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S Hardware Cutlery.
The SvibscYibc-Ts.
IiWING formed a connexion with an
*<*nsive mercantile house in Ncw-York,
ve just received from that city, _ and
s now opening l in Broad-Street, next
or to the Bookstore of Wm. J. Hohhy,
Esq a large and valuable Assortment of
’Taney and Staple Dry Goods, Hardware
*u)d Cutlery ;
AMONG WHICH ARE, OF
f DRY GOODS,
V '
Extra super, superfine and common
tS<v|sloths and Cassimercs, assorted colors ;
AignttineUs, different colors; blue and
%hite Plains; red, white, yellow & green
I ’ Tlannels ; blue and green Bucking Bai
lees ; Rose Blankets, assorted, from 7 to
’ 12-4; Point do; black and colored plain,
| figured and printed Bombazelts and Rat
ttinetts ; Caroline or Circassian and Tar
tan P aids ; black and colored plain & ft
! ijY.red Canton Crapes and Crape Dresses;
black, blue, green and assorted fancy Ca
(! es ; super London prints and printed
ibrics; fine Cambric; plaid Ging
is; plain and figured book, jaconet,
brie and fancy Muslins ; corded and
met muslin Robes ; Irish Linens, va
,s qualities; fine and coarse brown do ;
Cloths, handsome patterns; swans
■n, loilnrtP* and fine white and print-
Falenc a Vestings; buff, chintz, irni
m silk and cotton and printed border
sassimere Shawls ; India and German
flag and bandana Handkerchief ;
;k and crossbarred Canton do; mad
, pullicat and twilled cotton do ; spot
crossbarred anrl white bordered Cam- I
'■ Cravats ; linen cambrics and cambric
idkcvclnefs ; imitation do ; black and
tc- silk, cotton and worsted I/osc ; la
i rod gentlemen’s blank, white, and
ir'ed colored, kid, beaver, castor and
r,lores ; sewing Silks and Twist ;
?lHack and colored Ribbons, various
_ Wid Its ; elegant plaid garniture do ; Pins
MJ) packs; gilt coat and vest, pearl and
Avory shirt Buttons ; button moulds; do
mestic Shirtings, Sheetings, Checks,
'? HPIhIvIg and Stripes; fine and common Bed
liS Hoicks; black tabby Ve.vet ; worsted
! ;’|pivirtß and Drawers; silk Umbrellas, dis
qualities , fora top, back, ivory and
u 'mocket Combs ; coarse and tine linen and
nS *cotton Threads ; Cotton Balls; fir.esteam
u'ptmrti Shirtings; Suspenders; an assort
lV*Rftiei»l of Shoes ; rorum, imitation & real
!: beaver Hats:
I AND OP
1 TAarAwarts & CVallary,
Guns, assorted, some very elegant;
HGtm Worms; Trace Chains ; chest, butt,
H and HL Hinges; Thumb Latches;
“ ttrnnk, chest, till, pad, knob and mortice
Locks; tea and table spoors ; p icket,
pen, barlow, tw o blade, pear, prunning,
to - : carving, dirk, desert, shoe, bread, butch
r»- -cr and drawing Knives: Knives Sc Forks;
at BazwsJ in cases; Scissors ; Handsaws;
r’s handsaw and bastard Files ; Curry Combs;
ill. Sad irons; "Waiters and Tea Trays ; Car
ig, periter’s Rules; Squares and Compasses;
oi iSanJrl Paper; Shovels and Tongs; cut
Tacksand Brads, assorted ; Trunk Han
ddies ; Wood and Bed Screws ; Screw
* 'Pullies!; Candlesticks; Curtain Rings ;.
"Nail and Spike Glmblets ; Nail Hammers;
- Jewshafps ; Shaving Boxes and Brushes ;
metalic Paste and Paste Blacking ; and
’f ten assortment of Brushes.
