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gres .Assembled, That the President uf the United
States be, und ite is hereby, authorized to cause to be
extinguished tl.o title of Peter Lynch, formerly of
the Cherokee tribe of Indians, to a lot of land, lying
within the limits of the State of Georgia, which woe
reserved to tbo aaid Peter Lynch, by the treaty of
eighteen hundred and nineteen, entered into between
the United States and said tribe of Indians.
Soc. 8. .hid be il further tmicUd, That a sum
of money, not exceeding three thousand dollars be,
and the samo is hereby, appropiated, to be paid out of
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropin
tod, to carry the foregoing eertion into effect.
Approved—83d Slay, lfcflti.
POLITICS OF IBB DAY.
FtUMKFoiu, June 13, 1828.
Sir.—You will t onfer a favor by giving a place
in the next number of the Kentuckian, !u the ac
t ompanying correspondence,
Respectfully yours,
JOHN HARVIE Chairman of the Ad
ministration Central Com. for Ky.
Krankpot, Ky. April 14, 1P.23.
Dear Sir.—Your enemies, discomiitted in their
efforts to establish any thing dishonorable or crim
inal upon you in the various inquisitions they
have instituted into your conduct, upon the late
Presidential election, have, in their despair, fas
tened themselves, as a last and only hope, upon
the refused of M . F. V. Blair to disclose to the
t-cnatc of this Slate, the contents of a letter al
if god to bavo been mitten by you to him some-
tiiVto in the month of January, 1825 ; and upon
ihc statements of Arnos Kendall, to the same body,
in reference to an overture you had made to him
to remove to the city of Washington, and accepi
a clerkship in the departmt nt oT State. Although
Mr. Blair, at the instant, declared that his silence
was not dictated by arty consideration of this ef
fect it might have upon the controversy, one way
r the. other, and that the refusal emanated from
his sens ■ of the sacredness and inviolability of
eonfi len'i.il corre-p.indcncc, yet the hitter and
unsparing npi it of your persecutors eagerly
braced the occasion lo instil into the public mind
suspicions that the contents were inauspicious to
your reputation, and teplete with proofs of illicit
negotiation and arrangement between Mr. Adams
and yourself. The Central Committee raised
this State, to promote the elevation of General
Jackson to the Presidency, triumphantly announ
end this circumstance, as irrefragable, and eonchi
rive evidence of y tur guilt, and extiltingly suggest
whether Blair, your friend and correspondent,
would have declined divulging the letter, hud the
contents contained no evidence of bargain and
corruption. The statement of Kendall, although
on its face flivolous arid unimportant, is made
subsidiary to the same object. The Central Com
mittee appointed by the convention of the friends
of the Administration, assembled lu re in Decern
tier list, reposing confidence in your patriotism
and virtue, feel it a sob mn duty incumbent or
them, lo repel tin se unmerited end illiberal impu
Cations by requesting of you, for publication, cop
ics of your correspondence with those persons,
in reference truth to the one and the oilier uf those
matters. Tile rommittee are an are of the delica
cy and Impropriety of exposing to the public gaze
and animadversion, private and confidential corn’s
pondenec. They are eonscious that (lie practicr
would become baleful in the experiment, as it is
indefensible upon principle. They cannot how
ever give into the belief that the inviolability of
private correspondence, imposes on you any ob
ligation to submit in silence to these calumnies, or
to withhold the means which enables you u viu-
dicale your reputation and your conduct. Tl.ry
rnu-t therefore bcpBCmitteu to urae f f ,j CIPJI
end to indttiRe. the hope that if there are no cir
cumstances of which they are not apprised, ren-
deiing a compliance exceptionable, you will
not hesitate to act i:i confer t ity to their wishes.
Respectfully,
J. HARVIE, Chairman C.
lion. II. Clay.
that I should take a rapid survey of the relations
which • xisted between us.
Mr. Kindall had been educated at Harvard Uni
versity, which is among the most respectable, if
it be not the most celebrated, of the institutions
dedicated to education in the United States.—Dur
ing my absence from my country, on its public
service, he was engaged by Mrs. Olay as a private
tutor to instruct my ehildren. Upon my return,
I understood he had been attentive to the dis-
eharge of the duties of his station, and I ascer
tained (hat they had benefited by his instructions
during bis residencrin my family. Barents know
bow to estimate such e relation. My personal
acquaintance with him tvas never great, he hav
ing left my house prior to my return, and my op
portunities of seeing him having been chiefly
limited lo my occasional professional visits at
Frankfort, where he resided. After lie became
the editor of the Argus, I took, and generally
read his paper which I thought exhibited some
talents and much diligence. I have never spoken
in any hoastiugorrepronrhfiil spirit of hospitalities
ir kindness, received by him under ray roof.—
If they ever create any obligation it is cancelled
whenever they are trumpeted forth by those who
dispise them. He lias chosen, himself, publicly
to advert to this subject, and I leave him in tile
undisturbed enjoyment of the sophistical distinc
lion between instnnresof hospitality rendered by
a man, and Iris wife, on which he dwells with so
much self complacency.
vhich I have
W ashi.nuton, 5tii June, 1 Urdu
Sir.—Your letter of tiro 14th nit. as Chairman
of thu Central committee of the fr iends of tire
Administration in Kentucky, requesting for pirhli
cation, copies of ruy correspondence with Messrs
Blair and Kendall, was received shortly before I
made a luto visit to Bhiladelphia. My absence
from this city, the press of business incident to the
close of the. session of Congress, and the feeble
state of my health, have combined to prevent an
earlier reply
I preserved no copies of my letters addressed i
to either of tho-e gentlemen. Mr Blair has fur
nished me with conics of several of those direct
ed to him,including that upon which,! understand,
a reliance is placed to establish the fact of my
having made a corrupt agreement, in relation to
tile bile Presidential election. My correspon
dence with that gentleman was friendly and famil
iar, nnd sometimes sportive. It is characterized
I,y a freedom of language w hirl) is occasionally
admissible in private and friendly Intercourse, but
which would not be decorous towards the public.
Mr. Blair lias himself refused to exhibit the letter
m question, or to testify concerning ita contents,
upon tile principle that ho will not, voluntarily
consent to the violation of private correspondence.
