Western Sun, Volume 2, Number 46, Vincennes, Knox County, 21 October 1809 — Page 2

fimonfl cm citizens. The very reverfe is tJ.r cdlc. Spuming' at the bale fuggelUons cf fadion or treachery, which would divide them from their government, I hve ever found the fors of Indurw ready to rally round their chief, and obey Jthe voice of thrir country, convened to them by his orders, at the rxpenfe of every perfoml confiderati on. I could indeed relate inftances of fitnfiVrs in this way, which would gladcn t!ic hr.rt of every patriot. But in a country of laws, every thing which is fufceptiule of it, fiioulJ be regukted by law, and a: little as poflible left to conftruftion and implication The codes of the feveral jhtrs, will furuifli you, gentlemen, with v r II digrhVd militia fyftems. Let the fe be your uidi s Do not fubjett your conftitucuts to more rigid rules than thefe prefcribe. --But the powers given to the commanders in chief in the ftates, is neceffary to be given here, or 1 cannot be anfwerable that the difcipline of the militia Hi all be fuch as the general government looks for, and our expofrd fituation requires. I have frtrj'jently calhd the attention cf your prrdei t-ilcti s, gentlemen, to the filiation of the court ci' Chancery. My frnti :nrnts upon the fubjrex will be found in my communication to the 1 .It General AfiVmLly. The recent termination of a long and fatiguing journey into the Indian country, us put it out of my power to notice fonie other matters of importance ; they (lull form the fubjecls cf fpecil communicatinns. I am patticulatly charged by the jPrefident i f the United States to recommend to yoj the pflage of a law, to proJ.ibit the lale of ardent fpirits to the Indian.". The forcible and effecting language of the htc PrefiJent JtiTctfon, will brft expi tin to you the wifh-. s of the government uon this iiibj-c.1 1 wdl caufe his letter to he hi i J before you. But it may be proper in me to obferve, that the experience of nine yearr. has It f t a perfeft conviction upon my mind, that the humane and benevolent intentions of the government in relation to the aborigines, can never be accomp liihed as long as the means of indulgence in this fatal liquor is fo cafily obtained. By it, is our prngrefs arretted in every Hep. Whether our exertions are directed to teach them fuch of the arts of civilized life as are adapted to their fitiutinn, or to introduce amongft them the Ii.jht of the gof pel. and humanize their fierce fouls by the mild precepts of thriliianity. To ufe a fi ure of on ot their orators, it refrmbles a mighty confl igration, which fpreads death -and deflruction through their villages, which none hut the power that kindled, is able to cxtinguilh.' It depends in a j;rrat meafuri on you, gentlemen, whether the future hiftorun lh. 11 exempt republican America, from the jufl odium of having contribute d her full (hare towards that deftruclion of the human Ipeties, which has hitherto m irked the kttlrments of all the ciilizrd nations muoj i thofc, whom they call 'ivf. Whether the Indian villages in ur nrighhoih"r;d (hall exhibit to the U'vrlirr a fc ene of fivage fury, of mifery and fuperrtition or, the delightful fpectatle of in in in a (Utc of progrtlfive im-provt-inci.: in morah, the arts of civilized lif , and niiovT li, worlhiping his Creator in the in uner which hr has himfelf prefcribed. Thr lUte of Obi , t;enthmen, has, on this i'uhjftt, frt v u an example of obedience to lh-nan )iui ,'nvf rntnent, which I am perfuuded ycu Vf ill nut hrfnate to follow

TernYitrrie to recommend to y4ott, gentle:men, the cultivation of harmony and a fpirit of conciliation tow ards each other. Avoid local politicks and local prejudices. Let it be the object of all, to promote the intereftof all. We have all the fame interefts, and are I truft in purfuit of the fame object, that of taking upon ourfelves as foon as poflible the habit of manhood, and a (Turning our Ration in the national councils. Permit me to afiurr you of my hearty co operation in any meafure which may have this tendency, or which may otherwife promote the intereft and happiuefs of your c onftiturnts. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. Indiana Territory, v Oaobcr 17th, 1809. J

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SPANISH VICTORY. Capt. Morton, of the Betfry, from Saidt Thomas, has politely favored the editor of the Federal Gazette with St. Croix and St. Thomas papers to the U Sept. from which we copy thr following. It ppears that the French army was 40.000 ftrong, and that they were entirely routed. St. Thom as, Auguft 31. TRANSLATION. Of the following intereiling accounts brot here by a felucca, on Tiufday lafl, fiom Porto Rico : Translation of a dispatch. Gen. Cucfta writrs liom tiu camp of Talevra, on the 28th July, that being informed that the enemy, in number 40,000, were preparing themfelves to attack him, he paiTed the Alberche, an took a convenitnt pofition with the.Englifti general. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon of the 20th, the enemy charged them with the greateft fury, with the bayontt ; they were with equal fury repulled,and at eight in the evening the battle ceafed with the greateft lols. The 28th, at day break, the enemy repeated their attack, till five o'clock, P. M. whtn they were again reuted, and the general hopes they will be fucccfTively beaten. The Englilh and Spanifh armus behaved themfelves with bravery, worthy of their nations. The intruded king (Jofeph) afliltedin perfon, and he retired that afternoon to Santa Olalla, accompanied with ninetyvcight waggons loaded with wound ed. The divifion of Lacy, is at Toledo, and yrfterday they were expecting the army of Venegas, in Aranjutz, in order to pafs to Madrid. P. S. We have juft received the news by an exprefs, that the enemy were completely routed, OFFICIAL CORFIRMATIONHis excellency Martin Gary, fecretary of the governing Supreme Council, publifhed on the 31ft July, to the Confulatc of this place, that the Supreme Junta had jufl received the important news, that the An-glo-Spanifh army had completely routed the French army on the borders of thr Alberche, -after a bloody battle of two dnys, in which all thr troops behaved th-nifrlvts fo as to merit the national gratitude. His excellency does notwiih to detain from this city the intelligence of an occurrence fo famous for the liberty of their country, and as glorious for our arms, To the ge ntlnv.an Prior h Confulate of the city of Cadiz, and their individuals. For the Secretary, (Signed) JOSEF MONTANNON. Cadiz, Auguil 1ft, 1809.

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