Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 9, Number 39, Vincennes, Knox County, 29 August 1818 — Page 2

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it must be at sone hundred miles distance) that there is something very reproachful in the term federalist and above all, that it is only a fkction that oppose his idol. I will just remark that in the trut ene of the term, the appellation of federalist, is not only honorable, but such as every republican merits or it not, the constitution of the U. States is a misnomer, a; :l mr Jefferson very much in the wrong. Will this Heguhu pi.xe himself in upposb'on to such authority ? It is the tAuue of that name that is odius, as every thing else is odius, when prostituted to bad or evil purposes The term democrat is one of the same patriotic import ; they are both founded on the natutv of our form of government i and if ever the appellation of democrat be prostituted to the purposes of fjction to the tyranny of office-holder to the usurpation of the rights of the people by the establishment of hireling; presses it is as detestable a a federalist even of the Hartford convention" It imp Every true democrat is a federalist in the proper acceptation of the Vord. For the man who is not friendly to the federative system, the union f thf states, must be an enemy to republican liberty and to this conntry. I k.iow that as a part term k ralist" was in the lays of old John Adams much abused, and so it has been since in them days however, it associated itself with th( spirit of yi'.ulcrcnc( and firoscrifi'i c?; fiersecUiion which precisely char H: rc ;-e the present supporters of Jonathan Jennings and his Centinel. . ctthe beopie say wherein do they diff rf Mr. Adams's party warned to rule the pe: le according to their own wii! and pi' iure in a manner subversive of our tights ind freedom and ts not this the Case with Jennings St his upholders now? Mr. Adams's party would not permit ft fret ettizen to think or act indepenoent y wit hout being ahust d or ftroscrib d and is not this the case with Jennings ond his upholders now ?

Mr. damss party wanted to continue themselves in power by the most tyrumca! acts they denounced every man v tether he called himself federalist or democrat, who differed from them, as enemies of the country' and they ir-urd for years the most intqUttOUS practices, to destroy the freedom a" the fret and is not this the case with Jen IlingS and his upholders now ? In fact, the conduct of the two factions is so correspondent in many tilings, that it would almost seem they were the saine men. One thing we know and can establish 1. Jennings called himself i federalist after them days ami must a tn;m now belong to a 4 federal faction" because he condemns the illegal and improper conduct of this same Jonathan? It i is same mr Jennings sets the constitution and laws of the state at defiance, must a man belong to a "fedeial faction" when he says so f Th re has been ages of gold of silver ami of bran if we live in any of those ages now. each m&n can determine for himself one thine: must be universally Acknowledged, that since the glorious declaration of Independence America has been the temple of liberty for the Oppressed of all nations Wi.ilst the sat red fires of that temple are extii wuishing in other countries, here they aie itill Kept alive. But if a fatal reverse is ever to happen if servility , adulation, tycophancj .md servitude cat) ever overCome us by the influence of hireling presses -if rational liberty be forced to retire before such anti-republican pro feedings our citizens, the citizens of the uist. will, 1 hope, have and merit, the mournful honor of shewing her last, her parting steps I have now, I think, cleared the way for a fair elucidation. Doct. Mc.Nanice, the wise and learned editor of the Centinel, whom Reguius declares to be freculkirly adapted to that station' declared that M the law of Congress - vf:resly and exclusively appropriates the monev arising from the

by refcring to it) and that the measures to be adopted to carry it into effect arc a distinct duty from that which regards the borough, exclusively that a trifle out of the proceeds of the commons, had better be applied to the benefit of the borough, as Compensation to its guardians, and thereby secure attention to the law and to the numerous duties it imposes which are arduous and difficult, than suffer the matter to sleep and eventually see the pond not half drained. In addition, to shew to my fellow citizens the sinister designs of that wouid-be-editor, woo had Stated in his prospectus that the Centinel would warn the people uof every certrin appearance of danger1 I pointed out a number of such af;fi'aranc he had not wen glanced at amongst which Were, the illegal and unconstitutional conduct of Gov. Jennings, the improper conduct of the bank regulating its general deposits to the description of paper receiv able in the land office, and u fusing even that of its own branches. I might have added much mote upon that head I might particularly, have directed his attention to the well known destruction pj timber upon the land of the public ; a destruction of the fieofile ftrofierty that would in time, be worth more than the whole of the commons. Hut as i have stated, I only noticed these matters incidentally, to shew his presumption fit unfounded pretensions. Thus til matter rested when in the last weeks Centinel Reguius appeared ; and as when a house be swept the more occasion there is for such a work, the more dut it will cause ; so he, covered with the dust that had been raised, assumes a character of elevated dignity,

