i
tion he addressed a Tetlerlo the widow of the
lamented Dunn (which however was never
shewn to her) in which he expressed the most
heart-felt sorrow for his crime, averring that if
he had millions, and their sacrafice could et
feet it, he would give ajl for the restoration of
her husband’s life; that if he posressed mill
ions, he wonlde give all to her tint} her off
spring, if indeed they could in any degreete
pair their loss.
The conduct of this Unfortunate being pre
sents a varied and instructive view of frail hu
man nature - Seven months ago, instigated by
the most fiendish passions, in the open day
nnd within hearing of wife and child, he enter
ed the apartment of an estimable man, and
not only, without provocation, but without
moments warning made hint's corpse upon the
spot. The hardness of heart, the blasphemy,
the cold blooded indifference, vvjiich he mani
Tested on the occasion of his apprehension
procured him the deserved epithet of a raon
ster perfectly abandoned without hope or-de
sire of mercy. A few weeks ago alter many
months’ confinement in a dreary prison, with
his horrid deed constantly in view, we heard
of him in the Hall of Justice, with a determin
ed though a pensive countenace, and very
little indication of softened feelings. The im
pressive tones of his Judge, when pronouncing
upon him the sentence of the law, did howev
er move him, and in secret, he manifested the
favorable effects which were produced. And
in his last act, the closeing scene, we be
held him, who, ever scorned advice, giving
counsel to his fellow creatures, shedding tears
of penitence and grief on account of his situa
tion, and for his follies and his crimes, implor
ing the mercies of Heaven upon himself and
all men. Violated law demanded the forfeit
nrc of his life, and justly paid. Chrislain char
ity has pleaded for him before th'.t August
Tribunal to w hirh he has been hastened to
give on account for all the deeds done in the
bodv.
DOMESTIC.
From the Nashville Republican 6'ej>£. 1.
THE INDIANS
Information from Franklin, which may he
relied on, gives assurance that there is every
prospect of the conclusion of a treaty with th-
Chickasaw Nation, a delegation from which
has been at Franklin since the 20th u.'t On
Friday evening last the President left them,
having confided the negotiation and arrange
ment of the treaty to the Secretary of War and
Gen Coffee. The President, we understand,
will depart for Washington this week. Before
leaving Franklin, he was informed through the
Agent, that his Chickasaw friends desired to
see and bid him farewell previous to his de
parture. In half an hour after, he met them
at the Masonic Hall, where being surrounded
by the Chiefs, a most interesting interview
took place amid a crowd of persons who were
preseut to witness it.
The President, with the Secretary of War
and General Coffee having arrived, took their
position within the centre of a square occupied
I>y the Chiefs. Having shaken hands with
him, one of them handed a paper to Major Ea
ton, which they requested him to read to their
great Father:—It was as follows:
Franklin, Ten. August 27, 1830.
To our Great Father the President:
Your red children, the Chiefs and head men
of the Chickasaws, have had under considera
tion the talk of our Father, and also the talk
delivered to us by the commissioners, Major
Futon and-Gen. Coffee.
The subject submitted for our consideration
is to us of great importance. On the decision
Nve this day “^ke and declare to you and tin
world, depends our late as a nation and as •*
people.
Father, you say that yoa have travelled a
lonu r way to talk to your red children. Wo
have listened—and your words have sunk deep
into our hearts. As you are about to set oui
for Washington City—before wc shake our
Father’s hand, perhaps with many of U3 for the
last time—we have requested this meeting, to
tell you, that after sleeping upon the talk you
census, and the talk delivered to us by our
brothers, Major Eaton and Gen. Coffee, we
are now ready to enter into a treaty based up
on the principles communicated to us by Ma
jor Eaton and Gen. Coffee.
Your friends and brothers.
(Signed, 4rc.)
