2n I'AGJ . I
he m.iy tn trc, by
I():.ci.i”.n u F!i
I' IS j)i)Nsii'!r lu' rn.iy w
w.'.v t'.i'for wh.il be
i-uit);il,Iu concc;ilimT(t of nuMlitateil
'•onui'liun, ibul be dul not like tu vol-
intetT as a wilnoss bflorc'tlie cointnit-
tcc, or to transniit to it the name of his
’ricnil, the distinguished rvli;mb(‘r *>f
•he House of Representatives, althouj:;b
xi is not very easy to discern ony just
^cason for hii voluntecrinsi no%’, which
\vould not have applied with morefoice
;.t that time. IJiU what apulojry can be
’.natle for his failure to discharge Ins sa-
red duty as an American Seuatur ?
3Iore.than two months after the alleg'd
overture, iny nomination to the ollice
Avhich 1 now hold, was made tu the Se
nate of the United' States, of which
General Jacksor. was Iheti a sworn
jnomber. On tliat nomination, he had
10 deliberate and act in the most solemn
manner. If I were privy to a corrupt
proposal to Gen. Jackson, touching the
recent election ; if I had entered into a
corrujtt barjiain with ^Ir. Adams to
secure his elevation, I was unwoithy
the olVice to which 1 was nominated ;
and il was the duty of («e!ieral Jackson,
ifl>c really pussesscl the information
wiiich lie now puls forward, to have
movel the Senate to a commiltee of en
quiry, and by establishing; my ^uilt, to
have prc'^ei ved the National. Councils
from ;ui abominable contaniination. As
tiie conspiracy ot (ieor^o Kremer and
Co. had a short time before, meanly
shrunk tVom appearinsr before the com-
rniuoe uf the House of Uepresentatives,
Jo niake>:ond their cimrsjes, 1 refiucsted
« Sc-v.ator of the United States, when
niy nom nation should be taken up, to
of the Senate the appointment of a
comniittee of in(juiry, unless it should
aj)pear to him to be altogether unneces
sary. One of our own Senators was
rompelled, by urgency of Ids private
business, to leave ^Vashington before
my nomination was disposed of; and as
I had but little confidence in the fidelity
:^nd professed friemlship oi the other, 1
was constrained to present mv a]ij)lica
tion to a Senator from another State. I
Tvas aftcrwarils informed, that when il
was acted upon, Gen. Jackson and eve
ry other Senator present was silent as
to the imputations now made, no one
nresihniing to question my honor cr in
tegrity. How can Gen. Jackson justi
fy to his conscience cr to his country
this palpable breach of his public duty ?
It is in vain to say Ihul he gave a silent
negative vote. He was in possession
cf information which, if true, mu.st have
occasioned the rejection of my nomina
tion. It does not appear tliat any other
Senato'- possessed the same information.
•Inve.'tigation was alike due to the pu
rity of the National Councils, to me,
anil, as an act of strict justice, to al! the
other parties implicated. It is inipo.s-
sible for him to escape from the dilem
ma that he has been laithless, as a Se
nator of the United States, or has lent
hin SI 'f to the circulation of an atrocious
calumny.
After the clcction, General Jackson
was among the first who eagerly pressed
)iis oongr.itul ttiuns Ujjon his successful
riviil. U'Mv. Adams had been guilty
of Ihc enjployment of impure means
to efiV'Ct Ills election, (ien. Jackson
Oiisiit toliave disdained to sully his own
Viand'S by touching those of his corrupt
oomp'ititor.
On the iOt’n of February, 1S25, the
very next day after the election, Gen.
Jackson w;is invited to a public dinner
at Was'iingtim, by some of his friends.
expre;,sed to them his wish that he
might be excused i'roni accepting the
invitation, bernuse, alluding to the re
cent election, he s;tid “ any evidence of
kindness and regard, such as you pro-
'‘pose, riiight, by many, be viewed as
conveying with it i;xcki>rioN, mur-
“ muring, and b clings ol complairit,
“ which I sincerely hope belong to none
* ‘ of my friends. ” Moi e than one month
rifler the corrupt proposal is pretended
*0 have boon received, and aflcr, accor
ding to the Misinuation tjl Gen. ilack-
‘on, a ecHTUpt arrangement bail been
made b««:tv,-een Mr. Adams and me*—
.ifter the acli:al terir.ination of an eh c-
tion, the issue of which was brou:;bl a-
bout, according to Gen. ilackson, by t!i(.-
basest of means, he was unwilling to
accept the hoiKjrs of a public dinner,
JcJt it should imply even an t'.rcrjjliofi
ae'ainst the result of the idi;ction.
