Western Carolinian

              western carolinian ol iv salisbury n c tuesday june 1 1824 no 208 abundance 13ut there is surely enough virtue and good sense among mankind to duly appreciate the mag nitude of this evil and firmness enough rcbtlshed byphilo white p of the laws of the united states opens a free intercourse to and defence for the lower country is acquired : in a political point of view its benefits are in should the district be divided as contem plated and general coffee appointed surveyor it will leave open the appoint ment of receiver of public monies here tofore promised to the general which vacancy i warmly recommend to be filled by lieut gadsden who owing to the late indeed i might say present delicate state of his health is desirous of resign ing his appointment in the army in this as in all my recommendations i have the public good in view from the acquirements of lieut gads den the army will sustain a great loss by the withdrawal of his services from it ; but by retiring at present and avoiding the insalubrious climates where his duty as an officer calls him his health may be restored and his life preserved for the benefit of his country at some future pe riod there are few young men in the army or elsewhere possessing his mer it ; his education is ofthe best kind and his mind is richly stored with tbe most useful sort of knowledge ; he should therefore be fostered as capable at some future day of becoming one of his coun try's most useful and valuable citizens lieut gadsden's situation requires some office the profits of which will yield him a competency while preparing himself for some professional pursuit ; this office will afford it these are the reasons that induce me so warmly to recommend him i hope should the events alluded to oc cur he will receive the appointment being deeply impressed with the im portance of another subject which relates to yourself as well as the government i hope i may be permitted once more to obtrude my opinions in filling the va cancy occasioned by the transfer of mr crawford from the war office to the treasury it is of the highest moment that some proper and fit person should be se lected thr raleigh caucus fnomt the carolina 0bserveh mr bingham : your correspondent of the 15th april has certainly committed a mistake in assuming the signiture to his piece instead of thc rights of man lie must have intended to put " the rights of caucus in the course of my few ob servations i shall keep in mind his pro per name he has fallen into yet another mistake he says there is no difference between the nightly caucus held by cer tain members of the last assembly and the late public meetings ofthe people at salisbury raleigh and lincolnton i cart only account for this obtih eness of his op tics on the reason of the old maxim " none are so blind as those who will not see to minds not obscured by prejudi ces there is a very striking difference be tween the raleigh caucus and any pub lic meeting of the people i will just note a few ofthe particulars in which ihey dif fer 1 . the raleigh caucus was held by members of the assembly who were sent to raleigh to legislate not to make a president the meetings of the people were held by all classes of citizens to whom the constitution gives a right to assemble together and to whom belongs the privi lege of chusing president 2 the cau cus was held on invitation only to the partizans of wm h crawford and all other persons were there excluded the meetings ofthe people were free to all and were more or less attended by the friends of fall the candidates and by all classes of citizens 3 the raleigh cau cus was held after night — " 1 hey chose darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil the meetings of the people were held in daylight when all might attend and see what was going on 4 i he caucus met to dictate a ticket to the people and to force wm ii craw ford on them as president the people met to resist that dictation and to form a ticket for themselves calculable we will now have good roads kept up and supplied by the indus try of our own citizens and our frontier defended by a strong population the sooner therefore that this country can be brought into market the better by divi ding this country into two districts by a line drawn due east from the mouth of the blackwarrior to the coosa river ; and appointing an enterprising individual to superintend the northern district as sur veyor he can have all the lands north of the line ready for sale by the first of june next the vast capital now held up for the purchase of this land if offered for sale before the holders turn it toother ob jects will insure the treasury an im mense sum of money and give to the government a permanent population ca pable of defending that frontier which ought to induce the government to pre pare it for market as early as possible having learnt from general david merriweather that mr crawford is about to retire from the department of war i am induced as a friend to you and the government to bring lo your notice as a fit character to fill that office col will iam h drayton late of the army of the united states the terms of the western carolinian will er eafter be as follows : three dollars a year jvable in advance tfo paper discontinued except at the option the editor until all arrearages are paid idvertisementa will