Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1819-07-31

| III soiPuIl Va IlSitth, dil451I lilc pfnCi-
| pies OF our free. government | shall be more
than amply compensated for all the fatigue and
priyations, to which have been exposed. If
our interests in these great concerns are well
understood, and the measures necessary to Sc
cure them, are approved by our fellow citizens
! generally, which investigation on their part
cannot fail to promote, all further difficulty
will be at an end Their jealous support will
follow, and the course already traced and pro-
vided for by existing laws, be persevered in.
The necessary Notifications will, in a few
years, be in great measure completed, and
the other great interests be so essentially
guarded, as not only TO secure us against the
danger of foreign invasion and Indian annoy
ance, but to place us at ease on all the other
vital concerns of our union. II is from this
view of the subject, and for these purposes
| that have made these exertions.
| In thus performing these duties, have been
drawn into great and unusual intercourse with
my fellow-cltzens, who have met me every
where, approved the course had taken, and
| expressed the most generous sentiments, res
pecting my conduct in the public service
These interviews | have not sought, nor did [
anticipate thenl nevertheless | did not think
| that had either the right to repress them, or
If the right existed, that should promote the
interest OF my country by exercising it. A
free intercourse between the chief magistrate
of this Union and his fellow citizens is not
| only in strict accord with the principles of the
constitution, but it is duty enioincd on him
by those principles, and when maintained,
without losing sight Of the respect due to the
station, or interfering with its other duties it
will afford strong support to the constitution.
| In hono1ng their chief magistrate, free peo-
| pie honor themselves, since he holds his trust
for them, and performs its duties for their adj
vantage. Although have served you long,
and in high trusts, with zeal and integrity,
sometimes in difficult conjunctures, colnmenc-
ing with ny earliest youth, yet aware of the
humility OF my pretensions, when compared
with those of others, and well knowing the
sound principles and generous motives which
animated my fellow citizens, and produced
| this great movement, | have Withdrawn my
self as it were from the scene, and regardedit
more in the light Of an ordinary. spectator, than
as party. as have on other occasions stated.
| avail myself, however, of this opportunity
to declare, that | have seen in my passage
through the states, and in my intercourse with
my fellow citizens, such decided proofs OF their
virtue, intelligence, and attachment TO our
union and republican government, as have
| confirmed all my previous antjcIpations on
these important points, and will afford me the
highest consolation through my future life.
The growth Of this state, and of the whole
western country, has surpassed what was ever
seen before, in any part of the world. The
| causes are obvious. The fertility of YOUR soil,
| and felicity of your climate, afford ample in
i ducements TO the inhabi ants Of the Atlantic
| states to emigrate here, Of whom your poprlla-
| ton has been formed We are one people,
and as you brought with you an equal portion
| of intelligence. according to the respective
numbers, with what YOU left behind, it is not
surprising that your cultivation and improve
ment should bear the test of any fair compari-
son. ] rejoice TO find that the instruction Of
your youth forms a prominent object of your
| attention and care, of which the University in
! this town, commenced under the most favora-
BILE auspices, affords distinguished and most
interesting example. That YOU NAV continue
to prosper, and that your growth and rrospori-
ty may in like degree promote the strength
and happiness of our union, are among the OBJ
.jects of my most ardent wishes.
JAMES MONROE.
Lexington, July 5th, 1919.
| To tie Gentlemen com bosing the C0mnitl
tee in dehof cfthe Citizens Of Lea,ingto'l.
NORTHERN VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY.
The following interesting account Of
the first parley between the naYigators in
the late arctic expedition and a race of
men discovered in BagIin's Bay, is. cx-
tracted from narrative of the voyage
recently published by Captain Ross.
| " -Augast lo.--Iat.75 deg. S. min. n.
long. 65 deg. 50 min. w. About 10
O'Clock this day we were rejoiced to see
eight sledges, driven by the natives, adj
vancing by a circuitous route towards
the place where we lay. They halted
about mile from us, and the people
alighted, assembled small iceberg, as if
to reconnoitre.--After remaining appa-
rently in consultation, for nearly half an
hour, four of them descended, and came
towards the flagstaff, which however
they did not venture to approach. In
the mean time, white flag was hoisted
at the main in each ship, and John Sa-
cheuse dispatched, bearing a small white
flag, with some presents, that he might
endeavor, if possible, to bring them to a
parley. This was service in which he
had most cheerfully volunteered, re-
guessing leave to go unattended and I'M
armed--a request to which no objection
could be made, as the place chosen for
the meeting was within half a mile of the
Isabella. 1t was equally advantageous
to the natives, a canal or small chasm in
the ice, not passable without plank,
separating the parties from each other,
and preventing any possibility of an at
tack from these people, unless by darts.
] " In executing this service, Sacheuse