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HE Copartnership heretofore
JS existing under the firm of
WM. K. COSART & CO.
al Washington, Wilkes county. is
this day dissolved hy mutual consent;
the business will be continued at
Washington by Wm. 31. G’ozart,
•who aloneis autliorised to settle the
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ton. WM. 31. COZART,
I!. W. COZART.
March 4, 1631. 38—2 t
4X LSO tire copartnership here
jcSa. to fore existing .in Eat on ton,
fttluiam*county, under the firm-of|
WO a ART a GO. fttu
this day dissolved by mutual conseirt,
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* 11. W. COZART,
WM. 3UCOZART.
March 4, 1831. —2t>
JPVmili copartnership heretofore!
PI. existing under the firm of
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Was dissolved, on tiio sth instant, by
mutual copsent, All persons indebt
ed to said firm are requested to
make payment to Mr. Finch, and
those having demand*- against the
panic will cull on him for payment.
• 31. HUSTON,
G. D. FINCH.
March 8, 1831. 38— •
Bicmcß,
Copartnership of Mus-|
JS_ grove, WetmoreA. Go, wap
dissolved On the 28th.lift, by mutual
consent. . .... .■
R. H. 31U SOP OYE.
OLIVER WETMCKtE,
EDWARD RUSTfN..
The undersigned w.ill continue
to transact the *
UNDER TiJE FIRM OF
Musgro.ve &, (Istin.
It is with iqjbriu
their friends and customers,! that
t-- • Imve contracted for tire fiuild
,!„ yfefeCowplete.
545.38.'i2y3E1002?S 4 5.38.'i2y3E1002?
WARE-HOUSE,
l-M be euicu-ti jju the premises now
v. upied by tia in, and to -Ub finioh
<_-ti by the first of October next.
They hope by strict attention to
bu.daess confided to their earn,
to unuii, u eontimjaaee of public
patronage.
R. 11. M use HOVE.
EI>)YAkD BUSTIN'.
-jLugusttt, •ijlaftsii i, 18jU- 36-*l m
WASHINGTON, (G.y.) SATURDAY, MARCH 19. 1831.
t'rom Ihe K. V. E. Post.
TO THE PUBLIC.
Although it is rare that an individual of hum
ble pretentions can attempt to arrest, public ntte'h
tion, without Stealing to arrogate to himself tih
tlue importance, yet the writer of lhis vimlfcutioh
is placed by the publication of the recent cor.res- 1
pondence between the President and Vice Presi
dent of the United States, in such a sii tuition as to
Compel him to hazard that imputation, rather than
io submit hi. sileuce to the gplyp charges Vhlo.lt, ]
ir not directly made, are bv inference insinuated
against him.
Mr. Calhoun, in his address and letters, states
that there was a “movement against him/’ ‘ the
origin ot which went back beyond the date of
this correspondence,-” which had for its .object
his political, destruction.” He refers to Mr,
{ Craivford’s letter of December,.'HJ2?, rs ‘>e com
mencement “of that chain of artful 0; erafrons
that ha*,’.’&,c. He speaks of this movemtsd as
“a political matKEuc. e” designed to inn kb the
President ‘fin instrumentand the Pice Presi
dent il thr victim. ‘ Me -refers to “a kasc political
inlrgue,” and then adds-— '*Sevtsal indications
forwariicd lung since that n blow was matiiatc-d a
gainst me; l wiil not tn\y from the quarter from
which this combs; but in relation lo L/ih subject,
more than two years since Iliad a correspond
ence with the District Attorney for the Southern
District of New .Yorlt, oil the subject of the pro
ceedings of the cabinet on the Seminole was.
