Public Leger, Volume 4, Number 3, Richmond, Wayne County, 16 June 1827 — Page 2

t It la K;i r.lnr tn rt vnlrf rKrrP fK.in In Cilin (Tn-

pizuse, for thi taa? bi done bjr one great or wife zictioiiin an aj; ; btit to fcwpe ceusurr, a cinn utust pa hi irftoiV life without aiig of doing iiue ill or foolish thin." Fdloic Citizens: Through the: columns ol'tho Public Leger, I wish to comrouniv.itc to you the passage and the manner of the passage of the act, establishing county -eminane, also the ground I occupied, and the supposed delinquency of which I am charged. In the first place, the Bill originated in the senate, and wna reported to the House of Representatives, on the afternoon of the 24th January, three days previous to the adjournment of the session.

I't was read a first and second time, (the rules having been dispensed with) and made the order of the day for that day. While the Bill was under consideration, Jewi, from Franklin, oCcred the following amendment: Sirike out that part of the first section, which authorizes the Judges of the circuit Court, to appoint Trustees, and insert the the following in lieu thereof: "That the qualified voters, shall, on the first Monday of August nest, and triennially thereafter, olect the Trustees for each county therein named, and in case of death, resignation or o'herwitie, it shall be the duty of the Circuit Court, in term time, or the associate Judges in vacation, to appoint some suitable person, or persons to fill such vacancy untill the next annual election." O.i the question, shall the Bill be so amended, and the ayes and noes being demanded, 35 gentlemen voted in favor of the amendment, and 1 1 against it. Two of my colleagues and myself voted for the amendment. The amendment, was then ordered to be engrossed with the bill,

a .d read a third time the nest day. 1 i;e Bill was accordingly read a third time, a rt! p;ised as amended, and the Cleili or , d "red to inform the Senate thereof. On the evening of that day, the Senate informed the H. R. that they disagreed to our amendment. A motion was theo made by Dr. Ferris, that the 11. R. recede from tholr ammendmerjf, which motion prevailed: two of my colleagues, cud in) sell Volt-d in the negative. This fellow citizens, is a plain statement of Ci ts, ns per the records of the House willnppear. But I am charged witn d -ii'jiifncj, in not Using every possible exertion to defeat the passage of the Bill; c?p dully as It relates to the county of ayue, and that I suffered the amendment m ule in the H. R. afterwards, to he lost end also that 1 did not on that occasion, endeavor to act the part of a Ciav or a roster. In filing my replication to those .-vveral charges I shall be .brief. In the tint place, it is well known even to a novice in the science of Legislation, that for some three r four dajs, immediately preceding the conclusion f a session, time - not given, nor an oppoitunity offered, to make strong impressions on the minds

of the members; as their chief concern is speedily to -wind up the business before them which mostly consists, of message to a d from each other. In the second pl?-T, I had no disposition to "defeat the pasvge of the Bill, after the amendment was adopted, as I conceived it would he settling a question in the county, which antecedent t. that time, had made come noise, and I had no Dresentiiuent of the

eiate?s disagreement, until immediately before th final adjournment of tbe cession. A very large majority 'of the 11. H. having supported the amendment, $ had every condence that Dr. .Ferris' motion rould not he sustained, nor ceo Id I possibly bnuw it until the question was tcben, and after it was Ukcu and carried it became a law, as fr as the two houses were concerned. The only course I then could hnve pur ed, would have been by a reconfiguration of the vote jest taken, -which t-Jd not have curried cn the face wf if the least probability, as that would be instantaneously undoing, crhat the house liad just done, it was a cool and candid decision. I occupied the .flo ra few mituites in support of the amendment; and perhaps as much was ceid in opposition to it. I. did not then know that my constituents uould make it n tizz qua nan, cs to the ultimate disposition of this question in my . reelection, nor can 1 yet -tliink they will. From the commencement to the final dctetmina

tionof the til!,, I prsud foirletsjv cn

independent course, regardless of conse

quences; not cspectirrj . II. at exception? ?cald he raised nga:::it me, unless 1 bed

proved recreant

In order rrr ro fully tocsplaih the cituatien c7tfcb I"), cjhen the e:;a!od:;e--recd

tame reason that it cannot tend to the ether house an amendment to its ownnct cfcer it has passed the act. They may modify cn amendment frc.ti the ether house by ingrafting an amendment on it, because they have never creentcd to it; bet they cannot amend their oun amendment, because they have, cn the question, passed it in that form." And then cn the third rcadTof bills, he cays, "after the kill t3

passed, there can be no further alterations

of it in any point. iiow to the eubject it has been alleged, that, through popular motives, Iwasdetered frcm opposing the bill, that 1 waa ueder Jhe control or feat of parties. In unsrer, I at once declare that to my recollection, such an idea r-ever entered my mind, nor shall any interest

separate and distinct from a general one, ever influence my vote, while esercisisj

the duties of a lepresentative of the people. I anxiously hope, the day is not far distant, when the cause which generates such suspicions may be ingulphed in the

vortes of to rgetlulness.

