Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-09-02
DONIES rec.
NAsHYILLE. Aua. 3.

kGEN. JACKSON'S NEGRO SPECULATiONS
! We are now prepared to bring the discussion
this subject 10 close. Ii has never been deemed
Eby us matter OF any Importance, but as we had
pronounced the accusation an infamous false
hood, we felt bound TO make good the deDai.-
Inc ume, place, and MANNER also of the renewal
| OF the charge, rendered il OF more consequence
than would otherwise have been attached 10 il. II
was fondly Imagined, that so odious an accusation
as that, OF trading g in human hesb,' il boldly
made against Gen Jackson, on the ece OF the
Kentucky elections, and through the columns OF a
Ndshr,He paper, could not fail OF having the hap
pest effects Accordingly, Col Andrew Irwin
who stands charged by the Attorney General of
the United States, in two successive reports, with
The crime OF PERJURY, and who has been convict
cd by the sworn affidavit of private individual, of
an attempt at the SUBORNAriON OF the same
black offence -oste ntatieusly appears in the Ban
ner & Wing; paper pr9fesS'ng TO be friendly to
the election Of Geueral Jackson--hurls the gaunt-
let OF defiance at the Defender OF NewSOrleans,
and challenges him in the face of the world, to
take II up. All this, il was hoped, would have a
wonderful effect abroad. 1t is what the coalition
prints call, Z" boarding the Lyon in his den."-
| What matered il, if Col Erwin should be subse-
quently proven,, to be perured knavc, or Vim. g.
Hun his supple and servile tool? The poison would
have been disseminated, and peradventure, the OBJ
,jects OF this worthy couple, in some measure at
tanned As sort of finishing stroke, OF c0up de
grace, the last publication of Col Erwin, in the
Wing s. Banner OF the 2nd inst which came out
just in time 10 reach Kentucky during the election
contains an insii,uaiion, that Gen. jackson
cessary to the murder of negro slave more
infamous intimation was never whispered by the
tongue OF villainy more rascaliy act was ne
Yer perpetrated thio' the medium OF a newspaper .
William g. Hunt kneic, that the insnuatior was
Dasely, viianousiy false, and yet he suffered il TO
go forth To the world, without comment or con-
nadiciion-And for fear that il would not he OBJ
served by the coalition journals, he, some other
tiend OF the Administration, i'll the succeeding
nuiilber OF the Banner and Wing, under the sigma
tsse oil 50 Wi'berlorce," brings the subject directly
before them. We had concluded 10 pass 1t over
without notice, unless it should be seized upon by
we Administration presses, and made the subject
! oil remark; but so eager were the enemies OF Gen.
jackson here, that the matter should become
the theme OF newspaper discussion, that OF
eheit own number, under the guisc of friendship
Tor his cause, insiousy introduces ii 10 the aten-
ton OF the public. 1t is firm belief that VIM
u Hunt himself, wrote the article signed . Viii
Oerlorce. II we are wrong, the a. gentleman can
explain" No tIue friend Of Gen. jackson ever
wrote IL. The unanimous voice oil his friends in
tiis place, bears out in this assertion. Let the
author come forth, and our lls upon H. he will not
!. be recognized by the friends OF Gen. Jackson as
one OF nieir number. lie has no communion with
them. and enjoys not their confidence The whole
attici, IS sly insidious attempt ~ in.lict wound
on ten. Jackson characierGnder the hypOcfiiical
cloak OF friendship
! We have been guilty Ct some digression but i,
mas become necessary 10 inform friends abroad
/
Editors, and its correspondents They are any thing
but friendly to the election of Gen. Jackson: they
ENJOY not The confidence OF his friends. Under the
tiimsy mantle OF neutrality the Banner s. " hg has
done, and is now doing more serious injury the
cause oil Cen. jackson, than the most violent adj
minlstraon paper that could have been established
IN The state. 1t has recently lent its columns to
the circulation OF the gross and ylanous fa!sehoods
I OF Andrew Erwin, without one word of comment or
qualification. This fact speaks for itself.
I 10 return 10 Col. ErWius publication of The let
inst In the tigSt part OF il the writer labors hard
TO prove, that III The purchase OF the negroes from
Apperson, General Jackson not, in reality, the
mere security OF Green Il Coleman, as alleged by
W, but ea'bona fde partner in The contract who
was to participate III any of the profits which
might afterwards accrue from a SUBSEQUENT sale
OF the slaves. la aid OF the latter Construction,
Col. Erwin has procured and published the follow
ing certificate OF MIR. Horace Green, a member OF
the original firm Of Green, Coleman * Jackson:--
.NashpiHe, 18Th Jyiy, 1928.
I Sr: Your note, acquiring OF iue information in
relation 10 some negroes, IA .chirh Gen. Jackson
tc"S concerned, have received To give cor
rect view OF the transaction, understood it, |
must connect IL with another In the latter part
Oh the year, 1910, Capt. Joseph Coleman proposed
TO me TO join bin IN line pui, base OF some cotton
and tobacco at MIR. Bennett Smith, TO which as
sented. He stated to me that Mr. Smith would
require security, which be would procure. Some
short time after this understanding with Captain
Coleman, he informed me that Mr.. Smith would
lake no other security than Cen Jackson, and that
Gen. Jackson Wouidbe such. but that he must BE-
placed IN The light Of a P.Ii5JyEItR. in order
shat he might have controlling power if he tho't
IL necessary. The cotton and tobacco were ac-
cordingiy purchased, and taken by Inc to New
orleans | placed il in the han dis of Gray * Tay-
Tor, then commission merchants of that place, FOR
sale, a. The property OF Coleman, Green * Jacks0n.
The article Of cotton being somcw bal depressed at
NE time, "as advised by them to sip it round 10
Philadelphia. LEFT IL with them, and instructed
them TO do SO for our benclit and returned to ibis
place.
After my return in May, 1911, are purchased a
number OF negroes, oi a MIR. Apperscn, for which
zee were to p'y past in haDd--i paid OHe.fhiyd
and understood the bai0nce tcGs maid Nv CANAAN
coleman ant Cener0i Jackson. The nceeoes
we're taken 10 Na,cAez by Inc Jog sale, and part
OF Them sold. In the month OF December a think
~ ne same year, trcceyed letters from General
Jackson, (Which letters at this time nslad) adj
yising ne ne had purchased ont Capt. Coleman IL,
com these Transactions, aud Offering 10 sell Oui
70 me AZ cost by securing him, Ia bVy We Out.
ami refund 20 nio the advances which had made.
ulousht proper to sell. In rotation to tie pur-
chase OF The negroes. although had no under.
standing to that effect from either Capt. Coleman OF
Henerai 'acksOn, J thought 1t probable be Stood In
TIE sdHie situation ia The pune base OF the cotton
ana tobacco, from the circumstances, as then be.
jcved that II tCdS his CTedR tCLtich enaJtcf ua n
imahe me PWch0se Capt Coleman made the
negotiations, and made the selection. The ne.
groes were, al tho time OF the Transaction at Cant
Coieinans planoton near This place aud DO MOI
now recolect tAdi he saw them before they as
cended the river.
sln, respectfully,
IT, GREENE.
From iho foregoing statement it viii be seer
iDet there we're two purchases made by the fisrn
biccn, Coleman \ Jackson--thr first consisted o.
cotton and fgSaccO The eccc,t ,r ,co,oos Co., A