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TO THE PUBLIC.
ON the 17th September last, I received
from Doct. William C. Danicll, the first*
letter which led to the Correspondence now
published.
To the last paragraph in that letter, the
readers attention is particularly called, that it
rnav be determined, if it contains a challenge
from Doct. Daniel to meet him out of the
State, to fight a duel-
For reasous disclosed in the correspondence
and from a sincere desire to avoid doing an
act which I felt would be a violation of the
relations, which 1 had sustained for a long
time to the Government and people of Geor-
y la an d with a hope that our correspondence
remove hi* mi aeon ©option* of mv con
in r <rurd to the appropriation made by
( Lvrma *fo' clearing out obstructions in fla,
CongrMCK w tl , e c ity, 1 neither nccep.
vannaiz-- * challenge, having deter
♦ednor refused in? 2 ‘ ° . c
I linc 4 not to do eithet ’intri >Y toSa
-11111 , w. . unless.the papers
Scdijicrlnrc. A.W '
vd here as 1 heard ot the return t pia lr ’ c ‘ u " ;
.oL>r. *■*'. k.tefSteSi
(Kf uppe r countrv of tins iMato, X Duress
S..*"• * m >± i
l8 o, (\o. it) and when jt was giver. t<J - Ui > |
friend Mr. Thomas S. Wayne I directed fall?* 1
,i i) r . DanieU’s reply to it should not be an mi- f
equical withdrawal of his challenge—to say v.
the challenge was accepted and to proceed to I
| make consistently with the convenience of
Dr. Danicll arrangements for our meeting m
South Carolina, having also give?! to Air.
Wayne a carte blanche, as to weapons and
mode of fighting. When Dr. Darnell's reply ;
dated 9th .May, No. (18) to my letter of the j
30th April, was handed to Mr. Wayne by Dr.
Illi char drone, the conversation between them, j
was ended by Mr. Way no, distinctly stating j
ito hr. ltich;irdsone, that he considered Dr. j
IPs reply a perseverance in his chal- ;
lemre, that r was accepted and that be should
expect. Dr. Kichardsone to meet him ’o make
preparations for a meeting b- tween the prin
cipals. They par- and. On the same day Dr. j
Richardson wrote the following note to Mr.
Wavn< •
Savannah lGth Nay, 1531.
Sir —l have just returned from yeer office
end as urgent business ea 11s me away 1 have
begged Mr. Stupes to give you tats. I saw
Dr. Daniella few minutes since and he has
requested me to state, that in his first com
munication tin * he requests Judge Wayne to
appoint a place beyond the limits of the state
where a caallenge could be sent. You will
be good enough to see Judge Wayne and inti
mate to him where this shall he—att!; n same
tune claiming the rieht of time for his making
t requisite prepnra’ions as he supposes
J ..Igt- Wayne li.is, before sending his last
communication
itepectfuliv, Are.
' C. P. RICIIARD.SOXE.
To this note Air. Wayne addressed to Dr.
Richardsone on the next day the following
reply :—-
Savannah, llth Nay 1531.
Sir —The demand made b,y Dr. Daniell in
his communication of the !7'h of September
last, cannot be misconstrued : the challenge
therein contained has been acceptod. I shall
now proceed to make such preparations as I
think prop, r and shall grant the demand
icadc by l)r. Daniell for a “ meeting beyond
tin.' limits oi this state when it suits my con*
* onitr.ee. As to the right of time you claim
x-r making tile requisite preparations! 1 have
"i 1. to say it is one which it is optional with
tue to grant or not.
Jlcspectfuilv, Ac. yours,
TiiOMAJS & WAYNE,
ucDr. C. P. Richardson r.
Alter this reply had been received by Dr.
Dujiitdl, Mr. Wayne called iij.on Dr- Rich,
ardsone, and mentioned to him, that he had
repeatedly called before and had not met him,
as ho understood that Dr. Daniell and him*
f, y i: had been out of town and lie also inform
' and b;. Richardsone that his principal wijs
ready to tight. Dr. Riclirdsone
lr. to receive a notjj. frotn tlfin. lie i
answered hecCuM r.ot'do so, without being]
iufornied what it contents would bo. Dr.;
-uchardsone then *ai<3 lir. Daniell was nnx- !
low;; *o light and had desired liim,Richardsone ]
to address a note to Mr. Way no, requesting j
hnn to get Judge Wayne to appoint a place j
oeyond the limits of the State, where a chal
lcngc could be sent. Mr. Wayne refused to
do o, saying it was too late for Dr. Daniel!
