Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-08-09
3saesssss DesS5 agaJgSas
SATURDAY MORNING.. AUGUST 9, 1923.
NO .ul1N'os.l.; DOUBT JYHo WILL RE,lD.


nal inuacy between Burr and Jackson with dignii-
ed contempt 80 long time most OF them, the cue
not having been given from, tie Hermitage, had no;
word 10 say-rpon The subject. Finding this world
no, answer, they tool, up the charge at last, aud
met it wahthcig usual rdieorcon and baisteronsnes-
Instead ok meeting it fairly ,hey dascsn,ed upon the
all atoiings MI sufficient merits of the 9th Of January
and in l:en a; proof, they commenced, with their
cusonei ve"era,ion character TO destroy the hu
nest fame of Judge Williams.
Lot us ones endesyor e<trcate Inc subject
from the inss in which the newspapers OF the Idol
have rurpose; involved Il, ard BY brief s'a;cmeu,
of particulars, enabia every reader TO Determine
himself which side the weight of probability in
clines.
Judge Williams III letter TO Gen. jackson himself
declares fiat time after Burr had passed Nash
vne twice to tue low country" IN riding from
Gen. Jackson's House to Nashville, General Jack
son in reference Burr's Conspiracy told him she
could if he would accept it, obtain commission of
Captain"
Williams then young lawyer and has been
since Tor some IL CT 10 ye1rs Circuit Judge OF the
State of Tennessee. To believe that Williams tw ert,
two years after the event, woudauem story of this
nature against a of Gen. ,Iaclsons standing tho
most powerful man in bis State. FROM hostility
tue peace and prosperity Of his life Nigh, be great
iy harassei, and that for party, purpose is very
Improbable in itself. ID IS improbable, that the
worsnppers, although they have with their wonted
loyalty, tried 10 damn Judge Williams character as
they have the characters of all men who do not Unite
with them in falling down beiu.e the Golden Calf
have not yentured TO say that tho charge was Eabrcat
ed to suit the times. But the truth of the fact ba;
Judge Williams bus coined til. story 10 serve Far
- purposes, does not depend upon lis inprobsbiiity
AT the very Time the Csptaincy was rendered him by
Jackson, he wrote to his relative !. John Williams,
late Senator of the L. States, tthc who was
turned out TO make 'oom for Gen. j. in 1929 6 of whom
the Enquirer had So high opinion, that it said upon
that oocas'0n g 1t wished Tennessee might not have
reason to repent the exchange Of Jackson for VIII
Harhs infor!ang bin OF Jackson's offer This letter
Is believed to be still III existence hut If is not the
letter itself and is contents, wei! remembered By
Col Williams In addition TO this Proof OF the anti
gn''y Oh Judge w iaus assertion that Jackson cGer-
ed him capafncy Ira connexions and his friends land
no doubt hundreds VIM were neither have for yeara
spoken Of as having been told il by Judge VIII
llama There is at least one of his relations in Virgi,
MIA, Jackson man. who knew in 1928 and bcliered
il too
The fact then, that Judge Williams has for years
made tbs statement, and that it not invented 10
aid given present purpose, is clear and ndispu;ahe
It is TO he questioned denied and he's no, been
directly questioned denied If granted what does
i prove Unquestiorab!y o. three tiags: Either
bat Jackson diG offer him the CapaiGcy, or that VII
ams ttonght he did at INK timc OF that Williams
twenty oid years ago p,alicous!y invented the story
Of ni,,r tn
Let examine the propositions.
Is ii more probable ihet Jackson MADE this offer 10
that w liams Noug5t lie did, but vas
mistaken in the :upPosi'ion? They are alone in fa-
niliar conversations aud in this conversation, Williams
declares that Jackson made In The remark able offer
IF cartancy in the troops then raising by Aaron
Burr. Ia i, possible 20 believe that Williams was mis-
ate's in tho nature Of the proposition announced bv
Jackson When that proposition invitation 10
iim to engage UPON advantageous terms, in a great
housh reasonable enterprise whoD melody else was
company TO irterFuF! :lIe conversations or 10 pre-.
7ent Judge Williams from requiring jackson TO be
more o%P'ici! If he had not clearly understood him
Fe ask IS II ctelib!e any man OF reason think il
possible, tnat Williams Jniaconceyed the nature of
;ank7ons cie'? five addressed ourselves exclusive
~ to men who sought The nh and not in ra,t 10 hea
'ed PaFt|''s oe1ucUs ii snPp.cssGg II, The
would De uOaonnous in tie negative 10 believe tia.
Williams did misunderstood VIVA; Csu. locHo9n said
IS Wholly absurd aud impossible
The tbrd supposton is, dat Williams ioalcionsly
fabricated this story against Gen. Jackson oretan
twenty years agoor ii be fabricated it ALL tc lab
'Icahon Ons have been co-eya with EUrr's ounsrira
cy o' at that time, it is certain, Judge Williams wrote
o. TO Coi. Joo Williams, and has SINCE repeatedly
spoken OF u 70 bis friends. But, Why should Judge
"Hain'' more ttan twenty years ago. have fabrcat-
gu 50 'aa'c'ons and uncuoGcd SANDER against zen.
d acK'oh' what motive, personal POLITICAL could
oo h'' nave had ior tie invention Of rnDnstrCus
"e' conccdGg him to be capable Of ii: ~ that time
"ub Jackson was sn obscure man, uuknoUn ont of .
MS 0'a'e, snj scarcely known il i. lie was much
o'dor man l"an Williams and in his way oithcr as
a m"Jer 4 Poirticiau There was 10 rival
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