Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 68, Richmond, Wayne County, 9 July 1825 — Page 2

ELECTION OF GOVERNOR. BY REQUEST. From the Ituiiana Palladium. Messrs. Editors: In mv address to James B. Ray, Esq. in the 21 st number of the Palladium, 1 intended nothing unfair; nor Hid I make any request, that under like circumstances I would not have been willing to have answered, and to which 1 did not expect Mr. Ray would have been unwilling to give a candid answer. Indeed I could not have anticipated an excuse upon the ground that the charge was wade bv an anonymous writer, for to me it is a matter of indifference who makes a

of legislative proceedings, rather titan in

dulge the suspicion that he intended to deceive and mislead the people; at the same

' time, I state in the positive, that Mr, Ray ! (the Journal of the Senate is my evidence) j did vote for such a section, and that his I vote must have been an evidence of his faj vorable opinion of it. This was a section I found among the 60 or 70 in our criminal i code, embracing so manv different crimes. ; A motion was made to strike it out -Mr. I Ray opposed the motion; and had he sucI ceeded in his opposition, it would have been contrary to rule to have made another motion to the same effect during the session.

charge, so that he gives evidence that it is; But, says Mr. T. the time to vote in oppo-

kind, T trill conclude the vrriter ignorant li in- replying to C. J. I only wbh to da the

founded on facts.

That Mr. Ray did vote on the subject referred to as stated, the Journals of the Senate were offered as official evidence, which were afterwards published bv you, together with the section of the bill alluded to. With these circumstances staring him in the face, a candidate ought, without a moment's hesitation, to come forward and explain his views cheerfully, and not in the language of a writer in the last number of t h e Pa 1 1 . d i u rn ,o e r t h e s i gn a t u re o f Truth plead he was not obliged to respond, because the writer did-not think proper to use his real name in his publication. As an individual, I hail only a common interest in the politic of the state, and although I disapproved of Mr. Ray's vote, I did not wish to

take upon myself the responsibility of ask-

inn the question in uch a way as-to create an v pffnl difficulty. No enmity exists, that I know of, between Mr. Ray and myself, nor do I wish there ever should, vet

I cannot support him for governor, because, j from mv view of his vote, we differ in a ve- j rv important point, in what I call a funda- i

mental principle in the politics of our coun-

sition to a bill is on its final passage. Is it

possible, that any person has app-eared before the public as a writer, who is so upalpably ignorant as to suppose that on the final passage of a bill, any member could vote against one section in it and not against the whole? or does he suppose that Mr. Ray, when he gave his vote upon that section, was so ignorant of rules that he did not know it was the only opportunity of voting against it, without voting against the whole criminal code? er are we to understand that he was opposed to any law that provided forl'.e punishment of crimes? 4,To conclude," says Truth, (as he calls himself,) "this section does not punish any one for talking as much as he pleases,'1 Szc. It has heretofore been taught that words are srgnsof ideas, but Mr. T. cannot understand this part of the subject any better than he does the rules of legislation. To me it appears difficult to understand what Mr. T. would wish to be at; such a confused compound of positive assertions, and contradictions, as, "Mr. Ray, or those who voted with him, never voted for such a

section; "no such vote was ever given;

In this Mr. Rav does not stand alone- 1 il is al1 a misunderstanding arid mi rep re

try.

many think with him, (perhaps a majority.) iVJv only object was to bring the question fairly before the public, and to support

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measures in preference to men. In the j cuiir-'- I have taken Mr. T. has charged i

me with ignorance, and aptness to censure To the first charge I have no other plea to olf-T. than that I am not onlv willing but anxious to be better informed. To the St-cond, my plea is, that I have not censured Mr. Rav, only by publishing the truth repr ting Ins vote; while I willingly agree that he has a- good a right to vote his own i.pinion, as Mr. Thompson and others in opposition to him. But savs Mr. T., why he so illiberal as to charge Mr. Ray now, when lie is a candidatc,ard not he fore? I answer lie was a representative from Franklin county I am a citizen of Dearborn and consequently had no right to interfere w ith his vote : for to his constituents al Tit' was he accountalde, until by proclaiming himself a candidate for governor, he voluntarily gave every man in the state a right to inquire into hi. character, qualify ations. arid former public acts. I then published my objection to him, that he might have an opportunity to remove it. I did then, arid still do believe, that his vote in the winter of 1 0-2.- -24. gave evidence of a disposition to abridge tin libert -f speech and the freedom of the press. The ( ontituti n of our Mate has laid it down a principle, not to be departed from, that the press shall he free, and that eery man who thinks proper, may investigate the offn ial conduct of men in olfice; and in doing so, mat speak and write free

