Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-08-05

(which VIII De tounu uHuci '"c o'''e'
hrad) would not be clearly comprehended ny
the reader.
Among those who testified to the fact that
Cen. Andrew Jaeksun participated in the
scheme by which its projectors became possessed
of the rich lands on Duck river, which were al.
forwards wrested from those who purchased
from and held under them, because oil the i"va-
lidity of their titles, and which inyaIldlty was
known 10 Jackson and Company, when lhey
sold the lands, is Col. Andrew Erwin OF len
nessee-r formerly an intimate associate and
friend of Jackson-who had iull knowledge
of the whole proceedings 10 which he referred,
and who ultimately became himself consider
able sufferer, by the superior cunning oil JACK
son, and by the aid which the corrupt judiciary
of Tennessee lthe judges having themselves
become interested in the schemr) lent, Tor a
time, to its success, by giving decisions In the
teeth of law and equity This is no idle as
sertion, as the subsequent decisions OF the
courts, under new judges, conclusively prove
AS soon as Col. Erwin's certificate was pub
lished, he was rudely assailrd by Gen. Jackson's
writer's in Tennessee, and every ep,het applied
10 him which ingenious malice could devise
Attempts were made 10 weaken his claims on
the confidence of The community, by impeaci'-
ing his veracity, and by charging him with
conduct affecting his standing in society and
his honesty. Among other Things, he was
charged with having purchased and sold ne
yroes for gain. This charge, Indeed, seemed
to be that on which the JaoksonianS principals
" relied 10 lessen Col. Erwin's standing; Tor,
notwlths anding al the parties are residents oil
a slave holding country, in which this traffic is
certainly sanctioned by usage, it Is well known
that it is regarded BY many, though NOT very
Justly perhaps, as an employment UNANIMOUSLY
degrading 10 those who engage in it-as incon-
testibIe evidence Of cold, calculating, unteel-
ing. almost inhuman heart. The charge was
freely admitted by Col. Erwin to be true: 6ul
he did not stop with this admission. he CAR
ried the war into the enrmy's camp, and retor''
ed the allegation on Gen. Jackson himself
proving, most clearly, that HE had also been
engaged in this traffic, and should therefore not
be exempted from the denunclations, just or un-
just, which are bestowed unsparingly on this
class Of traders. The allegation was, however,
Instantly denied by the Jacksonians with their
usual boldness Of assertion, doubtless hoping
and Believing that ,Criiten proof Of The tact
was in existence, and prepared to meet all 9TH
err sort of evidence with the weapons which
they have heretofore very successfully employ
ed-to vii: rude denials, and, we tear, very
loose and demonstrations swearing. Col Er'
win, however, became possessed OF a memo
randum, in Gen Jacksons own hand writing,
which subs. an,iated his assertion, having first
endeavored in vain to procure sight OF Gen.
Jacksun's bank book for the year TO which he
referred, the president and CASHIER refusing 10
exhibit il, unless ia the pre- sence OF Gen. Jack
-.-:-ir, - ~f same ner.nn snPcidliy aulhor-
lied TO act for him. Col. Erwin Motif, Grn.
jackson Of this dr'erm nation on the part Of
thr president an! sAir, and r quested him 10
appear, either in prs n OF by proxy, al the
bank, for i've express purpo Of su"s,antiating
or refuting his allegation, on given day. But
the no,i e was disregarded, and The publication
oil the mi morandum above alluded TO was the
consequence Morifyd and angry al the de-
,eopemrnt Of the truth Of the ma Ter, witch
they had hoped to conceal, by refusing TO exhi>
biz the bank book, Jackson and his "counci Of
war" forthwith endeavored 10 escape from its
consequences by charging DR.. Boyd NJ Marry
and wilkins TannehilI, esq (the president and
cashier Of the Nashville bank, with having ex
posed the bank transactions of "war- worn SOL
der" who had deposited his book with them
gus, on the eve of starting 10 conquer the enc
mics of his country" Gas if destiny sa, on the
point of his sword,) with g view to furnish his
opponents with weapons where with to assai
him. This aiusion to the warlike deeds Of the
g laurelled farmer" as Jackson is comicaHy slyI~
ed by The Richmond Junto, was intended to ex-
cite the svmpathies OF the people, and to throw
A mist over the only pon, in the case material
10 establish .-That poin, was, whether JAG ksnn
had or had not been, some years since, negro
irnder. This being established, as it is, the
means by which the fact was proved are Of no
moment to the public. II they were base, we
admit that those who resorted TO them should
be dlscoun,enanced and severely reproached;
but We deny that their gull would in any man
ner or degree extenuate Gen. Jackson's offence,
il offence it was, against tine good feeling and
the moral sense Of his fellow citizens. But
DR.. Nc Marry denies the truth Of the allegation,
that he, as President of the Bank had exposed
any of Gen. Jsckson's transactions 10 the scru>
tiny Of his opponents, in a communication TO
which We referred in the commencement of
these remarks, and which will be found in an
other part Of ,o>day's paper. In this denial,
he is joined by Mr.. Tannehill, the Cashier, who
repels the imputa'ion in terms equally indig-
mani.
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