BY terms -' Three Dollars per annum payable in i3f i .nee No subscription will be received for a Lst period than one year ; and no paper win te Continued, until all arrearage are paid, unless tHhe option of the publisher.; ' - ;-, . From the United States Telegraph. TO THE PEOPLE OF THE V. STATES. - Vtre I to estimate the influence of (his -.flC. hv the efforts made to destroy it, I n t a ga ahimdant cause ro congratulate vjvshouiu huu ' ... rnvself on its success, and to continue with if . j .Anr thncf ctprtinns that havp rfner o contributed Jo its reputation: - My agency in demonstrating the bargain between Messrs. Adams and Clay, the ex ltfive circulation of my paper; and the influence which it was believed to have ex ercised over pubJicopinion, have made, me triP special object of; attack from Mr; Clay and his partisans Surrounded by a cordon 0f degraded presses, he seeks to reduce the press itself to the levelof his own agents, sad by destroying its character, prevent the ciposure of the combinations-formed, by his disappointed adherents, for the purpose of placing power once more in the hands o( be aristocracy of ibis country. As the means of preserving union in his on, it was charged by Mr. Clay, that the Jackson party was composed of discordant and conflicting interests, each selfish in its aim; nd bffore his election, it was predic ted that disunion would tread-upon the lieels of the administration of the President pi your choice. Acting upon the principle of bargain, and relying on the patronage of the government to purchase popularity, Mr. riav was often at a loss to determine be- Htween conflicting interests, and not unfre- quently, when too late, was induced to be h'eve that cffices, within - his .gift, had not been disposed of to the best advantage. Having no other object than bis own ad vancement. he lost sight of the influence of public duty, and in his osiDrdisappointment. foresaw, as he believed, The embarrassments a'tendant upon the organization of the new administration. 1 o increase those embar jassments; it was asserted that this press wastbe property, and pledged to support the eUnion of Air. Calhoun ihat my support of the election of Gen. Jackson had been pr naratury to the general plan, and that Mr. Van Buren would soon establish a rival print in this district. Such was the utter discard of consistency.'lhat whjlst.lhe Journal was openly denouncing me as the President defacto, and: attributing to my influence all the appointments of the Exe- cuuve, the IMelligencer::ana; Jonrnai weit preedilv announcing those appointments. and inserting gratuitously the public ad VHtisnneits, for the purpose of demonstra ting that 1 did not enjoy the confidence or patronage of the Executive. . Thus, at the i-m time, riWlannp that I disnehsed the - . . - patronage of the government to others and cou;d not obtain it for myself. ; I should not now .Have, noticed this, ope "ration of the adversary were it- not' inti mately connected with the Subject of this address. 1 have been assailed as the organ cf tli- President, anddenpunred as: unwor thy of his confidence.. I have been charged with controlling oihr presses, and they have been denounced lor copying from this, because while the presses in opposition copy from each other the most flagrant and abu sive attacks upon the President arid -hi friends, they seek, by this sort of stratagem, to prevent the circulation of a reply. Na- tore nas implanted in oru'es a generous sympathy for their fellows, which impels them to brave death itself m defence of each other. The policy of ray assailants is, by artlul appeals to the vanity and self love of those who concur with me in -opinion, io deter them from o defence of my character themselves,' and from Spying such defence as I may lay before you. To this end has Mr.'Jarvis asserted, and the coalition prints copied the charge, that I had boasted that I was the setter up, and he putter don n jof Presidents i hat I had freaiientlv rnnnrilnlatfiit fflvcplf nnnn I hu predominating influence which; I had ac jmred over American politics,; and that I had said that the presses of the party were subjected to the Telegraph ; obliged to re ive ; their tune from it, and afraid , to op pose it and that I could, therefore deter mine ivho should, and who should not be President, and what should, and what should not be the policy of any administra tion. ' - ' ':""'J:.Mr. That the success which has attended my editorial labors t that the flatterin nntirea ke"cfthem b my temporaries; that ' Vinuence an enlightened, virtuous Dd '"dependent press over public: senti ent, ana consequently over- the policy, of J aamnistration have been the subjects y preserved remark, with my lale partner. ffil not deny ; but that I ever was so vaiii 3 to believe, or so foolish as to boast, that c'Qld control the political destinies, the nolmnenuj or the honors of this republic, " absolutely and unequivocally denied ai mat time ot lite When I eiPect, profitably; to change my kW""Tl?e "0Wow'ngane63otei published mark ,f I0. Illustrate the tmtb of this Shom. ai? lhat r; Clay wa return fea!i !?niXf hU frieiJdg ta ine tori, Je -im ms tulside ""with. b tag dri ou, I! 