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to A rtaea*. foreraa*.— lititaMft that which relates **"■*&"*£
Th® C«i.w»«ShioiXmvl »■**. M Yoaag.I expressed in .he* word,: Caapm *l £
the beef .$ anterior ia fa nes,, nod 1.1 buf er loo hatre pow«. to reflate coramerce ouh Ne a-
tauerioriiy: „ as fiurrem. Ini tired weight to ,lianinb-s. IntteiiMi^WlionoribUpo
*wS itunJrn l p un I, fr.ru t very good country l er, we ought cere al* ^n fi^ommwtt
cow.” Tw ii Vw'i i superiority in ra.lk-li*.l been the pr tctice of the Goyornroent,
and beef .«-ni^tt n.'ti i' m I'tjec to the .two 1 ami iho meaning which had been generally at-
•S ofVS,n w!.Tp, so cSW * tMjttf'! tached to .he tesolws of the pld Congress, tf
South, without boing underslootl to affect their'
• ighis or prevetn, ine eseiCisi ot men |uri»lic-
1,011, wneueviir moy wore in a situation to o»-
uiibii and enforce it. Georgia, though mate*
rially couceruotl, «a»,«« this pi tuc.pie, loiouine
in spread her legislation luniiei *11 m me set-
ileinen.a uf tier own wuilu ciuzeus, until she
hus'recemiy petceived wnmn Her lints is .1 pen-
Sonin nf i!d stock w neh i* attire to that
try,—V’cte Engl tul firmer.
Jefferson and Hamilton on the first h l I
were biought before the public, and ih “
ciimsl■!lid*R driiirli itr.trt«i(o,< *t._ ^ (
goW. was sold to the post ofldee." who recoct--
mended me to buy and senil 'omr of tt.em to my
constituents. I called on the putt master in the cuntsinnce* which preceded ,h e ""“ lne t
capitol anil purchased near a dollar's worth of J^j . ]im g Randolph from the Hpn a .?' nv ' li
those pamphlets before I knew their character and lh "‘
contents The postmaster told me he understood
them to have been written hy l)r. Cooper, and that
a large bundle of them had been brought into the
dffioe addressed to one of the members above a |
The same gentleman informed General
,u mud nunuulpti Hum the denarii
uite, by Genet al W aahiugton; which*
cases lie esteems as evidence destru •
C.dimun's assertion. Ha next observ" Te
••while a cabinet is in existence and ii, P3 ' 1
ness liable to 60 impaired, reason and* 1
mini Hfilivit twiini ms* ilm • . ' CC
C0UI1- i the words osod to wnyv .ugmTg.suiiye ^ucd^o^a.i^og'c^iV's’ Tuckw?the him. John’' Campbeft. and others. Dr. i Btot. aetise, point out the propriety" 0 f U £
GE MGI V <vii the I NDI » NS.
Mena «» frotn the President of the United State*, in
? H 7o ^-.o b. inqu.stio.s.sb.w, .hnUh«
question of jurisdiction
The Stales ought not to be divested of any pa>
of their antecedent jurisdiction, by irapljcatto .
or doubtful construciinn. Tested hy this rule.
execution ->f l|fe act to i-cci
nn(J In erconrse with the Indian tribes,
T«»re peace on tlie fruutiers, passed the
lao-j. < ■
FcBlt"ARtf 22, 1831.
Gindin erconrse with the Indian trilies, and to pre- [jurisdiction of tho States is left untouched by
- - J “'" ’ »th March, ( | )is c | llHe ,|, e Constitution. and th it it w is
| designed to give to the General Government
: complete control over the trade and intercourse
To the&nale. "fthe U.uteit Stales1/ ^ ^ ^ ) 0 f those In linns only who were not within the
1 liivoreceived yotir*iesi»lu.ii)ii on
insbtut, requesting me W‘to ittlurm the Sena e,
Whether the provisions of the get cnQijcd ‘An j
limits of any State.