ly, being, accountable for the abuse of this, privilege. Our laws, founded on that j c e-stitution,- have provided that every man ! who feels him-elf agrieved, or is injured by j

arty imm niual,wlio ha? undertaken toinves- j

sontation;" then, "seven with Mr. Ray vo

ted against it;""' that is against striking it out. 'Then, "what would the vote of Mr. Ray and others, if successful, have effected? It would onlv have retained the law for further consideration." Thus deriving the vote, then acknowledging that such vote was given by Mr. Rav, but that he might afterwards have voted different from his first vote, leads almost to the belief, that it was assuming too much, to take on himself the signature of 44 Truth. " A REPUBLICAN.

TO THE VOTERS OF WAYNE COUNTY'.

' Fcllm'-citizcmSy pre-ent situation will perhaps justifv me in making a short reply to a communication, signed C. J. which was published in the Public Leger of the i 25th ult. although under other circumstances I should have passed it by unnoticed, until the author should have given his proper name. It appears that C. J. endeavors by stratagem to influence the public to believe, from the circumstance of mv voting in favor of retaining the C4th section of the law relative to crimes arid punishments, at the last session rf the Legislature, that I had supported nnd voted i for the law relative to, and providing for the retaking of fugitives from labor, at least all that appears in any degree oppressive, C. J. appears furthei to insinuate that I ! am reallv an advocate for slavery, by ob- : serving that "little did he think that he j was voting and urging his friends to vote ; for a man that would advocate such senti- ' merits that would vote for a law to allow one man to oppress and enslave another." But whilst I acknowledge he has displayed ingenuity in his plan of electioneering, I think his ambition has led him rather too far to effect what he most anxiously anticinated. In sneaking of the law nrescri-

tigatehi-olficialact.hallhavc a remedy in bing the manner of retaking fugitives from

a prosecution for a lihel.when the circum

stances may he fairly brought before a jurv of the country, and justice awarded: arc! in mv opinion this i-going fir enough to do justice to all parties. But Mr. Ray and others have thought it necessar to go farther.

a:uJ not only to give the party injured his remedy at law, hut subject the party com-

labor, which he has placed conspicuous and the framing and supporting of which he has dealt out so luvUhingly to me, there appears to be a misrepresentation of facts. In proof of this assertion I appeal to (he Journal of the last session of the Legislature, at the 197th page, where my vofe

will be found recorded in favor of repeal

plaining to an indictment and fine, not ex-; ig that part of the law relative to fugi

cceumg five hundred dollars, il.ul tl,;c

plan succeeded, no man dare complain of

any act of an ollicer, until he possessed all the mean- Decenary to prove his charge in a court of justice, "if he should, he might be called to traverse an indictment oilman action the state has against him, and the person of whose conduct he hascomplained be a witness against him. After this he might be prosecuted f,r a libel, and have to pay all the damages the individual had sustained, when he, at the same time, Las such evidence as will convince any impartial man that his charges were founded in truth, although they could not be admitted to go before a jury of the country. But, to put the matter to rest, says our writer. 4,Mr. Ray never voted for such a law "the merits of the hill were never Seated" "it is all a misrepresentation,'' &e. hnd then appeals to legislators to tonfirm his statement. Under the influence

fives from labor, "which allows strangers greater pri ileges than the citizens of our own state enjoy. As to the vote in question, on the criminal law, it has nothing to do with the law providing for retaking fugitives. It appears to me that the 2-lth section of the aforesaid law has some excellent provisions, which are to punifh the crime of forgery or violence, if such means should be usd, to prevent the retaking of fugitives from labor. Agreeably to law it was my opinion that neither violence or forgery could be honorably tolerated bv the legislature. H I have erred it was in judgment: 1 am sure there was no evil intended, as I have ever considered it an indis pensable duty incumbent on me, in whatever station I may be placed, to advocate the cause of that oppressed people to the best of my abilities. This I have endeavored to do in a manner that seemed the most

likely to effect their general emancipation.

of that chanty which sutfercth long and 'is i! I rni-jhteay much more on thjs subject, but

nublic and mvself justice.

