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SAVURMr EVENING, JULY 10, 1824
Whole No 4469
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. rev ive, amend and continue in force an
act entitled an act, to exta-nd the lime of tu
■ out grants on surveys made on head rights
Phnurttv warrants.
V it enaotid by the Senate and House of He-
Lntntives uf the state «jf Georgia, in General
Imblv met, and it is hereby enacted try the
Inritv of'the safde. That where a-y person or
, 'have heretofore had surveys made on
■ iirhis, bounty warrants and grants there m
. not been obtained, it shall and may be law
Lr such person or persons, to apply for and
| n .soW-gnui» w».«nu. aeaoy ..time, pre-
i to the 2.5th tif October, i824, on payment
,c usual fees ,,
lc 2 And be it further enacted by the :*u
[tv aforesaid, That where any surveys have
lorore been made on head rights or bounty
T,. ts d grants theveon have not been ob
,1 such land shall nut be subjeot to a re.
ey until three months from and after the
on or persons claiming under the original
ev shall have been notified that such re-sur-
is intended to be made, a V that in all eases,
jierson or persons claiming under the ongi-
kurvey, shall be entitled to the preference
l iking such re-survey, until the expiration
|ree months frmn the time of such notifica-
, and iu the event of there bein* no claim-
.esiding on or near the land to be thbs re-
Lved, such notice shall be perfected by giv-
Inee months notice |>y public advertiseine t,
[e Court Uouse of tue county where such
jnii.y lie, and in one of tile public Gazettes
13 And be it further enacted, That it shall
,, duty of ah surveyors who shall make any
Fre-sumy. to, certify on his return to the
i yor General, that due notice according to
provisions of this act bail been given, an
Vain obtained ob such at-survey shall be va-
JmlnSs feCObmpa'iied with 9ucli eertificute i
lidid, nothing in this act shall affect ilu
L i.f orphans or peisons under tlieage of 21
V, and that all such .persons shall he allowed
y hr after they arrive at the age of 21 years
|k<: out their grunts.
|e 4 And e it further enacted, That it shall
le duty of the Governor.to cause this act to
lulhislied in one of the newapapei9 io Md
| vi|le, Augusta und BaVunnah, once in each
m, until Hie expiration of the time appoint
lie same for taking otit grunts.
S fhd be it ioi.tlier enacted, that all law*.
Iparl* of laws militating against this act be
the same are hereby repealed.
DAVf» AI)AMS,
[ fpeakcr oftliu House nl'biuireseutatlves
THOMAS STOCKS,
i'resideid of the Senate,
knted to. Dec. 2,1823.
• G.M. Tl;OUt\ ‘
Governor.
Testimony and Documents,
ON THb MEMO . I ,VL < >E NlMAN iiuWAUUS
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nah Ittnublican,”
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Bon. Ninutn Edwards sworn by order oj
the Committee,
Q by Mi Livingston. You staled in an
deamination before a funner eo'iimit'ce in
y<pir answer to the 8lh interrogatory, ihat
you hail prevailed upon Cul .Stephensun to
write ujttiter to the Secretary ot the'IVea
tiiiry relative tn llif prop iety ol uoniuu-
mg deposited of public money in the l)ank
ol KtlwartUville, arid that yam saw him
write the letter, and enclose a publication
made by you therein. The committee wish
to k ow whether y u cad that letter im
mediately after it was written, and, more
particularly than is sta etl in that deposi
(iun.what cashed between yourself and Col.
Stephenson on that occasion.
