Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-04-13
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THE CoRREspoNDENcE.

IT, ton of Mir Hamilton, we shall now proceed to give our opinion of the whole matter Fms opinion IS no doubt expected from us we were the hrst to charge publicly MT Calhoun with dupleity and unlalrness in his conduct towards General Jackson and MT Crawford and with hostility to Georgia and the DO, litical party in the majority in this State We could be brief; the subject intrinsically, without the col lateria circumstances with which if has been con nected does not demand elaborate remarks Tor not- wiihstanding the youminous pamphlet of MT Cal houn and the long letter of Crawford the subject could be brought within very narrow compass, ln- asmuch as the point at issue ls simply, whether MT Calhoun is or is not guilty of the charges alleged against hina. But we will have to embrace in our remarks some other circumstances, which, II not bearing immediately on the subject under present consideration, explain our conduct, anu the reasons we entertain for the opposition and dislike we al- ways had to the political principles of Mir Calhoun, and to the he has pursued since he eptered the cabinet of MT Monroe.
 T II. Some consider the controversy in question as personal between General Jackson and Mir Cal houni and, as it involves no principle that 1t should not have any influence i'll, nor interfere With, the po-
 tcal arrangements of the republican party It IS true that the controversy is personal, and involves no principles; and that, under thls view of the sub
 ect the quarrel between General Jackson and Mir
 Calhoun and between Mir Calhoun and Mir Craw ford should have no influence in the termnatlon of the next presidential election. But we will answer
 
 union between the friends of General Jackson and Mir Calhoun, because the friendship which existed between the two principals has been severed, yet the reputation character and political integrity of
 Mir Calhoun is involved and being involved, we must recollect that he is Vice President of the Uni o.-t~-, might ha cnlled npon tomorrow to
 fill the presidential chair, and that he is looking upon this high office with longing, ardent, and ambitious eyes. It is certainly personal affair; but would it be proper-would 1t rebound to the honor of the people of the United States, to choose for the chief magistracy ofthe Union, who has been found guilty of dupcity, base intrigue, and msrepresen- tationl Can the people have confidence in d man thus implicated, and entrust him with the most i'm portant and responsible office in the federal govern mentl Certainly not; yet it is said that the contro- versy is personals We repeat it: it is personal a-
 fair far as it does not involve principles; but the controversy duplicates the character of Mir Cal houn, and necessarily affect his political standing and the confidence which the people have hitherto placed in him, twill exercise material influence over the chances this gentleman possesses of obtain ing the high office towhlch he aspres.
 T III. The question, then, is, did MT Calhoun act with duplicty in this business Certainly he did. He acknowledges himself that he proposed in the cabinet council to bring General Jackson before court of inquiry. Was General Jackson ever made acquainted with this circumstance by MT Calhoun, or through any other channel If we place any re- liance on the declarations of General Jackson, he never was informed of Mir Cahoun's proposition in the council; on the contrary, he was led to believe that this gentleman had taken quite different course If Mir Calhoun is to be credited, General Jackson made acquainted with the opinion of MT Calhoun, as regards the construction of the or ders sent by the war department to the General when he took the command of the army against the Seminole Indians Whom shall we believel Gene ral Jackson, Mir Calhoun? Mir Calhoun never gave General Jackson reason to believe that he CO., Ar in, fl,p fbn neral had transcended his orders. Not only General Jackson, but all the citizens of the United States, were deceived with regard to the opinion of the members of Mir Monroe's cabinet Even ourselves, when we heard of the division in the cabinet, were led to believe that Mir Crawford was tine man who wanted the General to be arrested and brought to trial, and not Mir Calhoun. Did Mr Calhoun, or his confidential friends, ever make any attempt to re- move the false impressions under which the people of the United States were laborng7 No. On the contrary, they avaied themselves the circumstance to ure the prospect of Mir Crawford to be elected to the presidency. By their intrigue and manage ment; by their misrepresentalons, the people were led to believe as an undoubted fact, that MT Craw- ford was the member of the cabinet who proposed to have General Jackson arrested and tried by court martial. And what favored the deception, was the conspicuous part taken by several friends of Mir Crawford in Congress against General Jackson.- Every thing combined to give false color to the
 
 the msrepresentatons, respecting the member of the cabinet who proposed an inquiry into the con duct of General Jackson. But now that the people have been made acquainted with all the circum- stances attending this business, what conclusions will they draw? The people themselves as well as General Jackson, have been deceived Whom will they censnre? Whom will they believe, Gen. Jack son or Mir Calhouni Both cannot be believed at the same time. Before giving their verdict, the people will do well to recollect, that General Jackson has never been accused, so far we remember. by the worst and most rancorous of his enemies, of having uttered untruth.
 TIV Mir Calhoun says, that conspiracy has been formed to blast his political standing How can the development of certain circumstances at tending the deliberations of the cabinet council up- on the Seminole campaign, be owing to q conspira- cy when, from the letters which have been publish ed appears that the truth and nothing but the truth was what MT Hamilton, Major Lewis, and General Jackson were in search of? As in 1899, we charged Mir Calhoun with dupliclty, we are classed, by the honorable and oeraci0ns editor of the United States Telegraph, among the conspiratcrs. Conspirators, indeed Ever since 1922, our minds have been made up to oppose Mir Calhoun for any office to which he might be au aspirant At that time our opinion was formed of his political integrity. Ever since that time we have believed that no confidence could be placed in man who could shamelessly interfere in the local politics of State and act the demagogue with the leaders of opposition party in that State Eversince that time, Mr Cahoun's conduct in the department of war; his correspondence with the au thores of Georgia; his reports to Congress respect ing the Georgia controversy and his intimate con nection with certain individuals who were the prime movers of all the difficulties which arose respecting the territory of Georgia in the possession of the In dans; have been strong reasons with us to perse we're in the determination we lad taken to oppose bis future aggrandizement: we have never conceal ed this opinion If the editor of the United States calls this a conspiracy, we acknowledge that we are consprators But if really conspiracy does exist, what of it If MT Calhoun be that inno-