Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 25, Number 18, Vincennes, Knox County, 24 May 1834 — Page 3

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V1NCENNES, mTy 24, 1831.

The citizens of iuceimes Township, ceimes ' "P; J have the high ami , on Monday next, will important duty to pcrf irm of electing one ; ui ineirnumucr a ;uagi5inue. oni.tsox, whose present term of service is about to end, and Henry M.Giliiam, are on this occasion, candidates for your favor. I have been informed, that the entire stock of the Branch of the State Bank at i Bedford, was taken in the county of Lawrence alone. Should this information be

t correct, the stock of all the Branches has

been taken. Mr. Stout: I perceive bv your last pa per that I am announced as a candidate for the Sheriffalty at the ensuing election. With all respect for the good feelings and kind intentions of thsc who were pleased to have me announced, I feci constrained by existing circumstances, to withdraw my name from the present contest. Yours resppctfullv, JAMES THERIAC. Vinccnncs, May 20th, 1831. Tub Bank refuses to permit an ixvestigvtion into its proceedings rv the Committee of Congress The National (Bank) GazeUesays Ve learn that the President md Directors of the Bark, of the United States were summoned to nppear this day before the Committee of Investigation, ''at the North Amerc-m Hotel, in the city of Philadelphia, and to bring with them the credit books of said B ck, showing the indebtedness ot indi viduals to said Bank. Accordingly, the President of the Bank

lv V anill the Directors repaired in person to ""tne Hotel; appeared before the Committee,

X and declined producing the B-oks at the II tel. And so the matter stands for the present." The Bank official of course, puts the best

face upon the refusal of Mr. Biddle and this hoard to allow the proceedings of the corporation to be investigated. From a correspondent, entitled to the most implicit confidence we learn that the commit tee have tried, i:i every possible form, to obtain access to the books and. papers of the Bank that a correspondence had been carried on for two weeks to effect the objects of the House of Representatives, in omft mode which might be mutually agreed upon that, at last, the committee issued a subpoena, directed to the Mirshal of the District, summoning the President Directors to attend the Com:nittP2,witli the books & papers required, to give-testimony ; that the President & Directors were asked to exhibit the books in cemformitv to the subpoena daces tecum, &, a direct positive refusal was given an. I that thy refused to answer any questions that might be put to them, or to use the language of Mr. Sergeant, (the Chairman on the part of the Bank,) a refusal to testify under the call. The Committee of Congress, we learn, have borne with great patience, the syste matic course adopted by the managers of the Bmk to frustrate the investigation in stituted bv Congress After a patient en durance of the contumely, ihe Committee L. - I at last made the issue in such a way as not to be evaded, and the Bank's agents nut an end to all further effort at inquiry tiv denviiv the power ot Congress to sub let their books to inspection, ami setting at defiance tir? authority of the Committoo of the House. We understand the Committee have adjourned, to meet in Washington on Thursday. Globe. LETTER IV. To the People of the United States On the violation by a majority rf the Se natc of the constitutional rights secured to the Prethlentj as well as of the plain est principles of common justice and propriety. Countrymen: The President of the United States, be in0' elected by you through electors, is your direct representative, and responsible to vou. He is also liable to impeachment 4 for "hieh crimes and misdemeanors."' The members of the House of Repre sentatives are also your direct represen tatives and responsible to you alone You have taken particular care to point out in what mode your representee in the Executive Chair snail be subjected to the additional responsibility of impeachment by declaring that no other public fuuction ary than your immediate representatives, shall have aright to bring an accusation against him. In your constitution you sav, that the House of Representatives "shall have the so.e power ot impeach rnent. This is certainly as explicit in relation to the point of controversy as if it had read, "the Senate shall uot have the the power of impeachment " Now, what could have been your object in providing that the House ot Keprcscn tatives shall, and that the Senate shall not have the power of impeachment? Was it not to reserve to yourselves through vour immediate representatives, the pow rtr tit ntW Ml the fust instance upou the nn.l.mt of vour President ? Was it no

---- - Uto throw between him and unjust accusers ' from any other quarter, the shield of y our direct Representatives? Was it not to prevent his being officially charged even with violating the constitution and laws, unless vou, or a majority of your repre..Mhi"M first think him guiltyf His

