Western Sun, Volume 2, Number 7, Vincennes, Knox County, 14 January 1809 — Page 2
V.nf ':rn f the I.egislathe Ceur.eil and repetitions lit. A refoluiion for the erh JLuse cf llrpnscrMdUvcs. j'' cVion of tlir arrearage 9 ot taxes, 2i;d. A I have received the kill wMch you have "'j r pnrmrig the nfts of the pre paffed entitle .n aft to alter and repeal cnt Ufli.n and find the Ujtruljr rmo ceitainpartsofanaft entitled an .ft toj'd- T Speaker l.g.he C,,a r.culateunty levies, and I have o-0 C,"k ved and fi,ned it with ple.furr, the .bol-i10'?" hc Cornel therecf. ifl.ip-the ox on neat cattle and on yoingl , ,T' I -e, tromthe committee ot r nrolh men will arT.rJ feme relief t the poor fcnd bills reported that thrr have examined to the farm.u intereli-but I mult againilhe eroffrd with the enroled bill entitle.' moft ftrcnlv recommend to the two Ilonf. an aa concerning the collection of the Teres to take offer t leaft hlTcnthe tax up. fr'lo.ml lx n ,4l,d m thc counties of St. on work horfei, if the other obiefts of Ua,,r d ;olph, and find th frmr
County Levy are not fufiuient to meet the,;' u , y- urreupon mr, weaker
;uguru me iiiu enrolled bill. Ordereo
rnnntv XD-nces. fome of thole rmpnrn.: t
the enmprnfation to the judges f the 14t th Ufrk do ,nform tl,c LegiflitivCommon Pie.s for inftance might with0"1 propriety be tirrsfered to the Territorial? Jones horn the committee of en-
Treafury The average price of all thei.'V' rcp, .um Uiry ,)ave XAm'
Horfei which are to be found in any coun
ty, will not I am confiJent exceed forty
iued the enrolled wi lithe enrolled refla
tion rrfpeftincr, a Gdiedge Town (hip in
dollars and for that forty dollars of capital !hr d,ltrJ,cl of Jerhnvilie, d find the ill. ... m. 11 1
fifty cents per an urn is exafted whilft a!ld,,;c ' roi,cu--w:.errupon mr. peak-
.1 f n- hnrh-.r In Ln,? n. l,,1 ' uiu enroueu rriciu lion.
viuntu nidi Hie v-icrc 00 liiiorm tne
The mefure taken to oVt-?) rdiffs micnetim of IritiHi m-rc her j;fc., a rd the ad-
rhofe cafes are of pubiir r.tcM?v, J ii 1 n;;lMoi ol vt lu . 'Priii lion Lnglard.
m y he aiicUJ, thnt with tV.e rycrj tirn ft
the UH, thole MjfrHl'j-s c.p . lt;vreii ti
Unc'er that ifj-ett and i cor. lined to th..t oi-ifC. the neutral rivh's ot A.ieric4
ity of the United i'titrj, did ,mt cfi' ft wrrc not r WrC'd I y its op-r..:ioo.
:hrir neutrality, nti give r.o T'ht to
figure either ot nm pl.t i tit or itr $ lr rei.ee. f
A Ilicrrei.t inar. itht u: r v infraft-
ion of n utral liirhf?, rrrlfl the admif
twenty cents t. the Territory and fiveL Y,1T".CU L,nat l?c irrk cents to the counties, the tax on horfesLp5, mr Countl1 thcrcof-
un matron.
Rcfolved that a committee be ap
in the Rate of Kentucky is fixd as I am told at nine cents let us imitate this wife example of our ueighbors and relieve the
poorer rUfs of our fellow citizens, from'
the intolerable burden that oppresses them WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. 36 h Oct. 1808. "Mr Jones from the committee of en-
rolled bills reported that they have com-
pointed to wait on the Legislative Council
and inform them that this House have
finished their Legislative business, and are
now ready to djr,urn and that mr. fones
oe that committee ind then the Houlr adjourned until th.re o'clock thi evrnin.