be inserted at fifty cents e ' r square for the first insertion and twenty-five ,, lt s for each subsequent one 11 letters addressed to the editor must de , s t.paid or they will not be attended to to apply the proper remedy let the face of every good man be turned from the wretch who delights to breath a foul atmosphere let the slanderer be proscribed — let him be treated like a thief or him who is guilty of homi cide such a course as this might bring about a reformation and add many valuable members to society ; and also be the means of retaining many persons in the possession and en joyment of their wealth and their char acters foil the western cabou.mas e hermit no iii d name in man or woman ie immortal jewel of their souls ; j steals my purse steals trash ; something nothing it was mine tis his has been slave to thousands : he that filches from me my good name is me of that which not enriches him ! makes me poor indeed in the course of human affairs even almighty truth itself under a few pe culiar circumstances should not be promulgated to the world i would not by any means have a person to tell a lie ; but would advise him rather to not speak at all than to wound the feelings and reputation of a fellow man this course will be pursued by all those whose natural sympathies are not blotted out or whose " streams of benevolence are not froze up in their souls for the truth of these re marks i appeal to those who have ob served man and things and have not been walking through the world blind folded ere is perhaps no evil in the thnt will bear a comparison with r the fairest character known eliaksreare arth will receive a wound or r and decay by the fumes of the tenderer's breath and it is not a good reputation that the slan plunders from his fellow crea but he often casts him down the most elevated station in the 1 to the lowest depths of misery f woe 1 am not personally acquainted with col d but believing it of the utmost im portance that the office of secretary of war should be well filled i have for some time through every source that has presented been making inquiry on the subject from information that i can rely on the result is that he is a man of nice principles of honor and honesty of military experience and pride — posses sing handsome talents as a lawyer and statesman many more things might be said in disapprobation of the slanderer but as i have already transcended the limits intended for this number i must bring it to a close any persons by the assistance of ds embark in merchandize and r speculations with a view to ? a decent support ; and according e necessary requirements of such actions their credits must occa illy be extended in order to make business more lucrative : and by r so some invidious competitor insidiously sound the alarm to ureti^s c and cause them to the strong arm of the law to op : the debtor and v/rest from him inly the amount of the deht but fice triple the amount — which include all his hard earnings for r years the miserable being harassed and thrown out of bu s whose property and reputation been taken from him is cast up le cold charities of the world aut any cheering prospects before and is thankful for any kind of lovment no matter how menial ake a miserable pittance to sup his miserable existence and i is not one case in ten that he eg.iin his good name and be re ted in a decent business me and indeed not a few who educed to this forlorn condition who see no prospects before them niserv resort to the use of ardent ts to drown their sorrow and inate their miserable existence there are on record instances of ns both male and female xvho committed suicide as a dernier t to get relief from want and the s and sneers of the world —^ 0mmh g gen jackson and mr monroe i am told before the war he was ranked with the federalists but the moment his country was threatened he abandoned private ease and a lucrative practice for the tented field such acts as these speak louder than words — " the tree is best known by its fruit ;" and such a man as this it matters not what he is called will always act like a true american whether he would accept the appoint ment i cannot say ; but if he would his talents experience and energy would prove highly useful to his country it is all-important in peace and in war as you well know to have this office well filled ; at present when there exists such strife in the army as appears in the north it is important to select a character of such firmness and energy as cannot be swayed from strict rule and justice from every information i have received col dray ton fills this character ; and is better qual ified to execute the duties ofthe depart ment of war than any other character i have any knowledge of either personally or irom information i write you confi dentially it is said here ******* is spoken of to succeed mr crawford rest asured this will not do — when i say this i wish you to understand me that he does not possess sufficient capacity stability or energy — the three necessary qualifications for a war officer these hints proceed from the purest motives that you may be supported in your admin istration by the best talents and virtue of our country that you may be hailed in your retirement from the executive chair with that unanimous approbation that has brought you to it present mrs j and myself respectful ly to your