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State Gazettef
Vol. Vtk Monday, October 14, 1 80a. No. 316.
jrrom tf;e enqutrer
Vindication
OF MK. JEFFERSON.
No. VI. f
TO THOMAS TURNER.
T have pursued you through all
the various cnuigcs, wuhh ju 'n,c
ht forward against Mr. Jeffer-
L?VLI
n's conduct during the revolution,;
SO
Villi ail Ilia- t'"-J
-which ignorance and prejudice so'
-mincntlv deserve, At each step of
n,v investigation, I find the character
of the criminal rising upon my view,
whilst the character of his persecu
tor is rapidly descending below the
horizon. You have undertaken a
task, ir, wliich is above the strength
of mortal man to accomplish ; the
ask of opposing the mast irresista.
LL truths ; but you have discharged
that office with' an .imprudence and
imbeciiHty, which would disgrace
the meanest logician. In the face of
the American people you have pro
ncunced the most refutable charges
. against the most deVatcd character
in our country, without a fmgl.e do-,
cument to give them colouring ;
without haying; a singlevitness whom
you could dare,' to name
I know iibt what effect will be
pen your mind by the authen
records and the iespeclable
ticated
witnesses which i nave (muuu.
I 'have no vmbt that the same bitter
ness of passion which led you into
t-.ror, vvi.l prompt you to deny the
lvfutatiou : but upon my mind the
conclusion is indelibly fixed that this
body of evidence is loo greut to b
resisted, and that there is not a fin
ir'e trait of truth in the accusations
which yen, have suggested. Your
iv klitioal 'friends, sir, may admire the
-extraordinary zeal which prompted
vou to the encounter, but even they
'must ridicule the feebleness of the
-champion who uimed the blow.
(, accused Mr. Jefferson of
basely deserting his post in the hour
of danjrer. When Arnold Tnaoe Ins
attack upon Manchester, you repre
sented the governor of lrgmia ily
hi before his troops with an uuwar
r.;ntabletimidity. We have proved
that so far from ilyintr; he remained
i;i the very face of the danger ; that
f far from deserting his post, he
displayed an uncommon activity m
preserving the military stores and
the pub;ic records, r You repeat the
s-. hie fiibidous tale when you come
to speak of Tarl ton's incursions
ycu place the resignation of Mr. Jef
ferson upon :he pubhc records, when
these records expressly contradict it ;
; u in tne lumcts ot vout poetical
licence, vou unhorse him in the very
path of the enemy and in the neigh
bouihcod of Monlicello, i when he
bus peaceably retired ta his! estate in
I:dlV.rd. You represent him as a
dastardly coward who wants both the
spirit of a man and the energy of an
oificer, when there is scarcely an act ;
of his private life, scarce a measure ;
of Lis public- admiaistratioh, which
does not make it a matter of doub;,
Trimmer ne nas been mast wise in
the selection of Ids ends, or r.v.st re
solute in the prosecution of his cx
pec ients.
ou would have erred, sir, in ex
pecting from Mr. Jefferson those
bviWiant fewts of chivalry, those ex
tmvagar.t erTusions cf passion, th.o'ie
pompous boasts of courage, which
distinguish some men iii the active
Sfenes of life. Mr. Jefferson is
I'-riiher Tht'HSO nor a Bonaparte ;
Lis literary pursuits have raised him
sbove the military aciiievements of
ti e one, ar.d rendered unnecessary
the pompous pretensions of the other,
lie Was not educated in i'Ecole niiii
ta,re, .but amid the shades of acude
rr'ic bo'-vers. His pursuits have led
him into the retirement of his closet
a:ul not into tne bustle of life- C.i
oJf-om ail those little inteves's v.'hic5
agitate the mind and force men in'o
eolHsion witn each other, be tuts betn
f'riunate enough to avoid the tlisu
br.g scer.es of contention, and when
t!nse occasions huVe rarely occurred
this cnol and philosophic temper hj
e i ab ed liii to subdue his own feel-X-"Z'
or direct the pas.Am f others,
had ynu taken the trouble to have:
tended your enquiries into Mi
)' f's eu- !v life vou would
. Jef
hav. 'It Ml'
MB',
anions o
v ' it '. as -
bat actrr
T I f
ids
V vir v. oniu nvc iouiid thut in suppra.
sing a riot in Gloucester occasioned
by the crew f a vessel, he shewed a
presence of' mind which would have
been worthy of tl more dignified cause.
