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BY PHILIP C. GUIEU.
9CP NEW ARRANGEMENT.
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Terms of Adv - t using, 75 cents per square
for the first insertion, and 62 1-2 cents tor
each continuation
From the National Intelligencer.
We have rot ro <m to do more
than refer (he reader’s* attention to
the Proceeding# of the House of
Jiepree)t3iives, in relation to the
♦•vindicative accusation” of Mr.Eo
\va*ds. lately app dated our Minu
te/ to Mexico, in flic shape of a Me- i
m trial to the House of llenreaenta- !
fives, against Mr. Cbawfoiid. It
has been determined to send for Mr.
Edwards to this plane, to attend the (
’Committee to whim his Memorial
lias been referred, and the Writ by
authority of the House of represen
tatives has gone forth for that pur
pose.
A more mischievous thing could
not have been done, considering the 1
circumstances u aim* whi h it has !
happened, than the agitation ol tliis !
matter, at this mormui, The Ses 1
si on of Congress was going on qui
etly and harmoniously, when the
very same persons, it now appears,
who disturbed the peace of the last |
Congress, and interrupted its delili !
eratiotis on necessary business, wi h
Hie exhibition of their personal ani
rnosities, have eh isc i the auspicious
moment to repeat the exploit, to tle
manifost prejudice of the best inter- ,
eats of the country* which will inev* ‘
itsthly and seriously fluff r from it.
Notwithstanding the pt evocation
given hv those who, under the edit
orial head of a neighboring print,
ate co operating now, as they did ,
last year, in this impotent assault m j
the character of Wm. H. Crawford, j
the distinguished object of their hale
and persecuting spirit, we shall re
frain from entering at this time in
to the merits of thi* transaction,con
tenting ourselves with giving to our
readers the unbiased and true his
tory cf it, as officially unfolded to j
view.
In pursuance of this object, we
publish below the Report from the
Secretary of the Treasury, which
hns been made the ground work of
the furious manifesto of Mr. liD- ;
wards, whose Memorial also, we i
will lay before our readers as scon j
ss we can übtain a copy of it—al- :
ways excepting the letters of A. B. j
which form a part of it* which, we I
promise our readers, shall never be
obtruded upon them.
Treasury Dep .rtment, 1
•March -22, I2L j
Tn further compliance with a re
solution of the House of Represen
tatives of the S?h es May. *822, the
Secretary ol the Treasury has now
the honor to transmit copies of all
the official eorrespendeve between
4hc Secretary and thehanks in which
the public monies were deposited,
from the i of January, IS 17. to
the Sth of May, 1822. dial is con
sidered as included, either directly
or indirectly, in the terms of the re
solution, and that has not been here
tofore communicated to the House.
The Hon. Mr. Edwards. late a
Senator from Illinois, having staled,
on his examination before a Com
mittee of the House, cn the 13th of
February. 1823, that the late Recei
ver of public moneys a* Edward#-
vi!ie bad, on bis advice, and in his
presence, written a letter to the Sec
retary, enclosing a copy of a publi
cation which Mr. Edwards repre
sents himsell to have made someiitne
in the year ISi 9, announcing his in
tention of retiring from the director
ship Oi the Bank of Edwardsville ;
and that he hud advised the Recei
ver to withhold his deputies from
the bauk, uotd he could receive fur
ther orders fima the Secretary ; and
The Washington News.
that the Receiver afterward# inform
ed him that lie had received a letter
from the Secretary directing him to
continue the depo-dfes.lhe Secretary
deem* if proper to state, that no
su’ h letter foin the Receiver is to
he found on ihe files of the Depart
ment ; that the offi ‘crs employed
iu if have no recollection of the re
ceipt of such h letter : and tint, on
an examination of the records of the
i I).*partmenu it appears that no an*
; swer to any such letter, directing
| the Receiver to continue the depos
J ites, vvas ever written to him by the
es the Trcfi.*ary
The Hon. the Speaker
Os the House of Representatives.
The National may
well affect “surprize” at the avow
• al of Mr, Edwards, that he is the
■ author of A. 15. Not tong ago that
journal said he was not the writer,
and broadly insinuates! that the oei
chraled V. B. was a Member of Con
. guess from Pennsylvania. The Ed
| itors of the National Intelligencer
• allege, in justification, that, in eca
veraaii-n with Air, Edwards, they
“ understood” him to say that *• he
was not ihe author of those pieces.”
This must he a mistake, for we have
reason to believe that Mr, Edwards
neither ever denied or felt ashamed
of those letters.—Franklin “iuzelie.
