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v. 71 ATiTTTGII, I. 0. Til U USD AY, OOTOBEU 27. IC31 v. , . accomplish this, a aerie of neater, bavin tHa urns M in w t. kn - i a - uaxfrc' tead.ly pred towards toe.. I have y. r .. I ' bn we abject of a' ijttea of bellying . T KT '- M1 tPratieo, alike ispotret ia re- LZTv;' ' rtk)B "J. d disgraceful to the hti daJhwt aar iseadiate actart, and to thote Wh ha- m at foMi it viar the power, have net interposed to repress u. lha cadBi4VtJVpro IhttUia wss tAear- malter tbs second demand. eoerltd tstlv labored reply tot r-.tie and tint-i Mr,.l.ttw cv-potitioa t ev trateoace, coacaivrdia the vain ear with tbertfasal to receive lha answer. pJo dimtnd. llliir out of that eon-1 cntrt wiicb fc pr?fj-J t ?vk. tf ofdtterring ate from erposing the leal! which was tranisMtted to ilr. furaish'tratny teruie matter which aa Lad be fea.l beea tncer ia pLr; t'.it de" - to him rgr-iiifjir.jti rtunimtnt.' A hort tiro" wuj tefce to release mo Micro of tho hantactioa. whicV wu. however, the ewtt eeticieiive evrdeac annecemnly lotrodacea late it, I re the public attention. of we ral spirit la which that call waa;fcrrd bios to otr former comtportdrrtct ia the Telegraph , was made; and prove, what ver wjight, have; iod it roelt; to toy actatl vekuioa to on, wmMxt all r i tmt, wot ttmji wra itaart lor v km mmtk aaal al itor . the,; engaging The itatement that tor Itmily bad related to aaoocuto with hit.'- Wbcau in answer Ia hit da- 4 maod, I avowed the troth of that state Retiring from a retwmaible station meat, mv offence contitttd ia tho aim In .the Government, ender tho atto-j ploeuertio of thia fact.- -Wti thta a ranco of. tho continued . confiJenco of around, on which to call a tnaa to a.or taa rreaiuenL ana witn an tiprttuoai of hie regret for .the neceuitj, which demanded ear separation acquitted by mm oi an imputation oi improprietr. either official, or tadurtdaal here at tal combat? I bad a perfect right to re- luMt&it ataociatioo. Mr. utoa ad mitt it I offered no violeooejto hit feeling bj avowing that I had done to, at 'the termt of kit replj verj clearlj prove. Whj then wat the demand made? It wat in idle bravado, the ob ject of which was to obtain each an an twer, tt might be perverted to hit pur potet, and ia everj event to admoaiah me, that he tea armed and bi the JUld. Thereafter. I wat to act under the in fluence of this talutary caution. Thia firtt attempt wat a manifest failure. An opportunity had been al tteUigeMcr. JBLIC.; itreprtientationt the teat of the National Government i the recent pub- after bavins been dragged before the .stop. claim from 1 public to maintain .an issoe, involving i.wun oDauecieaimy private bonor ,ue ubicb bad been ro' that tho die- j forced ooen me. under the avored au. nytelC and to the thority of the Chief Magistrate, I have to a repetition of been calumniated and menaced br those i i . . ....... . j.. a prett, wnicn wbo apeak at hit bidding, and are tilen his matter by the Ced by his nod. If excited by feelingt Magistrate. No I which no man mav reorett. I have at r enter' into such I any time been tempted to indulge them, forded to Mr. Baton, to carry out hie o not shrink from I a Hula reflection hat sufficed to con- purposes, so far at was the object of that I am called I v'mce me. what it iathat mv dutv to them. Whether.it arose from a flatter T self defence, by J myself and to the public requires at my ing spirit, or from his ova conviction of i may noi oe per-1 hands.- 1 hat duty consists simply in the absurdity ol his demand, he did not ' .