Vincennes Gazette, Volume 12, Number 35, Vincennes, Knox County, 4 February 1843 — Page 1

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ins riT-cmss's nocn. II T 'AM-IOA. W Lb.. fitst ihe lone 'May-flower' thre-v Ilcr canvass to the breeze, To bear af.u hor pilgrim crew Uevond thedaik Hue seas, i'ioud Freedom to our hud had flo.va. And chose it f-.r the brave; f hen formed the na'ion's corner 6W:a Ar.a ?" it I'V trie wave, ".-Pha.: when the Pilgrims anchored there, I heir stepping stone might he i'ij&t consecrated rock ot prayer, The bulwark of the free. A ad there they stood; c:ui pilgrim k.-.w Was wan with cr: f an! care, Ai.Jbcnt cadi manly form but oh! A tender sigh ws there; b-,ad woman with her auge'nc face, All trembling, prde and chi'.!; liut oh! thers was in that lone place A sight more touching still 1 he cheek of childhood pale with fear, And hushed iia voice of ghc; nd they are coin; I'Ut we are hen', A bulwark for the free. Uor Pilgrim sires ate gone, yet slid A nation in its pride llaih pourtd o'er every vale and hi'.!, la a bright unbroken tide; And still their sonu bhall flood the land While that oi.l rock appears, I.ika a Pilkfritn scirit Lorn to stand 'l'he mighty wreck uf years AalY while floats the winds a: d That hallowed rocv shall b-; idie threshold of t'ae co.-a a!.j The bulwark cf the fee. ADDHI3S3 o t.i.: I'-o.'li: or Indiana. A :.orao;i of your tVl'ow citizens i.) to t'.,r -i Stat.? Convouitori. xi int. t-nu iv " .-vldtess vot: on qujs.ons of pubHc policy, invo'.aai for tho ergumonrs by which they nre sn?'a.:ie.i you i !..,Mii.in u- imnri'j. ail un it in.- . j'-t l-ifli-sd iu. 'r.i;ent5. i e r . no mor. their telltruth mice ola-ed uoon tn-in than and correctness are calculated to inspire. That we. as a people, are laboring un-il.-r !iriiiirv !r a;s in ?I) tS ot iilt f i..st uupreccd ented character, none wdl fiave tlie temerity to deny, yet, when we f flljet :l:st we are in the possession of a country abounding in all tho materials of permanent wealth; whoso resources arp "ittd, itcaui.ot but create -"1se lfind ourselves iu me situation t.iat t e cry ;f a sulTjring people for rehet, hut too plainly indicates to be almost beyond ,mi kiranee'! This state cf tilings did not til way 3 exiit. Tiiere w?.s a tint i 1.1 -ur past history wl.enthey were uno.::barra-s-cJ. and when the proceed', of th-tr labor commanded a fair equivahnt, iu a eurren equal I to silver, an -I of unuorm vacue .oujtiotit l.oe whole Union. iovv. liow channel :d! 1 he pro. 1 your farms rotting down m your bam yard.-, or if sold at all, your pay is in miserable depreciated currency, liable to be:.)ine entirely worililess on your hands. Our State indebtedness amounting to about fifteen millions cf d Uirs and increasing over a half million yearly individual liabilities to Hanks and lrut funds, over five millions more, and. to discharge this vast euat, reliance must he had alone on the produce of the soil, and tin-? t prices scarcely sufficient to quit cost of harvestin 7. This result could net have been produced without a cause. It is notour province nosv minutely to point it out. The history of the past Pd years must be in the recollection of all. Under the pretence of giving U3 a "better currency," an institution vvliosj bills wero always convertible into ppecio was destroyed, and ;n us tead we have an innumerable host of irresponsible shaving shops foisted upon the -country- Th coxisequences of this pol- " .. :.t. rri i .rodiftpd hv those who iC) , s uul.I'Uv j i- i 0000 pd it has bren more llssti reztuM by us. T he canc.or ol iwicuuipcia jh mission that, in the above fact, we find one of the primary causes of our present dfficuUics. Hehevino, that our cou 'ry can oiuy be restored to her former prosperity by the adoption of proper measures by the (ientral Government, and detesting the dogma advanced by our opponents, "that the peonle expect too much cf tho Government." when