Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-05-25

Peared in the Nashville Republican, and which has
oeen OBVIOUSLY supplied either BY the General himself
or some one IN his confidence and under his eve.
90 curious Is this vndication, that wc arc appre
"eo''e Tue reader will suspect of repubIishiur IT,
ratner as support than reiutatioD of Mr. Arnold,
observations upon that transaction But LET its ec,
upon the pubic DC as may justice always has and
Always SMALL lead us TO give both sides of the question
Al 'east where private character is concerned whe
'"er II he v'nd'ca'ion not the parties have given
IL 10 the world as such! and such we rcpubisb II,
we hope the reader will pardon us for epdeayorjn-
70 make good the remark. ",hat curious vim
d'catoH" With this view, call his attention 60 the
following acknowledgements.
afterwards reconciliation between Lewis Ro
oerts aud his wife was effected, and he resided with
her on the farm OF her mother. There Gen. Jackson
came To board, &c; and shortly after Roberts lea
lousy again burst forth, and vented IFS spleen and sus
piciOns on Gen. Jackson" &c.
What an unreasonable dog Roberts must have been
to be jealous under such circumstances! Had Roberts
no Cause for jealousy?-and if he had cause was Il,
very remarkable that he should wear his supposed
horns in passive submission? Roberts is living with
bis wife newly reconc lcd--Gen jackson becomes an
inmate of the house--Roberts grows Jealous and
returns 10 Kentucky, leaving jackson on the ground
Threatening TO return and carry his wife with him
she flies her husband places herself under the p otec
ton of Gen. jackson, and shortly after marres him.
This statement is given by the Nashville Republican
for the purpose Of screening the parties from the charge
OF c''n'. con- Whether the circumstances of the case
particularly the instantaneous marriage after the di-
By Roberts, does not Justify his Jealous
regard of Gen Jackson leave it for others 10 saw
Certain it is, that the Leg slaure of Virginia thought
apparent by the prov grant of the divorce
and the Kentucky jury who found the facts stated
in Roberts, petition to be true upon OATH must have
| come to the conclusion.
In lis zeal to defend Gen. Jackson from the charge
of Grim. on the ground of marriage, the Rerub
lican actually proves that Gen jackson is vet tninQr
ried. II says:
"Some time AFTER latter his wife had left him TO 20 with
Col. Stark and Gen. Jackson, Lewis Roberts applied
10 the Legislature Of Virginia for a divorce (kentucky
was then part of Virgnia,) aud an act was passed
condonaly ntlat is, that jury should fnd his facts
10 be true. The of the we're mfsapprehend-
ed--the parties supposed the divorce unconditional
and before jury had found the facts, Gen. Jackson
aud Mrs. Roberts married! AS there was no di-
until the Court of Mercer County should declare
it, upon the finding of jury, il plain from the
showing of the Republican ITSELF that alrs. Roberts
was the legal wife of Lewis Roberts when Cen Jack
SON married her.
| We have been tempted TO offer these remarks, TO
paiate our transcri6iug part of Mr. Arnod's circu-
lar into the columns of this paper. We sufficiently
aPPrised that the subject Is of decacy, and we
never meddied with it. unit. others had laid il before
the American public Upon that the partizans of the
General made prodigious ou;cry-taked of outrage
persecution and what no-and had the iia Ydbcod
| 70 deny what thousands Of people familiar with.
Their own story establishes every syllable uttered by
SIR Arnold. We leave the reflections incident TO the
establishment Of the facts, TO spontaneously to
the public mind. We have in noticing the transac-
ton discharged what We considered duty imposed
upon US by relation with the public--a painful,
but an imperious duty. we hope TO have farther
occasion TO recur to theme unpleasant.