Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 21, Number 29, Vincennes, Knox County, 28 August 1830 — Page 1
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BY BLIHU STOUTJ VI3MCB2TIMB3, (IB..) SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1830. VOL. XXI. 3KTO. 29.
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LAWS OF THE UNI TED STATES. TASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE TWFNTY-FIPST CPVGI' F.SS. AN ACT, for iie relict" of the churchwardens ot FUzabtth City parish, in the State of Virginu. BE it enacted by the Senate and House cf Retirtscma.i : cs of the United States cf America in Congress a sembled. That the Secretary u hi" Trea.n y pay, out of any moncv in the 1 rcasury, not otherwise appropriated, the S'im of one hundred and thirty dollars, and fifty cents, to the Church Wardens of Elizabeth City Parish, in the State of Wgini i, to defray the expense of recasting a bell, Ivokc during the late war,
while used by direction of an officer commanding at that place, as an alarm bell. A. STEVENSON, Sj.rakercf the House cf Representatives J. C. CALHOUN, Vice-President of the United States, and President cf the Se?iate. approved, Frbtiary 11, 1830. ANDREW JACKSON. AN ACT to exempt deserters, in time of peace, from the punishment of death. BE if enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uriited States of Atnerica in Congress assembled. That trom and after the passage of this act, no officer or soldier in the armv of the United States,
nig out and making roads, under the direction of Congress, by the several acts passed for the admission cf States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, into the Union, on an equal footing with the original States. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That for the immediate accomplishment of these objects, the superintendents heretofore appointed, or hereafter to be apppointcd in the States cf Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, shall, under the direction of the President cf the United States, faithfully execute the work, and disburse the money, giving bond and security as he shall direct, and receiving such compensation asinhh opinion shall be equitable and just, not exceeding to each that heretofore allowed by law to the Superintendent of the Cumberland road in the State cf Ohio. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby granted, for claims due and remaining unpaid at the Treasury, on account of the Cumberland road, east of Wheeling, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. I approve this bill, and ask a reference to my communication to Congress of this date, in relation thereto. ANDREW JACKSON. Approved, May 31, 1830. RESOLUTION to suspend proceedings against the Corporation of the House of Refuge in New York. RESOLVED bu the Senate end House
cf Representatives cf the United Spates cf America iti Congress asse?)ibled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, directed to suspend all proceedings for the collection of a debt due to the United States from the Society or Corporation of the House of Refuge in the State of New York, until the end of the next session of Congress, Approved. May 29, 1S30.
RESOLUTION requiring annual reports to be made to Congress, in relation to applications for Pensions. RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives cf the United States cf America in Congr-ess assembled. That the Heads of Department, who may severally be charged with the administration of the pension laws of the United States of America, be, and they hereby are, respectively, directed and required, as soon as may be after the opening of each session of Congress, to present to the Senate and House of Re presentathes, a several list of such persons, whether Revolutionary, invalid, or otherwise, as shall have made application for a
pension, or an increase oi pension, ana as, in their opinion, respectively, ought to be
placed upon the pension roll, or otherwise provided for, and fordoing which they have no sufficient power or authority, with the names and residence of such persons, the capacity in which they served, the degree
of relief proposed, and a brief statement of
the grounds thereof, to the end that Con gress may consider the same.
Approved, May 29, 1830.
them; not because they are fit only for the rich, but because they are fit for nobody. Wc ought to reflect and reason on this subject, as we may suppose an enlightened parent to do, who, possessing ample means, sits down to consider how he shall train his favorite child. Does he ever inquire what is good enough for it? No, he inquires what will benefit it. He inquires how he can best and most usefully employ its time; what studies will cultivate its intellect and devolopc its capabilities. He inquires what
situation will best mould its dispositions to virtue and its habits to wisdom. And governed by such considerations, he decides. So ought a republic to reason, and to decide, for all her children. When we propose a system of republican education for the people, therefore, we propose that it should be the bestnot the most brilliant, not the most extravagantly expensive, not the most fashionable but the best that the nation, in its wisdom, may be able to devise. We need not be told that it will be imperfect. Every thing human is. But if it be only as scientific, as wise, and as judicious, as modern experience can make it, it will regenerate America in one generation. It will make but one class out of the many that now envy and despise each other; it will make American citizens what they once declared themselves, free and equal. Such a view cf the subject may be set down as Utopian, or ridiculed as extravagant. Wc can not help that. It is the republican and the only truly republican view of the subject. And unless we greatly mistake the signs of the times, it is the view which this ?iatio7i will soon take of it. P. S. In the foregoing we have not spoken of professional education, but only of
that first general education which prepares for any profession. Every one knows that
an engineer requires to know more of ma
thematics, and a physician of physiology, than the general student; and so of other professions. But a certain degree of acquaintance with the arts and sciences in
general, though not in minute detail, goes to make the character and acquaintance of
every cultivated and accomplished man.
