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rtniC benefit which might accrue to himself from the dissemination of such a charge against me, he il extremely desirous not to be considered as my public
accuser. lie nasinuccm am
Mr. Kremer's name, the inference is not
unfair that having heen Mr. Kremer s
adviser and amanuensis on one occasion,
he anted in the same character on the
other. It is quite clear that the state
before a grand jnry to support a bill of roents in the letter to the Columbian Ob-
indictment against me. IN either ma ne
ffrraigu me when, acting under tneo
CnoM rf tho I nit fri states uc
nf n
passed upon my nomination. U n n can be regarded ag a publicaccuser who
nn numerous occasions, to parucuiar in
before crowds of
people, in public as well as private plaurra nnrer witU a Dolitical of-
fence, Gen. ackson unites the double character f 'my public and private accuser. With him I have heen reluctantly competed to believe the accusation originated. Whether from nn honest misconception of the purport of Mr. Buchanan's interview with - him, (which no
one can doubt was the source of the cal
Timny) or from the design of promoting i j. it 4- --t line
nis own interests, uns mjuiy hj TiPn fhp samp. The nublic. (as I cer-
- V - - l - J tainly had) prior to the last summer, supposed that the charge had originated with Mr. Geo. Kremer's letter to the Columbian Observer. But recent disclosures of Gen. Jackson and his partisans, satisfactorily establish that although the sternness of Mr. Kremer's patriotism prompted him "to cry aloud
and spare not," he must be stripped of
the borrowed merit of original invention, which impartial justice requires should now be transferred to u more distinguished personage. A brief summary of incontestible facts will evince the justness of this observation. It was the policy with which the political campaign was conducted in the win
ter 1324-25, by the forces of the General, in the first instance to practice stratagem with my friends and me. Accordingly the arts of persuasion and flattery were employed. But as I did not hasten to erive in mv adhesion, and remained
server are not made upon Mr. Kremer s own knowledge. He speaks of reports,
rumors, &c. "Overtures were said to have been made," Szc. It is most probable that those statements are founded on Gen. Jackson's interpretation of the object of Mr. Buch- . . . T T I 1 1. 1 . .
anan s interview, now uiu ne ontain
the information which was communicated to the Columbian observer? Upon
the supposition that the letter was pre
pared by Mr. Eaton, we can at once comi t ' m WT il
prenena it. ne was periecuy apprised
of all that had passed between Mr. Buch-'
anan ana uen. Jacicson. ine coinci
dence of the language employed in the! letter to the Columbian Observer, with
that of Gen. Jackson to Mr. Carter Bev
erly is very striking, and proves that it has a common origin. Mr. Kremer says, "overtures were said to have been made to the friends of Clay offering him the
appointment of secretary of stale for his
tricks and Morgan-Thraas J. Matlock. Hamilton Isaac Harlock. Spencer Isaac Veatch. Mr. Montgomery moved the following resolution: Resolved, That a committee of thirteen bo appointed to draft and report to this Convention an Address to the citizens of this state, on the subject of the ensuing election; which was adopted: and John Law, J. C. S. Harrison, John
H. Farnham, B. F. Morris, Ebenezer
Sharpe, James Rariden, D. H. Maxwell
Horace Basett, Isaac Howk, William
Graham, Harbin H. Moore, Philip
Sweetzer and Meritt S. Craig were ap pointed.
