Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 20, Number 11, Vincennes, Knox County, 25 April 1829 — Page 1

WESTERN SUN & flBGOTlOimK

BY EL1HU STOUT. VINGENNES, (1ND.) SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 18S9. Vol. XX. No. li.

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CONGRESSIONAL.

FROM THR UNITED STATES TF.LEGll Al'H. On vnotn "f vIr. .'arfon, the bill to Authorize the rehp.a".ihoent of the 16th sections of land v;r;mted to the state ot Mississippi for the use of ! hoo!s, and the location of other lands in lieu thercct, was taken up: vhen Mr. Barton moved to amend the bill, by strihini; cut the word Mississippi," in the 5tUlinc, H'-Unsertini; the words " my state or territory' the effect of wi.ch is to authorize all states which h:ive sclun.l lauds, toexch-ir.se them for other lands, when barren cr unproductive. On motion f Mr. Williams the amendment 1 1 a similar foil'., proposed yesterday by Mr. Sanf rd, and adopted by the seunte. was incorporated in the present bill, by which provisions, the Commissioner of the general land office is to decide when the lauds are barren c unproductive. Mr. Eaton then moved to amend the amendment, by inserted. afVr the. words ' commissioner .f the general land office the words in all cas.:s which would make the provision apply to the bill passed some days since for the benefit of the state of Alabama. Mr. Branv.h then observed, that if he understood the subject, the original grant of school lands to the new states, was made on the ground that it would cnhar.ee the value of the public lauds adjacent to them. Now as this consideration Iruftotaliv tailed, he looked upon the proposition contained in the bill, parcly in the light of a

donation. Vv rule toe puouc lauus wuc mu ven awav, he thought it bnt just and reasonable that the ol 1 stales should pwticipate in the donation ; and he would appeal to the justice and liberality of gentlemen to aid in accomplishing his object. Mr. H- then made the following motion : VvVscV'-c, That the bill be recommitted to the committee on Public Lands, for the purpose of so amending it as to make a like donation to the old states for the purposes of edacction. Mr. Kane observed, that the hill contained no provision for the establishment of any new principle. Its s do object was to permit those states, wiio had ?choo' hinds grunted tlum, to exchange such lands aad lc cate "others, when frund to be barren and unproductive. The bill did not propose to make a new grant to the state of Mississippi, its nnlv earthiv obuct was to cairy a grant alreadv made into periVt effect. If the slate of North 'Carolina were simil arly situated, then the bill itself would provide for her without the necessity of an amendment. To enter anew into the question, whether school land ought to be granted to the old state, lie presumed the Senate vas not at present prepared, if it open a held of controversy in which the balance of the session would he consumed. Mr. ancu was not in congress at the time, hat he well recollected the reason assigned tor resisting the claims of the old states to a portion of the p ablic lands for the purposes of education. It was urged that the lands granted to the new z ites, could not be viewed in the light of a donation, as the U. States had received an equivalent for tV p-rantin the enhanced vahie ol the lands

u i acent to them, l ne e.euuui- .i inu 4,41

has entire!,- fined, and it tins ae v. laci, v.-nv icfuse to the rid states a share of the donations that

are ma le

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The nu!)lic lands were pu.mc pro

-vhich all the states were equally interI I.. ', ..v m!- i ri.ion i ll t ! 1 1

?!i-re shculd he an equ il distribution ot them. Mr. Hknton denied that the school lauds erant;'d to tb.ene a- states coald be ie wed as douati0 t" Thev were gran:, d under the compact between the U. States and the new states, by which tbe equivalent was already more than paid. By this compact, the new states had divested themselves 01 mane cf their sovereign attributes. Thev had bound themselves not to do what. verv pettv sovereign does not ta interfere with the 1 i-ht -i t;ve sol;,.nd not to tax for five years the i v'.'is-l.l hv the U. States. In consequence ot r.i compact, in which the new states had disabled themselves in two essential particulars, the U. Statev became hound to bestow on them the ' t!i seeti n of laud f n- the purposes cf education. The new states would gladly repeal this compact ! Mv.orro-.v, U-t tV.e government take all, piv io.cd the piivilfive were conceded to them ot taxin r the 1 ublic lands for the time to come. They

