Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-10-03
From The PaAaisipAin .l.neriean ss,..insl.


And lon maun speak of me.
From the PHILADELPHIA american Sentinel
written by Mr.. Eaon U. States Senator from Tennessee
TO Chandler Price, Chairman, Jacob Rolgate
nnf Henry Horn, Secretaries, of the Commit
tee Of Supertntendence and PIgilance far
ne City and County Of PHILADELPHIA
The address latei presented by you to the pub
Tic In favour Of the election OF Andrew Jackson
has awakened the attention of MIR. Jonathan Ro
herlsef Your State. lie has ventured 10 present a
rcSIy, and by way Of producing a stronger effect.
h'saccompanled his remarks with his name Nv
sect In addressing You, is to afford further expla
nHion and greater certairty TO the statements sub
rl'tted 10y him, and 10 show, az | expect to do.
post conclusively, that his entire production must
be. and In TACT is. The result OF deeply preiudced
mind tor the reason, that in there is nothing of
truth In such an undertaking il is but an act of
Justice I" Mr. Roberts, that he should have INV
name. as vel! "a my remarks; and therefore ara
'nth present Ted, with permission for you In use them
alter whsteyer manner your discretion may dictate
TO be right.
A. early az the year 1919 when the famous Sc
nino,e campaign question was pending at the city
ct Washington. MIR. Roberts wa. found the esrnes,
opponent Of General jackson, hurried to his CON-
illusions then, through The same false reasoning by
which he has been carried 10 the results he has ar
rived at III his late publication. speak the thing,
That do know AZ that period Of his political his
'ory, circumstance that canno, but appear strange
De was, and since has continued to be, the warn,
friend OF Mr.. Monroe, who was the President
Then was he not ignorant, that well by previous
acts, as by declarations repeatedly made the Pre-
s'deni constantly maintained, that he desired no
ilne Of separation, or reference a,rs in FIord,
10 be drawn between himself and Andrew Jackson
But more than this was known it was know 10 him
NOR can II here be forgotten, that the Secretary Of
Hta'e, MI Adams In an oihcisl d;spatcht our Min
ister al MaiIi, aud which laid before Congress-
had proceeded 10 elaborate defence of every stem
which the Commanding General had taken. and Of
every act ne had per'o med during the prosecution
oi that war: acts every one of which, was by the
representatives OF the nation in Congress main
tsinel, justified and defended
These things ailege were familiar to Mr. Ro
hef's IN 1919, nor can tile recollection of them
nave fadsG from his memory now. Yet. notwith-
standing, his inventive mind was so enabled IN
adopt distinctions, as 20 continue at that time the
po!l'Ics advocate and friend Of r. esident Monroe
ana subsequently OF President Adams whilst against
Jackson, whom both of them sus aimed his mind
ha< ranked from that to the present moment. ri
Jackson was guilty of error in consequence of en-
tering the territory of Florida for seizino nm ,bs
! o Is OF 81 Marks and Pen-acula or what merriam.
] more properly the head and front of his Offend
ing tor the execution Uf Amuister end Arbs, n
not, those English enissares, who had excited the
SdvsSes to the buicbery and murder of our horde,
settlers, then have Mr.. Monroe aud MIR. Ad,ms
fallen into precisely the same error ina.nucb "a
his acts were defended, and his cou Sc sustained nv
both these gentlemen. Ii is a fir con,eonenc.
that the guilt OF one 10 the guilt Of the otbers
Strange Inconsistency then, that this Seminole az
iaH should have testered on his i'm aination for
seven years; and that while Mr.. Roberts finds no.
thing, in the Walls of his wrath too severe IN ts
poured upon The head OF Jackson, his mildest upc.
Ton IS ready TO be bestowed on MIR. ADKINS who
no ar.sla all hat.
sean the operation OF the mind, if this circumstance
apart from others and strong ones, which will bs
adduced, tends MOTTO prove that some Ingering
prejudice has controlled the operation of his itrlg
ment; and that nothing of generous sentiment and
patriotic feeling had influence in the
Ell proper by him to be pursued
There IS another circumstance calculated in
show the prejudice Of the mind, and the Ji,rosi
ioi that must have been entertained by Mr.. Ro.
psrs, TO distor aud pervert the meaning of things
undressing himself 10 the Committee, he remarks
ne Intelligence OF your Candidate is certainly
moi pre-emnent, when bis biograpber claims merit
Tor nm Tor having rein ei from inferior stations IN
i'No way Ior 'ho-e who ud be more useful Il
ne resigned every ciDR station be ever hell
There Is more intended here. that a, Tho e.,
stance meets the mind. 1t is intended. that ne
resSreI elcH, never military appointments. and
thai he re sned them too from an admitted i,,bil
! to perform the duties assigned; which n hin, :
Idrncc conclusive, hat the people should 70 b.,,
70 ihi.k OF him for President of the United State.
lis Biographer Is referred TO, to prove the aver
ment true
no" Tar Mr.. Roberts has given candid ex
position, or such as he hoped would better tend
70 o'gule or deceive. may he sscertained By re.
ference 70 The Book itseif, whence be pretends IN
Hivs I0Tmtd his opinions The language il tbis
Ds' omlng Tired OF political life, for the ia
ifItles OF which he declared himself uoo,,lie.l
seu h'Vlns Tor lvo years voted in tne minority in
NiiV"95) he resigned after the first
session bis se Ia the Senate 10 iii, n,s.'aaa
ne was strongly induced from desire 10 NAL
way loT Zen smith who he conieciured in ,bs,
cap'cry' would be able to render more msor,sa,
sH.tes " we government than himself Inme-
"'teV aver his resignation ne vas appointed ore
Of The judges Of the sipre ne Cour, Of he s one
1890
Tennessee was admitted into the Union il
-; Jack'oa was elected the first representative
ior The state, was subsequently transferred 70 H.
selFei ont in 1898 rssirr s1 la. ,r..i,,..- " '"e