The Western Register and Terre-Haute advertiser, Volume 5, Number 16, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 12 July 1828 — Page 2

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TV.RUE-UdUTE. JULY 12.

TO THE PUBLIC.

On the 12th

of June

l21st

WM W&

last, 1 address

ed a note to Katlitf Boon, which was published in the "Western Sun ot the

of the same mouth, calling

on him to lay before the public, whatever evidence he might have, to sustain his charge against me, ot having defrauded him. out of his election by double certificates In the "Western -W' of the same date, is to be found a statement from Col Boon, accompanied by two certificates sigueil by me, which, on the authority ol the edi-or of that paper, is to be con sidereda reply to my demand As to the unprecedented and treacher ous conduct of the editor of the "Western Sun" in submitting my manuscript to my accuser before its publication, and thereby uniting in a base collusion —I have only to ob serve, that I should have known him better than to have thus trusted him and that an impartial public will, no Joub£, CQjisider him in his proper

jight 1 II proceed to state, in relation to the issue between Col Boon and xnyse'f, that although he.has publicly ai repeatedly charged me with hav iitj defrauded him out of his election, he&produces not a tittle of evidence to s-upport him in it It is true, my cer if cate ol the 10th of 3B-^6, gives to (.-ol Blake three hundred ami fort)- two votes, and that my cevliiicate of the i26th of August, IS j^ives the same gentleman three hu dred and forty four votes but it does '»o* therefore fouow. that I have ar:"d fraudulently If Col Boon, before he hf.d made so= serious a charge a^tinst a public officer for ar. act doi hy him officially, had made application to the Clerk's office o' the coil ty of "uilivan, or addressed a letter tor hat purpose he would have promptly received information which would liave been fully satisfactory to ''j every impartial mind, I would have

stated to him what 1 now state- that Col Hlake tlid receive the number q* cj to him the second cri-iitirate according to the election returns fi!* in mjr ffice, and that the same number of votes was actually givm to him on the general abstract of township returns, (all of which would have been promptly sub initted to Col Boon,) but that in ad ding up the returns, a mistake occurred against Col. Blake, of two votes. rhat in obedience to what 1 con'\iuered to be my duty, as it wasceitamly an act of justice to Col Blake, .1 apprised the secretary of State.of

j- ^thj'mistake as soon as it was discov -7. erf-1, and with my letter giving the formation, lorwarded to him the 'S^'r^ecoud certificate to be substituted by or not, as he might determine ifa'hat the Secretary did determine rrectlv, I have always thought, and \o establish the fact as to the number of votes as here advanced by me, refer to copies of the township re-

Ituros which ape here annexed, certito be correct by the Inspector •^jH-ispCiCtiveiy, except in one case, in which one of the .fudges has certified in consequence of the Inspector be at Ui is-time out of the county

At tan*, and before the certifi «ate» tfwe gi* en, the originals tvere |paiticularly^and in ull respects examlined by the officers who have certrfi '•ed W" -•»£. *$.*»

"1,

-Although this brief statement may /•establish my innocence and remove ev-ry suspicion ol fraud, still it is in'svjificifint, and I am constrained to proc.et further.v JjCol Boon Iws repealed his slander frequently aud cir ."* ''rub ted it extensively, and I am *bou '1 to behave that it was most de •5. 'Jihiiiately and maliciously done by jhim, and as the cnnrge not onl) af^'(•ts my character as a citizen, but "espcci.vi) iri relation to fhe trust con fi'iiiii to ii! the county of Sulli/'Var^ ii is dut to rnv self and my fami*lyv to tny fr.ends and the county at that all th« facts should be prefo the public in the most un'^yj+esi,viable ma .ntr To effect this,

Jtderetore, 1 shall appeal to the Jndioal tribunal of my country before ivhich Jiat'iff Uo6i' shall be summonfed to appear, and before which I must be condemned and disgraced, .or he found to be abase and hardened ^caianimator. S. OLi\lAN. L* +tteruiii, Juiie 29, l&s!8* **i,'

At an election held at the bouse '•of I'm Hull, on the lirs Monday of •.-•"Aogust,, B26, the within votes were /tak'.n aslolldws:— l'homas Blake, fi.r L'oiii*i one hundred and fiftyifuvr viit.ea: lioou, one htm-

m.dred

•.Si.

(Mfc

and thirty iane Lawrence ft.

