What crime has Mr. ¥indlay comsaiz-
speak his thoughts,
“Zv i Po LR monde vid EY bi
ery Freeman's right.”
Ts ev
ho
BerLzyoxTE, JUNE 2, 1817.
———
‘We give a place to the following, hold-
ng ourselves ready to publish any relutati
on to the charge here made against Mr.
Heister, that may be offered. 1f true, this
story will not redound much to the credit
of the oldschool candidate, whose revoiu-
tionary services have been so pompously
blazoned forth :—it false, it ought to be
promptly and explicitly made appear So.
But if it were even as false as Hell itself, it
could not be more false than many of the
stories which have been raised and pub-
hished against Mr. Findlay, by the oldschool
printers, seemingly, without any goalms
of conscience whatever.
From the Carlisle Volunseer.
Wellow Citizens ;
When I sce so many men employing
their time and talents in se unworthy a
manner, as raising some men to the skies,
as itwere, and sinking others below the
meanest standard ; when, perhaps, neither
ought to be raised or sunk from the com-
mon level of mankind, it makes me enquire
for what is all this ? Haye not these wri-
ters a sinister end in view ? I doubt they
have.
In looking over the address of the cor-
responding committee of the sity and coun
ty of Philadelphia, I see a picture of the
city and county of Philadelphia, 1 sce a
picture of the many evils under which we
are suffering held up to vitw, as a stimu.
lus for the promotion of one man, who, we
gre told, is worn out with services ; so rich
as not to have need of any more, yet aspir-
ing to an office that has a very large in.
come ; an office that requires an active,
sound man, who will not be led by a party.
Where will we find this man ¢? In Joseph
Heister, we are told, ve will find an old
» yevolutionist ; and a patriot, in a time thal
tried mens’ souls. :
Weave told of his being taken prisoner,
on L. Island. 1 grant it was a time that
tried mens’ souls. But we are not told of
his commanding a regiment at the battle of
Brandywine ; and when marched about two
miles below Chad’s ford, the day of the bat:
tle, and the British opened a battery upon
Gen. Potter’s detachment of Militia, on
their going down to the Creek as with an
intent to cross, when the general ordered
his men to take trees: I say we are not
pow told that the brave, the magnanimous
{pendent character?
ted, in being treasurer { He was early
chosen in the assembly, and it was known,
that he was an active member, for the
rights of the people. las he embezzled
the public moucy ! Is he not an inae-
Rich enough tobe
above want ; and not so rich as to set
lim above his fellow creatures. As for
iis being a friend to the banks, 1 do not
snow for what reason he shoud be. Itis
generally known in republican govern-
ments the will of the people must be com-
plied with, although it is sometimes wrong
—for they are the soverigns: But, some
wiil regulate that, as weil as other things.
If {6olish men borrowed money, and spec-
ulated on it instead of turning it to good
ase, and thereby broke themselves; that
cannot be atiributed to the government.
—The abuse of any thing, does not make
it in itselt,a nusance. If itis to he attri-
buted to a feeble and corrupt administra-
tion, is the great general Heistery such a
man of talents; uf learning and of every
thing great, that hc, by his address, can
tain us allright 2 Surely no! How can
it bo said with truth, that Mr. Findlay is
devoid of mioral obligations and ofhu-
mane &benevoient consideration for his fel-
low-men? Has he not tiled an office, without
any real complaint, ina time when, almost
every man is called to the bar, who holds
a lugh office I 1 do not think, either ol
the candidates wili have the power to
ruin the country; the people themselves
must in that event, be thelr greatest €n-
emies. Neither do I think the number
of magistrates our greatest evil, It docs
indeed, hinder one man for making a for-
tune, by deviding the profits : and tie laws
are more generally known—which is
surely no evil, ;
Let every one judge for himself says an
OLD REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER.
HIS VOTES IN CONGRESS.
We have taken the trouble carefully to
analizé all the questions in the 14th con-
gress, on which the Yeas and Nays were]
called, particularly in reference to the
voles of gen. Joseph Heister. We shall
hereafter examine the subject more min-|
utely, but we are oursclves so struck with
the general result, that we cannot let a day
pass without submitting it to our readers.”
