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TO THE PEOPLE OF HIE UNI
TED ST A FES.
[Letter 11.1
Fellow-Citizens: —ln m> fi st letter, I
apologised «'i appealing before you,
showed von that I hid been the early
and steadfast fiiend of General Jackson,
pointed out the motive tor the pursocu
tion directed against me which he now
sanciiotis, and defied him and hrs adher
ents to prove any of their Joul imputa
tions.
Even when oppressed in September
last, it v. ill be seen, on reference to my
letters of the 31st of that month, hereto
foie published, that I did not attribute ■
the conduct of the Pie.ideiit to any ma
ligt ant motive. I th'n cousidoied him
the mere msiiumcni of men around him
who were unworthy <>t his confidence;
and believed that he bad become the ex
ecutioner of their vengeance against all
who checked -heir rapacity. But I con
fess, that, whils I sil believe the Presi- '
dem to be ruled bi extraneous influences
operating on his passions, it is dilfiult
chaiitably to account tor his sileuce whilst
acts aie delibera ely executed before his
eves, whicn are at variance wi’.httu b,jus- ,
lice, and chari y.
VVhat can he •< more seiious charge,;
than to sat, hr uid r the mask of trmd" I
ship, 1 entered the cabinet to thwart the ;
President, and favour an iustisotimi,
which I, professed to oppose? Yet so
ri us as this itnpu atm? is, it is<a joi med
bv he c sief mag/stra.c! It is sane iotied
in opp siiioti to all facts, nay, io c n ra- |
diction • > his declatamms made to me in
Wii iim-'j well as personally up toibe last ;
moureuts four separation!
To sustain so grave a charge, proof
should have been given; but all that is ;
said to sustain it is, th it I .esis.ed the re - i
m.ival of the deposites, and that in a let
tei, published at New Orleans. 1 express
ed such senTnerits, as showed that I had
been‘indoc tma.cd with all the hostility
of the bank oppositi m.’ Aly reasons im
te-isticg the removal ofthe deposoes will
be give a in a future letter, when the pub
Pc will be able to judge, how far that iu
sistrnce sustains the vile* imputa'ion which
lam n w considering. At present i
sk ill refer only to the second pretext for
this culu nisy.
I’o a letter from a friend at New Or
leans, Iwmtea reply t<j October last,
winch I regretted io see pubiised wi liou
my c *i:soß'. From hat ieply the official
uripei •>! the 20th of D tcember last made
this quotation.
‘it is but too obvious, either that we
misunderstood the q .aii ios of General
Jackson’s head, o else he his been won
deil diy aliced. On al! lie cardinal
questions agitaed, he b»s failed to be
CiiihH'.etii: He promised purity *u selec
tions for office, yet lew have been purely
mad>: he professed to be a hie id to do
mes.ic industi y, jet he has d no mire
than am body cite to prostrate r.; io a i
V c -.’ed a ia mnal govei e aietit bank, ami
ye; rff.-cts to dread a m ■med aristocracy:
he c mplairied of ho c iriupumj of one
bank, and .e' akes forty or sis-y irie
sp-»< stole paper cirrtilalitig banks under
tile nitimial wing: he hd> been tor, and
agai 'S , internal improvement: he de
nuumed nm fi ation, yet he Ins been of
la ■>•). lying ail lint he had said m his
pioCi nn m. In shrnt, I do nut be
lies., m-e.cr had fix 1 principles, or
e-. i .ii vud a- aiv irsuh. by no oxcieise !
of im- ai-id; impulses aid passions have
ruied ”
i r.t she ch Imre presented was drawn
as—i my ri; oemeti to p’ivaieiiie, afld
cut»<-queutiy uiter I uud availed m ’seli (
of a;; ppm t.jtiity, iot before enjoyed, us
closety i-x.ttntniiiu 'h» original. IVlien I
L-i.a.ue one .d the Pimidimt’s advisers, it
v>js my duty to study Ins moral and in
lelitjciuai quali tex, a-; wrllas his p dnieal
piitiCijdes and views; aid to this end, 1
exerted such p- wc;> of disc, iunnaiion as
1 ■ ssessed. The result was a convic
t ti that, in the portraits winch I had
j swn, to gain popular approbation, in
1»23 and 1828, I had either fla tered ;
• era- J ictvsou, owoinx to my having
1 no >re me eudmes only taken by his ;
.. <• I: .tilth; o else that the features
I . Uuen mmgrea ly altered under the
. dmu co o> pride and power, I natural y .
i ed, in a private Tetter to a liiend, the
..,s*i!t ot ii\' observati- n, especially as
•.n il i like rmself had heen original
lv a g.eat admirer of General Jackron: '
and 1 am sure, it grieved him to hear, as
it did me (a have occasion to conirnuui
c op, chit c inttadicied so many of om
fo.id anticipj't‘dis
F>ie prominent chai ic eris ics of Gen.