which, though it dkl not particular atten
tion at the time, has river, in conuedlon uiUi o-,
liter cireumuhinces, screed to dirccl my tyc Lv ivhul
was going oh? t
J have tlipa brought to view, in a ilistiiict forui,
Audi parts of these ielteis and address as eiritHia
insinuations or charges of political tn.iif t;vrcß ;
plots, base-iutt ig tici-. and t;s- indicate direetTy or
vemplviy their'* supposed tonhivtiis or histr-ti
incurs, in order tliat 1 tuny loc-t ufl tia4.cai, by
just duplication, or the most forced const j action,
inter to me, by declaring most csp’rcirly that 1
neither know of, tior u<|l byltevo, in the. exist
ence of any such practices, uor have I, if they did
exist, pavticipaitd in them ia any respect w lir.tp
ver. ‘ . ’
Mr. Cnlhour. considers hluisclf deprived tiflm
important information by the l>UuihsisV Mi. Craw
ford’s letter, and assumes that if they uyj c Al!?d
up they mighf, “thro’ their pohtic;d
point directly to the •contrive;.* of this gchciiie.’ w
As the writer cf this vindication has no motive
for concealment, he has no hesilftHon in saying,
that the “names refered to in blank**’ if wriften
at length, would be but o sto narne. and -that i.is.i
own. Thus is femoved at once a‘l ground far
the suspicious that seem to .b io indulged !
ami 30 freely expressed, resulting tVom those ;>•-}
lifical associations which these ‘potential blanks
are supposed to conceal. The following nat ra-!
live wilfsheiv ttye origin of my connection with j
the Vice President, to w hich he. has veferrrd. j
On my voyage during the winter of 1R27 aHd |
’2S, from Nashville lc Now Orleans, in company |
with Geo Jackson mid ht; smu*, there w;*is iiiuyb !
I covpr&atioii am.iug the Gen*- mV f: ; . ads. •;■.; }
which I participated, and pirtieularlr w ittr .Mu-j
h>r Lewis, initiation to the various x-Ua.ges a- |
gains! (Jen. which the
vas iuiii originated or renew ed, and’particuiaj ly j
as to the unfriendly course Mr* Crawford was f
supposed to lißve taken towards the Geueral in !
relation to the Seminole war. ft being mnu r-j
stood that I intended on my return to .e\v fArk J
to puss through GeuiVurto avail myself of that j
opportunity to visit Mr. Cjtiwforil, Major l.c** is
dcsireti me, or I ofTvreu, to ascertain !
occuretl Mr. Monroe’s cabinet ’
relution to a proposition
fliuik: to arrest Gen. Jnckstlii for his conduct in ,
that war, anti to inform him of thtf result, in'of-j
tier, as 1 understood, that he mighr be prepared;
to repel an attack Jackson that was anti- j
cipuied, conneQtejd yvitif :l:at stiVyact, btit alum- \
all, if a perlecl rccociliatiou !
bet vtpiu and their respective’
friends.
On my arrival at Sparta, (G.-'prgia,)’ where!*
hoped to sco Mr.fCiawlsiil, i. ~r< rtaiiu and tliat he !
lived so far out of my w ay that to a> to fris i:uiß : ;
woiftd delay me in my journey eight or ten day*, i
and that it was probable 1 would not find irtm and i
home when 1 should arrive there. 1 therefore
pushed on lo SavanuUli, whence on the 25th Jan- j
nary, 1328, I wrote to Mr. Forsyth the letter re- j
ferred to-by iiim in his letter o Mr. Culhouit, da-;
ted May 31sf, ISSO. A l <ii 1 nut retain a copy |
of tiiat letter 1 must speak of iis contents from j
r *collecfion. —by it f informed him of disappoint- (
ment in net having been p-. ituiUiu l>y ;*y ar
rangements to visit Mr. C aw ford, tin* enquiry 1
wished to make of him as above . :ated. anil re-i
j quested him when he should mod Mr. Crawford, i
to shew him my letter, and couimuuic.wo tue i t
s:ik to me at New York.
