Western Sun, Volume 2, Number 13, Vincennes, Knox County, 25 February 1809 — Page 1

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VOL. II.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1809.

NO. 13.

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I have understood, that exertions will be shortly made to bring to the country a

large number of flieep ; the object is laudable, and ough to be encouraged fome of

the Merino's ought to be procured. We ought to tftablifti an agricultural fociety. Much valuable information might be procured and dilTeminated by that means. In

mentioning thefe things, let me not be ac

cused of an attempt to divert the attention

of the pubhek from mr. Johnfton and the

Citizen, who, at prefent, appear to engrofs

it to a greater degree than the embargo, non-intercourfe, divifion of the territory.

or even theprofped of war with France &

England I next week, I (hall addrefs my-

lell to mr. Johnlton. . SLIM SIMON.

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FOR THE WESTERN SUN. Fellow Citizens, I AM told that the laft mail brought intelligence, that Con grefs had pafled a law prohibiting all intercourfe with cither France or England. Si this be lo, no doubt there will be a confidtrable rife in the price of imported goods -1 believe they have rifen here already. In Bofton a large allociition has been formed, for the purpofe ofdifcarding the ufe, in th cir families, of all imported articles. 1 think this is deferving attention here. We have but little money in circulation ; and that little goes into the hands of the 'merchant, and thence to Baltimore and Philadelphia. There is no d ubt but that every family can raifr with cafe, a fufliciency ot cotton, for its own coufumptinn ; but at all events it can he brought from Cumberland at a moderate price. From this we can furnifh ourfelves with excellent clothing. Bread and meat are abundant : every fa wiily may have their beef, veal, mut

ton, chickens, butter, cc. in profusion

I ut let t-a and coffer he difcarded thev are exprnfive, and in ni ny inff uicr s pernicious drills SaHTrtfras milk. Sec. will br valuablr loollitutrs, nnd mticli m ur wholefome. I thi'ik we (h ill he Irfs (Tdd h thr embargo and non-intercourfe, than any othrr pm of thr union. Rut I think it weuil I he an objel wotty ol attf Mti(n, to ilopt H vr pi in of facilitating the nnistif Khitr of cotton fabricks. C uiM not n fm.dl company b- for. in?d f fr u rti 1 i'vr rardimr and fpinnim linchin-r :.n 1 Ou!d , t profits incur than r-iru' (ul thr rxprn- r of tl.r ellahlilli inent ? I hv? indrrllo 1 ti at a carding machine would cdl alnut tl-.-er luindrrd 5v fifty c!n!lr. and a Ijiinnirg ditto, f ihtv fpindles ahout tlrr hundrrd d-d Irc, the proi rids tor tv;chc hours, would be about, 7 or Fill) of ( - ) threails or twiff, 3 or -i! of h00 do d ()) ffown nnn or woman, w add hnfflirv to TU-ud th" 'pinning ; and thrrr bo - or f irls, the cardir nuchinr rotlon

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I fhould like t know the fentimentsof

our gentlemen candidates, mr. Johrffon in particular, on the fubjeel of dividing the

territory. VV hen it has been adrocated upon fuch groundlefs ftatemcnts, as appear in a report, lately made to congrefs, the

queftion becomes doubly interettin. Mr. EoiroR, IF fpelJid talents, if pure patriotifm, if unfpottrd virtue, if a lite devoted to the fervice of his country, can exalt

a fellow citizen above the reach of calumny and detraction, governor Harrifon ceitamly occupies that ftation ; in youth he lign ilifed himfrlf in the -fit-Id of battle during the war that raged in the Weftern Woild, which, like an inundating torrent, fpread terror and dfTolation, over the fertile plains nf Columbia ; the tombawk ;md ftalping knife were but too fuccefsfuHy wielded by the furies of the wildernefs many of our heft citizens fell the vi'cYims cf their rage,f and drenched the plains with human gore; the Ihouts of the vidlors af cended in thunders to the fides, while tin fcalps of our flaughtvred countrymen were mnde the trophies of vicloty ; the groans of the dying, and the lamentations ot the difconfohte, refounded through the land, and caul'cd a voluntary figh to efcape thr breafl of every true hearted American. At this critis, mr. Hrrifon, whoff refidence was far rt -moved fiom the noile and din of war, flew to the aid of his ddtreflVd country lie p irticip jted in the furrows of thf fitherlefs .nd the witlom, and feared not to 'deed or die in their defence. The terrific wir whoop of the ferocious favage, Irrved but as fii"! to th fi mc tint rayed

