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lias born injured by another. may forgive the injury, | hod to correct the statement,
nnd even become the frioml of iho person who in
flicted the injury, but that tho person who inflicted
the injury, can never bo reconciled to, or he th
friend of the person injured. If this reasoning if
applied to the N ice President end myself it must be
evident that he can never heroine my friend
that it is possible I should heroine bis. Out
does the Vice President mean, when he charges me
with being bis bitterest enemy ? Door lie no an
that 1 would do him an net of injustice or personal
injury ? If he means tins h»* is wrong. 1 here is
not a human being in the world to whom I v. ••old do
a personal injury, or nn net of injustice. But it h
Mr. Hamilton, did not
veil request him to do that. Hut the fact of princi-
lmp'irtnnce disclosed is that the N > e « resident
the | did disclose the confidential secrets oflho cabinet, to
dr. Hamilton, Mr. Hamilton expressly' says in his
ddn s*. “ The conversation wo* extended, and on
li | his part (the Vice President’s) embraced much that
• l I never frit mvself ut liberty to disclose. The Vice
ie i'residcutthen in February did disclose much
ii I of the • oriiiilentiil proceedings of the cabinet which
,il Mr. Hamilton has never Iclt himself nt liberty to
is disclose. It is only when the Vine President un
derstands the information given, is likely to be pul)
^OUV'vMl,.
',rr
hat lie rn
It" the •’ ton • M l • I .'II
* M*enie*t to |»r
lisjsurd lo ■*ii
memory. Tet in Ins letter oi th#2)th
lie a*- rta that his rccollcUion is distinct tint
lidcnlial letter was not (iroduced and read
tablet of Jus memory retained imp-, ssiotis i dura-
bly us brass, lie could not have made this ns irtion, if 11. . •
h« had had one principle of honor, or horn-Ay in his ’
heart. Mr. Monroe and Mr. Adams, Wave said as | [V,,,! ‘
much to hnneat men could say, viz : that fn*v had j '»* *
no recollection that it was (induced and re;:A T <<*re ^ V',! V. a -1
is hut one cane in which it T* po ,.-dhle for »n\honest V • > ’> ' >
man to make such a declaration. And that i^ when , |Viai t!*•• .xAiT-
he has a distinct recollection of a fact winch finder*
it impossible that the alleged fact should have -ocar
Dm tu* liter-
it hi
toper, and lit it it might
ni«#»* 1 sin not friendly to his lurther promotion he j that In* fi-« s th-* *■ i r**d
I tailed that Iud qualms of conscience are excited, and ; ed. But Mr. Calhoun Hock rut allege nny th
of
of e illinet secrets,, tins kind upon w hich to f- und Kir distinct r
is fight. 1 know Iiih r
lir.il nn worthiness, mid i ould t air Ik . i h the fiicta intended lor publication had not j // /.s hi* naked assertion of his distinct ruoliifbon that
publicly known the name day. But the
would give advice in the cab
. which he would be ashamed t
would place great value upon the
■> justify
not consicientiousJy aid Ins further elevat ion to oflir
If I were to do it, I should render mysell the rn'cmu
plice of the injury which he might, and probably
would inflict upon the community.
A a the Vice President in his notes to my letter
aups upon Mr. McDuffie's evidence, and th
. '"Hence is the foundation of almost all Ins retro 1
of almost all the inferences drawn in his * '
letter of the 30th of May 1830 ; it is pr |"* * ■ •
for ine to say there m no truth in any par ' '
McDuffie's statement, except that 1 ' r
the village of Edgefield, in the summer « ! ■- , and
was at the house of Col. PimpUm* I ' v , f
beyond that in Mr. AL Dnflta n Platan 1,1 4 *he In*
lion of his hrai n, (see Judge Aloorc s h ; i- ) After
reading tint latter, the reader is informed that 1 pas- j wli
sed through the village of Edgefield on 1 i nlay nior- | tin
ning, ty arrived nt Lexington, Sunday, to dinner. Col.
tiiutpkm* and .Mr iNL Uutfic, neither poBseswed or
merited my confidence. Messrs. Mooie,Lol»l» and
Dudley' Dunn, were my petsnnnl and political (Funds 'I'Ii
and neighbors. Can any man in his sensus heli
1 would have made the disclosures attributed to me
by Mr. Mi-liullie on Friday morning, and on bun-
day should have cautiously refused, all such com
munications to my personal confidential and po
litics) fr.eiid.s ? But in the Presidential canvass <1
18:23 and 1824, every thing was wielded by Mr Cal
houn and his triendH. to injure me and none of those
friends was more active than Mr. McDuffie. I re
member hi one of his dinner speeches at Cambridge
I think, he designated me as the radical chief, a
term at that tune in the estimation of .Mr. M< Duf
fle and Ins patron Mr. Calhoun, of the bitterer! re
proach If the facts contained in .Mr. McDuffies
letter to the Vice President find been known, they
would have been proclaimed ut every cross loads,
muster ground, and even upon the house tops not
only rn tjnulh Carolina, but throughout the I nited
States. Not a whisper however was heard of them
during that period of excitement, because they had
not been hatched, and were conceived und brought
forth only when it wns behoved to be necessary lor
the Vice President’s defence. Judge Moore, whoso
letter is herewith published, has hem lor many years
a judge of the inferior court of Oglethorpe comity,
and very extensively known in this Ft,ito, nnd where
he is known enjoys the reputation of a man of hon
or, honesty, and veracity, equal to th.tl|»1 any man in
the ytntu or United States. llis RUitements are
therefore entitled to full credit. Dr. Dunn, who
now resides in NN ’nl Tennessee, no doubt recollects
tJie same tacts 4* will doubtless confirm them when re
quired. It may be right to slate the* my visit to
Col, tfimpkius' house was confined t » the time
which elapsed between the breakfast of tin* platen
gers and the starting of tho stage, Every persoi
who has travelled in the stage, knows that it in gen
erally ready to utait before flu* passengers hnv
tailed their meals. My viait to Col. Bmi|’i ins’
therefore have been bill for a very few minute
Mr. McDuffie Ins furnished his frit ml with n
•If, lor an hour* conversation at least. Tho reasons I that tin* premdenti.tl
contained in my letter of the 2d of October, were
f».<Sri‘MA» Un» aonvmeni nnv ti uth-speaking ninn
of tho fulselmod of Mr. M*T)utfic s statement, but
1 am not nt nil surprined that the Vice Pt« ideiit ilitl
not leel their fordo, as Ins own conduct did not ena
ble him to appreciate, them.