That principlo must command tl.o respect of all
honest men. So far as regards tile charge against
me, the publication would benefit instead of in
juring me. Such is (he opinion of several gen
tlemen to whom I have shewn the correspon
dence, and such is my own. But I will not avail
myself of tho advantage, at the sacrifice of a prim
elple, tlie preservation of which is a necessary
guarantee of social confidence and intercourse.
I could not, moreover, publish iny ow n Inters to
Mr. Blair, without some of ids, showing the sense
in which lie understood mine. Although ho lias
given me permission to publish both, he thinks
they ought not to bo published , and I will not,
on the defiance t.f a profligate editor, he the first
to set a mischievous example, which the other
party to the correspondence has refused to oat«t>-
listv. I must decline, therefore, authorizing the
publication of o- r correspondence. But the Cen
tral Committee is at liberty to exhibit to the in
opectinn of any gentleman, of any parly, all sucli
ymrtiuns of if ns relate to the late Bresidential el
ection, and I will do the same upon any such ap
plication living made to c:c.
My correspondence with Mr. Kendal', stands
upon different grounds. That gentleman has as
earned the triple attitude of my acc.usir, the wit
ness to establish (he accusation, and the publisher
of it to tho world, through me paper which he
edits, lie has nnt scrupled to violate P> irate cor-
respond, nee, and lo misrepresent my motives,
and the infer to enable him to accomplish Ids
purpose, (as I am compelled lo believe) Ku stnti s
< hat lie has destroyed my letters. If he hits real
ly destroyed them, I regret it very mnrh, be
cause I should have preferred their sptahirg for
themselves, instead of their contents being per
verted by his enmity and prejudice. Should all
< r any of them lie licreafu r (mind to have been
prescind from the flames, lie is at full liberty to
publish them. Not content with misrepresenting
me, I am informed that lie lias given, ill tile Argus,
ao erroneous and faithless version of the testi
mony before the Senate of Kentucky, in that
most extraordinary inquiry which w as instituted
h, fora that body at its t..st session.
Ti" obligation to respect the c ml. Janes which
- implied between man and man, in their private
■:**;S«*spondence, must be reciprocal. One part)
cannot be bound In rerpect, whilst lire oilier is
l: re to violate it. Still less can such a one-sided
obligation exict, wjien nne of the parties ti is not
mly viol, ted it. but ru :
The relation which I have described, created a
strong interest, on my part, in the personal wel
fare of Mr. Kendall. It was not extinguished or
abated hy the fact, of his taking a part in the lo
cal politics of Kentucky, which my judgment did
not approve. I have never allowed my private
feelings towards individuals to he affected by a
mere difference in opinion on political subjects,
when the opinion opposed to my own is believ, d
to be honest, and is manifested with proper at-
lintionin truth and decency. That interest in
the prosperity of Mr. Kindall was, moreover,
kept alive hy frequent expressions from him, oi
dissatisfaction as an editor of a newspaper, and
and intimations of his desire to change it for some
more eligible public sen ice. I have no rccollec
lion of haring overwritten to him any letter, pri
or to the late Brcsidenlial election, offering to aid
him in procuring other public employment. Ap
plications to me for such aid w ere, however, fre
qiteni, whilst I was a member of Congress ns
they have been sincu: and it is quite possible that
I nifty have written to him on that subject. Bro
if I ever did, all inferences from any friendly ex
prcssinti of mine, that I was subsequently (o be
ppoiuted to the Department of State, and that
I would then provide fur him, (and such I under
stand to he the import of the insinuation, contain
ed in his testimony before the Senate of Ken-
lucky.) arc. tfsmalignuntas they are utterly ground-
less.
Alter, nnd not until about a month after, I was
appointed to the Department of State, believing
that Mr. Kendall would innkeun useful suhordin
ate clerk in (hat department, I offered him an
employment in that character, with a salary of
£1000 but a- the campaign for that year was just
opening in Kentucky, on her local politics, I an
nexed, as an indispensihle condition, that, if be
determined to accept, he should not quit the
field until the campaign wus terminated. My mn
live for this condition cannot he mistaken. The
oiler led to some correspondence and converse
lion between us, in the course of which he ex
pressed n willingness to accept of a plaoo, provi
ded a salary of $1500 was uttuclied t<) it. • As I
then had no such place at my disposal, the nego
tiatiou terminated. Mow fortunate the pohlir
hud I have hect) in tu h an Issue, let the world now
judge.
Among other modes of Mr. Kendall’s appeal to
me for aid in hi-* embarrassed circumstances, was
that of his endeavour to prevail on me to iff. ct
or raaku a loan of money to him I had a sum
of Commonwealth’s bank paper, belonging to
the estate of Colonel Mnmtson, of which I
could m ike no use in the course of itq adminis
tration. I resolved not to sacrifice it Ivy a conver
sion of il into specie, ul an enormous discount,
foreseeing that it would certan.lv* appreciate in
value, it our state should not be afflicted with un
wise legislation. Mr. K appl.rd to me. to tiouow
a part of that paper. I loaned him, in 18S5, for
one year, 51000, and looka mortgage for then
iinhuiBciuent of the loan, with ?tg*d interest in
the same paper medium. The mortgage was
committed to record, thereby demonstrating that
I had no wish to throw any mystery orconci al
mint around the transaction. At the end of the
) ear, Mr. Kendall expressed hi.nsrlf unable to
pay the debt, and I gave him another year, on the
condition of his paying the arrear of interest.—
At the termination of this other year, he was still
unable to pay. I informed him that the matte
must ho closed, but I instructed my agent to ex
tend to him every indulgence, consistent with the
security of the debt, of w hich I entertained some
apprehensions. He has paid a part of it, by the
sale of sonic of the mortgagrd property ; and al
the date of my last advices, a considerable bal-
anco rcm-.incd undischarged. If I had retained
the paper unappropriated in my possession, us
I did retain n large sum. the estate would have
derived all tile lit neflls of the anticipated appre
ciation in its value, which has in fact, been real
ized, without risk of the capital. The sole effect
produced by the loan, (on the supposition of its
ultimate reimbursement,) will he, that the estate
will acquire interest upon the sum loaned. This
innocent pecuniary affair has been represent! d as
a disposition on my part to bribe Amos Kendall:
and I have been held up, at the same time, as a
bankrupt and a griping ert ditor, seeking to com
pel 111 y unfortunate debtor to pay in specie, dal
Iar for dollar, that which he had borrowed in pa
per : and robbing tile estate of a den used friend
if the benefit of the operation
Of the three letters of Amos Kindall, herewith
transmitted, the first bears date the 21st day of
January, 11)28. In that letter he states that lien.