We regret the shameful want of
candor on the part of the Franklin
Gazette—from its coasiu in this
j city we look for it as a matter of
course—whi h puts us to ihe neces
sity of saying, however great our
o mistake” on the subject, the
mistake” is comm on to several
persons, among whom are Senators
!of the United Stales. We believe
we risk nothing in saying, that but
for he agency iu those letters being
disclaimed, Mr, Edwards would
never have been appointed Minister
to Mexico, t-hn ever odour they
may be in with the Franklin Gazette,
and his coadjutors, their authorship
w mid have constituted no pe. jib
mendatioii to office, The ** Mem
ber of Cougress from Pe iosyiva
nia,” whomsoever the Franklin Ga
! zeUe means thus to designate, will
! not, we apprehend, heat all obliged
i to the Gazette for bringing him into
| public notice as connected with the
*• A. 11. plot."-— Nat. Intelligencer.
The Franklin Gazette also states
as ft fact that the Report of the Sec
retary of the Treasury which Mr.
Edward# alleges to be the pretext
and ground for hie *> defensive crim
ination,” transmuted from Wheel
ing, was made to Congress after Mr.
E. had departed from this city cn
I his way home. This is not true.
; The Report of the Secretary of the
j Treasury was seut to the House of
| Representatives, and publicly read
• in that House, some days before Mr.
! Edwards left the city of Washiog
; too. Indeed, it is absurd to suppose
that Mr, Edwards could have pre
pared his voluminous memorial and
documents in the stage during his
rapid passage to Wheeling, or that
he had time to draw it up in a short
time after he arrived at that place.
Ibid.
From the Richmond Enquirer.
“ A. B. PLOT.”*!!
The 5d act is now presented to an
astonished pubiio. The real father
of the piece at last steps upon the
stage. Me. Niniati Edwards. late
Seoator of Illinois, and now Minis
ter to Mexico—after being long sus
pected as the author, yet originally
skulking from the puhlio view, and
| latterly denying that he was the au
i thor, and having that contradiction
j published, for the sake of doing
away the objection to his nomina
tion, and of having himself confirm
ed as Minister to Mexico, at last,
throws offthe mask and avows him
self to he the author of A B,—
Twice has the plot failed—twice
have Committees been appointed,
and twice have reports been made
exculpatory of Mr. Crawford—yet a
Sd time is ibis experiment to be tried
upon the patience of Congress acd
j of the country.—Mr. Edwards is
| already feeling some of the - Sects
j of the ordeal which he has provo
[ ked. He is writhing under the ia-
IV ASHING TON, (georgia) SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1324,
f digiiant la*hrs of snrie if those
member#, whom the pif-;sent*.torn of (
hisnieninrialoaMed no.-—The W ish
rngt u Republican slates that this
extraordinary pejier embraces some
50 t 60 onges of ‘ s a/luscript —and |
that it exhibits the f 11 owing charges: j
*• 1 That the William 11.
Crawfi.r-d, Secretary of the Treasu
ry, has misDtanngcd Ihe National .
Funds: j
••2d I'hat he has received a large
amount of uncurrent notes, from
certain hank#, in part discharge of j
their debts to the United States, J
con.Tary to the resolution of Con
gres# oflSiti:
“ 3d. That being called on by a
resolution of the House of Repre
sentatives, to state the amount of |
uneurrent notes which he received i
fr!m those banks, he has misstated j
it, by making it ieis than it reahy j
was:
“ 4th. That he has. in his re- j
port to the House, misrepresented ;
the obligations of those banks, or
someone of them, at least, and pre
d,rated thereon an indefeasible ex
cuse for his conduct, in receiving
these uncurrent notes.
“ sth. That he has acted illegal
ly, in a variety of instances, by mak
ing and contwuing deposited of pub
lic money, in cei tftin local haoks,
without making report thereof to
Congress, according to law :
‘•6th. That he has, in several in
stances, withheld information and
letters, called for by the house, and
which it was his duty to have cosn
muniraied.
•‘ HIS OATH—-let it speak for
itself
“ For specifications of these state
ments, I oiler the publications with }
the signature “ A, B.” aitove men. i
tioned, and this communication.— j
And for proof 1 oiTer that’ which !
they respectively refer to.
44 Ail this I do defensively ; for, if i
the facts stated be true, no rational I
man can doubt that they must weak
en, at least, Mr. bfAiilotd's state
ment ag&int me.
