The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-06-26
yisoa. GEOKGE ROBERTSON
SUNNY. klnrncRn 1911 Ech. laee

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Denr Sir Adscrtng 10 that pnrl Of gour lnir
addrefs, ~ which Won remark, you have ~
doubt thai In youl promiscuon, and unrcscrved
intercourse Among your aoquaiinnnces IN this
STATE, Others, not rccollccted by you, could benl
testimony 10 The undc waiting AZ sctiled determine.
llDu Of your mind" deem II an act OF duty
aud OF justice 10 inform yuu thai a conversation
oil the tendency alluded 10 ,ucrufed between yon
my late lathe, nud my sell, nj hl. house IN Frank
tort, n Few days before you stntird from that
place o. youu journey 10 Washington. early ia
Noyembcr 1891 was mi aware thai YOU had
II IN contemplation 10 rake publication on dis
subject. ot would have long since have CON
mupieard the Circumstance 10 yon
VIZ commenced the oonyct sutton hy an o..
drlry oi you, rs 10 The prospect al The Prusidrn.
tihl Erection, aud particularly is 10 The impoif
OF the latest information on an event which We
regarded with pfpat spllCliudc, that 81 your be-.
inc returned by The electoral college 10 fhc House
OF bepfrseothttYes--go wrIe of opinion ihpf
THIS result would depoud chiefly on the vote ,f
Louislann, aud the relative extent OF tho voI.
for ynnrself and Nj. Etaw ipid ~ the Siate ot
Ne" York fredicatfd on The idea Of your ~
e,uslon from the House, my father enqdfed no
To ihe actual and most rtceivrd opinion Of The
state ot M Crawiotd's health aud infimatni a
preference 81 that disnneuis ed rndrs riunl bt,
considered ~ sufficiently ium,o enablc him 10
discharge ibr arduods and complicated duties OF
President f0n spoke of the last intelligence
a. 10 BIS health hrmg very unfavofablc and
c"nenfrcd ~ the Kind o;,lnion expressed OF him
by my father A comparison Wis then chirtcd
INTO rs 10 the respective qualifications Of Nj
Adams uud General Jaokson. My father men
TONED having some preIudiees a. ainsi Mr. Adj.
ans which. however be admitted were MOI of
e harartct ~ mpeach his patriotism ar his FL
acss for the Office, both Of winch were acknoW.
lodged lie expressed q desire To have q West
ern President hot did not think that, in this as
prcr oil the case. Ne should effect this object hv
The election pi General jackson, as neither he
nor his immediate iripnd, could be relied on q.
favorable 10 Mai was called the Western policy
he regarded General Jackson, moreover, ~
disqualified by hi temper. his education and
habits 20 discharge, satisfactorily, the duties nf
the ohre II President. Ia thrse views you an
pcated to concur. aud requested rs TO exert ANY
personal Influence We might have with the I.t-
gisiutlue III preventing The Introduction or sdop-
tIOn Of resolution 10 Instruct the Kentucky de.
egaion 10 vote Lon General Jackson You de-
pfeoated tn de. as being ~ the highest degree
embarrassing, and h0ped II would not be adopt
ed. The whole conversation impressed on my
mind Tie finn CONVICTION with which you seemed
II be animated, that YOU could nof nor ought
not, to vote Tor GENERA jackson under any c,-
cuusancrs whatever. rrcollect, distinctly,
that YOU t1feboded lhe dncst consequences TO
The cdunlIy ~ the event of his election thar it
would be an administration of fury aud of yio-
lcuce a. hat beea iorcby stated hy the au-
thor Of an mtrre,Iing pampblei just published
III New York aud 10 Inch you adverted As
coniraSt,d Nuh the prrtcntions ofheneral Jack
son YOU referred to the ab,lii, Hnd long rxpe-
rieuce of Nh Adams IN the civil affairs of the
Nalion aud mentioned thu incident Of n friend
" argument with him in ! Is Office On y0nr leaving
" ashinrton III ISL -, bm IN Win h YOU differ
ed in opinion, Is 10 the most suitable time 10 re
cogpizc the Independence Of the new govern
m, uis South OF the United States. | took octi-
SION here, 10 speak OF the high opnnion of MI.
Adams's raniotism and abilities produced on
NV mud by the oppo,lunily afforded Of judging
OF them when engaged ~ the setYce OF the T.
nited Stat.s abroad; inch tt,drd ~ great
degree 10 te,noVe the prcjadiceS lmbibed from
the Interpretations oi hs poliiicai conduct Ut
an early periodo the Goscrnnrllt.
Ia appropriate cunneXion with tbe preceding
narrative. can state the subs auee of COVER
.otion of a Ike tendency had hrtwern Yourself
aud our venerated friend the late Gov Shelby,
al his residence NJ early the month of July,
ls24 He commenced the conversation ny