North Carolina Newspapers

4 4' 1 ! THE NORTH CAROLINA SPECTATOR AND WESTERN ADVERTISER.; VOL. II. 14 vi! ' V t ii' placed in your hand. " - These are not the. only difficulties ac companying his apology : there are oth ra fit! 1 1 mnrp. formidable, and which must , t i mM M ft V a v a w com pd hi m to assign some for disclosing the proce say s, that 'he (Mr. Crawford) "stated that recollection of Air. Monroe and IVIr. Wirt, you" (Mr. Calhoun) "had been in favor as will fully appear by copies toff their of an inquiry into the conduct of Geneial statements, Herewith enclosed, j 3? eelings Jackson, and that he was the onlv mem- of delicacy CTowin out of the 'political ame other reason ber jof the cabinet that concurred with you. relation of Mr. Adams and Mr! CrWn edings of the cab- He spoke in strong terms'of disapproba- inshield, tiie other members of ; the then met. - , 1 uuit vi iMC; course pursued by ueneral aammisiraiion, both towarus vuuiuiu my- Mr. McDuffie's letter to me, of the Jackson, nk ohlyin his military proceed- self, have restrained me from applying for 14th instant, of which I enclose a copy, in'gs, but in prematurely bringing the their statements, but I have hot the fleast proves that Mr. Crawford spoke freely of grounds of his defence before the country, apprehension that they would, vary :from the proceedings of the cabinet on his way and 'forestalling public opinion ; thus an- Mr. Monroe's or Mr. Wirfs. jlj ? to Georgia, in the summer of 1818 ; and ticipating the administration. On this ' Comment is useless, I willjnoi attempt dates will show that he could not at that point, he remarked, that, if the adrainis- to explain 'so gross a misstatement of the time have seen the extract from the Nash- tration could not sive direction to public proceedings of the cabinet, but Will leave ville paper, on which he now rests his a- opinion, but permitted a! military officer,! it to those friends of Mr. Crawford! who poioy. xne ueuueraiiv" vi . wumci wuu ndu viQjaieu nis oraers, to anticipate nave piaceu. nim in mis uiieuuuu ju yewrr- took place between the 1 4th and 25th Ju- them, they had no business to be at Wash- mine whether his false statement is 'to bo lngton, and had better return home." attributed to an entire decay pi memory, Such was the language then held, and such or to some! other caise ; and if tbe former, his tone of feeling at that time. ' "We hear to exempt themselves from the rc$posibil- notqne word of the letter which makes sen ity of thus cruelly exposing a weakhesss latu n to the operations m r lorida appear- conspicuous a figure in his present state- which it was their duty to conceal.; n - cA in the Intelligencer. The letter of Mi ment ; not one word of the change ; it ef- It now becomes necessary to say! some- Monroe to you, of the 19th July, 1818, fected in his mind in relation to vour con- thinft of your letter of the 6th January, to s probably the day of the Jinal decis- duct; not a word of his staking a course dinerent irom me : but on the contrary, he then stated, directly, that he concurred with me in favoring an inquiry, and indi cated no difference on any other point; and so far from exempting you from the charge of breach of orders., as he now nt- parison of these dates, you will see that tempts to do, he asserted, positively, that presence, and, finding that it was from it was impossible mat iur. L-rawiord could you had violated your orders. Shall we 1 you he gave tne the letter to read; cas find the explanation of the contrast in the mY eJes over it, and remarked that it re- two statements in the difference of his mo- lated to the Seminole affair, land iyou Id tivesithen and now 1 Is his motive now require his, attention, or something to; that ly, 1818. On the former day, Mr. Mon roe returned to Washington irom Lou den, and on the latter a general exposi tion of the views of the Government in re- fixes ion of the cabinet. 