Jai kson was his second choice, but adds, “ if our
interest jn the west ran he promoted by any otlu r
arrangement, 1 shall he content. At any rate let
u* have a President I would sooner vote for any
of the three, than have a Vicegerent for four
years. Do what you think best ; the Argus will
notenmpUin; because il has FAITH that youwill
do nothing to comprmnit the interest of the west
ern country, or the nation.” What Mr. Kendall
meant by promoting our interest in the west, by
an) arrangement other than the election of Gen
J. he does not explain : and never did explain to
tne. That at the da'e of that Irttrr he. (tad Dot
heard from Mr. Biair, or from any other person,
that 1 had made a corrupt agreemi nt lo obtain
the appointment of Secretary of State, is tnani
fist, from Ills explicit avowal of faith in me, and
lh.it I would do nothing to coiuproniit the inter
ests of the western cuuntry, or the nation.
The committee will hear in mind tint Mr.
Kendall states, in his testimony before the Sen
ate, and has repeatedly otherwise asserted, that
1 >... 1 t.s \i.. m..;..
vurable Co lue purity of toy public conduct, und
thnt his charge is a gross fabrication, I invite the
attention of such a eceptic to the remaining let
ter from him which is transmitted. Before it i?
introduced, one word of explanation is necessary,
i had heard, in the summer, or September, 1820.
that a report had been put in circulation, in Scott
county, that I had sought to bribe Mr. Kendall,
and to buy him off by a Clerkship in the Depart
mentof State. I addressed him a letter in conse
quenreof it in September of that year, coramii
nicating the existence of the report, expressing
ray surprise, and enquiring of him about it. 1
kept no copy of my letters ; ar.d, therefore.
speak of its purport from memory. His reply
bears date the 11th Oct. 1826, more than twelve
months after the period when ho alleged that h»
had received from Mr. Blair the information of
my l.ving made a corrupt bargain. In thi
answer, he stab s that he had not hi aid of the re
port ; that it had never received the slightest col
or from any declaration of bis, and that be *ill
take prompt measures to put a stop to it. And he
added, “ Whatever course I may feel constiained
to take, in relation to the Administration generally.
I trust I shall nnt be t .« means, nr the occasion of
castinxany imputation upon your INTEGRITY
or HONOR.”
Such is a faithful account of my relations and
correspondence with Mr. Amos Kindall, so fur as
the public can feel any interest in knowing them
II ul there not been a call upon tne, from so res
pectable soiirre, it would never have been com
municated to the public. This is the only notice
of him that I shall ever take. I w ill not descend
to Uie level of a newspaper controversy, with one
who has shewn himself destitute of all princ\ le
to bo desir* d ia tins particuior irstanoe ; from the
known fact that the law of Congress (the lute Tariff)
hat become a matter of public, of universal discussion
among the people of South Carolina, that it is highly
probable the election may turn, on th»* op nions of the
people on this very subject, in which case, it will not
be using a foired figure to say that the people will
speak through the mouths of their Repreaentativ* s
The time of great public excitement is not a tune
propitious for cool deliberation or wise determination;
finally, tho interval botween this and tho third .Mon
day in November next is in my humble opinion not
too long for the people, the Senators and Rtipresen'a-
tiveaof this state, to ponder, to deliberate, and to de
termine, upon the high matters brought to view in
your address.
I tender to you air, nnd thro’ you sir to tho citizens
of Colleton district, my humble respects
JOHN TAYLOR
GOV. TAYLOR’S SPEECH
At the celebration of the 4th inst in Columbia, hy
tho Republican Light Infantry, Governor Taylor at
tended, clad Homespun, thereby exhibiting an exam
pie to tho people of South Carolina, worthy of all
praise. Among the regular toasts was the following—
His Exe.elency Governor Taylor — Honest, firm
and consistent in private and in public. When the
crisis comes, ho will act up to the principles which
have regulated his political life.
[To this toast the Governor responded to the fol
lowing effect J
I am afiaid, gentlemen, that in this effort I make to
respond to your kind expressions concerning my pub
lic conduct, I shall forfeit one of those characteristics
which deservedly is held in high esteem by all tiue
republicans, I mean political consistency For I have
uniformly opposed the custom of giving subscription
dinners to our public servants, and of getting in return
think our public men have grown wiser or hotter since
tho introduction of this English mode of stimulating
and ic^ulating public, opinion. The conduct of some
whom it is unnecessary to name, would go far to con
tradict tlio old adage, in vino veritas. There is truth
in wine.
But I claim this distinction in tho present case, from
the cases I have alluded to. This is a national festi
v al got up for no one ; the arrival of this anniveisary
of our national independence cheers and opens the
hearts of all true Americans, there should bo no con
roalinonts. when wo meet to celebrate an event that
wo hope, fondly hope, will effect with the most benign
influenco the destiny of our country fur cc .turics to
come
In the spirit of thi3 frankness I thank you for tho
kind sentiments doncxirning my public conduct, and
there as is much excitement on some of the measures
of tho general government, I presume it is exported
that I should have no concealment on these subject
It is true the late tariff, and all the tariffs of C<
gross, enacted to regulate tho labour of the citizens,
to eontroul them in choice of professions and pursuits,
possess the very essence of tyranny They are
just in taking o*t of the pockets of ono class of
zensto enrich another They aro not in consonance
with either the Jotter or the spirit of the constitution
of tho Unitod States It is our bounden duty to our-
solves, and to posterity, to strive by all fair means to
to cause them io be repealed, and by our industry,
economy, and self-denial, to render them as much as
possible, inoperative and on ourselves
To those who would go further, I believe there are
none such piesent, I would say, “ look to the move
ments of our neighbouring states, aggrieved as we
are hy these laws. Has North Carolina, Georgia or
Virginia advocated tho measure, ofconventiousninong
tho injured states, of with-drawals of senators and
representatives from the flour of Congress r Shall
South Carolina propelled by rashness start alone for
the goal, in the expectation that other states will fol
low ? No gentlemen, our own citizens would not fol
l«)vv their leaders, if their lenders should commit this
folly. Tbo legislature of the State of l’cnosyIvanin
once (in Olrnstead’s rase,) undertook to r siet the an
tliority of the general government : Gov. Snyder win
directed by resolution to resist vvitli ail
stale—he ordered out a brigade of militia to prevent'
It belongs lo my temperament to think favorably from them ahmgspeoch oter their liquor I do not
of tny follow men. But I have not been so often ' ' " ‘
deceived as some of try Kentucky friends imu
gine, in respect to the dispositions of men to
wards me. I have lone known that several prom
lm nt individuals in that Slate now my open ene
mies, cherished, during many years, amidst the
most friendly professions of esteem and admira
tion, a secret hostility against me. Some of those
have labored lo heighten the i fleet of their pres
ent enmity by tho affectation of a former warm
friendship. But I acknowledge that 1 have been
deceived in Mr. Amos Kendall. The regret
which the deveiopement of his want of voraci
•y and integrity has occasioned, is mitigated l>\
the conviction that his malignant shafts are harm
less and impotent.
