Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 24, Number 11, Vincennes, Knox County, 13 April 1833 — Page 1
1 .X V I BIT BLZHU STOUT.) vzarcBOTsrss, &a.) Saturday, przl 13, 1833. vol. sxzv. ss:o 22
iTfT tKLCtCltt. Ull twnatc, because the increase in the rcpre- j elevated for a second term to the presidenUt till .utl Mentation from the west in the next con- j cy. with his principles known and avowIS published at S'2 50 cents, for .r2 1 u:m mucj, strengthen our nrnr.ects ! ell. his friends will not hesitate to do all
numbers; which may he discharged ; J;)r justice upon this subject ; and believe, t in their power to sustain him; and unless
the payment of $2 at tnc time ot subscn- vvitjlout doui,t.) that the period is not re- j they do so. it v
bin. m i mote when wc shall be able to relieve ourParmcnt in advance bcin tho mutual i scivcs, from i,e cvjj consequences of a now-
interest ol both parties, ttiai moue is sum cited . A failure to notifv n. wish to di-contin
uc at the expiration of the time subscrilicd
er wantonly exercised bv congress over
the new states in relation to this matter. I am decidedly favourable to a system of internal improvements on certain rcon-
fur will be considered a new engagement; , ,i;tjons as appear by an exertion to and no subscriber at liberty to discontm-, tjlc pcopic l)f thc Wabash and White
1 11 n rn lit -Sill)
no nnTi ail arrc.iiau ........
bribers must pay the postage on their pa
river country, indicated by a joint resolution which I had the honor to introduce
1 ivt' - - 1 1 " - - - - - . a w aa'iavi tail. w i- v v.. pcrs when sent by mail. Letters by mail j intQ tjl0 0Rjslaturc 0f 11s state m the
tn the IMitor on business must Dopam, ori
thev will not be attended to. Product: will be received at the car.u market price, for subscriptions, if delivered within the cir. AnvnRTisESir.ro not exceeding one rquare. will be insiTicd throe times for one dollar, and twenty five cents lor each after insertion longer one-sin the same
rVj-Pers )ns sending nover
proportion
tiscmcnts, must t-ce;iv the number oh
a 1 T II!
times thev wish them v.x rted. or incv win be continued until ordered out, and must ; paid fjr accordingly. LIST OF AGENTS. John Murphy, Washington, Ind. John Vantrecs, do do. John Arbuthnot, Princeton, lud. Thonvas Cissell, Mount Pleasant. Ind. Post-Master, ul lr;lit"c' lm' Post-Mister, 13 iooni field, Ind. Post-Mister, SandersviUe, Ind. Pot-MisM, Oweivsvilie, Ind. IW-Mas?r, Stinkard's Miils, Ind. Jse Y. Wilborn, M-vint Vernon, Ind. r.evi Price, Kvansville, Ind. Jchn W. Davis, Carlisle, Ind. Raac Oris, Mrom, Id. Post-Master, TMrnnirs Creek, luo. John C. Rcilcy, Lawrcnccville, III. Post-Master, Palestine, IU. Vos -Master, Ujonville, Ind. Post-Master, Rockpnrt, Ind. Post-Master , Thorntonsvillc, III.
