Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 20, Vincennes, Knox County, 6 January 1808 — Page 1

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VOL. I

VOL. I. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1808. No. 20.

& No- 5t).

FOR THE WESTERN StfN. At a numerous and respectable meeting of the citizens of the county of Knox, in the Indiana Territory, at the court house in Vincennes, on Monday the 4th day of January, 1808, for the purpose of taking into consideration the appointment of Davis Floyd, clerk to the Legislature, and to remove the odium which has been cast upon the people of the Territory, in consequence of that appointnient Abel Westfall, was called to the chair, and Henry Hurst, appointed secretary. On motion of John Johnson, Esqr. William M'lntosh, William Bullitt and Peter Jones, were appointed a committee to draft and report to this meeting, such resolutions as they deem necessary, who retired, and in a short time reported the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted, as follows : The citizens of the county of Knox, in the Indiana Territory, having taken into serious and mature consideration, the various paragraphs in several papers published in different parts of the United States, containing injurious remarks and observations on the conduct of two of the Judges of the Supreme court of the Territory, as it respects the judgment which they pronounced on Davis Floyd, and on the conduct of the Legislature of the Territory for appointing him as their clerk, immediately after his conviction : also the injurious conclusions and insinuations which in these papers are deduced from those circumstances, tending to impress on the minds of our fellow citizens throughout the union, and the Federal government, that the people of this Territory, participated in the unlawful enterprise and schemes of Aaron Burr; and also the evil consequences that might re sult to the people of this Territory, if they

remained any longer silent, & did not publish and decIare to the world, and especially to the Federal government, their freedom from any participation in their enterprizes ; have therefore come to the following resolutions. 1st. Resolved unanimously, That it would be indecorous to make any animadvesions on the conduct of the Judges before whom Davis Floyd was convicted, or ascribe motives for their conduct which have not been avowed by themselves. 2nd. Resolved unanimously, That while the citizens of Knox are sensible of the weight and importance of the principle which declares that the acts of the representatives on subjects which they have a right to act on, express the feelings and the opinions of their constituents. We sin-

cn.v unnii um; 11 --ir r.M. ,,,,1,, ,. ,. nn i iii o(i;i ion not)-

volvi-u; a n-r-1hrv ',kIi cm n; ; U thnn jt, ;,lKiilioil lo rl;:- 1"-.1 r-ii : .ir rxui-iu. c!-cl r.- r , thr w.?fltl th'-ir c!if Vt' .um. ot , t, r,rrt!rM;i ot ii:c i:,"! , ( f'KnoX fr.Mi.

4th. Refolved unanimcufly, That the election of Davis Floyd, was, at the time, reprobated by the citizens of Knox indivi

dually, and tlut collectively they would have

declared to the world their difapprooation J

ot it, and the apprenenlioRS tliey entertain

ed that it was calculated to draw from their

fellow citizens in the union, the molt injurious rv flections on the character of the Territory, but for the confeioufenefs of their innocence, and the indulgence of a

confequent hope, that their fellow citizens

in the union, would have alcribed the act

of the Rcprefcntatives folcly to the few, and the ii'rluerice by which they were go

verned, v ho on the hiftdiy of the leuion compolVd the uiMjoiity that ballotted for Davis Floyd, in the houfc of repiefenta tivts. 5jh. Refclved unanimouflv, That altho the citizetii of Knox, believe that the motives which actuated thole members who ballotted fur Davis FloyU, were cntiicly ot a perfonal and private nature, yet tht-y coutidei, as they have always couiidertd, the elediion of D.vis Floyd, under thelc peculiarly evident cin umlUnccs of criminality as highly derogotary to, and fubvcifive of the cotdidence of the conltituents in their repitfeiitatives ; tending in a high degree to deftroy the fidelity and attachment of the citizens to the government calculHted to excite the evil difpoiicion of defperate and ambitious men, to fuuvert and proftratc the conltitiitiou :nd laws of the United States, .uid of this Ttnitoiy; and coriVquently a

ryprefs their fentiments on the fubieft oflcareful of the papers of hi? rffic fi nor tnorA

thefe refolutions. Idifpofed to perform his ITk mI duties hm-

10th. Refolved, That the fecretary make -ftly and impartially, and 1 believe thaC

triplicates of thefe rfolutious, that one co-lM'Ferron is by no me!) entitled to the

py, iigned by the chairman, and atttited name of an habitual drurk-id. Given un

by the fecretary, be tranfmitted to the Pre-lder my hand and feal, at C.pe Girardeau

fident of the United States; one to thelthis fourth day of July, eighteen hundred

iiditor of the We ft em W orid ; and one tolund icven.

the Editor of the Weftern un, for publi-l Signed

cation; and that the Editors throughout ROBERT BLAI, t sj

the union, who have puhhfhedon this lub-

iedt, be, and they are hereby requefted to This dny perfonally appeared before met

piiblilli thefe refolutions, in juftice to their the fnbfcriher, a Juftice of the peace in and

fcrtlse dift.ia of C ape Girardeau, the within named Robert Blair, and made oath that

the foregoing certificate was juft and true, and fubferibed his name to the f .me in

prefence. Given under my hand and fial

this fourth day of July, eighteen hundred and feven.

