Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 2, Vincennes, Knox County, 23 December 1809 — Page 2

The Haute m;t according to adjournment A m (Tige from thr Legifluive Council b mr. Noble, their Clerk Mr. Speaker : 1 am dirtied by thr Lrgillrfttve C uncil to inf rm tins houfe, that they have come to a rrf!ution to rcgueft the Governor to dif folve theprefent L-giil ture, and to proceed as fp-"dily as nuy be, to organize another Lrgitluurr un !er the provifions of the ac of Congrefs extending the right of fuffrage to the Indiana Territory, to which they d-iirr the concurrence of this houfe : and then he withdrew. On Motion, I'h- houfe refo-lved itflf into a com mittee of the whole houfe, on the refolution froin til? Lrgiflitivc Council, and after fornr tim- fprnt therein, Mr. Speaker refumni the chur, and mr. Hoggatt reported, that the committee hd according to order, hid thr foregoing refolution under confideruion, hut not having time to go thro' the fame, had direiled him to move the houfe for lave M fit again on the faid refolution. Rcfolvcd that this houfe will to morrow refolvc itfelf into a committee of the whole houfe on the faid refolution. On Motion, Mr. B-ggs introduced the following reflation : Rrfjlved that a committee of 6 members be appointed to prepare 'and report a bill for the apportionment of the members to the houfe of Reprefentativas. Ordered, that mrffrs. Beggs, Hoggatt,

J. Johnfon, Overman &, Rue, be a committee purfuant to the fid refolution. On Motion of Mr. Overman, The houfe refolved itfelf into a com

mittee of the whole houfe on the ftate ol

the Territory, and after fome time fpent therein, Mr Speaker refumed the chair, aSJ .nr. J. Johnfon reported, that the com mittec had, according to order, had the ftate of thr Territory under confideration, and Ind come to the following remonftrance thereupon, which he read in his place, and gftrrwards delivered in at the Cleik's tabic, as follow? Whereas from the collifion of laws and other circumftances, doubts are entertained by the minority cf the Legiflature on the couftimtion dity of its organization, & the majority, from a fpirit of conciliation having thought it moll prudent, not to proceed to any oth r act of Legiflation, than the apportionment of their members under the laft act oi Congrrfs, but from a know ledge of the wnlies of ther conltituents by petitions, as well as from othr fources ot inform ttion, and from a vi(h to exprels their own femimcnts on the cr-fis of their government which is now approaching, viz. the -tppotntment of governor of our Ter ritory whilft they arc anxious to avoid the appearance of inconfiltrncy by doing any act which might bear the lh?dow of a Legiflative act, they cannot forbear from recommending to, and reque fling of the Prefident and Ornate, molt earneftly in their nmes, and the names of their confli'uents, the re appointment of our prefent Governor, William Henry Harrifon. B-caufe they are fenlible he pofirflVs the good wifh-s and affection of a great mjo rity of his feliow citizens ; becaufe tluy believe him fincerely att-.chrd to the union, the profp-rity of the United States, and the adminiftr-'tinii f its government ; be-cauf-thy bei'tve hi'n in a iuperior degree cap-hlr of promoting thr intcrclt ot our Territory, f om long -xpt rirnte and laborious at-nioi to our jrnrrjl concerns ; trom his mflu n e ov- r th Iridnns, and his w.fr and dili it-rrfl d nuiimT-iit of that department ; and hecanle tney have coitfi-d-ncr in ht6 virtue, ulrnts and rrpublkanif.n, thrrefore thry rartirftly rrqu-ft tint concun-ncr if thr members of the Council to this rrcn'rim-ndHtion. Rl.i'ved, 'l"h it three copies of the a' ovr rrinoiiltraiif he made out by the Ch-ik. vhuh flull ifr I!,, nrcl hy thr Sp-akrr o this hnuf-. and hv the Prelidrnt of thr I,4 :fl tivr i' nnr wherrcf fh 'II be I th- Sp-k-r torw.jrdrd to thr Pirhimt

til I nit'-d Ma'r-:, mntln-r to thr Pirii.if ; cf th- Senate of t!- Unii'-i; Vatc-t anj th othrr to our I) legit- in CJ') n c r r l . Th li'Mitr prrii rrtirj to conlHlcr the fii'.i retn;,i;ib anrr at Thr Cl-rk's tl-lr, whirl, U-uhj a-rin red, wis, nn thr (pi-Hion put thef-np .n, H,rr-(i to tn th I: nf-. I v-rl u.i'r i t thr (I iv wrre lurthrr f '.''t'.'mimI lr -, t morrow.