J !■ K- 'ii, according to my repre en an ms
in 1823 md 182 s ,were pmity ‘'f purpose, !
and ste idiot ss u execution. But,in 1833
1 became s<t <fi”d, tlist his principles,
» ven oti card-iial points, were n<n fixed; i
that purpn e< ise <? created tor him, the |
trie nttuie if which was concealed by;
■h tut m tuagement; and that, in cai tying 1
i oi-i mu- execu i"<i, impulse and pa-sion '
■ -it- sed .i characiei of obstinacy on his i
• ■;duct, which under the exercise <>f the j
.'i-id, would have been steadiness in exe- j
<. .non. '
.? o-ae, that, before mv entrance into
j. : ,‘as ware that the President had
en -mti ised upon in reia'ion to appoint
ijvi.’.s. I iLo knew that he had been
unsiii.-.dv in h’S course as to domestic in
dustry, intern;.l inipro vemuat, and a na
(ional bank. Bit, what was my duty,
when the Piesident invited me as Im
friend, to bee mo one of his advisers! 1’
I could reconcile the acceptance of office
with thedouht which 1 felt as to my ability,
and with private obligations, I c-'tisidered h
tnv d**tv to d-» so, in the hope tliai I might
render some service bv -trivieg to re
concilo his practice with former profes
sion, bv trying to persuade htin tn a
b indan a vacilliating course as to maitrn
! factures, since nothing- could be m re
pernicious to his interest than uncertainty
in legislaliou; and by urging him to ad
hare to n strict interpretation of the con
stitution, instead of wandering in the
mazes of construction, in relation to die
United Stales B mk, or other disputed
subjects.
Such ate the rcmaiks which I consid
er myself called upon to make, in rela
tion to one nJ the pretexts for the asper
sion, that 1 entered the President’s cab
inet to thwart him. But, lest any doubt
should exist on your minds as to tuv dis
interestedness or to the manner in which
the appointment of secretary of the iroa
sury was confuted ou me, 1 think it pro
per to make you acquainted with ihe fol
lowing detail-*, bearing on these points.
Although I never directly or indirectly
asked any personal favor of the P■ esidem,
I do Imn .he justice to say, ’hat he man
ifested desire on several occasions io pro'
mote what he, dmibliess, c<>nside> d my
advancement. With th : advice and con
sent of the Senate, he appointed mo a
director of thn Bank < i the United States,
but I declined tha trust, flu afterwards
tendered me the ufiico of attorney fur the
eastern district of Pennsylvania, which 1
also refused. Wth ut my knowledge,
he appointed me, withiho concurrence
of the senate, a commissioner under the
convention with Denmaik; and, when 1
hesitate’ to accept, he piessed the trust
upon me, on the giuund that to accept
w> uld be a duty (he public and relief
to himself from embai rassment.
Be’oro I had exm uied iho duty under
convention with Denmark, I was, ou the
4th December. 1832 um-x ectedlv invi.
ted t-> accept the tfiee oi secretarv of
ihe treasury. Ami lest any epresen’a.
tion of *ho c rcmi’S-slices, attending the
off”, s o I i b open !■• ca il on that ac.
count, 1 »<■ 11 not trust t<> my memory,
but present the following staieiutui ex.
traded from a confidontal loi.ei; which 1
wrote on the 4 h of December hist.
Extracts. “The President has in a
formal, kind and pressing manner asked
mo to accept a seat in his cabirmt. I
confess, I was sm tirised, and not ”nty -or
prised but distressed; but it isbes', while
the incidents aro all fresh in my memory,
that I should give you a sketch. A mem
her of tho cabinet said— 5 dr. Du.me, 1
have been par-icularly desi i d iiy tho
President toseek this interview with you,
<>n matters of much consequence, not on*
ly to himself, but to he country. The
President has for some timepOst m? di’<. -
fd a chaiiflo iu his cabinet; it has bt-eo
deferred until afier the ter.ninatimi of ;!te
, .dec ions in the States, and, as they ’art:
oow oyer, the prep>sed cln gt> is mged
anew. The present secre ary ni date is
o go to France; the present secremry ot
he tre ismy is to lake his place in (he
department of suite; and the qiiestiou is,
who is to go into th;’ treasury? Ir is set
led, tint a citizen of Pennsylvania is n>
he appointed; the IL esidem and bis
4-iends ti-ivu sought in iin state for a
uersan in ail re '.’t cs competent as an ol
ficor. add faithful as a fiiend. Alis- ot
names has beon looked at, and, after duo
mq <irv, the Piesident is decidedly con
vinced, that, you, Sir, present the fairest
claims to official and personal considera
tion. You are of the old dem >ciu'ic
party of Pennsvlvunia, and have grown
with its growth; y >u are known as a mild
but unvarying friend of ho great poii;ieal
orinciples, which Poi'nsylvania, cherish”
es; your personal reputation, too, gives
yon a moral inll lence, of the extent of
which von me not peihaps yom«oll a
ware, yo t were the early, and have been
tho s eadfact friend of General J.-ckso
and shin'd continue in every proper way
»r» lus ain him whim you cotifiribired to
el va . S * satifi"d, indeed is the Presi
dent, of poor peculiar fitness for ’he de*
pa’tcnent, and -f yoor being just such a
person as ho can politically as well as
personally tely upon, that I cannot use
tun strung terms, indescribing his solici
tude ti.a; you should not refuse the sta
tion.