%i5iiUfer. twtive: antl lor the State Le-gisia-ure George Boon received two hunc.'etj- and iorly-!our votes and ,1 :»i,.ah Mat*fv4Hy-lour votes: and

Cot oner, (ieoi^e ft. Clark receivcti ine liua. rc. fit /oriy-nine \otes: French, eighty three.} and

Pleasant M. Ohafer fifty-eight Seth Cushman, wven \oJes. SA\?L WIlinLKsFY,

Inspector for liaddan Town hip JAMKS LOVE

Jud

PfcTER KKs5feb¥. 5

\V^, as Clerks, certify the above to be a true sjateinent ot this election.

ELI AS GOBLE,'

JAMES E liADDAN $

UeiK$

I certify that the within is a true and correct copy of the return for Haddan towRship, of the election in 1826.

SAMii WHITTLESEY,-^ Inspector of elecli'infor 1826.

At an election held in the Town of Merom, Sullivan Co on Monday the seventh day of August, 182 to elect one Representative to the twentieth Congress, one Represent ative to the State Legislature and one Coroner and on counting the votes, we, the undersigned, Inspector and Judges of said election do hereby certify that Thomas -H. Blake had one hundred and thirty-three votes toi the Representative to the twentieth Congress? Ratliff Boon had seventeen votes for Representative to the 20th Congress and Lawrcncc S. Shuler had four votes tor Representative to the 20th Congress: Josiah Mann hid one hundred and twentyfive votes for the State Legislature, George.Boon had twenty-six votes for the Stale Legislature feeth Cushinan had^ne hundred and thirty-four votes for Coroner Bollin French had four votes for ^Coroner George Cla: had five vot^s for Coioner and Pleasant M. Ohaver had five votes as Coroner Given under our hands and seals.

JOHN CREAGOR, Inspector for Gilt T\vn$h'p.

I.$ A. GKAlNl Judges PE'I'ER ELLIOl 1, •vTEST, E Bw'JotNbr, *y

4*r

Lla

BENJ. I-URMAN, ~S

utrM

1 certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the certificate, given by the Inspector and Judges of the election heiU at Merom in Gill township, in August, 1

JOHN CREAGOR.^

Inspector of efectipn, T-

This may certify that we, the In spector and Judges of the election held at the house of Iavid Gross, in the Township of Fairbanks, Count) of Sullivan the following votes were taken by us, viz: —tor Con rress, Thomas H. liiake, ffly six Ratliff Boon, twenty-four: iur the Assembly, Isaiah Mann, forty-four: and George Bjon, thirty-five: for Coroner, Seth Cushman, seventy four,

DAVID GROSS,

Inspector for Fun-banks 1 ownsfcp liObEKl VV KIR, jujrr€S ISAAC REYNEKSON,S

JU g€$

I certify the foregoing to be a true copy irom the original certificate Given of the number of votes in Fairbanks township in August. 1826

41AVID

GROSS, Inspector.

At the annual election for the year 1826', "held at the school house in Hamilton Township, Sullivan county, Rat'iff Boon had fur Congress, 'tve ft ty-eight votes l'homas M. Blake, one: ueurge B"on had for Repn--•HU-ative, twenty six votes-} Isaiah Mann had four votes: for Coroner. Seth Cushman had twenty-eight votes George Clark I'.ad two votes. Given umler our hands this seventh {jay of August, one thousand eight hundred, and twenty-six.

JAMES VV J'JK, Inspections CUM\i IN, I or and \CO ANDEUSON fudges HARDY HILL,

JOHN SHUMAKER. I certify the within is a true copy from the original election return irom Hamilton township in Sullivan county in 1826. Giveu under my haud ihis 27ti June 1828.

JACOB ANDERSON. Judge of Klection* II. T.

I certify the within is a true copy of the return from the annual election in Hamilton Township in 1826

HARDY HILL,

I Clerk of the election, H. T.

We the undersigned do ceitify that the foregoing is a true copy tr&iitthe original certificates given ijy the seveial Inspectors and Judg es at the anuaai election beld in the several townships in Sullivan county, in August 1826.

Given under oar hands this S4th June, 1828.. A ELLIOTT.

RICHARD DODD A. GRANT.

From the Indianapolis Gazette.

