Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 67, Richmond, Wayne County, 2 July 1825 — Page 1

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XUMBER 67.

RICHMOND, WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1825.

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Left II in the duel with Col. Birr, he was a' the head of the profession in New-York. Te commercial intere-t had an unlimited cm fiJ"nte in his leg .1 abilities, and nisen Ciu" ments were of the first and m -t lucrative description. Hat he wa- not a lover ot m ;: -v. and died comparatively poor. His p irse was alw ivs open to the necessities ol i-v war-worn soldier, ai d hi heart was s:1?. rptiMh' of friend-hip anil la-tit s attar h-Ei-t. General IIamii ton was one of the pv. ipd autiiars of tne "E. derali-t," vv vrU h is !ee.me a standard work. a a c 'mn'MiLirv upon the provi-ions of the

I ).-,!titutioa ot the United States. II -

. vf 1 ni'i as a statesman. Durin; t!n--i prei leatial term of Gen. W a-liinton. w is tpp linted Secretary of the Trea-u . hich department lie orai izel ; and ii evidence of the -f.liditv hi- ja-le: 'id, tiiat the regulation- which he e-tab- ) 1 exit. for the m-t part, l the pre-

e-'t d i. His under-tandino- uas of the

- - w - :rust order hut he was addicted sorne-

! U to pleasure; tlie former of which brmjj'.t him ii.to fr'om'i(t a: d liaip con-

r-irtwitli Ins p htn al advei-ari s, aid the 1 tter, at one period of hi- life, tended to Jen him in the e-tirn dion o' -trii t moral

H. He .(illo!lt r:a!l.r Jur .!,!,. -.

. I vlll'l'l Minn it pe-ent, fame, acd n;,s frank and feare-

w i did iol merit it. In his political contests he was disposed to be vindicative. The same temper which induced him to denounce Mr. John Adams, impelled him to tfreat asperity of remark upon Col. Burr; and as one was a false step, so was the other, terminating, as it did, in the loss of his life in single combat. Viewing his eft tire character, he must be pronounced to have been a man of rare natural endowments, and highly cultivated education. Of foreign birth, he was not depreciated by that circumstance, which was scarcely ever remembered to his disadvantage.

j His genius was profound, his imagination sprightly but hot exuberant. He was ha

bitually deliberative; and seldom ventured on any decision that was not founded in reason. He was logical, eloquent, per

suasive, pleasing in conversation, and agreeable in social circles. He was adored by those who received his political tenets a orthodox, much more than he was hated bv th -c w!i dc ded them. In brief, Gen. Alfxaxder II vmilto.v deserves to be classed with the greatest men of his day. U'hether we consider him as a soldier, a Secretary of Government, a lawyer, or a ciliz-T), he always stood in the foremost rank of di-tinction.

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GEORGIA. Extracts from the Mess'ic o f Gov. Troup to the Lt gislalurc uf Georgia. 4In calling you together 1 have not been unmindful of the personal inconvenience, and of the public expense which attend it. Consulting both, little will be submitted to your co i-ideration, disconnected with the main subject of your deliberation.

! " The recent acquisition of our vacant territory in the occupation of the Creek-, , i that subject, and the survey and approbation, the objects which will claim your j attention. Eor the first we are chilly indebted to the comrnis-ioner of the United j States Cd. Campbell and Major Meriwether. Too much prai-e cannot be giv en to I these gentlemen, for the firmness and intrepidity with which thev met the most : formidable obst.n Ic-, and for the untireieg ;Z mI arid patient labour, with which thev (conquered them. That d" thi- praise there can be no waste or mi-application, i v on will read in the vari-ai dorument-, and j eorie.-pondence connected with it, and which are ubmitfed. You w ill di-tinctlv j-'-o that the principal dihVullie- which em- ! ana--cd them from beginning to end ' which defeated the tir-t Treaty at Broken rrow,and which were w II nigh prodo-

j' i'tg a rupture of the last at the Indian I Spring-, proceeded from a quarter, the

lea-t ol all to be expected from ollicers in the pay at d confide! re of the Eederal G tvernment, who instead of rendering to the Cornuii-sio iers the most cordial co-operation, had organized an opposition, therebv exposing to -u-picion their ow i government, which, in iu-tilication of itself, was

xprefHi.g hi- opiidor-s Washi. gtni j! ii-. ,HV obliged to avow that the perfidious nd and re-pei ted hi intellectual far-jj pht and devices contrived bv it, were, un-

