The Western Register and Terre-Haute advertiser, Volume 5, Number 12, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 14 June 1828 — Page 2

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TERRE-HAUTE, JUJTR H.

MB. KINNEY,

t-4 On my arrival homc: lifter an absence of some weeks 1 found a report in circulation which was evidently intended to operate ngainst me, at the approaching dec1 ion. My informant states, that both in Vi^o and Sullivan counties, Ik heard"the report, viz: that on some previa occasion, I should have said that '1 did not ish any administration man. to vote jorme ..

Now, sir,.Ipronounce the above report, either verbatwii or-in substance, untrue/, -anti that 1 have used no Ianyuago, on*any, occasion, that could he so-construed by a lover of truth.

The imputation of being a.Jacksonian I shall iiot pretend to deny .i nlmora hnvp

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it be remembered also, are ineas-

urably of a leciprocal character.

Ti ere arr- others which originally

u| uw -J

owes it to himself, to his» country

jmi to posterity to be governed in

and to posterity to be governed in

he selection of

Aamuustr^U

ay Tt T1, &

„t «, ®. *,i -,• a **•*-. .'a ,, ,*

Jackson, is admitted. ...currrf the Every iwrscn of retlection will

concede that, had I u«d the Ian-

suase 1 am made to have used, in this tale in circulation, it would ar•nie extreme imbccility of mind, if not downright insanity. I am only solicitous that the truth shall be before the public.

Respectfully vours, &.c. JOHN W. DAVIS Carlisle J#ne 4, 182-3.

-For the He^iateT. JW 2.

•'jTo I VO E S O rnt Fixsr CO N E S S O S A DI S I O

By the pursuit of this.course alone doi-s he discharge rhe responsibility with which he has been "entru«ird. .And unless this discharge is-maue iie rat'not without the exertion of more than ordinary assurance lock confi d• liy for a continuance of publir favor. If, upon a lair examination it is found that lie has been faithful to his trust, that with firmness he ha* proposed, and \yith energy advocated what promised tlje most beneficial aiK, desirable results, then it is surely I is ight to expect Irom his fellowcit n^ some mark ol their apptoba tion. what way can this so well be ?is by a continued support ft'f Him lor the ofliic which he h&s iii](r| In no other. For there ig no other source to which he can look with the expectation of reward for services rendered

M-vices rendered.

tlient ju9t.ee lmt I hopeJanJ, trurf ami relieve th.t I"--' »S

Owl lv t.liuv V" I'"

-hem justice, notwithstanding nany Ipr^^

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but that I am now, and always have the expianauou,.* been the political' Irieml «f ,Gen. the lact,,that no e.penoes have been

tlon

I A S A II N E O

In a government constituted like eyes, aware of the ou own, where all power emanates th.ngs around him, lid Col. B^ak f-(,m tiie people, where the truly nov-

the reward of talents integrity a^d a administration. Declaring ni Strict devotion to the public good lingness at the same tune to go a tiu' duties which ari9e although vari- lengths with the ostensibIe^!esign o. character are nevertheless the resolutions. in tins enuatiy sacred in their just fulfil- sentence, is unequivocally the mos ment. It is obligatory upon the rep- prominent word- lake that away, je-u^ta'iive to su-pport to the utmost

ol his,,power the interest and the in- entirely lost The speaker clinatlon of his constituents, so long

vhich his knowledge of the peculiai _»• I.:-

asVfiev are compatible with the ben- determined and strenuous ®"PPor cfit of the whole. To propose and 0f measures, is m^de the blind ant a'.'.vocate the ndoption of measures

a representative, not

only by the. capability of the candid-

ate, hu!

ai.-o

by the proofs which he

:,,e

,,ub

l.c^i-llare^o.ad.spositionto exert

properly and advantageously, the mtere®

^mties with wluch.h« may be gift £.

