The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-08-27

attending to use this, with other circun
stances. Ia show that you must unqnes
tiuDal.i, have Dcen mistaken IN The iesii
mony which you have gwen, trust th'
situation i'm which you have placed me
ci,es mr. fair claim upon your candor II
confess or deny that fact, Truth Is fear
bss-esaslon would b. suspicious, aud q
refusal To answer cannot iai, To be inter
rrrlrd Ia your disadvantage, by discern
Ing ruhlir.
Ipon being asked by Mr.. Cook, whether
Won understood my conversation as intend
cd to affect your vote ON the then pending
nomination you reply, did mol sup
nosc that ,ens is desig,. nor kdd II any
such effect upon myself"
Bn upon being asked by Mr.. Forsyth,
-, tn. part Of Mr.. Crawford, ""hat d"
van now understand rs having been the
A., intended to have been produced by
,hr conversation % awaiting yourself ola
.s, r,liritous after Thought, YOU say, ]
oo,s;,,er him as having expected that |
,,,I1 take this Information which he
r,ye IN, into that hody, lthe senatc,l and
2 ,v,nld be the means ut Securing the
,crm,ti,n of his nnmlnalon."
And for this change of your opinion, the
only reason YOU assign IL, his having
=. ,,en,ioned that he erpected an attack an
hp Senate. ms now suppose, from tie
cr;ends Of .M. Crarford."-And yet, in
r.nIyinp In Il question by myself on IA sub
scanent day, you Init that IN that very
CONGREGATION. " 1 remarked to you that The
friends of.nr. Crawtord ,couh oppose me-"
Can Won then say, You had not as much
rpasna. al hut time, as you NON have, TO
srDoose expected opposition from The
friends Of Mr.. Cro'eiord,"
So far, however, from dreading that
o,no,iiion rs you would now msna%te,
YOU know very well that the reason as
aimed for being willing to accommodate
ynnw with the ruon occupied, and To take
,n,thcr one in Mrs. QUEENS house, only
,,yo d,ys before the day which you seem
Ji.n,,ed To INSIST on as the date of the al
lr,d conversation MAS, that expected,
in consequence OF my nomlnatlon, 10 re
m ain but IA snort time IN the city. Upon
This snhiect. however, | shall have more Ia
here liter.
T.. TIE cursory notice which Inow pro
pose 10 take of that part OF your OATH WHICH
wns suppressed by the committee, and
YOUR autttofis;td statements which have
subsequently appeared in the Washington
G,ystte will not dwell upon the strong
;,,r.,h,i,ilify tliai, at a time when my
s.;,rl. had ~, afforded me the strongest
nronr. ef tttair disposition To serve me-, and
When their continued support must nave
bo.,n thr more necessary to me, IN conse
,,,n,ca ntthe opposition which you renre
..,, m. To have dreaded, should have
h,d ,be folly t, have teopardzed my
.,.,1i q With them, hy uaSrateiniiy
In.;,. and brtra,ing them to one of their
n,,,;,;r,l opponents, VAIN caucus par
H., wha had acknowledged 10 me his
.I.c;,l,J preference of another gentleman,
,a Minister Ia Mexico, and who had no
q nreyi,as consultation with me"son the
snhirct of my nomination. But knowing,
40 yon did. the relation in which | stood I"
the President, Mr.. Calhoun, sc. | would
ask how YOU could, nndcr such crcnm
s.ancrs have considered ne, as you say
you did, "aS Speakiag as an honest can
dill man"
Asto the base insianatl0nS which you
represent me TO have made against the
President, il is worthy nj remark, that the
agitation If those SANDERS against the ven
erabl. aud Distinguished patriot, had not
occu rcd till after left ih" cuy OF wash
In ton in March last ; and IN this, as IN
several ether cases, you have made me
assume ftcts which yoa ynnrsrIt had the
best onpaftstUty of knowing at tn" tnnr,
h al uu tatiadatiun in truth. COLONEL Lane
never vas, tn MY knownledgr, . i member
orhe P,Yeidcnfs .ftntlg," unless he could
be- considered ~ such wniIc he lay on ms
death he'd, Il situation very unsuitable lar
those free Disclosures which you lnan1ltr.
Unlil then. he had, according I" my pre-.
sent recollection, huarded either III D.'I,'
Hnl,l. Mrs. Prl tons or VI. Gan,t'-. You
were member of Congress some years
before wac: AID if YOU Were even ISn"r-
AMI Of these facts, you hal rIsil"d At ne
President. too often mo- - bar" known
that Col. Lane WAS ne = member - ma
tdmaq" Bat i+ t-tlis Z may ! Mn o."
. hesitation in saying, til the first nl"r"h
ton ever receive ri ~ 81 ton To the irtus
action alluded to, WI f.pm The President
himself. VITO sent fsd e. the friend amt
brother in law nf coi. I.a"r, during the
last illness Of the latter, 10 assist M settling
the accormis h,tWren them aud that, ~
FAR as was Informed by either ri them,
the Presidents conduct MAS serHpaiously
honest. correct and hnnorah"
You have sworn thai told You knew,
for "A year, that WIS To get the appoint
mont To Mexicu" | vii barely remark
that, If, rs you suppose, my atfea'i"n h'h
been SO hong directed Ia this appointment,
/, ia hardly probable should have forgot
that, wllhin the period mentioned, 1t had
been in the hands of another gentleman -
that, in ract, General jackson's nomination
to that Office had been confirmed by the
Senate of the United States On the eth oi
January. la2j-that on the adjournment
orthe last Congress, ON the Sd Of March
lat, it WAS generally believed, and parti-
cAarly by the administration, that he
WnIIll nrcrt,t / tL.t Tim Contrary WAS