winter of 1831-W2, and which will be
found on the 279th page of the laws of that session, and also, by various other votes upon record in the legislative journals. But I should be unwilling that any systcm of internal improvement should he pursued by the general government that would operate to the manifest injury of the pcopic of the west, either by an opprcr.-
"j ?ive land system, or taritT taxes. Should
I be elevated to serve you as a member of
congress, I could not consent that any measures should be. adopted to swell the coffers of the United States, with a fund t be disbursed in works of internal improvements, so long as congress shows so strong a disposition to tax us with ten dollars for every one they are wilting to give us in return, to improve the country. I am also unwilling that the general government should collect a fund in this way for works of internal improvement, by taxing us in every shape, while they seem disposed to spend at least one half of such fund in legislating how, and where the other half shall be applied. But, believiug as I do, that the general government is largely indebted for moneys illiberally extorted from us, I would be ardently engaged, (were I in congress.) in trying to obtain fa ads to improve our roads, water courses, or other public improvements. Indiana is now, and iris been severely oppressed by the operations of our land laws, so
much so that I feel confident she will be
ould have been better not
to have called him to administer the afiairs of the nation. Fellow-citizen?. I have presumed thus to submit my claims to you, with my principles and politics, knowing tint whatever may be the issue on the first Monday in August next, it will be the voice of independent freemen conscientiously expressed. IIavin;r enjoyed too confidence of my fellow-citizens in my immediate t.ciuhbor-
hood, and having other manifestations of public confidence, as well from the legisla
ture of this state as tue executive ot the United Slates, and having been urged by friends in various parts of the district, from these considerations my name is before you. With this brief and plain statement of my views on several subjects, I hope it
will be distinctly understood that, should 1 have the honor to be your repreprcntative in the next congress, your will, fellow-citizens, shall be the paramount rule of my conduct. In as much as 1 have been raised and educated, in the Old Republican Principle, I firmly believe in the doctrine that a rcprcscnative is bound to do the will of his constituents, no matter by what means he may possess that information. Respectfully your obt. servt. "JOHN W. DAVIS. Sullivan County, April 5, S-V.). AN ORDINANCE
To Nullify an act of the Congress of the
United Sutes entitled "an act further
to provide for the collection of duties on imports," commonly called the
rorce Bill.
We, the people ol the state ot South
' Carolina in convention assembled, dode
clare and ordain that the act of the con-
grcss of the United States, entitled wan act further to provide for the collection ot duties on imports," approved the 2d
EiCftT dollars per day, while in Con-1 cry morning the dying aiil the dead press, should receive hi letters and pa. j would be seen in almost eery dntcnon pers free of postage, is a matter vre can- j from the door ol his intormai.t, and that notjsee through. Congressmen should , but a short time before, boy was seen certainly be as liable for, and as able to cutting a piece of fioh from the carcase pay postage as the farmer or mechanic, j of a fellow creature, o lengthen cut his who has to work hard, all day, for less j own miserable cxiMcr.ce, but was found perhaps, than one dollar. The pen-J sooti alter, dead, with ihe piece of fl-th pic should look into these things, end j in his hand, having crawled or.Iy -v f vr sec that they are not imposed upon. II j paces from the place where he obtained they sufler their representatives to vote; it. This was represented as only a speprivileges to themsclrts, irnknoiTn to the cimcn of what may often be fi nessed, in
people, then, farewell! our boasted liberty. But, the members of the British parliament have this privilege; and why, ssys some, should an American Con gressman be below a Peer of the English realm, or a member of their house of
commons. Wchavc already loilowcu too many abominable English cusroms,
and hope to sec no more ol them introduced amoiiir us.
THE CAPE DE VERD5. We have been favcrcd wi:h the fol
lowing letter from a clergyman, who went passenger in one of the vessels sent from this port, by the liberality of our citizens, with provisions for the relief ot the Cape dc Verd sufferers. 1 he des cription it gives of the distress and mortality which the famine in .those islands had occasioned, and :hc frantic joy which the stat vine; inhabitants hailed the arrival of these unexpected succors, will be read with thrilling interest. Surely no man of common sensibility, after pern
tng this letter, can regret the humble
its substantial features Bonausta and Mayo have suffered less than the other islands, which has prevented us from being eyewitnesses of ?uch heart sickening scenes of wretchedness, as hate been witnessed by o'hers. Captain H. assured me that he felt amply compensated fcr all the expense which he had incurred in coming out gratuitously to be almoner of the charity of Americans to those distant and desolate islands, in the consciousnes of the real beneGt which had been conferred. Our own country has not only been first, but alcne, in this work oT substantial sympathy and charity Not a farthing has been sent by the people of any other nation, ts charity, w hich speaks volumes in faor of our citizens Even the Portuguese nation has left these poor creatures to starve by thousand"., when the king derives not a little of his wealth from their toils and sufferings. The islsndeis supposed at first that the supplies received from our .country had come from the otcrnmcnt of the United States andvOcn assured
that the government had nothing to do
offerings which he made for an object so
worthy of his chanty worthy, at Ieat. ? xvllll j. that it was rrc,m lhc f;U,ijc and
on account of the urgent nature of the
call, if n&t for aoy particular morit in the recipients of this bounty. Jour oT Com Port of Mayo, Cc:r dc Vcrds, Januauy 5, 1833.