Y ,5)1 of which are now offered at re
a„.educed prices, w holesale and retail, for
, a Or approved paper in this city ; an,
Tfj from the advantages they will posses in
the selection of their GOOD.?, having a
purchaser constantly in the New-York
;„j market, hope to merit a share. of public
’j.,' patronage.
Walmsley & Foster.
December 13 if
i cm Dollars Reward.
»
BUNA WAY from the undersigned, a
N -gro fellow named TOM. He has
been waggoner to Augusta, and is proba
i n , blyjwell known in tne city. Th, above
" i jewtard will be given for his apprehension.
tL’ 1 J. T. JJcnt.
ory j Dec 31
i ' The Subscriber
r for Rent, for one or more
years,.between; two and three hun
acres River Bottom I,and, -in lots of
bigftfty acres and upwards, to. suit lessees
pCorn and Fodder can be had on the pis
til'- piiffes. Also for saie, Bor 10 prime w'ork
:uty Mules and Horses. For further infonna-
R ’’tion enquire of the subscriber near the pre
ic 1 fcalie.s, fourteen miles below Augusta,
f Robert Jones.
ui. janutvy 3--
Sheriff’s Hales.
htTill be sold, on the first Tuesday in
’(f V tnircli next, at the Court-House in
nPS jlhe tow n of Wayne; borough, Burke Conn
iy between the usual Sale hours,
_ ' Kiuc Negroes, (viz.)
|less, Hetty, Fanny, Harriet,Edward, Rich
mpd, Nancy, Hope and Jacob.—Levied cu
% the property of James Polhill, to satisfy
■(help* l Execution in favour of Job S. Barney,
.. on thu foreclosure of a mortgage.
Ceil] S. W. Blowit, S. B. C.
Dfe? 27 lawts
noticeT
iare, aJr
IOUi JikSSLj persons having demands against
>• the estate of the late Ljndsky Oolkmas.
. are request' d to render them
in, dwly attested, within the lime pre-
by law; and ihose indebted, to
n3'-v^a|Mpnymcnt.
B, H. Warren, Adm’r.
n *'" AUjtusta, Jan, 24 lm
A. I? \c quit’s
Crockery Store,
BRIDGE no TV, Xo. 5.
JUST RECKIVFD ON CONSIGNMENT
A very Fresh and Handsome,
Assortment of
DRY GOODS,
—coxsisnxc of—
Brown Hollands,
Shirting Linen, assorted,
Masulipalan Handkerchiefs,
Fancy ditto
Ladies’ white tops sup’r black Cotton
linse.
Fancy Quillings,
Fine wliite Flannels,
Apron Checks,
Jaconet Cambrics 9-8, 5-4 & 6-4,
Fine Russia Sheeting,
100 Pieces Calicoes, late patterns,
1000 Pair Mens’ Wax Calfskin Shoes
Which will be sold low for cash or ap
proved paper. He has also a very com
plete assortment of
Urockexy an A Glass
Ware,
for sale by the crate or retail, on very
favorable terms.
January 10 Un
* THE
Commission
BOOK STORE,
HAS lately been removed to the Store
formerly occupied by Reid, Wood
j ruff, & Co- 3 doors below the Banks—
And where he has a Complete Assoi ttiieul of
School, Classical, Medical,
Law £5? Miscellaneous
BOOKS.
XEJV WORKS LATELY RECEIVED
Man ofFeeling, with the Story of Laßoche,
first complete American Edition,
Byron’s Works, new edition, with all his
writings up to the present time,
A Manuel of Chemistry, by Win. Thomas
Bhande, 3 vols. in one, to which are
added notes and emendations by Wh.
J -.mbs Macneven, M. D —first Ameri
edition,
Parry’s North West Passage,
Ten year’s exile of Madame DcSt^l.
Xew Books constantly ivtfmnj
Samuel Sturgcs,
Agent.
January 7 4t
Deferred Articles.
From the Richmond Enquirer of January 1.