'J' &entemen yoit find me here among n-thitVif .?y ? :,ual,0 i much more agreeable -i ute trt bthiud me " ' PUBLISHED' EVBMT SA'l uhuai, THOMAS WATSOX pursuits, and having selected the vocation of an editor as a profession, it has been my object at all times to elevate" the character, as well as Jhe influence of th0 press : Re lying upon the inteiligence of the public, I have believed that the only means of accom plishing the one or attaining the other,' was a strict adherence to truth, and a bold and fearless advocacy of the great principles upon which our republic? was established, and upon: the maintenance of which the happiness of our people depends. Fortunately for me, Mr. Jarvis and his copyists expose their own want of these es sential qualities." speaking of me, he says, (1 use his own words,) "I should consider the allegations of Duff ureen of equal importance with those, of aeon vict in. any of our penitentiaries. More particu larlv should I shrink from any thins: which-im plied any equality between ,him and myself, or which could bring Hit name and mine in juxtapo sition before the public; for as Doeberry says. " thtm that touches pitch must surely be defiled," so, I should tieem such association of names as profitable tb ray own, as would be a similar asso ciation with that of a common thief or pick pocket. Dvff -Green, of himself, is indeed ion low, too degraded, to deserve any. notice from those who can offer any claims to private respec tability." And. again he says, . " But above all, he was deficient in that politi cal morality which discriminates between te means of attaining an end,, which acknowledges some other criterion of right, than success," and which deems principles more valuable than votes. IN or was hs obliqut- morality confined to politics, as will appear from another characteristic tmec dote. At an early period of our partnership, he stated that, by certain operations, he could ob tain for our merchants their claims upon the French Government, and pocket large sums of money for himself and his partner. 1 be plan was as follows; These merchants were willing to allow, said he, on obtaining their claims a certain propoition, which would amount to $3,- OGO.OUO. Mr. Villele had sufficient influence with his government, to procure the allowance of these claims- and would effect it for a compensation of S 1,000,000. One of us might be appointed as agent for these claims, and thus eah of ui might pocket $1,0 0.000! ! ! My reply to this was given in a single word, and that word was bribery," In this statement, Mr. Jarvis has over reached himself. He estimates me as a convict of a penitentiary, as a common thief or pickpocket; and charges that, at an early period of our partnership, I pro posed to him to become participant in a splendithscherae of bribing the French Mi nister, to dov justice. to our ci'izens. Now. what reliance is to be placed in the asser tions of Mr. Jarvis, if it shall appear that after this, proposition was made to him, I had literally, to kick hiro out of my compa ny that he was desirous to continue a paru nership with one of whom he had so bad an opinion ? rJ hat I had a conversation with him on the subject of the French spo liations, is true ; but that 1 made any pro position to him such as he states, is' false. 1 recollect that one evening, speaking of these claims and the French Minister, I said that a gentleman of intelligence had expres sed his opinion, that .Mr.Villele was poor, that he. was ambitious and unprincipled,and that the. only chance whicfi" the merchants of this couhify ever .would have to obtain. ui indemnification for their losses, would be to give a douceur for bis influence. Mr. Jarvis, evei keen scented when money came in the way, jmmediatejy set to work to cal culate how much could be made out of such a -speculation. ; Those who know his apti tude to figures, and have witnessed the restless avidity with which, be makes his calculations, alone can form any idea of his look or his manner. The figures, and all beyond this, are the addenda of his fruitful imagination Mr. Jarvis now pretends that lie considered it at the time a proposition Qt.bribety ; and the Journal owned in part by Doctor Waikins, exclaims r " It appears that while Duff Green was the Or gan of the Combiaatlon io fabricating tales of bargain ajid corruption against the late Adminis tration, as a text for virtuous declamation and in making corrupt political compacts throughout the country i he was also engaged in an attempt to bribe a foreign minister of State I Declaring that our merchants were , willing to allovr three millions of dollars as a compensatioo for obtain iiie navment of -their" claims on the French Go vernment, he proposed to.Mrs. Jarvis that one of them should obtain the appointment ot Agent tor these claims; that they shculd divide equally be tween then, two million of dollars and give the other million to Mr, Villete, a French Minister of State, as a bribe1 for procuring from hi go vernment the allowance of the claims I Now Mr. Jarvis admits that this conver sation was at an early period of pur partner ship ll it was such as he represents it to be. why aid ne not imnreataiiy uisuive ait connexion with me B . Why. did he continue the partner of a man capable of making to him a proposition which he now considers so infamous I know that had my oppo- . . . . ' -v. .. ..-.' - .1 IJ nents4been' in my situation, iney wouiu ha ve denied : the conversation and relied upoq - this circumstancei to discredit, I Mr. Jarvis. I fear not the truth. I have wrti- tert many private letters1 and.hadlmany pri- vate vhrl confidential . conversations : my opponents are at liberty to use ail these, and they will be found strictly in accord- ance witli tn opinions u jj'wr"i openly avowed tnrougn , in is press, uu which have been Approved oy n? uunw. Doctor Watkins and his associates are wet- come to all the advantages to-ucn..tM from the misrepresentations and' malevo lence of. Mr Jarvis.. 1 did once oeiieye him to be a man- of honorf as such I admit ted him to a most unreserved confidence, and, ahhough. 1 , aja mcapawe oi iiowmg iis exampie, ipveiin selffence i defy his oalicetahd challenge him to. maice known all that he can toUure to mjtpreju; dice;Tiii cliailenge ist tiiuffis iwvtru in the 'teeth of those pirates tipti characier w,fv - Wppni! he is associated, and, who, with the desperation pf their pfOfessiOQ jtnd fidelity resulting from, a ter&eof thitr defi ciency as well inlpurii bers Ss In'princfple; make common caoe, expecting, by;a cdn stant reiteration oftalomnfes and of bolt! unsustaioed assertions, to destroy my repu tation, and thereby accomplish the ruin of my press. The?, avidity with whieh they seize upon the disappointed t nalcoritent and pretenders of our party, and the exten? ded circulation which they aregiving to th attacks of Mr. Jarvis and Mr. Orne, de tnand of me a denartore from " the rule which I had prescribed for myself. I have always relied on. the virtue and intelligence of the jSfeople: I never yei have beei de ceived by them. I have too much cOnfi dence in the integrity and disinterested pat riotism ot the conductors of the public press of this country, , to believe that t they, w ill stand by with folded arms, or that tjiey will permit me to be condemned unheard. I have been assailed by Mr. Jarvis; my late partner, with a malevolence, as undeserved as it is desperate, a violence: which must recoil on its author. He dealsln round as- seriions atidabusive epithets, and furnishes in his own production, the strongest Justin cation for onei of the nrincinal charges against rae to wit; dissolving the partner ship which existed between us. I shall not in this respect follow his example This vindication is intended for an intelligent public, with whom invective and abuse will not pass for argument, nor jaundiced state ments of mortified vanity and disappointed amoition lor fact, facts are stubborn things, and on them I rest my reputation for truth and honor. "v. I have-' seen publication No.' 2 rom the pen of Mr. Jarvis. , Jn that he promises b give in a succeeding number my first lettei to him with his reply. These letters' will show, that so far from considering it a dis grace or unprofitable to be associated will? me in business, it was I who made the et tort, and that it was with great difficulty that I could disengage myself from his ava ricious grasp. He Thai ges me with decoy ing him into partnership and says:; I did not, and could not have suspected that, while this caitiff, like Joseph Surface, was can ting about confidence and good faith, he was har boriug the base design ot terminatiag our . rela tions, so soon as tne contest in which we were then engaged should be- succesfuUy terminated, and almost immediately atier, my money had saved his establishment from anexecntton. and his person from a jail." - ; : r r My day books show that the transactions tor