Constitutional Whig. [volume], October 11, 1828, Image 4

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»:oe of Mr. Al :i
:o»m versions,
n.l or' not inn over
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*■ *' a*‘ *• ’ proot-i ot i-.jj.l .ir< lit). m*i» i'Vi‘r
<i;'■>’ tanns my name hue u • n eoni; with
it. lhc whom ot i* conies i o mis ; i subi-lan* <•—That
1 aha.nl I\»c. Adam ; in in-.. .iv!n iJt anil af
mi wards voted lor him; ami turn i •• ivo soiim s-e’h
r ruson lor the vote as m f •-.van! n tlu; Lon is oy
ract. I mn eunlldeiif
VMt.'il ! ! "\ \V ill
at\t*r reading tlie .i 1 Vci'ii hy th;»l 1 hive
»e.onnij.:m*li‘r^toc i - j ’ flf!. i.,,n *.e:itcd. Tie
proafsi ure in tl •'epnon h • • A Few word s in « .\pk. •• >.
t on of it. Tim * ■ .. .. i , ; - | y li;t. ,
CCttt men, oF oI? tblis'•• 1 r* mutation Orel un,[,i',.s
• iCivible truth; TJmy provo, amr>n«j clhcr Thin'3
Is*. ’tyiattlmp-irti/.oncoJorm^jrivrubv .f.>bu A i at on
r> fV* com I'rsnjion hold 1» iwecru him Itubr,. i;i.\rkc
rml myself. in Sept. 11M. as fletiuM hv Juni »o th
•ua’.u of Ko:iti
'.r iy ii■ ;<. i rvL». (Scr. U Lb.
T s:,i
Jd. a .i;.? i d it sm add—Air. Cluj • icte—to vote fc
• r. Anauys ns early as February or Mar*u, it: > i, (s.
1 ?<.# «i.j am. tilut f u.<l n*>t t'iinsr Air. Aflarira iu m
/■e**ch lo the people of Meii!<*oumrv rouniv. Kv. 1
t he summer of t -»t vra r. i >>•>■ ' .r *<0.: ;k»
sTithn Sr-vth, JH> •• J >.'•/;.< . . « ,
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::.J. TJmf Mr. M jrm.-'i .
*•» the It my ; ! •. M
i. * i l ■ * 11 it Air* . .....
’•’it r y infcul\.-*i to vote lor him v ,s known <:>
t a■ iif*, and AVrn. 1 Vrrpi«■**•»•, hiT 1 " > hov. > ;
tail of 1 ’ 1. (S> /.. .Al. )
••ill. Tir.tt 1 did not rr';: * sfalontonl :•*«::!»?:!
to me in my speech at Let *oi :t house, in the ye
i'J.’i, (sve xfatChilli* K.) and that re suo.Ii T.'nsrn i
r fi'r iv. r.iti T.ir « . v « _ . t* .
'• rhn-r. 1TI
'ltd ehc:
y>
toy info iva? over
' ontMentia 1 friomls i-i'Al.
Psl'll'd. ('•.■<*.%7rj;’:
n. it. K. t.. av
•1th. That 1 IV vr* 'br“!V.
oTyurlor itio'.rs nuoo v !
■ > oilier. V ■' •tt/tU - :, *. >.... )
by mi to any of
to" u }-;id c.vmtv \':h r
•; trTsfj ( > /
Cl »y*
Ami I '
a1 ul u-.s
pr mm! :<
• r>ui
w/trail, e .odvfcncemc'Sit of Mr. Cl yteoflh
as never «is.-.}g.o,.;s! by a reaso’j tor ivy
lt. !1 : rri ■ •. oi , r . ,.. 4.
r vnv Lr-riy of men. hr p.i
*>.* eniu-uon
Tv m •fnlvi’m
r
MOTy. : f-boi! i } i."’\' a confiden* of hir
ti.id v ;• hlsoid rep; o-uj. «» Irom niv hof-ohr ’.A" mi
i 'tioof h- m ovr v heard rue sa;* surni
‘ ' * •.'’••‘•'fhvr os*vu.ol,tare la?:.*n from slrttouieril
(T. \1. K. 1. M. These earn supported hy Foil
‘ -’Pi otre T^.yf: r-i’ i/.iuisof th" ♦ -wu aud e jt:;e y v.
Lrrne i‘i ii Ktut.iou’irvit iler of ti
ch’,;v~l. of '.f"h y.-'<peetn.h: re. ;»J r. Sirel
V ogrihr»r >f the Baptist, r ' •
• etllm b irti •'d 6-11 T'orsoii.-bet w'ei! l!m ii >t .fT
brunry .-rid th-? tir*t. or* Srj 'embor, l.’j’h»» )■•
stated c— .'•■■m-. t.-; •' e ■ i • of hi; h;yTi pfnniii;;
--ati'ii. Mr.
I'.eiil mi drool s
1 Fm rri-1
bio me
x ii'i 1% \ • *i* »«• > v v lor j ior
■f’njsW • It. Tie saj '•'<•' b an tffi ■ hoi.? of my
■ ?C0ij:i."I Mo’.inStfrlinjr iu^h'’ vonrlR\M, and Ti-t- nrd
..ttrmivTiy toft, and adds—-'i n! r-n, has h-mr •
l ‘rtfo ir»;i( limps, durinothe year i«*7, ( jj - * 1 , spreial
'I'hilp ‘i.r» e w'i •• d-’p-n.iinrO l»v pi-i v. ho
^rttcndotf r - • re hoi t-iat Mr. Trintble hid a!»«
?fi Mr. Ad'iT'.- in 1.1s ‘jim o;, o'* : r»<; ..e,; v/hcr'ver
vim iva.s saM m Wy proc.--?. n, ? f d> mv oYh.vpj.1 ^ ..
fiend <v tr.ida. to deny i>. ;ni.I {o tl.nl f v.-:i.
jmstfiit and hoard the \rhoh of the speech, and that
-.toro »vaR no rb iso in i\ gainst Mr. Adams or any ol
• :if Pr.'sidcn‘:al c: nfiir.iN-,.” (/-Tv f/A
_Th,o Ho -. Mr. Smith h *»rd ? c-mrj cp*.-* -Tt. j?r
Fiy^thnt I spoTtc of Mr. A dan ? as tl ; republican
• mdidVtfof tho Vlrtstorn sfatos. and t: on odd*_* - fi i
J:127. aflfl csjiv.'riaJ'y durinjr fit-- heat of tTi■ > olootioii
' tlc-t yor?;*. I »r.rav-Umos hoard this sr.,;s.r .^
M as one in ryhie.h Mr. Trimble !j<*
Adams. Tins, I Ihirk. sTioijlfl h . ;..
mfetnlced of ovcy-fm'i* d n:.-ifs. S
attention fo tju spoo n. .. ;d *.•» i.o* \ .-<•
hoard any ♦bine-of ll: • kind, and h;.
vourod to cor root the »•:. ..
proper to sny nrty tiling ■ h.or
and safely stry llint. 1 rover fi
uny tliiiior in public, nr in pr; . ;
sistant witil i ho V»)f.O ’\r. rr :•
Mr. Montp-nnoory be rd me s
ty’flift of opinion that M r. .*• ! •
1 liat I considered him a r -i.-s’ul ■ • >u
poke of"liitn as? such, .‘hoi . fi i " ...
President, ami tarn r»r"
Vimo! ’ s ;id i hat ZVFr
***as » ropetod fnJoraTist, and that - one::.';
.-ed M
:i tor li
I can
Mr. '
L'
'lom
v.t fin
sue ni
f!
i’i lum as ru.
j'refcrcircL* lor no v*
foilouts—“•! think Mr. Tr
r;. 1
r \ i.-i(i 1.
a fedora1
r /><••/
» \[- i
r!>
A:;ai:
h’.rn a^ nn apostate ledoraiist, i>
o,l'Ut>e Mr. Adam1 liii.i'uf v.
tj:S cah'itat; s. fTh? iic.nr
J.'affirno iv.es, that Jfr. T,
•Jifanvi, if Air- Clay was ' :r oi
i e'h&trj-f. nf ih '>/>»!<>/><•• ‘•••o
at the time, ti.sxi t •> (' a-; od
1v.d]ef tint Mr. TrimM • m.'!
rryr nooontl choie'e. M>- r
taw 1 i/aird t!io sj»<*r;oJ;, f. 1'
lor Mr. Adam:- nc.v fo Vr. > .