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DO I me ! -"" , f v : ti.ldf Are not ihe members ot this shiclQI 'vie ... rttr,.? tre no-,

ing a majority of the People, his sole constitutional accusers? An alRrmativo is the only answer which can be given. But in the proceedingsof the Senate, he is deprived of this

constitutional protection. It is not the unni.nntnll.00 r r .u tiv-j'ivoviiunno Vl U III" I1 II V tl HUT 1 U ' I ... t ? - 1 It' . . . . (J who im hcd him ,)u jt h lhfj Re nresentntivM r,f n m .w.ritv - t!,.. . xrhanredirnrtlv rn!,U i . ... - i to the people his constituents as well as their own that venture to accuse him but men who are responsible only to the States. By the constitution; he can be accused only by a majority of the people; in this case, the principle is assumed, that he may be accused by a majority of the States. To be deprived of his rinht to have his conduct passed upon in the first instance by a majority of the People, is a sufficient outrage upon his constitutional rights; but he has not had the protection which even a majority of the States would have given him. Messrs. Sprague, South art, r relenghuysen, and Ewing were directly instructed by their States to vote in support of the acts they have condemned; and their votes, independent of those of Messrs. Bell, Bobbins, Knight, Bla k, Poinde.xter, &c, who equally misrepresented their respective States, would have thrown the majority against the resolution. Not only , therefore, was the President deprived of his constitutional shield against unjust official accusations, but even of that furnished him by the very States whose Representatives in the Senate have assumed the power to denounce him! The Senators usurp a power which belongs to the popular branch of the Legislature; and in the exercise of that usurped power, openly set at naught the will of the States they pretend t- represent' Here is a dou ble usurpation! But the most shocking part of this usnrpation is, that the judges turn accusers and prosecutors; disregard of ail forms of udiciel proceedings, try without evidence md condemn without 1 he iring. The convention which formed our Con stitution, first resolved that the power of trying impeachments should be vested in the Sup fern -3 Court. In the first draft of a Constitution re ported in pursuance of their res dves, the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court was declared to extend "to the trial f impeaehments of officers of the United Slates" and in the same paper it was provided, that ihe President " shall be removed tr im his office on impeachment !v tho House of t v Representatives and conviction ia the Su premo Court of treason, bribery or cor ruption, if the constitution had been adopted in this shape, what would you have thought of the Supreme C urt. if without any accusation fom the House of Representatives, thev had spent the whole of their late term in discussing among themselves o rcsolutution that ihe Presi dent had committed violations of the Constitution and laws, for which he ooht to e impeached, and final I adopted and en tered it in perpetual memorial upon ?-tir reinrusi ttoniu noi an :iinrira ii 'jy risen up one man and declared thejiJ usurpers? Wou'd th'Jv not have been told that the People have reserved to themselves, through their immedhic representa tives, the sole ri ;!it of Orin ling accusations for impeaehaUe ofien:js, against their President, and that it is enough forjudges to try the case w hen it comes constitutionally before them? A majority of the Senators hae placed themselves in just su h an attitude. In the final draft of the constitution, the power to try impeachments was transferred from the Supreme Court to them. They are made judges, in all such cases, as entirely as the members of the Supreme Court would have been it the original plan had been adopted. If the President has "assumed powers not couferred upon him by the constitution and laws, but in derogation of both, as declared in the resolution of the Senate, it will not he denied that he bus committed an impeachable offence. Mr. H- pkinson, on the impeachment of Judge Ch ise, ai,! : "A misdemeanor, or a crime, for in their just and proper signification they are synommous, is an act committed, or omitted in the violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it." if iMr e was any reason to believe that thWesidcnt had committed sueh an act, the penalty for which is removal from office, andv a disqualification to hold any office uf honor, trust, or profit, under the United States, his constitutional judges were certainly not the first who ought to become his accusers No principle is more sacred in a free Government, and among honest men in all Governments, than that of ihe citizens or subject who may be charged with crime, shall be tried by an impartial tribunal. In our system of jurisprudence, so carefully is this right of the accused secured, that no man who hs mjJe up or expressed an opinion upon t ho yayy unpermitted to act as a juror. Proof CuyV as or pre. i'Vis expression of opinionjs good iur Mriiing iiue ;l eiuu:ioi .tuijt. y My Countrymen See how this sacred principle is outraged in the case of your President! The Senators are the jurors to try him. It was not enough that Mr. Calhoun, one of his jurors, was his deadly cnemv, and has been long laboring todes troy him. It was not enough that Mr. Preston, another of the jurors, had denounced him i toothless tier" and a tyrant of the blackest dye, when nullification was brandishing its omnipotent sword . o ...k j " i i i ! 111 u uua. n a noi cil, Igll