I'rnin n view iif these acts referred to. and the
, 1,minus 1 it vision 01 Itei sove.eigiuy, sue lias of those gentlemen has conveis-d with me this
declared Iter demrmmatiuil 10 cxccu.e uei own evening on the subject, and still represents Dr.
leciareu nei ucic ......... Cooper ns the imhor. Fpr obvious reasons I do
limus, a step winch seems ,|, Plr
laws tllrougiiuut tlci
— . .... .... .......1 »vnil *»* iiiitmwii nirii ii.mi*•»» iru< a —•■•■
hive ueeii auucipateu uy die piotlaina iou ol m , llljcil(0 lhem |0 Dr Cooper privately—ivhenev-
1783, Hint WHICH is peilecily oinsisiuin wun er ' hfi demands them.”
me ijf.ll-iecuoil ol me aciol I80g. Accenting
10 ihe fan^uagd auU reasoning ol mat sectiou
On Cooper’s egotistical refusal to JtscrnJ to
explanation or controversy. Blair most kitlingly
the tribes Its mu souin atlu - ihe souiltwesi aie responds, ‘'Perhaps if-1 had been scouted out of
not »nty “suiiounumJ oy suumuieius at .00 cu* England—discarded from the Judicial Bench of
:• Si..iu« ” but aie now also Pennsylvania—scourged from that State hy the
lash of public justice iiod ihe huntings of Ihe peo-
izeils of tlie United hiatus,'
•‘within the ordinary turwiiicmtu ol me mu.vui- l»*b or public justice and me bootings 01 1
."ll „ 1 in. mu. ply- and at a certain period had been the
u.d States. ’ l Huy Hucmie so J- rienil of Marat, Le Geodre, and the h
mum die laws ol me &iote wuie exieiniuu ovui
bosom
Moodiest
[Robespierre] ol the bloody bu'chers of revolu-
.... I 1 iiunrnuirriu ut tnr iiiuhht irirx-iitni »»•
then), aud tile sumo result luiiows 1110 sianlar ,j onHfv p r a ncB . and could have been so fortunate
determination ot Aiao.mii aim .Mississippi.— a * to have Cobbett to vouch this for me. Dr. • oop-
have not, that ho inform tho Senaio of lb
reasons that have induced tin* :;overnmeni
That doctrine has not been enforced, nor even
asserted, in any of the States of New England,
These Stales Have, each, a nglli 10 claim m He
ll df of tauir position, now, mi tills quusiioii
er might 'descend to a controversy with me. 1 "
On the 4lsl February. Cooper writes a second
same lespeci which is conceded 10 tyji oilier letter to the editor of ihe Camden Journal, not <le
decline ho enforce of said act:” aud | i where tribes of Indians have resided, nm.ivhe
how .reply to the same.
i a few of them yet remain. These tribe* have
According tit mv views of the net referred I been left to tho undisturbed control of the
• . j Slates in which they were found, in conformity
wiib the view winch his been taken of the
to, I am not atvaro of any oiti^*siiin to carry in
to efli'ci its provisions in rulaituii 10 nude and
intercuurso with -tin* Indian tribes, so far as
llioir execution depended on the agency con
fided til tho Executive.
The numnrniis provisions of that net, de
signed to seed'(i to the Indians the peaceable
possessions of their lands, may ho reduced,
substantially, to Iho following. That citizens
of tile Uuiied States are instrained, under suf
ficient penalties, (rum entering upon the lands,
for llm purpose of hunting thereon, or of se.-
opitiinns prevailing, up to 1789. and the clear
S ties of the Uuiuli. n v ing nor extenuating his infamy in England.
Towards tins taco of pe -plo, 1 entertain the France, or Pennsylvania, (which no man regarding _
..--JimittLuun.le .0 lieai. .ban Hn.se wuici. ou- . ... - for HO ,| ojnRt j,„ tj (y himself
nr' It •>* rivornble iu liuiii, iImii ilitis** wuitfii ojj- r;l | |^|
»o ilm WMi# \eur» since, plaining the motive* of the bl’iMpheniou* author
iuterprela'ii.ii of the act of 1802. In the Slate I »'«'«l “» »""•« •'»> "eliel, .Hat if the S.aies forwarding hi. pamphlet to Washington City
... ... ........ I., ovii ikI tlii'ii Lax iiti>i 1111*111. II WUU U ili-tlriltill mu' »»\\ luirvrr Kuva np llnrtnr\ ivi
of New York, where several tribes have resi
ded, it it is been the policy «f the Government
to avoid entering into quasi-treatv engagements
with them, barely appointing coinniissinncis
occasionally on iho part ol the United Slates to
facilitate the objects of the Slato ill its negolt i- sll| u 1
tiotts with ihmn.
