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BY CAMAK & RAGLAND, state &.u. states printers.
MIL. L. EDGE VIL.LE, TIllUlSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1831.
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VOLUME XXII.—NO. ft 8.
Till: GBOHG1A JOURNAL
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1 Ilf I'iijHT w lil not y»»l ir.y ihtmiu mil <1 iIn* M.
tlif Miif-. r .ption money is paid in atUance*, or ealiSluciu
Ail*
N. II. s ,!«•*
I tin* t
l ilit* Im
Executor*, or
v, i •!.«• Iitlii mi l’.n* first Tuesday
• ul ten in ilit* foren.iuu and three
iiise in llie county in which the
public «
sales must be
'*I.VI Y DAYS previous to-llie day of sale.
ide«af NICCIHOKS ‘
TuesU .
place of public
public Ruction,
,milt, between the usual hmirs «.|
the county where the b i r
mi - ,of \flmiiiistratioiuu- Uunrdinnsh'p. in t\ have I
first (Wing SIXTY HAYjL
Karettes of this State, nt.
such sales are to be held.
Notice for th i I’ • mai Property must he given in like
manner, FOIl PY >1 !» * ' ‘ i» to the il.ix ul sale.
Nntieptn tn- II- ■ - i reditui s ul an i.-i ale must lie pub
lished for Foil I'V rajs.
Notice that ,»np:..* tli" i wHI he in •?•* to tin* < nft of Ordinary
for le.» \ eto s 11. \N 0. tnu*t he pul i -bed fin- H M II MONTHS.
\ iti.-e fir l'*ave to sell XHUUOKS must be puhlishei! lor
POUR .MON 1 US, before any order absolute shall be made
thereon by the Court.
PfiHitni interested in those Advertisements which are puldi h-
e.d Monthly, will find them in the first and fourth pugu of the (it st
paper in every month.
AM bu-mess oi this kind continues to receive prompt attention
at tlif Office of the (iKlUKil \ .HH'ltNAI..
BRiCK^l!
MiUrjJ'rfrAllp. Masonic Hall.
BALED Proposals will he received until
s
the •’Till instant, for furnishing
200,000 BRICKS,
of the best quality, lor the erection of the Masonic Hall—to hi*
delivered on any lot In Milleilseville, that the C ommissioners
may designate—the commissioners reserving the right ul in
creasing the number it they think proper. The proposals must
specify the time as well a* price.
By order oi the Couiintsaioncrs.#
august in K. a. HilKBNR, Secretary.
A tlio'first TTicmIiiy in .Ltmiatv next, will
he sold at the court-house In Newnnn, Coweta county,
The Negroes
belonging to tlie estate oi John Ifeclh, der’d. now in the po c sen-
b ton of his widow. Sold for the benefit ot the heirs ol said es
tate. Terms made known on the d v.
_nu g i b H K ST EH ‘ANN WERT! I, Arim’x. _
(J 4N the first Tuesday in ()cfober next, \s ii>
'n JP be sold, under nn order of the Inferior court ol Appling
county, when sitting as a court of ordinary, at the court-hours
in said county|
A Tract of Land,
lying in the 3d district of said county, No 191. Sold for the benefit
ol the heirs and creditors of Allen MeDa
aug 1U—12 1-2
tcrv/uls ninny nesrntive ones, llicro is I believe I It w.is fmpossihlo in tlio iintnrc eT tilings that the
abundant cvhlt’nep in tlio "orr^iioimcnco itself to President's attention could bo necessary to that lot-
support my statement. Hero I beg, leave to trans- tor rifle, the docision had horn made on the
|fU)o nn article from tho Globe ortho 120th Feb. , wonts of tno csiupaion. 1 have before mo a lot-
last, winch has much force and cogency, and proves j tor IV,un a member of’dongrcss from this State, in
lit least presumptively, that my statemem concern- j wliii h lie urges “ th .t tho conlidenlinl letter must
iiug the confidential letter is entreat. Phe tilobo . ha', c been fo-firo tho Cabinet, as it was necessary
saj s “After all the statements, ^iil retractions, j ton cervcct decision of the questions growing out
about tlie production of (lencrat Jaol,'sou’s letter I of the ts’eminole war, and that the President and
before tlio cabinet in July lhl8, Air. Alonroo’.i. Seen i;iry of War, ou-rli*. to have been impeached
‘‘letters published by Mr. Cnlhoun, go fur to con-1 if it find boon withhold.” When Mr. Calhoun re
“firm Mr. Crawfords statement. In the conclusion > torn d to the letter my impression ims, and is not
“of Mr. Monroe’s letter to General Jackson, dated J tint lie wished it produced’to prove that Genera
“December the 21 st. 1818 (printed 1830 by mi--1 Jack
“take in the pamphlet) Mr. Monroe thus speaks ut
“the confidential letter: your letter of tho (5th of
“January, was received whilst 1 was seriously in
disposed : observing that it was from you [ iiand-
“ed it. to Mr. Cnlhoun to read; niter rending one or
“two lines myself. Tlie order to tnko command in
“that quarter had before then been issued* Ho
“remarked after rending the letter that, it was a con
fidential one relating' to Florida which I must an
swer. I asked him, if lie had forwarded to you
“the orders that had been given to General Gaines
“on that subject. He replied that he bad. Your
“letter to me with many others from friends was put
“aside in consequence of my indisposition; and the
“great pressure upon me ut the time and never re
“currcd to, until after my return from Loudon* on
“the receipt of yours by'Mr Ilambly and then on
“the suggestion of Mr. Calhoun. Now when did
note
produced’to prove that General
»n. instead of acting in conformity i*» the or
f the War depart im nt had determined to take
the Span: h posts before h« received orders t > take
the nmnngemenf of that war. It is probable that
when he referred lo that letter, he was not aware that
it had not hern answered. It is easy to understand
why Mr. Calhoun should call tlie President’s atten
tion to that letter before the Cabinet had decided up
on the course to he pursued towards Spain and es
pecially, towards General Jackson—but alter that
decision had been made, it is impossible to con
ceive a motive for bringing it under eonsiderut! ,n.
