Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 67, Vevay, Switzerland County, 22 December 1832 — Page 2

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rr balanced by many eiis, and wh t:sM- ii it not ! nd t- hes.et in lit' mi ads ' ; l'"C: portion of our coun trTe-n a spiri; ot di-'ontent and jealiiti dangerous to the stability of t.it L!: i'

It is my painful duty to state, that Icasmn In urg- it upon your considerai one qarlcr f the United States. hioit, and, to the propositions which opposition to the revenue laws has ri 'nave been heretofore suggested by t-ti to a height which threatens t j.dher, to contri'iute thrve reflections t-i.varl their ex. cotion, if not to endan j hii Ii have occurred to me, in the eer the integrity of the Union. What ,;iopc that they may assist you in your

ever ooslrtttuons may he thrown in the way of the judicial autre. rities of the ener:l govei unoMit, it is hoped the will he -,Mf peaceably to overcome the-n by the piodenee tr their own oftirr r mi J 'he patriotism of the people. I? it 6.!on'd this tensonable reliance on tie- moderation and good sense of ail tvition of our f llov-citt2i:ns be dis-

appoin-od, it is believed that the laws pacts. The advantages of accurate the-i:vlvos are folly adequate to thejurvcvs and undoubted titles, now se-pjv-m .'i.in of u h attempts as ma) .ruled to purchasers, seem to forbid the b: i noo dtatel y m de. Should tht ja'tolitioii of the present s)tem, bt exi. i i y . ari. rendering the execu -'cause oone can be substituted which tion of the existing laws imprattica-j n ill more perfectly accomplish these hh from any cause whatever, promptiimpoitnut a ids. It is desirable, how-i.--.lict of it wi'-l he given to conyres.i,, ever, that in convenient time this mawith the sUisiestion of suik views ai.djdrniery be withdrawn from the states, measure: as may be deemed necessaij 'and that the right of soil and the futo meet i. jture d'position of it be surrendered to t:i conformify with principles hcre-jthe tatc respectively in whkh it lies, tofore explained, and with the hope oi'j Tl:e a.lventurous and hardy popular .hiring ttie general government tojtion of the west, besides contributing that simple machine which the consti their equal share of taxation under our toiion created, nd of withdrawingjimpost system, have in the progress of

f - n the slats all olhi r influence than t':it of it-i uoivcral beneficence in prtsri!'g peace, oflording a uniform cur-T'-o-.-v, m lintai.ting the inviolability t.i t;:: '.s ai ls, ditf i-it K iiitelligeiu e, an! di-chiiging atit'dt its other stipeiit. t'odiiig foncli.'ti, I recommend th. .! pr Mso: ne muae 10 uispoc oi nu

st k now held by it in corporations. ,labor alone which gives real value to wither create d by the general crj'he lands, and that the proceeds ail fiate covernments. and placing the pro ("itix from their sale are distributed

ce sN in the treasury . As a source t profit, lhee stocks are of It tie value: a- a mean of it -fluenre among the s.'cs, t'tev are adverse to the puiity of or insliunion. The whole pnnci

i!e on which thev are based is deem-'new

ed Im many uncei.sli'utional, and to persin in the policy which they indieat" is considered wholly inexpedient. I: is m duty to acquaint you with an-a!gionMit made fty tlie DanK oi t ir U. it.?d 'a'.es w ith a portion of thi bolder of ihe 3 per cent, slock, by which the government will he depriv -

d of the nse of the public funds longerjnn independent freehold, it seems to than was antipated . By this arrange-;1"- therelore, best to abandon the idea ineut, which wi'-l he particularlj ex-ol :r;iiing a future revenue out of the plained by lh secretary of the trea-j'he public lands. 9 iri. a surrender of the certificates of In former messages I have expressed this tock may he postponed until Oc-jmy conviction, that the constitution to r, 1833; and thus the liability oi'tj's not warrant the application of the he government, af.er its liability to! lunds ol the general government to ob'!cbargp the debt, may be continued Ijecls of internal improvement which ! v tt; failure of the bank to perforir. jre ot national in their character, and it'- do-.'u-s. jboth as u means of doing justice to all A rnonc ihe ititerests which merit the j'nlei ests, and putting an end to a c nM!eration of congress, after thei:oi"S' legislation calculated to des-t-. avnt of the public debt, one of thelr 'he purity of the government, , important ii. my view, is that ml, have urged the necessity of reducing ; itdic lands. Previous to the for-j le whole subject to a fixd and cer,J ...r i-resent constitution. itita" u- Aa there never will occur

