Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 3, Number 20, 25 May 1833 — Page 2

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- r tell. Another slate question then a-

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rose inougn apparently small, yet ! mighty consequence to the public, in which 1 had my part to perform, and my enemies to make; I mean the sub-

Meet of interest on money. By over

trades, and by too mnch indulgence in

ease and the luxuries of life, the coun

try, generally, became somewhat in-

C1RCULAR. To tike Citizens composja the Fifth Con-Kres-ioit-J District, in the State la aia&a. G.rr.JCXE: Having been, for

some- ti.ne, aunouucea as a canuiuaic to represent the people of this district i.itle Congress of the United States, I feel it to be my doty as well as my privilege, to avow distinctly my opiu-

ions on all prominent subjects 01 uum national an J state legislation ; and to take, also, a retrospective view of measures purely of slate interest, about which, a diversity of opinions has long existed and still operates upon the public mind ; and in which, I have been called, within the last four years, to take an humble, though very decided and unequivocal course. It is measures of the Utter class, that the people icel with the deepest interest and with the most acute sensibility, upon whom, and upon whose interest, they exclusively operate. These are the subjects too. which, when they come within the range of state legislation, on account of their important, diversified and domestic character, not only call for the prompt and decisive action of the representative, but test, his firm

ness and subject him to the most perilous responsibilities. Hut the great mass of measures of national concern

operate indirectly upon the ordinary

and staple occupations of life. Their

evi!?4it they have any, arc too vague

and indefinite in their influence to a

waken much sensibility in the people,

and the at tor can commot.ly find a

palliative, (especially in times of par

ty excitement,) in a supposed necessity of going with his friends. But the man who takes an active and decided course in state politics comingles, as it

wen, with houe-hold concerns, which

'are felt through -all organs of society,

and has no protection but the justness

and the wisdom of his measures. I p011 such occasions, whenever it has become my duty as a representative to take a part, 1 have endeavored to exalt myself above the influence of party strife atd local jealousies, and to a t - for the country arid for the country alot-e, without waiting to count the ccst of the hazard. In regard to the much agitated

question of recharJering the Bank of

the United States, 1 am decidedly in the affirmative, i view the institution to be one almost of indispensible necessity ; and although its charter may, and probably does possess imperfections and powers, that may be perverted i:ivl ued fro annoy, yet it should be iei.olbcted, that there is nothing of human design that is perfect, and that it is not within fie scope of human wisdom to bestow upon such an institution the power and capacity of doing much cood, without giving it a cor

responding capacity, in the abuse of j

ltstru-t,ot doing wmc harm. 1 am for protecting American skill and industry against foreign capital and combinations for the internal improvement of the country and for a reform of the land system. Of a I pirns of reform which have already been proposed, 1 should prefer that of making appropriations to actual settlors; should this prove impracticable; in connection with what is comii only called the principles of Mr. Clay's bill, let a reduction of the price

be made to actual settlers only, lest it s.iould be engrossed .by capitalists.

1 he current ot money tnat is actually

llowing through the land offices from

jtfic West, is the greatest cause of its

scarcity; and a reduction on the price

of land to actual settlors, would not only diminish the quantity thus carried

away, but increase our population. . These topics embrace the prominent measures of national legislation most

Important to the West, ar.d my opinions upon them and upon all others, in wnicb this country is interested, b.ave worn do mask. In regard to state politic, 1 have TMtprudently stood back and avoided the responsibility

of icting, but have been in the heat of the fiht 11 questions of great interest, and upn them, 1 have separated from personal and political friends, and subjected mvself to the untiring

opposition of irJiviJuiIs of extensive powers of annoyance, when 1 thought myself called into action by the voice ol duty and the ir.tcrcst of the public., f The canal was the first state que?f wistrk - f rr roi irrrnrlinrA - i 1 l . 1

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energies in its prosecution by opposi-jof my fidelity, u the discharge of pub-conduct throughout life, and I can guarlion. W hat part did my competitors! lie trusts, but of my good disposition sntee to ray friends, that I will not place take on this Question. is for thm to' to subrvp the nublic interest in the!mvelf in a situation to ask anv man,