It has also been represented that a number of the citizens of this count , felt a deeper interest in the determination of tho seminary question, than any other, that occupied the attention of thai bedy.

last session. I cho had an interest in that

j that they now havesorae chance

if.ztl emzzctpaticn. . jcvmM Th rroiect cf the latr c; l

frf. which crcited to much nttrn'

and for a time to much nlarm in Frr k- h.- crithdrnc7n br.tho ministr?, nfter :

I.mW p " - - 1 bavin- ondergecs it) t!:s tno cb.ic:-3rJ

tach nUoralioiu as cr.aco it nltcst!ier cn

Corned ;"-Ehr'i ,

fit for its intended purpose the t.iakinj cf Ruklic discussion. This is a frc:ti prccf;

cf the cpirit ofindepcKdcr.ee GroV:" c

in the Trench legiature. l;evcrcjc:reets were illuminated cn the evening cf the 17th ult. clthouh the crder for at th J ravins the Iai7 had been issued but n chert time; and cn the nest r.ikt, it eras erected that this manifestation cf jo?, r;cu!J bo general thn uheut It? city.

Spain. The insurrecticr.3 in Lin

gaining ground. A rjencral n:ir cr3 obout to take place in Cz'.zl-r.s rnd an article dated Carce!snav p:: r

the Came of ir.surrcctirn r- r to ke

i blazing throu;;hcut the .ab prc-iace. : From every quarter, cdriccs &i ccccsioa are arriving froo the Itiz) czizzrAiz:. 'civil, military, cad judicial C-J:t'-j reigning first in the carcircr. cf rrc:ia:n; j it has burst out in the ccrrc:r.::r';j cf Gcrjonaand Figucxes. The: 2 cf V;:!v and

?.Ianreza nave also yielccJ f

niiAilinn. tnAirrtUntL n in .IptiTmine ' influence, which locks. CZ tf Ll VGllV.isZ'

its location by o plurality of votes, and to j; tend its empire totl:2Cp rf Tarrar,

t3 cur r.meRdmtit. 1 will auute n'fca ob

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C?rvatinr.3 frc.rn Jercrsotro "Zlanu!, cn w Gr .1 : j c!.;rb t!:s cci-ntc cfIc-tiIa;!:r::Jr. He irel.tr b -c-sth3tiou;?V;jr.dl rric-e Crc:n crin l cf llr. J .; 4 ft- a . ... t , yf , 4 ' e , " .' t l." r .

effect that I was not wanting in my duty

Yet I must contend, that there were other acts passed cf mora im?diate benefit to the people, and in uhich tbey have a deeper interest, 'lore than six hundred dollars le;3 will be paid into the state treasury th:?year than was paid l ist ye.ir. By the amendments mada to the f.lililia Law, a sum, I presume, not far short of the above will he retained in i ur cur.ty, end perhaps annually hereafter. This I conceive to be of greater advantage than $450, (the Seminar) futid at this tiuiC,)or its application in any part it ul.ir section uf our county, especially when it is known that this sumi the product of ten years Before I dismiss the subject 1 will touch on this would bo obnoxious act. Since the subject has made a tangible appearance I havo endeavored to ascertain the mrrits and dements of the act. I discover the Trustees must give bond, and take an

joath for the faithful pwrformai.ee of their duties. I understand the word duties to , mean, the selection of a cite for a County ! Seminary edifice embracing more general j advantages and interests than any other, ,(md I think it might be further suggested)

taking into consideration ttie donations which may be offered to facilitate the in dilution, and secure the same atcoiding to law. When acting under oath pen are generally c .ndid, and act v. ithout Corruption; and if corruption or improper conduct can be fized on them, crany of them, on complaint made, the Circuit Court bo power to remove them. In the n Rt place, the justices of the peace are apportioned to the different townihips, in proportion to the number of inhabitants, cic. tt:d as uch may justly be considered our rrpuesntalives in settling questions wherein the county is interested. The act heti provides, that after the Trustees bavs performed their duty, in the selection cf a cite, &c. they sh tll lay their proceedings before the ntst Board cf Justices br their

approval. If approved cfby tbo, cr a majority of them, the contracts .nd proceedings of the Trustees become binding; if disapproved cf, they Consequently become void. Then, besides tha bjnd and oaths of the Trustees, the Justice!1 Court acts as a check upon their prcc6diiigg, wl.ich might be ecr.iiercJ almssta tantamount to a plurality cf Votes. Celying therefore cn the. correctness of thT Trustees, together with the Justices9 Court, I will close the subject, and cr.ly r.i, that

vayne ccuaij ezpecis every m.inito co

his tuty.

