Public Leger, Volume 4, Number 47, Richmond, Wayne County, 14 May 1828 — Page 1
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tT PURSUITS OF MAN, FRIENDLY TO THOUGHT, TO FREEDOM, AND TO Flflc'Couper.
RICHMOND' WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MAY
14, I82S.
Whole Numbfb, 203.
r.LI5!H'.n r.YF.KY SATURDAY U
s.uIl.T.i. !;. WALLING. tv ... 'sV. .. 'i -;-v the liirhm-md Hotel.
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; ir Hi ! J it v i-cntf, fur 02 numbers, paid
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. i ;u.' - i i i -1 1 y a inceii- . .".ini.iiT-.; a ii.'.v nic-'gf incut, at u ti.e Il'iitur ia"et !h : jsI paid.
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!j idges and two clerks, who shall sum-iin-
j tend, count, register, certify and return, i the votes taken at such meeting in pursu
ance oi this act. bo soon as the said judges and lerks shall be elected, an oath or affirmation shall be administered to them, by some person authorized to administer
. i . . :it,. a:u r iho year expires.'! ?aV" liUihftilly to discharge their duties
j a? judges and clerks of said election. I Sec. S. Whenever the meeting shall be ! organized by the election and qualification t of he judges and clerks, as aforesaid, it i shall be the duty of the judges, to make
proclamation, that aid meeting is held to
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I. iii-'-r a K t rtit ineiits in the
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receive the votes of all the qualified electors in said township, for oragainst a sale of the sixteenth section of land ifi the township aforeraid the proceeds of which are
uk'Mi uh ?:ciijtioi), if lrii vm to be forever appropriated to the support
I of common schools in said township; afh-r j which the said judges shall invite the said
electors to vote for or against a sle of the
PimmcR, c-h CI1 " ,r ,- x woo?, linen, r?r.
.,lHi(. ;! , e; sit Win. WrichiN store, Milton; '. va.vs. : -vprt; Co! llo. mill, in Union
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LAWS OF INDIANA.
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w inton ai.U protligate attack ly the ivriter on his own envermnf r.t. Sinnle sentences
i in this letter have been torn from their
context, and published in a detached manner, thereby conveying a meaning totally opposite to the writer's; and every unworlhy aitince has been resorted to, to
; make the letter instrumental in the desj tt uclion of Mr. Adams' reputation as a ! patriot and man of honor. But to the his
tory of the letter. In. the latter part of 1813, or early in 1814, Mr. Adams, then Am-rican Minister
at the court of the Emperor of Uussin, left
j bt. 1 elersburgU hy the orders of our govj ernment, for the purpose of proceeding to I Gottenhutgh in Sweden, in order to nego
tiate a treaty oi peace tvith Lngland, under the mediation of te Emperor Alexander. On at riving at GUonlurg, it was found that the British had started some difficulty about neutialiii2 in Goltt n
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iil.'iiTf !!. uahfiC' uters of
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rr- ; section aforesaid; which vote ,hnll he ex j; bii'-jh. and had transferred the discussion
j pressed by a written ballot in tins form, Ij relative to a treaty to Ghent, whith.-r our H.iMj k'5-ilc." or "no salo," which written ballots j several ministers plenipotentiary, (Mr. Ad-
;,. , v..i.-u.r . r armi-t a . ouvtntion lor a m stmil he received iy the judges, in a liox ! ams anion" the number) repaired: Mr.
V' ,7 or nat. ar:ciM;:i!l he record dny thecleiks.i; Levitt Harris, the trenthman to whom
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t. Ii 311. til UU IfJIJ UIJIY OI UJU U! e;es to certify and seal a list of the votes to taken, an.J 'ranscnit the same, within ten ! t4 therrtafttr, to the clerk of the: cticuil
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':v. 4? ItJivwi That it shall e ,i j i in i . ! tn ul-j tin- dut v of the in ,r r.rs and in!--s t f election;, in t!:e
- ;:.i:i.ki :! t!ii? state, in which shall lie
the letter was addressed, was ?lr. Adams'1 secretary of legation at St. IVtersburgh, and hy order of" our government, was en
I trusted wifh managing the ndatioiis -unsls-
covp t of the proper county, who II open, j: ti() bctneer. our troveri.ment and Rus-ia.