T1‘A 10'j* foe fi-'llCtai ;r- . V;-.. .
r. Uri n >1
<r i n
*< oil my r
■i;d
I n
n mi io
•>u.
Sir. 1* vT'T.utou U ' ,• ,.7
”13 for tnvntv roar.-*. 71- i .. ,•
“Vv*nr»>!so v. if h others. nrH ■<: <. of
mefinnstlf upon sulr* <3
unit aho»t! tli" «?**•.. - ...
‘*8<?< Di’ivIin^r bofar.* t‘ > u :r- hi- . - f
satisfied in mjr o\v; : - f. t I hoimi ]
if'lr. Triinhli.*] sav at vnrrvos t» • • ..
should notsucecotL h' v. «■■■■.:-.•>:• - ;■ :r. j,
a • btstw ten .v:
*V* my Impretfsinn *-.h••• ti • • rut hit
tvuierr»-;»,isbrvenrin >uh . u ! • i- .■> v ;J.
• V .• • : b« r, t ! • 1.
1 "a man;.* «: vivor^tf* iih5.1t the nr./n ’ •
r~ tut*. KU’l • ; ;• ■ v* I /;■ . A | \JY. 'tVi . •
* ' W’W'i T fro *» ?«1V d *fi :t in K- nMi'i’.y v.**>«:S f
! .Or. h#fny >>• . ... r» li•: o r: «;>ii l ri’.'.rtv- -a-.'i'
" ■ • ■ ■ r. (
■ •-• -J«'i t< n ; • » r • *,.i» iil'-ci’, :iiin !out It.'* v. iii'o
?. ft •>?/; M ti^'ivuiu .1,-51 •, j , r,,.» t
T'" ! '• >■ ' * t-.! l,’»n ht* It Itr*
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■' • 'Mi‘: I ■.< vr'-.- • • i> M ho rr<P!;:f «? of n>r*. ■
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l*r. Jy-.Ky Kistr, t;.:> ; 'J ifl :nr?uir Tmv«» fc^’i on
■*j " ’ - mtn • Ho
1i ive rv’vor - . If. Prim
' v,,; :■ ■ ■ ■ whoi*« . ■ ■
rwM'T'nl ' ouih'i a^s. Ho rf. i.-..
th.-'hor.-t of Mr. A/!:.my m,»l Gr:,. J:.<-kson.‘ I,.*
1 ‘>v.ivh e.’.iilttfd Mr. A.limp’ \^r;
‘ mid tirgofl
7'V mc;irr ••</?.» o?, y <i*.5K.f .. , T. ,r }. •
7i»» niwnys ctfnrhl *•»'/» ! ..
rrcsHonri'ti off, • Or • r » . • -r
r t.t-ti-i ‘V r.-'r'ir*r>; ■ • :
iifflr.itrrccd ::i*.a f • ■ ■ ,■ r ).
7 hove r-ffitud in X vr -. > • _ 1 . j - , •)
o;jr T oenvion—; t I • >V. t- .. r , ,.
ic-orfi; i. f.'rji •. < ~ 1 ~
\v; ii'f Yr ur< ?■> < /
/ h?.V« ! • •* s:0i. »:.»»} Jr
t V t 7 h:: • M V> - t. •! .
( fr: •>( }.« of Cr'-i. T-io!-. ti r
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017 it! fhv n’-.l", f:T: 1 o it .0 , .
•J>V ]. up ri
•tr.y. *0^ .Tvl**'v> pi-s*f '. j
• r. it I » ;< if-o’-lenc *. 't
ijTTT"d fly i‘. v.. 1 *h» ro° * ■ i*t vor *0 r'*rorv.b' r tr.i • 1
if5 1 i;‘ ;i’. i rpv- ;
Tfif? htb'o ■'* of t/.- Hter 1- s.4 1: ;;. v,i
■ .» V . '»' . J • • •- - - • I
’t• *11^*1 r'fl y.i{
•’*» while the Pr.'ii'ii'ntiul election was before the 1
House, that •some sinister overterrs had been made <
to General Metcalfe, of Kentucky, to induce him to
v*'t'* tor Jwkson- A lull explanation was not
riven at the tin.nor is. it yjivun fully in the letter*
I wrote to t •• n. Metcalfe on the subject i*i the year
i:*:.: His reidy is now before* me, dated Forest
lietrent. .\icholcs County. Kv. Glh October^ IUJG.
Tir* following extract is submitted to the public:
EXTRACT.
t'f ;•,lr* -arid utter the meeting- of Congress, and
1 f *ini. about the tinu*, or n little alter, tho news
(•■•rhed ns at the city, of General Jackson's j >urney
*i"'Uo*i tins state. and ol tin* dinners given him, &o.
*:iu' * • •'* Moore made to me. in snbstce.ee, the
. ibilowin r e mmiunicaticn.
"'I" stated that he had just. received a letter from
, t'1'. .M'Afee, lnierming him—and I think Lie said jre
«jue:!»in«- him to h.forni me—tb*i* in the event of Jnek
~|'i*’>' eitn ! i m to th«* (’residency. T might be ehs-ted to
llse Seic.Te, ji?i-1 that l would in that cast* receive the
votes of irujritnils. 1 was at a loss t<» perceive how
tlie <•*!••*• ii*n of Jackroii could bring me so near the
tv-ante! and I asked him in»w uic'i an event could
•havocn, a* no \aoancy could occur f»r several yurt
in Kentucky.' His unsr.ver was—“If Jackson is'el. c
• I* <1 < -d. ’••hii^en v. ill receive the appointment of Geo
rt t. : o \\ ar. ’ 1 then asked how it could lie under
1 -toed: lie replied, with a bgnilicunt nod, that ir
; i:iT *hroi!ffh Kentucky.the friends of IheGen. r:d
'•,r <;• i • “;ii i.-iuitjcil—i am not. certain which—liar
n the intimation to the friends of Ci»l. John on.
• I i.ese are (be tacts in thetusc—facts which I
. mad* newn <«> some of my friends immediately allot
• 'is* «: re.aiuv'ation was shade to me, and to other.
• ; a hut 1:* !-* reserve, since that time. Andifcsr
' '-eii-T.n- ^ rhould iimculler make if. necessary, tin
" T"1 s*ateme»its, and .'•unit t/iiii'f mure nti the sn:n<
f. shu'1 eo fo-h to the word—tor in the face o
' ; 1 the world, and of Him that made ii, am I a iding (•
■lepese^te those truths: and 1 am not. willmg tr. belio\.
•!.:e >. i*ir • is depraved enough to deny them. If !:•
• .(••■s, hriv.-.-vor painful tli * issue, the world meat ji.idjv<
bet -. -ni us: and if the decision is ng.-iiiist me, l wii
take an aj*|:enl, uilli the most perfect certain? v «.
s-: -ci---v, tn fhat unerring tribunal whieh is beyond
'•eree of thhj fleetiug existence.” *"* * * -C* v. * *
f'i'riif'fT. THOMAS MKTCALKK.
''•"Vt;.—The following facts wij] enable th*- publir
„{• jII- drift of Mr. Moore's communication ti
, Hon r-1 Metcalfe. Mr. Kuwait's election toth- S.-n
■T'* I i»itf(i Statt-H. Ini*!; place just !ioJi»r<‘ I’k
tT-norM ;:f'* out from K«ntncky ti.r 11
‘ I'll! of IB-24. Some of his fri'i ruls v. ere anxious U
Mirs i'M.o .m-iinst TTowau, but. th*'v had b‘*cn too slow ir
point ire*- him out for the office* and he declined flu
• ■* ii.i"1 it ion. Sumo ofRowuns fiicuds rlsiiniod tht
I *r-'i"T:il sis a sort of fiprnml choice, and 9**: m ,] remit
i » c • any tiling a id e\ery flung t;.r him if l:o m uli
•/'. /' rlt.*: • ae arc the f'ri tutu
’udod Jr* hv Mr. Moore, in Lis «>v» itun-a to (ieiiera
1 * \'t' ’^ ashiugton. W rail Mr. ?d non* sp k*
• i /’<■:?< f tumerHl Jackson, ho was understood
n:e in '!. .* *.*'•» veiling companions of J nelson—Those
"’ho boro him mj*any through iventu rky i n hiajonr
. ii-o’ to the city.