fcred, that because the act ol congress

does not specifically appropriate pay, u that this proceeding ol the trustees is not justifiable upon law " Does that writer not know that territorial governments only authorised by an actot congress, to pei form certain services without any notice of pay, have invuby &c ncc ss icily, made appropriationWerMht purpose ? Has all such conduct thereto fore been wrong and illegal, and dares Regulus broach the doctrine at this day, that the legislature of the territory N. V. of the Ohio, was actuated by "private interest,' to trample the law of con gicss which created them ? This doctrine may for the present, suit him and his editor but the people know better they know from woeful experience of that same editor, that it is in vain to set rules for the attention and guidance of mankind, if we have it not in our power to reward the compliance with, and punish the deviations from them. They know that there is nothing in jurispru dence more certain that when a general authority is granted, to a board of trustees tor instance, to do, superintend, or direct a certain business, no others can obtain legal right to obtrue themselves

into that trust out such as ara uuiy

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Kegulus not only asserts that guage of 'turning's Centinal M H

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jv merited, out has the sname-ioas

frontery to declare, that 4 the trustees themsi tvt ?i have pleaded guilty, Cor after those very animadversions they adopted a resolution appropriating the per oieni, to the treasury of the Borough." Thi is altogethi r incorrect and Untrue The trustees have neither felt nor acknow-

iv jw.7. mm w v i u , vi uj vuv WIN IRM Reguius has not deigned to say. 1 y did he not refer the conduct of our state bank to that pursued by other state institutions ? The banks of Kentucky and N. Carolina have never Lien known to refuse their own bianch paper such regulations as exist here, aie in similar institutions 1 am Well assured, entirely unprecedented ; and v nether so or not, t ..a only tend at this time to add to the general distress. Regulua alludes very often to the 4th of Jury, and with the utmost disiespe ct, he makes assertions totally unfounded. Let him hereafter charge his course, or hide his diminished head ; if for no other reason, tor being obliged to take shame to himself so often. Let 1 im reflect upon the character of the man he is nut attempting to uphold, and the foundation upon which their tabernacle stands feu may tl en see that this community will not tolerate truth to be buiied under fulsome heaps of adulation ; hcwilLJicu see that the common interests of sckaSty are not to be sported with, and SA though certain men may find it seHnsT times toMrif account, to prolong dis ses and palliate evils, that they can never succeed in attempting to palliate or prolong evils in the c ause of the people. I will now bid good-bye la Jennmeaa

h4 Centinel, its would-be-editor, and dim

ef- tt rt .stt d advocate, until

requires a notice I never wish te take. BRUTUS.

To the Editors of the Indianc Cenrir.c and th irfai fr, r 1 Rtci Li s."

YOU have been pleased, in your at

and magesterially dogmatises in momen Kedged the infamous guilt attributed to tack upon Brutus,' to take notice otthe

tary importance ostensibly to abuse the them; nor were the base animadversi

W. Sun. support the Centinel, and its otis of the Centinel detainer, pubiisl ed

until more than a week atter the resolution was before the board. After this, I might say nothing more to mr R gulus ; but 1 cannot refrain when 1 look and discdver such intimations as the following 1 telling the members to their duty, by scattering the dollars of the public." My fellow citizens who know tbe men they elected, 8c must now l ave a pretty full view of the whole matter, Surely Wljl laugh to scorn such trash it only shews the impotent spleen of a certain little editor, who has long lain under the extrenaejf poverty and con-t-mpt, and who addeJkAthr latte-, and c uld not 1( ssen the rcBeT, while he vns a memb' r of the iiovdfcn- happy man

who seeks his private er posing the public good.

