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Mr. CrawfortlN S^ojohulet*.
FROM THE GEORCfA JOttHNAL.
TO THE CITI?s ov tkk i xirr.a
FT ATEJi,
T!:e appearance of the address of the Vico
President, tif the < . S. readers it man cessa
rv to offer any Apology for the following ad
dress. The Review of the eorresjatmience
signed A. B. originally published in tire
Georgia Journal, of the 21 si of April lust and
several articles in the <>!oie' s and other
newspapers have in toy judgment sufficient
ly explained iny conduct to hi! impartial and
unprejudiced minds: arid those of a different
description, it is improbable that any thing
that I ctin urge will convince. Besides it is
not. very important to the people of the Uni
te<i States before whom there is no probabili
ty, 1 shall ever again ho placed, to lbnn any
definite, opinion of my motives or conduct in
the transactions, developed in the correspon
dence, between the President and Vice Pres
ident. I say it is not very important, to the
citizens of the United States;,but it is impor
tant to trie individually, to have my conduct
correctly understood: for no man however re
tired he may live ought to be indifferent to
public opinion. It also appears from the
newspapers, that an explanation from me is
expected, ami desired. 1 therefore submit
to tiie apparent necessity of appearing, before
the public.
I understand from letters received during
the last session of Congress,- that the Vice
President, and his friends were endeavoring
to make the impression that the difficulty be
tween him and the President, liad been pro
duced by me from a desire on my part to in
gratiate myself with the President. If this
impression had been made by their joint eff
j orts, the Vice President has dispelled, the
illusion; for by his publicaflon, it is clearly
j established that the measures did not origin
ate with me: In fact I assert without the fear
of contradiction, that no intercourse, either
verbal or written has taken place between the
President and myself since a few days after
the Presidential election in the House of Re
presentatives >n February 1925. During the
jCu.Il General Jackson then made upon me no
reference whatever was made to what had
passed, in relation o flic Coni or myself. I
considered the call as evidence of a better
state of feeling on his. part than had been un
derstood to have previously existed; and as 1
had never cherished any feelings of hostility
towar-ln him, I -perfectly willuig-tbat tlc
past should he buried in oblivion. But the
publication of the correspondence, has re
lieved me from the necessity, of saying any
tiling more upon this subject.
Two other charges have been made against
me : Ist. That the confidential letter of Gen.
Jackson, which I say was produced and read
in the cabinet, was not produced and read.
And 2nd. that I have improperly, disclosed
cabinet secrets.
I Upon the Ist objection negative testimony
!is relied upon. Air. Alonroe, Mr. Adams
j and Mr. Wirt, do not recollect that it was pro
duced and read : or rather Air. Adams and
Air. Wirt, do not recollect it, for it is mani
ifest that Air. Monroe, lias no recollection
upon the subject, having .relied wholly on
Mr. Wirt. Bit Air. Calhoun, has a distinct
recollection that it was not produced, and
read. Without relying-upon that ruL* of le
gal evidence, which declares, that one affir
mative witness countervails many negative
one?, there is I believe abundant evidence in
tiie correspondence itself to support my state
ment. Here I beg leave to transcribe an ar
ticle from the Globe of the 20th February,
: last, which has much force and cogency, and
| proves at least presumptively, that niv sfate
| incut concerning tho confidcntal letter is cor
rect. The Globe says “ After all the state
ments, and retractions, about tiie production
of General Jackson’s letter “before the cabi
net in July 1818, Air.* Monroe’s “letters pub.
