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S ATU K! M Y MOILMA G^ j\ CGUST II, W*y.
Cm. Jackson's T.ilftr.—A correspondent has ably
I ii l bare, so :e of t!>e incongruities and subterfuges
of the Gencrai’s Letter in reply to .Mr. Clay’s Caul
of denial and dtjitnec from Lexington. As he has
promised a further commentary, we might well dispense
with any rt (It cl ions of our own; yet as several tilings
have struck us which he lias not yet touched upon, we
will oiler our reflections upon (bctti to the reader.
The most singular circumstance in the General’s
Liter is liia solicitude uol to be considered the public
accuser of iMr. Clay. This is the fust and the last
topic of the letter. Mr. Clay, he says, “contradicts
and denies, not any thing l have written, but that
which he hiinselt makes ine to say.” And again he
says, “he seeks not to present himself to the public in j
his own defence, and still less to become the ‘responsi
hie accuser’ of Mr. Clay.” Let the history oi the
transaction hr 1 in mind. Immediately after the
election Gen J icksftu ■ > • rmed his confidant Pv.fl'
Green, .u • ■ • . . ’ declaration of the kuter, that
overtures had been made him by Mr. Clay and his
liiends. He repeats the same assertion to Beverly,
and as Mr. Clay alledges, bail also made it to various
individuals, at different and distant points. Iu the
letter which is now the subject of comment, ho says,
"Mr. Beverly being on a visit at my house, requested
to know of me, other gentlemen being present, whe
ther the overtures heretofore imputed to Mr. Clay
wete well founded, aud if 1 had a knowledge of any of
the facts myself. I anssverod him candidly; being
tillable, as well as unwilling, !j refuse Idling things I
/mil heard, and knew la be trued Here is a full ae~
knowledgment of the truth of Beverly’s letter—to wit:
“that overtures had been made to Gen. Jackson by
Clay and his friends,” iic. It is not only an acknow
ledgment that Beverly truly reported the conversation,
but a repetition of the charge upon his personal 7cnow
hilgc—“he could not refuse to tell things which he
ioul heard, and knew lobe trued With what propriety,
with what consistency, does Gen. Jackson then say,
that he had never accused IMr. Clay of any thing, and
that Mr. Clay had made him say things which he nover
had said? Does Mr. Clay charge him with any thing
but his having made the very statement hr Beverly
and others, which he now acknowledges to have made?
M’biin he told Beverly before a large assemblage, that
overtures bad been made him by Mr. Clay and his
friends, was he not accusing Tilr. Clay, and accusing
hun under circumstances more injurious to the repu
tation of the latter, than if he had made the accusation
in the most public manner? Gen. Jackson discovers
a strange obliquity of moral vision on this subject.
He will not consent to be considered Mr. Clay’s public
accuser—be disclaims the idea of becoming his res
jmnsible accuser—he even seems to consider turns,-!; in
ured by Mr. Clay when the latter calls what lie had
told Beverly and others, charges—but he conceives
himself to possess a perfect right to speak unmolested
of Mr. Clay’s cori uption, at his own fire side, and to his
'/•fends. ‘*Tlie origin--the beginning of this matter
(says be) was at my own house and fireside; where sureh
a freeman may be permitted to speak on public topics
without having ascribed to him improper designs.”—
The plain and obvious construction of this language
i- this.—“true i have spoken freely of IVr. Clay—I
have to my guests, charged him and his friend- with
corruption in the Presidential election—I have thus
charged him upon my personal knowledge—But I
ought not to be responsible for this, for the conver
sation was hoh! at my own fireside—there surely, I
have a rigid to say what I please of public men.'’—
Wuat docs the leader think of the morality of this
reasoning? Is it true that that which is slander in
other places, is legitimated when spoken by the fire
side? Is a man ihe less responsible »o another, be
cause the accusation is made in Bis own house, instead
of publicly? Is lie less bound to sustain bis accusation
when privately circulated, than when publicly made
where the defendant may have an opportunity of vin
dicating himself? Is it (litis a generous and magnani
jn Mis foe would reason and act? Has Gen. Jackson a
ri Jit to circulate charges destructive of Mr. Clay’s
honour, and then when called upon to substantiate
them, to say that be w as not tlie accuser of Mr. Clay
•—that what ho had said, was said at his own fireside?
1 nfortunale remark! A remark that cannot hut
leave the most unfavorable impression of the General’s
sense of moral fitness, and prove to the world that his
n!cas of right ami wrong arc as crude as his nctions of
military superiority.
The truth is, that the General and his partisans have
been willing In benefit, and have largely benefited, from
Hie charges against Messrs. Clay and .Adams, without
being willing to assume their responsibility. For
more than two years they have been industrious! v i ir
rnlated, in tlic most exaggerated forms, and confident
language, and the General himself has not disdained
To aid hi their circulation. Hut no sooner is the
charge traced to some responsible individual, than he
declines the responsibility of sustaining it. The gen
tlemen know very well, that it is better to keep these
charges suspended over the heads of Messrs. Adams
a :>J Clay, than to attempt thoir proof. While tbev
continue to he circulated, as tnur.h injury is e tree ted
as if they were pioved—an attempt to prove them
I'CV'if expose their infamous origin an 1 baseless foun
dation, and result in the confusion of the plotters. Itut
too time has come, when this attempt must be made.