“This is more brief than the reality,
b itp' ifectly correct, I replied—‘l have
listened, Sir,to whatyou have stated, with
surprise, and di*tress;'so (bat it cannot be
supposed that I can give a positive reply.
1 cannot express how gratified and prouij
1 am at this mirk of confidence; 1 , how
ever, I am now to give u'terance to wiat
I feel, it is to ask the President to bloi
tin* matter fi'-ni his mind. J is true that
I have been and am sincerely friendly to
the President; that I possess the personal
and political confidence of many wot thy
men in Pennsylvania: aud that I have a
strong inclination lodo all iu mv power to
evince my principles and promote the
welfare of the people. Bat it is also true
1 hat my abilities are ove-rateJ; that my
influence in Pensylvania is more limited
tiian is supposed; and that no weight can
be given, by my accession, to the admin
istjati .11. Such an occasion as the pre"
sou' c Hiuoi bi) heed essly regarded bv me
but all c 'tisiili.'i a.iutis united forbid mo to
a-sent. 1 have 'hrougii life sought the
shade, atj<l vvheuevet I have be*m out of
it, r ha- ii,.t been from choice; I have al
ways desired to tread >ui he earth, lest
iu assetidiiig even a single step u ( ihe po
litical ladder. I sii.iuld bo obliged to re
sume my lot uer place. Perhaps this 1*
morbid pride, but bo what i may, it has
3 powerful influence over rue.’
“T - this r was rejomed,—‘all you
have said, Mr. Duane, sb *ws you h.»ve
ihe merit you denv y nrst-l’ he possession
of. You l-.avc, b declining uffi e on se
veral occaviotis, omltt 'd n- idvatico y*>U'-
self. sam the President’s friend and
y<>ms, and am n.r ;hn m.i» to idvneato
tnv ’hilig of a doubifui nature, oy which
the public may be afl’ cte.l Oihers are
m ire c -mpetcn; perhai s to judge of your
qualifications than you a:e v mself here
tofore, there have been ri faculties, thoie
mav be sonic at tl-is time owing tooxc’-e
--ment in the South, but lhai wiilsomi cease
and in a few m >tiUis y*m w*il be perhJCtU
au fai,', is to ill miiera! duties. As to
youi siandiog in Pensyiva'iia we have m
frnmitirni to be telied on; w« b*’li< ve
voi rai.’p‘>io iiet't would hr* nleasing 'her ,
and she President desires to do what wii!
gratify -i a’ S ••*.«. Apart from otlim c m
sidorations, t'*e Pres de--•’s own sponianv
otis pieference of you is a c mpl mmil u t
to be overlooked; ymi wid derive credo
rom it, where y-.u are nA known, a
mongst all who respect the patriotism
and pure irtentimas as well as the natural
sagacity of the President. lam persua
ded tnat the appin’ment wood be accep
table ! o many ofthe P .estdent’s most dis
tinguished friends, indeed, th. fact, that
he goes to the people, and not to congress
to select, will give weight io the choice.
You will earn a high reputation in the of"
fice proposed, and the labois will be less
bdidensoeie thati th se to which you have
been accustomed, &c.’
“I then said “<hai to tear up, as it were
by the roots, my business in Philadelphia,
on the u meiiainty, or even certainty o'
continuing in here for 4 years would
be ve>y impruden’; that changes of rest
deuce, as.iociati ous, and expenditures,
we<e sound objections; that liieuds m m >
ought not tou;ge a proceeding ofso doubt
ful a character,’ &c.
“T > this it was replied—that evert
man owed something io his country, that
even on the question of mere interest, me
change would be advantageous; th it I
might be certain nf employment for 4
ycais, at six thousand dollars per year;
that the tni’dii of living tvas tnat of private
gen'lemeu in Pi iladulphia; tlun by iden
lify mg my self with Guiera! Jacks n and
ilia h lends, tod making a sacrifice, if it
was or.e, 1 established a claim for contiu
nance in this, or appointment to some
o her sia.iou.’
