Rising Sun Times, Volume 2, Number 93, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 22 August 1835 — Page 2

a. i:. c.i.FW. nuron xi n;oi ;: i,n.t. KOK THE T1MF.S. Mr. KlUTOR The election is over, and all speculations at am i d about the isue. Rul doubtless it has not t 1 tnii t'el to suit every individual, ar probably a largo portion of the community. Hut il should he borne in mind that wo live in a popular government a government

Miiijic t'vorv inuiviumn i iinn! voicn., i i . ; i I i !ii . ' ml,1P "'u , ?r m rx.-i. imi.k m fra.ee as he pleases ; and the voter o t..e i majority must have inc. sway. S it W j to he hoped that peace and harmony ! once more w: 11 prevml in the count y , I ae.d all discordant .feeling "inch have w.v.-.v.. .... ... .v ! which unfortunately for a long tin Ins been distracting the county, he laid aside. I hope thai llic calm, prudent, philosophical, and discriminating part of the community will hereafter, with one voice, denounce discordant factions, and the petty demagogue who endeavor to stir up strife and t ide into office ti the political or local question his claims be meted out at the polls, an:! literally voted down; and men be elec ted on their qualification, alone men possessing a laudable constancy, a never !) ing incentive to goodness, a stiff, stubborn, unbending constancy, and who will represent the whole county, independent of parlizin Turk, Goth, or Vandal. I for my part cannot see that any pood or benefit can result fiom agitating the county on the court house question any longer. Some say ihe scat of justice of the county should be at Lawrenceburgh ; a strong party sa)s Wilmington; some say the center; some say on the Manchester ridge or Aurora. It puts one in mind of VoIne),in his ruins, describing the various denominations of tlio earth arguing the cau-e of their own religion. Dearborn county certainly is in a blaze of glory. According to the situation of our county, and the very nature of things it is impossible to have (lie county seat -vhere it will suit every section of the county. So let every individual, in every section,yicld a little. Let the up NpeTenJ or i!:e county cease their opposition to the present location of the county seat; and let the lower end cease their opposition to the I, awrenceburgh and Indianapolis rail road, and the Whitewater canal. They are certainly improvements that will be a general benefit to the county, and to the eastern section of the state. I am in favor of internal improvement, but il is based on certain principles; and I am in favor of the Slate aiding in such,lhal is if anv plan can be devised so as there will be no probability of it leading to a higher tax on the people, or to cripple their energies in any shape. On that principle I go in for internal improvements, believing that improvements of a general nature give life and energy to buinc? At any rate, we should give all encouragement to improvements by individual enterprise. So I say, g-- a heed e cha rtered companies and checker the state over with canals and rail roads until il resembles Ihe country about the mouth of the rivers Nile and Ganges, for all I care; and as I deprecate long essays as much as I deprecate a continuation of the local strife, 1 will say no more. "concord. Aurora, Augu-t 20, 1 035. l'ORTMK UISINf; SU.N TIMKS. SLA EKY. We propose to show, iu the present essay, that Slavery hasnlwavs been detrimental both to families and nations, among whom it has existed. This i a point very generally conceded; bat we see men do not believe it, or thev would not tenaciou-ly cling (o such a m stern. In other thing-, when men become convinccd that a certain course is prejudi - rial to their interest, they abandon it. not by degrees, but at once. Perhaps our proposition can be more cleailv established by recui ring to matter i" historical fact-'. The first instances of slavery we shall notice aie found ia the BihlJ. appear? tint when Jacob's son sold their brother, the traffic in human be ings was common, and that Kg pt af forded a ready m ukef. What Heel slavery had iu those day, we have but few means of ascertaining, oxept ;,- ivo rcrf-on Horn analogy. Uae case

however, is oirecuy m p unt, and lioin pnnnl or even real dihvrcnce between undoubted authority. I refer to thr them and some others, mmt have been selling of .fo-eph a a si ive. To an he ; owing to their mode of education, to the tit the H ut!, in this case, wiili l eg u.l to J rank they were doomed to occupy, and Ihe effects of slavery on the Kg ptian. to the treatment they were appointed we m it tra e it through until the Is- to endure.' Since, then, slavery deraelites left that countiy. Some may prcs'cs our estimate of man, enervates triumphantly ask was it hot a i;t ii ! t he n.ind both of the m ister and of the lde-sin.jr m mankind that he was s,., J . m , ,amps the intellect, stifles every intoKgvpt? Ortainly itwa,butwa ellbit of genius, nnd exhibits I hem as tins the cfLct of slavei)? No. He possessing inferior capacities, who will

