Public Leger, Volume 4, Number 34, Richmond, Wayne County, 6 February 1828 — Page 1

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FRIENDLY TO THE DEST PURSUITS O? 11 All

FRIKN-DLV TO THOUGHT, TO FREEDOM, AND TO PEACE." Cfcrw.

RICHMOND, WAYNE COUNTY", INDIANA, WEDUKSDA, FEBRUARY G,

1823.

. .,.-r,f ivii'-n rvniY SAT'MtriAY P.V

fcf"- P AM' ni" --' . ' SAMUEL B. WALLING. On(o!!.iranJnr:v o"ts, far 3i numbers, .uV

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M-itv:r. (! e rear; or

i ment t the incumbent, that the neooh

; mvrst him with the fmiions of their chief

; ''ui'icue. no is tne depositary of eer i t.M i constitutional powers", for the hem fit "f his consliuents. He is the trustee of the Nation; and although arduous and im i portant public services are ralrulafod tn

fJ tV .1 ' ; 1 . P 1" I - Cat n's utt r the year exj m-. ; elicit the gratitude of the people, as well :..-r. jiM'-i's and nothv a dieon-:" :i 1 r tcfl. r. ..f4l, i: i. .-n

-!5;;V;;:;:, a "IV tTK ' Ul ' repeat it, it is not as a reward, that our ji 'votes should he given to any man, but " 1 .7v"VT5 ' ',o:na conviction that he is the best qua). !) i.... -LA.i- IN : t administer the rnvfrnmont.

cjxtifu "i;. :nerteo ti.ree, . . - ,, ; ir, .K! fjv,';ut-itt ii. rtu n, I the above remarks he correct, fellowi.irg r advertisements in the l citizens, we are authorized dispassionately j' to appeal to an enlightened vbw of your

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iiir, Ih-'v.:u, wool, linen, rnj,

own interest, in making a selection be

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ir. v.'illrt iur!! ch Miii'rrii'tK'!!, il Ufliv- ji PresidMC V.

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In Mr. Adams, we have an able and ac-

mVi. i..-v.-H tf.v.-r:t, iu Liberty ; or at Jon H rtotnplished statesman, of five and thirty

i; years experience in tne civil and diplo

4, f.' ' pivi-rvs'inv jjmUic relations of our country, whose caI l.A I Kl.i CON L!i 1 10. it m.itlll;r nor ,uifal ,3

tility has ever questioned whose moral

; Cnaracfer, toe In etitious daring of calum i r.v, has not vei-tured to assail; who. at an

A O I K E S S. ;v ( t i jf:s vi. Indiana

C. .? v tiii ij, of 1) h uates, a5rrribled early period of life, won the confidence i: :'( ii;ro!i, h oim joveral co'iil :-s in st and ei.i n ed the esteem of the father of hi

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?'.': i;:-o.-, a?;"Cia;cu wnn oiuer irtenus 01 j - country, ana who na uonoramy ana suci It u -il faprt;ven!ont$ ami d(tnestic man-'i ces-follv tilled tlu inot iitipoitant stations iiiitjres 2-ei: icave to address ycur cool ! under every succeeding. Administration; ! d. ;j ' n :te ju-Jment on the subject j who is the declarrd friend, the avowed : ti.o r;..-uir. ij Vet bidenti.:! election. 1- j supnorter of I hr Aineriran system. ct-..;'.:i':d v-it.s the nn-at body of their fel- In Gen. Jrjchson; we have a successful .. . z i,-, in t!.e crr-wjieiit of ; il the military , c.;m:n. mder. who, for his military

smts in th held, merits and

a copious tribute of the

r!.l.i:i! fr in r,:r free itiStitu- ;j ac.'iie

i.i'eiest ot tf.e it: H our inter-

ir.ttie-t of indiaaa we believe '

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; tionV r;ratilude ; a 'etthinan, however.