The Vice President's pamphlet, discloses n piece
orevtdettee tlint 1 bad not Indore neon It is tin* letter
of Hubert S. (iarnett, late a member of <h»ngi'e*s
from Virginia. .Mr. (iarnett in lus letter, seems lo
be in haste to make the important communication
To use tho huntsman's phrase, In* seems to have gon«
off a* half bent. In bin fi lter to the N ice President.,
he makes me say that lit acral Jo r '.son, ou^ht to la
condemned, and the extract from Ins diary which im
mediately follows, (und which *t. is presumed vvi
before him when lie wrote his letter,) unites m«* any
^ -thnl-tU* (i- nr-r'd ought to be. ren*t:-<d. N • ' «•< • •
nously submitted t" every rati .ml and - ilt o,
person, whether even the diary •«: a on. ntil 'il
to any credit who cannot distinguish bet scon the
words condnnin tl an l ecniurrd. I oo isciciitionslv
halmve that 1 never us. d cither of tho wortla a -cri
bed tome by Mr (• - nett. My conduct toward.- -
Atr. ( obli upon the sui», < : I Ins ro^ylution -nil i
die,is ,Ur in i ‘ • < -j’i s J udge Moure
lottor. So docs mv r. lb climi oi th*- s« n! iments I
•ntarlainod of the propriety, or rather of the impr.i-
r rtelv of a legisUtivs inquiry into the subject. Hut
will not press this subject lurther, for I r«*il! \ *nv«
no unkind feelings towards Mr. <» u nett and bad r.i-
ther 1k» subjected to the slight shade ol im imimIcii
cy, his diary may cast upon uip, than that ho should
be subjected to a much graver imputation.
The Vice President in non of Ins notes, si vs that
n very material port of Mr. Adam's letti r to in»\
has b#en with-bchl by me Thai material p ut r
negative wholly, mid it will he s*-cii l>j tin* mnexed
•xlract of my letter to Mr. Adams 1 \ I did not
pent Its remembered any Bring about the confidential
Utter, ami assigned my reasons tor i* Mr t’allio
fins doubtless received a copy of my letter from A
Adams, as l have authorized him to furnish >t D
there ts any thing in that letter which in bis opinion
tends to contradict or weaken the fume «.f tvilex
tract, lie ran exp »s« it by puldisliing the whole loth r
Mr. Adams states the grounds nil which it w*»a '*i
posed to bring (general Jachsctt to trail, but tfi-c
not state by vvhnut it wns urgid. In my letter <•:
the 2d oi’ Oct-d/er, iSli), to tin Vice Pn '•*»*€, I
slat-A that “ Air. Adams must have alluded I » him.
as nu other member of the cabinet had made any
proposition of an uul'n- mlly rlurwh-r to the ; in r il
sud add tli it if he denies that the charge in M r
Adams’letter applies to linn, I w ill obtain tho neces
sary explanation." Tho N ice President appends no
note to this part of my letter, and must tlicrcf-.ro lie
considered as admitting the t u’.lt of my statement
But ins pamphlet shews that he lias tubfres-.ml a Id
ler to Mr. Adams, on the subject of his letter to me
and has not ventured to ask the question of him.
Th.s is therefore a second admission nf the truth
the charge, that he proposed t » bring (leuer il Jark-
•on t*> trial, 1 still believe there w as no express pr->
noaiti »n to arrest or try (» *n J.tc\s-»n. But the Vice
President's own admission if duly eonsidored and
autlyz *»1, amounts in substance, t-» that and nothing
else He admits that lie propus d inquiry. There
are 1 believe but two itv»d >s ut in piirv kn- .vii i
the law m irtul, 1st a court of enquiry strictiy *•
railed, which is always r«'sorted t » w!i.*n the t'rd
upon which the government is called upon t * do ml *
are not well ascerUimd, a r-*urt of enquiry is prop-
or, and the duty of the Court is simply to ascertain
ll.r facts, nt».I report them l » the g »vt rn nent for it*
decision. 2d. \ court martini for tho trial of milita
ry offenders, when the facts nro sudu molly ascer
tained, for the government to decide that the officer,
ought, or ought imi t * be put on his trial. In the
case of Uenuml Jacknon, the t'jcts were all distinct
ly known. They consisted of toe orders of the war
department, anti the reports and dispatches of the
general under those orders. There was hen* no ne
cessity for a court of inquiry. Mr. (mlhouil then
in proposing no inquiry, did in fact. though not in
words, propose a court martial, which piesunposen
an arrest. The President who is ncqarited with
martial law, no doubt understood Mr. Calhoun's
proposition as one subjecting him to arrest and court
martial.
All the other of Air Calhoun's notes to my let
ter admit of a satisfactory explanation, <»r are too i*i-
signilicant in their nature t . require attention, and
would swell this review loan inconvenient extent.
] therefore take my leave of them r> serving to my
self the right of explaining or relating them if it
should hereafter become necessarj .
In the publication of James A. Hamilton, Esq. it
appears that utler an interview with the Vice Presi
dent, after his return to New V"«*k, he wrote to th
Vice President, staling the facts which the N ice Pre
sident had com uunicaUtl to him that were not of a
confidential nature, and reipiexled him to correct the
•latement if he hud misunderstood him. Tho Vice
President replies, and does not correct the statement,
and does not even intunat**, that statement was in
correct in any particular. N-ov however in his sup
pleinentary address, ho asserts that Mr. Hamilton's
statement is incorrect. By the rules of reason, and
logic, the Vice President is estopped fro.n den\in-r
the truth of that stateuwnt, for " lien called up m l'Jr
that purpose, he did not pretend that the statement
was incorrect in any particular. But now he says,
i it is inaccurate and he <-iuld not have corrected it
without exposing cabinet secrets that would have
been improper. NVIu e*er heard of such .ju ex
cuse !! All that he wit required by Mr Hamilton,
was to say whether hi* slatenient ".is correct or not.
No dereiopernent of cabinet secrets or rca»oniii;/
were ner.r ssary. He had only to reply tint Mr.
Hamilton's statement ws» incorrect, und if lie plea.
instinctive horror of publico.-1 the good people of the United Htat^s by bin public*-
une he deeply regrets, that tion. Now I repeat, that no honest
onimUnicHted
that time to have had
timifl. I expect nt this time
instinctive horror.-lumbered when he committed his
first address t - iho pre.es. This disclosure of Mr.
II i.uilton's will 1 hop**J-,!iut the moutliofthe Vice Pre-
nit as l«»tho secrets of tho cabinet. Mr. Adams
fd Air NN'irt, may continue to discant upon the sa-
«•«! nature of cutunet secrets. Thev w ill find few
/tnirvrtt and still fewer advocates. The principl
JiT which they and the Vii
only «lir.hnnr*Rt counsellors. For my own part i never
said a word or did an act in the cabinet, that
nlidence. He. neerna at he paluiR upon the President and afterwords upon
mm could,
mid have made hiicIi a declaration, fi t ins tnemoTj
be ever so good. How then could the VLePresident,
whose memory he has twice directly admitted could
not h»* relied upon ns to fuels, after the I»pne of
ly twelve years pretend to recollect not a fact, but
that a fact did not happen at a particular time, will)
out pretending that nny peculiar “drcmtiBtanno had
President contend, suit rivaled it in his memory.
interview, between Mr. Calhcutt, and my-
lf, in October, l k ‘2l, without being culled upon by
I was concerned, 1 should have been unwilling to he any thing, I hud said, he stalori at the Presidential
at ilie i»*Ki*>'**»i-in, »u« l.a pr
ik;- rou« one to p.iii uiilem
-*<I argument* to eonvmre ii
it w I.rougiit lo-ii.re C’oi.R
uM support
e*>rj(in’; that the AilHiii
| estimate of llUllUU Character.