T.nwilling as Jackson and his paitizans have shown
them«e!vcs (o meet the investigation, they can no lon
ger avoid it. I hey must now prove their charges or
forever after hold their peace If they succeed in
tins, they succeed in die object so dear to their hearts,
won h iras nerved all their efforts, and pointed all their
slanders—the sacrifice of Henry Clay. If they fnilt
«nd fail they will—if the evidence in tiie cause es
tablished the infamy of the proposal to belong to them,
aa i ri’idcn. -H110 m; iblii’i ti—-Jet ‘hem Inrjt q»:
. tvi- auger huicstu creep iulo and hide their unmuLiiCd
j heads. The heaviest penalty which the'world can in
j diet—the contempt and abhorrence of a whole pco
j p'e, will be their certain and deserved fortune,
j The General aft**r a few apologetic remarks, pro
j coeds to explain the mode in which In's letter to Be.
j verly found its way to the public prints. In doing
j this, he extracts the paragraph from Devcily’s letter I
j to him, in which the latter arcuses Mr. Clay of stir J
j .""’ititiously obtaining a copy of Gen. Jackson’s letter ,
j to lteverly. We think il was unhandsome in the |
i Lenera!, to repeat this assertion of Beverly. That it ;
{is a falsehood we refer to the article republished from j
the Nat. Intelligencer to-day, to the extracts given a •
few days ago from the Wheeling Gazette, and to Mr. ;
Clay’s declaration in Lexington. But giant that Mr. |
i (’lay did obtain a copy without Beverly’s leave, where
j "'as the mighty oil •nee? Will Ceil. Jackson pretcud '
to sr.v, that his letter to Beverly was not intended for
| publication? When it was written to sustain Beverly J
, it) his publication in (he Fayetteville Observer; and (
when it coold no otherwise answer this purpose than j
i by being published, is it candid in Gen. Jackson to j
; pretend, that it was only published inconsequence of!
■ Mr* Clay’s unfairness in procuring a copy? We have
(never known a stronger instance ofdisingcuuotisness.
Observe the facts—Beverly publishes a conversation !
held at (lie Hermitage in the Fayetteville Observer_•
Ho is accused in the Public Press of misrepresentation
He writes to Gen. Jackson to sustain what lie had j
said, and to rescue him from Lis unpleasant situation.
* he General does write and does sustain him. Is it not
most uhviuus then, that Gen. Jackson expected his let
| ter to he published? Did not he know undoubtedly that
it would be published, and that by nn other means could i
it effect the object for which il was written, r: amc!/ to j
sustain Beverly in the statements made in his Fayette- i
ville letter? IIow uncandid, and ungenerous was it
then in Gen. Jackson to pretend that his letter to Be- !
verly had found its way to the press, by reason of Mr.
(;iay’3 having improperly taken a copy? How duiugc !
nuous was it to pretend This that he might have an op- ;
| port unity of exhibiting Mr. Clay in the attitude of one ‘
j who had violated private confidence? But his disinge- !
; nuousness will avail him nothing. Evan if Mr. Clay j
! had fab,-'n a copy of the letter—a letter of accusation ,
i against him, and which was destined for publication, !
| without leave,—few would have blamed him. The
charge is now kuoun to be the offspring ol Carter ’
Beverly’s brain.
Il the General discovers a moral obliquity in the*
instance to which we have already referred, it is still
irrore discernible in his allusions to Air. Buchanan.—
l He gives up this gentleman as the individual, the “high- ’
: !y respectable” member of Congress, who brought him
| the corrupt proposal—a proposal which so shocked his !
; souse of honor, that he declared he would see (he earli.
i °Pcn a»d swallow both Air. Clay and himself, before he
I would accede to it. Now ifllie proposal itself was so
. dishonorable and infamous in the General’s estimation, i
| how is it t.iat he spoke to Beverly, and continues in j
! this letter to speak, of Mr. Buchanan “os a gentleman
iof tire first respectability and intelligence?” Can he
! possibly discriminate between the proposal and him
• who made it? If that was so infamous, can the indivi
j who bore it to him, be in the General’s opinion,
; so very “respectable” and of such high standing? The
; General cannot pretend that Air. Buchanan was simply
the bearer, and not the advocate of the proposal. He
istates that Mr. Buchanan had first carried it to his '
colleague, Major Baton, and warmly urged it upon him, j
and so keen was Buchanan that the negotiation should \
lie made, that when Baton refused to mention it tc
Gen. Jackson, he carried it to, and pressed it upon the!
latter in his own person. Gen. Jackson rejected the
proposal as infamous—suspecting it to come from Mr.
