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MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA* THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1831.
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t rom ine United States Telegraph, Feb. 25
Genera; Greene : I herewith enclose a si*t<
■lishment were made on his retard from Sa : j ioss io conjecfttre^w it passe d intp his hands
cannab to t his place. . A*ibe lime I was de j or how he could conceive that it indicated un
culedly and I may add zealously engage d in I friendly feelings qg hiui on the part of the wri-
a.ent, which I wish te be published in yoULga j ^ SU * ,port °* General Jackson l believed his ter.
tier as jUinnlrmnnl'd In mw rnrin»r.„n4nn/i„ i
per as supplemental to my correspondence
with General Jackson and which has been
made necessary hy the publication of Mr. For
sjth’s letter to Mr. Hamilton
J C CALHOUaN.
24th February. 1831
In my letter lo General Jackson of the 20th
May, 1830, published m the correspondence,
speak ng ol the plot to destroy my political
standing, I staled, “that several indications
lorewarned me, long since, long since, that a
blow was meditated against me ; I will not say
from I he quarter from which this catnes ; hut,
in relation to this subject, more than two years
since 1 had a correspondence with the present
district attorney for the southern district of
N> w York, on the subject of the proceedings
of the Cahinet in the Seminole war, which,
(hough it did not then excite particular atten*
tendon has since in connexion with other cir-
rirsumsf ances, served to direct my eye to
what was going on.” The letter from Mr.
Forsyth to Mr Hamilton, « f N w Y rk to
whom I referredpn the above extract publish
ed by the former in I he llnnited States’ Tele-
ioo by Congress was prevented l»y a de
parture from a most important, fundamental
principle in our system, and that he was the
only individual in the country who united the,
popularity and firmness to arrest, if elected,
what I then and now consider a dangerous ten
dency in our aff.lird Under this impress
sion, I stood prepared to reuder every aid in
mv power to secure nis success. This strong
feeling was seized on, to extract .from me, if
possible, some ha$ty and unguarded expres
sion respecting the course of the cabinet on
the Seminole question, by which 1 might lie
entangled,
Mr Hamilton, while here, requested to
have some conversation with me, which on my
part was carried on with freedom that is usu
al with those engaged on the same side in a
warm political contest. 1 viewed him in no
other light than that of a vv.irm supporter of
General Jackson. In connexion with some re
mark of his, that there was a rumor of an at
tack open General Jackson for hi* conduct in
ttie Seminole war, he inquired if any motion
had been made in the cabinet to arrest him —
To which I replied in the negative. It may
I communicated what I had beard to the two
Senators r^JLhat time from Tennessee, Judge
^White and Major Eaton, and mv belief that
! Wli ‘
that tiie evidence i»
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RHODO.M A GREENE,
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W1LMAM C. CRENSHAW.
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TUCKER & CRENSHAW’.
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ISAAC NEWELL.
Milledgcviilc, March'24 27— 4t
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mure widely his system of Education, by admit'tn; a grea
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Clergyman of amiability, piety and attainments.
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€Xyieri ‘ncr, with the assistatice of Mr. Adams, Miss
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jlo the pupils not to be calculated on under ordinary cir
cumstances.
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and in many other respectable families in the Borough.
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year, .md charg'd from the time of their entrance, but af
ter 'his term none can be admitted lor less time than a
year.
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March 24 - 37 tf
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GEORGIA—Pulaski county.