Mr. Mom oo is then evidently mistaken in stating
that the letter w as produced and read upon the
suggestion of Mr. Calhoun, after tlio decision of
the cabinet upon the events of the SomiuJo cam
paign. It is a little remarkable, however, that the
confidential letter, is always produced upon the
suggestion of Mr. Calhoun. Mr. Monroe in his
1 - ‘21st December,
“Mr. Monroe, return from Loudon, anil- when 1 letter to General Juckson of the
“was the letter by Mr. Ilambly received? Mr. 1818 and ot the8Ui ot August, 1830 to me, says:
“Calhoun has given us the evidence to show. In j it was -productdon the sw; ft-liou. of Mv. Calhoun,
“one of his notes he tells us that the 1st cabinet and conn t i it witl \ oftheCab-
“meeting on that subject took place on the loth ' in< t, in-t\ melt J sav I distinctly recollect it was
“or Kith of July 1818 Mr. Monroe having returned.» prod ice.I am! read upon the svggtstion of Mr. ('at-
“on tho 14th from his rcsidenc ^in Loudon. MrJ houn. J will now st ,te mpre at large, the reasons
“Monroe’s letter to General Jackson dated IfMln of mv ch.-tinet recollection of tiie circumstance.—
Mr. Monroe before lie lull Washington, hud pur-
i mo not to leave Washing-
iiutil General Jacks >n’s dispatches
lion. Bat the information given pertainly applies'
to a Cahmct council at which he and Mr. Cnlhoun
were prcVint, and nt which the confidential letter
wav produc'd. It is then demonstrated that the
letter written by Mr. Crowninshield to the Yicc-
Pre^idcnt, (Joes not impugn in the slightest degree
the facts stkted in his letter to me. That letter
does not give the date of the Cabinet council to
which it refers V Oiul dates and references disprove
the assn-lion of the / ’ice-President, that Mr. ('roirn-
i),shield couU not have been present at uinj Cabinet,
at which lie was, upon the events of tho Seminole
campaign.
It remains for me to say a few words on the
charge of fijclosing Cabinet secrets. 1 have hut
little to r. hi to what I have urged in my letter of
tho *2*1 October. The principles stated in that let
ter are believed to be orthodox. In this republic
the Pre.-ddont is appointed by the nation, ami he
appoints 1»m Cabinet by and willi the advice and
rnAitf i e. The Pr iaident and Ids
Cabinet are th 'tvfore responsible to the republic
for their acts. Those acts for which they are re-
pom dde ought therefore according to the princi
ples of the gcvcrnnieiit tube known. Otherwise
the highest public functionaries known to thr
Constitution arc irresponsible. To this responsi
bility inherent incur Constitution, there is hut
on2 evaeption sanctioned hv reason. It tlie so
crets of the Cabinet are disclosed while the Cab
inet is in existence and charged with the manage
mei.t of Ih > national concerns, the Cabinet might
he rendered incapable of conducting those aft'
successfully. 'Plus is the broadest ground upon
which tho secrecy of Cabinet transactions can
be ph-vd. Uy some it is contended that in a gov
ernment like ours. • 9crccy should not be exieiuh'd
h( l the ncc I huu nt of the obj sets hich
have been tlie subject of Cabinet deliberations.
That when the measures which have been the
subi'H t of those, deliberations, have been effected,
if they are beneficial to tlie republic, tho people
onght to know the extent of their obligations to
able that Mr. Adams did not ngroft, to th« docision
of the cabinet, and that you muit hare known it)
for it is certain thnt h« did not aj^reft to it on Bfttur-
gyf' it ia highly improbable that any argument
M-euld have been urged to convince him after W4iad
been twice directed, to draft hi* not* in aonforuiity
to decisions which had been nrevinnely mnde." ^
this traif. of reasoning, tlio Vico Preeidont tppefedft
( the fliiu wing note : * 4 This appear* to be t non
i quifur. H’lie decision may have boon uoaniUMHu,
and a new note necessary, becaa.Mt thft note did uol
and the act was done to prop the tottering reputa
tion of one of Mr. Adam’s political supporters,
whoso son-in-law wielded the vote of Illinois;
which vote secured Mr. Adams’ election. If it
had been withheld lie would not have been elected,
at least on the first ballot. Mr. Calhoun stat?s
that his opinion between tlie two candidates, o-
wards whom he was in the happy state or no
trulity was founded upon principle which he
however careful, not to disclose, but leaves to b*
inferred f rom his subsequent conduct. v\ hut that ngr*j« with it.” I am perfectly willing tint the jai*l<-
principle is J mu entirely at a loss to conjecture ;• p^ont reader should d<*ci<ie the queKUoti of*logic, ba
ilor bus his subsequent conduct furnished any clue 1 tween u«, by adding o nin^leobservation, that in lb*
to arrive at it. Does he mean that tho principle | ordinary routine it vvaa tlie duly of ttie Secretary of
he alludes to is that the candidate who receives ‘ Htiitw,to liuve drawn th^xpoMition which appeared
the highest electoral voir must necessarily be j »» 'ho Intelligonuer, and tJ*at ho would have done it.
elected by the house of Representatives? The’ is highly prohublu, hut ih>iu his having d«w»«uuJ
constitution has no such principle in it. If that: * rolu , ’ le Pfi'n'ipLi* it contained. In the furegojof
had been the intention of the framers of that in- j ,,ole » “J® X u:e 1 “y.dantly phjacU le Ui<» ar*
.:ruui.M,t; they woul.l have said that tho candidate E"}*' d ,r my lul 8r ’ “ 1,6 •*«•!'»- *•
V, • , . , i-i.i . I the argument in tins ciish, ti« waa uiora at/ouglv
r<"Pivin<i tho Imrhcst nnmbor ol doctoral votes , b „ ullll u> Ml:rpllo „ ial whick lehJrd la fix
should be I resident. Or docs he mean that ttic j him, tho writing of tho Naativill* loiter, if it was
illogical and unBOuml, especially aa it waa preaabtoi)
O N tiie first Tuesday in December next,
ns ill lie sold at the court-house in the town of Clinton,
Jones county,
Tlie following Liinua,
lielonRing totliu «*st;it«* of John |lc«*ih, di’Cd 1 >2 12 acres, innri’
or less, lirinic part of lot Nn 1>, in tlm I2ih di-Brioi; I « ;u rc-. No
15, in the 13th district, nlso .‘in acre*. No »\in the 12th di-trn-l
all nrieinally Baldwin now Jones county. Also one nepi o ni.-i’i
liythe name of l-aac—All sold tar tlm purjioae "1 porfectJim I >-
tie tn former purchases. . , ,
;„ u !H HESTER ANN TfEF.TIT. Adni’x.
WAItE-IlOUSi:
And Commission Business.
