Franklin Repository, Volume 3, Number 10, Brookville, Franklin County, 18 February 1828 — Page 3

tt-XTELMCBXCE IS THE LIFE OF LIBERTY. "uavo.r, feuhuary is. iscs. PttiiC(itum day. l iie changes winch Jiave been e.ftcted in the arrival and departure of Mails at this place, hav Mtiuic i us to alter our day of publica fcv.n from Tuesday to Monti iy. During the progress of the rhaners nhich hae recently been made in the Foil cilice department, the irregularity of the arr val and departure ol Mails, has in several instances, prevented us from warding papers to our subscribers at distance, as regularly ns we could fcavc wished. Way papers especially have failed to be forwarded in consequence of Dew contracts and new Mailcairiers. As the business is now regulated, we trust the same inconvenience and disappointment will not again, soon occur. Publishing the Lams.- We have just learned that the publishing of the Laws ol the United Slates by authority, has been withheld from the Franklin Re pository, and the patronage conferred ujiou.the Indiana Palladium; an Administration Opposition paper, that is plain" Ij, neither one thing not the other in tiat respect. Why this change has been made, we have yet to learn; or what advantage is to result from it to the nnKlio ii- t- ... I It-. I II fuum, c i.iuuuw -uMjt-. ture. e snail onh say at pres mt that though we have kst the publishing of the laws of the Uniied States by authority from the Secretary of State, we shall in future publish thtiui by our own authority, and at our o vn expense; and shall continue to do so lor the benefit of our readers, whde we have the control of the office ol the Franklin Repository. At a tuitabie time we may say something further cu this tuoject. Ja-ksojt, ErFESAito Dkcatcr. Agreeabi)' to (.roniise ol last week, we have intriduceii mil our present columns, the leittr ot Gtu. Can. one ol Gen. Jackson's At'ls-ut-c.tinp, inscribed to nobody knows TUii ; ulit-ctmg to contradict ad vindicate bun u. oi 11 e h uge ol taring threatened 1 1 Hiiei the Senate Chamber ot the Senate ot in- tinted states, uu the last night of its suing in '8 Id, lor ttie purpose of chastising Mi. t,pje, a Senator Irom Virginia, fv,r uavmg utet otiioous nan inquiry in to ii s ,-oi.uuct in Hie Sen. luoie war, institut.o by that ir cu ol the .National Legit lute, a "id trout win. h he is said to hie oetrti ueteiud by Com. Decatur. 1 o .Ui-.e the MiDjevt bttore our reader?, in t own pnij er i g i, wt h ve snbjo n d th lei end J G Du.a o Patrick Henri idiby, K ii , iu rt-latiou to the virue sut'jtct, wnh ins ai.sntit thereto; and would i'Jiicr tiieui, witixiut lurtiier i.Ouce, to pas in tneir naked torm, under the inspection of our readers, were it tot lor the fact, that the Jackon editors re trumping the letter aser.btd lo General Call, over Ins name, as a finished i (Mutation of Ibe charge usgeu agtinst Ge .Jackson in relation io bis conduct low rus Mr. Eppr g, aid is re ceived a such by ihe superficial readers amorg the J u kson n:en The eiittoi i! h Vesiirr Telegraph :r Hamilton Uhiu Advertiser" trom v-hich we Ccpy t) .nirod ice die letter uf Gen. Call, m that imposing character, lie says, over its bead, "Tne lollowir.g letter of this gentleman, Gen. Jackson' sid-de-caar.p, very tiearly vindicates Gen. Jackson from he charge of meditated violence, towards a Senator, which his viliiicrt labricated agaiust him. riius, one after the other, have the arts of Mr Adams' friends been eipcsed. 1'i.is has truly been an age tf elimination, but 'trulb is mighty and will prevail.' ' liut what sas lie witness? "The fallowing ex'ract from tli article relerred lo," (the article which he had "recently seen in the Daltianre Patriot untfer the bead of tlen. Jacksen and Commodore Decatur,") "enables me to pr-mucuce it an unqualified tissue of falsehood and misrtprescntut on." I be last day of the session, the Senate had an evening sittiug lor Hie purpose olreceivii-g mesngrs Irotn the President. On .his occasion the Commodore conducted Mr. Decatur ta the Capitol, lo witness t ie ceremony of the ad,iourmi Et of the Ssnale. As they passed ihrnuh a small anti room to the door of tbe S-ena'e Chamber, about 9 o'clock at night, ihy saw, with surprie. Gen. Jackon, wnh two ai J-dc camp, walking backwards a:,d forwards, appearing under the mUuence cf great excitement. So soon s he bad conducted Mr8. Decatur to a seat in the lobby, be returned and asked one cf tue aids, whether cr not it was tiue, tlutGen. Jackson intended to atUck Mr. Eppes in the Senate Chamber. The

