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134 ~«<--™-T'--'’’'-^^ STATESMAN & PATRIOT, MONDAY AUGUST 27, 1827. Volume II. BUCHANAN’S STATEMENT. To the Editor of the Lancaster Journal. The Cincinnati Advertiser was last night placed in my hands by a friend containing an address from General Jackson to the public, dated on the 18th ultimo, in which he announ ced me to be the member of Congress with whom he had conferred in his letter to Mr. Bev erly of the 5th of June last. The duty which I owe to the public, and to myself, now com- pels me to publish to the world, the only con versation which I ever held with General Jack- son upon the subject of the last Presidential election prior to its termination. In the month of December, 1824, a short time after the commenc ment of the session of Congress I heard among other rumors then in circulation that General Jackson had determin ed should he be elected President, to continue Mr. Adams in the office of Secretary of State —Although I felt certain he had never intima ted such an intention, yet I was sensible that nothing could be better calculated, both to cool the ardour of his friends and inspire his enemies with confidence, than the belief that he had already selected his chief competitor, for the highest office within his gift. I thought General Jackson owed it to himself and to the cause in which his political friends were enga ged, to contradict this report; and to declare that lie would not appoint to that office the man, however worthy he might be, who stood at the head of the most formidable party of his political enemies. These being my im pressions I addressed a letter to a confidential friend in Pennsylvania, then and still high in office, and exalted in character, and one who had ever been the decided advocate of Gener- Jackson’s election, requesting his opinion and advice upon the subject. I received his an swer dated 27th December 1824, upon the 29th. which is now before me, and which strengthened and confirmed my previous opin ion. I then finally determined, either that I would ask General Jackson myself or get ano ther of his friends to ask him whether he had ever declared, he would appoint Mr. Adams his Secretary of State. In this manner, I hop ed a contradiction of the report might be ob tained from himself, and that he might proba bly declare that it was not his intention to ap point Mr. Adams. A short time previous to the receipt of the letter to which 1 have referred, my friend Mr. Markley and myself got into conversation as we very often did, both before and after, upon this the subject of the Presidential election, and concerning the person who would probably be sel cted by General Jackson to fill the of fice of Secretary of State, I feel sincerely sor ry that I am compelled thus to introduce his name, but I do so, with the less reluctance, be cause it has already, without any agency of mine, found its way into the newspapers, in connection witli this transaction Mr Markley adverted to the rumor, which I have mentioned and said it was calculated to injure the General. He observed that Mr. Clay’s friends were attached to him, and that he thought they would endeavor to act in con cert at the election, that if they did so, they could elect either Mr. Adams or General Jack son at their pleasure ; but that many of them would never agree to vote for the latter, if they knew he had predetermined to prefer another to Mr. Clay, for the first office in his gift ; and that some of the friends of Mr. Adams had al ready been holding out the idea, that in case be were elected Mr Clay might probably be offered the situation of Secretary of State. I told Mr. Markley that I felt confident Gen- erat Jackson had never said he would appoint Mr. Adams Secretary of State; because he was not in the habit of conversing upon the subject of the election, and if he were, what ever might be his secret intention, he had more prudence than to make such a declaration. I mentioned to him that I had been thinking, either that I would call upon the General my self, or get one of his other friends to do so, and thus endeavor to obtain from him a con tradiction of the report ; although I doubted whether he would hold any conversation upon the subject. Mr. Markley urged me to do SO J and ob- served it General Jackson had not determined whom he would appoint Secretary of State, and should say that it would not be Mr. Ad ams, it might be of great advantage to our cause, for us so to declare, upon his own au- thority ; we should then be placed upon the same footing with the Adams men, and might fight them with their own weapons.