-."".y .'v maintaining the cause of truth before avail himself of iL The fact that such of circumstances,! the American people; and, ninfla'nc- a correspondence existed, soon became route to produce, led by ribaldry, and unawed by menace, known to the public, and they were not r to control, 1 was I in exposing to them the real condition slow in expressing their view of it. It r the necessity of J of this community, in which the reienl became necessary therefore to Mr. Ea ; me for a .moment I of terror it emphatically established. 1 ton, to make an effort to retrieve hit af the state of things ! am not indifferent to consequences; fairs, and certain expressions ia my itt.-may more die-1 but, whatever they may be, the voice of former address wre seized upon for r present position. I warning shall not be withheld. I this purpose. It is this correspondence, iringing about the I . I shall be compelled to speak of Mr. which he says has eventuated in a de i Cabinet, and nrtt Eaton, the J ate - Secretary ol War, termination on my part' to shrink from the controversies, whose multiplied - misrepresentations responsibility, and it is that determine K probable' would have made it necessary forme toad- tion, imputed to me, in uttet disregard thatevehU. I wasldress you. I shall do this, however, of truth, which has called forth the ri- soppose that the J from a Consideration of his official con-l baldry which embellishes hit appeal to iny paramount im-1 nectlon with the late Cabinet, and from I the public. That public shall, "have an ment from office of the belief, that, although retired from opportunity to decide for themselves, on myself; but I -was office, his situation for all the purposes a full view of the transaction, which the result has con- of this discussion remains, unchanged. Mr. Eaton has misrepresented, whether '.that their just in-1 At a private individual, ' he has placed he bat any legitimate claim to the tri ixcited by a know I himself bevond the pale of honorable umph of which he boasts whether, on rbichjed to that e- controversy. Hehss 6ought and eva- the contrary, be has not presented to sophancy might as- ded it," when the opportunity was affor- them a statement, wholly devoid of ie right of the Pre- ded to him of gratifying his resentment truth, in relation to a transaction, in t own absolute and If I employ a moment in the expo- which his conduct has been distinguish the selection and sure of his conduct, it it not because I ed by every thing rather than itt chival inet, the American can derive bleasure from contemnlatins ry. :ajly recognize the JOie humiliation which he has voluntarily 1 Mr. Eaton's second demand upon me, lower to. coafer of-1 sought, and still less to vindicate myself was founded upon certain expressions 19 but a trust dele- from the Billingsgate abuse, with which , to be' ued for .the he has filled the columns of the Globe. : Under the Impulse No I have a better, purpose. ' In the II less of unworthy discharge of my duty as a citizen, I lighly v improbable, would exhibit to the American people trueHsatare-f-this thatsystemrof calaTirnjTTinff menace, concealed from the which prevails at the Seat of the Na igent people. The tional Government, under the imme ity of Washington diate view of its highest functionary, iih Houses of Con- and in which h'rs most confidential tizens from various friend is' the prominent and principal who tud mingled in actor. the time of 'the or- Very soon after my return from Geor abineCdown to the gia in June last, when, from the tenor of jition,' had ,seen e- my resignation, it was ascertained that spirit of enquiry, 1 1 would not join tn the attempt to con beea the hope of those who had coan-i the public, aad the doty which it iropo- telled or coantenanced thit procetd.ug.jted apon rj ao4 exerciung a rij;M that, with