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rfsnEaiAND IMS C1RCULAII;
A Circular or; Pamphlet addressed
To Ihorrccnieh cfB the coonViesof
Uowun Mavie Davidson, naudolphrand
ltbatn!iiu(-' iobecribed Charles
Fisher," has recently been put into my
bands, of which 1 dcq'm it proper fo talc
owe notice. w :1 - -
Thij individual. hn long since lie"
come so famous, or rather so wfamou,
for , his want' of political Yeracity, arid
lsp'for his otltcr qualities, for which his
"Loco" Poco coadjtifors1)t- thd preserd
day' we 'so tiDgtishcdAnat"" I really
fcel hcmlled in;l;aving to notice any
thing? that. n)ay- liowl eminatQ from the
dnvtling pen of this politics! weather.
cockJ Kbr should I stoop to notice bif
CirculaV'werr'l'olbat tlicre are6
many laisuiocas siaico in sucn -lypocni
ical guise, intended Jo defraud some body
joutif their vote for Tresidcnt as be diJ
many honest men in favor of liimselfst
the last Conffre8i6RarBection;T;lsha
therefore clatm the privilege of callin
men acd things by ?, their rightbaines,
while, stripping: the surplice frCni the
Jievertud ' gentleman and hiSCircular
and ahovingthe ridiculous attitude in
which ho jias placed himself before the
people of th-i Oth 'Districi.
1 The writer of tins Pamphlet or Circu
larjt bo)samc I CharlesFisher ftaf
figured :arnongsti,us ttf jH sumrner'oi
1839ndenonnclng Congrcst fcr ita fekv
travaganl 'apprppriatiohs to pam'perEx--ctutH'e'priderv
denouncing Van Burciii
ami' declaring that," ,if, cintrary ,lo his
wiibcv he should ' gain be nominated
for ProiidcnU it Would beTtb riim a 'bib
7;rVemftb6rowJihcd
swellcd'andl yapcrtdind boasted bY his
pecuniary ttpitresi and wiih w hat vuf
"gi r y ho7 a ssafled, ' ;b:s; opponent as " s
KnreMni'tho Ditnct in Congress ; for
that he'Wust ncccssartlautbk
01)0 ardoV"of "Datriotid,1 feeling Iwhich
would bu Wore like! tbind arte fian,
(like himself,) to the iotercsts-of ftis afe.
censor mustccds; gfveyou? .Schooi
law and v6urew State lIous 4 "pass.
ing inccrfc? poblicnd bimoslunrjiiaj.
weaving lnero
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"7" '. !--. ".- . iv-t' '- . ' ' ' : : " '. 1 .' , , - 7 : r- 1 : " .
J!I ' ,. '''' ' "' '"" 1 ""-"..' i '"' '"''' '"7. .j.' '': ' ,'...',V' " - .. 1 " . ... ' -J
sujwsing this ' har moniouivdiity would
find a kinure4 juhord in the lo'west. pre;
judices of the lowest of the; peojjtoT? j'And
so it did.frFwtd"iiMW
-i. ? L 1 ' 1 tl'i .lit f,
gocuo tan long navigate by misreading
the ignorant and deceiving the" fiotesi.?;
i A bout two trips' to AVu'Uiihgtoatire
as muf 0 s Uiese rickety craft will siaud,
THey become leaky i- and m attempting
to calk up one seam you r-open- ' halt a
dozen .'b?thr,ot;g5V'nih;theiWBteT
rushes, ih sicyrenis titl;you sooaaink
dQwn lo xiyoiieiivejr'agftla'to be
fiear-ipr thought ole shiifllinnd
prevarication by which you Avrmed
your way intQ Congress, are tow, fully
apparent to n liOnest and al)u)ed people!
cy tlieye'lecAed; hinria Congress; v'' But, ad it pfofe'blyjsjhai ill lh0otes"gijr-
aSif Chariest lheVlate'ofofhera oUprt td pkt$?