lady and family in which is in cluded mrs hay and except for yourself my warmest wishes for your happiness andrew jackson hon james monroe secretary of state your happiness and the nation's welfare materially depend upon the selections which are to be made to fill the heads of departments i need not tell you that feuds exist and have existed to an inju rious degree in the northern army to fill the department of war with a char acter who has taken a part in those feuds or whose feelings have been enlisted on the side of party will be adding fuel to the flame which for the good ofthe service already burns too fiercely this and other considerations induced me to enter on the inquiry for a character best calcu lated to fill the department ; it nas resul ted in the selection of col william drayton since my last to you in which this subject was then named gen rip ley has arrived here who heartily con curs with me in the opinion that col drayton is the best selection that can be made from thc national intelligencer washington citr mat 10 1824 these arc a few ofthe points in which the caucus differs from the meetings of the people i cannot flatter myself that " rights of caucus will be able to see them ; but i have no doubt the great bo dy of your readers will see and remember too messrs gales isf seaton : i send you for publication the letters which heretofore passed between mr monroe and gen jackson on the subject of forming his executive cabinet in 1817 mr mon roe's are authentic copies procured from nashville tennessee those of gener al jackson are the original letters them selves which some time since were pla ced in my possession by the president with authority to use them as i might think proper in any way not objected to by thc writer both those gentlemen have expressed a willingness that the en tire correspondence should be laid before the public ; accordingly and to gratify a desire which seems generally to prevail they are sent to you for publication it is matter of regret that private confiden tial letters breathing a freedom and care lessness of expression based on a mutu ally subsisting friendship and never in tended for the press should under any circumstances be drawn forth and exhib ited to the public view the necessity however which imposes their publica tion and of withdrawing the privacy un der which they were written will be as cribed to the proper caus and readily understood by those who have witnessed what has recently been said and written and printed respecting them very respectfully jno h eaton " rights of caucus says that the list i sent you does not contain the names of all the members who assisted in the noc turnal orgies at raleigh ; and he names several gentlemen who he says were there now sir i knovj that at least half of those he names were not there ; and i have just cause to believe that the others were not it is an easy matter for " rights of caucus to assert that such and such persons were there ; but let him have their authority for making the assertion if he would be credited in order to put him to the test i now assert and i here offer to wagerjhim any sum he chooses to specify that neither james graham james legrand john mccauley,nor nat gordon were in the caucus i could go on and name others but these are suffici ent at this time,io show whether " rights of caucus will back his assertions pardon me my dear sir for the follow ing remarks concerning the next presi dential term ; they are made with the sin cerity and freedom of a friend i cannot doubt they will be received with feelings similar to those which have impelled me to make them every thing depends on the selection of your ministry in every selection party and party feelings should be avoided now is the time to exter minate that monster called party spirit by selecting characters most conspicuous for their probity virtue capacity and firmness without any regard to party you will go far to if not entirely eradi cate those feelings which on former oc casions threw so many obstacles in the way of government ; and perhaps have the pleasure and honor of uniting a peo ple heretofore politically divided the chief magistrate of a great and powerful nation should never indulge party feel ings his conduct should be liberal and disinterested always bearing in mind that he acts for the whole and not a part of the community by this course you will exalt the national character and acquire for yourself a name as imperishable as monumental marble consult no party in your choice ; pursue the dictates of that unerring judgment which has so long and so often benefited our country and rendered conspicuous its rulers — these are the sentiments of a friend they are the feelings if i know my own heart of an undissembled patriot accept assurances of my sincere friend ship and believe me to be respectfully your obedient servant andrew jackson tbe hon james monrok i admit it is possible that a mistake of a few names may be found on either side ; for the caucus themselves kept no list in all caucuses held before or since the raleigh caucus one of the first things done was to take down the names of the persons attending ; and no doubt the ra leigh caucus would have done the same had not the smallness ofthe meeting de terred them from it they were ashamed to let the public see their number and thought by not putting their