The Western Register and Terre-Haute advertiser, Volume 5, Number 17, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 19 July 1828 — Page 2
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For the preservation of Deer Isl and, in Boston harbor, in the Stat* of Massachusetts, eighty-seven thousand dollars.
For Greeting piers, or other works, at or near Stonington harbor, in thi\ State of Connecticut, for the purpose of making the same a good and secure harbor, twenty thousand dol
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For repairing the public P'*r®
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Port Peon, Marcus Hook, and rort Mifflin, lour thousand four hundred and thirteen dollars.
For purchasing a dredging machine, to be worked by steam, and employing the same for the removal of the shoals forming obstructions to the navigation near Ocracock Inlet, in the State of North Carolina, twenty thousand dollars,, 3^1 1
For removing the sand bar at or near the mouth ot Black river, in tiie State of Ohio, by the erection of piei s, or other works, seven thousand five hundred dollars.
For removing obstructions in the Ap.'ilachicola river, in the Territory of Florida, three thousand dollars.
For improving the navigation of Red River, through, or around, that part ot it called the Rap, situated in Louisiana and Arkansas, twenty-five thousand dollars, three thousand dollars in addition to a former appropriation for clearing out and deepening the harbor of Sackditt's Harbor.
For making a survey of the harbor of Nantucket, and the passage leading to it, and an estimate of the cost of improving and making the harbor a good and secure 4ne, three lmridreo dollars.
For making a survey of Oenessee river and harbor, in the State ol ^ew-York, and estimates ot the cost for improving the same, three huddled dollars. »r turveyiiig the mouth of Sand» Creek, which discharges itself int Mexico 13itv, on Xjnke Ontar.o, the state of New-York,'lor the pura harbor at th^' ascertaining the cost o! jthe rame. three hundred dollar*. imping a survey and r-xa miration ol the southern shore of Lak tnrio, in t'»e State of New-york. between Genrssee and Oswego rivers, with view to the improvement of the most accessible and commodious harbors on the frontier, bv prect in? piers, or other works, and est» matis of the costs of the same, four hundred doliass.
po-e ot" constructing place. anu
tor aeenen ig the channel through
the pass au Heron near the bay ol c, eighteen ihousand dollars. For deepening the channel at the mouth of Pascngoula river, seventff-•» thousand five hundred dollars, in -ddKion to the sum before ap--iipriaie.i for »at object.
Fur Murveynj the obstructions to the navigation of the Wabash river, between it3 mouth and Eel river, five hundred dollars.
Towards improving the navigation of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, the sum of fifty thousand dollars.
For removing obstructions in the Berwick branch of the Piscatagua riyer, eight thousand dollars.
\For deepening the inland passage, or present channel, for navigation between the St. John's River, ini Florida, and St. Mary's harbor, in Georgia, the sum of thirteen thousand five hundred dollars.
For a survey of the river and harbor of St. Marks, in Florida, with a view to the practicability and ex pense of deepening the same, thj bum of five hundred dollars.
For erecting a pier arid a beacon thereon, at or near a ledge ot rocks .called Atlen's rocks, in Warren river, the sum of four thousand dollars. .Approved^—23d May, 1828.
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AN ACT making an appropriation Crvto extinguish the Indian title to a reserve allowed to Peter I^inch, of ^the Cherokee tribe of Indians, ^vitiiiu the limits of the State af i, Georgia, by the Treaty of one •thousand eight hundred and nineteen, bet veen the United States and said tribe cf luduos
Be it enacted by the Senate fy House af .livpresentatives of the United Hates (j Jimcricn in Ctfiigress assembled. •/J hat the President of the United Slntes be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be extinguished the title of Peter Lynch, formerly of the Cherokee tribe of Indians, to a ^ol of land, lying within the limits of fie State of Georgia, which was reserved to the said Peter Lynch, by the Treaty of eighteen hundred and nineteen, entered into between the
United States and said tribe ot Indidians,. Sac. Jlnd be it further enacted, That a sum of money, not exceeding tlirpe thousand, dollars, be, and the sarn« is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasur not otherwises appropriated, to carry the foregoing section into effect
Apnrmt4—£3d IVl/ijr, 1828.
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TERHE-tiJiUTti, JULY 19.