kiai.tt wat a aacra btavadoJ wait peioegea to me, aoaer any or- The wrong of which Mr. Eaton com-cmsanet, and " which that relation plaioedio hit Dotoorihema Jone.wai impenoasiy called apon me ia exert, i avowed, and anatooed for. . la this pot- informed kin that as soon a thai duty tare of things, he waited aatil tp- swrs fvlUltd, J aocwJ mttend to ki$ rft- peal to the publie bad placed tne fa a mantf; an a myonaton prompug le fiom my exiiuiig 'tnjjtjtments to the public, and ihea U uu!J have Lren au:tiorirJ to rtnew hit claim. I jr ih reiutai lo receive rny leiter. re liccn coroiT.Btiicalion Le the i)tiect of such lifmfinn KirK aalit I -nnl.t lianMl rruair U. UTOnti tthick J had IXJiici- . fc-O- I - o ... . asyseir, would Becesaarily prevent eneieo. 4Tai aaswer, wim we note 10 oir. from turning aside to answer any mi- Eatoa't frieod, which aacloaed it, is, nor claim. Under the altered autbori- however, no submitted to thajubhc. ty of the President of the United .. '''.. O State, so issue ksd beea tendered to 'rrin't a ft C. mtdving and forced upoo me. Catled to speak ' ?r ' ii f the trath, I bad pledged myself t a sln'Tbe .difhculiy of atetUnr with any statement of facts ia the face of the Denoabere wh ia uocoaatctcd with the American people, from x the tdnport of Gofcrnment, and whom t eta ul to be the hie Jl could not t utter mysctt to be owctwwb iwic;w,iiiuwi b w diverted by any other consideration. "!rff?'I The redemption of that pledge wat due udme from oommttoHjaung to WnTlu lotnepuviic, wou ucciaioa a uauueco eooteata.' 1 aawr mytell. bswcttr, or lit tarily closed sM tweea at, uult ComnaoicauoB naq ortn as rrc::t:.. ra ta furiher procctdint, to rrtnee step, and , to spoiope lot jt. compelled to invoke anu to my own proper delivery, by nucing it unuer eorer honor. It wat impossible to foresee by yoor ddretnd inatraering Mr. Echolt whom, and in what particulars, .that deliver the package etrfy to yoiusjir.... statement would be assailed: and it was .:8v'Vv my duty to be at my post, and in readi ness to defend it. Under such circum stances, to have turned aside to answer the call of Mr. Eaton, would,' I am now satisfiedhave subjected me to universal reprobation. A short time might pro- JN. MACPI1EQSUN BfcRBIEN. To, General Altxaodef Hunter. V , ..J. - A, ; v- '--1 ' " WMhlneton. 29th July. 1831.1 ' . Sin Tour note of yesterdtj't dtto wat do in my former address. - The alleged of fence consisted in the statement, that the annunciation of the names of the inten - ded cabinet, seemed to me to present an insuperable bar," tomyacceptance ofnoffice-lffaF11! Thought, I foresaw clearly the evils which have' too obvi ously resulted from this selection" and that my ultimate determination to en ter the cabinet, was founded on the be lief, that the President would speedi ly tee and cdrrect the evil.' Assum ing that the objection here referred to, applied exclusively to himsei. and tp the relations of his family to the com munity in which he lived, which is net bably suffice, to enable roe to fulfil my hvered to ia by Gen. Hunter. , . . i . i ( i ..i ... . .. .. .. auiYto me puoiic in mis matter: not i win waive at this tuao any ooterrtuont aa a a ia mm m aAf rn.ru a w ku m m aw. mm i a im i nai lananiairai aaa-aaa awm iaa au a iiatv jnii mw mmr r duty. It it impossible to believe that u?0D.n7' l'ent not necetttrily conn. I here, to say whether leeangs ol hostility Mr f?.f A k... k... I u who your preteni aemanu, wnion u oon-1 nave at ... v.. -'.