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From the .Yew-fork Daily Advertiser.
M ANNKRS AND MORAL3.
And last of all, amid the gaping crew.
Some calm spectator, as ne takes his view
In silent admiration, mixl with grief,
Admires the plunder, but abhors the thief.
To a stranger, accustomed todwell amidst
well-ordered and heal'lisome communities,
the first s-irve- oftiie natron’s “great sore”
presents an outlandish phenomenon, and is
apt to superinduce notions of un
wholesomeness. H's senses are ail at once
invaded by foreign perceptions. He touch
es novel objects—his ears recognize strange
sounds —odd sights greet his optics —and un
couth odours assfilhis two remaining facul
ties. Treading upon smoothfaced-granite,
between lofty and neighbourly walls of trick,
he feels fastened upon the earth’s surface
without clunre of translation upward, or
dread of declination towards less comforta
ble regions below. The everlasting clatter
of carriage-wheels—the stunning clamour of
ten thousand wide-mouthed bells, scaven
gers, and travelling hucksters, re-echoing
•from corner to corner —put an impulsive mo
mentum at his heels, and he hurries with in
stinctive desperation through the serpentin
ing populace, seeking in vain some resting
•place sot the sole of his foot. No wonder
that a stir and uproar so incessant, should be
-construed into symptoms of business and en
terprize; ami that this restless confusion
should beget mferencesvery favorable to the
prosperity of all concerned.
Bn* let us soberly inquire into the justice
-of this deduction, and settle the principle for
-the benefit of future philosophers. A cer
tain air of precipitate zeal. it is true, distin
gu'shes all who practices locomotion upon
the pavement of New-York. Every body
moves briskly, however different the mo
tives that siimnlate each individual. One
man is impelled onward by the fear of losing
something that another man as quickly be
stirs himself to acquire: while a third bustles
with equal rapidity to avoid botii winner and
loser. Even so happens it in ail societies:—
some men thrive and fatien upon the depri
vations of their ft Hows —others struggle fu
riously through their portion of existence,
barely to hold theirown—ending just where
they begun. Life is a game, in which the
very by-standers must needs become more
or less interested. Yet, let fortune vibrate
as it may, the gains Cannot overbalance the
losses, for there is but so much at stake.—
AVhat nonsense, then, to infer thrift and opu
lence from appearances of activity ami indus
try: Without money, no community can be
prosperous and wealthy. Bankbiils are tiie
basis of all grind tilings. In the proportion
that these accumulate, cities and kingdoms
prosper. Ye political economists and ran
sackers of expedients —ponder this s igges
tion, and'vouchsafe your approbation of its
profundity!
If the courteous reader will pardon the a
bove digression, in consideration of .IS enor
mous importance—the thread of this narra
tive shall now be resumed. And, herein it
may be advisable, for the better understand
ing of the subject in hand, to transcribe a
single page out o a common-place book
found in the garret ofaboardiiigliou.se in
Pearl-street. This diary may serve as an ex
mple of what occurred! daily, with slight
variations from one year’s end et en unto the
. ot her.
“Aug. 3. Four o’clock, A. M Awoke from
a state of conscious turpitude by certain in
comprehensible and barbarous outcries, be
tween a yell and a yelp; listened with un
speakable solicitude, as 1 found them to be
periodically repeated, with an intermission
of only two minutes and fifteen seconds. A<
length the horrible jargon expited in the
distance—when anew note, similarly iivr
tictilate, but in a ton'* of melancholy hrill
ness, burs! from tiie pavement f’\ e stones be
low. Thrust my pate through an aperture
in the window-sash, and discovered in the.
grim twilight, four dingy figures moving
al >r>g with tlie*ntmost co rern. By dint > f
close peering, foun 1 them tri lie armed with
-besoms, and iron instruments resembling a
short hoe: one was a ‘all personage, wrap
ped m an immense mahogany colored shawl;
the others'were of a diminutive stature, cov
ered with ragged cloaks of the same hue—
an I all their faces were blai kenod I—Breath 1 —Breath-
Jess with alarm, 1 remained for soon time
.exposed to the drizzle of the morniqg, and
overhead the following confabulation: —
f‘Come wy de debbie don’t you hollar?—
‘Yes, mise—Kkho! yaw, ak hileko yek!
