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April 27, 1821 To the Editors of the Georgia Journal Gentlemen The excitement of which had been produced in the public mind, as well by the publications of Governor Clark, as by his secret intrigues and misrepresentations; and the sycophantic hue and cry raised by some of his minions, with regard to my conduct in the case of the Africans, would have justified, nay called for, the publication of the evidence in my possession on that subject long since; but, the President of the U. States having taken cognizance of the case, with a view, as I then understood, to a fair and full investigation, delicacy on my part forbade the exposure of the evidence until a decision should be made. Having a short time since received the opinion & decision of the President, a copy of which, it appears, had been furnished to the Governor, who with a view, as he says, to prevent any misunderstanding, (a very laudible, and no doubt the true motive as well of himself, as those with whom he was in correspondence on the subject) has published that opinion