To THE ELTCTONS or THE FIRST ^CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT,

Fellow-Citizens: Having long since imbibed, a notion that it is the,duty of every lover of liberty and independence to couunutiicatc. at all if V'

tittles, such ideas and information to his

fellow-citizens

as he conceive*

would he productive of those hutnai blessings, or retentive of them when already in existence, I have thought it important, and a duty incumbent on me at this time, to lay belore you some such considerations and information as may be worthy of you, consideration. As an introdac .oi, to my principal subject, 1 shall.take a passing view of the causes ol the present hardness of the times It rs evident to every «an of common recollection, that there has taken place a great change in the times withip a f\ivv years past. This changet some attribute to. one cause, and some to another, and to others it seems wholly mysterious but if I am not mistaken, the cause is obvious, explica ble, and reducible to correction.—

But a few years a»o, oar exports far exceeded our imports then our country was in a flourishing condition, and the times were said to be good but recently, through the wisdom o» politicians in foreign councils, restrictive laws, have been enacted bv which the productions of our soil have b"en excluded from their mprk ets, while they, at the same time, have been infusing iato our meican tile maikets a redundance of thei. merchandize. By this course ol pol icy, which has not been sufficiently counteracted by our government, they have b^en enabled to extrac' from our colters a considerable portion of our circulating medium. Here now lies the great cause of the often reiterated complaint among the farmers. of hard times. Jiard timesr ^nd where has ull the money gone to? Now, a«i nothing can be more oovious than the cause, equally *o, then, inust be the remedy to which we must resort If the policy of other nations be inimical to our interests, does not that policy point out to u* the course which we ought to purine? certainly it rloes.

If other nations enact tariff laws to exclude the importation of our produce into their ports, and br:n us their merchandise whereby to rob us of our cash, does not their policy speak to us in a language not to be misunderstood, that we ought to counteract their policy? we do not, but continue to exchange money for their goods, and yet cannot devise any means whereby to retrieve our money, (and which indeed is the case,) the balance of trade mu*t he va-stly against -s, and must ultimate in a complete bankruptcy of our na tion. and in the voful ruin, misen and want, if not subjugation, of its inhabitants. These dilemmas hive been obvious to some of our best pol

'ticians, and in order to aveit those great evils, they have made exertions to have tariff laws enacted to prohibit the importation of any for eign merchandize which we have the materials to make,anil the ingenuity to manufacture. And this is the only nquisite to constitute our govern-*

ment that which everv republican would have it to be, a FREE and INDEPKNDENT republic, founded 011 a ba*is as impregnable as American politics tdiould be un.sullied with despotism. But. fel

presentative to Congress, aud now a candidate for that office, though a pretended advocate for the Tariff, yet openly confesses that he voted last year against the Woollens Bill, and for 60 doing, gives his reasons, in substance, as follows: That the passage of this bill would becieative of a monopoly of the article thus protected, to the Eastern manufacturer, and would give them a chartered extortion oft'of the citizens of the West. By this mode of reasoning, he might argue, that a tariff on any article that had been manufactured, or attempted to be manufactured,at any particular place, would effect a sectional interest to tlx manufacturers of that article. Now, admitting for a'moinetii that this doctrine, however puerile and absurd, would be true, yet, what substantial objection therefrom could fee fabricated? Can it be more to otff advantage to throw our rnteretffto our enemies on the other side Jhe jjreat herring pond for f7ieir faboi% tha-& to citizen* of our «wn country? 1 sly that he who answers t!& question in the affirmative, either by tfijfirdi or actions, is no friend to $iit country, aim might wfi» ant! dcicrmlly be braud-

•-.jf

with the epithet or fewtj. B'Jt to return to the woollens bul. t»if ill provided that the manufacture^)

wool

should be restricted from the citizens of the West, and guaranteed Miat privilege solely to the citizen,,f the East, there would- be some nse :.'id propriety in the gentleman^ reasonings but white it leaves the citizens of West to their op tion, whether to

own

mar.ulacture

then

woollens, or to raise stock or their hastI shal

produce wherewith to pay. ern friends for their cloths, have to denounce that gentleman a politics, and oppose his election. Admitting that this bill would opeiate more immediately to the advantage of the citizens id the East, than ro^tbose of the West, which is the moat liberal construction that I can put upon it, yet where are the •/rounds

for

our objecting to. it under

that consideration? Surely while, they are busily employed in their factories, they will continue, as here tofore, to eat our beef and pork) and I should think more abundantly too. than when idle, or raising their own support for the want of better employment Indeed, I' can hardly b.' lievc that the advantages resulting from the passage of this bill wouir be sooner leitin the Las.t. than in tin for the more ot our Eastern are employed* in factories,

