Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 22, Number 43, Vincennes, Knox County, 3 December 1831 — Page 2

4rirtfi by ige, "that in a multitude of councillors there is safety," the probability cannot be so great that congress j wiU do wrong as one man. They canrmtbe so easily bribed. But we hold to!

a strict interpretation of the constitution; ; we allow of no exercise ol power that is not expressly given in that instrument. The grand charter of our liberties con-

tains no such power, nor cou'd it have'our humble, but independent voice in

been thought of by those honest and J zealous patriots who were endeavoring to secure the blessings of liberty to themselves and their posterity This power contended for by our opponents, is in direct opposition to that first principle of all free governments that asserts, that the great departments, the legislative, the executive, and judi cial, ought to be kept separate. It makes the Judges the highest legislative authority, it deprives the people of their sovereign right, and strips their agents of their delegated power. It creates the utmost confusion and uncertainty with regard to the knowledge of the law, of what is commanded and what is forbid, den, for this can never be known until th: Judges have decided. If the principle contended for is suffered to take its course unresisted, it will sap the very foundation of our liberties, and nd in the most hated despotism under which mortal ever groaned. Fellow citizens hold fast that liberty which was purchased with the blood of cur lathers, and bequeathed to us as their best inheritance. Suffer no corps of sappers and miners to destroy those foundations laid by the immortal penman of our declaration of independence, the matchless framers of the federal compact; retain with an unconquerable tenacity, all the liberties and blessings endeavored to be secured to you by the federal constitution and state governments and hand them down to your posteritv greatly enlarged and improved In order to effect this, they must be educated. The whole sum of mans happiness depends on the mind. He has no unerring instincts for his guide no articles of food, clothing, ordi'k, can be procured without the contrivance, forecast and ingenuity of the mind no convenient hibitatiun constructed, or comfortable lodging provided, without the designing fend p anning of the intellect, any more than those high wrought pleasures and edited ha.jptncss, which ate fitly styled purely intellectual enjoyments Infant ed ncationand youthful instruction, is indis peasable to every species of happiness; but above all, to secure the possession and pcacesble enjoyment of tha liberty, without wiich, life itself is no blessing. Intelleaua! cul'ure and intelligence of a high o'dei, is indispensably necessary in the great mass of the community, in order to counteract the pc wer wielded by the various monopolies of wealth and knowledge whi h unfortunately exists in an increasing ratio in our country. It is necessary as a check on those giant intellects that are at work to bring the gieat mass of the people more completely under their sway, and subject o ti.-i' control These checks on our libertica and obstructions to the operations o our free institutions, must be counteracted, by the best means at present in our power by a careful and judicious selection of our public servants a vigilcnt and rigid scrutiny of their conduct a careful and constant attendance at the Inllot box introducing without delay, those plans of instruction for our children, best calculated to bring about that decree of knowledge, intellectual excel li nce and exalted virtue in every indi vidual, which is alone calculated to introduce that state of society, that universal mcltenium of peaceful happiness, which is the desire and expectation of both the philosopher and christian. Jgw the Kentucky Reficrter. MR CLY AND THR AN 1 1 MASONS. TJ v 15; a-ualU he3ri the following cor-ep nioVrce spoken of, and presuming tint cur readers woid take an in terest in perusing it. we have requested gild pioai'e'1 a copv of it for p jpbeauon. Hanovkta, Ind. Sept. 2, 1831. Jim Hettry Clay. mh Having been appointed by an Ami Masonic meeting in Hanover, Indi na, to open a correspondence with you for the purpose of ascertaining your sentimen's with respect to masonry, we take this op pot t unity of addressing you on the flubject. We feel ourselves impelled to ihu dutv. St to the taking of this step from theconsideration that in us is placed a part o4 ihe sovereignity of this country, that on us, as constituent parts of this governHi or, depend the perpetuity of our republican institutions, the character and ? ii:erny ot our nation, the nappiness oi it cl'itcns and the destiny of millions inborn As citizens of this Republic teel it our bounden duty to watch the destinies of our nation, to gtiard y On studious care our rights, and to j and exterminate whatever has a ! tC; tu i iato in r a s und eve-. v ub. icy to corrupt our republican insli is, or act aidc the laws. The sub f free-masonry is one which has of j grossed the attention of the people j v parts of the United State?, his ct which is of vital imp' rtTnce, mauds the erious attention ol hrisiian, patriot and reputiMcan tuv It your sentiments on tnu

