Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 12, Vincennes, Knox County, 21 December 1811 — Page 2

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pwcr, is in its broad and dcdrudtive opc-r-ucvi as Hill enforced by the other, tapping the foundation of cur prnfprrity. It is mora than five vears lince England fi-id Krrup. in viola lL-ui of tlioi J principlt s

of iuihee and pub

ciilizrd nations, commenced this unpicce-d-nted fyftem, by feising the proaeny of t'ie citizens of the United States, peaceably purfuirig their lawful commerce on the h'.h fcis. i lb t'd themfelves from the bdium which filth outrage mmt iuair, eai h of the belligents fought a pretest in the conduit of t!ie other each attempting to jnlVify his fylteui of rapine as a retaliation lor iimdir a els on the part cf Ills enemy. A.s if the lav of nation?, founded on the eternal ruKs of jufhte, could fanctiou a principle, which if engraLvd into our murdcip code, wcnj'd eX'ufc the crime of one lolber, up?n the fole plea that the. unfortunate ojedt of his rapacity, was alio a victim to the uijudice of ancth-jr. .The f .t of priority could be .true nr Jto one onJv of the parties ; and wliether true or fvdle,cou!J fumtfti no ground of jultificaThe United States thus unexpectedly and violently. 2 (Tailed by the two greatelt powers in Europe, .withdrew their citizens and property from the ocean ; and cherifli ing the blefli-ig of peace, although the oc cation would have fglly ju'difitd a wr, fought redrefs in an. appeal to the jultice and magnanimity of the brlligrrmts When .this appeal had failed of the fucifs tvhich was due to its moderation, other merfures, foutjded on the fame pacific pol icy, but applying to the interefts indead of the jullice of the belligerents, were rcfort ed to. Such W33 the character of the non. intercourfe and non-importation laws, which invited the return of both powers to their former fiate of amicable relations, by offering 'commercial Eiivant3ges to the one

who fhodld firit ' revoke his hoftile edicts,

"and impofing leftriftious cn the other.

Frmce, at length, availing Ltifelf of the

proffers made. equally to her and her enemy,

by the non.nrporta:ion law ot 1810, an

nounced the repeal on the h'it of

lowing November, of the decrees c

Im ana Milam And it affords a fuhj

only as the expedients of one enemy againH another, for which the 'United States, as a ncutial power, can in no refpedt, be refpontiUr ; they are,' too, in cxadt conformity with thofe which Great Britain has herlclt adopted and acted upon in time of peace as

held facrtd bv all i well aswai, -And it is not to be mrfumed

that France would ielJ to the tin luthorifed demand of America what Ihe items to have conliilered as one of the molt power-, ful engines of the prtfent war. f Suh arc the pretentions. upon which G.

ii.itain inuuus tne violation ot the maritime rights of the United States pretentions not theoretical merely, but followed up by a defoliating war upon cur unprotedt ed commerce. The fliips of the United States, laden with the products of our own foil and labor, are feifced on our own coalls at the very mouths of our harbors, condemned and confiscated. Your committee are not, however, of. that feet whole worlhip is at the lhrine of a calculating av:rice. And while we are laying befoVe you the juft complaints of c ur trierchants againft the plunder of their Ihips and cargoes, we cannot refrain from preient-

fing'to the.jullice and humanity of our

country, the unhappy caie ot the imprclled feamen. Although the groans ot thefc viclims of barbaiity for the lofs of (what Ihould he dearer to Americans than life) their liberty although the cries of their wives'and children in the prjvation of protedtors, hand parents, have of lati bcen drowned in the louder clamors at the lofsf property ; yet it is the pradtice ol forcing our mnriuers into the Britilli navy, in violation of our flag, carried on with'unabat-w ed rigor and feverity. If it be our duty to encourage the fair 'and legitimate com merce cf this country by protecting tlie pro

perty of- the merchant, then indeed, by as much as life and liberty arc more ellimable than the Ihip and, goods, fo much more4 impreflive is the duty to ftiield the perfous of our fearn'en, whofr hard and bontfl fer.

fyrtematically violated. And the period lias arrived, when in the opinion of your .committee, it is the facred duty ot emigre fs to call forth the patriotiun and resources of the country; Hy the aid of thrfc and the blelTiug of God, we conGdently trutt we fliall be enabled to procure that rcdrefs, which has been fought for by jultice, by remonllrantes and foibearance, in vain. Your committee refer ving for a future report; thofe ulterior meafure, vhich-in their opinion, ought to be purfued, would at time, eameltlv' recommeud, in the words of the prelident, 4 that the United States be