W O ERE AS, Linkfietd Perkin*, Guardian or Olive
Phillips, applies for letters of Dismission from the
guardianship of said Phillips:
These, are ther fore to cite the kindred and creditor* to
ppear ot my office, within the time prescribed by I »w, to
civ cause, if any they have why *nid tellers of dismi*
fon should not be granted Given umfor my hand tins
th March, 1831. * J CARBUTUERS. c. c. o
March 34 57. a6ta
another link m (his artful
irsy character, which, I tiifot will form a suffi
cierft Hftology for mv again intruding myself on
the public attention. If a copy ot this letter
which, it seems, was placed in the hands of the
President, when Mr Forsyth put him in pos
session of a copy of Mr. Crawford’s lett r t«»
him of the 30ih April 1830 had been furnish
d me, as injustice it ought to have been,
the remarks that lam now constrained t>--
make would have appeared in the body ofl'.<
correspondence wiib General Jackson, am:
would have saved the pain of agam troubling
the public.
i I hen conceived I had a right to be put in
possession of ail the facts and circumstances
referred to iri Mr Crawford’s letter to Mr.
Forsyth, and that the withholding ot them
was an act of injust ice to me, calculated what
ver mav have been the intention, to deprive
me of the means of tracing out and exposing
to the public, what 1 did not doubt to He .i
base political plot. The letter from Mr F r,
sytbto Mr. Hamilton, now published, it seem
was the one referred to by Mr Crawford m
his letter to Mr Forsyth, but with the name
of Mr. Hamilton 1< ft blank in the copy of Mr.
Crawford’s letter which was furnished me.—
The facts disclosed by the publication ot Mr
Forsyth’s letter to Mr Hamilton, taken m
connexion wit the correspondence aiimled to
with the present District Attorney of the
Soul Lorn District ofNiv Y rk. Will prnvi 1 , as
I will presently show, that ! had just cau*e lo
complain that evidence material to my viodi
cation, was withheld ; and I cannot hut rcgrei
that Mr Forsyth’s “re-pect to the personal
delicacy of Major Hamilton,” has, in its* fleets
operated, though it may not have been so in
tended, unjustly towards me by preventing me
from tracing with my correspondence w.11:
G neral Jack-on, one of the earliest, and 1
must add ihe foulest movements in the opera
Lons of this political conspiracy What 1
Could have done, then, in connexion with ihe
general chain of mv remarks I am n jw con-
- trained to do in this detached way. with qreat
disadvantage io my vindication; tiie full force
of h would have Ween more deeply felt by
viewing all the circumstances in connexion.
This letter hy its date and ofh- rcircumstan
ce«, clearly connects itself with Mr II .md
edrr spondence with me, already alluded
to ; makes that correspondence a link in ihe
chain of this corrupt political intrigue, thereby
carrying hack the movement to the early part
of the year 1828 ; and by its reference to an]
individual (_M-.jor Lewis) then residing in
Nashville, as wril he seen *n the copy ot the
correspondence w r ilh Mr Hamilton, hereto an
nexed, shews it to be a part of the svstem of
operations which, as appears by Mr Craw
ford’s letter to Mr Batch, had been commenc
ed against me in Decemb r 1827, and follow
ing so soon alter, probably constitutes the so
cond link in this foul plot against ah individu
,.l zealously co-operating at the same time m
ihe same political cause with those conspiring
agaiust him; and who. from ihmr pol<t*cal re
lation to him at the time, he had a right to
consider his friends. I take no plensur in
exposing a transaction so disgraceful, but I tc< I
myself compelled to do so in the discharge of
a private and public duty, ft must be pain
Oil and mortifying to the public to know, that
the practice of such arts is possible under our
system, but the knowledge that it is so, may
jxtiard against its recurrence in future.
In order !o give a clear understanding of the
affair, it wilijbe necessary to make a few pre
hminary remarks.
It appears from Mr. Forsyth’s letter, that ii
was written in reply to a letter, dated at Sa
vannah, the 23: h Jan. 1828, from Mr. Hami!
ton, who was then on bis return from New
Orleans, where he had been, by the appoint
ment of the Tammany Society of New York,
to represent (hem, as I understood, jr. the cel
ebration of the 8th January 1828 General
Jackson had been invited by the legislature of
Louisanna, to attend the celebration. Mr.
