Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-09-26

. III il be true as asserted oy the JourBaI, tha'
such an affidavit, was made, it remains for MIR.
Jarvis 10 reconcile his belief therein set forth
with his claim for thirty thousand dollars, as
the value of one half Of our establishment.
MIR. Jarvis il would seem, has returned 10
Boston, impressed with belief that he can do
us injury. He has found press there prepar.
ed to second his object. II the individuals con-
nected with that press drive US to the extrem-
i,y we have the means of our own vindication,
and their OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES who know
Col. Jarvis will com2asiona,e his weakness;
for ourselves we defy his malice"
Previously to refuting these faisehoods,
will give q brief history Of my connection WIN
this man, which am constrained 10 reckon a.
mong The most unfortunate events OF my NE,
as having associated my name Ill any MANNER
with that Of one whom all honest and honora-
able men must disown.
In The summer Of 1927, member oil Con-
g.. SIS from South Carolina, while on WISH 10
Bos, on, stated to me, through David Henshaw
and Andrew Dunlap, that Duff Green wished
10 connect wi h himself IN conducting he ieie-
graph some person from The New England
States who was no. wi;hou: experlence III po-
Ii,ic al controversy, aud who could to:nish some
pec uniary capital. Alter a correspondence
with Duff Green on The suhJect, met ann al
New York, at his own request, about he last
of October 1927, for The purpose OF corte'rins
with him upon tie proPosec 4ssocia''on'-
I'm this interview, he s,ared lha, tn patronage
Of his paper was great and rapidly incre asIng ;
that the paper alone would afford large pr oht
and that the profit OF printing Tor he Senate
during The session then To ensue, would no. he
less than $4,000; that, he then considered his
establishment, 10 be worth. I moderate COM
putatiou, no, less than $4,000; that, in the
eve nj Of General Ja kson's eet lion, II would be-
come. by inc rease Of Executive and Congress
sional patronage, worth much more; and that,
he deemed il sure source Of large fortune
within a n lrl time. He hen exh bied state
ment, moving me amour of pat onase con-
ferret upon he Telegraph 10 thai lime, IN SUBJ
srripuons, advertising and miscellaneous lnn
printing and showing also he amount o. his
expenses for labor, materials Sc. from which
he net income of the paper alone, appeared 10
be not less than $1,000 He also s'a'ed that,
the debts then due By him on account OF the
| Telegraph, announced 10 about $40 oco
On my stating my readiness 10 hear and con-
slider of any proposition which he was then
pre- pared to make, he said that, having incur
red the risk, labor and expense Of establishing
& building up the Telegraph, (Which assertions
associate, he was not disposed, in selling any
portion of it, to relinquish any controlling in
fiaence over its editorial department; for as,
in case Of disagreement, between its editors
upon any importar, national question, the pa.
per must be silent and useless, or one If them
mus, decide and prescribe its course, the right
of such decision would equitably belong to him
who bad incurred the labor and reshonsihili
lies Of founding il. l aomited The equity Of
this claim blu, saying that would enter into
no connection tia, presented the remotest prob.
ability Of collision with my associate, request
ed an interchange and comparison Of political
views, for the purpose Of ascer,aining whether
collision were probable. A conversation ensu
ed the substance Of which feel compelled t"
repeat; Tor so deplorable is The baseness OF
Duff Green, that / cannot consent TO he impu
,atlon Of having agreed with him in any thing,
without giving 10 the public full txplana-
lion.
In this conversation, frankly and explicitly
stated my views concerning some Of the Qres.
ions that would p obaby be agisaied; either
during The contest then pending, or after tue
election Of Gen Jackson, and particularly con-
corning protection TO manufactures, aud the
presidential election after Gen. Jaokson's re-
tiremcn,, for even a, that period, before his ell
ection, a contest for his successor was anucl-
pa,ed. Under The hrsf question stated that,
although decid' dly in favor OF the protective
system, / was the advocate Of a tariff that would
equally protect the agriculture, commerce and
manufactures Of the Union, d opposed 10 all
vioeot changes IN he domestic or foreign rela-
tons Of the country or to sacrificing the inter
es's Of the whole to those Of any one section.-
Upon the SECOND question, stated that, ! had
some times heard two distinguished individuals,
he one from New York, the other from South
Carolina, mentioned as likely to become oppos-
ing candidates, and that Of these two, my indi-
,idual preference nigh, be for the former; but
that, having always been a republican oil The
srric,es, school, srouId support the candidate
whoever he might be, that should be desisnat-
ed blythe republiran party Of the nation. Thus
apparently coinciding in opinion, we agreed
that We should associate in conducting the Tel
egraph, and differ upon any question of great
national Importance, he should prescribe the