Mr. Maxwell moved the following res
olution:
Resolved, That a committee consisting
of three from each Judicial Circuit, be
appointed to enquire into the expedien
cy of recommending an Electoral Ticket
friendly to the present Administration,
and report thereon at the next meeting;
and if they deem it now expedient, to se Iectand import to this Convention suita
ble persons to be recommended to the
citizens of this state, as Electors of President and Vice President of the United
hue, of Scott coiinh Thorhas Coffin, oflthe senate and house of representative?
nifl tn plfff Mr. Adnrr;. fipn. .TnrL-srm
sax s, "He Mr. Buchanan said he hadStates; which was adopted. And therebeen informed by the friends of Mr. CJav LuPon' Messrs. Ianson Coleman, Baird,
that the friends of Mr. Adams had madoliT"' ,rK 3'mo V . s' voru'
need, Montgomery, JJaniel, Johnson, Morgan, Smiley, and Gregory, were appointed. And the Convention adjourned until
Monday evening, 6 o'clock. Monday evening, G oclock, Jan. 14. The Convention met pursuant to adj.v.in;nit'i!i. Mr. Chirk, from the committee appointed to enquire into the expediency of rec amending an electoral Tickei, made
overtures to them saying if Mr. Clay
and his friends would unite in aid of the election of Mr. Adams, Mr. Clav should
be secretary of state." The variations between other parts of the two letters
are not greater tnan olten occur in dif
ferent narratives of the same conversation. They are not so great as those which exist in the accounts which Gen. Jac kson has himself givers, at different
times, of the same tran will be manifest from a
ion. iiui
compiriso'i of!11? Allowing report:
Mr. Beverlvs rrnort nfth rn'r.v Imn J ,iat l"c committee
-I
at the Hermi'irre. ronlninrrl in hi
-7 . . rfQTriiir iff.w. o4K rMr.u -Ik i red
to thorn
met and inter
on the subjects refer
by the Convention. Thev
Gen. Jackson's statement of the same
most mysteriously silent, in other words 'conversation, m his letter to Mr. Beverhad not converted myself into a boister- b" of the 6th of June. Speaking of this ous and zealous partizan of Gen. Jack- letter Mr. Beverly says, (in his letter to Eon, it became necessary to change thatl. Zane, esq.) that Gen. Jackson "aspolicy, and to substitute intimidation for 'serts a great deal more than he ever blandishment. Mr. Kremer presented me." himself as a fit aeent in this new work.! From the intimacy which existed be-
He was ardent, impelled by a blind and.'een Gen. Jackson and Mr. Eaton, and infuriate zeal, and irresponsible, and pos- from the fact, stated by them both, of
cpceorl nt lPinst thf faculty of clamorous! the knowledge which each possessed of
vociferation. His letter to the Colum-Mr. Buchanan's communication, it canbian Observer was prepared, and he was j not be reasonably doubted, if Mr. Eaton instructed to sign and transmit it. That j prepared Mr. Kremer's letter, that Gen. he was not the author of the letter he has .Jackson was acquainted with this fact, deliberately admitted to Mr. Crownin-i't is worthy of peculiar observation that
rJiipLL. former secretary of the navv.iuP to tins day, as far as I am informed.
with its -J r kremer nas most a
That he was not acquainted
contents, that is, did not comprehend the import of its terms, has heen sufficiently established. To gov. Kent, rol. Little, (who voted in the house of representa
tives for gen, Jackson), col. Brent of
Louisiana, and Mr. JJigges, he disclaimed all intention of imputing any thing dishonorable to me. (See Appendix E.) Who was the real author of the letter, published in the Columbian Observer, to which Mr. Kremer affixed his signature, I will not undertake positively to assert. Circumstances render it highly probable that it was written by Mr. Eaton, and with the knowledge of General Jackson. In relation to the card of Mr. Kremer, in answer to- that which I had previously inserted in the National Intelligencer,! remarked in my circular to my constituents, that the night before the appearance of Mr. Kremer's, "as I w as voluntarily informed, Mr. Eaton, a senator from Tennessee, and the biographer of General Jackson, (who boarded in the end of this city opposite to that in which Mr. Kremer took up his abode, a distance of about two miles and a half), was closeted for some time with him." This paragraph led to a correspondence between
Mr. Eaton and myself, in the course of
which, in a letter from me to him, under
date the 31st March, 1825,1 observe, "it is proper for me to add that I did believe", from your nocturnal interview with Mr. Kremer, referred to in my address, that 3'ou prepared or advised the publication of his card, in the guarded terms in which it is expressed. I should be happy, by a disavowal on your part, of the fact of that interview, or of its supposed object, to be able to dc larc, as in the event of such disavowal, I would take pleasure in declaring, that I have been mistaken in supposing that you had any agency in the composition or publication of that card." No occasion can be conceived more fitting for an explicit denial of any participation, on the part of Mr, Eaton, in the transaction referred to. It was the subject of the correspondence between us; and I purposely afforded him an honorable opportunity of avowing or disavowing any co-operation wfith Mr. Kremer. Instead of embracing it, he does not deny the visit; nor my inference from it. On the contrary, he says
In his letter of the 31st March, 1825, "suppose the fact to be that I did visit
him, (Mr. Kremer); and suppose too that
it was, as you have termed it, a nocturnal visit; was there any thing existing that
should have denied me this privilege ?"