,1 ! c t-'.-it v tbc Ut.ion at l-rt;e. 5o far j, whn is in, tried aj a statesman, and if be be

!'(.. . iimlial election a concerned, !j a friend to internal improvements and do

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route. Two i orps of engineers I.ave been employed for successive years, to ascertain the facilities and locate the channels of future canals. Extensive grants of land have been donated to the state, one for a canal connecting the waters of the Wa bash and Maumee, the other to construct a thoroughfare from lake T.lichigan to the Ohio river. Fellow citizens; we invite your attention to the facts above set forth, and seriously ask you, whether you can ezpec from any Administration' of lhe Govern ment, more devoted attention to your interest:-? Will you then can yen be so unwise, as to sacrifice your interest, to your feelings? Can you, for the sake of signalizing your grtiludc,or testifving your admiration of one, among the many benefactors of your country, let go your hold on its permanent glory, prosperity, r.nd happines? Wire the present contest, which enlists every individual, which engages every he irt and sharpens the facul'ieso levcry mind, a mere matter of individual preference, we should deem ourselves unworthily engaged in bestowing, on it so much attention, or treating it with so much gravity Were it a question simply, whether Andrew Jackson or John Ouincv Adams, should administer the fame principles ond dispet se the same blessings, we should regard the decision as of little mo ment either to our interest or our happiness. But the truth U, the contest is for principles and measures, and the issue in

volves a radical change in the hitherto salutary and prosperous administration of our political affairs. Shall the principles ! and measures which have been appropri

ately denominated the American System, b

ir.' limited to this cardinal o!-1! n:e?tie manuf.ct:.re, is either unwilling any longer reccgnized as the leading poli-

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; ;.p rity of the Statk and N a- in avou , or desirous to conceal his oput

;,.:.'. r. :s iv.vin mere personal predi-j icn. ; i ,r. oi- I dining all partv views and ij From the past three years of Mr. Adams' ? ': '. . .1 feeling-, abtain1tC from acrimo- p Administration we derive evidence. tifii ; v :r i. u mj'-r.t'ice In r Iation to our op- ;! ciei.t to convince all, who are not wilfclh p. ; our ontv en(uirie6 shall be what jj blind, that the hoiky we advocate and

which have promoted, M support in Indiana, has nenormly c harac

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;a:a are cMcutatf-d to rromote tins! ierisi'il lii- course. Li ri lit! tins njri re

n-r! ol ct and w ho are the men, en !'. riod, from thrte to four i:v 'lions of dollars

v.h m ce eaa most confidently rely, to inrry lUvnc. ;r.ca-ure into i-ife'd? 0 i e: e of tlie rnot f fit ient meaT9 or -jf n.-i-'irci, cab til.i; d to advance (ur piu-j.-ri : v, the opinion of Indiana, i.:x: ' cr t xi-tence as a State. h s n

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:' I : the ! ill of making: Internal I

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na',;m li.i' f'.ct.i slates. 1 .a!

-ir-i ;.'e'.fi f.f tlse cor;t:tn?ifm winch st-' pouer, nnd. as a matter cf'

; .: e:p ifit avowal ol opinions. ! "'-! -it i t with ct:r own, on tliis subject, 1. r.:r ; r nt chief inanistrnti-, iu his first

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gave ;;eneral Satis-

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'o the citizens ofJnduna. A- little doubt is entertained that in faVr ( i the o'.iu r ;re.il branch of the .'inirr'V' r'N tb.e protection Domestic In-

'otrv, th: 5enlimtnts of our citizens are

unanimous. The Hntrnation ot

tiie depression of our Acri-

c::''.'ir;il ir.terest (or want of a certain and c'V'j!;;e:it inmr. morkr4 have been too long too M:erely A lt by Indiana, not to ' -'-; her to embrace with eagerness the policy, that remit s reiieh That a '"nai.d f.cr?eveiing encouragement of A-;-'-'icrt'i h.destry, A;f ricultural, Manure 'J,:,Z. and Coinmerc ial, to the exclusion cl '"if ., heMjv er our countrunen are f(-:,i '.uM.t lo .-oj th, demands of the ui! have tl.i, ter.dency, and ultij' it lv produce thir -ult, is the prevail-tutii-nt le tin r State; and we he- . T li-nian.i will never kneuing'y " no !h" ( . euti v atithoi it v .f she ,l'n, t'duidual, however ilhislri--u...... w-ulinant- on thU Mlhje I , are y.' ' !'b.', luLc-v.aim, or tquivocal. ,T v !! hej . i.tke .i a-i.n to remark, t':flttIV..;.i1.l.ry uf the United Slates.

inies-ueii to la- ( onlerteu on anv

! have hfcn npprapriatt d to petruHnert di ! j-cts of Internal Improveni: -ids, "withotit (intrenching upon t .e necessities of the