The soul Item States present an exception to
tling litem, or of giving their horses and cattle | this policy. As *eaily as 1784 the settlements
the benefit of 11 range upon them,
cliitig through them without
of trav-
tlen per-
witliiu the limits of North Carolina were ad
vanced further to the west than tho authority
mission; and that the President ol the United of the Stale to enforce ail obedience of its laws;
States is authorized to employ the military i ethers were in a similar condition. Pile ne
ttle uhsetvance | cessiiies, therefoie, and nut the acknowledged
force uf the country to
of those provisions The authority to the J principles of the Government, must have sug-
President, however, is not imperative. The geslnd the policy of treating with the ludniis
language is, “it shall he lawful for the Presi-j in that quarter, as the only practicable inode of
dent to lake such measures, aud to'employ | conciliating their good will. The Uuiied Slates
Such military force, as lie may judge necessary j at that period had ittst emerged from a p'
to remove from lands belonging to, or secured j traded war for tlie achievement of their inde-
by treaty to imy Indian trilip, any citizen who ' peudence. At the moment of its conclusion,
shall make a sei.leinmii thereon.' 1
! litany of these tribes, as powerful as they were
By the IQ1I1 section of this act, it is provided ferocious in their mode of waifare, remained to
that nothing in it “.shall lie constiuedjo pre-
arms, desolating our frontier settlements. Un-
rlicse circumstances, tho Hist treaties, in
living on lauds sti'iouiuied uy settlements nf 1785 aud 1790, with the Cherokees, were con-
d t“ I
vent any trade or intercourse with the nidians: dor
citizens of thn United States,' and being within chided hy the Government of the United St lies,
tho ordinary jurisdiction of any uf the individual ami were evidently sanctioned as measures of
Suites." Tills provision I li ivo interpreted as : necessity, adapted to the character of the In.
chose to exit-llti
Ilui be ill die poW
ics.iniotiy furnished by M'Deffie, affirm" 8
Ins conduct has coiresponded w j||, .. •
ccpi. “B11 (he conliuues) after tlio " 5
no longer exists, when its usefulness can.
impelled liy 11 .disclosure of its proceeding
1 her reason, nor common sense, nor ii u r i
iiquues that those proceedings shnuh
slirimih d in impenetrable darkness. T|i
ol such a cabinet become Instorv, and iP
nun has the same right tea knowledgeof?l,M
that it has to any oilier his.oricul fari " t
shows thui such has been the prsclice’of
lions, even despotic; and gives Fox’s | - “
of the (loose of Stuait as an example e?
such iiutliotiiy, he deems himself mo ra ||
liberty to speak freely and fully of t| )e tr a
lions of Momoe’s cabinet; and confessc
since its dissolution, “he has nut felt s -
restrained from disclosing atiy (act that 1?
piled in it. WI11I0 ii existed, (he adds) I
I ns secteis, and whoever L
is not Hue.” Indeed, he
most deliberate niisrepre,,
letter to Mr. Fmsyth (h.
previous to Mr. Mud,
-but to «, K j i s ,,. s W |,J, ; s n(
bv e e ^ ^uses M'Dilffie of III)
thor in P f, '°H. / “ItPuiy leltt
ity fur! ntaihs) I slate; dial |
thetr laws ovei them, 11 woulu distribution! ."Whoever (says ihe Doctor) wrote j return to the city, you, ill a private comn-
ei ot in.* Federal Goverimiein the pamphlet, cviilentlv metini it shoubl stand or (Cili.tn with me, stated your, determitiati.
io P event it. Aly opinion remains the sain--; fall by its own intrinsic merits or demerits, without ( pursue the couise m the’ cabinet that voiP
am I can see no allerniuve lor Hieiil, out tltat »»v personal sanction whatever; and the author and .hat I approved of it. Mr. M'D U «,
ol theorem val to il.o w. s., or a qme. sou .its- »« "-ol it to Washington, because the plild tht Ciwv , rsation to tht cahi f
" . w . 1 .... ... wHdoin of rhe nation is there longregaCeil; wher*» ^\ § * m oi
1I1 Sum laws. If iliey piefei 111 re- "'T""‘ iv i»..no.o congregated; wher» tr.iliont, and rnant me a/wrove of’uLf*
\ J •’ . had arguments, or inaccurate facts were most like- „ „ r- t J r t)°“r m
move, ihe U. States agree todefray h-i. ex, e .- lv (n |nP ,. t lhp ex|M ,„ ire , hPV des. rred.”—The P nntwu uiifrumtly to Ottieral Jackson,^
si's, to supply ihem Wi h die 111111s ol raiispm * Doctor however wilbhi.lds two incentives of more , llver ,s unuue, _ mid you yourself know it
tat ion and ayear’s suppoit alter they le actt tliei
new hoim.'s—a provision loo hberai mid kind
deserve the stamp uf injustice. Either court
sir cogency with him perhaps than those sptcified— ^e undue. At lie time of this private cotm
10 the pmrtis arising from thp sale, and the charm satioii, I had nevei seen the orders underwL
... r se j which a congressional frank would attach to it both General Jacksoti acted, nor any of his d«
promises them peace and happiness, whilst an j '° distribution and attention, wtille the miscre ; patches, nor heard of the confidential letter*
obstinate perseverance in the effort. 10 maim | ?»' author in concealment might, secure from the | relied upon the accu.a'ry of your renretr!.
