Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 16, Number 41, Vincennes, Knox County, 26 November 1825 — Page 1

BY ELIHU STOUT. V1NCENNES, (1ND.) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1835. Vol. 10. No. 41.

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. To the honorable, the. Speaker of

y the Pt'uiic and louse of Rrpresfnt'drccs of ihe state of TenTwo vears ago, by the unsoli-

cited suffrages of the legislature, I is preferred to the situation at present occupied by me, of sena tor in convicts Pursuing the n: incite bv which I have evei been governed, neither to seek af ter, nor decline office th.e appoint ment conferred, was accented.. Aware of the practice which had long prevised, of selecting from each e:Ur?me of the state, a person forth-: h?;h and responsible situ a tion of senator, I felt regret, at be i'X brought forward, (o disturb a system which hid so lontv obtained : vet. inasmuch as the Ieris!a. ttire, "without anv knowledge or j

understanding, on my part, had non to retl!C "on a ' called me to the situation, it was j u 'bcre strong suspicions ml',:imooshde i withhold my assent 1 least, attacli. a?id with gre;u -anti aecordir.gty. the appoint ing propriety. )' t;astcn there; inent u as, ihou:;o 'reluciunlty. ac to tender this, my resignation

centtoV, not. h-ueer, without its hemir nroiessert hv vxs proiessert nv tliai a torger term of service than 0!ie. congress, would not he rcquired or expected. That service lias been performed I was still pon dering, in doubt, whether executions to mv resignation. mi'vht not he taken ; and if it might not ! ;e proj?er for me to execv.tc tle u" term which you had assigned, fu when my mind w :ts brought to a ci-nc.losion, by some Kite proceedings of our own, and a deter min: t on tot mcd, to surrender immediately biv into your hantk the re-penble trust you Iiad b.cretofore confided. One inducement to rry deterruination as, that tiaveSiing to thec.ty of Vashington. twice a yc.r, imposes no inconsiderable tatJgue ; and, although this is a

mmor consideration, and one corruption in any of the dcpaitwhich would b.ave been met with ments of government is nece-arv cheerfulness, if business involving a corrective should be applied, &

the interest ot our happy country, had required the exeition ; yet, I was aware of nothing of great, na tional importance w hich was likely to come before congress : excepting a subject that you have lately had before your bodv, the amendment of the constitution of the United States, in relation to the choice of chief magistrate. Upon this matter, I greatly doubt whether it might not he mv duty again to appear in the senate, and extend my feeble aid towards procueing an alteration, in which i-rcat interest with the people of

the United States exists, and on

which the security ot our repumican svstem may depend. But, he- j fog advised of a resolution ef your . . . oouy, presenting again my name to the American people, tor the office of chief magistrate of this Union, I could no longer hesitate on the course I should pursue

doubt yielded to certainty, and I tional guards as experience has ; al provisions, all avenues to fempdetermined forthwith, to ask your proved to be necessary Upon tation, on the part of political serindulgence, to be excused from a- this principle, I venture freely to j vants should br closed.

ny further set vice in the councils of the country. Situated as T am mv name presented to the freemen of the United States, for the first office known to our constitution I could not with anv tbin of approhati

on on mv part, consent either to pendent constitutional checks, I j me with descending from the in-uro-e or encourage a change which would impose a provision, i coder j dependent ground then occupied,

ought w car tne appearance rf ing induced from selfish considerations from a desire to advance, my own views. I fee! i thorough and safe conviction, that that imputation would be ill founded, and that nothing could prompt me to an active course, 'n any subject, which my judgment did not ap prove: yet." as from late events, it might be inferred, that the prospeels of your recommendation, could be rendered probable, Wy bv the people having th.e choice given to them direct, abundant room would be afforded, to ascribe anv exertions I mirht make, to causes appertaining exclusively to myseif Imputations thu made, veuid, I assure von. he ex V tremeiy nurome to any perso: ot virtuous and independent feel; 4 i thev would certsinh prove so to me ; and hence the i'eV' ! to the hands of those w'no co; rn 1 t on me the anixuntmon! ;'.U. :i1 ui the exercise of their eoo.st rights, they may coni:Jv- u to j some one meriting their erVtiv: ancc and approbation. lleing about to retire on -e

more to private life, it may he the j berally confided in by their eonlast, time, probablv, that I shall siituents, while their vigilance

j have, an opportunity of addressing j you. PcVmit me to suggest to ! Vou then, sfmc remarks upon tl:e ' proposed amendment to the eonj stitmion of the United States. j Our .-iolitic-il tabrie. being icgula- ! ted by checks and balances where e.xpr.fience assures us. that tip. se which Jiave been roorird n ; arc innlll-df-nt : or, that Ivowever well I b.eir boundaries have iK-en j defined bv f he parchment of the i constitution, some new barrier to i the encroachments of power or it is the duty of the people, in jus-

tice to themselves, to see that Aic. depth of thought to be convinced, ' Were we to dvc vent to the is provided There is no ti ulr ' that corruption will become the feelings that actuate us upon this more sacred in politics, and none order of the day. and that under occasion, we nuVht depict a CCne more conclusively stamped upon the garb of conscientious sacrifi- at which the hcau of the most inall tne state constitutions, as well ccs. to established precedent for different would sicked ; and even as the lederal constitution, ' than the public good, evil may arise of then, we probablv should fall that winch requires the three great serious importance to the freedom short in description of the sad rcuepartments oi power the legis- and prosperity of the republic alitv. It rr.nLt hr ncihle tr