the. current year commencing with the date of our partnership amounted to more han two hundred thousand dollars, and the following letters ill show that while I was prompted, ' throughout the whole negocia ion by a spirit of nberalitir and" disinter ested fidelity to the party, whose cotifi dence it was my desire to propitiate and whose prosperity I labored to promote, h was actuated, by a heartless avarice which would sacrifice his country and even his S'ul lor pence. , inoeeu, in nis extremt desire to injure roe. blinded by his own passion, speaking of the' partnership he says: "It is- needless to say, that in this contract, the patronage of. Congress was a; leading, induce mentr . - . Let this be taken with the circumstances stated in my letter of the 12th July, admit ted to be true in his reply, both of which .vili be ?iven in1 my next, and it will be seen " that although that patronage' did not enter into the inducement with me, and hat although the contract was made before f ie. under pretences which I then believed to be sincere, avoided closing it until after the vote gfthe.Senate confirming my ap- Dointment as Drmter. that J aid not. in duce him to remove to Washington, appears by his letter soliciting to become my partner and his declaration tha t fie Intended to leave Boston at any rate. That be bas not lost by 'his association with me," ap'pears from the fact that he admits that the lve thousand dollars advanced was repaid, and That he is to receive about three' thousand dollars for the few short paragraphs written chiefly under my dictation and correction. That his charge that his money had saved my establishment from an execution, and my self from-a jail, is untrue, appears from the fact, that altliousn tne iransaciions-or me office-during the year exceeded 2UU,U0t, he does not pretend that he ad vanced one cent to support its credit or defray its ex penses. And, whilst I admit that I, laboured under' great pecuniary difficulties, arid as sert lhar I never hesitated to extend the operations of the paper, as Jfai as my resources would allow; I cannot believe that I was at any time unable" to raise the sum of five thousand dollars, if ihe preservation of my establishmenror rojr personal hberty depended thereon. The object of this article is, to, disprove the charge of having invited wr. Jarvis jo Washington, and of having dissolved tne partnership after the presidential election. It will be seen that. dissolution ; was an nounced before that -deciioivi wastermin ated; and " that my : desire to desolve was made known as early as the first of July, many montbs before the dissolution took place. That he invited iiimself appears frbrp the.following t Extract froni a letter from MrJmsUto D, :.,1V..: Greeny dated; ' t BosTcW Mass. October 17, 18S7. Aifewrweeksiince I learnedthogb my friend, and Mr-"rr that -Mr. was cwmnuMWOvd by yomwlf, W find some geu tlemad in Aw England, -disposes! to join y ou n cprtiuc4ing the Telegraph, r 1 rej.liod that I would go to Washingtpn,; provided the-object .were im portant nd as Mr, ' ; Vi, art active an li telifgent republican- gentfetnhn of "this city, was then proceeding to Washington, I requested -hini to consult you ,oh ?th, subject. He informs me thaff you had. no intention, of relinquishing-any portion of your establishment, and were merely desirous of obtaining a suitable associate in your professional business :'- " j ' ' ' - " Thi& being the case, 1 am induced to enquire of you concerning such business and your present intentions respecting it ; and to inform you that I am" disposed to an association, - provided it would promote my own interest." I will renew this subject ; and, in" my next, will clearly prove, from under his own hand, that so far froni considering it disre putable to be associated with me, it was i who dissolved trie partnership between us, nd that it required a continued effort, from J une until October, to accomplish it. Respectfully the public's hu nble servant. 1 D. GREEN. MUCH ADO AITOUT NOTHING ; OR Objections to Gen. Jacksos's Admisitration. War was declared against Gen. Jackson's A-dminislralinn before he entered . on th; duties of his office. Mr. Clay, in his BaN timore Speech, gave an authoritative sign; ! for the most furious onset. The cry, was instantly opened with ardor and animation The pledge of Reform, which the President fell called upon to give' to a dissatisfied na tion, in entering on the high trust to which iney had called him, was the first bone of contention sefiejdupon. It was held up as an invidious an unust attack upon the last administration. For a'limK "the welkin rung" to this note. BotheNation was .iieeatiefU-d wfth'1 xhjs Coalitionv77TTey rde manded Reform -called upon the tried en ergy of -Jackson J and, in his first official breath, received the gratifying indication that he understood the great purposes for which be had been called fmm thejrurol pursuits of his favorite Hermitage. Those who voted for him had that very Ilef&rm in view which he promised, and upon which jjnany of us trust he is but fairly commencing.