names down in black and white they could make be lieve that it was much greater either this was the reason for the omission or they were perhaps ashamed and afraid to send out their names to the people be it either it was such as the people's representatives should on all occasions es chew they should never engage in any transaction where they are either ashamed or afraid for their names to be taken down and made public a subscriber isfortunes of various kinds as as extravagances et cet do often re men to a state of indigence and ; yet back-biting or slander op ng even after the loss of property keeps the poor wretch fettered l to the earth who cannot by r exertion of mind and body el : himself above the valliesof mis head quarters division ot the south nashville 23d of october 1816 dear sir i returned from the nation n the 12th inst and seize the first mo ment from duty to write you i have the pleasure to inform you that we have obtained by cession from the cherokees and chickasaws all their claim south of the tennessee that interfered with the creek session we experienced much difficulty with the chickasaws from what they call their guarantee or charter given by presi dent washington in the year 1794 and recognized by tbe treaty with that nation in 1801 ; which not only guarantied the territory but bound the united states to prevent intrusion within the limits defi ned of every kind whatever in the treaty with the cherokees lately entered into at the city of washington the grea ter part of the land guarantied by the treaty of 1801 to the chickasaws was in cluded the fact is that both president washington and the present secretary of war must have been imposed on by false representations as neither the cher okees or chickasaws had any yght to the territory south of tennessee and inclu ded within the creek cessions as the tes timony recorded on our journal and for warded with the treaty will shew ; it be ing in the possession of the creeks until conquered by us in the fall of 1813 i feel happy that all these conflicting claims are accommodated by the late treaties and at a moderate premium payable in ten years ; andlthat extensive fertile coun try west of the county of madison and north of the tennessee which at onto private fashttlle nov 12tli 1816 snttpermit me to introduce to your lotice lieut gadsden who will hand lou this letter and who is also the bearer of the treaties lately concluded with the creeks chickasaws and cherokees in my last to you i took the liberty of drawing your attention to the benefits that would result both to the treasury of the united states and the defence of the lower mississippi and its dependencies by bringing into market those tracts of country lately acquired by the treaties above named i am so deeply impressed with the importance of this subject that i cannot forego the present opportunity of again bringing it to your view i have this moment wrote the comptroller on this highly interesting and important bu siness if the plan proposed is adopted the land can be brought into market with in a very short time which will immedi ately give to that section of our country a strong and permanent settlement of american citizens competent to its de fence should the government divide the purveyor's district as proposed and appoint general coffee surveyor of the northern his energy and industry will bring it into market in all june next of want and should he be sssd of talents of the first order natural and acquired and a char entirely free from the corrupt ices of the world yet his merits ailed demerits and his best in ins are viewed with an eye of cion . some poor deluded wretch hose characters have been assas new orleans it would almost appear incredible but yet it is stated that on the 6th ult there were in the above port 67 ships 128 brigs 52 schrs 11 sloops and 16 steam boats and with but few exceptions they were all busily engaged in either load ing or discharging this statement does not include the fat boats and arks ves sels of an immense size and built for temporary purposes of which description there are generally from 150 to 200 in port this gigantic and growing trade will before long place our younger sister at the very head of the union as a com mercial mart charleston cou d by the dark movements of the rer cannot account for the caus iich have taken from them their ation and their goods and con ntly are willing to attribute these misfortunes to the unalterable es of heaven instead of " slander se breath rides posting on the winds doth belie all corners of the world : fcr the want of room we are obliged here to divide this interesting correspondence : tlie balance which is of considerable length shall appear next week to hold the mirror up to nature — with in the last year the boards of health of the following cities have announced the number of deaths from drunkenness as fellows : s queens maids matrons the secrets ofthe grave this viperous enters suaksrkabe although this vice is so odious leful and the voice of censure a method of sheathing ships with leather instead of copper has been discov ered in new-york it is said that leath er answers a better purpose than copper or zink and is much cheaper new york philadelphia 43 34 25 en so often lifted against it yet plant of speedy growth and al every soil produces it in great baltimore charleston 14—116