The yeas and nays in the lst session of]
he Lah congress were called seventy two
times.— Mr. Heister was abscuot on twen-
ty five votes, he therefore voted on 47 ques-
tions. The congressional pay for the scs-
sion was 1500 dollars, now as Mr. Heister
never opened his mouth in corgress, €x-
cept to say YEA or Nay, he received that
session at the rate of THIRTY FOUR
I ran tows \he\ DOLLARS FOR EVRY WORD HE
bottom, as if to get to the last free with lus
whole regiment. Gen. Potter called to
Col. Heister, to stop, and rally his men;
the Colonel’s words were, « Oh God! no
mao can stand this.” Gen. Potter fired a
pistol at him, and had his ather one out of
the holster, when he recollected he might
reed it. He drew his sword, with as great
an intention (as he said himself ferwardt)
to kill him, as ever he had to kill an ene-
thy ; but while spurring on his horse after
the colonel, who was on foot, his horse
stumbled avd fell, and threw off the gener
al, and before he recovered, the Col. was
safe across the swamp, and away. He
reached Philadelphia that night, or early
the next day, and took his seat in the house
of Assembly, and sent in his resignation to
Gen. Potter within a few days. The Gen.
had determined to have him broke and dis-
graced ; but, as it was a trying time, some
~ of Heister’s friends persuaded him to ac-
cept of the colonel’s resignation |
Had we all acted so, where would our
liberties have been now ? what great ser-
vice did he render the city of Philadelphia?
Tt must have been in the Assembly! Has
he unceasingly adhered to the principles of
liberty ? He has to the principles of getting
rich. Has he not been continually in of-
fice, and by that and other means, we are
told he is very rich.
* My friends in the numerous class of
freemen, how do great men look down on
you; will not the rich only be preferred,
to any office ? We sre told, he refused
to accept of the 1500 conngressional
compensation to his private purposes;
but give all above what he thought right.
to what purpose? To the counties of Berks
and Schuyikill; it is said to the poor. No;
it was rather to the rich: for we know,
the poor of the counties are kept by a
tax, which falls heavier on the rich, than
the poor; thercfore, he receives more of
it himself than any other in the county;
as he is said to be the richest. But if
general Heister be the choice of the peo:
ple, and the only man in the state, rich
enough to be chosen for governor, why
nced other characters be traduced?
We know Mr. Findlay was not old
enough to be a revolutionary character;
but the county from which he is, turned
out as wany,anl as good characters, in
tite revolutionary war, as any other coun-
ty In the slate; of its numbers.
-
SPOKE a
Was there ever a lawyer in any country
0 extravagantly paid? x
The yeas and nays in tho 2d session of
the 14th Congress were calied forty-one
times. Mr. Hcister was absent on seven
questions, he therefore voted on thirty-four
questions. The pay for the session being
1500 dollars, and Mr. Heister never open-
ing his mouth in Congress except to say
Yea ov Nay, he received that session at the
vate of FORTY-FOUR DOLLARS FOR
EVERY WORD HE SPOKE ! 1!
We ask again, did any lawyer in any
country ever demand or receive such ex-
travagantpay? rick
As we have faithfully made our state-
ments from the Journal of the House of
Representatives of the United States, we
challenge refutation or denial. = =
During the whole of the 14th Congress,
Mr. Joseph Heister said YEA 41 times
and he said NAY 40 times. The cong
oa.
"TESS.
ional pay was 3,000 dollars, so that he re-
ceived from the Treasury of the United
States at the rate of THIRTY SEVEN
DOLLARS for every word he spoke in
the 14th Congress! !! i
Let the people ponder upon the wisdom,
economy and public spirit of the man who
is presented to them by the Carlisle Cau-
cus as worthy to be Governor of Pennsyl-
vania. Democratic Press.
aay 000 toes
From the Carlisle Volunteer,
The reign of barbarism and ignorance
and avarice accelerates its progress
Pennsylvania); the executive officers at-
tend all the caucusses which are substitut-|
ed for legislation in the ordinary mode of
government, and there in fact, they give
the tone and direction to every measure
which is to be brought before either house.”
