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CToinimmications'. Ton tjie rnuc rucss. Mr. Editor: It has been al ready remarked that this is the era of strange events. The annular and sublime eclipse of the sun the inquietude of the old world a revolution in France a revolution in Poland the excitement in England on the Reform bill the nobly achieved independence of Bel gium the rapid .strides made towards universal freedom the many strange occurrences in our own borders altogether have signalised this as a most extraordinary period in the des tinies of mankind. But among them all, there should not be forgotten the re jection by the Senate of the no mination of MARTIN VAN BUREN "Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon" a combination, ex traordinary as it is criminal. have dared arcd to attempt to sacri - individual at the expenec nee an individual at tlie expenec ol the public welfare' they have attempted to immolate upon the altar of private pique and ma levolent envy, the well earned fame of the great Jackson and the "Great Magician." Yes, Sir, the Great Magician a man whose private and moral cha racter, stands as fair and irre proachable as any man's whose political life has long withstood the popular theme of magician and intriguer whose character, both private and po litical, has withstood the base less charges of the mighty, the magnanimous, and the patriotic John C. Calhoun! that man who when the incorruptible Jackson was informed that he had acted towards him with a base duplicity, attempts to sac rifice Mr. Van Buren, whom his vanity had induced him to be lieve would one day be his great rival for popular distinction, as the author of a 'horrible plot," when he at the same time vir tually admits himself guilty of the damning charge. 1 do not wish to expatiate upon this extraordinary event the people see it and the people n il! judge. Let them read the debate the speeches made by the Opposition in secret con clave on this nomination what else are they, but the outpour ing of disappointed hope and malevolent malediction. Let this maniacal fever rage on let the tornado of disappointed and criminal ambition thunder etill its blind anathemas let the Clay and Calhoun faction unite to dissolve the Union to ruin our country and our coun try's noblest son but let them rememberyes, let them re member always, that thou the fillets may be wreathed, the fan-. goU lighted, and the victim bound, yet "Truth is mighty and will prevail." Lot them remember that Daniel was safe ly delivered from the lion's den, and Jonah from the whale's belly and let them remember, moreover, that their day of re tribution is coming that what ever they may say or do will avail them nothing before the tribunal ot the peoplf But Mr. Editor, 1 have nno tner object in view in calling public attention to this article "Merit to whom merit is due " is a correct maxim; and, "jiuac men by their actions and not by their professions," is ano. ther among the whole of 0ur Jackson editors in North Caro lina, where are they who have stepped forward and acted the noble part of an advocate for the President and the people in this matter? The answer is short and specific the manly Watson, of the Newborn Senti nelthe firm nnd unwavering Strange & Hybart, of the North Carolina Journal and last, but not least, the manly, the noble, the able, talented and indepen dent Ransom & Ramsay, of the Raleigh Constitutionalist. A JACKSON MAN. SCENES AT WASHINGTON. Messrs. Clay and Smith. We copy from die Globe the following sketch of the sparring in the U. S. Senate, between these individuals, on the Tariff resolution, merely premi sing that Gen. Smith is a revolution ary veteran, now nearly eighty years of age, and for thirty-nine rears has been a member of Congress. Mr. Clay passed to the con sideration d the financial re marks of the Senator from Ma ryland (Mr. Smith.) The Sen ator commenced ins remarKs I jby saying tluit he had been ac- , cused of being too friendly to manufactures. A more mali cious accusation, said Mr. Clay, was never made' by created man. If any one should repeat the charge, let him be referred to me; and I will take my sol emn oath, on the holy Evange lists of Almighty God, thut since 1 have known any thing of his course, in either House, he has been a most determined foe to manufactures. Mr. Clay called for the sink ing fund act, of which the Sena tor from Maryland had accused him of ignorance. Senator know I How did the was ignorant of that act? Mr. Smith dis claimed the words imputed to him. lie had never accused any member of this body of ig norance, and hoped he should never so far depart from Sena torial propriety. The Senator, continued Mr. Clay, supposed me to be ignorant of that act. There are two errors which ve ry frequently find place in some minds; one is the error of mag nifying our own knowledge, and the other is the error of depre ciating the knowledge of others; and the honorable gentleman must excuse me if I say that he is a prominent example of the existence of both errors. After alluding to the friend ship he had always exhibited towards the army and navy, Air. Clay touched the subject of In ternal Improvement, lie had said that there would be left 18 millions, after modifying the Tariff upon the plan he nrono- sell sn. 1... I . .. i: i . . 