Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 24, Vincennes, Knox County, 12 May 1812 — Page 2

and independent gorernments, it en afairof Bfbti uncertainty ; and, however defirable, flltttoc be tff ct-d but by a feries at afts and long continued policy, tending to irritate ;he iouthern and conciliate the northern people. I lie t'H mcT are agricultural, the latter a Sommercial people. The mode of theriflliftg and drpicihng either is toe obvi on 10 rrqmrc illuftratmn. This, 1 am awae is an ot'j ct of much interelt in G. Britain, as it would torevrr fecure the integrity of Ins maj-liy s polT (Rons on this continent,

and mke the two governments, or whatever number the pirlr- t corfederacy might form into, as ufetul and as much fubjec" to the influence of G. Britain as her colonies can be ren 1 red. But it is an object only to be attainvd by Daw and circumlpeft pro grrffi in, a d requires f"r is confummation more attention t) the affairs whuh agitate nnd excite parties In this country, than G. Britain has y t bellowed upon it. An unpopular wartint is a war produced by the batted prejudices of one party, but again ft the content ol the other party, can alone produ' e a fudden reparation of any fedion of this country from the common hed. At all evnu it cannot be necclliiy to the preservation of peace, thai G. Britain flioul ! m ke any great concefTt on at the preIcot m itneni ; m )re etpecially as the more important changes tht ouur in Kurope, might render it inconvenient for her to adli rr to any Imputations in favor of neutral m 11 .tine nations Although the non intt-rcourfe law ntToids but a very partial relief to the p; ople ot this tOlintry from the evils of thai entire fufpenlton of commerce to which they have reluctantly fubmitted for fume time paft, I lament the rep al of the embargo, becaufe it wi dculated to accelerate the progrefs of thefe liars towards a revolution that would have put im end to the only republic that rem .ics to prove tint a government founded nn political equality can exitt in a leafon of trial and difficulty, or It calculated to infuic either fecurity or happiness to a people. I am Sec. A. li. No. 10. B rteft, Mirch 29, 1809. SIR Since my letter of the 13th, nothing lias occuried which 1 thought worthy of a communication! The 1 lt week of tins month and the firfl rf April niII be occupied in the election 01 govnnois and oilier executive officers in the New England ftuts. The federal candid ate in New Hampshire is already elected by a majority of about 1 000 His competitor wai 1 man ot l uge fortune extenfte connexions and InoSeii fivr minne.-s. Th-fe account for the (mail be ft of the m j u ity . In Connecticut no change is nect-lTiry, fen i no le is I br apprehendedt In R 1 id 111 nd, it is of no confequence of wait party thr governor is a member, 1- '1 is he it lief cieil nor military powers, brio,; mrely preildttit ot the council. In Nt altchufettl. it is certain that the federal . mdidate will fucceeo A few wcrks will be lutVuient in order to determine tN? ic 1 t i v r IWrngth of parties, fend convince mr Mditon that a war with Ci. Britain is not mflurr upon which he dirt venturef Since the plan of anorgani z d oppoli .ion to the prtje&t of nu. Jeffer fon W4S pot into operatlon( he whole ot the New England it ate hive transferred Ihelr political power to his politN al enemies, and the reafon tli it he has itilt fo many ad tterenta, is, that thofe who conuoer the nn ly true policy of America to contra in thr cultivation of peace, have Oil! great conri d-ncr, that nothl ig can tOCre hull (or hib fucctftar who as up to !os fyftem or rather

11 governed by it to tonf nt to wart The) c'.'.Uer all the menaces and 'dreadful note bl preparation1 to be a mere fine fie, intend ed only to obtain toneefltoni from England on 1I1 p term--. Fioiu tvety fort ill evi deme, 1 tonfefi I nu myfelf of the fame opinion, k in) fully perfuades that the farce which has been a&tng at Wa(hingtra will terminate in a fiil proof of the imbecilry and fp.ritlri temper of the a Aoea A n -r Attempted arlthont theeonfent of both pat ti-s. and the eo-. - tent f the northern lt:-", which conttitute thr Konsi ind muf le of the e-mn-rv, mult coMimenre without hope, and en in dilr.cr. It fh uld therefor'' he th peculiar urr of Britain to foUerd viH mis be ween the north and footh, and hv r.reeding in t'os, (he may 1 rrintottf et her own p-ojefU in EufOpe, with tot d dtfreiprd of thr refentmeut of the drnmct tt in thil country J an, c. A. B.

