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been receiwdthat the Indiana aw wttHng to
?%ai with the Unltad States Government for
the tale ofthelandaclalmed by Georgia. It
win he wdl^f thb vary uapltMttt busincae
<*n be thus settled ?v'^.N-r/ ?4 f,
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MR. M*DV]PPIE * GEN. METCALFE.
On the 14th of February Mr. Calhoun re
sented hit seat In the senate as Vice Fr*al
dent, after having been ftilly and amply ex
onorated from all autnlvioo of being con
cerned In the famous Rip Rap contract, In
Any way dishonourable to himself. Indeed, arc
never heard of any mau who knew Mr. Cal
houn, but who entertained a lull belief that
the result of the Investigation before the
Committee, wonldbe exactly what it lias
been, vis, a complete acquittal iu all res
pects.
ttr. Calho?n*s chfcf clcrk Mujor Vandc
ttfnfrr, has been dismissed from office. \
For our own parts, we are not inclined to
> throw any blame whatever on the conduct of
that committee, or on tholengthof time spcr.*
|. the Investigation. \\ o think the result
?A3 shewn, that the com mlttec have not in is
' pent their time, and that the occasion de
manded nihil and minute investigation.
Mr. M'Duffic who attended as the friend
of Mr. Calhoun, wrote a letter of complaint
against the conduct of the committee, ad
dressed to the Hon. Mr. Floyd; which in
ear opinion was unecessary and assuredly
has had no good effect. The public are not
satisfied that the course token by the com
mittee culled for it; and Mr. M'Duffle
would have acted as we think more prudent
ly, by resting satisfied with the c >mpient ex
oneration of his triend Mr. Calhoun.
In this letter, Mr. M'Duffic made n mistake
as to a former vote of the house of represen
tatives: this mistake has brought on, the
following unpleasant correspondence, whose
termination we do not yet know. Gen. Met
calfe's last letter is any thin]* but pacific:
nor it is of a description, easily to be pussed
over. We greatly regret that any of our
public men should shew a propensity t<?
harshness of manner nnd expression, and a
readiness to take an affront beyond what ab
solute necessity requires. Such a dis|msitfoti
unfits a man for being us useful as he might be,
siH operates greatly against his public char
acter.
Reply of Messrs. Metcalfe and Campbell,
to Mr. M'Duffie's firnt letter.
The communication of Mr. M'Duffic to the
?elect committor instituted at the. request of
the vic<e-president, dated the 29th of Janua
ry, contains one sentence ut which wc think
it our duty to respond. It is in these word*:
??such was the conducive force of this testi
mony tn 1822, that the hare rending of it,
without a Mimic word of commentary or ar
Sanient, induced the house of rcpscntatives
y a vote of 131 to UO, to reject the rciiort
aod resolution of the select committee, which
recommended a suspicion of nil uppn>
printings for the luihllment of that con
tract."
Having been inemliers of the sclcct com
mittee of 1822, and fully satisfied with their
report and resolution, wc feel disuoscd to
?say something in our own defencc. H id Mr.
M^Duffie confined himself to facta and just
conclusions, wc should have abstained from
all remark. This he has in.t done. Ilia mis
representations, wc will not say intentional
ones, demand awl shall rcccivc correction.
Unwilling to depend exclusively upon
memory, we have adverted to the journal of
the house of representatives from which the
following extracts are made:
JftrWiQ, 1822.?"The resolution of Mr.
Butler, requiring the appointment of a selcct
committee, to enquire whether the Kip Knp
contract was made According to law, and
whether the contractor had fulfilled hia cov
enant, w.is adopted. The committee con
sisted of Messrs. Butler, Mctculf, and Camp
bell." (Bee journal, p. 477.)
May 2.?" Mr. Cocke moved to strike out
the *' bill making further anpropriatioos for
the military service for 18K, and foi other
purposes," the words "for fort Calhoun
fifty thousand dollars." The house adjourn
ed without a decision." (Seejournal p. 347.)