LAND BUYERS LOOK 70 1 OURSELVES ! ! IF any psrfon willies to purcliafe and improve on a fare foundation, and to bo ui poiftliion of a high, herartfeme and healthy fituation, futh may be obtained in Buffcron towndiip, on the new public road leading fiom Vincennes up to, aiid through, the new purchafe, containing 2C0 acres of as good land is any in ihe townlhip, for com, wheat, tobacco and meadow ; two thirds of laid I.nds are as he aw timbered

immediately put into an armor and attitude as any in the county, coniifiinc of walnut,

demanded by the ciilisand correfponding locult, oak, hickcry and al), the other third

with the national fpirit and expectations.- handiome prairie. On the prt roifcs, there And to this end, they beg leave to fubmil is a good commodius cabbin, 37 by 17, two for the adoptioiv of the houlr, 'the following rooms below, with a large entty between, refolutjons. : (fit for the comfortable reception of a gei.

1. Hefolvfd, That the military eltabliyi teel ttinilyjan excellent imoke houfe, lh-

ment as authorifed by the cxiftirif; laws', bles, cribbs, and other neceffarv houl'es.

ought to be immediately completed by fill- There ii a fitld of 5 or 6 acres otfrclh ihg up the ranks, and prolonging the enlift. ground, aifo a good paflure, and a fmall exment of the troops; and that to encourage cellent meadow, all under good fence, juft

cnlillments, a bounty in, lands ought to be I before the door in a handiome View, in the

given in addition to the pay and, bounty prairie, there is a 12 acre field, alfo, under

now aiiowea by law. j gpoa icnce ; tnerc is not one pannel, upon

2. 1 hat an adaitional force ot ten thou- I premiles but what is all. well Itaked and ri-

fand regular troops ought to be immediate- dered (as is generally called.)- The faid

ly raifed to fcrve for three years ; and that lands are bounded onjche fenth and eaft by

a oounty in lancrs ougni to oe given o cu- i neavy umDcrea public lands; and bn tnc courage enliftments. , I north and well by. public prairie The ti-

3. 1 hat it is expedient to authonfe the I tles and boundaries are indisputable. 1 am

preiident under proper regulations, to accept I dehrous and determined to tell, as l ain no the fervice "of any number, of" volunteers I farmer, and the country not fuitincr my oc-4

not exceeding fifty thoufand ; to be orga- I cupation. To the purchaferi the ''trims

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nzru, iraiucu nu ociu in rcauiucis iu ci man uc mauc as caiy as pollinle, ana a in fuch fervice asthe exigencies of the go- I bargain may be had. A further defcripti-

Irernment may require.

4.That.the prcfident be authorifed to

brder out from time to time ' fuch detach-

on is dcemed unnectfTary, as it is prefumed

that no perlon-would wim to purchafe without viewing the premifes-any perfon wiih ing to be well fettled, aiicl to follow the oc . . ' C V 'HIT t ajr

&c Doctors only excepted) are fequefted,

ana win do well, to come, ice and view the

fincere congratulation, to be informed, thro ed States, at a fovereign and independent

tne omcial organs ol tne government, mat powrr, rjim un rigni 10 uic inc. ocean,

whuh is the common and acknowledged highway of nations, for the purpofes of

tr nfporting'in their own veiTels, the pro

inents, of tfie militia, as in his opinion the

public Fervice may require

5. 1 hat all the veflels not now in fervice

belonging to the navy and worthy of re

pair be immediately fitted up and put in I premifes, and iudere for themfelvrs .nei

vices are employ-d equalfy with thofe of commiflion. " : ther takinrr mv defcriotion for thft excel

the merchant, m advancing, under the man- , 6. That it is expedient to permit our J lency thereof, nor that of others to the Vetel of its laws, and the intereits of thejr merchant' veffels owned exclufively by re- verie, as it.ffenerallv is'to be found that

country. . fident citizens, and commanded and navi- I nerfbhs inclinable to fell lands, are too ant

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to vilify their neighbours, and extol the fuperexcellcnce of their own, or their cch

gamlt all unlawful proceedings I neCtions the design of fuch is obvious s

the fol- To fum up, in a word, the great caufes gated folely hy citizens, to arm, under proS Ber- of complaint agamlt Great Britain, your per regulations to be prefcribed, by law, in bjea of committee need only fay That;the Unit- iVlf dtfence,againft all unlawjul proceedings

thofe decrees ar.?, fo far at lcalt as our'rigl.ts

are concerned, really and practically at an

end.