- Yet, the Coalition Presses Jwill not allow that we knew our own motives- and 'they continue to quarrel with us, and some times to reason with uSj to prove, that we1 neither contemplated nor wished that the Augean Stable should be cleansed, or tha a change of principles or measures should take place. When we take counsel from our enemies, or permit their clumrxr.tck.di vert us from our well-weighed purposes, we win frankly acknowledge that the presump uon which they.display, is fairly played off upon us, and they have a right to contro us, and deter ns front our purposes by cla morons fault finding. Until then, all the noise they make must go for what it is wrrth, with every firm and decided friend of Reform. Nothing has transpired which goes to in dicate either the peculiar policy or mea sures of the administration, as to our do mestic or foreign affairs. But the presses of the country contain incessant attacks and defences of the administration, breathing a spirit of political rancor ominous to the fu- tare tranquillity of the nation. And what is it all about ? Aerely because the Presi dent has removed from office sundry defaul ters and peculators, and pi her office: Hold ers, whose manner of transacting the public business,-or ineir n?giecr oi uuty, canea ioi heir dismissal i These removals were de manded by that spirit of reformj which sent Mr. Adams to the retirement of Quincy, and Mr. Clay to the repairing of his fences. It is quite natural that those who weep for the fate of those big men, should mourn for that of the little nes who have followeri and are still to lollow them. I hey were all alike condemned in the High Court of the Nation. Their sentence is recorded oh the polls of November last. Ours is a go vernment of public opinion. The public will, thank God, is the onlv Sovereign a fcmong us. -Ail, even tne rresiaeni nimsen, : .i t j -1 : if must bow to it. falthough we have had one x w". President who affected M not to be palsied by it." : General Jackson con hardly have .... ' - 1 1 more than commencea that reiorm wnicii ihe nation elected him to make- He will not be deterred by clamor or abuse. Jt was :hisxptation that united many, very many, votes in his favor. But let him per severe as be has' commenced ; let him move on in the great work with circumspection, with, firmness, and he may look forward to the grateful thanks and admiration of many who did not vote for him,' and to the in creased confidence and regard of those who did. ,Power, from its very nature, is cor rupting The holders' of. office too, soon feel a sort of .superiority oyer the people. Living in. luxuriouSr ease put of the public crib, the buckram dignity whieh stiffens the joints oi, weaK meny soon oecoiucs i uauu ar able in them they imagme me piace pe longs to them of right, and . they make it subservient to private interest or political feelitigs. That this is apt to be the case, even with men of original purity and good manners. I think will be agreed to by the reader, if he will pause awhile, and think of the character arid conduct of ail the office holders he knows, and particularly under the Federal Government. - No w, I ask him, if.all such, ought not to be fferneo out as soon as that buckram, to which 1 have ai 1 uded, begins to rustle in their iaovera.ents t It is very disagreeable to turo a man out of office, under any .circumstances- which do ..,, invntvp crime but k is often an incunr- I - k I bent duty. The oty iiKuny tsp i uu a man with necessary rirgy anrf difV cretion in I this respect - The Nation", bay seen something of Old Hickory salutnry ,'ngy,, (as JVIr. Jefferson called it ;) they kne w he war honest ; lhat hp bad ho ambi titm to gratify ,""Tor hejwas overshadowed, with laurels; and had even" filfed'the rnea ' sure of his country's gfory tbey, therefore selected him for the delicate and important . task of refcrmini abusesM For, rriy part, tbink, he is very; reprehensible for not; moving' forward with' more determination ; 1 and refprming many ' Offices that seem to have esca'ped his t notice. ; I appeal to the reader most solemnly Look around ou- Do you know no federal office neld by an infuriate, uncompromising opponent ot Gen. Jaekson's administration ? Do you, know of none that are held as virtual sine- cures ? Do you know bf none that are held by men, whose . places