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drawn by Samuel ft. Slaymaker oh 0.8. Brown,|
and endorsed by James Reeside, and payable at
90 days alternate. They were negotiated at the
Western Bank in Philadelphia, and sent to the
Patriotic Bank in Washington city, for collec
tion. They were paid at maturity by the pro
ceeds of a draft drawn by James Reesde, on O.
B. Brown, ftif three thousand dollars, at ninety
days. This draft was suffered to pass a day or
two beyond its maturity, without payment, bm
on the 18th of July, it was paid out of the pr< _
ceeds of a draft drawn by Samuel R. Slayma
ker, on James Reeside, for two thousand dol
lars, and one thousand dollars in cash paid Ly
Slaymaker, and O. B. Brown, at the same time,
drew on Reeside for two thousand dollars, whic
drafts were sent to the Bank of Maryland io
collection. It appears that neither Reeside n
Slaymaker made any charge or kept any mem
oranda ot these transactions; that they have n<>
note or acknowledgment of Brown, showing ht
liatiility to the n, unless it be the drafts w..i<
were - taken up, a which Slaymaker says he thiai.s
he preserved, but of which he does not profess :
be certain. He nevertheless denies ab oluteh .
that it was intended as a donceur or gratuity i
Brown. Reeside states that Brown paid hi
one thousand dollars in part of this loan. Bi.
this transaction is the more remarkable whe
taken in connexion with another, testified to t v
Edwin Porter, which will be found in anothei
part of this report. In that case, Brown wa .
ehcrtly before, and shortly after this transactio, .
the lender of very'large sums of money to Pot
ter, on int rest.
' It tippears that’in the spring or summer of
1831, Mr. Barry applied to Reeside, in Philadel
phi , to assist him in negotiating an acceptance
for SI,OOO, to raise some money for his, (Mi.
B .rrv’s,) individual use. Instead of doing this
Reeside advanced him the $1000; snd, ho 'sta
ted before the committee that Mr. Barry paid
it by his acceptance at a short date, which he,
(Reeside,) negotiated in the Schuylkill Bank.
On inquiry of the cashier of the Schuylkill
Bank, we find that no such acceptance was ne
gotiated there. Your committee having colla
ted the evidence touching these transactions
leave them without comment.
In some of the contracts above examined,
and many others that passed under the notice ot
your committee, very heavy sums of money
have been paid by the dapartment, for the es
tablishment of a second, and sometimes a third,
- daily line on the same route.
When the contracts for a regular daily mail,
have been advertised and let «ut pursuant to
law, your committee can look upon these ex
penditures in no other light than that of enor
mous waste ts the public funds Take, for
example, the case of the coitract from Phila
delpnia to Pittsburgh, and from Pittsburgh to
Washington, brought up, as we have rlready
shewn, from $8,250 to $40,150--while a single
mail, each way, daily on mat line, is all the pub
lic service, or the buisness of tne country does
require, or ever has required. Additional lint s
of stages there are convenient only for the trans
portation of pass-m gers, and, whenever the busi
ness of the country requires them, they spring
up oflhomselvs without the aid of Govermen.-
And those oppositio lines, which are got up by
individual enterprise, serve the interest of the
travelling public, as well, and perhaps bet er,
than the additional daily lines of coaches, all
un ier the control of the same individuals, wmeh,
under the name ot additional mails, are sust in
cd by enormous bounties out ot the public purse.
The monopoly set up by the establishment or
these additional daily mails, and ezpressunails,
is of the most pernicious tendency. They en
able the large mail contractors to put down ano
ruin any man who shall attempt to compete with
them in the transportation of passengers; and,
thus, tor want of that wholesome competition
which the uat >ral course of things would other
wise create, are t avllers delivered over to the
mati contractors and t >eir servants, as a kind oi
pr >perty, to be dealt with, and disposed of, fur
th-- lime being, according to t.eir good plea
sure. '
It is not the purpose of ycur committee, by
these remakp, to arraign the conduct ot any
Class of individuals. These men. like all others,
pursue their own individual interest, and many
oi tn in labor occasional! y for the comfort and
accommodation of the public. It is our pur
pose «» mark the g< neral, tendency of things, and
few travellers can have tailed to observe that the
comrort and convenience of the passenger in the
mail stage is promoted by the existence ot an
efficient opposition on the same route.