- "; "''"-' taint. I make two escepUona to thit waWer, to these considerations. He Wat OH nut t r-mari- Rnt. that in our amount of Iho the spot; deeply interested intheoc- interview between ut, on the occttion of currences of the day; an active agent it) tendering to roe the office of Attorney Gene, producing most of them, lit thotethU .e emitted to relate, that your conv L . -4 ... i-i rounication wu confined to that linrle point) y, cao y W vj yrz.cp w tteUhct fa ,mc, th, .mher of cona aernima. , lie nia morei nis iriena, the Cabinet,1 nor the prinoiples on' which who t pietumed to have acted in coa- General Jackson intended to adminitter the lormity to hit instructions, refused to i Government,: were - mentioned' to me; hut whirK far frnm iIa. I that for these and all other mattera . which ,i:; K,. .ii .. Ai ih. m'Bht Infloence my decitioo upon the invl " V . " utToa which htd beenetven to me.I.Wtt tmaaiwranceinuuinouiaoe pwmpi- Y-f-nA t0 Prudent hlmtelf.; t take ly attended to, at toon at the duties in the occasion to add alao, with ,no referenoe which I was then ensaeed had been lul- to your present demand, however, that l do filled; and with a knowledge of thit fact, " acquieaco In your Interpretation of that MJ 8; aOTK which U b a thauncUtrahe wuiui nuwu ...uUa oc,u, . nameg 0f the Cabinet teemed to me "to face of truth, that I had. shunned re-Ureteotan intupertble bar tp my acceptance sponsibility, - ' , of tho oface, which bad been tendered to tf thn rirrnmatancpt !n whirh T atnnd F me.' 4 VVsv ,VVHI 1 V' 'V- before the nublic. did not imnote noonl- And now, air, I will reply to the retldee of . r . - - . . . .. . .1, .- f i your note, iou re mo ucmanu wuiuu iruu r" 7. b . have made, at t underttand it, upon the alle. i brenare himte f for the Comhat ry tc that." Withoat tbit, an subsequent demani by itr.Eatoa. was merely iJle. When it was made, havinj previously obtainel , the friendly offices if Geo. Jones in thil mautr, i mtimctcu mm to say lur me, that I coald bold so further communica- tion with Mr.'Eaton, who must tWeaf- ter partue his own course.. Jle had re futed to accept satisfaction en the only terms oo which I could offer it, 'and I -left hi in to seek it in any manner which might be more agreeable to him. ' lie has selected, his mode, by his appeal to 1 the public, and mutt now abide the re sult; 1 think, then, It' is obvious, that this idle bravado, twice displayed, with - out even a plausible pretence, has . to ach 'caae eventuated in the disgrace of tt authors, and the palpable, discomfit" are of its more immediate agent. From me, Mr. Eaton hat received no' wrong.; Although cannot admit the existence of that intimacy, which It accords with . hit present purposes to assert, still I - can fearleisly appeal to those more im mediately conversant, with my course say whether leeiings ol hostilitj any time characterized my con duct towards him.'t This declaration it ' . not tn4de with any view to diminith hit ' resentment! that he will continue to in- ' dulge as he. thinks fit, without any effort on my part to propitiate it . No; Mr.. iaiuu, duu ma. ccaciiiiucuia, ana mo manner ia which he "may think proper to indulge them, are utterly unimpor- mm. - Aiiai wnicnoemanut ourconsia- " erstioa is, that the lav of force it open y proclaimed at the teat of the Nation- al Government that he who ventures to repel the gronhd'.ess calumnies of the official press, must speak at the peril of nia iiici in uio Tinuication or nit nonor -end if even in telf defence, he shall dare to ssyaaght which may draw into XV" Soettion the public conduct of that high" unctionar whose1 tiewt t professes ' ' to represent ana oy , wnose alle sed authority it speaks, he must t instantly l ' V v. ally extend to the ceal the real causes of the dissolution of ther warranted by (he language of the While1, ho wever lithe late Cabinet, the movements of the to answer anvl pro- cabal