?fly was. such is the Generate intaation.

and stich i the object of his visit to the capitol at this hour, lie added further, that it was alt setber impossible for any ; one, to alter his determination.' Admittirg that all ti at is h re seated is but a mere "tissue of falsehood 8i misrepresentation," , how, we woxld ask, does it 'clearly vindicate General .Iackon from the charge of medit ied vol nee towards a Senator," i (viz.) Mr. Eppes? Certainly there is notbr. c in h whole ctlg'ie of circumstai.ces quoted by Gm-ral Call from the ennre uiged aar st tie". Jackson, in relation to lr. Eppes, thp Senator in question, v hich so much as insinuates that (xeii. J; kson dd not "meditate violence towards" him; nor tint this charge is "fbricaled agii st him' (Jakon)'by "lis v litiers ' What is it that Gen Call pronounres a '"tissue of unqml tifd fal-etioud and misrepresentation?" Why clearly; not t ie charge that Gen. Jackson denied ihe r ght of C .ngr. t ) call in question the rectituile of bis conduct a9 a military ollicer not that he threaded to chastise Jllr. Eppes for the part he took in that investigation, and that if he resisted be would cut off his ears as a k'gnat mark of disgrace nor that he left his lodgings m c. tupany with Doct Bronaugiit aud went to the lodgings of Mr. Eppes, for the purpose of revengii g bi oe f upon that Senaator, and not ti iding him there went towards the Senate Chamber, in hopes ot meeting him in the street for that purpose; no; none of these facts in charge against the General are included in Call's tissue cf falsehoods and misrepresentation; but fi'Sf, tiiat "the laM day of the session, the Senate had an evening sitting, for the purpose of receiving Messages Irom the President''. iJd, l hat "on this occasion, the Commodore conducted Mrs. Decatur to tbt capitol, to witness the ceremony of the adjo'irnineot of the Seuate." 3d, That, "as thev passed through a small anti-room lo the dor of the Senate Chamber, about 9 o'clock at night, they saw, with surprise, Gen. Jackson with his two aid-de-camps, walking backwards and forwards, appearing under the influence of great excitement." 4tb, That, "so soon as he had conducted Mrs. Decatur to a seat in the lobby, he returned and asked one ol the aids, whether or not it was true, that Gen. Jackson iutended to attack Mr. Eppes in the Senate Chamber.'' 5th, That, "the reply was, such is the General's intention, and such is the object of his visit to the capitol a tins hour." 6th, and ''fur. ther," that "it was altogether impossible for any one to alter his determination." Be it so, that all these circumstances taken together are but ''a tissue of falsehood and misrepresent ittou," how much is gained by it to Gen. Jackson? Just nothing at all, while the charges upon which the. wre founded. Ii- w 1 1 their full unibate weight against him; lar it is of Very little consequence ivbetnerbe chast-s-da Senator of the United States, and cut olf his ears for having faithfully performed his dirty, iu the Senate Chamber, in the public Street, or at vis iodguigs: f r it is not the place, but th yeople's authority ves ted in him, which gives sanctity to the character of a Senaror, and that sanctity is h- Id so sacred by the Federal Constitution, that he is secured by it agai-.st being so much as questioned elsewhere than in the body of which he is a member, even by a Judiciary tribunal, relative to any of his otB-.ial proceedings- But the people's auuo iiy and ihe s.ured guards of the conKtrtut on are straws and feathers with Gen. Ja kson, whp n his sovt-reign will decree-, to the contrary, or his ire awakes to vengnanne gamst those whom bis jealousies or pr -judice has singled out as the objects of his h ta. We hope the friends and partisan? of General Jackson will not be otfenleJ, if, in the present case, we should retort up n them their owo decisions on the character and strength df evidence, when adduced in vindica ing their opponents from the charges wh.. h t y hav- g t up and urged sgamst them; as, for instance, Mr. Clay's

