Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-06-04

voting in state election wife the majority q
tne people, rs thousands Of republicans did; an,
Tor that sin he was TO be punished, and he wa
! accordingly punished.
Mr.. Lowre, in his letter to the President o
inc 18th March last, says, ''of the appointment
OF Mr. lrish II IS unnecessary, no,o, to speak,
VIII take the liberty, however, orspealsinp few
words more this very subject. The People
Z" ih2sc United States have been deceived i'm re.
iation to MIR. Irish. One fact bas been fraudu-
!entiy suppressed: another has been falsely al.
legged. The people of the United States have
never been informed hy those who have com
inentcd on MIR. !ris!i's case, that he had been
aPpoin'et iour years before, with the approba:-
on oi the pennsylvania delegation; and they
nave been icd to believe that Mr.. Irish was !,
icueiai's', when, ii fact, he wle 4 republican,
ant am told, IS 50 repnted to This day.
| hare already remarked That there arc Dos-
sagesm Gencral Jac,5aon's second and third
eitcTs, winch must hrve attracted nu;cc. If they
had been read; aud inferred, from their llurc Ia
attract notice, that the letters were not read
| nave also suggested ihattie opinion imputed
TO Gencrai Jackson, is essentially different from
, me, opn'ou avowci IN the letters; and from This
| difference arrived nj the same conclusion.
From what source, then, was this inoutcl o.
pinion derived | have already said AMI
funk partly proved that il was inferred from the
rres'ucnt's letter, and then quoted as derived
from the letter Of General Jackson
| There are passagosfin the Presidents letter
ofthe 9Th December, 1916, 10 the General,
from which even friend of the General, ir:,o-
rant OF what lie had really SAID. might, and
most probably would, infer, not onIy that tho
Eencraps opinion was substantially that which
has been imputed TO him, but that it was com
municatcd to The President, in the form of re-
commentator or advice rs u the formation of
| l;s cabinet.
Let t!,c passages referred 10 spea, for them
selves: &c To give effect to free government, and
Z" secure it from future dangers, ong'it rot lis
decided friends, who stood FIRM in the dav Of
A" trial, to be p,-;nc;priig relied on Would
" not ttc ass>cin:;on OF any II Giei,. o,oore,t,
" IN The administration Itself, wound their feel.
'ingi, or, at least, ofvory many ii them TO the
injury OF ii, republican cause Might it moi
" be con 81 tered By tiI;. other party as an cJri r
"oC COM p 2ni'&c 1c;tt tan, which would lie :
C sen, &c. e.. Ny impression is, that the
Z" 0lmiaist"r tor. ofoThd ,'cet, strongly, on tic
" republic IN party, ST. &c"
Again ~ Gsrccc, !,ta:ai, i'orttcny m;M
''you IN tie grind o'jeri that moderation
GO should be shcvn TO Nr f:de,ul pariy, md cren
" a generous Poiicy he c;cioptcd to,rayds IL; me
" oaiy difcrcnre tcttrcci1 as, seems 10 be, how
I" far that spirit is 10 be indnI@cl IN the onset
=" that is, rs the next shows, in the formation of
the administration.
On passages like this, comment is unneccssa-
ny.
The words printed in italics. and the intcrro-
gatorics addressed by the President directly to
Gen. Jackson, would certainly, if taken alone
iustifya belief that Gen. Jackson had advanced
the opinion which has been ascr.bcl to him
ycthe did not advance it.
But there is another consideration bearing OH
thi point If the case with n force which [
thi ilS cannot be resisted. Truth generally bold,
isalplys consistent. Now, how comes it 10 pass
That there arc no less than three versions Of
Gen. Jackson's letter the Isl recommending
an administration OF two distinguished republic
cans and two distinguished federalists the Cd,
reccding, in terms al least, from the first, and
recommending division Of the pr;ncipal cab-
net appointments between the two great parties;
and the Sd, Teceding still from tie first in terms
and in meaning, advising the President to form
his administration by the appointment Of distin
gushed individuals from both the great political
parties. l say, how comes it TO pass that we
have these three versions, Of which neither is
correct? The answer is found in the hypothesis
before stated. The opinions imputed to Gen
Jackson were inferred from the letter of Mr..
Monroe. If Gen. Jackson's letter or letters
had been read, there would have been one
version only.
Now mark fact. When the subject was first
presented to the public, the first version was dis
;;,.;.:- announced !. published in
the most precise, and the attention of the reader
was invited, not by italics, but by capitals In
very little time this charge was met. Ii was dis
tiuctiy repeated and solemnly denied. Mr.. Web
ster, asserting the slandered character insuted
honor of the committee, would have been salts
fled with the point ndenergy ofsuch 4 negaton.
The consequence was, that the ground OF two s,
two was abandoned, and two new versions have
appeared. which certainly wouldnot have appear
ed if the parties had not been apprehcnsvc tlst
their infcrcnccs from Mr.. Monroe's letter might
possibly be incorrect.
The second point which propose TO notice, is
presented to my view by MIR. Lowrc's letter in
the National Iutclgencer of the 9th May. Mr..
Lowrie charges me with not having met the
main question. had denied that Gen. JacI;son
Ind written letter TO the President, advising
him to form his administration By the appoint
ment of two dstingui shed republicans and
two distinguished federalists. l ought TO have
noticed, he says, the terms used in his letter to
the President Of the 18th March last, which
charged Gen. jackson with advising the Presi-
dent to form his administration by {" the appoint
ment of distinguished individuals from both the
great political parties" Mr.. Lowrie asks, 6 why
does Mr.. Hay extract the terms used by the
newspapers with SO much care and precision,
and substitute them for miner" Mr.. Lowrc
shall be accommodated with an answer. The
answer is simply that | understood the main
question to he what Mr.. hremcr and every body
else understood il 10 be.
Mr.. Kremcr, il will be rccolIcctcd, applied TO
the President to know whether en- Jackson had
ever written to- him Il letter containing advice TO
form his administration by the selection of two g.
two, as before stated. The President said that
such letter had been received from Gen. Jack
son. In my letter TO tho editors of TIC National
intcligencer of tie 9th April, I made similar
denial. and made this denial with full knoErl.