Rising Sun Times, Volume 3, Number 120, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 27 February 1836 — Page 2
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FOR T1IL TUltS. TO THE K-'V. At-'L PJ-tJJl "I EH, Soulier from 'Jrariorn county. A friend of mine has just 'pi -;n my 'mndia copy cf the 'Indian: .'i-ium." of the 1 3th instant, oontai- - or speech in lite Senate of (bite, on the 28th of lid month, on the ' .'! to snyirxl the operation? i.f the acl ;'V.r ihc rcL-cation of or county rc.it.
- so much nuon.!icd and surnn.-'u
on the peru-al of this production of yr. tha' I have concluded to n!d:( .-s yen, (with the permission of (he I'M i Jot
i the Time?.) through the medium of
'no public print-!, m relation thereto ;
i.:id 1 shall do so with becoming fiui
r.ess, and with due deference to the
station which vou hold. You say li e
People of Dearborn are the jury hv
which your conduct is Jo he tried, am one of that i-irv, Sir, and your v
speech itself forces upon my mind the
conviction that you have departed hen
the course v our conscience dictated unto
you to pursue. - I find, sir, that at (he very o?! c ycur speech you endeavored (o impivs
the benatw wan the bclici tr.al ycur
t en: tituents were not in then' rrnl i.:i.id
that they did not know Ibcm-v Ivcs
v hat they wanted; and as evidence cf (bis you cited the Senate to the nun;rcus petitions and rcmenstrances tke.: before the Legislature. And you did not forget to ay that you under.-loir I a petition had been got up praying for a division of the county; and without any authority whatever, you strike six hundred names from the remonstrance ami add them to the petition for a division, asserting at the same time that these six hundred were JWdlifers! that they had turned round and departed from thair first position: Yes, sir, you charge
six hundred of your constituents with
the crime oLVul'ificolion i crime next
in order to High '1 reason you charged
Jthcm with a crime of which they wer not guilty. But let us examine thi
matter a Utile farther. At the moment you made this charge the Senate were considering a bill to suspend the relocation act. Now where did this suspension business originate? Who was it
that petitioned for suspension? Why
;dr, as you well know, it was five or iix
men, composing the President and Se
lect Council of the town of Lawrence bureh, who asked for the suspension
on had their memorial before you
you also had a petition, signed by four
teen hundred, as ycu tell n--, stating that the relocation at Wilmincton did not suit the citizens; and hi opposition
to this memorial and tins petition, you
had before yon a remonstrance, signed
) sixteen hundred and sixty-one citi
iens of your county, which stated i
the most emphatic terms in language
r.ot to be misunderstood that die ma
hriiy WERE SATISFIED iciih U'il
mington (hat the majority wanted no
farther legislation on the Lountu Sec
;"c i'o. Here then, Sir, were your instructions, for the remonstrance contained a majority of two hundred and f ixty. The petition for division of the county was not before you ; it had nothing to do with suyrnsion; they were two F.eparale and distinct questions, and you had no right, no authority, even to allude to the petition for division, much less to stigmatize six hundred of your constituents as Xullijiirr, and to take their names frcm one petition and add
them to another. Y'ou placed yourself,
sir, r.i an awkward position, and it is a position which, in my opinion, you ought not to have got into. Put let us follow this "awkward po
sition tUll failher. 1 ou tell us that! ycur constituents asked more than you could give more tlnn the whole Senate could give. Well, sir, what was it yu could net give? Was it a new county ycu could not give? If not. what was it? But, sir, the course ycu' took, and the reasons yon assigned, 'are not satisfactory to ycur constituents; for as I have told you, (he petition for division was not before you,ar.d it had nothing (o do with suspension. It was your duly then, as a faithful public servant, to be guided by the will of the
majority; and the majority pncd no further legislation on the subject. Instead, however, cf doing tliis, you turned a deaf car to the voice of the people, and the memorial cf Jive or six m;-i at Lfiwrrniflurgh, had more weight, more influence over you, than the remonstrance of sixttcn hundred and, tiit'i-one
citizens cf Dearborn county'.!! Yes,
sir, Inn is true; and I ask vou to con
suit your conscience now, and ask it if
you have done, right? Ask it, dr, if
you nave not betrayed the confidence lite People reposed in you, when they elected you, by a triumphant majority, lothe station you now fill? It was tx lected that you would support the removal of our County Seat an 1 vou
done-so tb.c session previous to the last;
this strengthened our coidtdence in
your integrity, and ou need not won-
ler then if we were surprised when we
heard (hat you had duserttd your post,
i!ui sr'Vic over to the enemy. It came ipon us like a thunderbolt, for we had
no iva.-on to suspect v.v.w tjunwi i mmiii "i i r I : - i . . t 1...