As Mr. Kremer asserted that he did
not write the letter to the Columbian
Observer, and as Mr. Eaton does not de
ny that he wrote the card published in
carefully conceal
ed the source whence he derived the i
statements contained in his famous letter. Concluded next week.)
PROCEEDINGS OF THE JDMLYIS 7 JLJ 1 10A COXFEjYTIOX, held at indianapolis, Jan. 1 9., 1828. This being the day originally appointed for a Convention of Delegates, of the friends of the American System in the several counties in this friendly to the election of JOHN QUINCY ADAMS to the Presidency of the United States: the following gentlemen appeared, produced their credential?, and took their seats as members of the Convention, viz. From the county cf Knox John Law. Jchn Cloves Symmes Harrison nni tl,oroas M?CJure.
Harrison Daniel C. Lane , L'arbin H.
are fully aware of the ditference of opinions Oi; this subject, arising out of the un-
toi tunate circumstanc e ot a change in the time originally agreed upon for the meeting of the Delegates. But your committee, from a consideration of all the circumstances, are of opinion, that an Electoral "Ti ket should be formed and recommended to the consideration
ol the people as soon as possible. The fact that seventy live Delegates and Friends of the present Administration, forty-live counties in the State, met on the day originally appointed, is believed to be a circumstan e worthy of consideration, and is one among the many reasons that have induced your committee to recommend an Electoral Ticket at this time. It is the opinion of your committee, that the friends of the Administration and of the American System in the ccunties which are unrepresented, as well as those represented by citizens not delegated, will most cheerfully accord with and co-operate in such measures as may be agreed upon by the present Convention. The circumstances under which it has taken place, being explained, it is
believed that no obiections will arise to
no person have a majority of the whole
number of electors appointed, that fact shall be published by the president of the senate, and a second election for president shall be held in the fourth year of the presidential term, a9 follows: The voteis in each state, qualified to vote in elections of the most numerous branch of the state legislature, shall assemble, in the month of November, on such days, and at such places, as the said legislature shall appoint, and vote for one of the persons having the two highest numbers of the votes given by the electors for president, and still living: the officers conducting the elections shall meet in each state, on such day, and at such place, as
the legislature thereof shall appoint, ascertain the number of votes given therein for each person, and certify who has the greatest number, which certificates they shall sign, and transmit, sealed up, to the seat of government of the United States, directed to the president of the senate, who shall, in the presence of the senate and house of representatives, open
all the cirtificates, and the votes of the
states shall then be ascertained, each
state having one vote, which shall be
counted for the person having the greatest number of votes civen therein; aud a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. Should no person have a majority of the states, then, from the persons last voted for, having the two highest numbers of states, the house of representatives shall, as heretofore, choose immediately, by ballot, the president, the representation from each state having one vote. 3. After the third day of March, 1829, no senator or representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any office or employment under the authority of the United States. 4. When the house of representatives shall choose a president, no person, who shall have been a member of that house at the time of making the choice, shall, during the continuance in office of the president so chosen, be appointed to any office or employment under the authority of the United States. This proposition was read, and committed to the committee of the whole on the state of the union. Dec. 20. The following gentlemen compose the committee for the apportionment of representatives under the fifth census: Messrs. Storrs, Little, Anderson, of Maine, Crowninshild, Bartlett,
anv arrangements that may be made bviheroP r8Dd flax-referred to the committee on this Convention to further the views o7im8?uf"ture!: ....