C lay, he looks upon him as infamous—yet he styles
( 1,10 member who biought it to him, and pressed il upon
i Eaton and him, as “highly respectable”—as of “the
j first intelligence and respectability.” The character
; v!ie says) cf Mr. Buchanan, with me forbids the idea
that he was acting upon his own responsibility, or tlrnt
under any circumstances, he could have been induced
I ‘o propose an arrangement, unless possessed of .-ati-fac
tory assurances, that if accepted, it would he carried fuU
| Iv into effect.” lie has so high an opinion of Mr. Bu
• chanan who brought him and warmly urged the cor
rupt proposal, that he would not believe him capable
; of making it, without assurances of its being effected
: —yet he pretends (o consider the proposal itselfaml
its supposed author, infamous! Verily, here is a strain
ing at a gnat and swallowing a came!—a r.ontradic
tion of ideas which we arc utterly enable to reconcile!
As for Air. Buchanan, we will say nothing. Flis
owu statement will doubtless, be before the public iu i
a tew days. L| lie sustains Gen. Jackson’s statement,'
he will at least he entitled to the credit of speaking the j
truth at the most fatal hazard. I f Jackson’s statement '
is :run, his own fate is sealed If he did carry the*
proposal to Jackson and Easton, and urge it upon
them, (here can he but one opinion. We hazard very
little in the conjecture, that he will negative the Gen j
eral’s statement.
The TTon. Andrew Stewart of T’n. who voted for \
\ Gen. Jackson in the House of Representatives and
j ,raB until recently his zealous advocate, in a speed. '
on the 4th July renounced his further support. *'A1.!
j rc:u?J* (he n»e course of the opposition alar-1
|!lird many of our most clear-sighted statesmen.’’
Wc received a day or two ago, a letter from an i
! emineni citircn or Louisiana, which states (hat tfM ’
vole of that Slate wrll certainly ho for Adams. The '
invitation given to Gen. Jackson to attend at New
j Orleans on Ihr 8th January nest, by the Legislature.'
ar.d accepted by him, will produce no political effect'1
All parties wer, willing to do him that honour.
-«TO
From Kentucky, wc learn that Mr. Clay’s rerwnt
vi-it and vindication, have, produced the most rxten- ■
sive effect throughout that S'ate. It is believed tlmt I
ten out of twelve of the Representatives to Congress I
[(the election is now proceeding) willhe fin the Ad-1
ministration, and no apprehension is felt by the well j
informed, tlial Jackson will receive a single electoral ;
vote in Kentucky. The yeomanry arc almost uni- |
formly for the Administration—tho tag. rag, and hob- :
tail—the boatmen, loungers, and whiskey diinkers are
j for the IKro.
! ! I ,h ™ ''r” * ^ '"15 r",” H *"r Promising yonh, in the
1 i > . f 'Vf'”S a&C’ *s u,>f,»'"»ia«'dy drownrd on Thurs
day, while bathing nrar lfax..l|*s mill, lie the only
son ofMr.Jantw Worrell, the :jr«ipricio, of f, J 1
ECu.'it, • c j* j
j> i^Jivugcs.—liulf has instituted <cvcr.il new chaig?s
j against Mr. Clay of a very formidable character. The
i first is, that tie wiote In Gen. Jackson in 1824, and invited
j him to pass through Lexington,that they might travel t,.ge
lt her to Washington! Hon id denravi: v!
2 1. Mr. Clay walked arros< die I'euti.-yh nni i Av.-oue
l vha..e hands with Gcu. Jackson, and to congratulate him
I "poo his being one of the three returned to the House!
■ Unblushing profligacy!
dd.“lt is a fact, (says Dull'.} that Mr. Clay ticlually cal
• ar (• rdsby's, where Gen. Jackson boaidrd; that he
enquired if he was in; that the bar-keeper went up to see
• I Mr. Clay could be admitted; and that Mr. Clay actually
went np and spent some tinrp, with i'.io Hero!” Bold and
during intriguer!
i So little conception has the hcnsl of the deportment ol
! line gentlemen, that he construes these little civilities, the
otYspiing of polite iutercnnrsc, into so many testimonials ol‘
: corruption and dishonesty! Because Mr. Clay did no
suffer himself to he transported by the aspeiity of party
j feeling into forgetfulness of what belonged to his diameter
| and to good breeding, this egregious simpleton would infer
; that he was seeking to corrupt Gen. Jackson!
These facts, says Duff, will be sustained should .Mr Ciav |
appeal to Congress—the only course hr seems to think left j
him. Appeal to Congrees that the facts of Mr. Clay’s 1
shaking hands with Gen. Jackson, and visit to liis lodgings, j
may be sustained! Worthy subjects indeed to occupy the j
attention of Congress, and to superinduce the expenditure \
of public money! But Mr. Clay will not appeal to Con- !
gress. lie has appealed to a much higher tribunal—to the '
people themselves. The cause is now under tiie solemn j
consideration of the public, and no subterfuges, no attempt ,
to distract the public attention from it, no effort to gain
time, and to change the juris Motion, can succeed, (ion.
