Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 20, Number 26, Vincennes, Knox County, 8 August 1829 — Page 1

iUN & cSeneral advertises. BY ELII1U STOUT. VINCENNES, (IND.) SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1889. Vol. XX. No. 20.

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has generally prevailed, and forced the multitude, degraded by ignorance, debased by su

could answer, Uonly a majority of two, (one of them from Missouri !) could be found lo

FOll THE WESTERN SU:, FREE SCHOOLS Xo. II. Natural abilities are equally destributcd arnomr men " iiU marn" a gen of purest ray serene, The dark indathrm d raxes of ocean boar ; 1 ill I a, an-.' a fiov. er ib born to blush unseen, A:.d waste its sweets on the desert air.5' j t i.-' upon the children of the poor upon the descendants of the labourer that our coun i'v depends for its protection in war, and for :. wc.ilth, prosper ity and happiness in peace I i" eve'.' again an hostile force shall profane our :.o':l, these must breast the bayonet and I -.e the cannons mouth; these must support or roomiv's Eaide wiih honour on evcrv : ..-id, and h::r our country's 11 a: with glorv J,-ongh every sea. In the hour of pei il, their ha .hhoo .(, their fnmness in the midst of suf -in a;, their devoted ness cool deliberate con-i.!-e in the mifl.t of danger and of death, to u u be our country's shield and safeguard, in peace they may be what you will. The source; of their country's wealth or poverty prosperity or misery liberty or slavery. Give to them education ; bestow upon them knowledge ; draw forth iheir talent, and let their uenius operate ; they will become honorable high minded farmers virtuous independent mechanic ; intelligent liberal merhants. Surmounting everv difficulty, some will shine in the learned proles .ions, and others will adorn our deliberative assemblies. At the b.dlnt bos, they will secure the cmpi lyment of faithful public, servants ; they will gua'd the purity of the elective trancoise ; ond they will preserve t;..e principles f our institution-, vigorous and unsr.liied. Among the children of our forests and the it. orates of our hovels, are thone, who only rc- ' ,;-o cuUivAtson to bring loth their peculiar puers, and occasion, to evince the patriots u;o, the btatcsmans skill, or the warriors gcf;in to shine the lights of another age, and loriv.-d t!e glory, the irtues, and t he useful-

ness ot V asumoton aocl ot l imiujid, oi Jel

On the other hand, a-

dcstiiuic of the

i'iM;(pess - : rhinre; n or'cd their cducai;.a, leave them without instruction; they v ill produce a lawless mob They will grow up ignorant, indolent, and unprincipled the ictimso' the avai iciuus and the tools of the ambitious Power will ever concentrate in tue hands of the intelligent, for knowledge i power." Aristocracy will raise her banei o iio .d; the k;v will be eicvated and the f t;oi omioc will he de pt esscd "The ballot box Vv,ii b : denied by cori upthei. The scenes of o'Jvcr times will he re acted and, cur coun- . v hi) . ty will empire at the leet of some p uihp or o sonic Cccar. So:h is the constitution of our nature cvin-

' bv uo.tvxi experience that amongst e: v oc p!e and un ler e ei lot m ol ;ov ern-

.-, :it ioopp -.i c a 1 1 1 ever bdh ; i ant prm i,i's evUt. I'ho one traces i' , nii.;in to to o bn.nutablo ilecrets ol udior- xvisdom, aod i hi Cvl upoii universal benevolence. Vise other, spt ings li ooi the weaktu sses of mon his amb'uion, and vanity, and sellishi.css and is founded upon adventitious cir-o-nst uu es the passesMon ol hereditary re- ; 'eeta'dliiv, of wealth, or of knowledge. 'i i.o i.e. the spit it ol democracy, i that con- : iwvtive (O Uicipieol our nature, w hich, with .: assis aace of education and the general e. c;o Mi of knowledge, will yet einhle man of c :v e i ne and every hue, to rise up 11 re !e ued. regenerated and disenthraled." The o'hc-, the spirit ol at i.tcci acy, deprcs ses an 1 d, gioides -him fiom his place in the ;vm!' dI ntoial beings The mode in which l ho c, -.) opposite. principles, cooiinually op to ate, h evident It may be traced in the his t v v id t! is as xxcll as ot exet y ago, and is mal.ihst fVv as xvvll as in eery eoun'ry. Ami such and so great, are the advantages of ' x la-oily t espeetah'Hity, of wealth and knowlc '.;e ; and so strong the inclination, anil so ce.i-adess the etVorts, of the possessors of li ; e avl vantages, lo transmit them to their children ; and such the pow er of habit, and m mighty the force and entlualment.ol pre ee lent, sanctioned bv rxneripnre rrA nrj?..

pcrstition, and enervated by corruption, to i vote against.

