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SATURDAY, st;25, i 827.pygsa m 'i." ''If- - NEWBERN, N. t PUBUStfEB WEEKLY BV, , si ' fimChaif Pable in advance XEIV FROM M R?UCH (I The 1 Ciaattf ) Adverlisrj 'st V dght: placed: in ray.handsl friend, I r't.-;ina an address from General Jack- containing WSS son to the public, datea m in which he announces me to be the Meneer of Congress to whom be had re Sl o Ms Puer to Mr. Beverly of the 5th&e last. The duiyhtch I owe to the pubWand to myself, now tompeU t0l?flW to the worH, the only We.ion M$ I ever b.W;.fl :fa J, Jacksbn, upon the subject of the lastPresi .lotion, nrior to its termination. i - .u- month of December, , 1824, a hort iiimerafierrthe commencemenvof khould be fairly estimated ; and-: th they . thought proper to vote for Gen Jackson, they could soon aeciue tue f test irfbis favor. ; : .;;. A short time, after this , conversation j on the 30tti December, li324, (I am ena bled to fix' the time not only froirr-my own recollection but from letters which I wrote on the day following, ' and on the 2d January, lS25,) Ii;called upon: General Jackson, After the company had left him, by wich I found hiin "surrounded, he asked!me to take a wajkwith him ; and whilst we ; were walking together upon Hbe street; i' introduced the subject. I told him, I wished to ask him a question in. relation to the Presidential election, that I knew he Was unwilling to converse upon' the subject, - that therefore if he deemed the question improper, he might refuse to give it; an. answer k That my ?mlv; motived in asking it was friendship at iff valued, than that; of Ueneral Jackspn.i v'-7, r'v eral i He could not, 1 think, have received ;in is BIOGRAl'rilUAUirvE- lno -rn-1 tmnrission. until after,Mr. CIav and .his KfewW: n other romois the Sess orf of Congress, I heard, amqng for b5nij and I trusted, he , would excuse me onsiu" :. .i.:i.t: thnf 1 .u... :.-A,w;ncr n'!tiihict. about which I knew he wistiea to oe siiem.; s His reDiv was' complimentary, to my self, arid accompanied with a request that Li ri,-. harl Hpterniined. should veneraw" ..' M he be elected President, to continue Mr. Adams ia the office of Secretary, of State. ... u i fott Artnin he had J never in- :-.ui kut nnthincr could be better timated such an intention, yet I was sen-llhe w?s report in c;irculaUott,. thavhe i . X. . .i.'- .,m K. hotter calcu? Kort HtPrminpd he would appoint IVir. lltid' both tocooi tWardJr ofhis friends, lAdams Secretary of tate, in case I then stated to him, t he case he i .iU j...n.lana ' l.fi.J n...:4..n ' Wnil ' that T Wlhpfl tO and insDire his enemies w whuuw eiecieu iwiucm, v-r v - tlS, ihe belief Ibat be ba4 already .elec- ascerlam, from him, whethere bad ever .. , i.-. .n,-.-,mn.ior. for i the highest- intimated susb. w intention. That be office witbin his gift. ; 1 thought General must at once perceive how injurious to .1 j t. u-.m.oir and to thelu;0 olpMinii: such a renort mieht be. Jackson owea v y -- r w...-.., -v , .ti. in which his political friends were : That no doubt, there were several able friends had actually fleeted i &tzi Adauis. rresiaeni, auu Jr um uau 'HFmi, MrClay Secreiajy oTState fter these events had transpired, it may le readily conjectured in what manner, m commu nication might have led him int; the mis take., I deeply .deploie that audi' has been its effect. -" , " I owe it to my own charactei to make another observation, v Hud! ev fr.known, or even suspected that Geti?rai Jackson believed I had been sent.to.hiin by. Mr. Clay or his friends, I should have irame ftiatialv-! rnrrfc'td --his rroheousJimDres sion, and thus prevented the rtecessity for this most unpleasant expUnationj When) the editor of the United btates Telegraph, on the 1 2th October fast, as ked me by" letter for informatio upon this subject, I promptly, informed him