their oossessiimi ...dependent of the S ate ft!?"!!!?.", "'!c h .' , .e nler i 3 !. ! ’ ,, ' , r, 'J 0 ' ,:e .. a ' ' l , ,e i 'inns, and according to them General
1 ignorant. »asm [appeared dually in tin wrong, aud I did
f rr ,oyou ',"r sh, h in h,
Union in which it At iDe linte 1 vis,led Georgia, 1 have no
boing prospeclivo in its operation, and as .ip- ' dians, mid im!ispniis.ib|p >o ihe peace and se-
plicable not only to Indian tribes which sit the j curtly of the western frontier. But llieycati-
date of its passage worn subject to the jurisdic- | not be understood as changing the pidilical
tion of any Slate, but to such also as should
thereafter boemnu so. To this construction of
ils meaning I have endeavored to conform,
and have taken no step inconsistent with it.
As soon, therefore, as the sovereign poitfer of
the Stale of Georgia was exercised, by an ex
tension of her laws, ilirouglidiii Iter limits, and I
had received information of the s uite, orders
were given to withdraw from the State the
troops which had been detailed to prevent in
trusion upon the Indian lands within it; and
theso orders were executed. Tito reasons
which dictated then) shall be frankly communi
cated.
The. principles recognized in the section last
quoted was not forlhefiisi time then avowed
relations of the Indians to the Stales, or to the
Federal Government. To effect this would
have required tlio operation of quite a diffeient
principle, and tite intervention of a tribunal
liiglinr than that of tho treaty making power.
To infer front tlie assent of the Government
to this deviation from the practice which had
before governed its intercourse with the.In-
dinus, and the occidental forbearance of tlie
Slates to assert their right of jurisdiction over
tlmm, that tlir v had surrendered this.portion
of their sovereignty, and that this assumption
now is usurpation, is conceding too much to
the necessity which dictated thosd treaties, anti
doing violence to the principles of the rovern-
mem and the rights of tlio States, without he
ft is conformable to the uniform practice of j fitting in the least ilegreo the Indians. The mut'aj'd.ylica’rubnunvUn’gV,? p^'c!Tent gTd
(ho government bebire tlio adoption of the j Indians, thus situated, cannot be login ded in — J —■ - - ' ■ - ■
■heir possessions independent
thorily, cannot tail to render ilteir condition
si til inure helpless aud miserable. Such an el-
furi 1 Might, iliereforo, to he discountenanced
by >11 who sincerely sympathise iu tlie fortunes
of tins pt'culiir people, and especially by the
political bodies of the Union, as calculalcd 10
disturb the h it ntinv of the two Goveremenls,
anti 10 endanger the safety of the in my blessing*
which they enable us to etijov.
•Vs eonuecteil with the subject of this inquiry,
I beg leave to refer to the accompanying leliei
from the Secratarv of \V ir, enclosing the ordei
which proceeded from iti.u Department, and a
letter from the Governor of Georgia,
ANDREW JACKSON.
IfflAcoer TULUGRAPS*.
SATmt> If, M V «C 11 12, 18:11.
On Sat tn tiny last, utli instant, Andkrsos i{jcx Esq.
Was dueled justice of tile Interim* Court .>1 Hiliti
county, to fill the. vacancy caused by the removal
from the cou Hy util" damn II If,ulcers
In today’s paper will be tound a iiwsage from Pre-
side ut Jackson to the .Senate ol' tin- United .stab
tbe subject of Iho power of a State over the Indian
constitution, anti amounts to a distinct recogni- i tiny other light than ns members of a foreign
lion by Congress, at that early day, of the doc-
trino that that instrument had nut varied the
powers of the Federal Government over Indian
affairs from what they wore under the articles
orcohfedcriitimi. Ill's not believed that there
is a single insinnco in the legislation of the
country in which the Indians have been regard
ed us possessing political rights, independent
of the cuntrol ami authority nf the Stales with
in llm limits nf which they" resided. \s earlvj a.
