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October; andTiicti purports .v ter desitrnates as" certain leaders of the i liitn"r.omfnnicafd oir authorised i . f in this statement artcr ltnoaKjiisror tnose I '-Mndivlduals iriUhis dates'. . wlioiathc.vrK party. which haldtheWanafreiocnt of the v --J5tateXeffls1lkture . in thir hand Vin -the - ;year rcuo, unu sayiDe,-tnat in in event nad no ' - ? ;doubt1tne.leadefs of iKe pariy; oultl se' dissolutiorvfof vthel'.UnvmV: and".th'e;jefab- ; lishmentof avSeparate'4Confecerationhe" ;r tik n e w" f rmii - u nequ i v oc a Tevl den ce al tho5 l." iiQt nroveable in aicoiirt of lav,,,,'- 'W , lhis, fcir,. i8s-noUthe. expression of an, t ; opiiloii a to jhe,: nature and (tendency? of ' tle;meureaa.t .that ltime: publicly ado'p j ted for proposed, by the i party pre vai ing 5 . in tlie State of Jftlassacbusetts. Eery. r ci trie h v a a a t j i be r t y to tor nv h i i Q w n o pi r - nion oji that subject! ? and -ve: cheerfully suuimi .uie . propriety 01 inose. measures ." f ' ;i .retire the-co-operationi with", them" of Great. t .;f;c WTU- Tl.af u;.; v.; - d-jti the ju dghient of an i mpa rtial posten ty. s r ; Hr- iu tne seniencej tjiicii we nave quoieu iCoutaitisher assertion of a- distinct Tact, asdnewithifl y our own knowledge.'V-jWe -r5v. are iiol . pir unitcn 19 , cousin er. , y uic T.v-unauarded; expression ..of irritated feel 5' insist has lily : uttered , at a ti me ..of great J ::- political excitement! Twenty years have eiapseu since tnia cnarge .was ursi; matte, ""y''in.s;priyate.-corl:e8pohdence.with .certain V-vr- members' oC tbngreis 5 and it is now de c i'-z libferatelTepeatcdjI-andjibrbnght before ,the:puotjc, uyer ine sanction, 01 jour nanie, as being: founded r on .unequivocal eviuencej ; wiuuu : uui; Knuwitoge ' -t - iv ; verf for;those deceasjejl .friends 'whose, re I - !V presentativea join, ln'this addrss, the ti" i'r 'tie ot leaders ot any, party . in, wassachur rietwv out Ave were assticiaiea ; m .poij tics withtlie party prevailing here at the pe- r r?6d referred to in ithe? stateriient above iinentioncd j Veme'p S the weasiires' adopted by tlmt tuirt y : "and .we. an ivearmiy ;approveu anu : supporreu riot easily; be convened .to join us on the Y present j occafeiort. -y- e ntrust, .however, , ; that 'you -will not question "our "right, "if i 'Tibi Jar :?.urjieJveR alone, at least in behalf. of the highly valuel friend with whom Wf acted. at that time- and especially of those 'of Jihem wJo are now decJ8ed, res- pectfully "to ask' from vousuch a full and Vtpfecise jutate mentor -tue racrs anu evi t dence; relating to tliis accusation, as( may enable us fairly to meet aiid answer it. " S -"' The obiect'of vthfs letter 'therefore, is. '"i tytcise measures, M'?oy,pf our associates whp still survive, are dispersed through -" out Massachusetts and Maine, and could V i ;' ' to-request; you to state -' - v : - s s vjf irst- noare tne persons, aesiirnatea V-YJ as Jeadera'of ,the partv.j prevailing in Mas- sachu!etts in the year 1808, whose object you' assert, was rand ; had been for several' J years, -a dis'solufionfof the Union, and the r eatabhshmentiot- a separate Lnntedera- . 1 ;;V'l":tion ? and ..t. ' "H V - t ' . ? i-:1'" that'charire is' founded1? - I"- a Vv . lJ admitted in the.:statement or, the ,vvf tnari?e' tnat;it is not proveaDie in a xourt r 4. " - oi lawV-and'ofcourse that you are not in4 ?S ;S ft possession of any 1 ega I ey id en ce by . vh i ch -4 tormaihtain itrr.The jevidence however i .' v. : .... . . - ;, 4 ': ' '.' '1 , ' " : -f '.,.'..'