they ask for the passage of laws calculated to have a beneficial influence upon their interests, we are led to inquire what course ought now to bo pursued to accomplish, what all cannot but desire, tho restoration of a good currency a fflir nnd certain equivalent for our la 1 ' 1 c : 1 -, bora relief from State indebtedness, and the consequent prosperity 01 i.ie iwis people? We answer, the permanent establishment of tho following measures, advocated by tho Whig party: 1st. "An adequate revenuo wit 1 fair otection to American industry: 2nd. "A sound National currency, regulated by iho will and authority of the :ird." "A faithful administration of the TiublicdornVm, with En equal distribution ( te rroOPC-Js of '.c among all the 'Vutf- '

-lib. "An amendment of tho Consiiei-jitory

lion limi;i:i t!io incumhent of tho lV.?viJjiuial oiTk-o to a single term." First: Establish, permanently, such discriininatui'i duties on tlie production of ariicles ol i.reign cour.tnes r;3 v:w protect such article j as can bo manula reJ by o ir own citizen?, and the ir.evttab!o ctrect will be, to create an inadequate market for tho produce of our farms, and, the paino lime keep within ourselves a iarj'a amount of money which would hi otherwise annua'.ly withdrawn from cireuiartun ::mong us i;i ord-r to pay f-f foreign mnnvifactuted ffnr.ds. Our op;.ioiients aay. "Give us free trade," which means, open our ports to all foreigners who may widh t-. flood (vr country w ith th' i'niiw of their industry wi'luiut anv restriction whatever, and pay therefor (t'iey say) in our agricultural proJuot?, and that it is our interest to b nv wherever we can purchase chea pea ,is looks verv well in thory, and is wed caiouiaiea to ueeeive, out will no, bear tho toil of practical exp ?riencH i n 1 l ue present condition 01 too .cuitnereial world. If there could be a rtciprocit' cf trade among all nations, there would be so.no reason in the pVdcy they propose. Ou!, this cannot be. The practice cf all nations is against it. All wo a-k i3 reciprocity. If we cannot have i his if we are not permitted to pay tor our calicoes and cloths in the produce ui our farms free of duty, in foreign ports, we ought as a matter of j ustice, to manufacture th.er.i ourselves. Is it policy lor us to nu t-e of those who will only purchase'of u when they are compelled to 6V absolute necessity, as is tho case ligianu w m i, ur cros fail! We no.! Our opponents' en hvuor to ke us believe that a tariff on foreign i i i . t . r cuanUize r. suits to ifte cen :: i ot our manufacturers at the expense cf the consumer: that the prices of our manufactured articles increase in the proportion to trie duty imposed on tho foreign production ot tho same kind.. This is not true. "One ounce of experience is worth a po ind of theory, an a :azo w inc.i could n. ver bo m re aporoonatCi v ap; lied than now. Tha facts are to toe contrary, a ctahhshed by the Secretary of the Treasury in his last report, and by all experience during the past history of the country. When this d ctr'me is presented to the people all we ask is, that they will before giving it thai credence which its advocates thinliU "!Uulo4 m- rccctve, sefer to the prices current an 1 tho statistics of trade f.nd protec'ion. It will then be discovered thafthe ell'ect of a discriminating tariff steadily persisted in, has uniformly been .0 reduce the price of tho articles on which it is imposed." It is the supply and demand that regulates the price of every article iu 0,0 market. This is a law td trade which admits of no change. in proof of this, wo shall only icfer, (ahho' the evidence is abundant-) to tho e fleet of the new tand'upon tho pri:es of articles which go int. necessary use in all our lamilies, that being sufficient to establish the position. Imported calicoes sold in ociv York, in September last, at lo cents per yard, before the operation of the tariff, and the same article at 12 cents in