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nc '"hoNing letter from the late Secretary nj
the Navy, in answer To the citizen. OF B.rtir.
1. NC extract from the Halifax Advocate:
ENfIELp. MAY 3Isr. 1851.
GENTLEMEN: Yours of the 18th inst.
post marked Windsor. the 2iS, came
To hand few days past. The conf.
dence which you have bcea 80 kind as
to express in my talents and political
experience, and the desire YOU have
manifested that ! should bee ONE eau.
didste tn represent this District ia the
next Congress of the United States.
together with the frank manner in
which you have given your opinion of
certain men aud measures with a view
to elicit mine. merit my respectful con-
sldcration, and shall receive nv prompt
attention. l most decidedly concur
with You in believing that discord has
been introduced into the ranks of the
administration by the intrigues Of sci
fish politicians. A short time, I trust.
will be sufficient to enable the intclli-
gent inquirer TO obtain the truth.
un',i then, perhaps. il would be the
part of prudence TO leave the question
open, and RELY on the righteous iudg.
ment OF the people. However, rccoS.
niZ'ng your undoubted right to know
all my opinions. both as to the promi.
nent men aud leading measure, of the
country. will, with that frankness
which has ever characterized my CON
duct. give you unreservedIy my i'm
Pressions. under a confident hope that
rs YOU called for them. at period
when | must necessarily incur q heavy
responsibility ia giving them, that you
Will extend To NE your generous chart
ties for any error into which I may
be thus incautiously led; for there is
nothing about which men are so apt to
differ, nay TO err, as their opinions Of
men.
In the frat place, then, as to the
motives which influenced Mr.. Il. in
hts course in the Senate of the United
States on the Turkish mission, 1 pro-
frss {" know nothing. With Mr.. VAN
Buren,. ! have had frequent personal
and official intercourse, and the time
icds when he possessed my confidence.
MIR. Caihouu's private virtues and pub
lic services. particularly during the
late war. together with his high order
oil talents, always commanded my res
pect; but his latitudinous doctrines
during Mr.. Monroe's administration.
met my disapprobation. Hence il IL,
that no one. correctly informed, has
ever considered me his political parti-
san. As TO myself, can truly say
that have no person in view for the
succession. am at loss to say who
among the prominent politicians ough,
to support. Fortunately tor me and
the country. this question may yet be
advantageously postponed.
The present controversy between
Gen. Jackson and Mr.. Clay, can ne
yer divide Southern politicians to any
extent. The " American System
the hobby of the latter. has but few
advocates among Southern planters
and its author still fewer adherents. -
On Gen. Jackson, then, who is himself
q planter. we must depend, with a con
hdent reliance on the justice Of Con
gress, for relief against the oppression
OF system of exactions, which, If per.
severed IN, must ultimately lead tC
the most calamitous results. The
great and fundamental prime Piles which
divide our country into parties, are oI
momenious concern, and are every
way worthy Of the untiring vigilance
Of the American people. The Jour.
nails of the Senate Of The United States
for the last six years that was mem
Der of that body, will best show nv OPT
Mons on the Tariffs of 1924, and 90,
which now threaten the repose of the
Union. and the prosperity of the South
ern county. These afford an earnest
of the course which shall feel il 10
be my duty to pursue. in reference t'
any measures which may be calculated
to repeal or mitigate this " bill of sbo
limitations, as il has been emphaticaIly
called by one OF its present most active
and efficient supporters.
The next point TO which you invite
my attention, is the Baok of the United
States. lam unable TO perceive how
4 can vote for the renewal If the chartcI
in any form. My opinion in relation e
Banks is of long standing, and has, il
y. Carolina al least, become sOmcwha
a matter of public notoriety. bay,
believed that IL was the intention Of thu
trainers Of the Federal Constitution
that the currency Of The United Slater
should have been metallic, and ! in
ferred this from the technical languag,
cmployeh, and the exclusive powe
given TO Congress to coin money ant
regulate its value, with the positive
inhibition on the states to do the sam
thing, or TO emit bills Of credit, or q
" axe any thing but gold anil siIve
coin a tender in payment Of debts. =
Bot the ingenuity Of nan has sough
cot many inventions, and the perso
would be thought mad, Ssio At tbs Ia