Western Sun, Volume 2, Number 49, Vincennes, Knox County, 18 November 1809 — Page 2

not he p?rmitd t n go into oppfration, until tppltcation can be nude to Congicfs to Co ti m th- in. G-r.t fm.n of thr Legislative Council, end GtntUmen of the Ihuseof Representatives, The dtvih.r of thr Territory. Ins devolve;! on yon the unplcafant t..ik of provid. in for a coniidenblc defdt ation of the re-v-riK. Bat before any additional burtlnns are I upon your continents, every potTible retrenchment ih.mlJ be made in thr expenditures of the puMic money. If your labou-s to this ttT c Ihould be infutfuient t reduce the demands upon the Trcafuiy, to a lrvrl with the receipts, we have no othrr re ft J ice than that of inc. reding the tax en lands. A further tax upon any fpecies of improvement would be highlv impolitic, and the odious capitation tax, (that appropriate emblem of an anfrocrattcal government) ought on no account to be again reforttdto. As the wealth of cur citizens ConfiiU almoft exrlufively of luids, no tax can be m irefq.nl and juft, than that which is levied on this fpcics of property. It ought indeed, in my opinion, to be the fourcr from which, with fome trifling rxceptious, we fhould drw the whole of our levenu-. Ii is impolfible to make the tax uprn horf-s an equal one, becaufc the ex- ' prnces of valuation would nraily ahforb the whole amount, and reafon and juftice revolt at the idea of taxing the low priced anim I. whole labour provides the food for the family of the indigent citizen, ss high as the parr.pered ftced of the man of pica, lure, or the cofHy courferof the fportfman. NotwithlUnding the prefent embarrafT-m-nt of ourTreafury, gentlemen, the prof-

p-c"t brfore us is far fro!T) being difcourag. ing, the fales of the lands of the United States, are daily adding. to the mfs from which we derive our revenue, and a late extingnifhnient of Indian title to a large and fertile body of land, has laid the foundation for a great increafe of wealth and population. The organization and discipline of our xnilith, has, for a confiderable time engaged my unremitted attention, but the progrefs altho confiderable, has fallen far fhort of my wiflirs, Sr. of that ftate which promifes efT-fhnl fee urity to our expnfrd fettlements The law upon this fubj-ct is indeed extremely dr firient, and although my recommendations for amendments havelbeen as urgent and frequent is my refperT for the two houfes would allow, every attempt to procure them has hitherto failed. 1 cannot iupp-;fe that thofe unfounded je doubles of the accumulation of Dower in the hands of the Ex--utive, which have been propagated a mono ft the people with fo much indulliy, and fo littlr fuccrfs, have ever found admittance within thefr walls. Although not w il informed of their fou'Cr, it ii not im pnfliblr to believe, thnt they have a commnji origin with thofe unrrm'tted exertions to excite our Indian nrighbours to hoftilities againfi us. Thu infamous policy which Would kindle the fury of the blood thirfty favages, and direct it agdnlt an unoffend ing people, would not be too delicate to at temp: by any means, to p.-tralife the fort Wtiicti would defeat their machination;. It is th- duty of every republican to keep a watthful eye upon thofe who ate cntrui ted with th- rei s of government ; hut ii is no lefs his duty to give to them that eon-fil-nc-and fupport which is fo cfT- ntidl) xirc-iTary to the prompt dil barge of thrir duties. No troutdc or expei fr Ihould hr fpared t procure the removal of a bad ofti cer, but every t iti7-n Ihould be prepared to fjpprt l ' e onflitutrd authorities of his country, in every leg 1 rxeri ile v( his functions. The Territorial iorm ot govern mfiit pofT fTrs foine traits, which are not altogether rfrn.Kih! Ir w ith republican principle5, 'in 1 the com nifiion with which J am honored, is i-ul-p.-n Jt nt ot the prnj.lr. 3 4n, linv vri, fo p-rf'Ctly convini rd tht th-u co'ifi 1-nce nul fupport are tfTentills rrcf fT 1 ry t- the- pfpr-r diii h;r:e of nian import:.: dntifS, a3 to be unalterably dr ter'ni'-.rd, tjMt thr in ir.M.t kWu h brn gs i Cf iivk'Ii , tliit rl -ir (n fiJri re has hrei viliJrwi, lb dl triniinate niv commitlior tjy volti .tr r r figri i.i(.t.. .S":Kh is the naturr, g -!it!. men. t milifarv (7ir!, that grl f rr.fn" (,f 'h-t Itf.rrtV winch h th lr.ilt ot rv-iy A mur ari, ''-c diiirS lie rfi" ev-r i'i ihr Trm;,o--iy . ifoiLpticn of th IiMii- .v h.-it, w i.n ii iut w r-qunr c-.y M- h -,,tr ; t ,-,z. Th" p -wr-rs, L' Vro to t e f o:,, n f Vi ( ,fuj ,,th fup'r ior n-t '!,..ui,i .,. tnmmr. fui ,te i. th- grr-t ...J-Ct -t !. Mi il i! i tlltl'o'io th' "f t rT i s ,itr. ,;i,..r ff-q(-, tr4iiiiis, t body rjf titucn lldici, wiatl

