Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 22, Number 43, Vincennes, Knox County, 3 December 1831 — Page 1

I BY ELIHU STOUT.J WmCBllES, (lil.) f3iLTUHDiLY, B3C32S3SS. 3, 1831. VOL. XXII. irO. 3

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POSEY COUNTY JACKSON MEETING. Pursuant to public notice, a numerous and respectable meeting of the Democratic Re public ans nf Posey County Indiana, was held at Judge Wattle's Hotel on the 19th November, 1831. Doctor Samuel Sexton wassailed to the chair, and Robert Uobson appointed secretary. When after an appro priate address irom the chairman, the meet ing being nrg:ini7A'd, the annexed preamble and resolutions were submitted,-and on mo lion, unanimously adopted: Wlvreas, We, citizens of Posey County, conscious of the rectitude of our actions, and happy in the practical developement ot those measures of national policy and expedienry so ably advocated, and sustained by toe present executive of the nation, do consider it a duty incumbent on us, to act, in conjunction with ouv friends throughout the Union, who have determined on sending de leg it' s to be organized in Baltimore en the third Mond ay in Mav, 183.2; under the ap propriate designation of the Democratic K publican Convention, for the purpose of determining such measures, as will best prop igate, retain, and secure the future as cendency r.t those principles which truly constitute the only real, and effective A me 1 ican System; capable of a general distri bution of those blessings, ever concomitant with a Republican form of Government. And, inasmuch, as wc view with feelings o deep regret, the numerous misrepresenta tions, and i ifoundd vituperations manifest ly arrayed to the prejudice and injury of the present administration, and which tends to p u ahze the activity and enterpnze ct the community, bv the more designing ot our political opponents.it imperiously demands the indefatigable t flnrts of all true republi cans, and requires a full expression ot their sentiments to preserve those principles, in l!Vir pristine purity, for which the true patriots of our country fought and bled. Therefore, 1st. Resolved, That we, sensible of" our duty as true Democratic Republicans desirous to promote the welfare of the Union, and particularly the state and section wherein wo reside, will use our best efft ts to have the state faithfully and properly represented in the convention afore-.-aid 'J.l. Resolved, That preserving the sovereignty of the state, and retaining entire the powers not expressly given up to the federal compact, is of vital importance to the cxi-tatue and prosperity of our happy institutions of Government. 3d. Resolved, That the scheme of intern d improvement projected by the party n :-w styling themselves National Republicans, and si) pertinaciously advocated by them, is calculated to bring about a consolidatien of the general government, the breaking down of the state governments, .and the ultimate destruction of those free institutions for which our Fathers bled and-, died. 4th. Resolved, That a s.rict and rot a rr:si'ructrvc interpretation of the constitution ought to prevail. .5th. Resolved, That a speedy discharge of the national debt is cf piimary importance, and that all expenses, but those of absolute necessity, should be care fully avoided until that object is accomplished. f tii. Resolved, That the TariiV cf IS 28, v ai iug the constitutionality of the question, is impolitic in its nature, and unjust and op r s-ive in its operation the burd.cn falling piincipally on th? poor and laboring clas of the community, the real producers of v. ealth, instead of the rich and wealthy consumers, en whom it might principally to f i':l. and that the tariff v -si .em cmrht to undeta;o a total revision and modification. 7th. Res .Jv- !, That all the interests of the community ought to be equally protected the ags i ultural, manutactnt iio, and co-nmeveia); bat tint no one should be dirvc.'v encouraged to the detriment cf any ot tbe ethers. Mb. Re-t'.ivf i. That be .Tievmr m-ither in he d HMD f consolidation or nuhaeatr. vtt we eaumn lietp vieumg witn eeep een - help iov mg With ea ep ct rn the lend complaints of our brethren i he Suth.an'l although on the most e.ti erne . . ,;,,tt u hir'i Ii ii ii iiiiV!-it tl; ilrfMi. i - v v"vi ii . . .,. w i . . . .. t! mav a eoou ueai oi ex ireetaV.on :a tieit. i i . i .an:il..ints.th it unb these oonmlaints are! im' w ith a spnit ot manh om.o.-m) i and r o us promise, W their north ten but hi en, the i.i. ion will be T'.-MisU tnd.mvted. r'.'V Rtlvtd, 1 ht u'.l nunepelies ate

