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-y - - ' . - - iii , .iJ-,- MJ . J ,JV!. MS- t-i,JM -I, J ! ! - 'ail a a.m j 1 ' 4 ' ' , BELLA. VlWREKCEt . StU"'.,lB,, 1! a M"-Kl prr ti irM wiUumi at KlHIt pu.t VtdraoM. '", Vul ,1a untia of Ik tUAon, antM li riiv tr f4. A4rtwK art 1 din ifc le, a fcin. Irrte4 tlirrt Iiim fur MW, tod teH fiif vh MntiaQlMt, All luttm t ttn eJitu iu W tnut. JKSSB BKNTON.' ... !.; t. ... j.i k.ki ' PVTA C'ttrmhian Oktrter. ftkctofa Letter from femlemfcn inTetv- - nrnrc fneml i Dim eitr, dated Sep , tembrt 20. n tha anbject of ieme Dentont Lib1a o tb , k HERO OFKEy ORLEANS. . fcOStU. DtD-3 Page SO, Mr Denten Mjt, five or tit jears ao,, while colonel Cannon was d dressing large collectioa , of people, as a candidate for Congress, General Jackson interrupted hitn in Ue midst of hispeec by," obttntne this i-e dantned infernal fits you Jiav toM, ami T ran .nrove Tou eudlT .of thea.,, 1 was not in msLviUe when, tluiaffair took place, put not havjng conqUence 13 the correctness bf this itatement, from my koowledg of Gen. J. I enquired of Mr. UUiDorne, wno was me opposing sandidate.if he had aD recollection of it. He told roe he had and that he, was sit tins br the side of Colonel Cannon at the time, and says the expressions at-4 tnbuteu to yeneral Jackson are untrue. This altercation between the General and colonel Cannon, wasin consequence of the latter'j not dppobinjjin'Congress, the appropriation of 25,000 dollars al hiwed the Cherokees, in- a treaty made with them in 1816, under the direction of Win. II. Crawford, whxwas, at that time, the secretary of war; this allow ance' was stated 'to be for spoliations, said to have been committed on'the In dians by General Jackson and his army. Colonel Cannon, tn his speech stated, that the treaty making power was lodg ed in the hands of the President and Se nate, ami that he, as a member of the other house, had nothing to do with it. General Jackson told him," that inasmuch as he knew the, allowance to be an un just one, he ought to have opposed the nppropriation, and not to have permitted such a slander against tfie ripy and state of Tennessee, to beCarnedinto the records, of the nation: that'he .knew the Indians had been paid a air price for every thingthat had been got of them; that thej S 25,500 "item in the treaty, was a vile slander pn himself and army, by representing them as a set of marau ders, depredating oh a peaceable; unof fending nation, through whicKthey were Jiassing without offering an equivalent ur tliiiir property, which had teen con- vert'. d to the use and benefit of the arm v. Cannon denietKtUnt he knew they, had benn compensated for the provisions ob tained from them the General told him he did know it,-Cannorngain denied it. The General then told Jum jt was false, for that Atiiehad -peeft ap' pointed, with some other.ofScers, to fix a value on the nronrirtv of the On) v Cher rokee Indian who furnished ahy ''tnirig louie anny--anu tuai ine ciaims, allow ed in the.tr'fttyr"S;,aj'lSQ.rrgery. Here the controversy, ended . This is the" representatiofi given to me uuv iwo uavs yncj, dj major via borrie, who, as" I before stated, was' the . opposing candidate, and was elected, by a majority of two to one. fThe Treaty, referred to above, was the frigid .of .the misunderstanding between Oen. JacK son and Crawlorq.. lUe Oeneral was in the city the' w-ifir preceding) the making ot uis treaty, ami .understand ing the Cherokee nation was sending on a deputatiotf; lie immediately suspected thc-pbject, and wen to Mr. jCrawford, ft person, who was then Secretary of V,rar, and'euarded liim .azainst tuem. He told luia he had heanUsoniething of ilieir claims and assured Vim they were all lorgereSv-.fHAisoilt.oid him; ty niu ciamiod, attbc ireatyot t ort Jack' fon, a hrse nortion of the finest ,rart ol the Vnds i ceded to tl.er tJnited States, in ucyrnit'; Wirch"'a'fter-tho'r'ouj:h;ln:i vestigation, in the prcsehce of the chiefs ootn natrons," it was shown thoy1 had inrteven te shadow of aVJaim to'. 