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w ;i there hul a sh.ot time until he had gained such esteem that lie was promoted to the second tank in the kingdom. W hile he was there 'saving much people alive.' he was not a slave, but the Kind's Vicegerent. His brethren after him for some lime were free, but were afterward i educed to slavery. 1 ut after the) had served the Kg) ptians a few centuries, lie who takes fare of ihe on pressed, heard their orv.

md need mem iroai t:ie oppressors i., consequence of this servi1(( (h(, Ktjvpti.-ans were visited with .,;,,,;jes, and finally with the loss of (h( jr u,luIc ;umv. 'Nnr W;13 lhig T;ft ,s,,H.i(C;i Vr,e to take the ewtlrv of the KUVp(iai;s. and other FO lh;il it wa; sai., ilu,v y,v I tie vvntlans ' Aow to say thai a

tliing is a benefit to a nation which pro- ' wards the slave in every days lntorduces its destruction, is a contradiction I course. We do not say it is universal,

of terms. Let one more case from the Bible suffice. We find that about the time the Israelites were taking posses-

sion of the promised land, the Gibcon-!:U1;I that is one which rears on tins ites, by stratagem, had their lives spa- I question with irresistible fotce. It rered, but were reduced to shivery. Upoets the morality of this practice.

This, however, was a willing servitude. : They chose this rather than loose I heir j lives. Bat this, nation was ever afterwards 'a thorn in their side.'' If it was a curse to that people to hold those as slaves, who had forfeited their lives thus treating them better than thev deserved how much greater loss must those suffer who hold in bondage those who have never forfeited even their freedom by crime ? A passing remark on the history of slavery in Kgypt in later times, and also in Greece and Rome, will sufficiently demonstrate its bad elfects on those nations. Who does not know that, with the introduction of slavery among them, idleness and effeminacy were introduced, and the floodgates of crime thrown open to ssveep away those nations with the besom of destruction? But we will not dwell here, but proceed to notice some of the effects of slavery ia later times. About the close of the fourteenth century, when liberty had been general in the west of Kurope for two hundred years, the Portuguese descended upon Africa, in imitation of the piracies of the rude .and barbarous ages of the world, and committing depredations on ihe coast, fust carried the wretched inhabitants into slavery. The Kiiglish, Krench, Spanish, Danes, and in short, neaily all the maratime powers of Kurepo. soon followed this piratical example. 'Thus,' says an eminent author, did the Kuropeans, to their eternal infamy, revive a custom which their own ancestors had so late ly exploded, frum a consciousness of its impiety.'' These nations, however, have all in their tuin, by sad experience, found that slavery was an evil, a curse to any people, and have found means to lid themselves of Ihr burden. But before Kngland lid herself of the evil she entailed it upon us, to which we still cling with an iron grasp. And be it said to our eternal disgrace, our ow n countrymen were not behind the moth er country in the nefarious business of kidnapping the poor African and sending him into perpetual bondage. However excusable our nnccslois were for the. introduction of slavery, we have no excuse for continuing it. We stand as a beacon to the world, proclaiming that 'all men are born free and equal ;' w hile we are holding two and a half millions of our brethren in the most abject servitude. Thus we see that in all the instances we have adduced, slavery is a positive e il. But there are. primiplis upon which it can be aigued, which will show that slavery cannot be a Idessing, even had we no fn-t.i on the subject." The first we shall notice is, thai slavery makes men ei a lower estimate on the human race. a wilier e.i mgn auuionty, c , ,,. . T , . J ' j makes tiie following remark: 'This w. in. ii, ttin. in IIIJ ill III IM Illil3 kind of commerce, which began iu tin primitive ages of the world, depressed the human species in the general estimation. This degred itiosi of course depressed their minds, restricted the devt h pment of their faculties, stifled almost cveiy effort of" genius, and exhibited them to the world as beings eudm d with inferior capacities to the rest of mankind. B it for this opinion there seem p, have been no foundation in truth or in justice. Kuu il to their b ilow- men in natural talents, and ' ;,iike capable of imiwivi.iiM.nl. any i I 7 . ....