. Th- ; *ira< t explains the subject to f!io render «?
til! V an ;t was explained to me. | Vvas told at Wash
mjrteti, t :»t :.nme laris and mures hud been *.% it l.I- •|(,
■ruin nm; and "'hm i mad the above letter, l found on
.!.v ■ l.iee nt ii. rhnf. ‘-snixietlung more on t !:e same sab
l ieri- Wit : vei o be disvloc:e»}. .As this *o*w
; v/.-:;itever it nriv he—was not imparted to nit* at the
e.in the letter. I have not rHt rrxvfT'lf at lihert*.
.:,t ny’ an i vj.’anaiimt.
i ll miry he proper to add. that. I believed the infor
■ rutition yvra me, and I ooul I uo! disbelieve it. Tim
. won, of (Jen. 7IetraJfe is above c!I doubt. I crive tht
; Ln;ts o«? given to inc in tie* letter, braving the up,die v
! "! \° tfin P!:W*C- If r ueh flirt.'! could have been
I hronoM* hern.* fo me. I. and others with me, would
.ru-e been denomwed by tho Jackson party, from oik
M Ud ot the 1 moil to the orhei. t ehall denounce
■ ’’ of the party have not spared nv, even
I.-rme.i destitute lit «ny filing t» wori; upon, but .scrap;
Vi^.-V'^. r!', iniorniatii»n, the mmrioti.*
• IV.’fll
1
nv. mori.s. f have spared sioinc .
.7*ore •untie ,;f ihrrn.
.-i * preceding and follow mg subjects, oro in s?om
rrepcets if.nnc-ved m it beach other.
rnciH*tss ii eni si tev.‘
< 'on -rat Ji
d's'* i i mv d: !ri<
(i . IC.lSOll, li.lt i he /iK/| fy/(,/ r'.b’M/S
r V- :,r‘* no</''»* «r« to tks public., and t!
*■’ l '• .'ty hove ruade ii the flnimiation ofull sor
'!l,:Trr • imiendocs. Theyfak'-it tbrunanl.
,r..e i Wie n hitmced by Mr. C!;u_TIi<*y infi-r th;
iintheig filier« of Li? intlaence could iiave induced n
:tv 'instruction;—iuuendo. it is <rrroiui
; m: pi. n\ id.’nee of unlatr inthieiieo in ?;,e el »c;i<*n.
* ’ *’ 1 mool i‘d harm,ill and corriipiion’’_im
ol Lilt' I must
h Jack .on party, su.d the par’iznn* of all ponies, i
f huf imw^.t—nnv t!.ir<r h,
inirtuufop* The facts, when m
” '■'fr"'-'I- 'vi!l disabuse me, and do justice fo my cl .n
not my relation.
- r* 4 • •* **n E.i. li ji)»* two oi t*io count ps* o
riy 'i-‘“ f,:''v ’■ , *°m'‘ ^itizrnfs ofButh corn
r,,i' /*■ ‘ •i:»rp--'wMrir. »»nd instructed m.. j„ vo!..
'' '■9 ffvo from twoh • n
u v’,fi - at Ihu |>r, < *«lin,r eJcrfion—
■ n voter than Bath. Ahoul
‘V. f : ?rrT' nM>»™ ,,r I- **, assmnhlc.d at
.....mi'-:-rm* Ji'-y advt rMsem nf,) nn 1 instructed me
"r|,> i ,;i •*’*-» -r°r tJon. Juries..li throughout th
‘ V informed at the tim (I i,„Vr
• ’ " ' ■ ' •••-.• t.tat these ins; met ions were «.»»t no
■:* * y • nt ( IMvUc. of the county, who
o.". v-v:, wr-JL-u !o - n the subject b R. K. Cali.then
•h \> .i ir.«-.?on.;.- • •' Odejrnto from Florida.
M . James V.nnl !\ the chairman of the mecti:-"-.
■ ■ 1 1 * ' • i ;id'!1 the chair in a
• *'; ,,J "jib'b /■ ' :«'id that he had received a letter
;rr.. i tip < jl’. i.ifbrnim.y him >lint it was necejwirv.
'.I I: ■ - -s Oi' rim. .I'-cks.-n that our r-'j.resp:ita
T • ...< '..nyrei-s f-li c’M he instructed to vote for him:
I .- at \n },n ;.e:>i>!o in Kentucky for the Western
oun:rv, I do not i.un-niber v. Inch,*) instructed their
r -;.r - -it*«five.a to vote for him. Ten. Jackson «ou!c
not o: . Vrtcil. .Me. I’rituble i.
[«c.! faff r IJ. J
Dr. Duke s.nc -Col. Pavne
v/aicij Ik* sfti.i h-i<i r. •reive.! i;
d«-]efr;.je fr.«nt Flo:Ida. » rjuestii
in-.imctcd »r» vole r.-r <i-n. Jackson. T<.
• k h * <-f r.v re:-, i y -'io i. t :i - i t!or sta'ed, that Mr.
ik .-Mi.l n n.jjonfv of the K.-ntuckr d-legation. would
v ote .or .1.-. Adam-, and urye.l him to call the people
te.-rrh -r and -nd on instructions as quickly ,Hp„s
\n< :>7r'. ,n ' 1,1 ho prevented I'rom cJoiii.f so.
. .rrorfinedv, ni three or four da-vs, n mootin'* \va«s
ctlllrd,” *-c. [Src icftrr Z.A
T should I:!.- to r,-n. Tail s 1 tier. T.< it. he
published. Ccf some other l. Mers written to Colonel
T*:n:.o. he also pti!>:;. -bed; together with others which
I could dc-.-'ribe. :)s htwitiy puss'-d but ween some
r.ienihei-- - f tlir- Kefiturky iey -laf !irf, and persons »t
a*' tT’.ylr.u i’o ’ <o ites*- a*.; * I enable th:» public
•.. i c onp.rcbcnd the secret v: r. - of some of tho active
c-ado.--; ill the busir.-V:-.
• lr. C,'i.
eiiti to lie it. v • ry respectable mau. I
* ati :n* kc projter i i *»■•.• rr:--< I. his ardor in the c.au.-e;
;';n [ -yjHd til ’ o:!i r i fter ”. rit- rs mc.-t. have been
■ n- ■ < o' *n°.r . o'* titty ■. <(.t .J Je.ve .- ?en that
m-frpi ions from ' v/voters. i"«t u/t btj pr>mplin?*
r 'ad me a letter
uni <»< n. Call, the
1 him to f\Jr.
r,-'r„ n
rtw. Would lv* litre hkeJv'fo operate
r favorite randidut . ti»..n for him. Thev
nf me porsomliy, < r th- v wonM have
fi
t.
Id not ho f entrollod hv the eontri
■ finn-remoet of/my man or club of
•fr^te or ck-dri' t. Mr. Call v/»s
. Jackseii's rnd -—had reca./itlv
or i Tcr.pcssrn to W-- v.v fcf._
i hrm tl; • same ivtU-l, (Oadn*
7i to h» his ciose frienl and c- i
: .Vr. Call rnipht Jiavc tore.—n
■ ‘ 'l ’<y a r./.Pty., r,<rtrtfrk’/L at
• - ‘ 'r.fr scecpfnldu to the
member oi Gong rest? Uf'aiiirt whom the isuvcuicul 1
was directed. The muil which brought the instruc
tion. apprised me of this covert procedure, by pern ns
alien to the district, to centrel the thn’ilum ot* my
Invest judgment, »uul thunk heaven 1 had Jim mess
<!. >uffh to roto-t it. A proper sense of respect lor
tnysell. .md tor tile hotly ol tie: people whom 1 repre
sented—a duo regard tor the station which 1 tilled,
tuul tor tile agency und nature ot the trust coniitled to
nie. oil main-it my duty to resist the oontrobnent of
• secret procurations, oiunuaiing from non-residents,
ami issuing lrom the hoarding-imuKu of Gen. Jackson,
under the signature of his friend and confidant, mid
torjm»r aid-<U‘-rain]>.
j 1 had us good reason to suppose, from all the facts
i rnd eircuiiustance**, that C<mi« Call wrote the letter in
; question, under th- intlnenco of Gen. Jackson a., he
or any other friend of the General had to suppose
that I gave my vote under the influence of Mr. Cluy.
l have as much reason to infer that Gen. Jackson
attempted to inthu nce niv vote secretly, through the
agency ot his friends, tor the purpose of advanc
ing him.se,t to thi* [ residency, as lie or any of his pur
tir.ans can have to inti r that l voted li.r Air. Adams
■ I for the purpose of tuivuieiug Mr. (’lay to tin: oiiioe
" iiich he Jill.*. Any, indeed. I am greatly' mistaken
-f cl! impartial men will not consider it a nuieh strong
er case. Tin: proof, ot corruption against tin* Gene
ral and some of Ins friends, are certainly much stron
ger, and much more direct, than any yet adduced
against tlie President und Mr. ('icy.