havbadmonisfeVdy'lhaf ti6 Wm- b(uf ioitiZ-Mlo uWcrusHilous "ifiis
Yourcoilomfcariectures ,bn -C ridii; L Fedraf ; sutivt;; faition, I y foulest'
Sjeculationa Baiiks, over-lrading.Vby ! eccPtl,n practise jhn-uh n. subscr
whicirVou' then tried .ta t xculpute ibNcnt; comniiltee-iej on those having
aamtisiraiipn irom tne.cu&rgc oi oricg:f'rv:wc - Yiueuca . ign ve
lAtfUssV'-bird'' times' i'ri.U.e tcouuti ir pwpioy: repfeseniajivesby the "abuse
novtaj!iCdut 4"bQlT ttwisrthE' flimti1!? P$r
y jwpliistryTor a desfgnmg inivtin rwebise.4 aojereign rtMe, fnsult
perimc'oia of i weaV and 4 wicked Ad
niTnistrktionir o (he .iuiuiessa arid ihe
currency of .e country.;; Vour tiei.un;
ciations of ourScHool', law' we neVer
could fully account f6r3W"dfy6o be i o
kiwi asifoeir us wneiaer you leareq
the introduction of a system of public
educalioft would -cut short the reign of
j)cmagoguest in'-Norlh Caroliua t Or
tLal pj Mt nC iL. I m fc j.'jKtt kC-
ple. would only .nasten the ; time", whea
y ou or your securities, would have 'feje
pay some Hfty or sixty thousand dollars
heretofore borrowed ; by you from our
literary funtf t : Wd naturally suppose
thaV this convenient. tittle sum wchV-to
aid you in your Choctaw Speculations.
. -f . : -' - I. f . ...
aiii ha ' Sn OA nrv.aA-! l tin cirl ir
honest enterprise iod fair spetulation ;
butwtcnwe aeiyman practising so
contrary to lheprecept tio preacheatq
others, you will excuse, us for doubting
his' sincerity.-';, :J--i
Before entering ; dirccily'ob the gen
ilernanVf CirculafjthdV-reader 'Xs jre,
mirfdetfihat the author': 1s the same
Charles Ftfher whoso name appears with
those- of Brown, Strangej Bynum, &ci
afiixed to a certificate in behalf of.
a tala told by llio iJaorables WiUiam
Montgomery and "Micajali .T.'llawkins',
with a fiendish 'intention to slander Geji
e'ral Harrison which said tale the peo
pie li'ow '.'Jk'now icootaiocd wo esscnceof
blackost la!senboa; 5f
-.BuVnow.'iW.CiriblaiP-
ther; preface i and first in rjrdcr-4,The
IeyJersey.cj$q oi contesiea rjtcciion
llcre Ihc gentleman devotes a cioxon or
fiftden 1 lines to'thdnTrralionloftbc.
oC ihirery business which cost thft
pwploMtlesthaV unfe!ndlty
inousana vonarv, resuuvu in .ui
drstMnclase:m6ntofa iovereignwale.
He 2,aJ ne M "L" S tykto give
you : a history of it' 'Ve readily. eiCuse
hnh n lot- such . a history would ma M
every iiWlligent nla'tj blush, yi, hose fa,ce
is 'hbtVronxTaMielin'sj, 'seared with
the rnbtt hardy disregard forajlvyJr;
ances of fairness snd rmparUaiUy iqlcgis
lot ivo 5n7i't5(ii'Ifrtr.'j J I wishes ftmcrC'
ly' to iiiloi m yoti 'jhat alter- tfjei'f
thorough examination of all Jhe Voles
alleicd'tb bo illegal, If has turned out,
that more 6aa votes were gtveti for tlie
Whigs' than '(oi publicanfiv t
ccHuinlytcquircVnire thananordmy
decree," of ; disregardvfor, iho common
-. ""T"
Jesuit must here have so-he menial re-
df-pra
here fcWtftutboti-TTn MUir'wioux;apsM !
