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GXtm’tna 573onvH,Y(>
I c<tn.i<l.r)Ml the ■ hsr ! ;e "I mV fennly to be e
eerre.l troet, belonging to iiiTnlf, • " »
rn.inb.rnt eoeicty. The ed„n.i,elret.o» h..l noth
in.. to do with It. more then with Diet of any other
jnJn iduel, end |e'htirel /.oner eoiild not lie properly
exerted over their eoeiel mlercouree, end it win 1111-
(Mruitt to hie reputation to have it uiiderelood that
lie did not interfere in eurli niattera That I Ha
noi aware of any want of harmony in the eabinel ;
1 liar) n«i #«*#n tin* «vmpl »n» "> ■'«<’•« * »•*« 1
inrin it. deliberations, end I wea perleclly eeru.n
tlial my otfieinl cmidoct had never been Iiitlnem ed
in the alighteat degree hy a feeling "I that nature
I aau nil ground, therefore, for the lee.t ehang
niy part in this reaped. To who ll the Premdelll re
plied, in a ehanged lone, that he had the iiioal entire
r.nnlidence in niy integrity and capacity in executing
the dullea of tile Department, end expreaaed hie
perfect eetiefeeiion, in tlial reaped, with my whole
conduct ; he had nrv«T supposed for n moment !b»t
my official act* had been uiHii#tic*d in the least «lf-
•rr« by any unkind feeling# towards .Maj. Eaton ;
and hr did not mean l" inawt '»n our Lomhe# visiting
Mrs. Eaton lie had hern much noted, for
lime past, hy the combination again*! her, and he
wished ns to aid hun in putting down tlirir elnndere,
adding that she wm excluded From moat «»l the invi*
t at ions to parties ; and, when invited, she was irmal-
ted ; that the lady of a foreign minister l»efor« refer-
e#d to hid immlted her at llaron Krudener a parly
I remarked, that some injunl** e might he done to
that lady on that occasion, although she might not
choose to aas'K iato with Mrs Eaton, I did not think
aha intended to insult her ; she might have supposed
that there was some design, not altogether respect
ful to herself, in the * flVi ,.l the attendance to sup
per of the Hrcretary of War, w hose w ife she did not
visit, instead of that of the .Secretary of Htate,
which, according to the usual practice she prohahly
considered herself entitled to. I was present. and
•aw most of what h-id happened Sue evidently
thought herself aggrieved ®t something, but acted
with much digni*. v on the octhKtnn. 1 haw no ap
pea inn of insult offered to Mrs Eaton lie re-
plied that he had been fully informed, a»nl knew al.
about it; and hut I nr certain fn- -ns which heiueii-
tfoned, lie would have sent the foreign .Mini-n r he-
fore referred to. and his wife, iioint iuimedialely
After some further con versa l mu on tins and oilier
matters, in which I considered the President as hav
ing entirely waived the demand mode through ( >1
Johnson, that in/ must visit Mrs Eaton, as
the condition for my remaining in office, and in
which he expressed himself in terms o| personal
kindr>**« towards me, I took my leave, lie did not
•how me, or read, any paper on the subject.
The public will now. I think, he at no 1 *• to de
termine upon the true state of Ilia fa* ts of this ••see.
Mr. Injrh.tm * very full statement is taken from
notes made at the time, and which ware shown to
me shortly after they were made. In repeated con
versations with Mr llranch, our recollections were
found to concur. The transaction was of a nature
calculated to awaken all my attention, and to impress
itself indelibly upon my memory. I claim no bene
fit, therefore, from any supposed imperfection of
th's faculty, and expect to he believed, because I
sp ik tiie truth.