not acknowledge il to be an evil, a curse to anv family or nation? Again: it is an evil politically considered. Slave labor is not so profitable as voluntary service. In the latter case there is a stimulus to action. The laborer expects to reap the fruits of his toil. Slavery also creates idleness and generates ct inie. Oa the part of the master, because he is supported in indolence. On the part of the slave, because he i s stematieally taught to become; vicious. We have not time here to illustrate the hm- they arc made vicious; hut we will throw out a single hint, which others may carry out at pleasure. It is a ((institutional principle of the mind, that to suspect its honesty vou make it dishonest. And this

feeling of suspicion is manifested tobut it is verv general. But the limits of this essay will per'"it "s to notice but one more argument, Taking for granted, what we believe t("5 if 'i"Y, will deny, that slavery tram pies upon the rights of man, the eternal principles of truth and justice, and is condemned by the w ord of God, it follows as a matter of course that it is in itself w rong; and w hatever is morally wrong never can be conducive to the happiness or prosperity of a family or nation. God will not connive at sin. And those families, or those nations, who persist in this unholy practice must expect retributive justice sooner or later. As certain as there is a God of justice, he will some time reward every one according to his works. God has constituted man a free agent, and consequently accountable to him for all his actions. But w ho shall answer for the conduct of the slave? Can he be a moral agent, w hose actions are controlled and directed by the one he serves? Man, to be accountable for his conduct, must have the power of choice. If, then, slavery is fumd by actual experience: to be injurious; if it degrades the human species ; if it corrupts the moraU and cramps the intellect; if it militates against the rights of man, the principles of eternal truth and justice, and is expressly condemned by the law of Ge, w e can see at once our interest and our duty. We may also see that the principles of immediate emancipation are founded up on reason interest, the rights of ' man, and the taw of God. I. nirn or ;ri;i:Ai. iiakrisox. Cixcixxati, August 1 1th. Never since the landing of the great and the good La Fayette on our shore, lias Cincinnati witnessed such a scene, as the one exhibited yesterday on the return of General Harrison, to this city, from his visit to Louisville and New Albany. About noon the roar of artillery auounced the approach of the steamers Gen"l. Bike and Portsmouth, the latter of which had gone down some twenty miles to meet and escort the Pike to the city. As they approached the main landing thev were saluted from the shore by enthusiastic shouts of thousands amid the dea fen in ro iir of cannon. The boats passed up the riv er to the ship yards, and to Pulton, where they were received in the same enthusiastic manner. In (he mean time the guns continued to (ire on land and on water, and the landing to fill up with the multitude rushing to welcome the return of their gallant fellow citizen. The stars and the stripes floated in the brecz'i from every steamer, and seemed to join in the sentiments of gratitude and honor, which glowed in the hearts, quivered upon the lips, and gleamed in the eye of the assembled thousand The gallant sons of gallant Kentucky, . , . i n- i, i less spectators of the enkindling sight -IM -1 I .1 1 .1 i uey avniicu iiiemseivcs oi ine occa sion to testify, in the thunder of their artillery, that they claimed the right of exchanging a patriotic salutation with the soldier and civilian, who lias shed in the field of battle, and in the coun cils of the nation, so much glory upon her name. He was conducted to the oaleonv ol the I.xclninge, where in a short but animated address. he returned thanks, to his fellow citizens for tin honor which they had conferred on him We could not but mark the deep and all absorbing feeling of the multitude, durin ' his address. (.Kicrlte. Tim WAI5ASII AM) V.niV. CANAL. Port Wayne, July 9, 1835. Messrs;. Kihtors: It may be a mat lor of some interest to your readers to learn, that on the 4th instant the tiavi gation of the Wabash and Krie Canal was most successfully commenced. On the 2d of July, three canal boats pas sed from this place to the forks of the Wabash. On the 3d they relumed, crowded with passengers; and on the

