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

kpr presenting to it these pages. am deceived
II an ample justification OF the act will not be
4 found in the breast of every just and honorable
\ min. II an officer of Government should not be
TOO sensitive, neither should he be too callous,
10 assaults upon his character. When they re-
'ate 10 the wsdoal or expediency Of measures
winch he may have originated or supported, he
should silently reiose liz the candor and good
sense OF the community, and patiently await the
developments of time and experience. But if
MS integrity be vitality assaed if the basest and
'nost distonorabe motives for his public con-
duct he .ascnbed 10 him; he owes it TO tho eoun-
Try, his friends, has family and himself te vindi-
cate ms calunniaed reputation. Few men are
SO elevated that the shafts of calumn,y Cannot
reach them. These may securely trust 10 the
ImVuInerabie position which they have attained.
\ ! ne United Suites have perhaps hitherto pro-
;Hrced but one who could look down from
Z ais lofty height. without emotion, upon the
giiSsles and the raalice of his enemles; for even
.hc had his enemies. 1.-THE malignant character
{ Of charges, the acrimony with which they have
tbeen asserted and repeated, the perseverance
which has marked their"propagatioa could ever
authorize an appeal 30 the public | think rnay
truly say. that have this authority. For three
years have been the object Of ucessant abuse
every art, every species of misrepresentation
has been employed agsiast me. The most in
hocent acts--ac!s OF ordinary social nteYcourse,
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even passing salutaaoff have been misrepre-
sentedsnd perverted, 10 my prejudice, with an
nniaIrness unprecedented. Circumstances have
been assumed, which had 40 existence and in
,terences have been drawn from them, which
kaad they been READ, tley would not have war.
Efantetl. Besides, my enemies have tenrs elves
appealed to the public, exhibited their charges,
AND summoned their witnesses TO lis Bar. Rea-
dy now ard anxious | am, and always have
been, TO submit amy act 81! my public life to full
3 examination before any impartial and reSpecta
bic tribnnal whatever l surely may expect ;, ut
least, that shall be patiently heard by fiat
which my accusers have themselves selected /
assure them that wal present 10 plea to the
jtH;istticlen
But desiroffs as ! naturally am to repei The
calunnies which have been directed against Inc,
ahe public would have been spared the trouble
ut perusing this address, if ea. jackson had not
IN the course oF the last Spring and Summer,
given TO them the open sanction Of his name
In his letter 10 M r Beverly Of The 9Th Of June
East, Ire admits that. in nerrns my rrivity to The
proposition which he describes tt, borne bv AIr
buchanan, he may have done ire injustice: pnd,
iin his address TO the publlc of the 9th Of July
last giving up the name OF this gentleman as
his only witness, ne repeats that he possibly may
Nave done me injustice in as$uaisg my authority
kior that proposition. He even deisils to honor
me with declaration Of the pleasure which he
will experience, If should he able to acquit my
self NJ Buchanan has been heard by Lhe pub
sic and feel justified in ring that the first
impression of the whole nation was, as il is yet,
shat Of every intelligent mind unbiased by party
prejudice, tiist his testimony fully eXonerated
me, and demonstrated that Gen. Jackson To say
more, had greatly misr oneeged the Import
of the interview between them. Aud further;
that so far as any thing improper disclosed
iby Mr. b., touching the Iatc iresidrn!fal cleo
siIon it affectedG eneral Jacksnn and hrs friends
: exclusively. lie having maniEesy injnrcd me,
Depreciation was busy, WHEN MIR Buchanans
S,statement appeared, as to the course which the
sSjeneral would pursue, after his gratntous en-
Oppression Of sympathy with me. There were
snot wanting many persons, who believed that his
jEnagnanimity would Immediately prompt him
publicly TO retract his charge, md go repair the
wrong which he bad done me. did not parti-
cipate IN that Just expectation ard therefore felt
no disappointment that ii was not rcalizeJ.-
Whatever other merits he may possess have
not found among them, in The course of my re-
]ations with birn that of forirearibg 10 indulge
vinJietivc passions. YIis scnt contemplation of,
ifnot his positive acqncscence in, tie most ex-
traordInary Interpretation OF MIR Buchanan 5
Statement, tlat ever was given TO human lam
guage, has not surprised me. II it had been
possible for him to render me an act OF sponlI-
neous justice, by Il frank AMI manly avowaI Of his
error, the Testimony now Submitted to the pub
tic might have been unnecessary.
Although feel folly persuaded that The com
X munlty, under my peculiar circumstances, will
sec, without dissatisfaction. if not wilh cordial
appreciation, this further effort 10 rescue my
character from sunmerIted imputatious, should
= nevertheless have remained silent, and cheerful
Iy abided its decision, on the disclosures and OK
plantations heretofore rBide, If bad no additional
facts to offer to its consideration. But body OF
highly important eyid Encc has been collected
establishing some mate rial circumstances not be-
fore generally kHoVn, ssnd confirming others Of