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Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-08-04

II VIZ. Inghain's letter embracing seven CO.
iumns IN the Telegraph il too long TO be inserted
entire. Our next will contain the remainder.
This is perhaps the strongest dose yet admins
tcrod 1t is difficult to believe that the American
people will persist i'll their support of Cen Jackson
after this If they do, certainly all future attempts
to impair their confidence in him, may be dessted
from at once foolish and fruitlcss. Nothing re-
mains but to let him his career without check
controul, and to be thankful, if, when he is
surfeited with power, he SHALL like Syla restore to
the people then worthless government. A Wash
ington contemporary thus analyses Mr.. Ingha ms
Address,
'Mr. lngham, another member of the same Ca
blnet IN addition to his former pregnant statements
now charges him, (and the charge is fully sustain
ed,) with duplicty and falsehood; with secretly
cherished hostility to him while one of the official
advisers of the President; with having been go-
verned by a "conidental political council" or a
most Influential council;" with credulity and i'm
becility at once deplorable and contemplate; with
paPable Inconsistencies and ACCOMMODATIONS;
with misrepresentation ascrbable only to a memo
~ destroyed by dotage or to intentional perversons
| In which even the appearance of self-respect was
scorned; with having assigned untrue reasons for
the dismission of his cabinet; with having offered
Mr.. lngham the mission to Russia as a ''soD to re-
| conclle Pennsylvania, &c. &C.; with having mind
80 perverted to be with difficulty approached NV
truth; with prevarcation in his treatment of Mr..
Ingham's letter, on leaving Washin gton to him.
with having attempted to shift from his own shout
ders on those of Mr.. Ingham the responsibility of
executing the criminal law of the District or %
lumbia; with having given assurance of protec-
ton to the wit nssses whom Mr.. l. might summon
which was in reality threat to deter them from an
pearIng; with gross and almost fatuous partialtv
IN that Whole business; with making secret inqui-
RES; with authorizing suspicious and scrutiniznp
espionage; with indecent socitude for reelection
to the Presidency, &c. &C."
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-08-04
From the U. s. Telegraph of Tuesday.
NIX. lNGHAMS LETTER TO THE PRESI-
DENT

New HOPE, July &c, 1891.
SIR received on the 18th instant n letter from
Mr. Trist, of the 8th postrnarked the 9th purport.
ing to be written by your direction in answer tn
mine of 10Th ult. The same m Ill also brouoht roe
the Globe of the 18th, containing, in addition to
the letter of Mr. Trist, an accomnanving ernosc of
the relations heretofore existing between YOU and
myself, connecting the matter IF this oerresnon
oence with circumstances alledged to have occur
req long antecedent to The date fixed by me for the
origin OF the feelings which have led to it. This
expose bears the impress of your authority not on
iy IN the disclosure of topics which coud only he
known to YOURSELF but in letter from your own
DESK nssd to give stronger color of probability to
tie points insisted upon throughout the article
cannon possibly do you injustice under these crcnm
stances, in referring to it as a contemnoranco,,s
exposition OF your sentiments and fcenps and
using the light it furnishes to aid me in ponetrnt;n
tne myterlous course Of proceeding which has been
directed against me, and still seeks to destrox, M,
Feputohon-the only inhaTitaace / expect to be-
gueath TO my children. Thus impressed I NAV
teei IT to be necessary to address you with moro free
dom than fastidious minds, differently circun-
stdnccd, might deem compatible with proper ree
Pect Tor the Chief Magistrate; but when sneb slaII
nave imagined themselves in my situsfion tbcv
wa then only be able 10 appreciate NV feelings and
J1rgs correctly Of this resort to the right oF seIC
am perfectly aware Of the disadva ntarcs
% my Poslt'on III such 4 controversy; have moi ,
numerous body II persons impclled or pro,rntsd
ny int@fcSt or fear, TO applaud yv5atsvcver 49,,
~ OF 10. MY Tcliarcc g wholly Of a different
''' -~'3'' nave no GE"nt or instrument at com
'lAao' except pen, ink and paper; no power but
,Iat wi|ch is derived from truth addressed To intel
!'gsnce apo virtue; aud no claim o conhdence hint
III my Own humble characte-. and the spccess &C
the demonstration shall be able to give of ali tbst