The President promptly replied;—he told
them of the great pleasure and satisfaction he
had enjoyed in seeing them. Some of them
had been long known to him, and he assured
them that their long continued friendship had
not been, and would not be, interrupted. Hi.
wa i about, he said, to ieparate from them to
return to his public duties at Washington, and
might meet them no more; but his earnest
hope was, that tho Great Spirit above would
take care of. bless, and preserve them. Hd
then rose and bade them an affectionate fare
well. One of the principal Chiefs rushed for
ward, and graspmg him with both hands, ex
claimed, "God bless you, my great Father,”
and overcome by his feelings turned away —
The President and Chiefs were much affected,
and the whole house manifested a sensible and
lively emotion at the interesting interview and
separation of this distinguished man from our
red brothers
Talk of the President of the United States, thro’
the Secretary of War and General Coffee, to
the Chickasaw Delegation, at Franklin, Tenn.
on the 23d August, 1830
Friends and Brothers—Your Great Fath
er is rejoiced once again to meet, and shake
you by the hand, and to have it in bis power
to assure you of his continued friendship and
good will." He can cherish none but the best
feelings for his red children, many of whom,
during our late war, fought with him iu defence
of our country.
By a communication from your cider breth
ren and neighbors, the Choctaws, during the
last winter, your Great Father learned that in
consequence of the laws of Mississippi being
extended over them, they were iu great alarm;
and of their own free will and without any ap
plication from him, they asked to leave their
country, and retire across the Mississippi river
The treaty sent by thorn to him, was laid be
joso the &enaUrcMhe Stale#, and they
refused to approve it. Solicitous to avoid eve
ry act the tendency of which might be to de
ceive or impose upon birred children, he laid
the treaty, which watrpresented to him. before
the Senate, with the protest which had been
forwarded against it by tne opposite party ot
the Choctaw nation, that all the circumstances
might be fully known; it was rejected Ol
these things, their confidential Agent, Major
Haley] was advised, and he was requested to
make them known to the Choctaws. Under
standing from him that they were desirous to
see and couverse with their Great Father, on
this important subject, lie agreed, in accord
ance with that desire, to meet them at this
place. With regret he now learns they have
declined their e n gagement.
By an act of Congress it w.a? placed in his
power toextend justice to theIndians—to pay
the expenses of their removal—to support
them for twelve mouths, and to give them a
grant for lands whtch should endure "as long
ns the grass grows or water runs.” A deter
mination was taken immediately to advise his
red children of the means which were thus pla*
ced at his disposal to render them happy and
preserve them as nations It was for this, that
he asked his Chickasaw and other trends to
meet him here. You have come, and your
Great Father rejoices to tell you, through his
commissioners, the truth; and point you to a
course which cannot fan to make yon a It p-
py and prosperous people. Hear and delibe
rate well on what he shall say, and under the
xercise of your own reason and matured judg
rnent, determine what may appear to you bes;
to be done for the benefit of yourselves and
your children.
Brothers:—You have long dwelt upo*’ the
soil you occupy, and in early limes before the
white man kindled his fires too near to yours,
nd by settling around, narrowed down the
units of the chase, you were though unin*
structed, yet a happy people. Now your white
brothers are around you States have been
erected within your ancient limits, which claim
i right to govern and cuntroul your people as
iiev do then - own citizens, and to make them
answerable to their civil and criminal codes.—
Your Great Father has not the authority to
revent this stale of things; and he now ask-
you are prepared and ready to submit your
selves to the laws of Mississippi, make a sur
render of your ancient laws and customs, and
aceably and quietly live under those of the
white man?
Brothers, listen:—Tlie laws to which j'ou
must be subjected are not oppressive, for they
ire those to which your -vYte brothers con
form, and are happy. (Jn*ler them, you will
not be permitted to seek private revenge, hut
iu all cases where wrong may be done, you are
.through them to seek redress. No taxes up
on your property or yourselves, except such as
may be imposed upon a while brother, wilj be
assessed against yoa. The Courts will be open
for the redress of wrongs; and bad men will be
made answerable for whatever crimes or mis
demeanors to»y be committed by any of your
people, or our own.
Brothers, listen;—To these laws, where you
are, you must submit;—there is no preventive
—no other alternative Your Great Father
cannot, nor can Congress, prevent it The
Slates only can. Wiiat then? Do you tie
beve that you can live under those laws?—
That you can surrender all your ancient habits,
and the forms by which you havo been so
long controlled? ifso, your Great Father has
nothing to say or to advise. H-* has only to
express a hope, that you may find happiness
m the determination you shall make, whatev
er it may he. His earnest desire is, that you
may be perpetuated and preserved as a nation;
■ nd this he believes can only be done and se
i ured by your consent to remove to » country
beyond the Mississippi, which for the happt
ness of our red friends was laid out by the Go
vernment a long time since, and to which u
was expected ere this th^y would have gone
Where you are, it is not possible yon can hv*
contented and happy Besides the laws o
Mississippi which must operate upon you, and
which your Great Father cannot prevent,
white men contincatty intruding, are with diffi
culty kept off vour lands, and difficulties con
tinue to increase around you.