In relation to the statement that the paper drawn
up in the hand-writing of the President was shown
to me, th" denial of winch I most explicitly repeat,
if chanty ia to perform her holy office) in reconciling
these c<"itiirtinn assertions, it is much more easy to
believe that tim memory of the President may have
failad on this occasion. IE- eaw and conversed with
various persons on this subject, snd Im» l > i« U np n
M* mnmorv l*>.r the feet of havin'* shown this paper
to different individuals finch nj' those mtht ithinfs is
required uniy to speak jnr him.it If. The nature of
ped the recollection of either of them
It was intpoxsible if such a paper had been shewn,
not to have demanded, and t<* have persevered hi
the demand to have the name* of the p- r- 'iis, on
whose information the requisition w.ia unde. \*»
one would have consented to have the conditions on
winch he should continue hi ollice prescribed to him,
on the ground of a eoinhiiiiituM, the evidence of
which rested on mere rumor. An inquiry must
have been the consequence, a id the truiiMi turn
could not only not Ii.ivm forgotten hy the par
ties, hut would thus have heroine know n to others
I would not myself have retained luy oliico a mo
ment after such a paper was exhibited to me. I
wil' not question tbo intention of the President to
have shewn this paper to me, nor his belief tint lie
did so ; but that he did not do no. is certain. Tho-e
who k»r»w me will i»>t doubt the sincerity "f this
declaration, ami an impartial community will, I trust,
parcelv* no swhoent motive tubs deduced, either
from inv charader, «/ the rirrumstiiu • s of ilu*
frarisactum, fur the belief of intentional misrepre
•entution on my part
At any rate. I have diirbirgmj mm duly, by hear
ing this Ustimony to the truth I know to what il
subjects ine ; but I rely upon tin- discernment and
the lutefgitv «f tup r i'infn in >n, mul will nlmle tin
result jnllN M \t I’HI.KSttN BERRIEN
Washington, July, I "A I
Wtsmar.Tov, Tbl July. I - «1
Sir In iny communication to the public, w hich
appeared in the .\atimial Intelligencer of this morn
ing, I mentioned that I livl not vet heard fr'in Mr.
llranch. to whom I h*d forw arded u copy of <!o|
Johnson s letter I have now to stale tint, by the
mail of tins morning, 1 received a letter from Mr
llranch, dated the *Jt»tli instant, in which h* savs,
“ Vou can very well imagine my surprise, on read
Ing the Colonel s [Johnson s] letter, from w hat you
yourself experienced >1 y recollections of the in
tervn-w will most abundantly corroborate all that
you have and "
W hst i» iiloii* him p <•( I IKS} lii« ' <"w f-r.
MII.I.I'.ODK) IM.K, Al t;. JH, 1X3!.
DEMOCRATIC—STATi; KltillT TICKET.
FOR WOT Il\«)R.
<;i:ou(.i: i«_.
fi A Eli WEN t (il NT*
S A ML IE 1IO V KIN
roll Tilt II or Mi. Of i. I I'll I I M UP E»,
JOHN li. IIOW \ HO.
J A MES S. i \ EllOt V
THE CONVENTION.—A mooting hnsh.cn
held nt Petersburg, Virginia, at which too J'oJjow-
jng delegates won; appointed to attend the Anti-
Tnnff Convention nt rliilad* Iplns, on tnc BOth
September next.
JA8..H. H!lANDER,
DIE THOMAS IDHJIN.nM.N,
<\ I). M< IN DOE,
<\ F. OSBORNE.
VVM. If. Mi FAR BAND,
N. MOHDIJ*Al,
JAS. Me FA HE A \ I), Jr.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. A E.to nrn-
vnt nt Charleston from Bn'rliiuil, liri
dittos to July I. 'J’ho iiiu-I inf*■ -tin r it«ms nrt:
tilt* speech of K mg VVillnm to both lious* of Far-
liatn<*nt, the d**nth of Mir a Di h. iiima
1 der-in-chief of tin* Hu m n army n P e nd, arid
tho nrrrjitnncr h\ Pr</ < ' 1 - > r 1 • * r ' o ol
H.douim on * , **rlnifi coiiflifom
1 Til** Polish ran— was '.mining grnrnd in Eu
rope. E’ R
sist m subduing a '.'ulhitit nation, .-trug^liug l"r in -
dcpenduncr. The F
support of tin* Poles; hut tlm King and th" mini
try were yet f*»r peace. JSuf it w.n < xp**i t* d that
the ijeiv chsmbr'r of d••puli* ; v-, uid b »l..cid"d]y
Serious disturbances
Mr. f'AljllOr.N. We have not r*i in just ir»v.
to re-puhlish Mr. Calhoun'-* • ■■ .ti*»n; It i -' r
tfiinly a powerful article. The - Itti and sub • im <
of it is contained in tie- following < \tra ts.
u As my object m emijd . t . i t . « ;• 1
might pause with this r< ferein-c !•> >! x iniu-ntN. that
So fully ami ably state ill of tin- p its im i -'i.i 1 • !y
Connected w ith tins deep!v O' mtant'-'i t t .' e
there are many, w In in iv i tli .ie the . .■. rtn i ;
nr leisure to refer t i them, • • I. ns ,t • p
however clear they may be. tint different per
niny place different Interjueiaiii.n* on lln-ir m- an 1
I will, in order th t my > < a mu fu n .