by. the returning mail, on the l6mpf that month', that I had no -authority from Mr Clay, or his friends, to propose an j terms 'General ::';Jacksoifi in relation to their yotes J i nor did ever make ; an such proposition, ; and that I trusted I 's would be as Incapable of becoming a messen ger, upon such 'an occasion, as U, was known General Jackson would be to re ceive such a message I have deemed it necessary to make this statement, in 'fiiyheacancy,', Iprome time, hoef ver,. his congregation in bis little J, church didvhbeiceed fifty persons y but ,jn .The following bn?f notices of some of . -, tn ' niimber iar-e rJnouol & thedisttnguisbed imen of GreaH SJJliiTOfillea -iSiw'--Io1.S6ip"ivV 7t6od'iand: : mav nnt h una r rentable td vour teaaers. 1 ' t-l . The facts ferent sources relied; on sketch of the life of the present of Great Britain 1 THE BIGHT HON, GEORGE CANING. This emioeiit indivdiual is the son of an English lawyer, who died while he was an iofaot. The care of his education was assumed by his uncle, who died be- I access to it, unless at a very early boury fore his charge bad lelt ; fcion, irom whence he was sent to Oxford, where he became acbuaintedJ and formed a close friendship, with Lord Liverpbol-ia friend- elegantly, formed j his face is striking; if ship which has never been interrupted, not absolutely fine.; his hair dark and In 1793 Mr; .Canning was elected a glpssy i and his f J complexion a clear iron member of Parliament for Newton, in grey. He. has a defect or obliauity in bis the Isle of Wight, and riot long after was vssion, which, it is said, after-tne curiosi- employed as joint Secretary of Foreign ty and admiration he has excited have Affairs. .Mr. Canning followed the lor- ceased, often leads to the. inquiry whether erection of this Church, thp 'most "distin guished scholsirs, nobility,' arid inembers, r, ParHament; of Great Britain ': subscri- Ded ; ana it nas oecome, iromrtne .won derful popularity -"of ' the ? preacher, a place of such fashionable resort, that the is almost impossible. ; :Mf." IryingV persona! appearance fs much in his favour; his figure is tall and pnaed to contradict mis repun , .---j ana amomous uwi Hxyj.t.rrr;- to declare that he would not appoint ; to j wiioro, I thought Mr. Clay might be, m that office the man; however worthy he I eluded, who were aspiring to that office, n Lht be who stood at the head of the j and if it were believed, he had already ikost formidable party of his political en determined to appoint Ais chief competi v mL. ko mo ' imnresion. I fnt- it mirht have a most linhappv effect mt Kn?r ' rrtv .A , UttPr to a confidential iriena uoon ther ltii rennsvYMi tunes of theiale Mr Pitt retiredwuh him from office in 180li and returned with him' in 1 803, ; was appointed Trea? sorer of the Navy. In 1 807, he. succeed ed Lord HoVick, as Secretary of , For eign Affairs, which he held till the 12th of October, 1 809, when, m consequence it be n advantage to the preacher or not. Mr. I. shines more by flashes, than by continuity of thought r his enthusiasm is "said not to be deep; or lofty, or bis' genius burniug or intense. His mind however, is one of no ordinary powers he bas a metis devinior- and . wields 'its then and still high in office; and exalted in character, and one who had ever been the decided, advocate of General Jackson's election, requesting his opinion and advice upon the subject. I received his answer, dated the 27ih of December, 1824, upon the 29th, which is now before me. and . which strengthened and confirmed, my previous opinion. - 1 then" finally determined, either that I m ir fipneral Jackson myself, or .nnihor of his friends to 1 ask ;him, Whether he had ever declared, he would appoint Mr; Adams bis Secretary oi ox Li this manner, I hoped a contradiction of be oblairted trom nnnsei tlio rwnort mis hi and that