And apply it.t, five f'iderni, LJco t nc.-f
huu vuuid "iitnr iiujut i7 iiut!f wi uoii
igfsf ; viitil a bully in faction cmhla
certain 'that it wai thewiit of Mr. Oal
hopa that tlie IVeskfenl -should 'order
v. .. : . l t. 1 ..i. ... .l'- k . ii . . r'..' 1
his Congress to pass (ho Suhr Trfe nsur
iawt--inat uiey migrii ineas.euiiuo tueir;
seats 4iijlid in completing this federal
job; for their; 'masters-which tfiey did
accordJhglyf ' And, ihus Jvis tarmioated
(htatinok-extraoTdiiiaVjrv( attempt-bf a
diIain.j;4,May ibo disgrace, which hnj
fallen jjoir: partisan VresiJent and bis
Cringing niinions in tijo- 0 ili Cot;gress;
and . ilie 'deat" wfiu":h 'awaits them and
til abuUont lorg f ematn ',9 warning jicT
the eneiniei W Stale-Sovereigdty ..n4
Republican Lcgislatu)u;?';f:i
tll. .. . 1
. ' Whal ' the 'centleman savs-under the
next bead ''The Finances of
ofrheCoun
en'is, to soraw a repcsentutivc (jpiothe
proper point fo ,muking the assertjons
berWl iy ;rlca Fishel The
f cniinma ami oqiravcu f encraiisi un
4dirV
" '.i:X-4'tLlx& Ti LV. hLlaA Kfwrale praifek bestowed on State Bunks,
more than tfcen, the Deposi,
humbug othisjsobject arti inters lurs if .the puWic money,' whih bad
it with a few quibbles and previ'ifCj '.. nJ'Wwfessly; xem'ived from ili legal
of his own. vTId whole firiam-ieriiig' o(5l 'Psteti he sthnulawd tfese
sinuss will be attended to seperately;iu
duo lime. Next comes ''''"vA-'T'-"!
uIhrd Times ami-Low Prices."
: Wliiit li here said, i? drawn from the
samu principal soutsOfh,' otbcr, wnh
all occasional absurdity frorfl Mr Bo;,
ehanani) wlior is vafl oldar pupil of Mn !
BentonV' and standi io a higher class
than Mr. Fwhcr. The tyro has howey
er in liisyouthlut ardor to give his pre"
ceptors 'ample' proof of zeal id the study
of iiJcofoeo Sciences', rather Vver-Wp
ed. the mark, and .ventured on.one
sertion which we must allow is his own,
flo tcU,) -The truth is, the Adminis
tration has had no more hand in making
money scarce anu prices low, inan you
or 1." i Here he must be again ptajirig
the Jesuit.: For if must uo obvious from
lis poliiLcal moyeriients-that be is.a true
believer: in "the creed of the -J illus'rious
A0evs
niws Ml i'fifv And alsb in that 'of
uwvvliOiui (iiu nii.i.aiiii iua i.uvifiif
htravha 'foJloWs in the footsteps'- to
witj xiar ae ana u$.. ongress musi
Ifwsatt.utLU r himsrlra Tnmpnnent
part,", and. its Dictator, ; while ostensibly
bj makes Congress a kind of scape oal
to bcar-offtha Vms of admimsiratioh.
Wa . all v emcmbcr how ' he mana red
fc v lifts1-. iv- J ; -4tff" .e
this matter . previous Election.