It was confidently expe fled that this a

on the nart of France, would have been

immediately followed by ' a revocation on

the part of Grjat britain cf her oiders in CmnciL. Jf our reliance on her iullite

Iiad be n impaired 'hy the wrongs le bd inHidted : yet whrn (he had plirjhtid !;er faith to the world that the fjle motive ot

f."r 'Lrrrrfliori on neutral commerce was to

be found in the Biii'i and Milan decrees, as the period when thr freedom of the fcas Would be again rcftored. In this reafonahle expectation, we have however, hren dif ppoitited. A year has cl rpf. d fince tli'' French decrees were re-fcind-d. ind yt Grrat Biitaiti. retracing pari'pjtm tH.t Cjtfe of unjutrifa.ible attJck on neutrtl rights, in whuh (he prcf?ffd to l)f only tn- rehiftant follower ot Frani., has advanced with holder and tontir.ually increafed (IriHrs. To the tategor-ir-al drm md? latrly m de by our govern rri'-r't far thr r-pal of her orrl-'S, in coon cil, 11k Jus ifT-tted to deny th. pradtul extinction of the French decrees; -iid lhjb as. morfovrr, advancrd a ik w m;d unex p.-dt'-d demand, iucrraling tn holidity tlf orders themf -lvs. She, has infilled, thro' hrr arcrrditt-d minifier t ih-s j)U(rt tht the rrp-al of th- oi l'r, in couim il niuft bpreceded, itU or.lv by a p tdtK-1 -ah it. don in'-nt of t!ir dn n-r , ol B-iliiiaiii MiUn.

towards them on the High feas.

The houfe adjourned to Monday.

NOT ICR.

therefore liflen to, but rejrarcT rioi fucb .

come, Teef and view, and Jet your own eyes

juugujvina utiti uiiiicxior youririves - The premifes will be fliown, on application l to, (and the earlier the better) the intcnti-

nuctor their own loil and tne acquisitions r' pHE Co-partnerflaip of Hodgcn and onal and determined vendor aud proprietor. of thrir own irulnOrv. to market in thr I rW-J r? i : i r j- rl i:. .

" - - jt. nenms, cxpireu on cue nni oay ox wuw iiviug on inc premues. ports of f.iendly nations, and to bring DcccI7lber M. Wc therefore carncflly . William P Tmmfann home, in return, fuch articles as their ne- f ft all pcrfons indcbted to faid firm, to Kno county (I. T f mpSOU.

; i, , V , . o ome iorwaru anu iccuc oy inc nnt uay oi I lulv 22d. 1811. V r r r.l.tl nf k rrinre. II f..finw t W nf. I . . . . J ...I" J 79 'Oil. tl

. .t,.w . ........... . january tuoie wno iau to comply will tahl.fhed laws of nations. Great Butain, nd thcir atCounts after that time, in the

in di fiance this inconteflible light, cap

tures every American vcfiel bound to, or leturnincr fiom, a port where her com

merce ia not favored, enflaves our teamen,

.and in fpite of our remonftrances perfcveres in thrfe aggretfion.

The wrongs fo daring in character and

fo -clifgraceful in their execution, it is im

pofiinle ttiat the people of the United States

ihould remain indifferent. We now tame-

hands of an officer for coIlcdTion.

JAMES HODGEN,

WILLIAM H. HOLMS.

Dec. 20th, 1811.

VINCENNES LODGE, December 2d, 'A L. 561 1, 181 ,A,D Resolved unanimously. That the Mem.T

bers of this Lodge wear Crape on their leftarm for the fpace of one monthas a teflimenial of the refperft in which this Iodpe

hold our late M. W. Grand M after. Tn.

NOTI'QP.

HERE exiQs an obligation pafied by I fcph H. Daviefs. And the imcere rercc

me to - Uaniel riazclton, tor 106 thi- I.nl Ui ti, r.

dollars, payable the lit of January 1812, .tunate fall of the faid IfdVnh'H. nir

ly and quitely lubmit, or we mult rciiu.oy " i ok or oeei uic vraun g pnee xo oe together with brothers Thomas Randolph thofe merfiis which God has rddcxd within delivered to faid Hazelton at my own and Ifaae Whitp ? wlm l;ilh Iniu'

ou reach. houle on the above day. Underllaudinc

Your committee would not caQ a flude .that he has parted with faid note & I know

over the American name, by the exprfifioii not to whom, I do hereby warn him or of a doubt which branch of this alternative any other perfon having 'it in poffeflion,

will be emraird. The occafion,is row 1 that the pork or beef will be ready on the

day fpecified for delivery according to contrait, and I wilh it to be on the fame day

received, anil taken off, otUerwilc the fub-

w , - -j - and Ifaac White ; who were killed in the

battle with the Savages on the morning of the 7th ult. .