T lll'j Subscriber tenders bis thanks to his
ft ien is tnd tl publi oi I Verj »ei 11 patronag*
which hi- Ini* 1 1 r*■ iv nl in ill-* «i >v» 'in'- ol I "•' |H '-*■ 'ini iMh in-
fbrmtthen) that be I -1 • I i i p tuer»JOIIN L %NDBR8UN,
lorniei'lv-J mill.. In iitvi'ii l,n,ii| tin* j*l.i< f, -nid nlii-rjlln - l»l
of Aucii-J th«- Iiu*i»»••*- will lie rondiicnd under the name .aid
j :rn ,of itKKS&i AN DEllSCj.N, who solicit u continualiun of the
same patron«t
-Ho
I cmir.i rwryi'
ill
, in gnorl i
i* husint .* i*« entrusted to iheii
mi Produce in Store.
Augusta, June 2—3nt
filer and \Y ater-Proof,
l.i.n 1 ‘jiVil.N' lt:. L.S.’*
rSa. \DMlMSTIt VTORS, E.XECI -
-T-J TORS and SUKIIIFKS DKKIIS, together with
-CJe a general as*ortmenl of BLANKS, Fur Sal.-at tlie
JOI’ltNAI, OFFICE.
V* If arc milliorisctl (<» uniioimco daptum
V WIi.MN.M F. SCOTT ncandidule for SherilTof Uultf
win county at the ensuing election.
jM!2J7--w,!e r
jiWALTER S. JENKINS is candidate
■/ W fm It.M’elvcr of Tax Returns for B.Mwln rnn.'t . in
S A. II1 i.i. is it candidate i
Lil'lwincmniy.iit the ensuing election.
Sbe-
D are authorised to
POWELL. Esq.n candidate f-
B ialwin county, at the clcclio
juljr 28
It. WOOTAlV respectfully ten
•ll ifi tiie c,ti7.4-tis <i| Baidu in county, .»s*a candid-
.*hipol the Superiour Court,at the e isuiugi
tBr®fE are uiitliori.scil to anounce RAiVSOM
v v H. SMITH, a* a ratulilBte (or clerk ol the Inferior
Court,of Baldwin county,at the neMelevlion.
Au ti
t I—.1
1 EWIS J. W. KRAATZ, is ;
Jt nt*- for Clerk of the Inferior Conrt of Bahlwi
August 4—tf
Itbti
POLITICAL!.
TO THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED
STATES.
The appearanco ofthe address oftho Vice Presi
dent, of the U. S. renders it unnecessary to offer miy
djjjKgy for the ‘allowing address. 'The Review *>t
thecorreapondcnce signed A. Ik originally publish
ed in the Georgia Journal, ofthe ‘Jlst of April Inst
and several articles in the Globe vV other newspapers
^ave in my judgment sufficiently explained my con-
* duct to all impartial and unprejudiced minds; and
those of a different description, it is improbable that
any thing that l can urge will convince. Deskles
it is not very important to the people oftho United
State* before] whom that is no probability, 1 shall
ever again be placed, to form any definite, opinion
of my motives or conduct in the transactions, de
veloped in tlie correspondence, between the Presi
dent and Vice President. L say it is not very im
portant, to the citizens ofthe United States ; hut
it is iinpoitant to me individually, to have my con
duct cuircctly understood; for no man however
retired he may live ought to be indifferent to pub
lic opinion. It also appears from the newspapers,
that an explanation from me is expected, and de
sired. 1 therefore submit to the apparent neces
sity of appearing, hefijre tlie public.
I understood from letters received during the
last session of Congress, that the Vice President,
and his friends were endeavoring to make the im
pression that tho difficulty between him and tin-
President, had been produced, by me from a desire
on my part to ingratiate myself with the President.
If this impression had been made by their joint
•efforts, the Vice President has dispelled, the illu
sion ; for by his publication, it is clearly establish
ed that the measure did not originate with me;
Sut that in the whole affair I have been passive.
V.n fact i assert without tho fear of contradiction,
that no intercourse, either verbal or written lias
*%aken place between the President and myself
since a few days after the Presidential election in
nhe House of Representatives in February 1825.
During tho call General Jackson [then made upon
me no reference whatever was made to what had
passed, in relation to the Gen. or myself. 1 con-
idered the call os evidence of a hotter state of
1 beling on his part than hud been understood to
‘ ittvo previously existed; and us 1 had never cher
ished any feelings of hostility towards him, 1 was
•perfectly willing that the past should he buried in
oblivion. But tho publication of the correspon
dence, lias relieved me from the necessity, of say
ing any thing more upon this subject.
Two other charges have been made against me :
• nt. That the confidential letter of General Jack-
son, which 1 say was produced and read in the cab-
~ iin.% was not produced and read. And 2d, tluxt 1
have improperly, disclosed cabinet secrets.
♦ ilpDiitho 1st. objection negative testimony is re
lied upon. Mr. Monroe, Mr. Adams and Mr. Wirt,
d i not recollect that it was produced and read: or
, • • . \ la ns, and Mr. Wirt, do not recollect
it-, fi. it is manifest that Mr. Moprue, hasnorecol-
UctJn upon the subject havingfelied wholly upon
Mr. jlVirt. But Mr. Calhoun, hua a distinct reeol-
lectio i that it was not produced, and read. With
out idying upon that rule of legal evidence, which
pV tW e&amUv'j witness coun-
“July 1818, begins thus, “ I received lately your
“letter of June 21st by Mr. Humbly, at my farm in ; ficularly enjoined i
“London &c.” Thus the time when tho confiden- > ton for Gour. ia uni
“lial letter was looked up, on the suggestion of Mr. | should he n ceived, and the (’ahiiuH should decide ! their public. limctiouarieM ; and if they arc injuri-
“CaHtom, is identified witliin a few days. It was upon the events of the S minole campai n. Du- oustotl • th t community ought to
“ntl(‘r Mr. Monroe’s return from Loudon, on the ring his absence in Loudon, I lmd frequent corner-, be placed iu a situation to forma correct judgment
“14th & before 19th of July 1818, the very period at I sations with Mr. Calhoun, who uniformly infbr- j upon tlie conduct of their public ftmctii !
“which the cabinet were deliberating about the I mod me that Gen ral Jackson had no other orders have acted upon tin first principle*; Idiavi
“Seminole War, and at the very time Mr. Craw-1 for tlie ’ his conduct thau those giv-*) sod the proceedings of Mr. Monroe’s Cabinet on
“ford says it was produced before them. There is
“a remarkable coincidence, between tho details of
“Mr. (’rawford’s recent statement and Mr. Mon
roe’s account of this affair made in J8|8 which
“proves the identity, of the incidents alluded to:
“Mr. Crawford says Mr. Calhoun, made some ul-
“lusion to a letter the General lmd written to tlr
“President, i\lio had forgotten that he had received
“such a letter, but. said if he had received such nn
“one he could find it, and went directly into his
“cabin; t, and brought tho letter out. Mr. Monroe
“in hi* letter of the 21st December 1818 says,
“your letter &c. was put aside &c. and never re
curred to until after my return from London ojc.