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&caiuu9 suppui- itiiii iur u important office not long since. But euough of thii. 1 find myself not exactly in taste with those wbo expected to bave the use of public money for the purpose of speculation, without being known as monev bonowers or state debtors, to

the prying vulgar. And as a punish-

voived in debt. The mooted men f(neiit they denounce me aj a dema

the country, thought they saw in the

gogue; incapable of appreciating the

sped of affiirs fine prospects for spe-splendid scheme that would have

cut.ttiori (and 1 ask the people here to

mark in what 1 am going to say the origin of other plans to prey upon the industry of the country, that were afterwards brought into life) and accordingly it was attempted in the Legislature, to take off all U-gal restraints upon the use of money, and make the criterion, the avarice of the lender and the necessity of the borrower. The two most prevailing principles that hold dominion over man. 1 opposed this because I thought the tendency of the principle pernicious to society and calculated to retard the improvement of the country by giving the money lenders (who compose less than fiftieth part of society) a means of making lar

ger gains, by the use of their money,

than they could by investing it in land and improving it, or than the husbandman could by his land and labor together, which would ultimate in the money lender fattening upon all othei occupations; yet this measure by the perseverance of its friends finally succeeded. And when the stock on hand

of the money lender was exhaud, nark what followed, and mark who were the friends of certain otiier measures, near kin to the law repealing

all restrictions upon usury, as the fel

low labo.er of the law just named, a

plan tor a state bank ushered forth.

Its friends (and who were they, it may lie asked, and hov many of them till

the soil) pathetically bewailed the con

dition of the country for want of money

a..d as a relief measure, to favor the

agricultural interest, proposed by tax

ation or what is worse, bv loan upon

the credit of the land and industry of

the country, to borrow eight hundred

thousand dollars to found this hank

upon, and this immense, sun was to he

piaceu in me nanus ot a lew irrespon

sible men; who by their skill in monev

matters were to work out an exceeding weight of glorv. But if the bril liant st heme "should like a bubble

hurst, wuit h was reasonably to be ex

p cted, why then the state was just

only li lose ell the money, and tiiose

lovers of mankind who conjured uo

the scheme were to lose their banking

employment with o Iv iust as much

money as they thought proper to take to their own keeping, in the mean time. And what was to secure the present and future ages in the benefits

of this bank, was a provi-ion iu its

charter to which its friends seemed particularly attached, to protect scrupulously tbe nimes of gentlemen who might be borrowers, from vulgar knowledge, and to reveal them only in

due course of leg tl proceedings. 1

couid see no neccssily for this mystery

v.l conduct. 1 can yet see no reason for veil.ng the transactions of a bank trom its real proprietors. ,lf it was designed to have been houesliy managed tor the good of tne people, woy

give them an opportunity oi know

ing it why shut its nooks against the mass of its owners, for tney are not

overanxious to pry iato private affairs; nor could it be considered as a disgrace to Dc a debtor to a bank, althougti it migtit semctimes account Ibrlhe appearance some 'gentlemen' make in

the world, it is tor the friends ol the bank to snow the necessity ot tnat fundamental principle. For my part 1 assure the puolic 1 think just as well

of ttiat one as any other feature ia iis charter. 1 viewed it in mass as an engine to rt b and desolate the country. And as such 1 treated it and spoke of it iu the hall of legislation. Vet it

had friends in all partie?, Jackson mei

and Clay men seemed ah

with it. It had teats

would, not however, be understood as

brought in its train wealth, and honor,

and glory, to the state. These gen

tlemen, 1 am very certain, will never support me for any office, where fidelity to the public interest might be a

barrier to their selfish schemes and in

tentions; and 1 am quite certain too,

that I shall deserve to lose the confi

dence of the public, when I descend to support such principles and pretentions as they and their friends did in advo

cating that bank charter. These are

the questions, on which the veracity

and integrity of the representative are

brought forward and tested. 1 hey al

ways carry with them the wealth of

the country, and he, who stands forth to denounce their unjust pretentions to the face and to the very beard, hazards every personal consideration for the safety and welfare of his country. U hat has been the conduct of my competitors on thrse vrxed and perplexing matters of state policy, are, at

this juncture, important and proper subjects of inquiry. I beli-ve they

have had the prudence to have no opin

ion about them, or, at last, not to in

cur opposition, by taking any side.