known, mid to avoid nil .nuhi ont\. p: < < -d l * Hint--
mtmmtrily,tlisd ti I
linen ted by the treaty entered into at or near Fort sprung up with regard to an ai *>ciation between the |(.#nluct of the members of his cabinet, am! by th#
Wilkinson, andcomnrt-bonded b.V the treaty made families of tlm members. Political harmony v. .uld w .t iom of his nw isurca, he elicited from them nn
on th«; Htii day of Nov (- Ai, except the fraction- have had strength enough to stibdun th# discard i unanimous assent. But at the same time, bow the
1 parts of surveys of land reserved for sale, the . which female jealogsy and female j.-t-rs, b , >**i' i l eti- man must have grieved ' To t*ee himself surroun-
■' ‘ ‘ * *• , -' 1 <m«tte end rocial scandal, i bv friends,a he had a rifht to expect, wb<
the heads of those families, and to indut nee them would w'ltfi cheerfulness/u Ip him to do justice to
in their social intercourse with each other. 1 >«it po* the public voire, which had railed him to the chief
lilies! harmony did not exist. <..m-ral Jjrktmn was j magistracy of the 1'nion , not by rnen who had only
known to be partial to hit bosom friend Eaton and the public good in view ; but by'men who
Mr \ an Buren, m both ot whom he placed
y, tlial, in to say. On al! | quetl" arid
low grounds of the ffrst quality, 12 cents per acre;
•if the 2d quality .i cents P**r acre, nn«l of the Ikl
quality ‘J cents per acre. On all oak and hickory
i..nds of the 1st qualify, JO cents per ncr**, of the 2*1
ty 3 cents per acre, and on the 3d quality I 1-2
•nts per acre. On all pi.m land of the 1st quality
cents per acre, until the amount thereof, together
11ill the amount of tlm sales of fractions in the
ou.Hies of Wayne, Wilkin-hi and Baldwin, to^.-tli.
r with those which may be in the | .lc acquired Tu-
ritory slinll he sutllcient U» discharge and to answer
the purposes above expressed.”
The question being put on this paragraph it was
negatived—Vena 14. nayallft.
Mr. I.nmjthin voted f«.r it.
The hill wax finally jiasst-d on the Hth of June,
Mr Lumj/I.in voted for ils passage.
Ingh:
bound' d confidence, while M
and Berrien, were known to be
Buri n,and supporters of Mr. f 'aiboun. C.mi
nu#ny prevail in such a cabinet r Besides, th
inent th<* correspondunce of Mr. Calhoun npp
the niemhers of the E'uhinet took a more ope
decided part.and each party began to strive t>
thsir respective offices, their influence, and tin
tr**n !■:<*, subservient to their v ievvs, and to the
of their principals. Coder such circums
what wns<«eiier.iftlarkx(<n to do? C mld h
• eed with the Executive Department of the fi
ment in a manner beneficial to the country
NUEEIFK ATION.—In th* ^ day** of parly
strili', crimination, nnd recrimination when tie*
most rancorous abu«o is heaped upon t!ie advocates
*»f stut*' right-, and the true friends of the Consti
tution andt!i< Union, it may not l# mu to refer
for a moment to the origin of’he doctrine of nulli
fication a# it is understood in ficgirgia.
In the year I71H), the l.eojdature *>f KentiJ
having under consideration the Alien am! S*»di..... I
laws, ngreed to certain resolution*, which had |
beer, drawn up by Mr. Jefferson,transmitted to Mr.
John Brerkenrjdgo, and by him introduced into
that legislature on the 10 of.Nov. I71H In tlies-
following words.
TI."
gr*i
J I
To th* EJ
resimtfully, Sr. \ ir obt servt
J\ MAf EIJElE'iN BEUUIE.N.
itor of llm I legrapb.
W“ A. lie sold in Twijgs county,
" I’lie I
TIM It tf •
d-f.l. I
••« II
>VV;
The following IVrisli ihlc l*n»pertv, to wit :
TIW It -* A.Hi r..l»l.-.l. iti'el. .1.1 I kilt ln n lUfminie nliu.l
d*V,l. T« rtn» iu*»l» Ww.im hoii IheiU)
«•( II l»ON\l.|»so\ COI.M KiVif.
