Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 87, Richmond, Wayne County, 10 December 1825 — Page 3

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, !325.

The following letter, from the absent editor of the Leger, was recived two days emce, by a private hand. The information it convevs will, we think, he interestj.1(T. We did not receive the Message of the Act,n? Governor, for, it seems, none acknowledged. This is an unfortunate question, and one which we fear will involve serious and extensive consequents. Bat we can indulge no further remarks at present. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 6.

moral principle. Yet, lire know, tbcre aro aauy persons who refuse to take th- ppers, because there is not the excrterncnt of . o stir up their callous sentibiiitiij: To fiutz heart, what pleasure can there be io the records of bljody fra ys and cruel wars? What delight in dwelling upon scenes of human depravity ami human dishonor? We have often felt a delijL.ful glow of gratitude to the great Author of all good, for having assigned us a place among a community of freemen, and our time in an age of the rapid developement of human

genie:.' America seems destined to prove the eec,tive energies of a free people, and to disprove the 'libellous assertion, that man u incapable of selfgoverumeut. Long and dreary has been the servitude of oppressed manhis spirit enthralled and j broken by the accumulated efforts of despntiso, rjjperstition and vice. But may we not hope that a t brighter day has rlawned ? blow, fur ages, was his 'progress; and, like fruitful islands in Zahara's

tu first thinirthat narticularlv attracts 1

flne' attention on arriving in this place, is j tlV4fe" d between,- are those passages ,n T .real improvement made within the M ' whlch uisUion S'cath,rt timn since it was 1 id out as a town. S " '"T p"nci,C8- SU, . c - it a has been the progress, it has still went on tV.re but five years since all was one in , Frmn ... , ".!?'.

orm.mh e laret, through which the abo- . . ...

rirrines wandered in savage wildness and

native independence, a flourishing capital

Bfiw stands, which may vie with many place in older countries. Many of the dwel-

t'M hat whut concerns all, should be approved bj all ;

land common dangers repelled by united efforts,1 j has been more and more acted upon, and England now possesses more liberty than any other nation of , Europe. But improvement is going on in those also.

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Ii , - ii- ireeie-iui, .t..u u.c uuiun arc irurr - the rights ol man are becoming common tonics.

and a secret, but mighty and momentous, contest it carrying on between the adverse principlt s of lib

erty and despotism. Tbe awfm convulsions which

firr ;u :itiu was carried, in our state, un- Ijhuvo agitated Europe within our own age, were pro-

til tnv pree:ii iu m uus piacc. l lie ; uuceo Dy me collision ot tbese contending priuci-

. pies and though a calm seems now to prevail, and

despotism to have gained the mastery, the restrain

It ... i;l ilili.!imprlg 11. o r.Mii tri'

ar,vi,id seem to be rapidly improving.

I had no idea of the extent to which of-

rjl Mil I'l HUVl iiiu:i.,nj nir,j Ml I ll U, w.-re beet by a liost of hungry a d impuJ.M.t cilice-see Uers. Candidate for the oft i of secretary, clerk, and door-keeper, wire met at every corner and in every lioiw. requesting, av, begying, the votes ot't-ie nv'tiibers. No plare so sacred as to b- fro from the impertinent visits, no compi ;v .?. respectable as to ho exempt from ti, piTievering importunities of those w i "with foreheads u:ah;ihcd,and obilgii. r !os beg a warm tl( e.' It is said ir,. re were upward ot forty candidates f- rd nr keeper to the lowr house, and ix or eiiit for the same otiice in the sei.ate. Per the l umber is exaggerated; but, at i;iv r ite, they were nuir.cmur.

V terday the Senate proceeded tobuMil.. . C ... l :j ... .

P'-o. t-m. James Dill, Secietan. Jolin II.

r t tm. A'ist mt becret.trv, James M.

h . , v 'tr.'ilnii: viiTk, anu jonn .uiacip, l)nor-keeper. I: the h u-e of representatives, .Gen. R ')frt Kvatis was elected Speaker, H 1. T iornton, Clerk, D. F. L i.iier, Aitaj.t Ork, K. C. l)ewv, F.aredliv.g Clerk, and J ' u Meek. Door-keeper. In tee House a resolution vva introduceJ, to appoint a committee, in conjuneti v ithone fnrn the Senate, to wait on C .1 tin? GTcrnor aod iofor rn him that lu i 'Ues were orc.irti d, ar.d ready to r . ive any communirrition from him. Al r o'jnter and amendatery motion, the original one. carried. liut o; f ot the corn;-itJce then asked, who the were to w:.ii upoi .James 13. Uav, (whom he could rct r'-eotuEe as Governor.) or Milton S- r,; President pro. tern, of the Senate? Ai ei M.m" disruin: a r-sdution paed, viKu.il!) acknowledging Mr. Kay as GovCP) r. I the Senate, the question took a still wore untort unite turn for Mr. Hay. Wv-iu similar resolution to the one in the

j ft state of higb-wrought irritation between tLJ ex1 ecutive and legislative branches of the government

j thc:T tone is too violent to conciliate th different parties.

