Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 13, Number 32, Vincennes, Knox County, 7 September 1822 — Page 1
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t WESTEHN SUN & GENERAL ABYEHTISE1? m ii lib BY ELMU STOUT. VINCENNES, (1ND.) SATURDAY, SEPTEMBEIl 7, 18; Vol. 13. No. 32. r
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77J U'ESTEILV SU.V I nj GEXERAL ADVERTISER, IS published every SATuxnAr, at TWO DOLLARS per annum, if par' ir. i advance, or TWO DOLLARS k F1K TV CENTS at the end of the year, fo. j which a note will be required. ! No subscription can be withdrawn until all arrearages are paid. JnrKRfisEMEsrs conspicuously inserted on the usual terms. j
their advertisements thc number ol ames , J . t ' . . t .111 1 11 Irfi L . , . , .1 ..ward on this interesting occasion, is in vntue it wc would be honorable: Avc
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would be happy, let us adhctc to
But supposing us to have been of ihc more fortunate class supposing us to have been the owners of ihe land wc tdl-
bt request I flection : than which there can be no bet 0 RATION I ter prelude to social enjoyment. Delivered on the anniversary of the 4th It has been said that honor is the sup
of July last at the English settlement port of a Monarchy, and virtue of a Re- j ed, what was our title to this laml It w
in Illinois, by Morris Birbeck, Es. public. True honor is, however, msep- ' little more than nominal, because th? p;o
erabie horn virtue. I here is a sort ot ( elucc was at the mercy cf oOuns: The moral hypjcrisy called honor, which at- clergy take their tenth, the poor come tiptempts to supply the place of virtue, 44 U. j on it with an irresistible and ever inci asimitatcs her actions where she is not " , ing demand Govt rnmcnt takes what it
and I may now presume to address you as We will leave this spurious production as ' pleases, that is to say as much as can i.c fellow citizens. an appendage to monarchy; it is of no ( got. These vaiious claims have, at ti is
The opportunity thus offered me by value in a republic we must hav t the time, as I learn From unquestionable au
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Mu Frit rids and Neighbour. C THE period of live years has clafccl since I became an inhabitant of Ameiica
the season ot probation ha cxpiied,
U1, .., I...... f . accordancc xvith my lcelinBB, would wi bout such directions, will be continued . , ,ril,,, r., . t,, ;r, f .1 ir 1 1 however poorly I may be qualitieu lot tlie it wc 1 til lorbul, S must bz paid lor accordingly I ! , . 7 1 1 ouicc asbiLriiCd inc. vutuc.
lAXIhOFFlCE MUXEF, RtXr.IVAnLE AT TERRR IU1TTE Rt reivers Oficc, June U', 1822. THE following kinds of money will received in payment for the Public L.'.mh at this office, viz. Sprcic, Lids of the Bank of the United States and all its Branches, UjT ol' the incorporated and specie paying B uiks in the to vn of B fttn, do. of the incorporated and specie paying Banks in the Cities of New-York, I'iuladelphia and Balimore, (except the Citv Bank of Baltimore.) do. of the District of Columbia, (except the INLmh Ii nts & Franklin Banks oAlcxandria,)
?)f the Faruv.rs and Mechanics Bank at
Madison, Indiana. A Will TLOCK, 11. p. m. (COIIUECTED W EEKLY.) Tcrrc-ilautc, June 1822. 21 tf
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THE ShcirilTof Sullivan County will
five the above reward, for the apprehend
im; of Jv)IlN 1IADDEN, who broke
jail 0:1 the night of fbc 20th of June,
I8i2. He is about o5 years ut age, rive feci 10 inches in height well set, light hair, blue eyes, down look, a wen on one of his wusts, believed to be on his Kit, slow in speech, and much of a sloven in his dres fond ol ardent spirits, and and when intoxicated looses the use of
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1 stand here not as the advocate of It has been the policy of govtinmcntj
freedom, though such I have been lrom to cherish an overweaning fondness for j
my earliest recollection, for, heic, free- the peculiar habits, opinions, and ir.stitudom needs no advocate I stand as the or- tions of their own people, and a contempt gan of oui mutual congratulations on the for those of other nations, tounded, not on absoluic indefeasible enjoyment of tins, their txcclkf.ee, their ti uth, or their wisthe chief ol earthly blessings. The sub- ddm, but meiely on tl cir nationality. ject has such complete possisMMiof my The tciukncy of this has cvtrben to faculties a to 'cave no sp. te for vanity, create antipathies ;mong the members of and but little foi diffidence. What indeed, the great human famih, as banelul in is the orator of this occasion, wl.en view- their effects as they arc frivolous in their cd in connection with the theme ? origin. It has made foes of nations which
