Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 16, Number 28, Vincennes, Knox County, 27 August 1825 — Page 1

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UN & GENERAL ADVERTISE BY ELIHU STOUT. VINCENNES, (IND.) SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1825. Vol. 16. No. 28.

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77ffi WESTERN SU.Y, IS published at Two Dollars and 71FTT cf.nts, for Fifty-Two Numbers, shich may be discharged by the payment of TWO DOLLARS at the time -jf Subscription. Pavmcnt in advance being the mutual interest of both parties, that mode is solicited. A failure to notify a wish to discontinue at the expiration of the time subscribed for, will be considered a new nr;agcmcnt. No subscriber at liberty to discontinue Mntil all arrearages are paid. Subscribers must pay the postage of heir papers sent by mail. Letters bv mail to the Editor on business must be paid, or they will not be

.mended to. Advertisements inserted on the customary tcrms-tCT Persons sending Advertisements, must specify the number of times they wish them inserted, or they will lie continued until ordered out, and must be paid for accordingly. NOTICE is hereb' given, to Brick-makers, Brick-layers, and

Carpenters, fHHAT the subscribers have been ap. A f painted to receive proposals in writncr. of all persons disposed to contract,

j for furnishing Brick, and erecting, and

Inclosing a c atholic church in this ISorough. The proposals for Brick will embrace 240 thousand, kiln count; The proposals for hying that quantity, will embrace the attendance lime and sand: the proposals for carpenter work will calculate the window and door frames, window shutters, doors, roof, gallery pillars, joists and laying timbers on which pews may hereafter be erected, with all the plank, timber, and shingles, necessary for the building which is in contemplation, 70 feet long by 40 wide, and 30 feet high ; a plan will be submitted to any person that applies. The payment will be made by the subscriptions and donations, which call for Corn, and Labour, and Cash, and Materials. The labour subscribed, if properly directed, could furnish every essential required. .All nccessiry information will be given to persons desirous to offer proposals, bv cither of us ii. i. ssi;lle, M. IUIOUILLET, August 12, 1825. 26-St

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ll'tu. Mieurc Henj. Ohtetj, S HAVING fornieu a copartnership

' un ier the hrm ot Aiteure c uir.ey, respectfully inform their ft iends and the public generally, that they have on hand A GENERAL SORTMF,T OF

GIIOC RIMES,

GLASS & QUF.F.NSWAttE, V. Ako. a complete stoc k of Firugs fs Patent Medicines all of which t'u-y will sell on the most reasonable terms for cash or cxchne t r Bersrscur or good Wheat when dcliv--d at Mr. j!' L. CoW.m's Ox Miil. V'wv have on hand 90 bits SALINL S AL T, to dinoc of as above. And on commission o? blls. Kenhawa salt to sell -t the lowest price, for the root of evil. Micnre and Olncy will attend to any C mv.nissicn business that may be otTcrcd Urui. Yin-cnn. Julv IS, ISOS.

is hereby given to all the 1 ci editors of the estate of Erniuucl I'vit-res. late of I) ni- ss counv, deceased, iht the undei tigned have tiled in t.c Ihivics Circuit courts their hill of e-uvtplaint, fr the settlement of said es :lc. according to the sta'utc of the state y;f Indiana f or the settlement of insolvent

A ,UV V I il V. till . I V ? Hill im who d not come in, and present their cbi us before the determination of the conrt thereon, will he postponed to those "V hie h dnll l)e presented. J S M1LHOLL AND,) , OA XL. VAN TREES -"--?-Jnlv :.S, 1825. 25-4t-Jvtp yiiKUKAS the undersigned have V V filed in the Daviess Circuit court

their bill of complaint for the settlement

f the estate of Sihmon Sublet, late of

said county deed, ns insolvent. I hercfiircthc creditors of said estate are hcre-

by notified, that unless they come in, and ' pirc:it their clr.ims before the deterniu.Uwn of the comt thereon, they will he P ,vM10?-cd until after the payment of those Which shall b presented Ml M linUCUER, ,t!-nr. W Cin-1. SUPLLK. Umstr.r. J'dy 25, 1825. 25-4t-JVtp

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From the A. F. Xatonal Advocate. nuFus king. Many sound republicans are of opinion that reflections on the character and conduct, and opposition to the measures of Mr. John Quincy Adams, at this early stage of his presidential career, would savor of harshness and illiberality

at present no well founded and undeniable objection can be taken to his conduct as president, and it is but fair that he should be tried by his measurvs, before he is opposed, accused, or condemned. He it so. We acknowledge the industry, the experience, the talents, and the integrity of the man. Whatever opposition wc deem it justifiable to express, relates to measures. Confidence in our political rulers is a plant of slow growth in the bosom of those who have seen much of the politics of courts and governments and the men who compose them. A jealousy not to be banished but by along series of uniform good conduct, may reasonably be indulged by a man of the world we hope, theiefore, to be forgiven, it we state, why a fear and a jealousy of Mr. Adams' future career, as president, may be entertained, without any impeachment of liberality, or any injustice toward the character of this distinguished gentleman. Good and wise men may be so far mistaken, as to afford grounds for honest doubt and reasonable suspicion ; and until the maxim be falsified, humanum est errare we shall plead not guilty to the charge of illiberality, while wc slate the foundation of our doubts. J. Q. Adams was bred in the school of ultra federalism; it was the political creed