I now refer my readers to that portion o f the Goj^
ernor’s n»«3sage which relates particularly to tha
rthe most striking act of imbecility which 1 distn^^Yion of the Cherokee territory in w hich he
fitted liy a Governor of our State..' declares, " The great object of the htate, in the np-
I in carrying
> St.ue, (-no |»t t
i i i •••!».-c.-t|
IRSSS. P a ' ( ^° ll, ° preservation of his popularity. But thej preoented by our adversaries? Ifany one entertain
u|! i • - V;; ’’i‘fi.'^rii’j-ou -- v*r- ' Legislature was not convened, and the ojtmgu con- that opinion he and niyneif differ very widely in our*
r.Ce »t • mi- siv- .ni*»t in the If., .iw.ii.ii, 1 tiuued and inert., •cil. Tha people were still ol.tmo-'
hi.-rnquirip* u j n ° i , ’ | ^i ( , ” | .|“ l | ^.V:*ii)fhil j rous, something must be done, and something wu»|
i. i-1 - i J »i ks.ui, ns. done which will be remembered by the people of
_i .. i... Georgian
has ever been committed by « .-..1—.w. ... .
1 allude to the prncl:imulio:i against the gold di-~ i propri-ition oi its lauds, is the increase of its popula-
issued simult tncouslv, with that wJmdi extended i tion, and the excitement of its people to industry
the jurisdiction of tlm Slate over the Cherokee j and the accumulation of wealth. The lottery sys-
territory, and the train of measures by which ititem which Ii .s been hitherto adopted, is believed to
was followed. In that proclamation the Hover- have been better calculated to nttain these ends than
nor commanded nil the officers of the State both; the disposition by public sale. In an unimproved
civil and i library to be aiding and atnistii>g in | country, where capital is scarce, interest high, ev-
pulf.-ig a - t »;> f • v-1.1 digging, upon our Cherokee ery trade and employment demand labor and wealth,
Terrilorv. and wTi. n the writer saw that pi oolmna- th.* surplus money m the posses.uon of the people,
tion he f- It a r v! v 111 •• liopc flint ellieient meai.pr* s i can be expended more usefully by tli-in, in improv-
v. - ic about to he n>b-oed. But that hope was *<i3nj ; jp| (Juir fanf D, nni otherwise a-Uing to the r.ches
to he dU.ij-jioiuti d. lor it is a lad, which 1 record orh'iv - than if drawn from Uein to bo pi a*
with pain and Immiiie.l:'- *, that in oliedienc® to tl^ i M t q i...T^TT'easbT~ T,y *fi — ; -'-uodr
and, ie, in < o.'; !iiino.' wiih the provis-! more dillicult to restrain imptoper cxpenffitu-res
*im«n|."»*I tty Ilt<*
i.UUi-l ti
• ti-tiui.tly rttc-illn t i • t yuu nn
ip-. i*■*•' <• ml qn -tiitus tli.n il»*y«
•'iinlut l in |li,.« war. I .till iml t
- .. Jnrk,.t. conduct, lint j ii
•u y
n.I >our Ifflinj-
<>e.iipin. Durui; iht* «
ir< uu.- - ii. it s nil
entu.in-d, u liiclt >n
> surprm* In in t*.
Opii. J»ek*.tn,m,U
•VV «|tHJI1*rs Ilf III.*
imi than a ii) hi lit
Ii id |'l
, tint s»*vcm al in.|»irlant larix tli -
• Jour return lo . [In in 1
• • ii ii ; t' tlii* l-u-.iii. • •. I did i
'}
Governor's inaiid.-i.e, in mi.'odium;. - with tlm provis-: more difiicult to restrain improjier expenditures
ions of that proclamation, a respectable militia offi-' arising front a full ireustiry, than to obtain through
cer. residing in a county adjacent to the scene of the.powcrs which belong to the government, the
plunder, did forthwith raise a company and proceed means which may be really required for public pur-
to the spot for the purpose of protectectiug the |>osft8. M After reading this extract, who could be-
riglils of bis fellow citizens—Did lie succeed?—; Jieve Governor Gilmer
l.o succeeded
short time after his ar- j laying down doctrines *
rival, in finding himself and Ilia men, prisoners accordance with puhl
i favor ol' reserves ? After
sound, and in such perfect
option, that he would, in
to a detachment of the United Stales army, then : the next breath, pronounce a libel upon the morals
counsellor
lection, lor a successor to Air. Monroe, there would
t, or do nets i he hut two candidate*: ; one from the North,theother j
>wn publicly, from the.South : That hr iron, young enough to wait !
cdnesH of ca- ; 'Phis declaration w ns repeated with emphasis; and
> tt-u y 11 I stationed in tli« neighborhood of the gold
v«*« fellow citizens, a force raised* by virtu
(jovurnor'H proclamation, executing the orders ofthe
nd good sense of the people, and virtually declare
of the i them unfit to manage their own concerns. After
lling tho people that their su^lns money could b<
lnnet seen ts Mr. Monroe and Mr.Uro wningshield, j he added, if my friends did not act an unfriendly
ted like honest men upon this business.— part towards him, it was easy to foresee what parth
ks he
A the
have said nothing about the sacred nature ofl would take in the contest. In less than si
e | cabinet r.< crots. Air. Calhoun, endeavors most zeal- i was ail avowed candidate for the Presidency,
otihly to make il mnnifeit that he is acting m self I only avowed one. He never made any explu
defence, and that he is called upon by the President, | of ibis change of opinion, nor did I ever intimate
I the <
ed t<
f his whil
unit for Iiih opinions and ads as sec
retary ol' the war department. The Vice President
well knew, at tlm time that lie was endeavoring In
impose this charge upon the public, that it was un
true. The President distinctly stall's his cause of
«’• implnini iignnsl the N ice President. It is Jsimply
this, that while ho had pursued one course in the
cabinet, ho had contrived t<» make him believe that
ho pursued n different and directly opposite course,
mid I have no doubt that lie might have added with
strict tm'h fIn.( lie had contrived to make him be
lieve that, 1 had acted in the cabinet, the part which
he himself hud pursued. Notwithstanding my con
viction that the Vice President had pursued tins
course, I have made no advance towards the Presi
dent to ascertain the fact. Duplicity is tho only
charge which the President has urged against the
Vu e President. If he is innocent of the charge
w hy does lie not publish his correspondence w ith the
General, and shew that. In* disclosed t-> him frankly
the course he bail pursued towards him, until he
does this he must remain subject to the charge of
duplicity, urged again t him 1 y tljo President. Du
plicity out of the cabinet, and not f<>r his conduct in
the cabinet, is what the President charges against
the N ice President.
The Vice President in his address, cmnpl
pints and conspiracies dim led again..I him. The
Tele raph ehai ges these plots and conspiracies upon
.Mr. Van Bureii’aml the Telegraph no doubt speaks
by the authority of tho Vico President. Hitherto
my cm inies have atlert«*d to consular me tho princi-
j pal whenever I have been charged with any nuency.
But ii-uv the N ico President and his editor, seem din-
nust posed to consider me only as the instrument of Mr.
