Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 16, Number 5, Vincennes, Knox County, 19 March 1825 — Page 1

TEI1N BUN k EMl&AIL ABYERTISEIL BY ELIIiU STOUT. VINCENNES, (IND.) SATURDAY, AIAHCH 19, 1825. Vol. 16 No. 5

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and the Panis will not be disturbed, and that health and happiness will attend you. 1 remain with gti at respect, Y ui mVt obr serv't. i BllNJAMIN O'FALLON, U S. Ag't. It d'n Affairs. Bartrolo Baca

i v Council niujf.s, Sefit. V824. ! pTo bis Excellency the Governor of the Province of New Mexico, j 8lRBy Senior Gonsalis, with some inconsidciable citizens of this Province, I have had the honor to receive your very . polite and friendly letter of the 7ih Jui, ! and although I regret not having the 1 pleasure ot seeing a more distinguished citixenthe bearer of your communication j to me, it looses none of the const que nee j to which it is so justly entitled, coining j as I believe it does from a man who in j

consulting the peace and happiness ot his own country never looses sight of that

which he owes to another. From my j

perfect knowledge of the pecuniary em- j barrasment and unsettled state of the jov- j - r . . -1 . ............ i . i

CrniTieni 01 juur uuiiujjy Liuiuiiy, i ei.i readily excuse your not having given me in every respect a greater evidence of the disposition of your people to o'serve strictly any terms I have or may V Nhercafter nuke with the Panirs and other rations on your account. I do assure you sir, that 1 have at this time the ut

most confidence in the sincerity ol your j profession and continue to take a still ! deeper interest in every thine: at all cal- j culated to meliorate the condition ot,and j ive security to our good people from the ;

restless Indians in this country. I feel gratified to inform you that after having been delayed a long time from important business below, 1 hav- at last obtained an inteview with the e.iffVcent tribes of Panis, Ottos, Missouri s.

Oinahas and Kanzas, who remained on j their hunting excursions longer than u-

6iul and have succeeded entirelv to my ;

satisfaction in producing peace between those nations and your people, the citizens of New Mexico t hose nations of v Indians have unhesitatingly declared a determination to abstain from further hostililii s and not molest vou in any respect as long (io use an expicssion of

their own) as you will hohl me fast by the j

hand and act friendly towards them I have assured them that you will do so I told them that as it would he impioper for you to come into my country to treat with our red skins, I have promised to do it for you, I have done it, but how long thev will observe it you must judge from your own experience of the In.iiah character. As long as you enteitain w hat appears to be your present favorable impressions ol us I shall conceive it incumbent upon me to consult your interest in this question. I understand that you have inadvertantly placed upon the bteast of a young Panis, who recently visited your country, a Spanish medd. From my good feelings towards you I am in hopes that vou will act in relation to the Panis and other Indians I rem our terriiory with more discretion in finite. I he Panis and other Indian ttibes residing in our territory are dependent on and are subject to my government, therefore it would be considered unfriendly and improper in any person to give or sell to them any uniform Clothing, other than

that of the United States; or medals, Rags ' arm bands or other ornaments of diess bearing the figures, devices or emblems of any other nation. Mr James D aid who has discovered a great deal of good towards your people who accompanied j

