Western Sun, Volume 2, Number 48, Vincennes, Knox County, 4 November 1809 — Page 1

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EACH CENTURY HAS ITS PECULIAR MODE OF DOING BUSINESS, AND MEN GUIDED MORE BY CUSTOM THAN BY REASON, FOLLOW WITHOUT ENQUIRY, THE MANNERS WHICH ARE PREVALENT IN THEIR OWN TIME.—HUME.

VOL. II.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1809.

NO. 48.

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PROPOSALS BY GENERAL W. JOHNSTON L. D. (of Vincennes, I. T. J For publishing by sunbscription A work to be entitled THE INDIANA JUSTICE AND CONSTABLES GUiDE.

This work shall embrace a Ifgal clc sertation on the life and projvrHs (under the laws of England) and present rcfprCYivf powers and duty of jultuts c.f ti e lViu?and Con( bh s tuuh r thf It utr hwr ni Indiana—it shall liKrwilV . mil. sin . ;dl the Iieit IViry fotr.is far th ir u fp-ci vr oiln os ii'J l-e prrt'ti-u v. 'rh the Cl ):.ltuut ;t :i of t Mc Umtrd States and tlie oruin iplc oi the "l trnnry. T'! ut lity nnd ( fi'- i tiality rf ftuh UMdrrtrtkinv, and pu'. Iu .aiun, cfpvr'uily in Inui.m.?, cannot m ;n'i it (.ticl.t ti t, f.r a niom-nt, to ht Jojbud it is ttiirrforr liojiv-d tli.it wliat 15 .M-ntrrally jood, will l)c liberally encouraf i." CONDITIONS. 1. It wiI hf ccn; ;tfrd of nr.C voluir.f oftav, (,t t :v.-f m orr hundred ai.d onbun rrd i " vi : 1 1 y y '0 2. i ih '! i.r piinicd on good common 5. It 'V!;l 'it ul to pr-fs foon rr ff i:r Ininh'cd i pi- t- (':'. l'. rhf d .r(,-.hKi. aiiMuat, r. :l t: i A will h r- 'y : -i .- thr v' c f i ::n' it i !"' i' in Cin r vi iv .fnh ..( i.i..rt .!.'. ;n : iti 4 1: wr! h'j (.; !r - r-.i to hi ; . ilc: in VI".". M:- .it nnv diil! ir v i . t v. 5. I - n. n- cr .d' ( tV u i -d i r. riuil ' r p dd n;" tl." ri:-'S hrit)) jmbiaH iK'tiL.tl thrtt thr work i itay lor dt l; . V. Sll ' fi" ! : p' i T f"' hf i'",y." wrxi. will or ft iv.-vi h; :Vf IP M dtt r. in thr P t.t.:v, ly iVr (- !" .: wlmm fuh'rj-'iMi; n-v f r'c and v o'i',; v. ' r . . iy '1 1 iwn.!;ii dilpoi'cd towards "Irc ui.dtrtaK ' . hDlTOIl.

FOll THE WESTERN SUX. To the Citizens of Knox couukty. Fcllotv Citizens, ON the fir II Monday of April laft you confided to me as one of your rtfpretVntatives, the facrcd trufl of rfpiefrnting you in the General AiTembly of the territory. .The truft I have endeavoured to difcharge according the heft of my judgment as it was inipollibli for you to he cje witr.elTrs of the proceedings of the le gillature it therefore becomes a duty in me to giveym a hiflory of what was done. From the colhfion of the laws of Con grtTs ; of facls, and of opinions ntktive to

the conOitiitionahty of the elcftioTNo orefr'ntative, and of the metthrAXl

legiflature, it was cxtrem,!y

(lear clear of error and confulTioiV-rto

the fame time protect your (onftVtutionu rights whether I have taken this courfe'2

leave to your impartial judgments to determine ind in order to enable ynu to determine correclly. it become nccefftry to back to the fir i organization of the government of the Indiana territory, and llate all the laws which have a bearing upon the fubjeftailn the year 1800.the law of Can grtfs palled dividing the Norlh WHrn territory ly tliishw the governor was uthorifed to organize a J-iiil iture fo foon i.z t lie majority of the freeholders in this territory were in fwor of it ; he was likewife HithoiiTed to spportion the members to the houfe of re preientatives. not to exceed y, nor to be lef than feven. In this law ihpowers of t!ie governor were cteily C.i fined. In the year 1805, the governor, under the authority of this h'W organized a le,?;iflaturr, and appr;rii?Micd the nu mt-trs to tli" houfe of reprefentatives.- In October 1303, the coveinor cuif d a politit 1 death n( t!ie leill iture hy d i In inj it, thir, part oi tlu ordinnr- !iic!i civf-s t!'e governor the p-uverof diiT K-lr tlie leg fl-.ture, and thatuhirh aut l.orilV r. him to put Ins abfoiTr negative to anv 1 iw which may ,br pjf-