I am, with great respect,
Your obedient servant,
11. CLAY.
John Harvii:, Esq. Sic. kc. Szc.
Era nr rot. r, Jan. Slst 1825.
Dear Sir.— Our legislature is gone, but have
left us no repose. We have a prospect of aeon
test more embittered than ever. Irigrct it, and
would gladly escape from il; but the fates seem
lo order it otherwise. I may mistake ; hut I
think the legislature will he sustained. The
citement is among those opposed to removing
the judges hy any means.
As I informed you, the rosoluliona requesting
you to vote for Jackson passed, and you have
doubtless received them. Jackson is my se
cond choice, ail circumstances being equal he
tween him and Adame. But if our interest in
tile west ran he prompted hy any oilier arrange
inent, I shall he content. At any rate, let us
have a president. I would sooner vote for any ol
the three litati have a Vicegerent for four years.
Do what you thiuU'best—the Argus will no! com
plain, because it has faith that you will do noth
iog to comproinit tho interests of the werstern
country or the nation.
Sincerely your friend,
AMOS KENDALL.
Frankfort, Feb. SOtli, 1845.
Dear .Sir.—Since the enclosed was written, We
have received the news of tbe-fesult 0( the. Pres
idential election. It creates very little sensation
here. In Frankfort, probably half or nearly so.
approve the course of uur representation Jack
soil’s original friends ace loud in their vomphiint-
and several who were for you join them. I think
insoine sections of the country, there will he a
considerable stir ; hut if the administration ts pru
dent, it will die away. I speak of Kentucky only.
Thereismut.il inquiry whether you will be offer
ed or will accept the Secretaryship of State, and
much diversity of opinion as to what you ought
tudu if it is offered. It seems to me, that no
man here can tell what you ought lo do : because
it is impossible for us to know all the circumstan
ces.
Is there, nnt a probability that Jackson may he
elected hy the people at the end of four years ?
Will not Clinton unite iiisinterest with Jackson’s
with tlreexpeclution that he will succeed him in
the Presidency, and will not surh a combination
lie too powerful to w ithstand r Will not Adams
for his own safety, retnin Crawford, and thereby
conciliate his interest ? I know nothing of these
matters; lint on viewing nt this distance, the pos
ture of men and parties, ideas indicated by these
queries, have flitted through my mind.
Your friend fee.
AMOS KENDALL.
Frankfort,Oet. lltlr, 182C.
Dear Sir.—Yours of the 27th ull. is this mo
incut received, and I thank you most sincere!)’ frr
tire information it contains. No statement of
thecharacUr mentioned as having been road
Scntt, ever received the slightest color fiom any
declaration of mine. To several who enquired
of me relative to the rumours mentioned in a let
ter written by mo to jou last year, I have stated
the simple facts, and generally added, thnt I
sh-'illd have accepted tho rfler, had the stlary
been 51500. I do nut know whether either of
the gentlemen named wore of that uun.bcr.
I have not before heard of this repott, but slial
take prompt measures to put a stop to it. What
ever course I may feel constrained to take in ro
lotion to tile administration generally, I trust I
shall nut be llm means or the occasion of casting
any imputation upon your integrity or honor.
Alter a dreadful attack of the (lux, which total
ly disabled me for si weeks, I am hart ly able tu
more about and write a little.
Your file ed, kc.
AMOS KENDALL.
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tenths to recompense the planter, for hi* toil. How
ever startling this position may be it is susceptible of
perfect demonstration. The duties imposed by the
Tariff are upon the overage sixty per cent The
imports into this stole, are * qual tons exports, there
fore it pays aixtv per cent upon the whole amount of
it* export*—Of 100 hales* of cotton sent to market,
sixty are sold for the benefit of the manufactures, and
forty for the planter ; the government takes sixty bale*
out of every hundred, and if if,at sixty were seized
upon tho whart and sold, by therustom house officers,
leaving to the planter the residue of exportation, the
result wriiifd be precisely the same, which is now pro
duccd by a more circuitous process
No eommunity ever has or ever can exist under tlie
pressure of a tax, which takes more than ono half of
it* annual products It will desolate the country ;
cover it w ill poverty and ruin, and drive its popula
tmu to seek refuge in the west. How are these ca
(utilities to be averted ? This is a question of h»
most momentous import. 11 is Exc cllency has done
us but justice, in attributing to up a devoted attachment
to the Union of these States, and with our utmost
energies we uro willing to join him in protecting and
defending the constitution of the state and of the gen
eral government In the language of a toast just
drank, “ God forbid that we should violate tho con
stitution or permit it to be violated ” It is to protect
the constitution, it is to preserve tho union, that we re
sist tho tariff We put ouisolves upon the constitu
tion. Wc contend for the union. Our opponents
violate tire one and endanger tho other. Although
wo cannot conceive of unconstitutional oppostion
to unconstitutional measures ; of illegal opposition t*
what is no law ; yet wo will adhere to tho constitu
tion of tho state and of the general government, and
use no other arms hut wlmt they put into our hands —
Already by ono common pulse, every man is resis
ting this nefaiious system and is wealing upon his per
son tho badges of resistance Broadcloth ha* been
ext hanged for homespun. A determined spirit of
opposition has been roused, nnd is pervading every
family in the state There is a general feeling that a
crisis has occured, which exacts the individual efforts
of every man in the state, and all tho wisdom, gravity
firmmss, and moderation, that belongs to its public
councils. The people look with anxiety hut with con
fidence, to the Legislature for efficacious and pe r ma-
nont relief from the intolerable burthens of this ne
farious system. We expect from that body tho mini
ness nnd dignity and solemnity, which the gn at occa
sion requires It w II art upon those consecrated re
publican principles declared and established by the
Vi ginia resolution of ’06 In obedience lo the pub-
lie opinion, it will take such steps as are necessary
to vindicate our rights and protect our interests ; se
cure to us the constitution in it* purity, and preserve
the union On this proposition there is no du ision of
sentiment “ This union most be preserved. The
tariff must he repealed.” Wo by no mean* despair
of the republic ; winch can be endangered only hy a
supine acquiesence, in the unconstitutional laws which
subvert the government, to the extent of their opera
tion. That they will he stricken front the statute book
we have tho utmost confidence, and we are not un
willing that the state of South Carolina shall be re
corded as being the first and most determined, in ef
fecting this patriotic purpose.
