Western Sun, Volume 4, Number 32, Vincennes, Knox County, 14 July 1812 — Page 2

have bttn trtnfmUttd to ni pure and unful Ufd ; to I ill our tytl down the efl of t me, ami he irlvl at the opening profpeH at on. thildreni children , to rteaajitulett foiwi i the m. n !fo.niiirtU tttntl Which have crd mii Itrps as a nation, and to MM t, und thr Rowing tol, and he happy aWhile is the occahon of alT-mbling ourfelvrs together on this tCtflU atgh In a theme I- r implicate an. I bir with iHufKation- xv hen fo many VlCCeulve Uenes rronci up tl the mind which have been ft forth with all thtir tXUflltttltfct by an lllttf IriMI trim of Amrnniv, I am forced to dhfpaif of faying an) tl ing to the purpofe tht hs not Oern fa id before, and exthnm ftith thr I til in the Kvingelill M What are lh I mall lo-vrs fi-hrs anonr fo many." Surety my fellow foldiera.. thofe bladings CouGutred in the n'dlnci. & brought home to our feriottS conlivleration, cannot fail to call 11001 lM hearts to make room for much pr.it'"nd- to him who unrts the tlorm and ms the f tr of war. And while we pour oir copious ligations to the memory of the i 1 iment of his vengeance againfl our foes we dull have li'tle ueetl to complain, our taming too late to have followed them to the t nted Held, tot! in fuch a Caufe none I ft is the glory of him who fall I by thr II me of the trape, tii in by the engine 01 war "hat we may c wilder the invaluable adv -intakes actroor to us a they exiit, let is ini the hi uv of L.urope call the eve of nor minds Prom 'lie pillars of Herculus to the dtfarts ol Iceland, what a picture of inglorious wu i pre!Vntv d . he prominent 'n-iMi? vwliii h ic t!ir r v ii i.iir nil liithrrfit

' . ' ' V. 1 1 , . V r. W.I ,11 WWW WW ue individual to an rmr rrue never befate Attained by mortal, while not a 1 1 ule appears, hut what is touched with blow tangenial with our own, nor a cabel but is the niant ot fore diftrefe, from the widowd (Bother to thr a-;, d tuber, the Comfortlefs rvmnh. and difponding orphan The Brit ifh Court HI re than ordinarily torropt the Butt and North edmiuiftratton had already lead thr weak head that wore the ct o wis to enforce a p"ople already a. w ke to thr charrjtl ftf liberty, to arquirfce in theii aoprt ili e and rellri&iire meafuree winch only tended lo hind them fafter in the chain; hi iliveiy. But to thr untaded honor of thr American name be it fpoken how were all their COtrcWe mcafures bight r tl it would have been happy for that nation lu J they liftcned to the overtures of their American brethren already had Pitts v iming voite l-kr pr- of nine-fold thun der founded the defttny of ihe nation, more than once did he apprife that corrupt miniRtytnat th.e lofsof the Amerit n colonies would be like the fevereme of the iitht arm from the body that the beightefl liar t!:r Kin,; m ort would on tht event be plucked i o n hi crown. Butt ears they had but heard not eves they had but favi not they h d fi l to corruption, thou' art my filler lor heaven had delttned Americans to he free therefore in the ftory of revolutions and memot ihle events in this d.v$ declaration recorded, and thro' the weak and imbecile meafures of that corrupt cabal, i'lU has Warned and Fix fpoken in vain. In tracing tlie progrefs of Ihil our nation ft m It -r birth to the prctent time, many iu.prtant confid.rratmns prefs upon the gnind the principles which bound us together under the confederation, the ditadvan ta.;es we labored under during the arduous CMii: I u oui i d :.c:nd;-r.ce, had united, ind a it were cemented us in an indiUulai bic band the continental powera ol Europe rympathited with, and weie willing to eu tend a helping had towards ua corruption nas unknown, meafures weie planned in wifdom, and executed with prudence and difpatch thoft who lommanded prudence conneded will) valor m their feats mercy with jullice in their corteftions fuOordi' ratts were happy in obeying beaaufe they poflefled confidence in their fopCriors iy aflured that each meafurt it uifatcd for their own Rood, and what wa the hap

pi-it boon, that they were ttuigg mg tor M berty. Happy for u and our children my fellow foldiera tl at fuch a fpirit diffufed itfelf, and pervaded the hrr ill of each Ameri. can. At the ce(Ttion of arms whrn the proud i e wis forced to arquiefee in this jav's drcliration to put their hands upon their mouths, and th ii mouths into the dull, (white they p ocliimed to rurrwnnding nati ons tbst their Colonies were tier and indeptftdent Itites. I lay at that period how weUaaar were the (hadei of retirement to many of our warworn veterans, with what ov can w. behold a VValhington receiving the welcome plaudit of ' well done tl:ou'

