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v0L 111T.-NQ. 3Q BY EDM. B. FREEMAN. Thc Apvocatk will be pririted every .vancc'or $3 if payment is not njade within o'J per lanu'iiii, in 3 moi"-"- :V.j to bo discontinued until all ar No pap- arc paid, unloss at thb option ot ''rTr.f. nn.l n failure to notity a dts l.. ,rpp will be considered !a anew . i.iir.ur.. awn : Advertisements, making . Tl onoiisquare or 41 ttivnn fimPQ frr tine Dollar, v-five cents tor, every fuDsequ lnnrp.r ones iri nroprftiou.. All J ,;,rtjqeraents'wiU be continued unless otherwise ordered, and each c ntinuance IWw- I Yhom Tin: Lynchcc n FFEltSON I AN. N TflB CIRCUMSTANCES. VAN BUR. EN'S PLOT 1 CT 1 We promised to s!iov Vo-hfie '&- L C vuses and the OBJF.hr of the ,ate extraordinary procee at .Kip to redeem tins pledge in thejudg- t nf eve rv impartial mind As to the partisan who goes for mcn reckless of all principle, we knowtha; what we sav mll be deemed and derived ligh ter than air. Be it so. e do not I reason with them. -We too veil know - the nature 6T political ijbigotfry to un dertake the task. Those nl iral bul vorks which interest and pa ;sion roar up around the blind jzealo : and the hired partisan, arc impregnable. A man had as well try to climb irpCalpe's Rock j with glass sandals or Ids feet, as attempt to scale them with rio other aids than " those of reason and1 argu ment. ! We speak to the pe i pie the thinking, sober-minded peoj tie, whom partisan zeal cannot mislead, nor Gov- ! fescWer lW clii&e aha otuct of the l&mYstenooi ?tents;;llHehosein- -tcresl to be snKser ved l rt tip end, t s not not to he an inactive spectator in reffard to the means, ve Miii tnerc to fill ,up the fore leave the reader blank, when he has a ccrtaifi person age to that distinction. . The Cause. On; this head the reader his heard mncti. Wi p have al- readv adverted to cigh t dill erent nc n hv'Mr. counts of the matter, as giv Blair, and those whose acdredited n cent he is. Tle utter! irrec4ncilabiJi- ty of these several statements, is, of itself, a strong ariXiiment adainst the. truth ;of eacli.nnii all. j The paths of truth are straight. Falselio id only is fond of Cretan labyrinths. The fact is, that although the domes ic affairs furnished the pre it should rath er, in our humble opinion, be viewed as the instrument than the cause xC the Cabinet troubles. Atl least for the gratification of Mr. Blair, ve will a gree with him that the "wish of the President to bring Major T aton and his family into society, had no influ ence in producing the diss ylytion of the Cabinet." ' And taking lim upon his own ground, we think it can be made appear, that, the refusal of Mr. .Calhoun and his friends to y eld them selves up, the pliant instruments of Mr, Van Bureri's vaulting ambition, was the" remote hul trite cause of the late astonishing transactions, i Let ns see how far the admissions of Mr. Blair sustain this declaration. Me shall speak for himself. In his let er to Mr. Berrien of the 21st of July last he says: , l"; 'y : ? "You, I think, must know steb. (the dissolution of the Cabinet,) I 1r J K was the result of a DIVERSITY of PO-! eously his blood-hounds were let loose UTICAL VIEWS, which attached the : on the editor of that paper and the two parties in the Cabinet UTdifferentl deep-mouthed and jvell-fed pack bay-Ziviiions- of the new parties which be-jed at his heels ever1 since. These are come apparent in the dissejision be- facts of universal notoriety, and can tween the President and Vi ce Presi-! not be denied. v i dent. This produced in the ; hen state Until this opposition on the part of of the Cabinet, combinationk in Con-; the Telegraph to Van Buren's succcs gress calculated to defeat the most sal-) sion, nothing was ever said about the ary measures of the admir istration. ' re-election of Jackson. It was sup la the opposition which showed itself posed by all parties, that; as he had regard to the Turkish negotiation, pledged himself to the people - to set the members of the Cabinet favora- the salutary example of a President re-' vie to tne neie-oorn oppumwyn, wert? presslv exemnted from the denunci-! . r . i i ations of those members of tj le Senate who then came out, and disclosed for le first time their hostili y to the) President and CTpart Cf his Cabinet." ; Here are strange; admissions- -acknowledged fact involving in them certain principles and rules of Execu tive power "and . conduct, of most alar ming tendency. Can any intelligent man doubt as to what this paragraph refers? Does the opposition of Messrs Tazewell and Tyler, to the "Turkish negotiation," authorize the President to dismiss from the Cabinet three able public servants, who had discharged their duties to the "entire satisfaction''1 of himself and the People? Is the Senate of the United States to be made nothing more : tlran a registry where the" edicts of the .Secretary of otqtc are to be regarded? Who was this (EPARTJj) of the Cabinet," whom it was next to treason for a Sen ator of the United States to oppose? It was Martin Van Burhn, and no one but him. Messrs Tyler and Taz well spoke of him, and -of him only. And w hy of him? Because the ' for eign relations of th? country, and the measures connpeted.wTth them, apper tained to that Department of the Gov ernment of which he was the; head. Because Ac had recommended a meas ure, not only in direct conflict with his own opinions otrthc celebrated Pana ma Mission, but which in effect, went to prostrate the Constitution at the feet of himself and the President. This act of the guiltiest audacity and dereliction, he called upon the Hono rable Senators ofVirginia, to approve. This, they could, not, without the most barefaced and shameless recrean cy to themselves and their country and therefore icould not do. And for this opposition to the "Part" it seemS: according to Blair, that Messrs. Ber rien,. Branch and Ingham, '-who of course could have nothing to do with it, : vere; unceremoniously dismissed from the public service' . kThi reason H p's tfap'fe ;inded- as the ibseCpf power is uuexampieo. yaiiauv man wjid regards 'tfie interest of his cbun-tryaDoVe-thtit of in diVi d n a! sr ?a n eti o n this hold atteinnt.ou the riirhts and privileges of -the Senate? ?Inst not only the Cabinet, but the highest and most august. assemhty. known in our. country, bow down in worship, of any President's favorite, maler female? " But to leave this part oVthe subject fo r a moment. We wish to refresh th reaer'rt- recollection of certain faet " of a prior date which mtist be taken anto view, in order to a lull un- derstanding of this detestable Pi ot. i H is a majtter of public notoriety, that as early as the; 19th of Novem ber, 1829, Van Buren was nominated for the Presidency by a leading paper under his control, published in New York. It will also be borne in mind, that immediately oii tlie appearance of his nomination, the United btaes lel egraph threw itself in the way; till d de clared -that it vas too arly to enter upon another canvass; and at the same time intimated that tne pretentions ot the "Flying Dutchman" did not enti tle him to so distinguished a station. lh a moment there was an uproar in the'eamp. Then, -and not till then, was the Telegraph denounced as be ing opposed to Jackson. Although, until that very day, and long subse quently, the Telegraph had stood forth the most uncompromising champion of the Jackson party Though sus taining the character and measures of, the President; with an unabated zeaj from that moment it was denounced as tan pnem'v to both. The mere ihtima Kot hr wnQ hnnosed to Mr. Clav's j . , l, HSU, in ml that thi&"line of safe precedents," was enough for the Secretary; and instantan- unng iroiu mu that no attempt would have been made to induce him, not only to violate a great principle, but to sacrifice his own veracity at the shrine of favoritism. HALIFAX, N. C. SEPTEMBER But Van Buren saw from the 'prompt opposition to his .first movement, not only that his schemes were under- stbod, and tliat vigilant eyes were up on him, but that it would be impossi- n,?Jor "im to succeed unless he could identify himself with Jackson. He therefore set. himself immediately to the work. He was among the first to persuade Jackson to disregard not on ly his word but his principles, and to continue at the post while lime and opportunity niight be afforded him, to prepare for the succession. The mode of proceeding was worthy of the cun ning of the Secretary's character. The great object was the destruction of his rival, Calhoun. The rneans were any thing and every thing which -could promote that end. A system of soft, chat flattery, coaxintr, and kissing ot nanus was instituted by him with Jackson; and so dexterously diei he ply the medicine, that in less than fdnr weeks, Jackson and Van Buren were one. We w ere fully apprised of the circumstances at the time they trans pired. One who kept the thermom eter of the President's feelings, gave us an almost daily Chronicle of the-rise from zero to the boiling point,' when the burning heat of Executive favor melted these mighty dignitaries into an anomvlous compound; and Martin Van Buren became I DENT! Ft EH. In saying this, we violate no confidence. The writer never gave us his name. To accident alone, are we 'indebted for that knowledge. High in office, he may think it noiv a lijjht matter to turn true blue Van Buren, as : we be lieve he has. Yet we will not betray mm. He has our pity and our scorn. We call upon the New York Com ier and Enquirer to bear witness that we accede to the proposition it has made in regard to this subject I?roo; says te "editor, of all con spiracies and cabals, 'are only known by 'their; jfect&.";-: We a uree to this, lict the .question be. judged of accor