at this place were directed against lation, tlwat - most j me.. ' J did not feel that it was my du rusion Upon the pub- j tY to enter into an exposition of those tefmineu to bhun, as J causes, and I abstained from doing so; spect would permit, I but I could not consent to become a par ersiet . whicb, .plight Jtj to the effort which was made to con- address nor consistent with the fact, Mr. Eaton thought himself authorized, without further enquiry, to make an in stant demand of. satisfaction. So ab surd a pretension put forth by any man, ana even ror tne nrsi time, migui nave been promptly repeljed by,a simple de nial of the right to make it; : If T lie lieved that the relations of Mr. Eaton's family to the community of Washing from making his call at tuch a moment, Union, that-1 havtivfiiccoununtnoeHtod tlandert, which have been proptgated against stUlthe cu&urance which wa offered i itncTion to-v7htt yo7 deaomniatai the tte iiT't..i:l:Z.TJSl TtUnTihaTone which a brave man fslaaderai whieh bava been propagated against' tZt1?" ?"S 7 1 - t in lionorable combat could not have re- V j rour ooateatio,. reuvuont.na you uu., xuc ;c.ufa. iV uuv .., wBa ,.. b kin f these rumort, at eviU therefore a palpable evasion ot tne com- f wUjoh pre,cntd an insuperable, bar to my bat, which be affected to invite. j entering th Cabinet, and atating, that mr v The spirit Which Wat manifested by tent waa finally given under , the pertuaaion the mere fact of making this demand, "atthe fresiden .would apeed.iy see and imdpr aurh tircumatancea wat calcula- correet he V1 'The wrong then of which under tucb circumstances, wat caicuia complain, contUts In my having stated ted. however, to produce feelings which (oth public, as you tuppote, tbttyourin- I could not at the moment repress, (reduction into the Cabinet waa an evil, in Connecting it with the repeated attacks coiuequenco of the reooHt which were- in of the government press, I. taw in it a circulation in relation to your family, and that : .a I f,ta IHial Jtatttataa f tA tat I 4t talr St YttM fm ruthless determine ion o tscrihce my -. r nX7d. bder a b7. honor or my we. i 'ooicea oeyona tne ,ief ,htt lhii e?il iDtftdily o, immediate agent in this transaction-, t tMo the ground which you have taken, thua and was resolved to disappoint the hopes I distinctly, pot for the purpose of discussing it ni .MitntaFi m ih. virniii-atiin ai vim you. dui inai " Americaa. bcudio. --o truth and my own honor, I felt that I hon f? rliterl $ 'n FPtf of ceal them and by placing my own re- from the" iustjy ap resignation on the ground of the Presi- in nf tVin A mericah I dent's mere will. I Eave a distinct nesa- ilj ht thn H- tiv to the misrenresent&tions of that ton would be productive ofembarrass- reapon thetoldand frnnsaction, by which it had been at- ment, I had an. unquestionable 'right to r. nl l-t.mnti) 'a fioinfta tha nnhii.?. Anhia I allow this.consideratioB to nave its pro- u '-a u.nmlihm. Mr F.ntnn: availing l."imlf of a Der influence upon my conduct. II .i -nf.ilip-.ftn. I nuTiliratinn in a nanr. with which I called upon to state the motivet to that irig to act by Jhe au- had o other ooniectroii than that of a conduct, I had as manifest right to avow n. h tvmiched subscriber: called iiDon me neremntori- it. I am quite sure, on reflection, sanction to a tatei ly to avow or disavow an editorial arti- that public opinion would not have tole U k v.r.r,i : -1 f-tt r.l irv that naner. Which asserted that rated the acceptance of a call, ap uttef n", by considerations, my family had refused to associate with ly groundless, whatever the circumstan le waa could disre- his. It was not the mere publication, it cea under which it was tnade , ,' ll'-'uh. i-w-k .aa'ttt iiAtftnmt which f vum '-"failed But.Mr.EatPo had another ditnculty :-r.