he might probably declare It was n,n hia intention to. appoint Mr; Adams. , Ta". shorlirae previous to the receipt of. the letter to which I have referred, ray v;.nH M r.' Markle v. and myself got, into n vr sation. as' we very often did,;; both K-for- nmi after, uoon the subject of the MrA;;rtontiat election: and concerning the person who would probably be selected . by General Jackson, to fill the office oj Secretary of State. I feel sincerely sor ry that 1 am compelled Uius to introduce his name) but I do so with the less re luctance, because! it has already, withoui - Af mint, found its' way into .. connection . wi the newspapers m transaction Mr. Marklev Vidvefted fo the; i iKirh T have mentioned, and said; it - w Uthis exertion, and tnose oi tneir friends. That unless he had so determined, I thoueht this report should be promptly contradicted under his own authoiiiy. . I mentioned, it had already probably done him some injury; and proceeded to, relate to hira the substance of the conver sation which I had held with Mr. Mark- lev. I do not remember whether I men-; tioned his name, or mereiy aescnotu mm as a fritnd of Mr. Clay. y. r ; . After I had finished, the General.de- dared, he bad not the least oojecuon to answer ray questiom . 1 hat ne tnougni of Mr. Adams, but had neVef said or intimated, that he would, or that he w ould not. appoint him Secretary of State. That these were secrets ne wouia Keep io " 1fhe would co iceal them from the ve w hairs of his head. Thai if he believed ins right band tlien kue" what his left would do, upon the subject of appomt mnt to office, he would cut it qff and cast it into the fire. That if be should ever be elected President, it : would be without - solicitation, and without mti igue uoon his part.-rThat he, would then go into office perfectly free and untramme- I leu, ana ?ouiu uc ir ii,isvi mwv.v fill the offices, of the Government, with the men, whom at the time, he believed to be the ablest and the best in the country. : I told him'that his answer to my ques tion was sucli ah oue as 1 had expected order j to remove any misconception, which may have been occasioned, by the publication in the ,Telegrapri'of my let ter to the Editor, dated the 11th ultimo. X With anoiher1 remark I shall close this communication Before I held the con- secution of4hV lat Queen vpraatinn with Generhl Jackson. Which 1 , . j . J o have jdetailed, I called upon Major Ea ton, and requested him to ask General ' Jackson, whether he had ever declared "or: biimated, that he vould appoint Mr. Adams Secretary of State, and expressed a desire, that the General should say,4f consistent with the truth, that he did not intend to ' appoint him to that office. I believed that such a, declaration would have a haDDv influence uoon the elec- ti :, r : . of a duel with Lord Castlereaghy he re- energies with great force and skill. I A' signed. In 1815 he was sent as Minister I; writer in the New M6nthly, in speaking to Lisbon ; land in , 1 8l6,v was appointed pf him,; says" he has shrunk trom no President of the Board of Control," wrMch, opiiirbnf however paradoxical : he has tion, and I endeavored f to convince him that iuch; would b'e itseffe- -TThe con-, versatWn between us was riot s 'full, as that With General Jackson. Te Major politely declined to comply with my te-r quest, and advised me to propound the question to the General myself, as 1 pos-, sessed a full share of his confidence. ; , JAMES BUCHANAN. ; Lancaster, Sth Aug. 1827. ! From the National Gazette. We insert to-day Mr. Buchanan's ac count of his conference - with General Jackson.' to which the latter refers in his late address to the public. It being pro bable that there will be other statements from different sources, we shall post pone the particular ' fcm mntary which we are disposed; to make on the w hole case. , )As, in the absence of all pVbof, a public character so exalted is the Secretary of late, was not to be presu med to have been privy to ' any corrupt olans or ' pro'posah, so a personage like General Jackson ought not to oe accusea 1 .