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MR. EDWARDS. [We had prepared an article, for this number? in relation to the charges of Mr. Edwards, to- gethev with some extracts from the testimony giv- ,fin during the investigation, when the following fell in our way, which is so much in accordance with our own sentiments that we take the liberty of substituting them. It is; the duty of every man, who is in the least concerned in the affairs of the nation, to read and reflect for himself; especially when the character of a public officer is assailed. T h e a r t icle w h ich we now offer our readers, as worth their perusal, is taken from the National Gazette and Literary Register, of Philadelphia, — a paper almost entirely devoted to literature, and which never speaks of our political concerns hut with candour and mikines .— Ed I. Alohawk Suntincl. ] The National Intelligencer of Tuesday contains the examinations of several wilne.'-es concerning Mr. Edward’s declarations on the subject ot the authorship of the A. D. letters.— Me must confess that, supposing the witnesses to be entitled to full credit, Mr. Edwards makes a sorry figure in tins part of the investigation. Mr. Forsyth had put to him the question : 44 Have you not at another time, denied )onr being the author of the A. B. publications which you now avow ?” To this question he objected, and the committee decided that lie was not bound lo an swer it. it may he thought that a man, conscious of having never uttered the denial in a serious or interested manner, wmdd have replied without hesitation, and, indeed, availed hnnself eagerlv of the que.-tion to enter into explanation* which might clear him from the suspicion of wanton os designing falsehood. Junifi: Nth/e, of the senate, being sworn, depo sed that in a conversation with Mr. Edwards, the latter spontaneously pledged his honour to him that he was not (he author of the numbers signed A. Ik and did not know who the author was : and Mr. Noble deposed further that Mr. Edwards al so hold 1 hi- language to him— ” Crawford'and ! have had a little differ ence, hut 1 have always considered him a high- minded, honourable, and vigilant ofiicer ol the envcrrunent'; he ha* been abused about the we-d - < rn banks and the unavailable tends.; (leaning forward and eyteudmg out hn hand, he added) Now J— n it, } 0 u know we both live in state* where (bore are many poor debtors to the gov ernment for lands, together with a deranged cur* iencv. The note? on various brinks being dcprc elated, after the effect and operation of the war in that portion of the union, and the banks, by attempting to call in their paper, having exhaust ed their specie, the notes that were then in cir- t nlat ion became of little or no \aiue. Many men of influence in that country, said he, have united to induce the secretary of the treasury to select certain banks as banks of depositc, and to take the notes of cos tain banks in payment for public Sands. liad lie not done so (meaning Mr. C.) many of our inhabitants would have been turned our of doors and lost tl eir lands ; and the people of that country would have had an universal dis.’THt against Mr. Crawford : and I will venture to say. said Mr. Edwards, notwithstanding I am comidered hi* enemy, that no man in this govern- nio’d could have conducted the fiscal and finan- ekd concerns of the government with more inte grity. and propriety than Mr. Crawford did.” Mr. Noble was asked, on the part of Mr. Ed wards. if he (Mr. N.) could “ say positively whe ther the. denial did not relate to the plot instead o f the writings themselves under the signature of A. E and, whether, in speaking ofMr. Crawford, Mr. Edwards did not speak o f the original plan adopted by the secretary of the treasury for the relief of the people of the west. At to the first point, Mr. Noble replied, that he understood Mr. Edwards to have explicit reference to the num bers signed A. B. which appeared in the Wash ington Republican ; and as to the second point, that Mr. Edwards spoke of the conduct of the se- j cretar) of the treasury generally. j Mr. Jeremiah Elkins being sworn, deposed that j Mr. Edwards had observed to him, in his board- j ing bouse, that he was not the author of the A . B. j publications. J Mr. William TV. Seaton , one of the editors of j the National Intelligencer, deposed that, while S the nomination of Mr. Edwards as minister to . Mexico was pending, he (Mr. E.) called at the 1 office of the National Intelligencer and assured him (Mr. S.) in presence of Mr. Gales, that lie (Mr. E.) had nothing to do with the A. B. affair of the preceding session of congress. The fol lowing questions and answers occurred in the ex amination of this witness, 44 Q. Can you say distinctly, that, in that con versation, Mr. Edwards did not speak of an im puted plot: and, in saying he had nothing to do with it, that he did not refer to a plot, and not to the publications ? A. 1 do not distinctly recollect Gov. Edward’s language, except so far as that it left a strong im p r e s s ion on my m ind, that he d iscla im e d having any thing to do with the A. B. business. 