- f k;ol.ir.n 'Hisow. tn tormi anfficientlv to contend with.' He had already atade r 'i;mri mreelf to a abrubt fwithont any reference to What and waived a. demaod for an.oHence, ril,. -UixTklA KPn hd 'datt occurred1 witfj Mr. Ineham. which if it Wat 6nfe,? certainly included hi-itf r lpariv to inaicate wnai was to touow. u. .- onv , . .. E K.,l M r to imt anil nreaaed bv your wnouci, may " " .w ... w w .. v- . w - r--' j 1 1 Itm an unseen nana, i inougni tnai me mo- cersy, ana to-a own conduct id those ich :t had been ar- to what I. subjected t of oec'essaryae'lf de by the limited range tics,: ; from' partieipa- s exciting occurrences ine aloof from the in e represented to exist, utive ! to misrepresent oreseen, and such has that', this statement j confidence of a just jmmunity t.Jlliecon Dbvions even to those imolicitlf t on the per ? of the 'President. o be done? r in its es statement wat beyond iroversy; It was only Bed by every effort to itt impotent' attempt resent the transactions . at unimportant, insiz hr the attention of the le.' Such an effort to J tenia of tuch a peo succeed. The sacred ercourse the sanctity ireside. had been rude' ther could not deem itism likethhi. I: ' e was latUencetfitwit V the effect pfhittttti- ne his reputation. To was ouensive to ... - .!. i- l-.t. rl-. 'f l;i r.miltf tn very man will understand, on reading is pea i wv .. ... ji. i:.. .t... t. u.a ri.tarm n. the nimmunltv of i YVashinston. at an inat OUie, lull an.wu um uvY"" i 7. V',., , ,. .Li ed to call tne to. tne neia1, in uie evem i "uf X : . v" l . j.fflirut mv own view or we suuioci, uiav i fMhid in euch termt? certainly SO retused to permit my ram iy-ioaociaiB understood it, and shared. thVsurprise with bis-ana .tnaM "a"7 of bthers. on reading. . conciliatory fefe" .-niv'-htr-h 1 h thnnoht nroner ioaa-imcr uiau iw dresa to me, in answer to my avowal of I tion to deny. the factrfor the evidence is be fore" 'or;. eycs,vy Two separate callt have been tnade iipon ma b ;Mri :Ea-' ton Withia littlemore than ,a month auu iuc iai.1, uuav naa, eacn , lime, pi -r faltered to hit purpose, only serves, to v", t render more obyioui ' the.itpiriit; which ' " dictated themfvv Thereat no' dispat t , sioqate man," I care not of, what party he ; .V' may oe( wno wu venture jo aihrm that he had a right, in either case, to make these; demands, Yhy, ..then, 'were b they 'made? ; The official press has, : ia mv mean, ume, peen 'unceasingly em ployed in vain and impotent, but f nth. L.a a(V!ta.Sni a4 ataseaktl . -. . A ' t . 1 : .L. . 1 . J S iYei to this declarationr Mr. Ea- . i't '.I a a at. I t T thet.ffensiv ! statement, t distinct, wai- ton :had previously tuDm1itea.a9aa.ter tef of hit original demand.;, consideriDg it for, Jk. .wi 1 1 t krnr h Mviinarawn im Dercinuiurr vcmimv., , ma correspunueuce i : -: ;.- ? t , , ., .. public; but a moment's consideration of which he had maae tipon me. in June k will serye to show, that the object of lt, with an V"tojQ . :Ti ... tion at thia result of that correspon- in is ruue anu pereinpiorr mcuibuu, - , ..m 4a .t. x-- . t z .F in. iiirnr.f. ? wat i -uuuuu vuua ii. tiotionsof What the world ca Is, honor, n w ":f" the failure of Mr. Eaton to prweWe when I had d st nctly avowed the 01- man, wuum 4T- ---- - fence of Vhich he complained, took from and laciliatingf ; , 1 no noun . . .ic .1.: r.-v. .1 .fiar tAlthat I would regulate toy c Dim an anauow ui nam, iuciw.iv , j urge any claim upon me. By faking mje req.s - - . . J W A ... T T ti m 1 r.. u. uuuv. ...wwv . . 1 . 'ir--; v: b h own sense of propriety but I assert, ment wat wueuaivc , mi u "j , - 7 , . j:".