'Mr. Crawford passed through .Augusta on the 11th August, as announced in the papefs ot that city, on which day, or the preceding, his conver sation, to wfiich Mr. McDuffie's letter re lates, must have taken place. On a corn- which Mr. Crawford has given iri hi statement, -so much prominence.' My re collection in relation to it rfccdfds fwith Mr. Monroe's statement. I came" into his room when he had annarentlv iust recei ved the letter. He was indisposed' at the time. I think he oDened the 'letter in my J- ii! ' ' ' have see n the extract from the Nashville , paper when he was in Edgefield, and he . lhu.st consequently find some other apolo gy for his disclosures. This was not the only instance of his making the disci o 6ures before he saw the extract. ' He ."was at INIilledgeville on the ;16th of Au gust, 1818, a few days after he passed . thfough Augusta; and a little after, jthere ' - appeared a statement in he Georgia Jour nal, somewhat varied from that made in Edgefield, bfltigreeing with it in most of the particulars. I cannot lay my hand on the article, but have a distinct recollection of it. You no doubt remember it. ! Cir- CONGRESS. TWE!iTT-riRT cogrf. .rco:D r.in. r In the Senate, on the 19ih oliimo. the hill ma king oppropriatioa fur ibe rapport of povernront lor the year ICJl. wai comioerM, uip qoeMian Forsyth himself show rae the letter tbe original letter 1 Bv what authority did lie place a copy in your hands 1 ftone is gi ven by the writer. Why is your name in teroosed ? Was it to bring me into con flict with the" President of the United being oa the amendment property ; Mr. Ta- States? Iftheobiectof the corrcspon- )?JJIT?!? dence between Mr. Crawford . ana air. ed eTorkih treaty. Mr. Kanetlio med u Forsyth be to impeach my conduct, as it amend the amendme,nttuyin,ninsuae iwiioin would seem to be, by what rule of justice (making f0"00,0');,?" btlf i i ' i r i nf.rlfll inmv employed m oar interamree wiUi the b!im am I deprived of evidence material to my Potelhe f(lrtlM;r fumof fiaeen thonsand doiir defence, and which is in the hands of my in Virion n, the nm oftvenij-fiveihouMnd dol- accusers--of a copy of 31r. Forsyth S let- lax apropriated for the contingent exptiJe of fur- tei, with the enclosures; of a statement e w - . til ,7,rJ,KV;LTrro r . , f bill be laid on the Uwe, and that tbe ienaie pro of the conversation and correspondence ot tQ the condera:ioa of Hxecumc bcinr ; the two individuals whose names arc in which motions were carried. blank in the copy of Mr. Crawford'3 let ter furnished me Why not inform me who theyjare T Their testimony might be highly important, and even their names In ihe llonie ofRctreentaiiTea. on the same day, Mr. Lea submittal a reflation in amendment ofiho report made by Mr. I Ictnphitl, on the sub ject of internal improvement providing for thed:- bnrtement oitlc money granted or Congre tor alone might throw much licht on this roys- this purpose, by the atea repectiuny,andforthc terious affair. I must be frank. I feel that I am deprived of important right, by the interposition of your name, of which I have just cause to complain. It deprives me of important advantage, which would otherwise belong to my position, lly the interposition of your name, the communication which would exist between Mr. Forsyth and my self, had he placed Mr. Crawford's letter in inv handi. as he was authorized to do, is prevented, and I am thus deprived of the right which w-ould have belonired to me in that case, and which he - r-j distribution of i1h sarn?, according to rcprexntatron and direct taxation. The varhw appropriation bill?, considered on apifccding day, were read a third time and passed. In the II. R.onthc2l st, Sir. Findlay presented a memorial from ccrtaia Jews in Ohio, praying that' the mails should not be permitted to be carried on Saturday, which Uicy tinted wa their Sabbath It was roferrcd to the cune committee a he me morials respecting the transportation of tlie Sunday mails. The consideration of tbe memorial of cer tain inhabitants of Massachusetts, on the subject of could not injustice withhold, of being placed in I ihe Indians, was resumed, and Mr. Everett contin to injure mes, and was it then to attack an other member of the administration ? Or must it be attributed, as the "more chan itable interpretation, to the decay of mem- ory t Whatever may be the true explan ation, all will agree that a statement, when I thou;!jt no more effect : after, 1 think it was at tl raent o?the next session heard some allusion which ot it,5- jtiong be coili nicjnee of 3Corigrejs, I brouhf the letter to my! recollection. It wafrpni a quarter which induced me to believ that it came from Mr. Crawfoid. ljcalleid and mentioned it to Mr. Monroe, an; : k"Qund events were fresh in the memory, is to be trusted in nrpfprpnr.R tn nnfi niaHi' twpli-p years