Nn. It. Boston, April 13, 180. sin I fend by mr. R. a p.imphlet entitled SupprefTed documents.' The nctes c c oinments were wriHtn by the gentleman who has written the 1 Analyfis,' which I tent by a former convey ance. 1'hefe works hare greatly contributed to excite the fears ot the men of talents and profperity ; w ho now prefer the chance of maintaining their party by open refinance, and a final fepration to an alliance with France and a war with England. So that fhould the government unexpectedly and contrary to all realonable calculation, attempt to involve the countiy in a meafure of that nature I am convinced (now that the elections have all terminated favorably) that none of the New England Hates would be a party in it. But, s 1 have repeatedly written, the general government does not IV r ion fly entertain any luch detire or intention. Had the majority in the New England Itates continued to approve of the public tneafureii it is extremely probable that G. Biitain would now have to choote between war and concelTion. But the tfped of things in this refpecTt is changed, and a war would produce an incurable alienation of the eaftem ftates, and bring the whole country in fubordmation to the interefts of England, whofe navy would prefciihe and enforce the terms upon which the commercial Hates Ihuuld carry and the agricultural ftaces export their furplus foduce. All this is as well known to the democrats as to the other pa-ty, therefore they will av )id a War 1 at leaft unt.il the whole nation is unanimous tor it. Still when we rounder ot what materials the government is formed it is impofiible to (peak with any certainty of their meafnres. The pall adminillration in every tranfacYion prefenti to the mind only a muddy commixture of folly, wcaknefs and duplnity. The ipell, by which the nations ot Europe have been rendered inert nd inefficient when they attempted to fiiake it ott has tlretched its fliadows acrofl the Atlantic and made a majority of the people of thefe ftates alike blind to duty and to their interefts. i am, &c. A. B. No. li1. Boston, April 29, 1809. sir Since my letter No. I 1, I have had

but little to communicate. 1 have wot yet ocer aide to alcei tain with fufiicient accuracy the relative ttrength of the two parties in the legiflttite bodies in New England. In all tit thele Hates, however, governors h;ve been eleAed out of the federal paity.

jnd even the fouthern papers incliCrtte an rxpecVd augmentation ot federal members in the next congrefs. The correfp ndence between mr. Etlkine and the fecretary ot f I 1 e at Wa(hingtont you w ill have feen before this can reach you. It his iiven much fatisf&ion to the federal prty lure ; becaufe it promifes an ex emption from the evil they mott feared (a w r with &nglnd) and yultifies then par. tiality towards G. Britain, which they maintain ni founded upon a full conviction of tier jutUce ind dnCere difpofltton to preferve peace. Even the democrats affect to be fatilfied with it, becaufe as they infill it proves the efficacy of t,.e redrictive fyltem ot mr. leiierfon. But the great benefit that will prohahdy reluit from it, will fie thai Bonaparte may be induced to torce this country from her neutral pofltion. BafR-d in his attempts to exclude from this continent the manufactures nf G. Biitain, he will BioA likely ton&fcate all Ameiican property in his domiuiona 8c dependencies, and declare war. Nothinu Could more than this contribute to give in flurnce and liability to tbe Britilh party. The invidious occurences of the rebellion would br forgotten in the re fentment of the people Igainfl France ; amf th-y wouhl foon be weaned from that attachment to her which is founded on the ai l tint was rend ered to fe pi rate tr.m the mother country. While G. Britain waits for this natural, I nicht fay nectlTny relult of the negotiation, would it not t e extremely expedient to Conrlttde(a treaty with the American crovrrnmeat f Every tut ot evidence nnd ex perience prove tht the demrcrats confide: their p litical afcrndency in a preat meafure d pendant upon the hoOila l"()irit that they can Ireesk alive towards G.Britain, and recent advents demonftrfete that their con duel w'll be predicated upon that convicfi on : it i therefore not to be expected that they will meet with coefefponding leelwii -a nneere difpouttnii oh the part of England

to injuA ..II matters in difpute. They

thft G. Britain his been in advance of the Hurft is a f,o!tron, and ought not to be

rrencb government in taking advantage ot j viewed as a gentleman.