Brothers: —The law of Congress usually cal
led the ‘ Intercourse Act” has been resorted
to, to afford relief, but in many instances has
failed of success Our white population has
so extended around in every direction, that drf-
ficulties and troubl s are to be expected —
Cannot this state of things be pr vented?-
Your firm determination can only do it
Brothers, listen:—Th re is no nnkindness
in the offers made to you. No intention or
wish is had to force you from your lands, but
rather to intimate to you what is for your own
interest The attachment you feel for the
soil which covers the bones of your anc- store
is well knowh. Our forefathers had the same
feeling when a long tune ago. to obtain h ippi
ness, they left their lands beyond the great
waters, and sought a new and quiet home in
distant and unexplored reg-ions If they had
not done so where would have been their chil
dren and the prosperity they now enjoy? The
old world would scarcely have afforded sup
port for a people, who, by the charge their
fathers made have become prosperous and
happy. In future time so will it be with your
children. Old men! Arouse to energy and
lead your children to a laud of promise and of
peace before the Great Spirit shall call you »o
die. Young Chiefs! Forget the prejudices
you feel for the soil of your birth, and go to a
land where you can preserve your people as a
nation Peace invites you there—annoyance
will be left behind—within your limits no State
or Territorial authority will be permitted. Ju-
truders, traders, and above all. ardent spirits
so destructive to health and morals, will be
kept from among you, only as the laws and or
dinances of your nation may sanction their ad
mission. And that the weak may not be as
sailed by their stronger and more powerful
neighbors, care shall lie taken and stipulations
made, that the United Slates, by arms if neces
sary, will preserve and maintain peace among
the tribes, and guard them from the assaults of
enemies of every kind, whether white or red.
Brothers, listen:—These things are for your
seribus consideration, and it behoves you well
to ifiink of them. The present is tho time you
are asked to do so. Reject tho opportunity
which is now offered to obtain comfortable
homes.’ and the time may soon pass away
when such advantages as ar<5 now within your
reach may not again be presented. It from
the course you now pursue, this shall be the
case, then call n A upon your Great Father
hereafter to relieve you of your troutdes, but
make up your mmds conclusively to remain
upon the lands you occupy, and be subject to
the laws ofthe State where you now reside to
the same extent that her own citizens are. In
a few years by becoming amalgamated with
the whites, your national character wiH be lost,
and then like other tribes who have gone be
fore you, you must disajipear and be forgotten,
Brothers—-If you are disposed to rgneove,
say so, and state the terms you may consider
just and equitable. Your Great Father is tfea
<ly and has instructed his commissioners to.
admit soch as shall be considered liberal, to
the extent that he can calculate tho Senate
of the United States will sanction. Terms ot
auy other character it would be useless for
you to insist upon, 1 as nil bout their consent and
approval no arrangement to be made could
prove effectual. Should you determine to re
mam where you arc, candidly say so, and iet
us he done with the subject, no more to be
talked of ngaiu. But if disposed to consult
your true interest and to remove then present
the terms on which you are willing to do so,
to rny friends, the Secretary of War and Gen
eral J >hn Coffi e, who are authorised to confer
with you, and who in the arrangements to be
nade, will act candidly, lairly, aud liberally to
wards you.
ANDREW JACKSON
The Choctaws—We understand from good
authority that rhe President of the United
States, at the request of the Indians, has ap
pointed the 15ib day of September, to open a
negotiation with the Choctaw nation at Dan
cing Rabbit Creek near tho agency. General
Coffee and his Excellency Governor Carroll,
We understand, have been appointed Commis
sioners on the part ofthe Uuited States. The
Secretary of War. it rs also said, will he pres
ent on the occasion to assist in forming a trea
ty We are glad to hear this, a? he must be
better informed of the views and policy of the
Executive, than any other individual, howev
er well qurfhfi d and capable, could be.—Nash
ville Republican.
A CARD.
To the Editor of the Baltimore Gazette.