‘1 closed by saying ‘that, out of thank
fulness and a desiie to make a return lot
such confidence, my hean urged mo tn
say ‘V-’s,’ but my uead Ly no means as
sented: that it would be rude as well as
unl’ind io Uie Piysid-n. to decide atonce
and upon so sudden an apueal, on so seri.
ous a subject; and that thereiore 1 would
rufl.-t t.’”
Such, fellow ci izens, is a brief but
faithful ,ep’ M-.i • i'-n ofthe manner, io
vhn ii I *•.’" ■ • t jt > enter the cabinet.
My di-'m .■ o take . ftice as
above . * maiued until orod.
V tloed !’;■ • „ /; ! c osulied, ex- t
ted th -oi'-L-: to serve: aud
w! .'-a 4 c . ■ docis; >.l, •>,.
the 30 il of > 'l. > ; 8 i iu.ltu'i'.iv
co'i enied. Whey my .>. ■ isgiven,
tm t'/Je it, ' f • >rv
r.u.a* d hr; * ’titd'. 'ii' ■■ ■■ ■ ne-se • »
mv ■iuit'ft!lll>sitl<-.|’, -.. ;
might comer a lasii,i> . i tin-
c tiniry and myself.” . t,,
ii- March, b ‘ reiterated 5 ..at :i > ■■ >
bi fora communicated to me assn.i.'C <..e
mat he hail himself sekemd .ay name
I'to.-n the list bef' re him. Tins declara.
lion lie al ;o made t > st vera' of our mu
tual I’ietids. whom I mmh; name ,f ncm.J
ftil and vh 1, I •l" ''.ji uh, •he > they see
bis let er, w>,i be >n r i‘i ■.! >-» find, il;,;’
there >1: "id 1) tvo i!i :S :'. tin: in r<
t, tu sustn i ’.vita 1 never should have been
brought i * q ’os.i *i).
Bm if any hmg further is necessary to
prove—(hit 'he Pios'dee; spon'aneous!v
selected me I id,*.- to his own leuor to
me of !v 17 1 . , J 'y last, in which he
avows dm i>> •, •*;-I gives, a no'.gst other
reasons, foi seli’Ciiou, his desne to
elevaie a tiam- , .» h ch/iltlmugh ia an hum’
blc 3. hete, ha ! eaitmd 1 xpiiiaimi) iu the
oye* of the j• ■• •*>!< .
Ye; ii) mver disregard of all tfiese
facts, he h '.d the harddi *«•-.! io sassert, ;n
his siflii.i.J p ipi'r rd h'- 20. n Dt camber
last, that I “p-tlmt J myself, or was palm
ed no in him.”
WM. DUANE.
Ft’b’ttary 20, 1834
RESIGNATION OF •R. 7 YES.
We mice leave, or I .r circtim
stances, i.i lay btfirre <-t.; readers me
foltoaitig Lm er tr m Wm. C. Rives,
E>q.— VVe have a • aut.’y to pub sb
it— -t>‘ i we “Mite it uy>n our i>wn respon
sible ity. Wehi ii a *j;f >b ■ u>- ; 11 i
due o) the Peoi l"—ii su. -ms bar . ■>
tniuwn into circu.a i n, i > the i j . v oi
Mr. R.—upon which his L' te> put*
the extiogoi her.
“Washington, Feti.2lst, 1834
“1 yesterday had the piea-j.e oi re
ceivtng your letter of the 18.li
and avail myself of the very fiisi m -
of leisure to leply to i —1 am -u. , . -t
my friends sh uld for a m tnent b >
given any sort ufcredii to i.> rum ur J,,.
t a n going into the Cabin- ;. There i.-.
not, my deai sit, the sligbes. foundation
for iliis rumoui; aud I beg m.u to be as
sured, and to assure ail mv hie 'ds, ii>. >i
no earthly consider •- ions w«»mu ia-mes.
mo, standing iu the postrion I m-w j o>
take an Executive app iniment. tVuat
ever other denunciations may be p r.f u
out against me, no suspicion shall cst
up- n iho puniy of my motives iu
course which, from the dv< »esi con- %. 1
(ion, I have pursued here. 1 ali hi,
myself, fearlessly upon the People at Vi<
ginia, to sustain a..d viudic.m ne pt im i
ples 1 have contended for, t- hi ii name.
Igo at once in'o private ine, oco <>,
etate, tiever’heless, to me be*i fmy , t .
bilti), in the maiuieuance *•' ’he primm
ples which have heretofore bf-eu cherts >■
ed b< Viigma, and «i b '.be d> tmet uu
detstanding, that I invoke the judgment
ofthe people upon my conduct in the
coming elections. The issue wdl thus
be joined with our adversaries in 'he most
emphatic mai>m*i,ai»d hi the way best cal
culated o ar ium the vigilance -f’hepeo
pio in the selection- ot h. ir er csema
.ives. Our !ii;-i)ds here are unanimous
as to the expediency of -his c t rse, as
well as to the abs duie nece -" ■■ of mv
resignation, m der exisiiiig c ■-st-in~es.