j in the abs'nce of" Mr. Alarns. From sec-
! rotary of legatio:j, ?dr. Harris became j charge cPAtlaits or diplomatic agerst, un der Mr. A .lams. Mi. Adams stilt continu-
:-xtrd to-Ai.hip. ilbin each county tn( v"u ' r:i '... .,,iupl; . , ..... ;tl ,!,;. a,nu .1 i. ctio,,5. on" the 1 rnunt :,m! rlslt; atne, and trom -a.d ; v;.,! n in AuguU next, to ,pen a poll tranc.qd of all the , ., i, i : i , f s. votes taken in the several ton nil. ips of Ins
countv, si 'ti; g distinctlv the number ta-
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. i n .i . -i uen in i ac.i i ,.Mnn, sen si i' iy wnien itod hv our eo ernment ambassador, and a- h9 r1nrtMuri tinnn n, V,
''I i.il l" Villi? !OI iJ illlU T'. 1419 1;. . I L if - 1 iv. mm. uv.uuun.. u ujuii w... ' ' v. . I - . ,. .-.r .j '.- ,,f tho ciuiiit I 1 ril,c n !' f- itMia, seal, ;j such H'co-. id ly thegc.ve.rnriM'iitofUns- go through it all 1 f.rnst in God we shall -a-., j. u j.tiu d, w!:en iht v ; 1,0 sl,a!l Sea n t try of ,iate, - Oftotirse it became Mr. Adams' in. rise in triumph over it all: but the (irt '' ' 'I !,-, ..! . . . t :.. i,u.,,rf,.r, ! on or bfoie lU first Monda in December , p,.,alive duty lo acquaint Mr. llanis, j shock is the most terrible imrt of the nro-
v., : t. , !...!,m,,e! ntxt, who.c duty it shall be to h; the i with all intereting information deriveti CCss. and it is that which we are now en-
tke rawest of our militia in countenance, by their expertness in the. art of running uziay. The general issue tf the campaign is yet to come, and there is loo much reason to apprehend that it zvift be unfavorable to our side. Left, by a concurrence of circumstances unexampled in the annals of the world, to struggle alone arid fiiendles ngamst tho whole collossal power of Great Britain, fighting in reality against her for the causo of all Europe, with ;;11 Europe-looking coldly on, basely hnund not to raise in our favor a helping hand, secretly wishing us success, and not daring so much as to cheer us in the strife what could he expected frcm the first furies of this unequal conflict but disaster and discomfiture to us. Divided among ourselves more in passions than iitn.rests, with half the nation sold Ly their prejudices and their ignorance to c ur enemy zvith a feeble and penurious government, villi five frigates for a navy, and scarcely five fjjicicnl regiments for an crmy how can it be exptclcd that ve should resist the mass vf force zchich that gigantic pozcer has collcttcd to crush us at a blow! This too is the moment which he has chosen to break through all the Jaws of war acknowledged and respected by civilized nations. Under the false pretence of retaliation Cochrane has formally declared the determination to destroy and lay waste all the towns on the ea r cas:, which mav be assailable. The ordinal hnners of war are mildness and mercv in cctnnur-
ison with what British vengeance and n.al-
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name i f the
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to pill the" qili'stion
voter
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r. i;.g vi.:d-, ' ar e 'ai in favor of call-
4 (.r. u on th ii i r not an.i th'jr clerks of
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! -a me 101 iiiwhii ;eiore eac a u.ai.cn oi ine M Ci fera! A-'embh. i . i. .i.il i ii r .i . i .
