Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-09-25

=" '.s"e'" """ NNehefal JacksCn) ne SubSlo1ic,
81 ne conrersoiion held 1cih Mr.. .ifnkiey" Eoi
aught The public knows to the contrary. the sub.
stance oil MS conversation might have been i'm
parted 70 General Jackson in such terms as to SQUAD
In his ears veiy differently from what it doe, a,
'eis'eu ABOVE. why Is all this circumloeuiiou
mace use 81 w Mr.. Buchanan in his explanation
"heh ne could have easily marched CD TO the
point at once, ard told ihs public in PLAIN Ian
Hrsse, and IN a tsS words, wha, he a,d cay Ia
General Jaekeon! What, Aiessrs. Editors, " oulti
nave been the inference drawn by either of You.
mad you been approached in the manner General
JACKSON was Ivy Mr. buchanan. (accordng to his
own s'atensn') AID had been told that friend of
Mr.. Cisy's said, il you would not appoint NJ.
Adams Secretary OF State, you would probably BE-
erected by The concert OF MIR. Ci " and his friend.
and tina, this friend OF Mr.. Clay thought it but fair
70 "sbi Tue o'her party with their own wespoos
&c. lwhat weapons! Intrigue } could Won have
ossn ." inetabiy stupid. TO u.e fashipsble phrase
as rot TO have construed this into an opert,rs3
And TO what part of Mr. Il ichan,n's conv-,.,
uon could General Jackson have been replying
when he uses ih-se wo'd-, (accorliug To Mir b.
cnshsn's own statement, - That II he should
ever DE elected President, AZ would be without $ -
Iteration and without intrigue upon his part: thai he
would then so into office perfectly tree aud IN
"amn'eled" Can we suppose General Jackson
10 nave ceen non conipJs men;is! Can we suppose
Thai he would fly oil from the subject undsr dis.
custom aud use this energetic. though totally r-
bern
unless Mr.. Buchanan was making some proposition
to lin? ! have never heard that General jacLson
was In the habit OF acting in The wild eccentric
manner that Mr.. Buchanan here exhibit. him
MofeoVef, at The commencement of the inter lew
II hosh'ns improper was about to be disclosed by
.tf icnanan, where was the necessity of paw
ns '';e way hy formal anolog,? What account
does Mr.. Buchanan az len,,h oive If tho o,ssia,'
Vi '"s ''te'Y;ew with General Jack-oa? He sd-
tnts, as General Jackson sta es that he Or efaced
II win iong apology. And why does not the
whole OF this part oil MIR. Buchanan's statement
agree with General Jackson's! For thi- Obvious
reason, II II had conforned IN General Jack.on's
eNsciiy, II would have proved " hat MIR. Buchansn
was iabouring throughout TO di-prove, in order to
clear his own character from impuiation. He,e
we have s'rong proofs already shat Mr.. buchanan
u moi giving that di-iInc of his COW
'Ion with General jackson, which he had previous
~ promised, and which The public had right TO
demand; Tor the circumstance must not he lost
sight OF that he hal induced the public to believe
he remembered most distinctly and minu,ely all
that was SAID on that occasion. As a far,he,
PROOF OF his failure 10 redeem his pledge 10 the
public, he says, IS do not remember whether |
mentioned his (Markley's) name, or merely de.
scrioed him As friend OF Mr.. Clay Now al
hough ms at ti-s; sight appears bai trivial mat
ter, 1t affects, mos, materially, the whole OF the
Henerais statement, III az much II he stated thar
The conv ersaiion held with MAri.Iey cane from
friend OF Mr. Clay, it would leave the inpression
beyond doub, upon the mind OF the General
INA, " wa Intended by the Cisy perry to be hrcush,
10 ms ears by Buchanan --ard IT ne did not 80
represent MarkleY, IL would only ieay. General
jackson 10 conJertuie a. TO the probability Of lis
rnana'ing IRON that Every man who
does not shut his eyes against all roles for weigh
Ing testimony, must admit, that as General Jack.
son asserts most positively, Markley soas mem
TONED to hun, IN this conversations as the friend of
AlT. Clay, and Mr. Buchanan says he doas mn, -.
member that he did not so rueatiou him tina, 49,.
are bound TO believe he called the friend of
MIR. Clay unless our ~ ei,dices carry us so far as
10 deny that General Jackson Can speak the truth
under any circumstances.
Tie next devstion, or rather omission. in Mr.
Buch ,nan's statement, Is, where he saw. :. nj.
('Ienerai Jackson's) reply WAS COMPLIMENTARY tn
Ihy-eH ahd accompanied with request that |
would proceed What does General J,ckson
state that he said on This ocrasion-.. F,om his
(Mr buchanan 81 high standing gentleman
ana member OF Congress- and from his uniform
friendly and gentleman!y conduct towards myself
could not suppose he would make any comnuni-
cauon TO me which he supposed improper. There
lore hts moftreS being PttTe, 10, Ine think as
might oil the communication, my feeling towards
him would remain unal;eI ed" Many persons un
on reading Mr.. Buchanan's statement would
doubtless sscibe the suppression Oh hi, part of this
compliment, 10 motives OF deIcecy; but there ~ as
a much str niger motive To influence him The
p'ecise words oil Gen. Jscksoa's compliment. as
given by himself, go very lar to shew that am I'M
proper overture was about 10 be made 10 him. and
consequently, ii they were ever uttered, il dd not
snit MIR Buchanan's purpose TO repeat them
i1ai motives OF de.cacy been the only cause of
THIS suppression on the part OF MIR. Buchanan they
would not have been sufficient apology He
was pledged to sse the truth and the whole truth
10 the pubic, ahd had no III re right 10 suppress
thIs pari OF INSTRUMENTATION, than he had to sup
h. L.,
has done. But mark here again, ,he operation Of
the same all-poweTiul motive, which influenced
him Throughout. Had ne, ins eai Of slurrins
over TINS part OF The statement, given General
JAG kson's precise words, o: even the substance of
the compliment, he would at once have convinced
me world that he was connunica ing an iensiye
proposition He could not rel5e it, and therefore
the pubic curiosity must be con eaied wish thu
naked observation that compliment was receiv-
eu' Here Is another proof oil the UnlaIlfui rtate
men, given By Mr.. Buchanan
Now, MesIs. Edi ors, b. way Of recslitula-
tlon, before take NY leave OF Mr.. Bnchanan's
statement, permit ne 10 make few topre comments
on It, Every person who will cad it a,tent.vely
and compare II with General Jack,on's. viii OH
serve that lie had every disposition to bear General
a. K%oh oui Ia his assertions, where he could d.,
so without impIca'iHg his own character Thj.
disposition has oiuceJ the mot striking contrasts
Oh 'ehscity OF memory, and iOTgttulness, at differ
en' stages of his explanation, have ever witness
ed' we md hun, At one iiiDe remembering with
wonderful accuracy the most triti,ng incident thu,
occurred, and even the day Of the month on which
" tooS place. at another, forgetting entirely yyhe.
Their Gen Jacks "a told BIN this or whether n.
menu ned something else to The General. &C.
Unfortunately both Tor the pubic and General ,ct
son, these 0biIYiou- mon-nis occurred = inn tfr
i5rr'nSn; ~ every instance, precisely the times
that the rnos. Important pats o. 'hy!r conversation
rod ~ al .ttist