more in reply to what has been allcdged

against the !M)aid rpme unnecessary I will close my remarks upon that head

by asking the Centinel, or its very cor-

editors and lessen the effect produced by

my forim piece. He commences most correctlv, but immediately after; begins to inveigh against you Air. Stout, for your independence and well known impartiality, he states that the citizens ot Vincennes and of the west, invited a press that would be congenial to their ! elings! and M the office of the Centinel as established !' Is this truth or is it fiction ? were there more than two or roe men apprised of the approach of this Centinel, when Do t Mc.Namee attempted to secure Mr. Ha'l as Mr. Je -nings's eilitor ? can that press be congenia to the people, which charges respectable citizens with the most rank offences ; and sets the interest and character of the country aside, to shield and palliate the errors and offences of its half owner, and his party? Butfiom. what I have already said, 'tis unnecessary to add any thing upon th.t point the

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people can now estimate them and their rect advocate, Reguius,

Centinel. 1st. Whether the trusters are or are Reguius labours to support the editoi hot, responsible to congress for their of the Centinel, in his daring and base proceedings, under the law authorizing strictures upon the Trustees ; he says the sale of the commons ? that the ordinance tor compensating and 2d. Whether the doctrine o! the Cmcompelling the attendance of members tine! would not pervert to the contmurichly merited the animadversions it ance and sunoort of grievances, the verw

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means that were granted by the general

government to redress them r

3d. Can the language of the Centinel 'tis one they shall always k cry in

receiv ed from the Centinel" vet strange inconsistency I in a very few sentences' after the bulk of words by which he eonfuses himself into that declaration he himself, falsifies the would-be-trustee1 a construction ot the law upon which the animadversions were founded!! The ( entinel editor had insisted that the money of the commons was " expressly and exclusively appropriated to the draining of the pond" Reguius after applauding w hat had been said, and of course that construction amongst the rest, says that the trustees arc " authorised to employ

with the money produced by the sale, la- discounts but if his ignorance were not bourers, mechanics, and oth'r persons wilful, be would have known better I whoge operations would he neceary"- never asked a loan of the bank Sc both now if the money be exclusively appro- my opinions and circumstances must priated to draining how came thetrus- change very materially, if I ever do. tees authorised to pay for anything else ? The vituperation of the Centinel aBut I'll leave them to reconcile their in- gainst the U. tatcs bank caused V to

consistencies in any way the) please; well notice the conduct of the bank ar

knowing that my fellow citizens are not place in the first instance and it is s

to be imposed on by such means or such what strange to find them take she)

celebration of the 4th of July last, the an

niversary ot American Independences and have said, that it was staitcei by a few designing men for the purpose of giuiifying their malignity and recruiting a foi lorn hope. To this charge the committee of arrangements, wit out fear or hesitation, gie the lie. Who could they have felt malignity towards ? Not Reguius.' nor the would-be trumpeters ol Reguius' fr.mc, had he any ; not ice Centinel for Mr. Dillworth, w ho was then the editor, dined with us, and war. of the company who proposed the celebration. Where was our danger, and why do you, Reguius. speak of w for lorn h'.pe i i erhaps you belong to that corps, and may be their leader. Those who were present on the day the subject was mentioned by one ot the committee, h d nothing to fear from the Centinel ; feb nor from all the force and power ol Executive sycophants. Where was the design of the companf

who proposed the celebration ol that sa

cred day to every tiue American's ho

som ? II, Reguius it he criminal to call to the recoHection of th people, that glorious day, and the memory of our loicfatuers,w ho at the sacrifice of their bk d, achieved our independence now the boast and admiration of the world ; may the committee and every individual who was present when th- subject was men-

iioncu, always participate m that crune;

on this, and almost every other subject, have any other effect th;m to excite universal derision or nourish sentiments

of personal hostility, and party raifco disgraceful to our citizen, our insu

tions am. our country ?

