Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-10-19
HERO OF NEW-ORIEANS.
CONCLUDED.

lcoNcLUDED.
This charge against General jackson orin,
mated IN the whispers of the rcdoubtable Col
OF the seth. and was satisfactorily and complete
~ rciuted in his memorial To the Senate. in ill.,.
fall OF f8l9-Scc that and the documents ar
pended.
In page 90, Mr.. Benton has again br-,,rI.
forward the charge against the General. i'm re-
lation To a CONVERSATION of a salt lick containca
IN the Treaty with the Cmckasaws in 1916.
which was sad 10 he very valuable. This mat
ter was once fully Investigated by the Iepisla-
turc OF tins state, and was shown TO the cnt;r,,
satisfaction OF that body, that the malicious insi
nuatlonsagainst the General were unfounded. {.
mai there was nothing unfair or improper i'm tho
transaction. The enemies of the General sccr,
determined to make him, not only responsible fo,
his own acts, but fer those also of his friends t,.
! hevIng that they can do nothing without his Iay
ING hand III il. Ii Is tru" W. ID. Lewis did
gel tease on the reservation, containing U,.
lick. but the General had no hand in If mo-.
had he any knowledge Of il, untilhe had left tht
treaty ground on his way home. Mr.. Levi,
know, was led to accompany the Commission,
ers TO the Treaty grond, partly from motives o.
curiosity, but mostly in consequence of cons
| derable interest he had in Western Lands
which lay within the bounds of the tract -
country contemplated 10 be purchased by u,
Chickasaw Indians. On his way down. he sa,.
Mr.. Robert p. Currin, who live, in Franklin
ana proposed TO him that in case the Cornmissi
oncrs tailed TO make Treaty, which, in con5c,
Quence OF his known attachment of the ndiau.
TO that part of their lands. was thought to IT,,
doubtful, TO JON him in trying to get a share a.,
SAID lick. lie had no calculation whatever. g.
getting IL II a Treaty was made: as in that =
vent, he expected the lick would be transf.rrc,
with the lands, unless hc could then stircccd j..
OBTAINING lease from the general government.
frequent applications, however, had been mai :.
ny ,',e whites Ior inc privilege of making salt AT
SAID lick, and the Indians knowing. also u,:,,
| VII. Lewis was anxious TO get it, were inducc ,
10 ochcve 1t was Immensely valuable and in
consequence of which they were detcrmed Il
thcy made a Treaty, TO insist on reservation q,
the hex, as ii was believed by them. that thcv
! could make 1t the means of supplying the who'll
nation with salt Accordingly the reservation
was insisted on as sine qtn MN. The commits.
slomcrs thought IT matter Of but little copscs.
qucnce, when compared with the immense nd.
VantaGcs that would result, as well to the tT,,}
ted States, as TO the states of Tennessee opd
kentucky Therefore, rather than defeat tlo
main object OF the general government AMI
dISappolnt the expectations of kcntuck1. and
tennessee, they concluded the Treaty with the
reScr' ation aforesaid, on the condition that the
nation should be compelled to put it in tho
hands OF some person or persons who wouId be-
account; and, also, on condition that ;f s.it
should be made at the lick il should NOT be soil
on thc reservation, for more tlIan one dollar Nor
bushel This Is the way Currin and Lewis OBJ.
tanned lease on the lick, and niev are sorry a.
nough they ever had any thing TO do with II =,
II has cost them upwards of $4,000 withort :.
prospect OF ever being worth one cent Yet for
tins act OF Lewis and Currn's the General I,,,
been ceDsurcd by Colonel Williams and his mr.
usans. II there was any thing npropcr in tl,c
transaction, why has the blame been made IN
attach 10 him Why not, also, ccusurn Coz.
Shelby? He had as much TO do in making ne
Treaty as the General; but thev had no fccIi,,,.
ofhostilty towards him or his friends and there
fore, they could not see any thing wrong j.,
him.
But it seems there is another part Of tIf
treaty SIN more objectionable than that Of
which we have been speaking, James Jack
son" another iavorite of the Generals lat tl,i
tlme) " got body Of land at CoIbcrt's ferry, in
the sane manner, worth, the way land was then
selling, at least half million of Dollars.r
Now, the fact is, that James Jack ~, had nc.
thing TO do with the purchase Of this tract ~
land. II was purchased for the use and benefit
OF The United States, ifthc Government sIouIu
think proper to take it, But. if they should
be of opinion il was bad bargain in that even,
company of private individuals had agreed +,
take 1t. So far from any thing like fraud or d.,
CeptiOn having been attempted TO be practice;
on the Government, the ,ohOic trytpq4c;0n ,rns
Ind before the Government with Tire TREATY
so that twas not necessary, as Air. Benton saw.
chat " some If rs" shonld here have "jofo,,a-
ed the GOrsyHHlcnt fine fri,E," as thcy were j..
possession ofalI the facts before he and his ccaG
tutors, COiOnels Williams and Cannon, knew