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misedas far as my authority ana present. * p.o-vent it, the white men should not be the first to raisethe tomahawk*The Chiefs replied with great apparent sincerity, that it was their wish to be at peace, and to prevent bloodshed, but that they had not the power to control their young men: and they feared if I did not remain with them all the time, some mischief would be done. I told them that official duties required my presence in the states of Illinois and Michigan, as well as in Indiana, alternately, and that it would bo wholly inconsistent with the. discharge of those duties for me to remain many days with them.At this stage of the council, Gen. Tipton arrived, and upon my requesting the Indians to listen to whatTo supply the home slave trade, an abominable, a most hideous, most criminal and most revolting practice of breeding negroes exclusively for sale has sprung up, and especially, we are told, in Virginia.— There are breeding plantations for producing negroes, as there are with us breeding farms for producing calves and lambs. And os our calf and lamb breeders calculate the number of males to the Hock to the females, similar calculations are made by the traffickers in human flesh. One instance was mentioned to me of a human breeding farm in America, which was supplied with two men and twelve women! Why should I pollute my page with a description of all that is immoral and infamous in s.ich practices? But only think of the wretched mothers whom nature compelsPd;he would have to say to them, he addressed them in a i to love their children—children torn from them for-soeecli of considerable length. After the conclusion j ever, just at the period that they could requite theiroof his speech, and the leplies to it by several of the head men, it became apparent to me that nothing could prevent serious difficulties between the contending parties but removal of the Indians from the lands claimed by white men as pre-emptioners under the late law of Congress.Gen, Tipton concurred with me in the above opinion, and by his co-operation- and skilful efforts, aided by the good conduct of the volunteers confided to bis command by your Excellency, and the Indians, exceptIairr.tlitltltl1:tlIhmother's love! Who ran depict the mother's distraction, her madness? ‘But their maternal feelings arc,' says a modern writer, ‘treated with as much contemptuous indifference as those of the cows and ewes whose calves and lambs are s-.snt to the English market.That it is which stains the character of the American slaveholder, and leaves the breeder of sin ves the j most detestable of human beings especially when i that slave holder is a Republican, boasting of free- - c dom, shouting out for liberty, and declaring, as thethree or four fanatical old men, were induced to give ; charter of his liberal institutions, these arc selfevi-their assent to an immediate removal to the country ' dent truths, 'that all men are created equal—that they assigned to them by the United States west of the are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienableMississippi.Gen. Tipton having reported to you his operations under your authority, in detail, it would seem uimc-cc'ssnry anv thing more should be added, except that the public interest, peace and security of the citizensrights—that among these rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness/1My sole object in my speech at Birmingham and 1 my present object is, to rouse the attention of Entr-p land and of Europe to uli that is cruel, criminal, andof Indiana, as well as the future welfare of the Tndi- • in every sense of the word, infamous, in the systeman* seemed to call loudly for the measures adopted by .■ of Negro slavery in North America. My deliberateyour Excellency, and executed with signal success. conviction is, that until that system is abolished, noHerewith I have the honor to transmit a copy of (American slave holder might to be received on a foot-Mr. Water’s statement in writing, relati ve to the ffig of equality by any of civilized inhabitants ofbad temper of the Indians as manifested by the attack made upon his house.lain, Sir, very respectfully.Your Excellency’s ob’t serv't,A. 0. PEPPER,Superintcndaflt.His Excellency David Wallace,Governor and Commander in chief of the Militia of thcStute of Indiana.Europe* I have the honor to IrSir, your obedient servant,DANIEL O'CONNELL. Dairy mine Abbey, Sept. 13, 1838.Menominees' Village, Aug. 1833.Gen. A. Morgan, Ass’t Superintendent,Sir—In answer to your request that I should state to you in writing what I had heretofore stated ver-Wuro Newspapers.—We bog the attention of our political friends, one and all. to the important duty of ■ante attending to the business of extending the circulation of the Whig newspapers. It is an obligati on which all ought, to feel: and a duty which every man ought to undertake in his own way and in his own neighborImad. ^ is not the newspapers which are filled with political* strife and animosity, during the i heat of the contested election, which make convertsbally concerning the assault made on my house in the i or which build up and sustain our party. But it is night time by the Indians, I certify that I am one of j the silent and gradual influence acquired by an honest the many who have settled on what is commonly : and fairly conducted newspaper, regularly received called Mcnominces’ Reserve, and previous to any sc- | and quietly read at the family fireside, which is what rio us disturb nice between the settlers and the Indians, ! urn value and seek fur. Every man Ought to subscribe a number of the Indians in the night time came to my to some newspapers; not only for the amount of house and attempted to get in. I forbid them and knowledge and entertainment which it. will impart tobraced my shoulders against the door, and handed them tobacco to pacify them. They yelled ami made much parade, taking my axe, forced it into tlie door shutters and retired. I do not recollect the precise day. It was immediately previous to the first wigwam being burned.