Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-07-03

10 Eiah Harvard, Moses Dawson, Thomas Hen.
derson, James y. hlilier. Thomas Smith and Arthur
tiendiie Committee OF Correspondence OH behalf OF
the Cincinnati Jackson Committee.
GENTLEMEN:
In reply 10 note published in the Nashville Re-
publican, under date Nav l2tb 1897 ca,!jnn ovr al.
tention TO certain newspaper charges agas; General
jackson and his lady, and particularly the c,a,rs
made in one news paper of Cincnnatti chat in the
summer OF go osii jackson prevailed upon the wife
OF Lewis hohaids o Mercer county, Kentucky 10 a.,
Sert her husband and live with nsefin the character
OF wife," and hayng also seen the evidence bv whicI
the Editor attempts to support tins charge we now
submit 10 you succinct statement of the facts al
tending the separation OF Lewis Robars and his wife
and The subsequent marriage of Mrs. Il. with Gen.
jackson, and also such evidence and documents as will
probably be sufficiently satisfactory The public.
Before we proceed, ii may be proper TO know soine-
thing OF the persons whose testimony subjone al
lujad 10 quoted.
The character Of Gen. JAMES BRrcKrNsipGr, of
tncastle Va IS no doubt, well kno:vn you IT is said
10 be high and nHspocd he was member of the Tir
g'nia Legislature when Capt. Robards applied for i
.vorce and one of the committee appointed la examine
his application and report bill, US stated IN the Ciucn-
JupdE M'NA,aY, whose letter IS snbioiro, : NO
district judge OF the Federal Court, man OF high and
nnb!emshod reputation, whose statements may he re-
ned on as most accurate and ncunioveriihio: those
who know him know. that considerations could in
duce him 10 give the slightest colo;!inc 10 any mari
his testimony. t6l
Mrs EII2ABEru CRAtGH:AD, Is the wilIpY of The
Brown our present minister France lady of the
pIrest chaFacse', with mind highly intoli gent and
cultivated. az
Mrs Sally SMITH widow of Gen. Daniel Smith
formerly Senator in Congress, lady ,f unse,usbc,i
character, ana ofeXceiien; good sense. (c.(
Mrs. MARY III. BowEN w,iow of Capt William
Bowen sister OF Gen. Russell and the late Col Rus
SELL of Fayette county, Ky. most respectable and
Mr. THOMAS Cnurcuma. ;hn Treasurer of Yves,
Tennessee whose character FOR honesty and vc;aci;y Is
as high and unqnesioned thar OF Any man in tie
OF M. g. TosrER il is only necessary 10 saw ti,a
he was, for many years. Presilen; of tie Board f our
f1and Commissioners, ono OF the most honorable and
correct men of Our country tB, }
OF Judge o. EGToS's character wc ucri saw ro
thing; the testimony ot persnu has been rcsoIted
20 where there coad DC a"y, lie slightest, question:
raised rs 10 their chara ciors
In making the Investigations vou wished tvc iovo
met 'rA some difficulty and delay acccun, of the
great length OF time SINCE he facts occurred and tina,
Tic public mind, tor s. eat many years, ,u this couu-
cry, Had ceased 10 tt.l t!:is subject. 81 the y;;r
when Air. Richards separated from hi, VII, anDIi,d fr
G,vorce. obtained H. and General E-c,-oon married
her; when all the facts fresh and os,nct rubEc
opinion formed and tie cotcmpo.anco,. iuirmen;
OF the society III which those persons resided cal:.e to
clear and decisive result in their favour There did
not exist even an injurious suspicion with regard 10
their previous conducts 10 The justice Of this iulgrnsnf
thirty years OF domestic peace and useful virtue
have given sanction which operate upon eycry
canGid and generous mind, with irresistible power
But notwithstanding all these difficulties we believe
that we are able 10 present 10 you correct history of
those transactions.
Ia the summer fall, of 1899, Mrs. Richards was
compelled by her husband, Capt. Robaris, who then
resided ~ Mercer county, 4 to leave him and to seek
nome with her mother, Mrs DOnclsoD widow LAD;
living about ten miles from Nashville, in Fenncsse =
That Mrs. Richards compelled at this time by her
husband TO leave him is proven by Judge Oveiton's
testimony, by Gen, Ray aud by MIR. John MEG ,npis.
that she was an injured and innocent women of most
rreproacabic character and conduct proven by a.
same persons, and by Maj. Thomas Alien and Capt
Aleaux. ~
Capt. Robards himself acGrits her and adn,ttad t,a
bis suspicious unjust. III
In the spring summer OF 789 Judge Oyerton ard
Gen. jackson became boarders =, Mrs Iopeiscn1s
when Gen. jackson first saw Mrs Robards; IN The
same spring sunme, Capt. Roba,ds ard has wife
became reccnciicd, and lived together her mothers
Air. Doneison.) III
In the summer or fall Of this year CAPT Robafds
became jea Ious Of Gen JacIson rpOr this mart as ito
subject VIC viii quote the statement of JUDGE re,tou
GivirF the most authentic account of ,c several
facts whicb TRANSFERRED about that tiGc. lie says mot
many months elapsed before Richards became jealous
OF Jackson, winch felt confident without ic least
grounds. Some of bis irritating conversation on this
subject with his wife, heard amidst the tears Of her
self and her mother who were greatly distressed.
urged 10 RUbards the Unnauness of his conduct after
the pains had taken to produce harmony, as mutual
friend of both fInIes and my honest conviction that
his suspicious CrOuudless. These rsnoustrances
seemed not 10 have the desired effect; as Huch commo
Of Mrs Richards in Kentucky.
q length communicated 20 Jackson, the unpiea-
SAINT situation Of living in family where there was so
much disturbance, and concluded by telling hifn dat
we would endeayor 10 get other place tbs lie
readily asscptcd but where to 60 Gij not know,
Beng conscious Of bis innocence, he said, tIat he
weld falls 20 Eobards. What passed between Capt
Richards and Jackson DO not know. / was abseu;
some where, not rcc0ccted, when The ccryer2q-
ton and result took place, bat returned soon after
wards The whole affair related TO me by Mrs. A.!
Douslon be mother Of Mrs. Robard5 and as vel
l recoIect, by Jackson himself The substance Of
their account was, that Mr.. Jackson met Capt. 30
barjs the orchard fence aad began mildly 10 re-
nonstrato With him, respecting The injustice lie had
done his wife well as himself. I'm ltie lime 70
bards became violently angry ard abusirc and tirca
tened 10 whip Jackson; made show Of doir;, So SC
jackson told him, lie had not bodily strength 10 fghl
him, nor should be DO feeling conscious OF lis limo
ce"ce' aud returned 10 bis cabin telling him at the
Same me that If he insisted fighting. he would give
hm gcnucrnaniv satisfaction or words TO that cTcri -