Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-03-19

VI 'ciuiS, mas Ocen sufficiently cS''oiteHV".-
TO Gov. Kent, Col. Little, (svho voted in the
House of Representative for Gen: .asksou) Il
Col Brent of Louisiana, and Mr Diggcs, he dis
CLAIMED all intention of imputins any thing DIS
honorable TO me. (See Appendix e. Who was
the rei'' author of the letter, pnbi'shed in the
Columbian Observer To which -ar Nremer al
uNed ms signature, vii! not undertake positive
iy 10 assert. Circumstances render It hgily
probably that it was written by MIR Eaton, aud
with the knowledge Of Gcu. Jackson In re!a-
ton to the card Of Mr-Kreaer, Ia answer to that !
which had previously inserted IN the National
inse'hgencer, remarked III my circular to my |
constituents that the night before the appear |
ance OF air kreH1er's, las | was voluntarily IN |
formed, f:T Eaton. II Senator from Tennessee,
and The bIographer Of General Jackson, uho
boarded in the eEd OF tins City opposite TO that
IN which Mr. kremer took mp MS abode, dis
lance of about two miles and half was closet
ed for so,!.e time with him" This paragraph
led TO correspondence between Fir Eaton and
myself, in the course OF which. III ii letter from
me 10 him, under date the list March, 1895.
OBSERVE, 2" II Is proper TOR me to a'!d that did
believe, from vnar nocturnal interview w!th MIR
Aremcr referred TO IN my address, that y0u pre-
pared or advised the publication of his card, in
the guarded terms III which it is expressed.
should be happy, by disavowal on your part,
o.! the fact Of tina: interview, of its supposed
object, 20 be able 10 declare in the event OF
such disavowal, weuld take pleasure in dcclar-
i.g. that nave been m'stskcn IN supposng that
,yoH had any agency III the conrostioa or publ
icnon OF that card. 40 occasion can be con
tccived more fitting for an explicit denial of any
participation on the part OF Mr. Eaton. in the
transaction referred TO. 1t the subject of
the correspondence between us; and rnrnose.
'y afforded him an honorable opportunity of a.
vowing or disayo~ng any cooperation with Mr.
hiemer. Instead of embracing it, he does not
deny the visit, nor my Inference from it. On
the contrary, he says in his letter OF the 3lst
March, 1898, 6 suppose he fact to be that did
visit him: (iir Kremer,) and suppose teo that i,
was, as you have termed it, nocturnal visit;
WITS there any thing existing that should have
denied me This priFiegc?"
As Mr Kremer asserted that he did moi write
the letter 10 the Columbian Observer. and AS
iir Eaton does not deny that he wrote the Gard
published in Mar Eretner's name, the Inference
is moi unfair that having been Mr. Krcmer's ad-
wiser and agaanuenSis on one occasion he acted
IN the same character on the other. II is ante
clear that the statements in the letter to the Co
lnmbah Observer are not mAdc upon Mr. Kre-
mer own knowledge. He speaks OF reports
runners, sc. " Oycrtures were said to have
been made, &C."
Ii is most rrobah!a that those statements are
founded on Gen. Jackson's Interpretations of the
! object OF Mr Bnchanan's interview How did
he obtain the Information which was commanica-
led 10 the COLUMBIAN Observer? Upon the sup
position that the letter prepared by 81 Ea-
ton, we Can at once comprehend it, He was
perfectly aPpriseh of all that had passed between
| Sir Buchanan and Gen. Jackson The coinci-
Idence CT the language employed in the letter 10
the I. Observer, with that of Gen. Jackson Ia
| 81: Carter Beverly is very striking and proves
that II has 4 common origin. nj Krealer saws
Overtures were said to have been made to the
friends Of Clay offering him the appointment of
Secretary OF State for his AID to elect Mr. Adams -
Gen. Jackson says, 9 He (Mr Buchananl said
he had been informed by The friends of NJ Clay
that the friends OF Mr. Adams had made over.
lures TO them, saying if Mr. Clay and his friends
would unite in aid of the election of Dir Adams
! Mr. Clay should be Secretary of State, The
variations between other parts of the two letters
are not greater than often occur in different mar
FanYcs OF the same conversation. They arc not
So great as those (which exist in the accounts
which Gen. jackson has himself given, at differ
cnt times, of the same transaction. This will
be manifest from a comparison of Mr. BeyerIy's
report ct the conversation, III the HERMITAGE
contained in his Fayetteville letter OF the 9Th of
March last, with Gen. Jacksons statement of mo
same conversation, in his letter TO Mr. Beverly
Of the 9th of june. Speaking of this letter Dir |
heveTly says lin his latter TO n. Zane, Esq TINT
Gen. jackson asserts great deal more than
he ever told me- |
From the intimacy which existed between
Gen Jackson and ri Eaton, and from the fact. |
stated by them both Of the knowledge which |
each possessed OF Mr Buchanan's communica-
lion, 1t cannot be reasonably doubted. if Mr En-.
toa prepared Mr Kremers letter, that General
jackson was acquainted with this fac. 1t is wor-
tay OF particular observation that up to this day,
ar lar as am informed, Mr. Krerncr f,s most
carefully concealed the source whence he deri
we'd The statements contained i'll his famous let
ter.
The rancour Of party spirit spares noshug.-i
Pervades, 1t Penetrates every where It docs Il
not scrupIe to viohte the sanctity Of social and
private interconrse-It substitutes for facts darI,
surmlses and maevolent insinuaiions-it micro. i
presents and holds up in false and invidous lights
incidents, perfectly harmless in themselves, srI+
ordinary occurrence, or Of mere common civil
tIty. More than once, in these agitated fines. |,
has unsuspectinn and innocent cnn,ers,t;o,, !