, yet | Van Huren. NN Io n that gentleman and Mr (’itin-
teri I brtdeng visited mein \priT, 1 -'7, l do not l
in, was the topic oi con-t
rsation during tho visit, what makes rue more con- j
fuleiit on this subject i*<, that I have a distinct recol
lection that Al r. Van Huron wrote tome from An-;
gust i, to know my detennation on that subject, if I
had form'd one Before they left mv hou-c, they j
informed mo tint they intended visiting u gentle- (
man of my aoqualntaiice In 1 >uth Cnrolinp, ol ,- rent
worth and respectability, I wrote to him, introducing
them. After they lutd left his hom e, lie answ ered
my letter expressing much silisfaction with the vis
itors, especially with Mr. Van Huren, except in
particular, and that was that lie seemed dispt
let Air. C dhoun remain where ho w as. Now says
ho, I want to punish lion for the mischief lie has
d me. This satisfied nio that Mr. V an Bttren was
lit. that time not unfriendly t«» tho \ tee President.—
Mr Van Burenis charged with conspiracy, heenuso
lu* isthoonlv p> is,m supposed to have an immediate
iiitere. I in tlu* d ivvnfall o. tli * Vi " Pr ufioit . and
the conspiracy is supp led hv the N ie.o President atid
his editor, t-. hi-ve originated in the cpring of l^J7,
when All. Van Huron paid me a friendly visit, hv
p| icing its origin s-> far hack, the charge chdeutH il-
*• If. Phe Vice President in hii letter to the Pr« -i-
fi-ut of the ‘J~ «:f \11;• i■ 18:10, nlluditlg to my let
ter t-i A. Haleb, I »«|. "I the l ltli December, I s *37,
; * s, if A ;»r'po-fitum of tlu* kind at that particular
period wh< n tile election was most doubtful and
mirm'ii contcstcil, needs no comment as t > its object."
The I .*-!-! e 111. a I eleelion was then on the I Pli Dec.
L-J7, most doitilfill, -ml ini r ml •/ contcrtcd. Net to
give plausihility to tlu* charge of conspiracy "gainst
Air. Von B ireii, it tttttf t he MtpfKiseil not only th.it
ho foresaw (teiu ral Jacksoti’u election certain, but
that lie* foresaw that the general when elected would
appoint him (Mr. Van Huron) Secretary of State.
This is giving that gentleman more foresight than he
efiiims or deserves, and the \ ice President rather
’less, than he possesses. It' tho Vico President seri-
« ntdv intends to apply the conspiracy of which he
Biinks, or asserts that he is the victim, to Mr. Van
Huren, he must make it originate after lm becanre
Beeret try of State, for until then he could have had
uo intercut, in prostrating this political coIIobus.—
The ir ii Lit m there never has e.\i>-d nnv conspiracy
aqalnst the N ice President. The only conspiracy
that I oi s existed since the year l“l' J , except that of
Hie Viet fit- lent an I V ; inn lidw ird • against me,
h is '.»*•( n one condiu ted by tho Vice President and
Inn !iiem! \to expo.*-* me to the resentment and von-
-r atice of (ieneial Jaekson. Now tha* i» unveiled
uid cun no lunpr be conesaled, tin* pi iter cries out
pi -ts and ci nspiruey. The recent cwnduct ol the
Vice President, brings forcibly to mind that line of
the Lului author who says. “ (Junn dnis rutty;< rd-rz
j.rius demrutat." Which being translated is, •• lie
whom God intends to ruin, he tir t makes mad, or de*
lint of his reason.' If the Vice President
in this situation, he never would have pub
lished the eorrespondericc. A tithe of the talents
and tart, that he In generally been supposed to pus-
apsM, would hive prevented that pulilication.
But his want of reason d;d not stop w.lli llis de-
tor oinatum to puhb it. The iir- t want of reason
.ui.l co amim st use, that 1 d. tll pront out in the pub
lication. is the disclosure «*f liis pnimdcd neutrality
’ etween Mr. Ndoms and Gen. Jackson, in the Pre-
sfiisntial canvass of 18*2.1 and 4. It Booms he had
naan ; d to decyive hln friends as w ell as General
Lae'- . »u. There can bo no doubt that Mr. Lump
".in believed him, a ‘* a sincere, zealous, constant ant!
nn ''-nit,” r *tpporU r of General # Ja.-ks*)n.” This
ojv-ii -t if .Mr. Lumpkin's, is communicated to him
u January, |8*2'd. IL* nevt-r undeceives Air. Lump
kin nul l in l b 1831. he declares t > the public tint
he ha 1 been iieutr.il between Mr. Adams and the
General. This derlai .lion was wholly unncce.;
ry. The printipnl tiling ho inteml««i to do was to
c-intradict me. That in his estimation was indispen
sable but that i upe nd no obligation up o him to
hsclose bi« conduct upon tint occasion. IL* might
have saved Mr. Lumpkin's feeling and in all pro
bability have preserved his trieminlii^ by silence.—
Again lie oft' ets great con«ideralion t‘-»r Mr Monroe,
yet in his letter of the ‘20th of May, ko often referred
to, he inches Mr. .Monroe say that the first time he
hid read General Jacks-n’s private letter w as in De
cember, 1818. when he had bet' re him Mr. Monroe's
letter of the JIsl December, ISIS, in which he in
forms Gen. Jackson he had read it in tlu* July pro
ceding,® and on Mr. Wulhoun's s'u f '., rstion. Now al
though 1 have no high opinion of the accuracy oi
ten <e.fv of Mr. Monroe's memory, it cannot be more
( elect,vo than the Vico President's if he id to bo be
lieved
But there arc circumstanced connected with this
question, that must he conclusive ugtinst the Vice
President. Air. Monro* appears t * hive had tin*
bubject constantly in hi» mind. The \ ice President
publishes, withtlie correspondence,three letters Innn
the President to the General, dated in July, October
and December, in the last of which, lie states when
and hole tho confidential letter was read. In May
1830, noarlv 1*2 years alter wards, with Mr. Mon-
rot-’e account of the matter in writing before him. lie
makes Air. -M mroe s-ay that ho had never read the
fitter until December, 1818. However defective
Mr. Monroe's memory may be, the Vice President’s
is worse. In my letter to him of the J3 October,
J>.10, I state that some tim* in the year 1-21, li« in
formed mo that h a memory could not fie relied upon
Hd to facts even after a short Lpaa of time. In Octo
ber of t iat year, 1 stale that fact to him in a letter,
\ bleb Ii* .mi - v *rcd th* nest day,and t a no ex**|^
t. .n to that statement. 1 do n -t make this s'.-itemeut
ii ,m memory. 1 have now before me, i letter writ
ten by me, the next day in which tl^i tact is recur
di d The same fact is contained in inr letter last «*i-
t«-d. To (the statement thus presented, Mr. Cil-
houn attac hes no Hole, then by twice admitting tin*
correctness of the statement of th* traiity ot hit
I .mi, s-r, jour mo»tobedie:
.Win. II. Craw lord.
t bumble s
JOHN MOOgE.
od, at tho r
uiv of the n<
which l.asoc
grots
mill in;;
wish to ho informed, llis declaration above stuted,
does not depend on my memory, for I have in my
possession, a letter w ritten by me, the day after the |
delar.alion was made. And much the publication of
the correspondence, 1 met with a gonllcniatl, who
was thm friendly to us both, and for might 1 know,
is still, to whom in a letter, about the date of the de
claration. I lid<1 comnuinicnled it. He re.in’lldod me
of it, and urged m« if I took any notice of tho cor
respondence, to present this lari to the public. In
compliance with his opinion, und advice, 1 have pre
sented it.