Jackson iias made the accusatiot—Mr. Clay has denied
it—the issue is lairlv and explicitly joined, and it remains j
only Mr Inc witnrsMs to gnu to tln-'.r testiinm.y. The
disclosures ahvady not I.*—tito strong disposition to
back out, betrayed by the Jackson partisans—evorv
appearance and every probability conspire to impress us
rvitb tbs assurance, that tlie jito/ilc will acquit Mr. Clay.—
As to what the hirelings of the Jucksonians, am! the perso
nal enemies of Mr. (.May, may say or tin, it is to him and
the public, perfectly immatciial. Acquitted !c: will cer
tainly be, by public opinion, and the slanders against him,
nailed to the foreheads of his slanderers.
The Harrisburg Convention adjourned on yesfetunv
week. Theie was no cntictissing—no political ma
oonvroing of any foil—and what is strange, tire
Jacfisonites have not ret charged that bodv with cor
rupt .proceedings of any kind. ’ \ c hone the acute
appreliensiuns of the I.-Jiiois ui ihe laiomrcr ate re*
liaved.—The following is a statement of the duties
recommended by this body,extracted ftonr the lY-nq.
intelligencer.
The subjoined, is n statement of the duties, which in
the unanimous opinion ot the convention, after set ions
do liberal ion, ought to be placed upon foreign wuiJu’i
, woolens, by the next congress. We will merely add,
that these rates of duly, met the approbation of both
! tire growers and manufacturers of that article, who
i were present. They, together, compose 1 a eorrsidera*
| tile number, and took an eftieiunl part in tlic business
of the convention; discovering great intelligence and
experience. We have, therefore, every contHenee.
tlrat those rates of duty are called for by the depressed
| slate of the woolens business, and will bo the means,
! it adopted by congress, of giving to that pursuit,
; health and energy, the country clothing from her own
work shops, and a market to her agricultural interest
of many millions ot dollars, additional per year, to the
one it noiv has. IVot alone lhi«: its adoption will im
prove the condition of almost every other pursuit. To
the manufacturer of iron, it will give an increased
consumption in machinery; mid to the mechanic and
labourer more employment.
It will he perceived bv the proceeding*, (hat othm
interests were nut overlooked, itesolulioiis in favour
of hemp, flax, whiskev, iron manufactures, steel, coo
per and glass, were offered, and unanirnoirslv passed
after discussion.
I. ():> raw wool, costing over eight-cents in a for
. cign country, a doty of twenty cents per pound, to be '
! increased nnnnoliy, two an i a half cents per pounJ, '
i till it readies fifty cents per pound.
Q. Ail goods composed cf wool, or of which wool L 1
|3 component part, (except blanket studs, bombazines, i
; hoziery, mitts, gloves, caps and beddings,) costing not
, more than fifiy cents per square yard, to be taken, and
j deemed to have cost fifty cents' per square vard, and
, forty percent ad vohte.'ii, until the'dH:b June. IF.29
f forty five per ’cent until 3:)th June IJ.'JO, and fifty
| five per cent a<i valoretfl^thareaftcr.
i j. All goods composed ofi^ol, or of which wool is
a component part (exceptas aforesaid) costing in a
j foreign country, over fifty cpnts, and nut exceedin'’
I two dollars, fifty cents per square yard—-to be taken!
I anJ deemed to have cost two dollars and fifty con's
I Pf square yard, and the duty charged as m tne prece
ding section. 1
4. All goods composed of wool, or of which wool j«
a component part (except as aforesaid) costing m a
foreign countiy, tnore than two dollars and fifty cents,
and not exceeding four dollars per square yard, to be
donned and taken to have cost four dollars per square
yard, arid the duty charged as in the second sect ion.
5- goods composed of wool, or of which wool i =
a component part, (except as aforesaid.) costingmore
than £ l and notjexcerding j£f,, persquarc. yard to he
deemed anti t-ilcen to have cost per square rm*'
and the duly to he charged as in the second section.
n. All goods composed of wool, or of which wool is
a component part, (except as aforesaid,) which shall j
cost in a foreign country more than per square
yard, to be charged as in the second section.
i. flic adequate protection of woolen blankets, is I
respecfnlly submitted to congress, so as to secure their '
manufacture in the United States.
o. It is respecfully submitted to Congress that,ad-'
equate measures should betaken, to prevent tiie frauds!
on the revenue, by which American manufactures are1
believed to be seriously injured.
If lull be atnhliMhed in due tivir, by Mr. Clay’s
fiipnds who were in Congress at the period of the
Presidential election, that no such proposal as the one
spoken of by Gen. Jackson, was authorised by them.
—
V, r are please 1 to sec that the Washington Inmr
ancc Company of Providence, Rhode Island, the un
derwriters for the Crawford, have voted Mr. l)ob=on,
the mate, five hundred dollars for his service* savjng’
that vessel and her ceigo. Fucb liberality is honor*
able to the American diameter.