He then most .feelingly comiscrated the
dearrpeopii m MJU; Ht Uara Himca and
Low, ricev-iVAnu;.attriDtiWd'.it.ftll to
vicious legislation by Congress. "The
Crisis; lie SHMi, Jouuiy, called tor a re
formaiioo of that body.!!; v Your llepre
scntati yes 'triust ceisi4d;makeybclr ox.
travagaui appropriauons to pamper me
liaury;rid cupidity of j our President
and Ane count less nost qi pircoi-s wnom
ha creates! ' Sini e the young Gentle
tman" hai "attended a course ;of lectures
irom mj oiuumauiuiinu pioivssor at
Washtnglorn? ho; returns home with ni!
I 1..-- A il'! . I . .1 . ...
I DOllons . oeuer recunea on UllS SUOJCCU I Uia 'noi r aa iiiro gresi imusiicr, was iar t,ju artcunmni ini i uuu inepfOinN v v i
yW'what makes money scarce and pri ;rwl n lie was at tha tow n of tcxin jUm,
cei low.'he' will make ft so plaiu that , in Kentucky. 'ct Mf. Clay was ap
alluho kre.not bjiijdl brVworse than ' pointed Sevrctsry of State, and I may ,
blind,- must ; isce the fatal cause j , nnd ay toiifidently .wiuj rteoinnitndatiotii
nooo1 can ba so perverse as tu'denv it.1
He hen leaps over o Cha'neial history
of .the -country from ihV removal of thv
pep ijiiics, the'attavk of the Executive on
iho V 8. Bank, and th commcncemcnl
Of ,thb lt-Bank ayiem "At Uns one
jump he gaii.s lha conclusion that the ivlt
vautHtwriy money is" are n e," i to be
found JiK the 43 A NKl N C S VIST E M.--A)id
he torthwith puis Jiowahaiite on his
ixijtsttiel.T fldjiisw ' his hcliuetj i'oucftt's iia
laVitand prepares lor the ons:i agiiinst
ilK.se'-wiridmiils with which "the oohev
of 'AIr.Vjo 15trirsn anafredeotisjtor
haV. sd .'ampljr fatockod the' coulrtry-Tbesetoh-'-amied"
giints that swarnicd
i A every Loco Focd iJtate "tro, Iea'it,
iinpte: progeny -of an iiheit ledcralerrt
Brace jof tbe State Banks." ' But our ita
roeems willing to end the contest whh
wind :valhgetheriand proceeds to pull
ouf the, following charges Bgainstjjbe
BinksrMEvery Stale , is full of them I
They - afe 'almoit too powerful for theJ
uoveromcnr, ijscu l . ji jiere are i nuie
make money, out oipj.f The ,ap
make ouiclvor little .HjeyJ'iaiJ id cir
e'ulatiotfA (that y fcnt ot i.) in 18.17,
$140,183,816111.0 ears they ca!i:
cd in,;(thai ia jrolUcted.) moro than Jor
ty.ninrinilliona: ' of do1larfi'';How
wrong yllecf f f .'But tsWsrij:ir
ant es must '' bVVubniitted-io lyithhse
who borrow, 7 whether f from Buiiks or
Irojn, Litaraiy ftfwk.?The Gl'tlileman
mighty here have aave'a-deaj of mental
laboTjf, instead ordevotio'g ;)aVel or; lour
fawe-parigfisitoto.
sijyhisiry'wtireh 'never Ciila, sooner or
llte'r, ltd; defeat ftrowii object,he.had
in a fewJuics told the truth: or'narrated
rtiie facisHy. stating that when t)io;A(f
commenced the war ou ih
Banks ; to over-avuon. 1 For they were
mrecuy ivia to "expena metr issues, and
iuuk increase me lacnuies tor iraae.:v.
Ience, by ho frlly6ir fraud of the Ex-
ecutivenhe; Banking system : became de-
But I have Writ teft enough fo bpo nu'efc-J
'"hWi oiiu.ii. .icauiiT atuuuvcHivveu,
bar-. of the Citizen. ;xei I -am not cone
with tbo Genilemah nnd his Circular.
f-v' l7lf r'j:' . J ' ' "-- . '
l , enan i jij uiieMime pay.myrespecig 10
iiis. Chapter-on thu Presidential Election,
and .'some other little matters3 couched jn
tais Fcderal Epistle. - CLlfUS.
