Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-10-10
MIR. SENATOR EATON'S ADDRESS TO
TIE PUBLIC No ..

Mr. Eaton says, in reference to his loan 20
the Editors .of the Columbian Observer:-
WHY was it nee, ssarv for Mr. Clay to throw
around me, for description sske. so many tar
fetch, d and high so",dinG tNHitu'es! MT.
Eaton, of the Seaate, (Jhere being ~ that BIO y
none other bearing a same, OF e'ena similar
nancy would, as il appears 10 me, De ai'oge'h-
er sufficient, if d-scrip'ini of person was alone
the end and object designed to IL attained; hui
this wss not the object, and hence the l''ty ad-
dends thr colicague-the friend and 1he bog
rapner Of Gen Jackson Wh.t then, VS. II:
An ATTEMPT at deception "a ma ter OF spec'"t
pleading, ny which il " as expected conc'usl"n
in the public mind would he srr,ved at. that
General jackson was the shehcrrr If this pa
per. INTENDED and sustained for e aNowcd put
pose TO essui lh Ciay's mottues, md 10 deie" hIm
in he ere,eise ofAis duty To this phNinusiy oe-
signed iDtendntnt, apply positive dental Of
IFS truth General Jackson was il Tenn. ssee
and knew no more Of the lOau made 10 hose
gentlemen, than Mr.. CLAW did; Nur did he know
az IL. until Gnring last winter whcn-on suppo-
sit;on. / suppose, that it might be used as a
good SCI off 20 the changes and brtakings of th'
Secretory. in his BY AUTHoRITY corps-'t be-
came matter of remark and censUre in those
columns which were friendly to Mr.. Cay and
Mr. Adams Before this period, | had not
par'i uiGrs
As it may b. necessaryin the sequel to adj
vert again t. the loan to Simpson, | shall not
now dilatr OF that subject Mr Eatons sensi
b,lity to MIR. Clay's description Of him, is ra-
Their extraordinary. To speak OF hun as the
biographer Of Gen. Jackson, would be one
would thak, TO designate him by a title pleas
Ing to his pride. At any rate, though 1t may
be a"hiph sounding" il is certainly not Var
fetched" expletve Indeed, the Senator's mod
estv seems 10 get the better of his Judgment,
when he calls his biography of Gen. JsoFson
an serpiefUe." That production has generally
been cited by the Opposition as a standard
cl-ssic: * there seems no reason why 1t should
be degraded to tn condition OF an "expleuVe,
at least until the new life of Gen. Jackson,
which 1t has been found necessary to get up,
under the liero's own eye, shall have made its
appearance. The Senator seems To have been
betrayed into disparagemcnt of his literary
labors by his zeal to charge Mr.. Clay with hav-
ing asserted that Gen. Jackson was "the shell
ter:r Of paper" intended and sus aimed for
the avowed purpose to assail "Mr. Clay's mo,
tiv. S, and to deter him in the exercise of his
duty" Is this charge rests on the same pre-
posterous verbal criticism which Ii
ei vested fal Together with that criti
ciSm IT, the ground. IN the sentence qro e
b. Nir Eaton, Mr. tlav not having said tina
the Columbian Obs rver was sustained BY Mr.
E-,o assaii his Mr. C's motives. sc. he has
not, OF course, made any ir'endment that
General Jackson was, in ii, biopraphers pure
s'yIe the >hclterer" of a paper sustained by
the person, and with the object. indicated by
Mr. Eaton MIR CLAW stated, it is true, the
connexicn between Gen Jackson and M. Ea.
ton, and ihat between Mr. Eaton and the CO.
lumbar Observer; and from thee Connexions,
the public are entirely competent to draw
just and pro, CT i'ferences
"BetwetD the Staiemen, Of Gen. arkson. and
I" that submitted bv MIR. Buchanan, | can says
MIR Eaton, pereeiee some differences Admi-
rsble perspicaciy But they are principally
reybai and not mafsriai!t' "Mr. Buchanan
alleges, that on approaching Gen. Jackson
he did not come from Mr. Clay. II is not as
serted that he did; Genet al Jackson states,
his opinion at the time was, that Mr. Bucha-
nan had come from Mr.. Clay, or some of his
friends; but this is given merely matter of
imprrssion-nothing more" Before | in
quire whether this difference betw, EN- the stale
meuts of G~n. Jackson and Mr. Buchanan is
only verbal" take leave 10 put Mr.. Eason
right in his quotations. Mr. Buchanan does
not merely "allege" that on approaching Gen.
Jackson, he did not come from Mr.. Claw
Had he stopped here, it might have been said
that he came from MIR Clay's frit nds, aud I'M
der cover Ut that hypothesis the General might
have endeavored to effect retreat. Blu, Mr.
Buchanan goes further He declares expressly
and emphatically, called upon General Jack
"son, on the occasion which have mentioned,
solely as his friend, upon my individual respon.
/" sihiliiy, and moi as the agent of Mr.. Clay, OR
ANY OTHER PERSON" On this point what says
General Jackson? Not as Mr.. Eaton quo.es
him, ",hat his opinion at the time was, that
" MIR Buchanan had come from Mr.. Clay, or
" some Of his friends" but, says the General,
" / did suppose he had come from Mr. Clay, al.
" though he used the terms Mr. CLAWS friends.
A pbraseoiogy which seems selected in order
TO exclude the idea cha, Mr. B. had come from
any one, but Mr.. Clay On this superstition
Gen. Jackson acted. For, according TO him,
See his letter Of sh June s27, to Garter BereryI