th a Mr. Clay, another of hisjnrors, was - ' J '. eager udestrov htm that he wouddesohue lus country with uivar, pcstillciice9&

famine, of any other scourge,1 for that) purpose. It was not enough that Mr. I

Southard another of his jurors, entertained the most deadly malignity towards him. which overleaps all the bounds of truth and justice to tarnish his fame. But these and their kindred spirits, must get up a discussion in their iurv box, without waiting for an accusation, or hearing a word of testimony, and pronounce him guilty before trial! Is this justice, or law, inthis free country? Would notiurvraen who should so conduct themselves, bo followed by public execrations, long and loud if even the' escaped the vengeance of just laws? It is vain for Senators to say thev did not condemn the President in the character of Judges "Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard its spots?" If a man were to take part in a bar-room meeting, condeming a fellow-citizen who wasubout to be put upon trial in court. and being afterwards called in as a juror to try him, were to say " I shall be a most impartial Juror. I only abused and con demned the accused in an other capacity," would he not be justlv driven out of court as a malignant wretch, seeking not for justice but for vengeance? Just such tri ers of tho President would a maiorTtv jf the Senate now be. Nothing is wanting to make plain the atrocity of their conduct nut to imagine that the taithiui old soldser, hero, and statesman, is arraigned before them for trial on an impeachment by the House of Representatives, and that Messrs Calhoun, Clay, Preston, Southard, Poindexicr, and their compeers, are standing vith their hands upon the book, taking a solemn oath before the Al might (Jod, im parthlly to try him! Shade of Wellington! would not a pang reach thee in Heaven at having consented to make this body a Court for the trial jf impeachments. There is another point upon which the constitutional rights of the accused h ue been grossly outraged. It is provided in I-.. . ' . .1 .yr i ii the constitution, tha no public officer shall oc found guilty of an impeachable offence without the concurrence of two-thirds of he Senators prent Yet your President has been fvaud guilty by a vote of Iosi :han two thirds There were fortvjjix present; it would have required thirty -one to convict by the constitution; yet is he tound guilty up- the vote of twentysix. If an impeachment had been twentysix to twenty, the President would hae been acquitted ; but accused and prosecuted by his judges, without notice lo defend, be is condemned by a vote vhu h the constitution declares to be an ucquital, an stands forever denounced upon the records of the S tate. Could there I c usurpation more palpa ble, or tyranny more hateful? So it said that the removal from office and the disqualification which follow conviction upon a constitutional impeachment, do not llosv from this proceeding? If his good name be taken from him, what does Andrew Jackson care for otf.ee 1 His honest fame is all he lives for. I was one of those who visited and congratufed him when he entered upon bis second term of service : arcl on alluding to that as the fiistd ay of that term, he exclaimed, with the otniot fervor, iVouhl to God it were the last." Instead of the restless ambition whieh urges on his accusers, he looks lo-he Itii of iM .rrh, 1S37, s the day of his deiivertin e from an crdoons service in which he has no motive 10 stimulate him but love of country and f.im?. If malignant Senators defeat his exertions f t his country and tarnish m fame he cherishes they will have inflicted all the pains and penalties of a conviction upon impea h ment u hih he regards. Sooner than iosc all he thus cheri.-hes, he would cheerfully bare bis oosom to the assassin, or lay his head upon the block. If his countrymen and th- world can he made to believe what the SenUe have declared, his punishment will indeed be felt by him as worse than re:r oval, disqualification and dcMi itself. Will a free People tolerate this usurpation of their own power, and that of ihir Representatives, by Servitors who even ideny their obligation to represent the will of their respectives States? Will thev permit their President to lie condemned, without trial, by the irresponsible instruments of a moneyed corporation? Impossible! 1 shall endeavor in my next, to give a true history of the Treasury of the United States, with the vie.v of showing that the Bank Senators are striving t usurp Executive power, for he benefit of the corporation they represent. JEFFERSON. Thcnett proceeds of the post offices in Indiana, during the year 1833, as given in a letter from the Po.;master General in answer to a resolution .t the II ue of Representatives, is 1S,M." 4S cen's. Col Chron. LATE FROM EUROPE. Cy the ship Victoria, Captain Morrell, from Liverpool, we have been put in possession of ftapers of that place to the 5th, and from London to the 3d. It will be perceived that the political state of Europe rem lined tho same. Rumors respecting Spain and Portugal were continually in circulation. 'J 'he woollen and worsted districts were daily becoming worse a large number of workmen being out ot employ owing to the high price of wool, the supply of which was short owing to the increase of the consumption of the article, which has beeu gradually growing. Tho proceedings of Parliament are uninteresting.