‘and then on the suggestion, of.l/r. Calhoun. 1 Tore
‘is conclusive proof of two things, 1st. the confi
dential letter ireis proditcMon the suggestion of Mr.
“Calhoun, after Mr. Monroes return from Loudon,
“on the Mth and before the writing of his letter
“to General Juckson tho lfitli of July ! 18. 2d.
“Mr. Crawford was present when tlie suggestion
“was made and the letter produced. The Cabinet
“it seems were several days in deliberation. Mr.
“Wirt, might not have been present when the letter
“was produced. At any rate the proof is conclu
sive that the letter was produced to Mr. (’rawford,
“oil .Mr. ('alhoun's*suggestion. Mr. Calhoun’s own
“account of that loiter is incorrect. Ho s'ivs, my
“recollection in relation to it accords with Mr.
“Monroe’s statement, f came into tlio room when
“ho had apparently just received the letter. lie
“was indisposed at. the time. I think he opened
“the letter in my presence, and finding that it was
“from you, he gave to me the letter to read. 1
“cast my eyes over it, remarked that it related to
“the Seminole war, vS* would require his attention or,
“something to that effect. I thought no more of it.
“Long after 1 think it was at the commencement,of the
“next session of Congress I heard some allusion
“which brought the letter to mv recollection. It
“was from a quarter that induced me to believe it
“came from Mr. Crawford. I called and mentioned
“it to Mr. Monroe and found that he had entire!)/ for-
“gotten the. letter. After searching some time, Ih
“found it amongst some other papers, and read It
“as he told me, for the.first time. Mr. Monroe'
“count of the matter written in December 1818
“shortly after the meeting of Congress, proves that
“this story as to time is entirely fabulous* 'flir t
“letter connected with that of the U)lh of July
“proves that the hunting up of the letter on the sug
gestion of Mr. Calhoun, and ti ■ rending for the l>t
“time took place directly after Mr. .Monroes return
“from Loudon on the 14th July 1818 during the de
liberations of the cabinet. Upon this evidence,
“may Mr. Crawford turn round and pity and taunt
“Mr. Calhoun for decay of his memory He has
“notoriously published to the world a gross mis
representation ofthis affair with the evidence ofits
“incorrectness before him, in his own documents.
“If memory had failed him, he might have relied*
“for correct information on the account given by
“Mr. Monroe, in 1818 which is certainty more like-
“ly to bo correct, than any statement made by him
“note. He Mr. Monroe could not have forgotten
“the facts. Thus vani-Ties one of Mr. Calhouns,
“clouds of dust, which lie lmd raised, to blind the |
“people in relation to his own conduct towards (
“Jackson.”
on to General Gaines. Those orders l had seen, j the Seminole war "only after it ceased to e.\k t, ami
I lis representations which ut that time I had no j then only m self d.'fmce. A false account ol
reason to doubt, made a strong impression upon j those proceedings had been communicated not on-
my mind, and extremely unfavorable to General ]y to General Juckson hut to the nation. It is a
Jackson. I entered the Cabinet therefore with \ matter of general notoru tv through the Union, that
decided impressions against the General, which | General Jackson believed* 1 hud he n unfriendly to
were removed only by the production and reading; him in the Cabinet deliberations on tlr* Seminole
of the confidential letter, ot which to the best <>i , war. iJy whom was that impress! :i produced?—
my recollection and belief, it was the first intimu-1 By Mr. Calhoun and his friends. I am porfe tly
lion I lmd ever received of that letter. I am con- willing that the President of tlie United Slates,
lident Mr. Monroe is mistaken in his rcollcction of i should state, how, and bt/whom that impression
my coming into his room, after Mr. Calhoun, and) was made ppon his mind. * The only ostensible act
reading the leite*.. It is worthy of remark too that j having that object in view, which is within my own
in his letter of the 21st December, when it is more knowledge is tlie celebrated Nashville letter.—
likely t hat his recollection was correct, limn in I That letter contained two falsehoods, one to my
the sprin of' ISoO. Ho tells General .Ihekson that i injury and one for Mr. Calhoun’s benefit. N'ootli
the letter was given to Mr. Calhoun, but docs in4 | or human being on this terraqueous globe except
connect me with Mr. CMhoun and that letter, and, Mr. Calhoun had nn interest in fabricating those
I have a distinct recollection of hearing him give . I'lLcdioods; at least, too latter one. Until he
the same arcwiintof it, several times, in none of shews that the letter in question was written by
which did ho connect le. * in tin? affair of the letter.! • ome one else not under his influence, or direction,
Ti.e Yu ".'-Pr" idem .ii ; f ?! ink h -has dispo- j or shall point out some other person having an
■: dm Mr. C. •wnimdiii Id’s « ■ i ence, by the fi Uer J equal interest with himself in that, fabrication, he
he 1ms received from li . ; - ! ? by comparing tho , must pardon me ut. least for considering him to be
two letters it willllie seen that llie la ' r L him I the author of that letter.