- ,t,,. - t - 1 ' 1 ..aiv. iwiinnuE irnr ui cuuusuibuvu, manner in wnicnoe receiveu uj ".'"y- 7. ,L f w, V-KiIb ' al of iu troth, he manifested hit dispo- according to the - f, -:.:a' tn .nhmir in what he had tout to which ne nau appeaico, UVU WW w " , I . a a a . Y 1 1 1 ' i. . t grlnciole on which you" rett your claim to demand tatiifactidn from me. and havlner ment naa arrivea, wnen it naa oecome done this-, win proceed to explain to you why necessary to exert it. The question to t will tint now reply to U. v ! ; 'A be , decided WasV whether a tystepi of. ols aaaarl oee ationaTter my return lawless violence; should t prevail,, an-LM tour former, correspondence,' Thai checked, at uie feat or me national go-. WM a demand for the avowal ot disavowal of vernment. in the face of the American a ataument: that ny family .hiul refu'tcit to people? It WU tny, misfortune ,tp be I associate ,witb yourt, I met thit by the avowal called to test that question, with tucb which you called for. elated the occation, pn a man, and under Joe; 5 rc. but it was not my. fault., .l.sent accor- Cabinet rather than to yield it Iheklmyv dingly for a gentleman in whom I had I ,ey iedy at that time to answer any just confidence, and communicated to him! demand which you should' make upon me, thit vie w of the toutrse. Which it .became founded upon ims retusai or tue avowai 01 . ... f.j'. ij . . . u:; rou mtae none. ua uie vnusrituwr wt- neccatnrj p"""; ."'- f m nw foWday4 jj, yOUrpostetslon- monstrancegaiilstitwereT decided. -j After a free conversation on 1 rn .na afm eoncii!eraiiori.H vou renliedtoit the subject, it Kwattgreed to refer Mr. J in the f Pr't f peace, and I terminated the P.ttft'rf i.ftt- nrifidpntiail w. to certain 1 eorretuondence ty a note. Written in the tame gentlemen i hd were , mentioned, toge WX 1 "J SJS' - iZ, ST ihl ?u- .:iu ir l m.itl 1 were, then, at an end. Since that time, the ther With my . own. viewer the umtti-kt "Colonel Johhaon. the misrenreten- and with It: tbji. question, whether 1 1 tetiona of a paper publiabed under the eye of CObld : witn propriety accept nis cai 1, the President, and hnaiiy a autemeni in reia They answered, stating that they had J tion to mytelf personally, have compelled me i t ' 1 to annual to the oublic. That appeal ia now binv. l(mt' former address, '.'and 'then ..iL alithmitv .of-the President of . the .. " ..:. j...c i.ii: .0 . . SUuea, " w e, cannot perceive any juai 1 united States, an issue naa . oeen lenaerca w rau for the call now made on VOUS 1 me. the decision of which ia viully Important and under any vcirchrasUncet it. la jmr te ywit character and V decided ooinfe thatUftitbe present state, of the controersyr In which joul A to . (The American people, to whom ' demand, re engaged before the public, you could 1 ywl appeal, will not ail to perceive and to not witn any propriety accept. nia hiv.'i note, -pom imo nu , 4iin.uivj. il lest, no.rts to assail me and for ;wha(f j' fortbemere' aetv.of;yipdicaUrig' myself,, , ' , by a simple narrative ,of facta,' exclud v J l bgalUuperfluooscoramentary.,rT f 1 tViinrr lmA h4n nntnrictii '.Kiiar en ' tation. v If I had bad the tlightestdit' uier which .1 ;... -ftt M lUiM'i rknt 1 S oavo oigner bisucuu, P"u' V Puuu .tv- "' J -"r- faelf and to the country, than any which your mem, uvio w " -...j.v i demand, even conceoingio, oe ngmiuv of doing to. Here were gentlemen who j w!lich ,ubject I exprett no opinion,) can were impartial oa this; question, men J pose, i will not be diverted from the ti ...t w .,k.,. kink aanaa t nn. i mam fit mesa auuea. . i iich mm uui wu"8" J"'""6'5! " W been accomplished, twill auend to 00r?.. ? l i Fi iZt& lyour