t omrrer.drd b congress that a r;i;.n of the waste lands owned by , .;..? sV.otitd he ceded to the Unit M

s. for the pnrpose of genernl "lvjecl "i'in "Poii your attention, ai d as a fui A to meet the! VV ithout some general and well de of the war. The reeom-l'ined plinciples ascertaining some ob

ex.'-:-r.M e : ? i" : i was adopted, and at difler - rf lime the stales of Mas .-ii.. New Yoik, Virginia, Northj iio... S- uth Carolina, and Geortheir vacant soil for the ! t .:,;.h thev had been asked. ;t ! -.n .? mav now be considered Ir .m this pledge, the ob hit h t'--y were ceded having .n .i:.-!ied. it is in the ' "..nr?s 'o dispse ol them in as be?t to conduce to the M-irmi.av. and general interest . A o -ncrtii i eopli. In examin a siot, ail local and section'nouH be discarded, and Ufii ed States regarded as i i;'.( -i-N itererted alike in the j..: vii.enU of th-ir common country. I 'c ii.i t be doubted 'hat the spec .iv -;t;I-irt,nt of th se lands COnslitutes ih tfu- u -r.-ft ol the republic. The .-. ali vi -'reiikilh of a count n are n.e.i -lUi'.-e -,a:.-l ihe best part of that j. .-.. u .'; ;.re ne cultivators of the f-. i'. ! h-:-- '. l-i nt farmeis are every . ei t.- b :!- of society and the true : ei- of liS-rty. j.Vi v.i to these considerations. : have already arisen, and may t xi-.-.-'ed lo grow out of the public --I-, 'wi.ii :h involve the rights of the w ;.,!, and the powers of the gen il . eminent; and unless a liberal I rv is now- adopted, there is danger ,. it. -.?: questions may assume an . nance nt now ueoerally anticid. The influence of a gieal set- ; il interest w hen brought into full ill be found more dangerous af uon, v to the. harmony ana union oi m iaic th-tu any oiher cause of discontent: a id it i the iait of wisdom and sound nolicv to foresee it approaches and .-.oleavor, if possible, lo counteract thm. Of the yaiiow schemes which have

'Ken iither;- pr posed in legal J to the

Kli - no - al ,f the public I wid, none hi

ppronaiion ol he natio tat le",iclatore. Ikeply im tressed with the importance of a h and satisfat tory arrangement of the uMt'Cl, I derm it my duty on this oc leliheralions It seems to mc to he our true policy itnrt the public lands shall cease us soon as practicable to be a source of revenue, and that thev be sold to set tiers in limited parccis at a price bare Iv ulVn it'iit to reimbii-e to the United States the expense of the system, and the cost arising under our Indian comour government, for the lands they oc (UP), paid into the treasury a larpe oroportion of forty millions of dollars nd of the revenue received therefrom ut a small part has been expended a aiongst them. When, to the disadvantage of their si untion in this respect, we add the consideration that it is Itieu chtr fly among- states whuh had not originally nny claim to them, and which have Cijayed the undivided emolument anting from the vile of their own lands , it cannot he expected that the states will remain longer content - ed with the present policy after the jpayment of the public debt. To avert j'he consequences which may be ap jpielicnded trom this cause to pot an ei u ioreer 10 an paruai anu it.iPiesi ed legislation on the. subject, and lo afiGid to every American citizen of en terpiise, the opportunity of tecurin ft peiiod, berhaps, niore propitious than the present to the accomplishment of this object, I beg leave to press the lj' - c's ot internal improvement to which the means of the nation may be consti lutiotmlly applied, it is obvious that the exer ise ot the power tan never be satisfactory. Jiesides the danger to which it exposes congress of making I hast) appropriations to works of the character of which they may be fte

)vt I received the entire approbation ofled and applied bv thoe more smple ndd, ns do the views communicate U in in.