Gen. JacI;son jncd'e.'^s* s in bis kitlet
cf the f)th of .lune—I (piote again his
■words, ‘“to Irsve alvva} s intcndetl, sluHild
]VI r.(Jlavcr,me out over his own .si;;n.iture
iiic pvli.''ipril ii'Kor,'. wuc ?ustain los
rau't. ll itiis be "n iinconccrted, it i-'
nevertheless a most wonderful coinci-
dcnce 'I'hc General never communi
cated to me his professed intention, but
left me in entire ignorancc of his gen
erous purpote ; like the overture itself,
it was piofuundly concealed from me.
There v,mi an authorized denial from
me, whifh went the circle of ths public
prints, immediately after the arrival at
Ti.( y v.'C'i C bnr::c i.pon t..e
winds, and like tl.em Wfie mvisiljle
and intangible. No responsible ncm
stood forward to sustain them, with hi>
acknowledgeil authority- They have
at last a local habitation end a name.
General Jackson hns now thrown oil
the mask, and comes confessedly forth
from behind his concealed batteries, j)ub-
lielv to accuse and convict me. Wc
stand confronted betore the American
the charges; as I
KKCijLl T'n i()NS OF FAK'S.
the noTAl. FAMILT,
As I was passingone morning, through
the J’liiee (In ('arousel in front of the
'Pnillerii s, I was fortunate enough tr>
o-et, by n.erc accident, a deliberate and
sausfn-lory look, at tlie three principal
j)ersonagcs of the Royal I' amil) King,
Washington of the Fayetteville letter. | people. Pronouncing the charges,' as 1 Son,'aii(l Grand-Son—the very rcspec-
In that denial iny wo'rds are given.—, again do, deslitute of all foundation, and table lirm that now preside o\cr
contained in a letter dated j-ross asi)ersions, whether clandestinely j operations, civil, nnjitary, anj con-
in City on the 18th of April , or openlv issued from the halls of the i mercial, ol France. >tstnre
itol, the saloons of the Hermitage, , stages—incipient—unfledged—in tlie
y ))ress, by pen, or by tongue ; and shell, as I may say, in the person ot his
They were
at Washington City on the 18th of April I or openlv
last, and arc correctly ;>tated to have I Capitol, the saloons ot the Hermitage
been “that the statement that his (my) jor by
friend.s had made such a proposition as Uafely resting on my conscious inteu;rity, ; Royal Highness, the Duke de Bordeaux:
the letter describes, to the frien.ls of I demand tlic witness, and await the | Royalty ripe, ready, and expectatii,
event with fearless coididence. ■ iw the Dauphin, the ‘‘ Hero ol iiOva-
'I'he issue is fairly joined. The im-jdero;” and Royalty in possession
lileneral Jackson was, as far as he koew
or believed, utterly destitute of founila-
tion ; that lie was unwilling to believe j puted ollence docs not com|irehend a
single friend but the collective t;ody of
my friends in Congress ; and it 'accuses
them of ofl'ering, ami me with sain tion-
iiig corrupt proposilionv, derogating
from honor, and in violation ot the most
sacred of duties. 'I'he chart^e has been
niadeafter twoyearsdeiiheration. lien.
Jackson has voluntarily taken his posi
tion, and without provocation. In
voting against him as presiilent of the
United States, I gave him no just cause
of ollence. 1 exercised no more than
my iiulisputable privilege, as, on a
subscfjuent occasion, of which I have
never comjdained, he exercised his in
voting ag iinst mi? as Secretary of State.
Had I voted for liim, I must have gone
counter to every fixrd princijile of my
jnibliclife. I believed him incompetent,
ami bis election fraught with danger.
