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Vol. XIV.
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WELL & LAWRENCE.
5 I'lMrio'i. tbirt Jotlsrs irriinmi.!! na
p-r b lent vithaat at laast gl f 0 U pMl
i'ii (.(;on nf the KHitors.aalcuall irmrepi
ara pii I. 4ttrtrreeni. no eiMadiitf if.
leea lie, inv-rlr4 4hrv for ancd liar.
m i tweHiy.ii f-n. lor eaan conUnaancc
Al Uettm la iha editors max aa pMiil.
TIIM PRKSIDHNCY.
THE FOUR LETTERS.
Front the fiicfanonii Enquirer.
The friends of Mr. Crawford are indeed re-
rr active in supporting lilt pre tensions to the
Presidential chair. , In doiiie tin, if ilww
would confine themselves to facta and twt o
Tcrlea:) the bounds of. decency, there cer
tainly would be no ground for complaint.-
But determined to carry their point at any
rate, tVy throw down the gauntlet of defi
ance, Wt pour wit thamo!t indecorous strains
(faiit hoywlio will not believe in the in
fallibility of their favorite. A cause support
ed by such desperate means must ultimately
fail, as the people of tlii state arc not of a
character to be forced into measures in'oppo
ition to their wishes and inclination. Every
acribe that corafsJntQ Jhe columns of a news.
pone in favor of sfclr. Crawford, deems him-.
aoif ut liberty to imult and abuse those whose
y. riioiw are not in unison with his own. This
ri.de deportment has too generally marked
the friends of the Secretary. Time and e
veuts will no doubt correct tins habit and pro
duce n more liberal way of thinking.
I.ct the reader cast his eye for a moment
, ov?r the four letters addressed to the people of
the United States bu a fellow-citizen, which
have lately appcarcdn the Enquirer. Il'hese
letters were pompously introduced to the
Tiublio. and we were led to believe, from the
1 parade which the author made about candor
ad impartiality, 4hat his labours at least in
lome measure would have partaken of those
fluidities. Hut how disannointed have we
been. LikfTall the other writers who have
figured for Mr. Crawford, he has indulged
himselii in, empty declamation and personal
abuse. His battery is principally directed a
pninst Governor Clark of Georgia. Such a
torrent of low abuse I never before have read
or sceu in any quarter. There is one fact,
however with respect to General Clark,
vhich appears to stagger this writer. He is
aware that the present elevation of that gen
tleman to the highest office in his state, is a
circumstance that must create doubt in the
public mind with respect to the correctness
of the character he has drawn of him. He
therefore exhausts his ingenuity in endeavor
ing to escape the dilemma to wliicii that
iveajhty tact reduces him. After ransacking
his bniin to account for that distinguished
honor which Georgia has conferred on him,
he ridiculously and absurdly ascribes it to " a
capricious pity growing out of his disgraces!"
ji!3 is the first time I ever heard that a man
had met with honor and office from such a
source. This woltderful ttiscovery exclusive
ly belongs to the author of the fiur letters.
tAnx comment upon it is entirely unnecessary.
The public will yield that portion of credit to it
to w hich the novelty of such a phenomenon is
justly entitled. After abusing all the printers
in his own state, for 1 take the writer to be a
Georgian, who is opposed to Mr. Crawford, he
flies to Washington and then pourices upon
the Washington Republican. He then turns
upon jendieloit and Wythe and wagesaterri-
Die.war ajrainst ineni ior oaring to exercise
the mxhi of delivering their sentiments in re
lation to Mr. jprawford. We lament that this
letter writer with his cast of mind and energy
nf intellect, should thus suffer himself to be
betrayed into such a cant of abusive and gross
personality. It will add nothing to his repu
tation as a writer nor cast any lustre on the
cause ot Mr. Crawford.
We have noticed what wondciful pains
have been taken to give' these letters general
circulation. We have seen them republished
in other prints hy request; and they have been
called able, Sx. All this management and ad
dress will not avail. The people will judge
&r themselves. They will not be led away
,Dy the gutter ot woms or me meiouy and nar-
tnony of periods. A tiling that is intrinsically
defective enn never receive any aid or support
from, fulsome puffs or other false-means ot co-!
lo'.aing. The rays of truth will soon dissipate
a mirt like this.