as the year 1782, the journals of Congress will! ti
■ was I ta
show that no claim of such a character
Government, or of that of the Stale within
whose chartered limits they roside If in the
former, tho ordinary legislation nf Congress in
relation to them is not warranted by the consti
tution, which was established for the benefit of
our own, not of a foreign people; if in the latter,
then, like other citizens or people resident
within the limits of the Slates, they are subjeei
to their jurisdiction and control. To muiinin
a contrary doctrine, and to require he Exccu-
ive to enforce it by the employment of a mili
tary force, would be to place in his ImiiiIs
countenanced by that body. In dial year the ; power to make war upon tho rights of the
application of a tribe nf Indians residing in i St ales and the liberties of tho country —a pnwm
South Cirolina'to have certain tracts of I and ! winch should be placed in the hands of mi in
which had been reserved for their use in that
Stato, secured to them, free from intrusion, and
without thn right of alienating them, oven with
their*bwn consent, was brought to the consider
ation ot Congress by u report from the Secreta
ry of War. Thu resolution which was adopted
on that occasion is ns follows:
l, ttcsalceil, That it bo recommended to the
Legislature of South Carolina to lake such
Oteasotes for tho satisfaction and security of
said .tribe us thn said Legislature in their wis
dom may think fit."
Hum is no assertion of tho right of Congrats,
under tho articles of confederation, to interfere
with, the jurisdiction of Slates over Indians
within their limits;-or rather a negation uf it.
They refused to interfere with the subject, and
referred it,'under a general recommendation,
back to the Suite, in bo disposed of as her wis
dom might decide.
If, to addition to this act and tlio language of
the articles of confederation, any thing further
can be wanting to show the eaily views nf the
. Government on tho subject, it will be fniinri in
tho proclamation issmil by Congress in 1783.
.It contains thislattgu tge: “The (Juited States
*n Congress assembled have thought proper to
'ssue their proclamation, and they do hereby
Prohibit nnd forbid all p -rsnns front making sot-
l \eincnts on lands inh ibited or claimed by In
dividual.
If, indeed, the Indians ate lobe regarded as
people possessing rights which they can exer
cise independently of the States, much error
has irisen in the intercourse of Ihe Govern
ment with them. Why is this that they have
beenc died upon to assist in our wars, withniit
the privilege of exercising their own discretion!
If in independent people, they should, as such
he consulted and advised with] but they have
not been. In an order which was issued to mo
from the Wai D»i>arnnent, in September, 1814.
this language is employed.* “All tlio friendly
Indians should be organizad and prepared io
cu-operato with your other forces. Tlmre ap-
pears to be some dissatisfaction among the
Choctaws; their friendship .and services should
bo secured without delay. The friendly In
dians must be fed and paid, nnd m nit t» fight
when and tehtre their services m ey he required.'’
To an independent and foreign people, this
want'd seem to be assuming, I should iupi»>ie,
rather too lolly a tone; one which the Govern
ment would not have itsumed if they had con.
tidered them in that light. Again: by tlio
constitution, tho power of declaring war be-
longs exclusively to Congress. We have been
often engaged in war with the Indian tribes with
in our limits;, but when have these hostilities
been preceded or accompanied by an aet of
d'ans, without the limits or jurisdiction of any | Congress declaring war against the tribe which
Particular State." Ami again:
vas Ihe object of them! Aud was tho |trosecu-
lieso/vetl, That thp preceding measures of lion of such hostilities an usurpation, in each
Congress relative to Indian affairs shall not bo .case, by the Executive which conducted Item,
construed to effect tlio territorial claims of any of the constitutional power «f Congress! I
of tho States, or their legislative rights within
Iheir respective limits.”
It was not thou pretended that tho General
‘Government had the power, in their relations
with tlio Indians, to control or oppose the in-
tuinal policy of the individual States of this
Union; anti if such was the raso under Iho arti
cles of confedojlrtinn, the only question on the
subject since.must nriso out of somo more en
larged power ot authority given to the General
Government by ihepreseut Constitution. Does
any such'exist!
must have been so, I apprehend, if these inh
ere to be considered os foreign and independent
uations.
The steps tnken to prevent inttution upon
Indian lands had their origin with the com
mencement of onr Government, and became
the subject of special legislation in 1802, with
tho reservations which have boon mentioned in
favor of the jurisdiction of the Slates. With
the exception of South Carolinn, who has uni
formly regulated tho Indians within her limits
without tho aid of tho General Government,
sense, and fettles definitely and conclusively the
question of the civil and criminal jurisdiction of Geor
gia over the Cherokee Indians. Wo recommend it
Inattentive consideration.