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.u nave nuea in. 11 ireasui ics hmuviu-mu,

and operated as a spur to the U. States to induce hern to make speedy sales of the unsettled lands. The new state.-, did net consider the public lands ns donations ; but as a hard purchase, under a contract made with miners, who, had they only waited till of mature age, could have come into the confederacy free and untrammelled. Mr. Hendricks said, that the proposition of the senator from North Carolina, opened a wide

lit Id, and embraced principles w hich he hail not

pricciplcs on which the new states were entitled to admission into the Union, and the terms on which they were admitted. The Senator from Missouri, (Mr. Benton,) had said that the new 'Lates had been greatly prejudiced by the compacts. In that opinion, he fully concurred. It was his opinion, that the new states would be benefitted by annulling these compacts, could that be done to-day or to-morrow, and he had heretofore expressed that opinion to the Senate. He repelled the idea, that the compacts had been made for the benefit of the states, said thev had been enacted by law and originally imposed on the states, rather than asked for by them. Said their validity had been questioned, cx might well be questioned on various grounds, referred to the resolutions of Louisiana, to the proceedings of the Legislature of Indiana on the subject ot the public lands, and to the proximate attitude of Alabama, Illinois and Missouri on the same subject. The doctrine that any political community could transferto another political community, its sovereignty, or a portion of it, might well be questioned, and the doctrine that a small community in the incipient stages of its existence, can bind for ever the state for which it acts, was surely objectionable. These compacts had been made by the people of the territories, before the admission of the states into the Union, and their unchangeable character, and perpetual obligation on the people, for ever thereafter, was a derogation of that fundamental political principle, which authorizes every free people, to change from time to time, their constitution &laws. lie would strictly observe the faith of compacts, but it was surely competent to suggest every reasonable objection to them. He denied the power of the. states to transfer the light of their own soil to the federal go ernmcnt, and the power of this government to accept such transfer, and said, that for his opinion there was the highest authority. He referred to the construction of Mr Monroe in his vote on the (late bill, and to a recent argument in the other house on the same subject. He would not, however, enter further into the argument, but disclaimed the allegation, that the compacts

were made for the benefit cf the new states. If

the Senator from North Carolina, has, in his 6tate vacant lands, and wishes to appropriate them to the purposes of education, he surely would not object, but he did object to any appropriation of the soil within the limits of the state he had the honor to represent, fcr these purposes in North Carolina. Mr. Barton said, that although he was opposed to the motion to recommit the bill, yet he would observe, that those who choose to make a contract ought to abide by it. He did not intend to enter into any argument on the subject ; hut the objections to the hardships of the compact between the U. States, and the new states, and its

having been entered into with minors, he thought would appear as a mere rhetorical flourish, in which there was no valid reasoning. If the argument that the compact was illegal, because made with minors, held good, then the proposition of the gentleman from North Carolina was correct ; for it was only on the ground of the validity of the compact that the claims of the old states to a share of the public lands could be sue i cessfully resisted. The compact might with j more propriety be called a common arrangenn nt made by the community for the disposal of the common property. That portion of the common owners who emigrated to the new states, bound themselves not to tax or dispose of the propert) which belonged to all. Mr. Hendricks replied, that the Senator from Missouri, (Mr. Barton, had said, in reference to his former remarks, that if the compacts are of no validity, then certainly the proposition of the Senasor from North Carolina was correct ; for then the public lands, unembarrassed by all restrictions, and the property of the Union, might fairly be distributee! among states. He wished to he correctly understood. Perhaps the word validity, would net so well express his meaning as some other word. He cared not for terms ; but thought it was absolutely certain that the con

gress of the U. States, m passing laws requiring these compacts, understood the subject very differently from the Senator from Missouri. Congress had required the new states to contract that they would not interfere with the primary disposal of the soil, and that they would not tax the lands for a specified period after their sale. Now if the congress of that day believed that the states, without these compacts, after their admission into the Union, would have no such power, w hy was it thought necessary to restrain them by compacts? It is evident that congress believed the power could exist in the state, or they would have taken no measures to restrain its exercise would not have imposed the compacts. He would respect the compacts while they existed ; but it would surely be permitted to the new states, even at this late day, to say that they had hard bargains, and that congress ought net to retain the advantages they may have gained. Mr. H. spoke of the political balance which had originally adjusted the powers of government between the states and the Union ; and said that if this balance were destroyed by cessions, on the part of the states, to the federal government, no matter whether of abstract political power or the object of it, that then the system was destroyed. After some observations from Mr. Noble, Mr. Berrien observed, that he had on the day previous, given notice that he should to-day, in pursuance cf instructions from the Judiciary committee, move that the Senate proceed to the Consideration of Executive business ; and asthelar? was wearing late, and there being no probability

of the question being decided to-day, he would, in the first place, move to lay the bill on the table. The hill was then laid on the table, and on

motion of Mr. Berrien, the Senate proceeded to the consideration of Executive business after

which, the Senate adjourned.