Had you.viewed his public measures
with impartiality, instead of hstenmgto
a " thous-ftcf nameieSs mtr esses,"
you would hare .found him employing
every exertion which his situation ad
mitted, for the good ot 'his country,
and in the high office which he at
present fills, surpassing even .your
most favorite statesman m the impor
tance of his services. If, sir, you
have found any be.ter proof of the
energy of an office; than the success
of his measures,' you would perhaps
render a substantial service to your
friends by divulging the discovery.
It is time then, sir, that you should
exchange situations with the illustri
ous patriot whom you have abused.
W ith your eyes open to all the conse-
tpjences of your proceeding, you
have placed him at the bar of perse
cution and infamy, ana it is .time
that your own experience should
teach you the consequences of your
passionate imoeaciimeht. Ithereforea
:harge you in the name ot the viola
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ted majesty of truth, vsitn gross ig
norance or wilful misrepresentation.
harse vou not with one error alon
for tnat might have benpardonable
the inevitable frailty of the undej
standing, but with a long series
assertions, which are neither suppqt -te'd
by the majesty of truth nor sait-
tioned by the dignity 9! virtue, ltas
then time, since not even your of 11
name nor the. consistency of your
opinions can relieve you from yqur
cmbarrssment, that you should sum
mons " the" oldest and most respec
table inhabitants of Richmond ' to
come forth in your behalf. In issu
ing these subpeer s you would do well
to take the adv: e of an opponent.
Call no man to uch for your asser
tions, whoae tYu .r.cemay be brought
into contempt, ! . th'e obvious impu
rity of his motr, 3. Above all avoid
the aid of such iiazens, as have not
forgotten their resentment to Mr.
JeS'erson for th. loss of a place, and
such foreigners ;:s have not yet for
gotten their attachment to the king
of Great Britain.
Until you sh..i exonerate yourself
from these char, -5, 1 shall pause in
my researches. Jntilthesc are com
pletely wiped av ay, you can scarcely
nope that the othar parts of your n
tack will be entitled to respect, or
that the world will demand a vindi
cation. It would le injustice to the
v-.u hor to suppose that his work was
unequal in its parts:
Spiritus iutiis alet, totamque infusa per
artut '
Mens agitat clem, et magno se corpore
misfit. ,
Ch:e m'uid inhibits, o?r diffusive soul
WietiU tbe large iimbSi uid injuries vtiib
tbe.vjbale.
The same spirit pervades even the
minutest rar;inificatjRa : tile same
boldness of a-.se riion! without proof,
the same petJlance 00 temper with
out discretion. To fiis untor lunate
predicament, are yot therefore redu
ced; either you nlusi take the una
vailing task of answering charges a
gainst yomself which are recorded
in the indelible lints of truth, or you
must .suffer .the charges which you
have brought against others to fall
through the: defuui; of evidence : It
wiil acquire; even greater ingenuity
han you pjiisess, tb convince the peo
ple that h;-. f.ho his brought forward
charges uaiuppoAed by a single fact,
should be able to sm-itantiate the,
rest. Coald-l inded lave got over
this obvious Iscniple and have gone
into an eqay elaborate vindication
on the o'ditrjfc?Sr-S, I think I could
have betiiecjialW successful in de
n i o 1 s r at ! rg t iie i i n su flie i e n cy .