~=Aurora 7th March, 1816,
-—
~The above is one of hundreds of similar
denunciations made in the last eight years
by the Aurora against the democratic re-
publicans of Pennsylvania——the editors
of the Aurora are, William Duane, Wm.
J. Duane, and Michael Leib.
While the acts of the legislature of Penn-
sylvania, since the election of Simeon Soy-
der, have been eulegized by the republi
cans throughout the United States, as evi-
dences of the most enlightened policy, this
(in}
tod, of these acts, Have
and work of federalism in their attempts wo
destroy a government which has produced
such uncxampled prosperity. But ther
work is in vain, and all their exertions
‘will tend to sink them still lower in the ¢s-
timation of the people ; the history of fed-
eralism for the last 17 years shews, that
disappointed ambition, resentment for be-
ing hurled from the scat of power and hou:
or, as unprofitable scrvauts, are the whole
and sole causes for their hatred of thede-
mocratic lorm of government and of denio-
cratic ascendancy.
The sudden turning of the PDuane’s and
joined tho cay :
(T hig appropriniive CTE
at the end of iis eur)
Ey Bis.53s 38
Of the gener
al lundsy 14,525
wat Sn ie nd
1794. Per act of the 22d April
1795.
1796. Per act of the 4th of Ap:il
1797. Per act of the 5th of April
1798.
1759. Pet acts of 28th
Murch 4, 8, lu,
and 11th April, $45,608
Doctor Leib, from the most abject admir-
ers, to the most bitter and abusive revilevs
of the new order of things produced wi the,
election of 1808, can be satisfactorily traced
to causes very similar (o those causes
which led to the abuses adopted ard pur-
sued by the federalists after their ejection
from power ; thus, the little oldschool fac-
tion and the federalists occupy the same
ground, and are pursuing the same nicans
of being reinstated in the good opinion of
the people.
It is a well known fact, that Doctor Leib
expected and failed in his expectation of,
tiie office of the secretary of the coinmons-
Of the above a-
mount the ap-
piopriation for
the Susquehan-
na was | alter-
wards repealed 10,090 .
"amt 5,600 OR
163,844 68
180u. Per acts of 13th and 15th wee te
ot March, 1,050
180.1. Per act of sist January 350
1802. and
1898.
1804. Perv acts 19h March
wealth on the coming 1 of the present state
administration ; it is also known that Wm.
I. Duane expecied, und was Bkewise dis |
appointed in the expectation of, office at “hej
same time; tis equally true that old Win.
Duane, then under prosecution for a libel
against the late governor (M’Kear,) did ap
ly af the same time fora nod firogequt and
was refused, because the governor (Sny-
der) conceived he had no power to stop the
proceedings of law.
During the moments of expectancy,
herefore, these three worthies were among
the new order of things; but as interest
was their only operating principle in sus-
taining the democratic cause, and that not
being gratified, like Dr, Sutherland, they
shifted helm and took course and chance
with the political enemy, as all apostales
do.
A circumstance which occurred in the
first term of Mr. Jefferson’s administration
lic loudest in praise of Simon Snyder andy,
“and 2d April,
1805. Pei acts 29th March
and 4th April,
1806. Per acts 28th and 81st
March,
Of which 5000 was
for a turopike)
1807. Per acts 31st March,
4th, 7th, 10th and
11h of April
1808, Per acts’ March 231, ;
26, and 28, 202,000
(OF which last sum 192, wma
500 was for turnpikes) $262,739 08,
Appropriations under
governor Mifflin, : :
brought downs 163,844 6%
$426.633 68
—— = ———
Muking a total of
1809, Per act of 4th April,
turnpike,
1810, Per acts of 19th and
10,000 08
fully shews the stuff of which old Duand’s
political creed 1s formed. Duane, having
been a very able, zealous and conspicuus
editor, in exposing the iniguities of feder-
alism, and very powerfully aiding in break-
ing down their corrupt and tyrannical : cign
in 1798, 1799 and 1800, he excited the u-
niversal regard and interest of the demos
crats throughout the state, as well as the
United States—he was deemed deserving
20th March
1811, Per acts 13th Februa-
ry and 2d of April
{$300,000 additional
to the above sum was
appropriated by the
last act for the north.