.," (nKiif Lotta hAan" aiiih ao. tn. trftiir Anitnnn would nave oeen -pronounced unequivocal by upright and; honorable4 men'of1 discri-; miuating minds ; and "we ; may ! certainly expect from youf j sense-of .justice ; antl' jelf-rc&pecta'fullduciosure of . all that you po?sess. . - r j V - , , : J , V charke" of -thi s nature,' comi ng as it v does from the 6rst magistrate of the n$- y . ; tton, acquire an 1 luiporiauuc '-wiiicii we ; cnnot affect to , disregard ; and it is one : xv hi ch ive ouht'not to leave: unanswered Vxi We are therefore constrained, by a regard y"'cl are, that we have never known nor sus- -f.P ;pecjted that the party whiclr prevailed in -7 Massachusetts . in the year 4808, or aiiy .other party: in this-stated ever entertained vj. f t rV thit design, to prodhce'a dissolution of the V - , Unibnorithe establishment of a separate J ConfederationiW It is impossible for us in --any otner ; manner w: reiuie, pr-even-6to by?whi t - ; .answer tnis, criarge, unui we see it tuny .r'''C4yr-4riri-ETfirTieiiiftriv.Tarpn ann - Know top 1 it". 'J ' . . " ' 41 - , I . : ''.' J 1 . evidence brwhich'U iS'ttf be maintained. ti',"a.v"",rj The undersigned 'think it duVto th'em"- o. - J antirAO frt M 'f Iflr f h A 4 Itl i. fTlJ Ifi n thl B T fnl 1 . t 1 cation toyou, they have no design nor '"u "T-wish to producean effect on any! political i l "party or question whatever s 'Neither is u their purpose to enterinfo afvindica- f U.tion or'discussion of the measures public' - -Jj adopted and ayowed-bv the prsons & V;"VV' " j taainst whom the'ibbve: charge'4 has been' 2 xnade Oyr bte 'object is to draw' forth ; . :. ii xncoi iwnvc ri v 1 1 1 - mat ; i large is, founded, xn,,ordep that the V public may njad -f its application. and its weighty t1 ; 1 AVi . are! Sir, with due respect, your ..Vbedient servants 7 , r , ; rrt : ;'. 'f!:fWrt "Suliiham Charles JacksSnf. ; I '- ys rTer Button JBenfru Pichhut : 7" " j f r Soji .ot" jtb e late George Cabiot.1 t FrtmhHn Dexter, - - n:ong the situretp itmcs of perr !yJH. -guarantee ta'ofTer that should sons forwhom a lonfe apd on my arttUB-:i J, f. . . - - r sons orwhom a lonff ana on my parr.uH linteri;Mptecj:jndshipr has-suryiyBd aii . ..... . :,, '., v - . ... . .. , ; . v.j' , ' . ......- ' 4... f .-"-.. :ti.i. the bitterness t poimc: aissension, 11 3ould- have afforded, me pleasure to ..an- Iyer with expiicirness anoi canaor ntu on- uhiclKasmen or.as citizens' rcan "acknow-f ledge'your right to asK; 'namely whether the interrotbr. ;was himsel f .k one' of ? the persons,- intended by-:ffle ;in the' extract w n 1 cn you n a v e giy en, 1 n nr a meuieu.. authorized, bv 1 me and published' the iNanonai lnremgencer. oi-ssist . sjcumwi.--. . Hal you : br-e" th er of.-you t hqiiffh t; pror per to ask me this question; it would have o ee ir n 1 o re 7 a u s 1 ae 11 ry, in -we w i etc. 1 c . . t h e r (n q u t y se pa rati.1 ty fr o in C each i n d i v 1 dually tha'n' arrayed in ijojid phala nx, each rels ponsibl e . n btVo n Iy for himsel f bu t ifor; all .-others; fThe'reasbrts for this must" be: so obvious topersons of your tntell lgence," ui of detailing them, -. v Buhsrentlemeri this is not all. r You ; u ndertake- y oUr-Jnaiiisitibni' not in ypur5 own names aione, dui as tne represenia- Tivfs or a grpaTiamii poweriui party,: ui-: persed thronffliput-the States ot sMassa- cnusetTS anu iwaine : parry coramanu-. ing, at tne time, .10; :wnicn vour incj.uines refr a devoted piaioritytin Jhe liegisla-" ture of the then United Commonwealth 5 & even now, if . wdged of by the character or its volunteer ueiegation," 01 great muu ence arid respectability m j i-"::-.