after the transaction, particularly if that he had, entirely torgotten the. ?ettr. the former accords with after'.events, and After searching some time, he fiiuu it a- the latter does not as lis the Case irf this mong somej other papers, arjd rejid tj 1 as instance. At the next session ;of CoiWess. he told mej for the first time'. j : cunistances'fixed it on Mr. Crawford, and J your jconduci in the Seminole war-was se-K Having stated these facts, I slibujil be t has not, to ray knowledge; been dem- verely attacked in both branches of the wanting; in feandor were ! not alsrtto.state, Legislature, j Lettis sceif the course pur- that, it the iacts had been otherwise:; had suea py iur. ;irawtord ana ms personal and confidential friends can be reconciled to thi statement which he now gives of cd. ' With such" evidence of inaccuracy, ei 4 ther from want of memory, or some other y causerfn what relates to hisjo.wn motives and, actions, it would bo unreason able to r suppose -lhat Mr. Crawford's statements will prove more correct in what relates to me. I w'ill now proceed to examine them. He first states that I proposed that you his course Jnl the cabinet. Mr. Cobb, of Mr. Monroe read your letter; and ilnten tionally omitted to answer it, and j had it been brought before the cahiuet,! in imy opinion it would not have had the least influence on its deliberation. Tlie! letter was not received till several week's, after Georgia, now no rhorej was then a prom irient member of the House of Represen tatives. He was the particular, personal, the orders to you were issued, and cpuld and confidential friend of Mr. Crawford. not theiefore, as you know, havq (iad any should "be punished in some form, or re- his near neighbor, and formerly a law stu- influence iit drawing them up ; arid such, prnnanded in some form;" and to make dent tinder him; What part did he take 11 1 conceive, was your opinion, as 1, do not my course more odious, as 1 suppose, he He led the attack; he 1 moved the resolu- nna anv allusion to tne letter m your pur adds, that "Mr. Calhoun did not propose tions against you ; he accused you express-1 hc or private correspondence at thejtime, Jy ot the violation ot your orders, and sus- which wouia not nave Deen tne cse,'iiaa tained the accusation with all his pow- ll in your opinion, formed a part f! your ntissession of all the material facts and circutnstau- ccs connected with this affair. In thus complain ing, it is not my intention to attribute to you any design to deprive me of so important an advantage. I know the extent of your public duties, and how completely thc engross your attention. ' They have not allowed you sumcieni nine iur reneciion in this case, of which evidence is afforded by the ground that you assume in placing the copy of 3Ir. Crawford's letter in my hand, which you state was submitted by his authority. ' 1 do not so understand nm ; the authority was, as 1 conceive, to 31 r. t or- syth, and not to yourself, and applied to the origin al letter and not to the copy, both of which, as I lave shown, are yerviiupoitant in this case, and not mere matters oflufin. 1 have'asked the ques tion, why is this all air brought up at this late eriod, and in tills remarkable manner ? It mer its consideration, at least from myself. 1 am in the habit of speaking my sentiments and opinions freely, and 1 see no cause which oogut to restrain hie on the present occasion. I should be blind not to see that this whole affair is a political manoeuvre, in which the design is teat you ebould be the in strument and mvself the victim, but in which the real actors are carefully concealed by an artful movement, A naked copy, with the names refer red to in blank, affords slender means of detec tion, while, on the contrary, had I been placed, as I ought to have been, in poseesiou of all the facU which 1 was entitled to be, but little penetration to arrest iieneralJackson." i .1 will not dwell on a statement. which on its face, . is so absurd. How couM ah officer un der our law be punished i without arrest and trial 1 And to suppose that I propo-; sed such a course, would indeed be to rate my understanding very low;; ers ford's course All this accords with Mr. Craw- justification You rested.your defence on statement of his sentiment and his what 1 conceive to be much more tJeyated at the time,; but how can it be re- ground on; the