I good snJ faithful fcivant' fro'i the undivi-

ded voire ut his couutr v men. Many a tear Hole froiB all thtir Iticanurir eyes when the lather of his country at New Voik, took leave ot the aoogtefl to return to the lur-d Icrne Of donulhc CojayfUaOt at that enfis likewue the fame fpirit ftcmed to pervade the natioUi tiie ulcus of the cabinet were a. gaifl Called into action, to iay the foundation Hon ot our national bacia. A conftitution was framed Which does no lefs honor to its KfOmtfa than to a people who were capable Ol making lo good and excellent a choice. Wadin.gton was a un called to the cabinet, aMd a RtttORI voice under the ConOitUtion pi n.ounved him theii chief mr, id i ate. His idminiftration with fome (light exefpHons was a whole fome on lie was fuc ceeded ny John Adams, f man i t tranfcen dtnt talents, but ht united duplicity, a uar. rownefl of thinking, and much learning to ancient fuperliition But I am led to ohferve bad he been left to thedidates of his own underflanding his adminidration would hive been left exceptionable Thomas Jrf (trfon1! acceffion to the prefidential chair icemed to promife a new a:ra lie was a man to fajf the lead of more enlarged conceptions, I (bunde? politician, and of more lihr. ral learning than his predeteffor lliivniy I lh-wing a train of mralures more conge niil with the feelings of the nation, he foon gained the Confidence ot the people in I

I more eminent degree than his inndiate pre-

tlrcelTvr had doiu in t C at his lecond eleAion we find but 14 dtcentents among the agregate of Ins elrtJlots but he has fuflTettd the fate of other great St c;nod men, clamort arc railed againO him a diametri t .d oppofition to meafures hy a certain clafs of men merely becaufe they w-re not of their own choofinga James Maditon next a 'Vends to the futnmit of power of the nation, his ex officio vigilance demands our UtmoO prai(e and Confidence, he has taken all th.e necelTary dignified a!)d prepiritory mralures to meet the impending ilorm that hans with fable hue lulpended o'te and threatening the peace of this Ihiclly neutral land he UfgCS the adoption ot energetic and decifive Heps by the cabinet he has railed a 11 union to defend the rights I d privileges of this our intuited and irjured country who has afcended the ram-

parts of his country, and lounded the toxon of alarm to exufcitate the patriotic partii..n - of our Madifon, tor the aciurfed and hot rid yells of the furiOUS Indians, which h ve llitn k many a brave heart eghaft, have

and (till continue to be heard in this our once peaceful and happy land they have drown 'd the voice of l)avi, OsVen aTul Bain, they are with us no more in perton although their bodie s have been fee roily inteued ilthough they have been welcomed as it were to the unpolilhed tomb, Sc therf, numbered with the (ilent dead ye:, to their never fading glory be it fpoken, that their memorv lives, and cannot tade away, Spencer, Warrick and Berry oh my countrymen, we lament your lots how ott hie we witneffed the tear of humanity 0 reaming down the furrowed cheek, like drops of rain gently dtfeending from the placid nra ven s but the recording angle hovenng louiul the held, law thy meritorious feats, and have gently itrewed your laurels to the four corners ot the earth. Randolph, Maris . nd Somerville, we ate let to extol thy virtues, and calt a veil o're your foibles if any there were iltbougfl your foul have been w.itted to that re.dm trom wh fe bourn no traveller returns, yet we rejoice that von dird the death ot the brave, ant. that your lafl end was like tl at of a foldier Harrtfon again claims our attention -ol my fellow foldiera how happy am 1 in en deavoring though tamtly, to imprels upon your minds the glnry ot to honoi'd a name the poet has fang m drains as fweet as aneels ufe the eminence of his name, the excellence of Ins character anO the glory of his triumph on the day when that molt illuftrious perfonage was called to command our wek forCea a combination ot men who had tut learned the art of w ar, but under fo glorioUl a le. tier they went forth conquering and to conquer they already had happily diftinguilhed between taught Oaves and untaught firemen they founded the trump of fame at Tippecanoe, the hero (rood forth undaunted in the throng, he led them on to certain ti&ory Though Davis had already expired, and loon had Ow ens fell, vet it was relerved for Harrifou to bumble their lavage foea Hid put them all to n:;;ht We Weep o'er their facied dufl .we mourn at the irreparable lof , but We tejoicc that the vatjur ci Waflitngtoa is

