Vincennes Gazette, Volume 5, Number 44, Vincennes, Knox County, 2 April 1836 — Page 1

W H7 VOLUME 5. VINCENNES, INDIANA, APRIL 2, 1836. NUMBER 44

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I'll grim, tLon htit meekly burnt, All the cold world's bitter scorn, Jotimt yirif throngs this vale of tears Till iL prmied land paars ; Vlnr the pure in heart hll ('well, TUu Joit blets the Sabbath Bell. Idlkr, fallowing fashion's toys, Seeking mid its empty joys, Fleasure that mutt ead in pniu; f unship that tutist end in rain, What does whisprin emscience tell. When thou heers't the Sabbath Cell? pTiTEiMif, toiling in the mart. Where anabitiwn pley her part: Peasant, bronzing 'neath tlieiun, Till the six day works is done; Every thought f business quell, Whua you har tho Sabbath Dell. Trati llir, tbuu whom gain or tt Speedelh through earth's wrary waste; Wakdikick. from thy natire land , Rest thy sterd aad slack thy hand , Where the seventh day's sunbeams tail, There they wake the Sabbath Bell. SaLDiia, who en Lattlo pl-sin, Su may'st inln'e with the slain; Sailok, on the dark blue tea, As thy bark ridas galhmtly , Prayer aud praiiu become y well, Ts&ujU you hear no Sabbnth Hell. Mother, that with tearful eye Standi to watch the first-borne die, tending e'er bis cradle bed, Till the last pure breath has Sed; What tf the of hope can tpil Like the tulcuin Sabbath Bell! 'Mocr.5i," thus it seeuit to say, keeping o'er this fragile clay ; Lift from ear'.h thy strneming rjt Seek thy treasure in the skies, Where the strains of angrls swell, One eternal! Sabbath Bell. Mas. Wirsow. V . . i? - 11 -- - CIRCULAR OK TflE CENTRAL REGK.NCT From the Bedford Spy.

Unhaisi me gentlemen, by Heaven, I say. jin their several townships" for the pur1M1 nieke ft ghostef him who bar my way.' pose of securing his election. Let them Sherielaa'e Epilogue to lFatal Falsehood V beware. It has alreadj, been declared la the "Democrnl" of the 2d instant, that it it not impossible "tc cheat the we fiod a 'Ciicular,' addressed "ro ike fret ' people out of the choice of a chief magisand independent voters of In liana," pur-! trate," and the lime may come, when porting to be the production of the State' they will w;sh the clouds that precipitancy Central Corresponding Committee, an-1 may create above the horizon of their fu-

pointed by the Democratic Republican Convention wnicn assmmen at inuianapoif en the 8th of Janary last, and as there j are mtdy of our readers who may not be favored with an inspection of that instill-

meat, we will briefly notice its contents , choose committees of vigilance." For This "circular" sets out by informing , what purpose ? We understand the mean the M'ree and independent voters of the ,ing of ''vigilance" to be "watchfulness." State of Indiana" that "the committee : Consequently thoee committees are to would aot wish to be understood as at-;tiac4 over public opinion to guard it, temping to dictate a course for the gov-land prevent it from got ci tf astray. Now crnment of any citizen; but merely to re- j we are the most decided advocates of givromraen d the i mportance of concert, svs-i ing to the public every means of intellitim, and organization throughout the ! gence, but why it is that, at this "particu-

stttte, in order to insure the (humph of principles, (mark the lat'er word, "principlesV) which every Democratic He - publican in the union believes to be es - sentitl t the adtaocernent and perpetuity of our free institutions" After a few

rethtr "preparatory remarks." the com-; require the aid of a committee of vigi inittee "approach the subject.1' jlance to direct their opinion, or to point First, "it ii recommended that the ! out to them the men for w horn they must friends of the administration convene injvote! And why are they required to astheir several townships, on some day not j sembia on "the first Monday of April?' remote, and we would suggest the firstjls it not because they think to get oome Monday in April as a euifable lime, andjof the free and independent voters of Inthtn choose committees of vigilence and j diaua' pledged, at that time, to vote for

make mch othpr nrranepments ns may;Mr Van Lureo. for fear that, before l he

b deemed useful" Why do the commUtm H mliP fripnda nl tie nil mi 'n.

itfratiorir U thfl administration of An-; leak out to blow them all up l.elore they j in suumiuing me cnarier io iue ujsjcidrew Jackson any thing to do. legitimate-! could consummate their crime? Let the; ing, Mr. Riddle explaioed, in detail.us pro-