—&©?>
Tiihm-rf). Sales on the 6ih instant at die Piddle IVare
hoiiM- of 1B hhds. of Mr. Charles A. SroitV r, which!
brought $12 25, 7 do. at $11 75, I do. at $1! 25, 2 do.
at $!! ft,>, 1 do. at $8 C5. and one do. at $6 fr$, mwkin^
an average of $11 16. Other sales in proportion to qua!-1
Tiie. rrop of Martin Baker, of Eoti'ra county, Ifi hhds.
inspcetccl and sold at Sea brook's Warehouse, Efh August,
1-2,, at tne prices following:—t hogshead ai «1?) 55. 1
at *18. I at <17 ?5, 1 at $17 50, 1 a, $17 2.5. 2 at
i16’ ’’I1’1 thr h'l "w» at $11 05, down to <5 50, ave
rage of the whole $J2 71.
BUENOS AYRES AND BRAZIL
Bv the schooner jane, at this port, in twelve davs from
Ft. Thomas, we learn tnat the brig Edward arrived ai St
Thmuas from Pernambuco, whence she saih-4 on the
of .Tune, brings a report from Mr. Mansfield, American
Consul at Peniainbueo, that P-ur* had b-eo rnnrludr.d
iv. ■ ,J... IIA, re. J Gj*
PLI.l* I.N j'b (>C<i t liv>LL.
LXi/racd <J a f.zttrr, d<Ued “Lynchiii nr;, /Vug. 5i.Ii.
**\ crily, Clay has imimilalitd JwL-sm, ami I am
ficu to acknowledge I have sinned against the Chatham
, ut America. Cl iy’s speech lias pioditcod a lvondcifni
j revolution in this quarter in lavor «.f ti e Adeems! i a
j turn, (iml Jackson’s latter has breu;,iil him low in the
j estimation ot unprejudiced men. Allho’ in principle
j opposed to i\lr. Adams’ politics, 1 believe he n il! got
the vote of Virginia.”
I “St \u>'tcx, July 20lh.
! “The Administration has gained ground in this quar
ter, and I think it gaining every day. What has
| changed many against Jackson on this side the intuil
• tain is to find how very warm the Richmond Junto has
become for him. In this country he had many original
! friends who find with surprise that their zeal for him
! 13 er*»t,y outstripped by men who two or three yearn
ago made a merit ot abusing him. This cetid net is
; Ut,Pn,,t‘tpled, for Jackson must have been abused with
out cause before, or praised improperly notv.”
, . . “Fauquier,-!
j ‘1 here has been rnucb change in favor of the Ad I
ministration in this country. I really think the Jack !
S()M *evcr abating ami ibat ibG patient mil recover
| altogether. The pointed and emphatic denial by Mr. j
' < Jay of g”ill in the Piesidenlial election has satisfied \
[ many. 'Jtieydo not thinic a guilty man would be so
daring in taking the bull by the ho.-tu.”
** Powhatan,
<4I if.is thrilled through nnd through b? Cla)^
speech at Lexington, i h id just read McDuffie's,
which I got hold of by accident. McDuffie must he
ashamed when he reads Clay’s speech, to see how
clearly Clay has reluted him, without seeing his
speech. I lie Jacksunitcs tear aiul halo Clay, bul thov
no more behove him guilty of bribery than you do.
lie is a tremendous man. i leel hound to support
him in any tiling he asks of his country.”
'*o give the above extracts as mere samples of
many others which reach us dai’v, breathing ihL* same
spirit.—f Hus.
! To the Editors of the (.'nndiltilionaj Whij.
Gentlemen: | agree with you that General "jack
isims letter of the IHtli nil. is wiitlen with inme than !
111 '!mmI gentleness. hut I cannot subscribe to the !
j opinion licit it 13 the production “df some mote acute
I and subtle brain.”—1 think that the letter is mjjthei I
; more nor less than the composition of the General him 1
, set!; and! think so because though written with inoio '
temperance than belongs to the man, and which might he
easily assumed, it is charat.tciizcd by all the faults
of style, cuu;:jsL-ju of ideas, and error« of reasonin'- i
: which distinguish his effusions. The General sax's
j Mr. f lax’s “contiodiction is a something suggested
I by himself, awl Is n*t contained in my Utter."_lie
j no doubt meant that what Air. CJay contradicted was
I not cunhmeJ m bis letter.—He further says that “1.,
. nocenoe never seeks for softy through’covert ways
i dnJ hidden futibutcadc*.”—One would think that m i—
. Ihr.r iuoocence nor guilt nor any thing else would
; evei ili e.-.in of sijtiy through an ambiiscado. i)nrny
j bu fenied from such a source, but certainly not
.'*<>fity\ and abnx'c all. a hidden ambuscade might bt
| very perilous, particularly as an open and visible om
its niitMin-iijji’y rare. Tbr.se are specimens of the'
i Genera, s style, selected at random; no doubt niaifv •'
,ot!icr beauties of the same cbatacler might be culled !