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Millions of frccn.cn arc at thWsiirmcnt ought to have been connected by links of
rUKvcry
department ul this great republic, tercel- may be traced a large proportion of the
assembled, as with one accoi
btotherhood, and kept them so. To it
ebiatethe return ol that day, which tray in fai ions deeds which render history lit-
emphatically bo called the day ol pohli- tie else than a si 1 ics of hori lblc tiagediew cal redemption. Other millions, spread Thisna'ional sphltis dignified with the over the vast legions of the southern con- name of IV.tiiousm, Lut it is not the putinent, are also, at this moment, contend- triotism fitted for a republic. Itisano
ing for their rights in the very agony of tber ol the props of aibitrary power, and,
the conflict. May the result be as happy like the mimiciy ot vntut, miscalled hoas that which we are now assembled to nor, is a meic counirrfeit. Genuine pacommemorate ! Let a fellow feeling for tiiotism is a ray ol unietal benevolence our brother men, who are now engaged in which beams upon cvny man ;.s a bro a tremendous struirulc for the iiulcntnd- thcr. lb i-'innim' in the near cl ni iiics ol
SilO I Va ? V A IIlSI I ence which we have accomplished, give the domt stic circle, it extends thtongh
rr I (litytutv in mil inv nn tbr. nirsriil nrrnsi- fnnilu n Ih i lilmi hr)rxl tfi rntil.t i v -tn
on, and temper it with sobticty; and let mankind. gratitude, ascending to the grand Dispo- This glotious principle, my fellow e'uiscr of events, for our own deliverance be zons ! is the r,i e bond of union in our pomingled with heait felt asp'nations tlut dtical faufiiv . Spread over si large a porthey too may persevere until they have tion of the globe, from ihestitc of Maine obtained the victory ; and that they may to the Gulph of Mexico, and flourishing have wisdom to secure, as well as cour- under a federal constitution, founded on age to achieve, tl eir liberties. this principle, it alVonh the mot exhiiiMany noble instances are recorded, of rating view of human afftirs that ha: evsuccessful cotnbats on the siilc of freedom cr been exhibited in the toverof his spc-
li'i'3titK liavp bpfti rlrtlirm ri vi . rinc t'if lilto frnfi'tunl ;riiit tn p.
msuinos, laius om nun. v ut 11 aigi- j terns of oppression have been swept away vail in the new order of things fiom Mex fatWir much p eased, sbruggs his shoul- 1 bul it has becn lo Inakc IO(jm for other ico to Chili !
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tudc ! South America was carried in congress Ol liberty secured, as well as acquired, with but one dissenting voice A vote so our revolution (out s for my heart was nearly unanimous, has never bcfoic passin it from its commencement) our revolu- cd on any subject of importance since cur
tion has afforded the only established pre- own independence was established. Wlut
woods-ran, a ul Ion 1 ofa Rifle. It is thought he ii armed with knife, tomahawk, an -t rille, and will make for Canad t. II. t m Is indicted for the murder of his Miother, Isabella lladden, on the I 1th
Ol MiV list. All oflieei'S aiC rCCJUeSted ! cinrn llin llm Im.riimiiuT. nf li'itlnci. i A n,,,..!!. I. -.i..f .-.f.. .... fi..
to ue,b. t-ence to apprehend him, and , This pcoplc ha9 wistoin as wcn as cou. tion at lhig i0()rah!u cxjiosition of ur.i. Ivlitors 01 Newspapers throughout the r Thc fmhts they recovered they re- ! versarfeeling arising out of the identity
urn au:-, w no ate wen wisncrs to j tained inviolate surrendci'mg them to no of the represema'ive body, in sentiment the Hws ol Justice to insert the above. mncirr nrictMrriru f m .cc T , i ;n r,,rr..in,u ?
litAJK .f. IJtHJM, bhJJ. aristocracv thev indt cd entrusted them.
j j , but it w as to one of nature's creation selected by common sufTi age, and accountable for the trurst.
( G-11 cy( A T rOM N K Y Sc COt'NC ' H V "ILL practice in
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S::'ltvan Couniyy State of Indiana.