FUOM THE LOUISVILLE ADVERTISER.

17ie OAftcsinon What could more forci

bly demonstrate the unquenchable thirst of

the coalitionists for olhce, than the course they have pursued since the election of Gen. Jackson ? Holdiner at least ninc-tcnthi of the

appealed to the magnanimity of their opponents) and asked fiermitsion to retain their stations. Finding that this appeal would not have the desired effect, they raised the cry ot firoscrifition" with a iew tcdeter the Executive, or to excite the public sympathy In this last eftbrt they bid fair to be quite as succe8iJul, as they were in that made b) them, during the late struggle, to convince the people that (ien. Jackson wa3 an igno ramus, an assassin and an enemy to libeity, and that his friends were the most factious, sordid and unprincipled set of men that ever combined together. Respectable, disinterested, intelligent and patriotic, as they effect to be, they have plainly shewn their willingness to forego tvi consideration for office. To the President, whom they had lavishly calumniated, the) first said . permit us to retain our p a;ts, and you will receive from those who opposed your election, the most efficient and dixinHerested sufiiort ' This proposition was not acceded to the Executive scorned the idea of buying ufi his traducers and w hat then ensued ? The coalitionists began to complain that they were unfeelingly fierseczited and proscribed that they were about to be sacrificed, simply because they had differed in opinion with theii opponents. They had lost sight of their prcviouslibels upon Gen Jackson and his friends, including the vile and unmanly attack upon the partner ot ids hosom, the coffin handbills, and the charge hat he attempted to swindle the government in the negotiation of the Chickasaw treaty 1 And now, they contend that they pursued in the late canvass, a disinterested and honorable course ; that their opposition to G'en. Jackson w as Jorced that their firinc filec ay, their principles constrained them to oppose his election ! and that a republican people can never sanction the policy which would deprive them of their offices for a mere difference of principle ! It is thus the point is conceded that an overwhelming majority of the office-holders of the nation, arc not only personally hostile to Gen Jack son, but opposed to him in principle. The question, then, lor the peopie to decide, is this: Would Gen. Jackson act pruriently and justly towards himself and his friends, were he to consent to retain such charrcters

in office ? We are confident he would not.

In the late contest, the line of demarcation etween the two parties was boldly and bioad-

ly drawn. The supporters of the coalition

demonstrated that they were hostile to the J

proposed amendment to the federal constitu-

ion. to secure to the people the r'ght of e- j acting the Chief Magistrate of the Uni n ! riicy not only insisted that Mr. Adams wa

fairly elected, in pursuance 0 the spirit ol tin

rensti ution : but they went so tar as to vs

c t, in effect, that the people were incompc out to make a wise selection of their Prcsi-

dent I This doctrine was advocated bv Mr.

Clay in his Lewishurg and Pittsburgh elinnei speeches. The less wary and intelligent supporters of the coalition, were thus encouraged to disclose their real views; to de

clare that the Members of Congress were

much better qualified to select the President than the people themselves; or, in other terms, that the people of these States were not competent to self-government. We then beheld one party openly avowing and advo

cating the opinions and principles inculcated

by the despots of Europe while the other

was contending for the right of suffrage and

the sovereignty of the people. One -side proclaimed the people "thcirown worst,en-

emies" the other maintained their riigs

and asserted their competency to self government. Between the parties the:c was, in

deed, a wide difference in point of princi

ple. The coalitionists were the bold advo

cates of the principles maintained by the aristocracy The privileged orders of Eu

rope; while the friends of Gen. Jackson

were honestly and zealously contending for what they considered the unalienable right of

the American people.