private contributions of'l.n, women and
children, as the spontanenu cxmcss'cn of their own ft xling of 'kindness and sympathy, as scon as their si fitting condition wjs made known tbcv scenxd
Wc arrived at this port on the last day utterly ot a loss to comprehend how it
r nrr vcvri:ns of Tin: sr.ro
GKESSDNAL IUSTUICT, Composed of the counties of Knox, Jhi vies, Martin. O'rern, (hrcn, Putnam Clou Vivo, Lawrence and XuUnan.
found 0:1 all occasions urgently pressing ! ,,,a of March, 1833, is unauthorised by
lay
EellcAv Citizens
her claims upon the general government
lor some return for tins onerous exaction, and may with much justice, expect to be heard. I am decidedly impressed with a belief, that Indiana may with much propriety and
prospect ot success, as!v ol congress a far-
In- presenting mysed belore , ,her llim;ltio1 ()f ,an(J fbf ,ho
nu rouses of
vou as a candu uc t r a ' i education, and think all will admit that
and inclination umu j t , , . i.fl!u0 U
character, and advantageous in its consequences, knowing as all do that to education we must look for the permanence of oar government, because it is admitted that "to make men slaves they must be kept ignorant' If in my power, 1 should be happy in urging this matter upon the attention of congress.
1 could not sustain the existing charter
of December, having left the principal part of the provisions for the islanders
could bi! 1 have often heard their say "Americans kinder than cur own coun-
at DonavUta. 7e are new leaded with .try wc have txao kings, but they no
ror.rrress. custom
pivmpts me, briellv to lay betore you, my opinions on a few of the most prominent tonics of national legislation; especially such as are identified with your interest and prosperity. My views of policy, and the tari(T, or protective system, as established by the act of are decidedly at variance;
' t l
ami ever nave cone,
believmji as
tv.
that the rates of duty imposed by that actjof the United States Bank, believing that
had an injurious operation upon the agricultural or farming interest of the coun-
it possesses features directly at variance with the free and liberal principles of our
trv. and esjwiallv the. farmers ot the west. , government, bv granting to fo re itz tiers a
w ho unfortunately raise no article that is j power over our funds as well as our citibencfited by this system ot protection. j Zons that is dangerous to the liberties of Impressed as I ever have been, with thej the people. It is much to be feared that belief that a tax even indirectly levied J this institution has been, and no doubt noon the majority, to increase the wealth i might be prostituted to serve purposes ot of the minority, was directly at war with j a very dangerous character to the country, the nature of oar free institutions; and j wielding, as all monied aristocracies do, fcnowin-r, ( is even the most superficial ob j a powerful influence on the operations of server must know,) that the number of i the government, monopolising an interest evu-sumers are in a ratio of at least ten to j to a fortunate few, which of riht belongs one of the manufacturers in this country,! to the citizen in general. Were I in conl could not consent to increase your taxes. I gross, I should feel bound to act adverse I ho e it will be distinctly mi lersio-nl to thi institution, and in doing so 1 should that I am not adverse to a tariff of a judi- comply with the wishes of the majority, eiiK character' such a one as will not op- and act in accordance with their interest.
..o -i I iivc m il uitv to henetit a smau it is aumittea that routli Carolina liaa
the constitution of the United States,
s-.tbversivc ni that constitution and destructive of pub'ic liberty, and that the same is an.d shall he deemed null end void wi'hin the limits of this state; aod it shall be the duty of the legislature, at such time as they may deem expedient, to adopt such measures and pass such acts as may be necessary to p?v nt the
enforcement thereof, and to inflt prop, cr penalties on any person who shall do
any act in execution or enforcement of the same within the limits of this state. We do further ordain and declare, that the allegiance of the citizens ol this state, while they continue such, is due to the said stale- and that obedience only, and not allegiance, is due by them to any other authority, to whom a control over them has been, or may be delegated by the state: and the gencvjl assembly of the said state is hereby empowered, from time to time, when they may deem it proper, to provide for the administration to the citizens and ofTiccis of the states,
or such cf the said officers as they may thin!c fit, of suitable oaths or affirmations, binding them to the observance of such at'eiance, and abjuring all other allegiance; and, also, to define what shall , amount to a violation of their allegiance, and to provide the proper punishment tor such violation.