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tur..:s,i the lue,, tab ,ts; yet all seem conce-n for x o!ir weitare ard happiess.N to I bat the other orancn et t.;csystcrr, ano-1 al dilTeient

t be , gned as to the impolicy, unequal ; ,R. i'0res;s of the aristocratic few. Yes tel-'""mtjer ct lie im vge w ic tne arito-, :...' i i . rrji-v n n i' I'.iki'i 1(1 t l.1 int.nr nl 11V 1 liV i. . . "

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destructive to the spirit of free institutic.ns, j

and that chartered corporations, witldmir immense masses of wealth, e most danger ous of all, and should not be created by le

gislative authority. The laws of every re- we do, that these principles have an impor- j a judicious Tariff; it would be going, purpublic should be calculated to discourage, tar.t bearing on the pursuit 2c progress of hu- tially, on the system of taxation laid "down

and not encourage, monopolies. 10th. Resolved, That after the extinguishment of the public debt, the surplus revenue ought to be divided among the states according to the ratio of representation, and applied by the states equally to the education of every child in the State, from the are of four to fourteen. 11th. Resolved, That as soon as the pubic debt is discharged, the tariff ought to be regulated as near as posible, just to meet the necessary expenses of the government; ully recognizing the principle that the wealth of the nation is the safest in the pockets of the people. 12th. Resolved, that the policy pursued towards the Indian tribes east cf the Mississippi, is both just, humane and generous: that having originated with the late venera ble and virtuous Monroe, it was warmly re commended by President Adams, and under his administration advocated by the very same persons who now reprobate and con demn it, which shows that their present conduct proceeds purely from a wish to em barrass the present administration; and the violent persecution set on foot and pursued with such unexampled violence, must have proceeded from some of the worst passions of the human heart. 13th. Resolved, That the principle endea vored to be established by our opponents that the federal courts have the power to declare any law of Congress unconstitutional, is a palpable and violent encroachment on the legislative department; that it iscontrary to the very first principles of all popular and free governments, that it is a stretch of power to which the English Judges nev er pretended, nor dared to assume: 1 his principle once established and acquiesced in, wo may bid farewell to republicanism: Our government will be no longer a government of the people, or a government ot laws, but will degenerate into the worst of despotisms. 14th. Resolved, That rotation in office is one of the essential and permanent features ot a republican government; as a lire estate in office is a glaring feature of monarchies and aristocracy. 15th. Resolved, That economy, industry, vigilance and strict accountability should be rigidly enforced in the management of all public business. 16th. Resolved, That considering the duty that constitutionally devolves on the President, to propose and recommend measures to Congress, and his power to arrest measures that would prove prejudicial to the hap piness of the great mass of the people; and possessing proof that the present Chief Magistrate has fully imbibed the spirit of the foregoing resolutions, his re-election becomes a matter of the highest importance. 17th. Resolved, Therefore, that we most cordially express our satisfaction with the official course pursued by Andhkw Jackson, which completely, and most satisfactorily, contradicts the scurrilous assertions and predictions cf his enemies, and fully justifies the great Democratic Republic an party in requiring his re-election for another tern); and that we will most cheerfully unite with our friends throughout the Union, and ir.defatigably use all proper means to effect this object. 13th. Resolved, That William Casey be delegated as a proper person to represent the Democratic Republicans of this count in the State Convention at Irdianopolis, on the second Monday in December next, for the purpose of nominating electors of president, and electing delegates to represent the State in the great National Convention, to convene at Baltimore on the third Monday in ?Iay next, to adopt such measures as will best secure the re-election of Andrew Jackson; and the nomination rf a suitable candidate to be supported as Vice President, at the same election. 19th. Resolved, That Simon Kellogg, Nelson Nettleton, Godwin V. Dorsey, Turner Nelson and Colonel Wade be appointed a committee of con cspondence and vigilance, to correspond on ail subjects appertaining to or emenating from the proceedings of tips meeting; with authority to choose a substitute or substitutes to supply any vacancies that may happen in their number. 20th. Resolved. That Major Dorsey, Dr. Samuel Sexton and Robert Robson, be appointed a committee, to prepare an address to the public. 21. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Yinccnnes "W estern un," SAMUEL SEXTON, Cii'm. Robert Robsov, becrci'tin. To the Democratic Republicans of Posey county, and of the state of Indiana. FELLOW CITIZKNS, WE proceed to address von, with feelings of gratefulremembrar.ee for the m;my blessings conferred on our happy institutions of government, shielded as the wisdom and inttlhgence inaniiestod'bv the present administration to the welfare ot our common country; as individuals having interests in common with v ourselves, and with ou. anxious arid determined to preserve those principles and those measures best calculated to promote the interests of all cl isses of the community. t)i which principles a difference of opinion has long existed among the best of men relative ; tl) tiuur atmlicatnm m detail, which lias l-ir I u while retarded their pi o-o ess. and yielded ; increased facility to the projected scheme's ! -. -- .f . K.i. -I . i a. a i e le 1 1 ? ie u .lie iks ei eieii' "on i mhi .i i j, ( .... . - . . ... ' , ,l mi-.i.--it. ,v n tn 1 .vo . uwmi tn. ' t.p.ent. his n rnhaoi to the contra - . - - - i I ----- diction cf the nun.erous and si mden.us alh e; itn ns we are s( t tartb ar oust us; nevertheless. h.itKiv i, bennr able t oc in.-ra'ulate vou osi the st iJy, progressive and siibbua -