I have read over thoseour kttcs addressed
to the people of the tinted Siates.And I
have been really at a loss to discover what part
t cf them ,is distinguished either for ability,
t -nth, ormndour. The author it is true gives
us words in abundance, hilt seldom brandishes
tne weapon! of argument and reason.' l'h,c
rolouN iviih -wliich he haS decorated Sir.
C rav. Cprd although dazzling is by no means
wiitab! to the' "character. Pursuing the com
iiot and hackneye4 cant of panegyric, he
jKiimtifuilv showers "down . upon his favorite
the most nauseating and -fulsome adulation.
The people, will smile on viewing this bom-
iiast flini overcharged portrait: and particular
ly when .thev tind him placed along side of
iheir Washington and Jefferson. Wc will
now quit this held of words, "all this glorious
pomp and circumstance," and attend a little
to wme of the firgumenb'rf this able letter
J'Titer. Let 113 sec with whntTacility he mn
elide ovey acts and discolor the real facts of a
case. With all his words and pomp of diction,
he will not be able- to deceive and lead the,
people astray. There is airtonff them too
nuns!i good ser.5R n.nd mtciUnce afloat for an
artifice of tliis kind to succeed.
f Let us in the first nlace cast onr eve over
, ''"lit hfj says about the: Augusta Address.
.The frU-nda of Mr.jCrawford first alTected'to
treatrthis charge with levityi It wa3 called a
phantom, a mere bubble. But when it was
discovered that he people of thcN United
. States were not inclined to view t in that
I'gM, their tone -wss quite - changed, and we
thnd now that every champion in tho Cause of
Kr. t'nlwfoid dra ws liis quill and endeavors
to refute it Thev are cxfremclV sensitive
VponttssBthject.' .Thcy toff lull Tt-fll if
fcdrnluai off Mr. CravturJ U "Off r.i-
eataaluOu-d, hu cU. uc 1 rata at rt.U
aU ouUl be x aia lutd fruitjc. MraccTOti
bear them m ocVn rry out that th" rhanre b
refuted and (klla to the ground. 11 aa now
ce ahrthi r ihk be the fait. We Jud tho't
that the charge aa to well eUlli4td that
had the ntcr of the letters been cuk nt upon
the tubject, we tJtoukl not now ha toucL-d
again upon that head. Hi remarks however i
have furred us to it I
Thu writer, at well u all other in favor of
ku. rawKiru, baa called upon the mo" dk
Unguiahed men of Georgia to . pitn c hi. re.
pubhcaiuim in "98. The vriterof the letters
rrpreaenn sir. Crawford at that period as an
- obscure usher, nothing dreaming of poli
tci, &c Ilia M mean were tx-rfrrtlvinU.
qiate to the objects he had in view, and he
w aa once more compelled to resort to the low
but honest cull in ir of miartb
he. The charge against Mr. C. ia, that he
was a federalist in 93. To prove thU hia op
poaen rely upon the Aiun-- Mn In
opposition to hK nm hiends make a tre mca.
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tcy upvii u uic grxav men 01 laeorgta,
from all quartern of the state coect a gwat
uuuuic 01 ceruncaici, ia prove wliat' why
tliat an obscure usher, nothing drcaniinir of
nnllii.. 1.. ... v.. :h 0 ,
f.uw.n .... """ut luBjjc, was a repuD
ican in '98!! AU that these gcnUemcn cotild
ay .upon iia aubjeet was that they believed
hnn to be a politician of that description. If
Mr. Crawford moved in that humble an.l nh.
cure sphere if he was this poor and " ob-
cwra usher, nothing dreaminir of nolitir." t
ia-not probable at that day that his political
principles could be known to the first men of
his state. It rarely falls to the lot of a voung
man in so humble and obscure a situation to
have access to the polished and enlightened
circles of society. If admitted to the compa
ny of distinguished men, politics it is pre
nuined would scarcely be a theme of conver
sation between them. An obscure village
usher would scarcely venture to obtrude his
sentiments on such occasions. We can well
imagine the awe and respectful distance he
would keep himself in such a situation.