yrtditTnfed amon U3. The circun.nmcr; inleperably connefed,- the laurels dearly won, tke valor there dd'plaved, on tht eventiul mom that is pan ou have before you my fellow foldiers. I only mention them as conneiVd with this day's loi) becauTe while we remember the ajlocieaol Davis, Warrick and Bain, we (hall be led more cleatly to appreciate the kit ffings of thi j happy d-y. Let us then my fellow foldiera baie in miod the happy acquiQtiooaoi that memorable morn, while krathered around the fettive hoard, we will not forget 10 be independent and glad a review 01 what the deputed WOlthiei of our country have purchafed for us, will awaken us to an active emulation ot their gloty we are their Ions we cannot part with what tin fo dearly bought with the price of then precious blood, but at the CXpcnCC ot all that is near and dear to us we will he happy in their triumph, and he gld in the antisc ipation, of the best of consequences

I . I IK aulpicious jc, Ih:tl Columbia

TOASTS.

day we celebrate

2. General Gv-ore Wafliington, the father of Ins country, and the departed Page a ot America ih hough they are numbered with the (ile ut dead, yet ate their laurels living and fully let before u prare be un

to their immortal louls, Rvhn ( estie 3. The remaining revolutionary patriots their virtuts have been maniblted, con frequently nred no emblafor peace, happi nets 5c tranquil ty attend then hoary locks. Washington1 march, 4. The political pillar! of the nation long may they continue to be unfhaken by the hind ot tyranny and opprtllion. low k Doi die 3. Thomas Jeffcrlon laurelled he re Uiuis from public life to the rural frenes of dome (lie enjoyment happineis attend him theie JtjJ'erson's ntOf cA 6. J unes M adifon (! icily pm filing' a train of niratuies Congenial with thr wit!;: of the people, he is therefore rivited in thr affections ol the nation m.iv hia approach ing election be crowned with fuccefa. Pre floVnli march, 7. The American CoOgrel , the balm of a republican form of government long may thev continue to preferve our national honor may (tatefm in expound the Conftitution, while clergymen expound the Bible J la 1 1 Columbia B Gen. James Wilkmlon, bit (leered thro a mellenoiy of unplealant fcer.es und impotent rindilives hurled at his facred perfon and has arrived life into port uu faded are his laurels and unltained are his virtues the long impending ftorm has at length hiull forth and a gentle calm fucceeds Wilkinson march, 9 Generals Dearborn, Pinkney, Bloom field Polk, Winchefter and Hull high in public confidence may there be a Walking ton humd among them ll'avHt's march. 10 (ienrrals Hampton and Ganfevortr tued and proven by autopfv to be correct difciplinarians, may they alio prove them Pelves armipotents in war. Stony point 1 I. Col. William Ruff II of tin rth rert. U. S. Infty virtuoufly brave, thro' htm the ferocious Indians of the wilds of America, will, ere long again be taught fubmif lion as ife unqueftionably merits, may be loon be pioniotcd.- Troop tn the mom. 12. The American navy in peace not injurious, in war a valuable arquiilon may it foon be augmented Yankee Doodle 13 The departed heroes ol I ippecanor peace he to their facred &sft,-ll'as fit nutans lam r.tat 14. Wilham Henry Harrifon .virtuous in hiswavs olortous in his actions, and u:i- !

paragon 'd in wifdom as lie has n:erjt d,

long may he continue to enjoy the conh

AL EX AN DER BUCKNER HA S eltablilhed his refidence in Charlef. ton. in the County of Clark and Terntory of Indiana, and will practice law in the Courtaof (dark Gounty, Harrifon and Jrfferfon Alio in the Cieneral Court at Vinrennes. All boGnefa with which he may be intruded with, will be attended to with punctuality All letters diredUd to him on bofintfa, mud be pofl paid, other, wife they will not be taken out of the office.