'v Ge neral Jackson cautioned him, (Crawford) imiuiidiunito beware ol the deputation Rhd if they should' ptit ; any claim to i jhat tract ' of land agatrj, not to recog piw i V Ktwiths(aiidinK tlje General's monition s, tlye Indians had no sootier arjivednao negociatioti was ppeneu witKthem.nnder the- iliftsctioti nf Mr. Secretary Crawford, and their claims, the fullest tfttent. s if regarde'dthe lnd9 ceded by the dreek.- were reCoi?- iiiy.ed kn their account, to the amount 25,000 for timlitiion: allowed. J!- -?l Yri. Jackson Treaty was one id, ..ivbi impiiriaiii, in a pointful pomi V i ever made in ttic otilhernsec tVe aettlemenU on the Mq1I! wcr cat off from th aettlemeiita im t' spper country by the iolenreaiion ,f In- dun country o( at least 200 m'lca n tl tent.TTie greatest oJiject the General hadn new, m making tliat Treaty, wu to. extingu'uJi th Indian title to tWe lands, and thereby have a cunnetteJ set tlement front the south buumUrv of Ten nessee to the Oulff for he well knew. without that, southern frorjier of the Union never could be defended with success. . General .Winchester's whole army nearly , starved. to death last war Tor the want of L-rov Lions. whe stationed at that point, of which there would have been no danger, if that tract of country had only contained haf1 of the population it now has. . r To get this country back, again, the United Slates had to pay near ly 300.0CO dol lar . 1 ' 1 - ' In page 50 (at above) he says;" Mr. Eaton is the man wh'o wrote the book called the Lift of Jacksou. This is nothing more than Jackson $ own lift of himself." , , . , This ia too ridiculously contemptible to Te noticed; if the same charge bad not been made before, by the Honora 6 more properly Dishonorable John Cocke, member of Congress from the Knoxvillf District, in this state. This statement, like all the rest of Jesse's, is poiitivcty false There was hardly a day that I .was not with Mr. Eaton, whije writing the "Life of Jackwm." lie wrote it in the office of Thomas Crutcher, Esq, Treasurer of the State, who was also with, him bofhfcfiand night; for they both slept id the oQke. To this Mr. Crutcher can and will cer tifyVifit should ever become necessary. I know vour oatience is orettv well exhausted. Bear withmeaievminutes longer, and I will close this long letter. The subject cannot be more tiresome & fatiguing to, you, than it is unpleaiant and disgusting to me. There is but one part more of this book I shall notice; not because I could not shew that every other pSrt of it, as well as the passage! have drawn ,.your attention to, entirely destitute .ot, truth; . but because 1 have not the time, nor inclination to dwell longer on it In'feage 23, Mr. Benton says, " two as gallant regiments as.were ever march ed to a field of battle," were, both men aud; officers, "denounced as deserters. cowards, and every abusive epithet ap- pnea xo meru . r r , The best and orilyvanswcrit seems to me. necessarv to be eiven to this w on- uertul display" oi higli-sounding words is, tliat toe most ot those men thus a bmed,ealumniatcd, and insulted, returnr ed to tue service agaia, and Jought un der uen. JacKson to the end ot the war, I hey were wi th nun at .Mobile, and at n-". hi.it 1.-2 it t.t :i rtusiicoia, wii)ere, iijj,, rovp uic invvinto the eolnh; they: returned with him again tri ' Mobile; and from tlience marched . with bim to the plains of Or leans; swimming, 'in their route, creeks and ' rivers. ' 1 1 wait those same men who fought with himr,tlie battle of the 23d ot December, i14; and, with bim, cffnquered Wellington's invincibjes, on the glorious and ever memorable 3th of January,'! ?15; saved JSew-Urleans, and with her, one half of the union. . Hall, the Brigadier,", who "commanded these two "gallant regiments. .' spoken ot, is, and aljavs baa been , the warm friend of General Jackson: and at the last ses sion; of the Legislatore, of which he is a member, was one oi the. uenerars most decistve advocates m the, senatorial e lection. Col." William Martin, who commanded brie of those " gallant, but Tie .'thargfl ' 1e r, coot wi'Ji ao iit grai.e frura ltu Cn Knr vbo kaa bw CHjsrl ail bu life, is blood and strife. Tltere it somm! po!T for a nv.n. 