lished by Mr. Calhoun, go far to con
firm Mr. -Orawford’s statement. In the con
clusion of Monroe’s letter to General Jackson
dated December the 21st, 1818 (printed 1830
by a mistake in the pamphlet) Air. Alonroe
thus speaks of the confidential letter ; your
letter of the 6th of January, was received
whilst l was seriously indisposed : observing
that it was from you 1 iian fi.d it to Air. Cal
houn to read ; after reading one or two lines
myself. The order to take command in that
quarter had before then been issued. He
remarked after reading the letter that it was a
;confidential one relating to Florida which 1
must answer. 1 asked him, if he had forwar
ded to yofi the orders that laid been given to
General Gaines on that subject. He replied
that he hud- Your letter to me with many
others- fr° m friends was put aside in conse
quence of i,:;’ indisposition; and tiie great
pressure upon mo at the time and never recur
red to, until after m; return from London on
the receipt of yours by Air. Hirnldv and then
outlie suggestion of Mr. Calhoun. Now when
did Air. Alonroe, return from London, and
when was the letter by llambly received i
Mr. Calhoun lias given us the evidence to
sliow. In one of liis notes he tells us that
the Ist cabinet meeting on that subject took
place on the 15th or Kith of July 1818, Air.
Alonroe having returned on the 1 lth from his
residence in Loudon. Air. Monroe’s fitter
to General Jackson dated lfttli July 1818,
begins thus, “l received lately your letter of
dune 2lst bv Mr. Humbly, at mv farm in Lou
don Ac.” Thus the time when the confi
dential letter was looked up , on the suggestion
of Mr. Calhoun , is identified within .a few
days. L was after Air. Monroe’s return from
London, on the 14th and before 1 Jth of Jin)
1818. the very period nt which the cabinet
MACON : TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1831.
wore deliberating about the Seminole Wig,!
:md at tiye very time Mr, Crawford says it was
produced hi dote them. There is a remarka
ble coincidence, between the details of Mr.
Crawford’s statement and Mr. Akmrotffs ae
'•eunt ol tins affair made in 1818 which proves
tin: identity, ot the incidents alluded to ; Mr.
< raw-figd says Ur, Calhoun, made some allu
sion to a letter the General had written to the
President, who had forgotten that he had re
ceived such a letter,. ut said if he had' re
ceived such an one he could find
j and went directly into his cabinet, aim]
| brought the letter out. Mr. Monroe i . hi., ;
; letter of the 21st December 1818 savs, your
j letter &c. was put aside Ate., and never recur
j red to until after my return from London. &e.
' amt then on the suggestion of Mr. Calhoun.
Here is conclusive proof of two things, Ist,
the confidential letter was produced on the j
suggest ion ()f Air. Calhoun, after Mr. Mou roc’s
return from Loudon, on the 14thtind efore- |
the writing of iris letter to Gen. Jack .son the
19th of July 1818. 2d. Mr. Crawford was
was present when the suggestion was made
and tiie letter produced. The Cabinet it
■seems were several days in deliberation. Mr.
Wirt, might net have been present when the !
letter was produced. At any rate the proof
is conclusive that Ihe letter was produced to
Mr. Crawford, on Mr. Calhoun's sugr ■ io",
Mr. Calhoun’s own account of t'jtat lettc r is in
correct. He says, my recollection in relation
to it accords with Mr. Monroe’s statement.
I came into the room • hen In- had apparent
ly just received the.letter. He was indispo
sed at the time. 1 think he opr ned the lull l r
in nty presence, and finding that it was from
you, he gave to me the letter to read. I cast
my eyes over it, and remarked that it related
to the Seminole war, and would require his
attention or something tolhaf effect. I thought
! tft* more of if. Long after, I think it was at
] fhc commencement of the nfi.rt session of Con
!gross, 1 heard spme allusion which brought
J the letter to my recollection. It was from a
! quarter vv hich induced me to belieye jt. came
j from Mr. Crawford. 1 called tuid Mentioned
it to .Mr. Momoeand found that he had en.