.1. he sold it the hoilse of ll ltlliall
All the IV iish.ihh l*r*i|»erly
10i<1 if I t*- 1*1 tl */ >1 O I Off «rll.
. IS
nil it i \ nn.i i
nn.i i a M lollsv
O
N tile first i*ut‘ei|jy n Ocloher iie\t, will
X Tract of l.aiul,
iv.'t
in| l<—*:li l-t
* XR 111 >1 IISMbl,
o
The following l.nnd**,
m* i • ax^sri -n I»»
Ki» the till «
nil •.i|".uq naiiUiu •<
b, u»r IM II I 1 «nc \
Hr W»".I |Mii t IM *ri.
•«Xil
• re», >* l'«, in ike | .'t mi-.mti
J„ • Miuty. • use
• tt*l I n 111« inn »+* ol |#*-| |r . Um( U
IIIM I K \>\ I1M I'll. % l ,'\.
‘I ■ M.l. County, (D orgm.— Xlcxandcr Mr
li M. C <% ii.lli b- la*.- m 4 rrrim i . Sr»«ul *orrrl Id *»*.-, *•• t
—4 I* tx l]or lj f««r« owl. i*» .t iwM*l *m lb*- n «r with T
A. • '>U«* lb I »» r|»e«a nmJ li'H nhilr h|i I * Ibr fMiir
punt, »Ui*|Ml-r I lo Ur II h I i I» li 1111 »U'I np|>rwi«*-|l IM In* *ortl
I- 010(1 11 ONI lit. fc.ll
JOHKCll I (
.« n •■•V ol II III r •«>
JOHN H MCIIOI.S
lyAOCK mouths after sluts* application m»|I
L l»r mn.1** ia iIh* |d|. i i.r murlol J..*,** >n»i> w I** **
■ ..r-li.tnr, |*ur)*---*--, |«>r lr»»e »o .cilihru |r*uu •'
■tijTluii
l«|i) -•?!#
iWwia •<•• Jn per <
iauji-t-% Hti i p*
HII.I.I \ 'I JOIINmiN.
Noriet
nilK Silhscrilier Inis removed from I Veil*
I.AW relic*'* tits. <
M ..iMrrwnl (O him.
»M| IS
iiint> mu *r.
HI TCHENS A HOLT,
‘B'^’lEE rmilioue tlir practice ol* Ena in
▼ W • »f iIh* Chnllnli.wx he»
«u>! Wrdrru Ciicvio, which ilir.* hn**-
, I . Ill Tl MiM,
R
Twenty lEiliura Hrtvani.
\ \ A \\ \ \ from the r.ihscrihcr last night,
Iw« in xr*v* uf Ih*- l illov* inf «Ir*rn|»u«N». n lrll-*» 1^
t. — II.- (ini)il i
•*f lb*-m, l| >tru« r Nltol-.,
•nU *11 riiMHUbn • »e» mi
r n.il* » aUvtr Kor.,ih.
••r.il (iovormiii'
the Edited .Slat. * i
irfi State is « party,
a right to judge of it* infra* '
deliberate, palpable, nuH tin.
flower Wit dele;’,tied, thev bn.
resort, t*» use tlm l injinj'.' «.f
terns, “ to intirjin.sf Jii-turt f
ml and for tnniii/ioniii-j > ' •
the outhnrit t c *, njht- tool
them " 7’hi* right nj mttrj >■
sorted hy III-* .'•Mfe * f \ . - ■in i
may. state right, veto, ir.ilhli
o be the fun
our Hev*»hltl«m it- It', ami iledm
denmnstrativ' i- that..1
whatever . mul I /irmly
lion depends, the Htahiht\
al inHtitutions."
MR l.l’Ml*KI >
180<;, when
lands obtained from t
the enquiries, we inv
from the Journal of t
Three larU re • .1
1st Volt Mr Im
2d Thnthe
JW. Thnt hr
n cerium length of toor,
erew high «.* 12 cr
grjimtb, nml It! rear.* ji
hickory o/dond.
This tax would have ,
annually
low grounds, and v.« on
ty oak nn.l hickory land
It is ertrcinelv nnple .-»nt
ohl matters XVe t < *i«* (•!<
tint *1 » II, but fot li • purpose
rv of llu.se whocen* ore «. v
ding a r«serv
vet support A
far by favoring ext-
After all. what d
mer amount t<* *
Hut the lottery h:U
tlor. (Ulmer* signature, an
refereed A ‘.‘thing i* n • n
lot* under |RO«rrrx. Jnd th
the subject of metres of mini
the Lrjgis'ntute. That matli
'ben a^llsieit ng
I I be I
Mi Wilson l.n iipkiu
the II ise of Rep
the Kith of June.