jiin. 3 mt smiui ot s. u presented toe memorial of sundry citizens of South Carolina against an increase of the tariff Ir .lTavl?e rrtiri f erl fh mnnfU! r C Ik.
View Ol the Subject, VOlir Committee re- mnftnrin, a.siafinn nf P.M.hnr-h nr.
commend the adoption of the following' tbat cooj;res will impose an additional du-
l Million tv on imnnrtnl irnn! rns fnr thf nrnteftinn nf.
that con-
oa duty
cmiuii iu liuiuur uiu views oi
the friends of the Administration and have a tendency to promote the cause in
which we are engaged. Under this
l or
M
" I - ' ,i f , , i i I t r . 4 I -. (. I I 1 I J A I . m
and James B Slau-bter. IWW--.ini. J ' 1 1 P"jyrr9 pi i uinam.domestic icanuueiurei, and prajin
county John Watts ol Dearborn countv'sress will lessen the term of credit
ander WalUeeaud Tijomss Brrom .nl Jvscp.i hnrt!iolomeir oi Clark county bands-read and ordered to b printed
E. F. Pbody. Marion Ebenez-r fct.ariM- Isuac un!Scmcr!' o1' Gibson county Mr. HWSwry, from the select committee to Robert Bren'oo. William M'LWrlt .lamJtar' James Armstrong of Monroe county J wbich was referred memorial of the urviv-
Mc'IUtin, Junes Guan and IV F. Morris ibc recommended to the people of Indi-' ,nS oicer oi the revolution, made a report onj
ana n s!ii!nhli noi-snna i..ine same accormianicu uy a cm lor meir renei
Monroe David H. Maxwell and Barfis Evring (itoson -Walter Wilson and haac Montgomery. DaviessA. H. M'Junkin and R. V Innson. Martin William Harris. Crawford Seth
course oinw
son i.vinton o'fp. Tht; Hon. John Watts was called to tbe Chair, and James Dill and Henry P. Thornton, were appointed Secretaries. On motion, it was Resolved, that our fellow-citizens from different parts of the
state, who are tnci.dlv to the objects of
tins convention, he invited to take their -eats and participate in our deliberations; And, thereupon, the following "enmen took their scats: From the county of fVayw Jmes Rtriden, William JV.tfiis Abrl Loumx, William Eili tt, Juhn Jonts and Isaiah Osborn. Dearborn Ez-kiel Jickson and Jamci Dill. Franklin Dhi1 Oliver, John I M Knnty and John R?rd. Clark John S S
fi.)k and Juhn H Thon.nson. Washington
Mars?on G. Clark. Jhn If Fmhim n,1
Htnry P. Thornton. Switzerland--William
Coiton and Stephen C. btevtns. Jrflerson
John L. Snann and J. F. D. Lanier. Fm,n
Newton Claypool and Israel D
- - - v'w Union Thomas Brown. Rushtnzzb
Morgan and William Newell. Ripley- -Mer-ritt S. Craig. Decatur Thomas Hendricks
Jackson William Graham. Floyd John K.
tirabam. Laicrence Rollin C. Dwep. Po
Samuel Annable. Vigo, Sullivan and
Ctoy John M. Coleman. Vanderburgh and IFarrick-..Char!ea M. Johnston. Vigo -Na thaniel Huntington. Perry -Joan Daniel. Montgomery -j0hn Baird. PikeC. D. Morns. Vermillion.JitnrB Blair. ShelbyJnmes Gregory. Johnson -John Smihyand Peter Dewitt. Randolph Daniel Worth. .flZn Samuel Hanna. Bartholomew Ben jamm Irwra and Philip Sweetter. iTen-
le persons to comno?
