Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-11-24

MS honor and Integrity had not been suspected same
eeinSs and profound which lie formed f him
wirn youths and subal,en him, in our Re ill.,
'onaiy contest. Mr.. NJ. afterwards called tn
the Government of his State was his inenti -,
as his motive could have suspected to hay,
made advances to him, but shocked, he entered
"'enmond, 10y the melancholy account Of his death.
hat Mr. NJ. did full justice his county, The
iep'ts and character Of the President,
United IL any doubt remained Of it, ptcsu-
els Dc renewed " The documents which
were never used before ,-5-'
In connection with this interesting portion Of his service
anu per!o'oi hs 'e 1t seems proper notice another in
cidem,, the of which much M b.
time After the distinguished reception ch was riven
To him, by the National Convention, i'm the hal, of haf
senibly, the Committee Of Public Safety offa red 10 him
house Tor his accommodation the Minister OF the United
States, in any part OF Paris which he would d.s;rp,,c
They sent TO him. at the time, carriage and horses
which appropriated his The he prompt,
y declined the principle that the acceptance it was
forbidden by article ofour Constitution. The carriage
aud horses he retained few weeks and then returned
them with request that he might be permitted pay for
their use III the same If they had been furnished
by an ind'v'ual and that permission nigh, granted
tn him purchase other horses which, under the existing
Jaws OF France was then necessary Both requests
granted the original documents nted TO the COM
niitec will shew. Shortly after this, was offered
10 him by individual for sale, aud which, the hes,
advice he Could OBTAIN there the time his fellow
and others, he pwichasc declaring phlicly that he
bought it or his Minister United States and
with intention offer his GOVERNING mt when he shou
retire, on the conditions bourh, it, na
wing refused the house that had offered TO him, ami
requested lermisSnn to pay aud having paid for
oil the horses which had been him. fearful
that the whicl had been his arrival
might be revived and have i'll effect, INDUCED
hope that this step would prevent tie resided in tina,
h'se until the termination ofh nissou which time,
being recalled and his for whom ne had high
respect not being received, the existing relations between
MS Governments, and himself and couu-
| tries, rendered such offer altogether imprnper
Thus circumsanced, he sold tive house for snnevba,
more than he gave for H. including the expenses of cpair
OF which sum half the stipulated only was pnid
ella i'm being up uHter lien the property or oar,
of il, believed, frauiucuy tn .x,or, none. fro
lcave tln
payment of the balance thus prevented To enable
MN To leave the country as soon as he could procure
passage home, he borrowed the of fellow CITIZEN
e.' giving ann power to receive the balance when
paid If ever, with mortgage land in CLAW
county, Kentucky, of 200U6 acres power to sell
necessary whenever that necessity should arrive.
state the affair has since rested, importance of the
concerns committed TO him, in his mission nd their
pressure IN different countries not allowing him time
into it. The land, however, has since that period
appropriated to that object, and hope entertain
ed that it Will ever be relieved from IT,
BY this view il will appear tina, Mr.. NJ has not only dr.
rivoG eiolumcnt from his public Offices bur has suffered
much by them while is presumed thar il win he enuail
manifest however gteat his suffering been, that he has
not been diverted from his public duties by considerations
of private nature.
now due not with view pecuniary indemnity, but 10
an object Of infinitely higher Importance in his cstimatiop
through e that of his character which il is known has
oeen hssaied IN some of these During the
last fourteen lie has held in the Civ,
ana mas resided there in the Departments of Stale and
war, and in the Office Of Chief Magistrate. shall touch
on those points only which have heen made and
for the sole purpose of explanation vnlcaton NOT 20
boast of services of the in which they were
rendered: FOR those pnts which are left TO the unar
tia judgment of his fellow citizens, and OF uosterv On
his conduct in the Department of State nu a,,act as
made, and OF course defence of il necessary To the
department of War he called twice the first ON the
resignation OF r Eustis, when he heidi six weeks
The secend the rcsigna raj rmstronc. FINN
which ne be held til the end of the war. He came into
IT. in the latter instance, after tho of Washington anu
not before H. aud not at his or by his desire
'' at that oi the President, Who well acquainted with
his conduct what the military occurrences NJ
t epoch ana likewise at the instance of his fellow ciii-
zeiS al te surrounding County, who wished and
pressed it. Wit cXeT,ions tie city
after the enemy landed Benedict, the whole of the D
tFct' and may say OF the neigbboring comiu,v we're
acquainted lie acted volunteer without auIhoriiy
iu he rendered all the service ,ha could render as -
citizen. The facts relating to tina, Occurrence b,,,a -
"ien mscresened and the nIisrepTcsenia being &C.
neraly known, has, that account been dsrecarded-
but II is due to the of truth, character Of
The then President, well that Of Mr. NJ and o,Ictv
mat faithful digest OF Them lie made and DC preserved
mere IS not oneimportau fact with that event
nom ,"c Ia"oi"g oi the enemy al Benedict his
@ 'ie WY W'''ch cannot DC proved by hundreds,
not thousands of ciiz""s who were spectators thereof
az" us important That t GigCst be mudc aud proved
Inc parties being liv.:. nav be handed dtv
/ ~ i"Siefty IN It's true character.
After this distressing and morIiing even, occurred Mr..
W. was invited by the President into the Dcparimrn, 81
ar ana he accepted it, sHing his Office as Secretary
"f the Department uf State, " hose duties he had isra
sed To The satisfaction of the President and Of the country
ana IN Which he rsked nothing and accented enc ,;c,
subjected him the highest degree Of rrnonsbilv Ibat
was possible for him be exposed The Department
@'h'c was u'en oHeIeN 10 Governor TOmpk,s,
cued IT. on belief that his would more se fl
TO his country in the Office which he held as Goyc1nor
Of The State Of New York. Col NJ was in CONSEQUENCE
charged by the President, under law which ar,hnr;gl
l'im TO make temporary appointments with the
OF State also is there any pout in his conduct in tie
Department of War, which attack can be AIDE aud
supported Such attack invited, il has rc, and Is
now repeated, his whole in NIL The cAirp NJ
nc has hcld through f II made. e; the General. nov,
hvns who commanded nj the different sections IF our Ci-
nm which invaded hy powerful armies Of the enenv
oe Appealed to- ana asksd' If any thing neglected
ms PaT' necessary to give effect to their splendid opera
tons WITH their answer ne will I've satisfied
At the expiration OF the Of his ilsous and vim;
Gus predecessor, ne elected the Office Of Chief Ma
graic which he held eigh, years and on his conduct in
viii likewise he taken.
lie was denounced for the inspection which he made Of
our maritime and inland frontiers, enable him 10 decide
with greater eompcenoy he reports which might De