Western Sun, Volume 2, Number 15, Vincennes, Knox County, 11 March 1809 — Page 1

WESTERN SUN

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VOL. II.

SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1809.

NO. 15.

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All letters addressed to the Editor, must

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cut of the othec.

FOR THE WESTERN. SUN. TO GENl. Wi JOHNSTON. SIR, IT aporars from your refpnfe to Jc

remiah linnle. that von are averfc the citi-

z-ns who arc not potlVtTrd of freehold ef-

tate enq ihing into the couuuet ot )ublic ofiicers, even if it fhiuU be done with fair-

nils md carcour ; on what grounds you

can juflify an opinion fo repugnant to the lri:iciples of f miity and free republican

government, 1 am at a lots to conjecture ; ii is wrll known that the poor cl it's of our

fellow citizens contrihutrs to the fnpport

ct government, and arc foinlly bound to

defend thtir (horrc from luvation by a o

rri -n f e, snd countered the machinations

c f a hind of tiaitors, wl:;i 4re n-ftlincf in

the bofosn of their country, and re covti

rudly eudravouiing by every artifice rhrii

iumius imain-AtKMis can drvir to create Gtl" rd and difunior am.M the votaries cf frrr-dom, and wbr.r- nonrul rjicuhtions -fce -d frtm the dtar oi their heart for the mval of that era wh-n the f."r fabric of d'rtvx r-rv di Lc razrd to its fjnndati. on, and the ihadow of royally ovrrfpread tl r iri'i. a-- thr waters d the foundation i t r

ot t!.T ;,r-:t ii-ep : it is tr.eir duty to yiriii

irainll lie. Was the Dy of Algiers, or thel

Biftiawof 1 ripoli, that fwavs a royal lcrp

tre, and rub. s with a rod of iron, whofe pow

er is abfolute. and the law, the will of the

tyrant, to refpond in like manner to an en

quiring fubjtft, it would be pafied ever in

llence, but here there i no 4 nihility hole,'

the fovereign power is depofited in thr hand of the people, they are the judges ol

men and meafures' and with them it relts

to fay whether you fhall, or fhall not a?in reprefent them in the general affem-

hly.

Your doubts refpemg my having a ci

tizens right of enquiring into the cotdud

31 public ofneers, which y OU Hedge have

caufedyou to refrait from noticing a num

ber of my erroneous Hatements, will be obviated at the approachingTrlecYion. Before I come ro a conclufion, permit me to obferve that it neither was, nor is mydefire to accelerate the downfal of an innocent perfon, in penning the piece over the fignature of Jeremiah Jingle, I was not Simulated (zs you fuppofc) by malice, or a peifonal animcGty, but ailed from u conxidion, thst if the charges I had heard illedgrd againli ycu, not only by your jvi. liiici! cprjcnents, but by tliofe attai h-d t; :our prefent pTty, were correct, you v?r? inworthy a feat in th- Indiana l.-ifljturr, if they are not, by correcting my erroneous ftatemnts in a proper nanner. ytu would not have infiicled thr ihir( wourd

on my feeling, or been the caufe f my

petfnnal moitdication in the tuolt diltant point of view. JEREMIAH JINGLE. 6th March, 1809. For the Western Sun. Mr. Euirorti

OBSERVING your columns crouded with original nutter, touchiue puhlick men and meufures, a place is exoecled in your p.iji-r in com men with o ihers of your corrrfpomknt?. The author difrL'uiiS ?.ny connection 'vith petty feuds and partizans, and pledges

'l'unlelf to the public k, that tdds and circumftintes (hall be ej:iibit-d? which, it ? preiumed, v. di no: b- denied, except under tlic nr fk of fisfliticiio figtiatures. u If thee be no means Lft," fay Curran u by which puhlick rnenfur-s c?.n be can-

van-J what will he the cor it queue."

period, when every fl relative to thofc fnles fliali apprat un domed, f.i ve with the limplc ftf.temeuts of pin in narration. JONA'UIAN JENNINGS. FOR THE WESTERN SUN. TQ SLIM .SIMON.