Don
salt for South America, and expect to i send provisions to keen us from starving
sail within two or three days. At thisj they fight one another, to stc who shall
island, and at Bcrnavista, there has been less sutFijrinr$ from the protracted famine than at the other islands. From information received from individuals who
have visited, and profess to be well ac
govern they care notning about u$,
Sec. The rains have begun to fall in the islands, and vegctaticn is coming forward rapidly, and the hope is cherished that
something in a few months, may be ob-
quainted with the condition of the is! j tamed from the fruits of the earth, to
ands, the suffcrinrr, wretchedness and
desolation has been beyond the concep tion of those who live in the midst of plenty and prosperity- lam not able to state the whole popafeticn o the islands, from the absence of statistical documents but the estimate of the number of deaths, from actual starvation, in all the islands, within about a year, is placed by those best acquainted with the circumstances, at between 30,C00 and 40,000. The items which go to make up this amount in the bill of mortality, are as follows: In St Antonio, amor. c a
population of 26,000, 11,000 have died from starvation alone; in Fcgo, 12,000 deaths from Uie same cause; in Iravo, 7000; in St. Nicholas, 3000, and St Ja go, the number is considerable, although not stated definitively. Captain Hays,
C Kvt 1? ,m m n r( tt 1, I 1 1 l a 1 r kl tvit!'
111 lllw Ui If, t.'iiuu, vn t 1. 1 uub ma, "ik
supply the wants of the people
I S. You judged right in supposing that little of interest would be found here, relating to the vegetable kingdom. It is the most desolate barren portion of the eaith which I ever beheld. There was scarcely any appearance of vegetation on some of the islands by which wc passed, although on some of them in the interior, it is said that there ate trees, Sec. There is scarcely a tree on B' navista, except those that have been p!ant? cd or even on this island. On some of the islands there are fruits ol sevcra' dif fcrcnt kinds, and their land is under some degree of cultivation, but we have not been able to visit them. I have obtained the seeds of two kinds of trees from St. Antor.ic or.c the puga, from which all the oil used en the island is made, and is an emetic as well as cathartic the
a full cargo of provisions for the suffer-, other called at the Island pina; andchcry
ing islanders, assured me that the scene
of wretchedness arm desolation at St. An
moilla, which produces a ftuit somewhat resembling the pine apple, but cmirely
tonio, where he touched long enough . different. I hope to meet with better
to discharge 3-0 barrels of provisions, success in South America.
I was beyond the power f tongue or pent .
to describe. The miserable inhabitants! " writer in the iew Hampshire Fa
looked rroae like wtvin-' strrletons, than ! triot, alluding to the effect produced on
uic puuac minu jn 4cw jcngiana, oy .vir. Clay's ccmfiromtsCf says: "ilovv are ttiry pleased with this abandonmcnt of the protective policy, and
KOHF.K T V. II.W IS lirlrva! VrsV.
from tiic fiari-skes of 67. 1'i.ilijia C ConuhJ 6'.'. Mic'iacif! ventijr: ISAAC V. IIAYXE, Clerk.