1 le spoke of it generally, and 1 do not recollect that he made the distinction referred to in the ques tion now put. ff. iJo .Mr. Edveards. In saying, as you have done, that I intimated that 1 had nothing to do widi the A. B. affair, did you not consider me as rather alluding to any effects it might have upon you, than upon others A. Your object at the (ime appears to me to have been lo remove anv impression of vour en- * L v tertaining feelings of hostility to us, but the con current impression which you conveyed to my mi nd, was, that you were not the writer of the A. B. publications. Q . Was not this an inference of your own from the general scope of the conversation, rather than from any expressions of mine ? A. Your exact language I do not remember. I can only speak with certainty of its effect upon i tffrawwwnraaaMi T h u r s d a y , J u l y 15, 1821. We are under the necessity o f again request ing Lhos.cwho hold our Subscription lists , to make immediate return. It must be borne in ■mind that U N I O N C O L L E G E . The annual commencement of Union College will he held as usual, in the P r e s b y t e r i a n Church, o n W E D N E S DAY the 28lh Julv. Exercises to commence at 10 o’clock, A .M . ' ------ Y v u B e t a IvapYYA. The members o f the New-York Alpha of the Phi 11 eta Kappa Society, are notified, that the annual meeting- will be held in the Philosophic Ilall, on Tuesday the 27th of July, at 3 P. M. The anniversary address by the Rev. Dr. N oit - , will be delivered at 4 P. AI. in the Presbyterian church. JOEL'B. NOTT, Rec. Sec. Union College, June 29 th, 1824. Pi Beta Phi. Tun members of the Pi Beta Phi Society are hereby informed that Professor N o t t will deliver the Anniversary Address, in the Presbyterian church, in Schenectady, on Monday the 26th instant, at 7 o’clock P. M. IK P. JOSI.IN, (lor. Sec’y. Union College, July 6 th. 182-1. my mind, which is as 1 have stated. We thought | ^ie TERM S must in every case be complied with the denial clear, because that was the 44 good reason” spoken of in our paragraph, which we stated ourselves to be in possession of, for not be liev in g you to be the author.” A Mr. Charles H. XV. Wharton being sworn, his examination was as follows. \ Q. By Air. Forsyth. Have you ever had a conversation with Mr. Edwards about the au thorship of the A. B. publication ? If yes, relate It* A. Yes, I have had a conversation with him on that subject in December or January last, at his lodgings at iMrs. Queen’s. Mr. E. said that he was not the author of the A. B. plot that he did not know any thin;- about it. Q. in what maimer was this denial made, and in what words, so far as you can recollect ? A. The manner appeared to be solemn ; the expressions were — 4 He would be d— d if he knew any thing about that d— d A. B. plot.” Q. How came he to say any thing about the A. B. plot I A. 1 called upon Mr. Edwards for the purpose of procuring recommendation? to the different secretaries of the departments, with a view to ob tain for myself a clerkship. He stated that he was intimately acquainted with all of them, r-n.d could give letters to all of them except Mr .'rawford, and a letter to him woe id do n o good, lor, (to use his own expressions) that he and Mr. -.Yawford 44 did not set horse* together ; (hat ]\Jr .' ■rawford was under a belief that ho was the am liior ot the d d A. 13. plot, (he authorship of which he disavowed and he concluded by say ing that he considered Mr. Crawford a very cle ver and honourab! * man. B}j Air. Cook. Are you certain that Mr. Edwards, in speaking of an A. 13. plot, did not say that he. knew nothing of any plot I A. i have correctly stated the conversation as it occurred.” In the hypothesis that the witnesses have not misapprehended nor misrepresented Mr. Ed wards, it is to be collected from their testimony, .hat he was apprised or suspicious of an intended opposition (o his nomination, in the senate by the friends o f Air. Cranford, and was desirous of pro ducing among them, the impression that he en tertained no enmity to Mr. C. and particularly that lie was innocent of the A. B. publications, containing charges against the secretary. Con sidering what he had before, and has since, writ ten and published about Mr. Crawford, his de clarations in his favour to the witnesses bear a worse aspect than the denial of (lie A. B. author ship. On the whole, we think that unless Mr. Edwards can make it appear that the witnesses are undeserving of confidence, he cannot pass for a man of honour and veracity, and that, of course, those of his allegations about Mr. Crawford, NOTICE. A meeting of Line citizens of Schenectady is requested at the house of Albert