Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 20, Number 23, Vincennes, Knox County, 18 July 1829 — Page 4

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.ir H77i, Ar c.r, .A7J am;. .kt winter come, with chilling look, And strip the summer bovver ; jlc cannot rob me of my book, OY philosophic, hour. Ves let him come, with aspect chill, The leaves atrip from the tree, T:m re three that cm be happv ill ; My Wife, my Cat, and Me. The sto-m vr.-.iv howl, the snow may fall, The fio.t may flitter bright ; 1 herd them not, while on the. wall, Th" h a th th e shows its light ; Nor c are 1 how the winds may Mow, It fro ".i a dun I'm free, r r little will suilice you know, My Wile, my Cat, ami Me. The fool may pleasure take in vverdth, I r() rt not his pelf ; He's richer who', a mind in health, Who does not fear himself : How sweet to hopefur brighter day.;, Tho-ryh they should neve r he, While w;'t m ': hi fare the blaze, My Wile, my C , and Me. Ar.'I wh'Mi old a 're with s'.h!,.t Dace, t-,tre A's o er our hoads th" maw ;, Hi io hs furrow:, deep r. ?)!, '-v (at e, At. I steals the- tail blown r...', flow sweet 'iuiil h when death come. To ko )v that then we three, im.dl s'ci i) t r--;ether ir. one tout!;, Mv Wife, riiv Cat. ;lVl Me.

POLJTiOAL.

From the Fmlancc Xov. 12 f. Io05. The n iuriple of turning men out of office for their poliiiral opinions, is ojic of whirl) we, in common with our party, have exprr? :rel ourselves with freedom, often with severity. Vuir we have uniformly believed, and we now as-sert it with confidence, that the precedent established by I'rcsi dent Jefferson on this point, conceding his conduct in every other respect to have been not only proper, but pc c.uliai ly wise, will consign Iiix name In the execration of posterity as the. o riiiiual founder of a evstem of cor ruption that most eventually subject these, states to the iron rod of despo

tism. To adve.eale a change of minor officers on everv change of the executive; to deprive men of their just claims on the ;;ratitude bounty of their eountrv, under a pretext of obeying the wid of the. people ; to hurl aeiti.-.en ray headed a pennyles. from hi tody means of suhsislenee, his only ic.ward for the s-uri-tice cd" blood treasure, and domestie enjoyment to his country's ser vice, merely because he will not ehanoe with the times, and pay obsc (piMtis homage to men whom he tlispises, and measures whieh he thinks trau'jjit with mischief - arc strides to wards ahsnhttc tyranny, in which hu inanity foi bids us to go hand in hand, with any set of men whatever. From the XaHnal Journal of June Hie y(. 119 Tiv thtnlsni!'' constitutes the crime, and the f'tiin nv of any anonymous leptile who can sc? awl a binned and

unintelligibie jargon ot calumny, tin-

.wj-ir-5 i crn & n iPiirc ac i cis e7an d must exercise, if he desire to perpetuate the Republican institutions of his country,1 are driven into political exile and doomed to all the ills of poverty ? Will they sanction, even by their apathy, deeds which would have made the swords of the fathers of our country leap from their scabbards deeds less grinding and oppressive than those which did call them forth

to heroic action, which roused those truly independent men to peril their lives, their property, wives and children, and all the blandishments of home, on the result of a fierce and doubtful, although most honorable.

conflict? Forbid it freedom forbid it humanity forbid it all thosu feelings vhieh,,:,tcd us in 1770 from op pression to vlorious tndcpcndcncc-1.

