The Arkansas advocate., 1832-07-25

I Hlhere De any thing more painful thar ! hearing the declarations of certain ionr. E nals, that the President seiH veto the
 Dill fe-ellartering the Bank of the II.
 i'ifed States--that he stands sspledged 10 veto tt'-7that he s'must and will ye-
 10 Il, Is this deeorous language to be
 used towards the Prcsident-is 1t just
 or equitable to the people? The Ere l slaent has his constitutional prerogative
 7zile knows how important and how
 delicate IS the trust conferred upon him.
 ana Whenever he is called upon to in-
 eefPose his veto, he will be prepared 10
 give his reasons for so doing. to the re.
 Pfesentatives of the people. Are we
 wrong, then, in saying that the Prcsi-
 dent }, never has pledged himself to veto [ the Bank bill, or any other bill that is lnot constltutionally before him? Are
 We wrong in saying that no man or set of men have been authorized by him 10 say what he will do in the premises2 ?
 , hts course, of which we now com
 2ialn, has never been adopted towards any President of the United States in the midst of the hottest political war
 fafe. The rights of the Chief Maeis-
 ffate have always been respected by the civilized people who elected him.
 snail Gen. Jackson be made an. exeep-
 lion to tins uniform and respectful prac-
 tice His enemies have not said zrhat iie will do ia advance of great pub.
 ile measure; would any friend take q
 contrary course? Nc know full well
 that the fate1est Of local banks in this
 State bas been brought to bear against the United States ,gank-this is per. tectly natural; but Shall a mere qIes. ton Q! interest be al.ttie to bear qoarf1 character, and IS such pressed upon the
 Executive in advance of the course of legislation? It Is fiji, or proper, or jus tlflable. for men having pecataia19 in- tereSt in the question, to declare in the most arrogant manner that the Pfesi- dent is plcdged to veto the Bank bill, if I 1t passes, that he aFiH do so? We pass by as idle wind all tic falschoods and folly of the charges of bribery and cor. ruPtion so designcdly fabricated against the Bank, because between mai. and man these points can easily be settled. But when the Chief Magistrate of the nation is to be told that he must veto a bill not yet passed, inc boldness and in- science of this dictation should be resented hy the people who have plac- cd him at their head. Besides, there
 IS great danger in establishing the posi- lion that the President can be made to act in favor or against any bill by the clamor of heated partizans or interest
 ed spectators.
 Ulin's Leop.-On the 9 of Anrl, l92, Benjamin Ulin left !he Stockade, above the mouth of the kenhawa Ri. yer, (now Point Pleasant, Va.)a and eros
 sing the kenhawa, he followed a path that led up to the top of hill about halt mile below the kenhawa, in pur- suit of a stray horse. As he approach
 cd the bill, he was seen by three Indi-
 ans, then on the top, who carefully con
 cealed themselves and lay in ambush. until he reached the top, when two of them who had arms, fired at him. Finding their fire had been intellectual,
 they yscperated, two of them running and
 occupying the only passes, by which he could re-ascend the hill, in the direction of the Blockade, and the other made at him. Thus surrounded, he was left with no other alternative but to fallinto their hands as aprisoner, or leap down high precipice of rocks on the North side of
 the hill, fronting the Ohio river. Ac- quainted with many of the Indians, and 1 knowing their feelings towards him, he
 vas satisfied that if he fell into their hands, certain and lingering death a. waited him. In this awful predicament he stood pondering over his melancholy
 condition, without arms 10 defend him. self, until the Indians had nearly come 1 up to him; when lie summoned up reso- intion and made q rapid retreat towards
 brink of the precipice, hoty pursued by the Indians-arrived here, he did
 not hesitate, but leaped down the pre-
 cipice passing through the branches of
 a small Buckey tree, he jumped sixty five and half feet before he reached l the ground; recovering as soon as pos
 sible, he made three other leaps, the l first seventeen, the second seven, and 1 the third eleven feet; which took nearly
 10 the base of the hill. He then ran
 to- the Ohio river, plunged in the water and undertook to swim across I but finding the water being very cold I and the Indians had not pursued him