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9 fr'-i "OURS ARE rtRA OF AIR dWuL PEACE, cmD'jrt. PATlTT- XAGE, to' MV C LI It 2 USOTHSRS, miwirm in.' " ' TV ? , ill ai ' piMpi' ' , ... .j . . jail - . rV !' - . MM. ' L ... -A-' ' !.- fc- ' L- . " 1 ... 1711 ?: Jflffc &i:rt!i'CaraUti9. f.iur.K t.i.i.i ftaiuirg on half in aflrance. 'ri,cC who do not, eiinef at tne tjde,ct sub v "rv n, or subqijcnjfv, tjiye notlce'oC tl&vr ori-ih h i vf the Pier dsdontitfert tit the Tes pir ition of fif vear, wUl bpeane as 'Se , ix;nf '14 coititfuaneAittitt couilccmiiiji'le KbrexceeiUn nktcfp Unes, vfilibe anrted Aw z.'R" vr a iwimr aim iweniv n?c cems fur o-icii ' suhi$pichf' pubficMion : tbose - f p-catcr" l-eni;th,; in the same propovtiori.. If tii ouher of Jn$ertfbns.vba not marked on the u they will be. continued uuiU ordered out, arl cW edeoMio.ly . : : i'UOJtf'THR GRbUGI.l JOURNAL. To the Citizens the United '"Males'? Tha appp.araaciifithe address of the Vit& President, of the United-States ren , ders it unnecessary to ofi'er "aay apotugr for the foil owing address. The Review of theorrespondeoce signeci.A, 11, ot i- t)ue l21t of April WdC and Several arti cles ia the Globe and other newspaper liava in my judgment saGiciently expJairi ftd my conduct to all, impartial and un- n vjudiced minds ; and those of a di5er tnt description, it is improvable that any tWug Vnui-1 can urge will; convin ce. , '&?jdttftit is t vt very isii porta nt to the cuplc 6f the United S-tatea bfore Whom there is iii probabiHty I s.Val vcr again "he placed, to form any definite opinio'Mi Calhoun, made some allusion to a o! my motives or conduct in the trausac- ; .. -tio'is, devehrpediin tho correspondence, h:i we?h the President- c Vice President. t iiPij it , is not very iinportant, to rthe cit-i.i-imof the United .States" 5 but it i im iortant to me iodlviduatly-j to have my c-.mdnct correptljk understood ? for no however retired he may Uve$ ought to he indifferent to public opinion, It al- ; 50. appears from the newspapers. hat an emanation from ipe is expected and de sireih I therefore submit to the apparent Cfctiiity of appetu ing, before the public. I understand from leUars received dur in; the last session of Congress, that the Vice President, and his friends were en deavoring, to make the impression that the difficulty between hiai and the Presi dent, had been produced by me froui a ksire on my part to ingratiate my sell v.'ith the President If "this impression lad been made by their joint elTorts, the Vjcc President has dispelled, the illusi on f for by his publication, it ia clearly e-stablished that the measures did not ori gAnate with me, In factT assert without the fear of contradiction. t!iat no intor- ; course, either verlr.d or written lias taken y.'ac butwecn tiie'i President and myself since a. few lafs after the Prebidential election in the Huse of' Representatives ja February 1825. -Durih the call Gen eral Jackson then-madeiupon me no re- ferenGe" whatever wjis made to what had a3?ed, in relation to the Gen. or myself. considered the call as evidence of a bet ter state of feeling on his part than liad &ceh understood to have previously exist ed ; and as I had never cherislted anv ft-elir.gs oj hostility towards, htm, J was perfectly willing tuat the past should be buried in oblivion. 13ut the publication of the correspondence, has relieved roe from the necessity of saying nay thing inore upon this subject. Two other charge have been made gainst me : 1st. T.ljat the confidential letter of Gen-Jacksbhywhich' I say was pioduced and readinJtheUCaljinet, was eat produced and rad. And nd. that I have improperly, disclosed cabinet se crctr. :. s i , ' . ' J.