1 forbid it that blood which llowed in tlic veins of the great men of that age j forbid it. Genius of the Republic ! j More than half the people of the United States arc under this ban of proscription. Will they tamely sec the bread taken from the mouth of

honest talent which has been faithful ly applied to the public service in order that it may be given to those who have exhibited no other talent than that of the yelping cur the talent of disturbing with their senseless barkings the neighborhoods which they have infested? Will they lie peaceably and supinely. &. cee themselves thus openly and out rageously defrauded of their rights and their means ? If so, the answer to the question propounded by Genera! Jackson in his Dinsmorc letter "Are we freemen, or are we slaves ?" admits but of one response 44 We are slaves" We shall have squandered our inheritance we shall have shown ourselves undeserving of liberty we shall have stripped ourselves voluntarily to receive the stripes of the op

pressor we snail &avc sown the seeds of dishonor. & V';hall merit 6c obtain a plentifid bin vest of shame The patriarchs of thr: country who lie festering in their rhrouds, will

tics to the public honestly, ably and

assiduously. AH their private arrangements arc made accordingly. To be dismissed, without fault, and without trial ; to be expelled, with their families, without the means of support, and in, some instances, dis qualified by age or by official habits from the pursuit of any other business ; and all this to be done, upon the will of one man, in a free government, was surely intolerable oppression Our insitutions proclaim, reason enjoins, and conscience requires, tljat every freeman shall exercise theelce

tive franchise freely and independent

ly : and that, among the candidates!

for his suffrage, he shall fearlessly bestow it upon him who will best

advance the interests of his country 'Plw nrr":iittirtf inn ic fhnt fhiL: a r)

ways done, unless the contrary appears. Rut, if the consequence of such a performance of patriotic duty is to be punishment ; if an honest sincere preference of A. to J. is to be treated as a crime, then our dearest privileges is a mockery and our insti tutions are snares. During the reign of Ronapart?, upon one of those occasions in which he affected to take the sense of the French people as to his being made Consul for life, or' Emperor, an ordcr; was sent to the Feneh armies to crt

Icct their suit- ages. They were toldJ in a public proclamation, that they) i i ,, . . .

Lost Land Certificate. 'TTOTICE is hereby phen, that six 7cckr IN after date, application will be made to the Register of the Land Office at Vinccr;ncs, in the state of Indiana, for a Certificate ot Forfeited Land Stocky for the amount pair! on (factional sections numbers thirty-one thirty-two, in township number sccn south, of rane number two wes!, in the Vir.cenr.es District, enictcd on the third day of Aus', 1509, and forfeited for non payment cTcc-.-bly to zx7 ; now claimed by the licit 3 of John

i..vnn)vjivv.u)i.U lililill till ULI IJ CCi. ,'ItiS of the 23d of May, 1828, entitled " An act

for the relief of purchasers of public land

that have reverted for the non payment cf the purchase money," the original ccrtif.cate of the purchase of x hich has been lost cr !cstroyed. Gien under my hand, this Cih dsv

ot June, 1829. 18-Ct URIAH WINCHEL. for himself, and the other heirs of Jquij Jl'jsciiEi., deceased.

NOTICK jTS hereby given, that six weeks after date, il. application will be mac to the Rescuer ot the Land Office at Vir.ccnncs, in the Liatc of Indiana, for a Ccrtificaic of fokfkitf.j land stock, for the amount p-id on franticnal sections numbers tw t y-i.ii.e and thiitytwo, in township No. cit;ht south, r.f tci rc No. six west, in the Viuccnncs District, entered by James Martin on the 1 1th day cf February, 181 I, and forfeited for non-pa; men;

sit'nee ol tl.c said James Martin, under tl!e

act of coniTiCis of the 23d of Mav. 1S-J3. tn-

pu!)!ic lands, that have i everted for the nonpayment r.f the purchrsc mor.ry the nrnnn tl ceilifio?te of the puicl:ace of wh.irh t.ai, been lost or destroyed Given under my hand, this VdU day of June, 1829.

ir-V.t LD WARD IIAYDON.

Kciicc is hereby given,

TT 1 1 s : i f. .1

were atlinonzCU CC leqilCSICtt tO VOC ' &J ' wi-i VL-u5 ;u t;r -Jlc appneauon freely, according to the dictates of ;viM :!c 10 ,l .'7 .. , mi, uieuuea ui qivcc j-cenncs, in the state of lmharathcir best judgments, and their hon- r0, a Certificate cf vomi-eited lantoci:!

