Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-10-05


o IRE ab!e rGhly oil Mr.. Crawford to the
address oil Nmian Edwards. 1t is con.
trary TO The wont OF The editors of those
papers, on other subjects, 10 be SO little
! cautious.
| ------incedunt per ignes
suPposltos clneri doloso.
/ " IS the Commau,ea alton from the
Treasury Department OF the Sih of May
last hicb We suppose TO be the :. able
reply" aiinded to--really written by the
Seer tary We acc confident, yer, con-
fden,, that il was nor written by bim
! because, a, that Tune, he bad nor the
lphvsical power to write. But ii may be
SAID. that although he might no. have
! Scritte1. ne dictated the r:piy 10 an anna
nuenals. Whether he wrot1 or. dictated
j., VIC admit thai the work .onId be ass
own. That he did Dot, that he couid no.
write, sc hove alieady said; and we
| verify believe that nc WAS nei then in q
condition even 30 dictate. "The repor;
II the ed March lass" which OCCASION.
ed lhc letter OF Edwards OF the Ga April,
% which, the communication ct the 9ih
April, is reply, was wfil,sn by Ma
Dickens, according 10 the directions
! gwen 10 him by the Secretary, and when
il was completed, no (Mr d read l.
! inc Secsc'ary." (Sco evidence Of Mr..
d p. %, Report Of June las,.) Thus
here could have been 10 dictation. ana
! II does 30, appear that there was one
@crt of correction, or even Of criticism,
I
Perhaps we shall Go 10 more than JUS
/ tee TO Mr.. d, n supposing thai 10 such
word was necessary, and i; is probable
hat wr shall moi do less than justice 10
Mr.. G. in surprising, If ii had been rs
! c~ssalv, thai tie, same silence would
have been observed.
Nav, il the report OF The 22d March,
was the work of Mr., Dickens, we would
ask whether il IS rot extremely probable,
thai lhe communication OF Che 9Th May,
was the work CT the same hand Had
The causes whlch rendered The agency oi
Mr.. Dickens necessary on The 22d
March. ceased 10 operate, q, the tine
when the communication as commenc-
ed This will hardly be said. But The
evidence furnished by the comnluuica-
;ioa, i>sel!, is conclusive. The latter
par, of il fills abou; twenty seven printed
1c;avo pages, in addition TO about forty
more pages Of dccumenIs. In the let
ler, The references 20 documents; to
dates, to numbers, 10 figures, are SO nu-
ntrous, and mani'es,iy reqniring such
'ninntensss and labor Of Inspection, that
VIC ara not afraid Of being con,radicted,
when VIC sag, that Mr. Craw Word was nc
more thcsauthpr the communication ia
May. than hc was OF the report IN March.
MIR Dickens inqst be cssiousliy vc-
ry mech amused, when he finds his com
position SO rnnc'l extoilcd- ae farnishing
strong er -dence Of Mr. Crawfcrd's fitness
for the Presidency. We think il very
probable, if not certain, tina, Mr.. D.
could very easily prove, not only thai
Mr.. Crawford did not write the commu-
nicsioD in question, bat tina, he is not
he author, in the usual sense Of the
word, OF any one report from bis Depart
ment to Congress, during the last SEES
sion Tia, MIR. DIS. vanity is good
deal Catered by the praises thus be-
slowed on another, bit oil right, belong
ing TO himself, here can be 40 doubt. Ii
is natural that he should be both battered
and amused by them; but we have no
wish 10 tempt him, no idea that he will
be, or ought p be-, tempted TO say more
on this sublcct, than he has already said
as witness before the Committee ofIn-
vestigation
From the Southern Chronicle.
The Treasnry o6ice.-This is the
house ts.a, lax built.
The Public Moncy.-This is the
Mat bat lay in house that Jack built.
w II. Cra7vford-This is the rat
thai eat The Malt thas lay in the house
tina Jack buil, %ae
.Ninian Edsvards.-This is the Car
thai caught thu rat that eat the Mali
tina, lay in the house that Jack built.
The Radical Faction This is the
dog that Worried the cat that caught the
rat tha, eat the Nah that lay in the house
,hst Jack built. 4
Public Ohinion.-This is the Hon
that crushed the dog that worried the cat
that caught the rat that eatihc A1ah that
lay 10 the house that Jack built
The Z. S. ship Franklin, Com. Stew !
art, has arrived at New-York from .
- ~ -