On my arrival at Washington, id February, It
resided, dining tiieduy .r two 1 rematned’ there,
hi the same house with the Vice President; and’
being anxious to *obt *.u the infyfn.ation before’
refeired to—(having, as 1 feared, lost the cyqrtir-!
tunity to do so from A?r. Crawford) —after advis-1
iug with a very honorable and discreet friend,’
residing in the same house, as to the propriety ot i
doing so, I requested an Hittrview witii Mr. Cal- j
houn, which was granted. (| may here be per ■-1
mined to say, that I never saw or. Heard of the
letter written by Mr Crawford io Mr. Gulch, un
til u was published : and that 1 hud not the slight
est know lege of the course Mr. Calhoun had
considered :* his duty to pursue in the cabinet on
the occasion referred to: ou the contrary, the
impression 1 had received ftom those conversa
tions was ; (hat Air. Calhoun was in lavor of, and |
Air. Alrauford was adverse to, Gen. Jackson.)
WUeu we met, 1 asked Air. Calhoun “whether,
at any. meeting of Air. Monroe’s cabinet, the
propriety of ai *esting General Jackson, for any
tiling done by luni during tbe Seminole war, had
been gat any ihue discussed?” To which he
replied—“ Never such a measure tva,s not thought
of, much less discussed. The only point before
the cabinet was the answer th*d v.uj given lo the
Spanish government.”
Our conversation was extended, and on his
pm t, cinbuiced much that 1 have never felt tny
bclfut liberty to disclose. Alter he had gone o
ver the v. i.oie j?round, in order to a void (he possi
bility of mistake, J Hiked Hie Vice President
whether he considered his answer to my ques
‘.io:>. a fib tiling me the information to obtain which
1 had sought the interview, confidential or not.
IVken 1 retired from the Vice President's room,
l sought the gentleman wiib whom 1 k&d advised,
and communicated to him with t- : ice re pleasure
the stall:au iit jVlr, Calhoun hud made. I think
l aUo iaeu;:omrilU to another'gentleman, who
was ofthe same hou&e. and the next morning, at
hu early hour, 1 left Washington for New York,
where ! arrived ou the 17th of February;
the Hhii, 1 wroien letter U> Mnj. Lewis, of-w hie I <
the following j#.U that to the
subject;
’ f* l did not sec M/. (Vawfed hs I intruded to
do because he was 70 intlukouf of my way ; but
the V ice President, who, you know, was that
muthber of the cablni't bevt acqtiaiufed with the
subject, told tne Gn. Jackfimt arrest, was never
thought of, fiiueii less discused.”
To this letter 1 rccebvi! a reply dated the
March,- 18-B of which the following extract is ail
that udates to the m^iject;
•‘1 regret that yoii did not sec Air. CraWford.
I was desirous.you shout'd sec him, ami Converse
I with him on the sat jeer of hi? former uiistMidci
| standing with the General, I lave every rqason
| tu.believe, that the information given to you by
Calhoun is correct; for Mr. Monroe assured me,
nearly nine vents ago, such v.ns the fact. It
tallows, then, that ftp- Cfa.wfbril must have been
vilely slandered hy those whose object it was to
fanut flume, their intercut reqoiied should irot be
cxiftiguisTied.’’
1 have given these estracts, in order to sus
j (aia uiy state.ineru of the origin of my cdnnertioii
I with this transaction —not, However, wuhdut
feeling humiliatiqu id doing so; andyct, in
it contjcst v he re.■suspicion is snbsih-ued.ior proof,
and tiie conduct mid motives of nil. however re
motely oi accidentally couureujd with the truns
uciipii, are.snLji cted to its blighting iotlueiicc, ii
is a humiliation that cannot be avoided;’
Aftc 1 had wrilten to Major Lewis,'-mid had
related to otheis Mr.
plicit. and as 1 felt, most satisfactory answer to
my inquiry, believing that ii migi.t be used by
Major J.eivis at Nashville wiiero, at that timt, al
most each day., produced anew charge against
Gen. Jackson* which was followed by this imme
diate vimDC.uiwrt, I nitaugnt prqjwr to seek to
confirm Major Utwi#, i.. il;e accuracy of my
statement, of tire conversation with Mr. Calhoun,
by n iettes: from the latter, and to lhatend, wiuie
to himou, Feb. a U tier,. <4 w hicii the fol
lowing; exuart cOutuUift the whole that relates lo
this subject: ■ ‘
Veit. 25, 1S;^8.