From Liverpool, dates are to the gist January.—
They contain nothing of importance no' previously
known, eyci-pt tho arrest ol' Mr O'Connell on a charge
ot conspiracy to evade the proclamations recent!'
into lin'd, giving his own pond for one hundred pounds
and two securities for five hundred each Messrs
Barnett, Steele, lieynnlris and taiwles* were served
with the same process, and all irave hail.
havoc among the thoughtless and ignorant. Wash
ington is nh doubt an excellent |
mission of politics, but the grand
blacklegs is the last place in the , . „
can lie expected that religion would receive either collection that General Jackson had adopg
respect or justice. I tiny measures In furestnl public opinion,--
At all events, th* question of authorship is now thereby to anticipate the decision of the
fully settled: and Dr. Cooper, the tiigh priest of nul- ministration; nor have I at this moment
lificaiioii, is the man responsible. It is also estnb lerolleciiotl of the existi-tice of any such m
bshed that even in Congress are nullifiers leagued ure . If none such existed, and I believTi
w.th him in this insidious attack upon Christian!- „„„* micIi existi d, tii.-n it is utterly '■
ty. and ihev have the shamelessness to represent • . .. . ItJ'P 0 **!
as "UXirth its in gold’ a pamphlet published swis n- l ' >• ' ^ Myself as
and circulated fm .he express purpose uf tearing M H, " ku » 0 " -
*• ca|»ii ->-s ui it .it me r n. . .. j . . ,
upsnc-ieiy hy Ihe roots, stifling humanity, .-nd ac- i . .* * K ‘ "hhu alion Of his having fiirniflied
<omplisliing n -vorse state of ihings ( ttisn prevails i'dittlnation On which the publication ia
among the cannibals of New Zealand; ami yet Geoigia Journal concerning the cabinet!
the patriotic band of nullifiers and their emissanea j sullatimi* on the Seminole war, was fnuni
prete :d Io he 'he only Iriends of the people, and 10
possess exclusively the knowlenge to conduct
them to prosperity, happiness anil virtue!
lie meets thus—“the editor of the paper ulM
to, s,dd in my presence,' that he bad bee-,
formed that it had been proposed in the cabi„_
lomrest General Jackson. -1 simply rrplit
that no such ptoposiiioti had been made
cabinet,” He givox the accusation an
qn ilifieil dent il,” and asserts that until C,
By an -nicle in the Warhingtnn Telegraph giv
en as supplemental io Calhoun's pamphlet, it ap
pears. that, as far back as December 1327. Gene
ral Jackson learnt, from a letter written hi mr . „ „
Monroe on tlie 9th September. 1313. (which hail, houit's letter appeared, that lie never kites
been clandestinely taken from Calhoun's files, ami! was charged with it, r-xCCpt in General Cl.
put into the hand- of General Jacksnn, who tilti- "
mutely u-turned it without explanation) that Cult i
hnim had agreed in opinion with Mcnroe, ns to;
Jackson's having exceeded his instrnriinns in
Binik. "If I Imd denied that chaige, and
tie through ht» Book, and denied n
aai-Kson s Having excertleil his instructions in ot-cu- i 'j t,,Culu "*. j' would I
living tft. Mark's Mini Fensacola. On making tlie b / dlegeil hy you and you. co-laborers,!
discovery. Calhoun suspected that .he ohjecl was I 1 ™..rur* *ot dented were admt ol."
tn ’•rifi'ct ;i broach between the ex-Pren.lent anil ! * •• m.itflt.mis ilie? concctliess ot bis for
Ja-kso". for partisan purposes. Thai early ire 1 81 ‘ "••n«n , < ill ii-lmton lo llte production at
mas. James A. Hamilton of New York called on ' cabinet meeting nf General Jackson
him, ami informing him that, as he understood, an I leitcr tf) Mr. Alontoe, by citing h letter'
attack was med-tated againsrjgckson for his con- B'-iiJ.i'mi-. IV. Cion niiishield. ol Julv
duet during the Semmole canlpaign. he wished to I in wtm h that gcjuletlini) s.tvs “j ,<n
"tv been made to arrest him: to i w ||, c |, jfj
which inquiry a negative answer was given: >but no 1 u. u . . . , . , *
partii ulars mentioned, That the information was " ,e, ™ on * *-"0 In* had nnj 'jot it, b«l.l
itton ohoul a private „
Calhoun. I beltovc, asked for,
given to Hamilton, who then appeared in the sin- '«n found lie had it. Tf,j s | F( i e ,
gle light of a zeal,.us friend of the General, to en- ! '""led ilifonnalioti and
opinions rrspecti
anip him to meet any miirpprpspotahon of that «n«l Iter cc tony, (lie Floridas: but
t ® r * |r J«!i c fi«n. wiihnttt par-1 p« r, ic u l ,,r t» I ciinuoi now undertake to saj
promulgated by the Lord l..enten«nt. He entrn-'d ticntarizing hi. authority Soon aP.-rward.; Jan-1 ilnti- comcily."| rememhu'rTTThink"
nary .5. Hamilton, from New York, wrote to Cal- staling that the circumstance.