professed and acted on by his lather ; it was the adopted creed of the son, from motives not easily to he explained, unless on principles of self interest, Mr. John Q. Adams changed his politics, joined the ranks of the republicans, and has left doubts and suspicions on the consistency of his character, which will requite much time to remove. Mr. J. Q. Adams has endeavored to affix the mark ot gross stupidity on all those persons who believe that the constitution of the United States is an instrument conferring limited powers only ; that it docs not confer o:i the government of the United State eve y power which the legislature in congress may deem ne

cessary to what they shall be pleased to

call the general welfare ; a term so broad and comprehensive, as to bestow, if adopted, absolute, unlimited, uncontrollable power, to the utter destruction of all

j tights leserved to the states, and the in-

cwtabic result ot consolidation, by winch all powet will be meiged in the national government. Mr. J. Q. Adams, in the formation of his present cabinet of coadjutors, has undoubtedly exhibited no party predilections ; but that cab.net is formed of men whose talents and acquirements will furnish r.o competitor for the next presidential contest ; for we cannot but deem ?dr. Cb.v . rs du combat, for reasons which we may take some other opportunity of stating at length. Mr J. Q. Adams is determined to acknowledge and support no party. Wc, who are the determined adherents of a pat tv, object to this very suspicious, and, as wc think, impracticable affectation of political liberality. From the very commencement of our government, there was, and has been, and v t ill is a party, who bc-

t lievc it tight to increase the poer and ; pt ivi eges of government, and abridge the ! powers and privileges of the people. This party was, has been, an .1 still is, the FEDERAL patty the party whose ' motto is Mr. J- Q Adams' motto, viz ! Consolidation and the central welfare. j The other parly has, Irom the beginning ; to the present lime, been anxious to secure, in full vigour, the rights reserved ! to the individual states ; to keep the gcoct al government strictly within the limi its of the constitution to denv the force, and oppose the assumption ot all implied ! powers, not clearly and unequivocally nei ccssary to the powers expressly conferr- ; ed on the federal government. This party :s the KErUHIACA.V party, the patty under which wc profess to enroll ourselves and this paper i In our opinion, an attempt to confound, ' amalgamate, and annihilate thescrnrtics, is equally suspicious, as to the mUcS & impracticable, as to the result. acknowledge in the federalists the same right to their honest opinions as c have ourselves Wc impeach not their mofives; but Mr. J. Q. Adams shall not, by I any means, fair or foul direct or indirect, s confound us w ith the Federal yXy that : patty which was his first and ancient love,

and to which, wc fear, he has too much inclination openly to return. Moreover, we object to Mr. John Q. Adams' appointment of Mr. R. King as minister to the court of G. Britain, because Mr. R. King was not merely an ultra federalist, but (as wc think, on a re

view of his conduct) too subservi

his diplomatic capacity, to the exec

politics of Castlereagh, and the Brms

ministry of that day. We allude to 1793, 1799, and the persecution of the Irish patriots. Should Mr. King have any favors to ask of the British ministry, he may a gain exhibit proofs of subscrvicncjsvvhich will disgrace our American character.--Mr. King, in writing the folIowingHcr may have been instigated by hone and conscientious motives ; wc impeach not his motives : v. o desire to say no more,

than that they h ve led, or misled him into a course of conduct, whose manifest tendency has been to disgrace his own character, and that of his country. However well wc may think of Mr. King's head Sc heart, he certainly coincided with the cruel and tyrannical views of the British ministry in 199, without any authority for so doing ; against right and justice ; and in open hostility with the express laws, as well as the republican character of the people he represented. For these reasons we wish he had not been appointed. M. Hemy Jackson, to whom the following letter was addressed, was the fa-ther-in law of Oliver Bond, a gentleman in tiis education, his manners, his appearance, his spirit, in his life, Ec in his death. He died in prison, a martyr to those principles which every American professes to hold. Henry Jackson was an iron master, of extensive business, much connected with Watt St Bolton, of Birmingham, after whom his son Mr. Bolton Jackson, of Baltimore, was named. Wille Mr. Jackson lived at Baltimore he imported at his own expense, agricultural and other machinery for public inspection and imitation. He got over the farmers machinery for dressing-flax, for which Mr. Lee had a patent, withSibcrty of delaying his specification for two years. He found the people of Baltimore ignorant of the nrt of casting in the perfect manner of modern times in great Britain, he built a fui tiacc, he began the casting business at the age of 70, or thereabouts, not for e-

molument, for he was wealthy, but to instruct the public by example. He lived with us, having no othr business but to improve practical science and to do good. He died, we believe about 12 years ago. The letter above alluded to, shall appear next wcek." Sun Ed. FOIl THE WESTERN SUIT.