West brethren the greater will be their call upon for our beet and pork, of which we have plenty and to spare liut it said on another hand, that they wil charge us higher for cloths than the British do: this possibly might b- the case for a short time, but as soon a their factories could be extended anil multiplied, they could and wouh: manufacture for us as cheap as th* British do and if they would not, then we would manufacture our own But it should be recollected, that

the

enhancement of any o-ne article which is obtained by labor, general I) produces a reciprocation on all articles obtained by the same mean, Hence, il we have to pay a high prict fur our cloths, we may expect a big j,rice for our beef and pork. Estab lish factories in our country suffi cient to satisfy all our wants,, aud our markets for every thing will he nearer at home, surer, and better: and then an exchange ot co^nm* di ties will supercede the great cal' which is now so loud aud so fr» que.ni in every place for money! money! But let your trade go on as it hudone for some years past—our farmers without a foreign market for their produce, running to the merchants with the little remnants of cash which iw, r:• garhcr up, giving them for goods, and the merchant

they can British packing them

oft to the British fo?

fresh supplies of goods, and what j1}^^

will be the ultim.tum? Surely it i- 1

obvious to every discerning eye, that

!as

1 ow-ci' i/.ens, lovers

of republicanism anl independence, though a much 'am^nted tarr, \et it is too true, that hitherto we have had too many European politicians in our national councils to be able to procure a passage of such a law, replete in all its onerations!. Thus, though

ah vc spoken of must take place. 'Mien, at the best calculation we can make, ot»f! enemies may come in, and, with the very money which we have paid them for merchandise which we could have made ourselves, purchase, at their own price*, the soil for which our fathers bled and rlied. Is it not, then, fellow-citizens high time that we were awakening to our true interests? Shall we slum her in the cradle of European sopui» try while the vassals of tyranny 1 uni that with a unison voiu you will say, No. What then is be done? It seems to me that th brst subterfuge to which we can fly. is, to reject all anti tariff politician from our couuei's. and-let tiieir scats be occupied by men who see'«: the ntct ests and best policy of th ir own country more tiun th"8* of foreign nations seriously rcgioi, leilow-ctiizeus, that for the want of time 1 cauno

come and rilie our pockets: persuaded

we would fain he free, yet we are almost d'irectiy hurthened with Briti«.h tyranny, and are compel I. to labor for the emolumertt of European Lord's! Ifelluw-1 itizo.sf should these things be? antl are you apprised that one of those Eutopean legislators resides in our own district,—has once gone to Congress, and is now soliciting us to send him there again. Ves, fellow-citizens, though the remark is reprehensible, vet it is too true now lay before you Mr Boon's anti

RATLIFF BOON, our former re-1internal improvement principles—

they are very objectionable. The Editors ot the Indiana Journal, of the Annotator, aud ot each newspaper printed in ttie fi *t Congressional district, are requested to give the above an insertion.

was de!Wr»rr:l ov R. lJunflI}rrp Esq. ^ho.is eu\i,ue(l

the day is not very tar distant when 1 urtc

oar country must be drained- of its' circulating Imodium, and the dilem-

JOHN MATTHEWS.

June 22, 1828.

COMMUNICATED.

Fourth of July.—Accordingto previous arrangements, this great anniversary was celebrated amongst us, in a manner highly gratifying.— Throughout the day, the most perfect order and harmony prevailed: each and every man appearing to indulge in festivity, with a complete sense of the occasion which simulta neously vas calling forth the grateful feelings of American citizens, wherever placed, or however circumstanced. A little before one o'clock, laiye procession of citizens was ormed, and marching to the Court House, the cerentouies of the day were opened by a tt appropriate prayer from the Kev. Mr. Moiitfort, after which, and the reading of the Declaration of oar Independence, a hand-: some, pithy and patriotic address} vari«_

'fft

:elled

0 cqj!()|

Ui,.. llw ability ami ed. Fhe jjn.cession then ag ua

i(5

ing, was conducted to the Mr E. I».,lc, whew,

having been appointed and Mr. John iinUoti

deot of the d«y:- .•?-

partaken of an escdlent rliM following toasts were drank, accV panied by a national salute. M!^ uanil of music. Capt Jas VY

1C£"i,rei»V

f. Th* day we cehbrate-Cr** crated to patnoiistn -j 2. The memory (f Ceom-g ir,. ington. ,•*