Therefore it is perfectly 1 -diculous to be call-1
ing upon all the prominent and distinguished
men of a state, lnvokimr the livin-r and tho
dead, to prove the politics of a village school
master twenty-five years buck. His own acts
must certainly furnish stronger evidence of
what he was 111 the time of his obscurity, than
any other kind of testitnon v.
But then Mr. 'Watkins, chairman of the
meeting, personally knew Mr. Cra-vford at
that time, has been introduced. This old
gentleman was and still is a federalist He it
is true asserts tliat Mr. Crawford was a repub
lican in 'y8. Hut what is this to the purpose?
All federalists assume that garb and call them
selves republicans. Therefore Mr. Watkins
could, very consistently w ith his creed, make
that declaration. 15ut this gentleman mani
fested rather too mticlpcal on this occasion.
He went rather too far with his evidence.
He stated that it wa well known that ad
rlreueg of that kml poured in uftovf. Jldana
from all quarters, from republican as well as
federalists. After this the public will decide
what degree ot credit should he attached to,
Mr. Watkins' statements. Any child could
put him right upon tliat head. The re
publicans of Virginia no nor the republi
cans of no other slate, ever poured in ad
dresses of that description. The federalists
alone had the exclusive honor of all that labor.
It was not until 'soiie time in the year "30,
according to the statement of the writer of the
letters, that Mr. Crawford emerged from his
obscure station, and took his stand in his pro
fession. Then comes the proof positive of
his republicanism. 1 his is not denied by his
opposers. They 'admit that he was in the
ranks in '99, but was a deserter in '9U. In '99
Mr. Crawford knew well which way the po
litical compass was veering, he accordingly
trimmed his sails and took his station. He
then became the supporter of such men as
Jackson, Baldwin and Early.
To shield Mr. Crawford further from the
merited reproach of signing that address, he
8 Mays that m 98 the political parties were not
"I so marked as they were at a subsequent peri
od, nor had those measures which sunk the
administration of Mr. Adams been then adopt
ed. Is this truth is this candor.' Will not
the good sense, of the people frown upon such
declarations' Those who are. acquainted with
the history of that period, and it is presumed
that all who have ever read must know it,
that the parties were as violent and the line
of their distinction as completely drawn then
as at any time afterwards. Even long before
that period there were, in this state at least,
no incndiilui) between teilcrnlisU and demo
crats. The man who would have signed an
address to Mr. Adams at that time, would
have lost the conlidcncc and sunk beneath
the frowns of tht? people of Virginia. If such
W ould have been the tute of one ot her own
citizens, how can she consistently ;.;ive her
support now to a man who was guilty ot it in
another state? Her patriotism and uniform
devotion to republican principles will hereaf
ter answer this question.
the author ot the letters has not hesitated
to etoop to the lowest grade of sophi stry in
order to serve and uphold his favorite. He
gravely undertakes to provfc that the address
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was not even pi a louerai uuge. Aiicr win
w'e shall not be surprised at any attempt that
is hereafter made by the friends of Mr. Craw.
ford. . I shall not go into any analysis ot that
address it is before the public and will speak
tor itselt. Its verdict is already formed and
ii federal hue is no doubt discerned from he
pinning to end. Let us attend however a lit
tle more to what the author of the letters says
upon this subject. In executing this part cf
hA task, to prove tliat the address was not of
a federal cast he asserts tlvt it was tne stand
which Mr. Adams made ageinst the aggres
sions of France which the address supported
and approved, and not the domestic policy of
his administration, urantea-we win iane
tliis writer upon his own ground, ana tie fur
nishea suaiciaiit matter for Mr. Crawford's
condemnation. Without disgusting tht pub.
lie with a detailed and minute history of Mr.
AdamsV administi-atioii, every school boy
kiidwshld it was liis conduct principally to
words trance that caused such a ferment in
the United States. This policy of his towards
that country, gave J?irth to his standing' army
anifako to 'the alicS laWt then followed Other
measures wlucU '.completely disgraced our
OUMlieicir iiinsiiKO
;erlins from tbS futal poli
ccuntrt'. All procc
er toathethaW,V.-.f -j
Mr. Adam. ahnM peri cU,, " 2
-heneTer poor rth.. rlj ,
her ktoi
n- M. the lei gnnd fa
compUwnt, he never C!cd to attempt u. rou '
ai.d e
trite tiie nation aniinl Ik r ami ranrt.
deelrf -.i.T. e..'jmr
to j uecuren - tuM uk- fingrr of heaven
r" " Z 1 "a lncn the nriiiri-
iu.nrm,ot oeiween Ue parties,
(me rorxlcmnrd while tie fiUKr anpliudad it
I-et 11 hear wkst a diMinpiidied c tien of
wr raie mvu. enu! Mi.1 upon this MibjrcL
He gives 111 the true huttory of tho times.
