Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 25, Vincennes, Knox County, 19 May 1812 — Page 2

On the patronage and fupport which was

prom i fed in the letter ot tir J . Craig, under date of the 26th an. 18U9, (wherein he gives an alTuraiice 4 fht the former Correfpoodence and political miormation tranfnutted by the underligned nad met with the particular approbation of his majrllj's fecretary oi Itate ; and that his execution of the million (propofed to be utidrrtakcn in the letter) would give him a claim not only on the governor grneral, hut on his lDjef ty's mimtters', the undei ligned has relied, and now moll refpecxfiiUy claims, in whatever mode the earl of Liverpool may be plealVd to adopt. The under tinned moft refpecl fully takes

t is oct ah )ii to (tate, that fir J. Craig proIii it d him an employment in Canada worth upwards ot 1000 pounds a year, by his letter (herewith tranfvnitted) under date of 1 3 c h Sept. 1809. whub hr h-is jafl learnrd has, in contfqueuce of his bfer.ee, been gi ven to another prrfon. The underfigned abltains trom comm nting on this tranfaction, and moft relpec.'Hully fuggefts, that the Appointment oi judge advocate general of the province ot Lower Canada, with a fl ary ol 500 poUnda a year, or a contulte in the U. States sne curia would be confidered by him as a liber! difcharge of any ob ligation that his majrfty'a g-over nment may entertain in relation to his fervices. Cofry of a letter to tnr. Peelf enclosing the foregoing. sir I t ike thr liberty to enclfe to you a memorial addrrflVd to the earl of Liverpool and eeg you will h ive the goodnel either to examine the documents in your office, or thofe in my own pofi flfion, touching the extent and legit macy ot my claims. Mr. Ryland, the fecretary ot fir f. Craig is now in London ; anil, from his official knowledge ol the tran factions and fac5s al 111 led to in the memorial, can give any information required n that fubjeft. 1 have the honor to be. ke. 5cc. (Signed) J. II. June 1 3th, 1811. Letter of the Rt, Hon. lie earl of Liverpo!,!y his Secretary ? Fetl.tsq. recognizing nir. Henry's services, (SV No. VII. Downing street, 28th June, 181!. sir 1 Inve not failed to I jy before the eai I ot Liverpool, a memori il, together with its fevera! ench fures, which ws delivered to me a Few days fiacc by gen. Loft, at your defire. His lordfhip has directed me to acquaint you that he has reterrrd to the corif lpondeuce that his p lfjd during your ridence in the northern tUtes of America, and ex prtffts his qci i&dence in your ability and judgment, hut lord Liverpool has not difco veicd any wiftl on the part of tir J. Craig, that your claims for compenfation fhould be referred to this county nor, indeed in allufion made to any kind of airaogem nt or agreement that had bfen made by that officer with you. U nder thele circumttances, and had not tir J. Crai determined on his immediate return to England, it would have been lord Liverpool's Willi to have referred your memorial to him, as being better enabled to ippreciate the ibillty and fuccefs with which you executed a million, undertaken at his defire Lord Liverpool will, howeer, Iraiiftnit it to tir J. Cr iga fucceffor in the government, with an ftffurance, that, from ttie recommendations he h s received in your frtvor, and the opinion he has formed on your correip mdence, he is convinced that the publn fervice will be benefitted by ycur active emplovment in a public Ration. Lord Liver. Raol nil! feel himlVlf hound to give the fame auTuraoco to the nvoquis Wcl leilrv, if there iaany probability that it will advance the fucce 1 s ot the application which you have feadc to his lordfhip, I am, tir, your m. ft obedient humble lervi-. (Signed) ROBER r PKEL. John Btnry esq 27. Leicester square. Mr. Henry to mr. fleeL S-pt. 24th, 1811.