E oh! kik aw !” Ye Clods thought I, w hat
va dal tribes nave broken from their long
scaled dungeons, and come to score the pos
sessors of these enlightend times, with go
thic aiv ! unintelligible exclamation! I shrunk
from the broken casement; and having made
fearful inquiry of a fellow lodger, w ho, all
this tune enjoyed inviolate slumbers, I as
certained tile facts to lie as follow: The long
character in the shawl, or rug, was a strap
ping, she-negro chimney sweep; and the
smaller imps w ere her apprentices, thus com
pelled to proclaim their vocation in accents
more, dismal and appalling than those of the
Orpheus, w hen he sneaked back to sky-light
after bis lamentable jaunt to the abode of
Pinto
6 o’clock, Again aroused by sundry unde
finable noises proceeding apparently from
human throats. Wliat seemed the voice of
<an old woman, uttered in a cracked and mo
notonous scream “rare-disues, rare-disheS”
[ratfishes] —another equally melodious, bawl
ed—“raw ’s-hreeze,” [raspberries]—the first
syllable uniformly sounded on A. (as I found
•bv the string of a crazed fiidle that hung
against the wall, and,like St. Duustan’s harp,
sen’ forth a sympathetic twang,) ahd the last
precisely a fourth above. ‘These, and simi
lar cries, ad led to the unrelenting din of
rolling hacks, drays, and wheelbarrows, ba
nished ail further attempts upon the good
gnees of Morpheus; ami 1 descended from
the attic in despair.
9 o’clock. Beset hv boot-blacks & clothes
furbislieru, who took to pieces mv exterior
identity, and pnt it again together the better
to withstand the mire and the cros'ation
without. • Salhed forth am. Ist a mobility the
most he'orogeneous extant utmn the face of
of the gtuh*—da kies horn Tassana
qttadily, Buckskins from Tallapoosa—Eu
ropeans from Bally shannon —the dusky In
dian, and tiie jetty African—all seeking the
one tluug needful.
12 o’clock. Have sought for two hours
8n opportunity to examine a collection of
foreign and domestic nr vspapers. No news
cstablislnnenl adapted to t lie wants of a si ran
ger, exits in this great “commercial empori
um.” At the two fathom-sqtiare counting-1
rooms oftlie daily papers one may find r.er-1
ta'.V*bulleuns,”containiag shreds of shipping ,
intelligence, and patches of other informa
tion, furnished by stragglers, or gleaned has-,
tily from some paper brought by mail.
3 o’clock. The patrician dinner hour
’The mart was abandoned; myself departed
with the rest, to save appearances. Met a
strong-hingetl fellow with a large tin bucket,
shouting with hideous gesticulations, “I
: scream!” Found he had ice-cream for sale.
6 o’clock. Encountered a troop of juve- j
nile beggars, burthened with bags and bas- j
kets —rec>. ptacles for dismissed food andoth- ;
er offal. Some were sitting upon the flags
in front of a princely mansion, their feet
paddling in a kennel beneath, grinning squa
lidly at toe torrent with which the heavens
were drenching their half-covered limbs—
while in theryar. my lord and his lady, be
j dizened with rutiles and ribands, turning j
i from an unaccept ible vase of strawberries,
contemplated the scene through a twenty
fnitr-inch pane with unaccountable compo
sure and amusement.
9 o’clock. Multitudes of wide-awake
watchmen stirring. In a lane hard by, some
earless Scotchman is madly straining his vex
ed am’ mitunable bagpipe; and still nearer,
an itinerant troubadour is amusing a mob of 1
idlers with the troubled and griped harmony j
which he grinds out of a box slung at his
back.