I do not w ish to confound ourcontrovcm
. ,i uur wiojeeit 01 ftiscumoa
upon which the American p ople difll r. The
administration have adopted this poicy w h
- u.un na.irnwjr 'o mem, ana
fatal to their rnmitnr. XhlL ynu oC'n
Um Mtcnccd fU opposition and srcoaiplishrd i
every measure. Our unrurtunateruptiire with
that republic, h?j given an unnfturi popula
rity to-tlic friends of ariitocrafy ami monar
chy. It lia enabled then to propalpite prin
ciples which were once heard wMil disgust
and norror, and it has enided thernto accom
plish designs which couli not hvi been at-
tempted two years ago withoot producing an
immediate- and- uiiivenai insurrrcion of the
people A jfou'r party hare exairsffrated the
cruelties and enormities f the Frelch revolu
t on, in ordr to excite an exces.iiie and fran
tie indignation again France. (And then
they have artfully availed .hcmsc!ves of the
angry passions which tlu-y kimllel, in order
to bring detestation upon repuhjran princi
ples, w neu tliey-liaae excited aifuiliorrcnce
of French principles, thev are ejabled by a
very natural ajsociation of ideas tqproduce an
abhorrence of rrpuhlictn principljs because
these are Ui:- avowed, if not the aitual princi
ples of the French nation." j
The author of these eloquent iemarks was
John Thnmpion, the immortal aikhor of the
letters of Curtius, a citizen of iwr state a
name dear to his country and consecrated by
the affections of his native state. These elo
quent and unrivalled essays wcrf! written and
publkhcd about the time that Vr. Crawford
got up his Augusta address, and joined in the
crusade against republican France. Thompson
spoke tlie language of Virginia and the re
publicans of the United States. The conduct
of lr. Adams towards France was universally
condemned bv them. It was too well known
that his policy was to provoke a war with that.
uiuonunatc repuniic; then to pusli torwaru nis
high-handed measures and to pmsirat.fi the
constitution of his countrv. Vinrinianrotest-
ed against this course. But it appearsthat
Mr. Crawford thought otherwise, and there
fore gave his support to an adilreiiS applaud
ing Mr. Adams for his wisdom and energy
agiinst a devoted country. So much in reply
to the author of the letters respecting the Au-
lyii .aa w.,--wi j ttiiUil 1 iVn
matter ot (act, bevonqutne reach ot contradic
tion. We will now proceed to iome other
Charges against Mr. Crawford; and sec how he
is defended by the writer just alluded 10.
Another serious charge against Mr. Craw
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ford is his speech in the United States' senate
re-chartefmff the United States' Bank:
the abuse which that speech contained against
Virginia and other laiirc states. In renly to
this, the author of the letters, Wkc every other
writer before him, acknowledged that this
was a fault, and sorely lamented it. But, as if
any consolation can be derived from that
source, he says that all the other candidates'
were guilty of the same sin. This is denied.
Although it is true that some of the other can
didates were in favor of the renewal of the
charter, yet thev did not indulge themselves
in a strain of abuse against the lsuge states for
instructing their senators upon this great con
stitutional question. They did not accuse
them of wishintrto usurp the powers of the ge
neral government and to destroy ttre influence
of the small states. In these sentiments Mr.
Crawford stood single and alone, j The author
otthe tour letters shded over tins subject
with singular agility. He was wise enough
to say but little upon this head. He knew
too well the tender ground upon which he
trod. He well knew how revolting it woidd
be to the pride of Virginia to be called upon
to give her support to S man who had been
her calumniator, and who had traduced her in
our national councils. Now these fwo acts,
the Aumista Address, and the a'.urac of Virgi
nia, are the. two principal charges which affest
the'eharacter of Mr. Crawford: we have seen
what the author of the letters has said in J-e
ply to them. In the first case he has said no
tinner to relieve Mr. Crawford from the re
proach which attends him, but his defence has
actually added to his condemnation. In the-c-
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tlier caic. lie has said literaliv noimnsr. . 1 hub
then those two prominent charges stand still
in force against Air, iJiawtoitl -a tare mm swu
full in the face--and so long as they remain
upon tne memory, so wngwiu v lrguu ww
hold Irom him her continence ana sugpon.