May 3.-?*' The same hill being the unfin
ished business of the proceeding day was
?gain under consideration. A debate arising
upon Mr. Cocke's amendment, Mr. Colden
called for the previous question which i
was uut, the main question being shall'
the bill be engrosed, and read a third time?"
Which waa carried, 121 to 20. (dec journal,
p. 449.)
May This bill was returned from the
senate with an amendment in these words J
following the appropriation for fort Calhoun:
?' this appropriation not to he regarded as a
confirmation of the contract made with Kli
iah Mix, In regard to this fort" Mr. WiU
liars* moved to amend, bjr adding the words
" or disaffirmance" after the word ? confir
mation" which was determined in the nega
tive. Mr. Sawyer called for the previotta
question, which Was, " will the house agree
to the amendment of the senate as aforesaid?"
The division was 40 to 80. (ike journal, p.
581.)
May 7.?Mr. Butler from the select com
mittee on the Rip Map contract, made a re
port, which was read and ordered to lie on
the table. (Bee journal, p. .586.)
TW error into which Mr. M'Duffle has
fcDettle this: he asserts that the report and
" ? ? ~ imittee were, ?f>ou being
d by a vote of 131 to 20{
i &X
? <*?/* subsequent to th#
_s
?kta sustained, puts u|d? all i
and prrcfttdcTlurttier debute.
tkw Is ofteir sustained by the I _
?ion, when there n no time for ? discussion.
It l? possible tliHt Mr. Calhoun, through hi*
friend Mr. M'Duflte. means to prove, by the
vote of the house nf the 3rd of May* 1892,
that tbe report of the committee, if made at
that time, was reject*'i, and thereby all
the Irregularities of the contract fully sanc
tioned. I hif flirt ronld only he ascertained
by ftoUbig the members who voted on that
w-cnaion, as It is not practicable to ascertain
in any other way, the motives andrcuwms by
which gentlemen were influenced. His de
claration, to say the least of it, is wholly gra
tuitous.
We feol no disposition to engage in a con
trotMr?y with Messrs. Calhoun and M'Duffie,
respecting this contract; none to decline
such a controversy if necessary to our own
viudicution. against any unjust imputation.
THOMA8 MKTCALFK,
J. W. CAMPBELL
Rrfily nf Mr, AtDi'jfflr.
The publication made by Gen. Metcalfe
and Mr. Campbell, relative to an error con-!
Mined in my communication to the select,
committee appointed to investigate certain
charge* against the vice-president, denmudi
of me a t-.ank acknowledgement, and a brief
explanation of the error Tnto which I really
did fall, in my reference to a former vote of
the house of representative! on the ltip Hup
contract. My mistake, which will be ahewn
to have been merely formal, and of no prac
tical importance either to the gentlemen who
have taken exception to it, or to the public, j
confuted in sup|K>Miig the vote wua taken on
the motion to strike out the appropriation
for tort Calhoun, when in fact the the prevl- ,
ous que: At ion precluded a vote on the en-1
grosament of the nppropiiation bill. This
vote was certainly no te>t of the opinion of
thr bonne <>n <hc repoii and resolution of the j
?elect comihittee, and I never should have '
though ol' making un h an impression had 1 (
nut inadvertantly confounded the diirerent!
questions upon which the several votci were .
taken. 1 made the statement entirely from i
memory, with the exception of the result of j
the vote, which was obtained from the joum- t
al of the house by unotlici gentleman, and'
! handed to me. I made it, however, under a
I full belief, from my own recollection, thut j
| it was correct, uiul it in now apparent, from ;
| the journal, that it wxt substantially sr. *
The senate proposed to amend the appro- ?
Ipriation f r fort Calhoun, by deciariii), that
"this appropriation should not be regarded
Ins u confirmation of the contract made with
Klij.ih Mix." The house rejected tlun,
which wan a much milder pro|>osition tliuu '
that recommended by the sclcct committee, j
by a vote of t.O to 40. It is J?clf evident, thut j
ever>- member who voted against the amend
ment of the senate; would hive voted against
the rosolutionof the select committee: for it
cannot be supposed that any of those who
refused to declare that "tfce appropria
tion should not be regarded as a confirmation
of the contract," would have voted that the
contract was null, mid that no further appro
priation ought to be inudc for hs fulfillments.