: from the peiiurmancc*
Nvilb respect to false reasoning ami hardihood o.'
j assertion, ahinidaut proofs might be adduced. The at
j tcn,)'t h) ,nalt8 il appear that the letter of the Gth June •
to I.arte' Beverley was surreptitiously copied and pub I
ledied by Mr Clay, is so exceedingly weak and disin
genuous, lout it is xvouderlui General Jackson’s cunii
dential advisers did nut dissuade him from ih If he did
not intend that loiter for publication, he then stands
; convicted out of his own mouth of privately assaUin«: ■
jtho public purity of Mr. Clay. But xxliat says tile'
j General himself immediately preceding this feeble
I subterfuge? Beverley had requester! a confirmation of
] the statement made in the Fayetteville letter, evidently
i for lfie purpose of satisfying an incredulous public. “I-n’
.dcr such circumstances,’’ says the General "eonceal
m-.nt and sileibc might have seined mere affectation
: or indeed something of a different and even worse
- character. Vuhliely having been given to the conrer
t 9.itiun, and an appeal made to me for its uccuracv, 1
Sclt it tube due to Mr Beverley, that nothing of fab
. riuation should bo imputnd to him, and U, vr/sef Uih/ j
\ n: ml I had staled stunt’d he Correctly anlerxfoud. j
I riccordingo/ on the frh of June, and in teply to hid of'
(tie lath of Alay, I addressed him a letter of which the !
public are already posseted.”—If Carter Beverley Hal !
n->t intend to publish thus letter from the first, what
■ n ,o did he design to make of it ? Will anyitmoofcain- :
mr.n understanding believe that he meant simply to j
pocket i\ and satisfy himself and the public by ttn? bare I
assertion tint such a Idler was rn his possession? And i
I yet General Jackson ha9 the hardihood to say that it l
j is by no agency or procurcrncut of his, that his charges ’
. against Mr. C lay have been presented to the puhtic. ;
But pe.haps Hie inrt ! extraordinary assertion in Gen.
I Jar kson’s last letter, isBr.it xvbich is cAulairrrd in (he
sentence. “.-jtili l have not said, nor do I
now say that the proposal made to me was vxith the
privity fja.i cnnnnl of Mr. Clay, nor either have i said
that insjriend* in congress made provusitions to me
These are Air. Clay’s interpretations of my letter to
Mr\ Beverley, and not what my letter ilse If con tains.”.
— e»yr/ look at the letter of the 6(!i June to Carter
Beverley. In that letter Jackson states that lie toques
ted Air. Buchanan to communicate his refusal to en
ter into terms to Clay and fits frunds; for said he
‘•1 did snjtpo.se Buchanan had come fimn Air C|,v
although lie used tho term of Mr. Clay’s friend, "
And in the last letter of the Bit:, nit. i,e repeat- ex
pressly that from nil the circumstances attending Boch !
• anan 9 communication to him. he did consider it as
! authorised by Mr. Clay him‘e!f. If Geneial Jackson ■
j tuereforc Ins not asserted that the proposition was made
; Clay’s pa city and consent, (here can he no
j meaning in the English language, and the miserable sub
terfuge to which lie has resorted is in effect this, that
j though he has not asserted that Air. Clay ivas a scoun
I drfd, he has nevertheless thought so and "still thinks so.
I—Again the General a Hedges that he did not say ini
; '''s letter to Mr. Beverley that Clay's friends in Con
grass wide propositions to him; hut what savs (he let-f
ter? “I always intended, should Mr. Clay come out'!
over his own name, and deny having any know—1
ledge of tho communication made by his friends to j
iny friends and to me., that 1 would give him the name
of the Gentleman through whom that communication •
came ”—\\ as there ever a morn palpable iticousisten- j
c\, or a mere gross attempt to deceive the public by ■
bold assertion?
Gep. Jack»on still insists upon Mr. Clay’s “sustain |
ing the averments lie Ins made, and acquitting him i
“( If of any agency or participation in the matter.”— i
This ts the old song which lias been sung lor the llrou- j
sandlhs time, that Mr. Cl.ij i« bound to prove hi» own !
innocence, f an any thing he more ab*iird and ridic- j
tilons, or more subversive of the plainest maxims of'
justice?
But the most unblushing and daring artifice employ- |
eil by Gen Jackson, is Ins reference In the proceedings
i of Congress upon the famous Krenter letter, to shew,
i that l!«e resolution of instruction to the committee of- '
lered by nr. McDuffie contained a specific accusation!
against Mr. f lay, by a responsible accuser. What
vvnl he too indignation of every honest man whose heart
is not cankered or whose judgment is not blinded by !
party spirit, when he learns that the resolution referred 1
| to. is neither more nor less than a ftl'ral quotation
1 ro'ii a,l the substantial parts of f-e.orge Krrmcr’s Ict
! 7' , \"? r,,,nrffp9 »’} Kminer, and from the proof
: "f ,7,,rh hciknlk^rl in the most dastardly manner, were
| embodied by Mr. McDuffie in the shape of an ictnio
l inn to the Committee of Enquiry—and these char-es
I C'Trn- Jackson now attempts toslicw were made by Mr.