But aesiues the general effect of these second
• & l.iird bail , mails to ( put down opposition lines,
au agreement, of which that is one of the avow
e objects, enu reu into betwen two large com-
- pantos ofto.itraetors) eacn running those addi
tional hues, ano eacn in the receipt oi very large
exti a allowances, app. ars to have Been made
witn th.: approoation of the department, and
filed among its aremves, to be safely kept and
officially enforced, in one clause it binds the
contracting parties, under a penalty, to.transport
no passengers for less thau a stipulated price.
It also muds them to use their Hurts to put
doa n an oppostion line winch appears to be cs-|
tabhsiied on one of their routes, and not recceve
any passengers who shall have been carried on!
any part oj the route in an opposition coach. I
' ¥Ol4l committee have caused a copy of this!
agreement to be appended to tns report, and!
they unite in tne opinion, that as an act, coun-|
tenam-ed, encouraged, or sanctioned by the de-l
pur..ll mt,or auy of its officers,it is, in the above!
raeut'oned particulars, an unjust invasion olj
priyat rights.
Answers Received by the Central Committee of
ike Slate Rights party, from, the nominees to
Congress.
Air. Newnan’s Reply.
Rossville, Walker Co., 22d March, 1834.
To Doctor George A. .Brown, John Williams,
and Samuel Rockwell, Esq.
Gentlemen :—I have had the satisfaction
to receive a copy of the proceedings of
the State Rights Party of Georgia, assem
bled al Milledgeville, on the 12th of De
cember last, tor the purpose of nomininating
tandidates of the said party, for the next
ressional ele. tion ; upon tbe list of which, it is
with peculiar gratituue, 1 find 1 have the honor.
t<> be placed. ,
In accepting this nomination, I am not the
less influenced, by fevlmjis of deep sensibility,
tor the confidence implied, than a sincere desire
to fulfil the just expectations,which it seems to
ave created.
tn sustaining the principles of the State
Rights Party, especially as asserted at its mee
ting in Milledgeville, on the 13th Nov tuber
:ast, 1 can give no strung, r pledge tor the fu
lute, than that, which may t < rawn from the,
>ast fortunes of my political course ; unless in-;
■ed, such another sactitice may be required,'
o attest my fidelity to their support, which is at
ii times ready to be made. 1 have never for
•i moment believed, that the Union was m dan- ;
.u- fr<>m a separation of the States, lor the ;
une common and mutual interests which 1
rought tnem together, will continue turough
>ut time and it not prevented, will hold tnem in
ic bonus ot amity to tne last ages.
But tue great danger to the confederacy, is
tailing in ot the States into one mass ; and
ns ill inevitably resuli, ti a power in tne Gen-'
■al Government is permitted to be exercised,
•■.inch seeks to subvert the sovereignty and)
rights of the States, most guaidedly reserved in.
i..e constitution. •
1 his must be obvious to every mind that will
>-stow on it the proper < onsim ration. Let the
ights of the state tad one by one, (and if one is
marked all may be.) until the are entirety
usurped, what becomes of the Union f—Swal-'
lowed up in om great central govern ent! Lan
any thing be more intolerable to the patriotic
mind I >
I consider then, the State Right- Party oi,
Georgia, (and 1 rejoice to find tn.it such asso-1
nations for tne same purpose, are tormn g in
almost every quarter of tiieUnion) asengug : 111
the exertion of that sleepless vigilance necessary.
to,the preservation of the Um. 11, m tin only way|
it can be effectually done, by a preservation of’
the rights ot the State. 1 hold it a proud dis
tinction to, be ranked among its members, but
to have received such a mark ot us confidence;
as that recently conierr d, animates me with a
zeal to realize its claims, much is b ttei telt in
my grateful emotions, than can be adequately
expressed by my feeble langua e.
lam with sentiments of nig personal !
respect, gentlein n y ur tellow citizen,
DANIIL xEWNAN.
Dr. D-i <tea’s lejjly.
Milledgeville, 19th Dec. 1833. i
Gentlemen:
I have received our letter of 14th inst, con
veying to me an a. oum of the procedings of
the State Rights part; ..i Georgia mi the 12th
at this place.
