American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-09-16
From The Georgia patriot.
HEAD QUARTERS,
EAsTEna DEpAnrMENr,

me, notwithstanding your ayowed resolution not TO
write 10 me.
10 this wise expedient, TO preserve the immense
weight Of dignity under which your excelency la
bors can have bjection. / take this occasion
before noticing your assumed /" facts and argument"
to assure you that have authority whatever, from
the President of the United States, or Department
OF War, to write or speak to you upon anv other
than public and official subjects such | have,
with perfect frankness and cordially, communicat-
ed to you, previous TO the receipt of your letter of
the 18th July. In that letter, you will recoec you
SO far lost sight of your own proper sphere of ac-
tion. as to attempt to give me what you term C q
gentle rebHIcp" You thus, them laid aside the
won,ed high themes OF your brilliant pen--tte Fed
erat G2rernment, The Federal judiciary, State
rights, Yasoo claims, &c. Sc.-aud leaving
all these great matters to stand or move in the sep
arac and distinct orbits in which the federal and
constitutions and laws have wisely placed them
you have descended" rather hastily as it would
seem, to unauthorized personal animadyersion and
1" rebuke' touching certain official duties conided
TO me.
III repelng the personal censure and menace
contained in what you have termed your " mild re-
buke,, have acted on my own individual RESPONSE
by without any authority, save that which is i'm
planted in the breast of every upright man, civ
zed and savage, and which is known TO the yiruous
and wise, as the first las0 Of nature"-a law which
authorizes the free use Of the bayonet against the
highway robber of money, whose weapon is of a
deadly hue, and the free Of the pen against the
official robber OF reputation, whose known weapon
is the pen have money; and but little pro
perty Of any kind, that would command money
and, therefore, have aston to guard against the
highway robber; the little store OF wealth of which
am MASTER consists Of an untarnlshed reputation
with some testimonials Of applause, generously and
spontaneously bestowed % me, by The National and
some of the State Legis~.u es OF which Georgia
! is one and by which she and they have secured
my lasting gratitude, and strengthed the ties OF
friendly feeling and brotherly union between US
This little store is highly valued hy me- II Is my
own--my all. It will be held in trust by me- for
my children aud my country; and It is, therefore,
my right and bounden duty TO preserve ard defend
lt /, would be criminal in me 10 neglect it No
earthly law can impair the higher law OF self de-
fence and self preservation.
My letters Of the 18th, 9th, and 22d, OF June,
and those oil the Isl and 10th jolly, have convinced
my friends, whose good opinion value most highly.
Of my uniform and earnest desire 10 abstain from
collision with you and, in my answer to yours Of
The 17th July il is known that your suggestion of
The haste in which you wrote induced me to decline
reply for week aud until your letter made its
appearance, usual, in newspaper, doubtless ny
your permission. ii, in mine OF the 29th July, OF
which you Complain to the President, in my last,
OF the 10th Of this month, il should appear that ma
tire detectire education should have implant
ed in me hlc spice Of that Knight errant'y for
which your Excellency is SO much renowned, and
tina, should thereby have been tempted to breabr
q tance Wuh you IN something like yoar o,cn pro
per style, cannot but hope that my fault, in this
case, in following your example, and quoting your
own expressions, Ihe only fault with which can
possibly be charged) will be pardoned by the Pre-
sident and people Of The United States, of whose
wisdom and Justice and magnanimity have had the
4 r.ila I
have no apology to offer--I propose however, that
in our future correspondence, alter dsposlng of
your futile charges against me, that you and may
conne ourselves to our pph'ic and otictat dnt1eS.
When these accomplished, hereby promise.
should you desire it, TO correspond with you ancB
ciatly, until shall have exhausted the argu
ment p and then we viii stand by our - goose
quiIIs, and ak Of ral0r''- about which you have
written to the President.
In the interim, since you appear TO be fond OF
quotations from the poets upon the subject o
rator," will here give you one tor your particu
lar consideration and benefit. s. The brave vent
not their prowess in storm OF a0rds, they let dc-
ttons speak Tor them"
In your letter Of the 26tb July, recommending TO
The notice of the President the report OF your com
missioners, you remark that the report may indeed
be said to carry with it Its own commentary" and
yet you have taken care 10 furnish 1t with an eabo-
rate commentary. 1t has gone forth double armed
with its own and your commentary. Thus armed
and shielded at all points, it remains for me to sp
proach and try its boased strength In this ne
cessary measure of self defence, | shall proceed
upon the principles indicated in the following quo
tation I" Out of thine o,ca moath ,cH conrict
thee.''
From your documentary evidence" and from
the report Of your commissioners, it is my purpose
to prove--lst. That your attempt to associate your
commissioners with was an usurpatioD, as un-
warrantable as il was ndecorous. Cd. That their
renort is tanted with misreDre alton and perhdy