I observe, in your paper of last evening, as
extracted from Puulson’s Philadelphia Ameri
can, a letter of mine to the Governor ofGeor
gia. of June 4 h. 1830, and the Goyorncr’s
answer ofthe 19th of that month. I wish to
tie understood that the publication of these
letters has not proceeded, either directly or
indirectly from me; although 1 have certainly
no cause to regret it, on iny own account.—
My letter to the Governor of Georgia is in ac
cordance to the professional courtesy, which
prevails in Virginia and Maryland, of giving
notice even to a private gentleman, of a con
templated suit, before proceeding against him.
It is always intended as a mark of respect,
and, in this quarter of the Union, is always so
received by the gentleman addressed. I
thought it still more imperiously due to the
Governor of the State of Georgia. The oth
er motives of my letter arc apparent upou iY
face, and are cheerfully submitted to the con
struction ofthe public.
There is only one passage of my own letter
which, to the general reader, can require a
word of explanation. Mv suggestion to the
Governor > f Georgia is not that “myself, the
Indians and the Governor shall make up a case
to be submitted to the Supreme Court:'' It is situ-
piy, that "the case be expedited, by making a
case bv consent if that course should sun
the views ot the State of Georgia” The
State of Maryland had done this, on the
occasion of her law to tax the Branch Bank of
the United Stales establish d at Baltimore:
Ale Cut loch Vs. State of Maryland 4 Wheaton
316: and, again, on the occasion of another
a’lale law, requiring the importers and venders
of loreign goods to take oul a license from
the State—Brown vs State of Maryland 12
Wheaton, 419 This lost case is mad., up in
theXpriu o< pleadings, not requiring a state
ment of facts. But in both cases, the Attor
ney General ofthe State, it is understood, co
operated <u the measure, and under the in
struction ofthe State an hontics, gave facility
and despatch to the r ten nee ofthe questions
<o the decision of the Supr me Court. In
Both these rases, the qn» ? tn>n involved was
ine const it nt mnaYy • f the State law: and in
both, the State of Maryland united in the
reference of this question to the Supreme
Court, and aequiesced in .he decision It was
with these cave* in view, th t i made the sug
gesiion hi question, to the Governor ofGeor-
g.a.
I did not answer the Gov- rnor’s letter be*
cause it must b> seen that it neither required
nor admitted an answer iu the spirit of courte
sy m winch 1 had addressed him, and from
which 1 thought aud still think it improper to
depart. His letter siiprised me, because I
supposed the object and language of my own
too phiin to be misunderstood, and too respect
ful to have awakened the tilings of displeas
uro The Governor having viewed it in a dif
ferent light, 1 am not at ail dissatisfied wit It
tho publication ot (he letters, which I presume
is intended as an appeal to the people of the
Uui'ed States To such an appeal I can have
no object ion, though my respect for the State
of G orgia and my desire to avoid all needles-*
irr.latiun, would not have permitted me to
BKike It. WM. WIRT.
Baltimore Sept 9, 1830.
A law in the State o N w Y**rk which pro .
hibits the circulation in that State of Bank
notes of other States under live dollars, went
into operation on the Ft instypl —Kali Reg,
The Pleasures of Law—We learn that a
young gentleman bl the bar in this city, who
enjoys considerable eminence as a pleader,
was recently engaged by an individual of for
tuna to contest the right to an estate, of (In
value of which, the attorney was to receive
>ne fourth for his services il successful. IU
succeeded, and nib portion ofthe spoil is esti
mated at $30,000.—Phil. Eny..
jfaoX THE Mi £ Oft TELEGRAPH.
Macon, Sept. 18.
An unsuccessful attempt was made or.