PUBLIC EDUCATION.
from the New-York daily sentinel.
ESSAY III.
Prom the St. Ciairsville Ohio Gazette. "His opinion (the president's) upon this very important subject, meets the approbation of the republictn party throughout the country about home it is the same. For our own part wc conceive it to be the true reading ot the constitution. And if the power of appropriation was unlimited, it would be inex
pedient it would be impolitic to in
crease the amount, and prolong the payment of the public debt by taking stock in every company that may be formed.
Phe national debt should be paid off as
speedily as possible. Prcm the American Statesman, Salem, A J.
'The spirit and style of this paper
(the message) has not been surpassed by
any production of the like character.
His reasoning upon the constitutional power of the general government, must
be admitted by all parties to be a sound
business together, ought not to be cxpcc ted." Jejfenon
JVhat sorf cf Education is c-ood enough
shall be subject to the punishment ot death, fcr the common Pccue,
for desertion in time of peace. I In approaching the detail of our subject, Approved, .May 29, 1830. I this is the first question to be asked and an-
swered. If the answer be, "a plain Lng AN ACT making appropriations for ex- lish education; that is, reading, writing, ac
aminations and surveys and also, for cer- counts; and by way of a finish, a little tain works of Internal Improvement. grammar and geography" if this be the lie it enacted bu the Senate and House of answer, then public education is no such
Representatives cf the United States of A- ereat things, after all. It is all very proper
nerica in Congress assembled. That the in its way, and the public attention ought to following sums be, and the same are hereby, be called to it, as one of fifty other things to
appropriated, to be paid out ot any money be attended to. But to talk ot education
in the Treasury, not otherwise appripria- regenerating the nation; to speak of it as ted viz: the most important of earthly concerns; to
tor defraying the expenses incidental to call on the present generation, as they va
making examinations and surveys for Na- hue the freedom and happiness of the next,
tional works, under the act ot thirtieth A- to unite, heart and hand, for the establish
pril, one thousand eight hundred and twen- ment of public education, all this we think ty-four, including five thousand one hun- is to make a mountain of a mole hill. A
dred and four dollars and twenty-seven large proportion of our population can read
cents, tor arrearages on account ot surveys and write and cast up an account; and it all
and office rent, in the years one thousand they are to gain for their children beyond! eight hundred and twenty-six, one thousand that, is a little grammar and geography ! eight hundred and twenty-seven, and one (which many of them probably have althousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, ready picked up at home,) no wonder that thirty thousand dollars. they sit with their hands across, and yawn, For continuing the road from Detroit to and wonder that people should make such Fort Gratiot, seven thousand dollars a fuss about public education. For continuing the road from Detroit to We for our parts, have a very different Saginaw Bay, seven thousand dollars. conception of the matter. For continuing the road from Detroit to If we are asked, "what sort cf education Chicago, eight thousand dollars. is gOGd enough for the common people?" For completing repairs on the road be- we ask in reply, what sort of education is tween Alachua Court House, and Jackson- good enough for the richest and mostfavorville, in Florida, two thousand dollars. cd class in the land?" The answer to the For completing the road from Alaguato one question is, with us, the answer to the Mariana, two thousand dollars. other. For copmleting the survey and estimate of "Do you propose," wc shall be asked, a canal to connect the waters of the Atlan- "that every poor man's son should study tic with the Gulf of Mexico, ten thousand Hebrew, and his daughters learn painting four hundred dollars. And it shall be the on velvet?" No; but not because Hebrew duty of the Secretary of War to cause a and velvet painting are onlv good for the detailed report to be made out, shewing the rich and privileged; but onlv because we practicability or iiupracticabililv of mak- think them useless for anv one.