Etiquette,
The following letter refers to some of
the cannons contained in the sxsiem
of etiquette, which we have some rea
son to believe is observed at Washing
ton. T he author asks » place for it in
our paper, and we are not at liberty to de
ny bis request. He says, “If you third:
i ! would displease, where you would no 1
choose to give offence. 1 hope yen
will return the paper *0 me. I assure
you I have not, been d sirous of offending,
—hut really think to some, they will
prove to be disagri e- ble truths. Though
a stranp;cr to you, I have taken this liber
ty, the result of a belief, that you were
the most likely person o attack the foliy
of the times, without f. ar of the frowns of
any.”* We mean to make no flourishes;
but we certainly intend to keep the press
as open as we can to public investigation.
We certainly should not have se’ected in
every case the forms of expression which
he has employed for conveying his ideas.
We have 1.0 hesitation in saying that the
distinction said to be drawn at Washing
ton, among foreign ministers, secretaries,
senators, representatives and citizens, is,
in our opinion, extremely odious. It ac
cords but lily with our professions of re
publican simplicity; if it does not squint
a- a state of things butjlittle removed from
the pomp, parade and false notions of F.u
'■opeun governments.—The code of eti
quette proposed for the government of
these public junrtinnavics, has no doubt,
as zealous, if not as many, advocates, as
there are for the vinrnijicience, splendour,
and supremacy of the general government
itself We use (he term functionary; in
1 preference to the old fashioned one ser
■ vnnt, as l.ss likely to wound the feelings
of any representative of the people wiio
chances to pride hihiself upon being chris
tened “ honorable,” 8-. c,
*• Washington City, Dec■ 25, 1821.
Sin—l have long believed it the best
way obtain information.and fix it on the
memory, in the study of any science, to
’ combine it with oilier amusements. I
have therefore, byway of a Christmas
gift sent you this dissertation upon the
science now mostly studied in this won
' dentil place. , .
1 In the first place, I think it but just, to
say, that things move on here much a(-
> ter the old sort, without any thing to
disturb the tranquility of the man of bu
siness, who can, nevertheless, when he
chooses, find plenty of amusement to be
guile the listless leisure of a long winter
night, by pracling a few lessions in the
much improved science, almost new here,
called etiquette; the value of which is
1 well understood, and called by that name,
’ by all who are skilled in foreign af
fairs.”
Easy as this has been, and pleasant as
J !t Uset i to be considered by all who had
their intellect sharpened by a visit to. E
urope, or who came Irom Europe, or can
talk French —this last by the bye, is the
principal qualification looked to, in choos
ing a man to go on a foreign mission. It
seems of late not to be without its danger,
I if the recent occurrences in this impe
rial city, can be relied upon. But alas!
every swnet has its bitter.
• When I got here, I heard a great deal
about etiquette, and applied to some of
l our members of Congress for information
on that sub ject, wliich seemed to be con
dcred of so much importance; 1 soon dis
covered they knew nothing at all about
it- I then applied to the Speaker, who
you know is from our state, to my utter
amazement, he knew no moreaboutit,
than one of his brother members.—l must
confess 1 then fell a little mortified, as tliat
is the only science of which he is thought
to be ignorant
I did not despair though, as I knew
this valuable information was somewhere
to be bad, I next examined the library,
but not one single author 011 the subject
could I find, I wonder how Mr. Jefferson
got along without such a book. I then
made an enquiry wherever I had a chance,
and at last found the only document on
the subject, was in the hands of the Vice
President of the United Slates; who has
not yet arrived, and of course, 1 have not
had an opportunity of inspecting its
“provisions;” but all I can learn 011 this
interesting science in this
The Senators a few winters ago, think
ing more of thernselver than became men
who had never been in Europe, and could
not talk French, expected when they ar
rived in this city, to be visited by all who
reside he:e, just as gentlemen call on
each other in Virginia. How could such
distinguished men, make such confound
ed blunders ?