l may attempt 20 maintain. have however. n bof |
yer 'ePInion OF mankind than to attribute 70 4be
IN OF those who may be considered as Deepen. |
1eDt on you, a disposition to advance Their IN
erost by means discreditable TO their integritv-
many OF them are known to me to be incsp9pIc Of
'ncb purpose. Be this It may, the history oil
lese events VIII outlive your official power, and at
nc Pefiod which deem most desirable for the izs,
'ress Of good n9sSo, there viii be no no4rva 40
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Spar,anbprg is with us. u 4 meeting for the
purpose II expressing tter utter obdorrencc Of null
lifcation was advertised to be cid at the Court
House in august nert.--sD Union District hls
many angry nullifers The people talk very strong
" Of Disunion Chester - greatly divided. 1 was
highly grstfed to find that DIR. Donovant, Of this
district, who, last spring, was warm Convention
man, has rather cooled of late, In his ardor. He
now expresses the opinion that it would be mpos.
siblc for any thing cffectual to be done, while the
state continues to be divided. The Doctor 10 u
weghty man in Chester, and his consideration tells
avoraby for the interests of the Pcops in his quar-
ter From Chestcr, I proceeded TO Lancaster. In
this district, the two parties organizing with
great activity. General Blair is using his great
auencc for the good cause of the Union and the
State: and feel assured that the District is safe
and sound. Here, in many other places, found
many, who, while they favored Convention, nc
vortheless dislike and dstrust their present leaders,
and fight shy, lost they should again change their
political courses. In all places, found tho peo-
pie ngrosscd with politics and glad Of the oppor-
tunity of talking on the subject. l may except
ono man in Union District, who being a now con-
vert to the doctrines of universalism, overwhelm-
cd and sufFocsted me, with universal salvation.
In Georgia, Vice President Calhoun and his man
MsDuffic arc held in perfect adherence. l heard
but ono man express himself m terms favorable to
the former. in the whole State, and no was rela-
tive. ] safely assure you, that both in Geor-
Eia and North Carolina, they have, at present for
their delusions and doctrines chance of sncour-
agement or support. These States would havo no.
thing do with the leaders the Mules in thor
crusade against that system, however onerous it
may be, which these worry men, contributed so
strenuously TO b':ild up and establish.
was introduced to Mr. Craw ford at Washing
ton, Georgia, and had the pleasure of interesting
conversation with hun Of about an hour. He told me
that no could shew mo 4 letter written by ~%~s.
@ss@%~%*, of our city,. at the time when it was
thought necessary to put him (Mr. Crawford)
down, dsnouncing radiedism. and him as its chief
head and. principal One sentence of tho letter,
radical'-and yet, said Mr.. Crawford-"these very
men are now carrying on radicalism to extremi-
ty, Of which l never dreamt." was not eltogeth-
er pleased with the freedom, which characterized
his conversation, particularly when speaking of
his political contemporaries but no talks well, and
is highly interesting.
The of d,stne she'd citizen of our State n 4
an ac' i've should supply this blank hui in the
ence of the writer is though advisable that shoulc
not appear for the present at least.
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-08-04
From RE Washington Globe. august I.
MIR. BERRIE,N'S CONTRADICTION

We perceive that the Richmond Wing and othor
opposition prints, takc not to touch Mr.. f,or-
rien's contradictory testimony, which recently
pointed out fills late address and letter of resis
nation tell directly opposite stories in relation
the same material points which put directly in
issue. Docs tho Wing pretend to reconcile this a.
riation in Mr. Berrien's compassl The two cour-
ses taken by this gentleman wide of each
othcr as the direct routes from Washington to Lii
verpool and that to Buenos Ayres. If any mind
could reconcile the eonfrariss of Mr. Berricn's ad
dress and his letter of resignation, We might ex
Pect 1t from the ingenuity of the gentleman Of the
Wing. Instead of doing this. however, he speak,
Of our "lo6ors TO prore that Mr.. Berrien anx.
ious to remain an the late Cabinet oren Under the
mdlign influence, and that his present sug-
g'sted by recruitment at being dismissed," in spirit
that disdains entertaining question about Mr.