Wiistkr. after puilouging his visit later, ami
causing more teats and gnashing of teeth than u
sual, at length releases his .inld, apparently satis
fied .if having shown his prettiest The Sun looks
gladder, and the Wind breathes mote mildly since
his departure; the <oung huds swell their bosoms
wnh delight; and the fir.igs and blackbirds iterate
their joy m deafening Te-dcuins. I he gentle Flo
ra. io her new green slippers, walks abroad, listen
ing to the choristers and. smelling the flowers.
Wherever she leaves her pretty footprints, the
grass starts up greener, and the blossoms shed a
richer fragrance,
Though m inv hard things are said of Winter to
his face, v e will say nothing against him behind his
back. He is an honest old fellow at heart, arid doubt
less means well. True, he is hitiug. at limes; hut
without him, now wuuld you save bst-on for your
selves to bite! He helps you dun your meal, and
•rood him correctly tn having said.-such a measure a .i . ' - —
[as arresi] was not thought of—much less discuss- " V-'H'paign. | remember too that
ed. The only point h»fore the cabinet -
was the an- \ ?** iL ‘ x,M,e “I"*" «!'*» conduct of
swer to bn given to the Spamsh government"— as- u,,ner ' ,| t Uu ' '"«• words particularly n
signing as his motive, in asking, a -wish to fulfil lli,v<! * 1 'l'l'™ '"7 recollecnon.” Such afir
the object ofhis inquiry hy confirming major Lew-1 " v ‘’ • Vtilerce, he ave «, m ,i, IM .rior to the
is. a confidential Iriend of Jackson's at Nashville, i testimony ot M . Wirt, and dorl
"*r, . Th, ‘ co ™* | /y®(ion differing soma that Mr. Mnntoe has given no proof of
i—f s?,t sTsasraKrft: x.,a{, tt*
cerahr, preceding been at Nashville, accompanieit P > Against Mr. Calhn.
the General thence' to New Orleans to celebrate
the 8th Jaa ary. and his return via Milledgeville
anil Savannah, caused Calhoun in suspect that
the inquiry eas connect d with the purloined letter
that Jackson had restored without explanation,
and that he himself was designed to be affected bv
the machinations. He therefore declined entering
into explanations with Hamilton.
The foregoing rircumsianees. m connexion with
llsmiltoo sagency in obtaining, through Forsvth.
I .mu lnril’d C... ■ .. . . • *
meet your duns—he drives uffyour fleas and mos- , Urawfnrd’s statement for Jackson s inspection
quit es, vour cares and fevers. Anil though there <'»>upled with his personal and political asso. or
is soinpfthat of coolness in hi* manner, there is w ''h Yan Buren, (for whom he at one time
considerable caloric in his breath, anil cheeifnl- «1«d »»seefetara of stale pro tem. anti through
ness in hiscompany. lie is fortiter in modo^unviter wh "se influence he was appointed district allor ev
In re—which means frosty in Ihe mhining, out for the southern district nl Ncw York, which office
merry at night. Notwithstanding he is an old h« now holds) have inclined Calhoun io consider
bachelor himself, he brings about many weddings Secretary of State as being at Ihe bottom of
and tolerates kissing and dancing, as every aen*i- ‘he olot: amt Dutr Green, loosed f.oni the leash
Me bachellor should. Iu a word, he ia a friend JPnngsat Van Buren, and accusea him directlv of
t> Ira te md Union, but n«ie» snakes, tarills and hemg so. , J
melancholy. , Van Buren lias not suffered the imputatian to
r rientHy as we are. however, to the croaty old 5*" unnollce " In both the Telegraph and the
gentleman, we can t say that we regret his absence; t Glo . bo ' he exjliciily disavows all privitv of Humil-
we would at any time exchange his company for * 0, \» applications, and denies any knowledge of
that ol a youthlol and pretty damsel. Fond a. anli Ml agency direct or mediate i« *
. as Bn " 8,1 8 «eney direct or mediate in, any and even
we are id the hoary locks and tempest tones of, Bl '«"ppt *t any time to prejudice Calhoun in the
grave Winter, we love still better, the laughing I K 0 ”** 1 Pm'on of General Jackson. Duff Green of
eye. the soli whisperings and love notes of the c “ u 1 r,,; treats the disclaimer as unworlhy of belief-
he mtitul rnd Intlickaome Brxina, while, as a set off anil comforter, the Globe Van
Borne tune ago,Yietter was published, written "ember* KS <;teen with bating in De-
b > B ' n,> “ membef "< ^.n^resr'from ' Ttmw^'to^Mte ou?a*once in Ihvnrof (’ fJJ 8f,,or '*
-■south Carolina, concerning a blasphemous pant- President.—averring that Cal m. ..• f< h ° Un ? *
phlet attribute'll to the pen of the notorious Dr. could not he postSoned fm nnmh ^ re " ,n '' 0 "’'
Cooper. Ihe latter, in a letter uated January t9, that he would liea -'t 8 ? 8
l» the editor of Ihe Camden Journal, takes occasiun West would be imlueeil * ‘ha! a mupiriiy of the
to assail Blair's character with that’scurrilou. nd sw.uld Ttave th'- ^ i°f h ' mi hi " h *
lllillilltlHtll ahitea nhir*h ia o>\nai»wi!s, h.UI.i.,1 . .. , P|JOl( t)l fill* flllll DliiHOdt; Hllll
ha the federalists ot .he North would prefer h m
to General Jackson or Mr. Van Buren.
