Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 14, Number 10, Vincennes, Knox County, 5 April 1823 — Page 1
WESTERN SUN & GENERAL ADTER1
JiY KLI11U STOUT. V1NCENNES, (IND.) SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1823. Vol i l. No. 10.
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jKew-Orleans Trices Current. J"En- Ori.eaxs, Feb. 10, 1823 Bagging, Scotch, per yd (scarce) 36 cts. Kentucky, per yd. 27 a 33 Bale Rope, Kentucky, per lb. 7 a 8 Northern, 11 a 12 flicon Hams, per ib (sales) 6 a 7 Sides S:c. per lb. 5 a 6 Ucans, per bbl. - - 87 a 8 Beef, mess. Northern, per bbl g5 a 7 prime, per bbl, - 3 cargo, per bbl. - 2 Brandy, Cog per pal. (salcs)gl 50 a 156
Imitation (dull) Butter, per lb. Cotton, new crop, lb. 2d quaiily, - Alabama Sc Term.
Domingo.
60 cts. - 20 a 25 cts. - 14 a 15 10 a 12 7 a 10 lb 26 a 27i 25 a 26 14 a 16 17 15 13 40 16 a 13 - 8 a 10 Z7 u 50 1 75 a 2
450 a 5 Si 45 cts. 1 I - - gioo 5 a 6
Cheese Goshen per lb. Choclate, No. 1, per lb. No. 2, No 3, Candles, Sperm, per lb. - mould, do. Cordage, per lb. Corn, per bbl (in ear) Corn meal, per do.
Flour, sweet, per bbl. -Gin, Holland per gal. - American do. Hides, per lb. Iron Swedes, per ton,
Lnid do. - - (dull)
Molasses, per gal (scarce) 2 a
NT1, cut. per ib. - - 7 a 8 Pepper, per lb. - - 21 a 22 Pork, mess, per bbl,) S - 8850 P.imc, r i ' 6 a
4 a
- 83 a
124 a
Nice, - - (dull) 8 25 Rum, Jam- 4 p. per gal. (dull)gl25 N. Oi leans, 4 p. - 55 , 1 p. - 35 a 40 Salt, T. Island.per bush - (dull) 50 a 55 Liverpool blown, per sack, 8 75 ground, do. - 2 50 Shot, per cwt. (plenty) 89 Skins, deer, in hair per lb. 23 a 25 cis. Reader, - - S- a 225 Shaved - - 24 a 27 els.
Hear, a piece, - -8' Sur-ar. La on nlantation. lb. 5 a 7
r I '
m town, Havana, brown, white, Loaf,
caigo, J Porter, London, per doz.
Potatoes, bbl.
10 8 5
350 150
cts,
6 a 7
U a 9 13 a 14
IB a 9 a
20
I 1
Tallow per lb.
Tea, gunpowder, per lb. (saes) 81 40 imperial - do. I 40 voung hyson, - 50 a v0
"Wax, bees, per lb. (none) Whiskey,
hyson skin. Tobacco, choice fine, per lb. prime, 2d. quality, . A -
32 a
25 60
3
OJ
a 30 a 65
3 a 35 2 J 2 1 I a
COURT OF P It O BATE, march r:?.v, 1823.
N motion. Ordered, 1 hat a special V term of this Court be had and heid
at the court hoic in mcennes, Knox
county, on the jfr.f Monday in A Lit :r"f, and to continue in session until all business thin prepared for settlement shall be closed ; and that a copy of this older be published in the Western Sun, print cd in Vinccnncs, for three weeks in succession A Copy Test. H. BUNT IN, Clk.
From the F dwardsvitlc Spectator.