TtoHSiiry, without adding a dollar to the taxes Or debts of the nation, without s?isDendiui' the regular aiul steadv discharge

rrnat.J ui:eq si vocal. Wo allude to ; of the public debt, winch, in lh- simetaree

v - r - t t . o:;frc to nnnronriatc mo- I vears. has neen oimim-uo o tne antoum

of no arlv sixteen mi. boos of dollars i" What A.rmini-tratimi, ft llow-cit zen. have we ever had, that exercised more paternal care over our interests? IM "- Ad

its ex'-uise, !.c has ever j! ams has. it is b'dieved, the honor r.f being

i o! i!al importance to her ifderest. j, the fnst Piesidert who has otijcially ref t tdieed that our fellow citizens cotnnnmded the remission of all forfeitures !. o. r advatice to pelilical t o wer, ' of partial payments, made for the public

r,r 'H i ! r ,.-t of men. who were directly !! lands, so as to enable that class ot untortu I

' t ' m) MtU ttiem on thi' important prim nr.te persons to apply their foihdlcd mor i : p e ,t within tlie rerollectiou of us ncy to other payments due the govern

men:, or in new purc!iaes ot laros. liut ; hear his own language on this subject in

hii last Message; 'It can never be the interest or the policy of the nation, to wring from its own citizctH the reasonable profits of their in dustry and enterprize by holding them to the rigorous import of disastrous engage-ment--. I recommend to Congress the re vival and continuance lor a further term, of the beneficent accommodations to the public debtors, of the Acts of Congress of 1021 and 1026, for the relief of purcha-

Isers of public lands, and submit to their ! consideration in the same spirit of equ tv.

the remission, under proper discriminations, of the forfeitures of partial pa) ments on account of the purchases of public lands so far as to allow of their application to other payments."

A compliance with the very letter of ! our liytitions, Memorials and j'-int resolution-, on this subject, so far a the Executive authority is concerned, ought, we should suppose, to satisfy reasonable men. 1 If our estimate of facts be not wholly fallacious, we have been well treated by the Administration. So far as concerns us, the government has been well admio j iteied. U would suppose, that let the lerv of denunciation come from what quar-

ter it might, Inrlvmn at ieai, wouiu i.m join in the chorus. During these same three years, all the Internal improvements that have ever been made or projf cted in Indiana hv the General Government, have taken place. Tho Cumberland road has

been located through our state, emu....b

i in'lr' u :,,! a iv wail, or'compeiisation ' t'virCS( i-.il naiitaiy. We cannot ' !'"'-:'t that a national Iiu-t, the highest $i. ,, 1 :i itt' c"lde tan bestow, pi rv Vrr ir ' , v,'r,t ;m ''dfair of i rn'' ! dizement, or ten ranked s the pieroiuoi of national gratitude. net for anv personal It nc til or emolu-

tbe Capital and such other towns, es re

have ncuttoneci to nave mcmucu i

cy of the Administration? Shall t!;e iiCxt

; Administration encourage and protect A i merican Manufactures in profeience tt

foreign, facilitate and improve the means ofour internal commercial intercourse, b a liberal expenditure of a porlion of the public revenue in the construction of roads and canals? Or, sh;di these powers be dc nied; their exercise suspended our manuftc turn's prostre.te tlse progress of Interim! improvement arreted, nnd the whole.

j of the immense revenues of tho country j expended among the cities and towns on ! the sea-coast ? j It will be. our endeavor, fe!Io-tit!zens. to . prove by fach that will not be controveiti ed, and by inferenc s that cannot be re- ! sited. tliat tin se are in truth and in fact.

the questions row awaiting the solemn decision of the people of the United States, and that no poition of this people have a deeper intcrc-t in the result than the cit

i ;7.ens of Indiana.

A cursory glance at the tate of the par ties m tins controversy, exhibits the singular spectacle of seven states in the Union supporting a man for the Presidency on

i the declared ground of bis anti-tariff and anti-improvement opinions, and his parti j sans in five other States supporting the

same man, as the known and "recorded friend" of Internal Improvements and domestic manufactures. Does the candidate blow hot and blow cold? or which of these clusters of States is mistaken? Why we would ask, do the Slates of Virginia,

