Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-04-10

! doubtless, somewhat bold in IFS character
but believing that in an affair with YOU il
was only necessary 10 have right On ones
side, in order 10 oh.in appreciation, had
no other care in lis composition, than 70 =.
void every thing, personally Offensive, a.
lar as the truth, and fair. discussion CT he
subject would permit; and still rest Der.
suaded, ;hat ia" fact corresponds with nv
intention, Ii is true tina; spoke Of yop
and treated you. as a MAN, Without lie pe,.
ty qualifications of common usage because
in addressing yon, they were then conside.
Fed as SO many diminuiives; but am now
to apprehend that universal success and
pIause lave somewhat spoiled Won; and
that shall ultimately be obliged 10 ia! il.
10 the common place habit, observed in
respect TO common place people, and con-
slider you as nothing more than gentle.
man.
Permit me 10 request thins have
right to demand--a sight OF the orismG!
anonymous letter which has given rise 10
this discussion. If mistake not ,ycur cor,
respondent is greater parsonage than you
perhaps, imagine-nay so h Oh, that he has
once essayed to sit himself above the high
est in our political sphere. The letter shall
be returned as soon as the hand is compa.
red with that Of certain agent of The Der.
sopsge alluded to.
cannot close this letter without express
sing belief, that on the turn Of your
wonted magnanimity, shall be requested
to burn the one Which has elected it, by
way of apology for the injury it does me.
Accordingly, it has been seen, as yet, bu,
by one individual (of my staff and shall be
held ia reserve, until certain time has e.
Iapsed-a;tending that just expectation
In the mean time, shall have the hono.lo
remain, sir,
Very respectfully,
Your most obedient servant.
(Signed) w. SCOTT.
To Major General .9ndres, Jackson. y
No reply has ever been given to the fore.
going, and of course Gen. Scott has never
seen the original Anonymous letter. His
suspicious and the whole correspondence
were fully communicated, in January, 1873,
to particular friend Of Gov. Clinton, who
was perfectly liberty to give notice there
OF to that parsonage. Whether be did 50
or not, General Scott is not informed. A
copy OF the correspondence itself would
have been sent to Mr.. Clinton, but for the
prohibatiory regulations above cited, and
which came out before general Jackson had
time TO reply to IL; letter, if he had been
so disposed. General Scott, until bis oppo-
nent had set him the example "a precedent
not disapproved by the war Department.
suppose that the first sentence Of the re-
gulation Gall publications." &C. inter-
dicted manuscript copies as well as others.
Until then distinction OF this sort appear
ed to him absurd; for how easy would be
for any Of the numerous persons to whom
Gen. Jackson has delivered copies, or "a
Their parts OF CORRESPONDENCE, to print them!
The moment they passed out of his hard;
they ceased to be under his controul.
After all, it is possible that the suspicious
above expressed are unjust, as it respects
one individual; although there is not room
to doubt, that the anonymous letter was
written TO serve the views OF Mr.. Clinton,
and that those views have been effected, a;
least so far as they respect General JacN.
son. Should General Scott ever discover
or find cause 10 believe, that Mr.. Clinton
neither wrote nor dictated the Anonymous
letter, there is no apology which one gen
tleman may prescribe to another, that shall
not be promptly and cheerfully rendered.
And here, General Scott must, in can
dor, state, that sometime during the sum
mer or fall of 1918, when threat of Gene
raj Jackson's THAT he meant to visit New
YORK for the purpose of "callng ou.." Gen.
Scots-fublished in Georgia paper, on
information derived, as was said, from an
officer direct from Florids) was mentioned
in the hearing OF Mr.. Clinton, the latterre-
plied-"General Jackson would have e
nough to do if he undertook to fight every
body who thinks with Genera! Scott on the
subject OF the famous rder,"-intimalIHs
thereby, that he (Mr. CIinton) was stiion'
of those persons. General SCOTS IntoI'
mant, who had previously heard Of the su:'