Wednesday nigtp last to fire the town. A
quantity of light wood chips &c. with some
lighted paper was placed under the sill ol the
store-house of Mr. N. C Motiroe, adjoioig the
Telegraph office. The paper burnt to ashes;
but owing to the dampness of the ground and
the materials, as is supposed, the fire w ot
out, without being communicated to the
budding
The next day however a more daring and
successful endeavor was made. About one
o’clock, while our citizens were generally at
dinner, some desperate villinn, under the im
pulse of public malice or private revenge, set
fire to a stable in the rear of tbe Telegraph
office belonging to Mr. Bartlett. From the
dryness ofthe materials, the fire having been
placed amongst the fodder in the loft, proba
bly by a lighted match, the whole budding
with the carriage house tec. attached, was
soon wrapped in fiames, and beyond the hope
of being saved before it was discovered. The
fire immediately extended to the stable and*
carriage house of Mr. Oliver Sage* and also
to the stable of Mr C. A. Higgins. It had
extended to both sides of the lane between
Mulberry and Cherry streets, and for a lime
every building on the square was an iminent
danger. Mr. Higgins’s and Mr. Tyner’s dwel
ling houses on Cherry street, caught in a
number ofplaces, and were with difficulty pre
served. Mr Sage’s buildings on Mulberry
street, also narrowly escaped Had the
fiames extended to any ofthe d writing houses
or stores on either of those streets, the great
or part of the town mast have been destroyed
Fortunately -the wind was low, and blew ob
liquely through the square; so that by polling
down all the fences and four or five stables
in the vicinity of the fire, its further progress
was arrested Had the. wind been in any
other direction, the danger would have be- n
more imminent
der was consumed.
No doubt exists of the fire being the work
of an incendiary; and from the closeness ofthe
buildings, and the locality selected tor the
scene of his depravity, it being in the very
heart of the town, it is clear that a general
conflagration was his object - So dreadful a
calamity has been Providentially averted for a
time, but none can tell when it may not he
visited upon us.
12,500,000 lbs. The amount of beeswax wag
1,579 000, and of honey, 1,910,400 lbs. The
cotton was but 963 560 lbs. Rice grows well,
but there is not enough for consumption, and
«n 1827,13,022,425 tbs. (equal to the amount
raised) was imported.
Maize, however, as the principal food of
man and beast, is the most important: (he crop
of 1827, was 1,617,806/<!»<?£«*, (of 150 lbs.)
In the sanie year the tonnage of the United
States in the Cuba trade was equal to hall the
commerce of the Island, and the value of the
articles imported, to one-third. Revenue a-
mounted to a taxat.on on the white population
of $20 a head; in the Uaited States it is a*
bout $2.
SSILLROGEVILLE:
SATURDAY, SEPT. 26, 1830.
|C3*» We request our friends, to send us as soon as
possible the result of the elections, as the session com
mences so early.
It will be seen by our columns to-day that an extra ses
sion of the Legislature is ordered, by tbe Governor’s Pro-
demotion, on the 3d Monday in October. From what
we ,'iive learned on the subject, this will meet tbe appro-
b.iiit.n'} of tbe people generally. Tbe tumultuous and pre
datory horde* who have infested the Cherokee Lands, re
quire vi be dealt with in a manner becoming the dignity
of iheSfctie.
V\ e call the’ attention of our readers to the act publish
ed to-day, regh 'ating the general elections. The mana
gers of elections would do well to give attention to this
act, that their ret Was may be regular and according to
law.
TO THE VOT/’BS OF GEORGIA.
The editor regrets that ^vocations unconnected with
tbe interests of his readers shot!M have prevented fbr some
weeks past a closer application to the approaching contest
for sc-its in Congress and the State Lcg’dafure. Though
nothing that he can «ay might vary the aspects of affair?*
yet he is aware that the people look to thcjmblic gazette*
as the indices of public opinion. The few words that w^
A crnnrl dp of n>rn and fnd now “ i * v * **>’ more by way of encouragement to
~ 1 0,i . r friends than as an attempt to direct or control their
cpimons Freedom of the press—freedom of opinion—
and freedom of suffrage, are among the most valuable of
our constitutional i ights and privileges. Let these be ex
ercised, with Ibe spirit of freeinen, for the public good.
To cheer and to animate each other in the proper hired
lion of thc«e inestimable blessings, is the legitimate right
and duty of every republican. IVe can therefore say to
our friends, that the prospect is cheering. Encourage
your hearts and strengthen your hands. The principles
fur which you have long contend* d are becoming daily
more and more triumphal)*—not only in Georgia, but in
ihe republican ranks throughout the Union, those dan-
gerous aud disorganizing doctrines, which a few years ;*go,
threatened so alarmingly. - are daily yielding to the light of
truth. The tide of nullification, w hich lately ran in South
Bunker~Hill Monument.—We learn, snvs the
Boston Daily Advertiser, toat Joshua loo-es, Carolina with such high - rid menacing waves—and which
Esq. ofthe house of Barring, Brothers & Co
of London, has presented through Col. T.