Ou the contrary, it muy well be supposed
that some of those who voted for the amend
ment of the senate, would have voted aflMtat
the recommendation of the select committee.
Although it was not technically correct to
say, that the report and resolutions of the se
lect committee were rejected before they
were formally presented to the house; and 1
certainly should not have committed such an
apparent solecism, c\ en in terms, if 1 had
consulted the journals fur chronological or
der of events; yet, it will be obvious trom the
statement of a few ficta, which do not up
fear upon thejournals of the house, and which
?en. Metcalfe und Mr. Campbell will pro
bnbly recollect, thut my statement and, in
this particular, was correct to every practi
cal purpose, .with the single exception, tha?
the trying tote was carried by a majority ol
only two to one, instead of the still largei
majority which was given on the previous
question
When the proposition of (Jen. Cocke, to
strikeout tho appropriation fur furt C.dhoun,
wiiit under dlscusswh the second day, Mr.
Butler, the chairman of the select comiiuttce
of three, supported the motion to utrike out,
upon the autfiority of the evidence produced
before that committee, and 1 wus nmL-r the
lmpre?sinn that he had their re|>ort read. It
seems, however, from the journal, that till*
imp reus ion was incorrect, hut I have a dis
tinct recollection that he stated substantially
the result of the examination made by the
committee, and either said or did something
that induced me to Inslieve that hu hi d the
papers of that committee then in his postcs
slon. I called for the readingof the evidence
ftt'iting that I would submit the question, af
ter that was d'xic, without a word of argu
ment on my part. When the reading of tlic
evidence was closed, Mr. Colilen, of New
York, stated that though lie had entertained
tttfavorahle imptcations of the contract, the
evidcncc so clearly showed that it has been
tftirly made, and was highly adventageous to
the government, that he felt bound to pit an
end tcan unprofitable discussion, by calling
for the pnrvious question. The call was
sustained by a large majority, and the bill
waa ordered for a third re tiling with ot.ly
twenty disaentlnjr voice*.?Subsequent to
this, the .prntioscu nmendincn of the senate
was rejnrvcd by the vc?te already st.ited, of
80 to 40.
Having discharged the obligation which I
have incurred to tlic committee, by an unin
tentional and unimimrtant error, it remain*
that I discharge a fluty of still higher obliga
tion, which I owe to myself. and to those who
feel an luteiest In my character.
Oen. Metcalfe and Mr. Campbell arc
pleaded to say, * we feci no disposition lo en
gage In a controversy with Messrs, CVhoun
and M'Duflte, respecting this contract." (
exceedingly regret that they should have
thought K necessary to make such an allusion
to the viee-presklenr, as there is assuredly
nothing In the e?*a, either to tier ~ *
tifylt With any possible conti
may arise between ttiem and m
aulject lie can hi
!o?retohin?, h
R,ap?i?ills
wWp nw proven
_fit (?,
and the mitigation of the
*pa, m MMjr more. I the
in the mbMance of the comtnun
lien. Metcalfe mil Mr. Campbell, that 1
should have deemed U nrccMurv lo notice in
this public njanner, but for the term* in
which they neve characterised the error
which I committed. Spanking on that sub
ject, they say, "hb misrepresentations, we
will net say intentional one*, demand and
shall rcceivc correction." I will not assume
the responsibility of Interpreting this lan
guage, Tor fear 1 should do Injustice to the
gentleman by whom it Is nied) from one of
whom, at leaat, I thought 1 had right to.?x~
pect ordinary kindness and courtesy. But,
as the expression used by those gentlemen
may be rtgnntcd by others as being equivo
csl, I am MTenittlWy' impelled by a monitor
whose suggestions f will always hold sacred,
to state explicitly, thai, if they, or either of
them, meant to insinuate that 1 made an Jn
trttthnal whrrfirtaentuilon, the insinuation
Is wantonly and absolutely fait.