.e know not. B? some it is af- j stock (Va ) Sentinel as abstract , eci.rt vou are now a mason of tin j means o; national cpub ican icmi u inns 'dei. and a tealous supporter o' In the dearth ol ideas whirh seem o af

,ju:c institution, and by others

that though you were onf c a mason, you have of lac abandoned the society and are now opposed to the institution, so that we have been unable, as yet, to ascertain with certainty your sentiments on this

subject. As we are again shortly to be called upon to choose a mi-n to preside ! over the councils of our nation; as it wi;lj then be our duly and privilege to raise j favor of him whom we may deem most! worthy of our suffrage; and as you now: stand a candidate tor a high and inport-! ant station, as your friends and fellow cuirens, we would solicit from you a frank and candid statement of your sentiments . nn rh. tnMprt. We solicit this with the We solicit this with the more confidence, because we believe you have always sustained the character ot ! f . .. ray-

the frank aod affable ft v nd, and faithful bal, having Eaten three Secretaries and a and undisguised politician, and that you.'piintrr in a single meal.

would scorn to obtain the suffrage of the j people by concealing your sentiments, j Yours respectfully, JAMES A. WATSON, NO OLE UUTLER, JAS II. THOMPSON, ANSWER. Ashland. Oct. 8, 1831. n ritlmr" I hnn vr.n tA. 1 1 1 rvrncp the de.ay , .cknowlcdgmg the receipt of your ietter ol the 2d ult. which has arisen ,l.irl.l,. m.from my absence from home and from various engagements. Waiving the considerations that I have no knowledge of, the existence of an Anti -Masonic meeting in Hanover, Indi ana, other than that which is derived from your letter, nor ol your appointment as a committee to correspond wih me, other than your statement, nor the satis taction of a personal accpiaintance with fnii. I will nrnrpprl ar nn ft tn rpnlv ti i, roo .1 ; . - ascertain my sentiments on the subject of masonry; and the reason assigned by you for this enquiry is thus stated by yourselves. "As wc are again shoctly to be called upon to choose a man to preside over the councils of our nation ; as it will then be our duty 8nd privilege to raise our humble but independent voice in favor of him whom we may deem most worthy of our suffrage ; and as you now stand a candidate for a high and important s'ation, as your friends and fellow-citizens, we would solicit from you a frank and candid j statement of your sentiments on this sub I do not know a solitary provision in the Constitution of the U. States which con vevs the slightest authority to i he de nera! Government to interfere, one way or the other, with either Niasonry or Animasonry If therefore a President ol the Uo'red States, or any other functionary ot that Government, were to empJo his'.fficial power to sustain or to abolis1', or to advance the interest of masonry or antimasom y, it would be an act ot usurpa tion or tyranny. You have not called upon me for my opinion upon any great practicable measure fallirg within the scope ol Federal power, but passing by every question ot vital interest, within the sphere of its ope ration, yon demand my sentiments upon a subject with which I humbly conceive it has nothing to do, and you place this demand on the ground of the influence which my sentiments might exert upon the exercise of an undoubted and important privilege which you possess as citizens of the U States. A compliance on my part, with your demand would amount to an implied ad mission. !hr mm iiinnal spntimpni. rti I tllf Cll1llrt r 1icnnrti fnf rl n 9 r r , tinv gun vvi ui iiiajuui 11 iui iiiu a : . 3 . ' ' rnns ( pra inn in rprriilatincr t hf pvpfrue of the elective franchise in respect to of r... r uQ t- j 1 " .1 hces 01 the r ederal uovernment. lean H nn nrh arirriKsir.n I rannnt hp i lieve that whether I am hostile or fiiend I r In 1 QCinrir rt A r.ti nr ocnnt t - to n ( k iv iu mujvii i ui iiuu iMuguii f is at ai ' , : , : . r - i . , material in the formation o any Hide:merit, on the part of my feiiow citizens t i ; i concerning n y fitness lor any ofhet under the Government of the U. Mates That elevated office to which you allude, should, in my opinion, be filled by one who is capable, unswayed by sectarian feelings or passions of administering its high duties impartially towards t lit whole people of the U States, however divided into religious, social, benevolent, or lite tarv associations. Entertaining these views, I have constantly refused to make myself a party to the unhappy contest raging, distant from, me, in other parts of ihe Union, between Masons and Ami maMns Whilst these views remain uncorrected I must adhere i i to that determination it, indeed, you gentlemen, will point, to the provision ot 'he rederal Constitution which can legitimately be made to operate upon the subject in question, I would not hesitatepromptly to comply with your request. In the mean time, in declining it, I h.ipe you will consider me as not wanting in proper respect to you or to those whom vou represent, but as acting fiotu a con victionof the impiopriety of blending nr alien ingredient with a question, already sufficiently complex; and also from a sense of personal independence. lam with great lespect, Your obedient servant, , r Messrs. H. CLAY. James .f ll'ataon, jYjhle Butler, James If Thomson. Pn.m the Bal trtwr Itrfiublican. The folio inc are given in uc Wood iUt many ot these intctings. It nnht