lue"'ly igniant, it promotes amis discre-Uhievous influence upon elections, by

tioidiiigout to the people the fallacious hope that the success of a certain can didale w ill make navigable their neigh holing creek oi river, bring commerce to then doors, and increase the value of their proper!) . It thus favors

lunations lo t-qu wider the treasure ofjhecn happily disposed of. and the con

the country upon a multitude of local :jecls, as lata! to just legislation as to the purity of public men. If a system compatible with the constitution r.aouot be devised, which is free from such tendencies, we should recol. lect thai that instrumeut provides within istelf the mode of its amendment, and that thete is, therefore, no excuse for the assumption of doubtful powers by the general government,. Ijeiug solemnly impressed with the conviction, that the extension of the pow er to make internal improvements beyond the (unit I have suggested, even if it be deemed coaatstuitoual, is subvetsive of the best iutcrest of the country, I ear uestly recoimueud to congress to refrain from its exercise in doubtful cases, except in relation ti improvements already be gnu, unless they shall hr.t procure from the states sub au amendment of the constitution as will detioe its character and prescribe its bounds. If the states el themselves competent lo these objects, why should thi governsneut wish to assume the pnwei! It they do not, then they w-ill not hesitate to make Hie grant. Uolh governments are the go.

terstnentsol the people: improvementsjof Ihe.r immediate acceptance. They

!moit be made with ihe money of the;vete linfH!i rejr (on, and ihu 'he po-

!fe - iple: and if the money can be collect .eo and ant

.economical political midline, the state spec-jiroveinments, it will unquestionably be

... i safer and better fr the people, than l 'ld to the splendor, the patronage, and the power of the general government. But if the people of the several state think otherwise, they will amend thr mastitutinn, and in their decision ah ought cheetfully U acquiesce. The hostile incursions of the- Sae anri Fos Indians necessarily led to the inter position of the government. A portioi of the troops, under generals Scott and 'Atkinson, and f the militia of the tate of Illinois, were called into the held. After a barrassing warfare, prolonged by the nature of the country and by the difficulty of procuring subsistance, the In dian were entirely defeated, and the disiifiVcted banrf dispersed or destroyed. The result has been creditable to the troops engaged in the service. Severe as has been the lesson to the Ituhnns, it was rendered necessary by their uupro vnked aggressions; and it is to be hoped that its impression will be peimuneut and saletary. This campaign has evin-ted the effi. cient organization f the nny. and its capacity for prompt and active service. Its several departments have performed their functions with energy and despatch, and the general movement was satisfactory. Our fellow chizens epon the frontier?weie ready, as they always ate, in the fender of their services in the hour of danger. But a more eflkienl oigamzatinn of our militia sstern is en-ential to that ertfiily which is one of the principal ohjvrlsofnll governments. .Neither our situation nor our institutions requite or permit the maiittaibance of a large legular lorce: History oilers too nmny ;essons of the fatal result of such a niea--ore, not to warn us against its adoption here. The expense which attends it, he ohviou tendency to employ it be cause it exi-ts, and thus to engage in un necessary wars, and its ultimate diuigei to public liberty, will lead us, 1 tiust, to place our principnl dependence for pro. terlion upon the great body of the citizens f the republic. If, in asserting air lights or in repelling our wrongs, war should cotnt upon us, our regular force shonld be increased to an extent proportioned to the emergency, and our present small army is a nucleus around which such force could be formed and embodied. But for the purpose of de fence under ordinary circum-tances, we must rely upon the electors of the coun try. Those by whom, and for whom, the government whs instituted and is sup potted, will constitute its protection in the hour of danger, as they do its check in the bom of let jr. But it is obvious that the militia sys tern is imperfect. Much time is lost, much unnecessary expense incurred, and much public propel ty ivated under the present arrangement. Little oeful know, ledge is gamed by the tnu-ter and drilis as now- established, and the whole sub ject evidently requires a thorough ex nmination. Whether a pian of clnifi cation, remedying these defects, and foi providing ft-r a system of instruction might not be adopted, is submitted to the consideration of congress The conti tmn has vested in the general government an independent authority upon the suhject of the unlit in, which rei.des its action ebsentml to the establishment or improvement of the sj-stein. And lie commend the maltei to your consideration, in the conviction that the state of this important arm of the public defence leqoire your attention. By reference to the report of the sec retery of war, and to the documents sub milled with it, you will see the progress which has been made since your last ses sion, in the arrangement of the various matters con-iected with our Indian rela tions. With one exception, every sub ject involving any cpiestmn of conflicting

com-;jur'd,c,on, or of peculiar difficulty, has

icti.in evidently gams ground among the Indiana, that their removal to the coun try assigned by the United Slates foi their permanent residence, famishes' the only hope of their ultimate prosperity. With that portion of the Ckerokees, however, lying within the state of Geor gia, it has been found impracticable, as yet, to make a satisf.tctory adjustment. Such was my anniety to remove all the ground of complaint, and to bring tn a termination the difficulties in which they are involved, that I directed the veiy liberal propositions to be made to them which accompany the documents heie with submitted. They cannot bat have seen in these offers the evidence of the strongest di-jKi-itmn on the part of the government to deal justly and liberally with them. An ample indemnity was offered for their present possessions, a liberal provision for their future support and improvement, and full security for then private and political riKhts. What ever difference of opinion may have pre vailed respecting the just claims of these people, there will probably be none respecting the liberality of the propositions and very little respecting the expediency j