demand, with dUpoiUoh promptly to entitled them to be heard 10 a matter wntf which 1 may have inflicted. of thil tort, and who bad given a prompt i v. i ftm, sir, your ohdn-eemnt, k" and decided .'negative to hit demand. m?v JN. MACPHKUSON CUKlEN.: liOOKing W ine ansura nature u. -1 ps treated at an aireretsien upon his feel Ingt, Without having received any atone ment 'for it.',' " . ; But the nature of the offence or which Mr. Eaton complained, will still more Mr. Eaton had forfeited all claim to call upon me, h k'ta nrttinah iubmiBSlOO to that Which h nan ireavcj as iu vucmvb, b hu h he had received no atonement. " The time telected by ' Mr. fcaton for demand, it could not be doubted mat . . -'; : ? ' 'T ,'W ;',': .v.:. L wn,.Uh. nfirmed bv: the Tim letter, which waidelivereu lo ... vj.M-M -r v.TT .Zft'-. a- 'ejtA rat V.v.h fwh In r.nnMinnce deliberate judgment oi me puouc, :"Tyr"" that 1 should have neen iuuy juihubu i vu..i . .. .-,...- -- ted ret ii things have been notorieut. : Ever since r june lastytis commuuuy nas' oeen ; re- peatedly agitated by) rumors ,of, ipten- V ded conflictSf. ,l;No man has been, able "V to close hta- eafs igalnit Vlbem.Tha, . pUPUOewtpapers irom all parts of the Union have brought' them .back to 5 us. " 1 " aoy mere is no uc wtw is ijiuier so eje? Q.c,. yate4 or so humble but, that they bava -. " ' reacneq-anu.. peneiratca nit aweiung. ( , , For this disturbance C the quiet of tha , -community tbi degradation of the na- ' -"' iionai ciiaracier, soicmo rcspoDSioniiy , ' 4 restt t9mewhere. v) Whatever the delu- V si on bf the moment, the time will come, aou.iiiaitpccuiiy, wuca - uie American Febple will enforce.it. And .who has j been the principal actor in these scenes, ' : .1. eatii vase, iuo iiiuvinjj tause, una t A d iit u rbance? A rt " Iftd ividu at e rijeyirtg V ' the confidence of the Chief-Magistrate,' - in naous or oaiiy anu muwate inter-. ' course witn nim. vAiiq oy; wuom nava, these calumnies beep uttered? ( Who is 7 it that' has endeavored, with to activity - wnicn nas never siumoerea, tojan tne 0 flame bf discord? " These have been the " . abort of a press which is necessarily un- .! derbiscontroU' Whodoubtsthatthis iei'( terated 'calumny, ' this, continued me-- ' nace ot y lolence, might have been checks ed by a woror . vVho will question that the power to do so. involved the obtia- " tioo to exert itr bise, what ere govern- ment. laws, and the -duties which be " longto the civil magistrscv? ' What ia' , that hignana ennobling icejing wnicrt does not permit its , possessor to resort " . -to dishonorable meant himself, nor to cocnsel, or countenance them 13 rose whose conduct he has either the 1 or the' moral power to control? , , ' ' I dismiss with these remarks tiorruch olF.MratoA'B pamphlet as re!:'..'? to iuc aecoiiu coi tcsjiuiiociivc i ivnj irf a-iino In it an ilnoualified refusal. " I did not, however, refuse Mr: Eaton's call. . I erred. pcrhap, ifl not doing so; but it It hot the error which be Impute to me. I did not' return "an argumeni selected to represent ) t' -t friend refused, to receive, and reu '.x'j j 10 tne bearer of it, who, as the public will have seen. Was ignorant of its contents,, I considered this u decitive evideace ha sp'uitof a determinatiun ti 1 it- represent cvery thing counccrj.T.'i 1 hiti Buhject.'hc imputes to no t!. leV , tion of a j -.:ronal ir.tic:acy whicti I.j says exisicd Ik fore the orgsni7ati.n f the CaUflet, and the Jact ftf L: ontcnts. llcoutributed to give currency to the re- -yideace of I port agairt the character of Mrs. Ia- - ,
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Oct. 27, 1831, edition 1
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