'wHo grts into q-aar-j rets aad uhts, n account of bi caan try; but w!ut excuse can be offered, ia ettenuatyjo of sach cooduct, to-one who sever fghls for kia cuudtry, and if yet always engaged a tarhioita and bloody fray. We.avrf ejevef yet heard of Mr. Benton," nor"hi abettors, stteddicz'fnvcA of their llod in the cause of tUrtr country. I lis . higlieat ambition seemi to consist in a disposi tion to traduce ami Macke.i tne cliarac tersnd fair fame of those, who have freely shed their" lives, io defence of that country; of which be Is ad unwor thy and undesorviiit; citizen. v. For the last twenty years he has beta almost constantly cnr!-ed in orivate oaarrels -at oti time attempting to assassinate Hero at auotlicr t behold him at tempting to brow -be at and insult the poor and indigent. Again, we- see him with guns, and swords, and pistols engaged In dreadful strife w ith his neighbors. At another time, we behold him with axes and knives quartering and slicing his own brethren; and he is never 'seen without his dirk, with the hundle sticking out of bis bosom. This, sir, is a horrid itic Cure, but it is nevertheless true; and it las not been very long since, it is said, he shot a man, with his rule, on tne Mississippi, where he now lives. Yet, sir, this man, who keeps the whole state in an uproar, has the effrontery to call General Jackson a man of violent and despotic disposition. ,-No doubt, from all this, you are ready to conclude that kt is a sprnml Jnlim Cfpskr" in courage. V I pray yna, ajr, not to be too hasty; tor it .you have come to any such conclusions, I ran assure you that yea are tinder a nttake. jess is no bra verthan other people. It has not been more than three weeks since a man by the name of, M'Gregor no doubt of the true Scotch. M'Gregbrs, abused him, until it i said, h trembled like an as pen; and it was about this very-bonk, for you must know that, for several months ho-has carried a manuscript copy witli mm, wherever he goes. r Xcfure the' Treaty. 'degraded' reKimehts,' is, at this time witlr many of the other officers bclong- i . . ' ' ...M-- , : -.t r.. ing to, tnosc.iwp regiinenis eugngeg in supDortinz the' General's election for rresiuent,. ; now. inen aoes n nappen let tne ask, jf theWoRicers and men of these twtf gallant regiments for so they were in 'truth) were so abased, inrnlted and degraded, that we find them follow ing "Cjesar and his Fortunes through the hole wa!-, and now zealously eg- gaged in endeavoring to proinote him to the highest, honors' within the gift of a great and, magnanimous people, which ne win reac in Bpue oi anoiner '' tas. ' .The auestion is easily answered Jesse only charges "General Jackson of havins dono, that whic he would have done himself, could he have strutted c M I , k ' L : . - . I'lll ps on tne vig man tor a, in net pace tie knows, and , so does his employers that there is not one; word of it true.- The greatest and higliest pbiectj these radicals have in view, is to fix! bv all roeiftis'.'tlve chtracfer,. vftltfite on the General: He .must be represented as a violent,' savage, ferocious, blood tUicsty Tyrant, in order that the people may be alarmed, and induced thereby to believ e that to place bim at jthejiead of Jhe .na tion f would , enaanger our peace, and jeopardise the liberties pf the country The v Van not succeed., however; Th General's charatter, ist"too Veil knowq tor; $ucb base; electioneering tnckf t'jr hvte any'.t acctiVftu te - i FOR TH STAR." . It was with surprise 1 read the muti lated statement of the