In accepting tm tiominmimi I rather hope;
than believe, that mv useiuln. ss to the great
cause ofState Rights, 'm w.neti (he liberties of
any equivalent 101 u ■ continence which has
assigned to me so responsible a station in the
ranks of our partv.
I remain gentlemen
with great respect
your fellow citizen,
W. C. DANIELL.
Messrs.
George A. Br<>wn, 1 Committee of the
John Williams & > State Rights Party
S. Rockwell. ) Georgia.
Mr. Gamble’s Reply.
Washington. Dec. 27th, 1833.
Messrs, George Ji. Brown, John Williams,
Samuel Rockwell.
Gentlemen :—Yours of the 14th instant
covering the procedings of the State Rights
party of the 12tb, nominating candidates for the
next'Congress and requesting my acceptance
of the nomin tion, has been received. ,
In accepting the nomination, permit me
through you to express to the party with whom
I am proud to be associated, my sentiments of
respect and gratitude for this renewed expres
sion of their confidence and kindness towards
one who -an make so poor a return for this dis
tinguished mark of their favor.
It is also requested that I should signify my
approbation of the proceedings of the State
Rights party of Georgia, held in the State
House on the 13th ult. and the principles ad
opted thereat. The basis of tne principles,
adopted at that meeting is the Virginia and
Kentucky Resolutions of 1798, as expounded
and understood at that time, which has been
pursued and acted upon by the State Rights
party in Georgia ever since, and which are now
the political creed of the State Rights party in
every State in the Union, and of which I most
cordially approve. There is however in the
proceedings of that meeting one proposition af
firmed upon which, to prevent misconstruction,
I will make one remark I mean that proposiJ
tion whic” affirms that the State in entering in->
to the confederacy retained her entire sover
eignty.
The federal compact was formfed by the sov
©ereignt Spates, o in which The exercise of certain
powers were granted fi the U. States,
gto be by them exercised for the common benefit
aof tlie whole, all powers not expressly grant, o
Mwerfe reserved to the States; the due exen ise
©therefore by the United States of the granted
©powers is binding upon the States, they having
■during tne existence of the Uni n, whcih it is
©hoped will be perpetuated, agreed to abstain
from their exercise : but in oiffer not only to
preserve the retainer! rights from encroach
ments by the Union, but the Union itself from
violation, it is nec< ssarv “that each one of th.
States sfiould judge for itself of the infractions
of the compact and the mode ,and measure ot'
redress;” this right is inherent and inseparable
from State sov. reigntv, is coeval with the Union
itself, and so long as judiciously exercised will
be its great bulwark. Withdiaw it, we have no
sure guaranty for either ; but my purpose is not
controversy, there being a general concidenct of
opinion in the great and leading principles of
our party ; although there are shades of differ- 1
lence upon some points, yet generally we may**
jbe said t agier “in Union is our strength.”
I am Gentlemen, ver respectfully your obe
dient servant.
ROGER L. GAMBLE.
Mr. Foster’s Reply.
Washington, 26th Dec. 1833.
Gentlemen:—Your letter of 14th inst., cover
ing a copy of the “Proceedings of the Stages
Rights Convention, held at Milledgeville” onthe
12th inst., at w ich, my name was “put in
nomination as a candidate for the next Con
gress,” was received yesterday:—
For this renewed expression of the continued
confidence of my political friends, I pray them
to a cept my most grateful acknowledgements.
My only legret is, t .at I haw not been able
heretofore, to render more ■ fficient services, or
a more adequate return for til. kin iness and
confidence, so repeatedly bestowed. In ac ept
ling the n >minati<>n, now so flatteringly tender
. ed, I can only promise you well intended effmts
(humble as thev may be,) to pr. mot the mtei -
- ests of my constituents, so long as I remain in
the publie service -and an Unabaiitig and un
. in the support of those great print 1-
. pl es , cn which 1 solemnly believe depends the
harmony ot our extensive confederacy, and the
'■ happiness and prosperity of the people.