In crdcr to shield Mr. Crawford also- from
the charge of intrigue, the writer of t$e letters
has ranged at large in the field of declama
tion. and iriven us indeed some singular logic
upon this head. He avers that Mr. Crawford
cannot be miiltv of this crime, because no ew
dtnee has yet been adduced to establish h
He tells us Mr. C. was Intimate, with all the,
great men of the nation, of bfth political par
ties federalists and republican. He Uien
gives us a long list of names in which if com
prised men of all political denominations
from the rankest federalist down to Hie most
democraticil republican. This charge of in
trigue, I confess, know nDthiny of it may
be true or it may bo false. But it is Certain
that, the author of the letters has done Mr.
Crawford but little service in, his, reasoning
and deductions upon this subject j Herepre-
senta him aa the intimate associate ot botn U
deral and democratic clracterthat he has
acted, and is in friendship, with, all of them.
Now, had Mr. C. been an uniform, unwaveruigr
repualican, true to the principles of the ortho
dox faithit U utterly impossible that he could
ever; be the intimate friend, the social com-natiWm.JT-rth
manvUDOS that list ? It it not in
Uie nature of things tor federalists and repub
licans thus to harmonize and agreci ;. There
must be some trimming some shuffling in tne
rank. Hence, we may conclude from the
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- , Jijhts which have been shod tipon kt noht.
,
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could,
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wbVs XJL,l?.:ilh'CMr?'n
,.. tT.- . Klln" ucHnv'c
L - T -? JntJnute aaoctei of Mr.
CraafonL Thi norti-ut nf . ;
lV, T'."'1;".'- fr.en.1, can laeWyrientii,
b prefer a nuuof a more infieiihU- unk.i
.iCT, man ,ne one here given of this
r,. in. nrr jenernn. her- U.
"wir" d"in?uitl-cij that Bewbility of
' nut uiat puatxlity of
miper, as to make them at thetaJn Ume the
trr nd. andjrompaiuaiij of rapubUcani an.1 fc.
'eraiists. '"Tncv never n;...l .1
'th rour Kinin. ml tt.r... ., .
tselL They nen countenanced and aup.
portedUra-e. , ta Mr. A.Um approvuiiT of,
againn a sister republic. Here let us ask the
author of the letter, w hether any of the dis
tinguished me a of our state aver were guilt v
of that political sin? No never; if they had,
the frowns of the people would a tost assured
ly long since have consigned them to political
annihilation.
These remagks are proceeding to a length
to which the author did not intend to go. He
is aware that long and labored essays do not
suit the taste of most readers. It is not words,
in whatever dress they are uttered, that can
carry conviction to the human mind. Argu
ments and facts can alone operate and wrought
a change in the opinions of men. To this
test must the friends of Mr. Crawford be
brought They cannot expect to P"11 l,e
cure the confidence of tne. people in the
course they have taken. The people of Vir
ginia are plain, firm and decided, devoted to
the principles of liberty and true to the re
publican faith. Declamation, however splen
did, will have no effect upon them. Declara-
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tory appeals meir passions arc icue, ana can
by no means affect their understanding. They
arc too enlightened to be duped by artifices
of that kind. The author of the letter hir
greatly mi. taken their character w'.icn he pre-!
sumed to address them in the manner he has
done. They cannot be seduced by word nor
d away by the tinsel sophistry which marks
every line of his productions. e They are vt.r
et preterea nilril, and cannot blind and mislead
for a single moment. The veil is too thin and
slender not to be penetrated by the most bu-
-perfici al eye. Fixed and unchangeable in hef
principles, V lrgima will never sully uer repu
tation by giving her -support to a character
who stamp arraigrfed before her upon charges
which deeply att'ect his republican stantling.
