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CABINET. —— “■ m—.".i4 WAR Mi vrow 1t V 24 is !■) The following well written article, from the Albany Argus, will bo read with interest. Os the character of the late political struggle, we have already freely spoken. It has been peculiarly the triumph of the people, and their own candidates, over the wealth, the aristocracy, and the cabi net means and influence, of the country. In no possible way could the integrity of of the people, and the insufficiency of the seductions of power with a viituousand intelligent community, have been more fully exhibited. This is little else than the repitition of a remark which is very happily illustrated and extended in the following observations of a correspondent, the potency of whose pen contributed in no slight degree to the great result. We owe it to the writer to add, that it is the language of a familiar letter to the editor, not designed for publication. ‘Of the final succes* of Gen. Jackson I permitted myself to doubt. I well knew if the whole case (as the lawyers say) could b* spread before the people, that the event was certain: but to ensure success , t was necessary to produce the ev tlen e, and to prepare the argument, otherwise the torrent of calumny which ran with surh fury from the presses of the Administration, would have swept away the popularity of a Washington. The result of the contest furnishes the in st • fleering evidence of the native hon esty of the people. Had it terminated otherwise, I must confess that my strong convictions that ihmr virtue was the sure corrective of all public evils would have been shaken. If my efforts have tended in any‘degree to stay the plague,’it will be a source of consolatory reflection thro’ life. ‘The recent battle has been on paper, —-the ihief warriors, ‘ the knights of the Press. It has been a controversy singu lar in character, and in the attendant cir cum Unces. Wealth, and the numerous dependants who full w in her train, against us the Bar against us the Pulpit against us the Universe ties, tron the venerable Harvard to the youthful Transylvania, against us— the Literary Aristocracy (for however strange it may appear, the Republic of Mon irehies is an Aristocracy in the Dem ocratic Republic of America) against us, with a few distinguished exceptions in your s'ate, —and even imperial Fashion Came in with her-sweeping and conquer ing dictum ihat it was vulgar to be Jack sonian,’ and ‘good society’ instantly took their places in the Adams ranks. Most of the names of note which have been Sounded by the party trumpets for thirty years, were u*ed for our discomfiture. Albert Gallatin and gen. Dearborn, two of the cabinet of Jefferson—seven of the eight surviving Jefferson electors of 1800 in Virginia—John Marshall, and I be lieve Oliver Wolcott, of the cabinet of John Adams—John Jay, Bushrod Wash ington, Levi Lincoln, governor of Mas- SAciosetih. the • epresentative [as Mr. Adams would say] of a"other member of th*> Jefferson Cabinet—Gov. Randolph, and ti- son T. J. Randolph, the represen ts ves *>f Mr Jefferson, though enemies of Clay, fr ends of Adams—Jones, Crown inshi dd, and Eustis, of the cabinet of Mr. M dison—the Judiciary of the United SUk*—Smith Thompson in the field as a partis in. All those names too which the federalists had berni taught to respect; Harrison G. Otis, Josiah Quincy, the families of the la'i* Chief Justice Parsons, Governor Strong & Governor Gore, Gen. Van Ren* selnei, Mr. Van Vechten, Rulus King, & many others well known to fame in the itvddb’ & eastern states; Gaston & Web ste<7 thi revolutionary names of Wii| e t and Fairiie; many of the chiefs of the late Crawford party gov. Barbour, Mr. Rush, <§v„; and it was at least a matter of doubt whether the two surviving Presidents were not both against us. And yet we have conquer* d,— gloriously conquered, —d’ven our enemies fiom the field, with all the aid of the patronage, (he bank and the treasury. And what is more aston ishing, the administration, with the most learned and taleted men of *ke nation rea dy to wield the pen at their bidding ,have been beaten as thoroughly in the field of political controversy as in the Electoral Colleges. The productions of the lead ing Jackson presses can sustain the ut most seventy ot critical comparison. Ev-i en Parnassus was seized by Jackonians and their enemies were driven in disgrace from the region of Muses. This howev er, is not so wonderful. Poetry otten a bandons the soft seats which taste and luxury have prepared tor her, dj* wanders in the fields amongst the Peasantry. Shakespeare was a vulgar fellow, a sort ol a hurra-boy,—combed wool poached in Sir Thomas Lucy’s park, haunted tav erns and held horses; &. Robert Burns drove a plow. Correspondence between Mr. Crockett, of Tennessee, Mr. Clark, of Kentuck* y, and Mr. Verplank, of N. York, all three members of the House of Repre sentatives. House of Representatives , Jan. 3, 1829. Uisak Biu—Forbearance ceases to be a virtue, when it is construed into an acquiescence in falsehoods, or a tame submission to unprovoked insult. 