sition of these Indians it-main unchang

. ... - mcsKiige lo the sn.:te ufFeb. 1U20. I beg lenve to call the attention ol congress to the views heietoloie expressed in relation to the mode ol cliooung the president nnd vice president of the the United States and to those reqeci mg the tenure of ofhee generally. Still impressed with the jnstnensef ttioeviewe and with the belief that the modification ojggested on those subjects, if aoopier, "ill contribute to the pio-penty anu harnony of the country, I earnestly re-;oui-ineud theai lo yoar cons. deration at this time. I have heretofore pointed out defects in the law for punishing official fraud, especially within the District of Coiuiubia. It has been found almost impossible to briog notorious culprits lo punishment, and arcoiding to a decision ot the conrt for this district, a prosecution u barred by a lapse of two years alter the ft and has been commrtted It may hap pen again as it has already happened, that during the whole two years, all the evnleuces of the fraud may be in Ihe possession of the colprii himself. However proper the limitation may be in iclation to private citizens, it would seem that it ought net to commence running n favor of public ofiiceis until they go snl ol office. The judiciary system of the United States leinaiui impeifect. Of the nine western and southern states, three only enjoy the benefits of a circuit court. Ohio, Kentucky, itad Tennessee, are embraced in the geneial system, but Indi una, Ulinoi,. Mi-souri, Alubarrm, Mississippi, and Louisiana, have only district courts If the existii.g system he a good "r.c, wny should it not tie extended? if n he a bad one. why is it suffered to sist? Ihe new states were promised euoal is.hU nnd privilege when they came .into ihe Union, ami such are the guaran. tees of the comditutiotj. Nothing can be moie obvion than the obligations ol the general government to place all the state on the same fr.utin?, in relation to the adii)initrtion of jsstice. and I trust this duty will be neglected no longer. Limited to a geuettil snperintending powtt to maintain peart at heme and abroad, and to prescribe hiws on a lew fuljects of general interest, not calcnla led tw lestncl human liberty, but to en force human rights, this government w il find its strength and its glory in the faithful discharge of these plain and sim pie duties. Believed by its protecting shield from the fear and apprehension of oppression, the free eolerpnze of our citizens, aided by the elate sovereignties, will work out improvements and ameliorations which cannot fail to demonstrate that the great truth, that the people can govern themsslves, is not only laalized in our example, but that it is done by u machinery i" government so simple and economical as scarcely to be felt. That the Almighty Holer of the universe may direct our deliberations, and overrule our act, as to make us instrumental in secuiing a result so dear to mankind, is my must earneol and sioceie prayer ANDREW JACKSON. Decembei 4. 1832. The cottgreess of Ihe United States assembled at Wushiueton on Monday. and a quorum of both houses appeared in their places. Thirty-two Senators answered their names among them were Messrs. Hendricks and Tipton, ol the btate of Indiana. The Senate then proceeded, in the absence ef the Vice President, to elect a Fresidentpro(i,in the place of Mr. Tazewell, who had resigned his seat, and on the fifth ballot the choice fell on the Hon. Hugh L. White, of Tennessee, who assumed the chair, and returned his acknow ledgements for the honor. On the fifth ballot the vote stood, for While i7, Tayler I I, and Smith 1. The usual messages were inlcrcharged with the Senate; and after an order that the daily hour of meeting be 12 o'clock, the Senate adjourned. In the House of ' Representatives one hundred and sixty five members were ascertained to be present among whom were Carr and Iloon from Indiana. Mr. Mercer announced the death of the Hon. Ifiilip Doddridge, and after a lew prefatory observations submitted the follow ing resolution which was unanimously agreed to. Resolved, That the members of the House of Representatives, from a sin cere desire of showing every mark of respect due to the memory ofnnlip Doddridge, late a member thereof from the State of Virginia, will go into mourning, by wearing the usual mourning crape around the left arm for one month. After communication with the other house, and adopting a resolution to meet hereafter at the same hour agreed to by the Senate, the House adjourned. On Tuesday, the two house's respectively convened at 12 o'clock, w hen Hie annual message of the President was communicated by Mr. Donnelson, his : private secretary, and double the usual i number of copicsordercd fob- printed.