be well for our adversaries to adept a fe r-; mula for general use, in order that the whole party might be relieved from the tedious necessity of starching for s me novelty or panegyric of Mr. Clay or

s -me new objurgatory charge, and abusivc epishet to be applied to the President. These might serve as examples: Resolved, 1 hat Henry Clay is the glory and v randeur of creation,, the tip-top stem of the knobs of the mountains, that he already occupies the pinicle of fame that he is rapidly ascending the sttepsofj Mount L?na, and that when he reaches ; the top, he will step across the crater and dissolve the world in ruins. Pesotved. That Andrew Jackon is a . . . .. . ... jack as-a Nero-a Caligula-a Hobes-pierre-a dotard-a murderer-and a cannifrorrfnn ltxrs. LATEST FitOM EUROPE. Interesting1 from Poland. The packet ship New York, at New York, from Liverpool, brings London papeis to the 29: h Septembei, and Liverpool to the 1st October, both inclusive The second " ' ' : r Zr. I 7 u ""UJ""11"11 ViUHMIIVIV.1,, IUUM51I lilt IUI fol lowing interesting extracts; By this arrival we learn that the Po lish Aimy did not surrci dcr at the fall of Warsaw; but is still in the field, ar.i. mated with the love of liberty, aid hurl ing defiance at their invadars. '1 i e pio clamation of Roziski breathes a spirit worthy of the pioudest days ol Poland, and aflNds giounds for the friends of ii berty th oughout the world, to hope that the spirit ol freedom which still animates thisbtave nation, will induce the pov rnrnent of France and England to inter fere in its behalf The Reform Dill engrossed the atten tion of all parties in England, and i s fate in the House of Loids is considered very doubtful. Liyekpool, Oct. 1. POLAND In laying before out readers last week, the Russian accounts of the fall of Warsaw, we cautioned them against placing too implicit a reliance on their veracity, in matters of detail. The presm' week has brought us, through the Ilanburg mail, intelligence 'torn Poland, as late as the 17th ult and we are h.ippy to state that the affairs ot the unhappy Poles are not quite so desperate, nor wete the success of the Russ'ans bo complete as they themselves rtpt esented them to be. The army hich re'ired to Modlin on the capitu'ation of Wat saw. wtrr not prisoners of cr, as affirmed in the Pi us siao State Gazette hut fall back up' n that strong and impregnable fortress, carrving wi'b thnn their artillery, amo unitiori and materials of defencr, upon finding their position in the capital to be no loi.ger tenable. Tluy were also ac companied by the members of the Go verntr.ent, the Chambers, and all public functionarir s. Prom the London Titvrs, Fef:t. 29. Yesterday , we received Hamburg pa pers and lettet s to the 2 4t h From their contents, it is evident that Paskewitsch was deceived when he said, the ''Polish army and nation have submitted to then lawful Sovereign" This assertion is now proved to be an empty boast The Government, the representatives of the people, and all the authorities, have evacuated Warsaw with the army, and the Poles appear determined on making j a desperate resistance These imporr . tant tcts are announced in an eloquent l ! patriotic proclamation, published b) lUt.rieral Koziski, ot which we subiom a , ... . ,, J i ti anUtion jwill be saved fioni destruction, bv those j Powers whose interest it is, as it must 1 I , . . , be tluir wish, tosupport them against , . , . fK r T, . s me overwneimini: power oi Russia : helming pf PROCLAMATION. "Iftud Quarttrx at Kimotv. Sefit, 15. "Polks! Four days ago a most sanguinary and obstinately contested battle was lought under the walls ol our capital. Before the eyes of your wives, sisters ar d mothers, under the view of the whole city of Warsaw, the Polish troops have slain more than 20.000 of the ene my. and the intrenchments which are formed by the labor of your fellow citi zens have now become the grave of her invaders To save the town from destiuc tion, to weaker, the force of the enemy, our troops have evacua'ed the capital "The cannon, ammunition, and all imj plements ol defence; the government, the j deputies, all the magistrates, have withdrawn with the commander in chief and ' he army to Modiin Gen Krunowiecki is no longer president ot the government. In consequence of an armistice, hostilities a'e for a moment suspended; but, my countrymen, let not that moment be for you a period of repose w hich might livert you from the great object of the ' delivei ance of your native land; employ it rather to redouble tour strength in new 1 efforts to establish the existence ar.d in- ! dependence of Pnlnnd. if- - "Is Warsaw for us, all our country? Do its walls and its inhabitants within so narrow lion a circuit form the limits of the na ? After so many great sacrifices, after j rr any dearly achieved victories, whirh ; hac justly astonish, d the world, shall ; our high thoughts, our feeling, our .hopes ! shall all these be at the last moment ol expectation dissipated, as il thc waters ol the Warthe, the Vistula, thc Dnieper, the Bug and the Dwina, did not present to ti 'he inheritance of our fathers, w I. ich

