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MR. CRAWFORD’S LETTER.
fConcfiided from the Inst pnso.J
III 1816, you were among the foremost in
avowing the expediency and right nf protect-
ing domestic manufactures. Now, your dm*
•«ijite« deny the right, nnd propose to nullity ".r.
•ict of Congress, founded upon the principle
nf protection. You may depend upon it, if
V'l't and your friends should proceed so far n
incur the guilt, and sutler the punishment
hours with him. Ife sent his memorial hack
to Washington, while he was on his journev;
r.cs to answer the inquiry. It was only ne-
essary fur Mr. Calhoun to say. “ / did mote
it is therefore liigldv probable that tiie mostj and fpenj>- against ijoh in Mr. Monroe’s cabi-
of it was written in Washington, and reviewed | act,” or “ I did not.” I his was all the Pre-
and revised hy von during vour daily visits to sident. asked. He asked from Mr. Calhoun
ihnt compeer of yours, livery person who no justification or excuse ; all he wanted was
knew Kdwards, was eonvinred lie never j an isolated fad.
Hull ;j have ventured upon sneli a s'ep without j How does Mr. Calhoun answer this inquity ?
having received assurances trout persons he * An honest jiliiiii man vvot.ld pronounce sen*
deemed eniuild.i ef protecting him. Your let* j tetieo against him from the niero length of liis
ter of the third of Julv to the managers of the ] reply ! It occupies nearly six columns in the
till of Julv dinner in Washington, was consi* | Telegraph, and twelve pages in a large patnplt
of treason and unsuccessful rehellion, you will ,|crt'd at the tune an art redeeming the pledge | let ! A correspondence which, necessarily,
ueet with no sympathy among the sister ,,f protection you Imd given him. It is true embraced only one short question, and shorter
I Mr. \darns un/I Mr. .Mel.enn united with von answer, is made, by Mr. Calhoun, to cover
■ tn the letter. Mr. Adam*’motive for signing j nearly three pages of the C. S. Telegraph,
it was apparent. Kdwards was his political j nnd till a large pamphlet of fifty-two page* /
supporter. Hi
Metes.
I have said that Atr. Witt’s negative state-
nont is the only evidence you linve in sup-
iin t of your negative assertion, lint the enn-
stalement is a letter from Mr. Forsyth to Col. I there if »Wli which ought to e!eva,i e the
Hamilton, which was referred In Mr. Craw* r.haiaetet id the ( hie. Magistrate, and t..
dear him to the people.
]fle was* informed that Mr. Calhoun
beer.' hi* enemy s' a critical time., when li 0
ford before it qo» submitted to the President
In his long letter he then proceeds to men-
imn a letter written bv Mr. Crawford to Mnj.
Parry in 1828, urging him to use Ins influence
with 'he Kentucky electors not to vote for Mr.
Calhoun. Now, wluit had this to do with
the question? Does it show that Mr. Calhoun
had not pursued a course of duplicitv towards
Clen. Jackson from 1817 dotyn to 1830. It
only shews, what every hndv knew before,—
Mr. Crawford’s hostility to him.
Mr. Calhoun’s part of this correspondence
is singular enough. I
reel answer to the President's tnqii
f Is there not something suspicious in the very
letter was not produced and read in I Illinois in his hamN, without which, it appear- length of .Mr. Calhoun’s reply, and the accu-
ii-io-law held the vole
•she cabinet. For proof of this, read the en- jed in the event. Mr. Adams could not have!
• I • ,-imI extract of Mr. Monroe's letter, hy j been elected. Air. Adams, therefore, had an i
,Vh eh it will he seen that, having no reliance
Upon his own recollection, he applied to Mr. [ You
AViit for information; nnd he candidly nnd ve
ry properly adds, “ Still as the question turns
on ui 'inorv alone, Mr. AVirt, ns well ns I.
initiation of his documents?