Hamilton on his way to New Orleans, passed
1 'trough this city, in December, 1827 when
Congress was in session, and after remaining
here some days he proceeded to Nashville
& accompanied the General and suite to New
O leans. From Savannah bo. returned to
New York ll rough this place, where he again
remained some time, Congress being still in
session. Whether this leter of Mr. Hamilton
to Mr. Forsyth was the commencement of the
otrigue, or whether it originated at an earli-
r date, at this place on his way to Naseville.
•r while there. I am unable to say ; but I can
not doubt that the arrangements for its accom-
»ny
sion in reference to the course that might lie
pursued towards him. took place on a sugges
lion of the propriety of an inquiry into his con
duct and my aswer was therefore in strict con
formity with th • facts. I accompanied the
answer with some general remarks »n the pro
ceedmgs of the cabinet, such as 1 might with
propriety make without any breach ot conti
deuce. I however feci the most perfect con
fldcnce, that I did not use the expression
'hat “the only point before the* cab.net was
i he answer to be given to the Spanish Govern
ment,”as Mr Hamilton states that he under-
-iood me, in Ins letterof the 25ih February.—
I n -ither did or cotiui ij-e the expression
‘‘only,”,is it would have been both inconsist
nt with facts and absurd, as the publication-
on the Semi, ole nffiir clearly i dicate that
other points were considered by the cabinet
If the statement be an error on the part of Mr
Hamilton, it probably originated in my using
he words “main point, or great point,"or some
other expression of similar import, instead of
ihe expression he imputes to me. The whole
conversation was of a general character, such
is aiignt with propm ty be held respecting the
c.ibuiHi proceedings—and was by me consul
ered in no way confidential, except the confi
donee that exists b tive n gentlemen, that my
n im was not to be used before the public m
connexion with any thing i said. I certainly
tint no: suppose liiai iu/ -couiluei* u: .ti.ii oi'
any o'h^r individual, was put at issue and
could have had no intention of making an er
roneous impression as *o the proceedings of
of the cabinet, nor the part I took. 1 suspect <
ed no simst r object
On his return Irom N :vv-Y • jk, 1 received a
letter from him dated the 23t . February, the
obj ct of which was, apparently, to know if ht
understood mv conversation correctly
He Mated that his object in being thus par
ticular in endeavoring to ascertain from <i e
w net her h s recollection was faitrdul or n -
with regard to the conversation, was becaus*.
lie wished to fulfil the object of his enquiry b>
confirming Major L wis, a confidential frten
of General J >cksoo in the tru.h, not with
view to make the publication then, hut to hr
prepared against the apprehended attack
founded on events connected with the Semi
nole Campaign This disclosure, particularly
that the information was intended.for Maj r
Lewis as a confidential inend ot General Ja< k-
son, excited mv suspicion. Circumstances
however, gave my eye a wrong direction, not
towards myself but towards Mr. Monroe.—
What they were, n becomes necessary to state,
with the view of understanding Ihe corres
po'tdence winch loiiowed with Mr. liamf,
ton.
When Mr. Monroe received the letter ot
General Jackson ofthe.19th August. 1818 in
Hiisw. r to hi» ot the I9!b September of the
s :me year, both of which are published in my
correspondence with General Jackson, lie wa
it his farm in Atbermarle. General Jackson,
iu his letter, objected to the construction
which had been placed on his orders Mr.