You assert that on Calender's sen-
M;.;v--he ni'ool'-ihefctsofthe " Prospect
iDetwre I s" io ;ir. jenerson, ne re
mittrd th slim 50 dolls, thus re
' . k r ' 1
i .presentir-.g. 31 Jefferson, to have ex
jainined dl th prfo" sheets : You as
sen tht. " when tne tir t part ot the
second vobrmfe weared' be remit
ted him a" second douceur to the same
amount, v.-.ui mnjmg me Eecona re
mittar.ee a compensation for the se
roiid vc ;i,n.i(J. ltd y-,Ki examined
in t-the wlve h,noy of. that busi
ness with thg sa;n4 zail with which.
you setm,t hvJ broWht forward
' hevc -allegations,! you would have
louiid'-uicavA'ithout the iest tounda-
Ourt are the plansof fairdelightfu peace,
Unwarp'dbyparty rage, tolive liicebrotheri.
ton. I have at this moment before
fie an extrtct from a letter publish
d by Callender himself in the Re
corder of July 1802, in which he ex
plicitly states, that, the first sum was
jemiued by Mr. Jefferson, upon his
Jeceiving some specimen sheets on
fi not of the prospect itself, but of
Lyon's Monthly Magtzine : sheets
Vhich are without that scurrility that
fisgraces certain parts of his compo
bition ; and that he had received the
second sum when thic first rartof
Ithe second volume was mit to nresk :
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itlie lime at which Cailender was
doomed to imprisonment by the pen
alties of a sedition act ; when it was
necessary for every friend of his
country to mark his abhorrence of uii
unconstitutional law by nis sympa
thy for a victim, who had been se
lected for no other reason, but be-,
cause he seemed tc-be without friends
and without protection. It was to
Ihis motive and not to any wish of
r "'.varding hira for his fiiot volume.
that we may reasonably attribute the
remittance of the second sum.
You assert that the remission of
Cailender's fine is a sufficient proof j
01 Mr. Jefferson's regard for his poli
tics and his person. Have you then
forgotten that Mr. J. had taken a
most solemn oath to obey the consti
tution ? Have you lot gotten thit it
was his deliberate opinion, that the
sedition law and every thing which
wasjdone under it w&s a direct viola
lioncf that Instrument ? As to the
chalge of his usurping beyond his
consttutional powers, when he took?
the Imoney from the hai.ds of the !
maiihal before it was pr.id into the
trealury, you seem to have forgotten
that i the President had previously
consulted the opinion of the attorney
genetd of the Uunited States, and
that liat opinion is supported by such
rcasciincr as has not yet been sha
ken fcr the nios ingenious ioeicians
of vo
Yo
with
r party.
have charged Mr. Jefferson
'persevering abd deeply-laid
sch
of seduction. Regardless ot
the fttnale caracter ; rt irardless of
those particularities which should
have prompted you. to have shrunk
from Sic.h a delicate investigation ;
you haHe flaunted the name of a lady
in the luce of the universe ? You
have held it up as a mark at which
suspicion and malice may shoot their j
envenomed arrows : indltfereut to the
injury which you may iufiiet upon
your friend, provided you can ruin
the repuialion of your toe. Indiffer
ent even to the fidelity of an historian,
you have attempted to introduce e-
Very fitlioi which may heighten the I !
apparent aunt 01 your criminal ;
whilst you Bare excluded eyery fact
which may lend to his justification.
You would pave us to believe, that
you alone hps been initiated in the
sacred temple of Truth ; and you
would wish the world t pay as much
reverence t your decrees, as they
formerly did 10 the oracles of Appol
lo. Under the pretext of having seen
the celebrated correspondence be
tween Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Walk
er, you deal out ysur anathemas
with no niggardly hand, and you
have the vanity to suppose that the
world will at once bow down before
ybur tutored judgment. Like the
l pert, conceited spark of Merrick"
you exclaim "-I've seen, and sure I
ought to know." 1 should conceive
myself, Sir, worthy of contempt,
were 1 to enter into any examination
of that ex-parte evidence which you
have thought proper to dole out, I
call upoa you therefore to produce
the whole of this correspondence ; un
til then, I ttKut be permitted t
doubt the correctness ot pour Ute
ments. I am strongly impressed
with a belief, that vou have omitted
some of the most material points of
that correspondence. You have said
that Mr. J. wis indebted to the fa
ther of Mr. Vvi for pecuniary aid;
when it is well; known, that the here
ditary esratc of Mr. J. was amply
sumciem to coyer all nts expences.
You have assc-ted," that he continu
ed to pro . ,te the scheme of seduc
tion, even ( tier his owu msrtrinionial
connection, when not even the slight
est whisper of that kind was ever
circulated 'rn his neighbourhood. 1
But let us drcfe this subject.