,l ! umied until to- ' - ( ! K k .

The following letter faid to he addreflrd to the Britilli confuls, is taken from the Independent American. We are authorifed to fay that its contents, fo far as they contradict the articl- published in this paper on the 13th infl. relative to the courfe of the negociation between our government and Mr, Jacklon, are unfounded. Nut. Intel. Washington. City, Aov. 13, 1809. (CIRCULAR.) SIR, I HAVE to inform you with much regret, that the fatts which it has been my duty to ftate in my official torrefpondence with mr. Smith, have been deemed hy the Piefident of the United States to afford a fufficient motive for breaking off an important negociation, and for putting an end to all communication whatever with me as the miniflcr charged with that negociation fo interefting to both nations, and on one moft material point, of which an anfwer has not been returned to an official and written overture. One of the fafts alluded to, has been admitted by the Secretary of State himfelf, in his letter to me of the 19th October, viz. that the three conditions forming thefubftance of mr. Eifkinc's original inftrucYions were fubmitted to him oy that gentleman ; th other, viz. that,

that inftrudlion is the only one in which the conditions were prefcribed to mr. Erfkine for the ccndufion of an arrangement on the matter to which is related, is known

to me by the inftruttions which 1 have myfelf received. In ftating thefe fatts, and in adhering to them as my duty imperiouf ly enjoined me to do, in order to repel the frequent charges of ill faith, which have neen made agaiult his majefly's government, I could not imagine that offence would be taken at it by the AVnerican government, ns moft certainly, none could be intended on my part ; and this view of the fubjec.1 has been made known to mr. Smith. But as I am informed by him, that no further communication will be received from me, I conceive that I h.ive no alternative left, which is confiflent with the king's dignity, but to withdraw altogether from this ity, and to wait elfewhere the arrival of his majefly's commands upon the unlocked for turn which has thus been given to his (Tors in this country. , I mean in the interval to make New. York the place of my

lefldence, where you will henceforward

pleafe to direct your communications to me "r m" 1,OUdri "7 , as I fliall be accompanied by every member Pm; thc lxldl rdntat Load of his maieuVs million. .?rd? a? 0C,,S P'arallcl to. mr'. J

majefly

I am, &c. (Signed)

F. J. JACKSON.

A ' d t -u aicrruw mor

Frcm the National Intelligencer of the 2th November.

The paper denominated the Circular," which mr. Jackfon, the Britifli miniflcr, has jnfl ulhercd, is an appeal to the people of the United States from the decilion of their government. The fad is eftabhfhed from the complexion of tire production, the ftate ment of particulars in-which was altogether uunrceflary, if bis object had merely been to notify the lub-ngents of England rrfident in this country to addiefs their communications to him at New-York. It is contrary to the law of nations, and repugnant to the very nature of the diplomatic function, for a foreign envoy to plrad, in hi olllc i a I character, the uirrits ol iiis caufe brfote thc citizens of the country in which he refiJec. There can be i;o diinute as to the imnmnrirtv of addrrlfinrr

th-m in a diiedt or ii.cli.ee! form, in prrfo'n T hy Circular, hccaulr he is prohibited hy thc attiihut-s ol ln3 nullion liom atcoiting them as a mn iiler in any fffrm. Mr. J -tkton is t!ir rep'elentHtive of thf gov rmnuntt't Or-at Biiuiu, to the government of thr United Statt-s ; at.d that is ill hr is. If ir lpr,;l.s to the Auirricaii prop!- in ,r y othrr tn.nj;r th.m thrru:;h tiir rx.uitivr, vl,i(h is the conflr.utinti.tl orou. h- (rts fimifrlt up .tstheiivl of the i.X'iti'.ue. and i, j i : 1 y rri.furable. Thr

ri.iitiim I r j it -UJirlui-g tlie pu' Iu to intrikH)ritn; wi'h the proplr ai'.-inlt the LtMnment hy uliih i,r i, .tccrrditrd. is t afv ; kiJ th in r.if it tei'd-t-cv of Ins con net in rithrrcair. is o liuvrrt tie ennitituted -tutl.ot itirs of thr rrpuhlir. If n , r - J"k ion vrre a pn ite mart, i - would hue. n n;ht ! roittrov-rt and liriinunrr the acV of the I,r"det, hccaulr lie is an ahrn. t.d thrrrforr not even a fulitary onit of ilic confluuci.t part uf thc lution ) much