1 McDuffie himself. He wishes a!-o to make it appear
i ! IT,t ^r- Glay arid his friends might if they had chosen,
[have procured the adoption of Mr. McDuffie’s reselu
j 'fun. But what it the fuel? Tne reports of Ifm pre—
j cerding* of Congress of that day prove lint McDuffie
himself as well a* almost all the 'riend* of Jacks ui in
Congress, the (oghams, Buchanan*, >fyo. opposed all eo
qmi v whatever into lircmis’, charge*—and that Me i
Doffieb resobiimn was negatived by an overwhelming 1
majority, on the ground, that its avowed design w.is to j
defeat :Lc vrhgTc icvciftg'afica That retoluticn cos
(tniueJ noltiiug m'oi'Q than a repetition ofKicmci’* Jot
i ,cr lvr's r‘ ferred to the committee, except indeed
: a proposition to send for person-, and papers. a power
■ winch the committee in their rrpo.t, say ,|iry would
i },avo as*r«a u,r themselves "i: tl.oy knew any reason
; lor the investigation. ’ I.et n be rcnien.hercd too. that
I this committee contained not a s.ogfc friend of i\lr
, ( lay. Why. as air. Clay asks in his Lexington speech*.
I “dal not Gen. Jackson authorise a motion to recommit
j tl»e report, and manfully coine forward with nl] his in
formation?” Had lie as he ought t<> have done, reveal
| ed the infamous proposal made by Buchanan, the com
I mitlee would have asked for power to send for persons
j and papers—because then they would Lave “known
j some reason for the investigation.”
Upon the whole, this letter of Gen. Jackson is like
most of the other productions which are ehiborated in
the classic shade of the Hermitage. It is a burgling
attempt at extrication fiom the consequences in which
he is so often involved by his rashness and intemperanec.
Gen. Jackson “does not go into the highways and mar
ket places to proclaim his opinions.” Ho prefers thu
more convenient mode of uttering Ins slanders “at his
own hliurc and lire side.” For two years he Las been
secretly circulating his foul inuendot s. and notv tlt it
they ate brought to light—he still skulks behind the
pretext “that they were never intended to be thrown
into the public journals.”
I must defer to another period, some additional re~
matks that I intended to make.
A FIUEND TO PLAIN DEALING.
At a meeting of the vestry of Croton Pnri'.h, held at
the church on Tuesday morning duty 2dth, IP.v’7,
Present Cjinvell Ra^sett, William Waller,
Thomas G. Peachy, James Semple, Sen.
ltob. McOandli-h, Walter W. Webb,
SamuelS. G.i/Iin, John Pago,
Jesse Cole, Henry i'.dloc,
Ori motion, Resolved unanimously, tliat if he recom
mended by the vestry to the citizens of Williamslm rg
in general, that in consideration of the high respect,
love and esteem entertained for the Rev. Win. II. Wil
filer, 1). D., they unite with us and defray the expert**
cea attendant on his interment; and that William Wal
ler, Samuel S. Griffin and Henry F.dloe be appointed
to make suitable arrangements for the same, and that
a marble slab with an appiopriale inscription be end
ed in the Church.
On motion, Resolved unanimously, 7 hat the vestry
wear crape on the hat and left arm for thirty da\s, as a
testimony of the respect entertained for the deceased.,
and they recommend to the citizens of Williamsburg
i the sionc tribute of respect.
(hi motion, Resolved unanimously, That the remains
t of our deceased Pastor he intcrrejin the church, it a
j gienable to the wishes of his surviving relative.
Go motion, Resolved unanimously, 7 hat the Rev.
\» liliarn .R Cairns be leqoested to perform the funeral
. ceremony, and that Waller W Wehh wait on Air.
f * ’nirns " iih a communication of this request, and ttv.it
, ;.Ir. H ebb he appointed to put the church in mourn—
! i'lg.
i ri.i rmtion. Resolved timn.'miueiv ||;3( p0
j ca'.iei! upon to preach a funerai •,i e..u> e un the
| day of and that he i>e it quc’.ed to permit his
sermon to be pubic.Led.
do motion, Resolved unanimously, That the blanks
in the preceding resolution he filled by Airs. Wil/ner,
or in obedience t. Iier wishes.
Rl.KWELIi IIA!^SETT, Chairman.
I.icMtv r.ui.i’L, .Secretary.
At n mooting of ‘he citizens of Williamsburg held
at tt*ff court lum-e on Tuesday evening July *’ Jili, JSt-27,
I>r. i hoiTins (• Peachy, Vi *yor ot the city, was call
ed to the chair, and Henry EJ.’oe appointed Secretary.
The follow mg Preamble and Kesoluti„ns were offered
! and unanimously adopted.
i The citizens of Williamsburg liave tnel this day witU
feelings of no ordinary kind, with sentiments of'heart*
foil sorrow, which ll »w only from gri at and calamitous
events, not for tlie purpose of expiessin- their feeling?
and wishes in regard to public measures, 01 to any mat
ter of State or Politics, nor set to instruct their rulers
on the policy or impolicy ofativ impending measure.—.