Hot the considerate reader will find this
for doing the net.— first impicssion confirmed by a perusal of the
ich motive, nor could [paper
Mr. McLean I believe havo lind tiny other
motive for his Conduct than that of subset vice*
quate political motive
mid have had no s
had svipposed him to lie his friend. He ,1,4
not lav up Mr. Crawford’s letter for fui,, re
use, as iMr. r.vlhoen did that of Air. Crawliird
to Mr. Hi Ich, received by him lico years ago,
but instantt'v sent it to the party implicated,
and requestet' nil ’-Xplanalion, Here was i|,q
real frankness ofn t rl, e friend and an honest,
undesigning mat.'*
nnic-puucirci On receiving iMr. Culhoun s elaborate re.
nstend of giving a di-jply, he brushes awa.v t be cobwebs of gophij.
President’s inqtrrv, lie I try with a few dnshe. * o. ."is pen, brings the
throws in a pile of extraneous matter. He mind back in the only po.’et befine in rtoo|,t f
discusses his respnnsiliility, (Jen. Jackson’s 1 b"t now made certain h. v .Mr. alhonn’s nd.
order-*. Mr. Craw ford’s veracity, the manner j mission, and concludes ,**v saying “ under.
in which the President has at length arrived ^landing you notr, no further eommunicatiou
at this truth, nnd many other things, not tend-
! ing to throw light on the subject, hut to in
volve it in darkness. The plain old soldier
■ he mistaken, nnd in regard to me. as I in fulfil
ek in bed when I received tho letter,that
presumption is the more prnlnbl
v to vnur w i»
vour |u
and a desire to enable you
tsc to F.dwards. From the Monroe
Von appear to boast of the services yon ren*
d< red General Jackson in bis utmost need.—
AY lint those services were, you linve not con
descended to slate in your very elaborate cs*
suv. Nor have I heard them liinlrd at before.
Peihnps your meritorious services were in en
treating nnd persuading mombers of Congress
to approve acts that you deemed worthy of
punishment when deliberating in the cabinet, vanquished them.
I will, however, not dwell upon this topic. 11"jn new
you ran satisfy the President Ihnt von rendered
him essential services, I have no objection that
you should bn rewarded for it. What I oil.
j**et to is, (hat you should be rewarded for us.
cribing to me vour own nets.
Yon sny I lint to place General Jackson’s
defence upon the confidential letter, is to do
him an injury, nnd that he in his reports never
rested it upon that ground. Whether this he
true nr not, I have no means of judging, lint,
in the course of the subsequent winter, I saw
an essay in a Nashville patter, in which do
wnier asserted, that the administration knew
before General Jackson entered Florida, that |
tilin' General Noble gave me the information,
ntitl that you signed tin lei'er of the lid of Jalv,
I never doubted that the plot against my repi1-
I instead of a direct and frank yea or nay to'tells him he has milling to do with all this ;
tin* inquiry, lie begins bv denying his respnn- that by his 01m admission of his conduct in
sibilit v to the President ior what passed in Mr. \ Mr. Monroe’s cabinet, he finds he has deceit-
cabinet. Who said he was respon* I td him, and he wants to hear no more about it.
Not tin' Presid* tit, nor any one else. | And wiiat apology does Air. Calhoun make
sillle
He does not intend, lie says, to offer apologies' for bringing all this mass nf matter before the
nr excuses for his conduct. Who nsked him! public ? Why. ho says bis conduct in Air.
lotion was your linndv work, and originated in j for apologies or excuses ? Nobody. The Pie- j Monroe’s cabinet lias been called in question
t our brain so fertile in mischief. And yet y
complain of intrigues and conspiracies. I
hate through ini' tt.VJn life been a plain thor
ough going mini. When difiicukies have
arisen. I have honestly met them, and under
e protection of the shield of integrity, have
I tint now too old to adopt
tidiiet. I am in retirement,
anil have tin wish to emerge trout that retire
ment.
I had like to have forgot your charge of in
fringing the purity of the eleetnral colleges. I
mote the letter to Air. Harry of which you
complain, and that was not the only letter.
dent only nuked what Ihnt conduct wa ? ' nnd misrepresented ? Who has called (hat con-
lle then u(Tei'ts not to understand the Pre- J duct in question ? Not the President, lie has
SI,Jem ; but supposes he menus, that they did j only railed in question Air. Calhoun’s eon-
not put the same construction upon bis orders j duet towards himself Air. Calhoun is his own
in the Seminole campaign, and that he has j accuser Itufure the public. He has called his
leen guilty of Mime duplicity in that respect ? 1 own. conduct in question before that tribunal
The President’s letter was a direct inquiry of
Mr. Calhoun, whether his course had been
hostile to him in Mr. Monroe’s cabinet, as was
represented. lie did not ask how Mr. Cal-
liiiiiii understood his orders, nor whether they
understood them alike. He only desired to
know whether he had been secretly hostile,
while professedly am! publicly his friend. Hut
Hut III tin: lime that letter was written, I bad I Mr. Calhoiii), instead of answering directly.