I shall say nothing, Sir, of your!
j charging Mr. Jefferson with having
bro.en his taita in the payment 01 a
sum of mney, or of maintaining an
improper intercourse with a sable
domestic. The first f these charges
has been long since replied tq : and
the last is below the dignity of a
man of understanding. If they de
serve any comment at all, it is, that
they serve to mak your inextin
guishable animosity against the man
you attack. The ule of domestic in
tercourse, you have not hesitated to
introduce and blazon forth in the
very body of your letter; whilst even
the scurrilous editor of the Repertory
was modest enough to throw it into
a small type at the foot of your let
ter by way of concealing it in the
form of a note. The history of Mr.
G. Jones's debt, was too opposite to
be concealed ; and in the height of
your zeal, you therefore thought it
necessary to step beyond ihe mere
ofrice of a witness, and bring it into
the notice of your respectable corres
pondent in Boston, though it was the
only subject on which; he had not so
licited information from your pen.
One parting observation more and
I hope these strictures will terminate
Tor ever ! The friends of Mr. J. sir,
may readily exctfse you for the op
probrious epithets which you huve
heaped upon his head. When such
a patriot as he is, is hailed asa das
tardly traitor," as a " deliberate vil
lain" whose "diabolical turpitude de
nes the strongest language of the
pen," they may pitythe turpitude
of the attack on account of its imbe
cility. They know it is beyond the
power of Lilliputian to harm a giant.
But, sir, I can scarcely conceive how
you wiil be able to forgive yourself.
From the humbleand peaceful labours
of retirement, you have raised your
self into distinguished, unenviable
notice. You have condescended to
occupy the same honours with Por-1
cupine and Calender. You have ex
posed yourself to the keenest invec
tices, and even to the most unfound
ed accusations.
These contemptu
ous insinuations, sir, may have re
commended you to the sympathy of
your party, but they can scarcely re
concile you to the vehemence of your
own zeal. Take then ihe advice of
an opponent. Suppress the ani
mosity of your party zeal. Be gene
rous enough to admit, that others
may be as free from vices as yourself,
and have -the candour to admit that
while you accuse such men as Mr.
Jefferson of treason or villainy, tire
strength of your own prejudices orthe
misrepresentations of others, may
have led you inter mistake. At all
events, beware of the dangers of ce
lebrity. Since you cannot asnire to
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the reputation ot a legislator cr an
author, content yourself with the sub
stantial and humble honours of a
Virg:uiasarmer. .
Caiso's Tavern Raleigh.
'HE Subscriber acknowledges with
Gratitude the patronage heretofore re
ceived in the line of his business, and
earnestly solicits a continuance of the Pub
lic Favor ; at the same time respect fuilv m
forms the Members of the ensuing General
Assembly, that he has provided convenient
and comfortaiile Rooms for the accommo
dation of such as may be pleased to favor
him with their cainpanv'; and that T?e has
come to the Resolution of boarding lum
bers during the Session, fur eight Snillings
per day, and their Servants at naif price.
Abd having a tour Acre L.ot, in the pre
cincts of the citv, well watered ar.d fenced,
he will undeitake to keep the Horses of
such Members as may wisli to hav them
under their own Eyes, en moderate termi.
If plentiful Provisions of all kinds, and
every exertion to accommodate his Friends,
b calculated to obtain their countenance
and give satisfaction, he trusts his ettorts
to please w.ll be crowned with ucc2ss.
Peter Cass.
"Raleigh, October 2d, 1805.
NOTICE.
Mx. JOHN C. WEDDEGEN of
Washington is dead, and the bubscri-.
ber has, at the last County Court of I
Beaufort, obta-ned Letter's of Admin
istration on his Estate ; all Persons
having claims against him will pre
sent them within the time limited by
Law, otherwise this notice will be
plead in Bar. Those who are in-
' debtd to him are requested to m$.ke
immediate payment to
JAS. REDMOND, Admx. .
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i FOOLSCAP & LETTER PAPER
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Fvr salt at J.
BOARDING.
NATHANIEL JONES (C. T.