vindication. Oi thu lh.y say that Mr Clay 'S ih- accused of c rruption, bargain and sale" wth Mr Adams, therefore his denial of the charge cannot be admitted as evidence of his innocence; and that hi other wi'nesses are bis special friends, tiiey should however eicept at least, his political enemy, Senator Benton) and the evidence all negative, therefore proves nothing Gen. Jackson is the accused in tne pi sent case, his denial of the charge therefore, cannot be admitted as evidence Gen. Call is hisspecialt'ri nd.Sithe testimony which be give, iwholly negative, therefore prove j nothing. We won d l.ere simply ask the editor of the ' esterx Telegraph," how it comes to pass that be ddTrrs so widely from his party oa the character of evidence, that wiii.e tbey deny tne force of a host of testimony, adduced by Jlr. Clay to vindicate himself from the chirges urged against him by the same party, ou account of its negative character; h li .ds such demonstrative power in the negative testimony of a single friend olG n. Jackson, that it "vvry clearly vindicates Gen. Jackson fmm the charge oi" meditated violence towards a Senator," even when meditated violence made no part of the charge from Which ihe evidence adduced alt-mpts to vindicate him, but only frurd the charge of having attempted or threatened to carry his ''meditated violence into effect at a certain time and place. Certainly evidence must be very powerful, weighty and valuable at Hamilton; but whether from the pressure of the atmosphere, its specific graviiy. some chemical changes which it undergoes when it arrives in that latitude and longitude, or because all the persons who could have given testimony in the

case even as it related only to nl place as aforesaid, except the accus one of bis special friends . fa'Q dead at,.; cannot be heard in the'eaae, we have yet to learo. i -u., : , We have not yet to learn hower?r lhat, so far as relates to the most wiWhli f -! in the case, thsy are nt o bt JVV i''' the strength of mera negiiVve tj,nce for support. - The letter of Patrick "II. Duby, Esq., a gentleman whose character for veracity and honesty, we believe, would lose nothing by comparison with either of the others concerned, and who w; s "once the lawyer, the agent, the friend, ,nd much iu the company and confidence of (Jen Jackson," has saved us from t'tis