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ril 12,

Thatlibject istry ijj;reat err, til c:dy Mst:l;l c;r

Great Brfcin crui Ireland. of the formation cf a new min ly agitated in Lcndcn pap

1 'Ci given 111 relation 10 crriic

JchnCcpley,thccr.:;ster of the re hs occupied the cc::b C3 lerd cl:i'r!-r.

fbir J.c Ccplsjr bo c:-tivo cf f itrb, o cjrcc::c? 7 - crl cascp. cf with cr.7 ccsCJ-::rerrt:-rc iraacr'S cz pcetar.onti:r.tJ;j v:czlt? L-JuvrjU r c::2 his c:tti::: " -; rr.empv;::D; --r::!:ned !t7cro clltr.a:2 w!:o (:r.J r zrV.j v :-d t 'f -M

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aiso. aThe wealthy cere Icrvlnj t!:eir dwellings in the country acd flyurj to tha crlled tiwrs. Greece $r 7ur.Vsy. Acccunt3 frzzi Greece say, that, though culTriu every estremity, they were determined to die a thousand deaths rather than returo under the Turkish yoke. The brilliant cdiirat Aracova has been followed up by ether successes in different parts of rceslern

(Greece. IC;iriasKaki was in the vicinity!

of Lepanto, having raised the uhele ccuujtry between Missoiongtii and Salona.

Athens is delivered from the presence cf the enemy, the Greeks having chased Redaciiid Facha from the town. la one of the battles lately fought m:idnrae Guras, wile of the celebrated rcnar-

al of that name, was killed at the head cf her troops. Mavrocordato has been banished to Syra by a decision of the Government. Constantinople, March to. All the Eu

ropean ministers at Pcra have made representation to the Reis KCendi on t!:3cab.

ject of the pacification cT Greece, Cz hzvo advised him to close with the propcsiticr.3 of Russia and England. Many prscas egard this ns a complete accession to the conferences of St. Petersburg cf tho 4th

, April, while others nould point out a dif-

terence between the menacing attitude taken by the English and Russian ministers, and that of the other min.sters, aho limit themselves to simply rcccmcndtnj thiit their proposition c:ay be accepted. Colombia. A letter written by an Arrricau at Porto Cabello, dated theC!th ultima, furnishes the fcllawinj infcrrr.ation as to the liberator's notion cf rr.i::n:r the ways and means to meet tb.3 debt cf the country. The extract is c'ivcq literally. "Lately Bolivar has laid cn r':r.vr:b duty cn all products, cay live per cc:;t. cn the valuation, which is taken Ircn t:::: current sales. lie has also laid a taz cf 4C0 dollars cn tnerchantii tran:r.cli::j cerr.m":3 don business; cncll retail dry r-erd ctorca cneofliO; nndcn;-iller c:::;L::::;r:ents, cno cf fro CD to 1CD dollars per c.mum. These tares will prcducaa revenue cf from three to fcur million CzV.r.z:. lie has discharged all military cC crs cdutvivin them o preference in civil cT.'ifoymeat:, when they havo capzeity to till them; he has reduced the preetKl c: j half; abolished the reception cf rovern-

meni paper tor a ceere.n in the curfc.T-

houses; and in CzzU hearr-r-rh ft..'

ations as will in nine cr.er.tbs pay the inter-1

ei 11 1101 pan ct tke principal cf t:;e iv -ttcnal debt. S.:Jrc than t;;o h:rrzl!U dwilzi pcrssrj tc;n s.'-l in 0:sruj cr.ri .p-rs. and general Paes hr.3 crrri-d all before him in esecutieg CeliTr.r'o decrees: He is desperate and trr to every order of the libs rator." Llzxico. The congress cf Ti:?u.T.bcrn had not convened as lata m th- r-.M.u r

April last i;- consequence cf the noh arrl !

w.icicnme of the minister:, Lut ccald probably cemmence their c;rric:i in V.::z 2 cr izzt wee!-. T " , PzU ocre in good health. rir. Pc'-. hee .n appointed tho Critic crTn!:c.:o Led returned to Euro--.