It was a delicate business ii»r General (.’all, an alien
to the stati and district, si mere delegate from Flori
idn. to interna dd' -between me an i mv constituents;
und still mere so es the friend and confidant of Gen
■ oral Jaekron. 1' was an intrusion which should not
ho tof rated. Why did he mask the movement, and
: conc-*ai ;t from liny' \\ Jiy not giro me notice? if he
had done so. 1 should hr>vo written by the same mail,
staling my object inns to Genera! Jnrltson, und a.'sign
ing the reasons why 1 had determined to vote fer
Mr. \*'ions. ! he friends of Mr. Wains should have
been informed why 1 thought him beat. *|Uii!ified. and
v'hy I considered him the safest and ficst choice.
• Toe Iliends ol agriculture, interna! improvements
• ■ id dom- ‘ ic laamifhcturc.,'.should lime h‘*en informed
w itv I thought it m*st to take a Pr* sident in fiivor i t
those interests, rather than put them under the con
trol and management of Southern statesmen, luke
i warm in t!;,* caute, or deafly hostile to the Kvstein.
, This would have enabled lljo frieiulsof tlie American
i system of policy, and the friends of Mr. Adams and
j f iencr.il J»fck.om. to meet and conrutme with ettch
other, and act ujion the subject understandinglv.
I run.*!v notice «>t the intended opi-ialion was an act
, ot justice to myself, ns well as th.ese who had elected
iiu*. f rue—it wo-ild not have justified the intermed
«:I• *«111-nt oi Genera! Gall, or any oilier person i i or
'■’tit ol • h nern! .lack: on coniidi -*..■*<•. 1ml it would hove
:;:v '• K’Jti'r must Imvo been written prior to the
first ofJmuory. He burnt at the liiu.* that I would
\<>!e tor Air. AdnniH. VS liy this :it tempt to force a
Dny h upon nu>, and coerce my vote? Mr. Call him
self declared, «t a invent in Uockvide, Maryland, on
ins’ way to Coitqrreyg in the fall of I.'M l. “that the
inen isot Cieiiorul .lael.. >>n did not expect Mr. Cluv to
ve.te for him. and if he did, it would he c.n net ofdti
}»Ji(-it> oil his part.” Him excepted, [ \vi*h the oldest
1:1 ‘^'‘tei i• alii the Kittle. An iniprc.,:siiiii prevailed at
tile time, very < rr<me.,u* in itself, that mv vote,or that
ot |-ren. Metcaln*. if pven to Cenernl Jncltfton, would
nltim rt. ly carry over a nr-jority of the dclcmitinn.
u a-, that the reason why Mr. Moore made tYemon
s i,:t' ns upon him, while in cpiet'ilarv conqiaipi mis
iu»de In f.r.ed marchee into my district, to procure
met ruetions upon mo?
I hen- is another view of this sitdrot dow-rvui* serious notice,
i ue tollowm1; chute will be found in the 4 ith amendment to
tue const urn ion:—“And if tiie House of Kepn-enUttives shall
not rhoosea i sosidom.wlicHweniie rt»htofcimicodialldcvutv
ms... tl-.t-m betorn it.- Ith day «.f March next fiHowina, tli.-n ii„.
' : «• i ronton ■•shall act a . President, as in die . a-,, of the
nro't'*T con.tif itio.ml J. ability of the iV-.-ideut.” I.lU m;*
Clause* l»t* in mrmorv.
I no instr trt on -ont to me is in the.-c words—it w-lned
..'/ (»« meeihr*r, tlmt mir immediate repmseut itive in on o-c?<
il'ii. 1 u. i i ri nhlc, hi.- and lie is hereby instructed. in the
prwvni nppo.i- II.. . I’li'e.'Clitild election in the llmistf of Kei>rc>
siCntativvs in i •oij;;,v.c-., support on,! c-tr for (if» r,,!.-htdrrtr
J ark son th roup-i’uut the uhvlt contest, ant! to i:sc his influence
( v. till-as- mny Sa compatiMe with his station,T acmr. i,wdv ”
M u., the word. itaUi-‘to sup,ion and vote f.r i.Ynuml
Annr-v Jitens n throe»hnut the whole couw.-t." Was ever n
.'lntit.ir iestiunion issued irom the hard of man? I'enainlv
u.1 i.e -....on who offered it to the meeting at Afoent
stevhue. ts a w«nth\ ctir.vn, ov-r r.cui.ni* in his undcitnkir^s.
He re rely cl id not ron.jiiet.n.d the po* ink-effect of tlx- words
quoted. i lie n.eut ol liiein iv i <i eri.iinly not understood i>v the
'110(1 •} 1 ll ''1 ■',nr ‘ 'Cnetal .lackr-m, and taken with
•lie. as V as hoped a hare inaionty of the delegation, the vote on
ilMsItret wllot, taking the I a It tbox as tins test: if it, would have
- rv.t tri..V.ams I• Jackson 3—C’iruvlord i: and so thtirv
would have been no elrrtton. AW, it; hi that event, it would
, , . . . ... u, ill llirti UM’IH, 11 U
iM .-heci mv ..t.ty under the constitution, and upon princip!
continue votnvr lor Ceneral .fart-os thrm>e,\out the iX
... .. i irtr true
outd have l.ccn etpiallv tin- duty ol "each and ever
u .c; to continue vet iii> is hefi.st voted, throughout d
. .. • •‘•i«.en: and c:.n.=t?qiiemly there would have been n
rhoi;.> and no election, and then the \ ire 1'resident (Atr. l a
’"•"h) W’"‘KI ,,"r hec.il resident, under die (-I.tusu of the coi
'*'hitiou I'lrt tpioled, though he did u-t iweivc a s’a.s).. vote v
..fiuoii-hnut tin- whole union. The etc rt of die in-tn'u
Utm thereto™ .'-i-'o create a contest which must have fastc
in.ii nii* Mh ot l ol.ruarv »o the :M of \farch ut mi^n *: ;u:
j ni’. 'd in ;hecxclo5 .,n of ever,- r uidida<e fr.iui the office’v f
had l-c. v.,.eri t-.r l»v .he ,s:opte, ! in the tidvancmumt r
• u'' * ' ’ ’,,ln 1 * 'tcy, in a manner not \m unlike th
one utempte.t by Anion Uurr in in wl.VJ, hemdtav.ire
fl-.-at me election ofTliomi.s J.-fl-i-on. thereby ad vine
li.m-. lt to the head ot tl-.e nation, without a >in»lc v..ie f.,r.„ m
pcoj je ;.>r the o.Tice.
i •>! instruct nn v
mnitco in me o,t t
1K-. >; exactly 2-1 rinvt fir fori ....
<'on.tr.-s;. I liavo ;i letter now- bo
dav, which the w riter sav-n i;f
n irli i*;i|| |j(|;i|>. *v |j JltVl'J’it1't,
i'i ot .1 in-iarv,
nion H >n!.: take
me, dated ini if-c same
h.i;.c that the friend* of
i:rk In Jrs friend, in hope?
.hist a r„nr- will not be made w, that the dams of. •nW
! i t,ia,v dt’voIvc "l"’11 %,r- ‘ '•*»'«» -n.” Markfhn wor-H in
;tf:liP3— i-niy an* umW»rorM in tin- Inner. I have another l.-tu -
; wrillen about th.- Ki - eii.no, coma urine a tm/lar inlumuion.