embarrassment. Tt his statements of what lie has personally heard (if n Jarkon ay of Mr. Eppea a d th" c urse which he (Jacks.m) pnts ied Mward b;m, Mr. Clay and Mr.l rawford, because the two form er, (and as his wonted jealousy surmised,) at the instigation of the latter, had dared to take an active part in the invptigati u of h.s conduct in th Seminole War, we ref r thi reader, only requ uting him to pidge impartial.y from the evidence before him, and say whether Mr. Vim' friends ae deserving the stigma UVviftnrs of Gen. Jackson, when tbey accuse him of medita-mg violence towards Mr Eppes threatening him with it and seeking opdortuni its', or at least, an opportunity to indict it upon him. Let them say what is to be expected from a man, when be shall hold the command in chief of the navy and army of the United States, who, when he has held the command of a single military district, and directed military op erations within its limits, challenges the right of the General Government to call in question the correctness of his course, and threatens to cane those members of it, who have the independence to censure bis conduct, in violating his orders, the co r stitution of his country, and the provisions of a treaty of amity with a foreign power, 4 that, if they do not submit quietly & unresistiog'y to bis castiati i, Jic?dtv,it off their ears as a "mark of disgrace. Gen. CALL. The following letter of this gentleman, General Jackson's aid-da-camp, very clearly vindicates Gen. Jackson f om the charge of meditated violence, towards a senator, wb'ch bis vilifiers fabricated against him. Thus, one after the other, have the artsofJIfr. Adams' friends been exposed. This has tru y been an age of crimination, but "truth is mighty and will prevail." Ed. Western Telegraph. Tallauassa, Dec 23d, 1827. Sir I have recently seen in th Baltimore Patriot of the 13th ult., an article under the head of "General Jackson and Commodore Decatur," which I have read with no ordinary degree of surprise. It is much to be resretted-tatiinuity of its author had not been d ected by a more strict regard to truthj and a uigher respect for individual feelings and reputaOD. The following extract from the article referred to, enables me to pronounce it au unqualified tissue of falsehood aud misrepresentation " The last day of the session, ttie Senate bad an evening sitting for the purpose of rece.vmg messages from tha President O this occasion, the Comma dore conducted Mrs. Decatur to tie Capitol to witness the ceremony of the adjournment of the Senate. As tbey passed turough a sm:U anti-room to the door ( theSe i.it- Chamber, about 9 o'clock at night, they saw, with surprisa, Gea J.ackson, with his two aid-de-camps, walking hick wards and f rwards, appearing under the nitl ience of great excitement-; So km ash had rochiied .liD?Vatur to a seat in the Lobby, he returned and asked o.e of me i-J whether or not it was true that Gen J:cks n intended to attack Mr. Eppes in the Seuate Chamber Th rely was, such is the General's intention, and such is the object of his Visit to the C ij.it 1 at tim hour tiff added, further, ihat it was altogether impossible for any one, to alter his determination." I had the honor to be o e of the two aids -de camp of Geuerel Jackon above alluded to; the other, Captain Richland J. Easter is unfortunately no more, or I am confident he would unite with tne most Cordially iu this s atemeht. I accompanied Gen. Jackroo to Washington City, in the year I $9, during the memorable Seiwnole debate. I usually attended him wherever b-.weptj ami to the best of my recollection and belief he was not in the Senate Chamber or in theautiroom of the Senate, at any time during his visit. I remember frequently to hava heard hii invited by the members to visit the Senate while in session, and always beard him decline doing so, from motives of delicacy, as his official conduct was at that tune a subject of investigation before that bod. Ou the last evening of the session of the Senate, I remember distinctly that I was not in the anti-room of tbe Senate, and am equally confident that General Jackson was not tlKre. While at Washington I witnessed, with the highest gratification, many interviews between Gen. Jackson and Commodore Decatur. .The cordiality of feeling, and the respectful deportmeut of those gentlemen towards each othftr, wassuca as might have' been expected o-vS!yalrj and generosity of tneir 4i"pstr3!i5 and little did I anticipate, on these occasOns, that when the tomb should have covered one of those distinguished patriots, that bis respectful and friendly language would be misrepresented, lo sul'y the fame of his surviving friend. Thosa who know Gn. Jackson,' can ever give the least crtdit t this ridiculous tale. lie has ofUa yielded to the

... '. . - '..'"' ' y: pprsuisjons nt ir.tre.it - yhis . ft-ten !.,' . n ho i yarse of his eveot- .; i.u t ,tr driven fiooi his fixed determination by threats and menaces? all will answer," never! It is somewhat unfortunate fir the author of this strange story that he slum d have remainnd silent, until aff. r the death of the lamented De caur. ' 'bis ci'cnmstunce atone, most create the most unfavorable .opinion of his veracity; and what man of common understanding can believe, for a moment, that an angry controversy could have t:iken place between General Jackson and Commodore D-.catur, in tbe ai(t chamhzr oft'ie Senate, without its b?ing immediately kiiown tithe public; a .dyft I, as the ail-de-camp of General Jackson, though said to have been present on the occasion, never heard of the occurrence,' until informed of it, through the medium of the newspapers 1 have thought it equally due to General Jackson and the public, to make this statement,-which yoi can use io any manner you may think proper. it. K. CALL.

