(DA 5 - . mm j W W IE T E II' AIDj E M T ISEI. VOLUME II. RUTIIERFORDTON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1831. NUMBER 8. 'J PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY: EVENING BY ROSWELL iLMER, Jr. , i Terms of subscription Two dollars and fift cent, per alnnum. if paid in advance ;f or three do - Jars, if paid! within the year : -but if delayed after the close of the ySar, twenty-five cents will be added. j- " ; j ' No paper will be, discontinued until particularly ordered and all arrearages paid, or a the discre tion of the publisher. ' ' ' Advertisements inserted oh the usual terms. All persona advertising will please note the num ber of times they wish, to have .them inserted, or I . '111 1 ' ' ' 4 . "" i. ! 1 uiey win oe continued ana taxea accordingly POLITICAL. CORESPONDENCE, &c. (Continued from page 26.) To the Editor oft hp. .11. K. TArrrrnnh' General Green.- I herewith enclose a statement, which I wish to be j published in your paper, as supplemental to, my correspondence with General Jackson, and which has been made necessary by publication ot Mr. Forsyth's letter to Mr. Hamilton. J. C. CALHOUN. foul plot against an individual zealousv co-operating at the same time iu the same political cause with those conspiring a- gairistbim ; and who, from their political, relation to him at the timej he had a right to consider his friends. 1 take no pleas ure in exposing a transaction so disgrace ful, but I feel my self compelled to do so in the discharge of a private and public duty. It must be painful and mortifying to the public to know, that the practice of such arts is possible under .our system, but the knowledge that it is so, may guard against its recurrence in future. In order to give, a clear understanding of tlie affair, it will be necessary to make a fe .v preliminary: remarks." ; appears from Mr. Forsyth's letter, that it was written in reply to a letter, da ted at Savannah, the 25th jof January, 18 28, from Mr. Hamilton, who was then on his return from New-Orleans, where he had been by the appointment of the Tarri- a letter from him, dated the 56th Feb. ' - m . ". . m W the object of which was, apparently, to know if he understood my conversarion , Believing that an operation was carry-! ing on againstMr. Monroe, at Nashville, as well from the facts of the letter being placed in Gen. Jackson's hands, as Other 1 circumstances which about this time came V to my knowledge, and suspecting that the object was to Dnng iur. xuonroe and lien. Jackson in conflict for purposes bearing on the pending election ; but not knowing in what quarter it originated, I was at a loss to understand how it was to be effect ed ; yet I could not doubt that the appre hended attack of Gen. Jackson, was some how or otherconnected with this base ob ject. These impressions will explain the J Iii myj letter to Gen. Jackson of the 29th May, 1830, published in the' corres pondence, speaking of the plot to destroy, my political standing, I stated, "that sev eral indications forewarned me long since, that a blow was meditated against me ; I will not say from the quarter from which this comes; but v in relation to this subject, xnore than two years since, I had a corres pondence with the (present) district attor ney for the Southern District of New- York, on the subject of the proceedings of the cabinet in the Seminole war, which, though it did not then excite particular attentioh,has since, in connexion with oth er circumstances, served to direct my eye to what wa3 going" on." The letter of Mr. Forsyth to, Mr. Hamilton, of New- xork, to whom I referred in the above extract published by the former in the U. States Telegraph, of the 22d inst. enables me to trace another link in this artful con spi racy against my character, whichltrust will form a sufficient apology for again in truding myself on public attention. If 'copy off this letter, which seems, was pla ced in the hands of the President, when Mr. r orsvtn put mm in possession or a copy of Mr. Crawford's letter j to him of the 30th' Apil, 1830, had been , furnished me, as in justice ought to have been, the remarks that I am now constrained to make, vould have appeared in the body of the correspondence with Gen. Jackson, and would have saved me the pain., of a gain troubling the public. - !. I then concieved I had a right to be put in possession of all the' facts and cir cumstances referred to in Mr. Crawford's letter to Mr. Forsyth, and that the ! with holding of them was an act of injustice to me, calculated, whatever may have been the intention, to deprive me of the means fof tracing out and exposing to the public, I what it! did not doubt to be a base political ' plot. The letter from Mr. Forsyth to Mr. I Hani jlton, now