Monroe addressed me a private letter oflhe
9*h September 1818, a copy of which is here
to annexed, marked A, stating the view which
the General took ot his orders, the tone olj Hamilton, of the 8th February 1 cannot but
his letter, and with some other circumstances, (regret that Mr Forsyth lias thought proper to
his (Mr. Monre’ ) reasons lor thinking that
e letter in the ^d&Session ol the General was
Mr. M nroe’s to me, and stated, if it was, it
would he in my power to shew that the letter,
so far from being hostile, was directly of an
opposite character. They wrote to the Gen
eral to ascertain il it was the one supposed;
and 1 addressed a note to Mr Monroe to ap
prise him of what 1 had heard, and to request
him to send me a copy of his private corres
pondence with Gen. Jackson, (the one pub
lished with the correspondence between Gen
Jackson and myself,) to be placed in the bands
of the two S nalors, as explanatory of the let
ter in question, should it prove to be the one
supposed. 1 have not been able to lay rny
hand oo my note to Mr. Monroe, nor am I cer
tain that I retained a copy, but I hereto annex
an extract from Mr Monroe’s answer of the
28th December, 1827, marked B
It was in this stage of (his affair, that I re
ceived Mr. Hamilton’s letter of the 23th of
February & very naturally suspected (bat his
inquiry might have reference to something
connected with the same, and, in my answer
to it necessarily bore it in mind.
I could not answer his question whether his
understanding of iny conversation was correct
or not, without going into explanations winch
would lead to details that 1 did not feel myself
at liberty to state; and which, if I had, I could
not prudently, not knowing the bearing that it
m ght have in relation to the affair above re
ferred to. I accordingly waived an answer,
but «n such ter As as were intended to convey
the idea that his Understanding of my convert
sal ion was not correct.
Believing that an operation was carrying on
against Mr. Monroe, at Nashville, as well from
the fact oi the letter being placed in Gen. Jack
sou’s hands, as other circumstances which a
bout this time came to my knowledge, and
suspecting that the object was to bring Mr
Monroe and General Jackson iuto conflict for
purposes bearing on the pending election; l»ui
not knowing in what quarter it originated, I
was at a loss to understand how it was to be
eff ctod; vet I could not doubt that the appre-
heuded attack on Gen Jackson, was some ho«
or other connected with this base object
Those impressions will explain the charactei
of ray correspondence with Mr Hamilton, a
copy of which is hereto annexed, and marked
C The letter of Mr. Forsyth to Mr. Huni!
ton places this correspondence, and the con
versatiou that preceded it in a very different
light fom the one in which I then viewed i
Ii is impossible now to doubt that hi> corres
pondence with Mr. Forsyth and his conver
satiou and correspondence with me formed
parts of the same tranasction Mr (lamiit n
proceeded from Savannah directly to tin-
place, where he probably received the answer
•f Mr Forsyth, dated at Milledgevilfo, oti iho
8tn of February, to his letter dated 25 h oi
January preceding. The very question which
te put to me, as I must now sav, so io^idious-
iy, whether there was a motion to arrest Gen
•ral Jackson, is explained by a reference to
the letter of Mr. Forsyth, in which the mo’ion
*o arrest m ikes a prominent part of what be
n-presents as the statement of Mr Crawford
of what occurred in the cahinet on the Semi-
iole war. Mr Crawford has since, however,
dated in his letter to Mr. Forsyth, and the
me to me, that the statement of Mr Forsyth
was erroneous on this point
Viewing then this whole affair as one trims
action, (it can be veiwed in no other light,)
what a spectacle is presented! I am approached
as a zealous friend ofGeneral Jackson by one
who, from his political relations with tne at the
time. 1 had a right to consider as friendly,
for the purpose of extracting from me, under
he pretext of defending General Jackson,
some unguarded expression, which at a tutur>
period, alter he might be raised, in part by my
exertion, to the highest office in the Govern
ment, the power which 1 had thus contributed
to confer might be used lo destroy forever the
character and standing 1 had acquired by long,
laborious, and faithful services to the country,
and which was the only fund I had acquired
In that service, to bequeath as a legacy to my
children.