June 23ih 1822. 23-tf N. B V reward will also be offered by the Governor of the state in a short time It is expected.
Sullivan
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practice in tne tirst juuuiai
C'ircuit, of thc state of Indiana
and in the counties ol Crawford and Edwards in the state ol Illinois. He may always be found at his olhce in Vinccnncs unless when absent on professional business he ha made an agreement, for bu siness forwarded to him, in his absence, to be attended o It T Lot Grtijicafex of Lands purchased I rum Ihc United States. Z-jTUBLlC no'ice is hctehy given that. i) l three weeks after date, app icatiou wid be made to the ri g'ster of the land ollice at Vncenrcs. for the renewal of two certificates in the name, of Wild mi Hoggjtt, for the N E 10, 12 N. 9 W and S W. IS, 12 N 8 W Also, one ceitificatf in thc name of William Hogpan an I Jatrcs Colu!i, for the S. E. 3, 2 N. 9 W. The o' igitial having been lost
c destroved. (liven umh r my ha d at Vinccnncs, tins :ul uav of August 1822 ELIJ H R WL1 Y, Specie ! Specie ! OXE DOLL.iR is- FIFTY CEXTS will he given per lOOlbs'm l-PFClE, for
r- IH)(U; weighing fn-m 130 to 200. if
delivered at the Steam Distillery, by the fhst of August next. Inly j?, 1K22. A lew copies of Hit ConstitlTtion of Indiana, fur sale at this office.
My friends cc neighbors, who like myself, from vauous causes, have iAiilcd down the stakes in the laiid of youruxitiviy, and transported yourselves hither
Deputation and responsibility these Jet me invite you to take a view of your
are the essential characters ol just and , present condition, and its comparative adIcgiiimate governments. Every depar-j vantages. It is, indeed, incumbent on us ture from these is a step towards tyrannv ; so to do that wc may be qualified to act it is high treason against our own ptoper j rightly in our new character.
sovereignty; an attempt at political sui
ciele which has always becn made, and,
On the continent of Europe with r.omc
few exception-, is well as in (i. Britain
sooner or later, has always succeeded, the j and her sister Island, thc whole land, the
solitary instance ol thc North American Republic only excepted. Long may Heaven avert from us this deplorable catastrophe ! and it will be averted so long as we retain what we now
thority, absorbed ad that remains of the produce, after the expense of cultivation is defrayed. Such was our position in England, or such it would now have been, had w e remained there, and retained our staining
in society. But many whom we left he-
hind us, in a stale of ; filuencc, have bc n reduced to poverty since i ur depariuie; ana it is probable that some nf us v.o
weie born to better cxpectnt'cns, might
have been compelled eVi this, to u-.ki our station among the vvre ehed nunti'udc
who wait upon the oveisecr o' the poor for their daily sustenance, oi l.avt bcui
consigned to thc honors ol a pnsorr. So
lar,in regard to property hut, in a political view how great is oui adv .nccn. nt ! In the formation of thc Lutish legis atures, many of us had no coi.ccin: ti is, however was of small consvq icuce The majotity of that asscn.b.y on all qut-sMons of importance, voted t . gular.y on the s'nfe of thc executive, ovrr which the eirctoM hemsilus have no legal control whatever. Here, thc entire government, legis.-.-tive and cxfctitivc, fiom the base to ,c sumnd', bus been built up by theptop'c, and is continually repaiied and amend.. d by them If it were lo fall, itwcu.d he instantly restored, because it is tssmtsal to our well being Evey citizi n has hii shaic in tl.c benefits of this td'fice, as he has in its construction And kt every eitizMi do hi, duty. It is on the upt-t :.t performance f f our pat t. as indiv :di. s, that the aggregate of gt od govt limit .,t depends. Thc pi i ate man who in tno exercise of his elective function, is b .ised by unwoi thy or unpatriotic, ino'.iv iv, ij a bcttayerof lis trust; and dues h's .i-.t towards the ruin of his country: 1 v-ei rjualilications for office are in lispen ib e ; virtue L talents. He vvho gises his suf
frage to a candidate destitute of these, is not a good citizen or a sound republican. Thc citizens cT this great rcpub.ic have proved (and it is a discovery ol thc first importance in political science) inat tiue liberty has no ..fimitv nothing in eoinrnon with Iicc:it"n usness We can have no disposition to rise in tumult to destroy a government of our own ci cation, and of which the agents will in a little space be icsolved into thc common m ss, sunendering to us the power ed remedvirg their abuse-, or eonecling their mistykes, by thiMeady means of a be'tcr app intmcrit. In the tedtessof gtievancts (f t -urh may e ccur under evei y human institution at best impci feet) there is this e ifleit itc between a icpublic Sc a tyiannv, Lcwmii a government of election and a governin nt of prescription ; in the foimcrt'ney arc corrected tlelihei alcly, by the celie c-
tic wisdom of tie people; in the latter, lashly, by popular lut y.