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Hhcd by. four yt::r3 iV'Iji

U011 idignel proclaim, i t! Cev-ranr cf the fre- " tl t

The political discussion inV. 4 very animated, and, a, 4;?: r.Ieetmgs often or Uventv forth dech.rr.ibM effl ep-ce of that which Stt feVi'S -hy the United Slates S coverei-n and in!en.,: .to

chcfa.piritof Tt

::,but no great ,hew ""1 Gc$. Jackson, though b-ii. K powerful friends. Euhe;; to regret that the preside ai been agitated at iU aa earl especially fertile probabiliti be discussed with esccedii,V.. 1 revere tpeeek1;t3cffnuuv Hotat Dhidtad.rh2 cc tore of th3 late Dukecf Ycr' ttradesmen, mechanics, &c "V ' hold his bonds, will receive' almost cr. shilling in the ?Xj,r' was subscriLlrr' to erect 17 "' ' the memory of the pi ir.ee u we iwculd c'Vt that tu defrauded by him, andl!, '

that he died a trucrW", in- the people. There is ,J0 r son uhy he :!d r.ct hav3 rj

csi ceois. lie wnUowcd i-

hf h:ol nnt ,1 r

- "-'""j oiu lor.ci ih' may have caused were iutb m: excused. Suits. Exroate. AVc :;;ive alrcajj the espoi t cf :;c;:it; made- 1 for the manufacture cf cloth ,;i (v and Great Britain ! In retfeiei.ee t& the 'Dalli-oro Gettc" ;s-A:; singular fact has cc:r.e to oar kcoI Stme cr!ie cclobrated card crJ chines iavcated by fir. IVtititc"Cambrije, r.!u;:echuistt?, rers t; England end Fr ece, uith rr.;;t t: diiecticns abe: -utti: then cp drawings, cic. 1J0 mechanic cc! found in cither country oho c::!i them tcclher, and they wcr2 ct: ;. send to Dcsten fer a cea to & ci put them up. Tko "Ealtimorc C.rcr,ic!.' f.

&4ie..-.sisD,

ci misery, is cr-istructinjlf:? vL a ctcam (!eur l :!!, to run for p stones, under i '-rs fnm t!;s gevcr.. cftboNetbcr!

Glass isAr:urcTLairs. There three of these ja tfce imnociiate reij heed of the c:" jf llezr Vcrk, dt vcr cetensiv Or.c ct tio p!o more then cr.e hundred crcrL n.o value prcJuccd in cae cftb::. Ii.ihn;e3t3 is not etatec, lettsscf (' every desirctle quality is ti f cud crr.arr.er.te in tb-j bet j:lJ c ' proved r.::.r.er. ticisdi :3b-' C'et perfeeiien.

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i-:o dihereacre cbirh rcecitb c-; ' 1 eM-r; '"-r" c?vtetiM cf-.urehy 6. L.d t 3:,disepro:r.J. ' c n?G decree cftho covcrae: c; c! :1 c ir j-etnarre-rd prchihiti:

a here are r.zz? livlr

i-ae;aehu:ettr, three : :ee, t;:sd4w 70 yearr, tco cf t!:e cddierscfCs r letion, rbo cro r.e, a::d fur :ie c:l every ycer, cm-!eyed in lbs ' uer:; c!l cr.:!:c3 in the nzzz tz'A22 yer.r c!d. . Tfca IIcw Ycr!: p-ers ctelst- -Erie cane! is r ceviat:s esUnee from 11-07 (oCee. Af,' cin frcm Eeehester ctetes C-tbf'; cs Tras c:ti-ted about C3 trail ccy to AlLzny, Ir.dea with tbs p-f tt.3 cojrtry. T':::3 beets cerry cr cLzut C:?-rre:scech. '

Tbelt!:ecn (II. Y.) Jcureelccrfolloincetiee: "Ceiled frcth: f Ithaca, IJay 0, u Cetilh d K""J hound for I,Tei7 Ilavon, Cc::cticd; Smith, cartain ccc:-er.'Jer.!."

The PIatt:br-:3 aepat::sensnjs;

Thursday fc:VDr. T::e i:-"2-

aedeheveJ inXhis v;::r,f.r tr.'SGr r- a tts vr.ils cf his cirviees i7cro dip--itsJ

worthy cet; cn cet cf p.tristuo Rr:evoler.ee, fer j te Djf c--c.U' h crei.it.'., The fer.-.tcr.:erjthepccr!2 da is app-rec:'j cn t!:s ir.crexz; cesos it ties IrcD received tor crelizntica , rnr Toe loivn cf C.-r:iee:ton (.. W 7

no town t-3 I.;st yeer :r.a M wr:t:a state t'-lsv:, Ibe:-'--';'; tmvn j Tre frci t-111

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