It is therefore not to be supposed, that we

can now turn round and commune with our adversaries. The 41 difference of principle" is, in itself, so wide, and involves so much, that no man who values the popular rights ol

the people ; no man who desires an amendment to the federal constitution, to take the election of President from Congress, can be prepared to sanction a course of policy, that would enable those who arc opposed to that measure in firincifile to retain something like nine-tenths of the offices of the national government, with the power and patronage attached to them. Such a course, on the part of the Executive, would be alike unwise and suicidal. It would exclude his friends from a fair and equitable participation in the management cf public affairs, and would inevita

bly defeat the contemplated measures cf lie-

s. r. d wmdd I ,- drawn into r.rru merit in this

t. .dental a . He dh: c to the compact?, the 1 offices of the national governmenti they first

In five days 1 have rclured to the post office twenty letters and three pamphlets, enclosed to the 4ih nuditcr, and directed to other persons. Some ol tiicse letters were to other officer of government, who have not the franking privilege. I am told they were on public businessand by a general ariangernent heretofore adopted, were enclosed to the 4th auditor to avoid a postage account. Others were to my own clerks on business of the cilice. Others, to clerks an others! had no cor cern whatevei , so iar as I know, with the business of the public. The post othec law is imperative that r. person having the franking pi i viltgc, shall return to the post otlice, to be charged wiili postage, all letters enclosed to him and intended tor others. '1 hat law I shall inflexibly obey. I can not know that letters enclosed to me are on public business, and if I did, i: would not alter my duty. It the system which the law prescribes is inconvenient, it is the business of the Lcgislatuie, and not oi" the Executive poucr to change it. I therefore request those wh- have business with other public offices, and who have been in the habit cf enclosing their letters tc the 4th auditor , to discontinue that practice. I also request ail those who have business with this office to addi ess heir letters to myself. Independently ot the post office regulation, it is obviously proper that the whole correspondence of the office should pass under the inspection of the responsible head. Upon entering this office on Monday last, one of the first objects which struck my eye, was n pile of newspapers on my table. Among them I counted sixteen different newspapers, all of which, I was told, were subscri. bed for by the 4th Auditor, and paid for out of the treasury. The next morning I addresseel a circular to the editor of each of these papcis, requesting a discontinuance for several reasons therein set forth. 1 have since received four other papers, which I have also ordcied to be discontinued I have thus in five days, discontinued twenty newspapers, Lktn in this office alone at the expense cf the people. To my circular, the editor of the Baltimore Patriot returned au answer. Doth papers are am exed. Mr Monroe's personal remarks require no reply. When I study " manner t," I shall not go to his school. I know not what " crafty insinuation" he finds in my letter. I intended it lobe distinctly understood, that the money of the American people, so tar a3 it comes under my control, shall not be applied to the btnefit ot newspaper editors, or tho private gratification ot the Auditor or his Clerks 1 he interest of the countiy demands that this office should be filled with men of basinets, and nut with babbling politicians. Partisan feelings shall not enter here, ifl un shut them out. To others, belong tho whole bukiness ct electioneering ; to me and my clei ks, other duties are assigned. 1 htm I shall endeavour to discharge in the spirit of reform, which has made gen. Jackson President. 41 Vain" I may be proud I am that the President has given me an opportunity to aid him in proving that reform is not an empty sound, and is not to apply merely to a change of men. Henceforth assidiously devoted to my official duties, I shall leave my enemies nd his to their freedom of speech, and the press, resting my claims to public confidence on my acts. Very respectfully, your triend, &c. AMOS KENDALL. THE CIRCULAR. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Fourth Auditor's Office, March 24, 1829. sir Not believing that I am authorised to charge the government with subscription to newspapers and other publications, which are not useful to me in the discharge of my official duties, and not perceiving that I can derive any assistance fiom your Journal in settling the accounts of the United Slates navy, I have to request that you will discontinue sending it to this office. Very respectfully, your ob't. servant, A. K. HIE REPLY. Baltimore, March 25, 1829. sir Had your letter requiring the discontinuance of the Baltimore Patriot, to the 4th Auditor, (the gentleman you have supplant

ed) been couched in the usual mode, such as an editor of a paper, you yourself, no doubt, have been accustomed to receive, a reply would not have been deemed necessary ; but coming in the inflated style it does, il creates nothing but commisseration for your vanity, excited, no doubt, by the temporary elevation youhac obtained from fortuitous circumstances. If you think to wound my sensibility by the crafty insinuation it contains, ycu arc mistaken : and I have only to add, that if

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form, on the success of which the fame of the your present situation should do nothing to

1 improve your principles, it is to be hoped it

may do something for your manners With

present administration must hereafter rest.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

Fourth Auditor's Offil March 28, 1829V " Gen. D. GreenSir : 1 beg leave through your paper to make a few suggestions to those having business with this office, and others concerned.

due consideration, lam your obt. serv't.

ISAAC MUNROE. To Amos Kendall, Esq. The Bow dart QussrioH.Vfe understand that three Commissioners,' Messrs. Weod&ury, Hughe and JPrM may, in U