' ,H P r ®vi- I hereteriphifite tho review so fai ismydpfence
in in a note to i ; 8 concerned, and shall turn my attention more di-
( rownin ii > * ■ v to him. says “Nor could r;>( .j] v j u ^j ir , Dorrcspoudence, and to tho contrudic-
Iie h".\'»* l^on present at any meeting of theCnhin- tions * um ; ,,,muniment* t■» which Mr. (’alhmm has
ton the subject ol Hie capture of St. Marks, or | su | )i<H .. 0t j j,),,, : ,qf m | lH sev*' A publications. Al-
Ueprcsentatives of a State are hound to give the
.same vote as tlie electors had done. That princi
ple is notin the Constitution. 'Tlie only limitation
imposed upon the house of Representatives, is
that they shall elect one of the three highest of
tlio candidates. This the House of Representa
tives did, and therefore violated no principle ofthe
Constitution, however they may have infringed nji-
ou Ih * principle ofthe Vice-President, which to me
is entirely occult. I believe he alone can tell what
he means, if he means any thing; which is very
questionable. Mr. Lumpkin after stating tho con-
Iuetof the Vice-President’s friends—adds, “How
then can it ho possible that General Jackson can
suspect the friendship, constancy or sincerity of
i/ott, or your friends. .Vo he cannot. lie will not,
lie docs not. I have quite too much confidence iu
the General, to believe such idle tales.” Poor
Gentleman, he has been deceived in tho course
that Mr. Calhoun Ims pursued, and he is equally
(h cciwd in that which the general has pursued
and will prohahlj^utitimie to pursue towards the
Vice-President. The keen observer of passing
events and the prophet, are alike mistaken both as
to the President nnd Vice-President, hut possibly
he may he more fortunate than 1 have been iu dis
covering the important principlo which the Vice-
President thinks ought to have governed tho elec
tion of President, by tlio House of Representa
tives in February* 1825
I proceed now to comment on Mr. Calhoun's
notea, to my letter ofthe 2*1 Oct., 1 fill). It is, how-
over due :o myself, t<» state, that, that letter was
written without any expectation that it would ho
puMishcd. 1 am, however, glad, that it was pub
lished, arul that it Inis'‘lifeii ncccmpuuitfd with notes,
by Ike Vico President. These notes estiildiuii two
most importantfiiclo. 1st. That J"!’ii C. C.ilhoun
e'ltahlished tlit* Washington Itej.-uhlican, for tlie jmr-
pose of vilifying my reputation ; nnd 2d, That he
was the iuutiiralor ami inventor ofthe churgns of
Ni iiiaii Edwards, a uni list mv official and private char
acter. Tho evidence by which those char-res are
established, would he received in anv court of justice
in the civilized world ; nnd i ; teiif-dd nlrongor than
that which ho Inis doomed admissible against me.—
11 is a rule of evidence of every days upjdicution in
our courts, that where tho parlies to a ruit are to
gether, and one alleges a fuel touching their law suit
in the presence and hearing of the other, w
not denied by the other, it is good evidence against
tlie party not denying it. My letter to live V
1 shall not, however, turn upon Mr. Calhoun
and reproach him with his decay of memory, for if
ho is to be believed, he never hud any to decay, as
I shall show before this review is closed. No, it is
tlie want of veracity which must he reproached to
Pensacola in which 1 was.” George W. Erving,
lvsq. late minister to .Spain nnd !)* unark, writes
in the mouth of February last, “That, it is now as
certained tlmt tlio official news of the capture of
St. Marks, wasroceived at Washington in the ear
ly'part of May.” lie had particularly examined
the records of tlie War department, and found that
the dispatch giving an account of tlie capture of
St. Marks, was recorded a the early part of May,
and Mr. Cnlhoun in the note ia'st referred to, says :
that ho, Mr. Crownnishiold and the President left
Washington on tin* 28th of May—ami Mr. Crown-
inshiehl in his letter to Mr. Calhoun says, that ho
could not know anv Ihing of a Cabinet meeting
after the ‘28th of Mny.*
But the Vice-President surely lias no regard to
accuracy when lie asserts that Mr. Crowninshield
could not liuve been present at any cabinet meet
ing on the capture of St. Marks or Pensacola, at
which i v. as. Could not a Cabinet council have
been held between the early |>artof May and the
2i)th of tlmt month? Mr. Calhoun asserts, the
negative—but every person that has understanding
to count ten will assort, tho affirmative. This
sertion of tho Vice-President in the city of Wash
ington where the evidence cxi. ted, proves ins
reckless disregard of the truth in all occasions
where he conceives it to he his interest, to violate
it. In regard to this assertion of tho Vice-Presi
dent, Mr. Erving observes, “These nro stout as
sertions, since it is now ascertained that the offi
cial news uf the capture of St. Marks, was re
ceived at Washington early in the month of May,
nearly three weeks before either he or Mr.Crown-
insliield left that city ; consequently it was very
I>• is.Mblo that that affair might have been the subject
of a cabinet council when they were both present.*’!
In the same letter Mr. Erving says, “ That Mr.
Crowninshield asserted the accuracy of every fact
iu his letter to you (me,) and then related to me
circumstantially what passed in the (kibinet consul
tation to which it refers. The question before thr
i the
•mi -nee
ms
ddr
iu ccmplinnce with hi« o Ypren* dtiuiuod, contained
in lus Mter of tho 21)th of May, 1«30. By hit oU-
jocling to the correctiH-se of tho argument, in out
case, A- waving any objection to that furniaued at kis
request, he must be considered a6 having acquieaoe(l
iu the correctneps, nqd legitimacy, and snuudneac
of tlie roucluuion, that he is tlie author of the Noah-
ville letter.
I will, now, explain the reason why I consider thg
Vico President the uullmr of the notes appended to
ui\- letter in the Telegraph. In his elaborate letter
of the 2 Mu o’ Mny, lie says, “ Hcj Mr. Crawford,
was ut Milledgcvilie, on the Kith ot August, a low
days after ho passed through Augusta, and % little
after, there n j peered a statement in tiie Journal, some
what varied from that made in Edgoliold, hut agree
ing with it in most of the particultis. 1 cannot lay my
hand on the article, hut have a distinct recolUotfon
fi*l. You no doubt remoiiiht r it,circuinatoncesfixed
it upon Mr. Crawford, and it hau not to wy knowl-
edge been denied." Here it ie seeu that Mr. Cal
houn relies upon my eileuce us evidence of guilt ;
i*s» evidence liml 1 hud communicated cabinet secret*
to tiie Editor of the Georgia Journal, although hm
does not pretend, that the statement in the Ueorgift
Journal, was charged upon uie, by that Journal, and
does not state any of the circumstances, that he says
fixed it iqioi . me. When it is presumed, that he had
Clarka pamphlet before him, and, which, though
writlou by tho most vindictive aud maliguaut being
that ever existed ; admits that tlie Editor of Um
Georgia Journal, formally denied it, in the following
paragraph. [\ y “ It may le proper to slate, that W9
did not, u,s has beeu erroneously supposed, dirtTW
our information, from the .Secretary ofthe Treasury.