ChriAtan Graeter, Thomas Jones, fen. William, fiaec k George Miner, Luke Decker. Elias M4Namee, Robert M. Evans, John S Charles Boothe, Samuel Moore S. Iv v. Chi iftopher Wyant, Maik 1 rnett, Bihu Stout, John Bradford, Jehu Stork, Abraham V. Snapp, Abraham Holder, and all others to whom I may Hand indebted, t. b HTLBM I , YOU will pleafe to take notice that I (hall apply to ti e next court: of common Pleas for t he county of Knox, for the purpofe of taking the bentfitof the ac for the relief ofperfons imprifoned foe debt. jobn Miller. June 27th, 1812.

MEN OF COURAGE, PA TRIOTISM

AND ENTER PRlZEy

7HO re deiirous of Per v ing their

country in the honorable cana irv

of SOLDI EH S in this, important crifis o our national affairs, art informed that the rubferiber has ellablifiied a recruiting rendesvous at this place where the following liberal encouragement will be givm, viz. . : Li i i i . ..

every stoic ooaiea man, hem the ace ot I

to 4. year3, wtio (hall he ei lifted lor the army of the United State!, for the trrn of five y.ir-3, will be paid a bounty of iixteen .bdl.rs ; and whenever he Riall have f.-rved the term for which he cniihVd, and obtanied an honorable dtfeharge, Hating that he) h-d faithfuNy performed bis duty whdll in fervice, he Ihall be all. wed and paid, in ad. ditioh to the aforefaid buntv, three months) pay, and one hundred and fixtv acres of land ; and in cai'r hr mould be killed in action, or die in the fervice his heirs and representatives will be entitled to the fa id three months pay, and one hundred and fi;cty acres of land, to be debVnated, fnrveyed and laid riT, at the public expenfe. In addition to th.e foregoing every foldier will annually receive one hat, cockade Sc eagle, our coat, one veil, two pair of woollen and two pair of Itnnen overalls, four Hurts, four pair of flioes, two pair of lockc, two pair of floe kings, one blanket and i knapfack together with daily rations and Irec quarters. ROBERT BUNTIN, Lu U, S, lftj Hecruitinp rendesvoos VinceUnes June 3 18 1 2. N B Wanted to hire a frod Drummer and Filer, to eat Ii of whom ten dollars per month will be given. R. BUNTIN, Lt. NOTICE. Si RAYED from m. Ramfiy's fnrm about (is weeks pall, a dark chefnut lorrel mare and horfe colt, the mare leveii years old Ufl fpring, Hie is well let and handfome no marks or brands rer olleSed. Alio a light forrel mare, three years old, a (lar in her forehead, not branded or docked, thou r,h iicr tail has been a little cut, a reafonable reward will be paid to any perIon who v, ill deliver fa id creatures to Henry

Woodhoufc at mr. Ram fey 's or give fuch

deuce of the nation. Successful campaign j information that they may beot agaio

Francis IVoodhouse. June 17 th, 18 12.

15 Our imprefled leamen Americanaj

tender your (incere condolence lcr our op-

prelled countrymen, may they fcon e'cr.pe j

the jaws Ol the Rntilh LlOU, and flock to the llandard of thtir country.- Guilderoy 16- War with ai! its C MtCOtnitantS in preference to an inglorious peace. Jefferson aud Liberty. . Commodore Rodger-:, a defender of national honor the foni of Madifon (hall wreath the laurel on hi brou may tiue Americans learn to prfciate eminent merits. Handle Clarint t.

BLANKS

OF ALL KINDS It gAT LI ANT ACCURATELY PPlNyfD A X T HIS U F F 1 C L.

THOMAS MARTIN, RESPEC1 FULLY informs his friends and the putlic in general that he has commenced ths Hatting Business on M;dn iWcet, oppofite to maj Wilfon La wa where he w,l! keen conft.milv oir hand a large fupply of all kinds ot hats. CASH will be given for lambs wool or lecond fhcariog at his (hop.

BLANK DEEDS. For sale -t the office of the W. Snu.