-.' V'- -: I pon the 1st ohjeption negative testi v.Kmy is relied uponi Mr. Monroi Mr.. A;!.ims and Mr. Wirt, do not recollect tii.it it vls produced, and read tor rather Mr. Adams and. Mr. Wirtfdo not recol lt it,-for it is 'manifest that Mr. ;. Mon r op, 'has no recollection Upon the snbjectf vin relied wholly on Mrf,.,Virt. But Mr. Ca! hou n has a. distinct recollection t'ut it. was not produced, and read. Vv -about relying' npnmthat rule of legal pvidonce.jwiiiciy declared" jjiat one ."amf inativc witness countervails many nega tsvi cries,, thete is. I believe abundant .e.v luchce in; the correspondence itself "to support nip statement. Here I beg leave t' ti inscribe: atv article fromo Globe. of t.e 20th . February, last, winch -has much i 'ice & .cogency,-and proves at least pre umptively. that my statement concern -tne confidential letter is corfect. ' .c Globe says V After .all. tho state BierdB, nnd ivUactinns, about t1i"e produc tio.r! of Gencral'JiickonN letter 44 before t ;e C.nbinetin Julv 1 81 8M rMtfrijcpe's 44 letters 'nubUshetf br .MS CAlhoun, co j Jar to confirm, Mr, Crawford's statement. l-V': forclusion of Monroe' letter to 'Gtnera.1 Jackson dated December th 1st, "1818 (printed 1830 bV a ntktake in e-y.iphiet) Mr. Mjonros thus speaks of jhc; f onfide.jtbl .icttcr f orljlter..of tiie t-i ot Hintary,' vva? received -wHiUt I ;t;ious!y indisposed : obrving tW'f it :'H' ,ro,rt -f ded it to ..-.cioun; to read ; after reading one or, two lines niystlf. ' The order ta take command in that quarter had' bfore then been issued, lie remarked after reading the letter that it wag abnlideiUialone relating to Fio rUl which J rnuit an9 wefr t asked fetta, if Hfe hatl forwarded to yott thvorilera thatbad been given o Getieral Gaines on fha,t subject. Tljrplied. that..be""batL-4-' Your letter to me with many, others from friends vrais put aside iin cbnsersuenee of nly indisposition ; and the great presinrft uKfi ine. at the ; tiin e and never rectirFeid to, until afier my return from Londoa oil the receipt of yours ;by;Mr. Uambly ctm thsji oft. . the Suggestion of Mr. -QiLhduiil-Nmviviicn did Mr. Monrotf, return from Louden, and when was " the letter by : llambly received ? Mr. Calhoun has giv en ub the violence to $how..'. In one ot n& notes lie tells us that Itlie lst Cabinet meeting oni that subject? took place on the tjth ordefh of J4ly 1818, Mr- Monroe having relumed on the1 14r.h from his res idence in Loudon. Mr. Monroe's. Tetter to GeD. Jajckson dated 19tr July 131S, begins thus, I received lately your let ter of June 2! it by Mr. Hambly, at my farm in Ludoo, 'Thus tho time wheri the confidential letr was looked up, on (he suggestion of Calhoun, is iden tified within a fevy days. It was after Mr Monroe's return from Loudon, on ih e 1 4 1 a a otl be tor a th e 19 tli of July 1818, the very period at which the Cabinet we deliberating 4boyt tlie ; Seminole War, and at the very time Mr. Crawford says it was produced before' therri. There is a remarkable coincideucf, between the de tails of Mr Crawford statement and 11 r. Monroe's account of this affair made in 1818 which proves the identity, of the incideuts alluded to .$. Mr. Crawford says e tne Gelil bad written to tfie Pre sident, who, bad forstteniMtt -V.?d re ceived such a letter, but said if he but. received sudh an one he could find it, and went directly into in4 cabinet, and brought the1 letter ojit. Mr. Monroe in his let ter of the 2lst December 1818 says, your letter Sic. was put aside &c. anl never recurred to until after my return from Loudon &ci and then on f he suggestion of Mi CaihouiU ,Here is conclusive proof of two things, ist the confidential letter iccCj .produced on the suggestion of Mr. omcum, after Mr. Monroe's return from Loudon, cu the 14th and before the wri ting of his letter to Gen. Jackson tlie 19th- of. July 1818. 