i
minority. A tariil lor mo purpVM'i j vuu iui nvi lairuitumjiuuiua; um hj.uienue is "absolutely essential to our nation-j iu.t believe that any oppression she sutienl cxitcuce; and even a sum slwald be j red, could j istify the attitude she asumed
he it on hand to m?ei any eigeuc wv. ;in; uic -Luci.ii gjernmtui ; amuunt
The following severe article from the Jncrican Unhn. We do n,ot agree with the editors, that "the franking firiv ilege " to members of congress, "at best
is but an imposition on the tiublcS' if it
my opinions, ; i . annli-?d to the time thev ar
of indirect taxation, inasmuch as the na-! ous subjects tint may come before con-
me at Columbia the eighteenth day of I living beings their Hcsh was gone, their March, in the year of our Lord one muscle-, seemed dried un, and thev prrt-
thousand eight hundred and thirty j semej t,c appearance ot enly the r.afccd three, and in the fifty-seventh year of ! nr mcji. which could scarcely be
the sovereignty and independence ol j.co together. The inhabitants had des-' the interests of the New England monop-
the United States of America. i ,rP, f r.J.tr.minf relief from anv of the
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and as no vessel had
mi'dit accidentally arise, out uivo- nu.uj u. uuuui urn nei nuiiieus were maoiinni iniht with muchproprtety be raised from; by ambitious and designing men, for the such articles as are consumed bV the j purpose of obtaining a personal notoriety. '.' rh' of community. reiieiit2 : and was doubtless at war with tiio consti-
trom taxation every articloof prune nee
; tntion of the United States, as ordainc!
FltV to UH 111 l l IV-1 , '"-"' ' ' ' ! ' I - i .uiir.i:iitv No sood grounds r.t least,! These, fellow citizens, are
ional debt is dischar,
!, and consequent-1 gress; and although they may not aree
only appu-iu to me ume rncy arc ne
ccssarilv employed in attending to the business of the people Hut rcailv wc can
sec no eood reason for rtenumtr the!
ordinary tesourccs;
touched at the island for several months, cn account of the difficulty and danger resulting from t.hc fact that there is no safe haibor for vessel, a pilot was despatched in a boat with some half a dozen skeleton beings to hail tfie first vessel that could be seen, and beg of it to stop and sell tbem somjethrng to keep them a live for a few days longer; when the
olistR? What do thev say of his recent
somctsct and his coalition with South Carolina Nullification? Why, sir, the great manufacturing Autocrat at Lowell, is said to have written home a letter from Washmg'on, in which he declares that Henry Clay is a most precious scoundrel, whilst Gen. Jackson is a gentleman every inch of him! and although our New. England fed
eralists will not all go so far as this blunt
Emma hove in sight, and was hailed, and. of old Albion, end acknowledge that
as soon a.s possible, the mournful talc of Jackson is every inch a gentleman, wretchedness was told, and the cntrca'v 1 believe they nearly all admit that the
pressed to von and tell them somcthicr t m whom they supported for the Prcs
tocat. Captain II. leplied that he had
I .-1... .... ... m t i ni. ui( i I hr i'iiwc ill tivmi'.w t-of Ihnr -
tv we are reietLii ui ..ui n.u. .,i , v.. ...v., ( priviicRe to es mcmncrs irom me rtni -., . .... u:,. Vr!Hrl wi - I'.i Ll,i;,nn .KnnnrM:! m.- tho rPAnlt of mnrli rillpp! ion. sr l. r. t....t... nothing tO but that 11S VCSSCl W3S
huations wmcn v.c.o i.iiu.iu- ...u. ...o ..oi... . . Alarcn l0 in2 lrrsl monaay m secern- . , tn rJV flnri
inter.il part of the Union. j and are honestly advocated as measures bcr To rC3lrict thc privicsc during' . ' j ' ' f lhc' crcs, rurOf the xario-is prepc-itions submitted to I calculated to promote the mSercst of our t;ie SCS3jon, Would certainly operate rath-; nr nrrrdin roiicf to anv cf li c is' con mtss relative to the public lands, my happy and highly lavoared land. I po;i er lur0 upon 50rnc 0td revolutionary pi- j ""j . ... rra.,'wr ' - .!.. i!;?;o,i .';i-;;.,.,o . r. . ...... ' 1 .. anclcrs who needed tae graui.y. i wj
opinion is, mai a n-nKium v ... ri.w. , .... ..i.. r,..i.; ... mols Dr ollicrs, who mignc nave some . inrrcdulous at first, but when
woild ueciaediy cornr.u c m si m m-j m m:;'j u.i? t m iv-u uinn..t "4 just claim on the govcrnmcn:, wnicn
idency. is no better than he should bc.