luiutakc as to w hat pass*
cd,bcivve V tliiconversaupn, Tha.i the *fo<l
liov to hold with yviiL the cveniug before I'left |
‘d ashingU>ir, I submit so you tiii- follow ing as too
import of that part vvliieu it vyns uuJersloGd was !
flirt t< be conVuUtre.l as coufidviniai r
in ix-piy to my enquiry, • tVfr., \oy nt ‘.iff f
jUaetiug us Mr..:VlurmAs ganiuet the propri; v j
of arrestiatjf Gen. Jaciisou,-tar any’.hiiig done by
h'.y.c the'Sv'uiiuole W'nr, had beeii at any
V.ua iyiswoird ‘Aevcr—sucu
a m&uiira was not oi, inudi less dLcua
sed’; tiie only dm before the caliibct, was the
answer that \va*to be given to tlie Spiuiish Go
vi*rnUtt;iii.” • s • ‘‘‘ ;•
laid jmrtictdar in-cnifeavoTing to asrerfain
tVoii* yo'i whether my I'ccolicctk-n is fuithln! or
not in fegifrd io t?;is*patt of our conversation ;
KfiiUtUte i wiih (o Itilfiii liie Object of uiy inquiry,
.bv -tonfirm ms . Lewis; it voufkleutial fie;r<i
of (feu, Jackson, ( N<whvjilt io the truth-, noA
v iihavJtra* to his ‘making a. publicdlkrn on the
subject at prescub kid to 5° prepared against an
appreheHiU and Yodm.ld ou creiUs cj:r::t:ct
eu with t/iat campfft'go. ■ >.
• 1 have tiro honor v> fc* vour.ajbed't sgrv ? t.
A HAMIL'tON
Ou the
Mr. Forsyth tin. f diw
’ :: L.CU'if.v liu 6, } irZs..
flii-Td, ‘lv. Wi.). IL Crart
tbrd, Vva.-. place a fu-.v.ti iifs y.-src; J* v, on >
private biudio is. . I k’ni v ry an !
opportunity Ij comply with thy inade iti j
your dtiitar, dated Savanil.th/.jfimiqry £l>*h. I
had a long ewi:. wit i Alf, (’ J , uul afb*r- ;
wunis it.uijo him yoaiwletUr lie regrette<i
that your engagements did not permit you io pay
hiiA a passing- visit. By- i>U nt:;hytity l statu hi
reply to your enquiry, U:.f at a meettrug of Air.
• Mduroe’a cubiniJ, t< ti.sehss the course to be
pursued t6*v aids'Spain, inlgot.sequence of Gen.
j r.cksrjii's procffilings in bHorhiu during lire re
adifoic War, f\lr. Calhoun,l the Secretes v of the
\V ar Depai iuiiut, iubmiUci! to ami urged ujiou
the President the pnipricty raid necessity of am
rentingui;d trying Gen. Jackson Mi. Monroe
was'very much anuoyed by it—expressed u be
!isf that such axlep b o-dvl not meet the public*
approUßion, that Gc.^eral.) • had performed too j
much public so . ice to be treidml as a younger j
or subultern ofiicer might, vviilieuf shucking*, nb-
I'.c opinion. Mi. Atlani? srl;li neat viol
j hue against the protmtseu onUjtestified
! the General lb: tighom—veneuu ruly urging the
j PiTsVirnt to make tbo cause ut the Genera* that
: of the .Mini<iishju*n •”
j in consequence of die. strong excitement pro
!
! ment, Mr. i rawtord iuiei tiered ia ihealise.tsxion,•
i ami suggested that was no neressi.- for tie
j cidiug upon the course to be pflrsut and tow arils tl;p
i General, as the question lor w hich the c.ibhtcl
was cwuv ee.ed did not i eipii. e it.—They w erecuil
ed to ‘dvio4 anm: iiow bpain was to bo treated in
j relation lo the Florida, a flair. The conduct of
I the G .ucial was a mattur’ exciu/ivclj between,
j the Genet-ii aud Lis ’.own gc-vcfiiuif-nt, in uliidi
j however Spain might feel nnciesud, situ had uo
} riglit to meddle.
j 1 lie subject was thus dispesed of, and was not
; renewed.