JUiUV Ull illHJ CAVA IUH f. lO he kept separate and apart. E' unpie and manucst as tms truth the d'.thcuuy ot armmiT it in practice with constitutional res - tramts. stdl remains, and forms a question whether, in its amend -

mcnt, the wisdom and virtue of i

tne present generation may not ; be usefully employed. Gratitude to the founders of our happv fo . . f - p vennncin, ccruimi raiinin oc iessened by honest etturts, on our part, to improve, or rather to fort if7 the blessings which have been transmitted to us, with such addi- j accord w ith you in the contem- j plated change proposed to the j constitution; and, indeed, would , g farther. With a view to sus- j tain more ( k -dually in practice, the axiom w oeh divides ihe three great classes of power, into inde j ins; anv memner oi congress meiigible to office, under the general government, for and during the term for which lie was elected, c for two years thereafter, except in cases of judicial office ; and these I would except, for the reason, that vacancies in this department are not ot ficquent occurrence; because no harrier should be interposed, in ine Electing to the bench, men ot the first talents and integrity Their trusts and duties KH1 oi tj)e most resporsih;e kin tilc vtlest posihie range sntiuui he permuted, that proper and safe selections may he made. The politician may en, yet his error may be presently retrieved. no considerable injury result : but with judges, pat ticularly. in tin; last re. ort, error is fatal, be-cau-e, without a remedy. r he effect of such a consthutinrov; ion is obvious. Bv it : :g:e: s m a considerable debtee v 1 pc freed from that connection with the executive department, widen, at present, gives strong ground of apprehension and jea1 i -y. o.i tre past of the people. iuembe s instead of beinir liable U) M u-ithdrawn from legislating upon foe great interests of the na" ton t';rou-h prospects of rxecutive patronage, would be more li- : would he less interrupted by par ty feelings and party excitement. Intrigue and management would j be excluded. INor would their ! deliberations, or the investigation j of subjects consume so much time. i The morals of the country uould be improved : and vittue, uniting " ith t'oe labors of th.e rcnreenta.

.... . petuate th.e honor and glory of 1 the government. But if this change in the eonstitution should not be attained, and important appointments continue to devolve upon the renresentaj tives in eonnres, it renuires no

tives anu with the oflicial minis- ' river into w hich they threw themlers of the law. would tend to per- ! selves, & were taken up by boats

to it is through tins channel. that the

. i . ut j people may expect to be attaei . V V hi in their constitutional sovn. i reiont v and whrrp ii-nmur I well he apprehended to spring up I in some favorable emergency. Aj gainst such inroads, every guard

ought to be interposed, and none

nettcr occurs, man that ot closing the suspected avenue with some necessary constitutional restriction. We know human nature to be ?prone to evil we are early taught to pray that we may not he led into temptation ; & hence, the opinion, that by constitution My name having been before the tuition for the. office of chief magieti ate. during the time I scrv. ed as your senator, placed me in a situation truly delicate. But delicate as it was my friends, do not. my enemies cannot charge or with degrading the trust repos ed in me, by intriguing for the presidential chair As your honorable bodv have, bv a resolution thought proper again to present my name to the American people, I mut entreat to be excused from any further sei vice in the senate ; and to suggest in conclusion, that it is due to myself, to practice upon the maxims recommended in others and hence feel e nstiained to retire from a situation where temptation ma exist, ind suspicion atise of the exercise, of an influence U-J diu to mv own uigi aurhz-'ment Acre;. I. I pray you. for yourse ves, and tt inler to the honorable bodies over which you icsnectivelv p:' .dde. mv siueetT regard. yViVA JACKSON. Hermitage, Get. 12, 1825. From Xih'x Register. The great Fires To shew what are the fires in the woods, of uhieh we have lately heatd so much, as raging in Elaine. New Bumsw iek and Canada, we select the following items : From Halifax papers of the 18th Oct ' All the accounts thnt have been received, describe toe rapidity of the flames to have been such as to have precluded the possibility of saving property to any extent. In most cases, the unsuspecting beings, suddenly aroused from their slumbers, were unable to dress themselves ; and immedi ate destruction was the consequence of a moment's delay. " So instantaneous were the effects of the fire, that many persons who u ere saved, owe their preservation to the vicinitv of the ' y i or escaped on rafts or timber. In i that part of Miramichi called ! New Ca-tle, out of 250 houses, ni,t fourteen escaped ; and indeed tbc circumstance of any property being saved, is considered as a miraculous interference. m - - - . conceive the picture which the devoted country, that ha onntrv. that has occn t thfnn of this visitation, nmv ... Lun,!,! sons in the vicinity of Miramichi alone, perished in the flames; &, the toss of lives in the interior of