They are ready to acknowledge they were mistaken in their man and it is not an unfrerjuent exclamation among them. 'It is fortunate for the country that Gen. Jackson is at the head of affairs at this important cribis."
To be sure, they attempt a justifies-
t . ,-ia v ..! :i c i ii nt itmvr nv nu viiin 1 i 1 1 .1. 1 i ... 1 i. . .i, - 1 - 1
trtvsi pi nr. iv-","--u. - - : - -- ;ul;)-" ',"' "" JUl"r ""-r I har.ils inaoni,hment toward, hcavtn, tion of their conduct, bj pretcnt nK to m,:,1I;cro,-o,n-r.Tt mcyttro f ..... J ,nlbo,;o. too presc.it eh cl busm.h.c, ,-ency of .heir tcprc.en.a..r: or , .1 in;i 1 :athc roort ,uvc b.cn 0... he discovered some new doctrines t revive my conhal -;.p.-r! : I s. il al amlpi-ms pr.nc.plo ) a cor,!ul st.p. wnuM ccrt,ia,y ,;,e),ls,t,c?,irell, Mh an erond he P.cident'. tote Proclamation ana f, el .1 an imperative .ly t ' " ' l'"rt 'o;.s...-e,. -,s vl r.s , meail.er , bear the expense hcn he Af.et ,indinj.. captain II. scor, 1 Me,.R to ConBre But I fearleaacrtioa i" my p.nvcr to ;l.tam U.r oar!, pron.p.lv a.,.1 jlccmvcly t ho prmc.pi.-s ,jd mi,elell , the matter. Annette, f w,,Jt ,,c w 3n(. hcat! , cliail.P(.e.hem to point out onesinKle .IL-ent, :,et..:.l settler, (l.ay.r.i a Um.ly.) up,., wluea Ik- has admm.sterejl t.,e at- ,,e article alluded to -tolumbu, (O.) fc , , , ,heir oeplorilI),e,-snf. cn.erxc in cither of those document,.
w tn i"' 1 t i
time ii m ikt, ;uvJ remntn imsd.l as ever, th.it there is too nvieh independency would r iise every peio;i of t!ii- nntortu- am.n the friends of general Jarkn, to nate ch;r.irt. ?r, to be independent freehold-; yield 'heir suiiVages and support to any rrs in our country. N proposition upon ', iiimi because he may be the friend of the lhi subject, that ha as ct been fubmit-; president, unless he sliall possess the csto I tor the nrtion v congress, in my hum- sential retpiisites of honesty and qualitiIde estimation. p-s.esos so many objec-j cation for the office to which he aspires; ti viable feat nies as the bill introduced in-! but tlouhtlrss the candid of all parties will
to the Tinted States senate by Mr. Clav.i eemit that it will oe out an act ot justice i is but an imposition on the public; but and which passed both luu-cs of congress to throw around the president a congress! when it ets to this, it becomes oppresat tlrur late seiou, but was fortunately ! h se views and wishes are in accordance j si m. Why one person o.ut ol every for1. tailed bv the IVesidt nt. 1 d.-oiri it ter-' witli his own I:i as iioh as he has aecu ty or fctfty five thousand, who receives
F1UXKIXG PK mL EGE. Congress has extendctl the privilege of franking, to its members from sixty days previous to thc commencement of the term for which they were elected, to the commencement of the session follow.
;n that for two vcars ami sixtvi
daysl!!!! The franking privilege at best
ferine: condition find not been ovcraed
! He discharged 5C0 barrels of provisjens,
and left them, alter receiving every demonstration of gratitude from thc sufferers which they were able to pive. They ccn followed hin to the water's edge, and there, in atfrop.'inp; to give
three cheer with oil the little encrqy
which they possessed, they made a noise which seemed more like a sepulchral groan than the voice of thc living.
which clashes in the smallest particular
with any thing previously expressed bjr the President, or to put their finger upon that sentiment in those able state papers, which is not in beautiful harmony with (hs whole of his official acts. The opposition would appear tnuch more manly and consistent, were they to say at once, what their conduct speaks louder than words can express; Ve
hAvc been in the wrcng jhe republi.
Captain II. was assured that almost ev cns jVc judged coricctly oTthrqu5