April 3. Consols 01 a I, for account, Exchequer bills, 52 a .r3s premium.

At Madrid an invasion of Portugal was spoken of, for the purpose of expelling Don Carlos. The official paper of Madrid speaks of the necessity of effecting this ob ject, but declares no hostilities are intend ed against Miguel, but it is supposed they will never be allowed to enter Portugal only as the allies of the young Queen. At Constantinople every thing had as sumed a war like appearance. The fleet was actively preparing ; the garrison at the Dardanelles was to be strengthened, and no doubt remains that the Porte is determined to resist Ihe intervention of other Powers to oblige him to renounce his engagement with Russia. The French Ministers have succeeded in carrying their law on the subject of associations, nearly in the state in w hich thev proposed it; all the amendments at all calculated either to modify its oppresiv3 character, or even to limit its duration, having been rejected by Iare majorities. At the final debate, which took place on the li3rh ult., M. Page spoke strongly against the measure, and in the course of his speech, made the following sjlcmn protest against it: "If (said the Hon. Deputy) a French man, an honorable man, wishes to form an union to propagate, strengthen, or pre serve Christianity 1 am his man i:i spite of our ministers and your law. "If a Frenchman, an honorable man, wishes to form an nmon to extend charity and assitanee to the poor and laboring classes, to the sick, or to the workmen out of employ I am his man in spite of your ministers and vour law. "If any Frenchman, an honorable man. wishes more extensively to diffuse acquir ed truth, sound doctrines, and the knowl edge which prepares fr the morality of the future end, the happiness of mankind I am his man, m spile ol your ministers and your law. till.. f "If any Frenchman, an honorable man, wishes to secure to his country the safe guard of electoral independence, and op po:sc those disgraceful elections, w hich deliver political venality up to ministerial corruption I will be with him in spite of your ministers and your law. 'The slave of all j ist laws, the enemy of all unjust laws, between the persecutors and their victims, I will not hesitate. I know no human power which can make me apostatize from God, humanity and France. 1 will disobey your law, to obey my conscience.' On th'.? division, the numbers were f n the hill, 21.1 against it 151 maj -rity U2. Several of ihe societies in the provinces have already protested against the law, announced their determination to disobey it. S rne of the most distinguished members ot the Society des droits do Phomme have deemed it expedient to quit Paris. The veteran patriot, Lafayette, has delivered the following written protest against the incisure: 'The new and progressive attack on our July revolution has been so completely manifested on toth sides in the debates that mv forced absence from the Chamber is a subject of regret for myself alone. I could, nevertheless, have certified to the heirs of HI) and 1830 that even under the ancient regime, such an interdiction, subject to the good pleasure of the police of S irines and Lenair, would have excited asi onishment and indignation, even in the .S poos of Versailles. I now confine .my self to adding my personal protest to the numerous votes of my honorable col leagues against this anti social consequence of a new system, the origin and tendency of which I pointed out bui"aco. (Signed) LAFAYETTE? "Paris, 2Gth March, 1831 London, March 30. At a late hour y esterday afternoon, an express reached the city from Falmouth, bringing information of the arrival there of his Mtjisty s brig, the Savage, from Lisbon, whence she sailed on the 10:h instant. The news by this vessel, if confirmed, is unfavorable to ihe cause of the young Q ieen. It is said that ihe Miguclitcs were showing a most determined front at Santarem, having erected fortifications outside the town, and fr n their preparations, it was supposed were about to attack the vouii" Queen's troops. Don Miguel hid withdrawn a body of his troops from Oporto to strengthen his army near S intarem. The Pedroites were using exertions to prevent supplies being sent to the Miguclitcs, and f r that purpose the Belgians had been dispersed to the South. It was not supposed that Dm Pedro would be enabled successf illy to engage the Miguelites without augmentation, as from the state of the country, it was scarcely possiole for him to concentrate his forces. By the Savage, the commandant of the arsenal at Lisbon had arrived at Falmouth, on his way to Brest, where he was proceedin 'to obtain supplies. JS hereby given, that on Monday H lGth day of Juno next, between the the hours of 10 a. m. & 4 p. m. of said day, 1 will expose to public sale, at the Court house door in V 'incennes, to the highest bidder, LOT 196 33 designated on Johiwm Al, Emis ms plati of the Brough of Vineennes. One fourth of the ! purchase money, cash; balance, half at one year, and half at two years, tor notes with good security. Sold by order of the ;