hold the entiic possession and guardian ship of the foui tain ed power thaXjs to sav, as long as 'we lemain faithful to Ourselves Huh thc moment we concede to a portion ol the community.be it to one or to many uncontrollable and exclusive privileges, or tolerate their assumption, that moment we cease to be free. We arc assembled, this clay, not as an empty pageant, in honor of those great and Rood men who were the founders of thc republic, but to e vince our leverencc for the C onstitution, and laws which emanate from it. Let us, then, look around us let us see that all is safe. Are thc laws respected ? I an wc take shelter under them as a sure refuge against every violation of our persons or cm property? Should the scrutiny discover defects either in the law themselves, or in their execution, the remedy is i t hand Let us depute to the legislature, at thc approaching election, men e.f good capacity and sound charter. Such men will apply themselves with fidelity to supply the deficiency, or correct the evil. Some moments of this important anniversai y should bo devoted to iwirju c-xaiiututiun and profitable rc-
AllfiW fin r.Mv fri r." w.nr 'atrr.llnn
e ntire su, lace ot the earth, has been long to llic inst, uncnt w hich was read bcloic appropriated, aiuheniains in tl.cpostlcsiii. the commencement of this address l he V on of a sm; II number of individual in Declaration Gilndrpciclti.ee embodies, comparison w ith the bulk ol the populati- ll0t ()!l,v our rights but our dmics, as men on : insomuch that thc poor man. having j am, ciliz(!ls. Lcl u.e enjoyment of our no title by bull, .n the soil ol hi, count. y, 1 hls blimujatP us to tl.c performance of has no means of possesion a portion of f,ur (lulics T,;s Declaration is a elocutoother earth beyond what he miht cover n,cril ot sublimc impoitance if thc tern by his pc.son on the field of I attic, or Sllblimc may be applied to : ny ea.thly what will cove, him when all his Lbois transaction. Thc principles theic proare accomplished. : ela-in.lCI, to thr orl(l arc t,;C ba,is f f al,
hat, in lact. are pr,;e- . - v. ich that is good and great in the structure of
c;t r, s up
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tne poor man re-ni-omsi; cription ai c thc .. ;, w
on his renxtval tiom in oi.i . l,?iry ? This is a question which it w otfvdLcVtfficult to answer. lie has a hof.se it is true, lo which his title will not he questionedbut it is thc Vofk-he use an income, too, bv legal provision, which no man will envy for it is received with reluctance, and paid with gi m'ging. This is the condition of thc ' laboring man in England. Heboid him here ! he enters at once on thc piivikges of a Citizen ; and, with industry and sobriety, in a shoit time he becomes a proprietor. Here wc have houses which wc can call
human society. All thc bright theories of government, formed by the wise of other ages, and other na'ions, arc founded on thcfe piinciplcs, viewed by them with raptuie, though in thc distant perspective ; whilst to you, vvho were bom in this land of ftccdom, their practica. effect is as familiar as thc light of heaven; you inhaled them with thc bn ath rf light they have become as it were, the elements e f your social charr-ctcr. Dcpiivc V f.u of these, what would b your existence ? A thing not worth caring for, an evil rather than a blessi g ! Let us not, then, fo'get for ame me nt thatihcscsacrcd principles arc equally true, at all times Sc
our own we have orchards of our own in all places, and equally applicable to cvplanting, and fields of our own inclosing ; n y human being on the face of thc earth, and no privileged ordrr in churclf orstatc So thought and so felt, tl.c fi aire rs e,f can touch an atom of the fiuits'of ibesc this glorious instrument, than uhirhafi. orchard ar.d these fi'.hh, v,i:htut cur r r proof of wisdom and sinrcitv is r.e:: conscnt! ' U Lund. They avowed the ir-.ith ai.