PUBLIC MEETING. At a very iaige and respectable meeting of citizens tiom all parts of the state, heid in the hall of the house of representatives, at Vandalia, on Friday evening the 15th February 1823. Col. Thomas Cox, was called to the chair, St gen Guy V. mith appointed sccretaiy. On moiion, Resolved, 1 hat a committee of seven persons be appointed to draft and report an adores? and resolutions to a meeting of citizens to be held at the state house on Monday evening next, expressive of the sense of the meeting, relath e to the recommendation of the general assembly to the people of this state, to vote for or against a convention, at the next election lor members to the general assembly. Resolved, That John McLean, Theophilu W. Smith, Emanuei J. West, i homas Reynolds, William Kinney, Alexandcr P Field, and Joseph A Beaird, be that committee. Ordered, I hat the meeting adjourn until Monday evening nexi. Monday evenings i7th Feb. 1823. The meeting met pursuant to adjournment. Col. Thomas Cox, chmn. gen. Guy v Smith, sccty 1 he committee appointed at the former meeting re ported an address and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted Resolvtd as the sense of this meeting, That the adoption, by a constitutional majoiity of the general assembly of this state, of the resolution recommending to the people of this state, to vote for or against a convention, at ihe next geneial election fur lepresentatives to the general assembly, meets our entire apptobaiion. Resolved That it is the opinion ol this meeting, that the people are the only legitimate source of all political power, & thai it is not only their right, but their duty, to amend, alter, or change their form of government, w henever ii ceases o be productive of the object for which all governments arc instiiutet:. ' h; peace, safely, and happiness of the Res'jlvtd, That in th:- c ,.!;ian of ihis meeting, the constitution Oi u.u state requites many material alteration ntial to the interest and weli being o . people, and that it is their decided opinion, that a convent!-)", i ;ht to I. .ded to accomplish the inu:. TO THE Pi ' PL 1:1 F THE STATE O -LLINOIS. Fellovj Citizens i he general assembly of the state having by a constitutional majority of both branches, adopted a resolution recommending to the electors at the next election of men. hers ot the general assembly to vote for or against a convention, it becomes the duty of eciy citizen of this state, not omy to express his opinion on this question, but to examine the causes which may have induced it, Sc to determine for himself the course he ought ultimately to pursue in regard thcieto. The right of the people to modify, or change the f ;rm of their government, whenever it ceases to secure the great and primary objccls for which all governments are established, and which may be briefly enumerated, as concentrating in the peace, safely ai d happiness of tUo governed, will not, it is presumed, be for a moment denied, by the most inveterate opposer of a convention, if even that right had not been most solemnly guaranteed in the citizens of this state, by their constitution. Although by the foimation of civilized government the people, who
for the purpose of mutual pioteciion, not ; merely with regard to their personal lib- j
city, and ol enjoying the accpiirement of ptopctty, but generally of pui suing thcii
ow n happiness, by thus entering into a i
compact, necessarily consented io gic up , a certain portion of their natural rights, ' for the belter security of those which re-j i :. .. :i. .i .n. I
uiJiiivU, u can Mim uiu ftinaiit-si semblance of justice be maintained, that the great and fundamental principle upon which all republican governments rest,
(the will of the majoiity) ought not to 1 prevail Yet, as wining as all may pear to be, to admit in theory the excel- j ience of this rule, it is with regret that! we are constrained to believe, that thee: are some amongst us, who would most anxiously wish t prevent it in practice, j In a gov ernmcnt like ours, which is : with pettVet justice denominated, a gov- ! crnmcnt of the people, and when it is so-: lemnly declared as a fundamental article 1 in the constitution of the U. States, and
every one of the confedei aey, thai all power is inherent in the people, and lhat all free governments aic founded on their authoiity k consent, it will not be denied that they have the indefeasible riht to
abolish or alter their form of government tion of courts of inferior jurisdiction, and tn lift to tr Ollltlt 1 t K rt .-i. f n..K. " . m J
w.w 4k iu niw yiumuiiuu u. auuuimuicnis to otiice at war with the i:etheir prosperity, safety, felicity and polit- mus and spirit of the peopk, weie also inlcal cxistancc. The inquiry will natur- corpuraied, and a peculiar is.di fii.itenc ss ally arise here, whether our present con with regard to the tenure i Cilices, ot no stitution is not well calculated to secure inconsiderable magnitude. aiMj unfortuand perpetuate, all that is necessary for nately exists. That provision of our conthe public good, all that is desirable tor siitution admitting ol onl biennial nuctthe advancement of jusiice, & all lhai the ings of the general as-emb;v, it U bclievmost devoted fiienel to his countiy, U the . eel has had a pernicious iff, ct , n the equal rights of the people could require. . great interests of the people, and an alli is an invidious lask, at all time to . tciation in that particnLr will be, it is attempt political ref inialion, and more' presumed productive i f i sscntul advanpecuiiarly so, when il muy conflict with tages. Will ihe opponents tu a con ensealed habits, and long established pre-; tion, have the obstinacy to deny khe exisjudices ; and it is not less so, lo aim at ience. as well as ihe necessity of refoimathe collection, of what may with perfect ; tion in these pai ticulars, or are hey still justice, be believed to be ihe errors of j prepared to assert that the people are mai y of the mist hoi. est, intelligent and, their own worst eneo.ies & that the sublibeial men of our state. jcci is of too much imnortunce to Must
W e hold it to be a self evident propo-, tl em with it Hive ihev foreoferi, that
sition, that irood irovei nmenls, admits of
changes in their supersti ucture, whilst the foundation remain unchangeable. The wisdom of luan is certainly not perfect, nor is he able to fore see the t fleets, which maybe psoduceel fiom an infini e variety of accidents which acceirdiiN; to great emergencics. necessarily rt quire new pro visions, in the constitutions, or forms ot government, to prevent or cure the mischiefs, arising from them ; or to advance objects of primary importance, which have been recently developed As it is not within the compass ot human exertions, to constitute a government, that snail last foiever, it becomes doubly important to suit it to great c pressing exigencies, and to provide for and anticipate such corrections, as will have a tejidency to produce the gieatest sum of aggregate happiness. He that wouid rcsoiveto persisi obstinately in the couise upon which he first entered, ejr to cast censuie on those who wou'd go out of the way in which their predecessors have trodden, would as far as his exertions would contribute, lender the worst of errors perpetual Chang, s are the una "able lesiiit ot tnc organiz etion of gov-mm nt, anel the presence of man ca:i go no farther, than L; institute such a a i cation to ihe phy sical powers of the peop-e, their manners, habits, or interests, silety and happiness, are suitable Sc adequate to what is juug ed to be expedient and necessary Me who would at all times, ob.igc all people to adopt the same course, would pip sue a system of policy, at once destructive ol the very object, it might be nis desire t accomplish, when a different result might readily be effected, by a proper disci iminatiun of the necessity of a change, in order to adopt the laws to a policy required by the most impeiious circumstances Those who seek the good of the public, and prudently institute means proportionally and adequate to the accomplishment of it, ought to be entitled at least to the reasonable confidence of the community, whilst those w ho rc :st ihe relit f sought, with the clear and manifest view of sustaining the corrupt private interest of a few, Sc of securing and perpetuating tln ir power and personal aggrandisement met it, as they no doubt will receive, the execrations of every honest heart. Having thus shewn, as we believe, that it was not only the ritrht of the p . pie to
require of their representatives, the submission of th s important epicstion, but that they were bound by evciy sense of duty to acquiesce in the general coll, and that the voice of the people, w hich has been emphatically called (we mean no profane allusion) the voice cf God, ought to have prevailed, let us inquire whether the times and the reasons assigned, have not justified them in the couise pursued.