Oil the 1?th. the li i
wlmle <m tlm lull t . disi
of hnd* ol.|.»m
!>*• irborn. S. *
authorized therefor, h\ the Ere- n-nt .
Huioi, in a treaty ••oni hid* I nt th I',
i *m the | tih November. 1st *
IU.mA
Corwin lien of the whole, w<t)» .•» -ml
r#|>ort was taken up by pan, rnp
Mr Oarr/ord ni"V * ill* .uiteii I report t
sorting sft«*r (lie woni •• h<uim) if . in the E
lion, • together w .th one twvul * t » i. * t u*. i<
• ’
in each district, in «d
The motion was -
l.umpLm voted tor it
Mr. f'/ourH'i'i th - i
“ together with one tl
KejMcl#d, yeas 1",
for it
Mr Hibh then m ved t■* amen.I hyir
ry fortieth tract in such d.*tru t
Bejected, yeas IT, n ivs • Mr. /
for it.
Ml. Hi hi moved to am. v! no mu h
as excludes Hie fortunate drawer. >n t'
lottery frum aparticipilmn of the lint 1
inserting “ except th so who Inure no*
take out a grant • r •*■ mta|i r the - i n.
Kej.rtid10, 11 »ys l\ Mr. I
for it.
I
** And provided n
Ins or her
Rejected, ^ eas ft, li
It was then moved
I lute 11 12 I 2. IS the cm
dr«\» —) eas 2-*, nay s 2»
negative.
It wgs then
luo seres, ' as
drawers on receiving Ins gr
•• five dollars per Inn acre*
J9—Mr. Lumpkin v. t> d
Mr Unit tli' ii moved
clause ** That f"f the pur
debts dll# bv ties St ite, am
public buddings t.’.er# shM
le«-ted and paid into the txc
iJs beyond the temporary I
111* CiesS n *U- n ' f Indian. , ax
to mitt one another from the offices they res-
. Branch peelively held, and wlm were endeavoring, hy plots
Mr. X’an and : i lo-mes, to esUsEErIt Urn election of favorite
d har- caudid&tcs on some sure foundation, and that at the
expense of the public business, and to the detriment
: if.- pub!;' - ...I. J.aborin * under such coiiff cling
elements, nnd having constantly displayed before
him the jarring pretensions ami political umbition of
the mainber* of his cabinet; who, besides tieneral
J... !. ui, could have uithstood it so loi.g? Who
could have with nil these disadvantages, carried on
in successfully the business of the government?—
No one else. But lie was soon aware that he could
not stand it much longer; hence the complete
change of his cabinet ; which we are glad to per
ceive, meets the approbation of the people of the
United States.
I FOR THE JOURNAL.]
TO mi: TttCJUP PAKTV.
Jhmrul and beloved associates.
Threw years hav** p 1 ■ d awov sin**e lust I expos-
(iihitud withyou—thrm yraw'ofanxiuua sblicitude
to me: for I have si*en that my admonitions,however,
regarded fur n moment, have been ns the need sown
by the wayside among thorns—You have fallen
iishmpotiyoiir posts—and the I'hilistincs ure upon
you. V*-t I do not despair of you. Awake and shake
oil* your lethargy. The battle may yet he won.
Victory may yet be yours.
Have you not seen the efforts of your enemies
to destroy you ? Can you forget how, while they
ivcrc crying oblivion for the past, and peace for the
future, they were fomenting strife among yoursel
ves ? Have you not heard their cry of office, of-
ticc—why not share it with its—are we not bro
thers ? And have you not seen, that when admit
ted to a participation of it, they Iravc serpent like
stung the hand that bestowed it; and used the in
fluence it pave them to drive you from ull office, and
put themselves in your place? Have you not
witnessed their attempts to brand your leader and
yourselves, us disunioiiists, seeking to sever the
that hind us together as one people, and
scatter desolation and bloodshed over the land?