1 d > not think you ha a au >d, wi'h
sutficienr a teuu.m, to j lang 50 f' r
iiistruc'ions. ’t ihe h j ec, >
vote tor a law, or o>hm leg'Native act to
res ore the D osi'es I could an I would
have voted ’Ol i., 1 -wever mex ledieut I
tlnnk such ?i<- , IJiP would b■. B n ’he
iiistruv i-.u'js. (..ode: lie plan ’•f-iperati<ois.
which iS o-.w .e tied in 'hs* Senate,) could
l es-i.isfi J only by mv v > ing for Mr.
ClLail s resolutions, which being declara
t oy ot opinions, rhe reverse of which I
have mao taioed, I could not vote for,
wnhoui dc.’iu de e compromise ofperson.
al honor, Puis, 1 sba I maae ap.iaren',
in a letter ot iesignao -i., which I shall
address to-monow t . the Speakers, to ba
laid before the General As embly. I
feel the most perfect conviction that yon
and all my friends will approve my c ui
duct, when you see the whole ground
By the bye, the resolutions of the Legis
lature were not received from the Gov
ernor till to.day.
k, i shall go upon the republican prin
ciple, wh>cb wo have always recognised
in Virginia, to obey or resign; an ' mv
resign.nr.a, undci the circumstances f
the case, will be the m >st unequivocal
lecoguitiou 1 could make ofthe atrh rity
of the - Legislature. Be assured i sh.i I
give no contenance to the sophi-m >f Mr.
Southard and Air. c relmghu sen, .hat the
Senator must L.ok to ihe People i -d not
10 the Legislature— a piimiple winch o.
pens the widest door for the ev isi m of
ail respousiblity on the part ofthe Sena
tors ol tlie U. States. 1 pray you, my
dear -n, and all my friends, to c>-nti adic',
tip authority, in the most unequivocal
manner, the rumour of mv going into ’he
Cabinet, which, 1 repeat, is, and will con
tinue to be, without any foundation. This
is the weapon with which mv enemies
are seeking to deprive me of the c >■. fi
deiicu and regard of my naive State, hi
Ct eating ihe impression ’hat I am 1 mking
to o hei destinations. Aly highest and
only a-iibi ion is 10 serve her, and I will
nut yt believe, that faciions and clamoi
ous politicians have depr ved me of het
good opinion, when jv. conduct and prin
ciples snail bo undersio.td, redeemed from
m-dignaot misrepicsen atom.
‘l‘reseal my most cordial respects to
AL. , and tell him 1 entertain the
most sanguine belief, that lie will approve
my c<>urse, when 11 is fully b- fme him;
and such 1 persuade myself, will be the
judge-memos all our friends.”
I Washingt n, 22'1 February, 1834.
■ I'o the speakers and Members of both
. Houses oj the General Assembly of l'ir
ginia.
I I vesterdav had the honor t > receive
I ib' lie . 111n 1 11s t> 1 he Gc'iei .il Assembly
■ o! v m; ad ;,»>ed <m the 11 h in t*nf,
ie r. i oto he Rem val of the Puulic
1) - ' i s i rn the B ink of 'he U. Spates;
I 3'lo n ivm consiue ed them with all the ie
s 'eui.i 1 itomti ti due t<> the hgh s-urce
I- -i which 'hey emulate, ax well as t
>h<i oini.'.ul ga, avov ofthe matters ath-'ch
they concern. L ada p sense of the
j oblig itiofj of »■;.* Rapreseti ative io con.
i form to he wishes and opinions of his
I cons'itue or oherwise, io sui-render
the 11 uat >uted t » him, (w>ich is juet-
Iv regard'd ~s ■» fundamen al p-iticiple of
■ our iustnbo!) ) I have -ii.-xi: u«ly sought
the line . i tnty, ~-hic'i the occasion made
t- incumb' nt mi <r. - to puisne,
A. full <s’ uo'eserved ex-cuioij ofthe o
pni'U'is of tin l Genesal \>s rtiblv, if the
’circumstance, ofthe case oeunitted iris
. the alternative I should grea'y have pre
i ferred -’S mote consonant, as well t>> mv
I own feel,ngs and inrliniti> s, as to he
! de.erenc * eutei ained fr the General As
i s-inbly itself, K ? >witig n > obj-ct m re
! wo'thy lire tm-inion of her sous 'han, to
: '(’present io up C >ngu;ss -4 the Uni ed
; Suites he ai'Ciont and ; n>i i >le Com
I mo wealth which has given me bn h. and
i to whose tavo I am indebted tor whale
Ivor i’’ ctrnstder-ition i may have acquired
jammi.s mj fellow ci izoii*, I have earn-
I fsdy Wished t idop that ulterua ive,
' which would leave me -.tn , where i; ha
| be< o. my irde to he ei» i ve<i — u Per
I stovice. Bu 'he Resold rns "J tiieGen.
je« ■ Assembly ieoUe/ this c >ns , ho ■ev
; er graiifv, .g it worn I be, i n .ass bit*. H >!
