Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-12-13

Hansen brings Onward COl. y leXanQCf
letter as Conclusive evidence oil my
meanness, as he says. LII me ask Ii,
pubic hat was The object o DAME ID
SmI,h To gel Col. Alexander 10 wrIlo
any thing with respect TO LIS understand
ing, AS the Letter was written III com
pIiahce with Smith particular reque sO
was Ii to place the well established
charaeterof Col. Alexandtl Chrous bout
this state) a. issue before the pubic Win
NINE He stating his impressions and
understanding OF the case, and my ) ate
meni OF the facts, that were not liable to
misunderstanding. Iiihe senatorial cleo
ton had no Influence upon the minds OF
some other gentlemen, | should like 10
know a hat could nave induced Mr.. w ST.,
a representative from NJ olson county,
10 admit Hansen, not only into his COM
pauy, bui INTO his room, his he'd aud be-
som, hich clreums ance he mus have
known, WAS extremely preJudloiai TO his
own pupniarity with his constituents, and
mus be unpleasant Ia every mans tamil
~ when II IS known that Hans ELI left here
with The worst disol DIR thai man could
taxi mo gen {. company, a mos dread
flu scabhy Itch But ,his mystery may
perhaps -be eiat idatsl by one question
and the answer. | Judge Thomas
should he re-eiected he would not wan
the plice r reiver IN valuable land
district himself, and might he not have
Influence enough With the President and
The Secretary To venture 20 promise The
Off with great certainly, 10 his fri,nd
T answ would be naturally hjgby
probabie J. !
| az much fatigued with this ner.
Employment, controversial wrnlng. |
must return 10 my plough | have not
tine and patience 10 reply to all the SIR
peul.hke blows winch II So Aas a. I'd
al me through his state hoi,ticS, Il OF
which together WIZ tut / Jury he and
his dh ren's have d ne to the present
an future prosperity OF Pike county and
tins ala,e, would not have induced me to
stoop S Low 5 10 notce n ecapItui t.
any IA - he has or could SAY, u ne was
as wi kno"n III OF er carts - Il Is in
Madison and Pike counties. B how
cat l9rbear when he says - k3cw !
was hostile t tbe Interests ol his county.
J. ,- nad no made a mistake he would
havr sid f .hree or four ihdl. iduals. |
acknowledge was hostile to some of
his measures, and was ambitious 10 pro-
mole The pre- sent and Fu9ure il res OF
Pike County Wher. le EXPRESSES
hop na he viii BE- ~ able to gel posi-.
tive proof tina as brongbi back To
Narda,la TO yet his seal, call on all.
both ,em bers and other persons, To say
whether any communication or intima-
ton that such stae OF gtfAifs existed,
was made to me, and | appeal 10 AL
mighty God 10 Judge me, when | say |
knew nothing about the agita ion oftbe |
convention question when | left Pike |
county I object which induced me |
TO return to Vandaha in anuary, was 10 |
endea,or TO procure The appoln ment of
tw9 or lhr respectable persons as ara
gisirates, IT. possible-lhAl IN case he |
clerk should choose TO make another
wilIul mistake again at the next election
and give the certificate 10 the person ha-
wing Inc loves, number o. votes, hat
the candidates uight get deposi IONS Ia
ken that would enable he proper lribu-
nails 10 decd: corr city ia The c4se oi !
another CONFESSED election. AID my
anxiety vas great 10 learn the late Of The
canal bill, as n paper, htd come 10
hand giving any nj r.na ION on that I'M
portani ST. jec,. Which to my great
surprisc on .ny arrival al V1ndalia, | |
fonf.f hf.41.t..H liz.
question 'hat one could not pass without
the other, which made me, and | think
oughi 10 have rp"rated with the same
influence on every nan on the western
side oI this stale, wiling TO go all rea-
sunable lengths to bring the practicable
lily oi mtking the canal into public no.
,ioe, Wpat rational excuse could any
man "ake TO The people living and own
in. properly on either side of the Hi |
nos river for having By one vote de-
stroyed the preparatory measures con-
tain in he bill an horzing the opening |
and ak ing navigable the river through |
the nos important portion IT our stale,
thereby connecung he Illinois with
l. Ike Michigan, not only enhancing
the value OF our land, aud produce, but
Transporting rs through saicbrious eli
mae, to the city of New-Yp
Me opponent r@qnently speaks Of his
counties and constituents. | IS certain.
ly muIh 70 be te5retted, II he has con |
s,ituents on the ilhois river that he |
would prefer sacrlfi ing their bes, in,e-
resls ra her than trus or confiAe 10 them