Mr Cra,Jord to Mr CalAoun.
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Wo0DLAwN, Oct. 2. 1880. | SIR-Since the adjournment of Congress, copy Of letter from you to the President containing eit ven sheets, has been placed in my hands, Tie oh- Ject of thls abored essay is to prove tLat Il state ment contained in letter from me to fine Enn John Forsyth of the Senate of the United States s incorrect If there is evidence but that which is contained in that essay l should not be afud of convincing every rational and unpreudiced mird. that the statement to Mir Forsyth is essentially cor rect.

 In the brief comment which intend to make m. on your essay Of eleven sheets, propose to avoid the example you have set ne in ihIee things. viz shall not begin by deprecating the official d. niiy and weight Of character of the prison 1 add less. when meet with fact thal 1 cannot f!ankly and distinctly deny will not attempt to prove negative by argument; and shall not falsely and hypocriti caly profess forbeaIance which do not feel.

 snail irst notice your observations upon the dis closures ot the secrets of tie Cabinet, which you say Is the hrst that occurred at least in this country Do you really believe this assertion, Mir Caliounl How did the written opinions of Messrs Jefferson and Hamilton, the first bank bill ever see the light How were the facts and circumstances which preceded and accompanied the removal of Edmund Randolph from the State Department. by ten. w ashngtOn, disclosed and made know n to tle public If your assertion be tue, those facts and circumstances would, at this moment be buried in Egyptian darkness While Cabinet is in exis- tehce and its usefulness liable to he inquired reason and comrhon sense point out tie ploTriety of keep

 ing it's proceedings seciet. But after the Cabnr, no longer exists wltn s useli.lnes. cannot be in,ru,. ed by disclosures of its proceedings neter ieasan. cOnimon sensc nor patriotism. requires tha; ,Lose proceedings should be shrond. d in in,reretable darkness. The acs of suci, u Cabinet become Lis- tory, and the nation has the same right to kno,v ledge of them, that has to any other historical fact