h d uoaniinu'lv bv the r'-refentatix es of I

t!,- p-ople orms thoht rruj;li fvaturrsin our go vet nni'-nt, wl,it!i hir calculated to pira!ile public lib r:y.-ln Fehru .ry I ill, (ifinrels p'ii'-d a lw dividing this territorv, ai.il therrliV lrtL-d .V three numbers ttom tl'.e h-uifr of reprtfentTtivtF, and two tr'm the Cfirmil thus, the h-wjill t tire va: vhiuuly aru.d.drttfd (li the expreiiiou nny 'v.- :dlowed.) lu Ft binary l dt, Conref jjisTt'd nctirr r ac extending the l i lit cl u:di -ge to the rpns of tbis teriitr rv bv this law the nvm'-er? of tie hvifl-tive too'icdar tribe rl -cr J f.-.r f-.ur vr 5, .i.'-d

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the governor fhall ilTue his proclamation to hold rafual ehclious, fo as to ke p up t lie full number of members which is only in the caf-s of death or removal from ofiice undr this view of the Cife, can it he contended, with ti e ice of republican homf. ty, that if the governor Ihcutd rot find the members of the legiflatme attuned to his wifhef, that he could difTolve it, and create a new one av pleafure, more eafdy mouMtd -if this ihould be orthodox, adieu to li berty. At the two el r A tops which were held hft fp'ing for me.nihers to the houfe cf reprcfeKtatives byVii tne' of the tovcruor's pr o c 1 a m a t i o n s 6- vj i Ct'I d tx'i h e F. ft t - Mli i J ry r in April, and .n,;Jc 22u qi pM, .there were but t ight .members t lecTed to the houfe of repre-ff f.Wtivr s. - Now thr great doubt v.hic .irp"cFf;n.rel irjflf, as. whether the houfe of lepreJVV.tstivts, tinder exiding

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pnally go or. to ihe ufa-king of hws to f!ef your lives, vouf.hl)erti r vour proper tv, when the law of'Coi-grtls exprels.y 1 ys, that the houf ;'of- jrVp.rrfeiitatives" lhalPconfdt of not lefs than nine ; or whether- the Ifgiflatme (organized as sbove Rated) could do any thing'moxe than i pprtion tlieTmembers under the fdd adl t.f onitf; or whetJ-.er they could do any thing ;rs a cor. iiitutioiul legifl.ture at all. Upon:tl.e fu ft point, t wpc, aiup;:m yet, deciylediy if rpi i iv.Vy th it the h -giflatuu- hid no jower to iruke a finale 1 tv to your lights I whs therefore deteniiincd as your lepr-f' nt;tve, not to ague to anv aSt of the lefiflatuie Iik h ini;:h' put your livrs oryour property in a fuuatioo of peiril, n" "y, ahiblute jeep s?dy. Upon tJie iVc( lit I had, and iltll b- e n y d.ults. hut Y.c ad of apportioi.irf! th" tnrmbers couloool opperate to t he injor d the teriitoiy. or ol' any imiividual, i .gr.-cd o fv.k:' the appor-tiotinif-nt, hut on the f cr. un ion. that the governor, nelorr he (h uibi oi y.: th h -gifl-'tme under tlie : v t xtr n-jing th.e tie P. t of fufTrage, hnibi w,it tdlC n -! !p h d a Nw teuieiiyi:o' the pnf nt iif:i. n! ;y, for which purnoie we agreed to a m-'innf h.I to Congrefs. pryii.!', th-t they n:igl:t t Y.r the fu'jrt't under mnlidcr.ttion. id rectify rur difdtulty. Th're were a :r.. jorpy f the hwti'.e of repi f't;tr,tivts who a:r'-cl to a tifiiU'.ion ti-at they were Ir- IIy or; trizrd and that tl ry won!-' po on to the m ikmc rf laws. 'Phis is 'he futdPnit of he rciulcrtion, ; 5 hive it rot by me, 1 do not re (olleCtti e nreiift worC;, and r.tsder exifli:u: 4 l; f mult arces, t!'.- P I ,vs W;.tdd brfrafrfrd w wt yyyi '1(' a!:. 1 Ir minority it fided lo tlf U i' t : i.y lem.,tic cl rxcrp: t! - rpp rf:r.r.( thr rr.vtnhm, fo y.s t' ml? t'': i.i'mher. i i ! think -in acl

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