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better, where mr. J. iscv.? known ?

Now for the conduct of the bank, the next subject in course. Uegulus says

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w i iters, l he present trustees oi the bo rough neither ask, nor accept, of any com-

sale of the commons, to the draining of pensation for the services they render to

the pond" and that the present board of trustees are u blinded by persona) interest" to act" repugnant to the letter and fjftirii both of the- charter, and the law of congress "Here is a distinct and attroc ns charge ; made by a man. who had himself, acted in the most shameful and disgraceful manner ; it is a charge that amounts to neither less nor more than, wilful ftsrjury ! for if the trustees could be blinded by " personal interest" to do nything illegal, they must falsify a solemn oath. Indignant at such outrageous defamation. 1 come forward and demonstrated bv his own acts, or rather by a reference to them, what and who, this Doct Mc.Namee is, and what he mat When a member of the boat d I corrected his erroneous construction of the law -demonstrated that the pow ci confer! Wti

their fellow -citizens, in the capacity of trustees acting for them exclusively"-

under a regulation of the bank their w ise director had condemned ! But is the shelter of any avail ? The U. S. bank has branches in almost every state in the U. States ; and because she will net

But being authorised by Congress to per- subject herself to calls on their account,

form a laborious business, in the comple

tion of which the genera! government Sc the county af Knox, are particularly in terested the first from the quantity of w aste land the effectual draining of the pond into White river will redeem, the last from the encrease of population anel good land, this redemption will give I cannot believe there is one intelligent Upright citizen unaffected by anv extrinsic v iew s, who can object to the borough deriving that benefit from the serv ices of its guardians, which the time and labour they most devote to the business, "richly merit. Reguius evinces a wretched and depioiable ignorance in regard to dtlegw

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when exchange which is alone regulat

ed by the trade of the country, may in the different states be at five per cent

Variation, is that any reason to juajifi i ,.r .1,:. i'.,i. L iev

eeiiieiuee i mis iauiv, nose UanC

are all in this state, where no dircja on paper of the same institution cart?os-

sibly exist, in home regulations ? The U States cannot regulate the difference of exchange or the demand for her p.tper, in and betwixt the different states; this Can only be done by the trade and manufactures of the country, when no fictitious causes operate 1 here is no ground of resemblance therefore in instancing thr mot ner bank of tie t' I

Philadelphia, to juufy the cul4uu ui J'rn9n Cunning kMBU

there w ere at least forty ol ol the most

respectable mechanics and yeoman 17 of oui county present when tb celebration of ti e day was proposed, and not a dis-

entmg voice was heaic' ; and with that

mpam, (who baa been called 44 a few I w. . -

signing men, uy you, Keeinus 1 the

Governor had that day chad by the invitation of the person w ho proposed the Celebration ; where tie Governor had friends around him, tlio not sVcoohants As for the charge made by you, Reguius, of th want ol common ftoHtenes, ve pass it by. only saying, that those who partook of the day, (;n honor of it) were plain, honest, patrtotic men, who never stoop to those in power, nor make a burning altar of their principles, to worship a heap of gold Let the world judge of the 4 ceuesM by viewing the man who presided on that day, and learn his character from a C lark, a Knox, and other s, high in office in the U. States Col. F. Vigo, who here stands free from party faction, if any thcie be. 4 Reguius you live in a glass-house be cautious how you throw stones at those who do not intern re with the ',i.a rel betw ci n you and Brutus or at IfcosP J who disregard you and v. l.en you agairr trespass upon the readers of the C entinel, tell them truth ! As for you, Messrs Editors "asvou bake fOOT bread, so ou mav turn it"therefore you may take the li s of Reg UluSy and tell your readcis you are arry f,r thrm. If yoil hav 1 not n.airnarunutjr to do thi why for aught we care. yo fcc rour Hrfrulus mav do as you please. Signed by the Committee. CKC Sttfth an, Cenl. W. JoMMStm I). V. Rtckm. SamJ, l.ru:;.irjnm

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