(’an you quietly submit to the unfounded imputa
tion r Have you not witnessed their attempt to
compromittho state, by the adoption of their resolu
tions on the tariff* no longer ago than last winter,
nffer your solemn protest had been laid before the
senate? Know ye not that neither your moun
tains nor your fens nourish a more deadly foe to
human life than their principles are to your prin
ciples? Have you seen nnd heard and known all
this—and can you patiently yield the sceptre to
thorn? Will you permit private fends ameng
yourselves to divert your attention from the great
purpose of handing dow n your principles, and your
name, ns a party, to your children, untarnished by
defeat? ('nn you forget how wc toiled together in
|.-2.">? Will you it >t remember lion we rallied at
the watch word “ Troup and Hit Treaty”? Has
the charm of these magic words been dissolved for
ever? Have they now no music to your cars?
Does the glory of that auspicious day sbmo less
times?—Never confess it. For slmine-Aicver let
it hi* said of you that you had the resolution to win
I power, but lacked the energy to keep it. Never let
j your sons say that their sires, enervated by sloth,
r«*d by personal bickerings, indifferent to their
fame and reckless of their principles, suffered
tlmm-elves to be surprised hy their enemies, strip
ped of their armor, and led into captivity. Surely
there is yet manliness enough among you to overt
so shameful a catastrophe. If you regard my ad
monitions it will not happen. Rather than witness
it let thick darkness fall upon me, and hide me for
ever from the black disgrace that must otherwise
be the lot of a party to which I was proud to bo at
tached.
Eet me adjure you then, once more, by all the
gl ri* ti rccolh *tioi • of tlio pa -t. by all the bright
anticipations oftlie future, (■> bury in oblivion’s
deepest abyss, every private feud, every irritated
feeling, every inordinate wish. Yield every thing,
wav* honor find 'n.'KvUy, to the [»fosperity of your
party, and the triumph of vour principles. You
country asks it of yon. The limes call for th
strict' st. union among you. The Republic is verg
in'.'- rapidly to consolidation. U can he saved
only by the universal prevalence of the principles
oil w hich your Troup acted. They are safe in the
hands of (Ulmer. Let those principles he once
? -[Mi-Ii'mI in (iilnur'r, deft*,it,and let thejprineiplo.-'
of your enemies prevail, and he put into practice;
and V"ii may raise the cry of lamentation.—IIow
arc the mighty fallen. How are the lovely places
m ule desolate. Tho benuty of Israel is slain up
on fhv high places. How are tho mighty fallen
and the weapons of war perished. But your la
mentation w ill he vain—House vc then to action.
Nliakc off your lethargy. Eet ©very man who tri
umphed with ct Austerlitz, he with us also at
Jena. The battle w ill then bo Won. The vi« torv
will be ours. BURKE.
the fiovi Hi -r, the full torrent of their malediction*
as utterly’op;>of ■ d to th** happinefs ami prosperity
of the people. iVYre I disposed to play critic some
myself, I might here merely hint to these critical
Editors, to be cautious bow they handle thnt word
inconsistency, it might prove seriously d -trinien-
t ii to themselves both as writers, thinkers, jmd ac-
t*s.
But it •'ins that the Governor in expressing an
opinion in regard to our public lands, is in favor of
tii" f-ystem of distribution hy lottery, rather than a
dis'positi'.n or them by sale. And for this .opinion
he a- u-fiis In • reasons, and among others, that in
;in unimproved country, whose capital is scarce,
the surplus money in the possession of the people
run hr expended inoro usefully by themselves in
improving the land, than if drawn frojn them as
the price of the land, and to be put in the Treas
ury. Now this would Jscein to me, so far as an
opinion may he wished, ns clear ns it w ell could be.