-. : - i - ." . . f . : : -:fu Vi--V Sritif.ll and nor even suspected oi wuiui misreprescn- ruuior i to receive, ii ic iayt ; . i ; , j . u.,j.jin,i,;la ;i Li ... i uAm .onaKt t uhtain it; for mv tation pr deliberate slaider, vhile there is, ' . n . -1. . .- , w . - i -it-: : 4 i : nna inr inff cunniisiiiuii nidi, iic uiisiiu -I I M r- .otielarlinn I I llfn fiSKeu 11 1 111 . II J jwut i.uv -r .- . :T r tprVfKI lual tir. vio ...... I ' T i J . . ... - : " - ... .u .m.mstanie nrhpfimp.lhiK0nor. a ileelings towaros Mr Clay and the tenor of Mr, Markley!s discourse reported so, they couiaeiiner ciri. . , i . - -j-j afiA ii a , that a misaoDrehenston did occur,. The vote for the latter, 11 tney , khv .toiarm msH in nrpfgr another to OlT. Hic"usiii"". w t, S attached to1 him, and; .that he said was (er(ectlx arltberty todoso to, the 44; 'wbuW endeavor! U. act in any; person bought proper., I need, al s concert at the election. - That if they did scarcely remark that I afterwards availed, ten however, he resigned in I820i with a I scrupled to avow no sentiment, however view to avdid taking any part ih the pro- obnoxious; he"; has ; scouted prevailing ion of the latwueen, in lois, ne fashions ne nas opposed ine spirit oi. was made vjroverno-jenerai oi uu, ine agetoxiu. uui cuusuncu ihc wh uc but before he'coold enter upon theVIuiies corps: he has turned religion; and, the of his new office, Lord Castlereagh put Caledonian Chapel to topsyturvy : he has v an end to his life, and Mr. Q'. was restored held a play book in one hand and a Bible to his former post of Foreign Secretary, in the other, and quotes Shakespeare and which he held till the present year, when Malancthon in the same breath : .he bas his highest ambition was gratified by be- taken the thorns and; briars of scholastic irig , elevated to the post of Premier, of divinity, and garlanded them with the England.5" ;".;;- , i flowers of modish literature; he has done Mr. C. is said to have: a high sense of all this, relying on the strength of a re- honor, and to be anima'ed by what the markably fine person arid manner, and worlds wooJd UJUfeelina ; - He has been, engaged income attairs . oi ex: - -.o v -'- ( honor in the course of his lite. He fought HENRTT BROUGHAM, EiM. P.F.R. S. a duel with Lord Castlereagh, and'chal- ; This eminent orator and lawyer wa lenged Sir F. Burdett. born in Seotiand about the year 17781 Mr. Ci is considered asthe most splen- He was educated in . Edinburgh, in the did Parliamentary orator of his age. His house of his grand mother,' , the sister of person is said to be tall and well propor- pr. Robertson, the historian. , He is a : tioned, surmounted with ah elegant Shake- descendant of the family of Brougham of spe i':em pile of foreheai. His action is BrPugharn, in Westmoreland, and is heir appropriate -and Igraceful, . though, ' per- to lhe title; v'He was called to the bar of hap), somewhat too theatrical, and bis Scotland, in 1800, but soon left it to enter oce is deep and musical, . neither too Upon; his career in England, where bis loud nor too low.. His wit is keen but fame, as a writer, had preceded him. He blavful.i hisstvle eleboratej and his lap- frrst aDpeared at the bar of the House of - guage showy. His principal excellence is Commons, against'the ordets in Council, said to consist in overthrow where lie realized the expectations which , ments of his antagonists, which be does had been formed of him; by the power of with great' force -and .: sprightliness. his eloquence; 1 He was soon elected There is not, (says the panegyrist,) a j member of Parliament, which afforded a maa living