Berricns veracty. He tells us, "Mr. Berrien pos.
sesses most enuiGble standing"-.sa reputation i'm
pregnable"-..n 80 highly and universally es-
tecmed," that ,chsn "he shall be found destitute OF
rerdcity, distrust ,ciU erfend itself to all human
epidence"-''IEs ,oord seems rery ,oith the
public 1--WE hare neither heard any ssy, nor
Aeord Of its hdrine been said that lis stafe-
nrenf, did nor command implicit confidence"
When MIR. Berrien cxtoed the President in his
late speech in Georgia, wo heard nothing of this
eXtravagant culogy from the Wing. Now that he
has become the accuser OF tho President in the
course of little month his reputation for vo-
racty is ''imPrcgnabic" against a. all human evil
dencc." 1t is Impossible to controvert the state
mcnts of man of '.such cnviable standing" but
by his own testimony, and therefore we must ar
ray the evidence of his letter of resgnat against
the statements of his address.
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TEsrIHoSy OF HIa LETTER
"ThrIc WAS nn'hing IN
the retire meh' IF the Sccrc-
iarics Of State and of War
or in the distinct ard n-r
sonal consideration " ';r h
they han assigned 1T thi1
measure, which M &c il ob
l'caiory upon. or, even p.n
per for ME IN adort a si,ni-
lar course .Such q step.
Nth any rJerene> to thai
occurrence, couM only be
come so, on my Fart as an
act Of conformity TO you,
uiN You had felt ihi-
and mad announced rnp.
wrAE. to he Secrr,ar,p,
Of the Treasury and
Of the Navy, Respectively
Ih1d q night 10 expect a 81
m,inr communication OF
them, and ca formed n the
ri hes nni opinion of mu
.fe!io,c citizens Of Georgia
"hen I determined 10 atcai.
IL"
"Un'uilurnced hy n o>e
considerations winch nav.
bc"u av1ved ~ in7t Drs-
ron 81 '1Y colleagues Mo
have v.iru'ar'ly ,susr.ts O.
themselves ifom you-tn-
t-.iv !:uoEan' Il any want
81 ha""puv ~ Won. Cah,-
net, wh ch -,tarf ha.. ~.
o"Ch' so nave, urrrdsd ,hr
npeI1iInns Of yN.s adm n.<
t'''jor } p'-farn th,s &c,
s''nr'Y IN o5ci:eo:e 10 voar
ic;!l "
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The Charleston Gazette of July seth, gives the
following of the state of public op;nion IN
the back districts of South Carolina:
PUBLIC OFISIoS.-We are enabled ,broroh ,h
Pohteness of friend, to give the folio wing extracts
from letter received in this citv and f-o,, =
merchant OF character and intelligence of Charles
t0n' now travelling in the back country We have
every reliance upon the veracity Of the writer and
icei our confluence greatly increased from know
coge OF the extent of the sources from whence
hIs information is obtained. He is also we NAV
add though strongly attached to the PRINCIPLES Of
the Cnion Party, any thing but a party man. He
tbH'kstor himself and is perhaps as free from the
PIeJuulees OF Partzanship, any man in the State
lie writes thus: "You ask how the country is die
posed towards Notification passed from Geo
ga TO AooeVile district, where the parties are
nearly balanced. The friends of Convention o-c
making tremendous efforts to excite the pc,ple
and Dir. MDUFrIE told his oft repeated ,le If
cambridge on the I'd July; repeating it again. or.