3d. Mr. Crawford was present when the suggestion was made and the letter produced. The Cabinet it seems were sveral dn.y3 in deliberation. Mr, Wirt might not have been present whn the letter wks produced. At any rate tho proof: is conclusive that' the let ter was produced to: Mr. ! Crawford, on Mr, Calhgiins suggestion. Mr. Calhoun's own account of that letter is incorrect. says, my recollection in relation to it accords with Mr. Monroe's statement. I came into the room when he had appa rently just received th letter. He was indisposed at the time. I think he open ed tho letter in my presence, and flndirfg that it was from you he gave to me tlie letter to read. I cast my eyes over it, arid remarked that it related to the Sefn inole war, aii would require his atten tion or something to that effect. I thought 110 niore of it.. Long cftefi I think it was at the comnHmcenitont of the next session of Congress, I heard snq allusion which brought the hitter to my recollection. U was. from a qnrter vt4ich induced me to believe it caiae ;lrom . plr Crawford. I called and mentioned ft to Mr. Monroe 2nd found that he haxl i entirely ' Jor gotten the letter. Alter- searching spmo time, he found it amongt someKOther papers, and Mr. MohroeV acGountof the matter writ ten ''Th December i"8t8 'shortly !after the raeotirigof -Congress, proves thitthis sto ry as to tinia :'' entirely - fabulous. That letter connected with that of tho 19th Ju ly proves that .ths hunting up of tlie let lex on (he suggestion of '-Mr. Calhoun, and the reading for the ls.time took place directly after Mr. .Monroe's return from Loudon' on -.the 14th Jul v 181S -dmiuir ihe deliberations of the Cabinet. Upon this evidence may Mr. Crawford turn round and pity and; taunt Mr. Calhoun for decay of his memory;- He has noto riously published to the world a gross misrepresentation of this affair witii the oviilenc-e of its incorrectness before him, in fits own documents.- If memory had failed himt he, might have relied for cor.- rect ;jh form a tio a on the account given by Mr Monroe, in 1818 "which is certainly inore likely "to be correct; than any statc ment matle"4y him:now'. A;r Ho' Mr. Mou roo could not iave' forgotten-the facts. Thus vaaishes rmx : of Mr. Calhoun's cloudsiof dust; which "he -had raised,., to bliudtie people in relationUd' hU:0Ayu conduct towards Gen Jrftkson." lilhall not, howeyar, turn upon Mr. Calhoun and reprQacti hi ai with nis decay of me nrory, for if lie-is; to be believed, he never had anj to deckf, a I .shall show before this review is. closed 1 Nor it is the want of veracity which musfbe-'rproach-ed to 'J4ri Calhounj airjl net th decay of lutroomoryi Iu snppdi'Cf he argument or.tue UioU?, tounded ?ont Mr. Monroe's letter via s given p Mr. lhoun,biitdoes tac!s stated in his letter to 'ie ' 'rt !et 4ettera of the l!Uh ;efju!y,v and 21st.pt hot connect me -J with lr. Calhoun and ter doe ribt give the date of' the Cabinet r7ecem.berylSt4.tVi)ull proiuc a pass 1 that letter .and IMie tiji'ct reeiUKr- I'eoaacil whlcli it ref tA age from Mr, Monroe's .letter o me off to ,8th Art. Wjrin bed more than a. woe k- dnrino- Kik tk moc than avveek dnrino-whit h ihnt J,! cwy ,h,?, rcUtin? to that.warliJUpolofMr. CrowaiasVch 1 haying heen previoa?ly .arrad, it was forgotten and never reatUy raf? until af ter the meeting of the administration and the decision as to the; coursi to be pur sued in reference to its", inanaement; Mv impression is that I read it then, on a suggestion of Mt., Calhoun, that it re qred my attention. Ha,d 1 read it when 1 received it, I should have considered if confidential, and never have shewn it to my om: . however great my confidence in them might be." U is somewhat difficult to ascertain -what jVJiv Monroe's tncanina m uie toregmn ; quotation ts.v, Jle state v that every thin relating' to -that war, having been previously arrauged, tire let-' ter was removed, and forgotten, and ne? ver read by me (Mr. Monroe) wntib after the meetino; of the administration, and the decision as to the course to be pur sued in reference to its management' It is manifest that the first, part of the foregoing sentence relates to the arrange ment of the letters and papers5 concern ing the Seminole war. The second mem ber seems. to-present the .idea, that the letter was produced and read on the sugges tion of Mr.