By order of the Lodge. ROBT. BUNTIN,jr.5ec P. T.

f tar

t!l;

Ins ot

' i- Trif.: the neutral ri

th" Ui.itfd :j:..t- : h'it by thr rmuiuia ti' ) no :! j,,,t ot FiaoV. of the v tiolr f v ft n of i f(i, w.rfirr :.iirift G. I'm' in which t'.i,,f-decrees oiiginally tortu ed part. T'n- lYH-r.i n: i-rfr.od t: ronHft in COurfr A rj- -l.i r . 4(. o'rd hv Fr-iirr aii! thr oth-r p 'W'-rr. o-i t fir loo'.iumt 1 11 j r t to, or in n! . c- v t"'i j . I u! itni to prevent the iu. o(hiet:oii i to tlfir trnito rr of thr pro i. - - 1 m .Muf . t urea o'

(i rit iiril-iin at J !! ...iMif-s alitl to

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ar.-.ihil ite lirr tr .dr with th -hlilr thrfe r'k'i:' t"is m v ct Fr nf tnw4f!. (iir Bn

e r I idr.lv :!t- l.'t-r

fidUi thrv aie ncvcrtl

m.

I ! ov.-r vr r oil th" inr'

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u. -.y t-'l ; h i r r

wv hi tiuwU

prrfrnted when the national character mif o idrrltood rind traduced for a time by fo-

ign and iinmrllic enemies fliould be vin

.'it.ited. If we have not ruined to the field of battle like thr nations who ate led by the

nad ambition of a fingle chief, or the ava- ... .

rice ot a r oirupted court, it has not pro-et-ded from a fear of war. but from our

've of jultice k humanity. That proud fpi-

rt ol liberty vd indepenrence, which fuf

taintd our fathers in thr iuccefatul aiTer-

i o n of thrir ris;iits againft foreign aggrcf

INDIANA TERRITORY. COt'lT Or CHANCERY. , . Special court Set. 9, 1811.

frriher will hold himfclf no. longer refpon- I Jn Hotter :

tible for it. . vs. IN CHANCERY.

JiNO. r. I HMrSON. jonn iLagar, j

Bufron Towntliip, 10th, 1811. I I HIS uay came the Complainant bf

X his Louiilel. and it appearing to the

NOTICE. . friur.a ion of ttje court that the defendant

HE Subfcrtber informs his friends ard refides out rt the Territory and he having

the puhlic, that he will give calh or

hats in exchange for Lambs Wool, or fe

ll is not jtt -funk. The patriotic fire of fond flerinp he alfo has on hand a wc

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Attin ican

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t fir revolution Hill burns

: rr ii with a holy and unextinguilluble tl ue, aud will conduct this nation to thofe

dtiiinirs, w hich arr not lefs t!ie reward

dignified moderation, than of exalted

v h I r ) r But wc hive borne with injury until for-'.-rance has crafrd to be a virtue. The foverri,riiiV aid indrprndence of thrfr

.tr s. puichafed ind fandtihrd by the blood of our t ath r s, from whom we received, thrm. not for out lV vrs only, tuit as the tff hciiunct; of our palUrity, arc ddicaiJ and

r.tTortrd alToitment of Potters ware, which

be will exchange for Wool-or Fur Hr a) willies all thofe indebted to him-to call and pay their accounts, and their compliance will much oblige trVir humble frrvant, WILSON LAGOW. December 4th, 1 a 1 I.

NOTICE.

J K earnellly folicit all Uofe indebt. ed to us, to make pmrnt by the

firt of Tnuarv, as one of us intend fcttin:'

cjUt for VUiUdclphiu cn that day. JONKS DUBQIS.

failed to anfvver the plaintiff's orignal bilL

iierem on motion oi the complainant by his confrl it is ordeied that unlefs'tbc dc tcndai.t apprar and file his anfwer to tho orignal and amendatory bill will be taken pro confeffo, and it is further ordered that, a copy of this order be publifhed for threeweeks fucceilively in the newfpaper called the Weflern Sun, pnblilhedin faid territory, the laft publication to be thirty days at lead before the laid fiift Monday iu Fcbru ary. Atteft. m H. HURST, c. c. r1 J L A N K D i E O S , . " Eur sale at this Office.