--- cannot recognize you, on Uis occa-t siolri, as the representatives of that party, for. two reasons T-fVrst,' because you have neitherproduced your credentials for pre- sentip'g yourselves as their champions,' nor assigneq-sans wciory- reasons, lor pre-, se n t j n g y 0 u r s el v e s vv i th ou t th e m But, secondly'and chiefly, because your.intro-. auction 01 tnat party into tnis question is en t i rely grat q i t ou s; iYou r.sol e mh d e cl a? ration thatlyou dp : notkpow that the.fe derai or cany otherparty , atthe time;tt wnicn my statement rerers, ? lntenueu. 10 . produce the dissolution of the Union, and the, formation of a newlconfederacy, does not take the issue whichyour ownstate-v ment ot my charge (ns.yous are pieasm to consider itV had; tendered. 5 Tl:e. state ment 'au thorized by me spoke, not of the federal plirtyV but of certain leaders of that party-, In my own -letters to the mem bers of Congress who did me the honor at that t agunizi 112 crisis to our' National Union, of soliciting my ' confidential opi nions1 upon tlie measures under, delibera tion, I expressly acquitted the great bod y of the federal partyv not only of- partici pating inthe secret dejig:ns of "those lea ders,i but nven of bfingprivy to or believ ing in their existence. I now cheerfullv repeat, that'declaratibn. I well know that the party were not prepared: for that con vulsion, to which the measures and de signs of their leaders were instigating them! 5 and myf extreme anxiety for i the substitution orthe non-intercourse for the embargo arose from the' imminent danger that the continuance and entorcement ot this latter measure j would promote the views of.those leaders, byveoadinff a ma- jority of the people and of the legislature a . t . i- r 1 ' . 1 ...... l . to me .pitc.n-.oi" pnysicai resistance, uy State' authority,! against, the '.'.execution of the laws of the; Union, 'the only, effectual means oviwnicn uie uhhhi cuuiu ue uis solved NYour modestyhas prompted you to disclaim thet character of leaders of the federal party at that time If Iarn to cbiisider this as morethart a mere disa vowal of form; 1 must say that the. charge, which I lament to see hasexcited srmuch of ybdfr Sensibilityij had no reference to any of you. - J 1 . , ' " X Yur avowed object is controversy. You call Cra precise stuleiut fucts and evidence not affect intf. s 4o far as you' kow;r any boo of you. but to enable you fairly to'meet and to answer it.' ' ! ' . " , V - Afl yon detnand, ' - " - ; - , . 1. ..Who are. the .persons, designated as leaders of the" party prevailing. in -Massachusetts, in tjie; yeari 1808,whosertobject f assert i vvas,and had fbeeji, for. v several. years;- a uissoiution or ine union, ami me establishment of a separate confederacy f . 2. The vhol e evidence on v which . that tihargeis founded. . k. - I You observe that it is'admittedi in the statement; of thex charge,, that r it" is not prtrveaoie.in a court oi law, ana yourin ference is,0that l am of course notin pos session of any legal evidence, by which to maintain its: Yet ybit call vupon -me to name 'the persons affected "by : the- charge ; a charge in youresti mate-deeply", stigma tizing upon those persons ; and you per-' m it :? yourselves ; to rem md :me,: that ,my sense of justice arid self-respect jobip! me to disclose all that 1' possess. .My sense of justice to ybu, gentlemen induces me tp remark, hatrieayey tothe moral influences of your, own minds. without presuming "to "measure it by .r the dictation bfrnmij? -p- - r ,;v tc feupposethen that in compliance with your cal)L, I should name". one, "-.two, Tor three personal as ihtended to be included inthe'eharge - Suppose neither of 'those 4 persons to pe one oryou-you:nowever nave given tnem notice, Jhat I have no evidence against the mywhicK thetchatge' is. proveable in court of, lawand .you know, that I, vajs well' as; yourselves, -am-amenable to-' the laws of the latid. Does your self-respect convince you ;that tKe