?;;r would ne caioteu m ra ins i.ir.j ui
f.iit.- ,.p '"v ritiy.-T.c if I vr ! f I -r 1 (1 ! "1 1.
Fir. our vote was ns unkind as it war
7 J - unjust. Self-intcrc't will sometimes Scad men estray; and this may have had its htiiurnce in the case under cor.sddoration; but my opinion is ' the power behind the tin one was i-Teatcr than the
.If.'' I have evidence Jo sup
only doing what is unjust, but are endangering the lives of thousands of their own countrymen, whose blood if shed, shall assuredly be on their head. Great activity prevails throughout this republic. Large loans, voluntary
and otherwise, have been made to the Government, and Santa Anna left this city eitiht days since for Texas. When concentrated, his forces will amount to
9.000 fool and 1,700 well mounted horse; at least, such is the statement as given by those who I believe have the best information. 1 have seen 300 of the cavalry, and, in my opinion, they are excellent troops. Sw.du Anna is decidedly popular with
pert this belief; and I can prove to you two-thirds of this republic; and even the
S;r. :l vou desire it, tnat
.en
tin
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s are at tins moment matting voi-
fcwi'fi question was in the hands of the judiciary committee, that you hesitated, doubled, faltered that one day ycu were ir. favor oC sihpemio'., and the next day vou opposed it: and I have been told that vou threatened to dodge
Liberal
uniarv loans, considering it their duty
TEXAS. Every thing in relation to Texas, is now interesting to the people of the United States; and we therefore give some extracts from a letter, to a citi
zen of tliis place, dated '"Nacogdoches,
Dec. 31, S35:"Logunrporl let. 4lOn leaving Natchitoches, I travelled alone to San Felipe, a distance of three hundred and fifty miles from Red Iliv.
er, and two hundred from this plaee-
The country over which I passed is different, perhaps, from any you have ever seen. The uplands are high and
dry, and well supplied with stream-.
Flic soil has the color cf burnt brick,
and is very productive producing cot
ton, sugar cane, corn, tobacco, s e t po
tatoes, cabbages, turnips and all kinds
CONGRESSIONAL.
to do so, taking up the quarrel ta a national point of view.
1 pity the 'i'cxiam, first, because tb.ev
are wrong, and, secondly, because they
will meet with little mercy. The in-
the question in the Senate, by leaving fatuation is great; the very Constitution your seat when the bill was called up; of 182-1, which they now make their and when you were told that the ayes war-cry, was never adopted by them, and noes would be taken, and that your but, on the contrary, opposed and tramconotilucnts would see the tiick, you pled under foot; and anv attempt by
eh..? i'ed your determination. Ah! sir, the Government to collect the revenue
such conduct, v.ioh manuvering as this, according to the Constitution, was vio
ill i ccorr.es a person of your profession. J lent ly resisted; and yet such acts arc
And y cur declaration that you wished J approved and supported by men pro
o vct tables, i he unesi peaches
row
there; and cherries, plums, oranges,
grapes and l:gs in abundance. J ho grass and the wild cane are crcen all
winter. The bottom or lowlands are still more rich, and covered with a growth of tall trees and cane. Game is plenty, and fish in abundance in the streams. The coldest days of winter are more mild than September in Indiana. 1 have seen no ice this winter, but light frosts occasionally. This will be a fine place for lawyers, on account of the land disputes. Here
is ciaim neaped upon claim. As vet
Washington, Feb. 9. The followinghighly important and ac. ceptable Message was yesterday transmitted by the President of the United States to both Houses of Congress: To the Senate and House if Representatives: The Government of Great Britain has offered its mediation for the adjust
ment of the dispute between the United Stales and France. Carefully guarding that point in the controversy, w hich, as it involves our honor and independence, admits of n.o compromise. I have
cneenu'.iy accepicu W:e cher. It will be obviously improper to resort even to the mildest measures of a compulsory character, until it is ascertained whether France ha- declined or accepted the mediation. Iiherikre recommend a suspension of a!! proceedings on that part of my Special Alesage of the 15th of January last, which proposes a partial
While
non-intercourse n iiii v lance
,ve cannot too highly
appreciate the
to do right, when )Ou could ascertain fessing moral principles the leading L, nohinc, permanent; but the
rigid, evidently proves ilia! men ol vour citv
naiwas r gni, tMuentiy proves mat men oi your cii . Texians having declared Independence,