ing a ship or other canal, and the reasons We do not enquire, then, "what is good for either, with an estimate of the probable enoueh for the common neonle?" we en-
expense and advantages of such canal as quire "what is good enough for human be-
mav be considered practicable.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That
the sum oi one hundred thousand dollars oe,
and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of opening, grading and making the Cumberland road, westwardly of Zanesville, in the State of Ohio; and that the sum of sixty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of opening, grading, and bridging the Cumberland road, in the State of Indiana, commencing at Indianapolis, and progressing with the work to the eastern and -western boundaries of said State; and that the sum of forty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the purpose of opening, grading, and bridging the Cumberland road, in the State of Illi
nois; which said sums shall be paid out of
any money not otherwise appropriated, and replaced out of the funds reserved forlay-
What makes a man better, wiser;
a more enlightened citizen, a more uesful
member of society? If we are asked whe
thcr we propose mathematics, astronomy, history, the modern languages, chemistry, physiology, camparative anatomy, drawing,
music, as branches which should be taught
to every child in the republic; we reply, if
anv one, or it several, or it all these branches are essentially useful to human beings it they contribute to mental cultivation,
to moral improvement, and if they do not
uuui') time wmcn might be more importantly employed we do most assuredly
propose them as proper to be taught in al state schools, to every child, rich or poor
pai im iau ur pKoiraii. w e mav chance to
consider some branches of studv which now
occupy much time, unfit for public schools
But it wc do, it will be, not because thev
are good fcr the people, but too useless for
Prom the Russelvillc Messenger. THE PRESIDENT'S VETO.
From the Hagerstown Mail of June 11.
ktTncy (the people) see in him a
statesman who pretcrs the public good to
popularity, and who is seeking to save
the people fiom burthensomc and op-
pressive taxes.
'Had he approved those two bills, (the
Maysville and Rockville Road Bills) he
must in a very short time, have approved
many others, which would have required more money than the treasury could furnish. What then would ultimately have
been the result? Either the payment of
the national debt must be postponed, or
new taxes must be laid; else there
would not be any money in the treasury
to meet the appropriations
Prom the Eastern Shore ( Md.J IVhig. It (the message) is unquestionably the ablest document which has proceeded from the pen of this distinguished statesman since his inaugural address. He assumes the construction of the Constitution advocated by the old republican party in 1798, as its true reading, in relation to the power under consideration. "The views of the president will be sustained by the people; and we feel confident that the massage will add more to his popularity, than any other message which has been adopted since his clcction." Prom the .Yezvarh ( Ohio ) Advocate, June 3
"The president deserves the thanks of
the nation for putting his veto on the bill. The Maysville road is not national, but local, in its character; and every
intelligent man must admit that money ought not to be drawn from the national
reasury tor any obiect that 13 not
national in its character. Besides it ap
pears from the president's message, that
the appropriations made at the last ses sion of congress were seventy-five thou
sand above the estimated receipts for
the current year. The message itself
explains at length the reasons of the
president for refusing to sign the bill; &
to that we refer the reader for argu-
ments wmcn are unanswerable, and
which we are sure will be satisfactory to every unprejudiced mind."
The Centre Democrat ( Pa,, June 12.
Speaking of the message, says, "No
paper that we have ever seen, emenatinR
from the executive of the United States, at any period since the formation of the
Federal Constitution, demands a more
attentive and impartial examination than
this document! For soundness of views
it has never been surpassed in force of argument, seldom equalled and in superiority of style and beauty of diction, it will bear a comparison with the standard writers of the pure days of the Augustan age of English literature.