TtTIlE EDITpIVoiV tub UNION.
L fij. - n ' . 1 j a. -
oir. : oeing, miormca trai t he lion,
tlaxttr Vt Aii.pl Kentucky: 1n his" pub
lic speech, fat JN ash v UleJ yesterday, al.
Icgcd that I had 'a'poolii'tsJ'iha Hoo:Ed-
ward .v Livingston: Secretary -"of 'State
when he was a defaulter; and kmwing
him" to-be, oaft. I Xetl that 1 am justified
in Vdec!aringt he charge io be f4lacu 7. lt
is knotya ' to all the , country"" that the
uoiuinmioni .rnaoo oy -tncrrf siqni io
the i Senate" aie'referrcd tijppropriate
committees,' of flial'bo'dy, wnose duty it
is to inquire into the.characterjof the
nnmtnees, fand .that if there is any evr
aonce. ot dcMuiit or any aisauahivin2
rejection ;.o .,uie .noniinajion uiows.-
iur. - xjivingsion was t a , memocr oi me
Senate, ftotn ;ilie State;t Lotnalana,
unep lie ;was iiouiiouicu uyiine. -vau
Mr'-'CIay say tha he opposed trre'jcbin
firmatiort of lusfnomination because, he
MTaa; a -defaulter If sW the journal of
the Senate -w answer:. iJutJiis con
fir mat ion :'"byio' Sepate ; is conclusive
proof that"; no-such objccu'oni'vif tnadtJ,
was . pustained ;arid, I affl fatisffiad
that
such
i a charge against hith could.not liave
t 'finhslamiated.V'.vC" V' .tVV
been
'eh am ralsoiinlbrmed'thaf 'Mr.tciayi
1.1" ; j .... . . : .. J ;.. "'" ?
oiyariwout ; collector qi. lue pori ci mew
York,v knew ing that he had, been an as
sociate of Aafon Burr"; To this chargq
it is propcr,to say that I knew jof Mr:;
S wartvvoyty tcoenexiob j:ith AAarbn
Burr precisely hs 1 did tht ot MrClay
himsetfi-yko' th history of tho time.
hundred and. fifty in the CnitVd "State!.
They &r. cuntrut t he Curroinrv t Tiny
lend uionevr rVVhat i crirael!) Thev
jor cnaracicr ana nincti noi more a 7
. i . . . .
Vurable than those irtiuccd to me tr
hev citizeiis- of New Ytnk io tJa!l t(
Zlr. -Swari wout ; Mr. Clay too, attho,
time of his o n apj-ointnient la tlui high ;,
office, it Mf ill be recollcjrted, was direct- ;
ly charged throughuut U.e. Union with
hiiving barj?ir.t!d ,for It, and by none -wrfs
ibis 'charge more eamtitly mada
than by UspreKcntceiau-a'ju.tTcu''
ocas' , Mysmi. B;;1 iuhf rVujr :
: Under Sacli ciiftmsiiiiicvs, how con
temptible Uvea this detiiagujrue apar
vnhen Wdeaccndi froia bls .high lace
hi the JSenate, aiid roapi ver the conn
try,; retaiUrtg klaudcia aguirtsl the jiving
andUe dead. ;
frVANDiinvvv JACKSON. .
v Jlcrujitagc, August, IS, 1810 v '
,,TO Tim PUBLIC'.
Voor' surprise, 1 am quite sure, will
be 'as great as niiue wasj on ilie perusal
nfn- notef signed Aspkt W Jacxsok, ad
dressed tofilu Vihtor ;6f the Nashvillo
Colon and beatjngdafe of,the ISih in- ,
stint '. rr-xsTrt ,'. .,
1 ho circumstances of my present" yj"
sit 6 Nashville are well known liere.-J-1
declined repealed bviiatioos jb attend
iho Convention holdcp on 4hei?tltinsVr
uhd finally j4ielded-to "an nnusual ap-;'
peal, with wlifth.fl waslhortercd, and fr
which (would bediiScult for anyrii
tof resist,1- ' 'f'S-H 7 .