lv my last number I promised an the great system for the protec cn'ositHm ot the offensive clause in tion of American industry an he .i H- ike's speech upon the promotion of American aznculture h'°"ct rf retrenchment. 'Whatever manufactures that constitutes hp mv jopinio.n of the present the .cause with whichi he has docIaroU -y be

muc sa

rein.tI|{

I'lI bnrrrMso"'

that if it

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ill!vi' the meaning attached to it bj, liag to what Ie

own independence and tht- paia 10

moun^ duty which he owes his coun- and huwari happiness, must »6e 0is as to heedlessly pledge himseH. carded. Ihfi good old republican Wi',,d.»idual«. r..»Llesa «f meas- doctrine, «rhieb »e have »o long ^,1 -en „uWtV»itati.n I would eh.ri.hed which at home have ,„'ouoc» hi,,, undeserving the con dered peace and Pfotperous !i ence of his constituents. J3ut let abroad the admiration -ot the worUI, 'ir^whJinre.li.J are the •»«,, bow down before, kf noy^y th.»v \vere «noken. "If justice designing inROva^oB. Ml sh»uld' not be done them noyv" (hh vandid man, (be he of what partyr he JmilUtion) "posterity w.H do alter a thorough ewm.nat.un

and appearances

.o the contrary and, sir, as to my humble fortunes, 1 cheerlqlly and fearlessly peril them in the same :,ark, and-atn willing to sink or swim with the cause of the present administration.''"

Now, in order fully to understand this sentence, let it be borne in collection, that the whole speech made with reference to a certain of resolutions, purporting to De traduced for-the purpose ^of having the expences of governmentretrench. ed. iiut at the same time, in aj) art !ul and indirect manner, they were intended to excite the warmest censure against the heads ot 8°y

dissimilar Iroro, or esc ea

lboS( wh

ich have heen sanctim

A I n..)n in ...itKniit r.ftllalirc O*

a mu|J

The duties ol the representative ,|

sanctioned

I1I493U and practised without censure or remark from the commencement ot the Union.

These resolutions had also tor their ultimate object, the total suppression of appropriations for works of internal improvement 1 which system the administration has given its warmest and most earnest support. The course adopted was an insidious method of impeaching the constitutionality of that system, and of giving it a death bjow for the present at least.

With these facts, then before lr

U8(e

el sprclacle is exhibited ofthe gov- ted, that "he was willing to sin :*r,ein the governed. & where or swim with the present alm,mstra the attainment ot office is generally tion."—but with the

the expression which I have quo-

cause of tiiat

»d its proper force and meaning is

appearing as he intended,

devoted partisan.

n,r,:a!,n

vhicii ins Knowieuge u« mc pruunai It would be hard to suppose lit local situation of his district, enables any man or set of men, not notori him to foresee must ultimately re- ously desperate in «U)und to its advantage It is in him must solemn duty, strengthened and enforced by every consideration. ol honor, of patriotism. and of grat itude to be governed in all his conduct by the genius of the Constitu lion. To cheiish and preserve the principles which it contains, and in no event to suffer his attachment for wen, to triumph over his judgment of measures.

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ously desperate in circumstances and bankrupt in reputation, would ever descend so far as to suppress the most important ot a man words (or any purpose whatever. Yet in the present instance this has been done, knowingly done not only fti conversations but in publications. The misrepresentation has been shamelessly spread in every .direction, to such an extent, that at this time, there.are at least one halt ol his con sti!uents who firmly believe that this u. claration was entirely for men

That the propagators of this impo sition did not themselves believe in rlie construction they were giving his sentiments, no better evidence can possibly be adduced than the «ct of their having suppressed the word which must g'v, meaning to the whole.

Take it it stands, and what is there revolting in it even to a Jack•oniai Citizens of Indiana, arc you favorable to Internal Improvements Do yoji wish for the establishment of Roads and Canals throughout the countrv, operating .as bonds ol union between the States expediting com munication to all quarters promoting the genera.1 welfare, and at the same time fostering individual in-

terest 1 Have you any regard for

p,.0Sperjty of your Htate AVith

whftt

aufner

aroun

evist with and aie no less binding ..... upon the represented. Each

tnari

^ble advantages is not

gtem

fraught for youP Look

^_examine the resources of

..wu..,. examine the resources of vour country and its local situation.

