Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-05-11
DOMESTIC.

In the house OF Representatives. That a cod,
of Post Office Law is wanting, We have M
doub; but more time and deIiberation were
probably necessary to the digestion of such
law than the present Session was likely ~
afford. Some Of the decisions which had al
ready taken place on the details of the bin
were of very doubtful expediency, and proba.
bly, contributed not little to its postpope
ment.
A bill yesterday passed to third reading
in the House Of Representatives to create o
Stock, TO bear an interest Of 4 1-2 percent. to
pay of the awards under the Spanish Treaty
which are to be declared in June next. The
majority in favor of that bill leaves no room
to doubt that 1t will pass the House.
lFROM THE NATIONAL INTELLlGENcrp
.Hessrs. Gales s Seaton: have addressed
to General JACKSON letter on the subiect of
MIR. LowRIE's Communication which anne,r
ed in your paper Of the 5ih instant. The Gen.
eral has returned me an answer, and h..a
obtained from him permission to publish IL
with view, therefore, TO bring the matte, full.
~ before the public, send you m, Letter.
and the Generals Answer, with request thai
you WIN insert them 10 the Intelligencer. Res
pecifully yours, &c. G. KREMER
May 6, 1894.
WASHINGTON, .Hnu 5th. 1924.
DEAR GENERAL: Mr.. Lowrie has ayai,
maue sis appearance in the lntellisencer. and
endeavors To prove his charge in reIation 20
the letter, said tn have been written Inv van
to the President, and read by the Presiden,
to him. The President, on a former occa.
sion, informed me he had never read such
letter to MIR. Lowrie and Mr.. FindIay, who
is said TO have been, at the time, present. has
stated To me. that no such letter as ever read
to him. Having communicated TO the ed;tc,
OF the Democratic Press the information had
received, was led to believe that we would
hear no more Of this letter. Subseouent
events, however, shew that was Mistaken
MIR. Louvre, in his publication. saws. speak;nc
of the letter, why does Nj. Hay adont the
expression used in the newspapers rather than
IN my lrtter, w two fedrralis,s and two de-
mocrals :" BY this he evidently intended IN
convey the opinion, that he, M. Lowre, had
not made use of this expression This. in fact
was the charge made this was the ou.stion
put 10y me To the President, and TO this ouas.
non was his answer given, and which Mr.
Lnwrie oiu tell me, on more than one occa-
sion, that he would prove. Although am
perfectly clear, in my opinion, that neither
folly nor wickedness caa be a sufficient rea.
son to ransack bureaus, aud drag forth the
private correspondence of any man. vet. mas.
much as have been frequently called upon,
by my constituents, for information in relation
motive can exist with you for withholding the
contents ofany letter you ever wrote, therefore
respectfully ask you, in nrder that the publ,
may be correctly Informed to communicat,
to me whether you ever cid write such let
ter, not.
Accept the assurance of my high consider
alton and regard. Very respectfully your
fellow citizen, q. KREMER.
Gen. ANDREW JACKSON,
City Of Washington.
DEAR SIR / have received your letter n.
yesterday and, with much cheerfulness ano
candor, shall reply to your inquiry.
II has been repeatedly pressed before tn,
public, that had written a letter TO Mr.. Mon
roe, recommending him TO select for his cabi
net, Z" two distinguished republicans and twt
distinguished federalisis - aud that TO Mr.
Louvre and Mr.. Findlay, Senators from thu
state of Pennsylvania, The letter had b,eI
read. l have not been able 10 persuade NV
sell, That the fact was so, inasmuch as on
correspondence was private and confidential
because Mr.. Findlay, who was present. has q,
recollection OF it-brcause no such letter wa
ever written by me-aDd, because the Presi
dent denies that he read any such letter. or
indeed, any letter at all. | regret that Mr.
Louvre, In presenting this matter should no
recollect one material circumstance. Wher
first il was spoken of, he stated TO me. and I,
others, that letter plrporting and declared
to be mine, had been read TO himself and MIR
Findlay, by the President, which advised tina
his Cabinet should be Termed of two distin
guished republicans, andtwo distinguished fed
eralists." My reply 10 him was, that n,
| such letter had ever beta written by me tina
so far as | could recolect, only one person
Col. Drayton of South Carolina, had been re
commended to him that had suggested Il
The President the propriety of appointing hin
Secretary Of War for The reason that he was
man of high and Honorable feelings. honest
| virtuous, and of energetic character. Person
ally, knew not Col. dayton but. from in.
formation Of his general character. felt salts.
fled he could do morevo correct the ft nd,
which uDhappy prevaihd in The army, thar
any other man Of whom I had any know.
ledge. The contents ofmy letter, as read tc
him by the President, that two distinguished
federaists, and two distinguished republicans
should be selected, was not only stated by Mr.
Lowrie to me, but 10 yourself, and TO Mr.. Ea
ton, Of the Senate, and to others.
He has changed, however, his ground. ant
now says, Ut was a Recommendation TO tn,
President, TO form his Cabinet from the tive
great leading parties of the country. Boil
statements are alike unfodnded /; no such LET.
ter was ever written by ME on the contrary
my advice TO the President was, that. in tb.
selection of his Cabinet, he should act up,,
principles like these consider himself The
head OF The nation, not Of party that b1
| should have around him the best talents the
country could afford, without regard TO sec
tiona divisions and sbobld, in bis selection
seek after men Of probity, virtue capacity, and
hrmness and, in this way he would 90 far