Mr. Caihoiui bad previously comtnunir ated to
! Mr. Crawford his intvntiou po the <jnes-
I (ionto Air. Albnroe; au internm:i ;vir. Crawford
; a]p}oved, uiiiiougii not ludicviug, aa lie siutetl
| to Air. CallPoUi a that Geo. Jackson would he c*i
flier arfcatcd or rensurori by ii;e Pifßid^.il.
) With gteut.regard, lam, dear sir, since*cJ)
yours, JOHN FOIISV Hi.
Col. James A. Hamilton, New Yoik.
To my letter of the 25th of February, I received j
Mr. Culhouu’s reply, dated March 2d, of which 1
feel authorised to publish such parts at least os
are in reply to my application. This right 1 con*
celVe results from Air. Calhoun’s having deferred
to this Correspondence in connection with the
•plots” and tpeir “contrivers,” without stating
what its character was, ami thus nenderiiTg it ne
cessary for me in vindication of mys*df, to-givtsii
t* the public. The inL/nnaliou I had received in
reply to uiy inquiry/ was admitted by him not to
be confideiitiully difeiosed to Hie, and l had so
treated it. He could not afterwards clothe it
with that charactep nor caiisomueh of his com*
tumnention ns is in to my request to be iu
lorirfed wliether 1 hail correctly repeated his au
swer or not, btf considered as confidential. *
WA?iii3cTON,4kl March, I2S.
“Dear Sir—l received, three days since, your
letter of the 25th February, aud have seized on
the first leisure mom Cut to unswer it. In the
conversation to which y<mv h*ticr alludes, 1 sup
posed, as ton did not state the object,
enquiry as to what had passed on a particular
point in the carnet deliberation on the Seminole
question, was to obtain information, in order to
meet more general rumour, falsely put out, to in*
IhieibCF iht Jesuit ot tiro Presidential question.—
My answer was accordingly predicated on such
supposition, aod was iiucmfed t meet assertions
unsupported hy tiu authority of any uatne, in tlie
saun general uiaif.mf without natiie. uud was in
tetftUw* io oe limited,‘t?veu wiih that view, :o the
denial ot what vvos XtAUdio have,
[fin
r “I now learn by your letter that your object is
more specific. state tiiat you desire to ob
tain tbo “because I wish to fulfil the
object 0t iny enquiiies, by coufii ming Alnj<*Lewis,
u confidential friend ot Gftii. Jackson, alNashvillfe,
in the truth, not with the view of his making a
publication on the lubject #t present, but to he
prepared against an apprehended attack founder I
on events connected with the cuinpaigti.” 1 have
under tiiii aspect of the subject deiiliel ately con
sidered how far I could with ptoprictj speak of
the proceedings of the cd bine tat all, which has
resulted in a conviction that a duty of a very high
and delicate character imposes on me silence.
“Entertaining the.se views, you wIB see that I
decline the introduction oftny name in hojt shape
as connected with what passed in the cabinet on
to which you re sere. What 1 staled
in conversation was negative in character, and in
tended as above stated, to enable you to meet by
a general contradiction, without the introduction
of my panic, what llnippose existed ouly in the
■gtiape of rumour, and 1 must request you to con
sider it as limited to that -purpose only ”
The residue of this letter, with the other parts
of the oorrespendenev, are not coutttdcred as im
portant to ibis discuss job. They will be publish
ed, however if f'lriiioun wishes it. ‘The let
ter from Mr. Foi syfh to me w as not seed by any \
person until the autumn of 1829, wiien it was read
by Major Lewis at;my house.
ihe circumstances mtJcr which copies of the
letters written by Mr. Crawford and by Mr For
syth, were coumijftjjiicnted to the President, are
so fully and stated in the correspofi
encc. as to render n unnecessary for me so repeat
t lIL'HI.