In order that the whole of this iniquitous trans
action may be presented in one vi. w, I annex
a copy of the letter from Mr. F *rs vth to Mr*
ihere ought o nc an official correspondence
between th» j General and myseii, so that the
ciews which wo respectively took of his or
ders might appear on record
This letter passed out of my possession into
tbit ofGeneral Jackson without my consent
hut at what lime or by what means, or through
whose agency, I to this day iimniormed.—
la December 1327, I accidently heard from a
'▼entleman ofthis city, in a conversation turn
Tng on the subj ct of tht* feelings of Mr Mon
roe toward? General Jackson, (which I staled 1
knew to be friendly.) that there was a letter ot
the former in the hands ot the latter, wnich al
forded conclusive proof of his hostility to the
General Having found, some tune before
that the letter of Mr. Monro* to me ottl.e 9tn
of September, a copy of which is hereto annex
ed, was missing, I ascertained th* tact by an
examiation of the letter to me that it was
missing or a hint from a friend that there was
a letter written bv Mr Monroe, as it was sup
posed, to me, which was out of my possession
and was intended to be used for political pur
poses. My friend could not mlorm me m
whose possession the letter was On hearing
that there was a letter of Mr. Monroe s n
General Jackson’s possession, I concluded it
wus4 be the same, though 1 was utterly at a
withhold from the public the letter of Mr
Hamilton, of the 25th ol January, ^o which
inis is an answer. It is rare that an answer
can be Lilly understood, without the letter to
which it 19a reply, and 1 do feel that justice to
myself as well as to the country, and 1 will add
to Mr. Forsyth himself, requires ils publi
cation In making these remarks, I am not
unmindful of the hope which he expresses,
that his name may not be introduced in the
further discussion of this subject. I feel every
disposition to comply with his desire, arid
judging, from my own feelings, I can well
appreciate the pain which he must feel in being
involved in the controversy: but he roust par
don me for thinking that the claims of just ice
are paramount to those of delicacy, and that
in insisting upon the perf-rmance of an act,
on bis part, which justice lo me requires,
1 am regardless of his sensibility. In coming
before tiie public he has voluntarily put him
self in a position which gives me the right to
make the request. I would also suggest, that
this is not the only letter in hi3 possession,
connected with this correspondence, necessary
o the full elucidation of this aff.iir. His letter
io Mr. Crawford, to which Mr. Crawford’-
letter, placed in the hands of General Jackson,
was a reply, has not vet been put in the posse
sion of the public. Until it be, the impression
must necessarily rein
r»ot rowfplete.
Whether the letter of Mr. Monroe, of the
9t Ii of September, ^hich w as purloined from
me, and passed into the hands of General Jr-rk«
son, as has beutf slated,jwas intended as on<- of
the means of placing us in our present relation,
or was intended to exrite hostility between
him and Mr Monroe, I am now unable to say.
At first I supposed the latter, but subsequent
events leave it doubtful The letter was
finally returned to me by General J<*ck on,
but without explanation of the manner in whxb
it came to his hands
Having so long remained in the possession
of the General, and been the subject of a cor
respondence, 1 might have adduced it in my
correspondence with him, as conclusive proof
that he < ught to have known that my const!uo«
tion of bis orders in the S nunoie war, conin-
cided with Mr. Monroe’s, anil consequently dif
ffored from his owe. I was restrained, however
from doing so, b> considerations which may be
)easily cenceived but as the letter rs necessari
ly connected; with the immediate subject of
this statement, 1 am now obliged to present it
to the public as a part of my vindication
I do n >t deem it necessary t • make any re
marks >;n Mr. Crawford’s letter l»» me. pub
lished by Mr Forsyth, as h's fro nd The *r
gument of Mr. Craw-f.-rd, in supper* of his
statement of the proceedings of the cabin, t,
rested almost exclusively or Ihe statements of
Mr Crowninshield and Mr Adams. A ^ut se-
quent acknowledgement ot the former tii.it ue
was not present at the deliberation o: the ca
binet, and subsequently, tnat Isis .-tatement to
Mr Crawford is unfounded, and tlo- fret, dis
closed by the letter of Mr Adams .o me, pub
lished wi*it tne correspondence th >t Mr Craw-'
tbrd has given n h;s letter a garbled extrac* of
Mr. Adam’s sta emenl to him, omitting the
material point, removed th -foundation of Ids
argument, and with it the superstructure winch
ho raised fell to the ground •
With a knowledge of these facts, it iS diffi
cult to conceive whjjL IV^r Crawford’s letter
should be presented to the public, and still
more so as it appears to reconcile its publi
cation with justice without an acknowledge'
inent of uncontested errors.