Perkins of Boston, to the fund for the comple
tion of the Bunker-Hill Monument, the sum of
five hundred dollars. If Americans abroad
and at home would follow this liberal example,
the sum necessary for the completion of this
superb monument would soon be raised.—Ch
Courier.
FROM THE BOSTON TRIBUNE.
CUBA.
The last American Quarterly Review con
tains an articla giving in a small compass a
mass of information concerning Cuba, an Is
land, that in its present as well as future for
tunes. is a «uhject of interest to the United
States. To whom it Will hereafter pertain is
somewhat doubtful, and its possession is so
important to several powerful nations, that Cu
ba can scarcely secure an independence. The
following abstract is from the Review:
But one eighth of its territory is at present
settled, though the whole might support near
ly ten millions of people. The statements ir:
the Review are made from official papers col
lected by order of Governor Vives, - and, as far
as they go, are satisfactory. The length of
the Island is 605 hut its breadth no where ex
ceeds 117, and is in some places less than 30
miles. The area of Cuba, and the islets con
nected with it, exceeds 31,468 square miles
It has many good harbors, and that of Havana
is one of the best in the world. The shores
nre surrounded by reefs and keys, that while
they make the coast dangerous to the naviga-
*»r, render it but too secure to the smuggler
and pirate. The latter find safety in the caves
and rocky indentations of the shore. The cli
mate is one of the best in the world, and the
productions, both in richness and variety, such
as belong to the most favored climes and
countries.
The population of Cuba is about 800.000,
and in the last filty-f >nr years it has been
quadrupled: a result the reviewer states, that
is uoparalclled in countries similarly situated.
This includes the whole number, but the white
population has but trebled its numbers, while
the slaves have increased about seven-fold—
an ominous increase. The average number
ofinhabitants to a square league is 201. which
is about the ratio in Pennsylvania to a square
mile. The census 'vf 1817, gives the number
of slaves at 342,431, while the census of 1827,
returns, notwithstanding the continued impor
tation, but 286,942—a deficit of56.000 slaves!
Where are they? Beyond the reach of op
pression, where the "weary are at rest.”
Y«t large aa the above deficiency seems, the
reality is more fearful, fur in this account no
notice is taken of the number regularly im
ported for tivo years, ofthe number brought
in, but not reported h or of the natural increase
of the prolific slave population.
The* sugars exported in 1827, were 156,-
158 924 lbs . and it is probable that one-fourth
as much was also smuggled out of the country,
md 50 000 000 lbs, consumed at home. The
*otal production of mo! tsses, was, in 1827,
81,000 hbds of 110 gallons each. The quao
titv of rum manufactured exceeds 35,000
D.pes—and it is principally consumed at home.
The a v rage annual produce of a single slave
;s from 2,500 to 3 000 lbs. of sugar.
Coffee is, after sugar, the most valuable ex
port There was not till 1790, a regular cof
tee plantation in Cuba, vet in ten years there
wore 30 plantations; in 27 years, 779 ami in
37 years. (1827) 2067, of at least 40-000 trees
,? tch The whole amount raised in t827, was
72,088.200 lbs of which 28,354,197 lhs. were
consumed in the United States. The average
produce of a single slave is 1450 lbs. There
were in 1827, about 100,000 000 coffee tree*,
productive of which, one estate had 1,000,00* >
The tobacco raised iu tho same year wa»
flowed from the doctrines abovt alluded to—is rapidly ebb
ing. lea ving here and there a melancholy vrrcck on the sli
my roeka and engatphing quick-sands of disunion. The
dangerous p--ecip:cr.s to which they had led their advocates
have opened the eyes of many of our citizens to the dan
gers that lurked beneath them. The day is not far dis*
tanl iherefore, when you may expect a complete regener
ation oi the republican principles of the Government—
when :he opponents and revilers of Jackson will be si
lenced—and the disunion doctrines be driven to tbut obli
vion to which they are destined.
We have received several communications on tbe pro
priety of ninning a limited ticket for Congress. We do
not wish these to be taken as any indication of our opin-.
ions on that £**bject. We are inclined to a differ* nt one j
hut our friends can judge for themselves and act accord-
ingly. The number of Candidates is sufficient for a con
siderable range of choice.
There is one point to which we could call tbe attention
of our fi fends. It is to stand close by the polls—to .<*•*.
that all things go on fiirly and that no errors ke made in
the returns. By a neglect of these means, some very un
fair advantages have been obtained.