A. The circumstances und“.r which it
Was written werd these} Col. Siephanson
Wbs, at that time, the Receiver of Public
Moneys, and also the President of the
Bank. He wus very ui.wi ling that I
should withdraw from the B.mk, and sup
posed tnat .«.y doing so Would be likely to
impair ita credit, and increase the respon
sibility upon him for the deposits in it. 1
was myself glad of the opportunity of cir-
tuinstances so, favorable to my advising
him with success to write the letter to the
Secretary, and he was very easily prevail
ed upon to do so, and applied io me tu
write such ;i letter for him, as I thought lie
'ought to write to the Secretary} and I ac
ct.rdingly wrote the draft of such letter—
Went to his office—remained there until he
had copied it, and afterwards compared
tlm copy, made by him with the draft. At
'll • same time that he wrote the letter, he
enclosed, to be. sent witit it, as 1 believe
was hts intention,,a printed copy of my
publication announcing mv intention to
withdraw torn the Bunk of Edwardsville.
I have no dnubMhni ho sent the letter.be*
cause from the conversation I hid witii
him, it appeared to be his desi elo send it,
so far as i could discove.; and his subse
quent cohversuti'iu left no doubt on my
rtiuyl tha' he did send it I have no recol
lection of having seen the original draft
nbnvementiuned from the time it was copied
by UbhStephenson until the lime of my
late return io Hdwatdsville. It was tlteh
shown to me by Thus. Lippituui, who wav
employed in doing business in the Land
Office, arid who took it in my piesence
from'atnoug tiiefiles of that . fiic.e, The
copy nftW presented was mode out, I think,
by himself, and is either sworn or ..fiinned
tons a tauo one. Mr Lippincot is a gentle
man of fair and respectable character, and
as I u .d'T'.taod and believe.-was secretary
or clerk to one brunch of the last legitia
of Illinois. Although I cannot swear that
this is a liter-.il copy of tye original draft, I
know it to b? substantially correct, not
have I the 'cast doubt of its being literally
so. Upon the original draft, as found iin
the files of thfe office, was an endorsement,
in the hamf writing of Mr Stephenson, the
tyords uf which Were, a« far its I recollect',
the fo|!«win»: " Vupy to the Treasury De
A I havei
Q. Was the copy for that publication
furnished by you ?
A. I vubinit to che commit ee whether that
is a voper question,
[Mr Pm »yih here stated that ho had a
tiling of this, however, was done wi'h a
view to show Mr. Ciawfmd the danger to
gnve'iiineut of continuing (he depnsitos in
th it bank, but rather to induce him not to
draw upon it at that particular time.
The difficulties uf- ttie bank I cooftiilcred. a'
pantculni reason for making the - inquiry. IK time, but temnorory i l thought it could bu
Cite lc ter as published contains a put t in inducted through them, and did not feel my
it»lir«i whinl. ... Sr-lt at Idlt rtV to wil*”> ** - 1 -' L
italics which corresponds to tlie port un
dersepred in the copy nuw presented 5 and
he wished to ask whether the types of the
publication .were set from this copy ?
A I have no objection to answer, provi-
ded’the comoiitlee tltink it a pmpei ques
tion. Tins copy is that fr in which 1 sup-
jose flic publication was made, as it was
I’urni-hed by myself for that purpose.
Q II w long wus it out uf your hands;
A. Not more than adgy or two, as well
as I c n recollect.
Q. Was it sent to the Editors of tho pa*
>pr i" which it was published, or was it tie-
ivered personally ?
W I tlo not recollect which. My im
pression is, t delivered it to some person
to take it to, the printers—probably Mr
Cook, Whoever took it, 1 consider the
act as equivalent to a personal delivery of
i' by myself.
Q. ‘I)id you search, or cause search iobe
made, in the office of the Receiver at Ktl
wiirdsville, for' tlie answer of the Tieasttry
Department to tho Igttei of which you now
piesent a copy?
*d I went to the office for the special
purpose of endeavoring to ascertain inhere
was m>t a letter in it from Mi Crawford to
the la'e Receiver, directing him to contin
ue the deposites in »lte Bank of Edwards-
villc.