seek refuge from the oppression ot many ty The iollowing is an extract from his speech . rants, as degraded, debased and enervated as "1 now proceed, Sir to the donation clause, themselves, in the arms ot one desiot. This j und admit at once that its primary intention spirit is continually encroaching upon us ;; is to better the ccudition of the poor. 1 know and, as the habits and opinions ot our citizens it to be written in that Hook which is the ep become settled unless assistance the aid , itome olall knowledge, that the rich ruleth

ot education and the general ditlusion ot the fioor, and the borrower it the smf tint ot

knowledge is afforded the democratic principle, it will finally prevail. There is another principle of mans nature, closely connected with the subject of yenjal education. Surely, man was not endoweAl w ith a mind almost unlimited in its capacity lor improvement, and with a heart suscepti b.e ot the most noble sentiments and the most refined enjoyments, merely " To eat) and drink, and sleefi, and then To eat, and drink, and sleei, again. This moral ability this capacity lor the exercise of the understanding, and for the indulgence of the affections so immcasurca

bly superior in its enjoyment, to the mere

the lender." 1 know too. thai it is said bv mv

vcneiable and venerated Iriend tiom otth Carolina, Mr. Macon, that governments art. not made or the poor, but against them ; thai the i ich get the benefits, and the poor gt t the burthens in the history of mankind, yet it has not always been so. Theie have been excep lions, and especially in that gicat icpubiic whose name, after the lapse ol two thousand years, still shines as a leading star in the firmament of nations. It was not so among the ancient Romans. With that heroic people, although the government was chiefly in the

hands of the Patt lcians, yet the poor had an interest in their country, and that interest was

gratifications ot sense is not limited to any founded in their shaic ot the public lands.

particular class ol men it is common to all (When a conquest was madv, hdl the lands

were immediately act aside for gi atiutous dis tribuiion among the poor ; the other ludl wa

put up to sale for the benefit of ihe public

but, it requires opportunity for its develope

ment. Mans happiness is dependant upon

his knowledge. The acquisition ot knot'

ledge, in making us acquainted with other a easury. Hesldesthis fundamt ntal law, w c countries and other times, tluir sentiments read in the history ot that gieat people, ol ocand opinions, their manners and actions, casional donations ot land to 20,000 poor f..mserves lo purify our sentiments, to excite our ilics at a time. Many laws were made for faculties, and to enlarge our understanding, the protection of theit lands ; as the LiciniThere is the most intimate connection be- an law, which secured their possession ioi twecn knowledge, virtue and happiness. Mo- several hundred yeara, and for thcenloitedern times are particulaily marked, in most ment cf which the Gracchi lost their lives. parts of Eutope and America, by what is It was this intcicst in the soil of their counealled the middle class in society above all try, which made the love cf that c.our.tsy so rank') ami outers of men, especially distin- stiong a passion in the breast of the Koman guishedby the intelligence they possess, by citizen. It was this which made eveiy l'oihc conduit they enjoy, utid the morality they man gloty in the name, and hold hio.eli ho practise. ever ready to fight ond die for kh, couuu ' I have heard much of the danger toJic ap- And cannot the same cause, procluee the same prehended born miiilaty chi: Tiains. Much i eifect with us ? Cowrcss is chc.i o d a ith pi o-

ha:- h en wt itten, and more said, of military viding for 44 the common difenec" ot the na

tion, and she expends millions upon the lur-

tiucations ol the sea coast, and u;ou the e quipmcut of h'nitis lor the .sea. Arnl m.ey -oc not give lands for the defence of the vw stent frontier? Great Britain is now liking Upper

Canada with frcc-holderr,, at a sneat c

pi use

usurpation. Hut, let eteim u.ai y schools, free to the poor and cnuuuon it) all, he established by the stat-. in every neii;hhorhood. Hestow education on all, an I e:;eite the talent ofalk Let nun it t he and de.metit tall, without rcgaidtothc distinctions of v.calth or poverty,

to their own piopcr levels and the state will ; to the crown. Gi:e hundred i.nd fifty acres ol perpetuate a race of sturdy, independent bee- ' choice land to each (.migrant expen:.e;j of men who will respect the rights and privi- J removal provision.- for one year seedleges of others, because conscious of their j grains for tiie first ctop fuming nt u ,u,d own and who wilt appreciate ard tcau) the h-n:-c!iohl men ils a cow, t the cot ol

happiness and prosperity of others, because ! 'O s'cibng : sueli are the iodo. -o cuts w id. i. j capable of apptcchuing and t cgnrding their : England holds out tor the souienicnt oi l-'i-j own. Over such oku mili'aty us'orpatio:; r.c- i per Canada And why lr the d. it. us pt.i -1 vcr did, never will, and never can triumph, j pose of strengthening her eli uguiust us ji j Let then, the means h" provided, to extend ithat qttaitcr : :nd shall we not siic!gUK.4i j