again rcconcueredj will coavcy toour.ucn tu thc moderate parly in Pari3.

children? Who then would treacherously vu a ttu .ii. hat sorn,io shed the last drop ol our bloc d in the de lei ce of the last toot ot our native land? No! the Pole is too proud to fail in a

nledee riven in the face cf the whole world, or to look forward with a doubt ot victory while he is still able to lift an arm He w Iro can value liberty, w ho calls him self a freeman, will also know how to break the fetteis attempted to be imposed upon him. "Poles! Yet one moment more of en durance and resignation, and ihe end of the glorious contest, whose result will be the restoration of our freedom, indepenctence ano rights, is at hand. Thc scale ! ot victory must preponderate in tavor ot the zeal, and resolution cf our soldiers, o -.- and the sacrifices of our citizens. History exhibits no example of a united na lion, striving to obtain one great object, being deceived in its hopes Did net our enemies 19 years ago, lose their capital, and notwijhstanding was not their nationality and independence securec? Never let us forget that we owe every thing to our country, cur common mother Her existence is ours; we wear her chains Then let us once moie renew in cur

hearts the already the sworn oath, that Mill that in future that establishment vill we resolve to be a free peop e; that vcjV under the unmtdiate T.iandgtv.t at of will not lay dowti the svvoid ot our fath lone of the frm; and they hope that tlilr ers until we recover liberty ard indepen inrariable disposition to aceen.modatt dnce Hnceforth let our motto be inll r. ensure tin in a share i jLilicpatroDeath or Victoiy!" and w hen w e shall ! na'-e.