rencountre be tween Geri. Jacksun and the brothers Benton, published in the;' last Register, Having some, years ago received very different account of it from a gentleman from Tenrtessee; I was induced to wake inquiry, and procured from a gentle man, a resident of Tennessee, at pie sent in this city, Uie annexed account ef it, as it is generally reported in that state. i V'' There is also a gentleman at present resiumg in mis city, wn yvas in swim- ville at the time the affray; t(Mk place who has seen the annexed statement, and says that it is ' ns he heard it when in Nashville. The names of both gentle- men are lett at the Mar utnee. ' - Q IN THE CORNER. ' ... "... T. " Thomas H; Benton, at the time the 2000 Volunteers were required,, by the Secretary at ,Var from theState of Ten nessee, to descend the, Mississippi, held no Military commission whatever. Uen. Jackson, through las influence,' had him chosen by the volunteers its Colonel, of one oi tne regiments. ,un tne return ana dischargeor the troops, the General save Col. IEton letters to the rre,si dent and "Secretary -at .War,' recom mending him to an, appointment in . tmj regular' army." During . the Colonel's absence, Jesse Benton and Capt. Car rol (how Governor!. Carrol, and Awho tlien commanded one of the Volunteer eompRrfies and hcted as Inspector to the army,) had a quarrel,rPn theColonel's return, he; with his brother, took it into flieir heads that Uen. Jackson had aided Carrol with his' advice, and friendship; and both jook many" occasions to abuse and 'vilify the General. . Some letters passed,1 which only tended to widen the breach. ll lien tons came to jNash ville,' each with a pair of pistols loaded with two balls, and sent word to Jackson where they were. On which; he with his friend Coffee, went to Talbot's Ho tel, where the .Ben tons were, and, en tering the passage, saw Col. Benton at the opposite i door," and called to him to dftlend himselt, and Advanced until he was about passing a door lead ing from the passaee to arocin where JessoBi-n- ton was posted, who shot the General as he came opposite,- and broke his arm.' ! r Mssrr. Guhs tr &ny-Doe not this look like an attempt at assassination? Q 'A ct-cf for short iatechisnfl 'fa "t t: W hich tf the Car.didaf e for tWe ' Pmi '.rfcr' has' foe-tt tw duela,' nufjirtd, la privatt r.narrrL a fcfow beiig in ro5J blood? . 4 i. .o drew p treasury r sport irov rd to be m n r on tool, to re aire jlie4 ;c nt formal correctwns' v 3. Who vuled artiTit the 'etprirO, the lead in r and te-tin' measure ai iMiinaa Je QertoiTa adnunvtUalioo. i' 1 4. W Ke prcpuMtd, in ft tr pwolw docomcDt; to enito the latvvwtht; morderoas red tribes of the rforftr A raerican savages, to the-' hardy softs atu fair daughters of the United Stales, by intermarriages? J-i ..'. i . . .. Who,-in the most Violent timet, supported,' by a ' public address, he most anti-republican measure? ' , e. t-i.' l i- . i J . u. i (iiui caouiuaTS is, ii, oosr friends dmr mot let the people chow Electors in New Yor!i ; i 7. What pronortioo does 66 bear to 'vo ' 1 3. Will yon choose the President, or hall three score members of Congress, est of two hundred, choose him for yon? - ' TOB THE 8TAS.S ""'' "'l Inconsistency of tie Editors' of the Jit .c -i .Finer, .--v ..-Ti They first ted to the discussion of the Presidential question, by, stating that Mr; Crawforif would m the Electoral Vote' of North Carolina. '. Te after wards, complained of the anti-caucus papers lor bringing lorwaru the discus sion too soon." -' ' ' 5 - ITiey were the Erst to commence bodies, by publishing aRe port of the Grand Jury of Chatham) yet . complain of those"-papers which have given the votes at various omer meetings v tne State. -':"";" " , Their columns have been filled with insinuations against Mr. Calhoun, the grossest abuse ot Ueneral Jackson, and severe strictures on "Mr.' Adamsryet they complain of others for fas they say) calumniating