persons so named, v if guiltywould furnish the evidence 'aeainst -themselves," whicfi they; hav been notifieU that I do" notpos1- I alDCtt ? I A lA -n. .i.n'it.'at ' .1. . . I - 'l Wt t f ft 1 1 A Ml ' l f . f I tk. n .1 nf 14A4rt(r a l.t. i ' 'nn. K..'" Tit ri"-, 1 lea a m hlT UI ll 4K . itl 'ak "aaiL-u I , . , '1 -of. trcac have torgotten that any denceevcr existed PAiiU have tibt,be called by a summons, more: impe rative tliari yours, td prodiice in the tetni nle:bf iustice the. prbpf, which you' say J have not, or to pe oranoeu ror a lum pa" lignantslandererbf Botless.&'perkecuted virtue P.'-Jls' it notbesides imaginable, that nersons mav exist, ".wiio tho7 twenty-nve. years since j on venr ti 1 e t u e pe raw y u j. o aisappoiptmeni, iu4tm5 nucuiiauuii anu preparation of - measures tending ;to? the dissolu tibnof the? Union vperceiyed after-. waMs the error of their vays;& would no w eladly'wash 'out front theirTOWn'niemoriei th eir pa ricipa tio n 1 n proj e c is u p o u w 1 1 m u the rstantD v of . indeliblB f eprbbatibniias past f : Is it not possible that some'of the coifspiratbrs have: been called to account before-a highenthan artearthly tribunal for all "the' ; good "and "evil5 bf'their lives; and SAvhofee reputations : might now; sutler needlessly ythef'dUtlosurfevf f Cthjeir name.s r I' put these cases to .you,-; gen tlemen; as possible, ta show you that7 nei- tner my sense orjusucc nur, m v, cii-ic!-pectMoejs require :of nve' to ' produce ; ihe evidence1 for .which you callr or to'discljse thee names' i of persons for whom you have and can have no right to speak. V p lv - .These considerationsappearindeed to me so lorciDie, tnat it is not .witnoui. sur- f)risei that am compelled to believe they iad escaped your observation.' J cahmot' believe of any of you vthatwhicb I am sure never entered the heartsof. some ofn you,Hhat 'you 'should: have select cd the present moment,' forthe f. purpose of drawing me into a cpntrbversy not oijly wj(th' yourselves :ibiit with; others, .you know : not 'whomf .daring me to the le nouncement of names, which twenty-years since I declined committing to jthe ear of confidential friendship j and to theprp d u ct inn jof evidence - which "though pfr fee tly "satis factory to my'owq mind and perfectly competent for the- fouhdatiori'of honest &. patriotic public'conduct,! was ad- equate in a court u law neiiiier tu tue tuur victiop bf the guilty; nor to the justificaf tiob of tbe accuser, and so explicitly pro- tounced oy mvselt -v . " . - ! - - You say that you have no design nor wish to'producr ah effecVori atiy political party tir queslibn wbatever,---nor to en? ter into a.-, vindication of the measures publicly adopted & avowed by the! persons against: whom the above chargehas, been macie.. jiiut can you oeiieve tnat tnis suo ject shopld be discussed between you arid me, as you: propose wnenj caning qpon me for a statement, with the avowed in tention of refuting it; and not p rod u ce an enecx on any poimcai pariy or - question f With regard to the '5 public measures of those tipues It the siicceeding,which you ileclare-jto hate had yoursanctionj and ap probation, it needs no disclosure now, that a radical and ifreconcieable differ ence of opinion between most of your selves .and me existed; Andcan you suppose that in disclosing namesland sta ting facts, known perhaps, only to myself, I could consent to separate' them from those public measures, vvhich you .so cor dially approved and which I so deeply la mented ? -Must your, own defence against these charges forever rest exclusively upon a solemn' protestation against; ihe natural ; inferencei-from "the irresistible tendency of action1 tb the secret intent of the actor ? . That i a; statesman who ne- lieves in, human virtue' should bef slo,w tb draw this inference against such solemn asseverations; I readily' admit : but for the regulation of 'the conduct of human life, th rules of evidence are widely dif ferent Iromthose, .'which receivje or- ex clude testimony ib acurt of law. Kven there,-: you know, that violent presumption is equivalent, in cases affecting life itself, to positive proof : 5and n a'successiod of politicaVt measures .through , a- series; of years.'