Mr. Cuawi'ord, respecting the reported division of
the cabinet, nn tho propriety of arresting General
Jack won for his Lie conduct.” I never su«pected r
Unit 1 hud he on chmged with any ~.wiik
the etatument, in the Georgia Journal, until some-
lime in October of the year 1820, wheu a pamphlet
published by John ('lurk then Governor of Georgia,
foil into my hands, which coutaiued the charge ao-
companied i.y the evidence of the oLarge, which the
Governor had been uble to collect, hut the ovideuce
wus of a nature so ridiculous, that none hut the au
thor would have made the charge. Th# same Wil*
non Lumpkin, who figures iu the correspondence,
and uddreHanf the Vice President, informed rue that
Governor Clark, had soni the charge, and the evl-
deuco to Gcuoial Jnoksou, to be by him laid before
tho President. It is presumed that Mr. Calhoun
coiinusant of tills fact, as he tells the President
Mv lotti^r to tlio Vico in his lottet of the 2l>th May. 1830, “ Yon no doubt
President, ofthe 2d Got. lft/O, was answered by lemeu.* r- it.” I vr.. never luioNij6<Hry
him. on the lUilli of ll.r.t month. That latter, wsb j roe, wh'ther the charge was submitted to him. But
therefore, in his I nude from tho 'JO tlr of Oct. until 1 he iufornicd tho Henatms from Pennsylvania, thak
the 25th of February, when ho nnnoxes a parcel ot • tlio Geiioi.il hud urged my removal, frulu the Cahl-
NotcH to it, in ibo Tel ornph. 1 shall in tho sequel
Vt:ite tlio evidence upon wnich thouo uotoa ale us
i rihoel to tho Vico President. They are such, that
lie at leuiit, will bo coiiutruined to admit. In mv let-
to tlio ' i».'j Pitihivlent,i.i tin: 2*1 October, 1 0, 1
■ , j i mum * h:.* » itibiaent, i.j in« .;u v)ci*<i»er, i j.h), i
presents n letter irom Mr. \\ iLnui L'linjikin, ei*n- t ;hq r g t . him with having *!stab!inlied tho Washington
taining one from Genorul Daniel Newnnn inch)
ping the copy of a letter from me to Allred IkilcJj
Es»(j. of Nashville in answer to one received from
him. Mr. Lumpkin it will be observed is very
flippant in the use of terms of reproach and vitu
peration; and General Newnnn i.i not much be
hind him. Of these two men it is sufficient to say
they are both apostates from the republican ranks.
They will both probably, deny this. Tiny are
however both Clark men. ' This they cannot deny,
and they were both anti-Clark men until uuout 8 or
10 years ago; when they both about the same time
made a political summerset. They are both un
questionably political turn coats. Air. Lumpkin is
now the Clark(yimlidate for Governor. That par
ty in this State, is a mongrel party, formed of tlie
worst materials of the political parties which have
heretofore prevailed in Georgia. General John
Clark the leader of the pnrty was believed to bo a
federalist—hut finding in 1824, that lie could not in
duce his party to support Mr. Adams, he declared
for Generi ’ Jackson. At tlie election in 1828, the
only two electoral candidates for Air. Adams, were
(’la'rkite*-:; one of them hud been his confidential
Secretary when lie was Governor. This man
(General* Clark,) had succeeded in a wonderful do-
give in combining all the ignorance in the State in
hi.; support. It may be laid down as an axiom that
ill the United States, ifi a man changes politics al
ter lie is BO years old he changes from selfish ami
therefore dishonest motives. It is a notorious fuel
that both these men were more than BO years ol
age when they changed tlmir politics.. It is- not
wonderful then that there should hi* sympathy be
tween them and Mr. Calhoun. The old udage,
that birds of a feather will Mock together, was nev
er more fully verified than in this instance. Tho
Vice-Presifient is welcome to tlie copy of my let
ter which 1ms been obtained from Air. Balcli with
out his knowledge permission or consent. I have
Cabinet was whether we should take possession of the letter of Air. Balcli now before me in which
the Florida*. He was opposed to the project, rnd | 10 says, “ The copy was not furnished with my
knowledge, privity, or consent.” II I had suppos
ed 1 lie copy of till* letter would have her n accep
table to Mr. Calhoun, 1 would have sent him a co-
Mr. Calhoun, and not tho decay of his memory.-—j spok** agair.st it and lie mentioned to me in gener-
In support of tho argument of the (Bubo, founded ! 1,1 Rnes ike argument winch h * made use ot on
on Mr. Monroe’s letters of tlio 19th of July, and 1 tlmt om-a^ion. He well recollects that a certain
21st of December, 1818, lshall produce a passage . . ■ .
from Air. Monroe’s letter to me of the8l.li August, l/brgofh ■* il, hut wont to l gk tor it, in some cabin-
1830.—“I lay in bed more than a week during ; ( '^ orrclired place, trom which ho brought a sinsHl
which that letter (tho confidential one,) was ro '-1 box, or trunk, rv«-d .«r blue, 1 thn.k l e ernffi) m tins
moved, and every thing relating to that war having i was fountl the leti r, f. Air. » rowmimlue o s recol-
heen previously arranged, it was forgotten nnd j Action js minutely exar-t. ii“ H’collet ts
iiever read by ine until after the meednjr of the ad- j no ' v could see the corner of the small , ....... ...
ministration, nnd tho decision us to the course to j which the letter was round, the very l.laeo m the sing evens. It of his strong desire tc
bo pursued in reforerm to its management. My , room where lie himself mil, during the discussion comm „ m catc facts to ,s friend the V iec-JW
improssion is that 1 read it then, uu a tu/tKeslion if nnJ »H *»»•!'* '''‘ails nlr. ( allmuii mu t there- dent, ho assumes the diameter ol n prophet nnd
Mr. Cnlhoun, that it rerpiired my attention. Had fore rc.-ort to some other shift er viee, to -r> t rid venture-- to pvediet what I.™ ral Jackson will do.
[ read it when I received it, 1 should have consider- ! nf Mr, Crmvnm*hiold s evidence, more d pi n e Unfortunately, tho shrewd o.ii«-rver ot pas -mg
ed il confidential, and never have shewn it In an,/! than Ins naked assertion, that Mr. Crownnishiold | events, and the pn
one, however fereat nn, confidence in Hu m miaht he.” | could not liuve been present ot any cal,me t
private letter, was asked for, that Mr. Monroe had py and thereby possibly have saved his friend
' Newnau, trom the shame and disgrace ol* purloin
ing letters. I have never written er said any thing
Lf Mr. Calhoun, that l would not have wiitlcn or
said to him, Lad tlio occasion tnnde it proper,-—
as tho’ Mr. Lumpkin whom I have long known prides
tiex in | himself upon lining a very shrewd observer nf pas-
ll<
equally at fault.
tells the Vice President, “ That from the day
It is somewhat difficult to”ascertain what .Mr. Men-1 jngat ivliich ho was,‘on tlio Seminolo campaign, j Pennsylvania took no fien ral .1" -kso„ every e.m-
roe’s meaning in the foregoing quotation is. Ho! I he records ot the War department shew that spumous friend ot th- \ ice I n -id. nt supported
states that “every thing relating to that war, having i this assertion is untmo. |(ieneral Jacksnn, with constancy, Zealand uni-
been previously 'arranged, the letter was romoved
and forgotten, and never read by me (Mr. .Monroe) wore made subsequent to the date ot Mr. Grown-,
until after the meeting of the administration, anti inshicld’s letter to Air. Calhoun. He is u man of
the decision as to the course to he pursued in ref- undoubted veracity, nnd although my memory does
crence to its management.” It is manifest that the 1 not enable me to offer any explanation upon this
first part of the foregoing sentence relates to the i subject, ! have no doubt that his statement in his
arrangement of the letters and papers concerning letter to mo is substantially correct} because Ins
the Seminole war. Tho second member seems to memory is distinct, and ho states facts clearly and
present the idea, that the letter teas produced and j unequivocally. 11“ is a man of unquestionable
The declarations before stated by Air. Erving, formity, nnd that General „»;s"L-'>ii knows it.