(Signed) EDMOND HOGAN, l s

ftmtna on the character of thofc members

who ballotted for him Gth. Relolvrd un.iiiimoufiy, That while we obferve and lament that our fellow citizens in various parts of the United States, indulge fufpicioi.s of our fidelity and at

tachment to the cunftiiuiii.i! St government

fellow citizens of Indi na. ,

AbEL WEST FALL, Chairmaiit HENRY HURST, fec'iy. M'FER ROM's VINDICATION. (Gontinuvd from cur last. J (H.)

Tltis is to certify that at a court liolden at the court l.oufe in the town of Cape Giraideau, in the Territory of Louifiana,

th,,,., nfnrl0nl tlinnfaml lol.t lTwg the hit quarter, which if not taken

I..,tirlrr3 unrlfn. Tofnh M?rnn nflTe r. 0Ut betrC the XpiratlOll of tbrte fTOnths

ed to deliver up the records & papers to the wi b rttunnd fo the General Pcft Office court, and if permitted, and di.edted, by the "d!?d lctl"!.v,8 . . ,

court to keep the minutes, and perform all " . lil"" Jonn "nams, atepnen

POST-OFFICE, Ftncetmes, Jan. l, 1808.

A lift of letters remaining in this office

Arnold, John Allen.

B Brrj. Reikrs, Flo. Elias Needle, Jfiah ill. i r i - .

iaiKiora, j.-oe iiaircl, JiJhua Rood, John Biley, James Br oks, Mr. Bour don.

C Benjamin Chamners, jofrph C.rr,

the other neceflaiy hufinefs of the term ,

but expreiTed an unwilhngnefs to dclivei

the faid recoics and pnpers to J homas C

Scott-whereupon the court conftdering

that ii was no part of their duty to com fiiunrl 1 r rin to muL-f tli tlrlivrtv ti

Mr. Srntt wi.d beimr willing that all tht D J ycb Dr kef , J . B. Drennrn.

records and naner Ihould remain in M'Fer- b Jl!n Btc- l;tne, Peter Frederick, Lou

rnn'c li-,,if?c until t!i (Tnvf-rnnipnt wai fur. I IS -Irectlick

ther petitioned in his behalf, a'nd made (en- H S,1,u,., Hy, John Hadden, Adam Har

'.II toe w i;ui.u kl.uu ) nini ill ii u i. a lv. umi - v. i v .it. J rf'l

fiiv-n at C.vr Gerardfau. this fourth Um. IS.IH' kenooll, Jolin Miyker.dol!

dav of lulv, in the year of our Loid one L J,m LcP J ts Lindfcy, Henry Lace.

thouiaud iht hundred and leven. (Sifjtied) EDMOND HOGAN,

Juftice of the Ou.irtrr Sellion.

participated in the unlawful cuterprilVs and ulicm sol Aaron Burr, we cannot but admit, ih.it from our geographical litiution ; oui political circu nltnces , autl iihove all. the coiifuicrHtiuu of the obnoxious ad ot the houlV of iepi fer.t-itives, they h d

'uliKieiit ground to h.ir.jrd thoie injuriout lufoicious. mvA we trult that the fe it'folutioils i'd he confine nd ant! taken by our fallow citizens, and t!i- Federal governint ni, for a coomlete viuuicalioii oi the ci tiz-ns ol Knox. 7th. Rr i'dvtd unniiimoudy, Tliat the nr-Miict ot a fu; dl number of the citizens

ut K.nx, who v.ere addrrlfed by the agents ol . Luri , in drt liuiiiL; the li i s made to

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M Daniel M Clure, John M'Donald, Jas.

Mriatton, Al-xnder M r.ore, Johfl M tkee, 5 lly M 'Gowen, Hemy Mafe

N William Nry.

P Irmpry Prior John Purham, Bepiaroifl

i'jrke, 3 ; John rittmau, Noah Purcclf

lieni. D. Piiir.

In order to remove the evil impreflions

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F. Smatt, John Smn, Wm. Stewart

Rrheca 6t?k, John Sevtrns.

adeuponthr govrmuiMit aainft Jofeph R john RPfrl, Jln Reed, fen. Jas. Robb I'Frnon, by the afiiditof Solomon El- lfn john jr;j Rbenezer Riihardfon, s, 'i'htmias Bdh w, Robeit Hall, and Joti- Urury Ruble.

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teitm-ior illicit i n ol tie i. legality ol tile Odobci, li;.6, on a vilit to lns country, -p tjpf. Thomas !, Trimble

and during my ftay till the Hid day of No- w j,(!)n Widrnrr, Cbtinopt cr Wyat member, in tl.htown, I ioauud in thr F. rderi k W-tfou. David VVatfon, iun.

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