C.KO. M'DUFFIE.
A publication In the National Intelligen
cer of the ll>?h.inst. over the signature <4
George M'Dutflc, has attracted my notices
and shall receive an answer, which would
h ive been more promptly furnished, but
that 1 was then associated in the affair with
another gentlemen and friend, whom I con
sidered it ?uy duty to consult, before 1 pro
? ceeded to act singly, and on my own respon
sibility. Having been iustly regatdful of
i th:?t dutv, I now proceed to state, that it is
i not my intention, upon this, or an/ other oc
casion, to engage in a newspaper controversy;
hut merely to make n remark or two, in rela
tion to the course which Mr. M'Unfile has
1 thought fit to pursue, and which, he seems
to belie\ e, wits necessary to the protection
| of hi* character.
The mls-st ttement of facts which he
made is acknowledged by him. Denial
would have added nothing to his justifica
tion.
He regrets exceedingly that Mr. Camp
bell rind my?elf, in correcting hi* erroneous
statement of the fact*, should have thought
it necessary, to make the allusion we did, to
the Vice President. And why so! Hecause,
he says, the Vice President, *? had no agen
cy in the production of the letter which had
proved so iffemwr, further than to suggest
the rra*ure of one or two sentences, and the
mitigation of the lan^iagc of |K'rhups as
many more." I certainly have no disposi
tion to rob Mr. Duffle of the credit of being
the author of tint letter; whiUt, nt the same
time, I r?wtive t'?at it was made out with
the knowledge and approbation, and under
the direct of the Vice President.
I, therefore, felt myself c died on to notice
it, with fu'.l authority to tiuiiie that gentle
man. Wh it part he nr.iy have taken in
drafting nnd preparing it, and how Tar the
rashness of tl<c avowed author may have
been brindled by his suggestions, arc mutters
about which 1 ieel the most cutiie indiffer
ence, nor arc tltey at ail material to my pur
pose.
But Mr M'Duflic add*, 111 should have
been more than willing myself to avoid any
controversy; and there is certainly nothing
in the substance of the> communication of
Gen. Metcalfe and Mr. Campbell, that 1
should have deemed it necessary to itotice in
this public manner, but for the terms in
whiclt they have characterised the error
which I committed." And again-^'Hhat tie
?vill not assume the responsibility of inter
preting our language, for fear he should do
injustice," tcc.
What, under such circumstances, shopld
have been Mr. M'DufAe's course, as a gen
tleman? Jt %vns the terms in which hii er
1 or was characterised to which he objects.
If those tefms were offensive to him, his re
medy, as a man of honor and bravery, was
obvious. If the language was so " equivo
cd" that lie could not ?? assume the respon
nihility" of interpretation, it was not less
plain. Its interpretation, or any honorable
satisfaction, if callcd for, would have been
jmtmptly furnished. He seems to have for
gotten, that, whiUt lis thinks he has laid
askic his own judgment in the construction of
the Iangu.ige used, and has acted on his
fe irs of what might he the construction of
others, he must necessarily l>econsidered as
viewiug thd language as offensive.
Opprobrious epithets are not the weapons
with which men of hon<* should settle their
controversies. I will not descend to them.
It is sufficient for ray purpose that Mr
M'DufTic considered himself as insnlted.
Otherwise, his replication was uncalled for;
and that, without demanding an explanation,
he Ivis, by his publication, attempted to re
deem himself from the influence of that sup
posed insult.
THOMA8MB FCALPE.
Siw.c putting the preceding account to
pre**, wc huve receive*! the sequel of this
dUpittc, which in substan;e >s a* follows:?
Mr. M'Duffie writes to Cicn. Metcalfe,
" <|m1 you mean to impute to me intentional
mikrcprencnttitW*!*" (ion. Metcalfe, re
plies, tliut if this question had Inreu put to
him before Mr. M'Duffle's lust letter, lie
would have nnewered it; under existing cir
cutnstiuices he must decline giving any rjj
swer.