What man is there so deludedlor so

(iar( :i8 t0 aVow

iat

an opposition to

\vj,jCh may almost be regarded

hot i' I! 4! -1 I 4

iat

u8e

j,j may almost be regarded

tJje

gp,.jng

enc(J

our political exist-

misrepresented your

be abandon-

fc 8 princip|e unitet!

his wiUingnesa to sink or swim-

sll0U ,tl an

»pP«sition

iutundment, grnunds prevail, there is no I'M

upon

ngl S

It is c0Hi,ic 1 would not Im hira. I ho pnntiples wl»ch most of us IIX rouhl ft) far forget bis have been taugl.t 4o reverence as

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i,° naifi. dear to the cause ot human liberty

K___:nMa mu

«tihedis-

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itv

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can, what I here advancc. The sentiment of Colonel Blak •ibnoxious as it has been rendered,

was sei in

ment. A defence of the administra lion I have not undertaken to write but tor tbe sake ot making more clear the eiplanation, shall Jbare

in truth identified with the glory, the prosperity, the hapless of \n country, with the durability of her 'Vee institution^ measures to which the untarnished name of a Waaliington, a jefferson and^a Madison, have successively lett-t their succour and assistaace. MILO

FOU THE REGISTER.

The policy proper to be adopted by the nation, in relation to internal improvements and domestic manufactures, is a subject, to us, surpassing all others in importance and in electing a member of Congress, it is our duty to look to our own interests, and allow tlrs question its proper influence. I have not had the pleasure of speing Mr. Boon on his electioneering^our through this country but am credibly imlormed, that he uses language to this effect: The tariff is a mere electioneering hobby, calculated t» injure iarming interests he is a farmer, has been to Con gress, understands the subject, and fs opposed to protecting duties. Is Mr/Boon so abstractly ignorant as to believe what he says? or does he. knowing its absurdity, suppqsc the people loolish enough to believe him?. Does he suppose vye have learned nothing from observing the ellect of the protection extended to coarse cotton fabrics? Does it injure the farmer to purchase, for twelve and an hail cents per yard, cotton goods of a better quality than could formerly be had for twenty? If Mr. Boon does use such language, he talks very foolishly, cither through ignorance or design and in either case ought not to be our reprgsentatWe-in Congress.

If Mr. Bopn is friendly to the American system, there is no difference between him and Mr. Blake, on subjects of national interest and we have only to elect hiin who is the most able and enlightened advocate of our interests. But Mr. Boon seem9 to have a sense of his iiiferi ority in point of talents else why attempt to identfy himself with bis favorite candidate for the presidency, and ride into Congress astride ot •Gen. Jackson? Nothing can be more contemptible than an aspiring catchpoll, forever talking on subjects he does not understand and striving to mount into ofpee on meriU pot his own

But. independent of any thing Mr Boon may have said, for the pur pose of securing his election lie has by his vote on the woollens bill, made it questionable, whether he is friendly to the American system. I know the friends of Gen. Jackson in convention at Indianapolis, by whom Mr. Boon was put in nomination as a candidate for clector of President and Vice President, have said, "that measure we consider to have been partial and unjust, ,and only calculated to promote the interest of the capitalists of one section ot the Union, at the expense of the laboring class of our fellow citizens. That the bill was calculated "to make the rich richer, $ the poor poorer." Its principle was the finer the cloth the lower the duty.— I he poor man was to pay on his coat six limes as hitih adutyasthe rich man This absurdity, dressed up in a handsome slangwhanging stvle, to gull the ignorant and unthinking, is a short sum niarv of the reasons uiged in opposition to the bill, and no doubt, con tains the reasons on which Mr. Boon voted against its passage. The validity of this reasoning rests solely on the exploded doctrine that the duty on any protected article acts as a tai on tbe consumer—a doctrine contrary to the good sense pf every man possessing a sound understand ing contrary' to the experience of all civilized nations, and contrary to the common observation of the America ppeonle. The Congress of 1824 and 1825 passed a law protecting coarse cotton labricsj and there were not wanting those who, with equ:.l propriety, urged tbe above objections against the passage of that bill. It was in the same sense *'partial and unjust^" equally "calculated to pro mote the interest of the capitalists of one section of the Union, at the expense of the laboring class ot pur fellow .citizens." It must have the. sacne operation in making the rich richer,.and the poor poorer. It also was parsed on tne "principle'* so objectionable in the eyes ol the con vention, "the finer the cloth, the lower the duty." Those objection, are just op applicable to the protec tion of cotton goods, as to the pro tection of •'woollens," and it they had been founded in the nature things, the protection of coprse cottons, must have operated very op pressively on -''the laboring class oi our felJ.ojuv pitifceps/" But ever) man who wear9 a shirt, knows that the protected article is better, cheap er and more abundant) and has betu

vi. .. ifhc-riartieularly advantageous to «the the wliole subject, disprpve, iC pa