\Vhel the President, who had, f presume been
Wornftul of its import, expressctl a wish ti* see
Air. Crawford's statement, I yielded to his re- j
qeetft to communicate it to him, firstcotaining the
cou.scut of the writer so do s, from the maniicst .
pt opriety >l* cite course lie proposed to pursue, |
aud thg more readily as mi opportunity would j
thus he offered to Air. Calhoun to disprove a state
l men. so directly opposed to his ywh, or to explain
iti> of liie same transnetioh
I oeVfersHW Mr. Crawford’s letter to Mr. For
syth. iMttii alter it was scut to the President and
| to .w*k'ttlhouii.
: this effort to vindicate myself from ground- ■
j lexsiusp ion, I have confined myself to those to
pics which, belong to that vindio‘‘AU akjne.
* JAMES A. HAMILTON.
Nctr York, February 23d, 1831.
3!R. IPRGWMNSHIELD.
. -In tUj};<tMvrc!MiiU’i!rt between the
Piesiitont fiiul Vice Presitlent, in
cTixlipj; the letter of Mr.. Crawford,
jnibiished by-Mr. JForsyth, thisgen
tleiiian afipcttis, at’-first. blush, in u
very questionable light. It impossi
ble, however, that he is indebted for
the whole JiftibWhy ton misstateutent
of 3tr. Calhrmn. Accompanying
31 r. Craw to ids letter, is the follow
ing statement of Mjr. CrowninshielJ,
Vi:—
■ Extra'l of a J-. tter frtm Bcnj: H r .
CrouminftAcii to IVm. H. Cratb
! ford, doled ‘doth July, 1830.
“-Ycm etsi me. if / recollect, while
in t hacouncils of t lit celt net, of a let
ter written hi/ tic-n.. Jackson to Presi
dent JSlonroe'? Ido recollect of a
conversation about v jirivate letter,
which Air. Calhoun, I belie ve, ashed
for, and the President said he had nol
t'ot it, l/nt upon an examination found
he hud it. This letter contained in
. formation, end opinions respecting
[Spain and her colony, the tf'oridas;
I but the particulars 1 cannot now ttn
-1 dertuke to say or state correctly. I
remember, 1 think, your stating that
the circumstances then spoken of, did
fully explain Gen. Jackson’s . conduit
during the campaign.- I remember,
too, that Mr. Calhoun
ou the conduct uj the General, bimfkr!
words particularly spoken
ped my recollection.”
It would seem incredible, \\oTa
j man could “recollect” mtfny cir
! sumSUiaee* which mjt.tf'Tiad exist
jeacci How couW'Mr. Crown in
shield “ recoiled” “a conversation a
: boat a priyate letter” which he nt
!? How-could he “rtcoU
ij led” tl\t Mr. CaHioun nsked lor it,
if be did not Iwar him? iiow could
i ho* “;* esiclcni
’ found it, jjM vv
1 re
the letter if hIL J” 1
it read? 0 75
that “Mr.Vatl.cX Recollect”, j,
the conduct of tteT 1'’
. . \icral, it heli
was not present an<i\ , , . ? i 1
Did Mr. Cro.voiiisiuet!'.
t . .* , > vt/i vnvtnt all ,
these parMct'lars ? .
We think he heard ;j
relates. ISut 3lr. CalliAun ’j 1
from Mr. CrowiiinshietU'.ujy folioc-*
i'ug letter, viz :
Washing i’o :, Jan. 3®,
Dear Sir: My rrcdtlectionVidving
been called to a letter received j\m
the Hop. IV.-H. Crawford, in JuK,
1830, wherein ha asks my attention tb.
1 ‘ ,:aY c
tlu clfißm
->1 the ms£
•hi.rt
that l
(h .ugh VH
wait ; / ■- ‘- A'MS
iS-uiroiS
441 bi-i. :'d’
[New sPHIff—No. 39.