OH ii Mian ue me j;;;y oi me s:;erill's of the several counties i;: ti.is sta;e, to
fi give t'ic notices required in this act; and
wnerevera lon-nip is snoau u m fa t ouatics, the shot itfof thai ceni.iv i:i . I.e !i
tied ::', -ii'ill c.iiiT the votes
on
the
! tfie s'X tjeoth section issituate! s!;.;!l t;
a is-
from the United Slates. St was Mr. Ad
arsis' pellicular d,;iy e Ann rican anibassa !or, to t!ie Kvs?s'.an government, to tf( that the cliarge d'Aifaircs wis correc.ll advis d cfai! insiv:' ;:..:t events in his own eountry. 1 ! t; i pnMic rriation t 1r. I a! ri.- a ai-o. vii e- to be presua.ed) the nri .".te o'.' ' ta ti . '. J'v iittimacv, he
I ; . t ! ...... . . . . i I i ii ;i: mill .niaiii? ii 1111; vvimr. hmhimi i, :-,;; t i . proper tf l nnns accord- , - , 1 , . , i . , . r . . i . ....i, . ar-.d it shall be the duty S the seveud t n.pett4.r ana nidges snail , , , . . I...!- ..fit .. ,. I . . t ... ft... . . . . . .
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1 to .I:. 1: i: r- tiie f.l!owii,g let
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(ill nil I -it- t . I re. ii tl 1
4 ,i i i , tivc counties, to perform U-o tiuties heiein :.'.oa t-. tr.e tleii.s cf t.ie circuit . . , 1 . ,. , . , ,
'ti U 1, ii) the p lllli-
i cnjoiiK d tn them : far which s mi -htiriii?'1 way and ; , , . . , .
.... . - t- : ; .u i t' i :;als oe ..uoweo ?uisi i easona!mT;t, under the sam: restrictions' ,. , , . ;;
,, , 4 , . 1 tne comp.Misatsr ai. otil ol ll;cir i(-; e li c j ; r. din-; that voh-s lor state and ;, 1 1 , 1 , , , . i. I , r countv tieauru s, as the. taant or i u.'iii:'' :r.?v ... . i ari-r quired to ho cei tilo '. ( , A . , . . , ii i t t r , i t i. doing county humes siiall tfetermiae. i it . ... It -Jiall no the tiil o4 trie h i IvS . . . - , ,11 , - . . ... . , . . . Si v. n. In case of trie 1ji.'jj tt; m .j i ir.i.it 1 ':!:! till, agnoiit this tlate, 1 , f. , , ... j , , t . 1 s i . . 1' ha'iT;:n!S ol any t ongrcssi::al to v. ;1. ;
Letter oi'.lohn (Jno.i v Adam, addressed to L;avitt I i;i 1 1 ?q Charge dWff.ires ot l!.e United Slates, :.i St. V iei shurgh. (ini::. i , Nov. 1 ol4. D:::.rSir: Ih.u.-j'ist now the pleas
ore of receiving vair favor f 11 (2C) Oc j. letter, let us take it paragraph by para-
(Mf r, a:a! am Jiappy to learn I f cm 01: 1 el j graph, and sentence by sentence, and sec
during. The Transit will probably sail about
j tht beginning of next moi th h.cm Bor
deaux. 1 our despatches by Mi . Forocs will go in her, if we get tin -ni in time. I have heard nothing from Cou Nesselrodc. The Congress :it Vn r.na lias scarcely yet opened but all the important arrangements are made, and there is no doubt that the termination will be pacific. I am, with high regard and consideration dear sir, your very humble and obedient servant. JOHN Q. ADAMS.
Now, fellow citizens, let us analyse the
the t...:.!i'Ti,-.i 1. .; til .et:r recovery; ol which, and oi u air ill.f r-, I had a few
t' , ; . . !i from any cmih: v. hatcvei , to ho d a meei
."vofs?rte:i,.'the sa.r.ev- ' nd !l X l V. hc U! , l)r5,,lMoIuj:i hl Augu.u!; days nnce been inarmed by a letter from .::.it.,rte.. v,.f ii,,,f.,r rh,v..t ,! if ' them ! meet at any i my ;iiV.
n' a ;T,t ( hivra.-r ar required
rr.'n-d, .i,..l siihj-cl lo the same
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Secii'tarv of slate to
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,ei time, prior to the fourth Monday ol jj . 2nr the ch f e of the mr.nlh of August, it
!i November, on the sheriff's appointing a J wal oar c -xpectiiUon that the negotiation Mime and place, ami giving 1hi;ty days no-!' here would have terminated in a very few
j tice of the same, as betor. icqusred;
. 1 , 1 't which, on application (J any tiueeol Ihe f.aaial A-SOinblv, on the ;; , , ! rI ' , r. .a;..,.
