Litchfield enquirer., 1831-08-04

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 Tos.is Issser Afr. Blair On ths slr, h f columns oflhe Gobe but addressed Mr. bersiens iciteFates noon tle outhorv ozhs Psssidsns what e had before .ad and enters into Iabored srgumen, 10 prove that
 e frs.rr;enl must be mistaken, in other words that he o,ust have lied This eIret of Bair's is of conSi- derabe Ieug.h, and very impudeut and supercious. We reere, VIC have nOt rom for the correspondence We must however be content with this summary statement.
 On the appeasance of this fast letter of Mr. Blair Mr Berrieu addressed anoie the editor of the Tel egraph, requesting suspebson Ofpuhlic opinion uH ,il he should have time to prepare statement On the following day the statement appeared in the Ma tional Inielligencer. It follows :-
 TO THE PUBLIC.
 Circumstances beyond my control have placed me under the necessity of presenting
 myself to your nU:ice. assert no claim to y0ur attention, which does not belong equally to every free citizen of the Republic. But 1 ask, and feel that have right to expect, your candid consideration of this address, l it's subject IS one of awakening interest to us l all. The position in which find myself has l nothing inviting init. It is one which have 1 not sought, but which has been forced upon me. and one in which am called upon to vindicate not lnyself merely, but the cause of truth, and the best and dearest interests of the community, at hazardto which fatuity alone Escouid be insensible.
 I The misrepresentation of a public journal, 1 pr0fessiug to speak the language of the Pres
 ident Of the United States. and published un- der his eve, have presented to me the alterna- tive, of submitting to an imputation, alike dishOporable and unfOunded in fact, or of
 meeting the issue which has been rendered to l me under the alIedged authority of that high
 officer. If [ do not shrink from this unequal strife. if is because have the confidence which has never wayered, inathe intelligence of my I countrymer, a firm and unshaken reliance m
 the justice of that tribunal, whose high pre-
 rogatiys it is at all times and under all circun- stances, to yindicate the cause of truth. l have studiously abstained from any effort
 to excite public feeling, in relationto the dis 1 solution of the late cabinet. have felt that
 the question of its propriety was one, inc de-
 cision of which belonged alone to the Amer. l can people,. Personally have not been dis 1 posed to deny the right of the President to
 exercise his own free will l,as well in the change
 as in the original selecti0n of his Cabinet i;
 and with perfect sense of the delcacy of I my own situation, would have been at all { times a reluctant witness in theinvestigation l of the causes whichle led to the recent events. Ii was not however enough that should sub I init myself to his will, although the principle l.hy which it was ayowedIy regulated could
 have no application to me; tor this l have
 nnhesitatingly done. But have been requir-'
 ed silently to witness the entire misrepresen-
 tatiOn of occurrences which the public were 1 well aware mast have come under my obser- yatio6 nay, to be- publicly vouched as au- thority for that which was directly in con- I fict win my convictions Oftruths~and final l Iy to he called to yindicate my own claim t0
 veracity, assailed as it is under the alledged
 authority of the President of the United i States, .0r to snbmit,t0s an importation which no honorable man may bear. ! mistake the character of the AmericaR people, if they re- quiie this. am totally ignorant of my own, |if. under any circumstances, couldsyield to Eif. If, sin the face of this great commnnitys the cause of truth can he protrasted by the arm of power, at least the privilege of yindi- eating 1t, shall not be tanneiy surrendered ln my person. win bow to the decision of my |c0untrymen--but whatever that decision may be, the high consolation of having faithfully discharged my duty to thss1n, and to myself, shall not be taken from me.
 The disingenlous and unmanly suggestion of my desire to remain in the Cabinet of Gen. Jackson, notwithstanding the occurrences which produced my refinement, will be my apology for adyerting briefly to the origin of my connexiOn with it, and the circumstances which induced its continuance.
 twas without any solicitation on my part, or. so fur as know Or believe. on the part of any of my friends. that was invited to accept tho office of Attorney General pf the United
 States. There were circuunstanccs, tempo rary n their nature but still strongly operative,
 which rendered it not desirable tome. | felt. however, that was called to- decidenpon the question of my accepfsnces not merely as m individual, but as citizen, andespeciaily as citizen of Georgia. On certain principles 0fl general policy some Of which were particulars iy interesting to the people of that State, the | views communicated to me by the President, I wsrc in accordance. with my own and felt 1 it to be my duty, not 10 withhold any assis- tance whichI could give to carry them into effect, The annunciation of the names of the intended Cabinet seemed 10 me, however, to present anins0perable bar to my acceptance pf the office which was rendered t0 me. | K Thought EfOressAss clearly the evils which haveall too obviously resulted from this selection. A stranger to- Ben. Jackson, | could not witt'l propfiety disc0ss these objections with him, Iknew, moreover, that some of his cOnfiden-j tial friends had faithfully discharged their du-L ty to him, and to the country, by frank com lnunication of them. nsthis state of things, Isought the counsel of nose around me. To ls gentleman high in the confidence of the President. and to distinguished citizen of my E own state, | submittedsfhe inquiry. whether. F