Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-04-12
To the Editors of the Enquirer.

llOn OIL dU d. tiIiS "hiSh Oii6 i""'J ~
peared in the Nashville Wing, and
which purports to be an "extract from
letter from an officer formerly in the
Southern Army, to gentleman in this
town." (Nashville.) ! have read this
article with attention, and do rot hest
iste to say, that a more base, illiberal
a.I Infamous tissue Of falsehood, never
escaped the lipsofcalumny. The con-
tempt / faei for its author is equalled
only by my regret for his depravity,
and should not take the least notice
of his production, but for the remarks
you have made on the subject. AS one
OF the friends of General Jackson, feel
myself called on to unmask the author,
if the letter be not forgery, and ex-
pose him TO the public odium and con-
tempt which awaits the malignant,
the Liberal and false accuser.
therefore call on Mr.. H. to give
his name and residence to the public,
and pledge myself to prove him desti-
tute o: truth and principle.
Having pronounced the whole pro-
duction an infamous fabrication, it is
proper should give my reasons for the
assertion. In the first place the author
,Tofesses to have been soldier, and a
participant with Gen. Jackson in the
fatigues, the dangers and privations Of
the camp. I, too, have had the honor
of serving under the command of Gen.
Jackson in, all his campaigns. am
we'll acquainted with every officer with
whom he was intimate, or who was
near his person in the field, and have
no recollection Of such parsonage as
Mr.. H; nor do believe there cx-
lists a man who has followed the for
tune of Gen. Jackson, however humble
his station, who would basely attempt
to sully the "IIero's" fame by false
hood and detrac ton. In the second
place | was with the Gen. at Washing
ton Pa. in November last, when this
extraordinary conversation is said
to have taken place. was the ira
yelling companion of the General,
and was with him the whole evening.
He was received with the warmest af-
lection by the inhabitants of Washing
ton. His room was crowded with vi
sitants from the time Of his arrival I'M
til he retired to his chamber, to which
he was followed by several clergymen,
with whom / presume Mr.. H. was not
associated. l have no recollection of
seeing on this occasion any gentleman
who had been san officer in the South
ern army" nor could he have been
present without my knowledge; but
even admitting the possibility Of his
presence, | am positive that no oppor-
tunity presented itself for holding the
conversation reported by Mr.. HIN
the next place the statement made by
the author is too ridiculous to warrant
belief, and is in direct opposition to
the professions as well as the practice
of Gen. Jackson during his whole life,
for if there be true patriot on earth,
if there be man in this nation who is
at all times ready to sacrifice life and
fortune in the defence of the political
institutions of his country, it is Andrew
Jackson. His devotion to the cause of
liberty was manifested with the first
dawn of manhood which found him
soldier in the ranks of the Revolution.
The same spirit animated and led your
troops to victory in the late war. No
one has served his country with great
err fidelity-none have rendered more
important services, and none have been
so ungenerously, SO basely illuminated.
/ am, sir, very respectfully, your ODE
dent servant, K. X. CALL.
Mr.. HoBHousE, in pamphlet which
he has lately published, contradicts
"Medwin's conversations of Byron" to
such an extent, as to induce the belief
that that work is entitled to little Gre
dit. The Westminster Review, Pc
riodical journal Justly accredited for
truth and honesty, has attacked r. c.
Dallas's "Recollections of Byron" and
thwarts him in SO many particulars,
that the epigram written by the noble
poet himself, seems truly applicable:
'Here lies r. c. Dallas,
Who wanted money and had some malice;
Ifnstead ola cottage he had lived in palace,
We should have had none of these salies."
1t is curious to observe what little faith
can be placed upon publications of this
kind, expressly published, too,to crafty
public curiosity, in relation to the pri-
vate characters of eminent men. 1t is
to be lamented that such is the fact,
because the "evil that men do" thus
"lives after them"in exaggeration and
prejudice, and "the good is inferred
with their bones" in a grave, which a
misinformed world tramples and spits
upon. q. S. Gaz.
M. Aldelung, in learned and scien-
tific work, declares there are 1904 dill
rent languages in use in the different
parts of the world. He arranges them