I »n .no 'ii - sit mir.ili—Jani.tnv, Hi’;.- ih- toa-t marie
I iTsnpiHiapiir-i- mum re.v-papers at \V».s|iin;;ton, quoted horn
i dj er-i "wh ’r". “Joini . ’. < uliinup, \ I’u-sid.-nt *•>,—i -
May rln .coni and imb-divisions produce coneae! coupons- m
< onxresi uni.! the 1 Mirth of.Maveii next. Unit he .„uv 1. • hailed
• ie r net niavisintc of the nation.” This was n..* flmft. t! by a
vmi.iv or a hniiiilrr: I very wool of it fells It has tiie impress
• : ’ sK.,1 aiirl --iio’.ar-ernli, mwl d-op r;-)Ieef,oe. I ur„ t!.,. rrai|f.r
«<* ponder upon it word l.y word. If .t does not contain treason
! n,\v Mint intents ami it.. ,f the mind that framed jt n,„
i \ ni 'ooral tr-nson—linn there is no such thinx ;,-r moral
/ L “"’'in'' 9-rt-nrt it* If i< peqiet rated. Tl,o
rf, «.e ». ,/e> .v. end t»i. uisirwfion^ toother with some oth-r
. i. ts -.f a rem enev. modem, impr-ssio:, no mv mind,
V'"r-i M in .tot -e to-a -tfsceri. I".ey ,! .fded in
, , nv noma, m.,:e, an tm-spaable desire to hale the eW.iion
ljn:;!:- .1 at tim first ballot. The friends of M.-. ( nlhnun entj«i
fivreti tee ioast a Otis iiihuit at the titn-, and raimt out in the
p ty papers with a *tdi-.|..mal of tin? rle-s^n and uiirno e of it
" " ° !l" "oprt saion on tl.em.it might ive|| mate one «n „ic,
.•'peeellv When f. nnrrtid with the Irta-rs and the si vie of the
itotrura.iii. la t us put foe,,, together. Tlv instruction ratrs—
-"liport an.I vote for «»eni-ra2 Jackson throughout the w hole
! 7?':M ’ ...1 "" 'rdo hope the friends of each ran
- ’*" f,rrt'”-’C’oil</y to itis friend, in hopes that a
! choice will not he marie rf <///, so ti.at the duties of !'resident
| may drvolvo on Mr. C alhoun ” The :>n-t savst— “May divi
I M ’.niS ^da-divisions produce constant collisions in Congress
, until the Ita of Mnrvh, that Ac (.1. (Calhoun) may he liatied
i p‘"<’f "f t,'f’ »r»T'nn.M I.'oes not all this work
i trereirier, and work to the ramc end’
l.'-t it . make a summary of titrt-., and see how thev «t.ind.—
i'- m i ‘.'<rJ4t‘,n urriierl at Washington before flio 7thofl»e
a.1 I lord his name upon the journal of the Senate on that
« a^-ertamed, it s-ene., or Ins f i- mlg for him, thin he
nJ' unler s K< otarky and the other western
's? 1 vo*° f r hint. Mo i rtained also, or hit* friends
fur hnn, that a majority of the im-uN-rs from Kentucky had
de eriiirte'l to volt- a;ain:.t him. I'p-.o tiwa-f,rts his fri.-ud
mvi ronf. latM, «mnen.l Call, sits down mi l wj-te. :i ,
f oW favne of Moutvou-rv. R,. m h .,„e in-fri.rt.-,, to
vote forJtitti. Mr. Mo-arc, another I’ieud of his, i-o.-, lo (Jr-, I
Metrtif.., and endeavors to buy him over with a promjs,. I
nn.ke linn a Senator of the I uited St f -s. and t.v and try in i
reaso,,. r o'lies forth < m or..- Kr-m. r, with his charec of harmin
anrl rorroptimi. He who runs, tnay rend the interpretation of'
'* ' vto ^,r ^tivrn by m^truc^rnna-(irprr^l M«>‘- !
emfe to he purehamd with an oifiee and all of us alarmed info
m.'mission tv a-.vi.d .trn nes and tCfrible denunciatiotis
r-v‘x?s’r"r,"K,!1 ” 'l°'iotstCTlins, (Kv.) J.m.
l'.io. I»r. i)ul-e says that C'o!. I’ayno read Gen. 'Oil’s.
!!• - to him, three or four day.; before the me«dmr;. The le'-er
r'-.h. not have lieen If S3 than twelve day? on Vnc wav ftr.r.i j
v>a umsion to that plare: if was therefore v/rittrn prior to the
• of. .ipuory H°"eould Gen. (all inform <Jol. I’avne thut
Kentucky would vrite for Vdarns and not Jackson, unless the
I let was k .iowo when he wrote the letter.’ That faM, then, was -
‘ ” * * * *■' *5' T T * r[ (
urHii^D tot they did not know how wc would vow until i
Hiwurds the last «t that month. I'his was a Joist prefer t, a
J'wi falsehood invented by Kremer and accomplices: and was
well calculated to desliov allconfiri-'nce in tlic political integrity
of such men. Kiwwiiu; it to be false, I u;n 1*1\ to conclude
that it wit' put forth hv corrupt men tor corrupt (Hirposcs.
A&mn. l a:n not infirmc.l where or by whom the instruction
wa* diatted. The writer speuksaf a context. Hij wools por
tend u ton;' co4th.it- Me liu. me instructed to vote tort .crt.
Jackson throi'ict'ovt the whole content. Wlmt does this inoanr
l^iok at it. Think of it—Solemn preparation tor a long context.
It is clear that lie expected such a contest. It is equally clear
that something not expressed; :Oine plan; sonic scheme, some
guild result was to tie accomplished by this solemn iimucalc.
I was at no loss to oonipreii' nil it. The pJan v as, to elect (.leu.
Jnek vim it' possible, at ill hazards, end hy all menus. It' sue
cc.-sful, our Southern statesmen would have come into power,
and being at, an>l having the control and management ol our
national affairs, would have mime vigorous i-ttoi tj to crush the
\nirrknn system of policy, and demolish all its leading friends
and advocates. '1'liis was the lira grand object. It the plan
tailed—no matter. There was still hope. A second plan, not
desirable, but equally ctTecMve, might have tnoie success,
i flC^P* Make u tons: context of it- Stick to it pertinaciously—
1 keep up the ronb.dbv 1 >1 \ IStO.NS and St Il-I >i \ JStl >\> i,id
t O.NST.VNT COI.LiSJO.NS, until the It.i of Maich, ondthen
i uttnu nfthe candidates will be. elected- u:td then John C. Cal
houn, the Vico 1‘rcsidcnt elect, will be bailed the chief magistral,
j of tht nation—and then our Southern statesmen will come ituc
. power under Atm—and then again, tho Auietictui s\ stem will U
m tlm hands of its worst enemies,
j . It was not tor me to know who or how mnnv were associated
i.i u scheme to rl f. al tho election ttltogether. That such «
*, * heme v. as thought of, is proven bv tho documents i» f.r.* me.
) l%t we kid nii’ii among cs in the L'nion. capable of going tl _t
la. and it.urli fuither, . evinced too wc; 1 |>v i*'ceut uiovenient:
in the .simh, denouncing the law of thn iiuijoritv, with threat;
j ofrtviM.mco e.cn mao s< paration. 'J he natt.m, owe upon a
time, } ad fill confidence in \urnii llutr, anil gave liiu: a u.ai-.i.
I rity ol votes tor Vice l*n"di*ct,t. JH'nt content with that anil
, spurred r.nwai.l by iaadnato ambition, ho attempted i «.Y'k e
| the e’.i rt iiii of Mr. Jcrtbrson, then depending before t oi -n- <
I wbcrehv himself would ktvi Isrn advaneoti V. Mm I n ..i.Tcn. v
hy force I utarchtsi. f tiding ui this, he altera a.TTs ru-empted n
| dissolve the l MM*n by a -eparat'.ini of'the State:. W.ihM-a'
; example <>| our history Iflore.mo, and with the tart- and tlurn
j incuts herein - mummicH?" l to the public, i n ay tforlvnnt jun t
I (jnes|,..ns to thocaitdor nfalt honest in. .i Was li t, ms i
sta'ism.m, nr did 1 mislead mj If, in ei hauling an arden'
• topi till.' ilia electKiu might be liliishc l on t'.e !ir.st ballot? \\ e
it nut n patriotic wish? Wits it not right in me, to .sirs’ ’.lit
c.nds of ci.r.tunv cm ion diawn around me, and march directly p
the .mint ot public detv, fnrie-s mid regardl^s <f the con-e.