COMMUNICATED
To those Voters of the First Congris sional District who know me. In addressing you on the subjec* of the approaching Congressional lection, have not the vanity to sup pose that my name, will give an important influence to any thing I may sav: yet I hope you will give it that consideration, to which it may be entitled, by its truth in matters of fact and the reasons it may contain Plain talking, is in common the best, ».sd some of you know that my habit, is to speak of public men as they appear to me. If at any time I have supposed that I saw aught to blame in the character of Mr. Blake, I hare not been slow to name it nor have I been at all times silent to himself, and however wrong it might have been in manner, my meaning was always good. Whether in this I have done well, or ill, I know not but am myself the better for his friendlj admonitions. It is good to reciprocate favors of this kind, and for the kindness he has done me in this way. I have a much more kindly feeling of gratitude than could be inspired by pecuniary obligations. I do not advert to those things with a wish to inspire a beliet that his faults are ®reat, or numerous: but with a wish to turn towards him, the attention of those of you who have known him for the last twelve years*, to you I appeal for truth of this, that he has seen much, and learned much from experience, during his residence among us: He has done much in repressing the ardour ot youth, and those 'vagaries, lrom which early iifeis seldom exempt. He has done much in subjecting his actions to the sober dictates of reason, and com pared with what we have once knew him, he is now eminently qualified to take part io legislative deliberations
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I am not Mr Blake's eulogist, and have no wish to become conspicuous, bv dancling at the skirts of great
dangling at the
in en I ha»e nothing to ask of *)r Hlake and he nothing to give, that can be at all desirabie. except his good opinion: and he is at liberty to refuse me that if he can My object in addressing you is a very different one. I have with you one com mon interest, and have studied that interest, as every good citizen ought to do, in the alarming crisis to which our country is brought, by a faction, opposed to the best interests and dearest rights of the nation and who are almost ready to cut the throats of those who have the good of the country for their object. In short, I am impelled to address you by a wish to be represented in Congress, bv ene who has judgment to discern our interests, talents to support them, and firmness to do it, unint'in\idated by the scowl or threat, of those who would mount into power on the ruins of the Repablic rather than dwell in their native obscurity.
I dislike tedious prefatory remarks but thus much it seemed unavoidable to say, on assuming a position so new to me, and so unexpected to you.
The policy of prosecuting a system of Internal Improvements, and protecting Domestic Manufactures, has for years been supported by the Eastern and opposed by the Southern members of Congress It is believed that no citizen of the west, is opposed to Internal Improvements and very few to protecting duties yet it has so happened in consequence of our neglecting it at the polls, that apart of our representation in Congress, has been opposed to, and voted against this important part of the American System, and in this have been a lie on their constituents. The struggle was long one of reason the effort was who should adduce the strongest reasons in support of the cause he had espoused, yet at all times conducted with sufficient warmth of expression, until during the late session of Congress, all reasonable restraint was castotf! Shame less scoffing, low abuse and threats to secure their own interests, at the alternative af separating the Union, were quite common with the Southern members, while their parlizans in every section of the country, use great violence of expression, to evince their bitterness of feeling You who know me, know would tiot willingly alarm you without a cause: I ask you to reflect seriously on the bad passions of the mind, dis played in thecapitolfor some months past you will find them to be the same passions, accompanied with scenes in all respects similar to those which, ushered in the French revolu tions Human nature is the same that it ever was, and the same causes operating on the same materials, will produce the same effects. Then it is evident these states are on tlu verge of a civil war, for our nationai councils arc distracted by the same
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passions wVch woi'.iced the^civi! wars of England, the rebellion Ireland, the French-reTiiution, and the whiskey insurrection in tha neighborhood or Pittsburg, and I may add the same passions, which,, when blended with the concerns ot any nation, have neve,- failed to produce the most violent political convulsions The Congress ot the United States was once the most dignified deliberative body the world had ever aeen, —and can scenes be copied^by body, from the National Assembly of France, and excite no boding tor the future? Can those of you who know the human heart, and are old enough to recollect having (secure from harm) beheld the storm as it fathered over the ill-fated people of Fraace, I say can you unmoved, see the same cloud pending over your beloved country? Where is the master spirit to stay the tempest, when the thunder of a revolution has burst upon us, and our country fairly ingulfed in a civil war.
What course are we to pursue this alarming, cfisis? We are few and can do but little, but that little ought not to be neglected, think much, think soberly, strive to understand correctly a subject so important, in which you are so deeply interested, speak the truth with plainness and moderation, discountenance that intemperate zeal, that violence ot passion ard that blind devotion to men which have ever proven the bane ot republics. Those things have pro duced the downfall of all ancient re publics.
Our
government is the fair
est fabric of human wisdom the world has ever produced, its princi pies are more just and more equitable than any that has preceded it, yet we have reasou to lear that our institutions may not prove permanent and that our liberties may be subverted the experiment is now trying, the same causes that have overturned all other republics, are now brought to bear upon ours: and it remains to be seen, whether the principles on which she is based will enable her to withstand the shock.