1 hey seem to have considered st.te

affairs as too troubled an element for high ambition to float in with safety, and to have directed their bark exclusively in larger and less agi;ated waters. Congressional questions have

occupied their attention and directed their efforts, while they have labored J also to keep the public eye indu-tri-ou.ly fixed upon themselves as the two great champions of party. This disposition has been perceptible in the whole train of their public conduct for the last four years. They have met on every theatre and divided on every question, about which thoy would allow themsplves to have an opinion, but if a Tray-dog passes tbe walk, they can unite to devour him. Hear each in his peculiar manner Mr. Smtli says,"! ain the strong man, unite oa me to beat PIrCarty Mr. McCarty says, I am the strong man. mate on me to beat Smith, both mutually bent on keeping every one else t of view but themselves, as though

the country was to be ruined, should one or the oth?r be elected. For myself, 1 should like to gratify both the gentlemen, if they could be gratified in seeing each other beat. Although 1 c in not boast as they can, of having been once your representative to Congress, yet 1 trust 1 have given th people some assurance in my public conduct, of the manner, in which 1 would serve them, should it be my

fortune- to tie honored with their confidence. I still visit each county pn-

much less tbe editor of a public journal, to conceal me from view. Tbe attack camef not unexpected. I had heard the same language, tbe same details, the same

argument, and tbe same denunciations many limes. It is but Monsieur Tonson

come again, playing uuoa a little gilded

Jewsharp, which is tuned by the breath

of O. II. smith, at any time, to any late

note. The matter is not designed for Wayne county consumption. The article is to be transplanted intotbe Connersville Sentinel, and given to the woild as the voice of Wayne county where I reside Tbe identitv of Mr. Smith with this arti

cle is as visible as the nose upon his face

It has been ins language the last three weeks. It is twin brother to a letter purporting to have been written last win'cr by a gentleman at Indianapolis to the

editor of the Sentinel at Connersville,

in which the name gentleman is spoken of

in tbe same terms, and 1 have no doubt by the same writer. Please insert this in vour paper. It will put the public upon the look out and may induce the poltroon

wbo has loaned himselt to this low pur

pose to unmask. Yours respectfully, &c. JAMES RARIDEN

west, for the accommodation of the citi'

zens of the western wilderness, and also

of the bill being passed for selling forty

acres to the poor man that was not able to buy eighty. Not a word of this does

be tell vou. His production taken cn m-se is a one sided article, bearing on the face of it evident marks of endeavoring to build up one man hv keeping others out of view, and intentionally concealing their usefulness. 1 do not say that Gen. MKIarty has done mere than his duty, but that he has done bis duty I feel warranted in saying, and if diligence, honesty, and perseverance are not to be rewarded, the stimulus to good action immediately ceases to exist. Mr. P con

trary to my wishes endeavors to cnn.

derparty feelings. The terms National

Republican, Democrat, 6lc. should in my opinion be forgotten . We are citizens of

tbe 5th congressional district, then of In

dians, and then of tbe U States. Our

interests are the same, whether Jackson

or Clay is President. If Mr. Smith's en

tire devotion to Henry Clay should induce the National Republicans not to for

sake him, why I ask should ibey forsake Get.. MXJarty, wbo has been the people V friend, and who has in tbe district injured

iiiuret-ii ro accommodate V and his neish-

I will not detract from the claims

For the Richmond Palladium.

Mb. Editor. In the 1"23I number of your paper, 1 discover a communication over the letter P, and beaded "the prospect before us.' The su! ject which P has taken up is of importance to the people of this district, and had P treated the subject fairh, these remarks would not have found their way intothe columns of the Palladium. The weight of P's argument, loses its force, and subjects him t censure when the object he wishes to palm on the pul li is discovered. And

there is not, Mr. Editor, a subscriber of

yours so ignorant, but in an instant can discover that in P's estimation Mr. Smith

sliuld bo elected to congress over either

McCarty or Rariden. F says, and very

jastly, that every thing like personal feel

ing and individual predelictions should be discarded from our minds, Sec. How

far he h s been governed by such a prin

ciple in the article before us, 1 leave to the readers ot the Palladium to iudee. I do

not complain of P for having told more than the truth, but for not having told all the truth, and thus endeavoringtomislead

the people intentionally. He says, the

most active part Gen. M Cartv took du

ring the two years, he wa our represen

tative on important measures, was his op

position to tbe U. States Bank. Now it

this be reallv an error in Gen. M'Carty,

P was correct in saving so. But if tbe votes of our representatives in Congress are to be puMished to the world,and their evil deeds so carefully remembered, whv not accompany the charge with some palliative some apology ? that perhaps Gen. M'Carty done some g"od. It is unknown to Por myself on which side the majority lies on the banlPYpieslion. The Indiana legislature endeavored to instruct ibeir representative in Congress, to support the bill for the re-chartering of the United States Bank; but these instructions, by way of resolutions were negatived, and Gtm. M'Carty knowing this, bad at least some pretext for voting as he did. Why did not P if he intended to act or write fairly inform the voters of the fifth district, of other things which General M'Cartv did f or to say the least which

were during the two years he was our

bors.

ot either ol the candidates. 1 know them well, they are friends to their country they will with slight exceptions pursue the same course. They bave established characters io tbe district. Thev are fair

ly before us, and all they ask is fairness

towards themselves, and this tbe people are in duty bound to extend to them.

