Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 10, Number 40, Vincennes, Knox County, 2 October 1819 — Page 1

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GENERAL ADVERTISES. TRy Stout Sc Osborn VlXCE.YA'ES, (LVD. J SATURDAY OCTOBER 2, 1819. To. 10. Xo. 40j

The following resolutions passed at a numerous and respectable meeting of Ins Majesty's subjects in Smithfield Lug. and, shews tuat the ennobling spark of Democracy , has at length caught in the bosoms cf men who ;avc long laboured under the galling chai is of tyrannical depots. Wc hope that this spark m ly increase) until it consumes the l st effort of expiring royalty J Reolutiona adopted af the Smithfield M eting, I. R solved, therefore, That every person born in Great Britain and Ireland, is, by inherent right Free. '2. That, for the piotcction of the life, the liberty, and the property of every member in a free state, it is expedient and essential t!'at a code of laws should be established, and an executive administration thereol provided. 3. That, as life, libcrtv. ami propererty, are equally dear to even man, waatever may be Ins rank condition or attainment, i follows, of necessity, that every ma i, i.) a free slate is equally entitled to a voice in the corn: ment of sue t laws, and their provisional ad mi '.is; ration. 4 h u to support the just expenses attendant upon a due administration .if the law, fair propoi tioued contributions Irom every member of the community oug t to be equitably laid 5. That, the rights of all being enual, no freeman in fireat Btitai i or Ireiand ought to be taxed ithout ins previous admis ion to a participation ol universal right. 6 riiai this universal right may be exercised in the choice of representatives, to be fainy and freely no nil ated or chosen, bj the voices or votes ol the largest portion oi the members of the slate 8. rherefore. that any taws which may heretofore be enacted, or any taxes widen may be imposed, by the present ; ritish House of ommons, :ht not, in equity, to bo considered bligatDry upon those wl o are unjustly excluded from giving their voices or votes in the choice of Representatives. 9 That from and after the 1st day of January 182 vve cannot, conscientiously, consider ourselves bound in e lity by any future enactment w hich m iy be made by any persons styling thems Ives our representatives, other than those who shah be fully, freely, and fairly chosen by he voices or votes of the largest proportion of the members of the state 10 That, with a view to accelerate the choice of legal and just repres tattves of the whole people wc will cause books to be forthwith opened in the drfFtrent paris es ot this m ;tropolis for the enroll nent of t tie names and residence of every man, of

mature age and sound mind- resident therein, so as to enabie him to give his vote, when legally required so to do. I 1 That an humble address be presented to the Prince Regent, requesting he will be graciously pleased to issue his writs to the sheriffs and other returning officers of the different counties and cities of tin's empire to cause representatives to be chosen agreeably to the foregoing resolutions) and to assemble in Parliament in January next. 12. That it is the riirht of every individual to retain and express his religious opinions, without being answerable to anv human tribunal ; and that it is wicked, intolerant, and unjust, to impose i iil disabilities on account of any difference in religious proft ssion !3. i hat this meeting lras witnessed with the deepest sympathy and regret the sufferings of our fellow countrymen ol Ireland, profi ssing the Catholic faith, w ho. by the unjust arbitrary and cruel lav-s of a self elected Legislature have been long subjected to the severest miseries which one body of men can inflict upon another 14. That the applications for Catholic emancipation, often repeated, and always barbarously refuseu, prove bt -j oi d all doubt, that the only means by which the ' athoiics can hope for l le removal of their disabilities, is by nuiting with the people of England ai d Scotland, and demanding radical reform, which, by restoring t; ail men equal t ights, will secure to our i atholic countrymen the free enjoyment of all they ask. 15. That an address, expressing these our sentiments, be prepared by the committee, signed by the chairman and secretary, and transmitted to the leading members of the Catholic body in Ireland, for toe purpose of general circulation. 16 I hat this meeting hereby solemnly proclaim their sincere desire for an union of all sincere Reformers, and they now offer the hat d ot -ood wid to alt whom the rail of domestic, private, or public affaiis. compel to remain passive well wishers to the c inse of their brother sufferers; and above all to the British soldier that he may not be driven by the fear ( f starvation, the horrors of a lacerated back, or the loss of life by a drumhead courtmartial to deeds in defei ce of t' e system which his soul abl ors 1 7. That this meeting solemnly disclaims the debt impudently caiieu national ; that as ii was contracted by the borough mongers, Wi bout the consent ot th : people, let i! e boroughmong rs pay the principal and interest of the same. IS. That this meeting uncruiivocalIv disclaim any share or participation in the uisgracctui and cowardly acts

of the boron jhmongcrs, in placing the brave Napoleon a pris ,er. to perish upon a desert islam!, shut t ut from human society, and torn from his only son. whilst be is exposed o the brutal insolence of a hired, keeper. Disastrous Intel liirrnre. X iv-0rl( ans Aug. . The late Hurri cane. A dispatch boat has arrived I rem the bay ol .St. Louis, with letters Irom an officer in that place, addressed to commodore Patterson desciibing the loss of the United States' schooner Firebrand) whilst at anchor off the l.ss of (. i istian, on the night of Wednesda) tast, the 28th ult. There were 45 persons on b ard at the time al o? w horn w re supposed to have perished as no intelligence had been obtained ol the safety of any one of them and the dead bodies were driven asloie by the waves. The otliceis on board were 1 ient. Grey Doctor Wardtej and Messrs. Perkins and Adams midshipmen. The schooner '1 honias Shields was also capsized at the bay of St. Louis, and ad ti e hands lost. A 11 the houses in the bay of St LOuis were seriously damaged, and most of them blow n down. t tee Pass, also, only three houses were left stai dine, : no lives, however, were lost at either place. The whole c SSI frOm K Colettes to Vobi.cto which latter place on.y our intelligence reaches, is a sienc of -.isolation, coveted with fragments of vessels and houses, the bodies of human beings, and the carcases ol ca;tie !

We learn, from good authority that the band ot pirates that have so long infested flic lower part of the Mississippi, and the adjacent lakes, have established themselves, to the nun her of fifty, on a piece of land between two small bayous, that empty into Lake i arrataria. 1 hey have put themselves, under the command of the noted Mite l ei, whose lift was long since forf itco to ti e offended laws It is ascertained that they are now engaged in building a boat, doubtless with the intent i n of tcnewing their piracies ; that they have a large fieid under cultivation, in which corn, and other articles of provision are raised in gnat abundance and that they have a plentiful supply of live stock. It is said that ihcj have fortified themselves with something like a breast work, and some cannon of small c;libre. Among the evils inflicted upon us by the late hurricane, it is none of the smallest tl at it frustrated a well planned expedition fitted out against tnese piiatcs by the cemmander ot the naval lorces on this statien. The principal vessel intended for this service (the Fircl rand) was lost when she was en the poini oi sailing, and it is