American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-05-15
PUBLIC DINNER Al CHARLESTON, S. c.

Charleston March S1--The Officers Of the 18th Regi-
ment having invited The Hon. RonEnT HArsE, 'heiF
Colonel to dinner given in compliment to INN. on MS
return 10 the CITY, assembled Tuesday last tile 9th inst
A. the Carolina Coffee House. Invitations having been ex
tended . the Hon. MARTIN VAN buren,, and Hon Z =
CAMnaELsyo Members Of Congress from New York. those
Gentlemen favored the company with their presence. Inc
iif h toast
Hon -lfartn Van Bmen--The jealous friend of State
Sow reigtty
Mr.. VAS BuREs here rose, and said
Gle would be wanting in courtesy, as well as IN graft
tue If he withheld his ackn wledgments for the honor
conferred upon him. by assoclang his name Will me csuse
Of ate Sovereignty. The motive OF that association was
only to be found in the Partially OF gentlemen as = LAD
not been his good for,uae to deserve by any aos ~ RS
own This was 10 him " regret, which won be
greater, Tor the hope tat he would yet max
amends for the ressness of the pass by ms exeiuons
fiure Az yet had only been hs humble ONCE o mn
tate the example, AID the prncpts TIE great
aud good who had gone before us and Ill "ose e"o
Jealous soctnl for the sovereignty ot the States was
nculcated as carlit al duty. OF such cause too mt 8
could not proper occasion, be sad II vas the cause
of the whole Country: III which mere differences p
opinion, as and all Subordinate divisions OF part,
Of necessity merged. Instead q the ordinary con
test about personal interests, its friends STOOD on the firm
foundation of the CONSTITUTIONS ard commended Tor tie rights
Of sovereign States. was NOT, he SAID 10 be doo'eo
that upon this entire preervaon depended not Oily INC
continuance of the Coufeeracy but the future welfare Of
The States themselves. source OF unmingd salts
faction perceive that this conviction was rapidly beeo-
og. il not always the national sentiment bu the
says ard he would therefore, dismiss the subject, b.
Offering the following sentiment
a speedy exnguslment Of Sectional and State jea-
oses--the best and most appropriate sacrhce that Can
be made upon the altar Of S ATE Rights
The Charleston Mercury, in the course OF some
speculatons which do not appear to us to call for
any thing like general reply. says, amongst
other things. No word of ours insinuates much
less establishes, that Caucus was held at Wash
nston We neither know nor believe that any
such event took place 1t rests, where it sprung
from, In the unsupported rumor of Messrs. Gales
Il lSedton, and for which even they themselves
declared, at the time. that they did not desire to
be held responsible The fact did rest upon ru.
mour when we spoke Of it. II does so no longer.
We assert the fact upon the authority ola Member
of Congress, who. from the distance of hundreds
Of miles, has confirmed It to u.s. We know the
place Of meeting, and the names Of most of those
who attended. The fact will not be disputed,
Ne could have verified It hong ago, in time. place.
and circumstance, if we could have consented to
employ ourselves in ferreting out facts confidential
~ known to others.
The Mercury denies the fact also of the rumor
that Mr. Calhoun is TO be abandoned for the VIZ
Presidency. ~ repeat that we heard ;le am, ,
and as we heard Of it at the same time that we
heard Of the Caucus itself, we I've as little doubt
that this rumur also will be four be the fact.
#, however. any gentleman bclonlf.. d the eau
Gus will aver that MIR. Calhoun is to u tse ,!Hg.
sition candidate for the Vice Presidency, we Y
gladly make that statement. 1t would be stran-
If it were so, that first GA and then another sen
ator should be publicly spci,.n Of for the station
and even comphmented b, he a1ectation of an
offer Of it to him. Such however, is the fact.
Nat. I,tel.
! Letters from New York mention that extensive
arrangements making in that city. in Albany
and other places in the State, to give eciat to tht