might be sup plied more to the public convenience and -satisfactiorr:?"vi-;'': - ' ;. l- -!' ' H has been too much tne practice in' but;.. State and4 federal governments, tn appoint men to office from a regard to powerful fa-; mily. influence 5 to the mere reputation of. a; name, or to the claims of distinguished and.; meritorious ancestors -In all these instan ces, the fitness of the. man, or the' public convenience has, probably, had as much, influence, as the color of his eyes, or bis, corporeal weight under, the scitles. The neglect of the public business, the waste of ihe public means, and the tardy progress! of public- measures, all are appealed to in proof of (he justice of this remark. Mr.. Jefferson was called upon t reform the abuses of the elder Adams. - He took hold, oi his work with rrtore: energy than even Jackson. But Mr. Jefferson, abused and vilified as he was, had confidence in the honorable support of the nat'oii.( He look ed to tlrernvn'of to his enemies; they con-r stituted his judges and if his measures met their approbation, he heeded not what , his enemies either thought or said. It is; true, that Genera) Jackson was the second choice with thousands; but even they look ed for the same reform desired by his ori-, ainal friends. Let him, then,, obey 'the public voice let him remember to imitate the example of Jefferson All will be uni-. ted in his support with equal sincerity and cordiality. It is impossible that he shoufcf avoid occasional error in passing upon the almost innumerable cases and subjects ItiaC call w hia 'decision His friends d not look for perfection, or exemption from the fallibility of man. If his great objects b& praiseworthy and his motites . pure, they will sustain him. : Hie reforming energies of Jefferson re moved more officers in a few weeks, thari. have been removed by this administration in as many months. Je was abused more-, than Gen. J. he relied upon his friends lor support; Confident that the results would' be approved by the people. In that case, the friends of the administration Were not1 alarmed by the outcries. of abusive and per secuting enemies so ought it. to be in thisf let' us wait the results, without permitting ur fears to be waked into visible existence by artful clamor Thus far, "pothing has transpired from the administration to censure or approve, but mere removals from, and appointments to office. To the great body of the people, what is done in this regard, is emphatically' a matter of sheer indifference. For, why should they so much care tcho does the' public business or waits upon them, so irber ably4ionestIy and civilly done ? . But tov fat Office-holders and hungry office-seekers this subject of removals and appointments, is all-important. They make a clamorous'., noise and are apt to imagine that the ho nor of the country ; that great principles ; that our sacred constitution, all, all, are ar stake; and are either violated or preset ved. just as their interests happen to be affected- Ire, the people poor rood souls,, are sometimes almost stirred up to mutiny, be cause Tom, Dick or Harry has been remo ved from office ! He has lived in afliience t been courieous, hospitable ; generous ; and iias consequently made many social friends We don't know how his accounts- stand - we don't know what degree of personal ai-t tentton he pays to his office we don'fc know bow jft be is for, it ; how much the' public losses by his. want of tact or his lover of pleasure. The government 'cannot and . ought not to publish the causes of every re-- moval. Yet, ; because he ha beea turned " out, our sympathies- are invoked and we are called on to swear thai it was wanton ' cruelr unpardonable tyranny in old Jacksorn io do it !-.- ' :: . ' . ' ' If crumbs of comfort are to be enjoyed : by individuals" out of the Treasury r in con sideration of public services, why. shoulrf - hey be monopoliaed by one sef or persons all their lives, and even-become hereditary? Power in the hands oi so imperfect a being as man must ue expecieu sometimes to 00 abused and misused. Did nor Messrs. OI ay and Adams appoint some . men-, to office and retaip others, who were fur:ousj!poh(i-,i cal partisans, capable of villify ing and blackening even. private character, provi . ded its destruction would gratify the re - venge or promote the interests of their idols " and employersr?1. I it not tbe- duty of Jackson to remove air such ? x And' what i more ridiculous than tlie clamor raised ia consequence of such removals I ? The coa tition got into power against the will of the? nation and by nvans so auspicious,. that a v ibe-neitt. elrction they were indignantly"

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