ding to this. rule. Vj submit to the test, t - . (V. :--". ,-. No sooner "was Van Buren iDENTf Fi ed, than he setabnut. his rwork, Berrien, Branch and Ingluim were destinx-d to.be his first victims. He desired to be rid of them for two rea son. first, because thev were tiie frid'n.fls of Calhoun, as he siipposod and s-econdlv because he wished their places to bo filled by creatures of his own, in orucr that i lie; uniten povvrr ari.d patronage of the Government miiibt.be brought to subserve his own selfish and wicked purposes. In less than a fortnight after his identifica tion, tlier e were charges whispered in the President's ears against these gen tlemen. Blair acknowledged this. He saVs that "members of Congress" cave the President ''information" n rcerard to a "political combination''1 on their part against Major Eaton. Then W'as the "identical paper" drawn up by the President which Atr. B. has not thought proper to publish. The reader is already inforriied of the character of this "identical paper." Out of it has grown the petticoat question, which has produced so great a sensation in the countrv. With that at present we have nothing to do. It is the object of this alleged "political combination," which we wish to ex amine. If the terms "political, com bination" mean any, thing, it must be a conspiracy for political effect. Something. separate from any private, personal consideration. . In this view f the charge it is obvious that Air. Calhoun's interest is intended to be understood as the obiect. Those of r his friends combined together to co erce Maj. Eaton a friend of Van Bu ren, from the Cabinet. I his was the charge on the 28th of January, 1830. And upon what did this charge of a Apolitical combination" rest? Sim ply and solely upon the refusal of Branch, Ingham and oerrien, to al low their families to associate with Mrs. E. This, is all that is in evi dence. It is true Blair speaks of some "members of Congress who gave in formation,' &c but who they are or what the information nobody knows no, uot Blair himself, nor the President. It was an "ccr-ougA; Col. Johnson in his letter admits this, as we shall hereafter sho; 22, 1831, - a contemptible trick. If there be any I "member of Congress" who wishes to stand evidence in this matter, let him come iortn lie is uenea. Far be it-from us to attack the character of any female. ; Mrs. E.'s may be as respectable as any, and for ought we know it is. But her char acter has nothing to do with this ques tion. If a diversity of opinion exis ted in the society at Washington in regard to this fact, it was but right &c proper that each individual should regulate his conduct accordingly. This, was done, not only in the case of the dismissed Secretaries, but in hundreds of others and no one had a right to interfere. But this did not satisfy Van Buren. He new Jack son's partiality for Major E. and his lady, and he was determined to turn it to his own account. We cannot prove this by vic.a voce testimony; be cause the New York Courier and En quirer has well observed, ''proofs of all- cospiracic.i ami cabals are only known by their.cjfect.i. He associa ted with Mr. E. and his family and the object of the charge against Ber rien; Branch and Ingham was, either to force them to follow his example, which he was fully assured they would not do or to force them to resign, which he expected they would do (and which in fact thev would have done but for the interference of friends,) and thus enable him to fill up the vacancies with more agreeable and tractable materials. The plan had nearly succeeded for it is admit ted by Blair, that the " identical pa per" (which appears to have been a sort of protocol of a petticoat treaty,) was drawn up by Jackson in con templation of an immediate dissolution of the Cabinet." How the Presi dent could have anticipated any such event, we cannot conceive: unless he V w expected from the " attitude" he had assumed, that the Secretaries would have resigned -for be certaia.lv could not have expected, that they would plead gnilty to the charge hatched up against themof a !' political combina-tiori'--a charge which i1 alllne parties, Blair, Johnson; the '. President; and Katon have expressly given op. ;inrr fact the JTalsehood t)f Inc. charge was only equalled by jts ridiculous ness. For no Uian in his senses-could have supposed, or canY now ; suppose, that Eaton was an objept cf sufficient political importance to compensate for the trouble and risk of xUxscvnrjii- racy. It seems to us much more - ra tional to conclude that it wss a matter .of at least three times die importance to Van Buren to get rid of Branch, Berrien and Ingham, than it could have been to them to have Eaton dis missed. But the refusal of the obnoxious Secretaries to resign completely non plused Van Buren; and so deranged his plans that he was compelled to stop on the very threshold