(Signed)Attest by (Signed) A. B. Duret,Jer. Grover, Adam Vixxedge, W. H. 0» TER HO UT, Jef.emiau Muncy.JOSEPH WATERS.himself and his family, but for the animation it imparts and the mental action it awakens, especially in useful minds.— Portsmouth Journal.Sir—I havemcnt.of fifteen of the Indiana Volunteers now under your command be detailed as a guard for the purnoseMore News from the Mormons.—Tills nffiur in Missouri is assuming quite a new and different attitude. It would now appear that these armed fan a* t.h s xre the persecuted party. The following remarks, founded probably in justice, we copy from the Columbia Mo. Patriot of the 22d.:The true secret of the excitement against the Mormons, it is shrewdly expected, lies in the desire to keep them off some of the fine lands in Carrol!, Davies. and the counties adjoining Caldwell. They have .settled some rich farms, which are very tempting tothe cupidity of some citizens, who think by raising • ... ■ ... . • .Camp, Danville, Illinois^)Sept. 17th, 1833. {the honor to request that a detach- j ai) outcry against them ami exciting them to violence,(they may be driven off and their lands be portioned out to other hands. Such we believe to be I ho veryof preserving order in the camp of the emigrating j worthy purpose at the bottom of all this outcry: andPottawatnrnies under my charge, in the further progress of their journey to their new homes in the west.I am, Sir, your ob’t serv't,WILLIAM POLICE,Conductor.Gen. John Tipton.STEVENSON AND O’CONNELL*We publish the subjoined letter from O’Connell placing Mr. Stevenson and his compatriot, Gen. Hamilton, rather awkwardly before the public- The contest, in the use of opprobrious imputations and contemptuous language, between the South Carolinato aid in earning this laudable design into effect can* C? !T*but bo the ultimate result, though perhaps undesigned, of the movement of troops now against the Mormons.In confirmation of which we insert the following, being the concluding extract of a report of a committee of the citizens of Chariton county, sent to investigate the cause of difficulties:We have never had any communication with the Indiana on any subject; and we, and all the Murmur* church as we believe, entertain the same feelings and fears towards the Indians that are entertained bv olh-nr citizens of this* state. We are friendly to the constitution and laws of this state and of the UnitedCaptain, anti the great “RIjNT” man of Radicalism, Suit0i) and wi,h t0 sec them enforced.appears pretty equal.MR. STEVENSON AND MR. O’CONNELL.From the London Morning Chronicle.To the Editor of the Morning Chronicle:Sir:—After my departure from London you published, at the instance of Mr. Stevenson, the American Ambassador, a species of almost one-sided correspondence which took place between us. I have been prevented by other more important matters from sooner making a few observations upon that publication; and now, as you gave it circularise, I think 1 may rely upon your courtesy to insert my remarks.In ihe first place, there had appeared in the Examiner a report of a speech of mine at the great Birmingham meeting on the first of August, which contained the following paragraph:“I believe their very Ambassador here is a slave-breeder; Otic of those beings who rear up slaves for the purpose of traffic. Is it possible that America would send here a man who traffics in blood, anil who is a disgrace to human nature? I hope, the assertion is unirue, but it is right to speak out”In the next place, Mr. Stevenson, on the 9th of August, wrote to me a letter containing part of the above paragraph; that is, he omitted the words that I have put in italics, and which manifestly show that the report could not be more accurate, as these words made it involve a direct contradiction. And thus, having ascertained that the report could not be correct, he, with the gravity of a diplomatist, put to me the single question, viz: whether the report was correct or not? it being thus impossible that he should get any other reply to th it question than the report was not correct.Of course I answered his question accordingly, natnely, that the report was not correct; but I referred expressly in my reply to another report of the speech in possession, imagining that he would, upon such reference, call for the accurate version. Thus far it quite dear that no apology had been I required or made* I am no duellist, and should* i therefore, it asked, tavo stated what I really did say,! abiding by it only as far as it was true, and abandon-[ ing it in any particular in which it might appear that I was mistaken.But as I made Mr. Slovens on no apology, he determined on making one to himself, and accordingly he wrote a second letter, and in it presumed that 1 had made a disavowal of offensive expressions.