malignant abuse which is constantly wielded
gument and defence hy his pupils ami cunvrrts;
but he cautiously avoids either denying or avow-
ing the authorship, ami assigns as the reason, that
••with a man of General Bliitr’s character, I can
not condescend to enter into any explanation or
controversy.”
On the 4th February, Blair, in a letter to the
Amongst tho enumerated grants of tlio Con- j they Imre beea left within all tho States of the
C'RMVFORD vs. CALHOUN.
M-. Ci.iwfouPs strictures, on Callioim’s
letter of May 29, l8 30, to General J , c kxnn
. ■»in a loiter addiessed to Cclhoun. dated
explains—W was informed by two rc- Wmidlawn, 2.1 October, 1830. “He meets
spectable members of Congress from the South, tho choice of being the first, in this eonntrn
whoorefnends and admirers of Dr. Cooper, that to reveal cabinet cm„ul.X,s bv refc^ “ro
a pamphlet written by him and worth its weight in, tho manner in which the written op3 of
impression. Against Mr. Cnllioitn.
inveighs severely lor his not having asked.'
Monroe to state categorically whether he,C
Ilium ditl not, ufier tIn* Gcnrjril’s private* lettc
wos'produced, proposn to tho cabinet tbe^™
ishnieiii ol J.M-kson; and asserts that his rt-l...
tug front doaig n, was the uppichonfioo
would revive his recollectiop of that propositi;
111 ChIIiOUU 8 lirunnsilinn Air nn inrsniroi
Calhoun's proposition for an inquiry
to ilm conduct of Jackson, lie finds u full
mission ol hissinienieni, “that General Ji-
so" should be punished in somo form, «r • cpn
heeded in some loiro." -Wus not (l.o«]
the dump; robatinn in tbe case of tbe S< QW
war a pupuhioeni! I think. General J-tU
must have felt it to be such. I should
oppused, if I hud seen any way of placing
toveinoimi in the right as to Su.iu, *ML
dis.isrowing the principal eventa ol tho Sr*
nole wnr.” In addition to such reasoning
produces, from u loner wiitten by Mr. Adit
July 30, 1830, the following passage—“1
maul point upon which it wus urged that Ot
J.ickson should bo brought to trial 1
that ho hud viulated his orders by taking
Mink's and Pensacola." Though the oxn
does not dcsi|nate by whom tho trial wax utj
Crawford declares Calhoun to have been
menihe., and adds “ifyou deny this, \ will
tarn iho necessary explanation from Mr.
until
It d V |" h .h C ! P ro* ,O / ,I ‘ 0 *" M * nw »* Vn ItisIetlK
Ball I', that lie knows ptrsor.aUu that
CuBtoun f ,v,,, ed Mr Adams' pnacnsioitt
“ o fV. dCr Hr,,d for I'o pro«
In fiirt, beferp that even.,. r,|, e CO d(itioD
Ibai' fr.no r s ,!" ,d 4 mpressicn
fhP a -,’. y 01 "' "ante was pH
M A.fr. ?, ' V °" Ih* cam.
ora vmtSlf An, ‘ ,h " hi* <
e » .T VJ U,J Ptes-dem, and
u .it in printer to become prnpn
f h f yU " ll;,d established in Washrtf
nit i*i I ie oxpri'si purixiso of vilifying *
without siipulaii
be wit-Mi-il against Gentf
Jackson, go fur to tolablish t |, Q £ ”