- Calhoun, after the d eci:on 01 the administration in refcreacs to it management. 5 Thel management of what? Of the Seminole wdr. That had termi nated before the meeting. If Mr. Monroe-intended to state, that the letter wa produced and read upon the suggestion of Mr Calhoun that it required hu atten tion, aftr the decision of the administra tion upon the course to be pursued to wards Spio and towards Gen. Jackson ; then it is manifest that he is mistaken. It is impossible inthe nature of thing that Mr. Calhoun could i have believed. suggested thati . thai letter required the President's', af ten f ion, after th de cision -; of ttte- (tdmiuistration upon the o vepts of the cam palp had been fonnujl. It was impossible in thenature pf ILlngs that. the President' attention tnld be ne cepsa'ry to that letter after the ..decision had been made on the evnts-of the paign. I have before me a letter from member of Congress from this State, in which he urges 44 that the continental let ter must have beeii before the Cabinet, as w 1 . .... 11 was necossary to a correct rtocisiftn i Miv-ij'jcsiuni "Winji one 01 toe oeminoie war, and that the President and SccreU ry of Wcr, ought to have bi:en impL'ach ed if it had been withheld." When Mr. Calhoun referred to the letter my impres sion was and is now, that he wished it prod need to prove that General Jackson, instead 'of acting in conformity to the or ders or" theWar department had determi ned to ike tlie' Spanish posts before he received orders tojjtake charge of th.it war. H is probable that when he referred o that letter, he was not awaro that it hd been answered.' t is easy to undentand why Mr. Calhoun. should jcall the Pres tlent's attention to that letter before the President had decided upon the course to be pursued towards Spain and especially towards General acksonbut after that decision had been;; made, it is impossible to conceive a moftve for brin.v:ingit under consideration. Mr. Monroe'is then evi dently mistaken in stating that the 'letter was produced and read upn the sucs- tiori of Mr. Calhoun, after. the 'd'e'eiafoo of; the cabinet iupon the events of the Semi note -.campaign. t is a little remarkable, M . w . - - . . ... . however, that the confidential , fetter, is always producefTjwii the suggestion of Mr. '(JalkouiX, Mr. Monroe in" his letter to Gen. Jackson of the 21st December, 1818 anil of the 8th of August 185!) to me says : it wus produced on suggestion 'of Mr. -Calhoun and connects it with the proceeding of the-Cabi net, in which I sa v I distinctly recollect-it was produced and read upon the svggcUion of Mr. Calhoun. I will -now state more at large, the reasons of my -distinct recollection of the eirctim stance. Mr. Mourbe before he left: Wash ington had particularly enjoined upon me not to leave Washipgton for Georgia .un til Gen. Jack.ons dispatches should be received, and the., Cabi net should decide upon the events otthe Seminole campaign. During his abcncVn Iondon, I had fre q u ent conversations with Mr. Calhou n, who uniformly informed '.