•ogive such an interpretation to the last pa
ragraph of his lcit* r of the I7tli September,
A Unvoted him also to sav to Dr. Daniell that
be would be posted as a coward, if ie porsc
v red aft t his challenge had been accepted;
i\i his declaration that it was not meant to be
•uiq, .. ngc, ami particularly as it had been ,
'j *-f, as a chain nge throughout the corrcs-
D idf-tn'e whieli !iad been slietvn to a gentle-!
friendly to Dr. Daniell, who had stated
°P !v in -conversation that Dr. Daniell hod
i’e-ut Judge‘Way in. a challenge with much in
*’dt; and that it had not been accepted. Mr.
Wayne also asked Dr. Illcluifdsone whether
ho did not consider when he delivered Dr.
Daniel’s letter of the ITtli September, that it
contained a challenge to light a duel. He
answered that he did. On the following day
Dr-Richardsone called upon Mr. Wayne and
sa ul that Dr. Daniell had waived the point of
"ot considering his first letter a challenge
nnd that he would fight. And at this inter
view, when ?,Ir. Wayne and Dr. llichflrd
ff-ne began to discuss the articles for the
c.rdiat, the hit. r (jaiti tp Mr. Way icq j ot* as
second of the challenged party haven riirlit to
determine the first article and of course, will
choose the weapons, las second of the chal
lenger have aright to fix the second article
and claim a right to fix the distance. He
was answered you shall have it and the fob
lowing articles, which had been drawn up bv
Mr. Wayne lor this meeting were given tdl
him to read.
The parties shall meet in South Carolina
at . The weapons shall be broad swords
of equal length. The parties shall fight un
til either be so much injured as to prevent
the combat from being continued with swords
when immediate resort shall be had to Rifles
Uliyyjercussion or flint and steel locks at
tae <*p*©ivof viuier party) wiuen neither of
i theymm ipals shall have ever seen'until they
arc to be used.
The combat with Rifle-shall be conducted
in a way which shall not be communicated
to eithej ofthe principals until it ic about -to,
be begin).
In the event of cither party being wound
j vd in the combats with s.Wiuds or Rifles and
: there being a disagreement between'the sec
-1 ends as to the propriety of its conti ntVanbeglu
| toss up of a dollar once to determine it- They
j were read and Dr. Richardsone handl'd to
Mr, W ayne, the following note and refusal
! to light.
“ 1 as second of W. C. Daniell refuse to
gUV * r him to meet Judge Wayne, with the
wctif/V.' 1 * Tm % c "\ vne has selected, as being
one ho* tisual on such occasions.
C. R. KICHARDSONE.
To t. T> i>yy nc > -E sf i-
I)r. Richardse-no.tv'' 1 having taken with him
a copv of the Articles it>. M -bew them to his prim
cipal, Mr. Wayne was to f, irmsh him
a copy—-which he d>! ••—and O ,vait two days
before he called to know if thF *-otermina
tion expressed inti)'- fore;; -i.pg riot*. "-tflfci.,
At the expiration of the time, h* dC■■ u ’ -
received a positive refused * .'.ghr.
In regard to Dr. Dar : is alledged cause 1
of complaint against me, I have only to" V i
that I acted throughout as the representative j
of constituents who made calls upon me to in- 1
| quire into tin: expenditure of the appropria- 1
tion for “ clearing out obstructions in Savan- j
nahriver bs-lotv the city.” In December,,
129, a letter was addressed by a gentleman j
! from this place to the Rreswlejjt pf the Uni- j
I ted States accompanied h ..r: * survey- - copies j
of which were sen t -to v/htfch it was
stated, “ that up to v hot tub smallest
improvement has beer fta.de hi the navigation
of Savannah river.” Of this Doctor Daniell
was informed by the sth Auditor on the 24th
December 1829, and as the writer of the let
ter made no secret of id ; having written, his
; name I presume has long been known to Dr.