What in it but a inap of busy life? Cowpcr.
MILLEDGEVILLE, JULY 28, 1828.
The ('oinmittee appointed on the 3d inst.
by the Anti-Tariff meeting of this county, to raise
a fund to be distributed io premiums for the best
specimens of domestic cloth manufactured in
Baldwin county,are requested to meet in Milledge-
ville, on the flisl Tuesday in next month.
The Committee are Messrs Goodwin Murick,
John Williams. J). Torrance. J. U. Worsham, D.
L. Lcsttr, J C liaison, John Ruthnford, Hines
Holt. Jlnderson Redding, D. U Hilt, and H. Ii.
Troutman.
Punctual attendance is requested, on that day,
at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, al the court-house.
Q7» GEORGE R GILMER, of Oglethorpe,
h a candidate for re-election to fill the place lie
now occupies in the Congress of the U. States.
(tJ“ JAMES M. WAYNE, of Chatham, ian
candidate for a seat io the Congress of the United
(t?* THOMAS MITCHELL, of Clark, is a
ean.iidate for the i flier of Surveyor General of
this Stale.
07-EDWARD L THOMAS, of Clark, isa
end date for the office of Surveyor General of
tilts State.
Administration Meeting at Iffightsborough, Ga
In pursuance of a previous notice lo ilmsu v.tizens
of Columbia and adjui ent counties, who prefer Mr
Adams lo General Jackson, to meet on tho 4th instant
ill Wright-borough, Robert Grier, Esq. of With
rounty, was chosen Chairmen, and B Pi. i tit, Esq of
Columbia, Secretary, when the following Resolutions
were adopted :
Resolved, That in selecting distinguished citizens
for high public trusts, tve should bn guided in nt
choice by iln ir qualific ations nnd fitness fur tho ofiic
to be fitted—a General for an Army and a Statesman
for a Cabinet
Resolved, We entertain a high opinion of G
Jack-on's Military inter,ts, hut can find noevidonci
ins being an aide Statesman, or possessing other than
military qualifications , and we believe the talents und
_ long experience of tire present Chief Mngis’rate, may
force of the j he more prudently trusted wit}, the duties of die I
he obtained information from Mr. Bla'r, in Janu
ary 1825, of the existence of a corrupt bargain,
by which I was tu be made Secretary of Slate,
in 11;,> roiningency of .Mr. Adams’ election. I
have shown from l.is own letter, that lie could not
possibly have received such information up to the
21st January, 1825. The next letter from him,
herewith transmitted, hears date tile 20th Feb.
1825. In this letter he says,’’Theru is murh in
quiry,” (at Frankfort, where both ho and Me.
Blair resided, and where he pretrnds lie received
the alleged information,] whether you will ha of
fered, or will accept the Secretaryship cf State,
and much divershy nf opinion as .0 what you
ought to do. if il is off) red. It seems to me that
no man here can tell what too ought to do:he-
hie for ‘jf to know ull the t ir-
lepreecn'eii the purport of cause it is impo-sihle lor us t
file CtiiTsrspouuenee Mg. K'-mi.dlhas therefore j ctims’ance.s.” That which is known is not ordina-
absolved me from all duty of withholding from riiy a mutter of speculation, although it may lead to
the P ihhc any portion of the cnritHuiondencc' suecolMinn I- it were known, al Frankfurt, to
c j r-”””n oi me cnriopondence! siiecoiMion it were ki
hicHhaa prosed between u«; if it Lid ever pus] Mr. Kendall and others, o
e»ed a character of higher confidence than that | that l was to he eppointi
which f
jessed
which was actually stamped up m it. Bat I will
r ot avail myself of th« privilege which his con
d ict lias thus conferred, further than is nccts-ar)
wv vindicate myself against him und l it testhoo-
nv. Before 1 proceed to notice the i-’.’ers frotr.
.’.'m.whii’h nr» e”V nor
on thoSOtli Fth. 13
d Secretary of State,
thi re could have iiren no doubts, no uncertainly,
no speculative enquiries, about it. This inference
! appears to me to lie fair and irresistible from the
| eonfi x; of bis letter.
But if any one can hesitate, vet, to believe that
^ Vf en..epe''' , - : "i" 1 f"V P r ’ " . P ’ 1 ^ ‘*1 -
Executive Department, July 4th, 1823.
To James Uaysor, Esq. Chairman of the .Meeting
of the citizens of Colleton District, lately held ut
iVaUcrborough.
Sir—That ftnay asrapo no responsibility I frankly
state, tbat previous to the receipt of your address to
tup, l had determined to resist, any application for my
calling together the Legislature, unices based upon the
inoRt unequivocal unanimity of tho citizens of South
Carolina in favor of such a message.
I have deferred answering your suggestion fur u fuw
weeks in tho expectation, that if any oilier distric t or
section lit tha state entertained similar views to those
entertained by tho citizen* of Colleton district, thnt
those views would be mndo known to me- nono surh
however came to me anti it is therefore fairly to bo in
ferred tbat tho measure* you ask n*o to adopt is no
wnere in out state desired but by those on whoso bo-
half you have made your communication to mo.
Thi* aspect of tbo question it would seem to tno i*
calculated to convince you of the impropriety or inex
pediency of my complying with the request you have
made.