Midnight. Silence, comparative silence j
resumes her dominion, and I at my station at j
the dilapidated casement. The final echo |
of the ebbing tumult is dying among far-off
corners. Naught is distinguishable save the
‘hollow trump of some guardian of the night,
envious of sleep; and thumping occasionally
with hi? bludgeon against the side-walk,
symptomatic of unwearied vigilance: or tiie
spitefully pensive whistle of certain nameless
nightingales, who ply their insidious voca
tion necessarily at this dismal hour. The
iron ding dong of numberless responsive
clocks announces night’s awful noon—season
of taciturnity and nightcaps— * * *
From the British press.
Attempted suicide of Nona part in 1314 at Fon
tainebleau.
In the new work published at Paris, by
M. M. Arnault, Jay and Joiiv, on, contempo
raneous biography, tiie life of Napoleon 80--
nepart is given. Several original anecdotes
are comprised in this narrative, arnongsi
which, perhaps the most interesting isth<-
account of an attempted suicide at Fontiue
bieau, on his abdication in 1814. Hitherto
tins fact has been doubted,, but it now seems
to lie fullyesiabli shed. The circumstances
are related, we are informed, on the aid hoi
| ity of an eye-witness. As Caulincourt was
| the only party privy to them, we suppose
i the authors of tiie contemporaneous biogra
phy have obtained the particulars from him:
“On the Uth of April, 1814, Napoleon
spent the evening with the Duke of Vicenza,
and withdrew at 11 o’clock.
“The Palace of Fontainebleau was buried
in ihe most profound silence; perhaps no
one was actually sleeping, but yet this im
jnense edifice appeared to be resigned to
that s’ate of repose which generally fol
lows great agitations. Within there was nut
j the slightest noise: without, only that cf the
j French sentinels, who were guarding the
cap’ive of Europe. In the distance, nothing
could lie heard but Hie repeated and irregu
lar buzzing of the qui vive of the foreign
troops,'vhose monotonous challenges in the
several dialects ot Europe and Asia, ran un
terrupteiily through tiie French camp. In
the nudst of this awful sdence, in that palace
which had been at one tune disturbed iy the
sanguinary lengence of ttie Northern Queen
and frequently by the magnificent fe'esof
many four late sovereigns—Napoleon at
j 1 o'clock in the morning, sent for the Duke
J of Vicenza
| “When this Minister entered, Napoleon
1 threw a'l empty cup on ‘he table. Ihe Em
j peror toi<! him t;> take with him into thecab
-1 ‘met the Port-foilio, which contained the
j portrait and letters oftlie empress. “Take
I care of 11 m,” said Napoleon to him. He
1 lien informed him the rest f bis wishes, anil
j presented luin with Ins portrait on a cameo.
\\ bile he’ vv s vc-t speaking he was seized
suddenly in a manner which'alarmed the
I).ike of Vicenza; adi nness came over his
eyes, which seemed to threaten ‘he deter
mination of an agony as dreadful t.o the suf
ferer, as it was frightful to the witness. He
I presently became as ilrousy as il iie would
, never again awake; afterwards he tell into a
’ cold swet, and was seized with such violent
! convulsions and vomitings, that all his limbs
j trembled. Me kept fast hold of Vicenza, in
! order that he might not, get away, telling
him that if he were his friend, he would not
prevent the termination of his existence, and
I that lie did not desire to have any other wit
ness of his sufferings.
i “‘This struggle between life and death, las
ted for three quarters of an hour, when the
vomitings having ceased, Napoleon exclaim
: ed—“l,’sofno use, death will‘not relieve
me.” lie then allowed the Duke to call a
valet, whom he sent for a surgeon. Mr.