“ f will not charge him with had
intentions in any of those acts. It is
more properly the duty of others to
inquire into and judge of that mat
ter. Ido not ask for an investiga
tion of his conduct. Such a request
ought more naturally, to he looked
for from himself. But l will gay,
that it', being an officer of the same
government under which he holds
his office, f have wilfully and mali
ciously misrepresented him in the six
foregoing allegations, it is a misde
meanor that would prove me unwor
thy the office i hold. I invite him,
or any of his friends to nmke this
charge against me, pledging myself
to wave bil notice, and with all the
disadvantages of absence, to submit
to an investigation thereof, !>y ei h- j
| er, or by hath Houses of Congress :
—and (o abide by the decision there
on. If this proposition is declined,
I trust we shall have no more cant
ing about ao ** A. B. plot.” As to
myseT, I fear not the consequences
of any fair investigation, fori know
I hall be abie. whatever may be
the result, to justify myself to the
nation.’*
We cannot regard these charges
without unutterable contempt. We
have not the remotest idea, t hat they
will establish aught agaiot the char
acter of W. H Crawford. He has
twice passed through the ordeal—
and not a hair of his head was sing
ed by the dark and assassin-I ike plot
cf Nioian Edwards. But what shall
\ve say of their author ? of him, who
while Seoator of the jb. States, re
frained from seeking ao investiga
tion of (lie alleged mhcond -.ct of an
officer of the government, in the
face of day—yet skulked into a
newspaper, making charges there
which he dared not avow, and suf
fered innocent individuals to be sus
pected of making chirges which he
had not the spirit to a knowledge,
either as a Senator or as a mao ? of
him, who would permit a fraud to be
palmed upon the Sena'e of the Unit
ed States, for the purpose of secur
ing himself an office ? !s this man
fit to represent the dignity of bis
country abroad ? c overed as he is
with ohl> quy—and openly charged
id the National paper with a flagrant
o imposition ?—Will Mr. Monroe still
suffer him to go abroad with the j
high rank of a foreign minister ? I
Can the Senate pass no resolution !
requesting the President to retard j
his departure, or suspend his func- j
lions ?
Since writing the above, we have •
seen Mr. Forsyth’s proposition for
detaining N. K.—Though it was re
jected, maV not the Select Commit- j
tee lay their hands upon him, under
t Ik* general power to send for per- ■
sons and papers ? He is on tiie wing;
for his memorial is transmitted from
H heeling.
From the Richmond Enquirer .
NIA UN E D JFJIWS.
This miserable Mar-plot ; this
anonymous assassin of houest men’s
reputation; this pusillanimous ••Par
thian who shoots his poison, and arrows
as he flies is likely to meet with
the recompense which his conduct
deserves. His trip to Mexico is for
the present suspended, and perhaps
forever defeated. Let him console
himself with the reflection that his
own f-dly strips him of an office, \
which his virtues never would have
deserved. We would infinitely ra- (
ther, that the treasury of the coun- j
try should lose forever the §IB,OOO ,
which he lias in his pocket, than :
that her dignity should ever be dis- !
graced by such a representative, •
His memorial is the chief topic at
Washington as well as in this city. !
The committee are determined to
sift (he matter to the bottom, It is i
only another edition of the infamous !
”A. B. Plot,” Mr. Crawford’s
letter is fraught with no imputa
tions which deerved such a denun
ciation. It was transmitted to Con
gress several days before Edwards
left the city. Why did this minis
ter shrink from arraigning Mr. C. ;
before the Senate in his official ea- !
pacify ? Why did he skulk to Wheel- !
ing before he transmitted his memo, j
rial ? Where and when was it fra- j
nied ? Does not suspicion point to 1
its preparation before Mr. C’s, Re- j
port was delivered ? Is it not wliis- j
pored that a holy Junta in the City j
assisted him in the noble work? j
How and when did tbe Speaker re
ceive it ? These enquiries should be 1
made and decided.
One faot alone shows the charac
ter ol the man. Some of the Sena
tors declare that Edwards positively
denied being the author of A. B
While his nomination yet hung be
fore the Senate, he induced the Ed
itors of the N. Intelligencer to deny
the authorship. It is believed, that
but for this denial, he never would
have been confirmed as Minister.—
Scarce, however, is his commission 1
and the 18,000 dollars in his pocket
-—when he avows himself to be the
author !- He is the object of gener
al scorn at Washington, Almost
all denounce him as the meanest of
men. Most of the western repre
sentatives speak of him in unmea
sured terms of reprobations. Here,
not a whisper is raised in his defense.