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Jravott and tl e lettei marked B. No. VIII. Ltd r. S pt. 4, 18 11. silt T have j.iit n w learned the ultimate deoli m of my lord Wellafley, relative to the appointment which I Watdevrout t obtain, and ti d that the fuoGfting rrlations between the two countries, forbid the Creating a new office m the U. States, fuc h tc I w-is foltCttOVt to obtain. In this Hate of things I hive not a moment to loofr in return! to Catda, & have t k o me paf. fff in the laft and onlv fhip tint fails for Qu bee this feafoa A 1 have not time to enter de ncva uito capiaiiauoii with the

gentlf man who is in your office, 8c as I have received atTurantes from you, in addition to the letter of my lord Liverpool, of the 2fth June, that 1 his lordfhip would recommend me to the governor of C-.nada, for the fir ft vacant Gtuation that I would accept,' I beg the favor ot you to advife me how I am to get that recommendation, without lot's of time 1 have the honor to be, 8cc. See. J. H. Robert Pecle, esq. Ifr. ijfc. Copy of a letter written by lord Liverpool, to iir G. Provott turniflied by the under fecretary of ftate. Original in the dei-

patch to the governor general. No. IX. Dozvning'street, Sept. 16, 1811. sir Mr. Henry, who will have the honor ot delivering this letter is the gentleman who iiddntTed to me the memorial, a copy of which 1 herewith tranfmit, and to whom the accompanying letter from mr. Peel was written by my direction. In compliance with his requeft I now fulfil the aduiance which I have given, of ttating to you my opinion of the ability and juJmeiit which mr. Henry has maniteltd on the occafions mentioned in his mtnforial ; and of the benefit the public tervice might drrive from his active employment in any public fuuation, in which you Ihould think proper to place him. I am, tir, your moit obedient, humble fervant, (Signed) LIVERPOOL. To sir G. Provost, Bart. K?c. tfc. No. X. Mr. RYLAND TO Mr. HENRY. Tuesday evening. July 2d, 1811. DEAR HENRY 1 1 gives me real pleafure to find that the apprehenfions I had formed with rtfpec to the fulfilment of your expectations is like to prove erroneous. As every thing which paffed relative to your million was in writing, I think you will do well in fubmitting to mr. Perl rtll the oiiginal papers. I, myf lf could give no other information relative to the fubjecV. than what they contain, 3s you Sc I had no opportuni

ty ot any verbal communication relpecting ir, till after your m'flion terminated, and 1 never wrote you a letter in the governor's name, whic h had not preVioutly been iubmitted to his correction. The imprffiion I had received of your character and abilities made me anxious to

fcrve you, even before 1 had the pleafure of a peifonal acqu.iintlnce with you, and the

ime drfire has operated on me ever firfce ; I am, therefore entitled to hope, that any

j opinion which I may have given you, as to your beft mode of obtaining an employment under government will be rece ived with the ; lame candor that gve rife to it. I think i you will do well to pejrfevere as you propofe.

I h ive no doubt that every letter from you which tir J. Craig fent home will be found

! in mr. Perl's office, ns the eft.hlifhed prac

tice there is to bind the d fpatches and enclotures yearly up together. Sincerely wiflitng you every fuccefs, I am moft faithfully yours. (Signed) H. W. RYLAND.

John Henry , esq. LORD LIVEROOL's DESPATCH. l o tir G. Piovolt governor general of Canid a, with its encloiurts, dated 1 6 : h September. Dovoning-street. sir Mr. Hfnry who will have the honor ot delivering this letter in the gentleman who addrrtTed to me the maiorinl (a copy ot which 1 herewith trafifmit) and t$ whom the accompanying letter to mr. Peel was written bv my direction. In compliance with his requeft, I new tulril the aiTurance which I have given ol Rating to you my opinion of the ability and odgment with which mr Henry has ntanililted on the occalions mentioned in his memori il, and of the benrfit the public fervice j might derive from his aclive emolovment in i any (ituatinn in which you mould think proper to place him 1 am. tir, your molt obedient humble ftrvant.