ths iourtn, 70 tSewboTry Court House find how
cFc'. q disposition ever Oil the part oC some of
thS jflehcs "i Convention, 10 distrust the orator
sno lIs-P'lIoa' NJ. CALHoUS, on the ground Of the
former 1dr5ctcy, by o. en-, Of the very measures
Which they nov 50 oarncstly condemn. Mr.. NJ,
1UEFiF, - a'so charged With The gross oncv
o. aeDc1ncing tire tdr6 as unconstitutional. while
suFpo ing, strCnu ousir ~ coust tutioDaI The M
ted states Bank Charter 1ndthc Internal Improve
rnent System His great talents, however, bave
gwen him strong hold or tbc people end should
.I ms eHertions IN AbbeFillc, have somewhat
increased his party IN that section
FROM Abbeville, passed into Laurens This
District Is all sound for Union. In 0reenyffe, the
S"VhntsSea DocfTtnes (as the phfnse goethl are do
cIdedly far ahead. The UnioDisis have there. an
ioie and interchangeable coadjutor in Col Thomas p
bTockman-a gentleman Of influence and iDtelT
sSnce' who IS quite tss well Informed to suffer snI-
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-08-04
August 3, 1881.
RICHMOND, Ord August. 1891

RICHMOND, 3rd August, 1891. :.
herey certify that was standing very near Col.
VIM. Mosby, at the election, Monday last,
during the time that Messrs. Williams and Bolts
Were addressing the people of Henrco.
l heard Mr. Williams say to Col Mosby when
Mr.. Bolts stating what Mr.. Williams had said
at The meeting Of the people at Gentrys, that if he
"iliamsl had used the word corruption that day,
ne had not the most distant recollection of IT.
Col afoshy replied: if you did did not hear It. or
! did not recollect it. RICHARD ADAMS.
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Mr. Williams. 1t is evident that there is uisap.
prehcnsion somewhere, and as evident that that
misapprehension was accidental
TO THE PUBLIC.
The statement headed e" Henrco Election >, in
the Wing of the ID instant, enforces ON me tbo
unpleasant and painful task of submitting the fol-
lowing remarks and certificates to the cons;dera
ton OF every impartial reader.
have been charged, and the charge is now 70
terded, IN the strongest terms with having said in
an address to portion Of the voters of the county
OF Henrico In VI y last, that the late Adm;n;s,rs
ton was $50 abandoned and corrupt that the e.
vernment Of Great Britain refused to negotiate viii,
this Country While they were its head"
10 this charge, have heretofore presented tbo
most unqualified denial and which is hero raDa,sad
Mr.. John Minor Bolts ono of INV coTnnetttors -
seat IN the House Of Delegates upon whose autbn
Tt'y the statement in the Wing was made and 70
PsAted' accompanied its repetition on Monday last
with the declaration that on Saturday last tic 2o,L
ut, had to another gentleman in convcrst;,
leld on that Day, mot only ackHo,gIcdged that I
bad said Il, but undertook thcn TO INSTR, il e,i
tnt. believed it then and believed il nov, s, ,r5
appealed 80 bis friend Col VIM & M~sb, h.. 49,
tam liis statement. Knowing that the sileoatie,,
as 10 me was untrue. I called upon Col 5J,s,,, .,
"h9m iir Bolts referred me, 70 affirm or DEWITT.
and now submit 10 he public his certificate M
surrey an" cIPstcfFy denying It--and nereotsy
dlsProving the original charge made acainst in
How Mr. Bolts shall reconcile this psl9,bIe and 4.
rect contradiction By his friend and voucher kTo,
not 1t - enough for me to have dsproved tbe
charge both n its origins! and amended form. as
have done. ."
now declare to'thc public that never did mako
10 Col hosby any such acknowledgment. and that
he did not consider me making such ao ono :;
aOunaantly shewn Dot only by his certificate above
mentioned but by that also of Mr. Richard Adams
both of which are Herewith submitted
add also, the certificate OF Messrs. starke Car
tor and Ford;-and DR.. Williamson. vie az Iii
80 NJ AooeE ~sss PSeoops - GsnAeyss rASon 7 "A /
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JOHN G. WILLIAMS.