whose appearance is calcula- . jgne arena for ; thet display of bis peculiar ted to put you in better Jlumor with 5 talent of invective, and the depth and xial men, with Parliah with Englishmen: with roan eral, or even (saving a tinge of envyt) iGenefa9 ahd though after her deaib he with yourself, than this amiable, eloquent, was obliged to return to; the stuff robes of and, as the event has proredVHfaeraljand truly English Secretary. ; VVithout.hav-;:tinued to increase j and hfs fame- to keepv ing a single trace of pedantry, or foppejy, rpacew or affectation about, him,- Mr. Canning tinguished himself as a contributor to the Beverl and f - . e : KAncisTpni. . in answeriiiir irt lha .itnrf ni tiur lui i cauu iuciivci : , . --...o. mm ill - wubm- h w . i . . . , - r . . - i - - - n-ai Tarlrnn npver once adverted to ; has; exposed himsetrjin several barts o! r ZL Jr. L ..Uy tV tbe date of his letter: .1 his Ietters,:tq strictures which it jwill be Way, tor the nnt omce wiu ..i . ; " " ; difficult for his friends to repel: "But we -ams had already been holding idea, that in case he were" elected, Mr. Clay might probably be offered the situa stiori of Secretary '"of State. ;K':v47 r& 1 I told Mr Markley, that I felt confi dent General Jackson had never said he would, appoint Mr. Adams Secretary; of ' State; because he was "not in the habi of conversing upon the subject ot we eiec ieye that he has proclaitigd any told me. I might repeat his answer to Mr other tnatvnis freai irapre.ons, .pevcr. Clay and hisiends; thpugh l should be ierro sorry to say he did pbt.AThe whole con versation being upon the public street, it miffht have escaped my observation A tew remarks, & I trust I shall have don with this disagreeable business fore yeri ; ' I called upon General Jackson ,! on the A if -.V- whatpr mipht bei occasion which I have mentioned, soieiy his secret intention,he had more prudence as htstriend, upon.miridividuaU tha to makesucha declaratiba J meni iibility, and no' as theagentof MrMzy 'tioned- to him ihatl' had been 'thinking, or any other personal never bayeheeo either that r Would call upon the Genera the political friend 9f Mr.Uay, since he myself; or get one of bis other .friends to became a candidate theAoffofrr A BnHl?tKiii dViftpavorf ia nhtaln from kidntV as VOU VerV. well know. Until I: him contradiction of therep erlev of the 5th ult.i ana at ine same time coiiversaiion upon the ;sabject; - ; Mr. Markley urged me to. do soy and of the United States i ieiegrapu, iiuv .r-r4 if npnpral Jackson had not deA was the Derson to whom he alluded, the 1 termined whom be would appoint Secret conception never oncf entered my mind, n lary of Otate. ana SHOUia say iuai u wuum mai e. o?iicycu.iuw 'vt r -t-,-"-t not he Mr, Adams, it might be of great gent of Mr21ay or of his friends, or that advanuee to our'caustf Ibruslso.to e. J bad intended; to propose ;to him terins dare, upon his own aiithbrity: : we should of any "kind frooi-them r that hercould IO -De; CQUauic , ui ex then ha nlareri iwn ' i hV . sa me footins i have supposed me . with the Adams men, : and might fight 1 pressing ih; " opinion that ii was f ight to. them witK K0:; Ann -i.'rhat the ti?ht such intriffuers wun ineir,orn western wmbers wuld supposition, bad I enter Yotiogibr a western mari if there were J taioed V'lt, iool.d ayii1?? f3!" prcvbabiiUy;iuiarthe as there s no man bas more of the real art of the orator thari anv man in the house. r In the range of his power, and io the depth of knowl- edge, more especially on pniiosopnicai SUOjeCIS, HC ISIilictlur iv.