N' rth and South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi, so zealously urge his pretensions, and affect to consider their political salvation almost at stake on his election? All ?he6c States are claimed as decided opponents of the present Administration, who will support n i man who is not pledged to the same oppos tioi. Vhv do his friends in the State of Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, zealously urge the pretensions of the same man? Because, as thev effect to "believe" nnd would have

the people ''believe" their candidate is the

decided friend of the American System. And is it possible, fellow citizens, that vou are willing to give your suffrages to a man

who, where your best interebta are con

cerned, is thus neutral f Would you elect him even as your Representative, unless he would on these subjects, honestly and fearlessly avow hi9 opinions? Can you for a moment think of supporting for the first office in your gift, a man, who if not decidedly hostile, is yet mysteriously silent ? The truth is, as has been elsewhere said, Southern friendship is the "breath of his nostrils," and the ciomsnt that ceases to animate his political existence, it is gone! Well does he fcrror it, and his friends in Indiana arr.re c( the fact, endeavor to steer clear of it by attempting

to p!m upon yen their "belief,' in lieu of A 1. mm.

ma trouera! oi7n declaration. But arc you willing to accept of this third rate evidence, this partisan "bslief," in lieu of the very best evidence, the General's oun declarctiznt W'c challenge him, who has often asserted that he practised no disguise, that his opinions crcre open to the inspection of his fellow citizens, to come out openly and fully on this subject. But it is not alone frcm the silence of Gen.Jcckscn on this great question, that wedracthe legitimate inference of his opposition to our interests. The conduct of men is the surest criterion by which wc are to judge cf their opinions. The conduct of a party is curely a fair criterion of its chief. Let U3 then take a view of the friends and the enemies of the American Systeo in the several states, and compare them with the supporters ond opponents cf Gen. Jac'jscn. Let us take Tennessee, for instance, and ob-erve how she voted on the tariff bills of 1818. 182-1. and 1 026. In these several j ears, every member from, Tennessee, in the House i.f Representalives of the United States, v. ted against the several tariff bills On the Bill of 1818, the votes were in the House of Representatives as follows: Fot. Against. The 7 nort!,em States including

.Nw York, 44 The eiht routhrrn States, includ;riK Tennessee, 3 The fou'r middle State?, - 29

Thr five western States excluding Tennessee, - . - 13 3

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CJ 71 Ail the votes (G in number) froci Tennessee, ag'dns! the Tariffof IUIB. On the bill of 1824, the rotes in iho Honc of

tcpre.-tntatives stood thu3: For Against

'ven northern States,

r-iiht southern States,

r our iiiiddlc Stutes, Five western States, (excludin TciHit53ee.) -

41 I 21 31

31

64

107 1C2 Al the seven votes of Tennessee against the Tariff, and every vote from Kentucky, O io, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri, in favor of it. On the Tariffof the last session of Congress called the Woolscs Bill, the votes stofdthus: For Against

aevrii tiorinrrn State, CI Kicht .aontht-rn States, f Four mill. he States, - 25 Five western States, . 19

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2 12 11

1C3 94 All the votes of Tennessee, except one

absent, atrainst the B.ll.

In the Senate, the votes stood thus: For Agninst Absent

Seven northern atates, Fiitit Southern, Four middle, - Five westi rn,

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20 0 8 The Bill was lost by the casting vo'e of Mr. Calnoun, the Vice President -all the Jackson Senators voting against it. and most of the members of the House, who wore friendly to his election, doing the same among whom was one of the very individuals since nominated as a Jackson Elector in our own state!

For the General then, or his friends, to claim your votes on the score of friendliness to the tai iff, is not less an insult to your understandings, than it viil be a mockery of your hopes. We will exhibit to you t!:e votes on one more bill which was destroyed by the casting vote of Jlr. Calhoun, our Vice President, and the warm supporter of General Jackson. We mean the Bill cf the session of 1825 C, to grant a certain quantity of land to the State cf Illinois, for the purpose of opening a Canal to connect the waters of the Illinois river and lake Michigan. The votes in favor of and against the bill, being 17 and 17, Mr. Calhoun voted in the negative. All those voting against 1'iebill, cne excepted, were the friends of General Jackson.

The truth is, that Tennessee, notwithstanding her geographical position, is, ond always lias been, politically, a southern and not a western state. Her feelings, her habits and her votes, have airays fjono with the south; and she is now more than ever, identified with southern policy. They, therefore, who advocate in Gen. Jackson a Western President, are cither duped themselves, cr mean to deceive ethers. The Woolens Bill, as it is called, cf the last session, did not, as has been artfully suggested, make the 4rich, richer, and the peer, poorer," Its object wca to in-