I havo been somewhat swrpri
that have been expressed in n
papers, ut tin.* misunderstanding
between the President and Vice j'rc udem
certainly n misnomer to call it a misundcis
it is in fact a correct understanding between the
parties, between whom there has been a misundrr-
standing since the summer of 1818. fcJoine dotilits
bavecveii been expressed, w4i»*therlhe rupture would
not produce n bail effect Upon the 'ensuing Presi
dential election: Bitch doubts are entirely viaionury.
Let Air. ( nlliouti go over to the opposition to-mor
row, lm cannot in mv opinion control our electoral
vote, not even in Sutlh (’.irolinu ; for I am crediblv
informed flint President of tile Lnitoil Htntes, i nn
•e votes in Abbeville district than Mr. Cnl-
llhoiiirlt it in his native district. 'J'he froth,
believe/NT r. <' illmun, m v. r wos a repul-lican
amen mini after, the federal
brown, and lie fi id sagacity
ed that, it would not ii-e to
ir ambiti n is therefore
publican party. During
i( ti existed, and the pros-
m-J ure which the enemy made on the country, require-. 1
ve j all the vigilan- e and all the * ,*rgy oflln- a- cliargcd
•n-1 with the public, int. r->t. Hoi afier the warn m w
hi- . Hcetie opened und lin n it was diseove
who hud enlered the republican rank:
publicans in fact. The Tariff for th
domestic labor,and internal improv
prominent and leadin
Mr. (Lillmun took n lending anr}
is now nt tho bead of the Nullifiers in 8>>
nn, to nullify tlm Tiirill’of I 28, because i
tert domestic labor. I have t.o donlit m:i
able, respectable, and well informed eitiz
11 Kxtrart of n
•• Y*m itoJu*l
itbington.
••If in snjinu
imy lo tlie«'i-ii>iiiuiioii to purstieon l
mi -eiiiilr hii* not lo move any lliins or
iiiml tn roar',nr** me Hint ih#-ie wa«
ai- • aivi i -.lion n -• irr< '* in I lie pre^
Uhi*T Magistrate of the State, upon our own soil, 1 expended more usefully by them in improving their
within our own jurisdiction, disarmed and made pris-: lamD and otherwise adding to their riches, than if
oners by the l '-dvral Troops. These things ure j drawn from them and placed in tho public treasury,
true, and must he spoken, but, 1 blush for the Imnor ( could any sober man believe, that in the same para-'
of my State, when I speak of them. Here was pre- graph, he would advise the legislature to take the
uted another striking occasion for the exercise of money of the same people from them and place it in
the hold iV energetic qualities of which we hav
so much. NVore they called into action ? NVe
Federal Troops ordered to leave our soil ? NV
arrest and punishment of their officers demanded by
final and sovereign rights was per
t* Kxirnctu
“ 1 think i
vfonl, to Jotio Q. A«l
port lieu.
comliK l ilmnitdiot
• the IV* siJent tosup-
A bihf Rc
CUD
in principle,
partv had hoi
enough to fi-
lle
prompted hi
i to join the
Governor (iilme
violation of pc
milted to pass
ccrsand men i
to submit without even tin* hope of redress,
next step which followed this most “ lame and
potent conclusion," was the notable scheme of read-
ding off the intruders, by the Governor’s agent Col
King, and the serv
them.
This hill of injunction huvin
oi * mo
■ard 1 the same treasury ? Or could it liuve been believed,
the i that the same Governor who in one breath told the
i the legislature, that it had been always found more diHi-
ult to restrain improper expenditures arising from a
No. All this indignity, all this; full treasury, than to obtain through the powers
which belong to the government, the means which
unheeded and unaitoned, and the offi-1 may be really required for phblic purposes, could in
*vho suffered this outrage were obliged the next, have advised the same legislature No re-
The serve all the gold for the purpose of fiH'mtfUu aaiat/’^
treasury, and thereby placing it in tho power of tlu*
j government to make all those improper expenditure*
I which lie bo much dreaded ? estrange and inconsis-
it is the thing is nevertheless true, ab j[l will
tlj’ shew by lurther extracts from the rncs-
Iu the sentence following the one hist quo-
of a bill of injunction upon tent r
l»«*t
some small number among the thousands then tr< s- ted, the Governor tells us, ‘* It is reported that there
passing on tin* territory lived until it was dismissed j are valuable gold mines in the hinds lo be disposed
that many
protertinn of
louts became
ires in both of which
part He
Dili ('iiroJi-
t docH pro-
mv lmnor-
etis believe
priv«
in the doctrine of Nullification. Mr Calhoun
probably the only nullilier in South (fiirolinn, wl
can not fie honestly so. If there he another it is his
friend George McDuffie, who at. least is only second
to him in inconsistency as a politician.
The Vice Presidents past conduct, and present
situation reminds me strongly of one of JEsop’s fa
bles, in which he relates that an ass having obtained
a li'-ii’s skin, nut it on him, and went if»Io th-* forest
where his appearance sp’ead :*I7rs;;Iit mid dismay
anr>ng the tenants of the woods, \v!io fled (<> their
most secret coverts and hiding plae * . Shortly after
the ass began to hr vy. Tho spell w.m dissolved ;
the iitVrightcd beasts returned from their coverts, and
collecting around, they stripped him of the I'mmm
skin, ami exposed him to tho scorn and ridicule of
the assembled beasts. For about tf) years the Vice
President had assumed the port, nn-1 mien, and exte
rior of a jmtriot, and man of strict honor. Through
the agency of n parcel ofyoing oflic^rs whom he L B
the address to attach to him, while he was Secretary
of NVnr ; lie lias tuning'd t-» impote the belief upon
(lie majority of (he citizens of (his republic, that he
was what he seemed to be. Unfortunately in tho
month of Primary Iasi, he came out with hisad-
dress to the people ofthe IF. S. This address has
had the same effect upon him, that the braying had
upon the Jackass. That publication has produced
inquiry nnd critiscism. And enquiry ami crilisci. in
cannot fail to expose tho Vice Prc. ideiit to the scorn
nnd ridicule, not of the nssemhled beasts, but of the
citizens of the United States. 1 now lake my leave
of the Vice President, by saying t^:>! if any of li is
quondam friends, shall after reading Ibis review v i.«
to make him the obj. cl of adoration, they shall n
be interrupted in theta devotions hv
W ILLIAM II. VKAMTOfiP.
Juno 1st, Ita-’.l.
OF*
i Villa; I-—Hi- iwkiiiu iIip
* tin* Wnr Dt'iwrtnn ni
ls, n* il VK, - .** reeelv* * '
:*•*»!d, froirt wliicli ;|
l)«-p irtmeut nl »ai,.lulj It), I >1.
Hi. Cl. i k.
1 IMIII 1
'.to loo
rc*t liter
•H Mill, lcm.j
vitlc, April 17.
r,.mo i...