—That the western members would naturally prefer voting for a western man, if there were a pro bability that the claims of Mr. Clay to the se cond office in the Government should be fairly estimated; and that if they thought proper to vote for General Jackson, they could soon de cide the contest in his favor ! A short time after tins conversation on the 30th of December, 1824, (1 am enabled to fix the time not only from my own recollection but from letters which I wrote on that day, on the day following, and on the 2d January,1825,) I called upon General Jackson. After the company had left him, by which I found him surrounded, he asked me to take a walk with him, and whilst we were walking together up on the street I introduced the subject. I told him 1 wished to ask him a question in relation to the Presidential election, that I knew he was unwilling to converse upon the subject; that therefore if he deemed the question impro per, he might refuse to give it an answer. That my only motive in asking it was friendsihip for him, and I trusted he would excuse me for thus introducing a subject, upon which I knew he wished to be silent. His reply was complimentary to myself, and accompanied witli a request that I would pro ceed. I then stated to him there was a report in circulation that he determined he would ape point Mr. Adams secretary of state, in case he were elected President, and that I wished to ascertain, from him whether he had ever inti mated such an intention.-—That he must at once perceive how injurious to his election, such a report might be. That no doubt there were several able and ambitious men in the. country, among whom I thought Mr. Clay might be inclued, who were aspiring to that office, and if it were believed, he had already determi. ed to appoint his chief competitor, it might bave a most unhappy effect upon their exertions, and those of their friends. That unless be had so determined, I thought this report should be promptly contradicted under his own authority. I mentioned, it had already probably done him some injury, and proceeded to relate to him the substance of the conversation which I held with Mr. Markley. I do not remember wheth er I mentioned his name, or merely described him as a friend of Mr. Clay. After 1 had finished, the General declared he had not the least objection to answer the question —That he thought well of Mr. Ad ams, but had never said or intimated that he would or that he would not appoint him Secre tary of State. That these were secrets he would keep to himself—he would conceal them from the very hairs of his head. That if he believed his right hand then knew what his left would do, upon the subject of appoint ments to office, he would cut it off and cast it into the fire. That if he should ever be elec ted President it would be without solicitation and without intrigue upon his part.—-That he would then go into office perfectly free and untrammelled, and would be left at perfect lib erty to fill the offices of the government with the men whom at the time he believed to be the ablest and best ' in the country. I told him that this answer to my question was such a one as I expected to receive if be answered it at all, and that I had not sought to obtain it for my own satisfaction. I then asked him, if I were at liberty to repeat his answer, lie said I was perfectly at liberty to do so to any person I thought proper. I need scarcely remark that I afterwards availed my self of the privilege. The conversation upon this topic here ended, and in all our intercourse since, whether personally or in the course of our correspondence, Gen. Jackson has never once adverted to the subject, prior to the date of his letter to Mr. Beverly. I do not recollect that General Jackson told me, I might repeat his answer to Mr. Clay & his friends ; though I should be sorry to say he did not. The whole conversation being up on the public street it might have escaped my observation.\ A few remarks and I trust I shall have done with this disagreeable business forever. I called upon General Jackson on the occa sion which I have mentioned, solely as his friend, upon my individual responsibility, and not as the agent of Mr Clay, or any other per son. I never have been the political friend of Mr. Clay since he became a candidate for the office of President as you very well know. Until I saw General Jackson’s letter to Mr. Be verly of the 5th ult. and at the same time was informed by a letter from the Editor of the U. States Telegraph that I was the person to whom he alluded, the conception never once entered my mind, that he believed me to have been the agent of Mr. Clay or of his friends, or that I had intended to propose to him, terms of any kind from them, or that he could have supposed me to be capable of expressing the “ opinion that it was right to fight such intri guers with their own weapons." Such a sup position had I entertained it, would have ren dered me exceedingly unhappy, as there is no man upon earth, whose good opinions I more valued than that of General Jackson. He could not, I think, hare received this impres sion until after Mr. Clay and his friends had actually elected Mr. Adams President, and Mr. Adams had appointed Mr Clay Secretary of State. After these events had transpired, it may be readily conjectured in what manner, my communication might have led him into the mistake. I deeply deplore that such has been its effect. I owe it to my own character to make ano ther observation Had I ever known, or even suspected, that General Jackson believed 1 had been sent to him by Mr. Clay or his friends, I should have immediately corrected his erro neous impr ssion ; and tlius prevented the ne cessity for this most unpleasant explanation. When the editor of the United States Tele graph, on the 12th October last, asked me by letter for information upon this subject, I promptly informed him by the returning mail, on the 16th of that month, that I had no au thority from Mr. Clay, or his