1 have seen publish, and republish ed in various papers of the U. States, a slander, no doubt characteristic of its author, purporting to be an ac count of my first, visit to the Presi dent of the Nation. I have thus long passed the publication alluded to with silent contempt. But, supposing that its republication is intended, as in its origin it evidently was, to do me an injury I can submit, to it no longer, without calling upon gentlemen who were present, to do me justice. I pre sume, sir, that you have a distinct re collection of what passed at the din ner alluded to, and you will do me the favor to say distinctly whether the enclosed publication is not false. 1 would not make this appeal, if it were not that, like other men, I have enemies who would take much’ plea sure in magnify ii g the plain rusticity of my manners into the most unpur aileiled grossness and indelicacy. I have never enjoyed the advantages which many have abused; but i atn proud to hope that your answer will show, that 1 have never so far prosti tuted the humble advantages I do en joy, as to act the part attributed to me. An early answer is requested. 1 am, sir, most respectfully, Your obedient servant, DAVID CROCKETT. Hon. Jas. Clark, of Ky. [A similar request to the above was communicated to the Hon; Mr. Ver plank, of N. York.] Washington City, Jan. 4, 1829. Dear Colonel. In your letter of yesterday, you requested me to say if the luclii rous newspaper account of your behaviour when dining with the President, which you enclosed me, is true. 1 was at the same dinner, and know that the statement is absolutely titute of every thing like truth. I sat opposite to you at the table, and held occasional conversation with you, and observed nothing in your behaviour but what was marked with the strict est propriety. 1 have the honor to be, With great respect, Your oh’t servant JAS. CLARK. Col. D. Crockett. Washington, Jan; 4,1829. Dear Sir: 1 have already several times anticipated your request in regard to the newspaper account of your beha viour at the President's table, as I have repeatedly contradicted it in various companies where i heard it spoken of. I dined there in company with you at the time alluded to, aud had, I recollect a good deal of conversation with you. our behaviour there was, I thought, per fectly becoming and proper, and I do not recollect or believe that you said or did any thing resembling the newspaper ac count. lam yours, guliaS c. verplank. Col. C ROCKETT. Extract from Mr. Berrien’s remarks on presenting the Georgia Protest to the Senate of the U. States aginst the Tariff. It is difficult, Sir, to repress—it is, perhaps still more difficult appropri ately to express the feelings which’ belong to such ail occasion as the present. I have been educated in sentiments of reverence tor oar Fede ral Union, and thro* iitr, i have ha bitually cherished these sentiments.— As an individual citizen, therefore it I is painful to recur to that disastrous j policy winch has imposed on tne : State in which 1 live the stern ticcessi* ty of assuming this relation to the Government of this Confederacy. As one of the Representatives on this floor of that State, whose citizens have always been forward to mani fest a proto mi and and devoted attach ment to this Union—of a patriotic aud gallant People, who would Ireely yield their treasure, & unsparingly shed their blood in its defence, the oc casion is one of deep and unmingled humiliation, which demands the de posite, in the Registry of the Senate, of this record of their wrongs.— There may be those, Sir, who vvii look to this act with indifference— perhaps with levity; who will consid er it as the result of momentary ex citement—and see or think they set in it merely the effusion of impassion ed but evanescent feeling. 1 implore those gentlemen not to trouble them selves, on a subject in relation to which error may be like dangerous t us all. Forty years of successful expert ment have proved the efficiency os this Government to sustain os in ai honorable intercourse witn toe otbe ( nations of the world. Externally, i peace and in war, an id the iiin tua turns, of commerce, ami the strife c.f arms it has pro tec ted our interests and defender our rights. One trial, one fearful trial yet remains to be made; i is one under the apprehension of winch the bravest may tremble which the wise and the good will anx iously endeavor to avoid, it is that experiment which shall test the com petency of this Government to pre serve our interest peace wherever a question vitally affecting the bond which unites us as one I’eople, shall come to be solemnly agitated between th ’ sovereign members of this confe deracy. lo proportion to its danger should be our solicitude to avoid it, ny abstaining on the one hand from acts of doubtful legislation as weil as by the manner of resistance on the o tiier, to those which are deemed un constitutional. Between the inde pendent members of this confederacy, Sir, there can be no common arbiter. They are necessarily remitted to their own sovereign will deliberately ex pressed, in the exercise of those re served rights of sovereignty, the dele gation of which would have been an act of political suicide. The desig nation of such an arbiter, Sir, was, by the force of invincible necessity. casus omissus, among the provisions of a Constitution conferring limited powers, the terpretation of which was to be confined into the subordinate agents created by those who were en trusted to administer it. I