BURHITT A?iD GJUNTLAND—Again?
Idd not expect to have troubled rny readers further
‘-•th these gentlemen — But as Gr.mlland finds himself
drive;) from one position to another in the contest, lie be
comes more reckSe-s of th- means he resorts to, ihe iid-
niunded statrmentr* he osspoics. “Iff may compare great
things to small ” )*e reminds me of the ancient Mathe
matician, who coul i ba\e raised the earth, if le had a.
rd&ce to stand on, &c. Grantland can prove any (Atng,
if he is allowed to furnish bis own facts. He has intro
duced int*> bis last defence a great deal of extraneous
matter, and used mneh repetition. White it is conven
ient for his memory to forg. t certain points which hr can
not disprove, it appears equally convenient to assume o.b-
ers that have no f undation in truth. I will correct brief
ly a few of his most aksring misstatements.
H’charges me with not having ‘‘frankly communica
ted all I knew or believed” to the gentlemen composing the
hoard vf consults.tion. This is true in part, and untrue in
part. It U true, I did not state my “belief”— that had no
thing to do in the case. My bAief was, that it u as ne
cessary to do something in the case, and under that be
lief they were called in to advise me. ‘‘h is untrue that
I did not state to them alj I “knew” I did make a ful*
statement of all 1 knew, that bad any thing to do with Iba
case.
Grantl&nd says he has no doubt I could bare accounted
for the four missing pamphlets, if I bad chosen
lo do so; and th,tt Uurritt would probtbly have done
so, if I had not suppr**s<d the vindication of his conduct
&.c. Graothnd is vastly in error in both these state
ments, either wilfully, or from a culpable neglect of the
history of the case.
1st. As to suppressing Burritts vindication—Mr. Buf-
ritt. while tinder his trial, requested me to go to the
•■ffice and get u letter from tire Mayor of Savannah, which
he deemed material to his defence. I went, and while
there discovered that he had prepared an article on Uia
sutg^ct, which went directly to contradict the ewdence al
ready before the court He stated in it, in substance,
th*t in order to gratify his curiosity and to have it in htQ
power to put the pub! jeon their guard against the Pamph
lets, he had written lo the reputed, author for "one copy**’
Sic. This was toe purport and Ihe whole purport of this
great “vindication.” Thotign I had-abandoned flit office,
yet as the outside of the paper bad been printed, aad my
name was on it, I told the fon man of fre office that Mr*
Burritt was acting very foolishly to publish such an arti
cle, & that as it went directly ta tootradiet the rest of his
defence and to condemn him, hr had better leave it out.
Tbe manuscript of this vindication was destroyed by one
of the workmen in the office without my knowledge or
consent. And Mr. Burritt has reason to rejoice that it
was. So much for t’jis suppression ; which was an act
of friendship to Mr. Burri’.t.
2d. As to the four missing pamphlets. Ilere it must
be astonishing to every lover of truth and fair d* aling,*to
observe how Grjuitland has conjured op some facts and
misrepresented others. But it is still more astonishing,
that a man who has grown gray in editorial labors, should
not yet have learned how to connect the plainest and
most palpable links in a chain of facts. Charity would
induce me to attribute ibis to a want of discernment-*-
but the error is so glaring, that I am compelled t6 attribute
it to a more radical defect. Is it possible that Grant-
land believes that his slatemf nts made on the 11th Sep
tember prove, that facts till then unknown to the poblio
supply the place of evidence required more than six
months before? Or does he think that because Jie has just
brought them to light, the public will believe th it I kn w
ibe;n before ? This is very m Jch like GranUantf's logic—
but I should be very much inclined to apply Solomon*#.,
i-emedy to my son six years old, who would reason thus.
Grantland says that oy my own confession, 1 carried one
to my house and lent it to Mr. Cole to read; and makes
this one of the missing This is not true. I said no such
thing. I stated that I took one to my house & Mr. Colo
and myself there cursorily read it. This was some days
before I knew that there were any others in the office, and
before I took Walker’s letter from the Post office. It ne
ver went out of my possession, till Mr. Cole had left Mil*
ledgeville—then, and after receiving the letter and disepv*
'ring the other IS, I handedoue to Dr.,Fort to inspect
.ndmake up bis opinion on. I had. consulted Cobb,
Hepburn and Ruffin (before I saw Fqt|) on tfie subject