But it M em- that the Governor mifortutmtcly (as
the Federal Union would make it.) cannot perceive
that the reasons w hich spqpk so loudly in favor of
fostering and enrournfm^ the ngrh ultnral interest
of the country', have’the smallest application to
the mining system, and this turns out to be tho
monstrous inconsistency, about which these sapi
ent Editors make such r. pother. This, Messrs. Edit
ors, it would scorn, is the whole matter that ha*
throw n tho worthy men into micIi contortions of
wonder, n lonishmcnt nnd indignation. I cannot
for jm »■]/’ jni-.i’i.’ie how the DYmleue-n could have*
p-'-.'ibiy • elected this portion of the iims.-nge, for
"their misrepresentation. Tho views of tlieJGuv-
ernor are us clearly communicated os they easily
could be, mid from his message the moat obtuse
mind wouhl learn, that while he wishes not to take
from the farmer os pay for the public land, money
w hich he thinks may for the country be more use
fully apple d in clearing the « crtlfivating and
improving the ground, nnd emphatically cxempiy-
fyiug the beautiful quotation, making ‘the wilder-
ii •- f.» blossom as the rose,’ vet us none of these
things m his view can he effected by the most
skillful mining, ever lie ard ot, it would he better,
« ui: ;<iering the exigencies of the country, to per
mit s«ne ot ti;" rich mines to he used ns the peo-
ph V money in the Treasury for u ful and n ■•■ps-
snry public purposes. The Gentlemen in writing
strictures upon n message written ncnii. twelve
j iontlis ago, take much care not even to intimate
tlu-ir knowledge of the fact that at that tim ■ tiio
extent of the Gold mines, was not oven supposed,
muchlc-.-s ascertained, that that fact alone is de
mon- tiMlive that h would not hate entered into the
r. . ;>t/r,n of hid lvvccheuey to recommend a to
tal r< "rvution of the whole country, for it seems
{u!t en-T.-dly intermixed with the precious metal,
hut that such a portion should he reserved for pub
lic purp . « <, us our follow citizen# had n right l<>
expect; and us is due totii.se who are to succeed
us.
Will the Editors of the Ft deral Union give hon-
**-! .and tride/.'-mlent t-» the following
ijm stions? 1 d 'ibt not it would be ^ratifying to
tli. ir readers. Do you really think, Gentlemen, that
the policy which recommends a course, by which
taxaii ti will be forever abolished, hy which the
suns of the St at**, the rich and the poor shall e-
qtiallv enjoy that w hich can alone place th* ni up
on ;in equ dity, the same education, by which our
road-* shall he utiulo ns garden walks, < oiiirihuting
It has been rennttrkcd, that the pres* nt ago,
among other tilings is distinguished fur its im
provement in the nrt of crl* • i-m. What atone
time was considered a narrow and contracted pur
suit, confined to the correction of grammatical er
rors, nnd an enforcement oftlie rules of Belles-let
tres, is now looked upon ns one of the noblest
means fhr the establishment of principles, tho cor
rection of sentiment, nnd the dispersion of error.
B t ; is, like most good thing-*, is liable to gross
abuses ; and not th
mentcn.ej the prolli
, by serving up to the public
lions of the criticised some miserable cre-
f their own brain, and of building tlierc-
i libitum,’whatever fancies may subserve
their ow n purposes. This is not simply unfair nnd
ungenerous, but if intended to v.nrk nn injury to
tin* person who • opinions they pretend to review,
one of the worst species of nn unenviable vice,
which I leave other# to name, that ran be exercis
ed. This speeu s of injustice ni.ty bo done by al
tering the words by which certain.sentiments arc
<?■ ugned to ho conveyed, hut it can he just ns ef
fectually performed by changing the position of
the sentiments themselves unaltered. It requires
but a moment's thought to perceive that, by put
ting one sentence with another, which it nev* r en
tered into the mind of the author to connect it
with, you aa completely misrepresent him, as if
you put your own words into his lips.
I have but seldom s on this unjust mode of wri
ting better exemplified, than by s«>me recent pieces
under the Editorial head of the Federal Union.*—
One of them bears the diameter of a review of a
portion of Governor Gilmer’s m- ssage, nnd is a
;L »>f admirable specimen of the inode of writing
to whidi 1 allude. It is indeed any tine 1 ? el"
than a review of the Governor’s menage, nnd
might nmeli n re n:>pronriatdy hccaficd* “Mo# r-\
(’uthbert \ IMlIiiil's review of M* -srs. *!*< !iiill
& (’titlib*'rt*s lucubrations.” From the manner in
which tlifvse Gentlemen havecdled portions of tlm
Governor’s me**«ge. and the juxtaposition in w !;ii !i
they have placed h»‘y have made the hofdi
potcli their own, for of a certsinty Governor Gil
mer has nothing at all to do with it. Thus having
coggcred the matter to suit (heir own fancy, they
pretend to discover astonishing iucnnsistV ncies,
and say this too so seriously as almost tn ternpt on
to support* they belies• it,'and yet the very labor'
ry is, seems to indicate that it wa* not m> vary appa
rent to them** h'■#, or atlea^t their belief of the
and of posterity, instead of continuing os they
non arc the distrurtiou of man nnd beast, cart
. ; 1 repeat it, do you honestly mink limi
opinions having this policy in view, arc so glaring
ly n prior ;. mi.. Tably m-pist to our people, that
it should hurl from office, tlie man who fearlessly
and patriotically maintain# them? An honest en-
swer will »t loi'.-t have the i fleet of informing the
poop!", w hether indeed*th*> intellii ' lu e which by
i v i oik rded to preside at your di sk, is real
or fictitious. .