published, it seems, was the one referred to by Mr. Crawford in his .' letter to Mr. Forsyth, but with the; name of Mr. Hamilton left blank in the copy of ! j Mr. Crawford's letter which was furnish r cd me. The facts disclosed by the pub lication of Mr. Forsyth's letter to Mr. Hamilton, taken in connexion with the j correspondence alluded to with the pres ent disctrict attorney of the Southern Dis trict of New-York, will prove, as 1 will presently show, that I had just cause to K complain that evidence, material to my v indication, was withheld; and I cannot Jh ut regret, that Mr. Fbrsyth's "respect to ' the personal delicacy of Mr. Hamilton, nas in us enetcs operated, tnougn fit may hot have been so intended, unjustly., to- . w ards me, by preventing me from tracing ' ici my correspondence with Gen. Jackson, o ne cf the earliest, and I must add, the v foulest movements in this political conspi an apprehended attack, founded on events connected with the Seminole campaign. This disclosure, particularly that 'the in- character of my correspondence with Mr. formation was intended for Major Lewis Hamilton, a copy of which is hereto an as a1 confidential friend of Gen. I Jackson, nexed, and marked C. The letter of Mr. excited my suspicion. Circumstances, Forsyth to Mr. Hamilton places liis cor- however, gave my eye a wrong direction, respondence, and the conversation that not towards myself, but Mr.' Monroe. preceded it, in a very different light from What they j were, it becomes necessary to the one in which I then viewed it. It is state, with the view of undersUrnoling the impossible now to doubt that his corres- any Society of New York, to represent correspondence wkich iollowedjwith Mr. pondence wim Air. r orsytn ana nis con- theni,as 1 understood, in the celebration namuion.i . -j. vcrauuu uhu tuturapunucucc nu of tne 8th Jan. 1828. Geri. Jackson had When Mr- Monroe rccieved ithY letter formed parts of the same transaction. been invited by the Legislature to attend of Gen. Jackson of the 19th August, 1818, Mr. Hamilton proceeded from Savannah the celebration. 1 Mr. Hamilton on his in answer to his ot the lyth fcept ot tne airectiy w mis piace, wnere ne proDaoiy wavtoNew-Orleans. nassed throutrh this same year, both ot which are .published received tne answer oi jur.i-orsyui, oaten citf in Dec. 17, when Congress was m? correspondence with Gen. Jack- in session, and after remaining here some s.on "e wa aims Iarra m memarie, uen. da(s, he proceeded to Nashville and ac- h,s Mler objected to .the construe- compamed tne venerai and suite to iNew- muuu p"" y1? Orleans. From ' Savannah he returned airr luonroe aaaressea me a private icuer to New-York through this place,, where Mhe 9th Sept. 1818, a copy of which fis he again remained some time, Congress nereio pimexeu, marseu a. stating uie viewvviucu xne uenerai iook ot isomers, of a correspondence, 1 might have adda- cea it in my correspondence witn mm, conclusive proof that be ought to havo known that my construction of his orders in the bemmole war coincided witn &it. Monroe's and consequently differed from his own. 1 was restrained, however, from doing so, by considerations which may bo. easily conceived, but as the letter is me- cessanly-connected with the immediate subject of this statement, 1 am now obligea ko present it to the public as a part of ray vindication. r, I do not deem it necessary to make any, temarks on Mr. Crawford's letter to tne! r . . Published by Mr. Forsyth, as ms trjena port crt his statement of the proceeding of the CaUoet, rested almost exclusively on. the statenents of Mr. Crowninshield and "Mr. Adarasy A subsequent acknowledge ment of the tbrraer that he was not pres ent at the detention of the cabinet, and consequently, tfiat bis statement-lo ! Mr. Crawford is unfounded, and the fact, dis closed by the letter of Mr. Adams jo tne, published with the correspondence, that Mr. Crawford has given in his1 letter a being! still in session.. Ayhether this letter of Mr, Hamilton 'to Mr. Forsyth w as the commencement oi tne intngue, or wnetner it originated at an eaher date,' at this place on bis way to Nahville, or while : there, I ii unable to say ; but I cannot doubt that accomplishment from' Savannah an the arrangements for its were made on his return to this place. ? Atthe time, I was decided ly, and I may add zealously, engaged in the support of Gen. Jackson. I believed hii election by Congress was prevented mfans or through whose agency, I am to by a departure trom a most important, U,IS .ua uniniormea. in eceaioer, ao- fuhdamental principle in our system, and 1 acciaeniaiiy neara irom. a genue carblcd extract of Mr. Adams statement at Milledeville. on the 8th of Feb. to his to him, omitting the material point, rtrrno