A tew more words on local feelin and

I am done. It is a principle well established that a preference is generall civ-

en to a candidate who lives Mar us. iho'

not so well qualified as others that live at

a distmce. The principle is based on

the idea that benefits, perquisites, dtc..

utained by a representative, are very generally confined to his own neighbor

hood. Witness Brookvitle.Madison. Alc

P acknowledges that Messrs. Smith

and Rariden are men of some talent, and

reputation as lawyers, but locates his feelirs on Mr. Smith. He hays, Mr. Smith used every exertion to have the national road opened on tbe present loca tion, and then adds, that if local feelings had governed him, why did be not carry it through his own county. He says, because he wished to discharge his duty, without regard to sectional feelings. Why did not P inform us, that Geutrj M'Carty also used his exertions to prevent a re-location of the road between Springfield, (O.) and the line dividing Ohio and I diana,iest it might change the present route through this county. And why,

oecause he wished to discharge his duty without regard to sectional feelings. Notwithstanding tbe local situation of Mr.

Rariden, being our fellow citizen and neightor, and qualifications of an order perhaps not inferior to either Smith or

MCarty,jetP informs us he runs with-

out a prospect of success. Though be

esteems Mr. Rariden and considers him

as possessed of talents of a respectable order, yet it is impossible for him to sue-.

ceed. J his kind of friendshin and res

pect, I can inform Mr. P is quite unpalitablc to a canci ate and rather more unsavory than open hostility. Q.

or to the election as it seems customary representative. Why did he not inform but shall not weary the public ear' the readers of the Palladium, that in these . I . AAA 4wwa ill '

two years 200,000 dollars were appropri

ated on the N ttional road in this state?

with tiring and unavailing importunit.fs Xiir h.ifl I attrmnt to nalm

upon popular credulity, the idea that jAnd instead of the original intention of 1 . . Ih. lin!irtn-rtnl Ia Hitfnrl t rB nnmrrl.

every body is supporting me, lor really

1 find opposition where I least expect

cd it. But I can assure my friends that I am far from desponding. I have too much i onfidence in popular intelligence to allow myself to believe that the efforts of any two men; howevei high tneir standing, can control public

opinion and direct elections; and whilst

1 am countenanced and sustained by

such generous spirits, as ever have,

and still rncouiagingly stand by me, 1!

cannot despond. J MCS RAIUDEN. Centreville, Ind. May 17,1833. Fortke liichmond Palladium.

Sir 1 have just received jour notede-

the department, to expend the appropri a

tion immediately east and west of Indianapolis, he by his own industry and perseverance caused instructions to l sent to the superintenoants of this road in Indi

ana, to have the first appropriation ofj

100,000 dollars expended in constructing durable bridges acioss tbe principal streams, which bridges are now in rapid

progression. Tbe appropriation of 100,000

dollars made last winter, is also to be applied to the bridging of tbe streams, and

grading tbe road through the town ofj

Richmond, which taken altogether make a sum of 70 or 80,000 dollars in Wayne! county. Yet P says bis opposition to the U. States Bank, was the only subject that claimed bis attention. Io addition

to the foregoing, a distributing post oflice has been established in tbe town of Ricb-

om

oil

ike cnanroredic'nni?uSvemethenaineolthewrtier.ljmuiid advantages resulting fn to suck. l i ? anonymous article in j our last num- j iationB &c. to the county i..A -.'ber, signed P. Although I feel and ' r r ... tn