tial increase of the great principles of demo

cracy, and the powerful accession to our party, which adds confidence to our minds, and activity to our exertions, liehevinjr as man happiness, so far as it is connected with political institutions, we are sure they will always increase in a corresponding rate with the developement of the intellect, ihe imorovementcf the arts and sciences so essen tially calculated to improve the state of hu man existence. The information which we have received from the different States, Vermont excepted, giv e gratifying results of the elections of the year past; they all give hanosome m jo-

rities, or nvery lurgr annual increase in our minatcd a very injudicious' Tariff; its cpefavor. Massachusetts, the great seat of ai is-j T;.tion wjn be "unequal, unjust, "and exces-

tocracv and aristocratical influence, contains the true leaven of democracy which will soon pervade the whole mass, woik an entire revolution of sentiment, and convert the whole State to the true faith, and active practice, of genuine republicanism. The single county of Essex from the year of 289 to 18.10, re ceived an increase from 600 to 2000 other counties show an increase equally encouraging: with this data, we mav fairly calculate that in 1832 they will give a decided majority for that man who has so far exceeded the expectations of his friends, and so entirely falsified the predictions of his enemies. It is not our intention to enter into a studied and extravagant eulogium cf the man of our choice; or to denounce with party violence his prominent opponent in the west. Our political attachments and dislikes, arc not individual our national love, is whollv centered in those acknowledged axioms of leUvCU J 'I' V I all free and popular governments, in which all true democrats most happily agree, and in those measures whirh we b Ik ve bet cal i l i culated fully to produce their practical results. All true and honest Republicans do acKi.owieinre as sen eviueni uuu.. - iuat an i as self evident tiutl.. "that ail lilt men are born equal; and that they possess certain una nimble tights, among which are contained, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness: as sincere lovers of the Union, and fiiends to the constitution, they readily subscribed to the objects of the convention of the 'tates, assembled in Philadelphia in 1787, as expressed in the preamble to the Constitution, "to form a nru-c perfect uni-.n, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide fur the common defence, promote the general vvclf ire, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and posterity." We believe that maintaining that equality through life, which is our inheritance at birth, is the most certain way rd securing a free and successful pursuit cfi that happiness, the right to w hich no one can j be divested of, and all those measures urged by men and adopted by government, calculated to prevent the existance of that int.onal and happy equality, are anti-republican, anal ought to be streniously resisted by all those who believe in the right, and are desirous of extending to all, without distinction the whole hitman family the equal blessings of life, liberty and the-successful pursuit of that felicity, excellency, and perfection cf character which is the ultimate object cf mans pursuits. If we apply the.e principles to the most prominent measutes advocated and opposed by the two great political parties in the unicn. we show the reason of cur strong attachment to the measures proposed and warmly recommended by our present Chief Magistrate, and a full justification of our firm and resolute op-jVlLll-MI IU Ulv lliv.ai i v O v-i lii-iv p.u V ' no hav e placed Henry Clv at their head, and are urging his claims to the presidency, with such boisterous vehemence. The impolicy cf the extravagant scheme of internal improvements strongly urged by the national republicans, will appear in the first place in a most odious and glaring point of v iew, to all true fi iends to a fiec gov ernmcnt, by considering the vast amount of