no information that the electors of Kentucky
were pledged to vole for you as Vice Presi
dent; nor have I any other evidence now bo-
fore me than your assertion, which every per
son as well acquainted with you as I am, will
admit to he very slender evidence. I wrote
no letter to tiny Slate « here I knew the electors
bo intended to take the Spanish forts; and that were pledged to vole Ibr Vice President,
know ing it, and not countermanding it, the nd-
minislrntion had made his acts their nw 11, and '
were not at liheriy to disavow them. I ear- uienl is only fell ugninst equals or superiors
Ymt seem to think I am tinder the influence
d resentment. Yon are mistaken. Resent-
ried this letter In the President, nnd roqne-t
hint In rend the essay, giving him my opinion
(lint the essay was either written under Gen.
Jackson's immediate inspection, or by a per
son that had access tn Ins private papers; for.
tint tho cnniidciilin! letter was evidently re.
f. rred to. A short lime after, lie returned the
Gazette, saying, he entirely ronrurred with
me in opinion. F.xtrnct No. 2, of his letter,
shows, that Mr. Monroe now recollects the
circumstances, to which my l-.'ller to him I
called his attention.
I most take some farther notice of Air 1
AVirt’s negative statement, before I close this 1
cninuienliiry. Air. lVirt commences his let- |
ler by expressing doubts about diselo-ing llo-
acerels'of the cabinet without the consent of !
the President and every member of the e.ibi- in 01 (•
net present. I suppose this sqtieamishuess off T!o
Mr. \Y irt suggested In you the very wise de- 'isone
and never against inferiors. From the lime
von established the Washington Republican
for the purpose of slandering and vilifying my
reputation, I considered you a degraded, a dis
graced man, for whom no man of honor nnd
character could I’ctd any other ' Ilian the most
sovereign contempt. Under litis impression,
I was anxious that vnushould lie no longer Vico
President of the United States.
I am, sir. your most obedient servant,
(Signed) ' AVAL II. t’RAAVFOUD.
To the lion. J. C. Calhoun,
Vice President U. S.
\Y,
I'niia the U a-Mnpfon City (ilohe.
MIt. CALHOUN.
linve read the address of this genlln-
• !■«• people of the United Stales,
first impression made upon our mind.
i*f wonder, that a man possessing Air.
durations you have ventured upon tho same i (’alboim’s tael nnd prudence, should have
brought a subject of this nature before the
public. The only point in discussion, except
sneli us Ajr. Calhoun has himself created, is
altogether personal. By his private letters.
nhjoct. Mr. Wirt's sqtieamisluiess yield
tho consideration, that you only request inlbr-
qialioa ns to iour own pari, in the delibera
tions of the cabinet. This lie gravely assents
to, and then stales that you proposed an en
quiry into General Jackson’s conduct. He
then proceeds with neatly two pages, stating
what he does not recollect. All that lie does
not recollect, I do distinctly recollect, and so
docs Mr. Urowninsbield. lint what lie does
• not recollect, is nrraved hv you n» evidence
ugninst wlint I and Mr. Crowninshiclil do re
collect. And Air. lVjrt. from his manner of
sluting his non-reeollertions, seems disposed
to countenance the use von have made rf his
negative statement. You are welcome to it,
■ind lo the reasoning with which he has «np.
plied you. Since the dissolution of Air. Alnn-
run’s cabinet, I have not felt myself restrain
ed from disclosing any fact that transpired in it.
While it existed I disclosed none of its secret
and those of Air. Monroe, by his whole pub
lie conduct, and hy publication in the newspa
pers, General Jackson had been led to believe
that lie had been uniformly hts friend, in the ! must advocate, that, on his wav tn Wnsiiing-
lends off into a long discussion about orders,
nnd the manner in which they were understood,
points which were not at nil involved in Ihe
inquiry to which he was replying!