I I . I V .... . . ' ' - ..- - w. " " - - - - Iv. with the election of Maitin Van Buren?! and this we understand to be the object of the "system and organization" recom mended by the committee. Are the friends of "the administration" t be cajoled in the support of the 'late magician,'' because he , foresooth , after he had exhausted every method which his ingenuity could dense to secure the election rf Mr. Crawford, in the great rooUat of 1324, when the friends of Gen. Jackson contended thnt the strngtflo was to 'insure the triumph" of the same "principles" for which thev are naze contending, thought . . . .1 . J uropei, 1 bo , "under ceriatu uaueuneu contingencies." to sMpouse tha cause in which the 'oriainaP frieods ef Gen. Jack A son had, so long, been honestly engaged? Has it been foigotten that Mr. Van Burets was a member of a Congressional caucus, which nominated Mr. Crawford for Ihe Presidency in opposition lo Gene-

ral Jackson. Mr. Clay, and Mr. A lains?j ject to such humilitation 1 Is the last vesIlas it been forgotten lhat in the election ; ti;e of patriotism extinguished in the of 1824. the state of New Yoik, whirh j br east of those w ho aspire to be the guaris now hailed as the ery "home of Dt- dians of the public wellare! is the couornocracy," Mr A dam got 26 votes; M r.j try to be saci ified ? are its institutions Crawftfid 5;-Mr. Clay 4, a.ud Gu. Jack-I tbe scatteied to the pur wiods of Hea.

forgotten, that, in vhfn Mr. Van Bo1827, and at the time w was supposed to entertain preferences i"run jacKon. mat iUr. t avrt of ViriRin.H, dented i.ipporterf the General, .declared that 'combinations have been ( formed, and are lorming, which will wrest

son 1 !! Hat it been

line p.mer rrom Uiose Hands no unworthy J ships It i not to guard against the enito hold n? (allud.r to .Mr Adan ad-' croachmentu of tyranny not to watch the

mmisirnuun ; rias u teen loruiten that, (.., -..-....-..v. prmiuwii, huuii - natural condonation uqj (armed, in which jsorne portion of the North, South, East, jnnd Wet united in one common interest, when they uad been, and still are widely evred upon the great questions of a pro lecting tariff and internal impioveuoenls ? Has the "common principle" of that corn binatioo been forgotten.' Had not Mr. Van Buren Leen a supporter of a igh tariff for the protection of domestic industry' and did he fot sustain those of 1834 and 1827 ? Was not the South then. (arid i not it now, opposed tt high taiitfs? Ha the eloquent maimer in tvhich John Randolph ol Roanoke, exposed the i7icif connection of so many hostile interests, in bis speech on the motion for retrenchment, in Feb , 18v8, been forgotten? Has it been forgotten that their motto was, thai the administration shall '-be put down, though it were as pure as the augeU which stand at the right hand of God!" Has it been forgotten that the doctrine was then proclaimed (hut, "to the victors belong the spoils ?' Has it been forgot, ten that Martin Van Burets never did support Gtn. Jackson for the Presidency, although he ami Mr. Clay were the only competitors of Mr. Adams spoken of in 1827, until his election was considered secure ? If all these things have not been forgotten If the tidet of other "couibioalions" and other events bus not buried them deep iu the ocean of oblivion, why enil upon the original friends of andrew Jackson Id rally around the many coloied flag of Van Buren, and group through the darkness of his politics to secure him place and power? 1 it not because his friends know, yes, well know, that if his name is separated from Gen Jackson's, it will prove impotent in the j "spoils cause in which their hopes are iall concentrated ? Who is Martin Van i Buren unconnected with Audrew Jackson? JWhere was he, when the honest advojcates of the "venerable chief" ruhed for iward to his support, with a sincere con. vict i on that their cause was just 1 Iu the ; ranks of the opposition! supnortinfir M r. I .Crawford!! And yet, the friends of Geo . i Jackson are now called on lo "convene lure hopes dispelled foievcr but that time may ne too ute! But what are "the friends of the ad-j ministration" required to do, when they convene in thfcir e veral townships? "To , lar lime, it becomes necesiaiy to establish committees of vigdance in every Mown !hip' iu Indiana, we cannot, for the life of , us, perceive. Have not the peo. tie always, ; heretofore, thought for themselves and ! voted for whom they pleaded ! Do they election in IWember next, 'some secret ( in ihp Limrii;irfl of the 'Globe.' should .... 0 3 - people look to this. Their liberties are j at stake, and they should deliberate Second, these tnwuship committees' are 'to be empowered to take care of the in teiesti.' Paure read and deliberate !--Startle, not! althoughjyom may hear an avowal that will make your patriotic blood curdle in jour veins. Is it your ioterests' the interest of your country the interests of your children, or the interests of those institutions which were hallowed by the revolutionary struggles of your ancestors, that are to be confided to their care? Head the whole of the sentence. It is to vuu it is addressed the freemen. i of the country . Here it is; ' These committees to be impowered to take care of the interests of the party, call meetings when they may ihink it expedient, and lay before them iuch information as may tie deemed irnportaut.1 How lu? ill the human family be sub