Kle- toral Ticket for this State, friendly j-rearf. or(3"eJ t0 a second reaaDS t0 be to the clertioa of John Quincy Adams to!pn"ted IT , . . , j d-n Pi..-. ;.h-.n, v rj, n i I Jan. 4. M r. Hayns presented a memorial of tne 1 resident oi tho United States. I,, . , mfn rc n . Ti'. - l i , I the chatnu-r ot conimerce cl h. C against an
ttt.,uuSV Tlcuu: increase of duly on importt. The president of
,r x 1 . the senate communicated a memorial signed by J he committee appointed to prepare nmBber of citiens of the state of Delaware, and report an Address to the people of praying protection against 'foreign riralry' in this State on the sulject of the next Pre-, the mannfcturp of wool, and other branches sidential election, asked and obtained of American industry referred to the commitfurther time until Wedrestlav rvpnino-nt tee oq manufactures and ordered to be nrinfpd.
6 o'clock, to report; to which time the! Jan- 7. Mr. Kivg. from the committee on
Convention adjourned. Wednesday evening, 6 o'clock, Jam 1G. The Convention met pursuant to ad
journment.
Mr. Law, from the committee for that
purpose, now reported an Address to
fi, ict l- l,. i.' - Sasan Decatur, widow of com. Decatur 1 ache people ot Indiana on the subject of nied b ) Bbich BM,lioBfJlf the ensuing Presidential election, accom-!orde'd tt bLt Jtd.
which were read and unanimously adopted On motion hy Mr. Law. Resolved, That a ommittee of fifteen be appointed by the Chairman, to be called the Central Committee of the State cf Indiana any five of whom shall be a quorum, whose duty it shall be to correspend with similar committees in other states, to fix upon a proper person to be supported for Vice-President; and that said committee have full power to fill any vacancies which may occur in the Electoral Ticket, and that said committee have their first meeting at Salem, on the first Monday in March next. And thereupon, John Sering, of Jefferson county Harvey Scrihner, of Floyd county John Douthitt, of Clark county James Good-
Orange county Aianson Andrews, of
Jennings county Samuel v ort, of Jackson county John Lowry, of Lawrence county George H. Dunn, of Dearborn county John IV. Payne, of Harrison county Nathan True bleed, David Denny, Asher Wilcox, Jeremiah Rowland and John C. McPheeters, of Washington county, were appointed such committee. On motion by B. F. Morris, Resolved, That the friends of Internal
Improvements and Domestic Manufactures, friendly to the re-election of John Quincy Adams to the Presidency of the United States, in the several counties in this State, be requested to meet at their respective seats of justice, cn the 22d of
February next, or as soon thereatter as practicable, and appoint committees of vigilance in the several townships in said
counties, and also a committee of corres
pondence to communicate with the central committee. On motion by Mr. Moore,
Resolved, That ten thousand copies of
the proceedings of this Convention, and
the Address to our fellow-citizens, be
printed in pamphlet form at the expense
of this Convention; and that the printers
newspapers throughout the State,
friendly to the present Administration,
be respectfully requested to publish the
proceedings of this Convention in their
several papers.
And the Convention adjourned simJieCongressional Proceedings. JX SEA ATE. Dec 24. Mr. Benton hating obtained leave
to introduce a bill for the graduation of the
price of public landa, prefaced it with a speech setting forth the policy and objects to be effected by it, to which Mr. Barton replied, when
he bill was read and ordered to be printed. Mr. JVbbU introduced a bill providing for the
continuation of the Cumberland road.
Dec 27. Mr. Benton presented two petitions,
one 6!gnea ly UU sod the other three hundred citizpos of Missouri, praying consres? to
ass the bill to graduate tbe price of public
anris; which were referred.