After wasting several pages in this unncees
sary discussion, l.e comes at length to hts own
course ia the cabinet. Here, again, instead
ofu direct answer, lie fills the bettor part of a
page in Softening the ntliiiissinn, that Mr.
Crawford’s statement is substantially TRUK!
Ho says lo the President, “ l was of flic ini
pression Ihnt yon hntl exceeded your orders”—
“ / came lo Ihe meeting [of the cabinet] wider
the impression that the usual course ought lo be
pursuctl in litis case, which I supported nv
PltESr.NTiNf, rUI.I.V AND FREELY ALL TltE Alt
CEMENTS THAT OCCURRED TO ME.”
Here the charge, so lar as the President is
concerned, was admitted to be true. No room
for controversy was left, except in relation to
Mr Culh ntn's conduct towards Gen. Jackson.
The General says In him, "in allyotlr tellers lo
me. you professed lo be my personal frieml. and
approved entirely my conduct in relation to
Ihe Seminole campaign.”
That the President was deceived,we have his
positive declaration, supported hv his conduct
front the close of the Seminole campaign
down to the present moment. In addition to
private assurances, n letter from Washington
was published in a Nashville paper soon after
the cabinet council, staling that Air. Crawford
had moved his arrest m the cabinet, but tliul
be was triumphantly defended hu Mr. Calhoun
anti .Mr. .Idrtins. From the tone of Air. Cal-
bmin’s ow n letters, and llie letters of tbo Pre-
stdeni, Gen. Jackson could enlerlnirt no doubt
el this fact. So lirmlv was it impressed upon
his tnind tbnl Air. Calhoun had been his fore-
cabinet of Air. Monroe as well ns out <d’ it, ton, when his conduct was in question before
vindicating all hts conduct in the Seminole I Congress, nt a public dinner in A’irginia, lie
campaign. Under this impression, ho Imd: toasted "John C. Calhoun." a* "on honest
given Mr. Calhoun his warmest friendship inn«, Me noblest work of God.” He alw ays
and firmest confidence. Compelled at length, [ supposed Air. Craw f rd to he his only enemy
hv fuels and circumstances, to d.mht the sin- jin Air. Monroe’s cabinet, andonen'v gave vent
eerily of his supposed ancient Irieml, lie deter- in his feelings. All this Mr. Calhoun permit-
mined to know the truth. With this view, lie Med in silence.
obtained in an authentic shape, the charges After his confession, he attempts tn shew
which had been made of Mr. Calhoun’s course j that Mr. Crawford has given a false account of
in tho eahinet, so different from what he bad some minor incidents connected with this nf-
supposed, submitted them directly lo the per-; fair. That, Mr. Crawford and his friends will
son implicated, and asked whether they wore . probably settle with him; but what if mi.
and whoever says I did, says what is not true. I , true ? Mr. Calhoun admits their truth. Gene- I Craw ford is mistaken otr those points ? Does
know of no intrigues to injure you or any other I rul Jackson expresses his surprise nt tho nd- 1 it the least nffect Mr. Calhoun’s conditrt to-
Had I / mission, nnd says Mr. Calhoun hns pursued 11 j wards Pen. Jackson ? AVhnt if Mr. Crawford
course of duplicity towards him. The latter was not actunted, in disclosing this matter, by
dcrlurcN the charge nf duplicity to be tmfniin-1 the motives lie adduces:—doea that prove
dod. With tins issue the correspondence Ihnt Mr. Calhoun did not moke Gen. Jackson
person, either directly or ind reetly.
been called in Ihe year 1S25, alter tho 3,1 of
March, ns I was called on hv Mr. Forsyth
last spring, I should have made Ihe same dis.
closures then, flint I made to Air. Forsvlli.
AVhethcr Air. Wirt remembers the facts con
tained in mv statement, is perfectly indifferent
to me, even if Mr. Croxvninshicld had not re
membered them. But his recollection of the
facts is almost as distinct as mine. Air. Ad
ams’ recollection is that it was proposed to
bring General Jackson tn trial, and Air.
Ho is both accuser and defendant, and will
have all the benefit of the verdict.
Nor is the second reason given by him for
Ibis wanton publication a whit better. He
insinuates, tlml the President had divulged Ihe
affair before his arrival in Washington last
December, so that it had become a topic of
conversation and discussion in the newspa
pers.