stand in the older ol battle, wt will meet the enemy with the cry, 'Lie the Country!' and thus will we conquer ROZISKI. By 'he Hamburgh mail we i -e advices from Poland so late at the i7tb inst ;nd we are glad to Ican from them that the cause of that unhappy tounrry is not yet lost The brave army which retired fiom Wrarsaw after the late desperate conflict have taken up a position trom which the Russians will, we trust, find it difficult to dislodge them The Polish C hief, General Roziski, has addressed a spirit stirring proclamation to his am y. which we are informed, amounts to ficrr 50,000 to C0,0C0 men, urging them to greater exertions in the cause of their countiy. The next grand battle, will be eagerly looked for. Berlin, Sept 21 Private letters from Warsaw, trom which city the mails now arrive regularly twice a week, but without newspapers, by no means, give up the cause of the Poles as lost, but affirm, that to keep arid guard Warsaw will be an immense burden to the Russian at my; nay, the Polish generals go so far as to assert that the surrender ut Warsaw was only a stratagem to entice Paskewitsch into a snare, from which he will not extricate himself without loss. It is said the Giand Duke Michael will reside in Warsaw, in the same capacity as Constantine did before He frequent ly rides on hoiseback ihrcupu the. streets, and is every where received as he was on his entrance, with loud accia mation. He has a'ready given many roofsof mi dnes- an 1 presence of mind London, Sept 29 City, 12 oVlocV e have the following account fiom Vi enna in regard to the tiiuation of he Polish army, from the frontiers of Poand: The plan of the Poles was to weaken thf Russian army, by sur rendering War saw, knowing the Russians would be obliged to leave a large force the-f to ganison the town Gen Szyemberk is in their rear with 20,000 men. in the Pal annate of Sandomir, and by tiie destruction of the bridges on the Vistula near Gera and Ossieu. all the romti onica'ioos will be cut off with Russia Plock is fiee, and Gen Romaiino, who has gain ed a complete victory of Gen and has taken possession t'-e environs of Cracow numerous militia, supported by 10,000 regular troops Owing to the Polish ar my still holding out, the Russians at Warsaw ate taking every precaution to prt vent a surprise from the Polish army Extract from a private letter from Schilna, near 1 hoin. Sept 12: 'Having decided to leave Warsaw on the 6th in the morning. I was roused by the thunder of the cannon A very for midable attack was made by the Rns sians on the whole of the line of the Polish batteries which defended the town I he carnage was teruble The Rus-i-.o.,- fr if . , t fr r , ,.rr. s.a, s from 1G to 17,000 men, and 20,000

uai.s auu v..ongrcve rockets, a great iorn HUsC. decM. bte of the countv cf Knox, quantity of grenades and bombs were anii State ot Indiana. n persons indebted throw n by the Poles in the Russian camp. to siid estate, are requested to make in;neThe Polish army is in the best state, and ! diate payment, and those having claims full of animation " Japainst thc same, will present them as t!: Livfrfool, Oct. 1 rif Peform Full law directs, legally authentic ated f,r .:!---The grand struggle which is to de- ! ie ..u ptate I believe to be .Ji ,r r . r , I vent. A sale w ill commence at the l .tv re-

tnic ine rate or me iiciorm lmii, takes place in the House ol Lords on Monday next (Oct 3;) and that 'thrill ol agony intense' w hich must alwavs be felt when great events are on the eve,' now per vades the public breast to the exclusion of every o'her feeling. London. Sept 27 The Paris express in our paper of yesterday, contmunica ed the termination of the debates on the conduct of the Fiench Ministry. The debate on their external policy latet! 3 days that on home affairs wa- finished j in one. Thc result has been thr approv al by the (. hamber ol Deputies of the ystem of policy followed by M Casimir Perier and his colleagues, bo'h in for j eign and domestic affairs This deci i sion, which is regarded as at once a se j ruiity for thc stability of the present J Erenc h Ministiy, and for the maintcnj ance of peace, has given great satisTac-