It is known to you that this excitement does exist, &- that those bad passions ha*e been displayed, you know also the Southern members are they who have taken this course, so tal to the peace and harmony the country and you know that has been done in opposition to the American System The great sta pies of the ^outh, cotton, sugar, and molasses are effectually protected they are in possession of every ad vantage that can accrue lrom the protection of their products: yet they avow a readiness to resort to any alternative, rather than submit to the protection of domestic manufactures
Che South was designed by nature for the production -of rice, sugar and cotton,. the Eastern and iniduie states for the growing of wool for manufacturing and in part for agriculture, and the West for agriculture and grazing—while commerce is alike open to all, for the interchange of commodities amongst ourselves, and for intercourse with foreign nations VThus it is evident the remote sections of those confed erated states, were designed to be mutually dependent on each other therefore the southern people in opposing. it, oppose nature Experience has demonstrated that our eastern brethren can supply us with manufactures, cheaper and of a better quality, than we can procure them from England we want protecting duties, that they may be able to do it, receiving in exchange "the raw material from the South fr from the West, beef, pork, flour and whis key. Certainly this can be productive of no evil to the South, she will b« benefitted by the purchase of cheap and durable manufactures, and find an increased market for her raw material As for us, what little mar ket we now have is in the Easts take this from us, and we may at once a bandon our fertile plains, to their original savage possessors. It is obvious to the understanding of all, and requires but a moderate share of good setise, to perceive, that the policy opposed with so much heart burning, by the people of the South, is the only policy that can promote the prosperity of the nation It is not a sectional policy, it is alike necessary to all parts of the Union. It will tneet Gen Jackson's ideas of what a tariff ought to be, by operating as a measure of national defence it will prevent defection in time of war, by .supplying us with manufactures at ihesame prices,atall times. In case of another warit will prevent the meeting of an ether Hartford Convention, by furnishing the commercial capitalist with a sale and lucrative vestiture for capital, tljjjrown out of employment by the war. It is a policy that must nt all times and under all circumstances, operate to the general advantage of all parts of the country in electing a member to Congress under those circum^auces, would it oe advisable, tamely, to bandon our wn interests and tie in' re^ts of the
nation at the behest of the misguided
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southern
planter? Shall we seek]
Mr.
who is known to vote with them True he has no talents to bring in aid of their measures, but when a mem ber of Congress, his vote did go, ant if elected, would
in
all probability,
again go as far as a vote could go. pTacing a veto on the prosperity of hu
C°lt^not
fteces^ary to enumerate
the services rendered to tiiia distric by Mr. Blake you all know vyha -asures have been adopted by Con •rress at its late session, and
that
All the
you
know how those measures are calculated to effect us: I
do
not believe
they are the best possible measure* for us, or that they are all tha should have been
adopted
but they
are the best and all that could be obtained under existing circumstance*. I do not say that Mr. Blake alone has done all this, you know in wha manner he has acted in relation to those measures,and I think you wsil admit
he has dd'ne much to pro
mote them let me ask, do you apprpve his conduct? doyou think the talents of Mr. Boon could have don* as
much
in a reasonable life timer
The course taken and the measure supported by Mr Blake, are conclu sive-evidence that he understands our interest, and are calculated to inspire confidence in him as a Statesman The course taken by Mr Boon as & member of the Nineteenth Congress, forbids a belief that he under stands our interests but eveu if he did or could comprehend them, has he talents to support them? Has he that kind of talent necessary to com mand the respect of those who differ from him in opinion? No indeed, in Congress he was a poor nemo, a a mere yes, or no and was incapable of
understanding
the effect likely to
be produced by the measures on which he acted Do not thiak
me
severe in what I say of Mr Boon, it is the mildest inference that can be drawn, from his vote on the woollens bill I know most men would rather be called knave than fool, and if this is Mr. Boon's choice, I have no right to object.
objections to the
woollens bill were based on
this,
that
the protection would^ operate as a tax on
the
consumer/^This princi-
ple.was untrue, consequently all de ductions from it
were
fallacious yet
Mr Boon was incapable of detecting the fraud, else how could he vote against the bill
He
knew, or ought
to have known, that the same objec tiors were urged with precisely the same justice against the protection ot coarse cottons: yet coarse cotton fabrics were protected he could not be ignorant of the manner in which that protection had operated and a child ould have known that the protection of coarse woollens, would produce the same effect Let Mr Boon account for his political sins as may befit his own grade oi iutel lect, we have no wish to be represented in Congress by one, who, through want of capacity, can learn nothin from observation.
WILLIAM
CLARK.
Eugene". June 27, 1828.
Governor J. B. Hay.
*Yy From Me Annotator,
Never since our connection with a press has it been our duty to publish any thing that we done with so much regret, as we fee! in giving publicit* to the following articles in reh'ion to the sentiments of Governor Ray That Governor Ray should so far descend from the station he occupies and depart from the principles that must govern every honorable man. we can scarcely, under any circumstances, believe, and we must still doubt the correctness of the questions put by the editor of the ''Repository," and the answers said to be given by the Governor and we should at once have pronounced them utterly false, and fabricated to injure the election of Mr liay, had we nut accounts from other respectable sources to the same effect. We give the articles furnished for publication by the committee, without comment nor shall we express an opinion on them farther than to say that, if Governor Ray has made the declarations attributed to him after his unfolding his views as set forth in his letter to Mr. Handy, he has forfeited all claims to the respect or support of either party and exhibited to the world that he is destitute of every principle that constitutes, an honest politician or honorable man.
