The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1824-05-18
CORRESPONDENTS BETWEEN GENERAL
JACksoN, SIR kREMER, AND The


OF Mr.. Lowries communication which ap-
peared in your paper Of tie sth mat. The
Denerai has returned me an answer. and
have obtained from him permission to publish
IT. With view, therefore. 10 bring the mat
ter fully before the pullic. send sou my let
Ter, aud the Generals Answer, with request
thai you will insert them in the Iutelligenccr
Respectfully yours. &c.
May Q, 1874 g. KREMER.
WAsHrveToS, May 9Th. ls24.
Dear Generul,--MF. Levine has again
made his appearance in the lntellgencer, and
eRdeavours 20 prove bis charge IN relation 10
the letter, said to have been written by you.
70 the President, and read BY the President to
hIm.-Ihe President, on a former occasion.
informed me he had never read such letter
TO Mr.. Lowrie and MIR. Findlay, who is said
20 have been, al the time, present, has stated
to me, that no such letter was ever read 10
him. Having communicated 10 the editor Of
the Democratic Press the information had
received, | was led 10 believe that we should
hear 90 more Of this letter. Subsequent
events, however, shew that | was mistaken
MIR. LoWrie, in his publication, says, speaking
of tie letter, = Why does Mr.. Hay adopt tie
expression used in tie newspapers. rather
than ia nv letter, viz. two federalists and
two democrats Z" By this he evidently in
tended 20 convey the opinion, that be. Mr..
L0wrie, bad not made use Of this expression.
This, in fact was the charge made-tbis was
the question pct 20 me BY the President, and
10 this question was his answer given, and
which Mr.. Isowrie did tell me, on more than
one occasion, hat lie would prove. Although
arm perfectly clear, in my opinion, that mel
ther folly nor wickedness can be sufficient
reason 10 ransack bureaus, and drag forth the
private correspondence Of any man, yet, mas
much as have been frequently called upon,
by my constituents, for information in rela-
ton 10 this letter, and feeling confident that
no motives can exist with you for withhold
ing the contents Of any letter you ever wrote,
therefore respectfully ask you, in order that
the public may be correctly informed, TO
communicate 10 me whether you ever did
write such letter or not.
Accept the assurance Of my high conside-
ration and regard. Very respectfully, your
fellow-citizen, G. kREMER.
Gen. ANDREw JACKSON,
City Of Washington.
Dear Sir: have received your letter Of
yesterday and, with much cheerfulness and
Candor, shall reply n your inquiry.
IL has been repeatedly pressed before the
public, that | had written a letter to MIR.
Monroe, recommending him to select for his
cabinet, 1.-TWO distinguished republicans and
two distinguished fedcralsis !" and that 10
Mr.. Lowrie and MIR. Findlay, Senators from
the state of Pennsylvania, the letter had been
I L.. \
self, that the fact was so, inasmuch as our
correspondence was private and confidential
because Mr.. Findlay, who was present, has
no recollection of it-becanse no such letter
was ever written by me--and, because the
President denies that be read any such letter
or, indeed, any letter at all. | regret that
Mr.. Lowrie, in presenting this matter, should
not recollect one material circumstance
When first il was spoken OF, he stated to me.
and to others, that letter, purportiug, and
declared, 10 be mine, had been read 10 him
self and Mr.. Findlay, by the President, which
advised that biz cabinet should be formed Of
q two distinguished republicans and two dis.
tinguished federalists. My reply TO him
was, that no such letter had ever been writ
ten BY me that so far as could recollect,
only one person, Col. Dray ton, Of South Car
Dina, had been recommended 70 him that
had suggested to the President the propriety
of appointing him Secretary of War for the
reason that he was man of high and honora-
bic feelings, honest, virtuous, and Of energet-
&c character. Personally, ! knew not Col.
Draw ton /; but, from information Of his gene
raj character, felt satisfied that he could do
more to correct the feuds which unhappily
Dra oil in he 18th
of whom | had any knowledge. The con-
tents of my letter, as read TO him by the
President, that two distinguished federalists
and two distinguished republicans, should be
selected, was not only stated by Mr. Lowrie
TO me, but to yourself, aud to Mr. Eaton, Of
the Senate, and TO others.
He has changed, however, bis ground, and
now says, il was a recommendation to the
President, to form bis cabinet from the two
great leading parties of the country. Both
statements are alike unfounded no such let
ter was ever written by me on the contra.
w, my advice TO the President was, that, in
the selection Of his cabinet, he should act up
90 principles like these consider himself at
the head Of the nation, not Of party that
he should have around him the best talents
the country could afford, without regard to
sectional divisions and should in his selec-
ton, seek after men Of probity, virtue, capac-
ity and hrmness and in this way, he would
90 far 10 eradicate those feelings, which on
former occasions, threw so many obstacles in
the way Of Government; and be enabled.
perhaps, to unite people, heretofore politi-
cally divided. gave il as my opinion, that
the best evidence Of devotion 70 the govern
ment, its constitution aud laws, which any
could afford, was, when these laws were as
sailed, 10 venture forth in their defence, and
maintain them amidst priyations. and al the
sacrifice Of domestic quiet.--That names
we're mere bubbles and be who would, as
Col. Drayton had done, abandon his fire-side
and the comforts of home, and continue in the
defence and protection Of his country,
through the war. merited the confidence Of
the government, let him bear what name Of
party be might such a man did recommend
20 Mr.. Monroe he was one had never
seen yet one whose conduct, character and
good qualities, entitled him TO any and every