.jaii tenaing vtoM tne same result," thereislan internal evidence against which mere dpnia), however solemn; cah.scuce ly claim the credence eyen of the charity that beieveth.'all things.- v VJ - -1 j: Let ip"e add that the statement authoris ed by me, as publ.ihed in the'Naionaljlnj iplligencer, was m idej not. onlywithout the v i u ten in, bii t wit hou t the most d i,st . nt imaginaiioo of 'offpoding y u or; of; injuring any one of you. ; Buf, on the cootraryJ for the purpose tift'Xpressly disavowing a charge. Lwii thi niimfV of i he Jate M r . Jefteron wiucn was u poie -ifip-puouc, aiic-cioneu i ni put ing to crtai r ixit tzensv or 31 -tssav. h u set's trnasonable aseiftmttiMis with the Br i tishfgovernment' during the, w'arii and Ipx- pre,sly stat ing thr-1 . he had received; I'ofor matiou of this. from me. On the publica tion of this U'tter,v fjdeemed it indiiipeiisa bty due to oyelf, and; to alt "the cifizlrps of v Massachusetts," ntt only to deny haviiis ever given Mich information, iuVall knbw- it'uge sucu a tacu votiiHe more so, ue cause that lelier hifl been published ih 'UgU without! my 'knowledge, yet I was. well as ,?ureu -rrom motives oi justice anoKtnuness to me.; It contained a declaration bV.-Mr. jewerson niraseif, iranK, expcicix ano true, of t h e cha r.Tc t e r of the motives of my condb c t, in aji the transactions of my in? ere urse with hjim; during the pe r iod of the: em b i rgo. Th i V was a -point h port which his memory coul n"t deceive mm, a point upon . which , he was of-witnesses;; and hi t tesuoivny inure decisive because - given at a the best was the moment, as it would seem; of great "ercite- fnent' against me upon different iews of public nolicy even then in confltctaiVd pro ducing re,it-exacerbation in his j mind. i ne ieuer contained .1180 a narrative vt a personal interview betWeeh himself r?d me in. l arch ,1808,- and stated l hat I a4 ben . giyin hiitv ihV information I of , fic'S hich induced him to consent Jto the siib- for the .embarcol teok place. vtwelvemont:9 fter this interne wand;at raTsuccefcding session of CVuigress' when I'vVas hot.everr ajnerabr of lhat body. .'''The.Yiegotiatiorr for secedinz' from the 'Union. witlV a view to rejoin jt afteVvvafds; jfit:eVer existedmusf have, been during the war," I had no know- lece of siirh negotiation, or eyen or such hewing that iipon the face of the letter Itself it-cjiu iu L noi oe. correci 11. w .uu c.v w ? t'ofshowfthat-thev?mistatement; n Congress a year after, Vanii. wiih.:even is. projv?tsand perhapyinefe suipici..usi na tnrsl t-riiiulr as cohsnueiicesft;ihe--pre-4 Vieilins times,- but' whiclHcurTedjf atall frii m h h r ee to Vtk y ea rsT a ft e r, a n d, of w hi c hej cfiuld hot have had .information from me The simnlV 4 fact of ; Which r apprised 1 r? JeffV rson'was 'that, jn "the su ra mer of 1 80 aoout ine. nine oi wnat wb suiutumca va- eij the affair of the Iieopard and jChesa- npnke.' l had seen a etter irom ine.uoTur- nor of: ISTova Scotia to atpe'rsbn in," Massa-; ebuVettsr affirminff that ;the British govern ment adcertatn information of ; a plan by tha f o f Fra nee, to : coi) qu e rah e , B r ish po.v sessions and t effect a revolu tion.. inu th e U ni-r ted States, by in ea n's of a , waf.: with, G reat Britain, r As the United StateaaH Greatr Britain were iri'l 807at peace,V a cbrres- bondence- with, the GbvrrnoVof NoVa Scot imported ! ; no violation of la vir; -noroulq the "corresponden t be responsible , for; any tlnng; whicb theQovefhbrvmight write.V? BU 1 1 niy i f if erences froin th'i fabt were I that mere existeu oeiween ne jsncisri got -a" -I.