Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1840-09-05

bonesty, capacity snd fidelity 10 the cnsstiusion
and the substitution TO il Of Esusdsd on dsvo-
iion and subserviency not TO the essnssy, but TO
II the chisf Of party. That pessaas appointed to
81 office too often considered themselves being
only put in possession Of their legitimate share
Of the spoiis Of victory, instead OF feeling bound
By tho obligations Of q sacred trust conided for
the benefit Of tho Peopls. Ia respect TO de-
fauiters, referred to tho case aef Mr.. Living
ston, OF whose attaiameOts - iurist, not more
consistent with truth than ny fssiings, l spoke
in the highest terms. He vas one of the ear
hest and greatest defauliers. His ease occur
rcd under Mr. Jeffarsoa,s Standardization The
recores4Doth OF the executive and Judicial de-
psrtments established his defauIt He remain
ed defauIter about quarter Of q century If
not more. How no 6naIly Iiquidated the bal
ance against him, and when, | do not certain
" kaow, but believe i was by property and
under the first term Of Gen. Jackson. Bat
Whenever and however it was, a tardy pa;.
Mest Or ee0postion Of the debt could not aud
did nut oxPvsze the fact Of his original de-
fault.
Ia arguing from cause TO effect, contende
that the appointment Of Mr.. Livingston was a der
nscious precedent That 1t was virtual by a proc
iamatton to all who were might be defauIiers
that their infde:y,in public trust ted no
insuperable barrier to a promot ion one of the
highest Offices in the Gov eminent. | did not at
tribute 10 General Jackson "a knowledge Of the do
fault. l went 30 far to say that he might
not have reflected upon tho consequences Of the
appointment Of an individual so situated. mug
now say, that until General Jackson otherwise as
serts, am constrained to believe that he could
not have been gnurant Of fact, so conspicuous
IA the annals OF our country, that Of the de.
fault Of Edward Livingston Esq, Attorney or the
United States, in the District Of New York,
dunng the administration Of Mr.. Jefferson to the
amount OF about . 100000.
II was iC the train Of the same thought aud ar
gument, that adduced the appoin ,ment Of Mr..
Swartwout to the Office OF Collector Of the mos:
important port in the United States. rs Que Of i'm
Portant and I'M irious example. His prescription
in the schemes Of Colonel Burr was a fact of SUCH
iversal notore,y that supposed, and We, sup
pose, that "a" "'an. tho least cow ersdnt with the
HISTORY OF the country, could be ignorant Of it
But il was not upon Gen. Jackson's knowledge off
that fact, it was upon tho fsct itself that dweIt
II is now said that tho appoin tmenI of Mr.
Swartwom; was recommended by citizens OF New
York. know nothing of these rccomme nda,i,us
Whether they were cause Of etfect-whelher thcv
were gotten up to produce to give color and
cover to the appoin smcnts, previously determined
20 DO mlde--ihcir secret HISTORY only aid dis i
close. The app0int ent Occasioned gene al sur r
prise among the friends and foes of tho adm
si"n, at tho tima, and the .que dem ns,ratcs h
uu wise il was.
These topics Of my address to the Convention
on Monday last, have been selected by Gen. "
Jackson for Comment and aniInadversion. lie '
was not present on the occasion. lie has IN ,de
no application To me for a correct account Of
what ! actually said; but has been contented I" II
rely upon sbesnx iaf,rmcd,' by whom, with what h
motives. mad with .~t,.s ss.i.~s.s1A...- ..Na"s 4
Of coniecturing. Whether his inforDer may not
t,e some friend Of Mr.. Van Buren,, who in tho de s.
pcrate state Of his political fortunes, wishes to "
bring the General into the tiril. and to turn the
Tide Of Just indignation the part Of the People
from the Gencrats prOtege, the exhibition OF his
nam. only wo,ld enable the public TO decide p
With regard ~ the insnua lions aud gross cpl d
thcts contained ~ Gcucrai nck SON. note like I'M
potent, maicvrent. and dcroga,orv from the digni
" of a a,an VIII" has filled the highest "ffice !"
tho Universe, respect for tho public, and fur my
sell, allow only that, like other similar
missiles they have fallen harmless at fee,
citing no other sensation than that ut sc"rn aud
H. CLAY.
Nashville, August 20, 1910.