(Signed) I IVERPOOL. To sir G. Provvst, Bart, tfe, ( To be continued. J

prom the Xational Intelligencer. The public attention has been drawn to the approachir arrival of the Hornet, ;o the period when ur government would tAe a deciCtC character, or ra her their final call We are amon thofe who have attachrd to this event a high desire of importance

, and hive therefore looked to it With the ut-

' HK)H ioIm itude. But if the reports which wc now hear

are true, that with England all hope of accommodation is at an end, nd that with France our negotiations are in a torwardnels encouraging expectations of a favorable refult, where is the motive for longer deldy ? The final ttep ought to be taken ; and that ftep is war. By what courte of meatures we have reached the prefent crifis, is not now a queftion for freemen and patriots to difcufs. It exills ; and it is by open atid manly war only that we can get through it with honor and advantage to the coun try. Our wrongs have been great ; our ca'ufe is juft ; and it we are decided ai d firm, iuc.cets is inevitable. Let war therefore be forthwith proclaim ed againft England. With her there can be no motive for delay. Any further dd' cutlion, any new attempt at negotiation, would be as trui'.lefs as it would he diOton orable. With France we (hall ftill be at liberty to purlue the courfc which circum ftantes may require. The advance fhe has alieady mde by the rrpeal of her decrre ; the maimer of its reception by our govern ment, and the profpec which exiftsof an amicable accommouation, entitle her to this pretermce. If fhr ai quits herfrlf to thtjuft claims of the U States, we (hall h.ie good caufV to ipplud our conducfl in it, Sc it fhe fails we thall always be in time to place her on the grounds of her adverfary.

And on th -t ground, in that event, it is ho ped fhe will be placed. But it is fid that we are not prepared foi war, and ought therefore not to declare it This is an idle objrftion, which can have weight with the timid 8c pulilanimous only . The taC is otherwife. Our preparations aradtquate to every eHential oi j el. Do we apprehend danger toourfelves? From what quarter will it atTail us ? From England, Si by inv-tion ? The idea is too abfurd to me rit a moment's confider.ition. Where are her troops ? but lately, ftie dreddf-d an in vation ot her own dominions, trom her pow ertul and menacing neighbor. That din

ger. it is true, has di mini (lied, but it h is not entirely, and forever disappeared A gal lant effort, w hich call forth the whole energies of the nation, has put it at a diftance, but ftill it is one. of thofe fparks w hich peep above the horizon, and excite alarm evm in thofe leaft liable to it. The war in the pe ninfula, which iingers, requires ftrong ar mies to tupport it. She maintains an arm) in Sicily ; another in India ; and a ftrom force in Ireland, and along her own coaft. and in the Weft Indies. Can any one be lieve, that undei fuch circ urr fiances, th Britifh government could be to infatuated or rather mad, as to fend troops here for invafion ? The experience and the fortune ol our revolution, w hen we were comparatively in an infant ftate, have doubtlrls tauph' her an utelul lelTon which cannot h ive heei: forgotten. Since that period our popula tion has increafed thiee-fo!d, whillt her's li-is remained almolt ftationary. The con dico;i of the civilized world, too, has chan td. Although G. Britain has nothing to tear, as to her independence, and her noli tary operations are BXtenfive and diltant, thr conteft is evidently maintained by hrr r.ith er for fafiety than conqueft. Have we caufr to dreid an atcack trom her neighboring provinces ? That apprchenlioli is Itill more groundlets. Seven or eight millions of people have nothing to dread from 300 000 From the moment that war is declared, the Britifh colonies will be put on the defen five, and toon alter we get in motion, mult fink under the preflune. Little pre datory excuriions on our frontiers will not be encouraged by thofe who know that we c n retort them ten-fold, and trjifue ant! puni fli the ant bora, retire where thty may. it they remain in this hemdphere. Nor i -my ferioui danger to he apprehended from her lavage allirs. Our frontiers mav he eafily proteclrd againlt thm. The coloni -il governments, awre of our foperiority, lid ot the certainty of their funjugation in cafe of war. will fed thnr relponfibilitv fiir the conduit of the Indian tribes, and keep them in order. Bu: fhould the war lately terminated he renewed, the Uruglc will he lhort. Numberhfa expeditions m m ditTVrmt quarters may be 1-d forth aainlt thrm. A tingle Campaign would drive thctr nnforfunate people into the mofi diftant and dc!rt wilds. But our codt and feapnrt towns are ex polrd and may be annoyed. Even this dan r which exilh in a cert. in drgree, has oeen muc li ex gerted. No lani force can e brnuht to bear againft them, becaule G. Britain has nor e to fpre for focfa a fcricc ; and without aland furccno reat