<|uenc J Formy elf, I cannot doubt it. Thick and thn aicmu
clouds oi factum w.-r « around us, bl.-k wit},. vil nortrnt* Tk
first bah It v. its tlie Krvtkhn Mint drew the li^htniw>. from th.
cluuo, ,nrs,c„ II that had foiled, the ration would have avr
fi.i t!i. niiri li lt tin* tliundor Holt.
helucr that tiie, l,>irge..fl»iirviin unit corruption bron-dn direct
lv u -a.iw. il,,. t’tcsidcnt aud -wcietarv, carries with ifcuHatctn
imputations ogiUT* tie- frl-mls of I .,t», „f them who voted r,„
Mr. \tlnms. I d'ldl Mke no notic-of this p tr. of Iho mhje.-t
Inr!.',-! ,i lint's tut nrr.i nolir-. No man ran harbor the opinion
u"lc‘:s *\ homer pretends to Ivli. v„
.i»i|nr„ |HV In own iifflim I umliuld tnmv.t.nt I act.'ll upon
inyowut ju and cnnvirtinr.it-. Ih-I'u-vhi- at tl,h th,;,. us 1
. ... \y tlKtt I iv.i'le tin- safest uurl choice b'lwn p tht
t-.vo run ' ut.-s in TiiM/rti: to I mo— an I \, t P o! -that ]
v-:is r■.!! '<. nport by a!! tin- I d sties and solemn oh!i!rit;on.
H.mv.n; to t.'.r stl.l nn, :ii; ' eomid with the incidental tre !
brl .k- tin* I inusn to vote «-.r Mr. A i.’ajms, ami a«:i:nst his milha
rv >wmuu. My motive, :,t the b.,
Iom1:.I to I o ;W pure and mid. fii d bv the hist «f :>1- . .. eh,.
, *VT’ H9lho t,K.lty^rt-|;.’r,ct:,l.Ja- -nn o, an. of his fri, uds;
•turlnn 00.1.1 rt< hit!** l.v :,ftifiah1nr;uti:.^ts utt.l sini-ter
r'',!, - i.Tiirnns Us liny one of too Candida;, s lief! .ro the llojre(
■ <eeUt.vs i.r.M.-nwnt to the. Iti-.htMt ,„r,c„ in the nation*-! nift. I
{ "\v,‘*'['■ Aduas, even if Mr Cl uv ha,! voted
_or ., n. Jackson. I wa, the incut! of Mr. Clay in I,is canvas
tor iIn. o,l.( r-: hut : v ic it cu.lt d, so far hi., \. id-,, or his views
, aud interests w ere t oncemed. i u tree item stanm-i I
| tro.t, «n.l «, jealous too, rf that freedom, as aovm.m in Wd
, -;,r- ( ):*v ••«>' AM.w, ami f;,n. andf.it
tfrrft /m:-M ft. Wrote, that nn roar, ever has mutinied, ov ,;v,r -vill
i i nntro. i: v :>uh.:. ty prrvau* ar'ious Ix-you l mvmvn pmi'or cn^
OI t.tu.t an-i wrottg. Mr Mit'fr.t-.. wa ; ..a f.vt-as Utr.Vs, and . " a
oas h.TM. anil rrn shall ho. I tlcr.i.Vrl lhr mvsrltl ttnon ntvtmii
jtmRa.mt OI men and nieattiireR, ina>dngmv vcmid rholr.r about
l yearbnftn- I «.«. thnvoto. r r^.,uri.!<ied th« rfocwmn ut
the proper tinny m defi-ntnee to tnv cnllea^m-s, nod a t an art (.1
nisticfi to tho rounUv, the eonstitntioo, and the canditfat.rr
>!V- opinion was finned and Gxwl nr a limn wiieu fhtr, f r. „r or
affection worn not aninu^ tlirv ;>t»»r»/</f motfre.r /hV thhirration.
It was an hon.-t opinion: un purel .• pa*rioi:e,‘ as tue ptin-.t ^
V'1’ Jackson’s pnhlir virtues. I dwelt u for nearly a V-tr
, thot.yh.tud nomdrw, and tslnemtut o( meH ami thin-., ‘t.nd par
; tit t, ...lined orCjmimc ant! then ap;» tied to myre>C and ..ranted
I -1 rp-.if tr.n ; and r '-examineri the wiioie subject fully, fairly, and
| dtsii.tenrsteilly, and came to the „ tme lip.il uirlnncpt. I s?anH
! l"|>t'ficd hefore (lod an<! eom c;.ii -e. I a'hstittitrd no tr .u’<
i UpTu il>r°p,nl?,*1f‘,rn‘-v mvn 1 ;un*u< "P-o o-ttii as n mem s T
I O the I .oust*. I alone w as capable ofdeci.ltntt lhr .evo-lf, and i
alone shall tin--n-or lor jt ,0 cf>II„ti v. anrt thf. ,.0 ,0 of ,,
j distret. 1 had to (lea. Iarkson wlm-ii were insur
j mountable X ,u:on,pinrhle »»/»/>dkwt, apart frtnn reasons cl
■ pre5-rer.ee for his competitors, i siiot.M have waived tin
ohjerhons, under an instruct) n front the hn.h: nf (hr j.rnpk Oi
,ny metnet: or under an ,• -uivalem manf.station of their dl lils>
. ratf.pfe.er. nee and wishes. . 7, m ab,g directly/,-o n mv/r,-.
j °"t •* ;,nt orr,,r to nay that th. ro was, or could he, anv
j other possib.j state of thin«, in which 1 could or At .aid have
v.awet. thtrrr. 1 :-.m- nude, and f am free to t.-il tlu-(loneral
and Ills frionr s nndti,.* whole world, tiiat. iDie ha.I coinmt.nde I
I .1 thousand parks ol artillery, well sorye.l, and iKiintrsl tohattei
• cn hunch upon urn. he could not have tlriven n«- from myfiverl
purposoto voteastitist hart. » -*
j it w a ; ItelicvcilI at the time, upon cootl aothonty, nn<! is no
I Vr n ’? hp ,!,e f?c*’ ,h:u 'U f^riwford was the-first, ami Mr
. \ '.nil .he second chmce of tint lllusfrious ex r,- i,!ems JoCTt
?ona»u Madison, and ! am will,tit; to confer that the iudonerts
an. opinions ot ihe e prmii.ye fathers of Uh'.t v owda i7, h ive
: iiad some weight wall me. It was always a matt.w of r. '^r.-t
rno7f my state f Kentucky) did re., Ivtpmn, trTlur
the f.rst chmce of those two rhsmterev-led jud-e, of men fln.I
{V' Mri Vuwrr,r'! hetnisick. nnd Mr. f lav excluded
I from the Il.iti •*, J found myself at liherlv ro roticar with thorn
l ’ho>Vnr).rUf uS f ;,nr| -Ma'ltiwii,) in their second
'’ih oTf'r l '0U?ht_1ai ■'nrefro.:, infbnr.ation they did
. that »tr. \d:tn».; o:i;!it to he nntferrrd to his military opponent:
' i"V'l e t T- '; a,,ri ‘ :!l a!! li'nw. ipial'ficntlona
• ; ;,V r - ,1 " V :,T ™ ! «*«*•'« in tho I nion bv sel.r
. .me fit, „ the v. alks ol civ.I! fc. And mou- r, ,T, | helped th ,t
jMi a.wontwi qua!.bed by his pnc.iieM knr.wled-e and
; cxpertence «,&„■«, to di s-harae the rmltifarious and r.imnli
t I'c I o,it:e? oft! e Station: and 1 dir! urt iiehcve tfattien hide
sor, nnsyecird the n- rff. , quaiibcatiens. Tlm-e wrtrt amen- die
j "Y*™ "'Tn bv’ l"p rvt'r.v where, to jn-tify the vote ! h id
I o rr.< w,licit I wed not he enumerated h-i c.bitt 1 am bold to ^v
j tout 1 Inve uev-'r aswaued anv, or had «nv to ms.icn, which f
! mteht not lie nro';. of m n freeman, a statesman, a citi/.cn of
; Kftluccy, of the l u:on. ;tu ! the world, f voted, as the illusiri
i Z'y r*"' ’nt’ , 01 ,hn w,c,*n *»'* ,K*V’ twn then l-vin?,)
1 word . have vtitc*) ,f (hey haul Step meml.er.s of the Houm
7 u> I.- ,t rrKt vpen; aud tie.c i rest, in self approvin'
| cnnfidtaicc: cat, f-d with the election and th-par* Iborein ih
i;, P^rew. in.vw’t and the man within me, and with every
K!grWt,nS n°,h,n3 huf ,hl- *"'»'» inttnnperance
Tins adrlrces eontainr -ome fin j not h-retofore cm-!,: known.
lA'i ia.« ymdicattons of iov motive and my vote.