(hall be equal to the defence of our country againll every invader. By urging this lub jec upon you, gentlemen, 1 wilh it not to be underftood that 1 have the leatt reafon to complain of the want of military ardor amooglt our citizens. The very icvtife is the cafe Spurning at the bale fuggethons of faction or treachery, which would divide them from their government, 1 have ever found the Ions of Indiana ready to rally round their chief, and obeyjthe voice of their country, conveyed to"TTiein by his orders, at the cxpenfe of every perfonal con iideration. 1 could indeed rrlate iullances of faenfices in this way, which would gladen the heart of every patriot. But in a country of laws, every thing which is fufcrptible of it, Ihould be regulated by law, and as little as pollinle left to tonftrucAion and implication. The codes of the frveral ftates, will furnirti you, gentlemen, witn well digelUd iniliti fy Items. Let thefe be your guides -Do not fubjert your conflituents to tr.ore rigid rules than thefe prefcribe Put the powers given to the commanders in chief in the Hates, is necelTry to be given here, or 1 cannot be anfwerable that the difciplme of the militia llt-ll be fuch as the general government looks for, and our expofed fituation r-quires. I have frequently calLd the attention of your predecelTors, gentlemen, to the fitua

tion of the court of Chancery - my tenements upon the fubjecA will be found in my communication to the l.dl General AlTembly. The recent termination of along and fatiguing journey into the Indian countiy, has put it out of my power to notice fme othf r malters of importance ; they fliall form the fubjetts of fpecial communications. I am particulaily charged by the Prcfidrnt of the United States to recommend to you the pufTage ot a law, to prohibit the fale of ardent fpirits to the Iudi ansTj The forcible and affetfling language offhe late Prefident JeflTci foh, will bell explain to you the wifii t of the government upon this fubjetSl -I will ciufe his letter to be laid before you. But it may be proper in me to obferve, that the experience of nine years, has left a perfctfl conviction upon my mind, that the humane and benevolent intentions of the government in relation to the aborogines, can never be accomplished as long as the means of indulgence in this fatal liquor is fo eafily obtained. By it, is our progrefs arretted at every dep. Whether our exertions are directed to teach tber.i fuch of the arts of civilized life as ire adapted to their fituation, or to introduce amongft them the light of the gofpel, and hummize their fierce fouls by the mild preempts of chriHiinity. To ufe a figure of one of their orators, it 1 refembles mighty confl igration, which fpreads death and d fit uion through their villages, which none but the power that kindled is able to extinguifli' It depends in a great meafurc on you, gentlemen, whether the future hillorian HhII exempt republican America, from the j;ifl oiuni of having contributed her full lhare towards that destruction of the human fpecies, which has hitherto marked the fettlnnt tits of all the civilizfd nations amongft thofe, whom they cail favagrs. Whether the Indian villages in our neighbourhood (hall exhibit to the travl!rr a fcene of favage fury, of mifrry nd fuprrfiition - or, the delightful lpecacle of man, in a Rate of progrefiive improvement in morals, the arts of rivilizrd life, and above all, wor (hipingr his Creator in the manner which he has himfrlf prefcribed. The Hate of Ohio, gentlemen, has, on this fubjret, f t you an example of obedience t the national government, which I am perfuadrd you will not htfitate to f How. Prrmit me to reiommend to you, gentlemen, the cultivation of harmony and a tpirit ot conciliation t wtrds eat h other. Avoid local p lititks and ral pr-jmlices. -L-t it be tlie t hj.ci of all, to promote heinterrft of all. We have all the fame ' it-rrflj, and are I tt n It, inpinfuit of thr l'ni- o'j"tt, that nf t..king upon ourfrlvrs is toon s polfinle the habit of minhood, nd alTumn.g our Itrtion in the national ouncils. Prrmit me in afTure you of my irar'y t op-r rtion in any m-afure which n y h vp thi tMid-nry, or which nnv o. herwife pr -m te thr intercft and hap-inef-. t yonr t ot lh'u- t. WlLl-l iM iExnr 1IAIUUS0X. Im i I Mil I rrtHfiiy, ) );"o.er 1 7rh, 1 H(9. Th-ru; o th- tn-'i.b-rs of th Leg-fia v- (I t'j u d r - 1 1 r r 1 to thrir ( mherf n d i Kx- clh-nry h- (, "vrrn .r. rf.ortrd h