A suspected fiharacter can never expect to.
claim her support. Pure and spotless herseU,
the tnan vho is honored with her confidence,
must be above suspicion. A CI Y, a Calliogh,
a Cbeyes, or a Macon, she would greatly pre
for to a man who has been guilty of tho oli-
ti-osj alienees sttrinutea ana sustained ajauisi
Mr. Crawford. Were shot to- act othfrwiae.
she would be guilty of her own' polity! aui-
cide and blast forever her repubheaf cnarac
ter. But 3he is not reserved for.sicb, a de
gradation. A higher and a more wnliant des
tiny awaita her. Time will show Aether the
opinions I have expressed are f orrect-?-tiH
then let us patiently await the dfy of trial
we will see wlietnerthey ar; men tne oft-'
spring of fancy or the sjleiih warnings of
tmitli
PLANTER.
CnestcrGeld, Sept. 13, 13
COMMUNlfATlQNS.
FOR THjf TAR.
Messrs. EdUori'm-lt was with sin
cere regret I reaiUhe remarks contain
ed Jn a "letteDtrom a eeptleman at
Washington Ciy, to the Luitors of the
Star' as publined in your paper of the
10th instant: irst, because he should so
far have mistaken me, and misconceived
my objept, a to suppose I wished to do
an injury tthe cause of Mr. Calhoun,
i A , that cort way; and, secondly, be
cause jhe )ias permitted the warmth of
his friendship, Bnd the overflowing jf
his zeatj'to betray him i.ito the expres
inn of; gentiinents. unauthorised bv
facts, with a generality of application to
persoT?4 frho do not merit them, of which
he wiA hereafter himself be sensible.
If your Washington cdrrespoudent
hail given himself the trouble to ascer
tain my view9,( which he migheasily
have done byMtenaing to my xpres'
sions.1 he nviht have fotiia that I had
no intention of entering upon the merits
of either outhe candidates lor the presi
dency; for I expressly declared!" with
out touching the relative merits of either
of the aspirants, I would only ask you,
Iff you still think Mr. Crawford' popu-
Flnritv id on the. want?' " V . ".
The chief object I had in view, in
writing the niece alluded ' to by my
Washington friend, (for, I think, I know
him,) was to vindicate the character of
the state against an uniusi imputation,
cast upon her independence by you, in
ascribing her opinions to the., influence
of Virginia; and to rescue from obloquy,
if possible, the character ot some old and
tried patriots, against whom Mr. M'Du f-
fie had openen tne oauery 01 ins eio
nnence, and threatened with destruc
tion; whom he charged with " unchas-
tened and unhallowed ambition!" For
what. - Messrs Editors, i were .these
heavv charses mado? Because thev re
fused to comply Vith the requisitions of
the Secretary of War,' until certain
points were cleared up; and , became
some of that, number were supposed to
be friendly to Mr. Crawford' election.
Was this such a mighty otil-ncc? Kvca
jour cormpoJi a,r,;t. th.i -,..'
f?9 d'!'. " he.- -
1 UecleJ ctiiir anr turtkrr an
pmpmttOM for th, n.;.. r '
V Vf MeMr- Editor!, thia tItiW ,
nb4l,tjrM the prt f Mr. CtJntr - .
ineotlt. 4hat an a
hWtluHbili
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Wnc of (lis trtt taw.4. t,;m Mt hu,H
fciurged ith aome imnmr' oolive. s . ,
rutheierrantaatea- If
nr. Calhoun it ajKTtcorm. - .on.or
psp.cioilJaKUoPnfrmjei itr, ,
f LaCat thoald hn thsut uimuul r
flam mw to tsk ?or infoiintta u,kh
JiJ of hit acta? Hat VTw'im? .
icnlat."iliAt an indivtdual .JSVia- "
proper' tiew:prtllt'SdiUi ep . ' . '
probriou. epitliet?. ' : V' f ' ; . t
i 1 Li - - 7. ..4 r
1 tnougnt uun wu s goveraiucm. us
laws, and not of roeJ tht thcrw ik . V
man in the nation whoae act fere be- ,'- '
yonJ the reach of the lawj no oficer nn ;-. . ,
uer the government who wa a reapon-
siblo for his conduct. And rajr,kwlat ,
resp6nsibilitj ia there, if the jW of in v '.r.