From the Frankfort Argus. We give in this days paper a completC list of the members elect to the nex general assembly of Kentucky Wo have seen two partial lists .ent forth in the shape of extras from the cfFices oj tho Commentator aid Focus, to anticipate public opinion and misguide in relation to the results of late elections in Kentucky. More shameless efforts to impose false estimates of Mr. Clay's strength in Kentucky on other states were never attempted. In the statements given in these extras, we find the names of Messrs Rud and Thompson of the senate, Messrs Fowler, Haynes, Dyer, Russell, Grigsby, Dawson, and Helm, included among those elected as nnnnnmt tn the administration f rrnl
and able exposition of that instrument Jackson. Among lhose e recognize whatever may be their wishes m relation severa, who aided in thc eleclion ot ccn.
tO the meaSUre. I T.rl-nnn nrA t n inrnpm-ilinn iu.
thorizins us to declare that all of them
been most strongly impressed with the whatever may be their personal private
coincidence of the character, and honest, predilections, stand expressly pledged to
hrra, decided and patriotic measures ot their constituents as members of tho general Washington and general Jack- general assembly of Kentucky, to give son. Each has been a soldier each ris- their support to the administration cf
ked his fortune, his fame and his life, for general Jackson, and especially in the e-
nis country, vvasnwgion in me war oi lection ot a senator to the congress oi
the revolution Jackson in the preserva- the United States. The information
tion of the sovereignty which that revo upon which we predicate this statement, lution secured. Washington was a self is accessable to thc individuals we havo taught man one of natures noblemen named, and if there be any mistake or
born great raised up by Providence to misunderstanding with regard to the
be the rather of the Republic and 6a declarations made by them to the coun-
viour of his country. Jackson is of the tics they represent, we solicit the favor of
like character, the defender of his cun- them to commuicate the fact, that the er-
trythe protector of her fame and pre ror if any exists may be corrected. It
server of her liberty. When the battle is not our wish to practice any deception
was over the war was done and the on the public. The members who have
country safe each retired to his farm, passed successfully through the canvass,
put on me warrior aiiu rciuameu private cannot ue ignorant oi tne wishes ot tne citizen until called by the almost unani counties they represent, nor of the ex-
mous voice of the regenerated and de pectations which they have induced their fended country, to accept of its highest constituents to form as to their course in gratitude its highest reward! In the the legislatuie. If thc conclusions administration of thc great trust the therefore, which we have drawn with rehigh presidential office, each has confor- gard to the intentions of any of the inmed strictly to the title of the great dividuals named should be erroneous, character the written constitution of they owe it to themselves as well as to the country. No terrors of pat ty or de- the counties they represent, to enable us nuncialion of politicians no fears of po to correct the impression which we havo pularity or concern for the future has contributed to make on the public mind, induced a departure from those prin- The sources of our information are,
ciples which achieved, and now sustain however, of such a character, that we
the honor of thc country.
Prom the Louisville Public Advertiser.
The estimates of the public works
that have been surveyed, amount to a
bout sixty millions of dollars, and that to
"Pennsylvania has a deep and vital interest in the questions discussed and decided by the president; she hes made her turnpikes and canals, erected her bridges, and excavated her canals with her own funds, and by her own exertions, unaided by the general government. Would it be right, nay, could she submit to that construction of the constitution, which would call upon her to con
tribute, in proportion to her population,
to aid in constructing improvements, of no national importance, and of r.o advantage to Pennsylvania?
have not the slightest apprehension that
the statement we make, will be contro-
verted oy those concerned, it will oe mm i
seen that Mr. v.iay s opposition to tne
-Ik
administration win oe rt.auced- irom a
complete those for which surveys have majority of twenty. two in the last legis-
been ordered, would require an addition- Mature, to a minority on joint Daiiot ox oj
I r ... i
al expenditure of one hundred millions against seventy -iour m tne next legisia-
of dollars. Only a bepinninp contem ture; tne contested election in franklin
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plated with one hundred and sixty mil- mciuaea, exciuamg tnai oi xjaviesa,
linn nf do ars or. ncrhnns thc thou. ! Wliere tnere W3S 8 lie.
sandth part of the public works, local
and national, to which the attention of NEW Orleans, aug. 2.
congress would have been called in less! FIRE! Last night, towarcs 10 o'
than five years, had it not been for the clock, the fine cotton press and ware-
firmness of the president, in resisting houses belonging to Mr. J Freret, Senr.