Kb, the event was celebrated in a spir-1

ited and becoming manner by the citi-1 zensofthe state assembled at this place Thirty two miles of the summit section. connecting the keel boat navigation of the Wabash and Maumee rivers, are now in good order, and boats are passing daily. Il is certainly a fact worthy to be noted, that this country, through which the canal boats are now passing, was purchased of the Indians only eight or nine years ago. it is oeneveu uiai an instance of such rapid improvement ino where else to be found. The credit is due partly to the enteiprise of the state of Indiana, and partly to the. liberal and enlightened policy which prevailed in the General Government w hen the grant of land was made to nid this work. It does appear to me that the gieat benefit conferred upon the w hole country by this grant of land to Indiana, ought to remove all doubts in regard to the policy of similar donations in aid of internal improvement. Such donations not only benefit the stale to which they are made, but the treasury of the United States is also a gainer. More money has doubtless been already received into the Treasury, for the sale of lands in this part of the slate, than would have been, had the grant never jeen made. J. L. W . DANIEL O't'ONNEL. OX'onnel, the great Irish agitator has been dealing out his abuse against this country, in a recent address before the British Anti Slavery Society, in London, on the 14th of May last. Not content with villi!) ing Ids ow n land, he has turned his attention to this, and he has not, as usual, been chary of his powers of invective. He says in his grand eloquent speech, w hen alluding to the bondage of the blacks, '-that it was disgusting in every lover of reason, and justice, and liberty, to hear the Amer icans boast of their democratic princi pals and institutions, without a blush at ihe recollection of their bondsmen. Fliey were traitors to liberty, to honor, to consistency. I hey nullified the proudest sentiment in their immortal declaration of independence, which declared all men to have equal, sacred and inalienable rights; that he did not wonder at the death plague at New Orleans, or the devastation of ils people that he was astonished any act of anAmerican parliament should enjoin that no Judges, member of Congress, barrister or preacher, should speak or write against slavery, under pain of being sentenced, not less than three years and not more than twenty one years imprisonment, or death at the dis cretion of the Court that no American dared to leach a slave to read or w rite, under pain of a severe penalty the learned Agitator "then flung his blackdishonor on the Star Spangled Banner of America, and said thai those who fought under it w ere felons of the human race. traitors to Liberty and their oivn honor, and blasphemers of the .imighty. The learned gentleman continued his denunciations against America, until urged by the exceeding warmth of the subject, he brought all the powers of Heaven, and the pow ers of earth to bear on it, so much so that lie said that the red hand of God was bare against us and he besought us to beware ofits vengeance. Thai as sure as the lightning careered through the troubled air, resistless amid the how ling tempest, and the rolling of the thunder, that our destruction and everlasting ruin was inevitable. Phil. Herald. MEXICO. In another column will- be found an account of a recent revolution in Mexico, the particular of w hich arc confirmed, and more fully developed by later arrivals. From every information it appears that the Mexican government, though claiming to be a republic, is now in the hands of a military despot, and his victorious troops, whose excesses and outrages are said to be w ithout a parallel in the history of civilized nations; that in the conquerred cities all strangers and foreigners, but more especially those from the United Stales, have been cruelly murdered by the lawless soldiers and priest-led populace; that all North Ameiicans in Texas, or in the other provinces, are looked u pon as intruders and threatened with destruction; and that no religion, save that of the catholics, stands any chance of being tolerated. We mention these facts for the benefit of such of our readers as have harbored thoughts of making that country their future home. Many of our countrymen are already there, others talk of going some as messengers to proclaim the gospel of peace some with the view of improving (heir temporal condition. But the accomplishment of either appears so entirely hopeless, that while there remains a sinner at home, or an unoccupied spot In our territory,