Ii use

l u it on the talde, and assigned as one, a-

tr..: z other reasons, that he did not wish a i j"1mi now to be commenced which 0 : .t produce unpleasant conseqtnices. Ii u,i upportedin hi motion hy Messrs. (Jrih.im, Mfinfgomerv aid Pennington,: I'P fed hy Messrs. Gregon and Euing. ll-ever, after consideralde discussion, P ft ' f whicli was pretty warm, the motion to l.i v the res dutionon the ta'de. carnei. '.t '.-.ut a division. Thus the S- nate have

V virtj ;llv said, that the government has not

constitutionally administered since first M .,da) in August last. It is upP v i that the resolution will not be called u;' a nil the Governor and Lieutenant G f -rnor sliall liave been worn in, which iHl.eoii Wednesday next. Consequenstill more important, will probably rrA out of this uncut ion.

little other business was done in cither-

ed crater will burst out anew, and from amidst ruin-

! ou contentions the nations will come with great r ! acquisition to liberal sentiment. When once the aiirid ha received a direction towards improvement, tnothiug can efTectuallj resist its progrt-sa: and j though tyrants uiaj denounce the means of intelliigence, and proscribe the works of genius, their unhallowed efforts will ultimately prove unavailing, I and the consequences recon un their own guilty jht-uds. The spirit of fried oil., though long repressed, cannot be eubdued : and this spirit is now busily ! at work uuderiuinitig tbe fabric? of ages, and rearing ; edifices more congenial to modern fet lmg and truer j principles. K;ich centurv sajs Hume, 4has its peculiar mode of conducting buMnei" at d we will add, that each age has a peculiar c haracter slump t upon ; it, wiiich distinguishes it from other. This, He ' huuM call the age of utimtt. There wjj truljr ' .it some ueleb prrruns, ;uruits aud objects; but, in general, ever ti.injg tends to utility. Whatever can be of no real erice is consigned to merited obj livion or to the cloisters i f the scholar. Arts, scii t nces Miid literature, all are conducted and pursued j so as to ;,ive accumulated and accumulating iiupelus to the -ork of human improvement. Lcn poi i y conle?cei;d tu come down from her frenzied 1 bright, aiid to throw her enchanting halo around , ile ubjects of common interest. Kvtrv effort ol i genius and work of utility atTords a thctue for her j inspiration and she is no longer driven to the netes-

I ty t associating with the ideal :ai(i riiigutting beings of the heathen mythology. The solemn trifler" lis no longer caresed, no more immortalized, but I he who cau render some, the least, service to suciej ty, now receives a portion of regard. He is raised

into a being of some importance, und the muti

; heattle.s statesman must respect t u rights. Man ' i'f generally, more industrious, and his productive j energies have been increased a thousand told, by the assistance of machinery. He is consequently better , led, better clothed, has more leisure, aud enjayb

more of the pleasures of lite. A greater proportion ! livu in luxury r and all may live comfortably. We speak of Kurope and Amerioa; for the other qiiar ' tt rs ot the globe still continue in the same dull cold

was offered, Mr. Raiiden moved to n cartt r uf non improvement, which ages have wit

nessed, and which despotism exults to see. Mind has attained a high elevation, and became an object of solicitous attention. Its cultivation is considered the most important of all concerns hence the efforts of legislatures, societies and individual, to increase the means of intelligence, the fountains

of intellectual supply. With this master spirit ofi

the age wo wish to be identified, and to rendu some service to society, however humble it may be. Useless as the ignorant may suppose our occupation, we fear not that ii will be so considered bj

i men of intelligence or of common sense.