1 lie uouic met acconimg to
ment. Tlie Governor havinar
1
adjourn
met the two
the f-iid enrolled bill ; oidred that the
Clerk do inform the Legiflative Council thereof. On Motion, Of mr. Jones the Houfe come to the, follow irrj rrfolution. H'foNed by the L"giQitWe Council and
li iufe of Keprefentatives, that Auditor br and fie is herehv atithorifed to fettle the account cf the Atornv General of this Trrritnty, fr his frrv'uts iuch from the dt- of his commifa i to the end of the p-efra: f.-lnon of the le5. fixture, at the rate of onr lum-hd dollars per annum, and tint th" Trfu; ?r n y the fme out of any ir.'iit'irs in the 'IV fury not otheiwi( ipprpi 'nfd : O'f'errd that t'ir C!-rk do mrv lie fjid irfolutien to thr L-ill iti.e C-and Urfue their concurrence tli-rct'i. A mcrre IV 1 v the Tt-:Ha.t ve Council hv nr. Huift t';-ir Cier L, uir. ipr-kr J am dir',l!., hy thi Lr-'.fl tive Cou tr il t inform tins HmlV tint tr.ry ravr pfle l 4 r.Ci c orjfMiin r ti e ctinn of thr T-rri al t. xn lt ris, in th" c ounties ol St. C't 2'hJ Rir-lp1?, tv whi'li th y iefne ihconcurrerce f this Hrufe ?..! i'm h witii frew, which ht-i; re.d thr fifl t m-. R --Lived that the fH hill te re-d a l co t;I ti tle novr, the order heioij tiifp-nfrd
vi of 1'oinjr i-,tr a committee, ui thr
pred the engrofitd with the enrolled billjiloafes in the Reprefentative Chunher entitled an aft making appropriations for j Informed the Houfe of Rrprfentativrs that
xne rniinng year, ana nna tne lame truiynenac tins day approved ar.d limned the tjl-
enrolkd, whereupon mr. Speaker nnfd low teg acts, and refoltitions, nil of which
"riginatfd in the Houfe of RrprefcuMtives. 111. an aft making appropriation for the eufuinjr year ;Tiid. An nft making com p-nfation to the mebers of the Lecifl-itivr
(uiicil :md Houre of Hepreft nttives. ind to the offireis of both Hou(s for tlie prffent fctTini. 3rd. A refShjtir.u for print'm the afts of the prefent feffi ui, alfo a refdution concerning the collection of the srrertjg-es of taxes. He then obfrrved th t by the authority vefted in him by the ordinance, hediflolved the feeend jr-n-eral alTemhly of tins lVrritory, and wilttecJ the mnnbrrs of the Legifl.iture a f ile aim happy retreat to thnr relprftive homes.
Hie committee to vshsm rrfcrrccl s
much of the message cf tie PnsiJ nt cf the United Stat, t, of the Kth instant
' re ver ts cur relations with frci: p u ;j, report inj'ijtt.
Alter a p riJ of tvMty five years of
poce, h'trlly utfrtu-ted h) tr.ini icni hof. lilities, and of profpei ity. unjjarUrhd ii
the hiltoiy oi ntiori. Thr Uui'.f J State rr t )i the fi-fl tirni finc the trrnry whit! !"iniintrd thr revuhr.Hmat y pLceH in a fituuion equally diiliiult, critical acH 'i.l!"M)L. Thof- prairies refof;iiited by the ci-'2-zed wuild, under the name of ,tw ol Natiuni, wliich heretofore controlled hel liferent powers, tegidated the duties ot n-utrals and j rotrftcd their ril ;r, are now .tvuweuly difrearded or furotten bv Great Britain an J France. Earh of thole two nation? captures and coi:drrr.s all A nrriran v; fl !s trading with her enemirs or her enrmlri allies ; and every Kuropar. n v-r having I ecome a party in the con te, the whole of our commerce with Lu rope and European colonies, beiomes lia. hie to csptuie by either one or tlie other. If there be any notninil ectp:inr., iti1 1 .- . . ...
jinsdr on a condition 01 tribute, wnuh ir ly kJi's infult to the injury. Thr only plea urged in jnllificatiun rf th.ofe hrftilities, that ol ret iitit.' .