Now, wc happen •> know, that the Presi
dent’s enemies in the west were in possession
of all the facts embraced in this correspon
dence, of tho letters, if not of the copies, last
summer I They did not derive their intelligence
from the President or his friends at Washing
ton.
Aloreover, it is well known, that soon after
Mr. Calhoun’s arrival here Ihe correspondence
was by him. nut into the hands of member!, of
Congress for perusal, and Ihn* nightly meet
ings were held for reading mid complaining.
Air. Calhoun’s particular friends have, long
since, in their private letters, ns we well know,
been attempting lo make impressions abroad
on this subject favorable to him nnd injurious
to others. The allegation that it is not the
“ controversy of two individuals,” but a mat
ter between him and his constituent*, is equal
ly unavailing. He well knows, that noliodv
hns called in question his official nuts or mo
tives. General Jackson has .-idled whnl bis
acts were ? He has not censured him for
those acts, lie onlv blames hint for making
him believe that his nets were different.
In addition to these reasons for bringing
this matter before the public, Air. Calhoun
willi you 011 Ibis subject is ntcessc. r }l-
But Air. Cullman must obtl'ud.* upon Inn,
another epistle which does not in Ihe” slightest,
degree alter the aspect of the affair.-
Air. Calhoun, having refused to accept ecr.
tain information when proffered by AJ r. f or.
syth, turns around and intrudes n third letter
asking Gen. Juckson for tho very same infer,
million!
To this tho General answers, exhibiting
the feelings nf one who had found himself J,..
reived in a point affecting bis fame nnd honor
hy one who had always professed to lie his
friend. He tells him, that lie had heard injij.
rious imputations upon hts friend’s sincerity
and that they were in writing ; that he sought
for the statement for the purpose of hmm> it
before that friend, which, ho says—
“I then supposed would meet with vour
prompt uml positive negative Rut I regret,
that instead of a negative which I bad a right
to expect, I had the poig ant tnmtifiralian to,
see in your letter an admission nf its troth.
Understanding the matter now. I feel no in-
tercst in this alleientinu, and leave you and
Air. t'rnwford, and all concerned, to nettle
the affair in vnur own way, and now close thi*
correspondence forever."
But Air. Calhoun was not tn be nut off so,
anil accordingly obtruded a fourth letlei nu
General Jackson This was not noticed.
What more or less could the President clo.as
an honest and honorable tn in? This dontmeja-
by Air. Monroe’s cabinet, might have obscur
ed Ins fame and destroyed Ins reputation. He
had thought that Mr. Calhoun had been faro-
most iri saving him, and treated Air. Crawford
ns Ins only perse, utor. Forced to doubt the
truth of impressions upon which he had based
so many nets and declarations, he requested
his friend to explain. That explanation is a
confession. ‘‘Poignant’’ indeed must tune
been the morlilieaiiun of an honest man. to
find that lie lied been so long deceived into
ihe heslowmcnt of unmerited praise and espe
cially of unjust censure.
The upright, honorable character of Gen.c
Jackson is also exhibited in the private corres
pondence of Mr. Monroe, which Air. Calhoun
has given to the public. In taking St. Minks
and Pensacola, thGeneral maintained that
he was acting “ in pursuance of his instruc
tions.” The Cabinet wished him to change
charges Andrew Jackson with participation in his ground, and rest hts justification solely on
a political intrigue to compass his destruction Ihe necessity of the step. Inking all the
commencing as early as 1827 ! On wlint au
thority does lie predicate this hold charge ?
On a letter from Air.Crawford to Alfred Haleb
F.sq. of Nashville, dated 14th December,
1827, in reply to a letter from that gentleman
suggesting the propriety of his making known
publicly his preference fur General Jackson.
Air. Crawford declines a public expression of
bis opinion; but savs, “ the vote of tbe State
of Georgia will, as eertmnlv ns that of
Tennessee, lie given In General Jackson in
opposition to Air. Adams Tho onlv diffirnl
sponstbilily on Inmselfas well as all Ihe honor.
This lie steadily refused, simply because ho
ditl not consider it the true ground.
They wanted liberty to alter the letters he
had written to the Department! To that ho
would not consent.