Q Did you find the answer to the letter
the i
iperior Cou’t—Chatham
County.
loh'u Hetan ~)
I tw. ^ Rifle Nisi.
fluu Itttkcr 3
I tic p i.ion i.f Jno. ltctsa stating that
kiithS'i baker died on tfie first d'jy of May
L the better to secure thb payment oi liis
|u prooilsmvy nolo ol' tliat date for the sum
i thousand dollars, ' uyabte to tile said .lohn
, or ,.rder, on or before the tlay gf
11824, witli iotbrest at 7 percent perao-
|by his indenture, tinder his seal, bearing
Ihe day and year first aforeaoid, mortg'iged
> said John Hetan, all the undivided moiety
teS'um Sy t df^!5&l>!i e kS?n 'zzz'fM 'ztv ,ine u *
[iStinguished in the plan thereof by ,!ie P fn tme>lt, Wct. lSlD, oi woid- to th.it ef-
F - - - leef. An addrioiialreason which induces
me to believe thal the letter was
o s r. I
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sdto'l
er one (1) Tyrcimnell tyihiog Oarby ward,
her with the appurtenances, and further
“ that the said promissory npte remains
unpaid, and the said morteaife>.in full
and pniyilig the foreclosure of the said
t»ge. --•* ' i. , >
|inotion of \V. W. Gordon, attorney for the
aner, it is ordered that the said Nathan lla-
> pay into this court, within twelve months
i ifatc,' the principal and interest due on
id note ai)d live costs of the said application,
default thereof, tliat the equity of rodemp
f the said Nalhai\ Baker of and to the auid
agt d premises, be thenceforth and forever
mbia. I
uJtnoi
M of
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will I
I. CCO.I
I it is further ordered, that a copy oi this
be served on lire said Nathan Baker, at least
[innths before the time appointed for the
ent ofsaid money into court, or published
e of the public Gazettes of this slate, at
once iii every month, unlil the time ,ap.
ed for the payment thereof, and that such
pj* and other proceedings be hud as are
ribed by, tlie statute in such case made and
; frotn the minutes this 24th May, 1824.
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ANTI DI8P P I IC PILLS,
Prepared by Henry James.
[approved remedy for Dyspepsia, or Indi
pstion, IJahiiual C'-ttiveness, and Piles
? well known that Dyspepsia,is one of the
frequent and formidable diseases of our
^ Its commencement is'indicated in difr
tients by various sympkoma, of which
st remarkublc are^- k .
Igularity of the bowels, obstinate costive-
peadach, commonly called nervous or sick,
jdach, yellowness of the eyes and skin, *
|of stomach after eating, often called heart
flatulence or wind on ,t|)e stomach, bitter
Mhe mouth in the morning, foclid breath,
pt alter dinner, debility, lassitude,' e
(‘on. depression of spirits, &o.
I s being connected with indigestibn and
r jjjjji are certainly and spedily removed
PPly of the shove valuable Medicine has
: H received frora the Patentee, and ban
I'ncdofihe subscribem, who have been
agents for the State of Georgia. /
LAY ft HENDIUCKSON,
lists and Chemists,Shad's Buildings, '
Savannah.
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sent, is,
that tin* sti<l Mr Lippincot also shewed
me the copy of'nn'-ther let ei whiidv he took
from the files of (he office, wjtirlt wasin the
hand writing of Cul. 5itc#en on, the late
Receiver, and purported to be u letter from
the said Receiver to “Mr Crawford, dated,
I think, the 22d Oct, 1819, which, ft om the
subject of it, appears to refer to the before
de»cl ibeil le'tei .
Q by Mr Forsy!!). Was (here nny part
of the oiiginal draft of tin*letter from Mr
Stephenson of Oct^lS,. l8t9. undeiscoml?
A. I do md recollect that there waa I
prpccive that there is an.underscoring ton'
part of the copy now presented, which may
have been done in consequence of the ob
jectfor which this copy was taken; Which,
originally, was not that it might be sworn
to, but that it might be published. It was
sworn to subsequently to the arrival of the
summons from this Committee to myself.