| Daniell. In a little time a fit r, the certificate
below of mine of the pilots of this port to the
j same effect v. *r hsAi’ev. to me.
j State of Cror.-T.v. )
j Chatham County. S
| We, the undersigned pilots for the bar and,
river Savannah, Certify unto all whom it may <
; in any wise concern, that \v* are well aerpnin-!
j ted with the navigation of the raid river, and j
j also with that branch of it which --operates j
Fig from Hutchinson's Island’—Mo certify I
| that the bed of that branch of the river ip]
I composed almost wholly of quicksand, and
| that no dam m- other obstruction can be j la- j
teed in that branch of the rivet to p:< vent the j
; passage of the wuters, and to resist, p< rqtp
| nently, the waters, unless it be co.-iw.rucßd
iof stone. That this certificate of opinion is
; founded on an intimate knowledge na- ]
■tore of that branch ; and we certily-fiiat the I
quick sands'in raid led are soopefa'cd ea by I
the tide* when any other than of i
.-tone is placed in it, thutrdny other than a
dam or obstruction oii stone mud infailib'y
yield to the force ofctbc water-:.
We further cpffify that we sounded the!
channelol- river on and about the j
wrecks the excavating machine ha.-. ]
beetitlM'Tc' al work, ami that we do not find]
Uigt file said channel, in or about that spot, |
Jihs been deepened or improved by the labor j
of the said machine*
WRIGHT WHITE,
JOHN LOW,
JAMES I\ DENT,
J. 11, FF.M MENS,
THOMAS HARDING,
LI KE C'HRINTKR,
JOHN JOHNS,
LOTHROP FOSTER,
DANIEL PRATTER.
T hereby certify that the person?, whose
names are affixed hereunto, are pilots lor the
ear and river of Savannah.
JNO. G. HOLCOMB.
Secretary Commissioners of Pihtagt.
Savannah, 9th February 1830-
I thought it my duty to net upon such in
| formation, and did o—so far as to requev
■ that no further expenditure might be made I
| until the works,and the plan tor them had]
| been enquired into, i corresponded with the
! cominUsiom rs of pilotage as a public body
] and my letters with their answers are npdu
: record. 1 never did hold a private column.
: iiieafion with tlioni or either of them upon
j this or any other business except in one case
depending in Court, and concerning their
powers as commissioners over the pilots—
and in which I advised them to ask the legis
lature of this state, to I ; sen tlios* powers by
an alteration of the statutes lor their ">-.*-r-.;-
1 inent, as I thought the jur> sdtetion fix ( f
j them unsnited *o the ni'-s ot r-;j>uhii .
5
' over the citis ii am! imcon-titutio.ial in its
! rxct'ise. In t!i( - ' rov r ; m 1 • •*• thelatft
MACON : FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1831.
| commissioners of pilotage and Dr. Daniel!, j
! never had any agency nor knew any -filing
j that had been written by the fonnor, or any
jOne ot them, or that anv thing had been
I ' vritten ut'tij it was published. Nor did
j I ever until after I had been challon*
up and by Doctor Daniell, converse with either
r hose gentlemen concerning him; and cer.
tainly not since in such a way to cither of
them as to make him party to our quarrel. In
short whatever 1 have done in regard to the
appropriation, was done ujion the call of con
stiuentsand the interest which was felt in
this community concerning the expenditure
of th<f appropriation is shown by the resolu
f hiins nddreoo-wl v -1., r the*'*/. w.iloiiU
tne commissioners of pit.,ruga requiring i r> -
funnation upon the sub ject. After receiving
a copy of tlu- letter to tile president and the j
certificate of the pilots ju?t mentioned, my ex
amination in'o the subject induced me tft
biink tliat in the tlnm exhausted state of the i
appropriation .the strictest economy was no-1
ce.s. ary to comp! fe half of the work origin- i
ally begunupd-promised to be done bv Dr. j
Dtig 1! anrFas “ but about £5000,” remained j
ot the appropriation-of fifty thousand, i re-i
t oiinncnd* and that the further disbursement of i
i F ,( - fund, should b intrusted to the conunis- j
j smqers of pilotage, whose superintendence I ,
] was assured would be given without charge. ]
I I r-commended a discontinuance of further
j expenditure upon the dam between Hindi- ]
in son and Fig Islands Until its permanent cf
j iiciency to aid in deepening the river hail been
j scrutinized and reported upon b\ -an < nginetr
j and because the tqyney already, expended up
j on it, the worUnot being more than • i j tljirii?