-uiuugimiu T, in all those qualities which are Calculated to dazzle and win an eniigntenea auui ance he is"decidedly superior." u - ; v ; Babylon the Urcat. Qr t far famed Edingburgb Review, which he share antipathy and resentment against liCjayi mayhaye badin protnptihg liim to disclose them as he has done. ; . V: We regard this controversy in deneral, as ;un fortunate i n re fere n ce to the nation a j -character, accoi'ding to the uses tofwhrch; it is turned by; the electioneeringt parti sans on each side. : The endeavor bf one prty is to cohv the President; aridincidmtally the Pre sident himself; of the vilest intrigue, fraud an5-bargain f t and toJ fix tiport V candidate for tbe chie( ia ffistiacv; whoreceived ninety jiine elejcto- frat votes at the; astlectfooihstigma OI gross auu siuuieu aiuu"j, uncu lv , trie purpose; badvancingb office and degrading his competitors. We should : pray thk zealots to practise ra liule charitjf and forbeararice in bhaff their country, if theyvcanriol V cbnsent Jo be. soinewhat kind and generous to individu als 5 old public servants, to whose char acters Vand 4chi?vements, 1 homage . has been so ofien paid throughout the Union. If eitherof thebbjects bf this unpatriotic waVfare; were noV; '! tidie suddenly we 'ihohl'd': bearcat once;1 in" all likelihood,' only arand Chorus of pang pe on their 'THE REV. EDWARD IRVLT0. : ; I Of this gentleman who bas lately ac-, quired so much celebrity as a preacher, I believe but littUe of his life is yet known. He was born in Annon, , on the borders of Scotland. At 18; be taught :maibef Katies, afterwards moveq io in Fifeshire, where he was engageu - w teach in a. respectable Academy,, and where he was first known as a clergyman. Heubsequently removed to-Edinburgh u i.oarH hv ' the. celebrated Dr. K;imi: who liked his manners so much, that when Mr. Irving made visit to some friends in Ireland, he inyited him to become his assistant in the la bo- Vinna duties ol His rmnisiry. - mi. uvuig his offer, though' he had inten- Il y....A V Hi itvfe' is said to be de'd io devote himself for ;Ve P I slineuwn phraseology, and ms inw. ?,.. tf:rrible. : In addressing the; House, ho commences,wi -.'-'.t ".;-t-. solitary !rayeland wheiiiriXSlaspw, be excited almost as rotjen cunosny a vuai- mers himself. Themembers of theCale- .1 I' !t :A 'i furnished vith; many articles of great merifand afterwards by several separ ate productions in his1; owri name; - The lahnrate of thet e Was his Enquiry into the Colonial Policy of the European rowers," wnicn i ,uw extent xf bis research,' the power of his intellect, the correctness of his observa tion, and the clearness 'of his political views. Mr. B. always preparer himself before he speaks ; he places no reliance ; on spontaneous eflrbrt-and his,, oratorical displays always evince great previous la- bours and exertion. His ' knowledge of . scrence elegant tts5,' languages, popular discoveries, and legal subtleties, is vari ounand profound. The resources of the jnan, (says the author of Babylon the Great,) are really astonishing ; and one would almost imagine that: he hadreah- : zeii the ancient Scythian fable, by Killing . m foremost man in every department of knowledge; ;hd possessing -himself of thHr intellectual inheritances." ' 3',;v1 His figbre is fibe, bis person tall and - m nntvrttiL and east enaceiui, anu ui, v . -T - " i: 'V t,,;. 111'! ... i . .. Ti.' Ml ,f. r 1 4. r I t; " f:;sf i v; i i I) I.; dqhiaChurc ; it2 '"Tvifitir' rnrwnild rintm; thft;1 nfO- i ' i r' Li ' ihort cinkc naain tO oi ;iir..:-' "9 r"7" ?7 v $mosl aeaieuK r1 , T7 . - 5- l ...v .n .iihct .time ' t. perauthorits lo iuvjte bioit ' v to tbV Metropolis as a candidate ;,for the J i ! vacanipl?A IV . ' jf complied t with thej the pre- '' introduced as tbess ; . niersri The (bur Mccessivdayl . ; cupied the pulpit on trial; satisfied thefe 2 he , e. s a pea of thunder.; Wo be k . ; - . ; ) wbo had invited bini, of qualifications to- olhe manfY8ayi the, author J have Ja J ;" iv ii: i 1 J. 1 i.; ' 1 7 I'.i. : ! . 1 . IM6MIWM J 1 ; opinion a inuic
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