August 4, 1881.

II necessary Tor mo 10 aou any |o''y "PO
'h0s' 'a''' JOHN G. WILLIAMS.
August 4, 1881.
Having been requested TO state what was said by
Mr.. John c. williams, in his address to portion
of the voters of the county of Heurico, In May
last at Gentrys, the following my rcco.iecuon OIL
what Mr. Williams then substantially said
Mr. Williams, referring to The late ano present
Administration of the General Government, rc-
marked, that in tho main he approved of the
course Of tho administration of General Jack
son, but there some measures no deci-
dedly condemned, and among these he enumerated
the appointment of Editors of newspapers to Office;
while he attributed great credit to General Jack
sons administration in recovering the West India
trade; which had been lost to tho country by the
conduct of tho administration of Mr.. Adams
that the course of conduct in tho negotiation with
Great Britain, on this subject had been such, Oh the
part of Mr. Adams administration, that finally the
British Ministry refused to continue any ncgotia-
ton on this subject. l have no recollection that
Mr.. Williams then, at any othcr time, attributed
this refusal to negotiate to the corruption of Mr..
Adams adninstr ation. On Saturday last, had a
conversation with Mr.. Williams who admitted that
he had said, that the British Ministry refused to
negotiate with the administration of Mr.. Adams,
in relation to the West India trade hut he did not
acknowledge to me then, or at any other time, nor
have ever said SO, that he had said, that aban-
doned and corrupt the late administration, that
the Government Of Great Britain refused to nego-
tate treat with this country whilst they at
its head. WIN. c. MOSBY.
Angus. 3D., 1881.
We the undersigned, do hereby certify. that we
were present at public meeting of the people OF
IIenrico County, in May last referred to in the
Wing of last Thursday afternoon, when discussion
took place between Mr.. John Minor Bolts and Mr.
John &. Williams; in that discussion, Mr.. Williams
stated that the British Government had opened to
our country the West India Trade, upon certain
conditions; that the late administration of ouI
Government failed to accept the propositions OF
tho British Government, and finally, that Govern
ment, after waiting considerable time, closed
their West India Ports to vessels. When Mr.
Gallatin was sent out afterwards to negotiate upon
tho subject of that Trade, the British Government
refused treat-but We have recollection tina,
MIR. Williams stated that abandoned and corrup,
was the late administration, that the British Gov
| eminent refused to negotiate or treat with th.
country whilst they were at its head, any thing
to that effect.-Given under hands, this Sd OF
August, 1891. JNO. l.. STARKE.
THOS. b. CARTER.
MEACON FORD.
GEO. WILLIAMSON.
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In addition to the within, state that
heard MIR. Williams statement the day of cleo
ton, and it correspondent with his statement made
at the meeting of the people referred to, within the
best of recollection. THOS. b. CARTER.
J. l.. STARKE.
August 3, 1881.
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Js~.s ~stkara,

JS~ss TNsetara, %a
John ID Good,cin
&c rye fie,se,
Nathan jones
John VI. Taylor,
Henry s Hughes,
William FsaYts.
And thot the said C mmittee did trsnsmt it t'
tho President f the Uni'ed States, on the lo,i
of June, 1881
y REFORMED JACKSON MAN.
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n1yGt.i.1gs 1"

The reader will remark in the extracts from the
address:-
lst. That Mr.. Berrien considered the .sele ctio1
of tho Cabinet CONSIDERABLE BAR, to his enter
ing IT. and that nothing but the expectation of the
Presidents speedily seeing and correcting the epil
could induce him to be member.
4 That "fhe 'ndjgnity" offered through Colonel
johnson, and Ha6LtytO the recurrence of .similar
outrage made 1t "his duty retire. but his friends
persuaded him that "the interests of Cseorgjn nj
that PARTICULAR CRISIS required him to repress hi,
feelings"
s. That there was ''AS UTTER rMPossIBrLIrY of his
continuance in the Cabinet, unless the President
could place the retirement Of his colleagues on other
grounds than those ,ohtch he believed to hare oeea
sioned IT. and such as he could approve.