. done, -had exceeded by smural : iiousand dol
!ws. the estimate made by Mr. Gill for its!
Ii oin| lefion. 1 also - tmos-tiy roconnherided to j
U”" *• ;• oftheTn asurv ItialfheHTancv
appropriation should be exclus-ivelv ,
| applied to the removal of tlie ohsitruetions at :
■he w and suggested nr, examination of i
flic suitableness of the dreadge ! f>at for oj>o
ravons on our river; th.P, if it were in any
reg.it,! not so, I might ask for a; appropria- ]
ttou fVoTi.’ Congress, to mak o it so as R was ob-1
v: :its to m-, ‘Jrom the j reVjous eparges and*
expense of woiiiing it, that the *SO(TO re-j
mairdng of the appropriatitva was not. more j
than enough, if it shall prove suflieienf, tot
deepen the'Waterover the wrecks four feet.
The Secretary determined that the work ]
should be examined, and when Dr. Danp li
excepted to the Commissioners of Pilotage
and their report, an account of impasted hos
tility to him in some of them, with my entire
concurrence, as the Secretary was good
enough to ask me if there were any objections
to them, after their nomination by-'ColoncJ 1
Troup, a commission was form, and,, consisting :
of Richard W. itabershaifl, W:j>f B. BuHocii ]
* nd John 11. Mond, a fur
her examination of war'; “rkta”y pc '
formed in r moving in Sa
vannah River, under thr superintend nee of;
William C. Daniell.” ; ~tVhat was th. result j
of the investigation?;"' The Commit donors j
mifilie. their report'in Ancust last, and by the,
subjoined letter from the Secretary of the
[Treasury to the sth Auditor, which was sent;
t-‘Dr. Daniell on the sth September I bad S
the satisfaction to boinforrocs that all which
1 thougjffit my duty to urge would be done, !
and that my original views of a hat work had |
hern done, and that which should be here-]
Differ done, corresponded with twhich J
tho Secretary of the Treasuay had collected
! front tile report of Messrs. Habersham, Dul j
I.' !i and Morel.
n -r- 1
X KEASCIIY 1 itprAETMENT.
3d September 18b0. i
Sir:—A careful examination of tret vi-!
donee in tins case satisfies mo that *!o shoal]
over the \vr< -ks has been ysrr iaily do< pch-|
cd by the op "ration of the dr(- ■ oig n. ch;t> . :
hut. not of sufficient width or L ngth to juuti- j
f’v tlie pilots in attempting to take over ves-j
sols ot deeper draughts titan formerly. I an*
persuaded, however, that what is proved to t
have been done, exclusive of the weight of
tiie opinion of nearly all the witnesses m fa
vor of the continued use of the dredging aw
chine,tlearly justifies t;* ■ comtnisioners mtle
application of it, acd require? that it s.tould j
be resumed with as little delay as possible. ‘
As to the dam from Fig Island to Hutchin- ]
son’s island* that measure app. ars to have j
been regarded by the commissioners of pilot- j
age many years since, as one means of deep- j
< uingthc south* rn e.hanm 1 ; if was also re- j
commended by the l nited States’ engineer]
employed to examine the river, and propose a ]
plan of improvement ; which plan was adopt- 1
edby the Treasury Department and Dr. Da-'
nidi, the snpcnnt* ndant directed to execute ]
it accordingly. Wnnt* ver of judgment;
may have directed the expuniitnre ot the
ir.onev in making such a dam, Dr. Danielles
not amenable to censure on that act odnt—
Tim elocution of the work m not complained
of j it appears from the testimony to be well
built' blit in the persuasion that‘here > in*
'certainty of any benefit to be derivi 3 from
ii completion, r.ad ‘.list the v.-ori,rr
State, is less liable to dilapidation from the j
force of the corn nt,than if the cl\:'\r.n were ■
1 closed up, and rnor :;• e.lly n:: f bare re
I mains but about *SOOO of th apprr yiv.ior
i not more than sufficient, perliar- •
l the necessary work to be don •.
j choal, i think the work at ‘ .
| to b< r- c-ined : bit i :■ and
i pristion may be <xp re! ’• :a w :
,!r> dgu.g Riacriui ■ at tit- v. r : - ■.