Q. by Mr Forsyth. Was that underscor
ing made by you, oral your request?
A. I do not think.it was made by me
and I do nof: remember that it was made
at my request. Ido suppose it was made
by -thegentleman w|in took the.cnpy, and
that it was done by him in consequence of
hik' knowledge of my object in searching
for the letter. -
; Q^y Mr ForsytH. You say that you
perceive a partof the copy is underscored
II this the’first time you have noticed the
circumstances? ti
A Ido not recollect , noticing it hereto 4
fore,.* but think it is highly probable that I
did, as file copy was intendei) for pub
iication, and 4 this is a point to which 1
should naturally haye Wished to call the
a c attention, and of which wish the
eman who matte the copy was well
apprizgjj; . ,
Q liy Mr Forsyth, Your belief is that
this uiiflcrscoring was dope before theaffi*
davit was attached to the copy?
A; Such in my belief. 1 have no doubt
of,it. _ > ■ t
Q. This copy has been Already published
H.ivftyou seen th > publication of it in one
of the public,newspapers of this city ?,
of Tviiich you now pr sent a copy ?
Jl I found a letter from Mr Cr
of the 6th uf August, 1819 1 think ,
ther of the 1st of November, of the same
lib* rty to withdraw from it until this had
been done, which finally was effected, as I con
ceive, in a great measure, by my own diiigem
management of, and my assistance to the bank-
I do not recollect tost I did particularly advise
the iteceiveia of Public Money to withoold de-
posiusin the Edwardsville Bank at that lime,
nor until after I had made my publication iu the
St. Louis Enquirer.
Q. Aft. t*your publication, and when you'con
siurred tlie hank as out of danger, you ihep ad
vised (Ik Uecejver to withhblct depOBites?
• A Yes. My object in that publication was to
free myself from all responsibility for the bank
—to state a ha< I believe to be the real truth
concerning it, and to lyave the public and the
Secretary to judge for themselves, how f-r they
could confide in ft without unv responsibility un
mv part.
Q , You .fate that you enclosed a c py of this
publication V* Mr. Crawford; was it accompa
nied widi any thing written to him, or simply
covered with an envelope, and directed to him f
A l think ii was simply enclosed and direct-
ed to him, and that nothing was written but the
direction.
not se«
Q. Hid you not write, at Mrs Stephenson's re-
.quest, a letter purporting to be from her to the
Jg-H-y ef the Treasury, and dated 18th Sept
A I submit to the committee whether this is
a proper quetttlon I am perfectly willing to’am
av er it if they so decide; und I am alao willii.i?
to waive the objection i
[The Committee having decided that the qhes-
tion was a proper one,]
A , 1 did wmea letter for Mrs 8tephenson,
which I believe she copied, signed, and, I have
no Joubt, sent, in reply to a letter from Mr
Crawford to Col Stephenson, which was receiv
ed during his absence on a journey to Kentucky;
- uwforil, and the "oiiginat dralt, which warwtitleir^y
of the 6th of August, 1819 l think; ano mysel*, 1 have lately seen on the files of the lie-
el*.-*.- C it— « -A !• *.T * M . rtoit'nria nllinn nt U.l,...I• -
ceiver’s Office at Edwardsville.
year; anil f»ne of April, (probably the 20th.T ,Q' you recollect whether Mr Ste-
1820, The second , f tnese, viz t that of i pnen“°ni was in Etlwarrisville ut the time
the 1st of November, it i* my opinion, wa'.!y°“ r publ|e,it|un io the Enquirer appeared?
written in ronaiquence of the letter of the! A * ‘ 10 ll0t *
Rereiver ofOct. 12th; 1816.