Mr. M'Duffie therea^jnn sends* challenge
to (ion. Metcalfe to meet hire in tho mode
cu?t?mtary among gentlemen. To this Mr.
Jamra Clarke *s (inn. Metcalfe'* friend,
proposes a meeting with rifles to lie dischar
ged at each other by the parties on a signal}
with or without a rest, a* Mr. l>uftle may
rlioose. MhJ. Hamilton as Mr. M'Dufllv's
friend, object* to this mode of fighting, as
being unusual among gentlemen, and contra
ry to established practice.
Mr. Clarke oft the part of Gen. Mettalte,
?ays * i" welt known that Mr. Ml>ufle ha*
practiced with ptrtols and to ikHIU hi the
me of thontt while <*en. Mdtealfo never
fired a ptotm half a 4mm times In his Me,
also, that Mt. ktUtngtr to
u ? *t5
And here the alhirenfe
/Vom Colombia.?-Our Lagulra letter*,
which came to hand this morning, give a de
scription o? Bolivar's entiancd into Cafao
cus. , He arrived atamost important crisis
for the salvetlanof the country; as, in all pro
bability, the dcitiy of a few days would have
placed mattersbeyood the penttailve power
of his eloquence, or the acknowledged skill
of his personal excrtiona ?
CuraccxLt 23d Jan. 1837.
??Bolivar entered his native city on the
10th Inst amidst the shouts and acclamations
of a truly rejoiced populace. The foreigners
assembled, unanimously, in the Plasa, at tro
o'clock In the mornhng, with the flag efcach
nation) from thence we proceeded a short
distance beyond Antimino, where we mst his
Excellency, ami returned to town with him*
Our flags made a considerable display. The
American flag was beautiful. I am only as
tonished that some of us were not killed, for
we rode with great Ihry over that horrible
rood, and such was the tremendous tfondof
dust that we could not see the mod, nor in
what way to direct our horses. lie stopped
a short time at Antimino, where those gen
tlemen having the flage waited on him. and
Mr, MuChtta delivered a short address la the
name of the foreigners, to which his Excel
lency replied in such flattering terms, ex
pressing his high sense of feeling towards us
tor the attention we had paid, as to compen
sate us most amply for the fatigue and dsn
eer wc had undergone, end were still to un
dergo, before we reached the town. There
were not less than one thousand persons on
horse back, and on that narrow and broken
road, you may naturally suppose we were In
a considerable confusion. The second day
after his arrival, the Americans waited on
him at his house. We were presented to
him individually, by Dr. Litchfield, lie re
ceived us with great cordiality, though with
much seriousness, offering to esch his hand,
with an easy and graceful air which is al
ways his custom. Litchfield delivered a short
though huiulsomo address, in the nsmc of
the Americans) and, at the conclusion pre
sented his Excellency with a beautiful Ame
rican flag, made of iattin, with gold stars.
"You Know that I am a warm, a xcalous,
or, if you please, hot-headed American and
1'atriot, and when Bolivar received this flag
and liegan to pour out his encomiums upou
the American diameter, and his warm ad
miration of our immortal Washington. I
confess I could scarcely contain myself. 1
felt all that pmud independence ot a true
born Yankee rise within me, amFfeould atfhc
moment have laid down my life eve^kt de
fence of Colombian liberty, lie said, in an
swer, this wot the fir.l standard raised in A
merica against European monarchy. It was
the first to declare for independence, and
under its stripe* and stars the People of the
United States obtained the object of their
wishes; that he should preserve It among
those relics ot Washington with which he
had hud the honor of being presented, and
should always regard it as the leading star to
greatness. independence, and national, hnu
piness. He said that the example of Wash
ington." as fsr as circumstances would admit
of/ had always, and would ttlll continue to
guide hiin in his political career?that, if
man could be more than mortal, it was supe
riority Invested alone in Washincton. 1
cannot recollect half the pretty things he
said, but I believe all which be saitf was
iincere, for he was somewhat agitated while
speaking, a thing very unusual with him."