A mcflfac fiu::i the Lcttlattvc Council, t

by mr. HurO, their Clerk mr. speaker, I am directed to inform tins H tile, that they have Mppomtrd Samuel Hayes Door Kerper tJ the io Houfes, and then he withdrew. On Motion of Mr Beggs, Kesolvcd, That this Houfe do concur with the Lgflative Council in the appointment ot Samurl Hayrs, as Door K.-rprr to the two HoutVs, and that the CU:k do inform the Lrgillative C:until thereof. On Motion of Mr. Beggs, The Houfe refolvcd itfrlf into a committee of the whole Houfe on the Hate ot the Territory, and after fome time fpnit therein, Mr. Speaker relumed the Cbai-, and Mr. Work reported, that the committee had, according to order, Ind the Hate of the Territory under cordideration, and came to the following refolution thereupon, which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the lame was read as follows i Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Houle, that the proclamation of .the Govemor of the 4th ok April, of the p'elent year, under which fome of the prefent membeis were elected, was highly prope, and that this Houfe conceives itf Jt legal conttituted body, and will confequently proceed to the hutinelVof Legifiation. The Houfe pioceeded to conlider thefaid refolution at the Clerk's table; and the fune being again read, was, on thecjuefiiou put thereupon (hall the Houfe cum ur in the report of the committee of the whole Houft before the votes bring takn, mr J. lohnfon, moved for a poflponement of the final queihon thereon, and the fme being feconded, was carried in the affirmative. Whereupon, ordered that the final queftion be pottponed until to-morrow. The Houfe again refolved hie If into a committee of the whole Houfe on thettate of the Territory, and after fome time fpent therein, mr. Speaker rtfumed the Chair and Work reported, that the committee had, according to order, had the itate of the Territory under confederation, and had tame to the following refolution thereupon, which he delivered in at the Clerk's table ; when the fame was read as follows : Resolved, That it is the opinion of this committee that a refpeclful addrrfs ought to be prcfented to the Governor of this Territory in anfwer to his Ipeech to both Houfes delivered this day. The Houfi proceeded to confider the faid refolution at the Clerk's table, and the fame being again read, was, on the queftion put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe. On Motion, Ordered, That a committee be ap pointed to draft the fid addrrfs, and the fame wss appointed, confiding of metTrs. J. Johnfon, and Beggs. The frveral orders of the day were further pofrponed until to-morrow. And then the Houfe ;,djourncd until to morrow morning nine o'clock. (To be continued,)

FOR THE WESTERN SUM. Mr. Printer, THE late treaty with the Indians has occafioned as much fpleen and irritation amongft a few, as it has pleafure and fatisf telion with the people, generally. There is little doubt but that fome abaiul ontd profligate, in the garb of an American, attempted to fiufhate, entirely, the treaty. The Indians had been told, that the Pretident did not want the land ; that he had given no inltruflions for the purchafe, and '.hat the yovrrnor was defiious to make the ireaty, to lettirve his ilftlining popularity. The treaty, hwrver, Was made ; and with greater unanimity thn any heretofore ne o- Htrd it t ut (jnrrter thr I di -rs retur ned not only iu-fied, hut l.ighly pleated with what Ind been done, with prrlnps t!ir r-Xtc ption f the Little Turtle Ntw ol the tt e ty no 1 ooner rcat htd this plat e th di a't-mpts were made to depreciate it, and to indue- a belief that unfair means lud been