? ill S R so U lOi. i>>- -oct u tT"» to v e
lor r agaoso > ipetific L‘gidative act.
- 1 °
w.a over ii ti ..-n open i>. I .op/i; ha-,
j h rmed io w -mper.’ -r, ju ■, .ue.,; .»•
' I’.e-x.-ed" -y 1 he ,n|OM! ■ , I shomo
|fi tve tel r o ues.r.t'ton in ex crit.g the
| msirnc i-'D, and giving tho vote 'equiied
Bui id .in r eseiit ,• .stance, lie nt’ <m ii n
requ ". •< Sen-no toes i.iei bc.t exer
ti'.nie .- o f the ado.-ti. n by Congiess
! T • > f' ?.'o .usures for res ormg the public
i m ' • e B kof the United S' a es,”
I A'- V" g !' to be inferred ir to the pre-
■ i tr nor of the R< solutions
■ ;ai »s> es-rnigbt be deemed by
• o d . y io be proper to
ti: S ■: i
• -r s' io: -. ._■• adopted
I) ' . • ■ .... • y
duti
x V. -..- 1
K'l' ■ . ' . . . •
; die p ...
u'.d in
1 ex > .op ■ ,
po H , ■ ~ . o.t the
oo'V ■. , ;u b© ‘
proposed in the Senate, with a view to
that object,3'o two declaritory resolutions
moved by an ILmmable Senator from
Kentucky, the first of which Contains the
declaia'.ioti of an uncunstituiioualand dan
eerims asS'imp'ioo of power by ihe LLes
ideti',in siibs'amially the same language as
that of he I-' R'JS'dmi m I the Geneial
Assewbl'. -nd the othm declares ihe rea
sins assigned b. the Secretary of the
Treasury, fm tho removal of ihe Dopes
ites, to be onsatj'sfact'*’ y and insuffic'ent.
The lasi of ihese tesoiotious, together
wiih iho Report of die Secretary of ih
Tie is’> v, I’-sigein.. b’s reasons for the r<-
in valofiho tlem si es, h <d been retened
to the f'o rnTiit ee o! h 1 nice <the Senate.
That Ciaiu)ii"ce after a dei-nled examiu
anon f he reason- of the Secretary, and
! roibmncit"/ them success’vely to be irreL
evani, insufficient, and untonnded, con.
elude their Ro. ort, not wi h a bill m j -iet
resolution >f’lie iwo Houses, dneciing
the restoration ofthe dep >si'es, but simp
Iv wi’h a recommendation that the Sen
ate adopt the d«clari‘orv lesoluiioti ofthe
Senator from K-ntucky. The Chairm i.ts
ofthe C rnnr. tee, moieover, dhoinc’ly
staled on the fl -<>r ■»! ihe Se.na e, iliat ;>
mere declarati-iii bv Congress ot die in
sufficiency ”f B Je reasons assigned by th.-
Secretary of Treasury, was ail that was
deemed necersary to effect a re”"raii m
of the deposi’edie act < f tie Secretary
on the subject being considered bv ti e
Commi' fm is provisional only. Simda
views had also been' Hi oa’ed bv the m v
er of the resolutions; and ilia su h is i>ow
the settled plan of those in Congress wh
advocate a restoration of die dtp si es,
diere is no’ in mv mind, judging fiom the
facts I have stated and other concuriug
cir umstances, the slightest room tor
don bi.
The measures, 'ben,and the only meas
ures »n which I should be c.dilud to cany
info eff et the instructions of the Gene
al Assembly,are the two resol items refer
red to,and now depending before die Sen
ate- These resolutions contain noihaig
bu’ expressions of opinion; the I t, is ai
ready mentioned, declaring th t die act <4
the Pres.dent in dismissing one Secretaiy,
and appointing anotiier, was, under the
c'u curns'ances of the case, an tinconstnii
ti 'ivd and dangerous assumption of po-wci;
the 2nd, that ihe reasons as-igned b thi
Secretary of Treason, for the remi v d < f
theDeposites were iusuffeient and misa is
factory. On both of these prop'.-nious
after the most careful anxious icll 'cti n
was capable of bestowing on >llO subjeC'.