friends to propose any terms to General Jackson in relation to their votes, nor did I ever make any sucli pro- prosition; and Ibat I trusted I would be as in capable of becoming a messenger upon such an occasion, as it was known Gen Jackson would be to receive such a message. I have deemed it necessary to make this statement, in order to remove any misconception, which may have been occasioned by the publication in the Telegraph of my letter to the editor, dated the 11th ult. Witli another remark I shall close this com munication. Before I held the conversation with Gen. Jackson, which I have detailed. I called upon Major Eaton, and reqested him to ask General Jackson, whether he had ever de clared or intimated, that he would appoint Mr. Adams Secretary of State, and expressed a de sire, that the General should say, if consistent with the truth, that he did not intend to ap point him to that office. I believed that such a declaration would have a happy influence upon the election, and I endeavoured to con vince him that such would be its effect. The conversation was not so full, as that with Gen eral Jackson. The Major politely declined to comply with my request, and advised me to propound my question to the General bimself, as I possessed a full share of his confidence. JAMES BUCHANAN. Lancaster, 8th August, 1827. WEST INDIA TRADE. Allho’ this trade has been lost to the Atlan tic and Western States, it will appear from the following correspondence that it is enjoyed by that portion of our citizens whose situation ad mits of their reaching Canada by “Canal or in land navigation." The inhabitants of the wes tern part of New York and the New England States have especial reason to be thankful to the administration for the monopoly thus thrown into their bads. It might be just to “the spirit of diplomacy” to say, that this re sult was intend d We see how the thing is working; and if we cannot enjoy the trade, let us not envy those who can. We shall soon see the blunders of government in this respect, exemplified in such a manner as to leave but one opinion on that subject. JACKSON & TALBOT MEETING, IN BIBB COUNTY. At a very respectable meeting of the friends of Union, consisting of about four hundred persons, assembled near Macon, in Bibb coun ty, on the 15th instant, the following preamble and resolutions were submitted to the people, and adopted by them without a discenting voice .• The Constitution and laws of our country guaranty to the people the right peaceably to assemble and freely to express their opinions on all subjects connected with the welfare of their government. The character and con duct of our public servants and of those who offer themselves for the suffrages of the Peo ple, are therefore proper subjects of inv stiga- tion and animadversion, commendation and re proach, within the limits of those Laws and that Constitution. Holding these doctrines as self-evident proposititions, or at least, as irre- sistable conclusions from the nature of our Republican Institutions, " we the People,” hav ing learned, that our distinguished fellow citi zen, Col. Duncan G. Campbell, declines any farther contest for the highest office of our State, have assembled to express to our fellow citizens at large, the very high estimation in which we hold the character both prrivate and political of the venerable Mathew Talbot of Wilkes—to announce our acquiescence in his nomination to fill the Executive chair of Geor gia, and the grounds of that acquiescence. And while we would shew the claims of our favourite, we assert also the privilege of free men, the freedom of speech and of the press, to express, firmly and decisively, but decorous ly, our candid opinions of his distinguished op ponent. Without pretending to enter into a minute investigation of the claims of the candidates, we are bold to say, that the man who aspires to the Executive office of any country, should present a character distinguished alike for its moral and social virtues—-for pure patriotism —a judgment solid and decisive in action, with manners conciliating—a character formed with in our state and intimately acquainted, by con tinued intercourse, with our wishes and our wants—a character devoted to the Union of the states—one ever ready to serve his coun try, without seeking to make that country sub servient to himself —one, in fine, whom we can trust—whose consistent, upright course has given the best evidence of what he ever has been, and the best pledge of what he ever will be—a sincere friend. This meeting sincerely beliving that these traits are admirably blend d in MATHEW Tal bot of Wilkes county, and believing that his elevation to the Chief Magistracy of the Ssate, would have a tendency to heal the wounds that have been recently inflicted upon her character—to soften the asperities of party— cherish an attachment to the Union—and es sentially contribute to the election of him, who, in the language of Thomas Jefferson “has filled the measure of his country’s glory”— Andrew Jackson — Do therefore Resolve,That we hail with plea sure the annunciation of Mathew TALBOT, as a candidate for the Executive of Georgia ; and we pledge ourselves to unite in all honorable means to ensure his election. Resolved further, That we cannot consistent ly support his opponent the Hon. John