TO MAJ. BKnj'N O FALLON. Sania bt , J'ov. 4, 1824. Sir By the return or the New Mexican party from Fort Ak -son, 1 received y ur veiy polite ai ii tii.ndly letter of the 7lh September, i . answer to my solicitations on the subj. ct ut Panis nobilities: and sir, permit mc bmli in the name ot the go d pcople cf hi Province and for myseit mure particularly, to acknowledge and lhank ynu tor your assidious and successlul endeavors ko estaotisfi the so longed wis! ed for and necessary peace between tl se Indians and us. ! he cneiims.tai.ee ol bending Senor Gonsalis l Fort Atkinson was not a mattci of choice but of necessity growing oui ot the unsettled s ate, and irregnia: administration o! oui G e; r.n.e.'t. I weil knew he p u;-re: of spaing a Gen.leman o! equal tank with yourself, but tha from the ii cumstance mention ed, being impossible, he was despatched in the humb.e capacity or the bearer of my letter. He went with no powers to tt eat You may consider this communication as the most peilcctand satisfactory evi dence of my deic. min.iiion to comply with any arrangements you may enter into with the P.vW.ees or oher nations tit Indians within th tenhory of the Uni'.ed States in our bchattand be assured that you- important assistance in this nego tiation, will be esteemed by the Supreme Executive power of this Republic as another very strong proof. if the friendship of your government tD her Hretheren of Mexico. Though yet in .'ur infancy, we hope the day is not far distant when we prove oui setves wni-thy of her friendship, and how much we merit the appellation of her fond i uha'oi s Your in ,i ructions on the subject of giv ing medals aid oher ornaments to Indians residing in your teiritory shall be attended to, Permit me, sir, to give vou thank for the return of the captive boy whom I received by the hands of Mr. Jas. Beard. Ageeably to your tequ.st he has been returned to the anxious arrm of his paren's, and vvhere fil'Cton and .'istrcss was now Content and happiness reigns. He assured, sir, that acts like this so strongly evidencing the philanthropic and genet ous principles of the citizens of the Norm cannot fail to iiiiul for them in ihis quarter s ntimenis of the most ardent esteem and riendsi.ip Homing tor the perpetuation of the good undv islanding that so happi y exists between our respective governments. I remain wi;h much respect, Your ob't hb'l serv't. B i A C A G P. of A M. (Translated A. Lc Urand.)

From the Xatvmal Intelligencer ELECTORAL SYSTEM. Extract tt a letter on the mode of choosing the Prenidtn; and V.ce President of the Un rd Sta: ct.Jrom U rn. C tun rnrrvdlf, ; 8r of Westmoreland county, la ') the Hon. Robert 6' Garvets in Congress. 1 he tail est and simplest mode of choice might be to allow the peo; !e ot the Union to vote directly f r the President and Vice President, and let the man who obtain, d a majority be President, and he who obtained the n xt higi est voe, the Yite President. But this system would be objectionable, uotonlv because it Aould have a tendency to consolidation, l u because, in some of the state?, the right ot the suffrage is limited, and in others unlimited; because slave holdit g stales are emit ed to a iepreentatinn for two filths ot the slave populaon; jhd be cause the constitution, in the kpitit ol compio nise belveen the lagc and the small states has -ecused to each state two electoral otCh, in tepiecnta ion of its s ovieign!y. in ad iti n to the uu.nber it is entitled to from the amount of its population. 1 hese arc lights whi h the statts enjoying hem neither will noi

nes tjece-s a substmic

him hither, will deliver you a bny taken j ought tostirtend r It becomes tjece-s

prisoner about three years since from ! arv, then, to inquire whether

gome ot vourrecl bretheren by the ranis, : who presented him to me about two .

months since, I wish him restored to his parents. In hopes that the good understanding I Iiavo eo happily produced between you

for that mode of election, which sliall be

equally fail and simple in its operation, and which shall nt infringe on the tigh s of the states, may :mt be discovered The subject is ful1 .f dilhcultiesar.d, after orac little reflection on it, the fol