lea

of mu rdlow Cltizen

Let a duty be laid on woollen*. Itased on the same P""Ciple,

the result will.not bo

that could produce a different etfect, would be a, scarcity ot wool but in the wool growing sections of the States there are hundreds of thousands of sheep, $ millions.of pounds, (»f WQ»1 on hand, and likely to be. kept on hand for want a sufficient duty on wooll.ens: besides, a late committee of Congress has said, Mour power to produce wool can only be limited by the demand yet we are told by the friends of Gen. Jackson that the protection of our woollens Wjuuld

ltpiake

the rich rich

cr,and the poqr poorer and our woollen jganufactories, through the ignorance of misguided politicians, such as Mr. Boon, $re allowed to languish for want ot. a tarilj..

Whether Mr. Boon, in voting a gainst the "woollens bill,'' h^s sin ned against,the interest of his constituents, through ignorance, or design, is not for ipe to say but it ought to \yam them against his reelection. He wishes to be elected to Congress, not as the advocate o! our interests, but as the friend Gen. Jackson—the to.ol of a party while Mr Blake has recommended himself to us by his able and zealous support of every ipeaaure thai could interest us, as an integral pv of .the nation.

VERMILLION.

ASSAULT IN THE CAPUOL. II of Representatives—May IG. 18 -H Mr. McDuffie, from the Selei Comipittee, to wiionv was rcferreo rise message of the President on tlr subject of the late outrage, made th following report, which was laid or the table and ordered to be printed The Select Committee to whom \vu referred the Message of the President of the United States, relative to an assault committed on bis Pri vate Secretary, submit the following Report:

Immediately after their appoint ment, the Commitcee proceeded to the investigation of the subject referred to them. They ascertained, from the letter of Mr. Russel Jarvi. referred to them by the House, and from the statement of Mr John Ad ams, the Private Secretary of the President, that an assault was committed by the former upon the person of the latjter, in the Rotundo of the Capitol, immediately after he had delivered a message from the President to the House of Representatives, and while he was proceeding with another message from the President, to the Senate. At this Mage of the proceeding, a preliminary question arose with the Committee, whether they should report to the Housa^ simply the fact that the assault had been committed, with a view to an examination at the bar of the House of the party implicated, and all the witnesses for and against him, or whether the Committee should take upon themselves the responsibility^ going into a full examination of the whole case, and ot r«commending, as the result of their judgment, upon all the facts and circumstances, the final course which they might deem it expedient tor the House to pursue —The former mods of proceeding would have been, perhaps more strictly conformable to parliamentary usage and precedent but the unavoidable interference with the discharge of its ordinary legislative duties, which would have resulted from an examination before the House, constituted, in the opinion of the Committee, so strong an objection to that course of proceeding, that they unanimously determined to examine all the witnesses, and to report tiie facts to the House, with their opinion upon them, having first obtained the consent of Mr Jarvis that this course should b«' pursued, and having granted him the privilege oi appearing by counsel.

It is here proper that the Committee should say a few words in explanation of the delay which has occurred in this examination. After some consumable progress had been made in it, Mr. Jarvis wiadc an application to the Committee for leave to examine, by commission, certain persons in the city of Boston. The commit tee did not feel themselves warrant ed, under existing circumstances, to refuse this reguest. A commission was accordingly transmitted, to take the examination bv written interogatories, which was not returned until very recently

The Cajniniuee will now proceed to exhibit a brief summary -of the evidence, the whole of which, in detail, is annexed to the report.

The material fact, that Mr. Jarvis committed an assault upon the Private Secretary ol the President, in the Uotundo of the Capitol, immediately after he had delivered a mes age from the President to the House oHieprcsentatives, is clearly established. Indeed it is distinctly ad-

niUted by Mr. JarrvH 'it

rablsshed, to the

and

.satisfouinn oiJ?'

•Committee, that Mr. JarvU i' that the Private Secretary of President, h^l delivered a mes? to the House of Representatives mediately before the assault committed. Mr. Jarvis, it ap3,JU was in the House when the was delivered, and iininediatVi?^ l.vwcd alter Mr. Adams, a3 he fired from the Hou^e. Therc^ ^1 discrepancy in the testimony^ the nature of the assault but ij,V view taken by the Coimnittceir wholly immaterial to the

which grows out of the transact! touching the dignity anil

pri»i|,''

of the House. In the letter of Mr. Jarvi ,llested, as the provocation by v»hicn had been prompted to commit tbe» sault upon Mr. Adams,

certain oil'

sive and insulting lan^aae the latter, in the House of President at a levee, in the pteence and hearing of the wife Jarvis, and other female fnemh^ 'relations, who attended (|le jj) under his protection.