true construction! as you could conciled to his present statement ? How supposed, of your orders, and the: neces- he, on anv principle of iustice. stand Sltv OI the measures which you i ndppted The next allegation requires much more by and hear you thus falsely accused, in 10 terminate the war, and not on any sup- attention. He says : "Indeed, my own the face of the world, when he, according Posed secret wish of the Executive io op- views ou tne suDject naa undergone a ma terial chanee after the cabinet had been convened. Mr. Calhoun made some al lusion to a letter that General Jackson liad written to the President, who had for gottpn that he had received such a letter; but said tjiaf if he had received such a one, be, would find it, and went directly to liis cabinet, and brought it out. In it Oenpral (Jackson approves of the deter minaiiort of the Government to break up Aun-lia island and Galveztown ; and gave it also as his opinion that Florida . oujrht t to he taken by the United States. He ad ded, it might be a delicate matter for the JRxecutive to decide, but if the President approve of it, he had only to. give a hint to some confidential member of Congress, , say Johuuy Ray, and he take the responsibility on cd the President if the letter bad been an fiw-ered : he replied, no ; for that he had no recollection of receiving it. I then said that 1 had no doubt that General Jackson, in taking Pensacola, believed he was do ing what the Executive wished. After that letter was oroduced, unanswered, I to his knowing now. knew that it was all position to the public orders under which false 1 -And bow can he reconcile his si- 7" acted. Mr. Crawford, I iri placing lence tlen, when you stood so much in jour justification now on such "grounds need df Viis assistance, with his disclosures not only exposf-s your motives to be!bues- ' J I .i -J .- i . - . I -.. .1 Ul. C L : l l',': now, wnn tne agitation I lias long since uul,cu uuli"s ia ua.ms ucv& chij,; gteauy passed away, and his aid no longer requi red 1 But let'us 'turn to the other branch of the Legislature, ;and see. whether .any occurrence there can explain this" appa rent mystery. General Lacock, of Penn sylvania, the j particular friend of Mr. Crawford, and in the habit of constant in cdhis remarks in Fupportof it in an argument, in the course of which he contended that the rights of the Creeks and Cherokee had been infringed up on by Georgia,' in contravention of the mot wderon treaties on the. part of the United States ; and then, soon aAer the commencement of hU, remarks, 31 r Potter rose to a question of order, stating that in his view, there was no quorum present in tha Houe; but the Speaker stating that motion was not admissible in that stage ofquestion,the Mr.Ever ett proceeded. Mr. Ifajncs, of Georgia. replJcd in an animated and eloquent speech in vindication of the conduct, and in advocacy of the ri?hu of the State of Georgia. Mr. Bell nest addressed the House, and stated upon proofs which, as be observ ed, were satisfactory to him, that the great majori ty of the Cherokees were in the most Kjualid and miserable condition : no further advanced ra civfli zation, or in the arts of social life, than their ances tors of a century ago. It was not the red men who were benefitted under the present system, but some twenty or thirty whites w ho had insinuated themselves into the confidence cf the Indians, and who, together with tlie half brredsj controled the whole tribe, and acquired wealth at the expense of those for whose welfare so many - philanthropic wishes were expresed in the Houe. He deplo red the revilings and denunciations that had occur red daring tlie discussions of this question, and de precated the spirit of bigotry in which they had their origin. - The people otueorgia would raihex would probably have been required to see through gafler military execution than recede from their ex tbe whole a ft air. The names which are in blank might of themselves, throtgh their political associ ations, point directly to the contrivers, of this scheme. I wish not to be misunderstood. I have too much respect for your character to suppose you capable of participating in tlie slightest degree in a political intricue. Your character is of too high and generous a cat to resort to such means, either for your own advantage or that of others. This the contrivers ol the plot