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either amote or verbal mes
sage (I cannot now fay
with certainty which) from
the secretary of war, re
queuing me immediately
to transmit the opinion of
the court, and all the requi
* site evidence and documents
to be returned to me as
loon as the President of
the United States should
have considered them* I
immediately set about mak
ing the bed arrangement, in.
my power, of the papers ;
di.sti ibuting them into se
veral bundles in Inch order
as might enable the Presi
dent to go through the ex
ammtion *f them with the
least labor, and to bell ad
vantage, tor cafily undcr
flandmg the relation of
each to the points of the
cate, each bundle having a
label, on winch its general
contents were noted in my
hand writing. I recoiled
that gen. Wilkinson’s de
fence cooduut'ed one of the
bundles, fit the new cxibits
referred to in'another—On
the fame or the next day
after the court had deliver
ed their opinion, the papers
were fentin the date I have
deferibedj to the war de
partment, accompanied by
a ietterfrotn me tothcfecre
tary, dating to him the in
formal condition in which
the record was transmit
ted, according to his re
qued, &c the neefiity of hav
ing the.papers returned to
as the President should have
done with them, tor the
purpose of completing the
record- It is proper to
mention, that upon looking
over the ioofe papers and
minutes, relative to the pro
ceedings of the court of en
quiry, yet in my possession
1 find that, from some
caule which I cannot now
with certainty account for,
but it is piobable ficm cas
ual inadvertence, 1 omitted
fending one original docu
ment, properly belonging
to the evidence in the case,
and which I now produce
to the committee j arid that
is the mcmior * entitled,
“ ITiftoryof the Trade of
Louisiana,’* referred to in
Mr. John Graham’s exam
ination.
I heard nothing further
on the subject till I law in
the National Intelligencer,
of the 4th July, i3oB, the
opiuion of the court of en
quiry, approved by the Pre
sident of the U States. My
professional engagements
continued to occupy me,
without intermission, for a
considerable time after
wards j and when I did find
inylelf at leisure to under
take the completion of the
record, I learned that colo
nel lim beck, the president
of the court, whole signa
ture was necessary, in addi
tion US my own, in order to
authenticate the record, had
been in the mean time, de
tached to some distant poll.
As the President of the
Uniteu Tates had already
acted upon the case, anil
there was no immediate nc
cess.ty L,r a more complete
record, I thought it as well
to postpone the matter, in
expectation of colonel Bur
beck’s return in some rea- i
fonablc time. It was not
till some time late in Sep
tember, or early in October
lad, soon after my return
from the country, that I
heard of col. Burbcck’s be
ing in town, and it imme
diately occurred to me that
it was a good opportunity
to fimfh my long poltponed
task. For that purpose I re
queued one of the clerks in
the war department, with
whom I accidently met,
to fend me the papers.—
After some time, and upon
further application, I was
informed they were mis
sing, but it was some time
before it could he distinctly
understood what had be
come of them. It was
sometime during this win
ter that I was informed that,
it was certainly ascertained
general Wilkinson had ta
ken possession of them.—
I do, with the utmost cer
tainty aver that until the
information came to me in
the time and manner I have
just deferibed, I had all a
long remained, in the mod
, assured fccurity, that the
I papers were fafely deposi
ted and carefully preserved
in the war office, ready
for inc to act upon, when
soever the proper opportu
nity should occur for ma
king up the record in due
form; and that I had ne
ver the least suspicion or
knowledge of the fact that
they were in the custody
of general Wilkinson, nor
of any circumltance that
could render the soppofition
offuch a laCt, in the least
degree probable. I do
recollect that on the day I
transmitted the papers to
the war department, gener
al Wilkinson requested that
when tiiey came again into
my possession, he might
| have the loan of his defence,
jin order to correct or retouch
1 the language, preparatory
jto a publication of it.—
That I informed him, was
an indulgence I had always
thought it realbnable to al
low per ions in his situation
referring to mylelf, howe
ver, the privilege of feeing
that no material statement
contained in the defence,
should be lubltantially va
ried. Ido further recol
lect, that he expressed a
desire to have a full copy of
the whole record and docu
ments, which I informed
him he would, as I concei
ved, be entitled to request
from the war department.
( /« be Continued)
[Translation*]
Ai the Pit idee of Bossi/e-D*',
May 7, 1810.
Napoleon, dec. See,
1 Taking fpccial intcreft in
j the progress of the manu
j fiiccures of our Empire, of
which flax is the principal
material;
Considering that the foie
obftaefe to uniting cheap
-1 ness with the perfection of
' their oreduect, arises from
the not having yet discover
ed how to apply machinery
,to the (pinning of flax as of
; cotton ;
We have decreed and do
decree as follows:
Art. i. There (hall be
i awarded a premium of one
j million of francs to the in
, venter (of whatever nation)
of the bed machine fitted to
spin flax..