- me, thatGn. Jackson htid no oth?r orders for the gov ernment of his cbndnct than those given to Gen, Gaines. Those orders I had seen, tlis representations which' at that time I had ho reasons' to doubt, made,, a strong impression upon cay mind,"and extrmely unfavorable" to Gen. Jacksoni 'T entered the Cabinet therefore y(vfii decided im pressions against the General which were removed only byihe production and .tea--ding of the conndential letter, s.of which to the best of ni-Recollection and belitf, i t-was tlie firt intimation I had ever re ceived 'of that ettef. I am confident Mr.' Monroe is mistaken in hi recollection of iny coitjing iotb his roorn, afer Mr. Cal houn, and Reading the letter itis jwonhV of remark too that in hisdetterof the21 sf Uec.cber,fwtiert it.is iflore: likely, tliat his recsdl?c-tion vas cjorrect,lha,n iu the spring of 1830, hel-tells.j.pen.Jlc&bn' that th tion of beirin- him vt k on of ifcMte, k - . a ' same account . e "t:i. .1 :.i h n..Q,i . , . uj ine tetter he has received from him 1L 1 . . ... f - - ' i ' out bf cqthparing the two lettersvit will uase that the latter to. bi n does not eontradictaduglesvllabie df his previous letter to me. Mr. Calhounin a note to - r .wninshfe'd lettento him, ssvs t4Nor could he have, bean present at any meeting of the Cabinet on the the subject of the capture of St. Maro, or Penacck in which' I w?s.' .?04 - Hrviog, Esq. late minister to bpani and :Den-.iark, writes in the month of rebruary-UHt, 4 That it is now ascer tained that the official news of toe capture of Sr. Marks, was received iat Wa-hfn -tou in the early part of May.' ' lie lud p:irticular4y, examined the' records" of the W ar (lmftmenf, and found that the'dis patch iving'an.'ac'coa n-t of tjre capture of bt. Marfc"$ywa recorded in theeariy part of May, and Mf. Calhoun in 'tis e noteWt referred? tii, says'; that heJMr. Crown mshield arid the President left Washing ton on the 28th of Mav-land Mr.Crown mshiehl in; hi letter to Mr. Caih-mn say.-?, that hcoqki not know 3?iy thi-igoi' a Ca binet meeting after the 28th -of Sinv But; the. Vice Pre-iidcnt stirely lvis' mv fi'anr tp Rccui-acv when he a-erts that Mr. Crowninshi.dd could not have been present at any Cabinet meeting on -the tha capture ofSt M-n-ks or p.msacolnv at which I Was. Could hot a CaUnet coun cil have been held between the earlv p?rt of May ftd the 29 h of that 'month ? Mr. Calhban asserts, five negative but every person that has understanding to count, ten will as?ri thy alBriaiive. This assertion of the V-.cs Priwident in thecity of Washington where ;rhe evicle;ice existed, proves his reckless direM'd of the trath en all occxslo'hs wher he con ceives it to he his interest, to violate it, lu regard to tliis aseJfio!l of !h Vice Presidentj Mr. Krvin -obervos. tf T;.cie are stout assertions, sin?ce i( is now as certaiueil th it tho official new of th cap ture of St.Marks, was received at Wash', ington early in tho month of'Miiyy neurlv - 1 vv.iy.- ueuj5s ciuicr or i&iV. Crowvin?hield lett that city : consequent ly jit was v poifible that this atiuir miglit have been tsubject of a cabinet I council when they were oth Treieat."t t j - - m sauie let1 letter Mr. 1 ErXtPg says, 44 That Mr. Crownin&hield ' '"asjrerteV, the accuracy of every fact inlhis letterHo you (me,) and' then related to me circamstao tiajly what passed in the Cabinet cJnsul tation to which it refer?. The. que'ion before the Cabiuet was whpther we should taic.e possession 01 the rionda. He toat Mr. Ajioptae had rorsrotferi it. but want to look for it, h some cabinet or re tired places, fio'm wiuch ho brohght a-small box, or trunk, red or blue I think he said) inthU wa found tha letter. Mr. Crown insh'uld' recoliectipn is mimitely exact, lie. recollects us titougu he now could see the corner ot the small bos iu which the letter was fou ml, tiie very place iu the room where he himself sat, during the d is- elision and all similar details: " Mr.Cj.l- houn "thu a therefore, resort t6 some other ' 1 V - Shut or device, to get rid otir. Crowa- insbild's evidence,: more.deceotive tha nis naed assertion, tiiat Mr.. 