A- Vetlder, on Friday, the 16th day of Julv inst. at 7 o’clock P. AL to take into consideration the prop -it-tv o f establish mg a Aleehunid’s Library. The mechanics of the eitv and its vicinity are particularly re quested lo attend. duly 15, 1824. W e publish the above at 'die request Of a •number of mechanics. Attempts of the same nature have heretofore boon made, which proved abortive. Our citizens have either conceived the insl'l ition of a Mechanic's Library as not called for, or impvacth-ab e. The humblest capacity can soon furnish arguments to disprove both of these ob jections, if they do in reality exist. If an object calculated to mend the morals and enlighten tlve minds of a class of society, who are from necessity exposed to innumerable temptations, and have not the s'ources of information at their disposal, is of no importance, then, indeed, may we sav that the above notice is unworthy the attention of our citizens. V e In.pe that those who have it in their power to further this laudable undertaking-, will make it their bu siness to attend. Bigamy, —Last w e e k two women, avowing- themselves the wives of one Isaac Groot, appeared before our police, to state their grievances. The husband did not deny hav ing* married both women,—the one about 27, the other about 8 years ago. lie was a silly fellow, and offered as a jn tification his enlistment as a soldier in the U . S. army previous to his second marriage. The justices however took the liberty of doubting- the validity of the plea, and our hero was accordingly committed, to enjoy the sweets of 44 single blessedness,” for his inconstancy,— an atone ment, which we think, he can very well afford. The Canal —In the first number of ibis paper a com munication appeared, signed 44 The People’s Friend,” which charged Air. Ring's with having* opposed the 44 half million.” which was added to the canal appropriation last £t 0 , jest, unseen, inscrutable, invisible . 7.9 a nose on a man’s face, or a weaihercoch on a sleepier* The sapient editor (or type-setter, as he very properly calls him self) of the Cabinet, says, the “ Mohawk Senti nel 3 s beneath his notice.” This suits us exactly, and we trust it will end the report put in circulation either by Mr. Rig-g-s or his friends, that the “ Mohawk Sentinel was a branch of the Cabinet.” Vilify and abuse as much as you please, Air. Riggs, only stop the report that we are of the same kidney with yourself. Seriously—that is right down billingsgate. Extracts from a letter to the Editor , dated Duancsbura-Ji, Schenectady Co. July 9th , 1824. “ I have not been inattentive to the political concerns of this county, although I have not taken what may be called an active part in them, I have viewed for a long time the inconsistencies of those who have been foremost in the contests between the two parties, and nave been at a loss to account how they pi eserved sufficient influ ence to e ect them to office. The republicans o f this town are beginning to open their eyes, and are determined no longer to support a doubtful politician. They consider it time to rally again as a party and to put down those who are endeavouring to creep into office, by following in the wake of every sect. They are determined that men shall either be for them or against them ; and they consider the establishment of your paper as one of the means of drawing the line. The truth is, the people of this county have suffm ed much from misrepresentation ; they have not had the opportunity of hearing at all times both sides of the questions which have agitated them. They have been under the influence of a venal press, which never vet took a fair and honourable stand, even in defence of its own false doctrines. Determined always to be in the opposi tion, its editor exhibits the imbecility o f second childhood, affrighted by the brayings of an ass. * * * * * * * 44 It is under these impressions that I have concluded to put my name to your subscription list, and to use my exertions in furthering the interests of the Mohawk Senti nel. Success to your labours.” .XT' The above is from a plain farmer and an intelligent man. AYc publish it to show the state of feeling which exis's among a large number of the republicans of this county, and which we believe will soon be substituted for the crude and unsettled notions which have been scattered ;n every quarter. The people will know and enjoy their rights, and their pretended friends might as well attempt to hush the wind or lash the waves, as to control the free dom of opinion, which they exercise. They will soon search out their real friends, and they will find them in those who w ere with the principles of our government at their conception, who have supported them during- the most trying tunes, and fought and bled in the field for their defence. There can, then, be no doubt but that these principles will l-emaln secure ;—they are too firmly