lefs i: he juftiGahle, being a nunlfter, Jn uling that freedom, which belongs only to the citizen. Would mr. Jatkfon himfdf he willing to abide the conftquencts of an appeal thus made, admitting the worft that could, but which certainly will not happen ? Suppoling the community to be indignant at his behavior, and excited to anger agait.ft him, would he be willing to meet the terrible judgment of thrtt people whom he had made the arbiter of his acYions ? Would he be willing to encounter that fpirit of vengeance which he had invited, and which when roufed, is as terrible as the thunder of Heaven, and overwhelming as thr tumultuous waves of the ocean ? Would he notrquire from the Executive map,il trate whom he ii.fults, protection ? And would he not demand fecuriry and fafe conduel in the name of thofe very laws of nations which he has outraged ? Mr. Jackfon claims confideration as an envoy extraordinary and minifler plenipotentiary ; In that afpeel he is entitled to various and important exemptions from reflraint, which ate denied to private men. In return, he is himfelf fubj& to certain reflrilions, from which individuals arr free ; and if he breaks through them, he is as guilty in relation To the government, as the government would be in relation to him, were it to infringe any of his privileges ; for the rights of governments, and thofe cf minifters, are :mutual. The diffemination of mr. Jackfon's "circular," is a grofs infraction of thc obligations im po fed upon him by the nature of his office. The circulation of the paper in queftion, by mr. Jaikfon, even in manufcript, was a publication of it. Its appearance in print is only an aggravation of the original offence. The oppofition Gazette in which it came forth, affords llrong evi

dence in favor of the opinion that it went

to prefs immediately trom himfelf, or im

mediately through fome of his agents.

In either cafe the mildemeanor is thr

fame ; for let the channels of communication to thc public, or to the printer, have been what they may, the circular" is the

production of the honorable Francis James

Jackfon. This acl of mr. Jackfon is more Confpicuoufly obnoxious, becaufe it proceeds from the ambition of a nation whole parliamentary hiftory furnifhes an exalted example of juft rcfentment againft a fimilar appeal, from the fovereign to the fubjetts of the

Britifli monart hy, It was Monficur Dr

on, who

ackfon.

Palm had caufed a memorial, whi, h he had

previoufly prtfented to the Britifli king, to be printed and circulated amcng the people of England ; and this being confuiered by the parliament an uplawiul inter jfe mice on the pait of a fovereign envoy, thc houfes ol Commons andof Loids paffed fevcral rel'o lutions reprehending the conduct of Palm in very fevere terms, declaring their utmofl abhorrence ot this audacious manner of appealing to the people I" and voted an addrefs to George thc frit, alluring him that the Parliament would ftand by and

fupport him againft the difluibers of the public tranquility, as well as ag'mlt thefr

into Halifax. The rrer.lMmn who hanrl rd us thr paper, flatt , thwt three other velfels from Baltimore f r Tonningen, were bound into llalifax, s prizes, wl.rn he was coming out. He could not r,trn thrir names. Theie are fevtral notifu ations in the Halif. X ptper, for thr ttiflr ution if prize money on velftU condemned.

In the General Court, Indiana Ten itory. Ettienne Tromblc's udminiflrator of Jofcph Lamotte, deceaftd,

vs,

Elie Williams, furviving partner of Elliot! and Williams. Trcs. Case. WHEREAS a writ of foreign attachmrnt has heen ifTucd from thc CI rk'srfllre of the faid General court, in in fvcr of the above n:imed Ettienne Tromble's, adminiflrator de bonus non of Jofrph Lamotte, deceaftd, gainfl the goods and chattels, rights and credits, lands and tenements of the f id Elie Wi!lnm furviving partner of Elliott and Williams, re turnable to the Septrrnber term of the prefent year, of the faid General court, axd directed to thr .Sheriff of the county of Knox ; which faid Sheriff returned thereon that he had ettached a tract of land of four hundred acres, number teventy part of the old Donation, in the faid county of Knox, as the property of the faid Elie Williams. NOW public notice is hereby given, thatunlefs the foid Elie Williams does appear by himfelf, or hi attorney, and enter fpccial-bail to the fiid fuit, that judgment by default, will be tntered agait.ft him, and thr property fo attached will be IV I of for the fatisfaction of the faid plaintiff. H. Hurst, c. c. c. G. W. Johnston, P. ? December lath, 1809.