Art* 2. For this purpose
the fumofone million is
i placed at the disposition of
; our Minidercf the Interior.
Art. 3. This decree (hall
be translated into all lan
guages, and lent to our Am
bassadors, Ministers, and
Confuis in foreign countries
to be there publilhed.
Art. 4* Our Miniflers of
the Interior, of the Treasu
ry, and of Exterior Relati
ons are charged with the
execution of this decree.
(Signed)
NAPOLEON.
By the Emperor, 1
The Mtniiler. Secretary
w *
of State,
11. B. Due de Bajfona.
A Copy—Tukreau.
For the Mirror „
To the Republicans of Georgia.
B/ino one of you. I fh*U
. * 1
make no apology for ilm ad
dtefs
To be vigilent of ihe public
welfare ; to guard with circum
fpection tf.e rights of the peo
ple, have ever been diftmguifh.
tng charac'crillicks of the re
publican* of this Hate—l am
not therefore, attonfhed at tj)f
lively iutereft which the ap
proaching Congreflional eleßr
on has excited—But it mud be
a fourca o( regret, to the bene
volent mind, to trace the col
umn* of calumny, deu«Biou,
and (lander, which disgrace our
newspapers, and which lo fat
from promoting the great cause
of repubhcanilin, will have a
tendency to weaken the confi
deuce of the people in a fyttem
of mealure* whole advocates
resort to such mean* It was
not by talumnialing fedetaiifts
or traducing the private charac
ter of individuals, that republi
catkitin gained the afcendency
•n our country—No, it was by
force of argument, (the only
weapon which a patriotic poli
tician de.gns to wield) it w.,* by
| pourtraying with holy leal ami
enthiifitffic affedion, the ele
gant fyminetry of the Consti
tu i 1 <)n —rthat liupendoui far
brie of human wifdotn , it wa>
by exposing to the view of the
people, the beauties of republi
canilm, and its tendency to pro
inote the general happindi ol
man—and at the fame time,
with manly pride, uumafluug
rKDEKALtjMofthe ipectous gatb
it had aflumed and unveiling us
deformity—lt was by proving
to ibe people, by a train of »ca
toning, as clear as a Sun beam,
that their bell inieicil caileu
loudly for a change; that the
great wotk of reformation uai
elfeßed. And (ball we now,
: wnen we have gained (uch a
(Complete triumph—when our
! caulc hua flood the rude (hocks
of federal detonation fur a num
i ber of years, 2nd has gained
' (Length and vigor by the con.
Qici—when the gental rays of
rcpublicaniltn have warmed 6c
animated the boloms of (our
i fifths of the people of this hap.
py Lnd, I (ay, (hail we now
make ulc ol means to prevent
j the rsiuiregion o( our oppo
nents, which we disdained to
use, when in our infant hate,
to hurl them from the high sta
tion which they had so unworth,
ily occupied ? No —forbid it juf*
t ice; forbid it charity ; forbid
it morality. What mult be the
rciledion of ail can d-d and un.-
prejudiced mind*, upon reading
the cruel and uncharitable fttic
tnies upon the charahlers of
lotne of our candidates for con.
gre(* t Men who have heieto
(o«e led irtepioachablc lives,
whole course have been defor.
med by no fin gle .0 of depra
vicy— men who by tht;r neigh,
bois and friends have been
viewed as paragons of virtue ;
& by their immediate relatives
& connexions have been look
cd upon wish picaling anticipa.
lions of then futute ufcfulneis
to ciety --Such men have
been held up to public view, as
mcnfleis of iniquity ; and there
is no crime, in the black cata
logue of human degradation,
which they have been thought
incapable of committing. Can
the welfare at d happiness of the
people be promoted by such
means ? Docs the caufc of re
publican! in requite (uch aid ?
Is it neceflary in order to ratle
our hier.d, that we (hould Ira
duce inea of unblemilhed repu
tation, because they have tho’t
proper to oticr themlelves like,
wile, as elucidates tor popular
ivor ? Mo, believe roc when I
tell you, such thing* are unne
ceflarf. The precepts of our
holy reiigion, enjoin upon u*,
the exerede of charity and be
a
nevolcncc towards our fellow
man. «
Thcfe remarks I have tho’t
neceflary anterior to my men
tioning the name of a candidate,
that the reader might not anti,
cipate a continuation of elefti
oncering calumny—and should
anv pci ion who delights in de
uadion and fiander, perchance,
have read thus far, let him now
throw the paper away, for 1 as.