Forsyth: Because, His whole public life presents a scence of political change and inconsistency, from the period of ultra federalism in 1802, down to the new fangled code of modern radi calism. Because, We find him at that period de nouncing the administration of Jefferson as “ imperfect and foolish," and as “ the reign of political delusion.” Because, We find him at the same period, toasting “ the eldest son of federalism." Because, Shortly after this period, we find him a flaming democrat, converted by the ir resistible argument of self promotion. Because, We find him first a warm admirer of the policy and administration of the virtu ous, judicious and enlightened James Monroe —afterwards his equally virulent and bitter op ponent. Because, We find him opposing the will of his constituents at home and in Congress—in opposing the election of Jackson, and the elec tion of Electors by the people—and in adopt ing the creed of those who opposed the elec tion of Governor by the people. Because, Of his hesitancy and indecision in relation to the present Executive and Cabinet officers at Washington City, and his subse- qent abandonment of all decency and decorum in relation to the same officers. Because, Even now, we have no evidence of his cordial and unqualified support of Gen eral Jackson for the presidency—and appre hend intrigue to be on foot to get up a third Candidate, and thereby deprive the people of the opportunity of selecting for themselves. Because, He opposed the amendment of the Constitution of the United States, which a- mendment provided for the election of Presi dent and Vice President by the people them selves—and against the possibility of an elec tion by the House of Representatives. Because, We cannot consistently give our support to that individual, who places so slight a value upon the revolutionary and subsequent services oj Him who was truly the Saviour and Father of his Country —George Washington. Macon Telegraph. It was stated in our last, as a reason for Mr. Tattnall’s unfriendliness towards Mr. Forsyth, that the Litter had “violated towards other members of the Georgia Delega tion the most solemn pledges of agreement relative to the Treaty affair in Congress ! The following references to Mr. Tattnall’s public notice of this deception, exposed on the floor of Congress, and pronounced in Mr. T’s. ve ry face, will afford some evidence that our statement was not made at random. The explanatory remarks of Mr. Tattnall on th strictures of Mr. Forsyth, are charac teristic of that gentleman’s wonted candor, generosity and manliness; “Mr. Tattnall (says the reporter) observed, that he had been instructed by his colleagues to say, that they are not prepared to enter on the discussion of this case, and that they do not mean to use any expression in regard to it which may be calculated to excite angry feelings, * * * * they were not in possession of the official docu- ment in the case, and it was but justice to the Delegation to say that, if the documents were here, they should not insist upon them, because they were exparte wholly. From the Rochester Daily Advertiser of August 1. TRADE WITH CaNADA. The following, with which we were furnish ed by the individual to whom they are address ed, will doubtless be red with interest, touch ing as they do on the immediate interests of our own mercantile men: Kingston July 20, 1827. Sir—Agreeable to my promise made to you some time since, I annex a copy ofthe instruc tions I have recently received from the Exec utive Government of this Province, relative to the admission of flour and other goods, intend ed for exportation in the West Indias. Un der these instructions, all goods that are ad missible under the warehousing system, at the Port of Quebec, may be landed here, security being given that these articles will be removed from hence to some warehousing port in either Province. You will oblige me by making this communication known to the merchants of Rochester. I am, sir your obedient servant, CHAS A. HAGERMAN. Colletor, Port of Kingston, U. C. TIMOTHY Burr, Esq. Rochester. COPY. Insp. General’s Office, July 8, 1827. Sir: I have the honor to inform you, in puisuance of directions from His Majesty’s Government, that to the intent of enabling the merchants of Upper and Lower Canada, to a- vail themselves of the benefits which it was in tended to confer on their trade by the acts of 6th Geo. 4th, cap. 114 & 7th Geo. 4th, cap. 48, more particularly with respect to the in- specting and warehousing American flour for exporation to the West Indies, you are to ad mit the entry of such flour and all other goods which may lawfully imported, by Canal or in land navigation, at your port of entry, upon se curity to your satisfaction for the due delivery and warehousing thereof at some free ware housing port of either Province. 