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uu ii.: it in At ii ft wi u u iui iii i i cnce- I in; i eiiiitiii, as yui. nitiuiciiicssi uui tu ,, l . .;il i, .i.,,,.,,
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J't-' 't'u Hiiiuwi IDUU ii"i.n.u:u uuu iiiuiu: Miuns nuw lung. i.iuvisc, T nnvprprifiit rtlf-rs pvrn nrr-
w hat was right but to do the will of the without fail, that you ship the annexed n(i,.J,n..,'i ,wL,rc
order per hrst packet, as no mterrup- Goods Ee1 txcceding!y high, at about
500 per cent. Money is plenty, and
jii r a i i i-i rrii
ATimrr.Tio-v. uie ousmess oi me town urisie. l ne
About three weeks ago an industri- society of men is good Ladies arc fe
ous negro man who had accumulated I have been over a good portion of Tex
property to the amount of 5 or GOO del- as and (he most beautiful is the Brassos
lais, with his wife and children, was country. Every man that comes into
forcibly carried from his house in Po- Texas during the war, is made a citisey county, about ten miles from Mt. zen. with all privileges the very moVcrnon, fa. and the woman and chil- ment he enters the Territory with the drcn sold as slaves. It is staled that intention to stay, and this i3 by act of live citizens of Posey county were en- the Convention. I have just returned gaged in the nefarious act. One of from the army and expect to go agaiutt
the gang who was a near neighbor to the Mexicans again in (ho sprin
(ne negro, went into his house at 10 or
vnoiity ?) you had the remonstrance of'
he people against further legislation lion is anticipated to imports.
n tiie subject, but, sir, you took tne
rrong course, and 1 cannot help think
ing you knew it at the time. You done ;
crong in attempting to undo what you
had done before you done wrontr in i
oting for a suspensien and those who
were the warmest of your constituents!
r a division, opposed suspension the
trongest, and hence you had no right o change their names from one petition
to another.
You said you could see no harm ficrn
suspension, but that the prospect was
much good; that it would allay the ex
citement, and give people time to rc-
lect and compromise. hat compro
mise could be made? who is it, sir, that wvjid compromise? is it those who
live always bean the cause of the trife and contention of cur county?
You must have known that to surcnd
the removal of the county seat, would
.....b i... .u.u aud while prcscnlin- U to the breast of
lis v iiii'ii np nn yht i '.irm I .
elevated and disinterested motives of the offer of Great Britain, and have a just reliance upon (he great influence
of (hat Power to restore the relations
of ancient friendship between the Uni
ted States and Fiance, and know, too,
that our own pacific policy will be strictly adhered to until the national honor compels us to depart from it, we should be insensible to the exposed condition of our country, aud forget the lessons of experience, if we do not efficiently and sedulously prepare for an adverse result. The peace of a nation docs not depend cx 'isivcly upon its own will, nor upon the benelicicnt policy of neighboring Powers; and that nation which is found totally unprepared for the exigencies and dangers of war,
iiiiiviiii ii e.iiii oikf.'-i.L uu ni; jik; warning of its appro;-.;.';!, is criminally negligent of its honor and its duty. I cannot too strongly repeat the recommendation, already iu :(.; la pi ice
1 1 o'clock at night, leaving the others at the doer, and pretended that he
wauled to hire the negro to chop wood.
The negro who was m bt:d and his w i fe
INDIAN -.IAS. SAC Kl:. In all narratives of suffering, a single well authenticated individual example affects the feelings morn sensibly titan
ta a proper stats
tor
knee
and
i.i .1 . i-. f--i
engaged in spinning, became alarmed Uie mo1 tioqueiit generalities oi wider on discoveri.T a nistol in (he hand nf spread calamity. Of (his nature is the
his visitant ht that late hour, and reach- following statement by Mr. Cooley, of
ed up and took down his rifle which "ver ngninouse, tiipp. i ion-
was hanging at the head of his bed. ud Jy' 'iu itun.
V hen he approached his once peace-
i " j . ! j l .iiiii n.imi. na innni i iia i- r ai i r. . ii
, ins antagonist, uie persons standing at """1 u" wu; jum-)u I nave read your rcrr.a.ks carefully lhe dcorIU;hed in Lnotked him dobw Flenton, of Cecil county, state of Matron! beginning to end; and, sir, I can- jamned u him wi,h guch force a8 (o ,-yland, who acted as instructor to his not hnd one plaus.b e argument in favor orcak his breast bone, and beat him till children; his body was mangled, and of suspension: and the whoie seems to he wa8 senseless. In this situation heand had evidently been killed with an me as an aUempt to gloss over a wrong f;i . . , -,xo. nis two eldest rildrnn wapp fn..nd
I '"iui ltvao 1 'hv..vji uuuii nuiacsi tin 11 1 " .v.