Yvan came, and Napoleon insisted with ear
nest ness, nay, even with authority, that he
l should give him a dose of poison. Thunder
i struck at this strange request, Mr. Yvan fled
precipitately, jumped on his horse, and quit
ted Fontainebleau. ‘The JJuke of Vicenza
sent for Bertrand, the Grand Marshall, and
Count Turenne, the Groome of the Stole,
shortly arrived.
‘♦Two days before Napoleon had desired
his attendants to bring him some charcoal,
intending to suffocate himself in his bath—
but as they had not obeyed him, he had pre
pared his pistols. His mamehike and the
valets de chambre had, however, drawn the
charge.
“The effect of the convulsions was so vio
lent, that Napoleon could not nse before ele
yen o’clock to send a dispatch to Marshal
Mackdonakl He had vainly endeavored to
get up sooner, but his legs refused to sup
port him*- liis countenance was changed, and
his eyes were quite sunk i.i the socket; his
completion was lived, liis limbs shaking, yet
Ills extraordinary constitution triumphed o
vt r death, and Ins mind and character, not
withstanding his misfortunes, recovered their
w ojited.-Superiority.
“The poison that Napoleon- had taken,
was invented by Gabiijis, during the horrors
oftlie revolution, that his friends and himself
might escape the punishment inflicted in the
reign of terror. Napoleon, after liis flight
foil Moscow, kept it constantly hy’liim, fear
ing to fall alive into tiie bauds of the Kmpe
. ror ol Russia. Little did he think that he
should seek aid from the fatal poison when |
a prisoner in liis own palace of Fontainebleau,
and after having thrice refued a peace from
him against whom he had travelled 800
leagues from liis own capital to ma£e war.
Fate would no suffer the poison of the fugi
tive of Moscow to avenge the defeat oftlie
prisoner of Fontainebleau.”
RAPID TRAVELLING.
The result of the Presidential election was
conveyed from Washington City to Italti
! more, by Express, in the very short time’of
I two hours and fifty-four minutes. The dis
> tance bet ween Baltimore and Washington is
thirty-eight miles.
GENERAL LAFAYETTE.
The following correspondence, enclosed
bv Governor Troup, in answer to a letter j
from the Committee of Council, appointed ‘
1 to make arrangements for the reception of
Lafayette, was read at ‘he meeting of Coun
cil yesterday. Grateful hearts, open arms, I
and” Warm embraces, await the coming of the i
early and firm Triend of America.
Executive Department, Georgia,} 1
Afiltedgevitle, Isi Sept. 1824. j
Sin—On the first announcement of your
arrival, I bid you in the name ot the people j
iof Georgia, welcome to the U. States. Mak
j ing allowance for the claims of our sister re
publics upon your time, w'e invite you to
| spend a part of the wintei with us, under ttie
: sun of/our Sonrthern Fiance. A'ou will eve
j ry where gee a People opening their arms to
; receive vou, all equal, knowing no distinc*
i tion but that of public service, which in their
estimate, places you by the side of VVasning
ton —a People who, divided as they are
about other men, unite in doing homage to
1 the virtues of Lafayette. And who, Sir, can
better judge those virtues than they who, in
the darkest days of the Revolution,'emula
ted, and are now in the full enjoyment oftlie
fruits of them?
YoUr fellow-cit izen,
G. M. TROUP.
Gf.w. Lafatktte, New-York.
Extract of a letter from the Hon. J. Elliott, to
His Excellency the Governor, dated
Washington, Jan. 27, 1825.
‘‘The accompanying letter \t as enclosed to
me to-da', bv Genera! Lafayette, w ith a re
quest ‘hat I ivould transmit it to you He is
now on a visit to Virginia, but will be in this
city again within a few days, when lie pro
mises me to write you more satisfactorily in
relation to his intended visit to Georgia.
1 fe. rthe anxiety oftiie worthy General to
gratify all parts oftlie Union, by a visit, lias
induced him to undertake more than lie can
accomplish within the time he lias allotted
for that pttrposc. _
He intends to visit every state in the Uni
on, passing from-hence through the South
ern and South-Western Stales, to New-Or
leans; thence up'he Mississippi, and round
through the North Western Mates, to Penn
sylvania, New-York and Massachusetts, so as
to arrive a* Boston by the 17th June. I do
not believe he can accomplish this route with
in the lime prescribed.