letter dated the 25th Jan. preceding. The Ted the foundation of his argument and. very question which he put to me, as I with it thesuperstruciure,wiucnnerai6eat must now say, so insiduously, whether fell to the ground. . there was a motion to arrest Gen. Jackson, With a knowledge of these facts, it is is explained by a reference to the letter of difficult to conceive why Air. Crawford's Mr. Forsyth, in which the motion to arrest letter should be presented to the public, makes a prominent part of what he repre- and still more so as it appears to reconcile he1 tone of his letter, and with sole other sents as the statement of Mr. Crawford of its publication with justice without an ac- circumstances, his (Mr. Monroe Vreasons what occurred in the Cabinet on the Se- kuowledgement of uncontested errors., forj thinking there ought to be anvi official minole war. Mr. Crawford has since, I will conclude this statement by a sin correspondence between the Geheral and however, stated in his letter to Mr. For- gle remark in relation to myself. Asun my self, so that the views which We respect- syth, and the one to me, that the statement pleasant as 1 find my present situation , I tively took of his orders might appear on of Mr. Forsyth was erroneous on this experience one consolation without which record. ; point., ' j j it would be quite intolerable. 1 hafe been This letter passed out of rny 'possession Viewing this whole affair as one trans- Placed in il h7 no fault of my own. Little into that of Gen. J ackson, without iny action, (it caii be viewed in no other Wnhu) did I suspect, more than twelve years ago. consent,- but at what time or by what what a spectacle is presented. I am ap- wheu darmg to construe orders, wnich I 1 i ..i.. c-;..a p imvseu nau arawn. ana to wnicn i cnuiu Jackson by one who, from his political S1Te no other construction than what I did, thai he was the only, individual in the coun try who united the popularity and firm ness to arrest, if elected,! what I then and now consider a dangerous tendency in our affairs. Under ; this impression I stood prpeared to render him every aid in my power to secure his success. 1 nis strong teeling was seized on to man of this city, in a conversation turning on the . subject of the feelings of Mr. Mon roe, towards Uen. Jackson, (winch 1 sta- consistently with the Constitution, acting as 1 was, under the obligation of an oatn to abstain from the infraction of that sa cred instrument ; and in vmtvring to svg relations with me at that time. 1 had right to consider as friendly, for the pur pose of extracting from me, under the pre? tfYt nf ApfvnA'mcr fZen .Inotrcrm enm o tin. ted 1 k lew to be friendly.) 'that there was miarHil nr.sinn whlrh nt f.it.ir iSst the course, which 1 honestly supposed a letter of the former in the hands ' of the riod, after be might be raised, in part by ougnt to adopted on their infraction,'! latter, which afforded conclusive proof .of mv exertions to the hi chest office in the should be exposed, at this late day, to so his liosti lty to the General. . Haying Government, the Dower which I had thus found, some time before, that the letter of contributed to confer miffht be used to de- mis strong ieeiing was seized on to ' t. .vi.t contriDutea to comer mignt De useaioae- ract from me ,if possible, some hasty Mr. Monroe, to me of the9thSeptember, stroy forever the character and standing 1 unguarded expression respecting the 7 of Thieis-hercto an.nexedas I had acquired by long, laborious, and much difficulty and danger. Yet it is my only offence. ex and i - . TJ 1 . K T, J - -mrl -m j . course of the Cabinet on the Seminole! missing,. jascertained the tact by an ex- ( faithful services to the country, and which aminatlOlliOt the letter tO me, that It WaSiwnthArinlv fiinrl T hnil nnhmrA in thnt question, by which I might be entangled. here requested to with me, which t on with the free- Mr. Hamilton, while have some conversation on ray part was carried dom that is usual between those engaged onj the same side in a 'warm political con tesiti I viewed him in nq other light than a warm supporter of Gren- Jackson. In connexion with some remark of his, that there was a rumor of an attack on Gen. Jackson, for his' conduct in the Seminole war, he enquired if any .motion had been made in the Cabinet to arrest him. To wmcn 1 replied m the negative. It may Dejproper to remarK nere, tnat 110 sucn motion or any other was made. The dis cussion m refereuce to the course that t J u : 1 1 . t 1 migiii uc pursueu lowaras mm, iook place missing, oh a hint from a fnerid that there! service, to bequeath as a legacy to my was a letter written oy mr. uionroe, as 11 r acy, What I. could have done then in was supposed, to me, which jwas