Al this early period of the Republic,
keeping steadily in view the dangers
which bad overturned every other Free
Stale, I believed it to be essential to the
lasting preservation of our liberties, that
a man, devoid of civil talents, and ofl'er
ing no recommendation but one founded
on n)ilitary service, should not be se
lected to administer the Government.
I believe so yet ; and I shall consider
the days of the Commonwealth num
bered, when an opposite principle is
established. I believed, and still be
lieve, that now, when our institutions
are in comparative infancy, is the time
to establish the great ))rinciple, that
and deny liaving any knou h-dge of the
communication made by bis Iriends to
niv fii'jiulsand tome, that 1 would give
liim the naiiieof ihe gftuh'man through
>vhom that comnv.imcat ion came. ” He
pn li'pds n(*\ er to have s' on the I' ay-
ctteville letter; and yet the prxti'xt ol
a denial under 7/iy signature is j)r*'-
cisoly that v/hich urgrd by
that Gen. Jackson had made any t.uch
statement; but that no matter vvith
whom it had originated, In* was fully
persuaded it was a gross fabrication, of
the same calumnious character with the
Kremer story, put foitb for the double
purpose of iiijiiring his jjublic character,
and propping the cause of Gen. Jacksco ;
and that for himself and for 1.is friends,
he fiejled the substantiation of the charge
before any fair tribunal whatever.”—
Such were my own words transmitted
in the forni a letter from a friend to a
h'nown person. Wheruas tlie charge
which they repelled was contained in a
letter written by a person then unknown
to some person also unknown. Did 1
not deny the chnrgc under my own sig
nature in my Card, of the 31st January,
1H25, published in the National Intelli
gencer.^ Was not tlicre a substantial
denial of il in my letter to Judge Hrooke,
dated the 28lh of the same month ? In
my Circular to my (.'onstitujMits ? In
my Lewisburg Speech } And may I not
add, in the whole tenor of my j)ublic
life and conduct ? Jf Gen. Jackson had
oflered to furnish me the name of a
member of ('ongress, who was capable
of advising liis acceptance of a base ami
CoiTupt proposition, onglit 1 to have re
sorted to bis infamous and discredited
witness }
It has been a thousand limes asserted
and repeated, that 1 violated instructions
which I ought to have obeyed. I deny
the charge ; and 1 am happy to have
this oi)portunity of denying it in the
presence of m)' assembled Constituents,
'i'he General Assembly requested the
Kentucky delegation to vote in a par
ticular way. A majority of that dele
gation, including myself, voted in oj))jo-
sition to that request. The legislature
did not intend to give an imperative
instvuction. The distinction between a
recjuest and an instruction was familiar
to the legislature ; and their rolls allest
that the former is always addressed to
the mciubers of the House of Rej)resen-
talives, and the latter only to the Sena
tors ot the United States.
liul 1 do not rely exclusively on this
recognized distinction. I dispute at
once the right of the legislature to issue
a mandaloiy instruction to Ibe Repre
sentatives of the people. Such a right
has no foundation in the Constitution,
in the reason or natui'e of things, nor in
the usage of the Kentucky Legislature.
Its exercise would he a manifest usvir))a-
tion. The General Assembly has the
incontrovertible right to exj)ress its o-
pinion and to proclaim its wishes on any
political subject whatever ; and to such
an expression great deference and re
spect are due ; but it is not oblijjatory.
The j)eoj)le, when, in August, 1S21,
they elected members to the General
Assendjly, did not invest them with a-
ny power to rcguhite or control the ex
ercise of the discretion of the Kentucky
delcg.’.lion in the Corigressof the United
Slates. 1 put it to the candor of eveiy
elector jnesent, if he intemled to part
with ills own riglit, or anticipate the ex
ertion of any suc.h po.ver by tlie le gis
lature, when heguve iii.ivutein August,
KSJ 1 ?
'I'tie only instruction which I receiv
ed from a legitinuile : nui-c':', emanated
from a n speriablc portion of my imme-
liiate constituents; and that dircc’etl
me to exercise my own discretion, re-
tjardless of the will of the legislature.