^ You state, iu your examination be
f .re the committee of the last Congress,
that Col. Stephenson informed you, after
he hod written that letter, that he received
a letter from the Secretary of the Treasu
ry directing him to continue the deposites
in the. Bank of Edwardsville In your let
ter to the Necrfet .ry, of the 9th Febusrv,
1822, you say that he (meaning Mr htep-
iietmon) iiiffined von that, that letter hud
been answered, i wish to know exactly
wlwt the declaration made to you by Mr
Stephenson was; whether lie said lie had
received an anewer to the letter, or wheth
er he sa’d he had received a letter direct
Q. After your publication, and before the
writing ol this letter of Mr Stephenson's,
which you. liege to have been written, you
knew that complaints had been made, tin
the part of the Treasury, of his withholding
deposites of public moneys in his hands?
A. I oave no knowledge of having seen
or heard n "« *n„. ...i.: .. . .. •
"is him to continue the deposites in the
Edwardsville Bank?
Jl. The letter o[.the 12th prtober was
written previouslv to my coming on toCon-
gress. On my return from Congress, af
ter the Nesaion succeeding the date of this
letter; I asked the Receiver what answer
Mr Crawford had given to that letter.—
He told me. eitlie that he had received a
letter from Mr Ciuwford directing him to
continue the deposites, or that Mr Craw
ford had written to him directing him to do
so; from which I understood bjm that he
had received an answer from Mr Crawford.
I -tin positive lie told me that he ,hBd re
neived a letter from Mr Crawford, direct
ing him to continue, the deposites; but,
whether he alluded to the letter of the 1st
November, 1819, or to that of the 20th
April, 18^0, or to any other letter in par
titular, I do not know; for 1 do not recol
lect to -.ive seen either of these letters
ftom Mr.Crawford until my late return to
Edwartlgville.
Q. Did not you enntider that letter
winch you draft d for Mr. Stephenson, as
a letter from the Receiver of Public Mo
neys to the Secretary of the Treasury?
It was certainly a letter from the Re
ceiver of Public Moneys, but he was, ai
the same time, Piesident of the B tok of
Edwardkvillb. I perceive, from the copy,
it is dated at the "Receiver’s Office.” f
know that the Receiver’s letter was writ
ten from the draft alluded to.
Q. You state that you returned from
Congress in the spring of 1819, and found
the Bank of Edwardsville under great
pressure. 1 wish to know whether you ap
prised the Secretary of the Treasury that
such was the fact, or ltd vised the Receiv
er of Public Moneys to withhold deposites
in that bank on account of it ?
Jl. I do not recollect, that I did write
directly to the Secretary myself; bqt I am
under an impression that the President of
the bapk did write him a lerter, the object
of which was toiuduce huji to forbeardraw-
.ing upon the bank while it wap under dif
ticulty. I mhde a communication to Col.
Johnson, during that summer, whose bro
ther, in law held more stock iu the bank
than any other person, of the difficulties
with Which the bank was then struggling,
and; with a view that, he should, and the
expectation that, he would, communicate e h® e » ^y 'nv own ft
the same to Mr. Crawibrd- l ani induced 1° lt, |
fobfilie^ethathedid so, ; from a letter from
Mi*. Crawford’to Col. Johnson, of the/15th
Juiy, 1819, which l now submit tp the,coth-
mitfee, and which acknowledges the re
ceipt of a communication from me to C<>|
Johnson, upon the subject alluded to. No
any thing on that subject, saving
the letter whirl; arrived at EuwardKVille
directed to Cul Stephenson, during his ab
sence.
Q. Do yo U< or not, know that, before or
ebou* the time of this transaction, iu the
spr ng, summer, or fall of 1819, Col. Ste
phenson had loaned large sums of money
to different individual* ?
A* I do not recol lee of knowing or hear
ing of any such loans by him. A list, I uii-
derstood, was found after his death, of mo
ney*. loaned; but this was subsequent to the
time mentioned in the question, nor do I
remember hearing the name of more than
one individual to wlinrti it was then ascer
tained he had loaned money.