out ofj my possestion, and was intended to be used for political purposes. ,My friend could not inform me in whosQ possession the letter was. On hearing trjat there was a letter of Mr. Monro'e's in Gen." Jackson's possession, I concluded it riust be the same, though I was utterly it a loss to conjecture how it had passed into his hands, or ;how he could conceive thit it indicated unfriendly feelings to him 011 the part 01 the writer. I I communicated what I the two Senators, at that tihje from Ten uesseeJudge White and Major Eaton, and my belief that the letter jn the posses sion of the General was Mrf Monroe's to me; and stated, if it was, it would be in .V' l ' ! - had heard to a suggestion of the propriety of an en quiry into his conduct,, and ray answer was therefore! n strict conform itv fn trip I V; " -1--- v j) ....t. tatts.f I accompanied the answer with ni7 power 10 snew mat tne icuer, so iar some general remarks on the proceedings 01 the Cabinet, such as I misrht with uro- pnet make without any breach 01 conh dence. I however feel the mosr perfect confidence, that 1 did not use the expres sion, that "the only point before the Cabi net was the answer to be given to the Spauish Government;" as Mr. Hamilton from being hostile, was directly of an op posite character. The wrote. tcthe Gen eral to ascertain if it was the one suppo sed ; and !l addressed a note to Mr. Mon roe to apprise him of what j. had heard, and to request him to send nc a copy of his private correspondence! with Gen. Jackson,; (the one published with the cor respondence between Gen. ! Jackson and c oimexibn with the general chain of - rriy j emarks, I am now constrained to do in t his detached -way, with great disadvan t age to my vindication ; the full force of i.vhich would have been more deeply felt Iby viewing all the circumstances in con nexion. . : :- ; j -. . - ! : This letter, by its date and other cir cumstances, clearly connects itself with Mr. Hamilton's, correspondence with me, already alluded to; makes this correspon dence, a link in the chain of this corrupt political intrigue, thereby carrying back the movement to the early part of the year of lg28 ; and by its reference to an indi vidual (Major Lewis)then residing in Nash ville, as will be seen in the copy of the correspondence with Mr. Hamilton, here to annexed, shows it to be a part of the system of operations which, fis it appears by Mr. Crawford's letter to Mr. Balch, had! been commenced against me ia De cember, 1827, and following so soon after. probably constitutes the second link m this states that he understood me in his lettw of the 25th of Feb. : I neither did nor myself,) to be placed in the.hands of the could use the expression "only .V as it two Senators, as explanatory of the letter. would have been facts and absurd Seminole affair children. ' In order that the whole of this iniqui tous transaction may be presented in one view, 1 annex a copy of the letter from Mr.. Forsyth to Mr. Hamilton, of the 8th February. I cannot but regret that Mr. Forsyth has thought proper to withhold from the public the letter of Mr. Hamilton, . 1 a-Y ot tne 2otn January, to wmcn.tnis is an answer. It is rare that an answer can be fully understood, without the letter to which it is a reply, and I do feci that jus tice to myself as well as to the - country, and I will add to Air. Forsyth himself, re-' quires its publication. In- making these remarks, 1 am not unmindful of the hope, which he expresses, that his name may not be introduced in the further discussion of this subject. I feel every dispostion to comply with nis desire, ana, judging trom my own feelings, can well appreciate the pain which he must feel from being invol ved in the controversy : but he must par don me for thinking that the claims of justice are paramount to those of delicacy, and that insisting upon the performance of an act, on his part, which justice to nic. requires. I am not regardless of his sen sibility. In coming before the public he has voluntarily put himself in a position which gives me the" right to make the re- both inconsistent with 111 .question, snouia 11 prove-to Detne, one auest. I would also suggest, that this is , as the publication of the supposed. I have not been able to lay my not the ony letter in his possession, con- clearly indicate that other "a"d on note to Mr. Monroe, nor am I cer- ,jeCled with this correspondence, neccssa- pOintswere considered by the Cabinet. If the statement be an error on the part of Mr. Hamilton, it probably originated in my using the word "main point or great tain that I detained acopy ,but J hereto an nex an extract from Mr. Monroe's, answer of the 28th December; 1827, marked B. It was in this stage of this affair, that I ry to the full elucidation of this affair. His letter to Mr. Crawford, to wjiich Mr. Craw ford's letter placed in the hands of Gen. Jackson, was a reply, has notyet been put point,' or some other expression of simi- received 'Mr. Hamilton's letter of the 25th in possession of the public Uiitil it be, imputes to me. The whole conversation ed that bis inquiry might haye. reference that the evidence is-not complete. wis of a genetal character, such as might to something connected with the same, AV hether the letter of Slr.Mouroe.ofthc with propriety be held respecting the Cab- and in my answer to it necessarily bore it 9th of Sept., which has been purloined a nr1mrro n i4 .H . AMn..l I 1 . -I . I X . I J . 