Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 10, Vincennes, Knox County, 3 March 1810 — Page 1

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SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1810.

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(BY AUTHORITY.) LAWS OE THE U. STATES. Session 1809 & 1810.

AN ACT for the relief of William and

Elias Rector.

BE it enacted by the Senate and House

of Representatives of the United

States of America, in Congress assembled, That the accounting officers of the treasury be authorised to settle the claim of William and Elias Rector, at a sum not exceeding three dollars per mile for the lines which bound each survey, whether seprate

or adjoining other claims, for each survey which they have made, or may hereafter make under the authority of the United States, of the private claims in the Kafkaskia district, or IIlinois territory, claimed by virtue of French or Britiih grants, legally and fnlly made and executed, or by virtue of grants iilued under the authority of former cts of Congrefs, by either of the governors of North Weft (now Ohio) or

Indiana territories, and which had already been furveyed by a perfon authorfed to ex ecutc fuch furvey. J. B- VAR55r Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO: CLINTON, Vice-President of the Unit u States, and President cf the Senate. December 23, 1809. Approved, . JAMES MADISON.

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FOR THE WESTERN SUN. Ah sit cb impcrio quivocem populi cov.temr.it Nec fas est rcmpubltcam tatibus dcrigi. To JOHN JOHNSON, Esqr. I have been recently informed through a refpeclable channel that you will be a can

didate at the rnfuin Aoril election to reprefent the county of Knox in the Trrritorial Houfe ot Renrcf-tUitives believing as I d.), tbati: is cougeriil with the fpuit of a republican government, and ffiVntial to the rights of man, that the reprefentativesof the people fhotild lend nn attentive ear to the voire of their conltitutnts, and faithfully reprefent their wilhes, I (hall avail mvfclf of the privilege to invefligatr your official conduct, and point out the evil tendency of fuch of your proceedings as I think requifite to lay before the public, to e-iablv thrm to decide whetlieryou h.e cowipiird w ith their rt qut iU, or dii'rega.rded tUeir iiiitruclio.'S. , Permit :n.-, fir, in the full inR'itice, to recal )ur rrt o!licior. expieilioti ol

:hc public v. ill ref.-ecting the reappointment ot liia Excrilrr.rv Governor Hf riic??, the ciiizjiiS of th- 'i'erf itory, and more par:iculaiiy your i.v.ti'.-di c contlit ucnts, innviiiCed liOinoccu'ar dfiinmllration, that his .dmini'.rat;j:i !ud been cot:duftc(i with c(pjity n::d urrjeraiion, and deeming it of importance to the future profprnt of their hrbvcJ country, alniofl unsnimoufly inli!.Vd their teji'efriitativrs u t!.e k'et.eru! aut .ai.Iv ta uie tlj.-jr utniU 'xrrtioj.: to cb tair. hi coritinu r in an cf:;ce, th- dutir i;f vl.iih !:e lud tiif4i;rj-d uith hor.oi to hi :;:fr If, vviih .in; to U" country th- p ii'iur s in ti.e 1 1 . . i, f r rf RrpT-f-ntativts were irt:Tfr; to t iitiniiitfe . I the w! oh, i'r. John i, r u the chair, iti that Untiun v,M ere tcmpriLd to z per-

fonal attendance, Inch the houfe conceived you unwilling to give, after having made the ufual report as chairman, you thciiabfentcd yourfelf, and altho' informed from the fpeaker, G. W. Johnflon, that the fiyl quellion was about to be put, and your preQnce required, ycu refufed to return and give your fanclion to, or enter your veto againft the final paff ige of the refolutiotis ; fuch conduct it is believed, was dirccl violation of the duties of vour office, and is

that flicald not be rejecled, to praclice economy, to 'act lief men, and ilrtLir in the m.-jelly of their Urength, that fuch, and fuch only, fhall reprefent tiiem, who will regard their intcrells, and contend for their profperity, ' P. 1 Bring in mr. Badollet's office a fhert time after the clecTtion in April, 1809, the

convention turned up'o the conlill-i i y of our voting, and 1 ,Ik'd mr. B idollet

certainly fubverlive of that confidence-tht h h t d r Tnlin iuflfnI, uft v,:1.

citizens of Knox formerly repofed in you. j f Q greJit an aclvoCiltt. for fl .vny, hr replied,

A fecond obieion urged againft you, ii.

that prior to your election in the fpring oi 1809 you pledged yom felf to the two political parties then exifting in the county, both to oppofe and advocate the introduction of flavcry into this Territory, if he fubjel was agitated in that branch of the Legiflature in which you had the honor fp obtain a cat the preliminaty part of the above 'information I have received (as will appear from the fubjoined certificate) from John McDonald, efq. a gentleman of veracity, and the 11 rik ft fenfe of honor, who had it from mefTrs. Badollct U. Ewing, tiie perfons to v. hom it is IVid you gave the pledge of eppofition the ulteiior part of my information relative to your advocating the intrcduclinn of negroes has been dniv ed from a refpeclahle fource, and isme. furably eftbliflied by mr. M'Dop.ald's volun tty and cardid. attention not wifliing hpwever, to pfs a rafh or precipitate judgment to. the prejudice of any man, 1 ihall leave you to explain, and if my ttatcment is erroneous, it will be no mortification to me to fee it corrected to paint your con-