1 have the honor, to be, &c. J. BABY, Insp. General. C. A. Hagerman, Col. Port of Kingston. [Richmond Enquirer.] The following article is from the pen of an intimate friend of ours, whom, a few years since, we had the plea sure of visiting, and of examining together this great ee- metery of human beings. Every cavity that has been opened, contained a human skeleton. The number of cavities is immense—amounting to about Forty thousand! DRY BONES. There is a range of high land commencing near the mouth of the East Canada Creek, and extending along the Mohawk river about two miles, which appears from recent discov eries to have been once occupied as a bury ing place by the Indians. The top of this hill is nearly level, naturally smooth, but indented willi innumerable cavities, from 10 to 15 in ches deep, and generally about 3 feet in di ameter Till lately, it was supposed that these cavi ties or hollows were places where the Indians buried their corn, to secrete it from their cne mies: The writer being curious to know whether the earth in these places contained any thing of ancient deposit, caused several oi them to be opened in May last. In the first, thre feet below the surface, was a human skeleton, lying longitudinally easi and west, the head being at the east. A gun, (what remained of it,) lay partly across the skeleton, making a small angle with it. The large bones, though of an earthy color, were nearly sound; the small ones would crumb! between the fingers. The gun was in a high state of decomposition; nothing remained of the stock except such pieces as were preserv- ed by thin brass bands which were part of the trimmings. The barrel was easily broken with the hands. On the right side of the skeleton was a large scalping-knife and a hone. Another was opened a few feet from the first which contained a human skeleton sit ting upright, and facing the west. The head was about two and a half feet below the cen tre of the cavity. The bones in this had much the same appearance as those in the first.— With them were found a hatchet, four flints, twenty-eight leaden bullets, a few knives, or the shape of them in rust, a small brass kettle, ladle, and a tobacco-pipe. The pipe does not appear to have undergone any change since it was hid in the earth. The stem is about seven inches long and very large in proportion to the bowl. How long since this ground was occupied by the Indians for the purpose above mention ed would perhaps be difficult to determine.— In some places large trees have grown up in the graves; the principal part of the hill being now covered with timber. Those which were opened are upon the eastern extremity, where on is no timber. This place commands an ex tensive prospect of the flats. Upon the flats and about two hundred yards from the foot of the hill, which in this place terminates very abruptly, is the appearance of an ancient forti fication at one corner of which is a large quan tity of shells. If it were a fort, as present ap pearances indicate, it was probably erected be fore the use of fire arms was known by the natives, for with them, it would be easily com manded from the top of the hill. TO PREVENT WEEVIL FROM DESTROYING WHEAT. Guiljord County, N. C. July 23, 1827. J. S. Skinner, Esq. Sir,—Having discovered in your valuable paper, that a “Farmer of Ohio” recommends alder leaves to be spread over the wheat, to keep that destructive insect off, called weevil, I tried it in 1826, but it had not the desired effect. I had my wheat taken out of the granary, and had brimstone melted and drop ped over the floor and set on fire; so soon as it quit blazing, I had the wheat put back in the granary. The next day they appeared as nu merous as usual. One week after, I paid a second visit to the granary; and behold, the pi rates were dead, and so numerous that I had to have them swept off the pile of wheat.— This year I have not discovered one in the barn or granary. As this insect is very injuri ous to the southern farmer, I shall be much gratified if 1 should be instrumental in discov- ering a preventive; and being much pleased in reading your useful paper, you will confer a favour in publishing the above. WALTER McCONNEL. They were therefore in this case, not prepared for trial. A They were unwilling to use expressions towards the Ad ministration or its agents which might be offensive to gen tlemen upon this floor. He never was in the habit of shrinking where it wai his duty to go forward, but he ne ver would consent to make an accusation, in any case, till he had the proof within his reach. He hoped, there fore that any gentleman who might think proper to reply to the observations of his colleague (Mr. Forsyth] would not consider himself and the rest of the Delegation from Georgia, as included in the reply. ******** “ It was due to the subject to state, that, in practice, X the Delegation had no strong objection to the bill, and, in deed, scarce any, if the constitutional difficulty were set a- side. * * * * * * He approved of the bill, as calculated to prevent a civil war against the United States, and also to avert an internal war between the Creeks themselves. He believed they had only been restrained from hostilities against each other by the authority of General Gaines. It had been the understanding of the two [Creek] Dele gations here, that, as soon as their matters should be brought to an issue with this Government, they would go home to prepare for settling their disputes by the toma hawk.