Tho member* of tbo Senate and tho House of Rep
resentatives of this state have at great iticonvcnionco
and a considerable private and public expcnco attend
ed within this year, one extra session ; another to oc
cur in tho most unsafe season of the year, for health :
the most inconvenient on account of tho domestic
arrangements ofthe planter and farmer would not he
likely to bo attended with a punctuality desirable fop
•| o consideration of snbjoet* so momentous' as thoto
in which you have called my attention. Tho term for
which all tho members of tho house and a portion
the Senate wore elected, is within a few months nf
expiring ; the voice of these, however respectable they
mav be, would not, in a crisis like tho present, coine
forth with a* di-cfeivo and commanding effort ns
would tho voice of such a* will in November next be
convened, warm with the fetling* und sentiment*
their c.onstitutents ; nnd unforgetful of the instructions
they hove received from them.
And the more is thi* intimate and nnremoved reU
n v . vtccn ,v> > his
the serving of a process emanating from the general
government; tiie streets of Philadelphia were filled
with armed men, tho brigade of militia on ono side,
OPidtnft rnarslinll and hi* posse eoiuitatns on tho other.
The sober and thinking part of the community were
in agonising expectation of the result. Tho women
hugged closo tQ their bosoms their infants, in fear of the
horrors of the civil strife about to ho commenced :
when lo and behold, a back door wn9 opened, the
marshall admitted to tho dwelling of tho defendnnt ;
the process served : the front door oponed ; this event
announced, tho brigade and lint pose* oomitatm*,
simultaneously dismissed. Not to bear hard upon our
respcctaplc sister state, it is but fair to acknowledge,
that if l’enns) Ivania was conquered,she was conquer-
red by her own citizens ; it was the good sense of a
community correcting the rashness of themselv es after
they had time to reflect.
This severing of a member from an established con
federation, is not so oa9y a matter ns some scorn to
think. The project I meet with in some of our ne
papers of forming conventions; of withdrawing our
senators and representatives, will repeal no law o
treaty now binding upon tho whole Those win
ant under the authority of the general government, i
they do their duty, must on its performance, bring the
two authorities in collision. There is no eluding the
question; it would arise the first hour after tho disso
lution is attempted, and then . Bull will not go
on. The picture or rather the reality ought to be veil
ed, forever veiled,from our eyes.
I do not yet despair of the republic. 1 cannot be-
lieve that the strongest motive which actuated the
states in forming this confederation, can long be lost
sight of; I mean our foreign commercial relations;
I believe that when this regulating of commerce, so
much relied on, shall bo found to have destroyed it;
that our general government will retrace her steps.—
I well remember when Mr. Jefferson and a majority
of tho wiso men of the nation maintained, that by
commercial restrictions and embargoes, he could bring
Great Britain to terms, in other words thnt it was a
substitute for war At thi* day how many advocates
could you find for this mode of makir* war ? The
opinion is gone out as completely ns the opinion of
that Popo and Conclave, who condemned Gallileo to
the inquisition for saying that this world of ours was
round.
Our representatives in Congiess demonstrate with
too much success that with the present minority, they
can afford us no relief, and still I rely on the ballot
box ; wit on the nostrums of our political empeyriee
shall havo failed to bring down tho showers of gold
into the laps of nil the north, cost and we* , when our
own energies and self denials shall have left them to
bear the brunt, in paying tho bounties they expected
to wrest from us, when they seo that we can and vvi I
raise our own horses, mules, entile and hogs and spin
ami weave and wear our own homespun, and make
our own iron, when they shall porceivo that even
among ourselves, these tariffs nre calculated to make
the rich still more rich, nnd tho poor still more poor
Then the suffrages of tho people anti not of tho great
capitalists would tell. Then erics of tin* land locked
Yankee sailor will bo heard, “I havenot despaied,J see
nothing yet to make mo willing to give up the ship ”
If I have any firmness, it will bo exerted to pre
serve tho union: “To preserve, protect and defend
the Constitution of thi* Stuiu o r tho United
States.”
if it were an easy matter to dissolvo this union, I
would not for ono forego a participation of the glory
which our fellow citizen*|of tho union have achieved
Your uniforms, your militiary array, remind me that
von are brother militia men with those who fought
on the plains of New Orleans: many of you tho sons
and grandsons of those whostwod in array when the
birth of a nation was to bo sustained I give you as
a toast,
The Republican Light Infantry Company.
COL PRESTON’S REPLY
C\.l Kohton on the part of the Light Infantry thank
ed the Governor for the toast lie had just given, for
tlio honor he had conferred upon them hy joining in
their festivities, and for the frank avowal of hi* opin
ions on a subject i f universal and intense interest,
opinions which came from him with a peculiar author
ty, as well on account of his official station, as, of Ins
long and conspicuous no-operation, with lire repub
licans of 171)8. Col 1*. said ho could answer for tlio
corps of which ho was a member, und believed he
’light vonturo to say for the whole state, thnt tho feel
ing* and principles avowed by his excellency, are
common to us all, that wc nil regard the recent inoae-
uics of the general government as a usurpation of
power beyond its delegated trust, and ns a flagrantly
tyrannical exorciso of tho power thus usurped We
tool that we are the devoted victims of tho system
which his excellency has so strongly denounced, that
it grind* us to the curtli, w ith a desolating oppression i
utterly unpatolled in any country pretending to free
institutions. It rovers us all over with taxati^ from
bend to foot, in which we can participate, not to sus
tain the government or ffr any good, but for the emo
lument of a cherished unu ptiviledged order <>, men,
I ving at a distance from u«, having neither common'
interests or sympathies with us, und owing allegiance
to other sovreignties. It hr.*, confiscated to their use,
e \ of rjjjf gtete, lenvTg b-ifrjr-
Money,
Resolved, Wo prefer Richard Rudi For tlio vice-
Presidency, to the opposing candidate.
Resolved, It is expedient to nominate two fit per
sons in our section of the Htato, as Elector* ;
therefore nominate Col Thomas Murray, sen
Lincoln, and John Burch, Esq of Columbia
Resolved, That a Committee of Corresponde
he appointed, to adopt any proper measures to promote
our object, find that 1* Pettit, Tho’s D».oley and
George Dorsey, Esquires, that be Committee.
Resulted, That tlio Chairman appoint a Commit
i«e ot seven to draft an address in aecordnnco with
our avowed object, and cxpresHvo of tho reasons
which are known to influence our choice.