I hid formed opposite vjimions, which I
had already ex ressed and maintained on
the fl i»r of die Sena e. O * die die oth
er hand, it is now apparent, and in.it i.>bt
questioned 'hat the views ex <e-.sed by
die General Assembly me |.t ; ■ c-nrur
umce with the resolutions oi do' ''noa .
srmnKemucky depending before ibe Sou
ate. lam placed, ‘herefoio, by the in
structions of the General Assembly in
this dilemma—either to vore for die reso
lutions of the Senator from Kentuck ,and
thereby adopt as my own, ouinions which
I not onlydo not entertain,but which had
already lieen repudiated by me in themojt
solemn form; oi, by voting against them,
10 apposu the only measures likely to
corn ■ bof-i'e the Senate for a restora ion
of die dep -sites, end thus appear in the
attitude i f disregarding and thwarting the
-locLiri'-l wishes of ihe General Assemlv
The fiisi branch of die allo<na’ive, th
pist a d correct feelings ofthe G> neial
Assembly, will, I am persuaded, at oner
P';’ aside as entirely inadmissible, while
the latter is no less repelled on mv pat
by a sense of duty, and an honorable fi
dcliiy in the discharge of the (rust repos
ed in me.
The only course, then, left to me, re
cognizing us i do the fundamental ob
liga'ions growing mu of the rel *n of
represcutaiive and constituent, and which
cmstiinte the vhal principle of the repub
iicarj system,is, by resigning the trust with
winch 1 have been heretofore h >n<>red
by the c nfidence <f the General A>seim
biy, to en ibie diem to confer it on anoth
er , who can better carry their views and o
pinions into effect. I beg leave to repeat,
that d 1 li id been called on to vote for a
specific Legislative ac*, ho • over it mil'll'
have been my misloriuue o differ in opin
ion from he General Assembly as 10 tie
expediency of the act, 1 should have fell
it mv duly to give die v te requited. But,
a- under he circumstances in which 1
am p iced, lie views of (be G 'iieral As
st mbiy can be carried into effect only by
colo uring in the declaration of opinions,
wh cn, as airead► iemaiked,l not only do
u 1 en eitain, but the opposite which I
mvi’c-rne-'ly assorted and maintained.
1 n tdci eive myself, I tiust in suppo
oig tint there is no principle of obliga.
■ioii oi propriety on which I could be ex
peered or required t<- do an act ipv riving
Iqu il violence to ihe character and con
science. I have Jienglit n, on the c<m r _
trarv, more c nsis ent with the wishes
imentions of die General Assembly, as
well a . with mv >wa character,to resign in
i"!iheir hands, as I oo\v repec fully d -.tlie
offi eof sena'or of Virginia in the Con
gress of the United States, which has been,
and would have continued to be, my
h.ghest pride io hold, so lung as I could
do so with honor.
To his communication, I beg leave •<
add die expression of the dutiful and dis
•■nguslied consideration with which I am.
v ui fellow ci'izen and m -st obedient
. V. . W.C. RIVES.
F-roui the Columbia Hive.
W j have given place to 'A friend of
. ■ relation to an unfortunate ren.
w hich took pLacem H iniburg,and
■” te. minated in the death of one < t
<r er. We sh .-i'd out feel ourselvev
h 1 by usage 3 giving publicity t>
han t ic b«ne occurence, under or”
a Vci C'.nis’l ces, blit if; as the writer
a . is icspec able) asserts, tffnis are
-... ir-g to blast the reputation of the uo-
' « deceased who is dep iv- d by
u- of the powers es se!f - defence, it
■ _ 1 be cruel to close the columns ofthe
public journal against surviving
wh-> would repel the slanders with which
a lelendess persecution is assailing the
sanciuarv of the dead.
Dr Landrum,
Ser: D dy expecting to see announc
ed in some one of die Public Journals, au
■’fc.'Ufl of ihe late barbarous act commit -
ed on die 12lh January, lasi, in Ham
buig, S. C, on the body of Mr. Janies M.
Giiffia, ot Edgefield District, by Thomas
Smith, ot’ Mouni Areal, Abbeville, by
-ome one m >ie coiivets.mt with the trans-,
tenon, than myself, but being totally dis
ippoiuted, 1 feel it my duty, in jusufica
ti >ll of the deceased, (undeistanding as I
do, (hit the public am somewhat disposed
to censure young Griffin,) Jy as exertions
a>e making 10 brim) him with the stigma
of dissipation —1 repeat i* again, I feel it
iiv duty to give the world me cause of tho
difficulty between them.