power and patronage which it throws into (en of the impests, to a veiy laige exthe hands ot the national executive, the mi- j ,erti cocs actually fail on them; enough merous corps of surveyors and engineers, j . . Mai im, incnnalitv and im...

with the host of supei intendanu, overseers, contractors, derks, assistants, messengers, rminpfs and all thir various depend. mts, dotv-n to the lowest woikman and artud laborer; all forming a connected chain of descendants on the Ibesident. and all paid from the national treasury; and all the immense innpi'v.de of u-itipal agents and workmen, entitled to the norj important right of suffrage, by the present free constitution and laws f the states they would be able, and their entire dependance w ould incline; them to evert an influence in favor of their great patron, capable f totally obstructing the designs of the w ise and virtuous framer&of our boasted and matchless constitution. The love of power is the strongest passion j that stirs the soul ot man; he never wishes less, but always more power; he never lets anv lie by him unused; but grasps at all.rr pressed or No more should be intrusted to public servants than what is just necessary tor immediate use; the le should be no surplus pow er in the hands i f the Rrsidei.t, nor surplus tiuuls in tue treasury, for hculi will ultimately be madp uc of to strenr - Menard consolidate the National, and to annihilate t!ie State governments All the money for these great national vvonis, these splendid improvements, this brilliant American system, formed priucipiy! cf Ciav and mortar, mixed with some wood and iron, must be drawn directly from the p ackets of the people, or by th;se "gentle exhalation which takes it out of our pockets, no body knows when or how," and convex ed to the national treasurv, whem it will b, ni incitdv a!soried bv irde aadlazv favoi rites and useless consumers; very little of it; I J will "fall in gentle dew" into the psckc;:! publicans worship, is m-rei!vi , farm, and 1 halciul ul aspect, than the other. I.,..;,,,.. ,1M.,.in.n.irtPrl -irlSrU nf l,lr. uvv, vicn a would onlv be used bv tne rii h I and affluent, andthertbv .t awing revenue ', Irom those pussessmj; a urpljs ijuantity ul

wealth, and thus defraying the expenses of the government from those who wryld rot feel the loss of what tiny contributed; this iniHit with the greatest nroniirtv h,. r ,Uri