lowing plan is, I confess, the only one that has suggested itself, that seems to be calculated to remedy the evils of the pres ent sysiem, and to embtace theadvantageswhich should be secuied, if possible, in the adoption ol a new one. Let every ate be entitled (as at present) to as many votes for President and Vice President as she may liae Heptesentatives and Senators in Congress. Let the people of each state (who, by the laws ot that st ite, enjoy the right of suTrage) vote directly for Pi esident and Vice Piesident, at the voting places of their respective counties. L t it he the duty of the judges ot elections to count and to pub.iah the number ot votes given in, and . so toiransmit atciifrfud copy of the sa:; u to thr Governor of tnc state, whose .'.my it shall be, vhtn the returns of the counties soall have been rceivid. to add them ait ether and !. divide the whole numbet o' votes by the numbe' of Presidential or E'ectoral votes to which the state may be entitled; a- d then to divide the whole number which each cinchchie may have received by .he esuit of the Must division, and to drclaie each Presidential candidate entitled to r-s many state votes as the same ma. be contain ed in the whole number which he hall have received (11 an odd elecio.al vote should occur, let the candidate having the largest fraction have it ; F r exam pie: the slate ot Ohio is at present emi tied to 16 electoral votes .nd at the lateelection she gave in upwa cis of 48,0' 0 votes, which number divided bj 16 gives 3 000 fortach electoral vote Now, say thAt Mr t!l:.y a;d Geneiat J i ks n rt ceivtd eich about i8oooin that s a e. and that Mr. Adams lecei. ed i2,"i (,. In this C iS.-, the two former get tien en would each be entithdio ectuta votes, an.l the frst to our. Tms wouhi have b;-en an tquitabie division; lo it would liave caused the voice ofevcv vter in the state to he distinctly felt and fai'iy expressed. u: ir.der the existi .lsystem, Mr C. wili'. 18 or 19,000 -ofs. (although there were mote than 3 ,('Oi against him,) received the entire electoral vote of that sute Nor is this an ac cidenial injustice , bu: ne vvldch has oc curred in the other s at s. and which must alwavs occur, in a gveiter or lcsidegree, when the voice of a state shai not nappes to be unanimous. In all elections t is ol piimay imp itance to ho'd out the stiongest i due. n;(nt to evtry voter to go fj ii fini s, and wh thete, to exires his ufun ton h'jneatly. without any sinistei bias oi eon ti ol. The only way to accomplish tl ost two objects is to convince eveiy man tha' his vole ma) tell; which cun riy he door, by satisfying him that, aitlu iu-h i.c n av think diiTeicntiy fiom a majoiiy ol h;: ne g..bois, or even vote alone in his mvi comity, there may be persons though who think with him m his state to secuiea Pres dc tiai vote to his favoiite candidate Should this, or anv other unitoim modt of choosing a Presiilent. be ever adopted in the United Stales, it would he veiv desirab e to have two or three days ol e lection, topievent thetuctssi'y of tun ing out in bad weather Ii thre davs Ti,ie selected tor this purpose, about the Si'th of October, ami t uld be deemed desirable (in case no i ai.iudate sh- u o receive a niajoiity,) to -end the e eeiiun b vektothe p..ople , confining theii hoice to four or five highest on i lit fir-t n'Uins this niiglit oe clone by t: e ias: ol Dei ember, (the idle days after Chti?tiiia ) ;.t.d the letuins of the sec .nd eltetion ieceived at Washington Ly llu nucldlt or end ot Febtua.y, so, thai, in cise i.o choice should he rm.de in the s cid instance. th House i! ight ilun pro e-. U to the election ol a Piesidrnt tuin umut.g the tw ) or three hig si on the ck u, etui ns; and if the House, v ting by States, s' onld not be able to n.ake the se cctn n the fit st d ;y, i might be determined by lot, or by joint baoot o- the iwo th u. es on the second. I he peiiod between the end of October and the end ol Fbiuaiy, is, I admit, tathcrtoo shfrt, foi the lair accomp.isbmnnt of this double election; but is it not p . obahle hat the hu-intss oi ongress wili have ko multip v d in a f c w years, as to render it necessary to teimm ate the Legislative ycai on th fi.st ot May, instead of the 4 h nfMatrlf In this event, the -tcond e ect4oh mighi be postponed till ti e endo the uii.tct. by vvl'ir.h time the public opinion won't! have si tth d now n rnneoi tvvool the cundid a ts, and t; us tender almost certain an election by the people. wa mvGTON city, Fehni-My 12 Public Vmr.cr (ocncrcZ Juutun. -A