ABELLOMAX.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

The Greeks. The following important information from Greece, is the latest which we find in the papers before us. It is contained in the Courier of the 13th Mav: "Official despatch from Geo. Conduriottis president of the executive body, to the Greek deputies, Orlando and I.iiriottes. "TmroLizzA, March 18, (30). "The dav before yesterday I quitted

I Napoli, after having signed different despatches for you, of which P will be ; the bearer. 4-I have received yonr despatches of the 2d (14th) February last, from which I perceive that you have contracted in London

a second loan for the government and 1 transmit, at present, those despatches to Napoli de Rornana. k4Our fleet has sailed out, and hope it j will be able to meet that of the enemy, which left Mod on immediately after having landed troops there, perhaps on account of its having heard that ours was on the way to attack it. The Egyptian troops, disemI barked at Motion, amounted, as detailed j in the despatches which P takes, to about 10,000 men, and I have the satisfaction to announce to yon, that according ;to intelligence which I have this moment i received from headquarters, the enemy I has experienced what might have been expected from so rash an enterprise; for, in a sanguinary engagement near Navarin, jon the 15th (27th) instant, our troops, wilder the command of generals Carutasos, i H. Cristos, Caraiscakis, Zavellas, and

Scourtris, after a great slaughter, put the enemy to llight. A body of 3000 Egyptians was surrounded on all sides, and, it is

j thought they all perished or were taken prisoners. j "I cannot give you more satisfactory inItelligenee. I shall remain here two or three days, to send forward different corps I of troops; and afterwards I shall proceed, fin the first place, to Mndon, to inspect the j divisions which ate there; and thence I shall go through Arcadia to Patras, to join : the troops which blockade that fortress ; 'and from that place I hope I shall be able

to give you other pleasing news. The king of France has the merit of being about the least inattentive to business of any man in the nation. Every one lik s to be distinguished for something some peculiar characteristic, ' and, to' acquire reputation, many affect to be what they are not: but the King of France, Charles

X, is perfectly free from affectation, as to

his prominent quality; and, in his own person, verifies the saying of Napoleon, that the Bourbons had not learned any thing by their expulsion from the throne. When the king is pleased to meet (he council, at which t he ro : presence is often

times indispensable, to the transaction of ! business, whether his majesty takes any : part in the matters discussed or not he j sometimes suddenly leaves his ministers i without expressing an opinion, and, while they wait in hope of his return, that he , may give the necessary order, or sign some paper to give elfect to what has been resol- ! ved on, they, perhaps, behold him on J horseback, with a retinue of dogs at his j heels and puppies around him, galloping ; awav to the chase. i Spain. Nothing remarkable occurs in ; this kingdom. Hanging, strangling and

imprisoning of persons, suspected of being contumacious, goes on as usual; and it may be said, without lightly using the word, that the priests are devilish busy and powerful. The Courier Francaise announces the receipt of a curious document from Barcelona. It is a pastortal letter, by which the archbishop establishes an apostolic junta, consisting of three priesfs of the order of St. Dominkk, "to proceed to the investigation and cononical punishment of all those transgressions whir h were formerly in the resort of the holy tribunal of the inquisition." Netherlands. A Portsmouth, (Eng.), paper says The Dutch frigate Pallas, captain l k, will sail shortly on an experimental cruise.and fortbeexoreiseof numerous officers embarked in her. She will proceed to the Chesapeake to land his feI I ll 117-

rene nignnoss ine prince o: aaxe Weimar,!

who intends making a tour of the United States. He will embark at Pl mouth.

i c , """"n trift , having frequently seen them "olden times' by staff officer, Jt

meaning

worn in

regimental muster.

We noticed a funeral last week a A u minister over his canonical robes had pended four or five yards of white cot?8 or linen, with a cockade of extraord size on the part of it which hunn- ly? shoulder. Had the color been scarlet ' Rtfad nf whifp. wp shrmll 1...-. i.