Th;is, emph:iticni!j, thnce of improvement

receive h plrnsurK of h highest degree in Wi' ,tr the rapid prou inmlr, r'peri illy i" Me career. It

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'f, :oi compensate f-r wholr weeks of nnxiety, 'r a!,.ifi,t erery miil brin us 'omthing intercst1,!s something houornhle to man, something iridic'o .fth rnar.U of mind tli comtneiicement, ?r .rj , or comolt'tion of some improvement. It ' ' tr"it inf.nitely more pleasing than the most ft: !.ic description of the mt Micresslul wjir; and Hr f think that the papers of the day rs a thositunes more interesting, than when their eoli. .'i were stained with the dire contentions of in-furit.-.l F.uro;e. And they certainly ;re more fa'oraole to th cultivation of every virtuous and

African colony. Efforts are now making, in the eastern state, to procure a printing press 4: material8, for this colony. A gentleman in Boston holds himself in readiness, as 6oon as type, &c. can he procured, to donate a press. Perhaps no oieas-

I ure could bo adopted which would give equal secu

rity for the future prosperity, and ultimate success of the colony, to the establishment of a newspaper

there. A school upon th Lancasterian plan is expected to go into operation as soon as the person, who is to take charge of it, shall have arrived at the colony. And, the rev. C hester Wright,of Vermont, has undertaken to obtain a Library for this schwol, and has publicly invited the benevolent to assist him. These are nil worthy objects, and with all our hearts, we wish them success.

Kentucky We think thi may well be cnlled an agitatkw state. A bill has passed the House of Representatives, repealing the net of last session organizing the new Court of Appeals, and reducing the salaries of the judges to $1200. But the roost studied and cutting sarcasm we recollect ever having seen, in our whole reading of legislative proceedings is contiinrd fn the resolutions of Mr. Breck

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Nsw theory. Horatio Gates Spafford, of New-York, has broached what vre should call rather a singular theory. He contends ("it rain may be produced, at any time, if the clouds contain it, by causing a great concussion in the air. He contemplated that the late celebration in New

York, would te6t the truth of this, ) most of the artillery throughout the state eras to be discharged about the same time. But whether rain actually was produced by the "grand salute," we have not yet learned. He insists that, in dry seasons, the legislature should direct the firing of heavy cannon in all parts of the state; and, during the droughts of the past summer, he offered to pay the interest of the elpense necessary for making the experiment, ''until these who furnished the principal should be perfectly satisfied that the investment was good, and the object perfectly attained." If this theory should prove true, "shaking the heavens," will be no longer a legitimate figure for the poet it trill be a frequent absolute reality. A Deputation from the Creek nation has arrived at Washington city, and was received by the Secretary of War. at his office, on the 25th November. We hope the sacred interests of their nation arc entrusted to purer hands and truer hearts, than they were when M'lutosh so shamefully betrayed them. j We have received no foreign newt of any interest, for the last two weeks.

Georgia. By Thursday's mail we re

ceived the Message of Governor Troup to the Georgia Legislature. We do not wish

we had room to publish it we are not so heartless as to oblige our readers to under

go the labor of its perusal "no! heaven

forfend! we would not kill their unprepa

red spirits." To us a task it has really

been. By perseverenee,however, and the

assistance of a good hearty supper, and our spectacles, we fortunately were ena-

ded to get through it. What to say toit,

or about it, we hardly know. But it is a very, very long, and highly intemperate document nothing but a tissue of com

plaint against the General Government,

and one continued charge of encroachment. The sovereign state of Georgia, and its

sovereign Governor, seem to have ransack

ed the whole budget of pretended grievances; and they have extended to a multitudinous length, "the catalogue of wrongs done to Georgia." Some of his doctrines arc singular but show the wildness of his ideas, and the determined purpose of his heart, not to say a single word, or to do a solitary act of a conciliatory nature. He seems resolved to drive things to the ex treinity, and seriously to give the order, "shoulder-hoo, your corn stalks'." for he says, "it can be submitted to no longer the sovereignty, independence and dignity of the state must be maintained, and, to support them, you must depend upon jour own means." He insists that the Indians have no right to the soil, but for the purpose ol hunting and it is no better than an act of treason in the United States, against the sotereignty of Georgia, to civilize the Indians and induce thern to become tillers of the ground. But we need not attempt to point out the particular parts or opinions whicli we consider faulty, for, comparatively, the whole message is so only two or three short, in sulated paragraphs, on other subjects, can be exempted from this general character. The differences with the General Government seem to have engrossed his whole attention, and to have absorbed all his ideas. This important subject will likely come before Congress, at an early day, and be definitely adjusted, according to strictest justice. BRXCKRN RIDGE'S RESOLUTIONS, WHEREAS the Governor of the state has communicated to the house, by. a message in writing that since the last session

of the General Assembly, there have aris

en new causes of alarm and agitation,

which demanded their immediate and se

rious attention; and inasmuch as no new

causes of alarm and agitation, know to this

liroi. have arisen Mince the last session of

the Legislature;