Mr. Barnard presented the memorial of the
inhabitants of Montgomery county Pennsylva-
nia. praTing lor lurtuer encouragement oi do-
mestic manufactures. Referred.
1 be bill to authorize the president to ex
pose to sale the reserved salt springs, in Mis
souri, was read a third time and passed. Dec. SI. Mr. Parris presented a petition from sundry citizens of Maine, residing at Hou toD, near tbe confines of New Brunswiok, setting forth abuses and insults received from
Ibeir British neighborB-tbe improptr ien.o,.l pi " c f , V V; ".. of ,h. Am,., timber, &e.V. Jr,geiR L'.'j
American citizens before British tribunals forV V ri trivial offences. They state that these moles-Kr3, !' nmPS0V of Georgia, Daniel,
talions, will be apt to occasion the shedding of,. 01 ACIin- "2" Vu Umo,L,yvbtood, and pray congress to take that section of! inSston Bl.'ike, Hale, Duncan, MMCee,
oates, ot iuusouri. On motion of Mr. Weems, it was Resolved, That the committee on the judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of so harmonizing the several conflicting laws now existing 011
the subject of naturalization, that per
sons Heretofore or hereafter applying to become citizens of the United States", upon proof, satisfactory to one or more judges of the district or county court of the state wherein they reside,on the oath or affirmation of at Ian two witnesses, that they have been residents within the limits, and under the jurisdiction of the United States, for at least tive years proceeding the time of such application, shall, two years thereafter, he deemed citizens of the United States, and, upon taking the oath of allegiance, and paving the legal cost, be entitled to receive certificates of naturalization. Dec. 24. On motion of Mr. Daniel, it was Rtsohed, That the committee oa
manufactures be instructed to inquire into the expediency of increasing the duties on the importation of hemp, distilled spirits, and molasses. Mr. Hamilton submitted the following: Whereas, a law passed by the congress of the United States, approved on the 14th July, 179S, entitled "an act in addition to an act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States,'' which said act is commonly known by the name of Sedition Law: Be it resolved, That the said law was a violation of the constitution of the United States, hy "abiidging the freedom of the press." Be it further resolved, That, as several persons were indicted, convicted and suffered in pecuniary penalties under this law, that the committee of ways and means be directed to report a bill which shall make fU provision for refunding to the said persons the amount, with lawful interest, of the fines which thej may have paid to the respective marshals of the district courts empowered to levy and receive the same. And in case of the death, or the absence from the United States, of any of the said parties, then to their legal representatives, or such person as may be duly authorized to receive the same. Mr. Hamilton on submitting the resolutions disavowed any intention of making the past subservient to any cotemporary excitement, &c. and concluded by moving that the resolutions be printed and lie on the table; and that on the 2d Monday of January next he would ask their consideration bv the house. Dec. 27. Several petitions were pre
the union under its immediate care and protection. Lsid on the table. Mr. Benion presented tho memorial of 800 citizens of the state of Missouri, praying tbat congress will graduate the price cf the public lands referred. Mr. Dickerscn presented a memorial from sundry citizens of Patterson, N Jersey, praying that congress will impose an additional du ty on the imported fabrics manufactured from
the public lands, reported tbe bill for the gradu
ation of the prices of public lands, withcut
! amendment.
Jan. 8. The senate did not 6it this day. Jen. 9. Mr. Hayne from the committee
on naval affair?, reported a bill for the relief of
be printed
HOUSE OF REPRESEAT.1TIVES. Dec. 19. The. following amendments to the constitution of the United States were submitted by Mr. Smyth: Resolved That the following amendments to the constitution of the United States be proposed to the legislatures of the several states, which, when ratified by three fourths thereof, shall be a part of the said constitution: 1. After the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine no person who shall have been elected president of the United States, shall be again eligible to that cilice. 2. The election of president and vice president, by electors appointed by the several states, shall be held in the third year of the presidential term. If, on
counting the votes, ia the presence of