Intimately acquainted with young Grif
fin and familiarly conversant with all his
transact ions— he on one occasion, (with
tears in his eye*) h mded me a letter to
iead—on opeuine the letter, I perceived
it was horn Th mas Smith, of M’t. Ari
el, — I read the le’ter as many as two or
.’nee 'imes, before 1 could scarcely make
a reiilv—(for little did I think, Mr Edi
t 1, there was any man, who consideied
husi-Mt T Gentleman, that would conde
c-od tw write such a scandalous epistle,)
Ii was f a character the most foul and
'!>>uiu*.g: and none but the basest vaga
bond n1 at h, destitute of all character,.
Aouid be guilty of putting forfii such u
niggardly production. For the informa
*”.'U of ihe coißmuuiiy at large, Iwillpub
lish the leiter by omitting sonic indecent
language.
The letter read* as follows:
•• June 20, 1833
Dear Sii—l hope that it
may suit you to take ’his advice—gc
li- uie and take hold of ihe plough handle
for a* leas four or live vears, umil you
learn to make bread io live on, and then
u-aru 10 Suu d u.r in the defence <:f your
8 ale .0 relieve iter fio.u oppression, and
me;- call on me and mu will be welcome:
1' mis time i have no opinn nos a sub that
.!■. so masheg< is in li- t'O.is 01 can p***
clear os Ins toe: Ibo a OaUing about me
a w fe bullin g.
I -mam yours, Thus. Smith.”
I tie (ili. ve is verbatim >■ u ihe origi
nal copy.
1 bu iettei was handed to young Giiffin
b. a servant, m- ienpikn <4 which,
caused him iu in w Smnh’s house imme
i.aiely lor In me. Tilings temaiued in
tins -)tua* 1 >ll 'in ri Smi h te h.s appear
ance in lljmbu'!’, th!- 21st of J unary——
)■ utig G iffi'i passing ihe »H<ets, Umk
-evasion to s.ep into M’Bryde’s Hotel,
for die purpose < f getiing a drink us wa
ne*, wnore he discovered Smith—immedi
iii-'iy h ietn»'d, and oil his return advanc
es ■> iius Smrh, a d accosted him tries :
‘ 1 presume this is Mr. Smiih,” Jyc.; at
he same moment, San h rose ami made
at Griffin, with a dirk knif", diawn— ho
combat ensued—the fatal and only blow
received by Giiffin, was at ifitt commence
ment, which peneiiated 'he left side of
his 'hruat, oiio.’ ing an orifice largo enough
io receive your (wo fingers, div ditig in its
course, one of the large arteifes. Thus,
by the band of an assassin, in the blv m
of youth, only seventeen years old and a
few months, was his brave young man ta
ken from his devoted parents and friends.
Y mi'g G*'ffiti was a sou ol our much
beloved and esteemed friend, Col. Laikia
Griffin, of Edgi field D smc. All per
sons acquainted with this amiable y nog
mm, knew him to possess a character un
■ 4"mislied ; and these acqu im «d wi’h
lorn, can appreciate his virtues—he had
a iieai t, too, beuev lent, kind and affec'
tionate, which lew young men of his ago
possessed,
Wmle employed as a clerk, in Hana*
burg, dm mg the great political excitement,
his attention on several occasions was
called to some vile epithet cast upon his
Fnher and relations, on accimoi of their
political principles, these he bore with a
Christian spirit, winch was purely ch irac
.eristic of the pureness of this y -ung man’s
heart.
H ivingno disposition to swell this cem
mu-.ica'ion to an unusual length, 1 will
c >me io a cluse—suffice it say, all who
o.id the pleasme of an acq laiutance wnh
this young man, knew him to be a Gen
ieman.
For the sake of circulation, the Edge
field Carolinian, Augusta C o urier, Char les
ion Mercury, end Greenville Alountam
cer, will please give the above one inser
tion in their respective Jmxn ds. By
so doing, they will confer a vey parttetr
lar favor on
A FRIEND TO TRUTH.
Feb. 15, 1834.
[fur the courier.]
TO MISS A. j*'"'****
On bearing her play and slug that beautiful
piece called “The heart that loves dearest.”
Sweet Syren! this bosom was languid and coldj
Every fibre was tranquil and still,
Till you call’d forth those feelings that waked it
of old
By music’s soft rapturous thrill.
Ah' vainly I thought this sad heart could forget
All those feelings that swayed it of yore;
But I find that bright beauty and music can yet
Enchain it as soon as before.
So the war-horse, relieved from the tumult of-* -
fight,
Though wearied and wounded he lies,
Hails tli® voice of the trumpet with marks of de
light,
And with tiansport to new glory flies.
If music alone can errapture the soul,
And mould all its passions anew,
Oh! what can the potent enchantment control,
When the sweet spell is breathed *'y you?
’Tis a type of th se joys we are promised above.
Where Angels our minstrels shah be;—
can fancy their strains in that anthem oi love
And behold theit perfections in thee.
NEOLYV',