From the Kentucky Cimmentator . Frankfort, Dec. 21 1327. '.' Patrick Henry Darby, Esq. Sir: With this note, you will receive the Richmond E- q i-er, containing a letter from Felix Grundy, Esq to General Jackson, and the General's answer. This answer, I imagine, you will peruse with some degree of surprise, as it seems to be intended, and will be understood, by the General's friends at least, as a full and complete denial of a statement, which has been long circulated and generally credited; of his having threatened to use personal vio ence upon a Senator of the United States, for his official conduct in the investigation of the history of the Semin de war. You will unquestionably recollect, that in the casual conversations which have passed between us, touching the character of Gen. Jackson, this subject has been more than once. alluded to. If I have not misunderstood your remarks, in one or more of these conversations, you have mentioned that Gen. Jackton himself, in giving an account of tbe occurrence at Washington, at the period in question, informed you personally, that it was his intention to have made an attack vpon the person of Mr. Eppes, then a Senator (rom Virginia with the I ireatened purpose of cutting hts ears off! That I may be enabled to state what the General has said upon this subject, upon former occasions, in a more pathetic shape than the repetition of common conversations, I ask the favor of you, to inform me, by letter, what threats or avow-. als you have heard Gen. Jackson make of the natura above described. It is admitted that the giving of public "tatements of such private conversations, even whenn.it confidential, may be con sidf-red as a matter of some delicacy; b it I am at tbe same time aware, that considerations of m-.re delicacy will weigh but little with you against the right of the people to be put io possession of correct information of men and things, at a crisis Lke this , lam Sir, respectfully, your obedient servant, J." C. DAXA. Frankfort, Ky, Dei! 26th, 1827 J. G. Dana. Esq. r Sir: I received your letter of the 24tb ins't rela ive to Gen. Jackson's threatened chastisement of Mr Eppes, in 119, with its enclosures; and have read both your letter aod those of Gen. Jackson and Mr.Gniudy, and considered ihair con-eots. I was onee the lawyer, the agent, the friend, and mu-h in the company and confidence of Gen. Jarkson. To purchase the support of Frl x Grundy, in the full of 1823, in favor of nis election to the Senate of the United States, in opposition to Col John Widiams, in my absence to East Tennessee, in the busioessofa near rel it-ve of Mrs. J Acks n through the a gncy of John H. Eton, he formed a ooinbit.ation with my enemies and a porno: of Ins owo; in w: ich, as the price of Mr. Grondy's support, I was to be given up by General Jackson, to be sacrificed i i character and fortune. In that anaoge-ne.it, he not only transferred away more than $160,000 of my praperty, whi'di he had btffjre transferred t me, but he af erwards wrote e th er too or three' letters to James Jackson, of A abama, to pursuade him not to pay me $5000 which was due to me, as my proportion of the compromise and settlement. But it is due to the character of James Jarksdn to say, that he did not, accord wi'hthe wishes and opinions of Gen. Jack on. and paid me the amount cf my proportion'. When the efTeet of this treacherous arrangement on the p.rt of Gen. Jackson was brought to operate against me, by a conjunction of tbe Legislative and Judi ciary powers of the States, acting togeth er for tne destruction of my mterests, and I was compelled to remove to Kentucky, General Jackson did not forget that he had injured me in Tennessee, nor neglect to follow one in ray reasoval! Every frisndship a-id every confidence, therefore, that has existed beelween Gen. Jac'teon and myself, stand concealed both in his breast and mine, by the acts of in justice', treacoery, and outrage, that he has exercised towards me. But, whoever Gen Jackson has communicated a "private," or whatever may have passed betweea us of a private and confidential character, stands registered in tha book of our THEN friendly lelatbns; and no wronger injustice on the 'part General

Jackson, shall ever causa tae lo vioTate

the sanctity of contidence, or t transpass on the lewv and pr vilege of friendship. " 'A have- thought, proper to. make th ioregotr rewenss, mat the public may know and properly appreciate the present -stranga and curious connexion, between Gen JackfonAnd Feiix Grundy, as well aa ; the answer I wi t give to your inquiries.' ; ' As to what im.rnreilioij General Jarlr-

son and hia political friends will give to hia leter to 'Mr Grundy, I do not know. '.XyT have long since discovered, that, like other idnlators and devotees, they interpret every thing by their interests and wishes'. But, for myself, I understand it as going more to the nlac: of action, and the rnnvpr.