J tirdyforgotten the letter. searching
sonic time, he found it amongst some other
: papers, and read it as he fold, me for thejirst
[time. Mr. Monroe’s account of the matter
I written in December 1818 shprtlv after the
| meeting of Congress, proves that inis story as
jto time is entirely fabulous. That letter con
; netted With that of the 19 th July proves Mu-t
! f he hunting up of the letter on the ungggJngt
of Mr. Calhoun, and flic reading for the Irt
time took place directly after Mr. Monroe’s
return from Loudon on the 14th July 1818
during the deliberations of the cabinet. Up
on this evidence may Mr. Crawford turn
round and pity and taunt Mr. Calhoun for de
cay of his memory. Ho has notoriously pub
lished to the world a gross misrepresentation
ol this affair with the evidence of its tucorrect
nese before him, in his own docvsimts. if i
memory had failed him, he might have relied
for correct information on the account, given by
•Mr. Monroe, in 1818 which is certainly mote
likely to be correct, than any statement made
by him now. He Mr. .Monroe could net have
forgotten the facts. Thus vanishes one of
Mr. Calhoun’s clouds of dust, which he bad
raised, to blind the people in relation to his
own conduct towards Gen. Jackson.”
I shall not, however, turn upon Mr. Cal
houn and reproach him with his decay of
! memory, for if he is t„ be believed, he never
; had any to decay, as I shall show before this
j review is closed. No, it is the want ofvera
j city which must be reproached to Air. Cal
| lioun, and not the decay of his memory. Iu
I support of the argument of the Globe, foun
ded on Air. Monroe’s letters of flio 19th of
July, and 21st of December, 1818, 1 shall i
produce a passage from Mr. Monroe’s letter ;
to me of the Bth August, 1830.—“ l lay in:
my bed more than a week during which that j
letter (the confidential one,) was removed, I
and every thing relating to that war having 1
been previously arranged, it was forgotten I
and never read by me until after the meet-1
ing of the administration, and fh j decision ns
to the course to be pursued in reference to
its management. Aly impression is that I
read it then, on a suggestion of Mr. Calhoun,
tfiat it required iny attention. Had I read it
when l received it, I should have considered
it confidential, and neper hare shewn it to any
one, however great my confidence, in them
might be." It is somewhat difficult fo as
certain what Air. Monroe’s meaning in the
foregoing quotation is. lie states that ‘'eve
ry tiling relating to that war, having been
previously arranged, the letter was removed,
and forgotten, and never read by me (Mr.
Alonroe) until after the meeting of the admin
istration, and tho decision as to the course to
be pursued in reference to its management.”
If is manifest that the first part of the fore
going sentence relates to the arrangement of
the letters and papers concerning tho Semi
nole war. The second member seems to
present tho idea, that the letter was produced
and read on the suggestion of Mr. Calhoun,
after tL* decision of the administration in
reference to its management. The manage
ment of wliat ? Of tiie Seminole war. That
had terminated before tho meeting! if Mr.
Alonroe intended to state, that the letter was
produced ami read upon the suggestion of
Mr. Calhoun that it required his attention,
after the decision of the administration upon
tiie course to be pursued towards Spain and
towards General Jackson ; then it is mani
festth(it ho is mistaken, ft is impossible in
the nature of things that Mr. Calhoun cotih!
have believed,or s-iiggi ted that, that fitter
required the President’* attention, after the
decision of the administration upon the events
of the campaign had been formed. It was
impossible in the nature of things that the
Presidents attoritioncould be necessary to that
letter alter the decision had been made- on the
events ol the campaign, i have define mo
a letter from a member of Congress from
this State, in which ho urges “that the confi
dential letter must have been before tho Cab
inet, as it was neeoSsafy (<> n com et decis
ion of the questions growing out of tho Semi
nole war, and that the Pusident and Sccro
tary of v\ ar, ought to have boon impeached
lif it had been with!: dd.” When Mr. Cal
j houri referred to tho letter my impression
ra#,and is now, that ho wished it produced
to prove that General Jackson, instead of
acting in conformity totise orders of the War
1 department had determined to take 1 lie Span
ish posts before lie received orders to take tin
j management of that war. It is probable that
; when lie referred to that letter, he was not
aware that it had been answered, li is eltsy
to understand why Mr. Calhoun should call
the President’s* attention to that letter before
the Cabinet had decided upon the course to
lie pursued towards Spain and especially to
wards General Jackson—but alter that decis
ion had been made, it is impossible to Con
jeeive a motive* for bringing it under conjidc
j ration. Air. Monrou is then evidently mis.
