The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-10-28
POiIET'ACAE.
Fran the South Carolinian.

s."'. ',I, - ,1;.nroye il, attempt to imPeach
y, ~. I,cheninr the character oi mat
ve,er,blc Revolutionary soldier ana pa.
,;,, 4 paper notorious perhaps ABOVE
al o;anrs, FJe is party recSieSsneSs, m,. am"
Jisresarl OF truth-which has Fepea..II1,
hnan convicted of at,ribulng to olhe'
uauers. language Which they never useo'
fnt the purpose of basing upon theh .I
f,rc.d !. IS and wistic.sms-has charseu
r,,,. Fuwler with the grossest vlilalhle:' e.:
snoun,ing to stealing. s1cindl'Hs' Naus
luil hing and. falSe-sUearlng' anu "I Wv,
ceasing drunkenncss!-and TINS Is evPIiu TLiu
into another of the more reckless "ns
papers, 1.-THE only one, however, We s"no ean
didly acknowledge, in Which we .ate at
seen it, though we receive many 1i .ho .ho
Whig papers to avert, if possible 'ne
S,mn;rg effect of bis evidence.-Ana
wbv is Cant. Fowler's evidence alone
thus attacked by that paper as lhonsn
heswere the only one who had testineu
~ the same effect! Have not Judge rrice'
Of Ohio, Mr.. Kemper, Capt. JACOB mh,te'
of Ohio, ia Revolutionary ofhcer' mgniy
COMMUNICATED for his revolutionary SER
vices. by the Committee Of Congress on
Revolutionary Pensions,) and severai
o,hers. also testified, and some OF them
sworn TO Gen. Harrison's wearing the
Black Cockade? while John handolpn
,oll Harrison to his face, in the Uhllea
S,,ns Senate, that he had ben supper,
-. If the Alien and Sedition Law anu
black Cockadc Administration, ana uoS'
razewe!, Of Virginia, has recently s'a'Iu'
;ha, he heard Mr.. Randolph make Inc
c...ug.. and that Harrison skuLked unacr
it, # Cant. Fowler had been all thal Is
50 grossly charged on him, that woulu
not dispruve all this; and the paper whlch
republishes the assault does not refer 10
this eviHence.
Understanding that Col. o. T. Elmore
of this place had met Capt. Fowler al lhe
great Rail Road Festival in Kentucky
While present as a Delegate from this
St.te, and seen him preside there, &C,
we requested from him statement OF inc
facts. and have been politely favored win
the following reply: ,o
Col. A. Fl. PEMBERToN:
Sir:-In reply to your favor, requcs-
ting me to state what | know OF captain
John Fowler, who in letter addressed
to Capt. Henry Daniel, under date ei
the 9Th Of June last, says: 81 was IN
Congress, as member, during the great
struggle between Jefferson and Adams
and know the fact, that William Henry
Harrison, then Delegate from the Norm
III IL MT. Adams. He 1Oas Federalist and
qpore the Black Cockade::" | with plea
sure state, that in August. 1888, was al
the city Of Lexington, as Director in
the Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston
Rail Road Company: that l attended
Barbacue festival given by kentucky IN
compliment to the States OF Tennessee,
North Carolina, and South Coriina, in
company with the other gentlemen repre- |
senting thoso three States; that upon the
ground, met the largest and most re-
spectacle collection Of people have
ever seen; amongst whom, remember
Mr.. Clay. and Mr.. Criltenden, the two
Senator'S in Congress, of that State, Col.
johnson, the Vice President of the Uni
ted States, Ex-Governor letcalf, many
of the Judges, aud members and ex-mem-
bers Of Congress, the Shelbys, and nu-
merous other citizens of Kentucky, of
the most respectable character; that
saw this same Captain John Fowler pre-
siding ouer the meeting, and was intro
duced to him, and informed that he had
been an officer in the Revolution. and
,u"rher of Congress from Kentucky, at
tie i'm; alluded to in his letter to Capt.
Daniel; ard have since been informed,
~ 4 citizen Of Kentucky, that he is dead,
and was followed to his grave by 5000 Of
i.is nrighbors'
| cannot for one moment believe that
such honors, paid recently to Captain
John Fowler, liping and dead, could
have been bestowed by the gallant and
high minded citizens of Kentucky, upon
a suindler, druakard, and liar! And
such charges are ouly to be accounted for,
through the mad and reckless spirit,
which seems 10 pervade some Of The party
press, in the present excited canvass for
the Presidency. Kentucky surely would
not have overlooked her many dstin-
guishud aud favori,c citizens, present, TO
place in the Chair Of honor man uf so
base character.
If this statement shall, in your opinion,
have any effect in relieving the character