But 1 cannot conclude without adverting to one
in i; it- : . "f tli* -• Gentlemen, so trr-— I hat it
is astonishing they should not have observed it.—
It i - the <#treu;e inconsistency in their having
written as they have upon this subject ut all.—
Tin y are supporters of Mr. Gumpkin for the chair
whudiGoveruor Gilmer now occupies. Thqy then
are strangely inconsistent in ceusifring whai it is
known* t^oir own candidate epprovea._ Isay this
w ith i shunter :a to injure that feniieinyri,
1 consider it tho best evidence both of his patriot
ism nntj intellect. They hove recently seen pub
lished Mr. Bumpkins views in regard to reserva
tion.', which are exactly as I think they ought to
be,and correspond precisely with ihc present Gov
ernor’s < " They likewise know very well
that Mr. i/: \i i hi I well pondered Governor
Glim !,;■-sage pH-', i-es to his fir.-t letter to
Mr. I*"tuberton in which lie clearly indicates his
s.af ; i 'ii with tho vi' w*s of the present Govern
or. These circumstaiiv■« ■* alone methinks even
fro u liidi feelings, w • ild have prevented them
from writing as they have done, even were they
not a»v ir-• of w|»nt th**y know very well, that Mr
Bumpkin v*!i m « uiveraingof the Governor’s ines
sa :e made no secret of his approval of it. And to
conclude upon this point. Now that it i# ascer
tained thnt the whole of the unappropriated coun
try or .a • r"at part of it is intermixed with Gold,
Governor Gilmer I doubt not will be quite na free
to protest against a r< orvatmn of nil the Gold
mines, ns they say Mr. Bumpkin now is.
And now having disposed of the niatirial portion
of the product of the Federal Union, one parting
w »rd to tin* Editors them. < Ive.s upon the iminatc-
rin! part ot their labor.
When you next wish to bo facetiously satirical,
ponder well lh° subject of your satire. Ysv seen
wonderfully tickled at the Governor's fondness for
u ma v.ui. lie has ns you nraotirously express it,
quite an attachment for it. Now maxims arc noth-
u»i "ig tii* ''* ncy l»* I mg livin' thin truths generally acknowledged and
in •" *‘tt. n ado; t- ,n . . ; .. o.l. To tiiose nh*. know the Gov
ernors devotion tc# truth, it seem# nut «t nil uur-
pn/imr that lie sliouhl l"* lotul of thaUspecies of
w riting winch conveys it in its clearest SPd sim-
ple.'t Ikrm. But I would warn you lest your rea
der* in tracing tin* cause of y nr ill will to max
ims, attribute it not to diTvt uf tu-r.* in being in-
r. hh* to tli.' 1* iuty of tliiit kind of writing, but
rather that ;• - its distinguishing characteristic, truth,
may h.* rat.i r tinftvourabJe to your views until af-
■ ■ i t,jfepu dfluiro in t potency ofvour
•*rit ci>ui,t>» criticise that peculiarity airny at least
until Uic ekxtious arc concluded.
TIMOTHY TRUEMAN.
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Hut what arc the opinions of the Governor that
I has called forth tins exquisite display ot Hyper
. critical Acuin* u, andan admirable specimen *>i tin
art it is, fir they inform tho-good people who read
. their paj *r, that tlio Governor is so supremely in
i' "'•isteiit in Jus writing, that out' part dc*W>y« the
"tie r, ami thereby of course so far as opinion is
• c of* med making it altogether nugatory, and yet,
th<* next m* ment Eh y nii*l t!ie-;e very opitnons
• which they ju.-t b« Rirc wished to prove tn bo nd
opinions at all, so consistent as well as so offSily
! comprehended, as to call down upon the head of
(>TH T’.—f'ireum*itnrrers of an tmlmppr
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ey I t . ,* in ni roKKr, i-i*tt. w ill l»^ !<t i*ili^ rmiri-
•’ mil m ih# M'tial
hour* ol •alr,il.i* i ill.niinf propr :t/, Iw wil
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: '• ’ * * rriuru#* l-i Km- Uj • eonvtaMc; ft fa* it.
JOHN L COCHRAN, D. S