fute biro. I write not to gratify
the malignant paflions of the
human heatt , tut 10 promote
the caule of truth and justice,
and thereby to advance the in*
rcreft of roy country
Born in a land of Liberty ; re
verencing as I do, the great
charts, by which that liberty is
guaranteed, and believing the
Conflitution of the U. S ales,
the molt incomparably excel
lent that ever wss conceived by
the mind of man—l would not
intentionally, Republicans of
Georgia ! offer to your cor.fi.
deration, a candidate, whole
political principles 1 believed to
be at vatiance with yours, or
whole conduct, I tho’t would
militate againU the bed intcrefls
of ihc happi-fl people upon the
h.ibiubie Glebe. Permit me
then to name Jcun Forsyth
E ; q. the Attorney General of
the Mate of Gcoigia, as a can
didate entitled to your futirages,
(and in doing so, far be it from
rnc, to atseinpt to It (Ten in your
eftimaiion his competitors, with
luoff of whom I am pcrionally
acquainted, and would willing
ly bear tefliroony to their me
rits.) Mr- Forfyth is a man
with whom 1 have been inti
mately acquainted for a num
ber of ycais, arid it leeros to be
admitted, in ad the publications
which I have seen, wherein hi*
name is mentioned, that he is
polfi fltti of a highly cultivated
nndttHanding—rhat he iscepa.
citatcd by nature and qualified
by education, to enlighten the
■ councils ol our noi'on —that be
j is a man ot pute and inconup
trbe integrity and of ehaflemo* j
rah—but doubts as to his rc
-1 |
> publicanilro, aie by fume cm.
teitained. To remove thcfe
doubts, h the principal ohjd*
of this address with ihofe w f lQ
want *n excuse , to vote ag„m(t •
a man of Mr. Forfyth’s mcr j,
the observations I tm about to
make, will have no weight •
nor have I the vanity to believe
that any thing I could f ay>
would remove the qualms of
these confirmed skepticks-, Bui*,
with the candid ana impartial,
with the disinterested, patriotic
republican, I flatter ©ylelt, my
observations will be emitted to
lome conGdcration.
In the eaily part of Mr. For.
fyth’s life, at that period when
political principles can hardly
ne luppoied to be deeply , 00 t
ed, I will ®ot deny, that he ad
vocated principles which were
• hen, and aie it ill called federal.
But not having been at that
time, very conveifant in the
affaits of government, and a
knowledge of that Icience, like
all other*, being progreflive,
bis capacious mind at length
embracing in its grasp, tbofe
principle* which are founded
on the rights and happinels of
ihc people, arc* fetured and
protected by the Confiitution,
«.nd which we call republican
he, with a generous glow of
patiiotifm and affection for ihc
lights ol man, abjured his alie.
gianee to that party, whole
principle* he had formerly es
poused, and which he now be
lieves to be inimical to his coun
try’s welfare, and imbraetd with
good faith the cause of the peo
ple, or in fafhioriable language,
the cause of republicanism—-
I he change of fentunent, in thi*
regard, has nor bcencaufed by
ihc congressional fever , as lome
have ilnatuiediy mnnuated : It
is not a momentary iropulle,
| prompted by a desire for (elf
aggrandisement, but the deli,
beiate att of a mind, anxious
for the pi emotion of the hap*
pinefsand prosperity of his na*
live c< unity., This has been
evinced by his cor.di:6t fur itv.
era! yeais last ptft. Can it be
abeady forgotten, by the peo
ple ol Georgia, that in Dec,
1807, John Forfyth Elq. was
a candidate for the appout'ment
of Judge of the Superior couita
for the M ddle diftrid ; that he
was then known and atknown
iedged as a republican, and sup
ported by men warmly attach*
ed to the repub ! ican caule?— *
Can it be alio forgotten, (hat
the next year, John Forfyth
| Elq. was the republican candi
date for the Ofhce of Attorney
Central, in oppofitjon to the
Ule John Hamill Elq. ? And
will it be denied that his fuccels
wa* hailed by a republican print
of Millcdgeville, « a cause of
triumph ? Citizens of Georgia !
these fads cannot be deiied...
they are known to many of
you—— hitler not yourselves
thereiore, to Le deluded by de
fining fytophants, who flatter
but to deceive, and above all,
beware of ihofe demagogue#
who would promote their own
aggrandifement, by the ruin of
the reputation of their oppo-.
nems. If however, we had no
other evidence of Mr, Forfydfa
rcnublicanifm. than his own
v« • _
piofcffiotjJ, are not the proses.
fions of an honorable man, as
he is known to be, entitled to
belief? Sutcly they are. !•
the infancy ©four party, when
it was ap objed to gain prise*
lytes , when it became j
to out number our opponents,
in otder to ptomoie the genetal
welfaic, we did not requite a»
strong evidence ol aconvcihon
10 our creed, a» has been given
in this in dance. Does u then
comport wi h the liberality ;
w ith ti e genius and fpiiit of trus
rtpubtiesnim to with hold in>»