| taken in statingthat the letter was produced
, and read upon the suggestion of Air. Cal
j houn, after tho decision of tho cabinet upon
file events of the Semi nolo campaign. It is
a little remarkable, however, that the confi
dential letter, is always produced upon the
j suggestion of Mr. Calhoun. Air. Monroe in
, his h iter to General Jackson of the 21st of
December, 1818 and of the Bth of Aug. 1630
jto me*, says: it uas produced on the tug.'
j gestionof Mr. Calhoun, and connects it with
i the proceedings of the Cabinet, in which I
I Say ! distinctly jrecoDcct it was produced and
I read upon tbi suggestion of Mr. Calhoun. I
i" dl now state more at large, tire reasons of
j my distinct rtv.cdloouon of the circumstance.
Mr. Monroe before he left Watjiington had
! particularly enjoined upon me not to leave
! Washington for Georgia until General Jack
; son’s dispatches should bo received, and the
Cabinet should decide upon the events of the
I Seminole campaign. During his absence in
London.l had frt'|i)cnteorivei sat ions with Mr.
iC- ihbutijwho uuilorinly informed me,that Gen
Jackson laid no other unit rs for thegovern
inent Giij vwmluci Dsvj Ux Geu.
j Gainey!, ff liaso orders I had seen. His rep
i resentations whicli at that time I had no rea
son to doubt, made a.strong impression upon
, m> mind, and extremely unfavorable to Gen
(ral Jackson. 1 entered the Cabinet there
; lore with decided impressions against the
i General, which were removed only by the
production and reading of the confidential
j letter, of which to the best of my recollection
and belief, it was the first intituution I hadev
jor received of that letter. I am confident
Air. Alonroe is mistaken in his recollection
of my coming into his room, after Mr. Cal
houn, and reading the letter. It is \yorthv of
remark too that in his letter of the 21st De
cember, when it is more likely that his recol
lection was correct, than in the spring of
! 1830, he tells General Jacjcson that the let
ter was given to Mr. Calhoun, but does not
connect me with Air. Calhoun and that letter,
i and I have a distinct recollection of hearing
him give the same account of it, several
times, in none of which did he connect me
in the affair ot the letter. The Vice Presi
dent seems to think he has disposed of Mr.
CrowninsbieJd’sevidonce, by the Jotter he
has received from him—but by comparing
the two letters it will bo seen that the latter
to him does not contradict a single syllable
of his previous letter to me. Air. Calhoun in
a note to Mr. Crowninsdiield’s letter to him,
sn y s —“Nor could he have been present at any j
meeting of the Cabinet on the -subj- ct of tin* j
capture of St. Marks, or Pensacola in which j
I was.” George W. Erving, Esq. late min
ister to Spain and Denmark, writes in the ,
month of February last, ‘That it is now as-j
curtained that the official news of the capture j
of St. Marks, was received at Washington in
the earh part of May.” 110 had particularly
examined tho rccordsof the War department, i
ami found that the dispatch giving an account
of the capture of St. Marks, was recorded in:
the early part ol May, and Air. Calhoun in .
the note last referred to, says: that he, Air.
Crownirisliield and the President left Wash
ington on tho 28th of May—and Mr. Crown- j
inshii Id in his letter to Air. 'Calhoun says, •
that he could not know any thing of a Cabi-1
net meeting after the 28th of^tay.*
But the Vice-President surely has no re-!
gard to accuracy when he .asserts that Mr. j
Crowninshield could not have been present j
at any cabinet meeting on the capture of Sr. 1
.Marks or Pensacola, at which I was. Could .
not a Cabinet council have been field between ;
the early part of May and the 20th of that!
month ? Mr. Calhoun asserts, the negative !