by lord Kaims. Rut a rate of duties J gulated so as to fall prinripty on those articb . which nu.st be consumed bv the iniddiii g, poor and working classes, if they consume any, with an increased weight cf ftom ..fty to one hundred anil fifty, and in some caes two hundred per cent, while it leaves enthely exempt, or with a trifling comparative duty, those articles consumed by those peusons possessed of more wealth than thev can use with reason or nronrietv. must hedenosi' t ly oppressive This is precisely the case with the Tariff of 1628, against which there has been such just and loud complaints, and enacted solclv for the benefit of those men, or companies, who were able to invest in manuf-m toi ies from SlOO.000. to S5W.CC0! and thoe aiej the men who come forward to ask nrotection! These are the men whom Ileurv Clav's svitcni would exempt from taxation, while it falls with four fold weight on the poor, labouring man. This Tariff is calculated for thoic men possessing princely fortunes, and who were obtaining ten per cent, on the amount vested in manufactories, to enable them to leceive in lieu thereof, 20, GO, or 50 per rent. Thus, instead of encouraging an approximation to that equality which is the very life of freedom; it is adding to the already enormous masses of wealth, and en cournging the possessors to go on with their ,.-.nrt,f,n .,.,(-1 nimri v.inn rr tin. frnr- , nr(1..r;njr H uut th,. ill - i n - .... ... v . v ii avarice of these overgrown aristocrats, and encouraging the honest and industrious labourer; instead of encouraging home industry, it goes directly to discourage the most important branch of it. We ai e essentially .,.rr.,..u-., ....i .nu o r, "ll OJ,lll.UllUIHl III' 'R, HIMI Ditail UV. ll'l lll.lm. ycars to come We have such vast tracts nt' "uncultivated land, those "whn rmrrt the wilderness into a fruitful field," auht to be encouraged and protected; the surplus population cf the east aeght to be sent to the west, to clear f.clds, plant orchards, and cultivate gardens, where Health may be maintained and virtue preserved. Rut Mr. Clay's system crouds tl . m into the manufacturing houses to the destruction of their health, and the corruption of their morals. It likewise discourages commerce, by preventing, or lessening importations; it injures in the same degree the exporting business, and goes directly to ruin the fortunes cf sea faring men, and to injure the meicantile intercut guierailv. 'I hesc are the evils justly chatgeabU to the system in thenoithein and middle states. Hut il we look to the south, the cotton growing section of the Union, the evil swells to a frightful magnitude, and threatens us with all the evils so earnestly deprecated by the great father ol our country In -addition to ihe general discouragement which the Tariff of 1828 gives to the carrying trade, and export ing and importing business, which they feel in common with the other ntatce, the tax falls on them with double weight. That the consumer pays oil the tax on imported articles, like other general propositions, is true only loa certain extent: but there can be no dispute that when the exfiorter is the exfiortee and consumer, he, (the exporter) does actually pay the whole tax; and as the cotton growing sec tion of thee United States furnishes the principal article that is exported and ex changed for imported articles, and as I they ore large consumers of those very articles on which the tax was so enor mously increased in 1828, the bur- - is -.- -- i y j tice of the Clay legislation. What mitigating rii cumstanccs exist, or how much of exaggeration there may be in their re presentation of sufferings, we know not, it is sufficient for us that the whole united voice of that section cries out "injustice and oppression," and loudly end imperiously demand redress. They do not differ with regard to the evil suffered, but in the mode of procuring relief; and their comp'-pjnts should be met with a spirit of generous concession and liberal compro mie. Rut should there be a dominant party in congress, "feeling power and for getting right," it will be difficult to calculate the final result. Some of the more inimrdiaie probable consequences would br- disunion, civil war, ami a dissolution of the federal compact. So that the g!o rious 1:neric,zn yntem, presents us on the one hand, with a va9t accumulation of cx - cculivc pitronage and power, with al i . i ; o lections of the states, a powerful auxiliiry towards the accomplishment of the grand design of perpetuating the tticc; reducing the state sovei i igruies to mere cm p-;t atiotis, and torminej one grand con S':idatcd government; the loss cf our lib crties, and an inheritance of slavery and poverty for our child? en ard cjn the oth cr, disunion, and all the bono of civil war. i r1 hese arethc txvo most prominent branches o! that system, arttullv plantifd ers of a certain party, which times has assumed different radually to undermine our free1, and to introduce a form ol i K,m,mcm somcTa .,... iu u,a; oi I - . . A ... . ... I . .ft . . N ft I A M L f iMiv;idiii, " uil ii lias i"jj 'jto v.uiimu CICU UX " 1,15 i'UU.JO I reason. These hnve been pushed forw-ul