quirj is shut, and the applicant ton- v. - '
tempiuousij unven away oym prij ui
zealoU who euard the eottance, ana .
charge him with IUdicalin,,, or up .
braid him with 1 unchastend and un- ' ' '
hallowed ambition;" who wtch over th 7
tharacter of Mr.C.asif itUitopurty,
that the slightest breath falaeiuwa7,
would cast the rot of mddei' and tarniaU k (
it forever? Surety your oWeanon-tent . ," '
did not see the point trt wich his argu
ment extends; and I feel no QUpos'itioa
to press it.. If Mr. Canoua'a public
lite has been ao irreurfichable as he
aeems to think it, inv
rather to be courted tut" avoided, a
every inquiry would died new lustre -
uaon his character.
T do declare most filemnly, Jtliat I
have no personal hosjlity to Mr. Cal
houn; lar otherwise.
admire him tor
the brilliancy nf his
ents, his hiirh at- '
hiinmenU, and his t
ny virtues; i,Ve-.
njjuisheil fiei vicei
apect him for the di
he has rendered
common country.
The greatest -injur Mr. C. is likely to
sustain, will be inncted by hia friends,"
who, from an ovr ardent desire to
servft him, indiscriminately apply tho .
lash to, altwho d.not rcsp tU T
dogmas. As wii .might tlie term of .r
apoitaiebt evenrtntor, oe appuea to
the friends and wpporftrs ot Mr. cat-
noun, aa that ofUadical lunuer anv ot'
its various definitions) to Mr.Crawford '
ami his friends It is true, gentlemen,
I wish Mr. Cawford's election; but I
wish it upon rery SiSTerftnt grounds to :;;
those," which eeiA ttf influence some of !
Mr. Calhoufi's supporters. If Mr.
Crawford hri not strength of character '
sufficient, toi entitle, him to the confi- V.
dence of hii countrymen, without tra-, ;
ducinir thati of his competitors, or tar-
nishin"; the! well-earned laurels of his
rivals; tlicn let htm fail. Not so with ' -
his opponents; there is not a word in the '
Ensrhsli lanlruaze too opprobrious to be
appUed to him, and those who advocate
him; they narrate things which common "
sense revolts at, and tell anecdotes
which credulity itself cannot believe. ,
Nor are they satisfied witli this: thev am '
attempting to break up the very foun-
uauou, 01 me union: aesiroy tne nar
mony of the Stater, by sowing the seeds' '.
of discord and jealousy among them, by"
invoking the pride ui North-Carolina, '
to induce her to vote against. YY in. II.
C. to sacrifice the man of her choice, to -
prove she is free from Virginia intlu-, ;
ence. lhese and many other devices
have been resorted to by Woraie men,'
for the attainment of an honorable end;.
still. W. II. C. stands firm in the opi- '
nious auqt xouuuence oi me KepubU
cans. r " , ' f . ' ' ..
It is upon principle I advocate the
election of Mr. Crawford; it ia, becausa , ,'
1 believe he will, if elected, administer
the government within the rules pre- -
scribed by the Constitution; that he wilf
consider the happiness of the citizen to ; r
consist rather in the peaceful enjoyment "
of the', fruits of their domestic labors,
than in having their substance swallow-
ed up in the payment of heavy, taxes to
build a large fleet, support a numerous: '
Standing army; to erect forts 3 or 400
nines 111 tne inuian territory, to awe me ' '
fioor natives into submission to the law- r,
ess hunter, who trespasses upon their V '
lands and robs them of their game; to t.'
protect a trade worth 250,000 at the' ,V
expeuce of half a million; contracts and
advance offrDoney not noticed.' Alrea- ,.
dy have I heard some of Mr; Calhoun's , '.
friends, sav", " I wish our fleet was a lit- , ; '(
tie larger J that we? might g"o to war with 1
Frapc.e, lor refusing a passage to' ther
Congress frigate." I do not charge
these sentiments to Mr.CVl only men- ,
tion flitm to mark the disposition of his .
friends. : r , - l V ' .'V'
It would be highly gratifying to me,' i ,
and mapy others who support MrCraw- - y
ford upon the same principle, not from '
personal consideration,) b'ulicving hitn.
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