'Crowmn shi eld could not havu b'.;ea present at any Cabinet meeting at which ho was, on "the Seminole' campaign. The records-of the War dypartineiit'shew that this asserti on is untrue. The declarations before stated tiy Mr. Erving were made subsequent to the date of Mr,. Crqwninslueld's letter to Mr. Cal houn, He is a man-trf undoubted veraci ty, and although my memory'does not "en able me to offer any explanation hpun this subject, I: have no doubt that his statement in hi letter to mo is Substantially correct; bec&use his memory is distinct, and he states facts clearlv and unemiivoeall y. He is a mail of unqueatioriable veracitv :A j . . e - ... c f . - . - - it is inereiore a. ma;ier or periect tnamer ence whether tin: same facts are recollect ed by Mr, Monroe, Adams, Wirt or my solf They are besides facts that he could not have obtained any where else than in i a Cabinet council. This circumstaDce is conclusive and must prevail with all un prejudiced minds, if It rany-be proper liere to state that I have no distinct recollection whether Mr. tjrowninshield or Mr. Wirt, were present in the Cabinet council of July 1818, or were absent from i't. Mr- CalhfUiri and Mr. Adam 1 know was present. If I had recoil ectqd. that Mr, Crowainsbiebl had been absent as t nowfupppse hiui tohav been I certainly should not have applied to Mm for information "But the informa tion givencertain ly applies to a Cabinet council lit which he and Mr. Calhoun were, present, and at which the con&dtm tial letter was produced. It is th.3n de monstrated that the letter written by Mr, Crowninshield to the Vice President, does rri., rVy..., VKC u?aiibi my injury and one tor Mr. Ctthoun's rt and he n.euuoved to me in .general benefit.. N other hum;, bein- on this ternw t,i8" argument wh:ca he mr.Jeuseof terraqueous" globe except Mr Calho-i. on that occasion. lie well rccoilecs that had an interest in. fabricating thoe taUe a certain private Iclter,- was, atked for, hoods : at least, tha latter one. Uatil he raermces disprove tlie assertion of the Flee president, that Mr., Crcamh shield could not rmveheenpresu at anv Cabi ..etmeetiW. aMvnwa he was, upon the events of the He tnjnole carnjialg:). . .if.' - .s. ' It remains for me to at a Jfew words Cnthe crfarge of tlisclo.ing Cibihet e c re 1 8. I hare but' little, t o ad U to w ha t 1 have urgad iw.rny letter of thel (W bci, 'Hie iprihcioles tateI in that totter are heliereil to be orthodox.. In this re public the President is appbfitteJ by thV nation, and he-appoints' his Cabinet by and with the advice and cynSi-nt of thV Senate. P-esidentand Ms Cabinet are therefore responjiblEo tlte, republic for their act. Those acts for whkn they are responsible ought theiefore according to tiro principles f - the Roverriiaeirt'tS be known. . Otherwise the bluest public functionaries known to the ConstllrOtia are irresponsible..- To tVis responsibiljty mherent irf our Co:istitutjjn, ere is bflt one exception sectioned bv. reason- 'IF the secrets of. the (Cabinet Vre dt?cksed wbde the Cabinet is in existence Ind cnargd with the management of the na tional concerns the Cabinet might ; be eodered incapable of conducting tiosV abAirs -successfully.. This is the broaden ground ,upnn which the secney of Cabi net transactions can be placed. By.:eo.?ne it is. contended that in a government like ours, secrecy should not he extended be yond tlie accomplishment of the obi.-cts which have been the subject of Cabinet uriuie.-aiions.. That when the Measures, hich have been- tlie subject of those de liberations, have bsen effected.' if thev are bteneficia) to the republic, the people ought to know be extent of their ohligit Uons to their public functionaries ? and if ihey are njurious to the community? that Co m ill U nit V o ',? irh t to be nlar.p4 .in.sW u an to tonn .1. correct iudirment utwn ""fh. - ' . V. fc - Cimlar of th n-iMin. A. .. - r oi tlie;r nuHlic fij nr tinii-iAa . r .'vre.actea upon tne first principle: I ave tt!Sc;o?ed the proceed: n& of Mr o:ng8- ol Mr. Sunole war! !,V ami tnen j M on mc s Uabmet on the un. j..Lcr r ceasen to exi only -in suit dlence A Faise'bccount of tnos proceedings. had