- i A.:.Li: r.. !Nl'iva ScotiaV which 'he wasyexercisinsrtb in fl if ne their hatred against (France and thvir' jealousies" against their' ovn'gbyern! meht. The jitter was not to any leader of rthe fedefal party jfbut I;had:"no 'fbubrit ha'd been shown to Wm'e'bf theov as it had b4f o i q' .me, w i thou t";i nj u ri ct ion of s.ec recy -; aiid; as r:supfiosel, - with a" view '-to emP vince mi i - ' - .I.'. k I . ' Jit " ie in ii inis conspiracy oeiween a n d 1.1 J e fferson Ve a 1 1 y 'e x i s ted poleun poieon ,inr lvirir uerson reaiiy exisrea.-rt Haw that channel of communication mih;r snpi arid precisely at the time when I was writ ing t my. friends in CoifgreaiS the lejters urging' 'the7 substitution bf the noti- intercourse for. the embargo- Of'Mr.' Hen-? iryfs" mission Iknew nothing, til tit was dis-1 cloed by himself in, 1812. - - ; ; ; 1 !lt wai in these letters of 1808 and 1809 that I mentiuned the design of certain lead' pr's of the federal party to effect a dissolu tion of t h e Uni on a n'd : .t he establish men t i of arN rthern Confederacy: r This deiignj had beep formed, ; in the; winter of 1 103 4, im-med lately after,4 and 'as aconsequencei of jthe acquisition of- Louisiana; 'lts'iiis tifying causes to those who entertained it were," that i he annexation of Louisiana to the, Union transcended tlie-vCohatitutibhaU powers of t h p go verri rii e n t r of . t he JTJn ited estates, That it formed in fact a new cbn fede.rf.cy to which theV States.' united by the If or ii i e r c o ui pa c r; w e re n o t bo u n d t o a i he re iiat'ir was oppressive to tne interests and dej:ruciive to theviofluence;cfih'e'.-'Nbrth-' erp spction of the confederacy; whose ight" atid duty it therefore was to'secede'-frtoi the new body poliiic, and ui constitute one of Jheir own. This plan as' So far-mat ii r edj thu t he projiosal'liad been made. tr--an' individual to (iermit himself; at the pfOper i toe, to. be 'placed a t he head of : the rmili faify muveinents,' which- it was; foreseen wijuld be necessary: for carryingit into ex ecution;InaU?this: there was' tin overtact of f reason. : In the abstract, theory of our gy er n me n t i h e obed ie n ce k f the ci t ize n is but due to aii unconstitiorta!frluw.v r le mAy fa wfu! ly resist itsexecu tibn. '.If a sitV gl ij j ml i t id u.tf u nd cr I a kes this resist ahce; our constitutions, bottvof the United States and of each separate State,' have provided a judiciary, pow-grjudges and juries, ta de cide bet ween the indvid uat and the legiV lat?ve;act;lwhtch he has resisted as uncon stitutional. v Rut let us suppose the- case .that leffisfativ exacts -of pne hr- more State of'hiK Union are past, conflicting with acts of ,Co ngress a od com ma nd i nff i her resis- tance 'f jheir citizen's (against theniJTand Siatf-s arconcemed ?. arid what-wouhl be the condition f every citizen in the resis ting States ?Bound by, the double duty allegiance to th Union aod to the-' State; helwoufd be crushed bet weerv the- upper a n ii i tb e : n e th i er niil I s to n e& w i t h tit e pe r forotaiice of everv civic duly converted lri- to a crimeV Sitid guilty oT treason, by 'eve- ry acroi voeuience to the la w. . f 1:'Ariat the-powerof annexing Louisiana ici i ilia .j iiioii .nap ' pot oeen ''iieiesrated - to froth r th m k i rig "the ac t M ( sel f a i u sti f y i u ciup for secession from the"" Union. I -re- garded it'asrotie Tbf theVhappieSt events. wojcii;uai , weeurreu since the adoption ot the ebbstitutiou'; I regretted that an accit dcnaf illness" fri myTamdy which detain- W1S. j)t?oienr,ionaivf iav 11 ai.''se,M vr" irifirmifv bV.memof cVocl id I y ar know ! ed ged 5 Uha t -i t blend ed together to an inoismici mass taeimoniiw Viimvhii l. I had giveojiim In March. 