duel in its tiue and proper hue, is my nnl) defire, ncr would I pluck a twig of laurel from your brow. The citizens ff this fecYion of the Territory having uniformly entertained the idea that your politics were republican, I fliall take the liberty of relating a ciicumfUn e that 1 am credibly informed occurred during your rout in the eaflern counties for electioneering or other purpoiVs, fuhlVqucnt to your becoming a candidate for DHegate to Congrefs, vhilc in the county of C!k you met witli James Dill, Efq. of Dearborn a gentleman of re fpect ability, though anavoA'ed fcdrralilr, torfcUy ionilinitng that he (D.U) poirrired confiderable induence in his own neighborhood, and previouily informed of his political creed, you folicitrd hii fupport, and th r.-.ore cfiecluaUy to fetme hi-, inteirfl, yu lTured him, that y ur political fentiments were i ) unifon xvith h'n how a j;cntl-?4n i rn be republican at heme, and a ftdf r. .WW abroad, is an enigma that cannot br f Iveu v. ith Itcilay by per ioi.s ff circumb ? t!eI a iLtie like my lei f, t!-.ough I ? hmv!rJe irn sy br perf-ctly t m r hrt.fjblr to i'-o vi reHrvd u"idrrHrttiinqs, v.ho are i uti trd i:.to themvttf- . . . rics of political tnm:;;.:. PIIOCION.

that out ot thiee evils, lie h d chofrn tlc heft. I then obfervtd to him, '.hat I thot he had made choice of the worft, for he ws more in favor of flvery, than any of .the other candidates,- mr. Eui.cr and mr. Ba dollet then faid,. that John Jobufon, before the eleRion, had plrded himftlf to theci, that if he was eLded. toopp,.fr flvrry, if hrot on the carper ,t which I was.furpri fed, knowing tht hut a fhort time before, hr had viol? ntly c!voc.tc! the m--afure of introducing llaverv in this territory. ' JOHN Mi:()N ALD

P. S. ?.Ir. J. Jr-hnfm-: urdent ai.r! teel cp.v-ini.( tw i'.c Loliiui ni titr it rior u ui'.si-, is i: r.ugl t :)!.-, uitli !;!. y of his fellr.w citizen-', a;i infuiir ounlabh

ot jrCt .oa to wz p4r;ii p?.tir?" ;n t!.r tourj tils ot the Terntorv thr f iSj-fl iA ai, hihing thr toim:v ti ur:; Hs II nr refumei:

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;:er p-il i s. let it fuiTicc at prrfer.t t- . icie, th: tl.- fc-itity of l;;-c:e, and th' ccii rnu!atei weight rf taxation u i vi ich thr vecnunry i f l::uin. tc V xiine.'

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To JAM t S JOUN.'jONEsor.

Presiding Judge of the Com t of Common Pleas cf Knox county, Diiah Sin, I HAVE but jntt hern infor- , nd, that on Saturdy Lit, you 'r it as our judmrtit. that y try !: ving ic i pttd of the appointment of a jtif'ice ff ihs peice of this county, I had thit.wi. myfilf out of court, tlmt is to fay, tint I roulci not not ihfuld not appear ai mu attorr.ty -t th2 bar of the court of whit h ynu ae prf;dlJlg judr Peimir me to ohf-rvr tou,nv der lir, that le! writer? lay i down as a correct prirciplr in law A vjntr.oti juili- e, that it is the duty of a good judge t. bear patiently and decide maturely ; how comes it then, that yru hvr prcmutitt sy ?nd witimut my being braid in ny defence, K'lifigntd me to the forte p-ine cf interdiction ? ought you not, on the contrary, to hve exnrined the law, and heard the arguiiite u.'hl 'Ii fTil'rllf rial.' nr. tttAt KMt.w'A

anJ probably will he mt pro at d rmi ? Uut )ou hve th.u publicly at.d p"-crpi-tately determined u.y cf-, 1 frr it a duty incunibent on rue to addrrfs vnu nubliilv.

n Jnd (in the moil prrle Kf"d humor and in

mny; co aurmpt my own j.ili.ncation ai.a your improvement. The 6:h fecti-n of thr 4v of th- Territory regulating the adunlhon rd practice of attornies Sec. provid s. ht 4k no jiiOice of the peace (ImIS pradue as an axu r ty,M concedo! But let u adveit to thr reason of thr law, and you s jode of Lvf ought to know tiiat this is Jr. -ally proper ; In doing cf this we n ull ag rr upon one prrviom poif t, v.hifb m, th t the ibuve iYur.i was nrouht thr cevifrj 10:!: hv tije Oinptl'-rf , or im other vi it d t p '.f ti 1:1 the a: -i of r.iT-m'.-ly of 1 7 '.' 9 ; rh-i ukcu S granted, yiu will lik'-"!?e rrrr:!Irt't, that b) the it-.tu'" w .!- T'riiot), from tie ye-r 1795 t il IS'5. f-LT cr.ii t" were i,r:'4rifrd in Inch a r::i.i)cr

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