1 1 M n lliqi pruiccuiuga -auu r ao uy mu wuaiu-i in my mina. .:-.-; uuui uic, tiiiu. Liuascu lUlO uie naiiua ered in no way confidential, except the 1 coutii not answer his question wheth- IGen. Jackson, as has been stated, was in rrinflflftnce that exists between jrentlemen. r Hi iinHrrstanflinfr of - mv irnnvprsfition tended ns one of th mpnna nf nlacing US that my name was not to be used before was correct or not, without goiug into ex- in our present relations, or was intended the public in connexion with any thing 1 planations which would lead to details that to excite hostility between him and Mr. sa!id. I certainly did not suppose that my I did not feel myself at liberty . to State ; Monroe, I am now unable to say. Atfirst conduct, or that of any other individual and which if I had, I could not prudently, 1 supposed the latter, but subsequent events leave it doubtful. The letter was nnauy returned to me by Gen. Jackson, but with out' explanation of the manner in which it came to his hands. : Having so long remained in the posses sion of the. General? and been the subject was Dut at issue, and could have had no not knowing the iearing ; that it- might A Copy of a letter from Mr. Monroe to' Mr. to Wit. Cilhoun. Highland, Sept. 9, 1630: Dear Sir: I have General Jackson's reply to my letter of July 19, from "Wash ington, respecting his taking possession of St. Marks and Pensacola. He contends strenuously, that his on crs left him free to adopt that course, if he found it neces sary to terminate the Seminole war ; that orders to Gen. Gaines, an inferior officer, not referred to in the orders to him, of subsequent date, were inapplicable, and not obligatory on him, especially as his enlarged the sphere of his duties. Ho let ter is on the whole conciliatory and friend ly. He promises to write another. Our view of his powers is decidedly different from his, on which too we acted without entertaining a suspicion that he woold mis understand it. 1 am inclined to think that I had better answer this letter imme diately. He may expect that his concep tion of his orders should appear by docu ment in the department ; and it seems. to be proper that the sense in which they were given, and understood by the depart ment, after what has passed, should be re corded there. A communication from y ou,, on this head, and in this stage, seems to be the most necessary from the presump tion that it may be my duty to state to Congress that he transcended - his orders on his own responsibility; or at least to state the sen-e in which they were under stood by us. At present nothing to this effect exists in your correspondence with him. It is in mine only, which is private. A communication on th;s point may com mence either with you or him. 1 will sug gest it to him, thinking, as I do, that it had better begin with him. The affair may, I hope, be terminated to the satisfaction of all parties. . I will send you in n few day? his letter, (with a former one) with the answer,which I propose gmngtoit: which, if you see no objection to it, be to good as to forward to him. But if you do, re turn it with your cbiections to it. By coming from him, it will put j'u more a: ease in your answer, and aflora a Detter opportunity for the exercise of kindness and liberality. I sbalJ aiiacu uopantcuiar imjiortance to the affair, In my letter, lea ving the artmcaent to you and him, so fat as it becomes necessary to enter into iu of intention of making an erroneous impres sion as to the proceedings of the Cabinet J nor the part I took, ter obiect. i On his return toiNew-iorK, l recieved have in relation to the affair above refer red to. 1 1 accordingly waived an answer, I suspected no sinis- but in such terms as were intended to con vey the idea that Ins understanding of my conversation was not correct.'. Tt Letter from Mr. Monroe to M r. Catbocn. Oak-HUl.Dec.28.ie27. Dear Sin : In my compliance with your request in the letter of the 22d, I iiow send you all the-documents referred to in .

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