—But all sides were satisfied with the present trea ty ; and he was authorized by his colleagues to state, that they concurred with him in the general sentiment of ap probation.” This expose of Mr. Tattnall places Mr. For syth in a position really irksome and ridiculous: / Mr. Tattnall declares, “ that lie had been in- * structed by his Colleagues to say, that they were not,” etc. No exception is made—" his colleagues” must therefore embrace the whole Georgia Delegation in the House of Repre sentatives; and as Mr. Forsyth was of the number, it is an impeachment of his honor, and an accusation of his having forfeited his word, plighted to the rest of the Delegation; This inference does not however depend upon construction. It is well known that measures' were subsequently adopted against Mr. For syth, to make him account for hs treachery towards the Delegation; and as the circum stances that suspended -their operation exist no longer, he may.yet find it necessary to the continuance of his popularity, to liquidate his account on the east side of the Savannah riv er. And what motive had he to forfeit that pledge l Was it humanity that guided him I—- a desire to spare any waste of human life, whether of his white brethren of the deluded savages ? He himself, the whole Georgia De legation ; authorized Mr. Tattnall to approve of the new treaty, as calculated to prevent a ci vil war against the United States and also to avert an internal war between the Creeks them selves. Yet for the sake of an occasion to sate his stormy feelings against the adminis tration, for having declined the purchase of his aid with the appointment of envoy to the Court of St James, he recklessly assails the only measure which, in the opinion of his col leagues, could avert a civil war among our selves and prevent i contest of extermination among our barbariai neighbors! Such howev er is the sole guarantee that his friends can give for the halcyon days which they promise us under his guardianship, if elected chief ma gistrate of Georgia! Yes, the spirit of aposta- cy and revenge, with the brief of falsehood in one hand and the torch of insurrection in the other, hurling it against the repose of millions, is to lull the demon of political dissension a- mong us, and unite all parties under the ban ner of peace and in bands of brotherhood? Yes, a man reckless of the peace of the na tion and perpituity of its unity; regardless of promise, ignorant of the elementary part of national law and incapable of applying some of the simplest principles of the municipal .code, shamelessly desirous to evade the payment of an honest debt by a pitiful technicality, an a- postate to the principles of his heart, yet not withstanding a tact at deceit amounting almost to intuition, betraying his hypocrisy as often as the vehemence of his temper withdraws the veil of soberness from his spirit,—such a man, witli all the characteristics of the political in cendiary and worthless citizen, is to banish party discord, and unite the people in the pur- suit of private virtue and public utility ! If an agitator of disunion be necessary to discharge the duties of Governor in Georgia, why not choose Aaron Burr in preference 2—He pos sesses genius and courage, his knowledge is vast, his schemes magnificent, and lie would scorn to evade the payment of an honorable debt by an unmanly contrivance 1 But, if the State need repose from the broils of faction and aspect of war ; if honor is to be cherished by the delegation of public trust, and the ex ample of our dignitaries be expected to have a benignant effect on private morals—what exception can be taken to the ancient head of the venerable Mathew Talbot ? When has he forfeited his troth, preached up treason, or of fered to surrender the rights of his constitu ents, to obtain promotion for himself or others? Spontaneous Combustion.-A friend lias shown us an extract of a letter, dated Somersworth, Great Falls, July 23, which says, we had ano- (her instance of spontaneous combustion take place on Saturday last, among some dye wood chips, and other refuse materials, thrown out from the house, on a bank north of the wood house. 1 never before lieard of a case of spontaneous combustion with such materials— it did not blaze when first discovered—but was smoking, and gave evident indication of internal fire, and when the mass was opened: it blazed immediately.—Boston Courier. The following piece of genuine wit, is copied from the Boston Statesman. Shocking CALAMITY.-Enough to draw tears from the eyes of Socrates. The inside form of our daily paper of Saturday, accidently slipped from the hands of the workmen, as tlicy were conveying it from the trough to the bank, and the whole, (in printer’s technicals) tumbled in to pie. By this accident, “Gen. Jackson,” who never fell before, was absolutely prostrat ed under the table—with him went the “Boston Patriot,” and the “respectable Daily,” and our “ friend Buckingham” was broken into pieces small as nonpareil. " The Pirates” were ex-, ecuted during their "trial,” and some two hundred and fifty brigs, ships and schooners were totally wrecked ; besides a dozen brides, by the rude shock wen separated from their partners forever; and" Henry Clay” was so mutilated that he coud not tell what was trumps.—Such a higglty pigglety assortment of disasters never cane to printer's eye! However, we are now sending the matter and shall soon place Gen. Jackson where the peo ple wish to see him, resusitate the Patriot, set Buckingham's bones, and by the magic of fingers, the whole rise up, some to honor, and others to dishonor.