Resolved, Thnt the several conductors of newspa
pers in tins Stuto bo, and the s’litm aro hereby respect
fully requested to insert these Resolutions and the Ad
dress of the Committee, in their tcspectivo papers.
P ULASKI Sheriff's Sales.—On the firs
Tuesdnj in SKP'I F.MBF.R
Uuu
i tin
of II I
I'nlns
., . ithin the
tours ol sale,the lulluvvh.K property, lo wit:
Fanny n negro woman about ilo or 40 years
r nee, RiHj Oi-nni- .1 hoy 10 year, of age. levied on a. thr property
Hppi Wall
» hpps \\ alidi «•, and other li '
\nies Hays security ou stay ol -
ebya
undry li las in la
ltobt. Slurgi
ecutit
Kpps Wallace principal,and
11 and r
Columbus—Amount of sales uf lots up to July
!t, 5117,898—average of the lots sold, 5250 eaeli.
Ci Lett 11 meeting, ull uf which are copied into
this paper.
There is one statement made by Col. Priston,
III relation to Hie 1 ffectsnf tin Tarff, which should
be home in mind by every bndj li is, j„ 6u ty_
stance, thnt, by t, e present Tariff, (io hales out of
'ery hundred of our eottmi, is taken fmm the
I niter, and only 4(1 left fur his own private use.
See bis speech.
The letters of Mr. Kendall, of Kenluthy, im
peaching the roi duct nnd motives of Mr. Clay,
were published in this paper last winter. Mr.
( ley’s reply to that attack is now inserted, as re
pined by impartial justice.
Value nf the South to the Union.—In the last
Journal, we made a brief exposition offsets whic'lt
show the vast relative importance of the cotton
gr- wing at itrs. Since that publication nr have
• xamined the matter a little more closely ; and
from the annual statements of the United States
Trct.sury Department, we have made out a table,
showing the total amount of exports of domestic
produo a, d manufacture—and the total amount
of roll lt d r.ce expoited, from ;;0ih Sept. 1821,
up to SOtii Sept. 1827, with the exception of thu
year IU2ti The statement for that year, ivr have
not been able tu find
iar.’
inzi I
in-j 1
JMJtMiio
SS.S44.1-1S
sa,a.’i,i,oi
Total. | Uolr. S17,;i7^)17
Z),SKI,545
Uolr. 1'”.’,701,067
'•■M’"rtrar
202 1-2 acres o;ik and hickory land, nd
joining B. Bryan and others, No not known, in thi* 21th ilift. '
mcrly Wilkinson now I’ulaski county, levied on lo.satisfy u ii i
.ivor of Stephen (Jutlin U Chrintoph* r Me Ben vs Stephen lti
ml Joseph lilacksheRr, exccuiunof James Hunch, dic’d. ; le
m by the former Sheriff.
202 1-2 acres of land, Ivinjr in tlio 21st
dist formerly Wilkinson now Ptda-ki rounty, No not known; ulso
’ house and lot in the town of Hurt turd; levied on to tnii-fy n
i in favor ol Russel Rellnm, smvivur vs \\ illiumtinrhetl; levi-
»n Ity the former Deputy Sheriff.
One negro girl named Silvy, levied on ns
the property ol Stephen Roach to satisfy u li fu in favor of Amos
Brown hearer vs Stephen Hoaeh.
One negro man, Wiley, levied on ns the
nro|»erty of John Dees to satisfy sundry li fas in favor of Brown i.
Lamer vs.said John Dees; levied on und returned to ne by a con
stable.
202 1-2 ncres of land, whereon Oofteld
now lives, nnd 202 1-2 acres of land, adjoining the Rouse place, in
rly Wilkinson now Pulaski county, No* of uei-
is the property of Joseph I! ...„
Joseph It
the 21th did font
ther lot known. I
satisfy sundry li
Hr>;in, Tlmmas M. (»
id Bryan .
•t, levied c
he property of Joseph
”f McCormack Neil -
:ipaJ«, nnd Rlx Art it
c hy .1
“table
‘.JOO acres of oak and hickory land, No 114,
No 113, containing202 1-2, part of lot No 1V». coetainin- 100 ncres,
more or less, also the lot of hind whereon Joseph U. Brvun now
live-, Nt* not known, together \s ith the crop of corn ami cotton,
the one-seventh andone-ninth port of the turn nnd cotton except
ed, all in the 24th dist formerly Wilkinson now Pulaski county, all
levied on ns the property of Joseph It. Bryan to satisfy a li lain
favor of C. W. Rock*ell k Co. und other li las \ s said Bryan.
One nefrro hoy named Joseph, levied on ns
the property of TheopbiJns D. Booth to satisfy suiulry ft fas in fa
vor of Simon Barden vs Then. D. Boothe anil Jonus Daniel; levi-
ed on nnd returned to me hy a constable.
One negro boy named Daniel, 17 years oId
levied on a* llie pml’t-rty , t .Iniees S. Ivey lo sntjlfy 5l , n , rv r r ’
in Cover „C Ruben .V Tuyl.-r w James S. Iv«v UnS \v u r
ion security, nnd otherfi livs »> said Ivcv; , v i,.d murmd
lo me liy Hconstable. iMilCS 1|. W AllllKN, Sh'fT.
O GLETJtORl’E Sheriff's Sales—Outlie
fio't Toetbty ill SKP'I KMIIER neil, will be sold at the
com; „nu<;e in tin-town of Lexington, Oglethorpe county, within
e u-ual hours ol sale, the follow ing property, tu wii •
tno acres of liind, more or less, on the wa-
rs of Little river, adjoining William Jew el anil others; also one
•gro man hy the name nf Philip, levied on as the property of
>th \\ aril, dec'll, to satisfy a li fa in favor id Abner WarilvsKre-
•rick Hudson, adni’r. of Seth Ward, dec’ll.; property pointed
it hy Frederick Hudson.
One negro girl hy tlio ninne of Ereb, about
op»*rt) of Charles Smith to satisfy
i fain lavnr of Benjamin Collier, atlni’r. of Thomas Collier, de-
used, vs Charlts Smith, and other li fas ; property pointed i
said Smith.