1 11
lit d'Arn n I 1 p n m nnn
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tenon, or a misiaiven zeal. -. !,, i, 1..... ' i near hv. shot tbronrrh Hp I.Pnrf.
The course you have pursued, sir, lf the Village of Mt. Vernon, and nut bolding yet the book in her hand she
nas aucnaied you irom your constttu- , r 111 1 n... i,...;, ,.a it, n,i, .ra..
, ., - . P . . into a lerry ooai uiai nau oeen prepar- " " "-""""g: i'- uuuk ui ure ents ; tney can have no conudence in eJ , ' f , . J J olhcr j b ljis side about a hundred
yoancreaher , and they there lore thinly thfi ;ve y2 mUes, to the mouth of 'ar olT. he found lhe bodies of his
nso, tsau ocen and t le same
the infant'
burnt, but
trrowroot
ever, did escape, and returned to Mt. and lhc machinery with which he man-
Vei uon, when, two citizens of that nlace; I u'acturcd it, are left uniniurcd. The
, . liighland Creek, and to tlte house of a W!ie ailu i-'nt. one,; tney may elect a Senator who w.l not . - f D - f , mim!l(M, shot through the heart,
.:i oppoMt.on to their wishes. Ji Iere(!;e neg.o was untied, as it was "'l is supposed, broke
s ie language ed truth ana soberness; 5Upposed that he was so much injured -" His house had been J'-oge you what I say. I . ir A ilmhrnKo i l,n Wi
1 no iu uu uuituiu iu uscciue. lie now-1 ... .....i.. i. .i
Respectfully yours,
A CONSTITUENT. Union loTVKihip, Fib. 22, 1830.
.YIX:CO AM) TF.XAR. The following is an extract from a letter written by an American now in Mexico, to his friends in New York, lie seems (o think the. Texians are on
started on board of the first steamboat
in pursuit of the villains. Captain
de-
prompt! v to proudo the
means for amply protecting our com
merce.
Washington, Feb. 8. lGJG.
ANDllKW JACKSON.
mileage,
In the proceedings of the House of
Representatives, on (he 5th instant, we
find the following:
Mr Uan.vecjan moved 'o suspend the rules in order to instruct the select committee of twen( -four appointed yester-
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way, nn me suoiect oi pay and
to make the following inquiries :
'First Into the expediency of removing the seal of the Federal Government from Washington to Cincinnati or Louisville. 'Second Into the propriety of so amending the Rules of the House, as to cause a list of (lie absentees, whenever the yeas and nays are taken, to be entered on the Journals, and published as pari of each da's proceedings in the morning papers. 'Third Of compelling all members wdio may hereafter absent themselves, during the sittings of the House, on vis
its to their Lome's
ma laniiiies, or
(he purpose of attending (o their practice in tiie courts cf (Lis District and ad
jacent Suites, to relinquish their pay du-
nod o! such absence.
for
Ore
en, the Captain of the boat, was in-
Indians carried off about twelve barrel
of provisions, thirty hog?, three horses,
,4C0 in saver, his clothing, one keg of
formed of (heir business and gave (hem Powder, over two hundred pounds of all the aid in Siis power. This was the ,e:lc3 ant $700 worth of dry goods. By night after the abduction of the ne- their tracks and the. amount of proper-
groes: and Cant Green pave dirertion iy carried eh, air. C. computes the num
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l!ie ii'iujl? traCtC ntlt Wf lUU C ll-vr- t in nfi uiu rrnu- Inallnm
, j - . ,,iv 1 1, 1 iv niu viiiccyij aiiu vi v, n j iv wiviiu
I that he sas
I . . . . . . . I S J .. C in
r.Ii.xico I): c A 1 heard, the boat rounded to, and as was ""'nan, una a opamuru namea lv
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anticipated, tooK in unvis and Milicr,
rin.g ti.e
I he pchev of (his G
mands (hat, for the present, all communication with North America should be closed, but thai, only to pnvcnl intelligence of their movement being concjcd to Texas. This i.-, P;r ( di.pui, the Mexican Government by the hnuile movements -..nd nets cf the merchants and oth'.-r citizens of New Yoik, New Oi leans. i'ic. S-n.!i iir.;ircr,in,i.,!,l.. f..i.
ly a
AliiCI !f
manucl.
the two of the gang who w ent off with the negroes, with the negro w oman and
children. The persons in pursuit kept secreted till they arrived at Shawnoctown, when Capt. Green placed a guard to prevent any one from leaving
the boat till a process was obtained for
nEJ'EVi'AL OF HOSTILITIES. The Columbus Hemisphere contains a letter from a gentleman at Toledo, dated Jan. 30, io3G. bv which it an-
1 j --p pears that some recent difficulties have
d manil' st ii.jiislic.fc on f'v: j ail of rt;Ieascd, aud sulfi.