But, in order to avpi-i' . ■ r
} borious investigstioni- it: x‘." '•
! test tase and - r •• :
cvu:w-v'.ot! I' t' "f
fixe-.I object, (lik a free, or if there he none
a pile driven info the ground) opposite to the
shoal, lrom the level ot' which mark he will
sound the depths of the channel throughout
the wholes pace on which Ijq may determine
to work, caiA a drawing of the bottom of tin
river to be made from such soundings, and a
copy of it sent to the <lej*a.rliuent ; tins being
done in the presence of, and attested by res
pectably persons, and the record of the .sound
ings preserved, pill preclude allthflioulty in
determing, hereafter, what may be the uTeCt
ofthe work. w
1 an< respectftyH-, your < Ixl’t serf,
►S. D. INGHAM.
rt'tnj \y' thp
n* v so^ton. Ksq.
I learned, also, with equal pleasure, that Dr.
Daniell had written to tin 6th Auditor on the
21 st September, 3 Hyland -said, “It is not
my intention fy} make any ciiarge for my la
ture servicessh. removing of tiactions in JSa
yah River;” .ind the public will judge if ms,
future services, should not be gratuitous, as j
he had then received upwards ul six tlious- j
and dollar- for his superintendence, besides a
son-i for the use of his dwelling as a’n oliic.. I
My letter of the 26th March IfebU, to the
Secretary of the Treasury, is now given,Thai
the public may know in what manner my
agency in this matter was done, the spirit
wilieh it manifests towards l)r. Daniell him--:
self, and how far it sustains his charge in his
letter to me of the 17th September of nr ha
ving made misrepresentations te the - isln-rcs
; tary ofthe Treasury. • . 1
t II op si: or Rnr-KEsrx-iATtVF.s,
March, 23, 1830.
Sin :—I received this morttiag the, euelo
-1 sed correspondent between, tip late S< r, -
tarv of the Treasury and the Com mission is
ofl'ilotagi of Savannah river.- It will be seen'
by an examination of the expenditure ol the
apj)ropnati(?n to remove obstructions in that,
rnh-r below the .city, tint, if tne offer ofthe
Commissioners to superintend the w ork am: |
disburse the fund, had bo nr accepted, there;
would have been a saving of mare than five j
thousand -dollar.;-, which has b.cn paid f*r the ]
last two yt at.-, as a per drem ajlcw.mce to th*• j
Loniinis-io r, Doct.'Dam li. li. mg nr.
self that sycii antop-cuitmi ntwas n>r ,rn -. c
id, and that, in Adi present .um ofthe work
and exhaust, condition ofthe appro;, rinthm
it? cfintuieancc-ls 'idiogrtlur i ; r.;, r. and
urged by a very refj>t.i-Utbh: portion of my
constituents wiui arc ipunciiiateiy int rested, ,
to make o-uch arepn sentation. I recommend
that further disburD incuts !.v i’er the present j
dFc-iOCfimh.il, and tliat its faUire application,
be Under the Conitnh-sioners of Pilotage. 1
also suggest the propri* ty of an exaipiriiitiou J
of.the woek wl.ieli i.- beer, done, and a sur
vey upon the ur* -Igi.ig taachun-, to a?n Haiti
its present cos- lii oii --ml smt dd-ncss lor op- j
rvatinn inS; na!triv.: - ...-'it ‘t)>e first 1 do’
without intending (o tuate my thing a-]
gainst the Commic-nf.ner Do**. Daniell, as 1
appreht ird it will . found, if the money ex
pended promise-• te i e p-ro-iu *?ve of no bene-!
fit, it will arise ;ee- 1 from dcf. ct iri the
plan of tin ’ '■!. • Commission-1
cr’s inotte . : * 'cution-. Of his
: agency i* 1 u>- *a . • -eut. The a
<!upt -n ut -n:m- for future
[ ope-fat.ons - . ,e c .ly be known
;by a i-.rv. . ow the ob
structioi -id the depth of
| v.ti’f-r i • iligiv- me pluasute to
1 call t‘ • ’ .out upon the subject when
; ever ;t - com i-nient for you to give mo
!an inter.. w
* i.n, .r, with F .lucre resoect.Your ob-.ltsr’t.