Trie Little Turtle ws nnf of th" warmril advocates tor the treaty from its torn mencement ; and would have willi fin ed ithef re the M ilhlfinui w y thirls (who are the rr heads f the Mumis) could Lr brought over. After thr treaty ,r niade an attempt to procure from the Indians a rrromm-nd itin of friend which f,i!rH d og-thr ; tin difgultni m fo .., , that it is not improbable that he m y with some encour.jemer.t end-or to n.-ke th- InOi atM ihiTtifiVd with the treaty. But his -.ppofitioM nf Mil conftquctuc, his influence is gonz forever.

ufed to obtain it. It wis faid the purchafc wouio iuiu tins plate 1 A (b-ry was cinuluated that there w:s a number tt noUontents amonglt the Indians; that the Putawatamies and Del. wares, and fome of the Miams, were about to ( nd, or h d fmt a deputation to the Prrlident of the United .States to enter a protrtl againfi the treaty. This talc was thought to be fo milicious and unfounded, and of fo mifthevious a tendency, as to aiithonfe tracing out its author. Application w .s therefore made to colonel JhnSmdl, who it was faid h.d rrl itrd it, for his author. The colonel, with promp-nefs and candor, wrote to Governor Hairifoo that doctor E. MNmee, elated it to hinv Mr. Grgc Wallace then tailed on the Doclor, who, with falt. ring accents, and with i.onfufion in hi3 fnte, laid, thit he had never told colohcl Small any fuch thin ! ! ! It my be thought an humble tfk to record a circumttaiice of this kind J But when it is rrt olleed that this creature (called M'Namce) holds' a dtftingmlh cl rank in a certain corps of worthies ; that he has been- their drudge, and performed their tlirty work for fome time pafi, it will not be conlidercd altogetht r ufeh fs to brand him, in public, with the name he defi rves his character, and that of his afTociatrs', in y thereby be more jnftly appreciated.. CohvSi 11 Sc mr. Wallace ire well known ; their veratity will not be qiiefiioned ; the 'Do&orcannot eft ?p ; and he may hereafter be content to live under the approbium of , having propogated a wilful, m!iciotl3faliVhOoi' ud I fcarrely know whether fuch a man or a pick pocket ought to be molt degraded. The fact is, that the Indians were never C unanimous or fo well pleafed with a treaty thry had made, as with the I'te one. The Owl, a diftinguiflieti Miami chief, and who was at firft molt violently cppoOd to the treaty, was here a f w d ys iince he "prrfiVs naught but fatisfction at what had bet n done he gave noarrrunt of malcontents or dill tisfa&ion -emongft the Indians. " Mr. J.( onner, Interpreter to the Delewares, Ihort time fince, wrote to GoVfrnor Harrifon, that the Indians never was fo well reconciled in their lives as they air now, or fince the treaty ; 1 prefume that the advice you gave the Indians had more weight than any thing ever they heaid.' Mr. Conner wrote to mr. P. Jones to the fame fT ct. If theie fhoedd really be any objections made to the treaty hereafter ; if the Indians fiiould become. difTatisfied with it; if . the people of this T-r-ritpiy fhould he difrpp-dnted in th-ir hopes, or the government have any difficulty in completing what has been fo happily and prolp rouily tVun, we (hall know where to f eart h for the authoi s Zz prompts rs of the difiVnfion. It is probable that a deputation of chiefs from the Pntawat rmie, Mn.mi Sc DJeware trihes may go to W fhingtnn this winterit they do go, it will be in eonfequence of aiv arrangemrtit that was made with the (iovernor for that purpofe before the treaty was concluded but they will not go as the meflengers of conplaint U dilfatifaclion ; iut to lee, and t ke th-ir new father by the hand .f any doubt this, let them apply to P. J ones. I lha!l leve the Utters alluded to above with you. for the pernfd of fuch peifonsaj uuy widi to fee the oiiginais.

FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, i II F. L A y s or tj! r.

INDIANA TKIMHTORY,

in force,

t-ompriaing tiioe cts i nmriiy and as Revised

Dr Mnsns. JOHN VTV. fOXES, and fOHX JGJiAbOX, And pis-ej Rafter amendmrntr) I y the L-i'.tditure ; and the O'i.inal Acts pssnt at the First S' Sion of the Second General A ssemhly of the faid Territory. Price Three Dollars S Fifty Cents, Ahso A FEW COPIES OK TI1K L A W S 1"A SS r I) At the Second S-vi n ol the Serrrd Ge lieral Aasrm'nly of the L diaiu Tcrnto Price Iftj Cents,