I i
mo-l h'.iisMi
Hi to 111 l.fii: in lhe M-cairse
taken place between a Michigan tax
(he arrest of Davis and Miller, but by collector and citizens cf the disputed seme strange manoeuvre they were territory. An attempt was made bv
ulFered to pursue their lhc Michigan odicer, living north of
(he dispu(ed line (o collect taxes of cit-
'Fourth Of requiring a relinquish
ment, in liiie tn-mner, oi tueir cempen-
ation, from menioers during the time ost frcm the business of the IIou;c in
excursions to t.ic neigiiboring cities, or in pleasure partiea about this city
tnd t lie surrounding country, or from
my other cause wnatever, except sick-tcr-s and the order cf the House. Fifth Of establishing a rule to pre
vent members from drawing their pay up to the close: of the session, who
leave several days prior lo the adjourn
ment.
Oa motion of Mr. Willi v.ms, of N. C.
the motion to suspend lhe rules for the
purpose indicated, was laid on the table.
On the return (o Mt. Vernon of the izeiis 0!1 lIia s0lJt51 side. They remon-
i our public p.; -ri ;ur: h-d.d and banl two persons who went in pursuit, other stra(ed declaring they would pay no (bout their Ki-iidij". jjM.r.r, ( . porsons started to pursue and arrest tax except to Ohio. The officer therc:liug lt- ai.d tin.- ind'-iiisniy ; 'it he villiar.s again. The result we have upon levied upon the property of severwhere i 1 1,. r he;. or m.d h.:.. .ty n n - "t definitely heard. Rumor says they al of the citizens and proceeded lo sell spect to T. xv! L Ar-... i:. .. ,.,.( -.1 were re-taken at New Madrid, after Amongst other outrages the house
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peace wit!, xir.o? Wb the American (,v v.u. committees. a;.l tll,-i, a,,, be shipped openly f,.
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" (," i i-iC-l(:o,t)Ht (f, ;, i I , J'wo (hiulsof t..U t!10,e :i, ,.,rf. ucMgnation of Texians ate t !r.,i;, - which we, us well as many o'.ln,."'
prove; but, suppose (hat the-y were M, . icans, what right have Americans lo inteifere? Would they have submiit, .1
thev had sold the woman and children, Hoadly was broken into during
and that they escaped from the sheriff Lis absence and a considerable amount after he had" shot and wounded Davis, of personal pr.opei (y taken out and sold, and thnt one or both of (hem have irone T'lis so enraged (he inhabitants that
to Texa. that land of patriots which tll(7 collected in a body, took out a war
ane of our good citizens wish Gen. rani ior tne .Michigan olticer under the
in
10 .Mexicans going, rit.e in hand, noon c ,n;u' ' l 11 American ground, in troops, in like r d'' T 'l" manner lo assist any p;lrtv of their citi- a miUl01- in tv! lla?i ;md wc 1
zens dmibrly situated? They arc not
In kson to purchase.
One of lhe five is under recognizance fr dial at the next circuit court of IV oy county. Monitor.
We have this morning another arri
val of more (ban a quarter of a million
artcrs
under
stand still more is coming.
JV. Y. Join. Com.
laws of Ohio, arrested and committed
him to lhe jail of Wood county. The
officer has been since bailed out of pris
on, and threatens lo raise the posse to
enforce the execution of the laws of
.Michigan. Great excitement prevails.
Jjttmnon Star.
The steamboat Walk-'ui-thc-Waler has been burnt, with 13 to 1500 bales of collcn at Natchez.
In the House of Representatives, Jan.
7, the following rosou'ution was offered
by Mr. Lane: Resolved, That the Commit lee on Post Offices and Post Roads, he instructed lo enquire info the expediency of establishing the following post routes in the State of Indiana. From Versailles, in Ripley county, to Rurlington, Boon county, Kentucky, via. llarlsville, Dillsoorough, Guionville, Hartford, and Rising Sun. From Napoleon, in Ripley county, to Louisville, in Henry county, via Clark;burgh,Ncw Sa)em,aud Smelscr s Mills. From Aurora, in Dearborn county, to Napoleon, in Ripley county, via. Wilmington. From Harrison, Dearborn county, lo Scipio, in Ohio, via. Diewersburgh, in Franklin county. From Lawrenceburgh, in Dear
born county, to Brookville, in Franklin county, via. Hubble's and McKenzcy's Cross Roads.