s ition with Decatur, than to tho substance of the charge of intended violence of Mr Eppes. In fact, I do not see that intention at all denied in the letter; and I know he could not deny it with truth. As to toe stated' conversation between) General Jackson and Commodore Decatur, I never heard of it until I saw it pub lished in the papers. If it ever did take place, Gen. Jackson could not be expected to tell it; and I know nothing on the subject but what is derived from him and Dr. Bronaugh. But with regard to his dissat isfuction with the conduct of Mr . Eppes, and of his intention to personally chastise him, and his going in search of Mr. Eppes; for that purpose, it formed a topic of aa common conversation with General Jackson as most other incidents of the acts at Washington City, in relation to the Seminole war. I understood from both Gen. Jackson and Dr Bronaugb, that he left his lodgings in search of Mr. Eppes, in. company with the Doctor; that they went to Mr. Eppes' lodgings, &. not finding hiax there, they wenttowards the Senate Cham her, in hopes of meeting him on the street; that the Senate sat unusually latey and Mr. Eppes, as they supposed, hearing of them tention of General Jackson, left the Seuate Chamber before its adjournment, ami secreted himself. I have heaiVl General Jackson repeated ly state, that he would have caned VI r. Eppes, if he could have fbund him; and that if Mr. Eppes had resisted Ids chastise merit, he wou d have cut oil his ears as a signal mark of disgrace, and left tiie consequences to his country and tiie opinion of mankind. He further stated, at one or more times to me, when conversing on thia subject, that he had fought througu life for his reputation, and would not permit any set of scoundrels to tarnish hia characec with impunity, by falsehood and misrepre sentation. Gen. Jackson charged Mr. Eppes with having prejudiced the case, and then taking his seat in the Committee, with an express understanding that his presence would form a majority to report unfavora- . ble on his conduct, so near the close of the session, that the report could not bo acted upon by the Senate. ' -j ' General Jackson further stated, repeatedly, that William H. Crawford was the principal and secret mover of these cl argea against him, in both Houses, and that Mr. Clay and Mr. Eppes both acted in obedience to the will and wishes of Mr Crawford, on that subject. He stated to me, more than once, that he went to Mr. Monroe and denounced Mr. Crawford to him, as a base and infamous scoundrel; offered to prove the facts ot bis conduct and villiny, and pressed Mr. Wonroe to dismiss hiui from tbe Cabinet. , I have bad numerous conversations wifi Gen. Jackson connected with these sub jects; sometimes general, and often in deta.l. I never understood them as private or confidential; and 1 have still less reasoa to consider them so, since I have seen the approval, by Gen, Jackson, of Mr. Beverly's Fayetteville Letter. I am, with great esteem, &c. PATRICK II. DARBY. ' .NOTICE. IAVING regained my health, and abandoned certain pursuits whicti for the last nine months rendered it inconvenient to attend to my profes?ion, I now offer my servicej with the expec tation of being paid within the year, by all who rriay employ me. 1 would just n. form the unfortunate, that I am well provided with surgical instruments for almost any emergency; and where their complaints are of such a nature as to allow them time to consult their 'pecu niary interests', as in cases of cataract, stone iii the bladder Stc. I will operate for very little more than cost of instruments used in such cases. As a pledge of assiduity in every branch of my profession I will charge nothing in ali cases which may terminate fatally, where I have been the only physician employ Cd' JEIlUJOFIN. Brookville, February 13, 1828. 10 -3. ADMIXI$TRA TOR'S SALE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEX, THAT, ou the Oth day of fllirch net. the undersigned will oiler for sale, at public outcry, the personal property of Hugh May deceased, consisting of house-hold furniture, &.cr-he late residence of the deceased, in whitewater Township, Fiankim toumy Sale to commence at 10 o'clock A. M.; of said day. Terms to be made known on the day of sale. OiCjLmtjfci Li. Ui'-iuunii GEORGE W. KIMBLE, AdinrsoUIusu Mav dec. February 14, 1S28. 10-3.

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