The most sceptical opponent to a con-
it was the assump'ion ol suih doctiincs, and the consequei t oppression, to which the people wne subject, that pioduced tcvolution upon revolution in anciiiu governments, and in more modern e-iues, many of the potentates of Europe lo expiate their ofi'- nces on the bh ck. Have the forgotten the tenible wai rings of revolutionary France produced by similar encroachments on the rights of the people -and the incalculable n.iseiy Sc oppression which flowed from tht.ni ; or at e they ignorant ol the irresistable power of the people when suffering under oppression, and of which such recent examples have been afforded in the various portions f country formerly under ihe dominion of the old government ot Spain Have they not se-n t .em, moving like the terrible powers of a tornado, sweeping in their course ail befoie them ? Have they not seen them infuniied by oppression, groaning undei the weight of their miseries and misf-t times, break the ad amantine bands which b u..d i In m to the On one of power and supeisiiion l.ur-i-g alike the throne, the sctplre, and its possessor to the eaith ? If in unenlightened ifovcrnmerts the atempts of a minority to hold the powers of government, to prevent a reformation ef political abuses, have in all countries, and in all ages, such teinble mk! disastious results, it might be supposed ti at rimi'ar attempts vvouM be o!. 'tcu bv similar consequences ; but it is one of 'ho great and boasted privileges cf an American, that the constitution and genius of his government, has most haprdly precluded the necessity of a resort to such depioruble means The right to admonish those who held the pavers t;f erov ernm mt in trust lor the people, is no nu re denied to them, than to assemble frr ihe purpose of remonstrating against erroi or oppression, or of insti ucting ihcm in that course which is deemed most coi ducive to the great and essential interest of ihe community. It is the recognition of this right, and a determination to exercise it freely, that have induced us to address you at this time. If you shall believe with us, that it is Jesirablc that the great and paramount interests of the people should be protected if you shall consider it desirable lhat industry shall be encouraged, emigration promoted, and wealth introduced into our state, w hereby the difficulties and embarrassments, under which we now labor will be removed ; that the evils of an introduction into our constitution of incompatible powers, ought to be corrected. If you are not prepared to eleny. what the honest conviction of the judgment must readily admit, that whilst the foundations and principles of a government remain good, the superstructure may be changed according to circumstances, without pre-
vention will not der.v that there are many Jl,K!i.rc to 11 &, l,.ie clltlf of Po-
important amendments and alterations re
quired in our present consti'v'i - o:h as it regards matters of po'hi- i - :r.v, and the just distribution o! : - f the government ; nor t!. .t ii - ntativc of the people be!;eve,i ;-. be comes his duty, as well fiom a sense of propriety, as the most solemn obligations of his oalh fTlcc, to submit the question to the people aristocratical features were introduced into our constitution at its formation, borrenved from one of the states, which had copied them from .he grant or chart ir bv, which it had former Iv been governed w hife a -colony of (I Britain : features at variance with that nuritv
vhich ought ever to characterize th5 ;-
w
pie improved, their peace, safety and hap
piness piomotcd you will most readily acquiscc in the absolute necessity of voting for a convention, by which, and by which only, can these great and important objects be accomplished THOMAS COX, Chrr. CUV V. SMITH, Secty. Earthquake in Valparaiso. HALTIMORi: March 7. F.x'.ract cj a letter dated I'cliarciso, A';o - i r VTr n(T 1 I liavc just escaped from one of the greatest dangers that I experienced. On the night of the 19th instant, we were visited by a terrible earthquake, which
has laid this fine place in ruins, and pha
ges of a constitution formed by the descendants of those who ko .-.ucccfullv re
sisted the oppression of one of the most ken all Chili to its foumiatior.i. What powerful nations of Europe, and by which few houses n?.- still standing, a, e s. sSiutjurisdiction and legislativ e powers, arc at tcred that they can mo longer be tenantonce amalgamated. Various other povi- ed. The inhabitants leve all retired to sions, as well with regard to the orgr.;)ir..i- the lulls, and arc living in trus. Yy