JAMES M. n AVNE.
; To the lion. Samvel I. Ingham.
Secretary of ttec 'l'rcaxcry.
I It. is well also for me to in* ntioic, tnat on
the day the report of the CVmvn.u jc on
Claims on Rargy’s petition was made to the
House < f Herts entaHytsHi print, as it. con
' lined -xprcHons which Tcttaid not approve j
that 1 rent twp copies of it to Dr. Daniell, and!
:-o far did suppose myself from having dime
any thing to cause any enmity to me, that 1
w rote him a letter shlreiting information upon
tin subject. Tins letter, if he shall please to
do so, he can give to.-tbc public ; find as he
• vidently desires t>> impress a
L-ehtl of-mv having ecnli-t,neiny,*siiiu ha
ving used my offici u'-piade to do him injury'',
1 am reduced to fhe n< ci-sdity to declare, that
I never did an act which could, by malignity
itsi If, be perverted into a desire upon my
part to do him hatm, f und that 1 never did* un
til after ills ch.Ucnge was sent to me on the
17th Scptcmbetlast, u*-e un expression-ton
corning Urn to any person,'nWt eveh to my
most co-iivt ntl .1 lrienm, Which could be iv
: e-j.i.ed to ■ y the most delicate honor. My
; mutative is now with the public, air I v hen
[ Dr. DanielFg shall be made it will judge if I !
1 have done my duty to this community as a
! Representative.
i A duty to my -If" remains to Tie done, at Is.
; i-:g out of tho or a vat ions i liave received,
'a’idirom tl:<- ir.q r- *• r use which has been
j mail, and which may tc made of the- edrres
, end- • • -tween Dr. 'Daniell and myself,
' -dl v ii- -ircssiny opinion very briefly of
! -hkv. point.- <>: !<i- character.
I ?/•• a tie.- rt‘ *• from his political party
r : -.- became the paruetit
, ■ .'nr • whom he had vilified before
; tin - oli/u ‘iied place ( is a slanderer,who set k
th- ictr to protect him from the personal .con
■ s of lis i lutnnij ; a bally, when he
: thl-ibs he ecu b< .-avith impunity, end is too
: much if a error: to peril his life, in support
■ . ./7u ■ honor, if t shall hare tr be done by en
j ratmlering a danger which he does not anti•
cipn*e when /.- iwndsa • hultenge •
1 Juno 2d. 1831. JAMES fif, WAYNE.
CORRESPONDENCE.
(No 1.)
Savannah, nth September, 1830.
t r —ln your letter to the Secretary of the
Treasury, dated 25th of March last, under an
affectation of public duty, you have indulged
your pcjfeonal hostility tome, and to place inc
ihen-ore completely in your power, you have
assumed to he the exclusive Representative
in Congress, of the place of my residence when
in truth you have six colleagues— thereby
defeating one ofthe best provisions ofthe
general ticket system.
M ithout giving me the slightest intima
tion of your intentions, you have made mis*
• vpicsenrations to the Secretary of the Treasu
ry, lor the purpose or roitio, lug me, n.im th c
appointment which I held under him,
J iu have presumed vty disqualification for
the discharge of the duties assigned to me.-
Did you have assumed rhe qualifications of a
yof in,-u (the Cuyunfssio.; rs of Pilotage)
who.; tail ute to remove the obstructions iu
our river, during term of upwards of forty
are with morq than double the amount of
funds assigned tome, for the execiilion ofthe
i-iie object, has long been a subject of noto
riytv here, where you have always lived*
Fooling deeply injured by vour unprovok
ed and unfounded attacks upon me, I have
to ask that you will appoint some early dav
fora met ting witlmnt the limits of this state,
where without violating her buys I can de
mand personal r. dress at your hand?. My
friend Dr. 1! I'diarusone who deliver)) you this,
will receive ymir answer to if.