p-k-r Ijcroiu-ded on a prefu ned at 4'iitfcei.r e of f .... 1 . ui.. it . 1
Setting afide irregularities of U fi i.rpoi t- f.r.n into his ports et any vefiel coir."u; incc and cqu.illy rl)argerthle to both na-jfrom rhe poits of his ereny. And Frame tion, fr.rh as the P.;it'lli orders of Juejhad unit ubtedly the fan e ngh t to exclude 1803, nnd the (iccrr.- of r'.e Firmh (i) I from her r.r;rrinicns every fprcie cf Brit--ral, FeVrrand ; ;he p 1 1 n ( i p t! 1 viol.iticr.s lv' fli rfierchandif, which the United State3 :nj;l;ind of the ncatrwl lights of America, lhave exercifed in foibiecinp; the inportaprior to the Re 1 I'm decree oi N ovrmbr ! tinn" of certain fpecies. Great Britain 1806, and whii h, if a qnir fed in. niiyhtjmifcbt be injured by fuch regulations, uaveyiven grounds of c runpl tint to France. hut America had io more riht to cornare the rapture of Anie-ican vefiVls ladenlplain of that part of the decree, than with coUral produce, founded on a re-J France had toobjefttothe American lionnewal of that prrtei.dea princijrile penerallv importation aft. So fr inJerd as :cfcalled the rule of 1756," the imprr IV-.peft i the United States, they were placed ment of American iciuun, rompclhu hy the mnnicipal part of the decree in the thereby to heroine tlie anxilirics of t.- lmr fi liation, in relation to France, in inland againfr France, and prn Jamation i which th"y are jJ.'ced in their inteicourfc
nominsl blockades, p.-rtif ularly that of thej with Great Britain by the permanent
coalt from the river x.lbe te breft, !istifictl in My, 1806. It will not be sfiVr!ed, tht the Unitrr1
States ever tamely vuif Peed in either c f
vVole o:i the fsii hill. O.dered tint the f;d bill be engrnfiV: for a third re dinj; itime-ii it-!v which br ir d )i?e, refolvcJ tht the P.id bill do paf and -hit the title he -i .ifoTfiid. O-derrd thit th.f C'etk do inform the LgtuVie (-unril 1 1 1 -r . f. A in lT'e from t! L-f;.iltiye Cour.ri! by mr. Htrft rh-ii C!-(k. n,r- speaker 1 ani dii-ft'd -.y th- L . ill, live C uncil to Snfo.m im Hti!- 'l.-t t'.:v docomur it the r-fi 'ari - vhiih p , ii ci thr- H sulV, 1.
JC'l!' ( C!"i, ' .1 '"I'll t.) G e i r I , m ; i ! i ' . 1 1 " I with-i'it nsv ;im",v.ur!!U
Will. 1; e. metTi-ie from r' l."ri:1 tiv- Couiuil
b rir. Mtirfl hr i C!: t k. v 1 ) I t !
am u;r.-t!'i : y - nr i.-c u.ir v.. i: s.i : -.r umten .tate' in ptevmus agrre;;i ji: inf. inn :U', H m! :h it th'v 'io f.-v.ur iijbv the other party. Wavit;;; a diuiifii.m thr - ' f f . ! j i n r rnr 'irnr.f p.iutii r the 1 .wajof the cnireftrefs of thr priuup!r , t" let! of th" peffir. fetli-jr: Ifo th.r tefoKitiutii tion, a principle dr ihtf-il in itfelf, arJ di 'ft.iH' p-1 )j',r r mr iftirt i to b- t?ken to aharrther inadeiiiil.ble to the extent t-
co::i;i! thr p-v rrr-t (A in'i'J n'n", w.tf h i'-d
th; !!
tne .vtt I'nev in 'Lis H. ufe and then he
t.ir.rs, without a- which it has been rarried, and hen opera, aft nnriuated in'tifijon the r.-utral r.tther tl...n cn tlr en.
j'c o i thu he with ltr'v, !u v ; it jl:ni-t h'-r untrue that thr (V.i
. . KJ - Mr. 1 '-.it. C...,,. m i rtni!'i!f rtf ftl. ted Sttt'S h 1 rr vulnt t-trW- . . - . iV- ,i
re-ll-d h !. i.-p -,:r I tr, it th' v ! xrninedjin the inlaw !ul a."el!i .rs of either i . -
la?s of that country. The Frenrh decrees
forhiels American vePTcIs to import Britifli merchuncife into France. The British navigation aft forbids American vel'.els
thofe pretention. It will ml he denied. ro imi,mi "n; mercnamme into tnthat w.thrVrKn thr rw fi . ft rh gUni, Kf,t that llCAil Uir ot the Ber-
(treiuiouserTmti were ineff.-. t!y m-de t,,j!'" decree which declared the RritiHi ifl-
procure an alterr.uu? ot the ht'V.lh h item. rw,s ,,'a "" WB t, It is true, that on thr nominal nroclam l" l Y reulatr.S to that efieft, Hi't
tin blockades of England, the U-'.ited
States had oppofed on?v fperited and re
pested remonllaut es, ana tht thefs he.