. Lwas called upon to address tho Cbn-
vcntioru Jo w rwi terms oi respect, and
fur- bis military services, of praiu, I
spoke of - the, , distinguished: individual
tvho is the; occasion'of thirnpte alfwho
heard tne tan tesify(j A'morjg 'the sub
jects whioh'ljdiscusscd was that of the
aegcnecyvin pounc. virtue, ana e?pc
cia)ly thc. deliiucncy and iufidelity, ia , "
public' ofticcrs,t,hicK' within the last '
teW years we. have had sooh la-ncniabl
7-. -1 r "- ... . . ;
jioui.j iuvuoinjii cause joy mis ae- '
plQiaUJrsialo of.thmgs!, ' I stated," as i as
mong ;' them,'; trie subversion of the rue i
laid down by Mr.rJeGerson, of hdhestv. .
capacity, and ; fidelity to the Constitu-
iou, ' uuu me Buusuiuupu ior li oi one
founded on - dev'oiion and subserviency
net. to the cou n try but to the chief of a
party ( that persons appointed to office
too otten Considered themselyes'as being
oniy;. pui wo possess;on(ot tneir legitt-
mjit44 -"abarel; bf tlwj spoils bf victory, ih
stead offeelins bdnd by- the bblications
of a sacred truki confided for the bene
fit of the Pcopletr, lb respect to dcfaoV
ters, 1. referred, tp the "case of Mr. Liv
ingston, of. whose attainments aiua jurist,
rtol-more consistent with truth than my
iceiings, spoke injne jugbesv terms.
Hewasotjo of the earliest and one of
the, greatest r defaulters. Ilis' case oc
curred .itindcr C jMir, JefiefsonV adminis
iratioruiTho records both of the Execu
tive and Judicial Departments establish
ed, his defauUf llo remained a dcfaul-ter-tabput
a' quarter of a ceritury, if not
more.'- How. he finally liquidated' .the
balance against, him, and when, I dor not
Certainly know, biit t believe it wasv by ')
prqpei and i uidcr Jibe first term of!
General Jackson." "But" whtnevejf 'and
however, it yas a'ardy piiyment or
composition of lha debt cjuiid not, and
did not expunge the fact of his original
defaulu.; ; 'J v'"'J,,:K, ?--'"'
? Id arguing1' from cause 'to effect, I con
Lnded ihat the appointment of Mr. Liv
ingstpQwas a perpicious precedent; hat
TTVv us a. YlrTuiiT.procla mation to all who
Were b might be defaulters! that their
infidelity;-in va 4uhlie trust constituted
bb insnperable barrier .to a promotion to -One
of'the highest offices in the Govern
ment. Vl did not atiribuW to Geri Jack-
f Ptfa knowledge of iho defaults I w cnt
even - so tar ns to say thalJie might not
hayo reflected :iipbt'j the ftoOsequencesvbf '
me appoinimenr oi an lncnviauai so situ--
ated. c IjnnsX; now say that,' aat.il Gen.
Jackson i otherwise asserts," .alr con
strained to believe tliat he could not bavo,"
ocvn,i&uoEaui a tucr to, conspicuous
iri the annals of bur cbontry: as t hat if
tfiexlefatiirof ;lSdyt-ardT, Livingston; Esq.. .
as'Attprney: of the United StatesinTtho $
District pi Nev York, during the admin
istration of Mr." Jeflerson, to the amount
of iibbiiit .01OOX0(k'' 'tff''vl; 5-' '
u was m, me train oi me same tnoucnt
4 7:1
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