number of gentlemen, now in this city, from the tlifToreu parts of the Union, wishing to manifest their repei i towards geneial Jackson, after the decision ot tl.o Presidential question, met together tor the purpose ot offering him a public inner on the occasion. 1 he folio ing i tues will explain the object of the committee, and the dedicate and high minded sense of pioprit ty o the Hero's nfusai : ll'anhington Cit), Feb. 10, 1825 3i n A . umbei of ur fellow ci';z rs assembico in this city, fitm rjiff.int states in .e Uni-n, with the confident expectation ot Meing he universaiwisi.es ot the nation fulfil ed, by ytu. e evati. i, to th. chief magistracy there ot; disappoint.:d in that lCspcct, howevet . thr y aie de siious f testifying thei, a.t tchii ent and regard 'o von. ti soliciting nc p'e-uro ot vour company at a publii t r,ttt?innicii', to be given at V illiamson's l.o-.cl, to-m!)now afternoon, at 5 o'clock Wo air , veiy it si.ectliil.'y. your feiiow citizens. S ML VMRTWOUT of Nt W JerSCf. J mn c xwad. 1 P nr.NyUania. wm kodin-on ol Vn ginia J o iianlon, uf outh Carolina. Committee, To Gen andiiew jackson. ( General Jackson's refilu J Oemlkmkn I have received you polite invitation, in behalf of vour-cv - a- d a im'nber of citizens 4 m this c;ty. tr in niffeient states m the Union." topancko ol a public entertain" ent to-morrow t For your politeness, pray accept n.y 'hanks. I cannot decdne, and ought not ; yet I cannot icfrain fiom suggesting to you, -and my fi lends, the piopricty. 'perhaps neceasi.y, ol forbearing- to c rder upon n e, at ihis moment, ar.y such piominer.tmaik of your regard You cannot, I am persuaded, mistake my meaning. A dec isi jii ol a matter, ahout which much public teeiing und concetti has beep manifest; very lately has i.-kc n plate. Any e-i iei ceol kindncs and eg..rtl, su as vou propose, might, bv many, bt if v. d s convex ing with it exception, n u o urmg, and lccli gs of t ou pluinr ; uric:i I v.hteiel) hope heioiig i o- to any o my oicrifls. I would, thct tfoit. Leg h ave to su:;g st to you that, on u fiction, vou uy deem it proper to forbear anv course o w hicn, possibly exception n igi t be taken. Please to accept my thanks a-:d icodcr 'hem to ttie g. t.tiemen rc-sptc iciy ANDREW J KSON. To Messrs. s. -wartwoui" J roNit d IConimit

WM. ROBINSON i O HANLON, J February 10, 1825.

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wa hinoton, F. b. 12. The Pttsidtncy. J nt. tohd ,ct el Mr. Ciavtoid and gem Ja kson, is iht subject ot genera! udmir?.. ion ; both J.uv eit!Ci.d.thr';ug iout this afiju. a purify 8c mb-i dmg in.egiity. wh.eh the peepii of the Uniitd Slates will know how uppu cLiic and icwarcf 'l i e fourer is een nly in the bosom of h.s family, a n. a..d dignified, us tic h?s er ihrougi on' hc comes, unmoved by any honors accord.d to tin iordx)t the asccr dant ; and resis' :iig all his solicitations. I he g reral i -he auiniiation ol every evt ; r.d tho nelealed. wherever he appears, he n ovea the v ietor stiil ; and " Ciive.sthe world usMiiai.ce of a man !" while hi3 antagonist locks iike one who ha-! From a shtlf the prei ii.ns'ia en, su !e.M II wever highly the fnenes of gc-'eral Jacks t nay have hithnto tstmiattd ids char..c.ei , rs gradcur hsnevei been developed till now. He is natural. y ot h highest order of men; and,trom impulse ties wiih the oc asion So tar fiom vieldi g to the sulh n oi angry pussions natural to other men. not a shadow ot tiisa;poinimen revts up n his bow ; he bra's a hfier ii ein ; submits, with unaffected dignity, to the conslitu ional veiee of his country ; congratulates h s c mpetitoi. and, w ith a magnanimity nan to his chaiacter, and with admit abic- cr inposutc. appears to look forwmd to tl c period when both will make arrsher appeal to that high chancerv, une e a r -ti o.iona! law ihum y'n Id to the t qui) v ai d justire ol the sovemgn p opic The ccnduct of gen Jacksrn fowaids Mi rawhud, s'ill more strongly illustrates his rxtraotdinaiy chaiacter. 'lie fiiends of tl csc K' in rnun wie a-xions 'otflT. ct a ' inf rci a ige of ci i ines between i em before the t Icctirn, ptob tbiy, wi-h a vievr toptodiue a more pei feet" union am r.g th ti rrK. in r rdi r to t fe t uho (t j thought a corrupt coalition Evtiy tffoiC