1808. 'iyjtlvthV.;purpurt bfsCotTficfetalettes,. which' I had-wrfrten to his and 'my friend verniueiiL ami uie p:riytui Ajassacusuii 'opposed v to fMr.' J vffrspna'i charfnet 'of rtiminuriication tHrou?hT.tha' Governor ' of bd further used 'waa matter" of coniectu re jj fo the mission -.of Mr. John Henry was ninei 'months after my interview witfi'MrJeffer-l what else can-be the result but war,civil "war i4td'is not thaVaeyaftla 'dissolu'. thip 'of the ; Unions si' far vas' J the resisti p & Congress,' by the coiTstitii ti'un of the Untteii Slateswas my own opinion" and it is' re cor'Jpdlupon ther journals' of theSenatey of which, 1 was then 'a'lmemberlBut J far pd e n my' way to vyashington to take n jr. seat in.the Senate deprived, me of the power bf vbting for 'the ' Tatificaibnof the vice and consent of that tudy to the ratifi; can (II I. . - . f x . - ' r - 1 1 took myr seat-in the Senate " the . next d.iy 'f Bill. were immediately, brought ir; to" Congress-making appropriations to the amount of fifteen millions f ' dollars Ut darrying;theconveritfon into effect, and' for enabling ".tlnf-'Preaidcn'r to take pisefe;n,M of the ceded tertttoiy. intfMi measmts , ere opposed by all the me bers ,f. the Senate, wiiur had' vuted. lagainstheratifi ' cations vpf, "the :nventinns. w They - crj wiirmly and x cordial tfy Supported by me. I5 had no doubt of the C'instifuiional power to "make the treatieS.; ft- is '.exprpsU di-L gated in the constituti ny. .The power-f inakjn'g.Vthe tipulatedpiymeot for the cpssinv aJfd -ot takU popssion of : ced ed te r r i tory Was equal I y a n i u estiob ei by me : ft hey Vvve're ,iCoos.truct i ve4 powers but4 thimghtvtheiiifajrly oeces.trity oorisequfit o poo the power to make the: treaty." But. the , p'twer 'of 4r. nexrna the" inhabit titsJif cLnistAiia'tn n Urtto.ndf conferriMguprtn them, in a iiias al lt he ; right si; abd -7f equt ri ng of the in alf t h e d u t i es. o f c i tize ri s of i h e Utn ted S t ate it appeared to me ,haI niit been -dele.itei to Congtss by the people Mifrlie ;lnion, and could not have been delegated by thera .without the tiorisen tof the people of Louj! siana themselves.- y I thooght they required an amendment of .the constitution and i vote of the people. off Looisiaoa themselvps. and Jioffr re d to -1 h e Se n a t e reso I o t lot is foj carrying both - those, measures into effect which were rejected;,1 w. : G it has been 'recently .ascertained, ! byV ietterfrom Mr 7efferton to : Mr.' Dunbr written Jn JulyU 8()3 after he had Vecei?ei theV; treaties, .and ;johvenedCohgress ta cbn si dert he tn?? tliitt-J n' 'hi s b n t o n, he reatieVcouTd- not be' carried into effect wiihout an amendmeot 10 the constitution 'aml'ihat "tlie proposal for.such an: amend men twbuf d be thefirst measure J. adopted by the m,Va t their rapet ingV'i Yer M r, J ef. Person,; Presrdentdf 'the United .States, fdid approyejheaCts of Congress, ass jm1ng-.jhe!fpoVeTlwhichr'he". had so recent. Uy; thought not delegated: to -them, and ag the Execu ti ? e of ahe . Uriioiif carried ; ihea into -execution: fS' r"1 x' ' -fThuyMrVje'frerso the U. States the.feUerallmeoibersofr Cotigregg, vvho, opposed "and oted aatVst :the ratifi leution. of'thereaUesivandnyselff U con vcu rred in flie opinion thaU the, Louisiana cession treatie's . transcended the cbnstiiu tional'pbwers 'of