Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-06-15

70 the following specification in Mr.. Ed
wards memorial, viz.
Between 1916, and the 3lst day o!
December, 1919, he received important
communications on the subject of the
illicn Introduction of large number OF
Atrlea an slaves into the United States,
which strongly imp Heated one of his par-
iicular friends. BY resolution of the
House OF Representatives of the last
mentioned date, he was directed 10 Law
before the House copies of such com
munlcations as he had received since
1916, and such information as he pas.
sessed IN relaiont to tire Illicit introduc-
ton OF slaves into the UnHed States; but
Notwithstanding this POSITIVE call upon
him, 90 assert (and | challenge inves-
ugatiene that he did withhold letters and
iniormanon upon this subject, impicat-
ing bis friend, which ought 10 have been
communicated to the House, and some
Of which he did not even permit 10 90
on the files Of the Department.
My purpose is to cal your attention
most especially to this subject.
Was not ID. b. Mitchell apnointed
Creek agent at your instance; and was
he not then, as he is now, your warm
personal and political friend /?
Was he not, after very elaborate in
s Vestga,on by the presen, Attorney &c.
neral OF the United States, found guilty
OF being concerned and Interested in
s@uge ing negroes inlo. the United
Slates9
Did he notwrite to you two letters for
some advice on the subject?
Did not the collector of Daricn. Mr..
M'lntosh, inform you, that the surveyor
OF that port had seized number of
Struggled Africans at the Greek Aeen-
cy, and also number more al another
place, under the protection of D. B.
Mnche'l's passport, and that Mitchell
was suspected OF being concerned?
Was there not enc osed in the collec.
TORS letter to you, report from the
surveyor OF all his proceedings in this
business
Were not these letters in your pos
session al the, time, viz, ST. Dec. 1919.
when the House ofRepresentative call
ed.upon you for copies ofthe commune
Cations and all the Information in YOUR
possession on that subject
And, have they or have hey not been
suppressed b. you from ihat time to this
Can This be subject so INN ateria in
this investigation as 10, to deserve the
slightest notice 10 your answer?
Some OF these documents have found
their way 10 the public eye through other
channels, but there is one, viz. the re-
port OF the surveyor, above alluded to,
OF the circumstance of the seiz ure of the
Africans, which has not yet been seen.
Are these matters to be passed over as
immaterial, and win the public be sails.
fed that you have satisfactorily ex.
planned every material CHARGE" while
such dark clouds OF suspicion are accu-
muia'ed by your silence on this subject.
II cannot be forgotten that the execu-
tive authority Of the United States, OF
which you were an important branch.
occupied Amelia Island by miIitar,
force, in time OF peace with Spain, (there-
by Ieopardiztng the peace Of our coun-
~ - s'N So'S PuiPpsC vi putting all
end to dlabolicsl traffic in Africans.
and the measure was justified by the ma
ton. And shall il now bessaid that the
Secretary Of the Treasury bad warm
friend, an United States officer too, ac- |
tually engaged and deeply Interested in
tina! traffic, which the Secretary was
cognizan, Of at the time, and not onl,
concealed from the President, but also
IRON Congress, though especially calico
upon tor all the information in his pos
session on the subject! Is not this a
/" material charge" demanding from you
the most prompt and explicit answer,
compared with which all that is charged
against you in relation to the banks, il Ii
be all true, are nothing bat air bubbles!
!, does seem tina, you have no alter
native but TO meet this charge, and pu,
yourself upon your country for its Just
judgment. or call upon the mountains to
cover you from the public eye, and, it,
possible, obliterate every recollection OF
your public existence.
FIAT JUSTITIA.
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