- r.i!e-t d w mIom of the St.it " Would it u f b, vv . II. tin n. to elect Oliv., r ui tln ir afarjatL aad thai nan In bm State thr. ,. rlnOan a dav . ma aafl ;iw,ro , . ,,... momfmimM l(tu, anri t,M. n,,. ,, ... , . dollar-, a d iv .pi il to two tloil.irs a dav and roast be. f , ... is sorely nrorth as vine m theaa bard ttsnes Wm an aef "'r' ,!,,,t """" vx",,, , '"M"'f'g w f hut the memUrs of eminence nngl.t, s- Msjy eontd have their litth chores don. up p.r nothing hut soap' Tin- is our advice; and wo give jf gratis mm , . . .. an . i i.t tie M, isrou n. " rai WT mfantion to have notict d some of the foi and libelous bar- hi the laut Journal, but we refrain -,t ,1... .,,... , ,,r , iSs, ..... 1 . 1 11 request 01 vir if w n . w lio, n 1 are inionned, bat mmiMtod a stut in the HMiaa Circuit Court agam.t .S V I Noel, tin p;l.lih.r Having b. . n advised to tins . . . . : , , . T frirnihl ef bllth petllil al aeitiue lie martersettb d by a jury of htacamafry fce pct to ms cbanactct torhtds his deseeeatina to bandt roorae and vulgar enHhetj with I aaantMaaar edtaar af the , , ,, .11,, r .1 1 : j sUlim of the reputed editor I the J'.urii al. Hid it s h. r 1 r,'r" tw,4KmW "", ,'"r,,,, r " ," ,w un' mmckt 'U" '"'M'" reaaaw, art shall hsnaftir awl mnwanM any .ft : a ! I : . innig in tut: sot nuns 01 in, a pap. r in I. latent to t Brown L t the law settle the matt, r i ii.;' ILtlit . Pnblic indignation has at last f ireed the Journal 1, mllüde to the Murdered Child, of tthi h are here so frequent7 ine purpose ot extiting some inquiry in the ma-.ter. It adaaiU that "s bale was f our.. I.'' under so-ry ' ter.ous crcu-iutinces ; but assarts hat there is uu room for any jukI tutyiiioa in irf. tmcr to any per-.-n." Tins is ajstmi which amjhj t have la-en settled in soma other way than l v the mere ssy-to of Ihe Journal . and the lave points out that 'her way. As for "the w :. saht csiutuny t:j,ori . ur city and people," which the J .UrIiiti , bataemranicalty impute- to as tbe Mneraa snd irift.l . . .... tU 'U reed Bat f. tr the e fleets of onr en desvors e incite enquiry Hate this matter half so much as tl.ev should the pre vi us studied if not guilty silence of the Journal. )n the plea of testing the sincerity ot our desire thai Mr. U hitcoinb's pamphlet -l.ou.J travel .,..!, Mr "eiilh -in comj any," ths ed.tors ot the Journal .topor that if ws will pub; s'i Mr. ;i.. .!.'.. .., t!.c toliiiiiii. ol the -ittine!. they will puMuh Mr. WhltOOMb's iu the Journal. . ccei-t t'.ic prop .siuou wi.b great pleasur mu-1 will . meuce the publication in our next per. - Wonder when Mr HMIth WaB CamastBCa the car a' ' r ,nv mm can 1 ds'.e- !