the bles:-ings ot education, to every individual ourselves against her in the opp;.ite qu.n

issued the infamous libvl which 1 have read :oou. It is the people of these tiontier slates to whom wc art chiefly indebted : t ihe glonrs of tire late war It is to them wo are eioeily to look in iututc wars. The arc, with us, tlie cheap defence of the iaiicn." And shall the not have an mhetitance in the land ol theii bothers ? .Shall they not have a home, as well a;, c. ;save, in the land which the) detend ? Sha.l .v. pait with no guuu.d but tor gold and silver? Shall wc consider moneymore valuable than patriotism? Shall v.eact upon t lie piinciple which I have heard asserted on thi floor, that the man who cannot pay g 100 for eighty anes of land, is not worth having for a citizen ? Sir, I know better. I know that an immense proportion ot the inhabitants ot new countries never sec the day when they are masters ot one hundicd silver dollars, to be paid down for a piece ot land. Early maniages, the caus ot a family, current expenses lor li.dispensibie ohjt cts, accidents, misfoi tunes and losses, pi cv cnt the accumulation of such a sun. small as it may seem to those who arc in the habit of handling n.onev , tut great, in fact, to him who gets noihi, g but by the labor of his hands, and whose fust earnings goto the daily suppoit of his wifeatvl his children. Poverty ii not always the effect ol vice or 1 .zincss. Many are born poor, and itm-jiuso; many are bom rich, and become poor through mislot tune ; ami, to all, the change ot condition from tenunt to ticcln.hlcr, is liie im-bt difficult pan of u.eir lives Let theteihtal government make that change tor tl.em. It can do it for hnndicds of thousands, and bo 'jcne the weaker or pooter, but licher and stronger on account of it. Gicatand n.eritoi ions are the services of the poor. They ate s ddieos in time of war, and cultivators both in w ar r.nd peace Their daily labor is toe pciciodil source of fend to man and beast. Daily do ibcy moiotm the eatth with the .'.w e.g of their biow. Shall that sweat continue to hd) up-,n ground which is not their

ov. n ? Shail they icn ain without lai d under

a government abounding with land? Shall

(ht v he t.iope'led to choosr between the

ants, !t ll eii lives? Shall they see, forever, lids hdial government, after constitutiroitseit :,ale pm chaser of land fiom Indians, resolve itselt into the hard character of specu

lator an.l monopolizer, and make umerehan-

out or God s hist and gicatest gift to

li). li,

il Iltioll 1() ( Dill t.

rri .-'. HiioM JT M.iY i:0.CERK: r 'j "' . i : L notice, that on in first U ol Uju U to ;t dim, or ai soii theiealtcr LS eoim-ei i.an he hcai.l. I shall apply to the Cheng cr nit ol Vandci but gh county, to Lc I. olden at the couit hou-,e m Lvansyille, in . id eonutv ol Yandc I btirch, on the hist

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.bil.ia III JlCllliitr IlfXliKf a Dull I L lOIl o

traction..! section No. fiiteen, in township

io. seven south, ot range No ten west, m the District ot lands offend lor sate at Vinccnnes, containing two hundred and eighty tix acies and titty one hundredths, between myself, and the heirs of Hez-. kiah Parker, deed. LURLNZO PAUKM1L July in, 1829. 'Jo-cJB-lp lt Iji i.aiul Ccrtiiicute. O l ICk is heuhy given lhat si weeks J sl alu r date, application will be made lo the lieghoii ot the Land Office at Vinccnncs, in the state ol Indiana, lor a Ccitificatc of i'tiit rr i i r.i land si ocK,tor the amount paid en the south west quaitcr ot section number twenty -mx, it) low nshsp number six south, of lange No. tourtecn west, in the Vu.ccnntT' Distiict, entered on the 2! si clay ol April, liiltf, and liable tube loifeitcd tor i;en-pay-ment agueablc to law; now claimed by mc as heir of Thomas West, deceased, urdei the act of congtess of the 23d May, 1828, entitled " An act for the relief ot puichatcrs of public lands that have revciicd tor non-payment of the purchase money," the original certificitc of the purchase ot which has been lost or dcstioytd (iivin under n.y hand, this 1st day ot July, UZ9. 21-6t M P,Y WHST. 3S hereby given, lhat six weeks afterdate, application wbl be made to the Hegisler of the Land tfice at Vincent es. in the state ot Indiana, lor a Certificate ot iohfkitkd land si ock, for the amount paid on the south east quarter of section i. no. her thirteen, in

township number five souih, el range nuni

her louitecn west, in the Vinccnncs District, entered on the I 5th day of January 1312,-nd forfeited for nun-pay merit agreeable to law ; now claimed by ihe heirs ot William Uatton, under the act of congress of the 2.1d ol May, 1828, entitled An act for the relict ct purchasers of public lands lhat have r everted fer non-payment of the put chase wonty," the original certificate of the purchase of uhidi has been lost or destroyed Given under n.y hand this firs! day of Ju y, 1829. 2l6t II EN IIY WALLS, for himself, and the other heirs of vm bahios, deed.