1 They come with hearts full to overflowing, to express',
in the plain language of truth, the inestimable loss which
tlrtfr have sustained in the late addicting event of the
death of their lamented friend and Pastor, William 11.
M inner, 1/. lb His worth and merit nod the estima
tion in which he was held, is shown by the manner in
which this meeting is attended. Although tin* notice
was extremely short ami the weather inclement, sen
bo«v few arc absent: and those who aie present, mark the
dejected coiiutenanr.t! See the glistening tear perva
ding every eye; see bow all sorts and conditions of men
unite in expressing their deep anguish at this Mulcting
h.n.v ot l roviueuce! It is, indeed, an afflicting blow,
which all feel, ail acknowledge, all admii! That the
loss is great, appeal loan) one—ask those who have
b.ard him from the pulpit, and who have witnessed i.is
able PXArtinnsin the cause of religion and humanity;
appeal to those who have seen his ptlorts to disseminate
I the great truths of the sacred volume in their private
' house?: converse with those who were hi? minutes and
friends, (and he was the in-nato ai. I friend of nil;) look
’ In his devotion in the catlse of our venerable < Ollege_
1 iti a word, look to bis whole course of life, whether as
! :<n able and distinguished servant of the 1,nrd. as the
( great assertnr of those moial truths, on which the i ights
i of man are founded, ns an example of virtue, patience,
l temperance, and foihrarar.ee, and oil those, Christian
j qualities which lender life valuable, and endear one arm
i ther !o u ., and w c shall liml that in the Jos? of such a mao.,
; them are hot few who ram supply his place.
'Therefore, Prsolved unanimously, in token of our
afflicted feedings, for this severe bereavement, That wo
regard the death oi the bite !.»> v. William FI. Wjhner,
H. 5)., a? a great public calamity, whose loss will be
felt by 'ill Virginia, but more especially bv the citizen?
nf Williamsburg and the surrounding country, and tire
frierrdsand patrons of William and Alary.
That, in testimony of our love and re-pect for him
we will wear crape on the left ano for one month. ’
On motion. I’esnlrcJ, This meeting approve and a—
dopt the resolutions passed by the vestry, at their meet
ing this morning, and will cordially eo «p«r'ite in par
rying them into effect; and that the foregoing Pream
ble and Ilesohilioris bp signed by the ChaTrmaii ar:d S'c
crclaiy, and he published.
I HO. G. PEACH Y, Chairman.
Ilr.NRY Edi.oe, Secretary.
DTKD, on Thursday evening, Mr. Robert Ret./., sa<>
'■■ler, in the 6 Mi year nf his a^e.— Mr. Hell was n native
of Scotland, and emigrated !o this country about 35 years
ago. With ih® exception of a fl.nrt residence in Rcteis
huig, he has been an inhabitant of Richmond ever since
arrival in the country. No m in in Richmond was morn
generally known ip town and country than Robert Hell,
8oil if ran safely he said of him. that he never had an ene
my; that the man never li.rd of s'lirtrr integit'y, or of a
more generous heart. Rrmn early habits hr was a most
industrious man, and bring an excellent workman, nnfl
universally known as an honest w ofkma n, as well as mi
honest man. hr earned hy his industry perhaps mote money
than any other man in Virginia, in the same business. So
devoted was he to business from habit, that, although a
believer and profe'siu i f the Christian religion. he hardly
tooK time to die— Uavitig his death bed often to repair to
h-s wink benrh, where only he felt at home, uni 1 tiic day
before |,is death, when hr beramr ton weak to get down
S'air*. Vet it was r.r t the I vr of m< rey, d at tngrd Idm
to industry, No man was no « lit.ral than M- I't II.
^ His heart and hand were ever op’n to tic distressed.
| 1 hotisands have shared his boirofv. rind b*-en r* iiev.d l y
, his means, while, many owe iliri s .reess i,i iife to his Ih.d
' office— II was a genoiee phiiarttiirnpis?. rrjni' if.g in Mu
j happiness and prosperity nf all • .mud him. and dries iog
. only meannr..s and enmity. If id Irs he i e hern to arrit
, l.iulate riches, ho might have left » 1 1 _o fo time. A- it
I tvas. his estate i pr. v • "h dO.f'pO Me lived all
his lifr h trh'ior. ’..rue u tc . ‘iu:ppointed in rariv
, 5if.?, « i*. o In', heart had f • one i the ter. 1, r ntlarliment. I'n
, was sihi.uf in .king a will. Iu:t ’weenie delirious h« fore h«
' could sign it his property w ill the ft.re piohnldy gn to n
! brother somewhere in *he M *■ •, and t .• n sifters in Scot.
ftfnrl. fr. I.i>. death Richmond his lost a useful citizen—
■ hi-s inVmsfe n«snriales a warm hearted friend—and tho
needy, n liberal benefactor — Renee to his shade.
H.s remains w, ,e altc.ide 1 to the grave last evening hy
tbv R. T,. |. nines, of which lit* wa* an honorary, and had
been many year-, an aefi-ve tie®:-••b*-r. a::J by a l.tr^e cbn
< :jit4 tfciiuans