They wished to get tip with him a kind nf
fictitious rorre-pniidcnco lo ho laid liefoio
Congress! Tn that he would not consent.
They evinced much solicitude to gel Inin to
a.lnitt, that his orders da) not justify his nets,
thus relieving Hum from all respotisibilly; hat
tv that this Slate has upon flint subject, is.that j this he stenililv refused, not because ho feared
f Jackson should he elected. Calhoun will ) responsibility, hut hi-eausi' i7 iras slot true.
closed.
AA hat was there in this which required an was secretly acting ns his enemy ? Or, if
appeal to the public ? It was a mere private Gen. Jackson’s confidential letter to Mr. Mnn-
come into power.” And he pluses Ihe letter
by saying, ” If you ran ascertain that Cal
hnun will not he bencfilled bv Jackson’s elec
tion, you will do him n favor by communicat
ing the information to me.” This letter it is
alleged, was shown to General Jackson. Of
this wo doubt; but ivhat if it were ? Did he
promise that Calhoun should not lie benefit-
led hv his election ? It is not pretended. Did
not the electors nf Tennessee vote for Cal
houn its Vico President ? They did. AA’as he
not supported by General Jackson’s friends
very where, except in Georgia? He was.
Did not General Jackson’s friendship for him
remain unimpaired until the year 1829. when
circumstances induced him to think lie was
Crowninshield’s that you were severo upon ieach other.
difi'erencc. It concerned only the hearing of
two gentleman towards each other. One of
them, it is alleged. had derened the other,
who bail just found it out. Hy nn interchange
of letters, these gentlemen finally understood
I believe lio was his friend, when, in fact, he I mistaken in Mr, Calhoun’s character? Ft did.
AA’hy, then, does Mr. Calhoun put this letter
nlmost in the front of hi* honk, preceded hy
his own dark insinuations? As well might he
charge Major Harry and all those to whom
Mr. Crawford wrote with the view of defeat-
the conduct of iIip General.
I believe both nf these gentlemen linve giv-
rno was not before the eahinet;—does that
prove that Mr. Cnlhonn is innocent of the
charge the President makes against him ?
Having led the reader an useless journey
over tlicso subjects, he begins to complain of
the manner in which the truth has finally reach
ed the President's cars. Ho is very curious
to know the names of every body who ha
AA'Imt have the public to do with General
Jackson’s and mi. Calhoun's opinions of each
cn the impression thnt your arguments made j other t Are they culled upon to decide whcllt- j heard or said a word about it. Does he wnnl
upon their minds. Indeed, neither of them jor Mr. Calhoun was guilty of duplicity or not ? somebody lo attack for the purpose of leading
have intended to give vnur express words. I; Gen. Jarkson says he was. He says he was I off the public mir.d from an unbiassed view of
am. therefore, notwithstanding their state- noL Whether I.a was or was not. docs nut j his own conduct ? The knowledge of names,
ments, of opinion that the proposition ascribed i now concern the public. Mr. Calhoun’s pub. j (,e says, is important.
!»you in my letter In Mr. Forsyth is literally Hicntion, therefore, was wholly uncalled for. Now’docs hn pretend thnt tho persons
correct, although “it may he to rato Ins lit is a firebrand wantonly thrown into the re. whose names were withheld, knew any thing
(your) understanding very low, and may he j publican party. Mr. Calhoun will lie hold re-' about his conduct in Mr. Monroe’s cabinet,
absurd on its face.” I believe I have now gone [sponsible Ibr all the mischiefs which may fob j or Ins intercourse with Gen. Jackson ? Not nt
through your tedious-essay, and havo been 1 low,
much more tedious than I expected 10 be ;
but your insinuations have been so muliifitri-
lief from this correspondence ami its puhitea
lion
AA'hat was it which Gen. Jackson asked of
Mr. Calhoun m Ins letter of 13th May, 1830 ?