Leaving it. therefore to he inferred, that every
conspicuous friend of Air. Calhoun in tic m Ot T,
had been influenced so to act by tho \ *-!’r i-
dent. Now unfortunately for his friend Lumpkin,
the Vice-Frcsident declares to the people of the
United Stntes that he was neutral between Gene
ral Jackson and Mr. Adams. Wonderful!!! It
is nrepiinied that there was not another individual
read on the suggestion of Mr. Cnlhoun, alter the I veracity, it i Uhcveffire a matter of perfect imlif-j.i.tl.oU.iite.lSt.itesinthiahapnystatoofqmes-
decision of the adminiatration in reference to it- ferettce whether the aame feett are recolleeted by cenee uponthe prealdentW elect,..n, Ocncral
management The man meat of what? Of) Mr. Hr. Adams, Mr. Wirtormy elf. Jackson and-Mr. A dams were so in, like their
the Seminole war. That had tsrmi:. ited heflire Tli-v are h id - fartn that he .-ml 1 net have eh- P <;> -r, manners, and principles that it is at least
the meeting. If Mr. Monroe intended to state, mined any ^ ro dsi than in a Cabinet eonnctl. d icnlt to conceive, how any man who hadJhe
T ,is rir- I ii ? nice i*- •; m * ! usiv •, and must prevail j I »st knowledge of the two men could he neutral
with all unprejudiced minds. i hetwe
It m iy he jiroper lie
that the letter wus produced and read upon the
suggestion of Mr. Calhoun that it required lm : ut-
tention, after the decision of the adinini -tnition
ceu tliem. But I believe Mr. Calhoun was
it I have no' not cven neutral fir tw< n those gentlemen. Does
upon the course to be pursued towards Spain an',11 disiinct j. coilcction %-lK-thor Mr. frowninshicld | the nation recollect the letter of the 3d of July,
• " * * ’ 1 ' *' ‘ 1 Mr. Wir
towards General Jackson( then it is manifest that | nr Mr. Wirt were pres snt in tho Cabin t council 11824. by whlch-Mr. Calhoun Mr. A mis and John
‘ ii,;-. | - or were absent from it. Ur. ( id- McLean then Postmaster < .encrnl ithdrew their
hoiin and Mr. Adam?. I know wore present. If 1 s names from the '4th July Dinner at W ashington bc-
had recollected that Mr. Crowninshield had been I causo Min'an Edwards «a* excluded from that
he is mistaken. It is impossible in the nature of
things that Mr. Calhoun could have believed, or
suggested that, tbit letter required the President’s
attention, after tho decision of the administration
upon the events of the campaign had been formed.
absent as 1 now suppose him to have beer. I cer- j dinner ? How happened this union. J hat letter
tainly should not haveanplied to him for iinforrna-1 at least, ta showfl a friendly feeling between them;
IKpublican, for tho purimao of villifhing nnj reputa
tion, and that il wus edited by a clerk in hia office.
In ont) of his notes, ho donios that Tliomaa L. Mr-
Konnoy, the edifi-r of that preus, was a tlork iu tlir.
\ Yur D' jr'rt'uonl, while Iiewiu editor of that papDr.
12n iissurtH th it Mehonuey tola out Mu inleroHt in
that |Kii*■ r in Ie23, and waa not uppi/.ntol. cleik in
tho War Dopnrtimuit until February 1824. The Vice
I’reBidunt tlie ii nd m it u that he did fstahliah that Pkobh
for the purpobo of rdlijyitur niy reputation. i have
not tlih uii*un« of uwc’«) tuiuing wiiethor tho fact be
correctly ntutod. But for tli•* sawu of argument, lot
it he adiuitlod. How do^s tliai benefit tho Vice
President ? IJnd AJcKennoy been oppuiutrda clerk
before be became Editor, or even while In* wai, Mr.
Calhoun would in all probability, have alleged, that
any interference by the Secretary to prevent th
abuse which was heaped upon mo,by lliut Press, would
have been un infringement of the liberty of (lie
Press. But if the appointment won made, after
ceased his editorial labors, it was apparently made (o
remunerate tlie services lie had rendered by abusing
me. In my letter of the 2d October, I inform Mr
Calhoun, that ho hud been charged iu a Charleston
paper, with being concerned with tho Niniau Ed
wards conspiracy, to destroy my reputation, and
charged him with having excited Edwards to the
uet, and with revising the charges, nnd state
General Noble informed me, of his (Calhoun's) dai
ly visits to Edwards, for 8 or 10 days before ho ♦
out for tlio West. No part of this charge is deni
in the notes. The whole charge is therefore ad
mitted. In the Vice President's elaborate essay
of the gdlh e,f May K30, to tin* President, speak
ing of lh»* Nashville letter, ho says, ‘‘he (Mr Craw-
lord) oilers no reuson for charging me with so dis
honorable. an art, as that of betraying llie procee
dings of the cabinet, uud that for tlie purpose of in
juring one of my associates iu the administration."
lit- adds a few lines further on. “ But why charge
me,-in*! not Mr. Adams ?" In my letter of the 2d
October luvt, to the Vice President, is stated , | “ co
py a question from your letter of tlu* 2!)th of May,
L30, thus expressed: you ask, why not charge Mr
Adams with having written it r" “ My reply is that
the answer is conclusive. 'Flint letter contained
two falsehoods, one intended to injure me, the other
to benefit you (John C. Calhoun), and that which
was for'(John ('.Calhoun's) benefit, taking from Mr.
Adams half the credit of defending General Juck
son, and giving it to you (John C. Calhoun.) Ad-
mining for ihe sake of argument, that Mr. Adams
was disposed to injure me, no one will, I think, sup
pose that lo would voluntarily user!he to you half
Uie merit of Ins «ivvn actions, to tlie mail who was
the most strenuous opposer of Ins wishes. If the
intriir.in evidence of the letter,fixes it upon you (Mr.
Calhoun,) and not upon Mr. Adams, Bubsequent
••vents strongly corroborate the evidence deduciblo
from the published letter.” To the foregoing
Boning, no objection is taken in the notes. Tlie rea-
soniii/, is therefore, admitted to be legitimate nnd
i.iniid. But it lua v possibly he urged by the Vice
Fi t dent, that this is carrying the principle ot ad
mission loo for. This would he admitted if Mr.