en? ia every consecrated principle of jtistic to 1e violatedr--i the dirge of

Freedom to be sounded, to promote the ni.r.d. V. :, . penlj-dclnred that it is to Make care ol ! the mtereits of the parti' that the peo p!e are called on to assemble in the 'townaccumulation of power and check it in ite Uoiu caieer, tiu to promote any ot those ends lor which, in olden time, our fathtr came together ; not to unfetter the 'child of Liberty' from the 'golden chain' which maybe wound aiound her by the ineididious efforts of 'executive' influence, that j they are asked to asiembla. No, it is to suiTer themselves to be made the slaves and sersof jartyi is to suffer the par ty to secure the 'spoils of office' at their expense. It is to blind them to the true coudition of the countiy, end multiply the materials of the party lor a luihlese wartaie against the tretdoiu of opiutoo and the elective fruochise? Will the halcyon seusoo of political happiness never return? Is our couuiry to be forever rent asunder by party feuds? Ii (he experience of the past to be forgot teu? Will the people remain unmoved, when they hear it proclaimed that there are men in their very midst, who, in defiance of every thing consecrated by free docn and held dear by patriots, must and will 'take care of the interest of the pahtt.' Yes every thing honest, every thing virtuous, every thii g pure, must be crushed beneath the Jaggeiouut car of party, ns it sweeps like a simoon from one extremity of our confederacy to the other! Where is the boasted Freedcmof our country , if these things may he done? Does not every man, who teels one ethereal spark yet glowing in hi bosom, find bis indignation kindle at the bare OietUou of them ? We call upon the people to be aroused! In the name ot their own interests, we call upon them. Home was one the freest republic upon earth. Yet while in the zenith ot her prosperity, the day of her decay was not far distant, iler star of glory shot from its brilliant sphere and nous the Genius of Liberty sits mournfully brooding over the fallen columns ol tier greatness. By the same means that Home has fallen, America will fail. Sul i'er the party, with the same rapacly that the bloody Jugurtha would have butchered all that he suspected lo be io the in teretts f Adberhal. to wrest the vomer from your hands, aud you have given up all that was bequeathed you by a patriot ancestry. That moment you turn the gloomy aspect of the present, into the sad reulily of despotism the genius ot Liberty will be driven from your shores, the minions of party will fatten and grow wanton on the 'spoils1 of conquest : the iron rod of oppression will be borne down upon yuu b) lords and masters; your do- ! minions will be parcelled out among poten-j j late rulers; y ou w ill be compelieo io crouch and cower beneath the frowns of j ignominious lordiogs; and tilt America will be enslaved. In the Senate of Indiana, during debate upon a motion to take fiorn the Gov ernor the power of appointing, by and with the advice aim consent of the Senate the members of the Board of Public Work?, and and elect them by Ballot of both Houses, it was said that 'unless the chance were made the liberties of Indiana were prostrate that the retention of the power in the hands of the Goeruor, was forging a silver, chain, with which J to manacle the infant child of Liberty in j its cradle'!! We mention this that the reader may understand the above alluaion. UNITED STATES BANK. Several of our country frieudi, have requested a synopsis of the charter of the Bank of the United States, recently incorporated by the State of Pennsylvania; the following for which we are indebted to (he Indiana Palladium, will I give all me necessary lujorraaiion. I FdilOT Gag. ! visions, comparing them with trie corres ponding parts of the existing charter. j We understand him to say that the new charter had the advantage over tha old one 1st. In its longer duration, thirty years, while the present charier was for ooly twenty years; and the charter granted by Congress, and vetoed by the President, was for only fifteen years. 2d. In the enlargement of its powers, especially its authority to deal ia stocks j of the United States or of Pennsylvania and iu all the improvement stocks ef (he State. 3d. Ia confining the rate of discount at half per cent, for thirty days lo loans io the State of Pennsylvania, leaving the Bank elsewhere to ihe rate of interest fixed by the local laws. 4th. In ite exemption from the expense of doing the business of the General Government, in loan offices and pen tion ugenciet, aud in transferring the public funds without charge. oth. Io its total separation from all the officers of the General Govemmeot, an unnatural coco c tion, beneficial ueilher