PER CONTRA.
The letter of resignation shews that IS months
alter, he was plainly told by the President he
Wonld not turn out Major Eaton-eighteen months
after the Indignity offered, is pretended tbro,
Col. Johnson-after the crisis of Georgia hat pass.
ed-and after he had returned to Washington and
founa that the President would not place tho re-
tirement OF ms colleagues any other grounds
than those he believed had accustomed Il Mr. Re-
rlen still insisted to hold on-told the Pro.;dent
that the general declaration that he meant 10 70
organize his whole cabinet proper would not serve
hiin out that nc meant a. TO AWAIT" the announce.
nent Of g HIS WISHES that he should resign anl
moreover that "HE TOTALLY IGSoSAsT or AZ,
VAST OF HARMONY HIS CABINET, and that in civ
ing IN his letter of resignation, he PERFORMED IT
SIMPLY IN OBEDIENCE HIS, THE PREsrDySr,s Ivtt,
We ask the Wing, if Mr. Berrien has not here
contrGdicfed himself thrice orer and that too in the
main points in issue
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srArrMrsrS OF MS ADDRESS.
The nnannc,ufion Of The
names Of the intended CIoi-
net 'eemed 10 me, hoTer-r,
TO present an inSupcrnhk
bar 10 my eceptnnce Of the
office whith rns ten,iered TO
me. 1 thought ] Joreso,o
eiea rig the erii, 'shich hare
too otrio"siy resulted from,
This selection. I,oa grntie
man high ia inc eonG enee
" the President. ard TO a
dtStimeni he'd ciiizen IF my
oIcn STATE, I submitted the
inquiry, ,rhethrr uah this
rie'D Of TIE Cabins! ,ohich
the PretiGent had seicct-ctrd,
I oOntd, ,rifh propTi,.y be
come a member Of IL The
former expressed h;s dec,-
ded eonriotion, founded on
Il long and intimate kno,rI-
edge Of the Prendeats
character, ttGt he ,rould
hin's!f specify see. and
correct fis ccti -
"admit,irG tilaI sufficient
aion"meHi hal hren made
for the ind guilty offered Try
the message sem through
CD Jnhn.or there va 4
perpetual !I-'-ii5ty - The >.
et.rrorcs 81 7,t'- oi.r 2
: 5e;iscs ~. tt.r:',5rs. 10 -e
NJ Iu.Y 70 r.',J-. Nir
fr:cn6s 'iouar o,ssr,s -.
md M c'rH .s@s. 81 tri /.
lie iGis~ e, o. Cco~gTr Il:
thGt o1rt.c"."s cl-.iS -5gvi
res, ia.".:si nc . ~r7r:sJ
my Jtt,iags "
Il did not feel at liberty
to express my views gene
rally, until my return IN
Washing on should enable
me To dissolve my cennvc-
ton with the pre,i hen;; but
to a ts'n friends trfo had
the ,7stt to understand my
actual position. 7 stated tie
utter tnpoSsiht'ttY Of my
continuance in he C5binst.
unless the President could
plne' The ytsi,Tment of my
colleagues on other grounds
than those tcLich I bs'ievei
10 hare occdsioned It and
such as ! could approve
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u We publish with pleasure the explanation of
Mr. Williams 1t is evident that there is misap-
prehension somewhere, and as evident that that
misapprehension was accidcnfaI
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~ viii not require or YOU to prove that Gas present.,
Or" Ihe company Of the sopspiraf"'E
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II appears by ninu'e to this copy Of the
Pset0e0l, that a meeting Of The original Jackson
men was held on the I'd Junc. John Conrad
ia the chair. Charles J. Jack and Nm.
Young secretaries. 4 no appointed a cosaritec
ef seven to transmit the said protocol TO tn
President Of The United States. The commits Tee
consisted Of
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The name of distinguished citizen of our State and
active Fan, should supply this blank in the
senee of the writer it is though advisable that should
not appear for the present, at least.