Delaware journal., 1827-12-25

by the Richmond Enquirer as (which most near
y touches the character Of Gen. Jackson, next to
the honor Of his wife.'' It
The charge thus admitted to be of the most ser- h
GUS character, would if unfounded, according to the
ordinary course and operations Of human feeling,
have been promptly met by stern and explicit de-
NAL. Mr.. Tyler and Mr.. razewel reside within
three days journey OF the OF the accusation
One OF them is the Jealous partzan o General jack
son, and be presu ned to be sensitiyey alive to
every rumor which could affect the honor and pros
poets OF him under whose banner he has marshaed.
They were both appealed to as witnesses. Yet they
preserve an nhexibe silence: and the Editors Of
the Richmond Enquirer, instead Of applying to their
neighbors. or having applied. perhaps instead OF
publishing their testimony, procure one OF General
Jack,O 'sfriends in the :itv of Rich nond, who AL
many friends and acquaintances in ne State Of
Tennessee "to ascertain, it he could, the real state
of the case, in relation to this celebrated Story"
Now, whether g friends and acquaintances in the
State of Tennessee" were better qualified to
give the ''real state Of the case'' than MIR Tyler
and .,ir. Tazewell, who said to have been at
Washington at the time, our readers are as well
able to decide as we are
BE this as it may, the application is made in Ten
nessee to OBJ ain 'she real state of the case, in
der that it might be laid before the worlds" and the
result is the publication Of letter from Felix Grun
dy to General jackson, and the reply of the General
and this reply is given to us by the Enquirer as con-
tanning the cal state Of the case" We subjoin
the two letters
NASHVILLE, Nov. 18th, 1927.
Dear sr-On this day received letter from friend
Of mine in Richmond, (va.) requesting to ascertain
from you, whether there is amy foundation III truth, i'll Ger
tain statements circulated in that section Of country
specng conversation alledgcd to have taken place be
tween Commodore Decatur AMI yourself. in the anti
chamber of the Senate, in the year 1919. understand
the Charge made against you, s-1hat the last night
of the session, you, accompanied by your aids de
the nber the Senate, while
there Conmodore Decatur up to you and inquired
whether you there for the purpose of castising Mr.
Eppes &c. To which replied atfiimatlyey and at
ter further remarks, you declared your determination
to chastisc Mr. Eppes the Senate Chamber where he
had sandered you-and Commodore Decatur stated tha
should enter the Senate door but his dead b0d
In short you agreed desst from purpose, &c
BE obiging to furnish an answer as early as con
,enient. FELIX GRUNDY.
Gen. ANDREW JACKSON.
NASHVILLE Tss Nov 15th 1927.
Dear Sir Your letter of this day has been cevcd
and hasten answerit it. The statement to which you al
ude is wholly destitute of truth. was net in the Senate
Chamber antichambcr in the year 1879. My aidsde
camp General Call and Captain Easter The forme
is still living and will satisfy any person who will inquire OF
hm that the statement is Untrue As to Commodore D.
and myself having such conversation stated to
have taken place in the antichamber of the Senate,
had such conversation there elsewhere. Com
e modore Decatur and myself We're friendly at all times,
and harsh unkind expressions passed from
to the other. So far from my visiting the Senate Cham
ber invited to do by several OF the members OF
that body decned doing and assigned my reasons for
n my conduct,
lam, very respectfully, your most obedent servant.
ANDREW JACKSON.
n The Hon. +. GnuNnY, Esq.
$ As the Editors of the Enquirer are astonishingy
u acute to the subject of episolary phrase it may be
scarcely necessary to point out to their conviction
the omissions in this correspondence. But it is ne
cessary to remove all misness front the public mind
y and let the truth shine out, unclouded. We aver,
therefore, that the correspondence which we have
Y quoted instead of refuting the charge, confirms it, in
: our opinion, in its principal point. 1t will be seen
q that the letter of Mr. Grundy, the language ofwhict
IS evidently the result of previous consultation
e with General Jackson blinks the main charge-the
menace to cut off the ofa Senator for the manly
a discharge Of his constitutional dutyand relates
IS clusivey to the minor matter of the character and
is the locality of the conversation between the Gene
Is raj and Commodore Decatur.-The question put
!; by Mr.. Grundy is : Whether there is any founda
y ton in truth, in certain statements respecting
$; versation alledged to have taken place betwee.
l. Commodore Decatur and yourself, in the an-cham
l. ber of the Senate in the year 1919 % The reply
81 of the General is "As to Commodore Decatur and
myself having sach conversation stated to have a
ken place in the anti-chamber of the Senate, me-
yer had such conversation there or elsewhere y
y The natural inference from this choice and repeti
r. ton of the phrase such conversation" is that
l. they had conversation the subject, but it was
q, not "such conversation as mas Deen reported
Recent disclosures must have satisfied every one
ID that the memory of General jackson is not always
e faithful. We state this, not as an impuation on
his character, but fact growing out OF the nr-
mites of age If time has left untouched the viva
city of his ambition. and the arlor of his passions,
it has manfestly impaired his faculty of recollec-
IS ton. Of this the Editors of the Enquirer show
N themselves to be aware when they admit the neces
sty of corroboralng letter from General Call. to
If sustain the "reminiscences of the General. The
facts which have lately transpired from the letters of