who flattered thenifclves with hopes -tlut

an obflinatr pet feveraner in their defltuetive menfurc could ftagger the firmnrfs oi thc Biitilh nation in the defence of their rights and privileges. Thc circtindtanc -s cf this cafe will be found recorded ih the Journals of the proceedings of thc IU ulc of Commons for the )car 1726 a period at whiih thc En glifii parliament a n ore legitimate or gan of the frelmgs .nd f ntimcnts of theii telle w fuhjrcts tl.n at prt frnt The Lord and C muioiis both viewed the c ,ii"r in it tur liglit, ih'cis li)!: thus offered the gov erni! rut, w.is, iii reality, i, n.i'olt to th wln-le t mpiic, and c veiy pr-ilon who re 1 p-ctrd the i onfliiutiou ol tie country t.ourd to rrp: 1 it. 'i'iie d. c t r 1 1 ; c ct mini (lcfi.il app - to the p-rj i" have n-vrr her; pt t u' .r in thr Unitrd S;ts. nettiiv the rvpf rinirnt, ai.ci met uitl; r.t.tl mg hot itidigiidiitcoiittmp: from the citu-i i oi A r.iCi ica. HUME.

BOSTON, Nr.vernber 16. British Am.tj, Wr wrre lafl evpir forcd v, th 4 iMihx p3pcr of OiW,

'4, winch give I'.r intrli. tuir of the Amri nn I

c-ptiin Hfomir, tr m HiLitnorr, bt: J : Tontiing"n. She was t;ken hv his i-n-nic inajeflyg khooucr Tlufllc and carncu

"nre , the Sufqufhina

INDIANA TERRITORY, Clark countjy sett Mofes M'Cann, plaintiff, Abraham Romine, defendant. On Foreign Attachment WHEREAS a writ of foreign at tachment hath iflued out of the court of Common PJeas of faid ctmfy a-gainft-the lands and tenements, goods, chattele and tffe&s, rights and credits of Abiaham Romine, at the fuit of Mofes M'Cznn in an action of trefpw on the cafe, which attachment the fljenff of faid county hath returned executed on a leafe for 70 acref of ground'- Notice is hereby fiven, that unlefs the Lid defendant, fl.all, by himfrlf or attorney, appear and give fpccinl bail to anfwer faid fuit judgment will hr entered againft him hy default, snd the property fo attached difpofrd of for the benefit of all creditors who fliall appear to be entitled to demand thereon, and-flull apply for that purpof-. Sat??. Givathmiy. C. C. P. Gaciiii-l J. Johns ton , Attorn-)- lor pl:fl'. Jcffcrfwuville, p. 20ih, IE09.

PUBLIC NOTICK, i SHALL apply toil.ecrurt of C- mmn Ileas of this county (Knox) at their trm in March next, t at - Ztnt c r-r.: oners to divide the real eft te of William Morrif.;ii,dfCrafed, areeal ly to : e act of Mfmhly, in fnch i afrs in.idr and ptn. t'cd, -rmongtt his feveral hen ;.; J rrprrfrnta'ves, rhcrcof, in ri-ht if n y witr, 1 am one.

Jt' urt Keiuh I):cr mbe r 1 1th, I St9.

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en.;i::sii er lat:x .ioi. I "HI-. l.d(riber v. ifh-s to inf rm thc i puhlu that a ! nil! c-iiin:nr:ce iid hr cpenrd on the fir,': d -.v of T .i-narv Xt, at hi-jrtvrn jM ufr, in HoiTtron IV v. nhip wliMf a mud ch.fe !uic will lr f;td up ..r.u prep.,.t .; tor r ;u!'pof- w 1 -rr, will hr t PKht, KEAUiNC;, WRI'I ISG, Mil! HMETIC, I.NCLISI! f;R,T-. M Mt. the LATIN ai CREEK LAN'jua(;es, geogi: ;;rr. &r. i rents who frr.U tt;eii ch Kirr n r:.-y rr fx i"'.red :1mt pirticular ?n ! m v ill le paid to hrir morals, as well :u.:i.i;. r I Hi a m l 7 L v v ' . u; , M. D. 13;h of 1 1:1; Mo.v.b, ,J.