This was so gross an error in the Sena
.tors that it required the interposition of
the Secretary of State—oh! he is a prince,
—his able pen soon produced that invalu
able document, and placed things upon a
nobler foundation. But as it was not
for the use of the members” or “ laid
upon the table,” the Vice-President to
whom it was addressed, being a plain ho
nest man as I suppose, as he is called in his
own State, “ the farmer’s sou,” put it
into bis pocket, where I exp< ct it is yet.
Bat it was not lost upon ihe Senators,
some of whom had been in Europe, knew
its value, and indeed some of thi politi
cians here think it the ablest state paper
the Secretary of State has ever produced,
and in point of wit, grandeur of design,
and sublimity of its figures, mo&‘ people
think it equal to his fourth of July ora
tion.
Did you ever know that it made any
diffei trice winch side of the table a gen
tleman sat,to eat h : s dinner? But I need
not ask you about etiquette, you would
bn. jw, tliat t-j cat your dinner with the Pre
sidem, there is as great a difFernce, in
getting chair No 1 and No 2, as there
might be, inge’ting No 1 or No 2 at Ben.
Tyler’s Lottery Office.
Now it so happened, the President
found it convenient to give a “ diploma
tic dinner,” where all the foreign minis
ters were feasted, and with them, the Se
cretary of Sta<e—lake notice you don’t
undeistand etiq ictte, for when all the .Se
cretaries dine together with him, it is a
“court dinner”—this “ diplomatic din
ner” happened a few nights ago, as it is
out of character to cat by day light,where
all the toyal representatives were assem
b ed in full uniform.—Mark the science—
when dinner w r as proclaimed—that’s
wrong—it was done by an elegant bow,
just from Paris —Monsieur Padezvous,*
being a! sight of foot as most of his coun
tiymen, got the seat of honor, No. 1, at
the right hand of the President, which
greatly offended Monsieur Goddamf —the
la ter gentleman; but in their own coun
try, they are all considered gentlemen;
made some offensive remark, which how'-
however, did not then put an end to the
harmony wliich prevailed; and in a reu
sonble length of time the ladies retired to
the “ withdrawing room,” and then ac
cording to science, the gentlemen took
one glass of wine, and by invitation from
the President, rose to “ join the ladies,”
and by line of science, walked into ano*
ther 100m —don’t, that look military? The
President, is tire title most generally gi
ven, though one “ moral and religions,”
gentleman, not long since, used the term
“ His Majesty whether that title is
now obsolete, or whether it Is only rising
into use, is more than I could learn, as the
“document upon etiquette,” as I have al
ready told you, was in lh« Vice Presi
dent’s pocket—there being but one man
in the Senate, who has been in the go
vernment from its origin, and tha old
Phocion,f whom every lady knows, never
knew tiow to beany thing but a plain ho
nest republican, 1 had no means of know
ing.
Would not you think, gentlemen most
likely to be in a good humor after din
ner ? Certainly—gentlemen are never so
strong as when their stomachs are
full; and after a good glass of wine,
gentlemen get rich and brave. Notwith
standing alt these cheering advantages,
Monsieur Goddam was still thinking about
the lost honor, of his “master,” by his gelt
ing chair No 2, instead of chair No 1: caus
ed him to make a remark, rather rough
for the silken ears of Monsieur ParJez
vohs —whereupon they both in presence
of the President, or “ His Majesty” “as
the case may be” rose and retired to
die large room next the outward door—a
■ noble place for athletic exercises—as I
“ guess” sixty by forty feet square.—
Monsieur Parlezvous, drew—not his
; swrod, for that, he only touched the hilt
. of, with his hand—as 1 was saying, drew
• his fingers all up into a knot, shaking
! his arm with violence, said to Monsieur
, Goddam with vehemence, that he per
> fectly understood him, he could not be
, mistaken —and that he would not suffer
- any person, (that lying jade fame, said,
he used the termd Englishman,
9 but that can’t be) to insult him, France,
i or Frenchmen so take notice, sir, I bite
- my thumb at you.—Monsieur Goddam was
n very “cool,” and told the gentleman, that
e he was ready to justify tvhat he ted said,
n
and sir, said he, I bite my thumb at you—
well he might, you know; people of his
country, are quite “at home,” at that
sort ot ph,y.