' There ts one of the resolutions, adopted by
your ( onv nti n, which seems to require a tie
, finite and 'Xplicir answer. B\ that resolution*,
1 ; the Convention have “taken for granted, that the
.! gentlemen nominated app ove without reserva
(f/on, the procet dings of the me. ting of the State
' Rights Partv, helu in the Stat. House, in Mill
. eilgeviile, on the 13>h ult., and the principles a
dopted thereat.” Approving most cordiaffv the
i object of that meeting, and coremring mainlv in
I the principles set forth, I r< gret that I cannot
oncur in all. In tne Preamble to the resolu
tions, it is virtually asserted, that the States re-
< tain their entire sovereignty. Candor compels
i me to say, that to this position, thus laid down,
|1 cannot yield mv assent. There are no higli
|er a tributes of sovereignty belonging to inde
ipendent States, than those of declaring war, and
Imaking treaties of peace; hot of which, the
’States have, by the Constitution, conferred on
th Federal Government. I am aware that
many of our leading politicians, distinguish be
tween Sovereignty - nd the exercise of sovereign
power, maintaining, that allho’ the States have
delegated these powers to their common agents,
their sovereignty is not thereby impaired This
was probably the view taken by the meeting, in
November; hut, with great deference to the
pinions of my fellow < itizens, assembled on tnat
occasion, this distiaction seems to me rather too
r- fined. 1 shall not, however, attempt to enter
imto an argument on this subject, nor should I
have referred to it, but for the very broad, terms
of the resolution referred to. It is not expect
ed, that we can all agree entirely on even point.
Among the members of our party, there ar
snades ot difference of opinion, on manv oues
estly entert lined, a liberal indulgence should,
and no doubt, will be extended I have fr -
quently had occasion to remark, that wiiatev
different theories maybe maintained by the true
friends of State Rights, for all practicable pur
poses, they are in purfect accordance— and
whenever an occasion arises, these “brethren of
the same principles,” will be found z ah u.->
'•o-operating. This is strikingl. e.nonstrat
incur own State, by the organization et tie
“ State Rights Party,” and equally, so, b) the
pposition which was at first made, and is ev -
r y Bay increasing, throughout the country, to th *
Font Bill. '1 he passage of this bill was con
sidered, and felt as a direct attack upon the s v
ereignty of the States—that the a vocates of
States Rights, and of a limited Federal Govern
ment, were aroused—a practical question was
at once made-- the line was draWn, and by it;
paities will ultimately be as distinctly marked,
as they were by the passage of the Alien and
Sedition Laws.
But I am exteding my remarks farther, per
cghnps, than required by the occasion, and will
j beg leave, only to add, the expression of my
■ sincere thanks for the kind manner in which
1 yu have communicated the proceedings of tue
•. Convention, and the assurance of my personal
esteem and regard.
’I Your fellow > itizen.
’ THOMAS F. FOSTER.
Messrs. G. A. Brown, 1
John Williams, I Committee.
S. Rockwell. )
Extract from the Correspondence of the Port
land Advertiser:-
MARTIN VAN BUREN.
Ah, Isaac, if you only keep in good temper,
you will soon gr w as fat as Colonel Benton,
and look as sleek as Foisyth. Martin is the
pattern for you al), gentlemen Senators. That
little body of his is wrapt up in a bandbox of
ex- ellent, well made clothes —and he cares ho
more about all your warm discussion than a
doll silting in his chair. Admirable politician!
He is the most perfect character in his way I
ever saw or read of. Talk of Talleyrand over
th ocean! Martin will beat him out and out.©
Why, he can look all ways at once; talk an|
hour and say nothing: he your most intimate!
friend and conceal all from you; creep out of ar
crevice a ghost! would choke up live in the?
tire and never be burnt! Calhoun has hawks’r
eyes, and snaps them like coals of fire. Mar-|
tn’s are liquid, and always a smiling. Clay!
<.ets <>n a high horse now and then, and 1 oks?
t ings unutterable. Martin is always cal ,j
--|»ai id, gracious,— without any temper. Web-|
ster will thun era id lighten when the air is itn-!i
pure. Martin brings in a zephyr from the val-L
leys and has nothing to do with the storm fromth
the mountains. He is perfect, Ido aver, in hisy
li-.e. Never was there just such a man Herep,
h< is, his wnole soul intent upon the Presiden-fc
cy, daring all things under another name tof 1
reach it, turning heaven and earth, as it weie,-i
and yet he lives among men as if he were somefe,
bald headed painting stuck up in a niche, 'en-y
*j°ying the scrabble of the mortals about (
ATHENS, GEORGIA, JLLi 5, 1834.