"« In-; !:i r -!i!y in
' 111.*
pliM.nrr
ni'ifia militia will •
)nt t!»e Mimn inn**
t K i i 11 o
•v liftlwr imrt'cnl
»f rh« •"Uli April. |
■ proercM of t!»e
bn» captured alw
1 i th-- N’ntionnl trl- Micr". -
h the i.ilitT w *
lFrom tin* N.»
nil. »»ici t
r* ii-* *1 m
iniuwcr t 'ltin in ;
r* fct.it** —T»w c.i
i 1 il.produced h«
[FOR Til F. JOL'RSAf..]
of the. Administration of
rnr.r—Ry a Troup Man.
The conduct of public men being at aft times a
j legitimate subject of full and free investigation, un
der nil governments founded upon the principles of
constitutional liberty, the writer avails himself of
tint pi i vile go to scrutinize tho acts ofthe present
executive administration of Georgia. In the outuet,
he I’eelrt it duo to his excellency, l-» tho public and
himself, to preniU**, that in the remarks which he
may make upon tho course of this administration,
there is nothing of personal ho.tility « nteitaim d to
wards Vir. Giltner. The object nl this es-ay is not
to vituperate his reputation as n private citizen, but
to shew from tin* policy which !i * has adopted and
pursued as a public, agent, that he h is on sume very
important questions, wholly miataken, not only the
opinions, but the infi-resta of his constituents—and
that whatever talents he nitty possess for the public ser
vice in another department, himself^* his friends have
greatly mistaken his qualification* for tho office
which he now holds. Thatthe public tuny arrive nt
just conclusions upon nil th** important mutters con
nected with his auiuinistrafion, it is proper to go
back beyond its commencement, und look fora n o-
nient into tin* causes which brought Mr. Gilmer in
to ollico I allude to tho unprovoked attack made by
Air. GilmoronMr. Forsyth in the spring of 18‘20.—
That controversy was sought by Mr. Gilmer, and
whutnre the facts connected with it? They art*
these—In tho fall of 18*28, Air. Gilmer was elected
to Congress. Upon n ret urn of tho voles, at the ex
piration of twenty days from the election, Governor
Forsyth, in obedience to a law of tho State, issued
his proclamation, requiring the members elect to
signify their acceptance or refusal, to serve the
State in Congress, that they might ho commissioned
in terms of iTie act al'or*-*ui*l. Air. Gilmer from
some unavoidable or wilful cause, failed to comply j
with the terms of tho act, and did not bignif'y Id's
acceptance within the time specified by the act.—
Governor Forsyth, in obudienco to its mandatory
provisions, ordered a new election, nnd issued hi
proclamation accordingly. The virulent manner in
which Mr. Forsyth v. as attacked by Mr. Gilmer, fi-
too fresh in the public recollection to require further
notice. Whatever m V* have be.cn tho m nive ol
Air. Gilmer for provoking the controversy with Air.
Forsyth, subsequent events havo satisfied me, and
and must carry conviction to the public mind, that
it was the commencement of a Byslam of operations
intended to bringhimwelf into tin* executive office.
He succeeded, not only in enlisting his own person
al nnd political friends and hia “friend s friend*” in
the e.rusnde against Mr. Forsyth nnd Alaj. Craw-
lord, hut by some sort of legerdemain, some art of
hocus pochr, tho great body of the Clark party was
rallied to his cause, and Mr. Gtimer mine into office,
by a higher vote, than any other man has ever re
ceived from the people of Georgia.
Having him now quietly seated in the executive
chair, let us proceed to the. history of his udmislrntion.
The first act which demand* a passing notice, is his in
auguralnddrcsB, in which h«* declared cinj-haticallv
that he considered himself “ the Chief Magistrate of
the >tate iV not of a party. In nil tho appointments it
becomes my duty to make I shall attempt to he gov
erned by no other consideration than tho public ser
vice.” This declaration was received by the Clark
party with emotions of pride and satisfaction—They
hailed the period of his administration ns a political
jubilee, and confidently expected to bo regarded by
his excellency, as a portion of tho body politic, no
thing doubting, that for the J u ,OPO votes cast by them
for Mr. Gilmer, they would receive a fair equivalent
of his patronage. How that debt has been paid is
well known to tho public, and the C lark people have
rung the changes upon it t*»It is heart's content. I do
Mr Gilmer, either 111 p
through his friends, or his ** friend’s friends,” did
hold out promises to the Clark party, but this 1 do
know, that when the Statesman A Patriot, came out
(br him, among the reasons assigned for its course,
it was said, it' .Mr. Gilmer should elected, ho would
net liberally towards that party, or words importing
the same meaning. Now, as facts speak louder
than words, and an this stutemont was math* by the
Clark papers and not contradicted by Mr. Giltner, or
h * friends, it fi a lair presumption that an under
standing existed '..etween them, or that himself and
his friends noted hypocritically in allowing the lea
ders of the Ukr k pari v to JjoJd out false lights to
their people Mr. Gilmer and his friends may take
either horn of the dilemma and their position \\;||
be by no meant: < nvi l.fi*. This subject is referred to,
to show, that Air. Gilmer did out-r into a combina
tion with the Clark party, which he intruded to vio
late, or tint ho puttered a hoax to fie ployed oft’ up
on them for his own benefit. In it nn article in Air.
Gilmer's political creed that faith should not be kept
at the .September term of Hall Court, to which it
was returnable, on tho ground, aa the writer ha* un
derstood of want of jurisdiction. The exasperated
gfeelings of the community could not call up the ex
ecutive energy, and the. territory continued to be in
undated by thousands from all quarters. Tho sum
mer passed away, the autumn canto, und the trespass
continued.—Th* Press groaned, and the people com
plained. when on a sudden, us if aroused from lus
lethargy by some powerful excitement, his Excel
lency issued In* proclamation convening the Le
i tlio l8ll» of Oct. just two
• day fixed by law. NVhat I
he public interest requires that the lots of land
which contain gold should be exempted from distri
bution by lottery.” Now according to his doctrine
that it is more difficult to restrain improper expendi
ture* arising from a full treasury, than to obtain tho
means which may bo ready required for public pur
poses by the ordinary powers of the government,
iiow could the Governor by auv rule of common
sense or good conscience, require the reserve of the
mines, when, according to Isis own doctrines it would
* j bring down a greator calamity upon the country than
eks earlier: could be produced by their distribution among tlis
lature
than tlu
ho Jind made, what better reasons he could find for j of speculation which the disposition of lunda by
convening the member* nl that time, than had oxis-j lottery is calculated to excite, ha* ahvay* been tho
discoveries j people- But hear him a little f.n&in r. “The spirit
ted throiii
April, are
h.s friend
h oit tho whole period, from the preceding greatest objection to that system. The knowled
qttef
to answc r.
vhich would puzzle himself and! Hiat the lands contained valuable mines of gold
j would increase that spirit to tlm most injurious ex-
But, let us enquire whnl good resulted from this tent. The community would become highly exci-
anJieipation of the regular see-ion ofthe I. '.In- t -d by the hope of acquiring great wealth without
turp? Jf any good h Veen the result, I have been labor. The morals of the country would be m dan-
•juable to make the de-r.overy. That some 1 • * was ger of corruption, from the temptation which would
tho result, cannot be denied. That tho expenses off be held out by law, to tho commission of innumera-
pnsxed putting the military
dead loss to the J ble frauds. Regular industry and economy would
and dollars, will hardly 1 be for a time suspended by resiles* idleness and im-
ostensibly aginary, ns well as real, and unnecessary expend!*
In most instances, even the successful own-
rich prizes, would not ho really benefitted.