November, after the existence of the tariff. Tho article of American flannel sold, in Sept., at the same place, at Ih) cents, an t in November, tho same quality, at 'd 1 cents per y3rt thus showing a decrease in the prices, instead of an increase and thus resulting to the benefit of the consumer instead of to hi3 injury. Tho same effect has been produced on the price of evpry aiticie protected by the provisions of the late tariff. -except, according to the Treasurer's report, the single article of brandy. What becomes now, with those facts be fore us. and none dare deny their truth; of tho hypocritical cry of "an injury to the consumer for the benefit of tho manufacturer.' Many cf those who use this argument know that it is incorrect, and do it with a view of misleading the people, others, w ho never have taken the trouble to examine it. belk ve its correctness. We, -as a western people, above all others, ire interested iu the permanent sta., I, ,,;tV ...vdihT ,if .rivin t ndfnuaie - ""1 a . , . ... 1 pi oil e li' o li J i;u i iiiuusu . wui v u v. . uf all ether portions of liie Union, is most adapted to agricultural pursuits. Here, our soil is more luxuriant and renders a fruitful return for our labor. Hut of what avail will all this be to us. if it is suffered to decay upon our hands for the want of a market! Wo may drag out a miserable existence of unrequited labor, but, we can never reach that degree cf prosperity and independence we otherwise would, were our industry to receive its merited reward. When the time shall arrive that pvrrv artie 0 whicti is nceueu. possiuie ferns to produce, shall ho manufactured within ourselves, we shall enjoy a degree of happiness never before enjoyed by any people. The lenders of the party, opposed to this policy, endeavor to create, in the minds of the people, a prejudice against a tar ill, for tho reason, as they falsely charge, that its tendency will be to build up among us overgrown monopolies, and. consequently reduce our citizens to the condition of the paupers of England. In this argument, they attempt purpose,' to deceive iho people! They know that the condition of the operatives of Kngland produced, and is continued, by other csuEcs:-tl!?t 'hero they have their tiered-

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rraev their laws of primogeniture theic caibli hed churclt, ar.4 their poor laws, (rendered necessary by an ovemrou n population) all of which conspire to tho result in which we find them placed. To create this unholy prejudice, the hard -hius endured by those who labor in the inanutactories ol Lngiano, are i !

pair.jd in their darkest colors and held j worthless rags as our cncudatmg i9- ' ti,o,r .,-,,, . 1 iim f-Ad ! dinm or sliall we return to that slate of

U.I .11 llll -. fcl VUliVVM, .,.v - that this is the result alonoof the internal polcy ofthrt country. They teil us it is our policy "to buy where wo can buy cheapest." How can we boy at all if foreigners will not receive our products in exchange for their good?! No one will contend that we can, without draining ur country of our precious metals, and who. we ask, is willing to see this result? Is it ri;ht that we should throw open our ports, free of duty to those who will not reciprocate this policy, and who shut their norts to iu? It is contrary to gxd policy and sound Am -tican feeling to tin ir. W'hv not then., as American of rc aiom t our lii'.erc-is as .1 s11"" that course of policy which is to us to imperam edy dewe be deterred fro n doing nation, i'ur d . maud.' so by the d veitfu! and hypooritie: cry of th;),e w -o-ie 11 1 crest U is to c.eceive 1.10 v-oine, l: at (try may f.e! personal' ti ve nuj-H'i.nz. thvn. that for hi- C' 1, ii Mt:? v. e . r u - a. mi. .1 IV Who i-s acta iu d hv a oron jr reirard 1UTV, es not loorv lorn at a consummation of the 1 1. c 1 no au.. i i- ie period win;, .ur peop.e snaii ue mu ocuuentof the workshop, f Europe, and when tin? demand for the surplus produce shall bo such as to cause the balance of trade with uth'-r nations, to bo in o ir 'uvor. I ! ! I. . : .. O n .