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i . 111, , T ...... . -7 . iwr.ntTcna ictt lut.lionx, leg orn Bonnets, faun; Soap, Cologne Wa tcr, y ilk end Mar; t Mrs Vesting, Broxm and Bleached Domes ties, Prutulla, roeco and Mens" Leather Shoe: Pine and Common Hats, S;c. Sfc. togtthtr irith an assortment of . Hardware, iron. Steel, .Castings, Fresh Groceries and Quetm-u-arc, tin n are diUrmined to ojfer at the loiret rates for cash or merchantable produce of any kind. They tale this opportunity of ivforriing the customers of the Mueeiius Shan: $:ZT'Bhc highest marl tt heat. Corn and Sair-lts, DeeendxriyJO price for 47THE IFDL&KA JOURNAL, AN IMPKKIA L SUIU T, iciec a week during the sazicn Lt g'ulatutc. of the rpHIS paper will, rts heietrfore, be pub--l lished twice a week durine tl.e hcs-ir n j ot the f ieneral Assembly, and it w ill, as nual, contain a retailed account of the pmccidn. K ot the Legislature. Its in rt .;-t d size will r.fford us an opportunity to present cur readers with a much greater quantity ai:;l variety of intelligence than heietcfiie" The character of the paper is presumed to be well known. It has been in existence nearly nine years, ami for the lr.st three year: has been published twice a week during the session of the Legislature. It has thus been enabled to git what no other paper here has done a full and conr.c cted hisf ry cf thc proceedings of the Legislature. Having incurred an increase d expenditure in enlarging it to an imperial s,ze, we appeal tot ur fellow-citizens, with confidence that the appeal will not be made in ain for an increased patronage. We have uniformly sustained a less by our semi-weekly publications, but the progressive improvement of the country, the rapid increase cf our population, and thc growing demard for newspaper intelligence, seem to require tl.j'.t ve should advance rather than retrogr r.df . We have: herefore determined to enlarge rur sin et, exert ourbest energies, and Wly fi.r remuneration oil the lilu ralitv ar d patriotism cf an enlightened people, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. To subscriber durirg the session , f the Legislature, the price will be seventy -fx-c cents, in advance. To regular anneal subscribers, the pries will he tn'o eUAlurs fo 52 riun-ber-s.it pid in advance. r three dollars at the exphatien. of the term. Especial attention will be paid to forwarding the p'ip rs arcrrdir m direction LOU;L ASS cc M ACiLTUE. Editors. Indianapc lis, Oct 9, 1SJ1. 4N the V9th of October. U31. a r.rcro man who calls hio-self RICH AKI, a! -out 21 vears old, a dark mulatto, ab'.-it J

Oen. Oollowin. i ftet It'inches high, p.tre u ad.- and -pi :gt.f,f T I lv countenance, who savs lu- belonps ' . rrancis roster, ci L'.siccln county. Kcn1 here is also a j tlK k ; ami on the 29th a r.f-ero w t n.au v.h

calls heiseit ELIZABI-'.TH. about 4J years c-ld, a dark mulatto, ot crmnon size, an-I rather vpare mnde, (whosa) sshe w as rai-ed in Cincinnati, Ohio, but lately from Jefferson barracks near Saint Louis, and says tl.ashe is free, but frcm the evasive manner in which she gives an ccou'.t of herself. sh is supposed to be a slave,) were committee! to the Jail of Lawrence county. III. according to law, as runaways. R. B. MARNEY, Sh'fT. L. C.T1L Nov. 12. 1831. 40 C; j SQlufutStVfltCV'S flOtlCC. I . . . . . . rsiHL undersigned has taken out u tters ri j mVihlrou n thc tstate rf AW vdence ct the faid Ab-o!oni Huve, dt r'd, t i the said county aT:d S are aforesaid, ci: Mon day the 5:h d,:v ' DaeTr.'j, r n .vt, and cor.tituie t.:.t:l a tne perMci Troocrtv be.o:r-. 'nuTber f HORSES. SHEEP at d C A I"I LE, ere yoke of WORK OXEN. W AO -CON and kirLE-itfJN. a ur ietv f farr.;KHU.S. Kl riTIEN ar.d HOUSEHOLD I UKNTTLTtE. at d other artu ks too numerous to be particularly vpecit'.t t'.. 'I lie tet ti.s f the sale v ill be :;ia!e km . .. n 1 at tbe s.ilc. Sale to commence at 10 o'cl'k 'A. M. CESAR EMliilV, .iJm'r. Nov. 12. 1831. td tner to said c-'-ta.'r fMihtiru' 1 f LL thre hairi; cheims against thc es. tatee t J !!. - Lockw ood. e'. cea-ed, late f Ojs'-r. ceu'-.ty. State of luliana, to f.'.e the vane !)etwt en this time and the f: Motday in December next, in the Clerks e thee, or their claims will eer after br excluded. JOHN L EbSL E V, . idm V. Oct is:i ir u