well knew, hut they lio- ed through your generous attributes, through your ofty and jealous regard for your character, to ex cite leeli 6uraate their desig ned me Ions since that a blow was meditated a gainst me ; I will not say from the quarter from which this comes ; but in relation to this subject, more than two years since, I had a correspondence with the District Attorney for the Southern Dis trict of New York, on the subject of the procee dings of the cabinet on the Seminole war, which, though it did not then excite particular attention, has since, in connexion with other circumstances, served to direct my eye to what was going on pressed determination to sustain their law; and would those who, from pirty feeling, pressed this measure forward at the awtnl risk of producing a civil war, persist in a course which, while it en croached upon tbe honor of tlie President, and lh spirit of the constitution, placed the country upon the brink of an inteline com motion T After some further remarks, Mr. Bell, w ho was in a state of exhaustion from the e fleets of ill health, at the re quest of his friends, suspended his remarks. In tlie Senate, on the 22th, the consideration of weakens your defence. ' On a review of this subject, it is Impos sible not to be struck with the time and mode of bringing on this correspondence. It is now twelve years since the ; termina tion of the Seminole war. . FeWsevents in our history have caused so niuchi ", excite- ngs through which they expected to con- tbe bill making appropriations for the support of heir designs. Several indications forewar- Government for le31 having been resumed, Mr. Tazewell addressed tlie Senate at length in favor of the motion made by him to strike out the appro priation for the payment of tbe Commissoners who negotiated tlie Torkish treaty. Mr. Tazewell was followed by Messrs. Kane, Woodbnry, and Liv ingston ; the laft named gentleman, b'owever, af ter a brief exordium, and at a late hour, jiclded the floor on a motion to adjourn. -:' In the II. RJon the same day, 2,000 copies of tho report of Mr. Vcrplanck; fsora the Fried cora- l Of Mi. Crawford I speak with pain, and only mittec ou the subject of tho expediency of etfab- in sen aetence : dux, mat yoa may more luiiy real- uiag uuiv m uuc iuiuu i iiui terceufse with him was the chairman of ment, or been so fully discussed, both in the conimittee in that body to whom the ad out of Congress. During, 4 1 greater part of this ion"" period, Mr Crawford part or the message which related to the Seminole war jwas referred. Mr; For- was a prominent actor on. the public stage, sythi, then and nov a Senator from Geor- eeing and hearing all that occurred, and ffiaJarid who now. acts a Inromiiient nart without restraint, according to his5 own would do it, and in the transaction which has given rise to statement, tb disclose freely nil lief knew ; himself. I ask-: the present correspondence, was also a Jei not .a word is uttered by him an your . i it... J . . . 1 . . . i i.ir. i.... i - 4 , . ' raemDer, and was then, as he is now, an wuau , uui now, wnen you nave triumpn intimate, personal, and political friend of e over all dintculties, when you nd .Ion- Mr. Crawford. With two such able and ger require defence, he, for the first I time, influential tnends on the committee, he had the most favorable opportunity that cotild be offered to do you justice. Ac cording to his own statement, he felt ho ize the spirit which actuates him, and how little scrupulous he is of the means that he ues where 1 am concerned, 1 would refer yoa for illustration to facts in the possession of one who stands to you in tne relation oi a constitutional aaviser, ana woo from his character is entitled to your entire confi dence, I mean the Postmaster General.- No one knows better than yourself how sacred the elector al college for the choice of President and Vice President should be considered in our system of government. The electors are tho trustees of the high sovereign power of the people of the States, as it relates, to the choice of those magistrates ; and on the degree of fidelity with which the trust may be discharged depends, in a great degree, the suc cessful operation of our system. In order to pre vent, as lar as practicable, political intrigue, or the and South Carolina, and (orgia, were, on mo tion of Jiff. Carson, ordered to be printed. The document in question is replete with many interes ting and valuable facts, among which is die on that although the first native gold in the United States was discovered so recently as the year 1 825. yet last year four fifths of the whole gold coinage of the mint, amounting altogether to $643,105,wa coined from gold collected in the southern part of Union. Of this, pure gold to tbe amount or $24, 000 was received from Virginia, $204,000 from North Carolina. 