Washington, 17th Jan. 1825.
Sin—! am penetrated with the most live
ly feeling of gratitude for the kindness with
which the citizens ot die Mate of Georgia,
their Legislature and Rep resent a‘ives. and
the Uhict Magistrates have deigned to wel
come my a'rival to the United States, and to
invite ine to a visit so very conformable o
my own earnest wishes. I beg your Excel
lency to he the organ of my respectful and
affectionate acknowledgements, and to re
ceive my personal thanks for the kind man
ner in which those testimonies of esteem
have been transmitted and by yourself ex
pressed.
Anxious as I am to visit the State of Geor
gia. I regret dial the obligation to be at
Washington 0.. the 22d ‘February, anil at
j Boston on the 17th June, in consequence of
an early engagement to lay the corner stone
I of tiie Monument on Bunker Hill, renders it
necessary to travel with rapidity the 5000
miles, winch must be passed between those
two periods. An order of march is not yet
sew led, but a few days after my return from
Richmond and Hal risburgii, I will have an
understanding upon the subject, with your
Representatives in Congress.
Happy I will be, Sir, to have it in my pow
er to find myself on the sod of the State of
Georgia, and although my visit must be much
shorter than f would wish it, I shall be high
ly gr.v ified to present t> its citizens, and to
you, sir, the tribute of the grateful senti
ments, anil of the high esteem, a cordial
though inadequate expression of which I beg
your Excellency will accept.
(Signed) LAFAYETTE.
His Excellency Governor Tuour,
of the State of Georgia.
LAFAYETTE STAND ADD.
It will be seen by the following letters,
that a Stand of Colors are in preparation, by
a fair donor of our city, which will be pre
sented to the Chatham Regiment, in honor
of Lafayette oil his arrival among us..
Savannah, Feb. 9, 1825.
Sir —Mrs. Harden is industriously engag
ed in working a Standard, for the regiment
under your command. It will be complet
ed by the time that Gen. Lafayette shall vi
sit this city; and she wishes it to be consecra
ted to the glory of ourcountry, and the hon
or of the regiment, by being delivered in the
presence of the Nation’s Guest.
Mrs. Harden requests that you will arrange
the manner in which the act of presenting
and accepting the Standard, shall be done,
i* order that she may conform to it.-
I have tiie honor to be, very respectfully,
your obedient servant.
ED. HARDEN.
Colonel Marshall, *
Ist Regiment, G. M.
Savannah, Feb. 16, 1825.
Sir —My late indisposition, anil consequent
business since, have occasioned
delay, in answering your letter of the 9th in
stant.
It affords me much pleasure to be inform
ed that the patriotic task of working a Mili
tary Standard, which Mrs. Harden lias un
dertaken, with so much zeal and abdity, will
be completed in time for the arrival of Gen.
Lafayette. ‘The presence of that distinguish
ed patriot and soldier, who is emphatically
styled the “Nation's Guest,” will throw oyer
the ceremony of presentation, an imposing
effect, in addition to the honor which will b.e
conferred by your good lady, on the first re
| giment,
It will afford me pleasure to communicate
personally with you, respecting the mode oi
presenting and receiving the Standard,
Respectfullv yours,
J. MARSHALL.
Brigadier-General Harden,
Ist Brigade, Georgia Militia.
It is said that the grant of land, Yoted to
Gen. Lafayette, bv Congress, will be liid off’
in the Territory of Florida.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
Bv the arrival at Charleston oftlie British
ship Corsair, London papers to the 7th ult.
inclusive: and Commercial Letters trom Liv
erpool of the Bth ult. have been received. —
They furnish very little of interest.