to the Bank nor the Govftumeot. r 6th. lu its not being obliged to incur the expense of establishing branches. The disadvantages were 1st. The loss of the right of establish

ing branches but this he did not regard as a matter ot regret, as the oew bank would Dot probably desire to establish any. 2d. The lose of the public depositee Tk... I...L...11 :.i i l- ? , . . i , . benefit, but it was diminished by the ne - . . , , , . , cesnty. wh.ch attended it of doing the I iir-r nrm uuii wu uieu i v a luuiiciriau c .... I..... I ...It of public funds and although these (it nosites have been more than two vears ! withdrawn, the Baok still prospen aud Us dividends were undiminished. The next consideration was the booui. This consist! of A cash payment of - - 2,500,000 Annual puymeut amouuliug iu the whole to 2,000,000; A subscription to various improvemeuii amounting to 675,000 Making an aggregate of $5,1 75,000 An obligation to l nd to the Stale IX millions, either at lour percent, at par, or five per cent, with a premium of tea per cent, making a gam of GOO ,000 L a total prod to the State of 5,775,000 And finally an obligation to make temporary loans to the State, of one million at nu interest of four per cent. These he said were undoubtedly large sums; they gave great benefits to the stale. To au new institution they would, be oppressive but the object of the Bank was to deal largely and liberally wilb the state, and lo give her every advantage consistent with the interest of the stockholders. It was loitunale that the interests of the Stale and the Bank weie the same. Tjiis charter was belter lor the state lhaii a new charter it was worth more to the present bank than it would be to a new bank; aud the present bank could afford to give more than a new Bank. 1st The charter was wurth more lo the state thau a charier to a new Bank. The question is not to bung into the Stale a new capital, which might be impracti-cabte--but to relaiu an existing capital, which would leave the Slate and uot merely leave the Slate, but go mto the service of its neighbors to make riai improvements to Us own. It would be to lose the advantage of being as it has been for lor'.y years Ihe seat of the great Commercial and Banking institutions of the United Stales, and thus fall from its high standing iu the Uuioo. By this char ter it appropriates to its own exclusive use a vast amount of capital which alone is wanted to develope her native resources. Here it is already collected iu ihe Slate belonging inatoly to persous out of the Slate, but kit here lo be managed by Pensy Ivuoians and for the benefit ol Penusyivacnia. Alter ail too the toius is a tri fling part of the advantage to the State. The gjeat benefit is the employment of the capital among her industrious citizens, Ihe bonus being, in luct,ouly a part of Ihe capital paid immediately to Ihe State, for Ihe privilege of loaning to her citizens the remainder. 2 The charter was worth more to the prettnl Bank than lo a new one: Because the capital was all paid and ready for immediate employment, without the expense of time aud money ue cessary to collect a new capital, even if it could be obtained: Because it supercedes the necesity of winding up immediately its large uutstauding concerns, in which much loss would be met ilabte: Because, bearing the same name, continuing in the same place, and with the same organization, it enjoyi its establish ed credit, as well as its eid connexions, abroad aud at home, aud it inherits a cir. culation ol twenty-two millions; Because although it couid, doubtless have obtained a charter elsewhere on much lower lerm, wherever it went it would have been an exile instead of coo linuing lo be what it has been for forty years, the Bank of the United States at Philadelphia. 3d. If it be worth more to the present Bank than to any new one, the present Bank can afford lo pay more than, any new one. The Bank has for mass years, divided annually, more thaa half a milllion less than its earnings, and thus recumulated a large reserved fund, which it can now employ, instead of dividing it among its stock holders, io the purchase of a new charter. He then entered into details of these surplus funds, which showed That the Bank will be able, out of its reserved profits, to pay the whole bonus of 2,500,000; and provided for the annual payments ef 100,000 dollars for twenty years. To these were to he added any profit which might grow out of the sale of seven millions of new stock, to be substituted for the same amount of stock now owued by the United States government. He coucluded that, notwithstanding the bonus was large and greatly bentficial to the state, thougti oot to be compared in point of importance lo the indirect adventages which this charier would ipufer

on all th great interests ef Peuntylvan. still the Bbk weuld be able to meet it by it past economics. He then proceeded to explain the pr.