wr. virawioru.R;' .i , They have been called upon to state the superior talents of Mr. Crawford whicn entities him to the' Presidency liiey tell you Mr. Crawford has been Embassador, to'. France, Secretary at Waf, and is now Secretary of the '1 rea- sury; out have not given one 'Single proof othis superior talents, except by giving to him the credit of changes in the War Department" which, has 'been proved tb.be due to Mr. Calhoun. ,-. ' ; I hey f censured the-- Editors of the Star for printing 9 instead of 1 ia their report of the vote of the , Wake county Mditia; yet they In reporting the pro ceedings of the New York Cunveution, put422 for22. 1 - ' a mriTfi a svT - " roH tE sT,'f.V"'. ' ;, The "Editors of the Register, in saying that the " nail is clinched," evidently meant, that it was ctiKCHKD"as"to tl fate of the caucus nomination of Crawford and Gallatin, which they, and all other Radicals, have ridiculously called the kational nomination) for they have already announced Gallatin's withdrawal, arid why? BecuJse it was found he could not be elected ; and, pre sently,' Crawford's withdrawal may be expectedj andFwhy? Because he, too. will hnd he cannot be elected. lLflns is not clinohikg" the radical cause pretty fast, , 1 know not what is, The good sense and intelligence of the peo ple, have," cuNOHED'f it Joug ago; but the obstinacy and blindness of these Ed itorsj heretofore; have been eo intense, that they could not see it; but now1, since Gallatin has' withdrawn, the scales have dropped from their eyes, and, the first thing; : they say, after announcing this fact, is,. that the M oot is ' clinched- from which, it is obviously to be infer red,as. to the fate bf the Caucus Ticket; but I supposec, they did not like at once openly to conless jtv liutwhy all this blustering &. parading about the impor tanceot their"national nomination,, as it was styled, & with which all the radi cal Journals have tecmedfor the last 8 months, it now one ot tlie persons nora inated hasobeen breed to withdiaw his namer vv in , mey wait ; anotner ion gressional ' Caucus, before they find a substitute tor the , ice "rf f swientr it can hardly be expected. .What then will they dor Whv. intneue and man. age;'tintil 4hey find another desperate adyenturer ttftry Ms fortune in the rad ical race.1 - But what pretext will they have for not calling it a "national nomi nation? "Will it ever do to relinquish such an imposing, and magic "Sound! Tbey had no right to ssb roe ihtf name at first; unless a caucus recommendation of 64, out of 61, piembers of Congress, is binding orf .the majority, and consti tutes a national nomination," as the? have had the -ynblushing impudenceto can u. . II- sufpecieu, peeing who wliat contempt the people have; looked upon their doings, together .with the lie feat of their Vice President, that, in fu ....m Ml ' k . A L 1 ' ture tney win uoi ii)uii n yaliiity an fmrortanci mmtSAthfon?,'' ?for, laevfcrr iftdf . Ihat the r-eop er ivf 'ich UwU t:er. sad.wppvwevl, ta-Vt!nr djf ,' crr vted rw . tiutifat J pgr, a ..I . ioucffvrt5i. It is preunictttbfy will tn' t. rontret io s .:;"xc their laorue, as ui . rriendsofth candidates do their!, . ' upon Uir iui and i.triiic ascrfi.,. They w ilf aoliwyrhit ss iiithTrr'rii. aboot their "na.'icn&l ncmtnatimiP Jf is hoped. Irbas brens bitter d $! wirfty them, ana, Tronvtiie trtv ton i torth i cf theirj-Httr.s, it U ir to sop-, pofc, . . never be at ticj. -.-,,, ' " , "- v . . AiS 1 1 "JALUUS.. A ' ' '"it. . , . ' ' , twinjHH r rwn mmm rearm unmi.