Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-03-27

is concluded accordingly" Here is Vandeven.er
own letter, asserting pre- v'ous ec. .n nn.n,o,
to Mr.. Cooper Of the existence OF tne coh'iae'
and of an .greemen, for its distribution TO Tour
narfners-aod. his declaration thar the contract
sis concluded accordingly The letter before us
as well.as the account it gives oil the co'nmu
nication 10 MIR. Cooper, both speak III. 'a"s ."se
of principal proprietor, ana are :" vi -. ~.
tradiction of Vandeventer's asseruo" ."a' III
chad not the leas, agency in procuring sa!u Io"
tract, nor the slightest interest," III y O. ~
nation" His attempt at expiahaion, WIZ" -
found tina, the committee "e'e po'a H.
these letter. is equally liable to exception: lie
saws he merely rec api,ulates what Mix INFORM
ed him as 10 The distribution OF the contract
That Mr., Walker was to have one-iourth, as
| Mix informed him, and his name was not 10 oe
mentioned. This might pass SO lar as II re-
la,es to the allie ed communH atonto Mr. NooP-
err: but il cannot be brought INTO proper har,
mo,v and accordance with the letter OF August
Z, to Mix himself
That letter contains other matter than re-
capitula,ion Of what was stated 10 mr. cooper
1t speaks the language ofan acting aud ethcient
party in the information 1t gives TO MIX ana III
the disposition it expresses-"lh he contract Is
concluded accordingly, and all the other part
ners have given bonds ~ uould most cheer
GyNy hare made a. reservation in facor Of George,
or father. could 7 hare forseen That either uould
hare mished it," This explicit language OF what
,could hare done, could hare forseen, has moth
ing Of reca pitulation in it. ltls the language
Of man acting in his own person. ana upon
his own authority, where ne is proprietor.
The letter says, sat the other proWiefors hare
given bOnds." The deposition says, ir reference
to This same distribution, that one fourth was
| II obi
is probably The best time to state, that do not
believe this last quarter was ever conveyed 10
Mr. Walker. AT the time herein referred 70,
this Mr.. Walker was, as believe, Citizen OF
North Carolina l do not know his christian
name. i do not know where he now resides "
Here is another paIpable contradiction. MIR
Walker was the fourth partner, says the depo-
siton: "the contract is concluded accordingly,
and all the partners have given bonds" says the
letter. 81 do not believe this last quarter WAS
ever conveyed 10 Mr. WaIkcr-E do not know
his christian name" says the deposition.
1t is useless to exhaust further time in de
monstrating the incongruities between Nande-
renter's letter, written at the time and his de-
position as TO he same facts, before the com
miltee That letter asserted the fact, that there
was Il secre, partner. 1t made unequivocal re-
irrt nee 10 ohei Ia is which were not disclosed
or differently coloured in the deposition. And,
when drawn out by cross examination, were so
related as 70 increase rather than allay suspl-
cion that there was something wrong. Much
that was dubious was attached 10 the reality OF
the person named as the secret partner. And
the known friendly relations which had sub
sisted between Mr. Calhoun and Vandeventer,
could not be overlooked, in weighing The testi-
Have # iANst 81 eesig an 10
have confined the inquiry to the solitary qscs-
ton, do you know of Mr.. Calhoun's parlicipa-
F ton in the contract it would have been worse
than moCkery to have stopped the inquiry after
the examination Of Mix and Nandcventer The
committee accordingly continued it, until they
were perfectly satisfied that Mr. Calhoun was
not the secret partner referred to, and that,
whatever had been the improperly Of condue,
amongst the Subordinatcs in the War Depart
ment no Improperly could be attached 20 Mr..
Calhoun. At this point they stopped-and
communicated the result to the party who
sought the inquiry Here the protest was put
il, and a Claim asserted for further testimony to
be heard. The avowcd object was TO dispel
the cloud Of susplc ions which had been collect
ed in the examination, as ii was aledged, Of H.
legal and irrelevant matters No objection APP
pears TO have been made against the introduce
ton of the proposed evidence. So that the pro-
test seems TO have been prepared, not for the
: committee, but for the world.
Its tone is in the same temper with the APP
peal TO the House. 1t treats the charge made
against Mr.. Calhoun throughout, as political
attack got up by band of conspirators against
his fame. And i, keeps up an impression, that
with this conspiracy the Executive Govern
ment Of The Union are connected. This is as
wholly disproved as it is possible, in any case,
to prove negative. In support of the sugges-
ZION no particle of proof is offered;-and the
tissue Of invective and ungenerous insnuation,
which is the burhen Of the protest, rests upon
no foundation, but the assumption that the
course of examination was illegal and irrele-
want. | trust have satisfied all, who have &C
companied me through this expose, that the
ground assumed is untenable-that the general
course OF examination was both relevant and le-
gal,-and that any other course would have
been unjust, both TO Mr.. Calhoun and 10 the
public.
shall conclude by redeeming the promise
made in the second number Of producing an
instance more analogous 10 Jetfrles than the one
suggested by the protest, to which Mr.. Calhoun
and Mr. NeDufie take no exception
| give my hearty assent 10 the doctrines OF the