Our columns are opon to any re!y Mr Ray may seecau9e to make mi we do sincerely hope, that he may be enabled to make such a replication as to justify himself before •.he public. n, ip•
At a meeting ol the Jackson Cenal Committee of the State ot l«diat Salem on the 28tji ol Juue, eamblc aud
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i828- the following
^solutions were adopted.
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Wherpas, it has beery r?p^hfn to this Committee, that Shi
to
escape the ire of those fiery souther? gentlemen, by electing
has recently receivtd a Mon from Governor of his sentiment*
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wmmiRicj.
on
Presidential election, farorWe i'he election of Gen. Jack^i-ar,i appearing that Gov. Kay nouneed the party
()ppo,ed
re-electioa of Mr. Adams as
a?
lent outrageous faction, good man should unite in sudsing. Therefore, Resolved tha? committee be appointed to call Maj. Handy to ascertain from whether such letter has been ie«|, od and if so, to request a cop* of/ -aine for publication. Messrs Malott, Ketchatn and ]J? were appointed that reported that they have received jn& 10 their possession, the Utter alio,, referred to, with a note from Handy, which letter, or coning ion being read, it was resolved |J 'he same, together with certiju!a. errogatories put to Governor R,. ty the editor of the li-ookviiie i.ository, and Gov. Raj's
ever
an
thereto, be published iMjie Ans^. (.or.'^W WM. MARSHAL. CH\ \V. FI. Carter, S-cnj.
Gentlemen of the Central Commit In compliance with your re^isiu^ to obtain a letter written b) Govera. or Ray to me, the 15th oi last Mar I submit the same to you, fWV0(1J use, In so doin$, I beg leave to remark, that the correspondence originated from a resolution which was passed by the Central CommitUe. a! their sitting on the first Monday ja Vlay last It had been reported j4 thia#town that Governor Ray become the decided advocate of the election of General Andrew Jack'un, that the reception of the General^ answer to the resolutions of the Sen. ate, had fully satisfied him that the Tieasures of Jackson's ad sinistra, tion (should he be elected) would be 'he same of those of the present, and chat he preferred Gm. Jackson au man to Mr. Adams, and that dia pointed interrogatories put bv hint (Gov. Ray) to the General, weret» release him from the charge of favoring the answer of Gt-neral Jackson, which he otherwise expected to be charged with by the administration party. By reason of the report then in circulation, a resolution wis adopted by the committee to call on Gov. Raj, and learn if he wouldpermit his name to be placed upon the Jackson ticket as a candidate for Governor. B«ing appointed chairman of the committee to call on the Governor, I wrote individually to him, the cjj:cuinstances in fuil, and informed him that such a connuiittw had been raised, and of the nature« the resolution, and that within & short period he would be caller upiii for his auswer in answer to which he wrote to me the letter placed la your hands *.
Not being present when the leWi came to the office, it was openeUf all other correspondence, directed to ine are, by Mr. Allen or the jouag men in the ofiice the contents^ came known to some, not suspeciiiia any thing contained iu the letter required sccrecy, on my recem^ letter, I exhibited it to twoor three persons, members of the appointed to call on Gov. aM committee, alter coin uiunicat'oa de-
resolved.) The having prepared a ro forward to Gov. lajed lrom further reason of information w1"0"1 "', orKayhadgi»ontoSomeji,J» als by letter, residing at I relative to Gen Jackson
an'
•\ii interrogatories, and *v jgreed to let the subject te» further inquiry until the 9i the present committee.
riu
will perceive Mj
Liberty Hall Gazette, ofCm ias set forth the report that Governor tion, ut the election of Gen ui uie eiccit"" base calumny and that ov. his answers to the editor of tnp villr Repository, lias ileno Jackson party as an "OittiOrf olent faction, and ought to J*/ by every good man in
socl£
Under" tl.«e
lj am
public P'»® that tf°v
standing charged as and slanderer in the for circulating 'he repor ernor Ray was in kvnr '"'ifeel tion ol" Gen. Andrew aekso it no less than a duty 1 «late, self and the people or thi»
ikookville Repository, w*
by him,
I
viescrvtag the
t&
comply with your submit to the hands ot the the letter upon which ,ajCc, the ^slanderous report
relative to Jov.
seC
R*r•elWrliW
timeots., and corclu.it oy that I have ever been ,i porter of Governor the ianguage attributed
as3eD
Br
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3s
joiiest man in ^'i^ treated tas ^th fioisu^
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