If th. ro,e alone . 1,id been availed, I should have letf: i{ m the
le t oft,me J» u tj,« unprovoked a-rOiln-cnt of my motives
tout I come forward to re,ml. I have been silr.it, m-f,] hi-rrc
was relied upon at evidence atciinst me. I „ow .i.hinit the
of f.T 'n',' ^ x ' *■" 1 owrvr the appir.hation
of just tr„ n —to whom alone, would I aprx al for justice
*ri 10,*a, in if.. bAVlD
R ,rri^OVn »*«•»*»-Kail Meetiprr, uusV'nvrr
r*. ,h; ™*!n \nr'r' COUJtxi:. wifi crnnumm,
u< r«'toforr) op thr? 3d Tu**«iav in October, fSJstof
t.ie moritli) and cotititnirt i> rinvf>.
vrn«T dav.
SwrrTTKfnkrR for Colfe* and Fillip 3 v^r.s 0H "
ur.Ie nrntj», er.lrajre .->00 dollars, half forfMt.
srrvimiKRS,
1 .V;n. \* v»ne, Sr. [dc.ad.l -
2 T* Sf»lils? rnl‘,,s Bfl>* bv Sir Arri/y, mit
of Lady j rtltaan.
•1 Wm..31. Went enter* Full Brother to Morion.
. J^. J TTarriRcm raters Jefferson, by Virginian, oert
of Favorite.
■•» (too. 7t. Garrison [de?ifT.J
6 Wni; n.: •Toh"sn» enters Bay Filley, by Sir Fharlen,
om. ofTfenlify.
7 H,Tv *]• C'w emrrs Bay Golt, by Sir Archie,out
of Lady Alfred.
arrovp r>AV.
rropri.-for's Purse, -2 miles heals. fTr
Jorfcry Club Purse, i miles heat?, f0y
w »*
ftf)
Post Stake,
rnrnrrr r> \r.
’ rai’e heats, for
iopo
450
n c« rirrn bav.
n," k'",r'r P Stakes, for Colts A*. Killies 3 year*old
•JSUSfcjrSS? 200 l,alf
I 1v r»i. TJ. Johnson.
Henry M, Clay,
® f-'t-t. j. Harrison,
4 WilljnTn Venn*
*» n«r Rir.imsr
5 Jno. M. P«fis
Ttenj. If. Conpland
~ J:io. Ming**.
1 >IUV ATI. SI'JIOUI*.—lWtoj Sucpf ard, ot Hanover,
JL .aum- employed a gentleuttn of approved abilities 4
H aO. Ins children next year, will take 4 or S toys under the »«v
A,';*' :;s '.'“f'rs *" »* ta"" y- »^ce of board, tuition, &*•
t . ?r llw *T"n of. « n'°nt,“* I'*w J^ycarlv m advance.
I ><- I atm and < .nek language*. and usual branches ol En»lUh
education, will be taught in the school, which shall not ctmsi'-'*
ol nuie than eight scholars. All the advantages afforded Ms
Jd 1 ,‘tK u‘t rCSl>C'Cl ? morals arid manners,*wil) be extend
iu to those \vl e inuy reside in Ins family. The school will conv
met tee on the lath of January next. '/hose who nmy Think the
situation desirable, will please make early application
* S. Addresii letb rsio New (bund Mills IV;t Office, Hanover,
forks ol Hanover, Sept, loth, 18.11. gy_v.-4t*
d d A: A. WAK1V1CK bate for sale,
VN ",tc N»|* C'ottau#--|Uoeu, bloc, mixed and white Plains
Hose, point and duilU Blanket*—drab Kerseys and Klushin" ;
l .ae drab and mixed t .’luUw and CasEransres-— black aifti
brown Lombazeis
HritHi and Herman t >znaburg<t led and white Flannel
*\'Uu: ‘Hixea-Bd \\ ro tight Nads- Braziers’ Corn
{.‘““i!"11 * °1r!,*l»lin,vvi» Stout, in pint and .|uart bottles
itnd '"tC ""1<I Rr0Untl in pint, and 6 &. 8 or.
I-indon particular Madeira Wine, of superior quuti’y
Port \> urn in '.K»ttlcs—Fnglisli l utein Shot
< 'rates ot Kart lie m\ uri:, as.-s.ut.-d
Liverpool filled sacks of Salt. C»;t \_Of*
curi>’i‘^ tVmWtlie Lnltod S^f
Ki.j.nrr. * . l™’'* wl1? »•*: mcoitvd at the (bmi-.rr'l
• t c», u«\x*l tiic day ol NoVviuUsi’ next, inclusive, v.zi
, LN VIRGINIA. ’
a l T,”,’ M.l!lboirw*Sh> «° Settling! on’s, nr Bull Piumra, to la
IimT^. ’ *StumK,,,»lu Overly, unco a week, U
T* l’M'v “ *" “■•"»« * as
^ l-v l p"^itVtrj 1 r“}a-v y 1<3 rj' a,lJ airivo at Millboraujh.
•M From S ofst dle, to Little York, cnco a week, mn» >
Yo^k KCty “• uxrivo at Utile
Leat c same every r/i. and arrive at Scottsvillfc
17 l V.m Traveller’s Remo-, to Pocahontas c. h. once tn ttva
miles.
lAr'.}vrt^'r ^P**9 every otl^ar Friday at 10a. m. and
. “r-’'c 'lt * ocahoiv.asc. h. on .Saturday by 10 a. ta.
\a at !a sjiino every other Saturday at inWand arrive ai Tray
eller’s lb pose on Sumlav bv noon.
4c. ! rt. u Lt-xnuaon, up Buffalo to Rost Furnace and up Jad -
V.u s t..ter, t.1 v-ovington, once in two weeks, 40 mile?.
' ('ovinsTT, by bCT'.m0tlH,r V>ethle,d:iy al<ia’ “■ andarrive^
Le^in^on by dy‘?rP * h‘lrSdaj‘ “ 6 «• «• lald «n*c ut
'. Ftom VViie.lmtr.toMixville, once a week, - mHc
cvcry Wednesday at 6 «. «. and arrive ux
at e Kunii every r/x an:l urri^> at WlierA'n^
iv* *■ r?U1 Ma'diishurg. to Hath, r»;ce u week, 22 miles.
!aTt'n>,,l,rK e',a7 'V'^ne^% at 1 />. m. and ilfTivc o>
uy t p. 'n.
Lt-avi; lititli every W ednesday at. 5 «. m. end amw at Martin'
ourr; by 11 n. til.
"V'T, ^ Uy U:? Cr '*' toFalbofCiKitKnnfcwtti
K.wj- .in-l fjlu-act to ron-ot!icr> at Gawtey’s Bridge oucc in
two Wf* *XS, 4.> 1TU109.
‘7CTy ^'r, Turs,^>' M C a. w. and arrive , i
ir.iwu s s Bridge on \Wlgt-baav by H//. vi.
.v“ (limit’s Bridge every other Thursday atfi a. 01.und m>
m o at l man on !■ riday by S p. m.