-. , e.unuieiit tar if! . 11c -till d only as 1 . ii-tauces mav dictate, would produe 1 U s rcsi ui. Is, .! v un (!i-!ite; lien. n A i- t ibis hecoie our settled policy? w ; 1 v W h v 11 t m e re all tormc-r pn pu nces M i"". w r nr( Ml lit't'f fill thi subject into h de.-iie to a-'comp.uM a uieas.u-e fraug'nt with s-o much d to us 1 . loir 1 1 1. ineii is n t :e ,ii.r )nr opponents in the i , 1 ,, , .,0 Mates however, (with the prince rf nullification at their hea l,) immediately after the passage of the present tariff gave for til the war cry of repeal and it has been echoed back by party leaders throughout th country but. it seems to us that the people cannot be found so lost to ihtir own interests as to jo n in this denunciation. Si... ...! n ibo ;t..!,.t.,ylii'iil aaJ.- - ai - tneasure of public policy which, from any cause may have boeu abandoned, reason dictates that we should Iook. baeic upon the operation of that measure upon our country during tho time of its existence. Experiment is the only true mode ol testing the policy to be pursued by nat.ons aswe!l a individuals. Directly after the close f our revolutionary struggle when the country seemed to demand a 'national currency.' tho ages of those times es. tab'.Hh d under the s motion of Washington, a Nati"nal Hank. During Us existence, a curren-v, safe to tho people, and of par vain, ip. ughotit the Uu on, con- - 1: 1 1 ; j, stituted tne circulating meunun u v n.oi.u the roinni' rci.al and ordinary business of be was transacted. iv;ucians, vv i it. ti : ro-.Tf.rd to th" great interests 01 the country ereatct a prejudice against !!ia its institution, an 1, on the expiration of barif.-. Congress refuses to renew it. Tho Soates, then, in order lo supply the d .fi.-iency, (as the opponents of the ,oal Ha'ik urged,) ciiartored numerN. comnanies witii oanUing privileges. , ' . l:....l 1 ijcj' OCal IIISTIIUIIOIIS, IU wis o.cuu icu, failed to !y those soon ex! ilish the objects promised wdio established them. T hey 1 the:r issues sons to lid tlie id,. 1 oi l u their irreueemabie trash iblt theti faih-il. leaving thousands in the hands of the industrious poor who were unable to bear the loss. The price of labor am! property depreciated and embarrassment prevailed to an extent till then unknown. Relief laws were then passed by the di ire rent States. Thi- only proved a temporary palliation. The t-eat of the disea.-e reiti oned untouched by such expedient. Tho misery of iho people demand d mote oennanenl relief. '1 lie exrwri, t nf a fVw vpfirs convinced mem that their commercial and agricultural in tensts could alone be advanced by a 11a li,,nul ii.stitution whose issue- should a all limes be ledeemaoio in gold and silver Many of the same men who destroyed tb,. ilrsr h.oik. when convinced ol their error caino forward and tsUthsue om -I ill! I '. T lO Oil' 1 lit lllLV IK, VI , 1 - . . . '. 1 1 1 . - had put down. The new m-titution went into operation A currency in which all had confidence soon beeao,,; established. The interests of the w hole people soon began to give evilenco vt' its beneficial influence. Pro duce hure a liitrh price. Plenty crowneo the labors of industry, gladdened every heart, and spread a emilo ol happiness over the whole land. Tho farmer, the mechanic, and tire manufacturer, were pressed with business, and all were on the high road lo prosperity. There was no fear then thai tho proceeds of their toil would become v.orthless on their hands. In an evil hour for tho welfare of our people, their prejudices were aroused against the new institution. Like the first, it became the victim of political warfare. Like causes produce like ell'ecls. As at the destruction of tho first Hank, so now, local Banks R'cre ushered into txislenco with more lhan int?g:c rapidity.

