Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-07-01

..fe,red TO in the following comnu-
IN .ns Ives forth the impression that MI Jei-
~, u,as elected President by inc vo.e u .eue
.si;.,. The facts stated below, IN ieialo. - ~
.srresideu,ial ballot should ~ gu. op an ax;s,ed
eas.;sn, 20 remove all doubt, II any ever eA's.su
sun' ..:. ,,o;n, The attempt to Prove that MI.
On Tln .s made terms with federaists, WIN DC
Sone .he nolitical integrity of Mr.. Jenefsoh
aoo. a,S 4, roo high estimation by American tree
,.sn. 70 be injured by the biographer OF 1oi Dor''
~ any other individual.
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.s,;s.,;on nar,orting 10 be san Extract from .nt
MrMoIKs or AARo BuKR," was sutp,,sea .,,s ~
Tnd in il 50 many Measurements, espec'a.y ~ D.
which relates to the "Presidentiai ..'.. .o,,es,
-: :. essea.ive nbsoryer OF that agitatlhs
sd If ia effects throughout our country, WIN a.
-rl a oppo,tunity to acquire facts relating !,
3. ,,.,hans few others now living possessed, ,ee
.o,s.,..;red. by respect for the memory OF M.
Iaasrso. 10 state few recolleci'ons, too strongly
Immersed on my mind al that period % DC ioiso'
ten. in opposition 90 the extracts hefeh t
heinz "a the writer Of the Memoir says, zone OF
,hose few now living, who understand the NATURE
nf ihat contest which terminated in the election
az Mr.. Jefferson and the ruin OF Coi BUTT. ~
eho,id 10 recollected that Col. Burr did no, re-
cs;vs one rote O. President from RePuoiican
Elector. and that had he been placed al inc neaa
Of the Government, las was intended ny ''s u.en
managemsnL) the most DISASTROUS son, - arms
xvera eruected. aud that even an appear " h'ns
90. ,breataned in several of the States; !o'
..h.... ihsn. IL may be asked, came me Tut" q
~ R,,,ya He is now in his grave, and wouio
shere hi, him rests but his friends should no! as
.o s ashes il 81 ,Rs,s al to nure
the fair fame Of Mr.. Jefferson 1t is further sta'ea
IN the aExtract,'' that ssthe period has arrived
when the voice of history should announce to pos
terty. the truth, the acitole truth, &cso lar as ~
can be ascertained among the scattered fragments
relative to that contest, that the dearest eotaeee
>,;, he presented that Mr.. Jefiers0n entered INTO
form, md conditions with the Federal party, or
.o,,,. If Ihe;, leaders, sc. &c. to be regret
I'D ,hs. the writer Of the "Memoirs," should have
made 10 positive statement, until ne mad oo-
tained all those "scattered fragments which now
appear 80 necessary, in the cause Oh truth, IN ala
Of which, land not without belief that the writer
will adopt il in future edition,) ohes the ioi-
lowing statement, as an evidence OF the allacy OF
his-sud trust there are now living those who
win recolect it as belonging to the history of that
Il was about the thir,ieth ballot in the Presi-
Dental contest, when J. A. Bayafd, Esq. "a Lead
ing fedoralis,) called on Mr.. Jefferson, and made
proposition nearly in the following wofds:--sir,
points Of federal policy, you can be elected in al
hour:-(ihe three cardinal points were-lst to re-
stsin the federalists in Office I'd, build up Navy
81, permanent public debt) To which Mr.
Jefferson replied: / trust Sir, that my characte
il suficisnty known 10 my fellow citizens, by tina
/ am willing to stand or fall, and shall not go int
the Office of President under conditions with All,
man or set of men.--After this the ballotng con
tinued five or six times, when, Gas history records
is,) a member of the Vermont Delegation with
drew, and there were OH the last ballot, 10 State
for MI. jefferson, for Mr.. Burr, and two blanks
70 that Mr. jefferson did not receice federal uote
nor did Mr.. Burr receiue republican rote At tina
tims no unprejudiced person believed that Mr.
Jefferson made terms with the federal party; re
view Of the moral and political integrity Of his life
the sacrifices of case and fortune he made for hi
country's liberties, would sssm sufficient refuta
tioa Of tho unjust assertions in the "Memoir."
A WHO OF THE REvo LUTON.