bireti commuoIcAt- d not oo4y to Creneral Jacksoo but to the oation. It is a matter of ganoi-al 'n oriety throttgtvthe Union, that Genera! Jackson btlicveii l had been unfriendly to hi m in the Cabitiet.ileliheratbns on the Seminole war. By whom was -that im pressiun produced? Mr. Calhoun and !lls . frieml,.. Um. p8ff,ctlr Witlin juiuit tvaitt, -i-now ana ov whom that im prestiit'i was mauc upon his ruind The only ostensible alt haysng.tlfat object in view, which is wUiiinny own knoWiedo I's the C2l;b'rated- JfashYilit- lelter. ' That wasjlettrcontained two UebooAfi one to 4 saciiTa. t.cn. ii.e leuer m question wntten by soma one eUe. not under his iuflneuce, or direction, or shdl! point out some other person having an qua! inter est with hansel flu that tabricatioo, he uiust pardon ras at least for 'considering Him to ha the author of that letter. I here terminate 'the review: so far as my defence is concerned, and haSi turn my attention more, direct! y lothe corrcj- poridence, and to t!ve contradictions auu commitments to which -ii Ms- Pnls,... 1 i .ubieotcl him,elfin hi. Bevrd p.blica-! j-i w'4ti, i;aj i lions. Almost in the commeacoiiient oi : Bjlsb Esn, of Nashville in answer tn nf. receiveiUroin him. ' Mr. Lumpkin it will b' observed is very flippant in the use of terms of a eproach and vituperation; ad General Newnan is not much behind him. Of these two men it is subicient4o say they are both apostates from the re publican ranks. They wifl both proba bly, deny thii. They, are however both Clark men. This they cannot deny, and they both were Anti-Clark men until about 8 or 10 years ago ; when they both about the same time made a political somerset. Hiiey are both unquestiona bly turn coats. Mr. Lumpkin U now the Claik candidate for Governor. JTnat party in this State is a mongrel 'party t formed of ihe worst materials at the po litical parties which have heretofore pre vailed in Georgia. General John Clark the leader of the party was believed to be a federal isibut finding in 1824 that he could not Induce his party to support Mr. Adams, he declared for General Jackson. At tlie election in 1828, the only two electoral candidates for Mr. Aoat!S, were Ciarkites ; one of them had been his confidential Secretary whea lie wris Governor. This man (General Clark.) had succeeded in fte wonderful decree iu combiuingall the iguorance-in tife State m his supfbrt. It may belaid down as an axiom that in the lTmtt Rf,, ;r . . ,. . -..-. vw'i " ....... -..i. ujtviv9 aii.t;i ihj is oj ver old he changes frocrsSVfisb an4therVtrf diionest motives. ,Tt is a cotoritjurs fa jithat both these men werp rhore than 30 fyears ol ago- when"' ihey", changed their politics. It Is not WndWul. then that there bho'ulU hz synm.-tthv'nteea titem u' w ? p: eeni8 a letter ir ;m r:cat. reciving tho hi -!:et nur At, ;VV ,Uan Lumpen, containing cue aIe:toraj votes should be Present trom General Daniel Newuan incici ng tides-h ineao th-1 t -Up r - r. r ..... . ?i J: w i..i.. mt,i .na .ep-e3cnfati-f ' w ivticr irom me to --xiireu a Sr hirdof a fenthex wdl flock tosrettipr. xrti .never mart tuJy veritud.thrui n this ir?, to tlie copy of my letter which hj bea obtaiPe(L from Mr. sBalch wifhojtJiis , know U-dge, perioiston or causer. U I the letter of Mr HaUh BW before mem whch says . tThfr cof yV was rM lur nisnedwith ipy. krtowlig' nrlvi-y, or' consent.". If f had supposed tJleopf of the -letter wultl haVc been accn table to Mr. Ctmn, I Would hnvgi sfnt:hi0 vmpy rtndrUvb3sibty hare saert dt:grnce off purlbiuing letter. I have; " Wrt Writtenr idltny "tUing of Mr! Cailiqrtir4:tRat-I, Wtld not hnv MtW Or saicl tbl pnmerlMr. Lumpkin whoaaLj hare lofrg -'VA) ; v u . j w iipaci I u pon Demg a very shrewed obiei yer o? -pain events. IrU dependant of ht3 strong de to comrou- n cato iacj,vto iu friend tlie Vic-Presi- dent,..ae assumes the,, character of -a pro'- "i, "I