cess of winding up the present coocei n. ' accorij ing to which, every stockholder instead f waiting a series of year lh the leturn of his capital by small instalments, aught m a low years, be put m possrssion, not ouly of his original invest. ' : .. r . i i n . ;uiesi ui m iuu uonais n snare, out ot ; i,r. .. i :i i i i j- r hare which he could disposu of fop ! n huudlPf, atw, lhirl v ,hl., ' -J He dwelt emphatically ou the fact that every stockholder would have thii advan. i lm' ' W0lj I u f euosy I "It would have leen fur easier for vajiia, to have built mall institution far the exclusive benefit of the Pennsylvania stockholders, discarding these who lived beyond her own borders. But no such selfish ifCJ. latioiv tempted the stockholders o! ,tnisylvauia, nor influenced the couueYls of our uoble commonwealth, wbirh whil faithful to its own interests, was oot the i,eM ,ru t0 ,u Uoor' -b glorious example that they who coutidi their fortunes lo its protection will nevr be deserted nor deceived, aud she has this day, by this charier, placed the humblest citizen of the remotest state ot the L'oion, and the unknown and obscure iohabit. : '""'I of dilant countries, oa an efuat footing with the wealthiest man in Punylvaiwu. This is a great and glorious triumph and accordingly I perform oce of the most delightful duties of my life by off ring thi charter which will hereafter place your fortunes under the protection of the laws of Peoosyl vaoia. Take it for you have earacd it by your constaucy to the institution. May you ei joy it long, far you have well deserved it." WXaT fOkSX AC A OKU TIn another column, will be lottod an ex tract Iroot a Circular addressed to lr.e rifiZMtS of Knox, Daviess atd Marlio by Mr. H. M. Shaw. Mr. S. was elected seuaior lo represent the abose taml counties, aud bis term ef office having txpued, he thought it a duty incumbent on him, upon hi? return from the Legislature, to lay before his constituents, a view of the course pursued by him during the last sessiwu. The views taken by hiu ta relation to the West Point Academy, arc entitled to much weight. Public opiuioa has, for some lime, been directed lo ike mismanagement of that institetioo, ansi we are of the opinion that it should eitb er undergo a thorough regeneration, er be ulirely abolished. Its friends in Ceo gross, appear to shrink from an investigation of the manner in which it is coducted thereby evincing some fear concerning its purity. This course is highly reprehensible. If it be aa institution, established upon pr.incipUs conducive to the public good, its friends, instead of evading a strict scrutiny into its affairs ought to urge the same, that it may have an op. porluoity of exculpating itself from the odious charges preferred against il. This willally all prejudice, and satisfy ite opponents. We are not of that clas'a whogwuuid wish to see any lualilutione calculated to benefit the government, wautonly and unjustly crushed; but where they exhibit au opeu partiality in favor of ihe opulent, it savors loo stroegly of aristocracy to meet our approbafioa. We have seen some specimens, io (ha shape of cadets, who have returned from this institution, with tiuishad education, at, the people's expense, which invariably reminded as of the very sensible remark of Davy Crocket, when he said that the "West Point Academy produced more fops than soldiers." Western ConstellatUn. MURDER. The Intelligencer, published in Rock villa, Parke county, states that "An io quest was held about two weeks since upr the body of au infant child, found df.fA, in Liberty township of that county. The verdict of the iuqmsitieu was that it came to its death by violence from its mother (Mary Hilton ) Notwithstanding this verdict, cetera! days elapsed befoie any attempt was made lo arrest her; dur? ing which time, she projected her escape, which was effected with a good deal of ingenuity. Having diessed herself hi men's clothes, she left the house io the night, crossed the river just at daylight, aud taking the road north, travlld uu unmolested, uniil dark again returned.(She then retraced her steps, and at day light in the rnoruiog, was eight or left m:les south of wueie the ciossed the river; then meeting with a steamboat, 'downward bound;' she embarked, and look what may be termed a formal leave." Western Constellation. Bowen, the black man who is under sentence of death in the District of Columbia, for an attempt to murder hi mis. tress has buen reproved by the Presi dent of the United States until the third of June next. Very strong efforta wre made in the District for the pardon of Bms en, and among others. hi mis trtil .uerselt was zealous and active. Ji.