Therefore, to enable the representatives of the people to act efliciently in removing

the dangers which are declared to threat

en our peace and sovereignty, it is essen

tial to obtain information more ample and

I J of the 1 nthbrwealtX of Kentucky. the O'T TDor be respectfully request io communicate to this house, the particular causes of alarm and agitation, whicb have arisen r-ce the last cession of th3 Legislature. Be it resolved, Thr.I the Governor be requested to inf;nn this house, whether tho Branches of the Bank the United State:, located in this state, h-e purchased an7 real estate uithin this state, other thaa that which they were compelled to receivo in discharge of debts previously due tlioso institutions; and if they or either of them, have, to inform this house in what part of the state it is situated, and from whoen purchased, and whether the said Branches, or either of them, have failed to pay taxes upon any real estate they possess in thia State. Be it further resolved, That the Governor be requested to communicate to this house, any evidence he may possess to establish the charge contained in his late message, that the Branch Banks of the U. States located in this state,have for a series of yeara carried on a systematic attack upon the legislative power of the state, with a vie7 to render themselves independent of its authority, and to stats the cases in which those Branches or their friends, interposed to procure the vacation of the statutes of the state, upon the ground ol their unconstitutionality. Be it resolved, That the Governor be requested to inform this house, whether the Rules established by the Federal Judges for the Kentucky district, were made ia pursuance of an act of Congress. Be it further resolved. That the Governor be requested to communicate to any evidence he may porsess,to establish thecharj.0 contained in his message, that tbe Bank of the United States had crontrolled many of our citizens as their tenants, in the exercise of their right of sufferage; and also to inform this house, as accurately as prac ticable, of the number and names of their tenantry and dependants, and the evidenco of their being dependants Beit further resolved, That the Governor be requested to inform this house of the mode deemed most adtisable, in the opinion of the Executives, to refuse obedienco to the decisions and mandates of the Supreme Court of the United States considered erroneous and unconstitutional, and whether, in the opinion of the Exe ut've, it may be advisable to call forth the physical power of the state, to resist the execution of the decisions of the Court. r in what manner the mandates of said C urt, should be met by disobedience. Be it further resolved, That the Governor be requested to communicate to this house, whether he has received any assurances from the head of Judiciary, or those claiming to be at the head of the Judiciary that they will resist the mandates of the Supreme Court of the United States in cases taken from the head of our Judh i.try to the Supreme Court of the U ited States, and laws of Congreea made in pursuance thereof. Be it further resolved, That the Governor be further requested to communicate to this house any information which he may have in his possession, that the constitutionalitv of the two years' replevin Jaw, pronounced unconstitutional and void by the Court of appeals, was never doubted until the interest of the Ui.ited States Bank made it necessary that new and more rigid principles should be incorporated into our system of government; and further to inform this house whether the Court of Appeals has ajadicated upon nv cae be tween the Bank of the United States a d a citiren of Kentucky, in which attempts were made to vacate our laws or acts of Assembly Be it further resotved That the Governor be requested toisform this house, whether he intended by his message to the Legislature, to give information that he had determined to prevent, by physical force, tho

Judges of the Appellate Court(those J ulges whom the people and their immediate representatives have declared to be the only Judges of the Court of Appeal ) fr. ra proceeding in the discharge of their oCicial duties. NOTICE. ALL p rsont indebted to the ubscriHer are requested to call and discharge their accounts nn or before the FIRST DAY of the ensuing year, or they will be placed in the hands of proper oGcer for coile tion. An attention to thi notice may save costs. CORN and WHEAT will be taken ia pavment. JOHN WRIGHT. llth month SSth, 1CTS. . Ci Ct TAKEN UP TTT V Samuel Parens near the Salisbury read, ca ID) the waters of Four-mile creek, Harrison townstiio. Union rountv, 3tite of Indiana, one IMRH BROWN M ARK, two years old past, thirteen bands three inches high, both hii.d feet white froa the nnster ioint to the hoof with some bhtek snots

in the white close to the edge of the honfr, a arnaH nppearance of coll o murks ; ttppraised to eighteen dollnrs, hy Robert Harvv and Ahr th tin Davis. mm' Crtied. this Sth day of November, I C25, hefore 4. LOT GAUD, J. P.

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