1 uui nu um noi wish to re tain a revenue of ) millions. will go as low as any body, 1 will go lower than any body. You shan't out-brag me. Give throe millions to Internal 1m provement, and Colonization, and the revenue may go down to nine millions. While treat ing the subject of Internal Im provement, Mr. Clay alluded to the construction of the Commit tee on Roads and Canals; it had ueen so organized by the hon orable Senator from Maryland, that tour out of five of the mem bers were against the constiiu tionabty of the power to make Internal Improvements and the expediency of exercising the power. Mr. Smith was sorry to find that he had unintentionally of fended the honorable gentleman from Kentucky. In referring to the vigorous age he himscU enjoyed, he had not supposed be should give offence to others vyho complained of the infirmi ties of age. The gentleman from Kentucky wa3 the last who should take the remark as dis paraging to his vigor and per sonal appearance; for, when that gentleman spoke to us of his age, he heard a young lady near hirn exclaim, "Old, why I think he is mighty pretty." The Hon. gentleman, on Friday last, made a similitude where nnnn ex isted. I, said Mr. S., had suggested the necessity of mutual forbearance in seining the Tariff, and, thereupon, the gentleman vociferated loudly and angrily about removals from office. He said I was a leader in the system. I deny the fact. I never exercised the least in fluence in effecting a removal, and, on the contrary, I interfe red, successfully, to prevent the removal of two gentlemen in office. I am charged with ma king a Committee on lloads and Canals, adverse to Internal Improvement. If this be soz jt is by mistake. I certainly sup posed every gentleman named on that committee, but one, to be friendly to Internal Improve ment. To the Committee on Manufactures he assigned four out of five who were known to be friendly to the protective system. The rights of the mi nority, he had endeavored, also, in arranging the Committees, to secure. The appointment of the Committees he had found one of the most difficult and onerous tasks he had ever un dertaken. Onc-tlnrd of the House were lawyers, all of whom wanted to be put upon some important committee. The oath which the Senator had tendered, he hoped he would not take. In the year 1795, he had sustained a pro tective duty against the opposi tion of a member from Pitts burg. Previous to the year 1822, he had always given inci dental support to manufactures, in fixing the tariff. lie was a warm friend to the tariff of 1816, which he still regarded as a wise and beneficial law. He hoped, then, the gentleman would not take his oath. Mr. Clay placed, he said, a high value on the compliment of which the honorable Senator was the channel of communica tion, and he the more valued it, inasmuch as he did not recol lect more than once before, in his life, to have received a simi lar compliment. He was hap py to find that the Hon. irentlc- man disclaimed the system of proscription; and he should, with his approbation, hereafter cite his authority in opposition to it. The Committee on lloads and Canals, whatever were the gentleman's intentions in con structing it, had a majority of members, whose votes and speeches against Internal Im provements, were matter of no toriety. The gentleman's np peal to his acts in '95, is per fectly safe; for, old as 1 am, my knowledge of his course docs not extend back that far. lie would lake the period which the gentleman named, since 1822. Jt comes, then, to this: The honorable gentleman was in favorof manufactures; but he had turned. I need not use the word he has abandoned manu factures. Thus "Old politicians chime on wisdom past, And totter on, in blunders, to the last.'' Mr. Smith. The last allusion is unworthy of the gentleman. Totter, Sir, I totter. Though some twenty years older than the gentleman, I can yet stand firm, and am yet able to correct his errors. 1 could take a view of the gentleman's cour. e, which would how how inconsistence has been Mr. Clay exclaimed angrily, "Toko it, Sir, take it I efare you." Cries of "order." No, Sir, said Mr. S., I will not take it. I will not so far dis regard what is due to the digni ty of the Senate. Messrs. Branch and Forsyth. In the debate on the nomination of Mr. Van Buren, Mr. Poindexter re lated a conversation, which took place between the President and one of his dismissed Secretaries, on the eve of the dissolution of the late Ca binet; from whicn it was interred, that a previous arrangement had been made for the elevation of Mr. Van Buren. In reply, Mr. Forsyth said: "In the interview (spoken of by Mr. Poindexter) it is acknowledged that Mr. Van Buren's letter of resigna tion was handed to this volunteer repeater of confidential conversation with the Chief Magistrate." The remarks of Mr. F. have called forth the following correspondence. From the U. S. Telegraph. The subjoined are copies of notes which have passed