. inf&rmshis Friends and th)
Public, that he intends keeping e
Boarding House in Raleigh,- the ena
Juing Session of Assembly.
Indian iieen, Raleigh.
WM. SCOTT, :
FROM GRANVJLLE COUNTY,
jNforms the Public, that he Jias ta
ken the above Inn, which he shall en
ter upon about the middle of October , when
ne snail be happy to accommodate such as
may call upon him.
As he WJii spare nopfM t0 render fa
House a comtorcable Accommodation fbr
travellers ard others, he hopes to experi
ence Success in hiOndertaking.
Fart-.cular Attention will be paid to the
Accommodation of the Members of the en
suing GenerabAssembly, of whom he hopes
to entertain a considerable Number, his
Hsebewg very commouwus, and jsrell fit
ted up tor the purpose.
August 2
Ta'fn and Boar ding-Reuse
FATETTEVILLI.
JAMES BAKER
Eegs leave to return Thanks to his Friend
and the Public m general, for the very libe
ral Encouragement he has experienced since
he opened Tavern in this place, respect
iuliy informs them that he has taken that
large commodious Brick House, formerly oc
cupied by Mr. Dick, near the Bridge, to"'
which he will remove on the 1st of October
next, where he will have it m his poer to
accommodate Travel lets of ever, descrin ion
in a much more comfortable manner 'than
heretofore; his Srabie can takelifty Horses
and has a Shed adjoining for Carriages. He'
will always be supplied with the great -st va
riety of choice Spirits, Wine, Por.er &c
&.C The Stables shall always be provid-d
with Corn, Oats and all Kinds of Forage,
and Servants whose Attention my be re ied
: on; Public Dinners and Balls fumkhl
a short Notice, with t very variety that can
be procured, and on mrxierat Terms.
An excellent Billiard Table in a large
Room, with a Fire-place and good Maces,
Cues and Balls, and proper attention paid.'
N. S. A few more genteel Boarders may
be accommodated.
FayetteviJle, September 7; 1805.
NOTICE.
Will be sold to ins highest Bidder,
On Wednesday the 20th f November next,
at the late Dwelling-house of Abraham
BiS3, deceased,
A LL the Estate of said Decedent;
not before given away, consisting oT
the Plantation containing abcut200U Acres
or Lir.a, well improved with Houses, Gr
hards, Lc Ten likely Neroer, consisting
cf Men, Women and Children ; all the
otockof Carrie and Hogs, Houshold and
K..tchen Furniture, with the Crop of Cora
Fodder, Brandy and Cotton. Twelve
Months Credi: will be given the Purchaser
he giving Band with approved Security, to
I heJExeutars.
Nash Comity, X. C. Sep. 16,
Ten Dollars Reward.
jQEserted from the Recruiting Ren
dezvous on the 6th inst. a Sold;er n imed
Henry Henderson. He is twenty years af age
5 feet 7 inches high, grey Eyes, dart Haip.
and dark Complexion, born in Nor :h-Carolina,
by occupation a Shoe-maker. Who
ever apprehends saiJDesjrter, and bring
him to Salisbury, or lays him in any GaoL
for safe keeping, so that I may get htni
shall have the above Regard and ail rea.
sonable charges pa'd me.
Samuel Williamson
Lirt.dU. States Reg. of Infantry;
Commanding Recrtnting District.
Salisbury, N. C. ScpfglZ, 1895.
LOST,
A small Red Morocco
POCKET-BOOK,
Containing sundry Bank Notes
of the U. S ates Charleston Branch
Bank, Bills of North-Carolina Cur
rency, and other Papers.
Whoevermay have found the same
and will return it to Peter Caso, in
Raleigh, with its Contents, shall re
ceive Reward of Twenty Dollars.
i Wo I i9 or d.
CAUTION.
T Hereby caution all Persons what
soever som trusting any animate Beinj
on ray account, as I a n detenu iie 1 t p
no ottier Ergagem-ats than m own, Hriiess
t isperfsctly Agreeable . -
By the juotenber, on Monday Mominv lust,
on leaving Mr. Cjsso Tavern in Jiuieigb,
by tie Northern Siage, or dropped on ibe
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