There issues soon covered the land as leaves the earth in autumnal seasons. l'liey soon becamworthless, and as before, the earnings of toil perished in the hands of tho people! Now the question presents itself, whether wa shall remain as we are, without a

.currency, upon wui wu i-iy, . . k ; I . ..... ,toi r.j i' w ith ------- thimrs which the experience of forty years of our country's history seems to have been, above all others, the most prosperous? Our opponents deafen our ears with the cursess upon ihe Bank of the United St'es. They must forget, whilst they so, they pour fourth their blaspfieirous imprecations on the heads of W ashington, Madison and a host of our revolutionary fathers who were instrumental in establishing the two institutions row out of existence. Thev teil us a Nation al Hank is unconstitutional, notwithstanding tho opinions of Washington, Madison.) Monroe and Jackson a majority of its framers; and the dceisons of the Supreme Court cf the United Slates, to the contrary . They tell us of its expediency, whilst the history of tho past should convince all to the contrary, and, whilst tho present condition of the currency demonstrates its falsity. To deceive tho people and as an argument against a "National currency, our opponents present a false issue to the public. They poiuttothe eoiruptions and frauds of that Hank, chartered by the State of lVumsy Ivania, and by a democratic Legislature too, called the United Stales lUiuk, concealing the fact that it was entirely a Stato institution. Whilst they point to the great losses which the peonle sustained by this institution they dare not avow the fact ti.at bv neither of the institutions created by Congress, was a eing'e dollar lt to the people, although hundreds of millions of the people's money passed through their vaults, m the finan cial transactions of the government. Is it a mark cf wisdom to persefece in doing wrong, after a conviction of our error, in order to preserve what may bo esteemed consistency of political action? or, would not wisdom dictate a candid renunciation of that error, and honesty compel a determination to do right? A j id regard f L r western interests csi ie from a national point of view, demands tho establishment of an institution Ui - "'-U k IIJiJ, U1 ! lOi: r.! Hi it Wittf bCier. uuu whoso ability would be sufficient to .-cove a safe circulating medium, am at tiie tame time to rogulate an 1 cqua.ize the exenanges. To do tliis it is unnecessary to give life t the old charter to which many objections existed. No one desires it. Let a new institution be created profiting by past experience in its formation, avoiding all tlie evils of either of those existing heretofore and but a few years will find us enjoying, as w e enjoyed in times past, a currency whose safety would lie unque-:tion d. The effect of such an institution on the exchanges alone on the west would be ioimnse. Wc of Indiana have, during the few years past, paid, by wnv of exchang; alone, (the difference between our local paper and City paper funds, enough to have paid the interest on our State debts, which would have been saved to us had a national currency been in existence. Third. The public domain ir a rich inheritance, put chased by the blood and treasure of the cation? and the pioceeds aiisinir from its sale should be "considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of all the Scutes." It was upon thus condition the. rijhU t,f the several States were yielded to the General (iovernrnent. Does not the terms of this cession create an ecpiitabie tide iu the States, to the proceeds thereof, inasmuch as they were given in trust to the General Government for all the States, after a certain specified indebtedness being discharged. The whole of our unsold land is estimated at 800. 0U0 millions of acres one hundred and sixty of which are situated in tlie nine western and ,! souih western states. What an immense sum of money will be derived, in the progress ol time from this source, and, to what object other than a fair distribution among the States should it be appropriated! To what other purpose could it be applied where as mv.ch good could be accomplished Conarc??, impressed with the justice of the distribution policy, passed a bill, as eatly as lv32, giving the proceeds to the States in a juat proportion. It was prevented from becoming a law by the action of the President. Had it been otherwise, under its provisions, the State of Indiana would have received ov- r three millions