DEATH OF L.YFAYaTTE !
The great, the good Lafayette is no more ! He died
at. his residence in France on the 20 May last in the 77:
year of his age. i ulogy from us would be needless—>l
could not add one laurel to his crown of glory, and mi,-Jit
throug’ inability, fail to place his virtues and his cha a< -
’cr in that light in which they deserve to be seen. I 1
history is identified with the history of liberty, and hi
Cmeis an inmate of every cottage'in America, t •
suggest to our follow-citizens the propriety of asse
bling and appointing an orator to deliver an eulogy upo
the character and services' f this illustrious man. Dur
i ig Commencement might be a very appropriate time ti
pronounce the eulogy.
Our readers will, we humbly hope require no apology
from us for occupying so large a portion of 'o days pnpe
wit l - the Post Office Report. It is decidedly the most im
po tant Document now engaging the public attention
in-t cannot fail to have a powerful effect upon public o
pi.non in regard to Jackson’s administration. We •
not believe that a majority of the people are so hearties
a-id submissive, and so blind to their own future welfar
as to encourage corruption such as this, even sanction
by the name of Andrew Jackson. The day is fast a;.
approaching when thev must declare for Caesar, or !■
Rome, and we cannot doubt that tiny will choose th
side of liberty.
An apology is due to our readers for failing to ptrblis 1
the conclusion of Mr Chandler’s Address this week,
certainly had intended to do so, but the pamphlet con
taining it has accidently been mislaid. W e have pro
cured the loan of another copy from a friend and shall
conclude the publication next week.
—:2K2K:—
The nomination of Mr. Taney as Secretary of the
Treasury has been rejected by the Senate by a majority of
10 votes I and the n< minationof Mr. Stevenson as in
ister to England by a majority of one vote. The rejec
tion of Mr, Taney was not only looked for, but merited.
He has gone the way that all time-serving, subservient
tools ought tc go. The rejection of Mr. Stevenson is
, aid to have been grounded on the fact that he has had
expr-as promise of a nomination for many months, a
has still held on I'o the office of Speaker for the purpo
of sustaining Jackson in his lawless usurpations an 1
abuses of power. Tbe truth is the “government" is get
ting to be a mere farce—corruption and favoritism sta! 1
abroad in open day, and we rejoice that there is patriotism
e tough in the Senate to stand up for the purity of our
institutions and the liberties of the people.
Resignation of Mr. McLane.—Louis McLane, th
secretary ofState, has resigned his office ! What next
v’ho that is honest and independent can stay in the wea
and fluctuating administration of Andrew Jackson
How many more changes shall we have in the remainnm
two yars of his misrule? He has already had thr
secretaries of s State. Van Buren, Livingston, an
cLanp ’ whr* ? am*i next ? and where will ti e
end ? when sFiall we Ku.vc uimieiicy in
natters ? Our Government will become the laughin
.tuck of the whole world abroad, and worse than that
■vi I lose the confidence of the peopleat home. Jackson,
alter setting all the great interests of the country afloat,
pon the Ocean of experiment, is now determined to dnv%
I'om hiscounsels every man who honestly and ind
id'-ntly differs with him tn opinion. Mr. Barry the
.Ost faithless and inifficien- officer he has ever had, and
who has brought the Post office Department to Ban -
uptcy and disgrace, is to be n tamed we suppose, out of
pure spite to the people.
-=
It is not only quite amusing but actually somewhat
nstructive to see with what dexterity that class of polit:-!
cians who “ play far the offices,” can change th-ir political
complexion to suit the fluctuating fortunes of parties.