COMMODORE POUTER.
We learn from C^pttin Doane, of the Re
venue Cutter Marion, who arrived here yes
terday, in three day* from Key West, that
the position taken by Commodore Porter, at
.Key Went, is as much a nutter of choice, as
it has been tuujMMcd to be of necessity. On ,
the 13th nf Feb. the Commodore put to sea i
with his whole Squadron, consisting of
The Frigate Libcrtad, of 40 guns, 1st Lieut.
David H. Porter, captain,
Brig Victoria, of 20 guns, 1st Lieut. Jim Ma
ria, Machin, captain,
Brig Hravtyaf 1? guns, 1st Lieut Wm. A.
WvseVptain,
And ttie Schooner Herman, of 5 guns, 1st
Licit, Juan Nnnet, captain.
The Squadron had to beat out sgainst a
strong wind and tide, to croes the reef and
reach the enemy, and after succeeding in
coming within Ave miles of him, he set all
sail and wax soon outof sight?Might com
ing on, and the passage of the reef being dif
ficult in the darx, the Squadron returned to |
its former anchorage. So much for capture
and blockade. The apprehensions of the
friertds of our gallant countrymen, for his sit
uation, will be somewhat removed by the
perusal of the annexed letters, and by toe
statement of prises taken by his Sqradron,
from which it appears that he has been high
ly successful in nits enterprises.
Mm of Prtzc*?Brigs Hercules GadKana,
nnd Nuestra fitcnora del Carmen schooners
Dichosa, Carmen, Matilda, Buen Viage, and
Monteneia.
We.are also Indebted to Cant Doanr, for
the following statement, furnisned hy a gen
tleman at Key West; ' *1
"It hat been stated in the papers that the
American ship canton, wat boarded by the
Commodore's Frigate the Lihertad. Tills Is
not the fact?The Canton was in comj>any
with the Hercnles Gaditino at the time she
was captured, and the Ant knowledge the
Commodore had of the Cspt*in being on
board, was when he presented hiihself to the
Commodore, in the Cabin of the Llbettnd,
where he had come voluntarily, bringing
with him his letter Bog, for the Commo
dore's examination, which he (tho Commo
dore) declined."
To his Excellency, the Commander inCbief
of the Naval totrcaoff'the Island <4 Cuba
, Mexlran Frigalt J.lhrrtad,
* Key We* Fe&.ith 1837.
Most Excellent Sir?On tho 3d of January
I had tfce l.annr of addre?flng to his Excel
lency the Caatain Uvueral and fGovernor of
|4?rUbMH? letter ef which the
ar, ZiTmvuUctt
.fMvxffTc!
fattk, If Mich a number should bo hi
er, or to liberal them provided you
,e your word to do the fame if tho
, war should fumWi your Excellen
cy wkh the opportunity.
Be pleated to accept the assurances of my
Uch mmcM and consideration,Ste.
fT : DAV|D PORTER,
M/m Commander la ?hief at the Squadron
i , of tl?c United States of Mexico.
iJBl tou5i$^.?r "*** totter
ictrtu to a tneaoovctj ? | jVv
To hie Excellency, Don fawdaco Dioniilo
of
HFT
jKT
lllost Excellent Sir?
Inform your' Excellent
duy set at Liberty the Mi
3* Hearten comparing the c
lt.h Morchent Bite the Hi 1?
with 5 ecclesiastics who were passengers Iu
?M Iftftirty tixlndlyUoaU.