of dollars as her distribution share up to 133. To the defeat of this measure may be aseribed another cause of our embarrassments. At that time ihe national treasury was overflowing with the receipts from customs, and the sales of public lands, (owing to the wise policy of tlie preceding administration) and greatly exceeded the necessities of Government. Had the sum been distributed among the States, there would not have been that vast sum of money todeposite with the local banks created in obedience to the mandate of the then existing administration, upon which they discounted so largely by direction of the Secretary of the Treasury the result of which was that w ild spirit of speculation and visionary entcrj. rises among individuals and States tne effects of which we now find in two hun dred millions of indebtedness to the States, and the insupportable embarrassments of our people. When we reflect that the interest on the debt of Indiana amounts, aniuial'y, to about 750.0C0 dollars, and, that we have been unable for the past two years to pay it by means of taxation, who is there that would oppose a measure calculated in theleaot degree whatever, to relieve our people from the burthen of direct taxation! Those who oppose thia policy urge that, as a reason against it, the deficiency occasioned in the Treaeury by dibtribution must be supplied by the cuson:f and, therefore, is in effect takir; it from

one pocket of the people and placing it in ano- It is the province of the people to determine ther."," We admit that 1:1 consequence of taking whose doctrines are the best calculated to proit from the Treasury the amount mu-t be up- mote the happinesi, prosperity, and permanency plied by customs, but, whilst we do so, we by of our institutions, and, having an abiding faith no means acknowledge the justness of their con- in the correctness of their judgments, we appeal elusions. These customs are rai-ed mainly by to them with confidence in that decision, duties imposed on the luxuries of life, and are, jn reviewing" the political events of tho paid i y those who consume them. 'J he great la-' . . .1 f 1 .1 1 r o xr i pst year, we seo nothing in tne reverses boring class the soul of the republic would ' . . - r . . pay but a small portion of the amount, whilst h;Cn our party has sustained, m some of they would reap the bcnel-t of distribution, he- toe states, at Which to despair of success cause it would relieve t. em from taxation. Ob-1 in that struggle when our principles are at jection is made because our share is but a small issue, atld tint issue is made with but

amount. True, that now, when owing to the Wunt. True, that now, when owing lo the eser.t situation of our people, emigration to tho ,.t has alnio.1 ceased, a mall ainountol land, , e purchased. On the return o: the better times . .-.-I.- v. r ,k .o ; nsenuent upon toe dual triumph of the measprese WC! are uuiinrvj'iiui i;nr. jih.ii inyuiw.i v.. .... .1. urea wc advocate, the tide of emigration will naia ; set in, beating down in its onward flow, every barrier, until the millions of acres of the public j lands shall be teeming with people, and the face : of the great West shall bo ftuddud over voth towns and cities. W hat a vast sum will it not lurnisn, in time, to assist us in tiist u u un,i ,. , , . 1 1 .1 - i i which for many hng vears would otherwise hang , over us paralyzing our energies and harrassing our people: It opponents denounce the measure because. ' they say, "it will bribe and corrupt the people. This argument is an insult, and those who give it utterance will be tau'ht by the people that they know well how to appreciate an objection which carries on its face a distrust of their virtue and intelligence! What! are not tho States capable of taking care of their own mon-y? Thh is strange doctiine to emanate from thse who claim to be tho true demoeiats of the laud! At the extra session of Congress a distribution act again passed received the sanction oi the President, but was in operation but a short period. Although during that period the sales of ihe public lands were not great, (ow ing to causes above recited.) our portion uin runted to near 38,000 dollar:.! This law was repealed at the last session, and tho proceeds of the public land now o into the general treasury. This fluctuating course must r, suit injuriously. It is time for the matter to be permanently settled, and it cannot be belter disposed of than by distribution. Fourth: The founders of our Constitution wisely provided the mode by which it should, when deemed necessary by the people, ke amended. In the courso uf fifty years' experience it would have been impossible not to have ili.