1 have the honor to be Sir,
1 our very hunibh servant,
T ANARUS„ . W. C. DANIELL.
Flic IK>n, ■. '.I. Wavni:, Present.
(No 2.)
•Savannah, l*tk September, 1830.
Sir—ln vyur not- of tfie 17th inst. handed
to me by Dr. Ri -uankon, there is this para
graph—“ Without giving to me the slightest
iiiimvititu) of your intentions, you have made,
; isre re; cutations to the Secretary of the
I rci-.-nryv for the purpose of removing me,'
from the apjiointinont which I held Under
- im. ll is due to myself as a Reproscnta
tn : ofthe people of Georgia, th.-g I slionld
distinctly know from you fVimi whom you
have received such a declaration and wh’n I
c lab be informed, ,t will lie time enough, to
t'*ko my rncarurea in regard to the last para
giaph of your lefti r.
1 am Sir, veurehd’t ?crv't,
•james m. Wayne.
To Dr. Wm. C, Danxem.
(No. 3.)
Ft. .:ih, September, >839.
r . ir— -1 have received your note of this date
inquiring from whom I recrivi and the declara
’td e. quoted by you from my letter of yestcr
uay>~Hj'the inquiry had b-:cn preceded by nn
".xjdicH denial of the correctness ofthe charge
| I would have felt myself bound to refer you
ito my authority for the declaration —for if mv
] information is correct, it cannot be a matter
i of any moment from whom it was received.
j If however you pronounce it erroneous, I
I will give you the information which you call
for. 1 liave the honor to be,
Your verv humble servant,
W. C. DANIELL.
The llgr. ;. ai. Wayne.
(No. 4.)
Savannah, 1 -Mi September, 1830.
Sir—Frotesting against your right to call
upon me *o answer a charge, not founded up
on your own knowledge but derived Roitl an
other, until you shall have furnished me with
the name bfydur informant; neverthelehr as
you have in reply to ihynoto of this date sta
ted if 1 would pronounce thq declaration quo
ted in my note from yours of yesterday to be
erroneous, that you Would give the informa
tion 1 called for, I do pronduoce that declara
tion to be fal-c, by whomever it may have
been made.
I am sir, yOurobd'f . servant,
JAMES M. WAYNE.
T# Dr- Wm. C, Daniell.
(No. 5.)
Savannah, September 20th 18"'0.
ftlr—Your protest will be In time when ]
tin- ease which it supposes shall have arisen, i
It has not yet-
I am indebted to yourself for the in forma-!
tion upon which I -tat.i and in my note of 17th |
in-st- that “without giving me the slightest in
timation of your ii i tent ions voii have mfide
inisrepfcseiitatirins to the Beef* tary -<'f the
Treasury for tlie purjmse of r'-inoviijgme from
the appointment which l held uud rr him,*’ —
as you will perceive by referring to your -iet
t< r to tl-u; Secrot.-try ofthe Tre;rsurv,of 25r!i of
Mrtirch 1 asw, to which 1 had the honor of call
irtg ydiir attention in my note of the 17th inst.
1 have the honor to he sir,
Your verv bumble servant.
W. C. DANIELL.
The lion. J. M. WaVxl'i
No. G.)
Savannah, September 20 th 1830.
f ir—Yonr letter of thi3 date in reply to my
feeond ol the lfcth intt. has been handed to
n. • The information it convey* is certainly
i ‘ ffefi a I had sunosed from your letter of
ti" s t'h inst. that 1 should have received.—
Having however re furred me to my official
letter to the Secretary of the Treasury of the
25th March 1830—as tb . .source from which
! you have inferred what was stated by you tu
your letter of the 17th inst. it is proper for
tne to say, that such an inference as you have
drawn is not warranted by the letter itself
and that it is no more than an impartial dis
charge of public duty upon the call of con
stituents transmitted to the President of the
United States as well as to myself.
I am, sir, your obd’t. servant,
JAMES M. WAYNE-
To Dr. W ji. C. Daniell.
(No. 7.)
Savannah , 21$t September, 1830.
Sir—There is nothing in iny letter f 18th
i inst. to authorize vouto suppose any thing in.