..,.; ,.i..i,,; u -. I knowledge the delicacy of your situation j-jing, or indu gmg the uncharitable, ,A f , cannot ;ail J tu tbouguf, that the mas. of its frieiid-N e that lhe invest of the public re-

in tbe legislature were influenced by

unworthy or mercenary motives; but on the contrary i think with ihe best

PoT.iwATTAMie Lanos. A letter has just been recived by His Excellen

cy Governor Noble, Iron, the Surveyor General, Mr. Williams, giving the desirable information that tbe whole of the lands acquired by the late treaty

with the rctawattamie Indians are or

dered to be surveyed with as little de

lay as possible. We are permitted to make tbe following extracts from the letter for public iiiformation.-Jourr?a. ul have the satisfaction to inform you that insti uctions have been received from the General Land Office to survey the whole of the late Potawattamie cession lying within the limits of Indiana, with as little delay as may be, and that the range and township lines of the etitire cession will be run in the course ot the season, so as to admit

the subdivisions to commence early in the fall, say in the latter part of September or first of October. "Messrs. Siblev and Clakk surveyors of much experience, who have for the last year been engaged in surveying tbe mining country, bounded by the Wisconsin and the Mississippi

rivers, ai d wbo bave just completed

their surveyors in that country, are as-

Wayne, may be placed to the credit ofj glgnet to run the exterior lines of the Gen. M'Carty, with as much aptness, as Potawattamie lands. The expev

any tavor bestowed on us during tne two

.'years Mr. Smith was our representative, 'ican be applied to him, and if I am not

ouires such concealment. If tne article

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?."u"T :I".nWJ"f ! mistaken, during the two years of the lat

lMr.H.pvuiiMin.,; ---' - "-a-ji.ruin,U W praisewomi. i n uul a', firt litti. to nraie or to censure 4 nm rv.?TV I nrvrt i.!ii.i! fr-irAj, II intentions f nov mi-fiMiV tht inlornt .f i i :i- .... : l.. .r.tnlil lt;r oij "re r

" :r "" i 5 ; : ;7.?..r'ow . u iT1'" "T,r" That Mr. smub has been the unking

t oum see no suiiiii inn i.iuuccniPiii lor j

the slate to embark in that hazardous Fft

enterprize and opposed it upon everv

inch of ground. It however made its own way, through a hot and thick opposition by means and roads not generally understood until it lias become

1 irmly seated amongst the subjects of

tate lntcre. t, and although my opinion has not been changed, in regard to the propriety of undertaking it, or its tendency to involve the state in t;reat embarrassment, yet seeing, the state now fairly embarked in it I should take it as neither a mark of wisdom, or patrioil-ni to cripple or thwart her

.i iuer sup- y,wny a. me creature y . . !friend of Henrv Clav I shall not dispute,

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Hostilities wnica

To

and uncompromising oppo

and other measures gave birth, is to be ndded he odium of being Judge Test's son-in-law. In whatever ligni the pjblic may be disposed to view the latter crime, I feel content to continue the relationship, firmly believing that it has neither a corrupting or demoralizing influence upon my conduct. And I cannot believe I had a right to expect a reproach of that kind from a

gentleman to whom I had very recent

ly given unquestionable proo not only

my decided jured by the publication of the articlc,not itionto thithat 'aai spenofm terms less favora

ble than J would authorise any irienu at any time to t-pe&k of me, but that I feel a strong desire to unveil to the people, the

has been the unwavering friend of Presi

dent Jackson. And what ot this! what

does this prove? Sh ill we make use of

an ambassador who has the entire confi

dence of the Executive, or one wbo feel

. , - , , , ... . insirucieo io opnoseaiuijFiccrv measure sorted to, to rnisiead the public mind at i , . , ' ,- . . . , r i- -i- . i of the administration, and in doing soex-

mite tricks that are some times re 1-

V f u Pects to merit the acclamation f bisconnght to exhioit nc and my Pospects,,. figbt well, though

-uusi ue couceais iums.i. lucre is . ., A .:!. ;ka . !

If! 1IICVUU CUIIICI. vairjuiBucu, -W .

something so despicably mean in the idea of concealment ia such a case, that it throws suspicion upon the conduct of any man who resorts to it. Such are my ideas of propriety, and sacb sir has been my

expe

rience, efficiency,and high attainments

of these gentlemen, as scientific and

practical surveyors, give ample assurance that those lines will be surveyed with much accuracy and in as short a time as may comport with good work. They will commence tbe surveys by the first of July, one nu tbe east and the other ou the west of tbe

2d principal meridian.''

It is announced that Mr. Webster, W. N. Biddle President of tbe U. S. Bank, and Mr. Van Earen will visit the West, and Mr. IjClav the East

during the ensuing

did not feel disposed to inform tbe people that Gen. M'Carty voted for Henry Clay 's

land bill that he opposed nullification

that he went for the Union, and that a new

land office was established in the far

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