-eov-ercd some imperfections. The most prominent of which is that tho Executive wince was not limited to a single term of four years. An individual elevated to power, (no matter what we may esteem his patriotism to I.e.) often becomes determined to retain that power, without regarding tho puritv of th p measures by which his obtLi in aiuniicu. jut: ii jliimu-, u'ui tlxeeuiivo is in danger of being prostituted to that purple. Against thij vc.aait too fce.duluuly u m r i., i ' In all Republics there has been a constant accumulation of power in the hands of their rub rs. The tendency of this has been, and always will be, to eftslave th mass of the people. In this has ever been found the grave in winch tlie general liberty of mankind litis been buried. W hen an incumbent wNh.es a re-election its leniency is to bring nil the oiiiees of the government, appointed by the Executive, into the political market, to be given as a reward for services calculated to propitiate the conferring power, and thus converting tlie patronage of the government into a vast corruption fund. It- elfeet will he in time to r.-tab!Uh among u, "a mighty host of Executive j inizaries,'' who would be in th? midst of us, institute themselves into our sanctuaries amongst our domestic altars and household gods; and. un 'er artful designs and untiring effort-, ob. tain a control over public opinion by contaminating its verv sources and elements. No American can wish to see the institutions of his country thus endangered, and as a means of averring it, should aid in guarding agiin-t it in the manner above proposed. As hn important State election is at hand, one word as to State a flairs would not be amiss. In glancing at our situation a most gloomy prospect is presented. The policy of the National government as to works of internal improvement underwent a change in 1832. The States were told that they alone should make their own roads and canals. The doctrine that an expeii.lUuie of the people's money, under the direction of the general government for that purpoe, w hich, in its tendency, would have been to bind together all the grett interests of the country to have afforded a means of national defence whenever the cupidity of a foreign foe should biing them to our shores became entirely repudiated. The States were urged by the then administration to take the matter into their own hands. Immense sums of public money accumulated in the 'Treasury, which served for local instituti jns to bank upon instead of being appropriated to its legitimate object cau-ed a wild and ungovernable spirit of speculation to run riot throughout the land. Iu obedience to the recotrmend a'.ions of those then in power, our State entered into a system of internal improvements. And whatever means may be adopted by our opponents to avoid the measures brought upon the ?tate through the action of the general government, whilst tnev were in nower, whether it le practical or open repudiation, (concurring folly with the sentiments of the late message ut Uovernor uigger.i me Whig party will not taint their proud name with a deed so foul; but til tht can be done the world may depend shall be accomphd,ed to preserve, forever, the fair fme, by vindicating the honor of Indiana. Above you have the prominent measures which the Whig paity (without arrogating to themselves more purity of motives than they are wiping to grant to their opponents,) believe to be essential to the welfare of the Republic T he reasons which bring them to this conclusion could only be btielD given in an address of this character, and we only hi pc enough his been said to elicit an inquiry into their correctness, and that a.l ni3y bring to the examination of a ;nind unbiassed by paitizan, or any other feeling, than becomes one devoutly attached to the bc-tt interests of the nation. The measures to be established by the ascenilpnrv nt our oononents ar i the resuscitation of - L I the odious Sub Treasury which was buried beneath the waves of public indignation that roiled over it in IS 10; the issue of Tu-csury N tts in denominations small enough to enter into the smaller dealings" of the people; the destruction of adequate prutectionto Ameiican industry, and the retention of the proceeds of tha public lands in tha national treasury, which, of right, leloflji o the tdts'ej.