[ rum. tirvenhill, hy Fernl’s Store, Baeksdnte’a Store and
ai. am •110, to Kahtax c. h. once a wce*v, niiW
l.f.tve < ■rei-nliill t-ver/ Friday at I p. in. and arr.ve ut
ti. on Saturday by II a. nu
</:no saioo every Saturday ni Ip. m. anti aiTivc at Gm'.rth'.H
on .Sumtav by 10 a.m.
f>3. From Middleburg, by White Hates, to Warrewon, once it
wi-eit, 2.> milft
I t ave Mi.idl.Hmrg every Tuesday at 1P. <«. and arrive at W,i-»
ronton nv B p. m.
1 YY, Y"° CVCI5'Tat 4 a• «*- and arrive at Middlttbur*
J7} 11 a. ut.
c‘ h- Ea3t Ri«», to TavinsvJl c. h. ones a
'V'tk, 4*» nnfca,
■> J. '■ior;'. Sr'v c;1,sf^w, Sy Saudtgffs Tavern, Pedlar’a MHTk
I • of Tied 1 Y'”:n'1 u burton's Mills, to 1 iberty m the Couiv
ty ot Krdterd, onre a week, :J8 milea
^’’.-ty ly'Vp ni^ CVCIy Fr‘Juy ut-8 “* "• a,wI arrive at US
liberty evtuy Sajurfay at G ff. m. and arrive al!fcwr
Glasgow by o p. in.
. ‘ NOTES.
*rwy rapedho tho mrifc and
. -r th. t n s for arrival and departure, at any timo duriw tho
h<‘ comract» h‘‘ an adequate coottoS
n-n 101 any extra expeuso tlrat n,av lx< occasioned thereby.
r nSTaT ^^-3^ und el<*te3
t:<<- mai! at nil ofitees whore no particular tirr.e 13 sptx-ite-d.
a bar every uftetfli minutes delay, in arriving "
r : - .....^v, ,.i u.nvitvt ufter the lime
LYh“ VY ™u;n‘rtf- •»» contractor steill forfeit five
do,.. „n<. if thn delay continue tmtil the dixrarture of any
rndint mail, whereby a trip is lo^, u forfHtun! of double th
;‘nur-\f:!r;^.cYYYv.,n?.,Y be
1 nx’i :* u , * ■* , ,lc tx? iiK'unv’ii,
■nk-s, ,t shall h,- mido to appear that the delay was occuthuaed
by tuKivftidnble nccid.mt.- in which case the amount of puv for
a tr,p tv ill be forteited. These iiadhiturem, it will bo oblcxverJ
4 ... .. ' ,,v itnu.iiuaTI, 11 Will D1
areuu -onditionol: except for the failure of a trip, by unavoidb
h,e ucra.,rnt, the pans,tv intty be reduced to the r
Ir.n I li.'if rvn no __ j!.*__ :_.1_t % . *
, • ... ■ 1.v, **"v ""'“vv-u vo ir>e pay for one
,T- niJt *3U un condition is thh; tout, or tho «her jxaraitlrs
K..T*rri, to ixt remitted. * 4
J. I'it'ons making proposals nrc re-juesfed to scuo their Pri
ces by the year. '1 hope who contract win receive their err,
'YYYV~'U ,h,° ”\or.'.hs of May, A.^ust, No,-ember and iW
ru._.n , ..1., month after the expiration v>f raeh q;KM-UT.
cai-ry^ThemaV >aU * fU^ 'Vh''° sri.vll be emf^oyed ft)
Y Y h''rc U.,c propwn- rntenrta to cr>nvra> the mail in the body
1 carr,?>r' h<‘ ,*<krsiiw| to s»a»o it iu his prote^als; and
ho stage must he of sufiic.cnt size, unless otherwise cKpressoS
to :rccnn.m«k!atr*‘apvi n passvcr.eers. r
7. Krnv projxxw may otfer in his bid to make nnv impravc.
m.mt m the transportation of the mail, from thn terms invited
,? 7YS to l'K* mooe ot transporting it, tho t.poi«d required, ci
the fretju.Ticy of too l.,r per wtx-k-whkh stedl native dub
const dcratirm.
' Hie niimbiT of the «vwt route shall be stater] in every bid,
■in.t the proposal musi be staled an.t directed to the tj«:i ra!
o-t-tWce, and endorsed “Proposals.”* Strict attention mu-*
|pvr" ,n l,"‘ endorsement, as it is not intruded to bnrak thu
, ot any proposal until the time for receiving bids shaCI
nave expired. °
> ». The Post Maste* flmcml reserves to himself the riebt of
nrclanug any contract at an end, whenever ono Do lure happen?.
. w hich amounts to the loss of a trip. * 1
!, r,‘" fl!st:»nce« stated nrn suen as have been communicTrte.1
to this office, and some, of them may be incorrect: on thissubicut
i ,"r’ contractor must inform himsdt— the. Dcr/artificnt will not be
I nnswTTablc for anymstake.
10. in c-.,*ry case where thi! mail is transported in sdge^
l . . .J .ii-ijj ir.uisporten III (EKPa
and the present contractor shall be underbid, and the underfed
1lT *>>;»•! nrd lv»VO •• ink nl in>. _- - _ •
j , * *,' . . . “muwuiu, nuu mu um.Cfi
; ner so ad not have such st ige prop-rty as may be ncce^afv for
j the performance of tne contract, he shall be required to pur
i chase from the present contractor, at a reasonable valuation
. nc whole or any jr.irt of llio rtngp probity, including hones.
. that may be suitable for the service, and make liuynient tbere
, for. hy reneon able instalments, as his pay becomes due., or as
mav lie otherwise nrrno2«*d.
This will be nrade a condition in the acceptance of a bi*T.
under the bid of the present contractor; and should the undoi
I bidder fail to comply, his b,d will lx- offered to the prestrr?.
contractor; hut should he decline making tiie contract at that
: :p I>roP°sal of the underbidder will be accepted unecudj
. h. » distinctly understood, that the mail will continue to t>«
earner I ui stages on every route where it is now i-o conveyed.
» J’ iLu . '1,all bo withdrawn after the time for receivin'*
H iravp P*pn*d, mid should anv iieTsnn refuse to take
the contract at his hid, he shall be h*d responsible to ti e
Department, for the difference between his bid and t ,atnt whi* h
rbe contract shall be made, The a^.pumrut of anv contract
" *be consent of the Post Master (ieneral, shall'forfeit - _
and in oil places where application is made to the iHTartnx-i,*
to sanction n transfer, the terms must he fully «tnted.
Should a contractor rar his agent engage in the fransmi«ir,,,
of com,,,erred infom.atitni bv express on his route, more raW
!> than the mail, he shall forfeit his contract. }
II. if a rraitc should be discontinued by Congress, or beeonre
' u • *C '* m F™* in thp opmron of the Post Master
n,f!n'’’ hr ™ I*mit nr dispense with the «ervic* of the com
tractor, on making him an allowance of one month’s extra p;ry.
IT rhe contracts wall all begin January let, 1829, and tie,
7T " for router m the States of Indiana, Illinois, Mre=n*ul
Arkansas rcnne.rec, Alabama. Mississippi and LouHan.i!
J* :li continue for one rear only. Contracts for routes }n Virer
fa. Aorth and South Carolina, Oorala and Honda Ten-Hop
U -il enu mu- two years, aud the contracts for the rehOr r:nrt-: ’
v. m continue three years.
II. Port Mnsteas who re-ehc an arlvcr»'urment should rfvo
T/rrv^;r^ uho aPP1}<v?*:«« opportunity to read it.
I ost Office Department. > JOHN M’LF.AlC,
* u,-v» Z>’1 "2fi- > Po-t Matter Gt*cr<£.
j .... *ron.M op ntorofAT.
Pwtf Alnst*r (rf-ncrfif.
iron.
I will convey the Mail on Post Route No.-, vir.
*»om to , for the j'early compensation of —— dollars.
*'**'■! s,a’1' mch iinpim-ements a« present them
I f- iir, m"T7-' ..]f ?' a stagp, it will he proper for him to say so.
' distinctly state, the inimber of the route, and no*
"> ,’1)1 number, hut the beginning and end of it. He should
wWifZv a,eIi1!!' re»,ftenc,,» n*1 to the State and T*rwn in
. ; . V ' *f hr he not a ermtfactor,he must acrrmnpai-y
’ ' utaVTc fceoje:ren*!aT,or?. Peyt. <?—■•#?%