1: is gratifying too to see how fortunate—nay. how hap
pv, they ;dw ys are, just as the party to which they are,
’hr the “time being” attached, is about to become the
minority, not only in manufacturing excuses for aoan
ionmg all their former principles and opinions, hut also
for abusing their former friends, and becoming the most
clamorous and violent of all, in older to ingratiate them-i
■ selves into favor with those who have the offices to bes-J
tow. Just as the old Clark party, after many years of!
incessant and almost hopeless toil and labor, were aboutj
to regain the ascendency and be once more in the ma-1
jority, how fortunately the fluctuating, tide-waiting offieft
hunters, discovered that the nickname of nullification’
hail been given to the State Rights doctrine, and seized
upon a pretext, to abandon their ancient friends, and
i>e once more swimming with the majority. ■ How cun
ningly too th«y have managed their cards, in establishing
with their new allies, the doctrine that proselytes should
be rewarded—hence, although the number of these Troup
I nion men, as they style themselves, compared with the
_reat body of the Clark party, is as one to ten, yet they
have so managed as to share equally all the importan.
ofi.ces in the '-'tate. Every leading character amon.
these political weathercocks has received an office in
possession or in expectancy. Four out of nine on the
ongress ticket are taken from among the Swiss —this
was the bargain, mark it people of Georgia— this was
the bargain. The offices being all they sought for, all
th y care for, it was necessary to make such a division
ql them asto keep th-* loose and incongruous portions of
this party together; and we are happy to say that the
“Troup Union men” have struck a wonderful good bar
hain—they have really disposed of themselves for quite
gas much as they are worth! The bargain being made,
lit was further necessary to stick to it—
“ Dont fiy oft’the axletree ”
is the motto—ana hence when Col. Cuthbert declined
the nomination for Congress, it was necessary to select
. some other Troup manto fill his place. The net was cast
■ —the great D. U. R. net, baited with offices & honors
. Judgeships, Congress seats, State house offices, solicitor,
ships, public advertising, &c. glittering like diamonds in!
its meshes —was cast into the sea of politics. Many
fish could have been caught, but were not suffered to en-*
(ter the net—they were not of the right kind—a Troup U-I
•mon trout was wanted, and for this purpose the net was?
.moved into the pure waters of Morgan Bay, where those
;fish were said to abound, but catching nothing there, it
[was moved in other directions until it became pretty cer
tain that not a trout was to be caught; and then these D.
L■. R. fishermen giving the go by to the old adage, “ token
a catting, go a catling" finall.. hampe.ed an old
“gar’lying in Baldwin Gulf with his back half out of
Me water, and willing to be caught with bait for which
| is appetite had longed in vain for many seasons’!
SBut it is not only in the Congressional ticket that W 3
1< <1 for evidences of the bargain foi a division of the
ofl.< es, “the loaves and fishes,” but in allothc. offices in
•hi state Cur present energetic Governor, ioho l&ti tfte
north star, never varies or moves, is to be succeeded by a
g< ntleman selected from the 1 roup Union tergiversante;
.nd the judicial mantle of the great estern Circuit w
to fall upon the shoulders of the literary ) Demo
cratic Yeoman, licensed vendor of the “ Lumpkiniana
i.nacea”and member of .the faculty of patent Steam
octors. It would be a mortal pity for this latter gen
tleman to be disappointed ; he has so long been the sport
1 fickle fortune, that if he should fail now when his hand
almost laid upon the glittering treasure, it might be the
death of him.” He has been twice reject- dby the
legislature, for the judgeship, and once by the people for
•‘'ongress—being too dead a weight for the old Troup
party,and too slippery a fellow for the old Clark party,
he hopes now to impose himself upon the people as a
patent Union Democratic Republican compound (no. 6.)
■>f both the old parties, and thus to ascend the bench, and
put on the Ermine.
So great is the rage for rewarding new converts, that
whole families are provided for without stint. Arro
anee oftentimes succe ds by dint of its very froward
ss, and throws itselfby unwearied perseverance, mall
>'XP defeat after defeat, into places to which ’.ts proper
rits never would have carried it. No denial can damp
ts ardor, no defeat can check its froward and obtrusive
urns, and no disappointment can app'-a se its craving
petite for office. In these characters it is an uncon
pierablespirit Put it down here and it rises there—de
bet it there and it shows itself yonder—extinguish its
of es yonder and lo! it -s b .ck here asain, and its cry is
still for office! office!! offing!!! How strong an exempli--
'ieation of this remark is to be found in the course aid
eouduct of some of these ‘whole families” who have gone
ver to the Carthagenians and have received their reward.