to a more conspicuous situation, as LcsUdeep and lasting.' It we adhere to the

j calculated to gull the weak, the ignoraht,

nd utirttlecting. They have othtr iiieasuics ot tigli in.portar.ee in tfeir plan, which thty expect to carry without t.ciao or opposition. The Ihnk of the United States, if tho present charter can be rci t ttd, is inietj. dtd to be ustd as a powerful etigire in transfer ring ihe power from the n ar y to the few 1 lie greet cnvtr it nt e of a bank bill (or transportation which ihe metallic currencj cannot &fTt d. h: s c;usrd the baiik to giow into iavor wi'h tlx great mass ol mankind, without itfiictmg en the very great advantages ihey tf. ford the aristocracy, as chartered rreVicd n.-oi otolies, and ti c manv wrysin which they are used to make additions to the already ueles mssscn ct wtal h, and to extract iicm the small pittance that may still icmain in the possession of ti e poor man. Y ur committee will abstain ftom a full expression ol iheir sentiments on this subject, as thty have neither time nor space lor a full expression; but they would express their belief that no true and genuine democrat, after a strict examination ard mature reflection, cou!d

consent to the re charter of the Har k of the United States, without very large restrictions, and a full liability to taxation with any other property. Having in our resolutions stated at some length, the great and impoitant doctiincs, which rcouire our strict adheiance and firm support lor the answering cf any objections that might bo stated, or clearing away any doubts that might arise in youi own minds, wc havo little more to do than point to the great charter ef our Indepe dencc, and the solemn compact! of the Union, drawn up by the pair iois Sc sages of the revolution : yet the power ot the federal court btint; a subject not generally dwelt on. and not quite so farnaliar to the thoughts of the great mass of the people, it may be proper to dwell a lime more in detail on that resolve which cornbbts the doctrine which we btlieve is our duty to oppose with all the strength of argument we possess, and all the energy of action which the love of liberty inspires. It is a proposition, that wid not be contested by any honest republican that in any popular government, one that hat any claim to the title of a democracy, the supreme, the sovereign, the law making power resides in rhr fiecfile. In a country of any considerable extent, and among a population of any considerable bulk, the will ol the people, which is the supreme law of the land, must be expressed by their representatives; thefce repreen,.ativcs meet in Congress, called the legislature of- the state or nation, are the sovereign or law making power, the supreme authority to which ail must bow, Irom the highest oiTicer to the meanest individual. If another power it set up capable of nullifying their statutes, the legislature the declared will of the people, is annihilated, or the strange anomaly is created ot two supreme fioxuer in one government : which would be a proposition too absurd for this enlightened age. In a 6iate that has no written constitution, the legislature have nothing to guide them but the laws of God or nature, and the established customs and ways ot the country; like England, where the Parliament is styled the supreme and almighty power! but in these U. Slates, where we have a constitution "ordained and established' by "we the people," it serves as a letter of instruction to cur law making agents; and it thty exceed or go contrary to their instructions, they are accountable to their employers, and them only. The Constitution is the same to the legislators as the Statutes cf the Legislature are to theJudges. The Legislators may, possibly, mistake ihe constitution, and the Judges may possibly mistake the law; and in both cases the people, their employers, will suffer by the ignorance, carelessness or treachery of their servants; but the danger is much greater from the Judges, who have their appointments so indirectly from the people, and so far removed from their control, than from the Itjjislators, who are appointed directly by the people, and are so completely under their control, and whoe time ot service is limited by the letter of their instruo lions. It is by ro means so likely that those public servants, clothed with to brief an authority as our Hcprescntaiives in Longress, will use it to the injury of tho states or nation, as the Judges, who hold their offices for lite, or wt.at is equivalent, during good behaviour Congrest have ncwr thought of revising or reversing the decision ot the Judges but they clearly have ihe ame right to do it, as theJudges have to declare any of their laws unconstitutional 1 he riht of revision, reversion, and nullification, exist as fully in one as ihe other; and the reason or propriety of the act would give it greatly in preference to Congress Our I'eprcstr.tatives may mistake their instructioiis, Contrress may parson ur.con stitutional law; theJudges nay mis take both the law and the constitution; they make a wrong decision, a decision contrary to the statu'- and the constitution; and where is i lie greatest danger of mistake, cf injustice, of iniurv old uuxiiD, which has lost noce of ill