!.',. .e 'i.aaiai -semniv, on li.C ... .' ... - r ... : . . 1.1 x - w . ii ,1 flu illin 1 - lectvrs of the trn nship so failing ,. tV;is to keep it ocen, and to siiape its c -a Aiana in I ) ie;n:j'r ne.M, all the I 1 , . ... 1 , 1 , i- . r . ..... 1 . . , .. ..." to m-r t, he na!I be r- cnnred to do: and ! rn.uu'.s according to the course of events ' - f ;ai M ia-iVcJ. pursuant to the :' 1 1 . 1 ii 1 1 1 .r. i- . , ' 1 1 said me . tn g and eb ctio srail tie govern- I-.m:.hu' and America. 1 his policy 8I A tin- act. . . 1 . 1 . . , i . . n 1. 1 ...
davs. r -:non after ot?casne apparent that
the intention of the JSiitish government
dc
s in
till
it:
! ' . (I..- m r..ini of t!.i? Cor7ree,t fj,, icvr! cu:itn: ;it ili
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; C(i in every rc::p"ci ny me piovisions 01 !j thi act. ;! Stc. 7. That in all counties in which
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continue? to nervatle the iJriUsn t.-ininet.
i Nothing decisive is yet known to them to hac occurred either at Vienna, or in the
tN.il ::-Mit, or t!h-i i.t, tu the ! the ( ijcu't court may be ln h! n on th , other hemisphere, and accordingly they
1 (mm., Kitiuun tt.rir rtipcctnu il fo0th day i f August, the meetings : hannorie still. Unless something should
t'.. i t . .,..0-1 riif.vi.hil fnr hv Ihn fn t section of this act II han-iCN in !iv their waveriinr nretensions
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,f ana pajposi, n .nn ut-iuu i n..- -
tu . p.aiar. has become preva- Tfc?;i11 hr ,,M thc Preceding Monday.
th .t t .!. of the sixteenth section
i ra! (Jangret-iona! townships j Jit-. f;.r ;lie purpose of having the jj ' - tli e.d Vih ai iri a school fund. A - v r ipj lied to the use of the ' ' 1 i l:n: i-'-t'ettive toivtis!in.
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can irovernment alone, to bring our busi
iLn'.trif on'ihc Itilet of John' Q. Ad ;j n,.s to a point. This on their part would
anittt Lfazift Harris addrcstid by tf )! certainly be an honorable and spirited
out:
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ttit 1 t;:iman schools there
e-t paliin; utility ; and whereas j
JHIHICIXX to their fclijzo citizins. 'Strike-but hear' Perhaps no singrc act of our present
Chief Magi-hate, private or public, in the
morse of conduct, and 1 should havt no
doubt of its bjing pursued, if .the desire of
prace reus nut paramount to every other con
siderutrjn.