Expresses had been despatched from Liv
erpool to every part of the world where
cotton is produced, with information oftlie
stock on hand in England, at the close rif the
year, and the consequent advance of prices
i in that country.
The New-York ship Leeds, which got
ashore on the sth ult. coming out of Liver
! pool, had returned, and in endeavouring to
get into the King’s Dock, filled with wafer,
I and it was supposed would be entirely lost.
Further particulars of the loss of the ship
! Diamond. — The Liverpool Advertiser oftiie
; 6th fanuary, contains the following particu
j lais oftlie loss of ibis vessel, which have
I been obtained from the consignees ot the
vessel:
Cnblflpassengers lost. —Mrs. Wood, of. Sad
dle worth; Mr. Broadbent, of do; Mr. Given,
of New-York, and a-young female, the child
of Mr. and Mrs. Betteley, of Baltimore, who
were saved. ‘The body of Mr. Wood has
been found—in his pockets were upwards
of 7,000i, which has been saved. Capt. Ma
ny, a most respectable individual, and very
well known in the trade—Mr. Chirac,’ the
.chief mate —and one seaman —also, a person
named Lowe, and two other steerage passen
gers — making in all ten individuals, met with
a watery grave. ‘Fhc names of tin cabin pas
sengers saved are: Mr. Nicholson, of New-
York— Mr. and Mrs. Betteley, of Baltimore,
Mr. Gildart. Ma’e of Mississippi, Dr. Strult,
of London, Mr. Wm. Walker, Mr. John Wil
liam Cousins, M, M’Donald, and Mr. Bruaii
bent. 8
Tiie total number of tbe crew and passen
gers it is generally agreed was forty-eight.
London, January 4.
Recognition by Great Britain of ihe Indepen
dence of Colombia and -Mexico. —.Vlr. Canning
communicated to all the Foreign Ministers,
-in ‘he afternoon of Saturday last, at the Fo
reign Office, that the Cabinet of his Britan
nic Majesty had come to the resolution of ac
knowledging the Independence of Mexico
and Colombia. Commissioners would be sent
to those States, charged with full powers to
conclude Treaties of Commerce belween
them and this country, founded on that re
cognition.
The recognition of Buenos Ayres, which
has long possessed a se'tled Government,
may soon be expected. VVe understand that
some further information, respecting its ex
tent and external relations is wished for be
fore recognizing this State. No report from
Chili has vet been received.
We understand also that Col. Campbell
and Mr. Ward were an hour with Mr. Can
ning on Sunday, at the Gloucester-lodge,
when they received their final instructions
from that gentleman, previous to their leav
ing town on Wednesday next, to embark in
tin* Egeria, at Ply mouth, for Colombia and
Mexico, where they are to reside permanent
ly, the former commission being dissolved.—
These gentlemen are charged with full pow
ers to negociate and conclude a treaty of
Commerce with the Stales in question.
OFFICIAL PAPER.
VINT OF TIIK UNITED STATES.
To the House of Representatives of the U. S.
I herewith transmit a report from the Di
rector of the Mint of the United states,
showing the operations of that institution for
the last year. JAMES MONROE.
Washington, Feb. 2, 1825.
Ali.it of the United Slates,
Philadelphia, Jan. 1, 1825.
Sin: I have the honor to lav before you a
report of the operations of the Mint, during
the past year.
From the statement of the Treasurer, here
with transmitted, it appears that'the coin
age executed within tiie above period, has
amounted to 1,858,267; consisting of 4,786,-
894 pieces of com, viz:
Os gold, 19,949 pieces, a
mounting to §93,200
Os silver, 3,504,954 1,752,477
Os copper,’ 1,262,000 12,620
-4,786,894 1,858,297
Deposites of gold have been, for the last
three years, inconsiderable. While gold
bullion-is in demand, at a premium oil its
standard value, for the purpose of exporta
tion as a remittance, instead of bills at the
current exchange, no adequate inducement
exists to bring it to the .Mint, if its value can
be otherwise satisfactorily ascertained. It is
obvious, that if coined and issued, under such
circumstances, it cannot be retained in cir
culation.