‘first time, that the cabinet meeting al
luded to ly Air. Crawford, uat held
after I retired from, the Cabinet. /
left Washington in company with
President Monroe and yourself for
Norfolk, by tne way oj Annapolis,
on the 28th May, 1818. AW, sir, t
do not pretend to know what w ne said
or done at any subseqttcnt meetings
ai/d I do therefore duelaim and say
thatmy letter in answer io Air. Craw
ford must not be interpreted so as to
affirm or deny any cabinet transactions
which took place after I left the cab
in°t.
It is difficult for me to account hoio
I could have blended other things, sd
as to connect of-whick
J could know fl|jl|i V< is n tong
time since thostil&mßßßKmmUUdL anti
mrmory is (rcacl^u H
you to be!u vc, . t^Bp
II I c re. is apprehen si o n
1 am, with high conwVaj
Your obedient sc ‘M |
a. /r. cnowsiNsrmß
J. C. Calhoun, VicePrp*K
ft will be observed, lIMJK
in this IcttcrjnH
with his letter to Mr.
does not say that the
cd by him in.the letter did not occur
as he had represented; but only that
they had not taken place subsequent
to the 28th May, 1818; and oficourscy
could not have transpired at the -cab
inet council held in the subsequent
July. The two letters lead .he mind
to the conclusion, that Mr. Crownin
sl.icld is mistaken only in dates, and
that the incidents he recollects, ao*
tiiully took place prior to the 28th
May, w hen he left Washington.
But .j . Calhoun attempts to fore-s,
stall tins conclusion, and make Mr.
Crowuiirshicid the inventor of a tale
for the benefit of 31r. Crawford, by
appending to his letter the following
note, viz :
“Air, (frowninshield could not have,
been present at any cabinet council on,
the Seminole ajfair. The first meet
ing on that. subject took place on thfr
15 th or 16th July, 1318; Air . il/oi*-
roe having returned on the \Uh,from
his residence ia Loudoun. The Na
tional Intelligencer of the 7th July ,
announced the arrival of Mr. Crowd
inshicldat his residence ill AJassachtt
setts, JPt/iS SI the He resigned in Oc
tober following, without Idicing
turned to Washington. Nor could bdf
have been present at *my meeting of
the cabiuct on the subject ofthe cajA”
tip-c of St. Marks or Pensacola, ire,
■which I was. The Intiiligencer of
the 21)rA Alay, 1818, anntvnets the
departure of the President (Mr. AloiC-’
roe,) Air. Crcncninsliitltt and ic j stiff
for Norfolk, before information watt,
received at Washington of either St*
I Marks or Pensacola. The tivo fc£S
j mer returned to Washington. 1
[c ceded to say r'lSfc/fetegin Cutoff net j
raid did nu return to fVasliingtm un
d'h of . ny, subseqitcnt io Mrs
arrival in Massachu
setts.”
This hotevsl-.ows that the files of
the lnlelligenccr had been careful
by examined. Ym, notwithstanding.
Ttr. Caliioun’s assertbn, that the
capture, neiiht of 8t Marks not*
Pensacola, wa tl oW uat Washing
ton on the 28th Mt r> a i s a jacl, that
the capture ot 8 . Marks was au
noimced in the National Intelligent
cet ofth^^^tjj-gu the same montH 1 *
MgffitfßKEi&BLi,.., - .i.■’
Ul|V TANARUS, - +ix
HWst. Marks,
; and stutcPtm&fey : Jsackson
on the nmrrlK \nla, with thu
1 intention of !
j It hence
assertion c ’withstanding, that newF
[■ ‘ he ‘’ wuire ofUit. Marks reached
ihe City twchmf days before Mr.
JTowninshield mft it; and that the
; | moral's intention to take Pensaco*
i also known. That eveuts sc,
■ „nlm'nPt should excite no re-iia: ft I
. net, .fi'iS, and las cabi-|
, nal conclude- , All | o f? li m,x.J
k t h C re-iiMM^f~- cOU je
a o’- 1 vt V ai.-l'l
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