American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-09-13
HEAD QUARTERS,
EASTERN DEPARTMENT,

EASTERN DEPARTMENT, ,
Indian SPRINGS, August 10th, 1925.
SIn--I have received your Excelency's letter oil
the 9th, post marked MilledgevilIe 9th August
acknowledging The publication of letter from me,
tho original Of which you say you had not received
To this have only to say that it was forwarded in
due time. 1t is doubtless known TO you that yours
of the 18th July, was published as it is presumed
by your authority, in newspaper before l replied
to it--You could not therefore feel much "sur-
prize at the publication of my reply. had seen
with regret ha, for u S. officer to write to you
was in fact to write for the newspapers ard that to
differ from your opinion, was TO be denounced as
an offender. Since this was apparent TO me- tha,
is, since the receipt Of yours of the 18th july
have been well aware Of the tax which our little
differences oi opinion would impose upon me-
tax which conscious innocence suffers under the
groundless imputation OF guilt. ! not there
fore much surprised at the gross Misrepresentation
Of your dPdimus p0testntem Commissioners, nor al
the concluding paragraph OF yours OF the 9th
wherein you say =" have lost no time 10 direct you
TO forbear further intercourse with this govern
men,.'' These expressions like others contained
in. some of your previous letters (but OF which
took no notce) wherein you speak of my using the
militia against Georgia, SC. sc. appear to evnce
very high degree Of that prejudice, inflated pride
of office. which might well be expected to prompt
some little European despot" to feel power and Tor
get right Were you sor%e little German Prince
Tor example, (thc most sell important and overbear
ng of all tho crowned trbe.) and Turk, it woulc
in that case excite surprise that the little Ger
man prince should address the Turk as you have
more than once addressed me ; and after freely in
dulginG in words Of learned strength aud thunder
ng snund,N conclude with the expressions above
quoted viz: " haze lost no tune to direct you tC
torbear further Intercourse NTH this government.
But am not Turk, you Prince!
am plain native ofVnginla, and an adopted citzer
o! Tennessee. am an officer of the United States
of which Georgia is an houored and an honorable
member-my lawful public duties have called me
into this state; where yielding due homage TO he
laws, and those Of the United States, | find mysel
possessed of ample privileges which depend no
upon the whim caprice oil any indlvidual-no
not even the Governor! with whose correspondence,
confess to you, sir, I have not been SO much de
lighted or instructed, individually, 10 wish TO
its continuance. But however Improbable you
CORE spopdence may be to me Individually. yet th
respect due to the office you fill will permit I'M
TO yield 10 the intercourse which you have with
out authority presumed to g direct" On the con
trary sir, have the right as citizen, and the ad
ditional r, hit as public functionary, to address you
and should my official duty require that should a
any time address the Executive OF this state, per
sonally or by letter, shall not fail to do that dut.
with the respect due to the office and the state owe
which you preside In this state. as in all others o
the United States that have visited, am gratitie
to find around me, men and patriots, and the dc
scendants of and patriots, who fought and ole'
for the independence of our country: and who II
September, 1897. in the first paragraph OF rar
aud very interesting work which would recon-
mend 10 your attention, united with the patriots @
other states in SAYING" We the people OF tn
United States. in order to form more perfect union
establish Justice, ensure domestic tranquility, pro
vide for the common defence, promote the genera
welfare and secure the blessings OF liberty to our
selves and our poserty, do ordain and establish thl
constitution for the United States of America.
Among such men I cannot feel myself as strange
in foreign land Many Of these men am assure
will do me the Justice to believe that the Unite
/ States soldier, whose respectful communications
June and July last, you answered with official AFRO
pancc would cheerfuy seize upon any proper oc
4 casion 10 throw himself between them and the hr
Of an invading foe to from harm the humb'es
citizen of the state. My military command has al
terna,ely within few years past extended 10 ever
f state and territory of the Republic have AZ Oil
lerent times been honored with The acqualntanc
and occasional correspondence OF more than tweh'
of the state and territorial Governors, from nelthe
of whom except yourself aud one other have eve
received any expression other than OF the most dig
pifed amicable. and polite kind. have addresse
one and all OF them, and you, in the same heartfelt
, terms of that respect, which naturally fows IRON
an habual devotion to the beloved institutions OF GU
common country, no feature of which is in my estl
nation 80 valuable as that which secures the Jus