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l'Luther Loomis, Of Suffield, Hartford eoun.
ty, and rate of Connecticut, &c Il, ~vfri age. do
teitity and FAY, that fome time in Ansuit. A. n.
1904, at Suffieid, aforsfaid, in company with
the honorable Gideon Granger, pait.msfer
general ut the U. S. he remarked thar he wihet
to fatisfy his republican friends, who a. he un.
derttood, were not altogether fatisfied with his
public conduct (; and in ratification of his con.
duc, he went into lengthy detailed account
OF various public transactions at the feat of 90.
vernu,ent and other places, which took up tb-
time OF feveral hours. He faid, that for \ lon,
time after he went to reide at Warrington. ali
was tranquil with him. That he was treated
with every refpea and attention he could defire.
beth by the prefideut, the heads of depart.
ments, and by the republican members of con.
gre,s' until Tome difference arofe between him
and the honorable John Randolph, a member
OF congreis, refpetting bill before conprefs
relative to countervailing duties. He f,;d il
was true that the heads of departments g.ncr-
any, tavoured the principles of that bill thst
ne knew Mr.. Randolph was highly in f,v,ur nc
IT, from beirg converfant with him on thar f;,h.
Juet, and that he himfelf had always been NM;
ted with him in favour of the bill /; and tb,.
he, the faid Granger, continued in favonr &C
fft.r
his return to the feat of government, the The,
preceding ye'' or theyea before and mil
receiving an addyefs from the chamber of CON.
merce of the city of New-York; which w,s d.
ring the tendency Of that bill before con,-erc
That after receiving their adrrefs and entreat;e.
oenrlng him 70 intercede for them, at the fr,.
or government, to make influence againt the
o,ii neing Carried into law, and being honour.
ed with their ai.drefs, together with their src,-
msnts asainf the hill, and being acop,;ps.l
win Tome very Respectable members of tina, ho-
oy' ne let aoont the work; fri, bv maxim,
overturesto the heads of departments. ON. ,c
ter another, with favourable project of G,r.
GELS, and then to Madfon. And after rom.
mun'catlng to him the agreement of the chan.
DER Oh commerce, and making ufe of his own
argument on that fnbjetf, Mr.. MadiCon cor,j
not lee tuaicient grounds TO al.er his opinion .
out II others were generally of opinion. th,+ !.
was bet TO pohPone the confederation of ths
pill IN that cafe although he was in f,vou- ~
the bill, yet he t!Ionid not advife to prpfs II >,
CAN'T the general opinion. The next place i.
went TO the PRECEDENT, who made him. in G,b-
fance- the fsn's r"oi,, fas NJ -.
ding that he hoped the bill could not 'eventp,,-
,yra,l or iucceia. That he next approached
Mr. Randolph, whom he knew TO he one of;.
warhe't advocates, with the papers containin,-
the arguments of the chamber of commerce j.,
ms hand; and after Introducing the fnl,i.,a. he
tated to Mr.. Randolph, the rnbfancs of ,h.
arguments, and told him that MANY of rhe me-
hers OF that board were firm friends ,o nv -,
vernment- thatif the hin was TO he Carried 10
20 law, he feared it would tend TO exc;te,
terinene IN the minds of many of the friendeto
,pe government that the merchants expert
'ence and Judgment ought to have veiob, IN ~.
dec'lion, and urged many other re.fons for .ho
Potpouement of its conliieration--but all ri,
without drawing from him (Randolph) anvr
ply, other than &c all !! ah |" or fam. va,
e%Preihve OF his contempt, for the faid NJ
Randolph, left the room.--That he fst ahor.
me onhoeis IN good sarneft 70 make inauenc.
win the members of Congrefs to defea, tbr
oil, and had the good fuccefs to or;et e..
minds ofmany Of them, particularly the ,yefferr,
members, with whom he wss in crea, fr;e,,i'
mp and who had been much in favour of FIN.
oii and others who had been advocates g..
the OH agreed tn be paiiive, or MANAGE i, :,
way that would lead to its poftn,nemen, -.
defeat; and faid he finally fucceeded in gc,.;,-
inc OIL Poltponed, which finally had put an
end to it, ra0 pu' "h
Thus. laid Mr.. Granger, hi;,ctet,. .,e-,;,;,
the overbearing influence of faid R,ndoIob. !,
ip'te or all his influence and from that tina
10 10 me preient he has been my bitter enemv.
ne ,ur.ner laid the active part he took in favor
OF the TAsoo CHaimaufJ had heightened b;s ,,..
terneis agarf him: and drawn from him rnnci,
nVective and abufe. He further Rated tina, h..
nao oeen accufed of exerting his influence "a
favour bwr'5 election in the Rate of New.Yor,r
YET AFTER the abufe, he faid he hadit in b,,
power 10 prove himfef clear; that under cir
cnHitances in which he was placed. no ma,
could have done efi than he did. And further
more laid, notwithstanding all that was done
ana 1a'd about him refpeting his Influencing
me Burr party election in the fate of New.
OK 10 FAR from true, that he was the man
t"at cahied its defeat which he effected by
ieho'ng confidential friend with communic,s
'ionsto Dewitt Clinton of New-York, TO DIVE
notice to him of Burr's plans and operations.
wnich w3s the caufe Of i's defeat and tina,
through hIs means he had the fecond time fsy.
ca ms country from a calamity, which other.
VIE would have been dreadful.
nr. GRANGER acknowledged that he had been
HrongI, Prre1sd BY certain genfismen Mt HtaB;oy.
ron, the Jrends Of mr.. Burr, to make ue Of III,
influence, (Which they faid was great, in man
parts OF that itate) to favour the Burr party
election and faid he totally declined il. AMI
TOD them that he ihould take neutral
ground 6m at length he was hard prefTed bv
certain gentlemen to whom he was under p-eat
onhgations, till he had at length permitted onc
or them to make ufe Of his name for that nnr-
pole ITO favour Mr.. Bnrr's election y under
certain limitations, which he exprefIed II; writ
ing' and copy of il was retained by him.
All this he iaid was done lef he mich, evcood