—but every person that has understanding I
to count ten will assert the affirmative. This !
assertion of the Vicc-Presidont in tho city of j
Washington where _ the evidence ’existed, I
proves his reckless disregard ol the truth in !
all occasions where he conceives It to he his
interest, to violate it. In regard to this as
sertion of the A ice-President, * Mr. Erving
observes, “ J hese are stout assertions, since
it is now ascertained that the official news of
the capture of St, Marks, was received at
Washington early in the month of May, near
ly three week. hi-fore either he or Mr. Crown
inshictd left that city ; consequently it was
very possible that that affair might have been 1
the subject of cabinet council when thev '
were both present.”f In the same letter Mr.
Erving says, “ Flint Air. Ctow.iinshiisld as
serted tiie accuracy of 6vry fact in liis letter
to you (in-;,) arul thou related fo me circum
stantially w hat passed in the Cabinet consul
tation to which it refers. The question be
fore tiie Cabinet was whether we should take
possession .of the Fioi i.lils. He yvas op:)o~:-d
to the project, and spoke aggrift-t it and he
mentioned to me in general terms the aru'.i
ment which die made use .of on tliut occasion.
He well recoil.sets that a certain private let
ter, was asked for, that Mr. Monroe had for
gotten it, but went to look for it, in some c.m
inet or retired place, from which he brought
a small box, or trunk, (red or blue, 1 think lie
said,) in this w;us found tin: letter. Air.
Crovvninshieki’s recollection is minutely ix
act. IL* recollects as tho’ lie.now could sec*
tlie corner of the small box in which flic let
ter was found, the very place in the room
where he himself sat, during the dis -us-iou
and all similar details.” Air. Calhoun must
therefore resort to somoothcrshift or device,
to get lid of Mr. Crowuinshi Id’s evidence,
more deceptive, than his nak. and assertion,
that Alr. Crowninshield could not haw been
present at any cabinet meeting at which he
was, on the Semenolc campaign. The re
cords of the War department she.vs that this
assertion is untrue.
Tiie declarations before stated by Air. Erv
ing were made subsequent to the date of Air.
Crowninahield’s letter to Air. Calhoiiit. II -
is a man of undoubted veracity, and although
my memory does not enable me to offer am
explanation upon this subject, 1 have no
doubt that, liis statement in liis letter to mi
ls substantially correct ; because his memory
is distinct, and lie states facts cleat iy -and
unequivocally. Hell a man of uuquestioii
ablc veracity, it is therefore a mutter of per
fect Indifference whether the same (Ac s arc
recollected by Mr. Monroe, Air. A lams,
Air. V/irt or myself. They are fi -id. * facts
that lie could not have obtained any where
else than in a Cabinet council. Tibs cir
cumstance is conclusive, and must prevail
with ail unprejudiced minds.
It may be proper here to state tint 1 have
no distinct recollection whether Mr. (.Vown
inshield or Mr. AA irt, were present in the
Cabinet council of July 1818, or wore absent
from it. Mr. Calhoun and Mr, Adams 1
know was present. If I had recollected that
Air. Crowninslijeld had been absent as ! now
sup|K>so him to have been I certainly should
not have applied to him for information. But
the information given certainly applies to a
Cabinet council at which he and Air. Cal
houn were present, and at. which the confi
dential letter was produced, it. is then de
monstrated that the letter written by Air.
Crowninshield to tiie Vice-President, docs
not impugn in the slightest degree, the facts
stated in his letter to me. That letter dor s
not give the date of the Cabinet council to
whicli it refers; and dates and. references dis.
prove the. assertion of the Vice-president , that
Mr, Crowninshield could not hare been pres
ent at any Cabinet, at which he was, upon the
events oi the Seminole campaign.