Cn!!mun had confined liis notes to facts ; and had
not i'xtended them to reasoning. In my letter to the
\ i< • President, of the 2d Oct. Inst., I state, “ you
say that tin* decision of tho Cabinet was unanim
ously agreed to. 'Fliis, I believe, lobe untrue, and
I believe you knew it to he untrue, at the time you
wrote it. My reasons are the following, The Cab
inet deliberations commenced on Tuesday morning
;,i.d on Friday evening, ! thought nil the question
had been decided, and Mr. Adams was directed t>
draft a note to I In* Spanish Alinister, conformably to
those decisions. 1 intended to set off’ for Georgia
Sunday morning, and in order to prepare the depart
ment for rny absence, 1 was busily employed in of
fice, when about 1 or 2 o’clock, l received a note
from the President requesting my attendance. When
I entered, the greatest part, of Air. Adam’s note had
been rejected, nnd the remainder was shortly after,
because it wus written not in conformity to tho de
cisions which had been made by the Cabinet, but
expressly contrary to them. He was then again di
rected to write the r.'itfl, conformably to the decis
ions. This was late on Saturday evening. Thu
next in* ruing, ! * .*t of for Georgia.” Mr. Adam’s
letter of the 2Aih of July, 1830, now before me, n il-
•ernles all thoOirguments ho urged in the c '- : v.-t.
and in it lie infor:. ma, ” That the exposition
which appeared in the Intelligencer, was not v. ritten
by him.” From all thus* facts, l think it is fairly infer-
, nnd th* v coimnumcatod it to iue, the sanns da/v
The pamphlet just referred to, ubUiued Uu currsu-
oy. 2 do not auollcot to foivo seen f single refer
ence to it iu any newspaper, not even in tho Wash-
ill fit ol 'LqM.br.lXU, ..'AmmimU Lite pmuphUii irift pub
lished exj.rinsiv to ulfrot the Presidential sfocliua.
Jl was hj ridiculous and luahgnaut, that avail Mr.
Calhoun's Press, the Washington Hepublican, which
teemed with daily abuse of me, thought it p/udant
not to use it. Vet it is a charge coutaiued in such,
a pamphlet, and under such circumsUneas, that the
Vioa President, considers evidence against tan, bn»
cause I bad not denied it.
A number of the Globa, dated in ilia latter and of
February lust, couUiusimtcaexplanatory ofthe nota#
appended to uiv letter, of the 2d October. 1830. by
tlie Vice President, which is headed by tha follow
ing r< mark. “The Editor ofthe Telegraph hmm
published Mr Crawfords letter to Mr. Caihuun,
patched all over witJi tlie nuts* of his BMlsqomrt.—
It is out fair to give the explanatory notes, given by
a friend of Mr. Crawford." Here the charge is dir
reel, h.nd positive. The Vico President was in tho
City, and must he presumed to bare soon th* charga.
li 3 silence, therefore, i« evidence that he was tW
author of the notes*. It ia, at least, evidence U>
whiciihecanr.it object; for it ia tenfold stronger
than thut which lie has urg*d against me. This rn-
mmk has already l**n*n published in a variety of ps^
per*, and must, therefore, have reached him through
a variety of chaiinuis, He has coutrsdictsd nous of
them, and must be { resumed to have acquiesced in
the (ruth of the charge. Besides, no one can believe
that Mr. Calhoun would have confided the task of
writing the notes, to another person—In bis letter of
tiie 31st October last, returning mine, it is seen that
he intended to use that letter against me. 1 have
never, before the appearance ot Mr. Calhoun's sev
er.:! publications, understood and felt the force and
intensity of that exclamation of tlie patriarch Job,
**Oh that mine adversary had written a book -
Mine has written two books, and ou« set of notes,
tiy which he is convicted bj legal enJceue, ipf. Of
haring written, or caused to be u / 'tm, Ihe NashviLLs
letter, which in bin letter of the 22th of May, 1830,
•he .’laser's never to have seen. 2d. Of having net
up the h asliingtnn Republican, fur the purpose of rt/,-
lifyiiig nu/ reputation. 3d. Of having conspired trills
.Vmian fid wards, to destroy my offictul unA private
character In his letter last referred U*,. tlie Vies
President pronounces, “Tlmt it would have been diu-
honorable for him In have written the Nashville fot-
t* r to injure one of his associates iu the administra
te u." No lutionsl being will, 1 think, dissent fio*i
tlii« sentence*. But he is by his notes, convicted *>f
this dishonorable act. Now" it in respectfully submit
ted to the decision of enlightened rtadersof this re
view, whether it is more d'e-ho no ruble to have writ
ten I hut letter, which contains but mu falsehood, to
the injury of that associate, than to have established
a press,for vilifying the. reputation of the same asso-
cin tv. which teemed with dadij falsehoods upon that as
sociate.
The Vice President affects much patriotism
and great veneration tor the fundamental institu*
tions of the UniUd States. There is none of those
institutions more vital than the liberty of the preae.
That liberty can never be impaired in the United
Slates, but by its licentiousness. It is firmly believ
ed that no press established in the Union, carried
the licentiousness of the press to such extremes as
tho Washington Republican, not even excepting
the notorious Peter Porcupine. The Vice President
is therefore an enemy to the liberty of the press.—
Again it i» respectfully submitted to the commmuty,
to decide, whether it was more dishonorable to have
written the Nashville lotter, than to have excited
Niniaii Edwards to conspire with him to blast my
reputation for ever and fix a stigma upon my inno
cent. nnd unoffending children ? The foregoing*
questions are submitted with the fullest confidence,
that the answers will be such as a virtuous commu
nity ought to give; that the dishonorable conduct 9
rises in regular grndalion and terminates in a cli
max. The Vico President is liberal in his chargee
of my enmity against him. 1 am represented by
him iis his bitterest enemy his most inveterate ene
my. It is true I fool no friendshipfor him. and have
not since the publication ot tlm Nashville letter, and
have never made declarations of friendship for him
since that period. V.’hnt is tho evidence which he
produces ft' my enmity to him ? 1st. My letter to
Alired UaLi» ( Esqr. 2d. My letter to Me Bnrry, rfs-
|,,.ctin<T tho election of Vice President. Tho reader
is rerpiesG'd t*» compare this evidence, with the char-
:.e» which have just been established by legal evi
dence 'ainst the Vico President, «X: decide between
i a, which lias furnished thojnost ovidance of^enniK
ty and resentment.
.v u..u fB.r.u.u.Mi. Some English author l do not
recollect which at this moment, says that u mnn \\ho