ph.tan(l venture! to predict what Genev- ... -I al Jason will do, , 0rrTirtunately. tfo?l'! ehrewd obqrver cf iasi ng.veffts r-W he prophet are equally ;At fault. W M , tells tne : iee-E&sident 't'Vit$r&' . VJil I he day Tiu'r! vahia took t.p General iIJ ' v ice, rresuieiu supported :Gen.eL.Jac son , wHlfoaatanc y y.al - and tnii f4W muyand tV-t General Jackson knows ltt Leaving st therefore. toTie. inferrlv 'that cvyery . corfspicuous friend of P-fr. CaW houu in this matter, had bven, innuetrcedj so to act by the Vice-President. unfortunately fur his friend Lump3on?t8o te Ujiitp.l S'ates that h-? v.t.s neutral b-. Iween Genera! -Jackson and Mr. Adams'. t ondedui : ! i It is presumed tht thar -as not another individual in the United States in this happy state of quiescwiro upon the prpident;ai eloclionv G-nrai JacKon and Mr, Adains were so unk ho t.ieir temper, manner, and principle that it ia at least difftcul to conceW howny man who hsd the least kaowleda- )Oi' tho two men could be neutral betw 15" ho-n XI . S1 Calhoun utral petwm thes? geiitlemftm ei not even n'eut master General withdrew thft.; from thetlh of July Dinner at Washing f tun hopntia. .7 rfv T i... .. . 1,1,1 !V,,n 4 dinn.'i 'i n T T I f r .a , I t r . . ! . I- . J . . . . . . ... act wy uanejonrothe Htterihg reput- 'politrcalJtiJt? porters,. ?whc son-in-law VOCO OI lilinflti - t M-l. , r4-r. r. I J- t' 7 ... wielded tho Adani -election. If it hl Sl i. rtelu he woold nrvf have b-eo elected, at leaon th"o fi: ,t ball.h Mr. Calhoun' statest.hatm.5- Jn-on between the tw caric!ni:tte, tJjwanU whornhe was in th lr.pj v$ym nJrajpwas fimlexl ufoa pnncijdy vch he k hftwpwr,: t.a. not to diascat leaves t6 be in nui. biat pnncipjeis I a eoJirely at a Iosto conjecture ; nor liar, hh ubr quent coquet furnished an v clue fcrive aUi. Does he mean that the pninleV Uidi. io .. that ih, .undidata who re ceives tne highest e!ectoi-.l vote must uvui. ue eiecTeci by th- house of '....i. - Ahe titutioo h;.&;. u tit 1 1 ... i " ' r . ? i r r'T j i . 1- - c , t i . ih4 X ,!f W" i.;3-. ;t cney wou!-,i buvs as the elector. ha:I done. Tnatprinciol ate are oyu'nd f: r mi iu uii oniiiruaoa. The only im. itation imposed upon the Haae of Ren rc3?.uttive3, is. that thev fV?j .PCt of the three highest ot t"he candidate,.- ibis UieJIouse of Raprewnta'ivpg did - mi.o.c vmiiiiey CO nnrxiri K f tU Constitution, however they may J--.ye ; fringed upon the plrincipla of'the Vi t r V i- f 5 n.-. President, which to me uMisi..,., Vice - .i I beheve he a!aecan tall what himeans, ' if Ire means any' thing ; whicbs: reri questionable. Mr. Lumpkin r stat-i mg the conduct of the Vice res'dpni friends adds, " How then cn It be por- cue Inendshir, constancy or sincerity of y mffpimdt. v-i He cannot. Jle mth cm&lence m the Oenoril.rtd'be. heve such idle tales' Poor GamUmim . . he has been deceived in the course tfot r. Cal h ou has purs u ed , und hV'rt ' equal ly deceived in that which oe Gen- V eral has pursued and will probably, con- ; J tinue to pursue towards the Vice.? Prelv'',A dent. The -.keen observer of uVainf : events and the prophet are alike sen, bath. as to: the President ami- Vice ! President, Nwtbly m.. be Wore' furtuDateVthatt I have beon'iit discoverln. the imnoft:eit! winrlnln n . -v. o' ui- A' . "' w,e viCj. : i I csiucij v lilljlKS ouut to I live inPiin.rl -rieaiucnc, oy the Uousa of Representatives in February, 1825. I proceed now to comment m Mr. CaK houn's notes, to my letler of the 2d OcPo. her, 1830. . It is, however du r to mfv.-if, i to stare, that, that '.ettiir wts writtp'rt i i - ,. i-', e - v vm..i ,,- jwithn it riry etpevtdtioo tht it would bv KAOi, however glad. that i Mi I it ti'r, a. 1 tA t I 4i v5r r .- . .5 V i S. 1 -. i , i - - 0
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 15, 1831, edition 1
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