impreflion can be mnde. Ships of war cannot approach near the coalt, except at the entrance of great bys and rivers. 1 hr y cannot annoy the fea CO all generally by their cannon ; and if detachments of marines fhould be tent on thore, tin y may be repelled hy the militia wheie they land. It is, however, unuful for mcuitions to be made on lai d, from fhips of v r by tailors or marines. The taw of nations forbidss and humanity revolts, at he idea of a mere wanton detoluion ; and in that l'ht onlv c an fuch incuiuons be viewed. In the pre tent war between G. Britain and Fiance, which has been profec tiled with fo much violence and aniinofity, no t xample ot this kind, on eitlier tile, is recollecftt a. Incur rr-volutionary wr, in which the ol j- ct ot G. Britain w-s conqueit. no great ii jury was iultained in this mode. Some of our tow it is admitted, m-y te expoled to danger from mips of wr. but with fat table piecautioni it will foon vanifha No finp of ar can (laod long b-fue a goo,d battery well manned and well (applied with heavy artillery, An atta k by fhips of war only, on any of our towns, could have no o? j-ct but thrft of diftremng the inhabitants ; and it thofe towns are put in fuch a Hate of defence, as to enible them to reprl the attack, as all of them are, or foon may be, it is not probable tint the experiment would be made, or rf once mde, that it would be repeated. '1 'he importance of the protection of our feapnrt towns is f nfibly felt. It is a fuhj i which claims the particular attention ot the government, and that attention has doubtlefs been already bettowed on it. The great qutllionon which the United Statrs have to d cide, i?, whether thty Will rclii qriilh the ground which they now hold or maintain it with the Brmnefs and vigrr becoming freemen. That the fenfc ot the nation tavors the latter couifr,is provrd I y a feri'-s ol important &c folemn facts, which fpeatc a langU gr riot to be mifunderftooda From the S It attack hy G. Bi'.t iin on our neutral rights in 1805, to the prefent dy, thele tads have been multiplied, yearly, by the ads of congrefk, by the proceedings of the ftate legislatures, 8c by the voice of the prop! Let not the repre fentatives of the peopl , therefore, in either branch of the government, difappoint their realonable wifh-3 and rxpecltions I he pretentions of G. Britain, n iirjuflly ret up, and pertinaciouHy maintained, by her orders in council, not to enumernte o ther wrongs, particularly thr imprednicnt of our feamen, arrogate to her thr- complete dominion ot the fea, and the exclufion ot rvery fl g from it, which does not fiil under her livenle, and on the conditions Which fhe impedes. The prefer. fions Intolve no loc al intereft, nor are they of n tranfienC oature. In their operation thy viol.'te the rights, and wound deeply the be-ft ir,terelts, of the whole American people If we yield to thrm, in this inftance. the taufo may be cot lidered r.s abandoned. Future attempts to retaliate the wrongs of foreign powers, and to vindicate our moft fsred rights, will be in vain. The fuKp.t muff be difmifiVd from the debares of congrcls, and from our diplomatic ciifi uflio:. An aliulion to it will excite Contempt a

broad, and mortifi, ation and flume at. home. Should any of ourvelTrls be here after fehted and condemned, however unjuiily, -Hid that all will he ft izd and condemned, m ly be confitlently expected, w: mult le iilent, or heard by foreign powers in the humble language of petition only.

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ALEXANDER LUCKXER HrVSeftablifhed his refidence in Carlrfton, in the oiity i( Clark and Territory of Indiana, and aiM practice law in the Courts of (lark County, Hrrif)n and J flferfon Alfo in t:e Gener.il C urt a Vincennes. All hufnufs with which hs may be intruded wirl will he attended to with punctuality AH letters ciirrclrd to him on buline!, mult oe pofl paid, otherwife they will not be taken out of the office.

NOTICE. I INTEND m-kmg apj iicstion to the next term of the C wrt of Common Pleas Knox county, Indiana Territory, for leave to ellabhfh a Ferry on the Ohio, three cn rrters of a mile above the mouth of PidgeoiT, from my land on ti:e territuiy f:dc tc th.e oppotitc (bore Hugh M'Ganj. April, :r, 13U