W. H. Crawford defies such an ac
cuser and such accusations. Sever
al of Mr Clay’s western friends de
clare, that it will be proven to the
satisfaction of every honest man in
the nation, that W. H. C. is as inno
cent of these charges as an in
fant.”—Yet such are his accusers 1
Such are the enemies who would
move heaven 3nd earth to prevent
his election, In vain are these illib
eral exertions! in vain is plot after
plot fabricated agaiost him 1 He
will rise brighter from this persecu
tion. A generous and intelligent
people will hurl back upon his as
sailants the storm of indignaliou
which they have attempted to raise
against an upright mao.
The character of N E. is indeed
gone forever. His contradictions
alone on the A. B. article# are suffi
cient to damn him. I# it not true
that a most respectable Senator from
Indiana was betrayed into a vo?e for
his appointment, by a trick of this
sor t ? Did not E. to remove the scru
ples •f th Senator, pledge himself
that he was not the author of a.B ?
Has not this Senator obtained . *>r
titi?ates ta this effect ? Aod after all,
were there not at least 1 h fotes
against him? And after pocketing
the fruits of hi* atrocity* he is Nin-
ny enough to ieud himself to the
pan he is playing—under the hope
perhaps that he might steal out of
the country, before the indignant
arm of Congress should arrest his
flight. Why did he fly, if | i{ >
not afraid to meet the storm which
he was raising? It is false, a| ;he
sycophantic W. Republican states,
that E. left the t ify before Mr.
Crawford’s Report was sent into
Congress. Did not R. fell a mem
ber from Ohio that he had written
4-0 or 50 pages of the Memorial
against Mr. C. ?
V* by w3 this miserable man evep
graced with a foreign Mission?-*
Why wa* W. H. Harrison thrust
back to make room for N. E. ?—*
We now repeat tbe question, with
ail the lights of experience &.ream
ing upon the ineas re.—The Presi*
ileal is indeed to be pmed. ,\li tho
great are to be pitied—who will ;.ot
brush away the earwig* tuac flu?tee
around them—4 >d fid ♦* the porch*
e* of shell* oars” with a poison that
may infect the very springs of life.
The greatest of men stand in need
o! counsellors. How happy whs
Idotueueus in having a Me.dor fur
his adviser!
We understand that Lieut. W.
We.;.vek nas been suspended by or*
tier of the Navy Department, m con
sequence of the questions win h
have arisen as to ihe correctness of
his o. duct, in the ease beiweea
himself and the owners of the ship
America; and (hat a formal inves
tigation will be instituted on tho re
turn of the Franklin to the United
Slates. Nut. Intelligencer•
FROM BUENOS AFRES*
A hie of Buenos Ayres papers to
the first of February has been re
ceived at Baltimore. Ia a paper of
the 12th of January, the editor
states that, by the arrival of an ex
traordinary courier
Chili, information is received of tho
arrival of the British br.of w&"Blos
soui al Valparaiso irom Lima, with
advices to the l*t oi Dec. They oon
firm the intelligence before received
i in this country of the termination of
j the differences between Riva Aguro
and Gen, Bolivar, by the surrender
of the former, and remark, “ thaC
the Liberator General, being no\?
free from ail these cares, will b 4
enabled to commence the campaign
. at the head of teu or twelve thous<*
! aod men. In the capital of Peru*
they have celebrated with much cu?
thusiasm the imprisonment of
Aguero.”— Nat Intelligencer.
South America —After the sub*
jugation of Spain by the french ar
my, it is evident that Spain and
France contemplated the recovery
of the South American Provinces*
& a perfect understanding subsisted
on the subject the two gow
ernments. The determined attitude)
of Great Britain, and ifie well found*
ed apprebensious relative to tbe park
which this country would take on the?
question, induced Fran c to hesi*
late, and finally to abandon the pro
ject. Tbe late adviees from Europe
bring particulars of a tiegociatiou
on the subject. The French minis*
ter, addressing himself to the Bri*
fish cabinet, ‘acknowledges “thas
France considered it hopeless to at
tempt to bring the Spanish South)
American provinces again under tbo
subjugation of the mother country
she bad no idea of seizing the
sent opportunity to appropriate any
portion of the Spanish territories ia
America to herself, or to obtain any
exclusive privileges from them—*
and that she had no idea of acting;
against those provi *oes with an arm
ed force. He, however, stated, thaC
he th ught it worthy of tbe govern
ments of Eu ope to devise means foff
quietiog the passions of those pro*
vi ees, and to bring them to unites
under a government either m onarch
ical or aristoeratical, in oi and r to a
vuid dangerous theories which nov
existed among them.”
This is the true spirit of legiti
mate goverrimvot. Mr. Canning*
however, while admitting that it
would he rather desirable to hava
mo arehicat governments erected ia
those countries, yet his government
would not EiHKo it a condition for
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