in his manly hiraff ; refolved toconrjuer or iir, he took his llation aiiionfiL-the lieroej of his country, and was renowned for his valor, his wifdom, and his virtues. Columbia's thuiulning arms, directed by a ludl .of heroes, extended the favae Warriors in the du'l; whilr the vulgar cimid were hurled in numbers to the ttyian lh:ue.--'l'hr bi'bariins beheld with terror and dilmay, thr blood and crti3e that tloihcd thr ground in crimfoii ; thev ffed from the Icenc ot jdtion, and rt treated howling ti. the l-cret caver ns of tlsr earth. Thus wa. our hicthrr n frred fir.m the dread and dad "-r of a crutl atid iiduiirMis foe; the tic tors received ( in ttie rratimdr ami approbation of a virtuous and enlightened peo,l-) the rew'dthey juMly m-utrd. Thr tl -nts i tui irtue oi mr. Ilaruloi), hYmr hLt 'die 1 1 1 r 1 d i 4 ! 1 Sun, v iih pie-eminent ipleni or ; hi countiy convinced by experience

jWitnrfs the defeat of St. Clair, Harmcr, and othcii.

of bis goodnefs of heart, and ability to govern, required his fervices to command and govern one of her territories. In that fUtion he has realiitrd the moft fanguine expectations of hjC friends by his unwearied .leal to promote the public good ; he has manifefled on every occaOon a paternal folicitude for the profperity of his country ; he hasybtained from the Indian tribes (by fair anjfl fionorable treaties) a vaft extent of

territory, thereby adding a coofiderable

iource of wealth to the general govern ment ; he has, in a word, rendered him felf beloved and refp-cVd by his fellow ci tizens; while hi3 adminiffration has uni

tormly gained the approbation of the chief

magiltrate of the union. Convinced of the veneration the citizens of Knox have lonr finee imbibrd for the character of governor Harrifon, I was not a little furpriled to find it alTerted by G. VV. Johnfton, efq. in the Sun of the 18th iuft. that he was elected a m. mber of the territorial houfe of re prtlrr.Utives from s belief that he would oppofe the executive ; for my part, I muft confefs, that I entertain a more exalted opinion of the intellectual endowmrnts of his conllituents than to believe them capable of voting for a can

didate to difcharge the important duties of

epilation, merely from a conviction that

he would oppofe a gentleman, with whofe

conduct they had on more than one occali on teftffin their approbation. Hut admit

ting (what I deny) for a moment, that mr.

Johnfton fucceeded in his election under an impreflion that he was oppofed to the go-

vernor I would hlk Dm he act counter

to the wifhes of a majority of thofe he re

priTentrtl I If we review his conduct in the

honf- of re pre ft ntatives during the feflion

of 1807. we Ihall find him a icalous difci-

ple of that very governor he was elected to

exoofe and put down; nor was his zeal confined to the houfe of reprefentatives, but

ttrd even to the public prints 1 allude more'pnrticuhirly to his book of Chronicies publiftied in the Weftern World, and his reply to 1 A Friend of the Commiilrin ers in the Weftern Sun. In the intermediate fpace of time that elapfcd between the fcflions of 1807 U 8, he was convicted of the turpitude of his conduct in advoca

tinp; the introduction of flavery into this territory, the refult was, his final regeneration. At the commencement of the feffion of 1 808, he was violently oppofed to executive meafures ; but findinjj his efforts to promote his pcrfonal and political agraudiz-ment proved abortive, he fti fted his ground, and again pro f-fled an attachment for thr intcrell and p-rfon of mr. Harrilon. To conclude, whatever may Tuvr been the impr Ihons of mr. Johnfton, A ith refprft to his election, I au perfuaded that a vrry gr at nnjority or t!;t elrctors Relieved him tt-ch-d to the prefent .anmi niftratioti of thr territory, hut mr. Johndon i v'ain a c inlidte to rrprtlVnt this