earnestly hope that the wise and conciliatory spirit of this Govern ment, and of those of the several States will postpone to a period f r distant the clay which will summon us to so fearful a trial. If we are in deed doomed to encounter it, 1 cs earnestly hope that it may be entered upon in the spirit of peace, and wish cherished recollections of former an i ty. But the occasion which shall im pel the sovereign people of even one of the members of this Confederacy, to resolve that they are not hound by its acts, is one to which no patriot ■can look with levity, or yet with in j difference. Whatever men and free ! men may do to avert it, the People of Georgia will do. Deeply as they fed the wrongs which they suffer, they will not bear and forbear. Though their complaints have been hitherto disregarded, and their remonstrances have been heretofore set at nought, they will still look with confidence to the returning justice of this Govern ment. From a correspondent of the J\'ew Fork Enquirer. Washington, Dec. 23, 1828. We are in the midst of the holidays— of fashion—of gaiety —and of the closing administration of the second Adams. B ith houses have adjourned to next week. The business which has been transacted, and left in midway, will be resumed with great activity after New- Yr ar‘s day. Since the opening of the session, all the ta kof th 1 * day hu9 been ‘who will form the Generai’s cabinet 1 ’ The topic is now completely exhausted. As the high tide of fasiiiuo sets in, these grave mat ters begin to die away. When the Gen ea! approaches the capital they will a gain be revived. Last Monday, Mrs. Secretary Porter gave her first party- The talent to lead fashionable society is peculiar and origi nal. Ihe French are said to possess it above &tl other people. It requires a k owledge of character, acquaintance with forms, brilliancy ot imagination, de licacy of mind, as well as moral cour age, and a rapidity of invention and tact, which few females possess. Mrs. Porter is a chartniug woman, and ectirlv tak'*s the lead of all the gay cofemratraries of the day now in the capital. Formerly possessed of much personal beauty, it has °°vv assumed an air of dignity with which her fine figure correspond* ex tremely. She keep* up the whole spirits of the Adams party. She sustains the whole administration with her cleverness •nd her versatile talents. I think the ap pointment of Gen Porter, on that account as been quite a hit. Mrs. Porter is per fectly acquainted with every political man, and even Clay himself would not nesiate t * take a lesson from her judg ment. Notwithstanding all this, some of th Adams party despond dreadfully. ,\bus * avent point de rernede pour i-ame. Dancing, wine, canvass backs- all will not heal the poor souls. Their only consola tion is to launch sarcasms; and irvent hoaxes about the inaugeration, the ball, the next campaign, &c. They have al ready cut up the whole establishment of Gadsbv, and foretold everv movement that will be made on sh- great occasion which is approaching. Ha mg lost their political i, flu. nee entirely, the ohj ct f he ‘remnant’ is to infuse heir indue nee into the fashionable iu!es and regulations of the next administration. Accordingly, their invention is set to work, and they may succeed in passing laws for the cut ot the c*at, the cock of the hat, or the mode the indispensable should set, dur ing the next term. Mr. Clay‘9 first party for the season was held last night. Heretofore, this has has been considered the leading soiree but it now falls back, and takes its posi tion behind that of the Lady Secretary of War. Mr. Clay made an eft’ rt to be gay and nonchalant , and succeeded toler ably we!|. He says he is very much pleased with the election of Gen. Jackson, it has afforded him much relief; and afer the ot March he mounts his horse, crosses the mountains, and turns farmer in Kentucky. Little V right, of Ohio, it is said is to be called to the beoch of that state. 1 his is the only portion of the* weet meats’ he can get, and it is pr bable he will accept the di?h. lchabod Bartlett, of N.II. who was so well dressed last year by J<,hn S. Barbour, has cast his eye upon Gov. Woodbury’s scat in the senate, if the latter should be called to Jackson’s cabinet; he is, therefore, pre paring the way, by a resignation of his present spat, Avery powerful original Adamsman was here the other day, from the banks of the Hudson; he advised with Mr. Adams, settled Jackson’s cabinet, fixed his leading policy, appointed his successor, turned on his heel from Clay, and then took his departure for the north. must not, therefore,give you’9elfany further trouble about public affairs—ail is n ranged. I understand great discontent prevails about the nomination of Mr. Hughes, who is considered unfit forthe Netharland em bassy, involving, as it does, the north eastern boundary. I should not be sur piised it the senate were to let several ap pointments lay over till the next adminis tration come in. Ihe country would gain by such a course. The whole polity ol the Adamsmen is to talk about the mag nanimity of the General, and abuse his prominent friends—expecting by this course to keep their places for themselves and triends, and get what they can cut of the old hero. I hope they will be cut* gentralitd in this plot.