seated in the affections of the people to be disturbed by the idle gale or the mock storm o f faction. T h e opposition might as well attempt to bear mount Atlas on its shoulders as to shake the democracy of this land. It is the giant Encela- dus, which will move its massy sides, though it be over whelmed under Etna. sustained by individuals. Whether this be true or not, we do not know, though the silence of Air. Riggs on the subject would go to prove that it was. If it be true (and tiie author of that communication says he stands ready to substantiate it) it is an inconsistency in the conduct of Mr. ll'ggs which we are unable to reconcile. Although he has sustained no damage whatever by the canal, he is among the loudest of the complainants. This, however, is easily accounted for ;—his political enmity to the canal commissioners, and not his care of private rights, has been From a London paper. which rest upon his mere assertion, must be set W t J ’ f°?thf exqwess purpose of satisfying the damages aside as of no weight. The facts found by the committee in their reports have a different basis. For ourselves, we would rem a r k that w e h a v e looked, in the investigations of the last and pre ceding session of congress, to the docim entsaud testimony, and not to the simple assertions o’* opinions of any individual. Of Mr. Edwards personally we entertained an opinion much more favourable than that which we now hold. tYe do not credit the motives assigned for his resig- the motive which induced him to Rlify them, nation as minister to Mexico. \\ fiffc upon this subject we cannot avoid making a few remarks, in relation to the murmurs of those of our citi zens who have really suffered by the operations of the ca nal commissioners. We believe with them, that the state A [IoRRlBLE M u r d e r e r . The Brussels Oracle has no right to appropriate private property for the pub- contains the following account ot a murderer, lie use, without previously giving compensation to the. who was executed on the lltll of April, at Gro- owners. We believe it unconstitutional, and an infringe- ningen : 44 The criminal, John Quint, although ment of individual right, which can in no case be justified, hardly thirty years of age, was a monster in crime. But then it is nothing but idle declamation to say that the Soon after he entered the army, he deserted, and canal commissioners have not acted with good faith—for was apprehended : deserted a second time, and the best interests of the state, and according lo the letter - - - - of the law which created them. They have had no pri vate interest to gratify : the course which they have pur sued from the very commencement of their labours, proves this most incontestably. If they had had any other than the public good in view, they would not have provoked the clamours of those whose property lias been used, but would have applied all the authority and means in their power to satisfy them. They are the public servants, and as they should be, are tied down by the proi isions o f our sta tute book. Engaged in a great and arduous undertaking, and upon the success of which not only their own characters but that of the state, were at stake, they have surmount ed everv obstruction, and can now challenge the world again escaped. On his second apprehension, he was condemned to three years hard labour. He soon, however, escaped, and took lodgings in the house of a widow* at Noorhern, which he quitted very shortly, after having robbed the widow of every thing she possessed, and thrown her into a sewer, where she perished. On his arrival at Uitwierda, a province of Groningen, he robbed the house in which he lodged, and escaped to Riethoven, where he took up his residence with a peasant. He one day sent this peasant out with a letter, and in his absence, drew the wife to a Well, Under the pielence that lie liad b\ ac- prochice a more splend cl example of the enterprise of cident dropped a saucepan into it, and watching man ana the giant strides which he may take, if he will, his opportunity, threw her in ; lie then returned in the accomplishment of his purposes, to the house, and robbed it of every thing porta* Rrom what source could the injured expect redress ?—- bio ; this wTas on the 30th of January, 1 8 2 8 . On Will they ask it from the pockets o f the canal commission- thc 1 1th of the tallowing month, he introduced ers ? Certainly not. From the public fund, without kgis- himself into the house of an inhabitant of Some- lntive provisions ? Certainly not. W ho then is to blame : ron, who resided with his daughter, and having Your legislators, who have appropriated private property, con!rived to procure the tem p o r a r y a b s e n c e of without g i v i n g immediate redress. The damages sustain - llie old m a o , h e killed t h e daughter, W i t h a h a t c h - j ed will be paid to a farthing, anil a lib e r a l a l l o w a n c e b e et, robbed the house, and tied. In the beginning j made for the delay in the payment. Tlu-ie will be no of Septem. 