t otmty in thr general :-fT-mblv, and it is highly nrcrfTary that we flmuld be ouamtrd vith hu f f-ntimrnt ; to tl-iv end hr h? hrrn rqurft-d by Slim . imoi o ;dve hs op'oiion refprctii-iic a divific :i r l the territory, tiir embargo, and cur relati ons with Frante nd England it i? coi fi 'rntly rxptlfd hr will rornply with th "(jti ft. thr mofe fo, feeing l.r ha treatei 4 A Citizen nt Vincenncs,' with fo great iegrte of poll true f. JEKllMIH JINGLE. Feb. 32,

To the Citizens of Indiana. Fellow Citizens, MYanfwerro A Citizen of Vincenne?, would not have been thus long delayed, had I not been abfent. In anfwering him, I will not nquire by what motive he has been actuated in proofing a criterion, by which, to teft the political principles of the candidates for the county ol Knox. Who the author of this addrefs may be, is unimportant tome, it is fufiicicnt to know that the queftion he propofrs, in fome degree, interefts the citizens of Knox, and af the territory. I cannot afcrihe to his propofition that political conftquence he willies it to aflume. He will pardon me too, in withholding my approbation of the manner in which he has introduced it, and moft folemnly do I proteft pgainft the veil, by which he endeavours to obfeure the

characteriftics which have heretofore dif-

tinguifhed the ariftocrat, thr ftdfralift, and

the republican. Citiien -thry have received a ftmp your ingenuity cannot

weaken, and your artihce muft be difecrned by thr moft fupcrfitial reader. At hU awful crifis, not lefs momentcus than any we have heretofore experienced, how unfortunate a fubjct for a patriot J forced by the uuiuft nu arbitrary conduct

of the belligerents to us, an honeft and im

partial neutral, to withdraw from a lucrative commerce, to abandon thefeas(by nature the common highway for all nations) on the eve of a war with the two mcft powerful nations of the world, and depending on our own internal refource?, the vir

tue and patriotifm of our countrymen for a happy ifiue of our difficulties ; much more patriotick would it have bren, to have fuflered the prefent apathy to crntinue on a fubjell, from whirh no real alarm can rationally be apprehended, and to lue fubftituted in its ftead, a theme better calculated to draw clofet the bands cf union 4iid political fentiment. The rumour of diflention heaied from different feetions of

our mfulted tountiy, at the wife, prudent and felt ' dcfcnfivr n esfures of our adminiftration, ought to ttiwulate every genuine

American to exert his talents to cxtinuifh

party fpirit.

Confider the fituation of the Weftern

country, a moft important portion of America ; in extent greater than the anent

dominion?, in point of f dl equal to anv part

it the globe, by its variety t 1 oil and ch-

uate irfvora.dr tor tlir pro 'uction of all

the neceirjries, and mr.? f i.r luxuries of life, in its bowels embracing ri( !i mine. lc

v. alhed by the moft nr.gi.'fa rnt ftrams, thus offering every lurr to the cupidity of

nations, its thinly h aiterea p..oia.ion, lompolVd of citin-ns from every il.u e, rendering it a fit theatre for intrigue, cenfpirry, niul treaftju. Idftrri to :he ftorm alred grfthrrint; in thr fi'uth ; Spiin cUmn it) qui liion the legality ?nd ec iity of v our Ian ly ac quired territoty, and ur moft inveterate for, (Crrat Britain,) whofe all devouring navy coer the ocetn, demandthe tree navigation of the MiffilCppu Undrr tliofr prteutious circumftancci, big A-ith tUr f,te of your country, is 1 1 i the n-fiod for creating feuds and .itnofitics 4incrg cur fellow citizen;! No l-t us rather difcard all fubjects of miner i.fi(ideration, and cling to the rock of cur f-lvj. tion, ur ion let 'every citizen of every 'Ute' and irnitory, 1 rally roui.d the ftandui of the u;:ion, prepared, in t.umbersj in

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