not always been fuccefshji. but th
nseafnras which' a .neutral nation nny b
Uppofed boufd to take, apinfr the ir.ft ic
tious of its neutialty, inuft always bears
certain proportion to the extent ai d n;
ture of the injuiy . received, and tot!
means of oppofition. It cannot cei tainh
be pretended, that a hafty refort to wa.
houla in every fnch inrtance have becom-
the duty of America. Nor can the irresr
arities of England, in declaring in a ftatt
of bloakadr, a certain extent of cokO, iar .
ol which was not, and the whole of whirl
cVuld rot, even by her powerful navy. h.
actually inveited and blockaded, be plea:
d in jultiucatiou ot that decree, y wh!c
rrance, witr.out vn err.ciT.t fl-et, pr?
fends to annotirre th?: blockade of the do
pinions of a power wjiich hut the inrm..
eftable command of tac tea, and bi for
10 part of -which Oic cn nation a finirl
veiiri. I lie Milan decree ol 1807, c
itill lefs reft for its d-fence on the fuppofr
icqiiirUrnce oi lb- -Uniten States in tii BritiOi orders of the preceding rnontc. Huce thofe orders, which have not certo !y been acqui feed in, were not ern kno. in Ameiica at the date of the decrr 'r.sl it is proper here to add, that th rrt-nch he, particularly by the feq-.iftr lion of cert tin vrlf--. in their p rts, ' ;y burning our (hips on the high fea fr.e even b.-yuntithrr tenor f their ow tMtraordiiMry eUifts. The sliiation of n f qntecence inrji Berlin decr-c of Wovcoiber 1807, I "hioh alone the Britifh jcrrun'nt prr t"tid to jiilYifv the oidr,9 Gf rr.ur.cil, . equally unrou- ded. In tin note on th; Puhjeft, addrcmrd on th- 3 I .'I of Deien er, 1)6, by the Briti!ii ovemmentt the Ameictn minincis ; after h.;ir !at:d that ,l ih-y could not belit 'ht the er;iry would ever frrie.ufly tempt to enfr,rre Im h i fvflrm," the fo lowing declaration ii ejrprrfily uac!e, ' 'howcvei, the enemy (houfd t iny tlir-; " threats into execution, ard if mutrj nati-.nr, c'i:raTy to ll frv ft n:ior fl-ou'd arrn',ee. Id f.,, h ufiupt'n.iu k hi majrlv itv, ':t p ob-h!y he con.pe! iJ ! d, ho v. e vrr T IihUi .ly, toreuliste ' his jin'l r'frnre, !r." J ';r tfw r,,,u fl'rt r.erelTarv in th". nni'i-n if Gr-'j.
r.ittain to jt I'fy rerJiVio:i, ?te il'f thr execution cf the dei r'-r, MJ i, icquiefc nice of neutral na'jr..,, yr nitlun r iht dajs i-er, ir-.d in th- face o'
nt eei ration, wi'nt wuitm
i r t a hi fi...r nt r.r i
Bfiti'h rrt'er of J nun v 7'h. 1 807,
1 . I t f . m
to S
i'ittir.
ilnie.j, e . tntrHv tr. thr -cknouled r,i 1.4 w of !.4t'n";, I'j'aj-ft-d tf ean'.nr".
Vlii f a T Tile I lit?r( I
1
i th- f. nit tr i ' v Timllrd, w hrf on .(. -Ir ulated to oht tin reiired, or in anv rl
trie rarul h
on nr. M.-a'-r H - r I the la. J ref.ilut'
t)rrt-rr,! !Jnt lh Cl-rl: do Letrita'V" 0 -;. si thif.-,f".
ixi'ii . ) ' , a 1 1 1 ' i ' t j ' . - 11 iui ii "i;i,'r i o i e 1 1 ; e r i. a , . . t! e-r.ii-d tfi,,..t.oi,i-io.1; omituti or' i!rlav-d any rneafurt ! ' ?" ,,M? r'r btV'Wl a ? t oi
rrr.
enrolIrdjp-A dei?ed
fi o:n
th4t i.?ip.rt: .!r v t
mtorm
the
Mr. J )0 T tr.i;il ?; r m n r,f
enr
..II.
tio.her hii
,Ser.