It remains for me to say a few words on
I tho charge of disclosing Cabinet seen ts. I
have but little to add to w liat 1 have urged in
my letter of the 2d October. The principles
stated in that letter are believed to be ortho
dox. In this republic tiie President is appoint
ed by tiie nation, and he appoints liis Cabinet
by ami with the advice and consent of ti e
Senate. The President and his (’.ihinct are
therefore responsible to the republic for their
acts. Those acts for which they are n spon
sible ought therefore according to the princi
ples oT the government to be known. Other
wise the highest public functionaries known
to tiie Constitution are irresponsible.—
To this responsibility inherent in our Consti
tution, there is but one exception sanctioned
by reason. If the secrets of the Cabinet un
disclosed while the Cabinet is in existence
and charged with the management of the na
tional concerns,the Cabinet might be. render
ed incapable of conducting those affairs suc
cessfully. Tins is the broadest ground upon
which the secrecy of Cabinet'transactions
can he placed. By some it is contended that
in a government like ours, secrecy should not
be extended beyond the accomplishment of
the objects which have been the subject of
Cabinet deliberations. That when the meas
ures which have been the subject of those
deliberations, have been effected, if they are
beneficial to tiie republic, the people ought to
know the extent of their obligations to their'
public functionaries ; and if they are injuri
ous to the community, that community ought
to be placed in a situation to form a corrwt
judgment upon the conduct of their public
functionaries ; 1 have acted upon the first
principle; i have disclosed the proceedings
of Air. Monroe’s Cabinet on tho Seminole
war only after it ceased to exist, and then on
ly in self defence. A false account of those
proceedings had been communicated not on-j
ly to General Jackson but to the nation. It ■
is a matter of general notoriety through the!
Union, that General Jackson believed I had
been unfriendly to him in tiie Cabinet delib
erations on the .Seminole war. By whom was
that impression produced ? By Mr. Calhoun
and his friend;;. lam perfectly willing that
the President of the United States, should
state, how and by whom that impression was
made upon his mind. The Only ostensible
act having that object in view, w hich is with
in my own knowledge is the celebrated Nash
ville letter. That letter contained two false
hoods, one to my injury and one for Mr. Cal
houn’s benefit. No other human being on
this terraqueous globe except Air. Calhoun
i had an interest in fabricating those fid -
hoods ; at 1.-ast, t!i<- l.sUoi cue. I mil
j shews that tin letter in question w s wKtt; n
iby someone else riot under his fnliucrt-e, mf
direction, or sfi.-.l! point oul.son;’.- off: r j: r
son having an equal interest with biim-rU' iq
j that fabrication, lie must jvirdou in - at le-ur
for considering him to be the au:h t ! of that
i letter.
j - 1 here terminate the review so far as my
: defence is concerned, and shall tutu my atten
tion more directly to thecorrcpgomlcjb ■*, and
:to tiie eoiimulietions and conmdtmenis to
'.which Air. Calhoun has subjected lutiisclf iir
his several public.'ifioiis. Almost hi the com
mencement of his first address In* pr -seats i
: L-tJt r from Mr. Wilson J.timpkin, cantaihing
; one'from General Dnuiol Xeiinan inclosing
the copy of a letter from me.to Allr. and B.d :i
; i.sq. of Nasliville in answer to oiii received
!rem him. Air. Lumpkin it will be observ
ed very flippant in the imc of tonus of re
proach uutl vituperation; and General Nfcw
.ian is not much hi liiird hint. Of these two
■ men it is sufficient to say they are both ago.
i states from the republican ranks. They will
both probably, denytijis. They are ho sorer
both ('lark nun. This they cannot iL- iy,au.l
; they both were Anti-Clark men until about .8
or 10 years ago; both about the
; ; .' ime time made a politiea! suminerzrl. They
are both unquestionably turn coats. AH*.