You suLsequently ratihed niy vote by
ur.e(}UivoL'al ih-monslralions rept-alcdly
given of your anectionnte att.ichnient
and your uiish;;I;en confidence. You
ratilicil it two yeai'5 ago by the election
ol mv jUMSonal and jiolitical friend
(.ludge ( lai ke) to succeed me in the
ilou>eol Representatives, wIioIkmI him
self sul)sci'ihed liie only legitimate in-
strnction which 1 received. You ratify
il by the presence and the approbation
of this vast and resjieetable assem.blage.
I rejuice ng.iin and again, that the
contest }j:is al last as>umed its ))resent
piactical foiin. Ihretofore, malignant
wbi>[ier's and dark ^ul■nlIs^s have been
ting ; flourishing in "the full
ac-
flf)\V of
ilisinilv, and sanctity, and power, in
the '=acrcd form of his Most Christian
Mniesty Charles the "Jenth. 1 had
deternuned C'l passing the morning at
Ihc Louvre, and wasjust upon the point
of entering thic Gallery of Antiques,
when my attention was attracted to a
plain but hand.>o:we carriage and four,
which v.-as coming out from the Royal
stables ; it drew up before tlie door of
the Dauphin’s aj)artment, two avant
couriers handsomely mounted, stationed
themselves before it, and a company of
the National Guard, with a military
bano, marched into the -square, and
formed at a little distance from the
carriage.
In a few minutes the drums rolled
—the soldiers presented, and a file oi
lacquics in the Royal livery, with pow
dered heftds and coats covered with
silver lace, appeared from the palace,
followed by a tall, tnin man, of about
forty-five, not very handsome cr digni
fied in his appearance, and a lady, less
good looking, and with a most unamia-
ble and supercilious expression in her
eoimtcnance.
I’hese were the Duke and Duchess
D’Angoulcme. As soon as the Royal
pair were seated, the carriage drove ofl^
“au grand galop and almost at the
same instant two splendid carriages,
with the arms of France blazonned upon
tlie Kirg :rd the Laup!.;r,
out of iiie square, and along the slree*
at a slow s[)ace, as if to encourage ihg
prepossess’on of the people, and please
them, by granting them a good look at
their future King.
* BEWARE OF ASSASSINS '
A couple of desperadoes are traversin
the United States, and are nriakitij^
ful havoc of the lives and property of oi
and yming. They have already slain mor.^
of the inhabitants than were slain inth*
battles, and perished in prison shi^s*
during: the American war; and at th^
same time, they ha\c wasted tnore sub
stance than would pay the whole naiionai
debt.
Tlicir strength is invinrihie. The'.?
method of altact is to strike people on.
the licad, then instantly trip ip
heels, pick their pockets, and continue
ihelr blows on the head, till tli,.y
qutte beaten out their brains. Thoutjh
they infest public houses chiefly, theyar(\
also found lurking al)out in the closets of
private houses, in the workshops of me
chanics, and in the fields of farmers. Ip,
some instances, wliole families have faU
len victims to the murders; nay whol^
towns have been mined by them. One
poor man, liere-about, that had I'ornifrly
been an industrious thriving mechanic,
has very lately been murdered hy thein
in a manner two horrible to relate; and
there are several others in the viciiiitv
who liave oeen daily attacked by them,
robbed of their money, smitten to the
brain-pan, knocked down, and in all re
spects so violently handled, that an alarm
ing stupor has succeeded, and they are
already brought to Ieath’s door. In a
word, the country is in danger of a couple
of outlandish miscreants, who mock at
reason, trample upon the precious rights
of man, and equally bid dcliance both to
law and j^osj)cl.
The names of those two rufiians aro
Mlrskty and Brandy!!!
l aKSriitiM or Life.—The following beaut -
fiil passage is from a st'rmon prraclu d by iJish-
op ilrbcr, to his pai islioiif rs, a short time be
fore his departure for Inrlia, in 18'J3.
“Life bears us on like the stream of
a mighty river. Our boat al first ;Iidex
down the narrow channel, throiigli the
playful murmurings of the little l)rook,
and the windings of its grassy border.