uddenly
sage
the extra two weeks session
State of nearly twenty Him;
be questioned. The extra session
called for the purpose *of enacting laws for the pro-j lure
lection of the gold mines, but no law on thnt sub* ers* (
ject was passed until after tho period for comme.n-; Brodignlity is the usual result
the regular annual session. A law was ol length and easily acquired." I here
and a la
of the country,! will) a fei
1 shall i
law has
after it
for tho i
w remarks, in the earnest Jjope that
er look upon ilu like again. 1 ask the peo-
Jer it well, to examine for themselves and
determine at once, whether they are capable of self
ge, when sufficient time had elapsed i government ? NVhether or not they are in dread of*
>1 of every gold digger from thocoun- j handling a little Cherokee gold, for fear of its cor-
not;rupting influence upon their morals? I put the
sum of money at the disposal of the
• for the protection ol the gold mines, which ' pi
cceived his sanction. About one
try, his Excellency discovered that the law
to hi* liking, and accordingly made a cotnunication question to every man in the State. Do you believe
I Bure, requesting the passage of ano-J that the possession of a valuable gold mine would
to the 1 _ ^
ther law on the same subject, which was passed to* render you a more corrupt or unworthy citizen than
wards tin* elo*e of the session, and under the pro-1 you are without it ? Or do you believe that a distri
vhich the ;
-nt guard
i organized.
. (.os
i tl.f
i li.iiihun bnrdtj r. *
■ mi Uu* r ti>.ii—i
titjr r a member h*«n
nlj <»n ilm In- $rr
elf nl.ins \» ill! r. '
iirthcrpe* *n ■
Thl« v «(* ll»r
look pi n
*.*il! h.l ’«
i the
From tin* day of hi* inauguration nothing trans
pired to call fi.rth the boasted talents energy of hi
excellency until tho winter of 1 -30 and 30, when the
precious metals having beendiscCveredin great nhun-
d nice up- ii uiir Cherokee soil, great numbers of peo
ple from Georgia other State* rushed to the TV
tory in search ot its trea-.ures. Lt a short time several
tho’isand had mbled, nnd stir In scene of plun
der, such an outrage upon the rights and the inter
est* of ..or people has never been committed within
t ii«* jiirisiiie'.um of on: Stale, since its fir. torg inizalion
il* re was presented the fairest opportunity for the
» xorcise of executive energy—The country looked
to him and liiin alone, to interpose his arm for the
protection of her violated rights. Day after day,
wns the the public eye anxiously directed towards
the executive, and the public car in hourly exnec-
t a tion of a command to put down and abate the nui
sance. When the public voice was clamorous for
redress, where was the boasted energy r.f Governor
Gilmer r Did he order out the militia, did lie make
one manly effort to save tin* property of tho poopl- -
N<*. Tho outrage v is every da; increasing, until the
public mind became so much excited, that Mr. Gilmer
found it necessary to ar. use from bis slumbers j,i<d
J.’| look into the matter. He forthwith examined the
j constitution nnd the laws, and although he discover-
£ r:i inTlnU porti n of the law derived Sam the mother
n't country, that the minerals b* i.»ng to rl:,- King. v « t.
r * i he nat being a king, had nn power to protect them
il; lie could fmd nothing in the t'onslitotion nnd laws
It j t-> authorize the employment of force, and what
j * J j should have been the alternative ? The answer is
ir (hat h * should have convened the legislature—end
if rumour ought t<> be trusted, that measure would,
have been adopted if too much regard had n^t been
fiution of the minos.amyng tho people would pro-
But, it slnmId be remembered, that the Leefida- j duce more fraud and corruption than would result
lure .. as convened on the 18tli day of October, and ' from reserving Hum r For my part 1 consider the*
the Governors guard did nolroachthc gold region un-j d.-fferonce incalculable. In the one case the mines
til about tiu* first of l’eh.. and that in the mean time would bu private property and every owner would
o at depredation* were committed upon t in* right*' find it to hi* interest to manage them to the best nd-
of the people. For this the Governor is mainly , vantage. In tho other, they would be public proper-
char cable. For if he had no power to enforce his! ty, managed by agents and subagents, by over-
pr*vi i.ndion against the gold diggers, ho should, j strappers and under-strappers, the most of whom
forthwith, havo convened the Legislature and risked j would deem it God's service to purloin, embezzle,
it their hands. The scheme j and swindle the Elate out of the last particle of gold
>f driving off thousands of intruders by a bill of j to bo found in the country. These are, however,
ction, certainly could not have been thought
•riously by any one, but his Excellency
; further chargeable, because so soon.
ed hin offer-t!
ordered
•he
ut, it \vni
ilfifie.nt volunLe
ult i >. i here
Id mines, (fi>i
first net
to have
militia force to e
subject of protect
e.it) with the me!;
icy which the Governor h
Georgia, are several in i 11 it
they would have been under the administration
rgetic Chief .Magistrate
msiderations for the people thomselver. If they-
lint} consider themselves, as Governor (Elmer considers
the | them, unworthy to be trusted with a little wealth, let
his duty ' them support hint, lot them consent to have the gold
r or otlu*
leave the
tho pres- I tali
mines reserved, ami thereby save themselves
irruption. Ilut, if the people of Georgia are what
a bold honest enlighte
i them to k<
ly reflection that by the pol-; tuous people, they will abandon Governor Gilmer
pursued, the people of j and his doctrines, and sustain their
. . But rfpart
of dollars poorer, than from tho foregoing arguments upon the subject, tho
f country might well have supposed that the legisla-
! tion of Georgia had settled this question forever.—
The next question to which I invite the public nt- Particularly a* theluut act upon the subject was pas
tontion is the course pursued by his Excellency, in *ed since Governor Gilmer came into office and
relation to the survey and occupancy of our Ghero- ; bears hi* official signature. On tho 21th ofDe-
i.u\.*" ither matters contained i centber, Itfifi *•** ~ r * L - 1 —
koe Territory, and to some
his message to the last
consequence of the prevailinor o-
Legislature, wherein, I pinion that the precious metals existed in large quan*
shall be able to present doctrines not only
rianco with public opinion and at war with the! Creek Indians, an act
right* and interests of the people, hut a1«o the most; tract tho first second
palpable and glaring inconsistencies. In reference
to til
tities in tho country then recently obtawied from tho
passed from which I ex
ion*, 1st “That all grants,
. or deeds whatsoever, to be hereafter issued by
to gold mines, nnd the purvey, his Excellency i this State to nny person or persons, partnership, or
irk* in his me.- aigo “ The great value of the' corporation, shall hear upon the face of,the same a ,
uld noton- reservation to the Stut** ot all mitten, ores, minerals,
from! and quaries of gold, silver, lead, or copper, which
J ’ have or hereafter may be discovered upon any lnnd|
gold mines renders it proper that'you
ly provide tome otluy me ins for securing the
trespass, hut also, to render them profitable t
•State." Thus it appears that tlu* Governor i* a de-; or lands which now do'or hereafter may be the pre*.