the "igbve'fn merit of. the. U. States v But it was, after all; nr qiiestioa bf constructive power;' vThe power of mi king the. treaty: was expressly givenwith font: limitation. l- The8weeping'Clause,Jbj which all powers,' necessary and proper for carrying into effect those expressly J dele gated , may be u nderstood as u nli mi ted. It is to be presumed, that when Mr. Jef forson approved' and execu ted ' the acts of Congress, assuming-the doubtful power, he 5 Uiad brought his mind toAcquiesce in this suihcyiii laniuuinanan? construction, i Opposed it as long ..ridas" far as my opposi iioii could avail, -I acquiesced in it, after it had received the sanction of all' the or ganized authority of v the' Union, and the tacit-acquiescence of ahe people of the (J n ited States and of Louisiana. Since whicK tiine, so far asa this precedent goes, and no farther, I have considered" the question at irrevocably settled;- 'm;- ,: t IBut, in reverting to "the fundimental pri nc i pi I e of all our const i tu ti'onsi that obe dience is no.d ue 'to' an ' u ncohst U u tional I a vvi a ruf-1 h a t i ts e xec u tip n may be: I a w f ul I y resisted,: y ou ! rmus t ad init, that had th laws of Congress for annexing Louisiana to'ihe Union . been V resisted', by ttie ' au thu rityof'nne or njore States of the then ex; istiogj coiifederacy;, as uiconaiVbionaA bat resistance loight have been carried ta theexteu tofjdisfeofv.ng the UTiibn and of fonplng a neV confederacy, and that if the consequences ; of l the ceion had been su oppressive Ttipon 'Nw England and the N'frih, as" was-apprehended by the "federal leaders-th i whose conduct M thattnne all tbese;dhs'efvations refer; the project which iriey -did theirform Of severing the; Uniio, andstabliifhin3: a'.N'ortherh ConfederacT would in their application pf the "abstract -ptincipe'jtotn''',exisUngr' state -of tiling hfve been justifiable.7--In their views there fbre, I impute to theW nothing which ' it could be bfcfskry forthemto: disavow aqd, accordingly, ihrse principles were ciiV fiMvvy. anu .explicitly avoweu, eisnt years if it I VYhether hhVd any know ledge of I practicat pVoj ec t?bf . 1 803 arid 4, I k the proiect ot 1803 and 4, -1 knu ifibtv'vbuttheUrguinent'oF'iiiavspeech, ia which he referred-to'mv recbrtfed omnia:. jupon tha constitutional power., vas an j benteVposiurtpidT the jastilying caus ?ort tnat project, as- l UaU;heard themle- ;tailed aVthp: time; ,Th.t project, I repeat, i.au gone xo ine length ot tixing upon a mi litary teadef for its execu tiori ;:and althu' I the ' circu m s tan ces o ft the t i fries - n e v er- al- tmitted-of it executioh; nor even of its full development; Ihdd yet no doubt, in ISOl -"arid" f 809,and have no doubt at this time. ;that it is the. key to .aitt he great bvve? ;ments of thee.leadera of tlfe federal ptf inriNew" England, from that time forward, tdl, fits-fiuat-catitrophv'in the. Hartfori 'Conyetitton. . . : v z .. lt ? Gentlemen,T observe among the slgnfrt .ui your -ietier;ttie mupes of two meinun-Jaf-i that Convention, together with that (f tne sbn of its President . You will not unj derstiind inei as aQrming, .that,. either. yoo. was privy to thi? plan of military eie" xution, in 1804aV:Thatmay be.kriuwu tt yourselves, and not to me., 4 Ar letter oi Woui, first sip-ner. 'recentlv - DUhli'shid hi 'disclosed the fact, that he, although ;pu(ative,'.vifas"not."the."reaJ father of 8 11 iriford ' Copven tionV As he, who M t-.- a . Z . V. lf ... i- thU a i? pr warn s, ; py .,x pi j excellent jneou, iir. jQpin cy , Jn hi s; speec h lipon t h & a ! missiwn iptfLouisian.a;:':as-aState'-into:-.tfie:-Unifln;-- . hittiei:t;enjbyed, tturivailed, tke hutr'' f
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