ern route turnpike,
but by act of 18i2 re-
pealed, and isiuclud=
4,900
656,159
of public gratitude. Mr, Gallatin, In com-
mon with all the republicans, partook of}
the feelings which pervaded the republi-)
can party—he selected Duane from the ap.
plicants, forthe supply of stationary, &c.
for the treasury
Errors in price and quality were, it i8 said,
soon detected by Mr, Gallatin, in the ace
counts of Mr. Duane, which produced gen»
eral disgust among the republicans against
Duane, and of course, general satisfaction
among the federal members of congress
and others at the seat of goyernment. Al-
though Mr. Gallatin might have been dis}
posed to let Duane have some of lis own
money, he could not, as a faithful agent of
the public, permit him to have any of the
public money, without an equivalent ; nor,
could he suffer such an attempie to remain
unexposed ; thenceforward the floodgates
of abuse were opened on Mr. Gallatin, and
kept up by the Aurora for several years.
1 had not desigued te have made any re-;
toarks preliminary to the followiag state]
ment 3 which, I conceive, contains within
itself, ample refutation of. the charges of
ignorance in the legislature of Pennsylva-
nia; but the vacilating conduct of the Du-
ane’s and Leib and their political views, led
me into the circumstance which 1 have
narrated. bs ve :
Statement of appropriations for roads,
rivers, creeks, bridges and other internal
improvements, made by the legislature of
Pennsylvania from the year 1790 to 25th
March 1817;inclusive, viz :
1791. Peractof I. ea d. Dollars
the 13th $33,078 7 8.
April, &
per aoe
num, for
improve-
ments
general -
ly, 5,000 0
38,078 7 8 or $101,543 35
Per act of :
10th April
viz,
of the an-
nualappro-
- priation, 4,150 0 @
Of the gen-
eral funds,
1792.
500 0 0
4,650 0 0
1793. Per act of
11th April,
Annual ap-
propriation
$12,400 00
§,000 0 0
EEE e—
contemptible lite faction, in possession
Ca
department ofthe U. S.— 1g19. Per acts of 4th of Jan-
ed in one of tho acts
of 1812. Of the a-
bove sum 632,500
was for tarnpikes and
bridges.)
nary, 22d" February,
24th and 30th March:
(Of which 122,560
was for turnpikes and:
bridges) Sed
1813. Per acts Feb. 4 and
March 29,
1814.
i815. %
1816. Per acts of 8th,
18th, 17th, 20th and
98th of February, and
11th, 13th and 15th
of March,
(Of this sum 158,500
© was for turnpikes and
bridges, and for piers
“at Chester on the
Delaware 10,935 33
the remainder for
common Toads, &c.)
1817. Acts not published,
but statements given
in the newspapers
say, the appropriati- |
ons by one act only of
last sessions, amount
to
521,000 08
cereal
rm
Appropriations under gov.
Snyder 1,710,085 32
* Itappears then, that during the enlighte
ened administrations of Mifflin and M'~
Kean, the sum of $426,633 78 was appro=
priated for internal improvement ; and, dus
ring the reign of « barbarism, groan
and avarice,” under the administration of
Simon Snyder, the sum of 81,710,085 82
has been appropriated :
You may probably, Messrs. editors, hear
again from me, with further evidence of
the gross ignorance of the legislature, in
the fast eight ygars, of the Interests of the
le.
Rope A DEMOCRAT,
of the oLpasw scuooL ~of the principles
of’76.
pO PSs
FACTS. :
I. Joseph Heister did not vote againdy
the compcasation law, but was out of the
house when the vote was taken,
11. Joseph Hester: did notwithstanding
receive his full pay (apwards of ten dpliess
———
a day) ou tho 4th March, 181860 :