The IVi?
ei
if in the i-4n
hich th-v vere bot.rd bv their i et.Tr litv. J 'Pf' yfJt,u' h t'.en 'h
ecff.rv
' 1 . . I
Frar.ie has alluded to tl r nL:,ot r.f the! ,rl'5 Ul i,Ir,t"'- ''if ' ! 'r in whteh
Itntion ii rl.;r, - d of th.e fovrnr i:y of ti e j 1 ,rlu h r.'"erntr.ci.t mteitt.cJ to execute
U-iivd States in the iidl-nrr, 0f P:Crce', L hf ,r Lf' ff
ed lulls r-;v,r -d -in: t! have c n:np v -d 'irtmder, f th- nu'rr of the O-freak-J That decree mlht bercrlrued mere!
xne. enroiicJ Ti.a the Xol.owimj cniuiledjsnd cl t!c d-.ll:uftioii ! tne Iiap::ucu-.J: a jr.u:.4::pil Uw the i.r.iu.
thrtatewid an intended cperatitn cn the hifhfras. This if carried into efTeft, would be a flagrant violation of the neutral rights ofthe United Ststei, and s.i '.-eh they would be boui.d to opppfe it. The miniPter of the United States at Pars immediately applied for explanation on ?bat fubjeft ; and the Fiench' minifier of :n 'aiine, on the 24i Dec. 1806, feven dayi efore the date of the above mentioned note of the BritiOi p;overnment, Rated iu Mifwer, that the decree made no alteration in the regulptions then obfered in France with regard to nenirttl navigatiun ; r to the commercial convention cf the United Stares with France. That the claration of the Britifli iflands heinjr in (late of blockade did not change the e3inr French laws concerning maritime pturers, and that American vr ITels could nt be taken at fea for the mere rtnfon cf Srir being going to, or returning frcm an 'nglifh uort. The execution of the decree crmporfed r Peveral months with thefe explanations -vcral velf.ils were arretted for having- in. ioducd articles ot hnglifti growth oi ' uiufaftiire, and among them fonu: hich being1 afttially from England, ai:J den with Iv ghfh colonial produce, hid .itered with lulled ppers, as if cominfj r ,m the United States. But no altcraon f the firft con(liucion given by the ench government took place ui til ;hs nntb of Sep. ember, 1S07. The firft ndemntion ru the principle that the dee fubjetert neutral v-fiVU to capture rn e hiih lea?, was :hat of the Horiaoa on e loth of Qftober follow inp Prior to tin e therr could have bem no acquicence in a decree infringing the neutral ..fhts of the United States; becnnle till -at time it whs explained, and hat was re important, executed in fuch minner wot to infringe thofe rights; becauie itil then no fuch infraftio'i lud tkeit atr. The minillers of the United tes at London, at the reqifft of the -ritiPn minifier, communicated to him on
he IrfrhOwhrr, 187, the Inbltaiue of lie r:;pIarutioijs rec.-ived, r.d of the man-'-r in which ti e decree wan recitr d. ;cr th- v were that tune igr.crai.l of tbo hinge which hud talen j.l-ce. It w is on the lath of Sp'ember, !P.f 7, at a rirw on(liuftion of the decree trok !ace ; an ir.nruckioTi v i ti; on tht dy -m tr infnrittrd to ti r coi ia.l f prizes s thr miniller nf jultice, I v v. hie h tiat 'rit v.r.s infornj.d, tint French armed v-fi'rU w-re a.jth.irit-d tH,Jrr if,.lt deeiee, -i.r w'.M cjt exfrotii.-.i, in rt utal vefr'!lir' picperty, ot m-rclu:;-;ife of E 7,'ill, (v.th ur maiM.fiftui n iti i tiediatc explanatlrn having bcn krdfr,,, the Fre,,c h riiiniflcr of foreign 'Hatirmt. he ( o;. n r me d , in h. .fifwer of
l e 7th ..f OrV,l rr, U5o7, the detttmiua. ion of I. m xoveinmeut tf arloj tht m-
Its fii1' -ruhcatJOM took ;Lc
! ht
rr imf-
drMC.on.
o tne lOrh t! e ivn.i
af- r,f hr H'-rilmi, of nl.ich the
iiiiir.'!', m
:t f the U
ine
f" , i cl uiiti n,ed
omi thr month of Novrmbei ; n on :-t'l:':h nt'nia: nmnt'i. I- j.r-fented a
;ha. irrhac-
jip.fiUd xetn'utxaucc saiult