purpose
wv viii? nvu iiviii ib? una |>crsuatioi) tint
your ExoeUency will not fidl to release an e
qual number of Mexican or Columbian pris
oners, or that If you have not this number at
prevent in your power, that you will do an
whenever the fortune of war sluril aflbrd you
the opportunity* Governed by theae prin
ciplc I alto transmit to your Excellency the
letters which Were found on board the Her
cules Gaditino, that your Excellency may
cause them to be delivered to the individuals
to whom they are severally addreued as no
advantage will result to the Mexican Gov
ernment from tttelr detention, at they do not
treat ot political matters, but are purely ?f a
friendly and private character.. On board
the Squadron under my command, I still de
tain as prisoners, the Master, Mate, and six
teen persons belonging t6th* Spanish Schoo
ner Montrocxs, which 1 have captured and
which proved to lie a slave trader as scar
go of slaves had been landed from heron the
ceostofCuba Immediately proceeding her
capture. As no advantage wouhl remit to
the Government of Mexico by liberating
them, I doubt wether I can wltn propriety
do so, unless I previously receive from your
Exccllcucy. a positive security that they will
not be permitted to return to re-engage in
the traffic. If therefore, year Excellency
has an equal number of Mexican or Colum
bia prisoners to liberate in exchange, I will
has an equal number of Mexican or Co\i
bia prisoners to liberate in exchange, I
place them at the disposal of yourExcellen
cy, to l>e dealt with agreeably to your judg
ment: but It this offer should not be accepted
I deem it as muchthcduty Iowetothe Mex
ican Government, aato humanity, to send
them to Vera Crus, thereto wait the justice
and determination of my Government. The
passage of the prisoners of the Hkrcalas Ua
ditano wlH be paid by me) and! trust that
you will reciprocate by paying for
sage of the Columbian or Mexican..
that you may send tokthis port. Any com*
municatlon that you may be pleased to lion
you will rceip rocate by paying for the pas
sage of the Columbian or Mexieanprlsoners
that you may send to.this port. Any com*
municatlon that vou may be pleased1
or me with will find me at this place.
I pray you to accept the1 assumnce of my
high respect and consideration, tic.
DAVID PORTER,
Commander in Chief of the Squadron
of the United States of Mexico,
CKMKRALOItDF.n.
The 22d of this month being (He anniver
sary of the great founder of liberty, in this
hemisphere, and fiora respect to his memo
ry, as well hsto his uatlort whose, hospitality
we now enjoy, it becomes oar duty to pay the
accustomed honorson the occasion. There
fore, every vessel under my command* will
at the usual hour, hoist in addition to the
-
31 {runs, beglnlng after the fin* gun from the
Libertad. Gsd and liberty.
DAVID PORTER,
Commander in Chief of th% 8quadrcu
of the United States of Mexico.
Mexican Frigate JMertad,
Key Wnt Feb, 20th 1837.
Charleston Cm Qaxttr.
letter from Watting ton &e.
People at a distance may wish to know
how affair* are carried en at this placet let
them know then, that the whole Vflbciivc
power of the federal government reside* Ht
present in threemen, John Q. Adams, 11kn?
ar Clat and Damikl W Entrant the Jim
of whom has been stigmatised by the serewJ
I as an apoetatefoderMMttrthe attend has been
described by the Art as a reneerade repnb
lieant and the third is admittedby both the
I others, and known by every body, to be a
Hartford conventions. These three men
who are called the CoAMTlOV, govern the
Union) and their parts are thus east: Mr.
Adams writes newspaper essays, composes
messages for congress, and gives official din
ners} Mr. Clny governs the press and the
elections, and Mr. Webster manages the H.
of K. Of this modern triumvirate Mr. Ad
ams, though occupying the first place, is the
least efficient man of the three. His elatxw
rated newspaper eseays, with their trope*
and figuererfnd mialcal sentences, signify
nothing against the pointed| powetfbl nnd
animated pieces which flow from the oppo
sition presses. Hb messages# contracting
half their bright* have shrank Into unpre
tending papers, since his vain atptmptflo il
luminate the sfcies and crush the mtmfttf a"4
his d.nner*, the' rich and l?kitrta?s? are de
prived of the charm of seduction bythe eti
quette and mechanism with which they are
conducted. Thcsrrvw/maulnthelUtUiho
master ?|>ls it of three. II
hundred presses) and with the^e
the patronage of office, and
, he Piles the ele?itlMM lit most
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