Lumpkin is now the Clark candidate lor U >v
;cj nor. That party hi this State, is a mbr.gr-1
party, formed of the worst materials of tho
- political parties which have heretofore pro
. railed in Georgia. General Jean Clark the
leader of the party was believed to he a fed
, cralist—but iinding'in 1824, that ho could
not induce his party to support Air, Adair.s,
I lie declared for General J..ekson. At the
election in 1628, the only (uo'elee.torial cAn-
J didates for Air. Adams, were C'larkitcs; one
;of them had been his confidential Secretary
when he was Governor. This man (Gefii r.il
Clark,) had succeeded in a wonderful degree
i in combining all ignorance in live Staler
hi his support. It may be laid down as an
i axiom that in the United States, if a man
I changes polities after he is 30 years old he
; changes from selfish and therefore dish -ncst
j motives. It is a notorious fact that both tin o
j men w ere more than 30 year - pf age when
they changed their politics. It m not won
di rlul llii-ti that there should be .Sympathy
i between them and Air. Calhoun. The old
adage, that birds of h f other will flock togeth
; syr, was never more fuil, v; rilled than in this
instance. The Yice-rresuient is welcome
! to the copy of my letter which bos been ob
tained from Mr. Baleh without bis knowledge
j permission or consent. I have the letter of
j Air. Raich now before mo in which he says,
I “The copy was not furnished with my know! ■-
edge, privity* or consent.” If I hat?
; ed the copy of the letter would havt I ecu ac
ceptable to Air. Calhoun, .1 would have sent
him a copy and there!)}’possibly have mod
his friend Newman, from tho shame and dis*
j grace of purloining letters. I have never
written or said any tiling of Air. Calhoun,
that 1 would not have written or said to him,
I had 111 e occasion made it proper. Mr. Lump
kin whom 1 have long known prides himself
upon being a very shrewd observer of passing
events. Independent of his strong desire to
communicate facts, to his frieijd tho Vice-
Fresnffnt, lie assumes the character of a
; prophet and ventures to predict what General
, Jackson will do. Unfortunately, the shrewd
I observer of passing and the pronto t
. arc equally at fault. lie tells the A ico-Presi
dent, “That from the day Pennsylvania took
! upGencrnl Jackson every conspicuous friend*
of the Vice-President supported General
Jackson, with constancy, zeal and uniformity
and that. General Jackson ki-qws it.” Leav
, ing it therefore to he-inferred, tßat every ccm
j spieuous ft iend of Mr. Calhoun in this mat.
ter, had been influenced so to act by the Vi -c
President. Now unfortunately for hh> frit ml
Luaipin, the Vice-President declares to tho
people of the United Stjites that he was neu
tral between General Jackson and Air. Ad.
j antis. Wonderful !!! It is presumed that
there was not another individual in the In
states in this happy slate of quiescence upon
\ the presidential election. General 1 Jackson
and Air. Adams were so unlike in their tern.
1 :'or, manners, and principles that it is at least
difficult to conceive, how any man who had
the least know ledge* of tho two men could bo
neutral between the ip. But I believe Alr-
Callioun was not even nftfltiwl between these
gf-utlemon. Does the- nation recollect tho
letter of the 3d of July, 1824, by which Air.
Calhoun, Mr. Adams and John AlcLean then
:’ostmaster General withdrew their names
from tho 4fli July Dinner at Washington be
cause Ninitvi Edwards was excluded from
(bat. dinner? I low, happened this union.—
That letter at least, shows a friendly fc< ling
between them ; and the art was done fo prop
the tottering reputation of one of Air. Adam’s
political supporti rs, whoso son-in-law .wield
jed the vote of Illinois; .which vote secured
i Air. Adams’ election*; >Jf it had been with*
1 held he would nut he ye been elected, nt least
on the first ballet.,.-;Air. Calhoun stales that
his opinion between the two candidates, to
wards whom lie was in die happy state of ncu
trality was. founded upon pr nc:pie which ho
is however careful, not to de- losc, but leaves
to be inferred from hi* suhsi qiT r -nt coßduot.-
Whatthat principle is i .itirely at a less
to conjecture ; nor has ■Rr subsequent con
duct furnished any clue tonriivo r,t it. Does
lie mean that flic principle he ulludea to ir*
that the candidate who receives the highist
cletorud vote fiu?t necessarily be elected by
the house of Roprcscntativ; s 7 The consti
tution Irta no such principle in it. If tint
NO. 38.