k -own i d unauthorized at Washington, at the s une time the authors and contrivers were permitted to escape with but little ob-orv ation, and certainly without merited punishment.' "Having foreseen that trubles might ari-o in the Indian country from the proceedings of Broken Arrow, and the Indian Springs I nought an early opportunity after the lir-t indications of them to despatch uiv Ai l-d '-Catnp, Col. Lamar, into the nation, with a talk for that portion of the tribe winch had menaced M'lntosh and HU friend with injury. This duty was performed entirely, to my satisfaction, as you will perceive? by the report of Col. La mar. They professed the most friendly sentiments both toward the whites and toward M'lntosh, and gave assurances that they were meditating harm to neither. It is believed from recent information, that they acted in perfect sincerity and good I 'ith, and that the subsequent departure from it wa the? result of the active and malignant interference of white men. In my - dicitude for the peace and happiness of tiiis alllicted race, who were about to leave Us to try new fortunes in a distant Ian I, I i-ued the Proclamation of the 21st of March, which immediately followed the 'I reatv, and thus transcended the obligations enjoined by strict duty. "Having their own pledge that the pence should be kept among themselves, I w'-hed to see no interruption of it by the Georgians, and, honorably for them, there lias been none. I verily believe that, but

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. opacity tor war a well a tor civil em

F' nn-it-. He was the de ided oppnnenl Gt lr. JeF,.r-oa in the Cabinet, width in-

s,Jt'd .,r him tie di-like of rill tho-e who :rmly e-pousedthe print ipb - ot that geti-t't-man. h is worthy of remark, that afw r Wr.agf (,f partv has sub-ithal, the fndii ) f Gcu'ral IIamiltox has cum" more into

'- v'ts-l IJ-lillV "I III' V. Olilll - ll ! i' li he was a natron, wa- cond- m u d !

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'"lituted or.e with a greater amount oil tapit.il. His R.-nort on tlie suhiect oti

c' mnrmfatturi-s lay doirnant for a long' t:'-.. I... : i i ....

oui u nas been revived w ith great H rol.alinn of its rgumei,t. These are

I -n-r luij. tokeiis of a strong rffa-t.

mind and sage

I fiat General Hamilto:; was ambitious, !?. ,'I0V'C sl'tdrd; but it does not appear lis imbition was tinctured by anv dishormrable. Like all men of mas''o minds and t xtraordinarv talents, be -ui.ed mystery and suldei fu"ge. He war too fond, jri (,m,. instances, of enfor- ;; -'i o .ledienccto authority bv evre punrnei,(,. yc his natural di-poVition was ''e and benevolent. His integrity U!1Tie-tirt:1able, and i.is firmness wa--iipa,uc; flir in the case of the infa--hpnoldsbe preferred standing the t;(";'l reprobation for a deviation from KUesot propriety, and the reproachef ; burn tous political enemies, to re;,r,R"",,,r iU- f i'vi,,g do lu a responriblo station a nersou

for tue insiduous practices of evil minded white men, the entire nation would have moved harmoniously across the Mississippi. The massacre of M'lntosh and his friends

j is to be attributed to them alone. That jchieftain, whose whole life h id been devo!ted to Georgia, as faithfully as to his own j Tribe, fell beneath the blow s of the assas

sins, when reposing in the bosom of his family upon the soil which be had defended against a common enemy, and against his own blood which he had relinquished forever to our just demands, and wbich he

had abandoned to our present use, only because we asked it. So foul a murder, I perpetrated by a foreign force upon our territory, and within our jurisdiction, called aloud for vengeance. It was my settled purpose, having first consulted the 'Government at Washington, to have dealt iout the full measure of that vengeance; so that honor, humanity, justice, being satisfied, whatever stain may have been left upon our soil, none should upon the page of our history. "But the Represenlatives of the People were about to assemble, who would bring with them feelings and sentiments corresponding to the occasion, tempered by a deliberate wisdom and a sound discretion the task is chielly resigned to them, and whatever in the last resort they will that will be done. "The consternation and alarm wbich immediately followed the death of M'lntosh, rendered necessary measures ol precaution, as well for the security of the frontiers, as for the protection of the friendly Indians, who, deserting their homes, lied, with their wives and children, before the hostile party, and presenting themselves, destitute and defenceless, at various points of the frontiers, asked bread of our humanity, and protection of our arms. The Quarter-Masters were directed to supply the one, and our Generals ordered to afford the other; and both at the expense of the United Slates, of which they had due notice. The orders and in-tuctions to Major Generals Wimberly, Miller, and S torter, with the correspondence, &.C. are laid be fare you. " The United States government have been again advised of the earnest desire of the government of Georgia, that the line between this state and the state of Alab a ma should be run and marked. The Uni-

