Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-08-09

'evi ainnc supposed 20 work mschiei, ihe sake
mischief Where is the motive for Williams in 7
ao7, fahrcang this damnipg charge sgains, his
ricud and patron, who neither a professional man.
Is politician, or lover flor The General was then
married, stood in his way Ii the idoiate,s take this
ground lei them assign least plausible motive for
such conduct on the part fudge Williams. /
These are tho intrinsic probabilities of the case
We care not who the mao Is who them. pro-
v'dcd hc capable o: connecting IDEAS together
he may be an org'na! or eleventh hour acksonan
he may he one, WIN aiored Gen. jackson in l324 |
when his friends in Virginia were few aud far between
nr he may belong 10 that jealous class of wor
shippers, who believing hin, iguoranus, tyran,
aud despot when he was in a minority discover
at inm every virtue no" ihat he has majority IN Viz
gina, lie may he either OF these, and get defy hi,
# la rs honest man, say that he docs no believe
this cartaincv offered " iilia,s by jackson No
imam c'ul believe any such ding. 1t plain the
pcred;ao IN u cl0'idess sky. He may IRISH 10 he
le'a 1.-The may soften and excuse ana prevariuaie,
bt he Jetiere and if he is an honest nan he
will sag that be believes that this cap,aincv was
rot offered Williams by Gen. Jackson.
II indeed, Judge w i!ians told is story nov ior the
frst tne- he had not told II conteuporaneousy and
at all times snhsequenty-f he bad KEEP, ii locked M
ia his breast, FOR The SPACE fweny-,w years tien it
might be papsib'y nIlede ed invented 10 suit
the ses, aud Judge - ilisns would have 20 RELY upon
his character and evidence sustain him, Ru, as il
ises,ahshed asst is, dat Williams has all along spo
ken Of H. he may be conceded 10 he as base ami worth,
less the doaers represen, him. and We. he mus, be
belieredori, must &c made ont that he had sniff
ccnt motive for fabrcatug the charge two and twenty
years ago. No such attempt has been made or will
be made. Judge Williams is a man up,p whom ,b.
breath OF deaction fell, until =, become exDe
dent 10 sacrifice bis reputation for the bench, of the
+ Idol.
did the proof stop az this point, il wond be sufficient,
But tie corrobo,a:ing circumstances are many and
strong. Roovers testimony, showing that jackson
was generally suspected au ulders antng with Burr
at iie time Burtons ststemen that seventy or eighty
men were collected the Clover Bottom within mile
and half of the Hermitage on !ackson,s land that
two of his nepheus and members ofhis family were
mons them, ard descended Cumberland River with
them, that the drilled by Patton Andersen. 3
known agent in tho plot, ard t!en and after AZ ini
mate associate of Jaclson-Burr's great opinion Of and
!ondness TO this day for observation-disclosures Sera-
viour in Ibis city, whittier he was summoned az wit,
ness for The U. States. but acrsr cuoniaclhe susn.
cicn that attached 10 him in Richmond-his vehement
denunciaons OF Wilkinson IS a traitor TO Burr-bjs
owu desperate character them which marked him ont
as man likely TO engage i'll wild adyeptures-ar
'"cSo circumstances and many Others that might be e.
Enumerated, throw irresistible weight of suspicion
aud probability toto the scale against him.
We briefly noticed week ago. the value Of the
counteFvang testimony and argument This was
i'st tho attempt to convict Judge Williams OF in
consistency, hy making linn say what be never did say
that jackson offered Kim the Cap,aincy when he went
him to sign his license, Jackson having resigned his
seat ca the bench in 1909 secondly Judge Stnar,,s
cert'lcae, who says than that he did not hear
The offer made Williams, when nobody saws be did. bu,
who does not deny that Jackson said TO him and WI,
i;anls taae notice gentlemen diYsiuu of the Union
has taken deep root, and strong party in CONGRESS-
arc deeply engaged in IT," Third, Mr. Jelrerson,s
complimentary notice OF Gcuora! JAG ksou and Of his
fidelity, which might have been ADD probably was ,
stratssein OF Mn Jesison'5 to secure that fdel,,
This idea is much confirmed ty Mr. Peas the rressen
ger sent from Washington to Tennessee enonirpo mar
tiouafy OF Judge Stuart, if he thought Jackaon's e.
deity might be depended upon.)
Since then the partjzans Of Jackson have brouah,
ont some supplementary testimony, altogether worthy
of the FIRST. '
The first OF these, is letter from Gen jackson bin
seto MIR. Jefferson fornshed the Charlottesville Ad
'ocate BY Mr. Randolph, Mr. JeiTersoDs Executor
IN this letter. the General offers Major Geheral to
Mr. Jefferson, tie services OF MS conmaudhnL u.s.
under bis o'ca cOmmand"--''to be commanded fsays
he by their own officers, and 5uc as may he recon-
menaed by Gtcir Generals Hum! We had supposcd
that The President Of the r. States had tic power of
ordering out Gen. JscSson's any other division Of
militia, on suitable occasions, without tho advice or
consent or offer of the orderednor did we ever before
hear Of any sIpuiations conditions imposed upon
him BY those over whom the Constitution gives him
command. If Mr.. Jefferson had ordered out the &C.
neFaPs division, and "oi conceded the precedent con
condition, that thy should be commanded by Gens al
Jackson and Officers recommended by him. t.en ;, G
are to infer th tie order would baye been disobey