-j -' In roy-Jstr' i eoJeiredvto M.bew , you, thar nothwiuitaiiiiig-to tores- sant rodomontading ol the radical ut tion,' iKey have failed tn Ihcir 'view'; to render Rlr. Crawford tfitf political fa-,. Write of the nation,, by preaching fromj the bouse .top his principles of rtA - trenchment, economy &. rtlbnn' -Tliey . . nw m m M J ft Ml m sm mm 'ir u lud -ntvesjumtt ulaklishtnents. tosvocifo rate and chant ntto ptais) to his, Barney ' But fiotwithntatiuing all these fifmida-v ble excixts of political p iwr,'matiy of wiiirn. wiui tue most reieni ess suuari. ty, have petscevtca andowfd our ven v f erable-. President 3MoNHOn and be , sides bim - a 'great many more, of the ' most dislin pas hed and virtuous mm . '-..' ta tne , country, merely because ' it is 'i upposod they are Wmtca to. dielct- t , . tion -of their, favorite., ,'.'... J V.v-" v . Witness the-. fPashiagto Caxetlt, , ' th Democratic Press, the National Jtd- ' vocate, the " Boston Statesmani the A'a tio,nal Intelligence thf JRichnibnd 2w -, yuirer, tlu- JfaJkigh Jlcgisterc, fi-fa but;- , fellow itiiens, notwithstanding all their combined efforts it won't 0o- i ' aUtlirb&.iviii lQqzyfif symphony md 5 of infaitty .sounded from thejse rpaEi63t"f, and uomkstic instrument of proscrip- tion, slander and abuse, they wdl lityjfcn,; ' "'" ? elect' Wmr H. Craw fold .as our' next," J V' President no! never, never!! .".-vv. y? ' To the people': his. 'princmles wrm i ' before sufRcientlr obiectionaufe: but. , after .having .been recommenced by . a caucus ol eiuy 0- otaof 201 member of congresf, and against the wishes of ' r , 22 out o24 slates, your objections must ' v " i be entirely untiurmountable; and besidea- thia, only to think,, that Wife liadieal , have nlaced ji poo their ticket the name ' . OI ALBERT ".lALLATIN. O fvrflgtmar, SS A candidate Tor. the '' VktPrtideiey, , which was obviously '.'thrown jtnft 'as a bait to Pennsylvania, and whom, in the , event 'of the death ; of Mr, Crawford, supposing him tu be elected, (and no man has his lite ensured,) 'he would then be put' President, f ?NowV"fellotr j citizens, ,Vsk.ydu seriously-I'pvt ' the . question borne to your candor, and patriotism--whether ou will submit Jlo nave inia- man , io reign vver yau as your Pi'uf. iMagistrale ' What woulij : mo uuviuu yi liuiupc paj oi inuepeu . ' dent and republican. America? ,Wh f, indeed, that we had no native bohv cmiEM of Sumcieot 'abilities,' to fill f that appointment; 'andi' tha wewere under, the dtirt, necewty ofseiecing FOBKIGSEBvFpa JUB J'sKSiDENT and thati foreigner a Genevian, who was once the pinhof chivalry in a whiskey Insurrection, against the administration, of your beloved WAntsoT0i; and to ' uppres-,, which. 42,000' troops were" caueu iuio vne ueigi wnic,i. ,f osi ouf. , goyerninent'' itttojfANf i'lHALf ' bit tioLiLARsi No,- -my' v counthmen :' jfscepdatitsj'and heirs;- ofH those', heroes ana martyrs oi the revolution.. . who fought, whcvpled, and died ipr, the ' ' achievement ot our 'independence I , am persuadedrl am confident you will never' perni Jsuch tiBELsuch, Itpb- 1 Utical , sin To 'sTAi tlie ,, fair .pjges -of . your,?MatfjVri"fi"i; V"' ' Have we not bative pobm xjitizen enough of sufficient talents, to fiit with --5 dignity, wisdom' and "moderation, both; the office of President and Vice Presi- dent, without being indebted to Etr' ' bop! fob them?v. We tHiquestionably , have hundreds, and tlliousanda: of mea '. who would do lionor to- any age or na- ' Uonir; Why then,! let us 'not bring ' them forward,:ahd elevate tbem taf the highest and most honorable offices un- ' - der the -sun. The fame of Jacksoit, ' from the plains of Orleans has resounded through the vorldhe' , is the immortal patriot of 4wo wari thf able civilian, and accomplished tatesman--tie in' s ' cinnatusof the country, Let vti all unite, and place him in the Presidential Chair; and . for the.Tice Presidency, ; let u$. select, thai, distinguished politt- " Th Crawford paper at Wasbliiftoii -lately said of the Prewdc t, tliAt the respect , which is at present. Obsen!l toward him ii " hen to the Orric and not to the Mi ' " that Mr. Monroe was flill of treachery!' and that every movement against Mr.: Crawford" -I 4 I'"- 4 ean'4 traced to a cabal at, tMfteVidcnlud V '
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