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it heart mcrtifi.d and difaimointcd to find

the orovifional claufc rf the non-intercourle

law j and it thty fhew any fpirit at the next f vffion of congrets towards France, it will be only beetle they will find Bonaparte de.f to entreaty infenfible to p i favors, or that they m-iy think it fafer to float with the time ot public feeling which will fet ftrongly againft him, unlets he keep pam passu with England in a conciliatory polocy. When 1 begun my l-tter, I intended to make fome obleivations in relation to the boundary line (Here 10 or 12 lines of the maiiulcnpt are erafld.) 1 am, Sec. A. B. No. 13. Boston, May 5, 1809. SIR Although tiie recent changes that have occurred c me t all at u' ehci.fions of war and conl quenuj letTen dl hope of a frpara tion of the ltatcs, 1 think it neceffary to tranfmit by the mail ot each week a fketch of palling events. On lotdl politics I have nothing to sdd ; an-1 as the parade that is made in the Natl onal Intelligencer of the fincerc difpofitiofJ of mr. Maditon to preltive amicable relati ons with G. Britain is in my opinion calculated to awaken vigilance and uiltuilt rath er than inlpire confidence, 1 lhall (having nothing more important to write about) take leave to examine his motives. 1 am not iurprifed at his conditional removal of the non intcrCOUrle law with refpeel to G. Biitain, becaufe it was made incumbent on him by the act of congrefs, but the obfervations mide on his friendly dilpofirtonS to. wards G. Britain is a matter of no little aftor.ifhment. The whole tenor of his political life directly and uneqoivocally contradicl? them. His fpeech on t'ne Bntifii treaty in '99 his attempt to pafs a Uw for the ConhTrstton of Bntifii debts' and Britifii property his commercial reiolutions groun ded apparently on an idea of makug America ulei'ul as a colony to France liib condud! while fecretary of Itate ; all form an alL mbl.ige of probabilities tending to convince me at leaU that he does not feribuOy detire a treaty in which the rights and pretentions of G. Britain would be fairly re cognised. It feems impoifible that he fhould divett himself ot his habitual animofity and

TNO. SMALL.

Vincennes, April 25th, 1812. This day came Lieut. J. L. Eaftman, of the United S ates aimy, before me, one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas, and utter being duly fworu according to law depofeth and faith : '1 hat on the morning of the 24:h inftant, between the hours of eight and nine o'clock, A. M col. John Small called on him, and rrquefled that he would accompany him to the houfe of Henry Hurlt, to which, he atTented the colonel then ftated the reafon of his calling on Hurlt, which was to obtain an explanation ot a hint he received the day before, which he (the colonel) cor fidered as a grand intuit. '1 his deponant laid he would accompany him to fee mr. Hut it, but mull not be confiJrred as his friend, as he (the colonel) did not bt long to the entry. W hen they met at the Imufe of mr, Hui ft, the colonel ftated to him (Kuift) "that in juftice to his feelings and his character he Came to rrqnelt an explanation of a hint thrown at him the day before in prelence oi his excellency the governor, nnd a number of gentlemen of the United States army" to whuh HutO replied "that it was only a joke" but fays the colonel, 4fiom your enmity to me I receive it as a grand infutt, and I now call on vou for fattsfa&ion" fays Hut ft, " 1 am ready to u'lv- you any fatisfclion you wvfh" fays the c( loael, 44 will you met; me on the otln r fide of the Wabafli to-morrow morning at fix o'cloi k as a gentleman," to which Hurft readily agreed. J. L. EASTMAN. Sworn and fubfcuhed to brfore me one of the Judcres of the coutt of Common Pleas this 29th day of April, 1812. DA.Nl. m clure, Mr. S'four, FROM feeing the remarks of William Prince relative to the difpute between col. John Smdl and Henry .Hurft, publdhr-d in your 111 paper, i have to oblerve that William Prince ought to have known, and does know that a fuit was and is yet in exiff ance relative to an allufion in faid remarks, and therefore, ungentleman-