Os the gold coined within the year, about
five per cent, was received from North Ca
rolina, thirty-five from Africa: anil fifty from
South America and the West Indies. ’The
remainder, about ten per cent, is of
tain origin.
Os silver, the receipt has been abundant
•throughout the year. The amount now in
the vaults of the Mint exceeds §300,000 —
and no failure of the supply is at present an
ticipated. A large portion of this supply
conies directly from Mexico, South America,
and the West Indies, in varioils forms of un
wrought bullion,in plate, and in coins not ad
mitted into our currency. But the principal
deposites are made in foreign coins, by the
banks, especially the Bank of the United
States; about §1,200,000 having been re
ceived from that institution within the past
year.
The amount of copper, coined, and uu
coined, the property of the United States,
now at the Mint, is about §35,000. The is
sue of cents within the year, has amounted
to §15.475; on which a profit has accrued,
of nearly §4,500. as will be more particular
ly specified in the usual return made by the
I Treasurer on that subject.
The aggregate profit, heretofore realized,
on the coinage of copper, having amply re
funded the amount ordinarily invested, oh
I behalf of the Government, in the purchase
of that article, the profit mv l.vived
the annual issue of cents, which is
paid into the Treasury of the United St,,
is an effective reimbursement of so
the amount expended, under the appropj
tion oftlie year, for the support of tiie r,ii
Copper coins being transported at t|, e
pense and risk ol tne Government,to
parts of the United ‘'tales, the
this facility, as it is more generally i]|ft lh
may be expected to increase the demand
them. Care is taken that thisdeinai.il
always be promptly satisfied.
No material interruption has occun,
within the year, to the ordinary busing
tfie Mint. * Though flie retirement
office, and closely following decease, of,
excellent predecessor, marked this p er||
the assiduous care of highly qualify
cers, long associated with htm, preset
unimpaired, the progiess of its operation
The present Report exhibits an air,o,, K
coinage, inferior, by only a minute
to that of the year 1820, hitherto the g,
productive in the recoids of the esu^
ment.
I have the honor to be, with great
your obedif-n* servant. ■ SAM. Mftigj,
To the President of the United Statu,
The following lettet, addressed hq,
CLAY to Judge Brookk. of Virginia,*,
pied from the Richmond Enquirer, to v*
print it was communicated, no doubt, bj
latter gentleman.
Washington, 28 th Jan. 181
Mt Dear Sib: My position, in rega>
the President!;.!contest, is highly critical,
such as to leave me no path oil which j
move without censure. I have pnrstis
regard to it, the rule which I always ob*
in the discharge of my punhc duty. ||
interrogated my cousciene as to what I u
to do, and that faithful guide tells met!
ought to vote for Mr. Adams. 1 shallf
its rnjuctions. Mr. Cawford’s* stale of lit
and the circumstances under whichi*.
sented liimsellio die house,appear tometi
conclusive against him. Asa friendulii*
and to the permanence of our insti(niii>i
cannot consent, in this early stage of ib
existence, bv contributing to the eiectia
a military chieftain, to give th,- stronjci
guarantee that this Republic wdltnittbi
the Paul road which lias eonihicteileiti
other Republic to ruin. \l oweto ourfnet
ship this frank exposition of my intent*
I am, and shall continue to be assailedbt
the abuse which partiz in zeal, magnify,
ribaldry, can invent. I shall view, \ns
emotion, these eft’usionsof malice, an r:<
unshaken in my purpose what is a
worth if he will not expose himself, oi
occasions, for the good of his country ?
As to the result of the election’ Ica
speak with absolute certaiuty; but the;
every reason to belive that we shall avail
dangerous precedent to which 1 allude,
Be pleased t give my respeerts ti
. Your Cordial Fries
H. CLA
The Hon. F. Brooke.
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