appropriations to works essentially local, situate in the square formed by Caron-
delet, Union, liaronne and Peicudo
Prom the St. Johnsbury Vt. Herald. streets, suburb St. Mary, was destroyed
We have several times mentioned the by fire. It broke out on so many differ-
"Working men s party" in New-York. cnt points, and spread with such rapidi
We should not be surprised, nor arc we ity, that in a moment the whole establish-
quite certain that we should have cause ment, although built of bricks, and cov-
to oe gneveo, u tne avowea principles ercd with slate, was in a blaze. The of that party should find an original sup- warehouses contained upwards of two
port in Vermont. We confess, how- thousand bales of cotton, but little of
ever, that we want light. The follow- which waa insured, one thousand pieces
ing auuitss aim uuius Hwiuuiauiiu oi oagng, ana a Quantity ot Dale rope. J ... I or. . ...it. . .
winusvH couuiy. ine two iasi articles peioncred to the e
"While the cry of hard times and stablishment, which we heard, with nlea
scarcity of money is familiar to every sure, was ensured for twenty thousand
one, tnere are lew ot tne laporing class dollars. Courier.
who reflect on the cause of these evils,
aod still fewer who know that a remedy Wc learn from a passenger who arri-
for them is m their power. It is readily ved hear yesterday from Vera Cruz, in
conceded that our lot is fallen upon dis- the schooner United States, captain
astroua times when industry does not Creaghead, that the Mexican Republic
receive u proporiionaic revraru, nor e- sun continues in a very umettiea state,
conomy eniure a competence. I3ut is and that scenes of outrage and violence
thtre no remedy for these evils? are all were of daily occurrence. Guerrero,
classes equally embarrassed.' It is not with a strong body of forces, which wero
inc xaci. vv nuc moae wno suusisi uy la- rapiaiy augmenting, was aoout making a bour, who are in fact the producers of descent upon the city of Mexico, and tho & 1 r it... n . . . 1 1 , 1 - ir..- . 1
inc weaun oi mc cuunuy, aic uctuuuug iasi aavices iett mm witnin tnrec leagues
poorer, the non-labourers, who are con- of that capital.
sumera of that wealth, are, pari pauuA On the 4th of July, as the Dutch and
growing richer. Uught these things so English consuls were returning from tho
to bef Let the honest yeomanry ot the house of the American consul, on enter-
country, rise in the majesty of their ing the gate of the city, they were struck
. . l ; .. . 1 : : i I r .. . . . i . i ,
sirengin, msisi upon mcir ngiu in nav- irom tneir horses wun inc musicets ot
ing their full share in managing and ad- the soldiers, although they had permis-
ministenng laws, and be restored to their tion from the commanding officer cn
just and proper influence in the commu- guard to enter, and the latter severely
nny; ana souu mere rtumu uc no com- wounoeo. i nc captain, othcers and
plaint of hard times. Crew of the American brig, were impri
soned twenty-four hours for havirr
LAWYERS. chastised a drunken, imprudent neero,
"I served with general Washington in on board their vessel. It was not until
the legislature ef Virginia, before the several threatening letters were sent to
revolution, x auring u wun ur rrank- the commandant by the American conlin in congress. I never heard either of sul, to which he refused to reply, (hat
them speak ten minutes at a time, nor to they were liberated.
any but the main point, which was to de- Mr. James C. Pattie, a native of Ken-
cide the question. They laid their tucky, came passenger in the United
shoulders to the great points, knowing States, who toeether with his father and
that the little ones would follow of them- six other persons, had been confined in
selves, ii tne present congress end in the castle of Santa ueago,on tne coast
too much talking, how can it be other- of California, as spies, for the space of e-
wise, in a body to which the people send leven months. Through the mterfer
one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose ference of captain Bradshaw, of the ship
trade it is, to question every thing, yield Franklin of Boston, and several other hu
to notning, ana taiK. dv tne hour: That mane Americans, tne incarceration oi
-
one hundred and fifty lawyers lhouUtfo' those eight unfortunate mc3j were rxtds
A