Fortunately for the gentlemen, the re
presentative. of the “ pot at
that moment between them, and by the
assistance of “Le Baron de Swede,”l
probably prevented P , from,tak
ing John Bull by the horns—which might
perhaps have turned out another Water
loo, as John is a young looking man,
appears quite suple, consequently Mon
eeur would have found a more difficult
job, to have held him by tbe horns’ than
if it had been his predecessor. Thus far,
transaction took place in English, but as
the balance happened in Preach, my in
formant, though an eyewitness, not un
derstanding that lingo, came away and
left the gentlemen. It is said though,
that the secretary of state, has been ever
since negocialing a treaty, and as there is
no more texasto cede away, it will not he
material to the interests of this country,
whether it is brought to a final, and imme
diate adjustment, or whether it is put oil'
until the 22d of February.
I.ast winter, one night,—only for one
night—Mr President or “ His Majesty”
which ever term is used in the secretary
of state’s in estimable document upon eti
quette had a military guard at his door,
which was thought, premature, however,
“earnestly it might fiave turned out, it
would seem to be; not altogether so much
so. Nevertheless he was pretty safe, aa it
is believed the secretary of the depart
ment of Mars was there—who is “sa
lalig, sa sharp, sa snia—like cheve o’braw”
—he might dart through the gentlemen,
like a small sword—and then you know,
there was that big strong man, whom the
president has placed at the dour of the
treasury, that might be very good upon
an occatson of ti-at kind—moreover just
as the amusements were about to com- 1
mence, the Navy paddled off, bclievinga
Frigate however ' well manned, had no
business to run into the fire of three se
venty fours and a Ra* ret
Some people have thought congress
ought to provide a military guard, for the
President, to keep the peace, whenever
it is necessary to give another, “diploma
tic dinner; but others believe the Radi
cals in the house, would be unwillingfo
encounter the expense, as they are al
ready displeased at the 100 lavish expen
diture of public money, and the prodi
gals could not succeed without them.
Xota bene. Etiquette this morning says
the gentlemen cannot go out, ((until fur
ther advictS; but their attache* (which
lb ty tell me, means tails;) may probably
“ take about.” Did you ever know for
eJc'u muiuuers, werftjt-fee »letric eels, to
silt h with their tails ? But that is the eti
quette 10 day, and whether it is a new edi
lion of the secretary of state’s work on
that subject, I have not learned; when 1
do, I will write you again,
* Mr. Hydede Neuville.
f Mr Canning’
I Mr. Macon.
§ Mr Poleuca.
|| Baron de Stackelbnrg.
Three ministers and a charge desa
ires.
[From the Xationnl Intelligencer .]
TO THE EDITOItS.
Gentlemen; Some allusion having been
made, by a correspondent of the Rich
mond Enquirer, and appearing in that
print, beto a private letter from the Se
cretary of State to the Vice President of
the U. States, n copy of that letter is
herewith enclosed, which, if you think it
relating to a subject of sufficient interest to
the public to deserve a place in your pa
per, you are at liberty to publish.
Washington, 1 5tfi Jan. 1822.
Washington, Dec. 29, 1819.
The Vice President of the U, S.
Dear Sir: It has been suggested to me,
that some members of the Senate, enter
taining the opinion that a formal visit in
person or by card is due from each of the
Executive Departments, at the commence
ment of every session of Congress, to eve
rv Senator upon his arrival at the seat of
government, have cousiderd the omission,
on my part, to pay such visits, as the
withholding from them of a proper mark
of respect, or even as implying a preten
sion to exact such a formality from them.