IT was expected fir, when the Sun of Indiana fiione upon with its greatefl splrnclour, and produced to you thi innfl salutary effects that in the Judge yon would have tnrgot the maw do not mifappiehend

nor ndlconflrue me hr, build upon com

mon fame and if fle is cwrreft, Slim Si

mon is certainly entitled to the epitlict if

not encomium of Doctor, whether of Divinity or Law is not material to the fair and candid difculirm ot the subject of (la vety, for Indian? finds frou, wotj'i I exper;ence that titles and confered honor-, do r.ot give merit. Your little plttaf rtry upon my hiving fuhjoinrd the letters L. D to rr.y name h, my profprclus of a useful wr. your af-

lifting in which, let me olliire you, the citizens of Indiana wor.ld feel theinfclves un-j !ei- many more obligations to you, than fur vour scribiinv in t he Weftcrn 110.) i? coriiemptiblc ind ri lit down ribaldiy, lm whether the degree of L D. was ever Coffered upon, or only a (Turned by me, was by mo poffiblc means relevant to thr prop-, ity or impropriety of admitting fitvery inrt this territory, w?s it ? No, it certainly wvs not ; then be candid for once in your

life, and 0y that it was envious ambition, r.l .t made you continue in the forgetful ness of your (tati.m how do you know fir, but that thr letters L. D. were inte nded by me, for Luris Dift uplift's ? frr pit ho' your fMtion giv."? you hr right of pro ;ieui. cing will you rdfo cssur.ie the ofiict of Father confessor ? To return to the fubjefl which interefls and concerns the territory In your fuper rlepvn: pitce in the 1 l:h 1, umber of the Wrfhrn Sun, (which will fecurc you, s you no doubt expected, iisniortrtl prailr you fay "I will r..l enquire, hftl.fr th meafure was preconcerted bet ween you an J him. (meaning nuMf and the citizen) it is necdlelV, the re :ic fs however, fr," I'ii now nhc any one of tlu- uvi ordinary cr.picity, what "lie would ii'rr from the ahove

cxp-eluan?, bur that the m'thire

chap. I.!, v. 12 Jer. chap. 34, v. 14, controlled with Exodus, chap. 2 1, v. 5, tc 6, and the other authorities ycu have refercd to ; 2dly. That we have a fiamte, not to fy a law regulating fervants, hut none for fhves; and 3dly. By thr ordinance of our territory, flavery is a lirnnger in onv lnd In takiii my leave of you as Slim Si-

tmou,' I 111 11 Q thank you for your ironical

compliment upon my ccmpofjiioti, r.r.d obferve in return, that h.d your name have been afiixed to your different pieces, you have not real friencf io thf cerrirory, and wy add ' Ifrwhere, wfio would not witlt confufion, have denied their being your prod ucA ion. Gail. fF. Johnston

'I'o c.tnva thofe iublirk ir.eafurcs, fume

of which, have amounted to infringements. conci-rtcu : V'r.: do on tiy m the M'h

a voTuvMrv obedin.ie i- tlx hw ?, and muajuron, or violations of the grand data ofjiiumber ot the iau.e p rp-r, (wf-ic h mint or

jof ciiticifm and wit!) wvthat ' yru r.ei-

t!er f-icl, nor oi 1 you uiti..uatr, that i wa-

thvit i: diience.d -?r them thr pimW'c ofj'ur territorial gnvermirnt, and to unio, 1 fv(1vrnni' The conduit ot thole ciceis the myOeriesof the fHl-5 0f publick lands w!i ife p'ou.irr i: 15 to rnaA the li'.vs hvjat Vincrnnr'., (hall be the only deiVn.

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caufeof th:s rupture of the armiliice v, c ms a t prefent upiul irn ed. Our reatlrf. 'x t k - the f. lowing te r, t'Alt-C?l from t" Aleya:.dria Dai! A v t x : i ft ; fa wh t it is w.-M-'h Wc arc not informed even of the vetTel thatbiings it. Ex.'cl of a letter from Liverpool, to z gentlrman in this town, dated Novtm her 2!, 1800.

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