■ elf-nominated, they presumptuously aspireto the Gov
ernor's chair!—popular disgust drives them from that
position, and they strike for a seat in Congress: buffeted
here also, they modestly put in their claims to a vacant
judgeship, but like TaqUlus, “with his raging thirst,’’
are again and again disappointed; but taking no kind of
offence whatever at these repeated discouragements they
conclude that the speaker’s chair of the House, or a seat
in the reduction convention would be better than nothing
at all, and straight way these small boons are asked and
ev. n they are refused. But the appetite is not yet satis
ii d—the longing after office is not yet quenched—arro
gance is not yet put to the blush—and now we behold
th se same notorious characters with their political masks
offed and their faces white-washed anew, dancing their
•populorum gigs” before a new tribunal and haunting
noth r party with their eternal cry after office; &. finally
ve now find them snugly quartered in the Treasury office
nd upon the Con ressionatTicket! How happy!! But
most gratifying part of the conduct ofth.se tergi
versants, is to be found in the able and eloquent slang which
hey throw upon the great body of the Tronp party
whom they have deserted in their chase after the offices.
are you question the unvarying political consistency, or
the unrivalled sagacity of our “energetic” Governor, and
vou are met by the Troup Union presses, with peals of
buse which the very thunders might envy—whole col
utns are expended in his defence, and so ove.r-xeafolia. Are
. 1.:.. ... -gTugnps are penned in
pelling charges never yet made! Dare you to ques
tion the policy of Andrew Jackson, or the principles of
his Proclamation, or his divine right to the control of the
public purse, and your ears are instantly deafened with
their hosannas to “the greatest and best,” “the glorious
victory of New Orleans,” “the hero of two wars,” “the
old Chieftain with his HICKORY CLUB,” accompanied
at the same time with denunciations upon your devoted
head, compared to which the curses ot Doctor Slop are
very blessings and benedictions; and to conclude the
whole, with uplifted hand they assert that Jackson “HAS
DONE MORE FORTHECOUNTRY THAN ANY
■TWO PRESIDENTS since the days of Washington”!!!!
Thus an extinguisher is put upon the glory of Mr. Jef
ferson’s administration, who together with Madison and
Monroe are thrown into obscurity and night by the
blaze of “glory” that issues from the oracles of this Jupi
ter Tonans, who thunders & lightens in proclamations &
protests, & feeds with “arpetite rariona” C pn “ \ ON
STF.RS”—"Coalitions"— “gorgons and chimeras dire!!"
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VV c shall publish next week the letter of David An-
Iderson and William Dunlap of So. Carolina in defence
of Col. Robert Cunningham.
—= arae •
Washington, Ho. ofßeps. )
June, 21, 1834. 4
Wm. E. Jones, Esq.
Str.- The following is a copy of a letter I
have just written to several Gentlemen in Au
raria, for the benefit of our Gold diggers; it will
be serving their interest and doing them an act
of kindness to publish the substance of the
formation it contains in your paper; and there
fore 1 have communicated it to you, nothing
doubting you will very cheerfully do it
Very respectfully yours,
A. S. CLAYTON.
Washington, June 21st, 1834- )
House of Representatives, f
.Messrs. Hines Holt, J. H. Thomas, Henry J\l.
Clay, J. J. Hutchinson, Jno, JV. Rose, A. B.
Holt, Isaac R. Walker, and Allen Math
ews.
Gentlemen.—l have just a moment to say
that the Bill for regulating the gold coin of the
United States, as well as foreign gold coins, has
just passed the house of Representatives to ge
into operation after the 31st of July next, and I
think it will pass the Senate As this Bill ma
terially affects the value of gold, 1 have thought
it my duty to give our miners the earliest infor
mation on the subject, so as to prevent Specu
lation upon the holders of Gold.
The law fixes the relative value of gold and
silver at 16 to one which raises the value of tho
former 6 2-3 per cent , and will make the
pure gold taken from the mines worth some
thing like 102 cents per penny-weight—it my
calculations are right you see the advantage
which will arise to our miners and will make it
|pruii< nt in them to refrain from sales of their
sgold until they learn whether the law finally
passes, the result if which must now be known
in a few days. Will you have the kindness, if
you think this information of as much impor
tance as I do, to diffuse it as widely as possible
through the gold legion for the benefit of the
gold diggers.
• lam very respectfully
Your fellow citizen,
A. 8. CLAYTON.