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1 'il 1(1 I r suggested, that in thus borrowing the fash ion of the military in the shape and wear ing-of the thing, that it is intended to ren resent an union between church and

and as it is the practice where this union actually cxUts, the intimation is not with, lout some weight. We are inclined to doubt this, because red would have been the color selected, and not the modest one now worn. Whether a roan feels m(1r

grieved, or has a purer remembrance ioi the dead, with this ensign of folly uooa his shoulder, than he would if he attended a funeral without one, we are not capable

i of judging. To a feeling man there is ii0. 'thing serious in funeral pomp, in external

snow; me neari sickchs- at such boyish nonsense, although the actors are men us are accustomed to reverence and respect. Such trappings seem more than mere ia ionable folly; it is carryi: g to the very grave the emblems of pride. The only feelings produced by it h that of disgust at such unmeaning mummery. It" peoplemust have the-' things, worn, in honor of their departed friends, they ought to hire some one to wear them, and not make the minister of the Gospel the bearer of this outward emblem of vanity. A. F. Courier.

From-the Connerticut Mirror. The decent and solemn observance cf the sabbath is one thing and the extraor-

jdinary performances of great feat of ilevoj tlon are another. We republish the ful- ' lowing merely to express a decided 'piiiiuft j against all who would encourage them: ! Coxcord, (N. H.) May 30. UapiH rewU : inrr utul articulation. On Sabbath d.iv.May

15, 1825, Mis& Polly Edgeilv, f Giln.antownr daughter of David Edgeilv, Fq. read, vocally and distinctly, between seve:i o'clock in the morning and the mit utes before nine in the evening, the whtk' of the New Testament from beginning to end. We he Ttlv concur in opinion with the Editor of the Mirror, on the impropriety cf exacting so laborious arid injurious a tak from an voung female. We sa injurious, because it is contrary to common -n i e to suppose that an effort which kept thnt of the faculties constantly on the stretch, f.T near fourteen hours, could be sut:ii:ci without some injury It is impossible to suppose, for a moment, that religious f-elii could have mingled in the motives of those who reqinreil this tak. Quite the reverse! Relrgion teaches humility; aid there was more of pride than humility irv this act, and in its publication to the world. JVat. Jour ml.

Publishers of newspapers sometimes receive queer letters concerning the (ate of some of their papers the followiiiLnote, pithy and to the point, was received by us this morning from the country. JY. Y, Am( rican, ' , June, 1825. Sir, The paper you send to this offce for , is not taken out one of the firm having run away, and the other I third; not aide to pay you bad better therefore

! stop it. V e think, so too.

CoN-srMPTTON. Compb tly to eradicate this disorder, 1 will not positively say the following remedy is capable of doing hut I will venture to affirm that by a temperate mode of living, (avoiding spiritous litpiors wholly) wearing flannel next to the skiis and faking every morning half a pii t of

i new milk, mixed with the expressed juice

of green hoarhoun, the complaint will ' I only be relieved, but the individual " '1 procure to hirnselfa length of days bey or d what the mildest fever could give room to

hope; for lam mvself a living witness 01 the beneficial elfects of tars agreeable, ai.d though innocent, yet powerful application four weeks use of the hoarhoun aid milk relieved the pains of my breast arid gave me to breathe deep, long and free, strengthening and harmonizing my V0,(T and restored to me a better state of htaita than 1 had enjoyed for many years. Termination or the Erie canal. Or Thursday evening (he 4th inst. the ga leant the foot of Black Rock harbor were oper.ed, and take Erie,for the first time c mmenced feeding the western extremity ol the Erie canal. This new line of which winds along the margin of the J'; ara for nine miles, between Bhirfc and Tonewanta, is said to be rernarkaM

j beautiful, having been laid out with grt. taste and judgment, and faithfully tvt i ted. It is wider and deeper than are other sections, for the purpose of rt?" i ing forward from the lake into the . ,.. 4.. nfl

formed by the bed of the 'i one .., ample supply of water for the whole U" west of Rochester. Jilcs.

There is in press, in Philade1rhia; Abridgement cf all the Acts of :'r now in force, except those of pri'1 local application, with notes of all ci-ions of the Supreme Court, en (ju " of constructions. &c. By Edward ire

! foil, of the Philadelphia Bar.