attempt

that pride of opinion, wflich his pr lent litu

atton enables turn to indulge, hut above all, ly, ungenerous and uniult to . k .. L . IL .. 1 J j k: 1 1 j r . .1 r r

mac 11c inoniu uepi lve nis irienos ami lup- 1 10 uraw any aniwtr irom me on porters ot the benefits of thole prejudices j that fubjeel, for it would amount to a conwinch have been carefully foltered in the 1 tempt to the court which faid fuit is to be ... t t. . 1 i . rr a .1 . . c xt 11" t- . -

minus 01 me lommon people towarus ng- j iricu 111. aiu as ror vv uiiani Jrrince S lay

land, and which have to materially contributed to invigorate and augment the democratic party. Whatever his real motives

may be it is in this Itage of the aff ir harm

ing col. Small wanted to entrap mr. Hurff, 1 am certain that neither Small or my ft If w'ffhed any fuch thing hut wanted to be aware ot being entrapped ourfclves, know-

lefs enough to enquire into the caufe of the ing who we had to deal with. What haa apparent change. He probably afts under mr. Hurfl done with 1 is promile I refer a conviction that in the prefent temper of j you, reader, to the foregoing affidavit of J the eaftern ftates a war could not fail to L. Eaflman. and all tne communications produce a dilTolution of the uwion ; or he that took place between the parties rcUtive may have profitted oy the miflakes of his to the aff air above mentioned. predeceiTor, and 1$ inclined to feize the pre- William Prince makes a great fufs about lent opportunity to prove to the world that ( the place of meeting. I waited on him in he is determined to be the prcfident of a perfon a few minutes before the appointed nation rather than the h-ad of a facile!) ; time, and afked him if he was ready to go, or br hat probably gone thus far to remove . he anfwered he would not go without fome-

the iirprtfhon on the mind of many that ; thing more formal that the verb.il con-

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lie wjs unuer tne n nuence 01 rranie, in order that he may with a better grace, and n more tenable grounds quarrel with G. Britain in the progrefs of negotiating a tieaty. Whatever his motives may be, I am very certain his party will not fopport him in any manly and generous policy. Weak men are fure to temporife when great

Craft he would pay no attention to.

PETER JONES. April 30th, 1812.

NO 7 ICE. I INTEND making application to the next term of the Court of Common

vents rail upon them tor decifion, and are Pleas Knox county, Indiana Territory, for

ilujfcnfh and inert at the moment when tbe leave to eftabhlh a Fe rry on the Ot in, three i word of evils are in action. This is the quarters of a mile above the mouth of Wig acTtrr of the democrats in the northern Pnlgeon, from my Lnd on the terntoiy

uiieb. vyi iijoic 01 inc loucn x Know out fc" oppuuic more.

little.

I am, See. ( To be continued.)

A. B.

TO THE PUBLIC. In confequrnce of an infult received the 23d mlfant, from Henry Huilt, for. in pre fence of his Excellency Governor Harifon, G ilonel M dler, and a number of gentlemen ot the U. States army, I called on faid Hurft yeflrrday, and demanded fxtisfacalOU f r the fame, for wtiich faid Hurft fid agree, in the prrfrnce of a gentlemin, to give me at fix o'clock this morning, con. formabty to which agreement he has r.ot

me: me, to give the promifed fatiefaafilioo.

April, 17, 1812.

Hugh M'Gary.

NOTICE.

INTEND to apply to the next

gult term ot the Curt of (vmmon Pleas

for the county of Knox and Indiana Ter-1

ritory for leave to eftabldh a Ferry on!

Wh ite Kiver at the mouth of Hrirvey

0 ' t t rt e a 1 1

vreeK, on tre loutii una of laid river to the oppofite fhore Solomon CatU April 3d, 1612. I Davis Floyd WILL punctually attend the Court of t Indiana Territory as a Counsellor and Ac.

trney at Law, and as iuch tendera his frr-

1 therefore pubh.1i to the woild that faid , vices to the public.