we would suggest to our friends the

propriety of considering well before they resolve to surrender their present privileges and prospects of usefulness,, for an enteiprize so hazardous and uncertain. The present aspect of affairs in Texas is any thing but encouraging to the ministers of peace, or honest peaceable men to emigrate thither. Were we to advise any to an undertaking so desperate, it w ould be (he gamblers lately ejected from Mississippi, and those who fraternize with them. These could be ve ry wa ll spared, and peihaps they might there find kindred spirit?, and a theater more favorable for the exercise, of their talents, than they are likely to have here. IVcUcm Christian . ldvoeatc. ENGLAND. Death of Wm. Corrett. The old 'hone-grubber' departed this life at. Clifford's Inn, London, on Friday morning, June 19th. The following notice of the event is copied from Cobbett's Register. It is my mournful duty to state, that the forebodings above are realized, and that the hand which has guided this work for 33 years has ceased to move! The readers of the Register w ill, of course, look to this number for some of ihe particulars of the close of my poor fathers life; but they will, I am sure, he forgiving if they find them shortly stated. A great inclination to inflammation of the throat had caused him annoyance from lime to time for several years, and, as he got older, il enfeebled him more. He w as suffering from one of these attacks during the late spring, and it will be recollected, (hat when the Marquis of Chandos brought on his motion for the repeal of the malt-tax, inv father attempted to speak, but could not make his voice audible beyond the few members who sat around him. He remained to vote on that motion, and increas ed his ailment ; but on the voting of supplies on the nights of Friday the loth and Monday the lCth of May, he exerted himself so much, and sat so late, that he laid himself up. He determin ed, nev ertheless, lo atte nd the House again on the evening of the Marquis of Chandos' motion on agricultural distress,on the 'J5th of May, and the exertion of speaking and remaining to vote on that occasion w ere loo mm h for one. already severely unwell. lie went down to his farm eaiiy on the morning after his last debate, and had resolved to rest himself thoroughly, and get rid of his hoarseness and inilam nation. On Thursday night last he fell unusually well, and imprudently drank tea in (lie open air; hut he went lo bed apparently in better health. Inthecaily part of the. nighl he w as taken violently ill, and on Friday and Saturday he. was considered in a dangerous state hv the medical attendant. On Sunday he revived again, and on Monday gave us '. i l l ii .1 it ii nope mat ne would ei ne wen. .lie talked feebly, but in the most collected and sprightly manner, upon politics and firming; wished for "four day's rain,"' for the Cobbett corn and root crops: and on Wednesday he could remain no longer shut up from the field, and desired to he earned round the farm; which being done, he criticized the work that had been going on iu hi absence, and delected some little deviation from his orders, with all the quickness that was so remarkable in. him. In the last half-hour his r yes became dim; and at 10 minutes after I P. M. he leaned back, closed them as if (o sleep, and died without a gasp. 1 le was 73 ) ears old; but, a he never appeared lo us to be certain of his ow n age, we had some time ago procured an extract from the register of Farnham parish, in which it appears that Ihe four sons of my grandfather, George, Thomas, William, and Anthony, were christened on the 1st of Apiil, 17G3, and, as Anthony w as the youngest son, and William was the third, we infer that he was born one year before he was christened, (hat is, on the 9th of March, 17U2. lie might therefore, have been older, hut not much. John M. Corhett. Wim.iam ConriETT, M. P. notorious on both sides of the Atlantic, as a political writer, died in Kngland on the 17th, aged seventy two years. He has been the editor of the Register for 32 years. IBs funeral took place at Farnham. The body was enclosed in a leaden coffin with this inscription: '"William Cobbett, born March 9, l7C2;died 1C June, 1835.' The streets of ihe (own were thronged, and every window filled as the procession moved onward. The train increased as it went on: and by the time it reached Farnham thousands of laborers with their wives and childred, in their smock frocks and straw hats, joined in it. The coffin, affer the service was read over it, was lowered inlo a brick vault securely formed, and in a part of the church-yard, where a