Mr. Adams submitted a cogi|. statement, differing in several^. dars, from that contained id the ter of Mr Jarvis. and several

ree.

v,(

^sses were, therefore, esamin^ •vith a view of ascertaining tbetra? haracter of tiie occurrence at the ieee of the President. Tit? Corauj}. believe it is not difllui t0recon\ slle the apparent contradiction ju

fj)f)

testimony of the several witnes.-e-i elalive to this branch of the case.. ?1ie inhterial fact can be satislactori. Iv made-q.ut, without in vol vinganvim. utation upon the veracity -jfanrof ie witnesses. It is proved, b\ fee both sides, and indeed, bv (lie .dmission of Mr. Ad..ms, thathedid

..»e

language calculated,if"ourlkari!, •n insult Mr. Jarvis. It i^alsoprov^ d, to the satisfaction of the Commit-

that M-rs. Cordis, the .Mother of Mrs. Jarvis. was very near to ?.h \dams when he made.use of tiie offensive. language, and that she, as veil as other persons of the pirtr who accompanied Mr. Jarvis, 'ueaiii it with spme distinctness. It aio appears thajt the ladies who acccm-,-»anied Mr. Jarvi?, in'erprete3 in* 'anguage of I\Ir. Aduiiis as an insult 'jifered to the whole pirty. and it seems that Mr J,arvis acted, thro nut the whoje oftlie transaction, under the same ijnpression 0,i the contrary it is stated by Mr. Ahnii and Mr. S^etsoJi, that Mr. Admv.s did not use that offensive lan^e relative to Mr. Jarvis, with a cw of injuring the feelings of the iatbes who accompanied him, nor, indeed, with a knowledge that it ums overheard by them. The fact, lKMv.'ver, appears be indisputable, that much of the language was heard by Mrs. Cordis and Mr. Defter, as induced the party, and particularly the 'emale friends wbn o^companid Mr Jarvf?, to leave the Presided* house as soon as possible* under thft idea that they had been insulted.

Upoqi a view ol all (lie circumstances, the Committee are "t '"P1"' ion that the assault committed uy Mr. Jarvis. upon the Private secretary of the President, whatever »i') 'iave been th?.causes o/ provocat"1" was an act done in contempt« authority and dignity of this '1°''^' involving uot only a violation own peculiar privileges, hut Jimnjunity which it is every principle, the guaranty person selected by the Presic" the orean of his o'flc'a'.cW|1l!.fn'.i. tions to Congress. It is must importance that

n[i

tercourse between the Iresnt-^

the Legislative department s.io not be liable to interruption proceedings ofCongrew

roul'1R0

more effectually arrested by l" in^ the .members ol

tially connected with tM

f|c-

from going lo t)ie FIall liberations, than they '"'c! -mj. preventing the President king official

co™mul^?ll,7e^la!ioft

i»f the country. „n, .iertion, .In the case Under the Private feecretaiy

p,esi-

ilelivered a message Ironi

dent, was i« the act oi almost within the very

a!,,j

ver°comlni!-

Hall, when the assault was

ment of a privilege conee1

the House. the Hcpj

of t{ie people have not

pynish an assault

destitute of a power vn

ted «po„ hip. riie Ii» «c

sessioo, and the person

nrai,

mP,jiate!f

ted the assault went ?'u*

from the Ilall in which erating,

a3 (]e!ib*

xwhere

he was in

cBga«

in comintin .with others ,jnfr(.

ed in reporting the ProC'

()f

entaiire*

u)1(]er

cor"V" a,.e

these circumstances.

th*-'/

^.{je!oi5J

i)bttB4l

to the most ol p«n* in the COMntry.

peculi»-

isbing tor contempts .•• ,f|an,i.- I to the. common la a' jU(jicnl belongs essentially to faodjf. 'ribunal w.l

ihc E»glW

Si„!rie

ucli. has not, sur^v.

C( urt

authority ia tilt1 Supi •w