The tre(^s shed tbeir blossoms over our
the panneis, and each drawn by eight i young heads; the flowers onthe brink
.superb horses, drove slowly up to the t seem to ofl'er themselves to our young
military qualification alone is not a | door of the King’s apartments ; a body j bands ; we are bappy in I'.upe, and we.
' ’ !ucv. If of Swiss Guards marched up and formed i grasp eagerly at the beauties around us.
sulVicient title to the Presidencj
we start right, we may rim a long race 1
ofliberty, happiness, and glory. If we
stumbU; in setting out, we shall fall as
others have faller before us, and fall
without even a claim to the regrets or
.symj)atbic:i of mankind.
I have never done Gen. Jackson,
knowingly, any injustice. I have taken
pleasure, on every proper occasion, to
bestow on him merited praise for the
glorious issue of the battle of New
Orleans. No American citizen enjoyed
liigber satisfaction than I did with the
event. I heard it for the first tiine on
the Boulevards of Paris ; and I eagerly
perused the details of the action, with
the anxious hope that I should find that
the gallant militia of my own Slate had
avenged, on the banks of the Mississippi,
the blooil which tiiey had so freely spilt
on the disastrous field of Raisin. That
hope was not then gratified ; and al
though I had ti'je mollification to read
the oilici:il statement, that they hail in-
glorioualy fled, I was nevertheless
ibankfu! for the success cf the arms of
my country, and felt grateful to hitn
who bad most contributed to the ever
memorable victory. This concession is
not now maile for the purpose of con
ciliating the favor or mitigating the
wrath of Gen. Jackson. He has er
ected an imjiassable barrier between us,
and I would sc(U’n to accept any favor
al his hands. 1 thank my God that Hk
h;is erido\ved me with n soul iiica[)able
of apprehension from the anger of any
being but himself.
1 have, as your Reprcfentotive, freel}-
(examined, and in my deliberate iudg-
ment, justly condemned the eoniiuot of
(Jen. Jackson in some ot our Indian
wars. I believed, aiid } el believe liim,
to have tiamj/ied u])on tlie Constitution
p and formed
in hollow’ square, enclosing the car- j but the stream hurries on, and still our
riages ; a troop of huzzars came thun-1 hands arc empty
dcring into the court; a long tniin of
powdered servants in gorgeous liveries
came out, and ranged themselves in a
double line from the palace to the car
riage door—and presently the King ap
peared with some noblemen of his house
hold, and got into the first; the other
was filled w^h oflicers of his suite.
The drun»s rolled again, and away they
went, followed by the cavalry, and
preceded l.'V a dozen avant couriers.
By this time a numerous body of gazers
had assembled, but they manifested no
verv great attachment for their mon
arch ; a few took ofl their hats, but none
crif’d “\^vc le Roi.”
The King is very taM, and a very
thin man of 70, with white hair, and
sharp black eyes ; his face has but little
of the IJourbon in it, but is strongly
indicative of the weakness and timidity
of !iis character. Its most prominent
expression is fear—religious fear.
—And it has a care worn, melancholy
look aboul the mouth, which coincides
with his well known anxiety and super
stitious terrors concerning ‘his future
welfare. Both he and his son, the
Daujjbin, have a fidgelty, nervous affec
tion in the muscles of the face and hands,
which is uii{)leasant to look upon, and
is totally incompatible vvith dignity of
demeanor. The Duchess D'Angoulcme
looks lik(‘, and is, haugi.ly, unfor
giving woman, of consiilcrable slrenglh
of character.
Abotif an hour after the departure of
these illustrious personages, ni.;)lher
royal carriage, with six horses, drew up
in the Square, and was entered by the
Duke de I’jordeaux, (the son of the
lon tae t,onslitut!on j)u!;.; do Berry) and his Governor. The
,f his country, and to have violated the j)ule is a pretty slender, delicate iook-
princij)les of luimanity. Untertainini; | i„g boy, of some ) or 10 years of age,
these opinions, 1 did not and could not j small for bis years, and ol'
vote for him.
my friends and fellow
apoloj’ius for this ]'n;r
claiKie'tinely eirculited
unl-'luslii.'igly
, 01' tipl
niy
ullereu lu’ irrcs])cnjible
1 owi; }ou,
citizens, many
inlei’rujuion of the t’estivilies of the day.