26,000 from South Carolina, and $212,000 from Georgia, making an aggre-. gate of four hundred and sixty six thousand dollars. In the Senate on the 23d, the Chair laid before tho Senate a message from trie operation of extraneous influence on the choice of! President of the United States, iti reply to breaks silence, not to defend !you;but to accuse one who crave you every subDort in l l-r ' the electoral college, it is provided that they shall meet in their respective States : and that they shall vote, throughout the Union, on the same day, and be selected within thirty-lour days ot the time de signated for the election : thus excluding with the greatest care all other influence on the choice of the electors, except the, will of their constituents; but your hour of trial in his power, when. VOU where the object was to injure me, the sacred char were herceiy at my request,) requesting him earnestly to use ely attacked, if not by Mr. Craw- acterofthe college w as an insufiicent restraint. sho jld hare opposed the infliction of pun- obligation to observe silence in relation1 to rd himse f,' at least -by some Q?f his "rSl.V : 1 ' I T 1 1 111. 17 i , I ,'-, , . Z I . - 5. C . I H-0, U VULY Ul I1UBC 1CIICI IMS IIOS lUrDlitilCU me considered the silence of the President as a tacit consent ; yet it was after the letter was produced and read, that Mr. Calhoun made the proposition' to the cabinet, for punishing the Geueral." Again: "1 4o not kuov tlat I ever hinted at the letter to tho President, yet that letter had a most most confidential and influential friends. JNor is the manner less f remarkable 1 his influence with the electors not to vote for me as time. Mr. Forsvth.' al'Sen- Vice President, though he could not be ignorant the proceedings: of the cabinet. Why, then, rhn hf nnt intprnnsfi with his fnpnHa I lOr IS a; ? nrun I than the . . r , . . i. I t 'n i " : . I that I had been nnminatpH far that fiirp. he did hot. 1 need not offer vou arguments aior irom Georgia, here in nis place; writes oA- wfK nF ' to prove. The report of the committee is oair, vrawtprd, his ( letter cpveri3g CtT- nominated yoo, in a State convention for the high sufficient testimnnv. Shniild he sav tht taita enclosures, and referring: tol certain station which you now hold, and that the electors rJ 0a-;A r-i:' e I corresnondpticp. nrl rnnvrpsAtinWit in ro. were pledged to vote for you as President, and vun ivcuaiucu uv itciuiga ut. utiiLay r " . , ir ': r :j . - rrn. IUY3C11 as itc a icmucuu x ills u uvi uic uui j ui stance of his interference. He pursued the same course in Tennessee and Louisiana as 1 am infor med on the highest anthoriry. . 1 m m At an earner penoa, ne resorted to means not much less objectionable to injure my standing, and r. t i l . juii wu uie auujeci, it seems it had none admitting his present statement, it was answer he authorizes Mr, r orsytn :to show I am net ignorant of his correspondence with that UV IKCllIJa Ul UtllCaUV w..wJ,F M1M It- , f. v-t 1 :if- i.- F- j lntinn tn, mJnJ,.,t in 'th U Av.u. af lce rresiaent. 1 1 will ill Lr I l tJ ll f l ir wiiii riiN I riff ll in fill in,' l - - - v ui , uwuuik mvi vuuiut ucuir- important bearing op -the deliberatipns of coramiftee, how will M reconcile, on , the eration on the, Seminole, questions. 