of his enterprise. It is manifested from what Blair savs, that the President expected them to resign. They stobd their ground however; -and doubtless their deter mination was a thwarting one. They felt secure in their position before the public; They knew that the charge against them carried its condemna tion on its own face; and discharged their public duties with fidelity to the people they well knew that the Pres ident darcV, not to dismiss them to gratify his favorites. It is true that the President was publicly told in the newspapers, that his popularity could stand any ug" and influen that his " popularity ccd by tins mosi wicnea aauiauon, ne undoubtedly would have dismissed the Secretaries sans ceremonies but for the influence of his more thoughtful and less interested friends Col. John son in his late letter says, that " the President was veru much excited;" and those who know him, will not find it hard to believe that, but for this prudent interference, and the fear of the consequences to himself and those whom he favored, he would have nu llijied the whole concern. The Secretaries would not resign and the President was afraid to dis miss them without a cause. The thing must 'needs have come before the PEOPLE and they would give a fearful ludcment. In this way was Van Buren thwarted in is first effort j WHOLE NO, 13. to organize the Cabinet after hi orr. 'fashion. The scheme was well laid I the movement was an adroit one but ine neia oi nis ODera ions wns .tv! than fie was accustomed to. The wires with which he worked were- dis covered, and fearful of an exposure, and the consequent sentence of that stern judge, the peopfr, he gathered up the tools of his wicked Jncanta tions, and skulked back into his den. Thuendedthe first act of this des picable plot. We have deemed it necessary to re fer to these past circumstances, in or- ' dcr that the reader may the better understand the train of events which finally led to the catastrophe. Know ing these, we shall he better able in the' denouement to findouf t ,-.. 6c worker, as weil as the object o? .-vuujuuuoiIS. nc nas bcen ent out of the way; but the public hiss can reach him where he is. In nnr next we shall speak of the SECOND act of the plot. For the present, our observations are gone much beyond nau iQienuetJ. An Irish soldier. whoTTTTT: with General Moore, being ak if he mu'lu n,"c11 Hospitality in Holland. Oyes (replied he) too -much; J was in the hospital almost all the timo 1 was there." . A gentleman once anoIoErixin in r not joining in couversa- uon, said lie was afllicted with a rnM in Ins head, and when that was the case he was always heavy; dull, and biupin. -Upon rnvsoulthen Ymni;. 1 Tl TlT.,i x . f t.uii iiuesi vou are wrv m..rU w " - - be pitied, (or yo.u must have been af" llicted with that same cold in your head ever since I knew you, which is more than twenty years." : When Beau Nash was ill, Doctor Cheyue wrote a prescription for him. The next day the doctor coming to sec his patient, inquired if he had fol lowed his prescription. "No, truly, doctor," said Nash, "if I, had, I should have broken my neck,- for 1 -threw it out of a two n.i!r nf Perpetual Ftrc Tp the Peninsula or Aheheron,. in the Proince of Schirwan, formerly belonging to Per sia, now tg Russia, there is found a perpetual, or, as it is there called, an eternal fire It rises or has risen from time immemorial from an irrecu lar orifice of about twelve feet in depth, .and oue- hundred and twenty feet in width, with a constant flame. . I he flame rises to the height of sir or eight feet,: is unattended with smoke, and yields no smell. The fi nest turf grows about the borders, and.atthe distance of 'two toises arc, two springs of water. The inhabi tants have a veneration for this fire, and they , celebrate it with religious ceremonies. Connecticut Observer. Dr. Watts As he was standing one day in a coffee-house, he observed a gentleman looking very steadfastly at him, and presently heard him sav to his friend, " That is Dr. Watts." jt js? replied the other; "then he ;s a verv little fellow? on which Dr. Watts, turned to them and said " Were I so tall to reach the eky, Orrasp the ocean with a span, I would be measured by mr soul; -The mind's the standard of the man.' Aaro. An intelligent Officer of tho Navy, who visited that noble ship tho Pennsylvania, at the Nary Yard at Phil adelphia, a ftfw days since, informs U3 that it was discovered recently that sho had settled somewhat on the stock. She was iu consequence farther propped up. but it. was apprehended that if she settled still more, there noold be no al ternative bat to launch her immediately. Her armament which lies along side, of hr ronsists of 136 forty-two ponnders. She has four tire of guns, and would re quire, when in serrice, a crew of 130D mCT1.jTfjir. of Commerce f
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