IMPROVEMENT ov me WABASH. LETTER 1st. ro the ed iron. Believing that nothing which can possibly be devised and accomplished by lcgiilativc authority, so vitally concerns the welfare of our state, and can afford such an increase of wealth, population and trade, as the improvement of the river Wabash, and the extension of its navigation to lake Erie. That private views and sectional feelings should be buried, to promote a work which promises with u moral certainty, to give impulse, strength and prosperity, in which all must participate that our credit can soon have the woik in a state of forwardness, and that the tolls of the trade of othcr states, would in a few succeeding years, redeem the whole debt, without any additional burthen of taxation upon ourselves, 1 ark leave to cypress in a few letters, aome desultory thoughts in favor of my views, to induce reflection, and if in my power, entice some permorc able, to illustrate the subject anJ enlighten the people. Indeed, however willing I feel myself at all times, to devote a portion of my time and labor to the public, I conceive myself at this moment, called upon and constrained, by two different publications, one of which appeared in your paper above the signature of Mr. T. S Hind, the other in the Salem, Indiana Farmer, above that of R. W. Nelson, Esqr. to give a sketch of my views and, in the sequel, if I fail to satisfy every unprejudiced friend of Indiana, that the plan suggested in my report upon the subject, at the last session of the legislature, must, when judiciously carried into effect, incalculably tend to her advantage and glory and fail to demonstrate the immense loss and ruinous consequences, to be justly apprehended from a corporate mcnfiolu advocated by Mr. Hind and fail to explain and expose some of the strong ar-

gumcnts adduced by Mr. Nelson, the able and politic advocate of a canal around the falls at Jcffersonville, (while I only aim to return the liberal kindness of this gentleman's analysis of my argument in joint committee w hich unfortunately for me, defeats its purpose by its excess.) I will then and in that case, 4 hang my hatp upon the willow" abandon the interests of our state in utter despait allow Mr. Hind to enrich himself by borrowing ?nd expending money under the vested right of incorporation, to int prove a w ater power almost invaluable : fcr himself, to have the amount of his expenditures with ten per cent, interest per annum, refunded to him by the state at the expiration of 30 years and in silence, allow Mr. Nelson to squander our credit for money, to be

expended at JeiTcrsonvilIe, to enrich Kentucky, and afford a choice of facilities to the trade of other states ; at the same time that our own sources of certain greatness and wealth, arc to remain (with our own trade anil products, revenue ar.d population, rich praities and forests,) neglected and unimproved I ! In every public undeitaking of extensive and general good, a diversity of sentiment is to be expected, but patriotism demands that such differences should be founded on public gtounds. Tis upon such grounds I shall rest the support of my own plan, as well as my insuperable objections to the act of incorporation approved by Mr. Hind, (who, I am sony to say, can claim for his opinions on this subject, no exemption fiom a deep and exclusive interest,) and my objections to the expenditure of S500 000 upon Kgy miles of our soil around Jcflersonvillcns advocated by Mr. Nelson: the many aird great advantages to result to our state, on a fair comparison, of the peoples contioul, and the peoples profit, with the corporate monopoly ; and of the improvement of the Wabashy with the Jcffersonville canal. In pursuing this plan lam aware that the principal difficulty is not to convince the public of the certain utility of the improvement I advocate, which is generally admitted, but to convince them of its comparative and paramount advantages, and arouse them to its accomplishment in a proper and profitable way With these preliminary remarks, I will close this letter by the following extract from Mr Hemphill's speech, delivered in congress on the 14th Jantiaiy 1823, as affording data to which a frequent reference of your readers may become necessary hereafter. "The reason of the vast difference in the expense of carriage, by roads and canals, Mr. Fulton told us, is obvious to every one who will take the trouble to reflect, that, on a road of the kind, four horses, and sometimes five, arc necessary to transport only three tons ; but on a canal one horse will draw twenty five tons, and thui perform the wotk of forty horses P , t'.ic saving being in the value of the hoises the feeding, waggons and attendance. 44 There is an interesting detail on the subject of canals, in a number of a late Edinburg Encyclopaedia, which I am sorry is not in the library. A history is there given of the tisc and progress of all the canals that arc known cf in the world The people of England, after experiencing their advantages, arc astonished at the delay that had taken place before their commencement. . k " In the beginning of the reign oC , George HI. the first charter was grunted to the duke of Bridgevvater ; arylthis canal y ields now fcO,6ool per anrmm ; and such was the rapid growth of canals in England, after knowing their benefits, that (ieorge III. lived to sec more than a hundred completed. If the government had participated in the profits arising from canals, it would have added to her resource an immense revenue. We should take advantage of the oversight ci England in this respect, and engage in works of utility, by which the best interests of the citizens will be promoted, ar.d the revenue of the country permanently , increased. The book I have alluded to, .- states, that more than two thousand fou) hundred miles of canal'.ing have been completed, and that scarcely ary district of country is more than fifteen raiies trcm a w ater communication. Since then the Caledonian canal has bee. finished, opening a communication bclween the eastern and western seas, thereby avoiding ths dangctous r-vigaticn of the: Pentland Frith, or I he channel. This is a work o magnitude, resembling, ard perhaps superior to the c?nal cf Lanucdoc, in France, which joins the ocean with tho Mediterranean. The royal canal from Canton to PcVi", is eight hundred nt