i -1 iVson and ol Clio. n On V W.m too chil i! on of the d

m the state I oho mis a seuool tun.l the

property of tho state, to be disposed of by tire

state, for the advantage cl the whole popula

tion, mut be ptovided. Tiiis is not a novel

proposition. Thoe vv'io may advocate thip proposition now, are not placed in the situation ol mere projectors. The chaiacter ol political visionaries, cannot be imputed to them. The most eminent of our country's Matcsmen have recommenced the mcasuse; the most nourishing of our sister statea have adopted it ; and experience has approved and sanctioned it. UN US.

Frnvi the St Ejui-i lUacoii.

t)N-rUElil!o!.OF.US IN THE iEV OTA TES

AND I'lOllUTORlES. Towards the close of the session of congress in 18 2U, the following Resolution, to ascertain the number of non freeholders in the new states and territories, was adopted in

hthe senate of the United States, on the motion

of Col. Urnton, to be used by him as an argument in support of the donation clause of

j his Graduation Hill : j " That the President be requested to ca7i.se r V Marshals of the States of Ohio, Indiana. , M sscttri. 1labama, jHhsissififii and i To;siuho, and 'he Territories of Michigan. j Jrk..t:-;,i and Floridityto reiort to the l)e ;art!;n-nt of State, (irrime to be by it laid j bctce the Sefiate at the eonimencement of the ne.rt stated session cf Congress, J the 7ru?nlcr I rf free taxable inhabitants, who are not i fufkholdeus, in their rcsiectiv e States and Territories, as nearly us the tame can be asj crtained by inquiry of the collectors and asscssors nf taxes, the auditors and atnfitrollers eft lie Treasury, and other revenue officers " ' Ti i . Resolution was complied with by the P- i'M lent, and the number of non-freeholders i in toe states and Territories enumerated, was

reported to be

lli Ohio, 57,236 Indiana, 13,185 Illinois, y.220 Mhsouti, 10,118

30 56 S

In Alabama,

Mississippi, 5.5P5 Louisiana, 3,l6f Florida, 1,0G

ter ? And tv the same means? The dcU iiee

furnished by pad iotism and valor, i , l;..en called u the cheap defence of nations," and v. in fact it is. A biave people devoted topln coutitry, is its cheapest as vvtll a, its MJtesi defence. Of this defence, it is in ti je ijiAi e i of this govcrmcnt to avail itself to any degi ee. It may have as many warriors as it pleases on its frontier. It ha3 bun beds ot millions of acres of vacant laud in the iVontier state, and territories, and come bundled ihotu aod citizens without freeholds. Let it rue them land; let it give them an int'u c ? inth;M-ou; try; a home for their wiv.r. ; nd tl oit iittlo ones ; and they will never be found without a horse and aiille ; without a uiilit.o- mind, a courageous heait, and a strong arm, when that country dematul j the ir se i. icr. 1 et no the character of these people be jud. cel b the infamous British public:.t"nns, tolJi too many of our statesmen ln.k for inlcVotion of their own coutitry. I have one of i In ae publications, which I have reserved to read in this place, lhat I might bear witness, on this elevated theatre, befot c the w hole American senate, to its base and libellous charac tcr. It is from the British Quarterly Review No. 16 Listen t it ll Wc allirm, v diout fear of contradiction, or of error, that t". ere is nott to be found on the face of the glebe, a race.oC gen so utter ly abandoned to vice and to crime, so devoid of all fear of God, and regard towards man, as the outsettlcrs of Kentucky, Ohio, and othcr back state." Now, Mr President, I affirm, without fear of error, and with utter contempt for ail contradiction, that a baser libel was never published against any people than this which I have read. It has been exposed by one who knows its talsity, (gov. Cass, of Michigan, in the North American Review,) and I add my voice to his, and from personal knowledge I have known the people of the frontier states from my boyhood I have travelled among them, and lived among them; and can truly say, that for all the manly virtues for integrity, fair dealing, courage, generosity and

From Arkansas, no return amountinY:jti 1 hospitality ihcv arc piovctbial and unrival-

the whole, to upwards of one hundred ami Ted The benighted stranger never knocks

frty thcusar.d heads of families, who arc

without land, and unable to get it, in a Rcpub lican Government owning above a thousand millions, of which it has only been able to sell about twenty millions in nearly fifty years! The cause ot these destitue citizens was plead

at their gate in vain ; the traveller never quits their house hungry: locks and bars arc not necessary for the security ol cribs and barns : the mail needs no guard: ihe solitary, unarmed traveller, in a journey of a thousand miles, enjoys a safety by day and by night.