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spurn eoninminen with us even m the jrr.ve they will shrink from the

contamination of our ti'ueh: and they

who come after us, &, read in history the goodly institution:, which we held in charge for them, but wanted coinage and virtu? and independence of soul to protect, will curse our memory, and groan their reprobation of our cowardice and vice as thev rattle the chains which we shall have

prepared ior them. Extract from Mv. Cla?f$ Fowler par den xjieech, Miijf D IS5J0 f; lint now persons are dismissed, not only without trial of any sort, but without ch!v)e. And as if the

intention weie t oSftN y public opinion,

sifted, unenqtiired into, is sufficient & to give to the acts of power a high-

evidence for conviction and punish J er degree of enormity, in some installment. ccs, the persons dismissed, have camit ennnot he doubted that at least jed with them, in their pockets, the one half the. people of the. United ! strongest testimonials to their ability

i States are exposed to this eoutse of and integrity, furnished by the very

ip": uments employed to execute the pi. poses of oppression. If the new administration had found these dis charged officers wanting in a zealous

co-operation to exeetite the laws, in

est convictions. rut a mandate was

privately circulated among them ; importing that if any soldier voted against jJonapartc, he should be instantly shot. Is there any other difference, except, in the mode of punishmentbetween that ease. & the arbitrary removal of

men from their public stations for no other reason than that of an hnrrvu

and conscientious preference of one Presidential candidate to another? And can it be doubted, that the spirit which prompts these removals, is restrained from being extended to all, m private life, who manifested a similar, preference, only by barriers which it dare not yet breakdown? Hut should public opinion sanction them, how long will these barriers remain ? One of the worst consequences of t he introduction of this tenure of pub lie office will be should itbcpermun ently adopted, to substitute for a system of responsibility, founded ijjq! the ability and integrity with which

public officers discharge their dutiesJ

to the community, a system of uni

versal rapacity. Incumbents, feeling the instability of their situations, and

knowing their liability to periodical

removals, at short terms, without any

regard to the manner in which thev

ttms. and to the men who have adoptrd this system of stern and indiscriminating proscription. Half the people! tor the honor of human nature for the credit of our renuta

tion iir virtue and intelligence and j consequence ol then- preference at the

liberal feelings-for the ciedit. more over, of that character for perfect lib-

city of opinion. oC speech and of the

preceding election, there would have been grounds for tb.eir removal. J'ut this has not been pictended ; and to

press, whieh we take to ourselves, let show that it formed no consideration,

iii hope that nine tenths of the people! they have been dismissed, am ungate who are i rally independent in mind first acts, without affording them an as well ;w in nretenshm. are ready to opportunity of manifesting that

Manip with their reprobation the acts r.f thie administration, committed in

the name of the people. Will all this mass of the American people remain inert and unconcerned spectators of the atrocious scenes which they are now called on to witness? Will they sit quietly & silent ly. while their fellow citizens, for ex-rreu-n that freedom of opinion which every American ought to cxer-

their sense of public duty was unalfected by the choice which they had

at the preceding election.

eessary consequences of thcs&aets of

authority. 31 en who accented pub

lie employments, entered on them

with the implied understanding that

they would be retained as long as they continued to discharge their du

for the amor.nt paid rn the sov.'h ivct hoarier of section No twcnty-MX, in township No. three :::2Ulh, of rone No. lour east, rn'cied on th'; 0th flay of April, I SOP, in the mme ct J . G. Pfiimn.cr. v.hoi- now (h oca?.cd,in tht:

rr i t - r ir

v inccnirjs i MsincT, anu v. nici) is u,i i..tce.

non-cyt:irnt agreeably to law, now r.!a:tntd

hv rn?, nn jor the act of cotmi eis of :l.c 2S(

ot May IaH, entitled " An an lor the relict i

pe.rchaaeis of pvblic hr.(!3, thst have reverted for r.o:)-paymeni of the purchase money.' the criminal certificate of wi.ich has beenh it or destrocd en under my hand this Cih day of June, t S2'J. lC-'6t . JOHN WINTER. Due Muiidrcd Dollars Ilcward. AS AWAY from the subt;Cnbtr,'iiw!i il.vv on Red river, Logan county, Ky. on tho nihtot the 6th a nec.ro man named TUOILXTOX, about 22 ycais of age, five feet 10 or 11 inches hiih, yhx complected, straight and v.eli made, active, talkative, sensible, and hai a

j good countenance ; reads very well, Sc writes

a to'.otubi'j good hand; tiad on Tvhcn he left home, a darl; jeans coat, blue casinett pattlooiis, k an rid black fur hat ; it is not knou that be had any other clothing with himbut it is probable he may have procured others iruni tome of his hiemte. lie was raided hv