I will conclude this statement by a single
remark in relation to myself As unpleasant
.is 1 find my present silnation. I exnerience one
consolation without which it would tie quite
intolerable. 1 have been placed in it l>? no
fault of my own. Little did I suspect more than
welve year- ago, when daring to construe or
ders, which I myself had drawn, and to which
1 could give no other construction than it hat I
did ccnsistenily with the constitution, acting
•s I was under the cbligr.liou of an qath to ab
sinth from the infraction of that sacred mstru-
ment; and in venturing to suggest the c-'Ur«e,
which, I honestly supposed ought to be adopt
ed on their infraction, I should be exposed at
his late day to so much difficulty and daoger.
Yet this is my only off-nce.
A Copy of a Letter from Mr. Monroe to Mr.
Calhoun.
Highland, Sept. 9, 1818.
Dear. Sir: 1 have General Jackson’s reply
to my letter ol July 19, from Washington, res
pecting his taking possession of St M rks and
Pensacola. He contends strenuously, that his
orders left him free to adopt that course, if he
found it necessary to lermi ate the Seminole
war; that orders to General Gaines interior
officer, not referred to i.-i the orders to *bim,
subsequent date, were inapplicable, and not
obligatory on him, especially as his enlarged
the sphere of his duties. His letter is on the
whole conciliatory and friendly H-- prorni-es
to write another. Our vi vr of fo- power is
decidedly diff -rei.t from hi.-, on w-ich too we
acted without entertaining a.suspicion that ho
would misunderstand it I am inclined to
think lhai 1 nad hetrer answer this ie’ter im
mediately. He may expect that , his concep
tion of his orders shou d appear * document
:n the department: and ii seems to be proper
that the sense in which they were'tnvon, and
understood by the department, after wfiat ha*
passed, should be recorded there A commu
nication between you, on this head, and in »his
stage, s eras to be the more necessary from th*
presumption that it may be my duty to state
to Congress that he transcended his orders on
his owe responsibility ; or at feast to state the
-ense in which they were understood by ns.—
Ai piesent nothing to this eff cl exists in your
correspondence with him 'It is mine only,
which is private. A coroavumcaiton on this
point may commence either with you or him.
I will suggest it to him, thinking, as i do, that
•t had belter begin with him The affair may,
I hops, be terminated to the satisfaction of all
parties I will send y- u in a few days Ifi- let
ter, [with a-former one] witfi the answer, irt ich
I propose giving to it; which if you see no ob
jection to it, be so good as to forward fo him.
But if you do. return it with your objections to
it. By coming from him, it wdl put you more
at ease in your answer, and afford a better ' p-
portunity for the exorcise of kindness and
liberality. 1 shall attach no particular impor*
t ince to the affur. » * my letter, leaving the ar
gument lo you and him, so r ar us it becomes
necessary to enter into it.
B. Letter from Mr. Monroe to Mr. Calhoun.
Dear Sir: In my compliance with your re
quest in the letter of the Z2d, I now send yon
di the documents referred to in it which you
will find to correspond witlr the name inclosed,
ft would be very gratifying to me t« knew by
whom, and from wbat quarter tliis attack has
been meditated, f am far from wishing you
;o communicate to me any thing which you
may not feel yourself perfectly at liberty to
• > communicate by the strictest rules of deli
cacy : but the hostility towards me is so mark*
d and unjustifiable, that it may be useful to
ue to know iri what quarter it xisfs. I hava
jxmn much annoyed iu this way ever since my