Sttnplv In state whether he had nelonlly pur
sued the coarse asrnhed In hint hy Mr. Craw-
find in Mr. Monroe’s eahinet. He did not call
in question his nets er Ins motives. All he
otis nnd various that I coutd not well he shor
ter, and 1 have not lime l„ revise i’ and make
it shorter. A few morn words about consptr-
ariea. Gen. Noble informed me that for
about two weeks before Ninian Kdwards set
ofTtn the west, in 1823, he lodged in the same
house with him, and that a person in going to
E«lward*’room, had n> pass hy hut, and that
I all. Hut he seems to think they had some
The character which the President now ! personal motive in bringing the troth to the
asrribes to Mr. t'allioun will not derive any re- knowledge oft hn President. If it were so
during that time you paid a daily visit to hi- wanted to know, was the truth or fal-ehond of
IKdwvd’s) room, and spent from one to two.a single proposition. ]| required not live
unufil it alter the fact I Would it at nil extett-
untp his ow n conduct ?
But he hns the nnn.es. In General Jack-
son’s letter to Air. Forsyth, dated 7th June,
1830. a copy nf which was sent to him. and in
Gen. Jackson’- letter to himself, dated I81I1
July, I10 is distinctly told- that the statement
referred lo in Air. Crawford’s letter, came
from C,.l. Hamilton, of New A'o*k. It can
not be otherwise understood, than that this
Truth and honor distinguish liiiti through
out. Hut it is apparent Ihnt we have <101 lie
whole Case. Private anil cudideniial lell.ts
are iclened to which would vert i>os>jt |\ give
a new coloring to the acts of the General in
Florida, and a dark coloring to Mr. Calhoun’s
account of them. — Ibid.
North I'ntlern ISnunilnry.—Wo learn from
the London Alnrning Hir-tld of Jim. 19 and
20, that the King of the N"tbor!amls has <|r .
elded, on the qne-tion submitted to bis do ier
munition by the British and United S*,«*
Governments, that the boundary lino t»bn , ' ) j, i(J
due mirth from the St. Croix, until it
the river St. Johns, thence along the V t j ( ,|, n g
to the Jit. Francis, and tlirnee strike-^
a trac t without aev natural marks <■ ctkt nll d»
or rivers, to the foot of the r.dpe bn u„di.,g the
St. Lawrence. By this derisn lhp , emt
in dispute is divided, and < , nc „ rra|
'y* 1-**»
mg Mr. Calhoun’s election, nnd all those to | given to the United StPte ^ . | (u( (he Northern
whom the letters were shewn, wi'll intriguing portion, containing Vliq, whole vallev of tho
to produce his political destruction.
[ Madnwnskn river, a, Tim.sconta iako, and
This has ihe appearance of another effort the country through uliieh the line of eontinu-
to lead off the public mind and break tho force j mention uctwe'n ?Vew Brunswick and I ower
of his own exposure. Lest ton much should 1 Canada passes, „ lVen Great Hritian
lie said or thought about hts own conduct to-1 The settler l)cnli Aladawaskq of cntirso
wards Gen. Jackson, he. perhaps, wishes to go to tho colonics, and those on the south sido
set the people to thinking and talking about jot ihe St. Johns, to the United States The
-omething 1
1 made, is
principle an which this decision
It was rumored, before tho npprnranro of not-explained. It probably proceeded from
Ihi-publication, thnt it would not he an nt- des ire lo satisfy both parlies, bv giving to each
tack on the President. Hut it is impossible, sr, much of tho contested territory as is of
.. -.l.-l „.i most importance to it.
This derision gives to the United Slates,
t.vo thirds or three qunrtns of the disputed
territory. Thr Herald says it “ will transfer
«c think, to view if in any other light. The
President nnd Mr. Calhoun were directly nt
issue in a private correspondence. That is-
the latter has carried before the public
with the avowed object of seeking the verdte.r 1 from Great Britain to the .Americans, nt least
of the people. If this ho not nn arraignment I six millions nf acres. It is also calculated that
of Ihe President at the liar of public opinion, j the United Stales boundary will ha brought
it has no motii c or meaning. AAe have treat* within about thirteen miles of tho river St*
ed it ns wo m.deiKtand it. It ,s onlv so In r ns it j Lawrence, for the distance of sixty miles, [this
affects the President that wo feel any interest jts a mistake ] nnd that about 100 miles of tha
about it. j river St. John, along Ihe banks of u bich runa
I the old mail route between Quebec and New
Brun>v iek, Halifax and Nova Scotia, will ha
gnen as the U. Slates boundary.’’—A ok Inf,