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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.