! ted States answer to the la-t request, that

it is a concern of the two states exclusively, in which the United States will not interfere. O i the former occasion, as you will remember, the general government declined a participation, and upon the allegation singly that the state of Alabama had not given her assent. The state of Alabama had in fact given her assent, and had sought with much solicitude the con

currencc of Georgia. Very recently her former resolutions upon this subject have been rescinded, and Georgia is left free to run the line with or without her co-operation, m she may deem best. The correspondence with the general government, and the letter of the Governor of Alabama, are submitted. "Our claims to the lands occupied by the Cherokees within our limits, as well as those on account of Indian depredations, provided for by the first treaty at the Indian Springs, are adverted to only to inforpi you 'of the actual state of those interests, and for this purpose the various papers connected with them are laid before you." "Since your last meeting our feelings have been again outraged bv ofTiciousand impertinent interrnedhngs with our domeslie concerns. Beside the resolution presented for the consideration of the Senate by Mr. King of New-York it is understood that the Attorney General of the U. States, who may be presumed to represent his government faithfully and to speak as its mouth piece, has recently maintained before the Supreme court doi trincs on this subject, which, if sanctioned by that Tribunal, will make it quite easy for the Congress by a short decree, to divest this entire interest without cost to themelvrs of one dollar, or of one acre of public land. This is the uniform practice of the government of the United States if it wishes a principle established which it dare not establish for itself, a case is made before the Supreme court, and the principle once settled the act of Congresss follows of course. Soon, very soon, therefore, the United States Government, discarding the mask will openly lend itself, to a combination of lutiaticks for the destruction of every

thing valuable in the Southern countryOne movement of the Congress unresisted by you and all is lost. Temporize no longer make known your resolution that this subject shall not be touched by them at their peril hut for its sacred guarantee by the constitutor-, we never would have become parties to that instrument at this moment you would not make yourselves parties to any constitution without it of course you will not be a party to it from the moment the General Government shall make that movement. "If this matter be an evil it is our own if it be a sin we can implore the forgiveness of it; to remove it we ask not either their sympathy or assistance it may be our physical weakness it is our moral strength. If like the Greek and Romans the moment we cease to be masters we are slaves we thenceforth minister like the modern Italians to the luxury and pleasures of our masters poets, painters, musicians and sculptors we may be the moral qualities however which would make us fair partakers of the grandeur of a great empire would be gone. We would stand stripped and desolate under a fervid sun and upon a generous soil, a mockery to ourselves, and the very contrast of what with a ' little firmness and foresight, we might have been. I entreat you therefore, most earnestly, now that it is .not too late, to step forth, and having exhausted the argument, to stand by your arms. "Your fellow-citizen, G. M. TROUP."

From the Indiana Palladium. To "A Republican'' and the Editors of the "Indiana Palladium.' In the t wentv-fir-t number of the "Indiana Palladium,"' I see a communication over the signature of "A Republican,'' accompanied with some remarks of the editors of that respectable journal, requesting James B. Ray to explain his vote in the winter of 1023--24; and to know whether he still entertains the same opinion in relation to the following sectn n of law, to wit: "Every person who shall make, print, or publish any slanderous or ridiculous writing, picture, or sign, with a iricked or malicious design or intent towards government, magi-trates, or individuals, shall, on conviction, he fined not exceeding five hundred dollars." If this request had been made by the editors, perhaps Mr. Ray would have felt himself under some obligations to have answered it over his ow n name; hut it cannot be considered, by anv liberal community, as his duty to respond to every, or even any attack, or request, over an anonymous signature, sometimes made by non-residents of the state, who have no voice in our political concerns. In making this attempt, at this crisis when Mr. Ray is hefire the people, and not before, to drag him into a controversy, that can only be explained by the rules that govern parliamentary bodies, barely to confuse society and throw a suspicion upon his principles, discovers two prominent facts that reflect but little credit upon the author. By it we discover that the writer is profoundly, palpably ignorant of the principles and rules of legislation, and the effect of a vote in the legislature at the various stages of a bill. Bv it we learn that there are persons, who are prompt to censure, before thev understand. I appeal to the world if it is not very unfair, to call upon a man to explain his vote in favour of a law, which some have been pleased to call a "gag law,' when no such vote was ever given. I assert most positively and prove it by the journals, that Mr. Ray or any who voted with him, never voted for this section of law to which allusion is made. I appeal to legislators every where who understand what they are doing in a delib

erative bod, to bear witness with me on (this subject. It is all a misunderstanding land misrepresentation, as to the nature of i the question upon which the vote was ta

ken. The merits of that section, wlucli seems to he so obnoxious, were never before the Senate of Indiana. Its principles were never tested by the motion under which it fell. It is therefore unnecessary for Mr. Ray to state, whether he stilt holds the same opinion,'" when he never supported such policy. I challenge any and ; all who have known him from his cradle up to this time, (and he has been raised here amongst us,) to shew that he has ever expressed a single wish to interfere with the liberty of the press, or the privilege of verbal freedom. On the contrary he has