one man, and that man the petsouification nf t,oee principles, before the people! Man se3 coatributeil 5 proullce 'th3 1. , 1 c . . result which, mi first thought, mirht be , , - , ,b '"

one man, and that man the 'jetsouification . f- , , . " ...Co. .- uui, v.ueii we know the fact, that our vote, in no instance, came lip to our Vota of 1840, and that the vote of cur opponents, exceeded their strength at tiiat lime, we are at no loss to act.ount fr i!ieir triumph, and are satisfied i , ,- , , i , .,u. i that mat triumph can onlv be temporary, 1 - . ' -1 Uiie same noble and unterrified spirits that so signahy achieved tlie political victory cf 1810, are yet advocates of the same asmes that were vindicated at that tritimnh Although our opponents taunt us with the chargj that we have failed to carry out all those measures, they know, acid the people are aware of the unfortunate difficulties which have prevented it; that it was caused by tho executive veto! Tliis event could not havj been foreseen by us, and. it may have been die design of that inscrutible PROVIDENCE, whose infliction in the loss of the vtnentble EARIUSON, the nation was called ta mourn, that our country sufTi er ptil; longer the e v i I s of had government in mder to better appreciate the advent of more propitious times. No measure of public policy can he effective, for good or evil, unless it be car. ried into practical operation. 1 ids- can or, !y be done by c-Ievaiing men to olfi ce possessing both honesty and capability. ano whose political opinions correspond with those we profess How important then lust those w io oelievo that our measures are the best calculated to benefit th.e country should be vigi'ent an i active whenever an opportunity offers to maintain their measures at the ballot b 'xes. Iu this regard it would be well for us to benefit by tlie example of cur opponents; t'iry are a ever rJuscut fiom the polls! There w sh-nld incci them with no personal feelings however, but as brethren of the srimo family, alike desirous of promoting the common interest. Present our measures to their consideration convince their judgement of their correctness and it will do more io secure their final triumph than were we to pursue the course too often f.dopte-d by ovcr-hcr.tcd partizan?, W iiigs rf Indiana! Three years ago yesterday, a convention of our brethren assembled in this capita!. It was the first of the mighty outpourings of tlie people, (down-trodden by the iron rule of those then iu pow er.) in indication of iheir in terests. It was to respond to the m. 11)1113tion of the immortal Harrison io thtsidency. At that time our n dine..,! Pre-hori-n was almost cnhreudeii in the uiac kness of despair. It w as almost enough to make the heart of the good sicken at the prospect, hut the people tame up with thiit energy which, when properly directtil, wid always secure their trium; an -i litT'i an impetus was given to that nurifv ing spirit wiiic.'i swept over ihis mighty Republic, and drove from the councils of tiie nation those whose policy entailed upon us all that we now endured May wo not anticipate that Indi ma again may hare the proud distinction of being loremost in the contest for Whig measures and that again may ascend at ihe result of every succeeding contest the glorious shouts of triumph that re nUeU the elevation of the departed llarrhon to the nrou lest station on earth? t;ieat::'.;nt of tiif. afprenticcs c;; loahd 'i hi: torjiCHa. Tho Philadelphia Ledger says a detailed account of tiie treatment of the apprentices on board the JSorners has been prepared, w ilich Las been attributed to Captain Gregory of tho North Carolina. rromihis statement, it appears that in June ihere were 11 days on which hoys were flogged, bonietimes with the colt and s jmeii.oes with the cat, and sometimes as many ts eight boys a day; in July thero were also 1-1 daj's out of the ol, in August 9, in SeptemberO, in October 14, in November 13. Tiie offences are generally fighting, using L!aphemous language, skulking, unclanliness, several were flogged for washing thirsbirts without permission, and one man for Laving a while hat! Tho total number of buys flogged was 123, and the total nun, her of lashes given was "J.313. This may all evince a very tender regard for the comfort, and an especial kindness of feeling for the crew; but it strikes us a very singular way of d.spiayiug them. Perhaps, however, by tlm frequency ,f the flagging, the boys, like the o d worn in's skinned e-ls, got usttl to it, an 1 ei jov ed it as a pleasant Kind e-l recieatioa and healthy stimulus to their duty. Ktntud.ian. We cannot agree with friend Marshall. We trunk it altogether right to flog boys for tny dereliction of daty, psrticuJsrly under tho:e circumstance:.