—Now, this was either fancy or diplomacy, I care not which, but it was as gratuitous a presumption on his part* as the reality would have been unnecessary upon rniiie-However, as my speech did contain an important passage respecting the horrid traffic, which it is its* sorted (I hope most untruly) Mr. Stevenson participates in, I will state the paragraph as it was accurately reported in the Emancipation newspaper* I do this the rather to afford Mr. Stevenson, who seems so anxious about offensive words an opportunity of disavowing if he pleases, a thing most offensive to the sight of man and in the presence of God/The real paragraph is this;‘It is asserted that their very Ambassador here is a slave breeder; one of those be; rigs who rear and breed up slaves merely for the purpose of traffic. Is it possible that America would send a man here who tra-fics in blood; and who, if he do, would be a disgrace to human nature? I hope the assertion is untrue; but it is right to speak out.Such was the real passage in my speech* I despise duelling, and mean nothing of what is called personality; but I do hope that, as Mr. Stevenson has already fnshed into print, lie will give the report which I have above alluded to a distinct contradiction.It is utterly impossible that any thing should exist more horrible than the American slave breeding.— The history of it is tins:-—Tho Americans abolished the foreign slave trade earlier than England, but with this consolation—no small comfort to so money loving a race as the slave holders—that by such abolition they enhanced the price of the slaves then in A me-rica, by stopping the competition in the home market of the supply of newly imported slaves.— Why, Otherwise, was not the home trade stopped as well a* the foreign? The reply is obvious.JOSEPH SMITH, Jr.SIDNEY RIG DON, Sworn to and subscribed before mo this Htli day of September, A. D-, 1533. ELIAS H1GBEE,One of the Justices of the county court within and for Caldwell countv.STERLING PRICE, ) _ . , AEDGAR FLORY, \ Comm.llce.The Specie and Agrarian. Systems —Fanny Wrig't, ■ alias Dauresmorit, who is delwermg lectures t.lt;i largo! assemblages of Loco Fucos and Agrarians in New York citv, became so eloquent the other evening and portrayed in such vivid colors the hard mone/eA system of the sub-treasury project, that overjoyed at the picture, a sub-treasury convert snatched from his pocket four fifty dollar bills, chewed them into a tobacco quid, spit them contemptuously forth, and taking from bis pocket bis only silver dollar, swore he wouldn’t part with it for all the world! “And surely you'll do right” (said a merry Irishman present,) “to houhl on to that dollar; for when gold and silver become the better currency, won’t every body knpe it, and swear newer to part with it.”Her audience was any thing but peaceable. There were zi regular “sgi-ffi11 up stairs and a few floorings* below, which caused the Lecturer, (after announcing herself a “Locofnco Agrarian”) to conclude rather hastily by proclaiming that next Sunday evening, she would give her Locufoco followers their first lessons in civilization.“That’s a subject/1 said a very conspicuous whistler, “I never could understand!”“If she touches upon that,” said a Tammanyite, “she’ll ruin Our party!”“Let her alone for that/1 said the Irishman aforesaid; “if she trntns of civilization, it will he trated. in her own peculiar way, audit wont bo like any other civilization ill the whole civilized world at all, nt nil? Sim got her education in Ireland, How ilte-gantiy she doubles up her fist!”SOUTJ [ CAROLINA CAN VASTWe find the following extract in the Charleston Courier. It gives an idea of the zeal with which Mr- Calhoun docs bat.lle for his new allies.A letter from a correspondent at Anderson Court House South Carolina of the 30th of September, says: “Not having the pleasure of an acquaintance with yon, but being a particular friend and constjtn* ent of General Thompson, I take the liberty of giving you a fair statement- and result of the citizens’ barbecue at this place on the 27th, at which the Hon. VV. Thompson and Hon. J. C. Calhoun addressed their constituents. You will recollect that this is the third meeting which they have had, and I do not believe that the most partial of Mr. Calhoun’s friends dispute the victory, as they could not at the meeting at Pickens. Never was one more complete. Mr. Calhoun spoke one hour and. a half, trembling all the time with excitement, was hiirsh and ill-natured, although not insulting. He had with him many of his retinue, who had attended both in Greenville and Pickens, who made a feeble effort to applaud.—-When Gen.,,Thompson had finished, the air was rent with shouts and clapping of hands. Mr. Calhoun replied fur half an hour. Gen. Thompson answered for about the same length of time. Mr. Calhoun not willing to quit at that, tried it again with no better success. Gen. Thompson was again at him,with better success than at first. The applause when he finished was immense*It was a tremendous conflict of four hours, in which our gallant representative nobly sustained lus high reputation.—He commanded himself throughout, ana was perfectly cool and self possessed, White his adversary was in a very undignified passion. The result of the election is now beyond a doubt—this* district is not to be dictated to.9fI call that mind free which protects itself against the usurpations of societ*, which does not cower to human opinions, which feels itself accountable to a hitrher law than fashion, which respects itself toomuch to b3 the slave of the many, or tho few.—Chan-trig.av;irciOftlVS'11'
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