Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-03-25
RICHMOND WIG.
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 25, 1885

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signed {. which lin the humble opinion OF the
Editors, puts To rest the Nashville forgery" That
must De forgery indeed, and most improbable
"nu ABSURD forgery which can DE put To rest by rca
Sonlng from circumstances, so weak and pucIile.-
W hen 1t suited its purposes, the Enquirer would
nave viewed 1t in the same light that debut
tentP0Fd NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is the leader BY which
'hey now hope to scale the Administration. 1--we
were under the necessity of taking corporal oath
either way, we would not hesitate to swear to our
oeSt oeei that the Editors of the Enquirer their
secret souls, give credit the dcCa atoms the
Nashville writer We JUDGE from tin. whole tenor
vi then former Opinions respecting Gen. JackSon.--
tut out purpose AT PRESENT Is with &c" 1.-The man in
tn" world the best acquainted with Gen. jackson"
His first argument is shat his best friends those
most intimate with him., never heard from his lips,
any thing resembling il. This is d broad declara-
''on' hnd one winch &. nor any other individual
can expect To be believed. How can Inc possibly
know, that Jacksou'S best friends have heard from
him nothing resembling it? Aud lift be obvious that
he can EnOW no such thing, he must have a most
happy opinion of his own iniabty, OF the utmost
contempt for the understanding of others. to expect
to impose on thcm by declaration so sweeping and
unqualified. 1t is very probable that c. thinks as
he says-but we feel al lilo, believe him OF not
according to evidence. Jachsou'S innocence is net
IN the smallest degree indicated, by C's asserting
lit isdouhful ii it be rendered more ,,rsici
Gus by the forward zeal ri his personal partGans to
assert it.
He goes ON to say-'tIow very Improbable how
marvcously strange, that this conversation should
have passed, when none Others were present." Tina.
IS to say Qor this is the literal constitution of the
eNoihmation,( show maryeliuusly strange, how vCy
improbable. that Jackson, entertaining such views
should not have avOwed them 10 the whole world
IL would have been strange and marvellous indeed
nc han. Let us suppose, hunour the thing, that
Cen Jackson, borne on the tide of unbounded and
enthusiastic popularity. had vcuturet To lift his ewes
10 h'Sher destiny than the highest known to the
Constitution w oud he have made no secret of his
ambitious dcsignS-would he have published them
III the highways and byewayS-or acting with the
secrecy and circunSpectiun essential to final sue
cess, ana necessary In present aud persona! safety
would he not have locked them in his own breast or
impaired them only to few chosen conidants of
MS counsels and sharers in his fortunes Yet there
is no mcomlHtibility between this pudence and
the accidental discovery of his view did hr enter
tam them man of ardent aud ungovernablc
feelings, cannot VI all times keep his counsels chain
ed IN the recesscS of MS heart There is truth
III passion aud excitement, well as in wiue.-
Ctom"eli, t'e most systematic and prolouudest dis
semblef, who has ever practsed The c,eduty of
mankind, could not always play the hypocrte.-i
The Earl OF Manchester charged him with having
SaId IN an unguarded moment, 'thaI it would never
be well for England until He (the EdgD was plaiu
Mr. Manners and there was me cr Peer or Lord
III the hIngdon hints whicii plainly pointed al
'noSe views OF personal ambition, which Cromwell
afterwards, actually accomplished &. considers il
very improbable that as Gen. Jacksnn was t.avcl-
ling with Gen. Gail and has ncphew Mr. Do,urll-
sou he should have had private interview yithlh.
reputed author of the Nashville letter What is
there Improbable III il: What indeed is more pos-
sibl" aud probable too Noting surely. Ersr
gentlemen We're his friends, and not MS aiors-thev
had favored him with thc'r company, and did net
hold h'm IN custody. What could be more natural
than private interview with au old friend and ie-
low campaigncr: Nohng. - -ept thar political par.
TRANS shoaid defend their ctirf. hy any arguments
no matter row ridiculous and absurd Every al
tempt at drience,has"d upon the sunpusjton That if
these were Gen. Jachson's private r.;eutions, he
would have made them known To mis- ffe5Ns is idle
and iaiIacious.
Cs next pa Sition is equally silly and Illogical
and III TACT there IS uol in the whole communications
one single suggestion that would weigh a feather
with man of sense. He says IN relation TO Gen
Jacksons coym,Ss III being brought oul a. q can.ti
date, that the NaSIvill writer declares that he
wrote letters OF severe repfou to several of his i'll
tel'Isent friends who had been instrumental IN.
sounding his name in the public car-thotght the
unanimous voice Of HE nation would bc heard IN
rIdicue OF his professions. e.. &c and thar evc,v
argument was conclusive against him" To Ills
I. says, "now notwithstanding all this, his writing
letters of lopyOol &c-in the very next breath Nj,
H. tells ulhat he JacNsou,rcs lived to- strive for the
once. and directed his adhc cuts in the Tennessee
Legislature, t. nominate him, Sc" This NIr. e.
considers tic very quintesscnce of inconsistency
and yet VIC atiitu that nothing in the whole world
can be more consistent, natural and probable when
Ggn Jackson name wa, first sounded i'm the uuhiic
a, ne Ike every body else out of Tennessee con
'iered II 4 mere jnne. knowing his defective edu.
c"tioa, his total want OF experience it, cviknolit,
a"d The sIeudeiness oi his own abiliies-knowiup