J. The Patrols who p'nnn-d

(.j

the Uero/s who uthirudo ir Ittdep.nd.mr. 4 The President of lh°. Stales. 5. The Heads

nf'l-cpartmn!s,

6. The JJrmy uni JSuvij, 7. Our highly favored Country Prosperous, pea*.elI ad h«.. 8. The friale po irfion of our t:ap id!

fair

iuccesj

9. The iff abash Cunal—§ to the ent 'ntrizi'. •30 Internal improvbrnaitsani ij9, mestic Jlau'. facti:r $ ,,t -tinew of the body fiotitic-. 1 1 pi it of is

Good Feeiing wucU produced nn ^j,. on of thoe States—A toat oa-?[|r lo b«i religiously cheri-iltcrf hv

rllji,

12. €lharles Carrol cf CurrolUn— 4May

his" evening he us t.u^y

me/ulian was glorious. 13. Our CounirijH-tmtn-Tboy »miles t'.C Scholars wealth,theirap: •i!ause the W .irrio hixvnM tiieir love the [is 'st Man's rewar '•'By the President—Tin Crstorof the J)ay*"

The dinusen'vrr.f«! were Urminaied by a hall in tha evening '[Many volunttyr toa-fs were given, but we 3re rieccf.»arily comps-ilid •0 eviclud-* tiiein fjr want eChi^i'

I '•73 \\f

iliTS?I-VN DKI'JJARA !'K»S OF WAR AGMXSr riiKKY.

Extraordinary SitpprfmryJ lo ike Hitssum Stiie. ihizd't. Y' 1!EIU IN, May 4"

We have receive.-t tt) lav, Irom St. Pjtersburgh, the *al ovvitig ollidal 'tocuir.ents:—

MANIFESTO

HIS MAJESTY,

TKS

EMPERoa.

By the ace oi God, we.Nicholas I., Emperor and Autocrat ol aii the liussm, 6ic. S c. &.»%*<

The Trea-y of Uucharosf, coneluded in the year 1812, with th? Ottoman Porte, after having been for

een

years the subject »l .•.•itmto.i

now

nolongcmisis/inspite

()f a! 0 Jr exer

ons

tounintu(iit,anl

preserve it from all attacks. Tte

ru,t

ijat.sfi-'d with havingde-

stroyed the basis of that Treaty, noff defies ttossiu, and prepares tu wit' against her a bellum et interaati-n!-em—it summons its peop'*: mass to arms—accuses of being its irreconcilcable enemy, antramples under foot the Convent™.' of Akermann, and wilh

t'rlt

reding Treaties Lastly, the -r does not hesitate f't declare* !i»i accepted the conditions

(,f

rjeiro fiat ions Ijetwcen

Iiy

(•lability ol mw

thisp?ac-

only as a mask to conceal its i»(6R' rious ami its preparations

ora

nj^

•var. Scarcely is this r?i»*-( "onfession made, when he Russian flag are vessels which it covers

fhe cargoes made the proy8'*' oaciou°ar.d arbitrary Our siibjeots found

to break th^sr m.tl.

without delay a hostile cru«' •}:)'.n!iyri!S is closed, our t.-a-.ilafed. Our southern proving orived of th« only cii-ir'.iv. *x porta tion of their Pr"'^f J.jrv I'.icatcnc.l with iiic.ilcuiali.e Nay more! at the mf"1?1"-

afry, t^ aflRi*

lid i''T' sudi

concluded, a

a ate nearly change on the psi't Govertiment checks them. It soon apoesrs toman I'orto exerts its»« [eiia waver by »i.l,»|.niinS adjoining prov»na-» a°-1 .^k,

of the ^rsia'! the ci)urie

that i-e

(U ma*" cHver^' ini.^

oi vuif

this treacheioas, Phis is theaeiica of i''.!""0"I'ui key has been gui-y /sion of the

fro!H ",t! of A

('ea'/thjS

maiin t» tliis day am

istin-

fi,ad

happily tU« trait «Obe ^ftr the generous esei ton ,| to »ia has inje.isantly e» Ljjhooriai maintain j.'cace wit'

lim"ilti

its

nation,— But all it«: the houor ol iU II

nam-'

fll.

invs-

Piu^'a

our national gl-'^T.

to us the bounds of it.

in their IVIie^t extent posed on us bym.peia.iv

nid inspired with t-^

fldence iu ibe

It is not after ^n^

t0R.

c.Bbe»

dr, !y

.-hat-wo have oiUfiai uudci" tho

tu^"