rided advocate of reserving the gold mines to the! perty of Georgia, and upon the discovery of any one
State. In a subsequent sentence of the message,J or more of them shall revert accordingly ” 2d
he says, “ That part of the country is so broken and “ That no person or persons whatsoever shall con-
eessihb
•ar the boundary of tlu* State, and
the means ot enforcing the laws so difficult to bo
commanded, that neither of objects can be properly
effected without taking posscsingof mines. To do
tins in such manner as to have them wrought profit
ably and safely, and at the same tune to guard the
time to guard the Indian right of occupancy from vio
lation. it may he necessary to obtain nn accurate sur
vey ofthe whole country. By doing this, these tracts
which contain gold may he ascertained, an.4 leases
made with more certainty of confining the tenants
of such within their bounds, & of distinguishing l»e-
'
tracts which may be occupied by the Indians, Cp those
without that incunibernnce.” And again lu* says,
“ no doubt is entertained of the right to survey the
entire Cherokee Territory, if such measure shall be
considered expedient ” Now, the meaning of all
this is neither more of leas than a full acknowledge
ment of our right to survey and occupy the whole
territory. But tho gold mines are not- to bo
buted anion
ee-il, remove, carry away, or work any ore, mineral,
mine, < r metal of gold, silver, lead or copper found
upon or in any lands which now arc or may hereaf
ter be the property of Georgia ; and any penfon or
persons so ottendittg shall, upon conviction r.f the
same before any court having competent jurisdiction
thereof, he imprisoned in tho penitentiary for u term
not less than Jour nor more than six years and he
further liable Jl.r damages to double the amount
>' the ore, mineral, mine, or inetal kj enpeealed, re-
■ d, cirri l awiy or work* fi." On tha 3d 0 f
December, l-:2.» the repealing act was passed by
which it is provided, “ That from and immediately
after tho passage of this act, all tho before recited be,
and the same is hereby repealed.” And, “ That nh
and every person or parsons who have obtained a
grant or grant*, issuing under the authority of lh.»
recited art, or auv person or persona who n; rt
be fin
hold a lt.gal claim of litloa from said grant <ir grunts
shall have all4bo interests, benefits, and profits of alt
J *"•’ 1 fully vost.fi in the.
ores, mines, and minerals
the
: <- -.w-., ......v u ,,u uim -iais ,ts mi;) vesica in them n
t.d among 1.1 they nro lobe leased out if no such law had been passed.” Now it ,F.m "
b-more profitably worked for tho Etate. This is ult to i ngine by what nnur. , n f n.’iniivp I'm
• policy ol (.. vertu'r Gilmer and his tr -iul*. nnd 1 mind of his Kxcuih-nay could h * ve L, , n hr, „ r ,.» , 1
• - — ticy could have been broin^iit
tlu- mines are to be reserved il they have the power the conclusion t„ recommend Die reservation bf tho
to reserve them. From the foreiroini extracts one gold mines so .oon after giving- hia official a
, , assent to
act repeahnjf Urn taw d 1-iV It r;ln not be
, but read the cone, huh no sen* necessary to dwell upon the injustice of releasing
the ri;f!it of the State to the m,U r- jj
would naturally
favor of an entire surv
|. Tier ofthe paragraph .j-y.m will find him breakincr the ri ht of tho State to the iroid . r-
out. It concludes as follows: <-!t is aha due toonrown and Use where after their existence wasTmwn and
character that wo should have a jealous care hot we to res rvo the mine- n... <u. . i.. i,ami
that the Governor was in j tli
rend the concluding sen-
will find him breaking
of taki
if tlu* min- a word <
in the Charukee countr\ f . Bu?
. fin j_ j ■ , , , ,, . . | . two upon the subject of an immediate strr-4
i.tnds beyond xvhal the public in- vey and occupancy of the Cherokee lands To.uoM
non a„d .... «f public property, survey nnd occupancy il is well known the Govern-
.•ipure.— or was opposed at tha last session, and if the writer
nlormed. Ins opposition continues. It is
the question of rmhtij
press tho in cessi
orals in the ludi
forest, tJio prose I
and the enforcement ofour'l.i
Even the measure of surveying the Cherokee Terri-
» however necessary for the proper ndministra-j considered necessary tour*
tion of tin laws, securing the public property from 1 inasmuch ns Air. Gilmer atfinUs it
trespass, and protecting tin* Indians is,on account of ally into tip -
the sensitive feelings of the humane, excited ns they fine ourselv
have been, by the interested and improper state- and nsk how,and
m,-nts Of political parti.ink,upon the rob .ct • f o Ur ded over the Gherokeecount^bktid'w"lonVi
po11c\ towards th-.* ( herokees, r.o liable to mi'con- present state of thimnt i* likelv n. ,.r , f *
struction, that it would ho mnj-nnnimmisiy forbear- Mr. Gilmer retain ' ° ‘ k ^ * con,inu8 ro°u
ingin the Legislature, perhaps wise, to delay the! tnent
of the measure for the present.” N
1 ol ' ;">• i,lto '!'» question of i-.\peilie'u"y t 1 i.et'' u^ctu-l
to the single question of jurUdictii
whnt manner itlmsbeen «
adoptiu
perhaps
e for the pre
the name of common sense, for w hat purpose did he tent with tlie
convene the Legislature ? In the foregoing part of It
of the paragraph he t*fi!* tho Legislature that they
were called together to adopt means f
tion of the geld mines
ted, and that it can not he
n survey, that the State possesses the right to survey
the entire territory, from all which premises, lu* ar
rives at the very logical conclusion, that it would be
continue should
., , administration of the govc.u
4 , 1 *“ ! .Iurisolation of the Slate now exerr *. d
tha.cmmtry Unit . ? ether anainaiou. and inc i-
ral principl,nt her mivernm *
eentially nulilary aa if me oountrv bel- w.
d Jo the autocrat of all the Russins, and ho
'.lopt meane l-r the protec it .hall continue must be determined hy thele
1 nat titer must be prutvc-jOt survey and diatrihtition. If that oitestinnAh
• e d„ne vfiectuaily wrihout settled affirmatively hvth«i,.u l.„;!t.!'
ng
on
bo
‘lively by the next legislature, tnr-*,r.
dm try .- y.l jur.s.hetion of th. Stale will I
* 1 . et -rx" Ver i(? e .^Herokeea as it exists ii |,c
old
■ — asst*
ot a iiulitary ?ove:nn»ent in one corner of the D»te
mer. :";!'" rr r-n 7 . i3
■ 1 ‘jr.
•t ajxi.ind^ and (• ,t mug -*:‘tU
• ' ‘fS ti .r F* .t u b i.
why? Becauso the sensitive feelings of some liu
in inc* people, had been led astray by the interested nnd t
and improper statements of pdtiioal partisans
Dors Governor Gilmer, or any oil*, r man in Georgia hat
belive the day w ill ever come, when our motives ami •rn
actions will be fairly ami honestly r»gardcd, and re- ' .u