Disclaiming every such pretension and
every such claim on my part, I take tiie
liberty of submitting to you the following
explanation of the motives which have
governed my conduct in relation to this
subject:
1 have invariably considered the govern
ment of the United Slates as a govern
ment for the transaction of business, and
that no ceremonial for the mode or order
of interchanging visits he.tween the per
sons belonging to the respective depart
ments in it had ever been established. I
was myself five years a member of the Se
nate, and at four of the five sessions of
Congress, which I attended, was accompa
nied at this place by my wife. During
that time, I never once received a first
visit from anv one of the Reach of Depart
ments, nor did my wife ever receive a
first visit from any 01 dieir ladies, except
perhaps once, when she was sick, from
Mrs. Madison. We always called upon
them soon after our arrival at Washington,
not from any opinion that it was an obliga
tion of duty, but because we understood
and believed it to he usual, and because
we did not think it improper. We made
an exception, after the first session, with
regard to Mr. Gallatin, who, never having
returned my first visit, was supposed not
to incline to that sort of intercourse with
us.
When I came to reside at this place, two
years since, 1 was under the impression
that the usages, with regard to visiting,
were, as I had known and practised them
ten years before, that, as a member of the
1 administration, I had no sort of claim to a
first visit from any member of either
house of Congress, but that neither had
any member of Congress any claim to a
Hist visit from me—-that the interchange
and order of visits was entirely optional on
both sides, and that no rule of etiquette
whatsoever existed, which required that
either party should pay the first visit, or
indeed any visit, to the other.
in the course of the winter of 1817-18,
two members of the Senate, for both of
whom I entertained the highest respect,
and with one of whom I had the pleas
ure of silling several years in the Senate,
called at my office, and informed me that
there was a minute of a rule agreed upon,
not officially, but privately, by the mem
bers of lire Senate of the first Congress,
that the Senators of the United States paid
the first visit to no person except the Pre
sident of the United States. 1 observed 'o
(hem, that, us duringfive years’ service as
a Senator, I had never seen or heard of
this rule, I could hardly consider it as
having been much observed ; that I could
however, have no possible objection to
the Senators prescribing to any
rule of visiting', which they might think
proper. Hut, I asked them if they under
stood the rule as implying an ordt r that
other persons should first visit them ? They
answered, if 1 recollect right, by no means.
And I supposed they viewed the whole as
fair as I did, that is, of very little impor
tance. 1 have, therefore, paid no visits
of form to members of tire Senate ; and,
although, always happy to receive and re
turn the visits of those who pleased to call
upon me,and happy lo invite to my house
every member ol the Senate, whether lie
had or had not paid me a visit, who would
give me the honor of his company, I yet
always respected the motives of those who
declined paying me any visit, or even fro
quentiog my house at all. I exacted noth
ing from them, which they might think
incompatible with their digni'y. 1 presu
med they would exact nothing from me,
j not within die line of my official duly. I
' soon learnt, that, if I should make it a
rule to pay the first visit to every Senator
at each session, the same compliment
won Id be claimed, if not hy all, at least by
a large proportion of the members of the
House of Representatives; and 1 could
find no republican principle which would
to my own mind, justify me in refusing to
the members of one house that which 1
should yield as due lo the members of
another. At the commencement of each
session, I have visited the presiding mem
ber of each House, not from a sense of ob
ligation, but of propriety. 1 have not felt
it my duly to pay first visits to any indi
vidual member of either House ; nor has
it entered n»y imagination, that a first visit
was due from any member of either House
to me.