'yMr. feeaottmtat leastin my! mind, and pos- principles of justice and honor, his silence Crawford answers, correcting thj state- siniy ou the. minds of 31r.1 Adams and the after the renort so srvprrlv assailino- vour ments alluded to in same instances, and I rpside.it, but' neither expressed any opin- motives aiad conduct was made, when, confirming and amplifying in OtherJ; which on the mind I ot Mr. Calhoun, for it made completely in his power to shield you from me if he pleased. Of all this, Mr .IFor- view, and which, I feel confident, has not escaped no ciiHftge in ius conduct." Tcensure? ' t ( syth gives me not the slightest intimation, It will he no easy matter for Mr.' Cm w- t Rut frhv sKm,lrl 1 tiro eto n A rre though in the hahit of almost1 dailv intpr . ... - - - ' - i I - " - J JL LV UUIC CiliVI ! J M UUI o : J . loru io recunuiie me siaiement which he to nrov'e that Mr. Crawford's wlornnr course in the Senate : and instead Of fehow has thus-Circumstantially made with his indirect conflict with his -present state- ngme Crawford's letter, ashef was corducf in relation to the Seminole atiair, ment of the proceedings of the cabinet, authorized to do, t hear of it; for ihe j first "UI" .V1? u,u? UI luc ucc slon 01 e fcabi- when there remains no obiection that can- nme D7 having a copy put into my hand not be surmounted ? The statement is "uder cover of your letter of the U3th in entirely destitute of foundation. It is not btant a coPy with important blanks' and true. Strange as it may aonear. after an unaccompanied with, Mr. Forsyth's'letter, account so minute and circumstantial, no wun lls enclosures, to which Mnj praw- ssucb letter as he refers to was ever before tora s 18 111 answer. : i jiet till the subject ceased to be affkatpH How will he, in the first instance; rp- concile it with his Edgefield statement, of ynicniir. McUume's letter gives an ac- a. 1 : fTl a ' couni i i ne contrast between that and I he:present : most striking ; to illustrate the Cabinet, or alluded to in its delibera- . wucu, x win pre an extract irom Mr. tin. Iat m(.mnrv ' HUtint aA 13 UUUII1 U1VU VJ . XO UlSUUbl give McDuthets letter. The letter of the Hon. George McDaffie, Ap- tee Appendix H letters from Hon. Robert Why is this so? Why did not Mr. See my letter to 3Ir. Monroe and Mr. Wirt, and their answers : also, letter to MrJ Adarhs, and his answer, written since the date of this Ifetter. Mr. Crowninshield, the other member of th cabi net,, was absent: see his letter. See! Appendix, J, IX, I) Ol, . ' r t;. yonr observation. IJnt I will not dwell on this disa creeable subject. I have no resentment towards Mr. Crawford. 1 have looked on in silence, witboat resorting to any means to counteract the injury which he intended me, and I now depart from the rule which I have carefully , observed ever since the termination of tlie Presidental election in 1&25, because his present attack comes through a chan nel, my high respect for which would not permit me to be silent. I have, however, in noticing what I could not pass over, situated as 1'now am, en deavoured to limit myself by the line of self defence, and if I have annarentlv rone bevond in making any remarks on his conduct, which his letter did not naturally suggest, my apology will be found in the necessity of showing the state of his feelings towards me, so that the motive which influenced him in the course which has caused this correspon dence may be fully understood. . I am, sir, respectfully, vour ob't seiVt. JOIIN C. CALHOUN. President Jacksox. a resolution of the Senate on the , subject of the execution of the laws of 1S02, to regulate trade and intercourse whh the Indian tribes. The Senate then again resumed the consideration of the amendments propo sed to the General Appropriation Hill; particularly that submitted by Mr. Taze well, as proposed to be further amended by Mr. Kane. ; . , .Mr. Livingston took the floor, and spoke for two hours in suptort of the appropria tion, and in reply to the remarks of- Mr. 1 azcwcll. In tlie II. of K. on the same day,' Mr. Bell, from the committee on Indian af fairs, reported the bill from the Senate to provide for the removal or certain Indian? from the State of Missouri, without amend ment.' The bill was then committed. . Tlie Speaker laid before the Houfc a communioation from John D'Hotner gue, upon the subject ofTaising mulberry trees, and the production of silk, which was read and laid on the tabic. . The House proceeded to the consider ation of the bill from the Senate, to au thorize the Secretary of tlie S'avy to make . compensation tq the heirs of Taliaferro Livingston and Thomas W. Armstrong, for the maintainance of fifteen Africans illegally imported into the United States. A long debate again ensued on this bill. Finally thVquestion was taken, and the bill was passed. The engrossed bill for the erecti&n ,T& National Armory on the western waters, was read the third time ; and on motion, laid on the table, ayes 93, noes GC. IS ! , i ! :h 1 l. i :' V,1