18 2 3 , he was arrested at Hanover, j cause for complaint, and we trust the efficient agents of and delivered over to the authorities of Gronin- 1 th'smighiv work will soon receive, in this community, the gen. He heard his sentence pronounced with the greatest pang fro id ; but his conscience be ing awakened as to the future, he turned Roman catholic, and marched to the scaffold, accompa nied by a priest, and praying as if from a book, although he knew not how to read. This mon ster died with all the obduracy of a consummate villain. reward of their labours—the gratitude of the people. It will be a stain upon the character o f the state, and detract from the merit of the undertaking*, to have it' said bv fu ture generations, that however mighty and praiseworthy, it was accomplished at the expense of p m a t e right. Alore than this. It will be an evidence to what extent party spirit can carry its destructive influence to lessen the ho nour of a people, and blight the reputation of the public servant 44 Crocodile .”— This is a term which Air. Southwick has seen fit to apply to our paper. W e very much doubt its applicability ; and inasmuch as the 44 crocodile” is an am phibious animal, we think the tables might easily be turn ed upon the able editor. This use of terms refers us to some very excellent remarks contained in Foster’s Es says. A Ye shall quote them at large, for the benefit of those who are wont to describe characters by a single stroke of their pen. In polities, Jacobinism has, of late years, been the brand by which all sentiments alluding to the principles of liber ty, in a way that could be taken to censure the measures of the ascendant party in the state, have been consigned to execration. What a quantity of noisy zeal would have been quashed in dead silence, i f it had been possible to enforce the substitution of statements and definitions for this unmeaning*, vulgar, but most efficacious term of re proach. What a number of persons have vented the su- per-abundance o f their fidelity, or their rancour, by means of this and two or three similar words, who, if by some sudden lapse of memory they had lost these two or three words, and a few names of persons, would have looked round with an idiotic vacancy, totally at a loss what was the subject of their anger or their approbation. One may here catch a glimpse of the policy of men of a superior class, in employing these terms as much as the vulgar, in order to keep them in active currency. If a rude popu lace, whose understandings they despise, and do not wish to improve, could not be excited and k ept up to loyal ani mosity, but by means of a clear comprehension, of what they were to oppose, and why, a political party would have but feeble hold on popular zeal, and might vociferate, and intrigue, and fret itself to nothing. But if a single word can be made the symbol o f all that is absurd and ex ecrable, so that the very sound of it shall irritate the pas sions of this ignorant and scorned multitude, as dogs have been taught to bark at the name o f a neighbouringtyrant, it is a commodious thing for managing these passions to serve the interests of those who despise, while they flatter their duped auxiliaries. The popular passions are the imps and demons of the political conjuror, and he can raise them, as other conjurers affect to do theirs, by terms- of gibberish. Parlurhint monies ; nascetur ridicvhis mn§. Iloii. Biggs is in labour, and has brought forth a.printing-press J Reader, have you seen the la«t “ Schenectady Cabi. net,” edited by that 44 child of nature,” Isaac Riggs ?— Have you seen tiie mighty production headed by that ap propriate emblem of its author’s brain, a press ?* and has not your eyes been dazzled by 4 the rays of light’ which emit from it, by the muscular ixertion of this modern Vulcan ?— It is indeed a literary curiosity, and we defy you to pro duce, from among the collections in the cabinet, one sin gle specimen of equal value. It is a beautiful picture, and worthy of being* superscribed in the same language with which Zeuxis, a famous Athenian painter, in all the pride of vanity, distinguished one of the favourite produc tions of his pencil. *£ Invisurus, aliquis facilius quam, imitafarus.'’ 44 Sooner envied, than equalled.” * Growd, tumult, throng.—AYauuni. La Payette .— The principal cities in the U. States arc making preparations for the arrival of this early and fast friend of civil liberty. At New-York he is to be received as the “ Guest of the Nation,” and we believe that every village and hamlet through which he may pass will ex. tend die hand of welcome. He was to leave Fiance the 1 st of this month. A n e w treaty has been concluded between France and Spain—the army of occupation is to remain in bpain till Jammrv, 1 8 -A ’