Q.You insinuate, in your memorial to
Congress, that there oasa letter written by
M Crawfti'd to the. Receiver at Edwards
ville, w'.lth was, in reullity an answer to
the letter alleged to by you to have been
written by Mr Stephenson, but which was
so contrived as to appear not to b> such an
answer; can you assign any conceivable
motive which could lead to auch a course on
the part of M Ciawfmd at that time?
A Mr Crawford, as I believe, had recei
ved much information against the Bank at
Edwardsville, some of which appears it rhe
documents, ai d particularly the letter of
ihe B k of Missouri, dated, I think, 9th.
This was naturally calculated to excjte his
fearsfm the safety of the deposites; my
withdrawal from the .bank was calculated to
confirm thore fears; and I think it highly
probable that he mightv' Ot have been wit-
l-ngto disclose any circumstance which
was calculated to increase his responsibili
ty for continuing those deposites in that
bank ; and I believe thoki deposites were
continued there more through (he influence
of Gen. Payne and his connections, than
from that of any other persons,
Q- i understand you, then to say that Mr
Crawford at that .time anticipated the fail
ure of that bank, anu sought to provide a
screen from thp responsibility of having
continued the p'ihjlc deposites there.
A. My opinion is, that ihe did receive priy
publication and the Receiver’s letter, and
that he has withheld them, and I have al
ready assigned the motive which I suppos
ed might have governed him in doing so;
but whether tlTftt insulted- from an actual
anticipation uf the failure of, the bank or
front an apprehension only, that it migh'
fail, I do not undertake to decide-
Q Yoti state that you determined to sus
tain that bank, and you lay great stress on tH
the circumstance ot your withdrawal from
it; will you state how you were enabled to
sustain it?
A*! endeavored,to sustain it by my irifiu
tance, if it had -equiied it. *
Q. When you * .tied tliat you did
thed aft of the Rcceivcr'sleMer ur.-tif»« ymir
Uteieturn toEdwaidsville,”ilii| you tifuaft
your return in April or May lost ?
A. I did.
Q Did you see-that draft after it was
copied by the Receiver and examined, and
previously twits being taken from the files,,
by Mr Lippincott?
i A. Not that 4'ecol!eot.
Q Was a letter-book kept in the office of
the Receiver at Edwatdsvillc;.
A.' ( believe there, is.'
Q. Is this letter from the Receiver cop
ied in thgt book ?
A I think that, in the letter-book I saw,
that letter does not appear, There are al
so other letters, and one or more I think
from Mr Crawford, which are on the files
in the office, which are not recorded in <»he
book 1 examined, or if they were I did not
see them.
Q. Are theie any of the letters from the
Receiver to the Department of the Treas
ury, of the same year with the alleged let
ter, which are not recorded in that book?
I include Mrs. Steveusun’s letter in this
question
A. My examination, of the letter-book
was sp slight, that 1 cannot pretend to say
whether it wak so of not. 1 do not rec ol
lect whether Mrs. Sievenson’s letter ap-
bpars upon the letter-book or not:- It is my
impression that Mr Crawford's letter.of tho
1st of November, 18l9, is not reco.dpd in
the buck tliat I saw ; though I canuot speak
with certainty about it.
Q. Were you not engaged, prior to your
ou.ney to Edwardsville, in preparing a
publication with respect to these duett- 1
tnents against Mr Crawfurd ?
A. To that question 1 positively object.
My communication to the House is here ; it
speaks for itself; it cannot be material
when, or where, it was written
[Tha Committee decided he was noY
bou"d to answer.J
Q. You hove stated in yopr communica
tion to the House of Representatives that
you are the author of the A. B. publicationn
which atecunpained your address; are you ,
not also the author of the other A. B. pub-
lications which appeared either before or
since in the Washington Republican against
the Secretary of the Treasury.
A To tliat question l olijcct to answer. Y
am answerable only for those A. B uublications
which I have acknowledged.
(The- committei decided that he was not bound
to' answer.)