iuither proceed.,- of jcsterd.iy not reached u.s. A letter received at Chat l.-stor., dated od itist. savs: '-Heat;: nnd dist., ition are flarn g us in the lace at cvti istt p. 1 feel like a mat. it. a datk p..u. j w ay, filled with pits and snares, :,d i.e j knows not hut every step he takes v ill launch him ir to one. The public j prints give you ne idea of the dislresa jthat prevails lure. I write strictly within hounds when I mention that I'J O (persons have been huiied from Sundar 'morninc last to the Present m. m In fact, it has been computed hv m.v yf the ai u nas averaged VlnJ per day.. Th nis statement hciuve me, is true. "From the great number of rr.P! needed, some are merely square sugar doxcs: i saw on I rwrsday in .T trenches, about 120 cofiir-s not yet covered 1 was thereabout a half an hour, and in that time I think there J0 rofiins brought in. some on dras carts, and even borne on the shoulder of individuals. Another letter informs. th-t 7 ai ML I I J persons are hurried in the swamps and iov .i..iiiiiy, oi wnom no account is taken by the sextons. All appear to agree that there are more than two hundred persons ner H.iv r-n olT by all disease?. Public meetings have been held to lake means for mitigating the distresses of emigrants and others w ho require assistance; and for one or two days there was a continual firing of canon and burnirg of tar, to endeavor to purify the atmosphere. Cholera. We stated in our !-.. onr town nnd country was unusually healthy for this season of the vear Ii ia now our painful dafy to state, that there are at this time between JSJtecnand tatn. ty cases of illae in thi place, seveial oi wnicn are considered as almost hopeless. Three ie;ith have occurred l white, 2 blacks. Gallatin fenn. Union. Aew Hampshire Indians In Lis lafr speech to the legilafoie, gov. Dinsmoor. makss the following statement of thepresent condition of the Indian in that State: "Heturns have been received from one hundred and forty r.ne towns, and it appear that the number of Indians in tliose town-, is 1 f 9; 90 males and 99 lemales. Of these 76 are in conBne. ment; 23 in private hnn-es, 34 in poor houses, 7 in cells and caees. 6 ia chairs. aud irons, and 4 ia j;nU.n Sltight o1 hand A strollmg jtrgler, professing ventiiloqoism, and legerdemain, recently exhih.ted his powerr io Burlington, Vermont, to "an attentive audiMiice." One of his feats was the taking off the head of a spectator, who placed his nck ob a table prepared for the purpose. He borrowed a watch of a by slander for a moment, and stenued behind his little green curtain to make a short preliminary anangement. Long the aodiance looked patiently the uo. beheaded Hwaited his fate, when shrewd iipicions aroe. The curtain waadrawo tewle. and Jo I the conurer had disappear. ed! The meeting adjourned ns die. Civilization. A voter at the polls ia this town on Monday, upon being challenged, proved his qualliticatious, and w as about to vote. A new light beamed upon the mind of the challenger. -uStop" said the challenger are voa naturalized?" "A pretty question to ask a Yankee," retorted the other, are you naturalized?" Yes sir." "Well you arc not ciiilivd, by a considerable majority, I reckon!" Loire Cvmpend. Pxtoor Positive. Scent at a ballot lax. You are no voter sir!" "Sure it is n't your honor, that'll be after disputing me at all. Wait while I convince ye, just. 1 have voted this blessed day at Uellerica, sure, and the devil a w himper against it, at all. Lithotrity. It gives us pleasure to announce that the operation of Lithotry, or breaking up a stone in the bladder and extracting it without cutting the patient, according to the method so successfully practised by M. Civialc ofP aris, has been lately performed in thi? city, by Dr. J. Randolph, on a man atied 50 years, in the presence ofDrs. Phvsick, Horner, La Roche, Win. Rush, and others. Notches Gaz. Too cnil & half. A learned Irish judge, among other peculiarities, has a habit of begging pardon on every occasion. On his circuit a short time sinee his favorite expression was emploved in rather a- singular manner. At the close of the assize, as he was about- to leave the bench, the officer of the court reminded him that he had not passed sentence of death on one of the criminals, as he intended : " Dear me!" saict his lordship, ik I really beg his pardon---bring him in." The Pottsvillc Stage was overturned on the 17th instant, at Reading, by some mismanagement of the driver in leaving the yard of the Hotel where the horses were changed. Eleven' passengers who were in the vshiclo were tnoro or less injured1

Ihe. have