The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-04-08

attitude and weighed Ill the facts brlure
ne, upon which my Judgment WAS "a he
formed or reviewed. II the eagcfness OF
ang of The heated paitlsans of the lrrrrc
tive candidate suggested tardlppss ~ The
declaration ~ NIX Intention, believed thai
The new relation IN which | WAS placed 10
the subject, imposed on me 81 obligation
tn pay some respect 10 deheacy and deco
rum.
Meanwhile that very reserve Supplied
aIlment 10 newspaper criticism. The Ell
tlrs could not comprehend how n man,
Standing as had stood towards the other
Eentlcmcn, should he restrained, By a sense
of Woprlcty, nom INSTANTLY fighting under
the banners OF nnr OF them. against The -
theirs. Letters were issued from The ma
uuiartory ut Washington Ia come bach
after performing Ions luurneys, for WASH
inSton consumption. These letters I'M
pulcd 10 e" Mr.. Clay aud his friends mys-
ferrous air, n portentuus sficue",' &e---
From dark and distant hints Via. progress
was eaty tu open aud butter denunciation.
Anonymous irtttis, full q, menace aud u
hnsc, were almost daily poured m on me.
Personal threats were communicated 10
mr, through friendly organs, aud | was
iiodly appraised of all the glories of village
.ihples which awaited me. A Systematic
attack was simultaneously commenced up
on the from Boston 10 Charleston, with an
object present au1 future, which IT Was i'm
possible 10 mistake. No man but myself
could know the nature, extent and variety
OF means which wec employed 10 awe
and lIpenc. ne. bore them, lrust as
goH representative ought 10 have born"
them, aud rs became M, Then followed
the lrtter, Afterwards adopted rs his
own by Nh ktcmor, 10 the Coi0m
ban Observer. With its character aud
contents you are all acquainted. When
SAW that letter, alleged To be writ
ten by a member of the very House
Yer which was presiding, who was ~ taf
designated rs 10 be described as belonging
To particular delegation, by name, u
member with whom ! might be daily *
changing, al least on my part, friendly sal
utalIons, and who WAS possibly receiving
from me constantly acts OF courtesy am
kindness, felt thai could no longer re-
main silent crisis sppsAred In me TO
have arisen in my public life. issued my
card | ought not To have put IN II the last
paragraph, because, altho' IL does not ne
eessaiIy imply the resort 20 personal
combat, It admits of that construction !:
nor viii conceal that such possible Issue
was HIthn my contemplation. owe II 10
tht community 10 say that whatever here
tolore | may have done, or, by inevitable
circumstances, might be forced 10 do. 10
man IN il holds IN deeper abhorrcnre than
do thai perUIrious practice. CONDEMNED
rs il must he by the Judgment aud philOs-
ophy, not To say religion, of every thinking
nBu, II Is an affair of feeling, about which
we cannot, although we should, reason. Its
true corrective viii BIZ found When all shall
unltr, "A, all unghttO unite, IN It's unqualified
A few days after the publication of my
Gard, Another Card, under Mr.. kre-
mer's name, was published in the IntrI-
genter. The night before, as was voiun.
tarily informed, Mr.. Eaton, Senator
from Tennessee, and Bographer of Gen.
jackson (wbo boarded in the end Of this
c,ty opposite 10 that 10 which Mr.. kres
mcr took up has abode, n distance OF
about two mlics and an hdl) WAS closetcd
for some time with him. Mr.. Kremer IL
entitled IL great credit FOR having overcome
al the disadvantages, incident To bis early
life and want ui education, and forced his
way to tie honOurable station Of u mem-
Der of the House of Representatives.. Ar
dcui 10 hs attachment to The cause which
he had rsponsed, Gen. jackson Is his idol,
and ol his blind zeal others have ayalled
themselves and have made him their
dupe aud their instrument. ] do not pre-
tend Ia know the object of Mr.. Eaton's
visit 10 him ! state the fact as 1t was
communicated To me, and leave you To
Judge. Mr.. Kfemer's card is composed
with some care and 10 little ART and he is
made to ay0w IN il, though somewhat e
gniyocally, that he IS the author of the let
ter 10 the Columbian Observer. 10 Mr.,
Growninshield, "a member from Massa
chusetts, fofmeliy Secretary of the Navy
ht declared thai he was not the author of
that letter IL his Gard, he draws clear
line of separation between my friends and
me, aCquitiog tEem, and undertaking To
make good his charges, in that letter, only
81 far ~ was concerned. The purpose
Of this discrimination is obvious. At lIat
time the election was undecided, and II
was therefore as important TO abstain from
itupntalons against my friends, as IT was
polite TO tx them upon me. ifthry could
be made 10 believe that had been per
fdious, in the transport Of iheirindiguai,on,
hey might have been carried 10 the sup
porn of Gen. Jackson. received the
National IoielIigencer, containing Mi.
Krcmrr's card, al breakfast, lthe usual
time Of its dislrlbntion,) on the morning Of
its publication. AS soon rs read the card,
ouk my resolution. The terms of II
clearly implied that it had DOT entered IN
10 his conception to have personal affair
with me Il ! should have justly exposed
nyselfto universal ridcule, if bad sought
one with him. determined 10 lay the
matter before the House and respectfully