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gtfnient to-day.We rvgrrt to icc in the Mobile print* n cnmimia'iun ofth® minrk made on the ndlebl charaet. r ami conduct of the Hun. ! ilium Cin« fun!, in irtniiuu In lilt* luir rlccliun fnr Qoi rnurpnd )trprr*emativr to CnngrvM. Wi hud thought thuta .(in. i. licv lu«l hii'li huiJ in iJ... • c-l-- -I, .1,1 • • iM'URlt in ••Mtiicniic that gyiiili iiiiiii rroiu tin miliuii of hnviitR cxvciw d an undue hillu« nee over tin voter*uf \V«»hhigtoli i* aiuy, nr ofhaving tlrppcd out of the lim ^hia.oflU'ml tlutii *. Xeitln r fid hi , imr do we now, *uppntithe Co fv rnMl A«*rm the anpanic a littleor tulirvi ill it ilic lit * nt loll of the name of the llwinr of ,Public Money* in the Southern Advocate. »a* made with any view of di farog meiit nrof iiiipllcatilit; that gentleman in (he iratnuictiiai. filrihirihan n hail become nee* •*iiry lodo mi in miking n oatenn lit of the ruse ; and w «• coioidcrrd the introduction of h* name .imply u» n pari of the rn gcittte, witlioul which n could not properly be «ct forth.A* we f.-el no invidioii* di’»ire of depreciating |lie merit* of those who, by liufg aud arduou* application, have gained a name among ui u* high and honorable men, but nn.incti-nation ruiher of •|i«u»ining them and of warding oil' ihe effort* of impmvokid attack, we lake a plrAMireiu laying be-Ciire th* public tli«- following ducaiinnm, which we deem conclusive, and I'uiiflrniatury of the #iaicineni» made by the idiiori f the Southern Advocate.Hr Sii i’iiEvs, Nov. 5, 11*31.Sir: In answer to your letter of this date, I shall 8l,ito lint Samuel Hitchcock, Esq., asked von in my prtseucc, IT lie (being a resident id' Mobile county I Imd the privilege of voting in tli it, lor (I o-vernor lt;ind liieinber of Congress; to whieli you replied you did not conceive lie Imd; mid obscrv-e«l llirt you had repeatedly before, given the same opinim. I thereupon re.id in the nru*cnco ol Mr Hitchcock, (he fifth section of tin bird article of the CoiiHliluiion of the Suite, touching the qualifications of eh-cior-, which appeared decisive of the question. .Mr Hitchcock retired apparently sutislied.nnddid not during the election.present himself toeluinithe rights of Hiifhnge; nor did any person (resident of another county) present himself'before the Judges,mid claim the right of Voting ns such : of course, the question relative to the l ight of such persons was not again ruined or diacuaaud, either by you, sir. or any other person,The circulars of Mr Lewis, contains his answer to the question, what would have been his vote on the final question, ch the lull to repeal the 2.»th section of the Judiciary act,” had arrived hi Hi Stephensmini il uf iblt; pri«ril rniiiil mrc h ih f« inheardMiinucited t It h an Hgi tcllige prr*oimotinIII’ ill!the lie lion i* 11 ni lea i 11111*1 l A- tillter, il Inn f lt;Therni-ril m I Spaid •lt;nt bun isl to l venalwon aone w which lien-,for it thi* d »nry t and liClpll’-«p cu For n con whirlhave
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Tuscaloosa Alabama State Intelligencer
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, US
Thu, Dec 22, 1831
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Elizabeth C.
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