If there is any body of men upon earth,
for whom, more than for any other, 1
ought to cherish every feeling of attach
ment superadded to every sentence of
reverence, it is the Senate of the United
States. Its importance and dignity', a
one of the branches of the legislature, as
one of the component parts of the Sll
preme Executive, and us the tribunal ot
official honor and virtue, cannot be more
highly estimated by any man tiian by me
My father had the honor of being its pre
siding officer. 1 had, for five years that
of being one of its members; and through
every successive administration of this go
vernment, from *he establishment of the
national constitution lo this time, 1 have
received frequent tokens of its confidence,
which can never be obliterated from my
memory, and claiming all my gratitude
For every individual member of the body,
1 feel all the respect due to Ins public
character; and there is notone member
towards whom I entertertain a sentiment
other than that of regard and esteem. If,
therefore, the principle upon which 1
have omitted to pay them first visits of
form, should ultimately finl of meeting
their approbation, it will be a serious
cause of regret to me; but, at all events,
1 hope they will impute it to any other
cause than intentional disrespect to them.
I take this occasion of observing, that,
with my approbation and advice, my wife
has acted upon the same principle with re
gard to the ladies connected with mem
bers of the Senate or House of Represen
tatives, who have visited this place during
the sessions of Congress, that i have pur
sued in relation to the members themselves.
She lias paid no first visit to Indies w’uh
whom she had not the advantage of being
acquainted. She lias received with plea
sure, and returned, the visits of all ladies
who have called upon her, whether con
nected with members of Congress or othei •
wise- She has visited her friends on the
usual fooling of private citizens, without
pretension to claim, and without being
sensible of any obligation to pay, any first
visit. She would have paid, with much
pleasure, this compliment to the ladies of
members of Congress, had it been proper,
in her opinion, to confine it to them. But
she was aware that many other ladies equal
ly strangers to her, and though not immedi
atcly allied to members of Congress, of
character and standing in society equally
respectable, occasionally came to spend
some time in the city; and knowing it to
be impossible that she should visit diem a!J,
she declined (he invidious task of discrim
inating whom she should and whom she
should not first visit. If, in observing this
rule, she has deviated from the practice of
some other ladies, in situations similar to
her own, she inis conformed to that whid%
she constantly observed when she was her
self the wife of a Senator at the seat of gov
eminent. She then always called upon tie
ladies of the Heads of Departments when
she came to Washington, and always un
derstood it to be the common practice.—
Sne lays no claim, however, to the same at
tention from any other lady 5 and having no
pretension to visits of etiquette herself,
thinks herself amenable to none from ci
thers. She has invited lo her house„wi»h
out waiting for formal visits, every lady of
a member of Congress, to whom she had
not reason to believe such an invitation
would be unwelcome: and while feeling i!
as a favour from those who have accepted
her invitations, she ha* only regretted the
j more rigorous etiquette of those who hive
\t ' *
, declined, in as much us it bereft her oft ba
happiness which She would have derive 4
from a more successful cultivation ofthcir
. acquain'ance. She would regret still more
the error which should, in any instance,
attribute her conduct to a pretension ofony
• kind on her part, or to disregaid of what
is due from her to others,
1 have thought this candid explanation
of the motives of mv c n luct particularly
due to tliosc members of the Senate who,
it h s been intimated to me, hav* thought
there was something exceptionable in it,
i I submit it to your indulgence and to their
j candor, with the sincere and earnest assnr
, ance of my perfect respect for yourself and
, sot them.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
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' The Philadelphia F a'lklin Gazette
1 sterns to justify the Ktiqd ite at Ua*hjng
ton; saying that the foreign minister*
would tall into 44 squabbles” about preca.
deuce, &c.—We cannot subscribe to this
sentiment llecanse their courts at bome
have these disttnc'ioos, must we have
them ? llecanse, it suits the genius of
their government, does it suit ours ? If
they are ridiculous enough to fill out a*
1 bout rank, &c must we give emu tananco
1 to them ? If we do couutcnanco them it)
this thing where shall we stop ? how mmy
other sacrifices may not the system of eti
quette call for?—Tile foreign ministers
surely have sense enough to know that it
is not suitable to the genius of ou< country
tu respect such distinctions—that they
1 may dine with the President wt hou{
“squabbling” about u chair, &c. and will
leal n to accommodate themselves to ouf
customs and manncis. I,cave them to
settle this dispute among themselves It
is not our business lautnn compuneve I les,
Was this eliqut tte established during tha
days of 'h, Jefferson, nul did w. not get
im very well without i' ? What President
had more dignity with so much simplicity
as that man exhibited ?