rviiox Circuit court. SAMUEL HILL, Master in CA'v. May 17,1931.-17-31

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THE Tract of Land oa which I nor reside, containing 111 .&SI1ED, lying within a half mile ot hr own of Carlisle, Sullivan county, la. Tnere are V upon the premises a comfortablo St 21 NEW FRAME DWELLING lini i i i i m J T i mm. m r s r-m Well finished, and convenient tor a laro f miil y or a small one, with necessary out houses;al)out30 acres of land in cultiva lion, a god meadow and a vo ing APPLE ORG II A MX ALSO, AB -rT 02 &ORE3 lying in a half mile of the tract on which. 1 live, which has about twenty five acres under good fence and in cultivation, with an Orchard of about 50 LARtlE APPLE TREES, of an excellent quality of fruit. Tho above land is supplied with plenty of tka best of timber, and A SUGJR ORCHARD. A further description would be unnecessary as Ihe subscriber supposes no person would wish to purchase without looking at the premises, and he is well satisfied That any person will bo well pleased with tho quality of ihe land as well as its situation. Having determined to move fWii tho country, the subscriber will give a great bargain in the land above mentioned it early application be made. W. R. II ADDON. May 19,183 J. 13-5t TAKEN UP OX tho 5th of May, 1S3I, by John McConnel, sr. living one and 2A a half miles from Carlis. M Sullivan cenntv, Indiana, ona 9 ROAN HOUSE. s pposcd to be live vears old. aSoui t." hands high; no other marks or brands perceivable; app-aised at fortyfive dollars by Alex. Trigg, and Hiram Benefel. JOHN H. EATON, May 17, 1S31. 18-3t TAHEIT UP TNthe 2Sih day of April, 1831, by j) Joshua Manning, of Wallace town ship, in DaCiess county, ludiana, one DARK BAY MARE. wi:h a black mane and tail, a small star in the forehead. and s "ine white around the right hiaii foot above ihe hoof; no other marks or brands perceivable, supposed to bo three years old this spring: Appraised to fifteen dollars by Henry O'Neal and Nathan Chandf ler. J. B. VANMATRE, j.p. May 0, 1S31. lt-3i FOif sale! THE subscriber wishes to dispose of his Real Estate in Vin?ennes, con sisting of the IjOT " Market streetformor;y the property ot 1 human Jon;st with A BRICK HOUSE thereon situate, now occupied bv II. Braka'.v. ALSO, THE & XiGT ii Harrison's addi io s, known as the "PARKE PLACE. This property is too well known to require a f lrh r description. For terms, apply to the s jbscriber at Palestine, Illinois, or to John Law, Esq. at Viuce ones, who will give any information necessary to those who are desirous of purchasing.' . WILSON LAGOW. .May 14, 1S31 17-lt INDIVIDUALS resiling in the viciniJ ty of this place, wishing to sell real estate, will find it for their interest to call on the subscriber and have entered on a book kept for that purpose, the price and description of the land they wish to dispose of. No charges will be made except in tho event of effecting a sale. ABNER T. ELLIS. Market Street, Viuceunes, -May 15th 1831. j17"1 ROSS & Hl'JSDJG, AVE purchased the entire Stock of Goodsj belonging to ihe late firm of Toniiinsoii AiRjss, and are now offering them at reduced prices. Their Asiort mentis Extensive, mid will be comple upon the receipt of their Spring and Sam mer Mipply, which is expected shortly. Those w ishing to buy are respectfully invited to call. They retain the store lately occupied bv Tomlinson & Ross, on tho corner oi aier m .i - ri. ? streets posite John C. Clark's Hotel. Vinceanes A;;u; : . 13-6 ALL persons are hcre.v a'uiuned a gainst trusting, or dealing with my wife Polly, formerly Polly Fail, as she has left 1113 without anv iust cans"; I ana therefore determined to pay no de ta of her contracting, after thia d . . . ulesa

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compelled lv iaw. JOHN B HAN DSTEDDER May 13, 17&