J. J . iVlacUall, e?nr and has worked a eoosi

deal at the Hlacksmith business, and may Lc in Mr Mackall's neighborhood, as he has i la'ions living there, and in the -o:i:hcrn pai t o! Todd county; or he may have gens to Nashville, as he has lived there for r.vo ear, It is probable he has a free pass with him, and may be in company with some white nan: and will aim eventuallv to ct to the state ot Illinois or Indiana, as he once made at at-

iemnt to I'd to flif Oinlrpr !f tltctriprit in ti

have executed their trusts, Will be dis Ulianu. i'hc abo;c reward will be naid for

posed to make the most of their UU- I apprehending and confining said necroin any

certain o ices, whi st thev ho h them. 11 lM siaiu Ul uimois, inoiani or oro:

k..a i iu 1 tret hm aam. -r ittv dollars if taken o-

kuii iiuiiL-t; we iiiay cAoeei mnumera i , r.i, , . ,,

eases ot trand, peculation, and ii taken in Logan county, KcMucky. U

ble

eon notion.

-Jstray Bay Marc. Jj jJfCliN up by (;Corgc Taylor, in SkclJl ton township, Warrick county, Indiana, near the I'okc ltch,one bay maie, about 14 hands one inch high, a large star in her forehead, her light hind foot white above her pastern joint, shod before, a small scar on her near shoulder with some white baits in said scar, some saddle spots, no brands perceivable, supposed to be seven or eight years old. a natural trotter, appraised to 25, by Samuel Ingham and Norman Robei ts, before me,

WILLIAM SCALES, j p.

Mine 5, 1329. 2 l-3t j. Administrator's Notice.

I will not dwell on the injustice &J'OTlCL is hcicby given, that I intend Wilson Lee. individual distress whieh are the ne tf lo aW'y to the l'robatc court of Lar;-1 u OP-Tho

ryfncc county, state oi Illinois, on the third Monday in August next, lor the purpose ol making a final settlement of the estate of Robert Dolohan, deceased, at which lime all persons interested may attend if they sec proper the estate is believed to be solvent. JOHN DOLOHAN, Mm.

Jun; 24, 1829.

20-4t

brought home, all reasonable charges will Is paid. THOMAS O. 1)1! A NE. Logan rour.ty, Ky June 9, 1829. 2J-T. A List of Letters 1LMAININ(; m the IV.t Gll'.cc atV.i.::imtn, Duviesi county J.v'ian.i, the tv ending the 30tn day of June, izVJ, wb.irh it' no taken out with'.n thrcs rnoml;s, v, ill be sent to the Genera! !Vt Orlicc, as dead letters. .7 li C J unes Alien 2, Jr.im Allen, Willian: Ale:; iiider, Kliza Brown, Nathan Bascom, Win. Bunnell, Jacob P. Bernard, Charles H. Brown 4, James Barnet, John Baldwin, Elijah Chapman 2, James Calhcx n 2. Dennis Clark. Jc!i!i L.Calih

....it ' i i . . t.

wen, v.nane vuapinan. ) K G II J K L Joseph W. Davis 2, Jo!.:; Lvins 2, David Glass, James Hart, Ldvv. Ilac'n-

n:u'..,..i ir. i . : t. f i' .

11. I Lll 11. '1 I. Jl S . Jil t'S. VT" IXir" -

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mas Meredith, Chas. D. Mor-- :r,

Mary Mattingly, Jcse Morgan, K. l'.Marthall,

'i'huinas Malune 3, Nehemiah Ogden, John , Abram lVrkins John Buey. H S T Jl' Llizabeth Huthcrford, Susan Spalding, William Taylor, Jaccb Tammy, Abram ViV Joaepli Warner, U. B. Wallace, Willium H. Well. E. H. McJUNKIN, p.r. Wah'mton, Julv 1, VX:0. 21-L-)1:-