One negro girl by the name of (
lied on a- the property of C ha rlt
s Vbaric
, Mo
. lime
mritv,
an order
Thomas
v ivt» negroes, to wit: Harriet nnd her in-
mt child, Oenn. tta girl, Lucy Ann a girl, lien a hoy, levied on
» the property « l Eliralteth Oreeo t • satUty mx li fas i-su* d from
magi'trati v cnuri, live in favor of Henry S. Reman, and one in
tv or of John Sutherland, for the u»e nt Larkin Fomliys vs Kliza-
rlti Ureen; levy made und ri turned to me hy a constable.
wji. Lumpkin, st'ir.
.17 the same time and place,
Hitt acres of land, more or less, in said
county, lying o
Augusta, adjiunii
property of Join
fWrd. and in hi* possession to sntisly sundry
J'bumas (.'. Hall ami ..ih. rs vs John A. ffvrd.
BRITTON STAMPS, D. Sh’ff.
11
VBEIiSlI VM Coroner’s
first Tuesday In SEPTEMBER ne
rt house in the t<*vvji of Clai ksville, Hal
■enthe usual hour* ol sale, the lullow iu
One house nnd hit in tin- vill
S;de—On the
VI. vv 111 hr vulil nt the
lersham ct utdy, lie-
S property, to w '
uge of Chirks-
v nuslotNo2J, levied on ns the property <1 Hinton A
iffy an execution in laior of Adam I’itner, endorsee nnd
aiuht the said Hinton A. Hill principal ami Dempsey Hill
» appeal; property pointed out by John Hefm
JOHN O. JORDAN, C
T XO the Inferior court of Wilkinson coun
tj, when sitting for ordinary purposes, application will
he made, four mon'hsjilter date, tor leave to sell part ol lot No
in the 4th dist of said county, containing l r »0 acres, more or I
being part of the real estate of Joseph Riley, dee d.
iuIyjrtl CHARLES RILEY, AdW
B ^OUR months after date application wil*
be made to the Inferior court of Twiggs county, when kit
ting for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell the real rst’it belong
ing io Johri T:> .*:i, miner and orphan nt Joab Tisnn.riec'd.
. i!y . r IMU PL ADAMS .‘’lardi
From this statement, which embraces a period
of the sc-ven years just passed, (with the excep
tion of 1820.) it appears that the value of all tho
domestic exports, including cotton mid t ics’, for
that time was $7117,217,8! 7
That the value of the cotton alone,
exported in the same time, amounted
$t 52,781,657
That the value of the rice alone, was 11,P20.il 17
The cotton and rice together a
mount to $ I GS,f. 12,501
which is more than one-half of the vitfuit uf all
’he articles exported from the whole of the States
'ml territories of the Union during that time.
It is asserted by Col. Presloti, of Columbia, S.
• that out of every too halts of cotton taken In
market hy nor planters, GO are in t ffect taken
away from him, Ity the operation of the new ta
riff', and only 40 left for his own use. Col. Prts-
lon ranks among the first men in Carolina, and
bis statements are entitled to all confidence—A.
writer in the Columbia Ttiescope, asserts that
the’fleet of the Tariff is to take 60 bates out of
every hundred—leaving only 81 for the use of the
planter. Wo take- Col. Preston’s statement, be
cause it has the sanction of his name.
Now by the statistical statement nt the begin
ning of this article, it is shown that fur the year
ending 30:h Sept. 1827, cotton to the amount of
520,358,545, was exported from tile U. Stales.
Suppose that for the year to t nt) on tho Suih
Sept, roxt, the amount of cotton exported should
In- the -amt!.
Col Preston’s stall ment makes the 4 it trial tax
on il lo he 60 per cent.
bixty per cent, then on the whole amount ex
ported, will tie the enormous Bum of $I7.G!5,727
up w i ds of st rentes n tind an half millions of dol
lars jniid in tax for one year, bv he cotton grow
ing State- for the livucflt chiefly -if a few manu
facturers.
Again suppose that for the six years to rotne,
after tiie fiOlh September last, tire amount of cot
ton exported should he the same with ilia! for llm
six years, pn ceerV.og that date, viz : 5154,781,657:
and suppose, the Tariff’ remains in force, and
operates. 5s Col. Pet ion says it now does—that is
1 lies from u“, in • ffect. 60 per cent, of our crops.
The amount that will hive been paid, at tiie
end of the fix years by the cotton growing States,
for tiie In n fi' chit fly of the manufacturers, will
581 674 801 upwards cf ninety one and an
half millions ef dollars, in six years
Now we confidently ark, if the Soullii r.r States
are to be censured, because they complain, anti
talk of resistante, when'key -.-w —*
lijr oppression like tl i”. Are they to he charged
with indulg'ng factious views, and rebellious in
clinations, when they thus see their properly taken
from them under color of law and constitution,
and applied to the ti e of otlu rs ?
Suppose tha', for the bent fit of the cotton
planters, Congress were to pass a law, the t ffect
of which would be to take 60 out of every hun-
dicd pit res of northern wot lien, or northern cot
ton goods, from the manufacturer—00 out of
every too hog-heads of tobacco from the Ohio
planter—60 out of every 100 pieces of eotton
It gging from the Kentui ky manufacturer—CO
out of ever 100 head of lings and horses from
the western drovers, would they not complain,
and talk of resistance ? And well they might.
We will admit both thi ir right lo complain and
to resist, and also the justice of their complaint,
and the propriety of their resistance in such a
ease. Yet when we tind ourselves in tiie like
condition, claim and attempt to exercise these self
same tights, we are denounced a» traitors.
The W. ekly Register, one ofthe champions
of the Tariff |h licy. in noticing the expositions or
the t haracter and effects of tile Tariff, which,
have been made, front time to lime, in this paper,
makes nn other reply to them, Ilian (hat they
ire, “ high pressure statements, after tile manner
of Mr. Cambreling.” The R'gister may call
them •' higlt pressure statements.” That docs
not prove that they are wrong. Tiie people aru
very far from taking as gnspc I any thing the Reg
ister may say on this subject. We challenge it,
to show, insteid of tesnrting to the contemptihlu
vulgarity of calling names, wherein tiny are in
correct. It would have had mnrh more the ap
pearance of honesty and candor, had it attempt
'd to show that error had been committed, cither
in the premises or in the conclusions. The truth
is, the Hegis'-tr must know, unless it obstinately