The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-09-10

A4h 81 TIE Ee0sfsie MhiE FafiN tnlafmfl Il
ne ihsi So. Clay ks3 charged ms 9Th i
sPpoinsihR dslsuilsss % once; sd tines /
my arrival ns Nashville q gsssl many 0i
my Irisnds have slaled that lhsy heard |
hr. Clsy's speech % The ceession slI1d- |
ed %. and hat he did deelsFs that had
sppoinled Mr. Lsinsslon Secretary of
state whsn he was . dslaHller.
With ihis ssidenee before me cannot
snitrsin doubs that The informsiion on
which I aeisd shea addressed 700 on
Tossdsy 10 eorreei. nor 10 u ~ all impair
ed By The ineslpssinn which Mr. Clay
has offered 20 he public. Knowing The
nsn % ] do. knew ths, he would feson
20 some sueh article 10 eoEer his retreat
from the position into which be had been
thrnsn By his vain desire 10 qusliiy those
xha had foIlo.ed him il Ihe rsceoon and
hard cider psgesniry Of The day. Con-
weird of msking On assertion ~hieh The
records Of he Sensie and other familiar
history proved 20 be false, he nov a.
iempis 10 quslIfy 10 By the following
language: In arguing from cause 10
effect eoniended that The sppsinlnsni
Of Dir. Livingston vas a pernieioas pre-
redenl-lhai IL Vas virtual proclamation
20 all Who we're or might be dslaaiiers.
thai their in6dsli,y 10 roblic irusi sOa-
siiiuied no insuprrsbls barrier IN . pro-
motion 10 one II The highest Offices in ,hs
government. dad moi attribute 10 Gen.
Jackson . kaosledse Of the default. ]
vent even so Gar 40 70 say thai he might
not have reflected upon she consequences
81 ihs appointment Of an individual so
siinsied. must nov cay that until Gen.
Jackson otherwise asserts. am eonslrsin-
ed 10 believe that be could not have BEEN
ignorant Of fact so conspicuous in The
annals OF our country ~ that Of The defsulI
of Edward Livingston. ESQ.,. as Attorney
ii The United States in the District ol
Mes York. during the administration ol
J Mr.. Jefferson. 10 ihe amount Of $780,.
000." And off shis moral sin 10 nov
made In result. not from The fact that Nc.
Livingston ~ss defsulier shen he wss
! appointed 20 the Office Of Secretary ol
J Stale. but that he had been gully some
, thirty years before. ID would be easy u
show from the life Of Mr.. Livingston ,ha
! me defsnll here alluded 10 was one whiei
, did not prejudice bic moral character. o
lessen The high standing which be enjoy et
] u The line. and has since invariably
( snstsined wherever he hss been known
but 10 10 NOT my porpose hsre 20 vindieal
: The memory Of thai eminent pairioi an,
. statesman. Every one can see that, ex
!. planned ss Mr.. Clay nos places hisfrfrr
enee 10 that appointment. he fails 70 con
4 cesl bis real design u leaving an impress
: sion on the public mind uniaynrsble u
Q my character. and by resnr, 10 fact
. which when examined are insufficient o
!. imaginary.
: lie cannot say, in an article whicl
q bears HE signa,nre. that | ever appoinie
u defaul,er OF retained one in offee know
o ing him 10 be one. Yet this was IN
y impression which he sough, TO make o
!. The multitude that were assembled her
. with him on Monday last. That he di
Q then predicate this charge on The appoint
ment oil Mr. livingston is proved by %
II Iteslimony which have adduced. bu, m
j. exposure OF the cslvmny will never rescl
Il probably. those Who heard iis utiersac,
: This was my complaint--not that Mi
e Clay had no, right TO argue (ss he e,
presses il, from cause 10 effect in the e,
y summation of nv official conduct. but obi
]. he had no right To perser facts for III
+ purpose Of giving effect to ISLANDERS ,
z Mr.. Livingston aud myself.
% Taking the same latitude that Mr.. Ola
. did in his speech, and in HE answer
my caro-. or BY tracing effects TO the
e causes with an impar,islily and jus,ic
q which wiIl Islander neither The living nc
i The dead, il would no, be Difficult, 10 refe
i The public TO Tar moie appropriate sourc
). Tor the evils Of which Mr.. Clay complain,
4 Than Mr.. I.i'iogs,on's appointment. Thi
would be tho sx,rasagant extent OF Oh
- Bank paper system; upheld as Il has bes
by the Federal pnr,y 10 their efforts :
= make the Federal Government subsers
y ent 10 The schemes Of the stock jobber
j. and money brokers Of this country an
,f Europe. Blu, I do not feel called upo
e here 10 sindics,e the measures Of Oh
. administration on this subject, which hss
9 been so long resisted b. the party I
Q which Mr.. Clay is the head.
!. Mr. Clay. when successful in ,heair
,rigues which made him Secretary ,
d State, declared. give as patronage an
i roe wiH make ourselves popular" II
/, has grssped twice a, the Presidency. III
n people repudia,ed the principles OF III
e administration Of which he was pre-
" n,inen, member. He hiss made an ince,
q SAINT war upon every measure Of m
n administration, and asssiled the cliarac,,
g Of every. public man who has not favore
}. bis ambitious preiensions. Awaiting hin
self Of the corruption Of the Bank of ii
United States. and Of the disasters whic
have befallen The country in consequence
Of the paper money system. he no.
makes piteous appeals TO the peopl'
concealing the real causes Of their pee,
Df mary difficulties, and instead Of exhor,in
y them to unite IN maintaining the inviol
Ne bility Of contracts and reforming the Gu