Hut the question is not confine 1 to fo
reign ministers, Etiquette is said to pre
vail as to our own officers—the heads of
departments, members of the Senate, of
die If. of Rcprcsenta ives, common citi
zens; that is to say, the good people of
the U. S. who oeing the foundation of the
whole power of the governmen , are said
o be placed lowest and treated w« rse on
ate scaie of etiquette. Does the Frauk
lin Gazette justify this etiquette also
treating senators us bet'er than presen
latives—ami bo'b with more reverential
courtesy than the citizens of the land ?
Phis is another question—blit this oue al
so depends upon another} what is at pre
sent the fact of the case f Wha in truth
, is the etiquette that does prevail at this
time in the City of Washington ? We can
not positively ascertain—though we wish
iome disinterested person would under
iake to furnished a sketch of it.
The Dost on Patriot which specially
takes Mr. Adams tinder its wing, has come
out with the following defence of that
gentleman—which it is but an act of jus
uce in us to republish :
Etiquette.—A wide” of a h Per to the
Richmond Enquirer, who aims to be v ity
upon this subject, labours hard .o have a
side-hit at the Secretary of State —H's re
marks would seem to imply that Mr. A
dams had been the founder of a new sys
tem of etiquette at Wadiingrrn.
This is truly a stra. go mistake ; almost
too strange to have been nnin enttuiial.
it Is well known- that Mr. Ad ms bus made
himself many political opponents merely
by • disregard of etiquette, or as we
should choose to call it, by his republican
pluinuess. It waatbia republican plainness,
and Ina contempt for a usage, wh.ch insti
tuted invidious distinctions between sen ac
tors and representatives in Congress, that
that occasioned the writing • f the 44 letter**
which affords such fine play for the bril
liant imagination of our Richmond philoso
pher.
Unfortunately how ever for his correct
ness, the “ Letter” was address-d not to
the Vice President but to the President,
who no doubt was fully satisfied with the
republican doc-rims it contained. Mr.
Adams is the last man, who ought to be
accused of a disposition to encourage un
necessary formality or ccr-mony in his
official intercourse. They air* rei-uenant
to his very na'ure ; and if he bra any
fault in this particular, it is too great a
disregard of wliai is cubed 44 etiquette.’*
!|is honesty, integrity and republican
plainness are ids strong.mids in 11k ass c
tions of his particular friends, as well as
ofthe American people.
Since writing I lie above, we have re
ceived the National Intelligencer oi lie
15th, whicit furiiishes the 44 private Icier
from the secretary of State to the Vice
President ofthe U. S.”—drawn out ofi.a
obscurity, it seems, in consequence of the
“illusion made by a correspondent irvtha
Richmond Enquirer.” It bears date Dec.
29, 1819, and occupies wear a column unit
a half in the N I. —Mr. Adams lays down
as the rule he has observed :
“ At the commencement of each ses
sion. 1 have visited the presiding member
of each House, not from a sense o( obliga
tion. but of propriety, I have not felt it
my duty to payiirst visits to any individu
al member of either H"usc ; nor has it
entered my imagina ion tlia. a first visit
was due from a member oi either Alonso
to me.” \
Headds that Mr Adams has ' w *’“tl HB'pt
the same principles—Mr. /\- declares that
he could 44 find .no republican principle
which would, to my own mind, justify me
in refusing to the members of one house
that which I should y ield as due to mem*
burs of another.”—We shall, however,
publish the whole le’ter.
Richmond Enquirer•
Wanted, an Active
Young Man, to take Charge of a hAR,
who understands Dook Keephig--
at this ofliegj Jw** -
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