be tween Governors Branch and Forsyth, through our hands as the friends of these gentlemen. Samuel r. Carson. Win. S. Archer. Washington City, Feb. 5th, 1832. J Sir: 1 have read the printed report of your speech, prepared by you for the press, purporting to bo the remarks which you made in the Senate in secret session, on the nomination of Martin Van Buren as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Ple nipotentiary to the Court of St. James. The notice which von take of a conversation referred to in the debate by Mr. Poin dexter, Senator from Mississip pi, requires that I should ask of you to slate to me, explicitly, whether you did or did not know, or had reason to believe, at the time you wrote out your speech for publication, that I was the "somebody, one of the late Secretaries" to whom you refer as the volunteer repeater of confidential conversation with the Chief Magistrate? Your reply to this communica tion will regulate my future ac tion on this subject. i am, respectfully, yours, &c. JOHN BRANCH. Ilonr. John Forsyth. Washington, Feb. 5th, 1832. Dear Sir: Although perfectly satisfied with your verbal decla ration, on reflection since we separated this morning, I think it indispensable that the conclu ding paragraph in the enclosed letter should be omitted, or that your remarks to me on the sub jeet of it should be in writing before an answer to it is trans mitted to you. I return it to you to adopt either course that may be most agreeable to you. 1 am, dear Sir, vory sincerely, JOHN FORSYTH. Hon. Mr. Carson. House of Representatives, ) Feb. 6th, 1832. 5 Dear Sir: If the simnln inter rogatory contained in the letter ui vjov. uranch, would be more acceptable to you without the paragraph with which it con cludes, I am authorized as his friend, to state to you that that paragraph may be considered as stricken from his note, not deeming it essential m ti, ok : a. n 1 . w ject ot his inquiry. very respectful!-, oAiw. r. CARSON. Hon. John Forsyth. P; S. Your note was not handed me till this day, since the meeting of the House. Washington, Feb. GV, 1839 Sir: I have received vour note by Col. Carson, 1 The remarks of mine, which you point my attention, were made in answer to hr Poindexter, and intended to ap ply to the person referred to br him, without knoicledge of that person, on my part, then, or at the time my remarks were pre parea tor tne press. 1 am, very respectfully, your? &c. JOHN FORSYTH. Hon. Mr. Branch. Washington, Feb. 7i, 1832. Sir: In your answer to rnv note by Col. Carson, you state that you did not know that T was the person referred to bv Governor Poindexter as having held a conversation with the President. It being now made known to you that I was the person, I wish to inquire whe ther you feel yourself at liberty to disavow the application of these remarks to rne. I am, respectfully, &c. JOHN BRANCH. Hon. John Forsyth. Washington, Feb. 1th, 1832, Sir: Your note of this morn ing informs me that you were the person referred to by Mr. Poindexter in the observation alluded to in our former notes, and inquires whether I feel at liberty to disclaim the '-application to you of my remarks in reply. Having submitted the subject to some of my friends, who unite in thinking that the infer ence from the observations of Mr. Poindexter, under which my remarks were made, that the conversation referred to had iheen confidential, was not war ranted, and satisfied that the view of the subject is correct, I have no hesitation in disclaim ing the application to you of the charge imported by these re marks, of having repeated a confidential conversation. 1 am, respectfully, &c. JOHN FORSYTH. Hon. John Branch. Mr. Carson respectfully re quests those editors who have published the remarks of Gov. Forsyth on Mr. Van Buren'e nomination, to publish, also, this correspondence'. Messrs. Poindexter and Moore. The New-York Courier and Enquirer in commenting on the speeches of these Senators, on the nomination of Mr. Van Buren, charged them with having retained a Mr. Clements "to coin falsehoods," and with purchasing "a wilful falsehood," &c. In reply, the following Card appeared in National Intelligencer: A Card - It must be obvious to every honorable man, that Mr. Poindexter, of Mississippi, and Mr. Moore, of-Alabama, cannot stoop to notice the infa mous falsehoods which appear in the columns of the New York Courier and Enquirer, relating 10 uieir recent vote on the nomi nation of Martin Van Buren. The Editor has been regularly purchased, and paid for, by a lucrative office which he holds in the city of New York; it is his business to circulate through Ins columns lies to order wholesale or retail; and no one can doubt that he, as in duly bound, faithfully performs hie contract. This King of the Jews, who has sold his character, and his conscience, and, like Judas, ould sell his God for thirty pieces of silver, cannot be made to feel the influence of truth, or the reproaches to which his vile calumnies subject him; he ia safe behind the mnrl.ivnii who.i lie has erected as a secure bat tery, to. protect him from all the
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