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ADDRESS OF SENATOR TirroN.

ADOkkSS W SkNAIO6 tIfION-
On returning among Hrs cosstitucnts. the
Hon. sesaior Upton, Of ipdian.. published
m address, giving IN account Of the coar>e of
eveats. durtng the late se>sion Of Congress,
mors especially g these related TO the inter-
ests Of that STATE % viii be rsDembered
that Gen. Tiptoa wss elected - . - noder ate
Jackson man. IN part BY other than Jackson
votes, In opposstioo 10 . whole heg man Hs
has generally heretofore voted on the admin
'.trsisoa side, though doubtless with oce aston
al m'>givings - % the Propriety Of doing 60
Soosssoes ag.iass theparty shos ing in fact,
- Tar ~ 30 might Judge froa appe arsnce,
and from the votes, that Mr.. Tiptoas gene
raj wish WAS 10 support the jackson sdssars-
tratson, bat that his judsmcst oftea refused
10 sanction its course; and not beng Of the
cellar order Of st,tesmen, he was not afraid
10 Let has votes stand Is the index Of his real
opinions hut from the tenor Of has circular
address at the close Of the session, IL would
seem that the Senator from Indiana has al
Iength had enough Of Jsek.onisn- lie ha,
given Jackson and his Kitchen Cabinet a fan
trial, and finds that fhsy riH net do for those
Who go honestly and in good faith Tor the in
terests Of The country. The following Is m
extract from Mr.. Tipton's sddress-frou
which IL wall be n once evident that IL hs
ever had any notion for the collar, he 10 no.
done With L-tBait. Pat.
a bill passed both Houses Of Con
gress sPpropriating money 20 improve
the navigation Of the Wabash river
bat TO this ball. SO Important TO Indian,
and Illinois, the President Of the Uni
ted states has seen fit 20 refuse IA.
ssnctisn- This extraordinary proce
dure 10 IN my opinion irrecoacilabls
With his approval Of bills for inprov
ing the navigation Of the CumberiaEd
and the Hudson rivers, unless the I'D
vocates Of this policy seek TO shelte,
themselves by claiming more for river.
watering the States Of Tennessee and
New York than they are willing to nj
low to the rivers Of Indiana and Hi
nois.
This 10 the subject that addresse.
itself 20 the sober sense Of every mar
in the community, Who takes any in.
terest IN the growth and prosperity
of the west. The people Of Indian:
would do well spon all future occasion.
to pause before they lend blind sup
port to men OF Doubtful politics for q
ws give Up Internal improvements. q
protective tariH, and the regulation oI
the currency, what 10 left us Worth con
tending ferf
Had the bill for improving the
Wabash become Law, Nc could truI,
have said that more had been done 70,
Indiana this year. than during an,
Iormsr session Of congress, except, per.
haps, that Of 1867, when the gran,
Of land was obtained for 90. canal
Its failure 10 in no wise attributable q
inattention or want Of axertion On ths
part Of our delegation, and must BE-
deeply dePlored By every friend Of the
State.
LET us not despair, however, Of uIii
mate success in oar laudable under
iakings to improve cur country by
constructing Canals and removing eb
struetioas to the navigatioa Of our RI
vers- We have commenced and hav,
q right 10 lsok for aid iron the General
Government, and the opposition Of pS
enc Individual, however elevated he
may Be, can long resist the will Of the
fresnen Of the West, when expressed
through the ballet boxes.
Year most 0bedient servant.
JOHN Upton.