1 ho])C that ni\' desire to viiidicale liieir
honoied object, and to suli'^fy you that
he is ti(jl allogethei' unworthy of them,
will be deemed saliicient.
Ari{OHl;)MS.
He that never ehani^ed any of his o-
j)inions, never coi reeled any of hiicrrurs,
'I'liose wl'.o are united by leli^^potj,
should be united !)y clririty.
I have always {'uuiid that those prcp.rh-
•Ts have most eoiiiinanded my heart,
who have most i!!uTniii,ited_my head.
Jhiu/r-—I’o be aiup y is to reven;.’e tlie
faulii of-^ihcib u:vjn-our:;':lvcs.—
1 very jueas-
Ile was dressed in a
ant counlenaiiet
plain blue jacket and trow'^ers, uilhout
star or ornament of any kind, and had
on a Iduc cloth foraging cap, which he
touched occasionally with much conde-
een'ion, in comjjliment to the spectators.
I le looked very like a K ing in miniature,
and comported himself very gr;iciou>l v,
'tanding up at the windows of the car
riage, and smiling, as if jtieased with
the allenil( !i of the j)coi)l(', v;ho apjjear-
od to look upon him with much good
will, particularly the women who were
obviously charmed with his youth, and
calhid him their ‘‘joli mignon.
'1 here was aijltle policy displa5-cd in
the iiiannor of his exit ton, for i},o car-
“ Our course in youth and nianhood
is along a wider aiul d!e|.icr flood, and
amid'objects more striking and inagnif’-
cent. We are animated by the moving
picture of enjoyment and industry which
passes before us ; w'e are excited by
some equally short-lived disappoint
ment. But our energy and our depen
dence are both in vain. Thestrcim
bears us on, and our joys and ourgi.t is
arc alike left behi.nd us ; we may be
shipwrecked, but we cannot anchor:
our voyage may be hastened, butit can
not be delayed ; whether rough or
smooth, the river hastens towards itf.
home, till the roaring of the ocean is in
our ears, and the tossing of the wave^
is beneath cur keel, and the lands lessen
from our eyes, and the floods are lifted
up around us, and the earth loses sigbt
of us, and we take our last leave o( earth
and its inhabitants, and of our furtlipr
voyage there is no witness but the liifi*
nite and the Et^'mal.
“ And do we still take 30 much anX'
ions thought for fulure days, when the
day*, whichhavegone by baveso sira’'p"
ly and uniformly deceived us? ^
we still so set our hearts on the crca-
lures of God, when we find by sad ex-
perience thr.t the Creator only is 1'*''
manent? Or shall v;o not rather lay
every weight and every sin which doHi
most easily beset us, and think ofoiir
selves heneefoith as wayfarinji person?
only, who have no abiding inheritaiiC'^^
but in the hope of a better world,
to whom even that wrold svntil'.
bo worse than helpless, if it were not i"
our Lord Jesus Christ, anti the inlfU’-'
we have obtained in his mercics.
Lirr.—“How fearful is the vr-y I-•
vvhii'.h we hold ! We have our benu:
neath a cloud, and are a mat 'el e\cn
OMj'selves. Tlieie is not a single •
which has its affixed limits. Lil^c
cles in the water our rcsearchcs W'.aK'''
as they extend, -.nd vanish at last I'l^^
the imnirasurabie and ut'fithonr.i.M
spare of the vast unknown.
children in the dark; we tremble 11
shadowy and t^'rvible void. pe>’pltd
onr fjnc ies I Life is our real
the fjnest gleam of the morniri^'i w.u-*
brings us ccrtaiiity, is dcidh.
In the decline of life shame an‘i
are f>f short duration ; whether it hf-'
we bear easily what we have horc ^
or, that age less regarded, we lebs
others ; or, that we look -with sbg’* ^
Kard uponlifflictions, to wliich
'hat the lK\iid of death h about '.o "
vad. — —