t tit '; c n . 1 1 !ii t ti 1 i tl i!irli 1
f oi es? irv to authoiize such '
' '' t ( na de the inhabitants j ( :!;:'-. iral t .'vnships ill this I - r 1 v h. evnress their sentiments I
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course of a long life, has been the theme of 'plie occurrences of the war in America
m mivrli i!ihwio v iitul. mi?re!resentatioii as Knv hnti of a diversified nature. Sue
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the lellcr above tietitoned. Jiewrous
that .'every act of Mr. Adams', hav;;ig a tendency to illustrate his principles and character, should be subjected to the clo-
l t .t nfttiv. vrti have undertaken tin of-
. f c.-- t y - .tf .r. f'nf iiur to iur fello'iv-citi2
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, ; n S ,,, , , ,,..,. I, ,1 there c. t.,cr. Wt.. n this laliall Imvc h ( , V, m Y , h H beeiir.ccompHslicd, every bo,st anU re- ' a, 1 town-,-111 then,. .ti.; . . rftmmI1.z, -V.will be stir-
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A v., , . j j, d coi.taii.iiiR i.ougl.1 but sen.m : : l;' "" '-" , "Tf ?,mnl. .e mo,l Pre ,.HJ palrioHoold 1 r, r ''a appoint : no cc of - , t . . r.i c. .. -mine ' ui, j.,!-, . n. , p h made the foundation ol the nn-sl w.inioi. ' "ii to in- given b v vvutten advertise ! " , , . . i, llilS k, ..... iaUt y 5 tt,..,.,,, -i ,,. and reckless calumii). It lias n. en iai-t l .il tlircij (. the most fjubhe ! . . .. . fh-it this .... , .... . ? asserted and believed by man, mat u
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' - ' . . iter w.i-niilten wiiii a mcw, . - ?ani4oui 1.1 Monday iu w lo expose lo thc B itish the misfortunes " ' . . f il.n PUFa-
;irid wenuness 01 or t uon ....... - 0
arduous conflict with tncir iw-
i"Vi'r t ' at
(jUalified
t.i:k ! fo.l in mi
. Ill .1 1. ilf-tl 111 till iJIN-'' rv
,,, . . e.1 1'vi. , - it ,,$ bee., denounced a . o i'.-e: t.tc elect t.'K
CeSS aim ue.C.tl tout .uiei ihuvij .un iiu.u the arms of both belligerents, and hitherto have left them nearly where thcywcre at the commencement of the campaign. It has been on our part merely defensive, with the single exception of the taking of Fort Frio, with which it began. The battles of Chippewa and Jhidgewatcr the dc(v.ncc of Fort Frie on the 1 5th of Augus? and thc naval action on Lake Champlain on the 1 1th of September, have redounded to our gbry as well as to our advantage while the loss of Washington, the capiiu lations of Alexandria and Washington county Massachusetts,- and of Ilantuckei have been more disgraceful to us than r jurious. Tfjs dejence of Baltimore has give? us little more to bs proud (f than the dtmoustraiten against il has a frrded to our enemy. Precoma retreat from Pittsburgh has bee more disgraceful to them than honorable t s and Wellington's veteran- thejire eater Bri bar.:, crJthe firebrand Ccckburn, have ke.
! what there is in it, that ought even to pre-
jjudice, much more to destroy the characi tor of the writer. j In the first place, it is addressed by ere J American to another American. By cne ! ollicer of our government to another cfacer, holding a subordinate illation to the wri
ter, the letter notwithstanding is a private and not a public letter, and iTould probably never have been exhibited to the American people, had not Mr. Harris to whom it was addressed, some twelvo mouths ago in a st:it at Philadelphia, wherein he was a party, had occasion to refer to it, probably with a view to ascertain certain dates. The letter wrs read in open court, and although private in its character, it was eagerly laid held of by the enemies of the administration, and detached sentences and parts of paragraphs published, with false glosses, innuendoes aud surmises, with a viev? to blacken the character of the President. But let us look into the letter. The first paragraph is entirely private. The second paragraph gives a history of the progress and then state of the negotiation with the British,, which terminated in the treaty of Ghent and represents the British as wavering and temporising, and mcneeuvrc ing to make as much put of us a3 they could. It then goes on toiate that "unless something should happen to fix ""their wavering pretensions ard purpose, 'it zvill belong to thc .American government ''alone to bring our business to a point. This 4,.n their part that is the Ameiican Government would be an honorable and "spirited course vf conduct and I should have "tu doubt of its being pursued, if thc desire if 'peace were not paramount to every other ten"sideratioti" Who. desire of peace, we vould ask? that of the American Government, most surely not Mr. Adams. Thc st part of the above paragraph has been minted in Italics by the anti administraan papers for the purpose, either of tirring Mr. Adams with lbs iopuinticu f desiring a peace himself at all events, Honourable or not; or of having it appear otamsucrthy in him to state a neterictrs
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