Q. Have von not.Mt another time, denied your
being the author of the said A. B. publications,
which you now avow t
A- To th's question I alao object to answer.
[The committee decided that lie was not bound
to answer )
(?. Tlie packet I now present to you con
tains the driginul address presented by you.to
the House of Hepreseo)ativcs: Will you pleuho
to sepai ate those parts of tliat address which. ,«
were sent io this city by mail, from those part3
n hich were supplied after its arrival here ?.
A. Tlie communication is before t[ic IJousa
as n whole; and as a • liole was referred to this
committee 1 do not feel myselfunder any ob-"
ligation to state lidw its several parts got here.
[Tlie committee decided that he was Hot bound
to answer.) • ;• t •
Q. 1 wisli to knbw whethet; yop are not tha .
auilit r < f the printed letter now shewn to yob, .
and which is contained in the Washington’,Gu-
zetteof tlie'24tli l!eccmbef,*18T,.anddaied the 1
12th oftli.ii month, and purporting to be written
by a gentlemai. in Ohio L.
‘A. I do not consider mysplf bound to answer .
the question, unless the committee ahull so di- .
rect me;
(The' mmitteedecided that fie was not bound >,
tom s s»
Q .. . u the author of all those A. B. pub
lications which accompany, your memorial to
Congress ?
A. Iam , ’
Q. ft ere not the materials of your memorial
to. Congress collected and prepared bv you be
fore you had seen that letter of Mr. Ctawfi-rd io
Congress which yeu alleg.- to be the ground of
tliat memorial t 5 f
A 1 had i.o intention last session of attacking
Mr Crawford unless it should be necessary ; ti»
my own detet ce, or unless 1 .myself had been ,
attacked—I liad no knowlc.'ge of Mr Crawford’s
report until the mbrning after it was made. A
copy of ft w;w then brought to ro'y room by; Mr
Cook,inconsequence uftwliich .1 changed my
determination to have left liere on tli.n day and
tndeuvqred theft tt> collect such documents asl
thought miglit be useful to me in case I, Should .
reply to it. Not one word ot my addres- to the
house Was written in the Coy, of Washington,' .
nor have J any recollection of having conversed
on the subject of 'Mr Crawford’s report, but
wi'h three members ofthe House af Kepresen-
tatives, viz M. Cook, Colonel Moore, and Mr
( amnbell of Uliio I left the .city the oexi day,
the 24ib, v Phout any settled plan of answering
it, and, with the aid of no other materials than
those I collected here in the city, and my own
memory * In %aking tbe tieferehces, which are
ence'Vby mv own funds, and by uiy pe son*.
Q. Ditl you make any deposite about that
tiinb with a view to sustain it‘? and ifsu, to
whatfmount ? <
A. I aided it by advancing my own mo
ney or bills; but camint say to wfiat amount.
I held myself ready togiyc i^fgrtlier asais-
which contaii ed a reference to thos< documents.
I;occasionaliy made some notes op my. i journey
'■ v '*-' J ing, v here my Add. ess was written^
■.. 1.! *1. ..I. •«' „i..o rAitt t n Vltin rtiVnL
and from whioh place ft w .s sent to this city—
and l expect the documents referred tu by Mr
Eor^yth, as hairing been furnished here, were
obtained by Mr Coolc, to whom I wrpte'for that * *
purpose. I regretted the oecfssKy that I. felt
myselfunder townie at ail, and ytouid not have
done So, itlcouUi havetioppd, by.any itiore pa
cific means, that wobld not.have been degrading
to have obtainefta wiihdrawal i.-f au insinuation
which l conceived was calculated to injure me.
Every single)thing used in.roy address t'o» thb ’■
House w-as cdlfecteci from a mass of mv own pri
vate papers, -and' by' i wo- friends as (hey'could
gap them else.* he. e, after the report of Mr
L>\Vford tvpa i-rn^itsd.. .Th'eve things, ...
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