1 consistent vvithThe purport of that of yester
day, as is implied in vours acknowß-d'dnn- tho
9th of if. . F- e °
I beg leave to recall vom attention to tho
la:t paragraph of mv not,r<jf 17th inst.
1 have the hqnor.to he sir,
Your very humble servant,
VV. u. DANIELL.
The lion- James MU Wa\xu.
(No. 8.) .
Savannah, 22d. Septerr.' •>, 1830.
Sir—Whether there l/e any thiug i neon si:-.
tent between your notes ofthe lctth
inst. and which are replies tf’a direct, call
from mi. for ml'orination, will be Inr others to
determine, less interested in tin ir inti rpre
tation than yourself—Ndt does your denial of
it in your note of the 21st inst.' at.d rccal of
my attv ntioti to the last pafagrapli of your h t
tcr of the J 7th satisfy me that it would be
proper to allow myself to be precipitated into
the acceptance of a challenge, for an act
growing out of a discharge of official duty, A,
which whatever may lie tho event of it, might
interfere with its further discharge, should
my attention be officially called again by any
one of my constituents to the subject of The
expenditure ofthe appropriation for clearing
out obstructions in Savannah river below the
city. The atntudn which I have taken in our
correspondence and which your charge ot"
misrepresentation has forced me to, and that
which I have hold throughout your cnnlrovc*.
sics with others, make it necessary lbrmc to
have documents wfliichare at Washington-; A
for copies of which I shall write immediately.
Without therefore at this time, rejecting er
accepting the invitation conveyed in the last
paragraph of your letter of the 17th ins'ant,
I shall hold any obligation I may be under <o
adopt the latter course, to bo increased, ii af
ter the receipt of those papers, I shall not sue.
need in shewing from your proceedings and
in the application of thVpubl,: funds enough,
to have made an enquiry very proper into the
progress of the Work you were ruperintendj*
ing the preparations lor completing it and for
recommending that the remnant of th-* appro
priation should lie disbursed by the commis
sioners of pilotage, who would charge noth
ing fordoing it.
I am sir, youtobd’f. servant,
fSAMEs M. WAYNE.
To Dr.. Wm. C. Daniell.
(No. D.)
Savannah, 21th September, 1830.
Sif—Dressing business has prevented an
earlier acknowledgement of your letter of 22d
inst.
An investigation into the conduct of a pub
lic agent is always “Very proper,” so far as ho
is concerned; an 1 upon that principle, I aib
mit that the enquiry into mine was very prop
er., This admission will render any delay on
your part for papers from Washington unne
cessary* I have indeed never objected to,
nor complained of, the investigation. So far
from that, I have every reason to he thankful
for it. It has justified rro to the government,
whose agent I was, and placed my Conduct
beyond the influence Of the Calumnies of my
enemies. I thank you for your vofy geu'le*
manly and delicate allusion to my controver
sies with Others. They certainly are aline
demonstrative of your skill and illustrative of
your taste*
When you show your ignorance of the in
competency of the Commissioners of pilot
age for the duties which you proposed to .*•.
sign to them, by removing mo, and furnish
your evidence of their qualification, upon
which you recommended .hem—and when
you Show that you received their offer to su
perintend the W'ork without charge lefor-.
you proposed to appoint them, I Will admit
that you had the Same right to recommend
them that you would have had to reCamnfcnd
any others under similar circumstances.
No man more fully than myself recognizes
the rule which you adopt, that u Representa
tive if* no! responsible personally for whatev
er he may do in if: official character. An
official character, however,Cannot shield him
from responsibility When he prostitutes his
station and his trust tc his private resentment.
You have made misrepresentations to tho
Treasury Department to the end that I should
be removed from office. This I will here •
ter present specially to your attention.
Whilst however I recognize your right to
get up an investigation into my public c-u -.
duct, I claim for myself all the rights and priv
ilege.’, which I carried into appointment. T
am not less than a citizen, bemuse 1 hav ;
had the disbursement of public money! l
have as much right to a hearing r.sVrvv accu
sers have; and when an investigation ia order
ed, I have a right to be judged of by honest*
upright and Impartial men.
Let me apply these rules to the facts that
have occurred, In referring, aj.X ehall j rf-
NO. 16.