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the grave, who could truly testify that
ever expressed or ever intimated the
remoisst intention to vote for General
Jackson, in any contigesey whatever.
AS to him, my mind was never for
moment in doubt or difficulty. And
whatever personal prediction | might
have entertained for Mr.. Crawford, OF
whose state of health there were such
opposite representations in the public
prints, when saw him myself, there
was no alternative in my judgment, but
that which I embraced. | have reason
to believe that General Jackson and bis
friends cherished no expectation that l
would vote for him. General Call, the
then delegate from Florida, was his ar
dent and eminent friend, and had been
bis Aid. They travelled together on
their Journey to Washington City in the
fell of 1924. In letter from General
jackson to Mr.. Eaton, which is contain
ed in the 66th page of the 2sth vol OF
Niles's Register, be states that General
Call was with him on that journey, and
he refers 10 him as corroborating bis
own memory relative to transaction
at Washington (Pennsylvaola.) Ii is
presumable that the election, with lis
prospects and hopes. must have fire.
quentIy formed a subject Of converse
ton on the journey. itcan scarcely bs
doubted that General Call was well ac-
quainted with General Jackson's views
and. expe Citations. At tavern at Rock
Vile, IN Maryland, about fifteen miles
from this city, during that same Jour
| ney, General Call and several other
gentlemen engaged in conversation a.
bout the Presidential election. John
Braddock, Esq. IA gentleman not known
| to me, but who. understand, is mer.
chant of great responsibility was pre-
sent: and he states that. "when the vote
| which Mr. Clay would probably give
| was spoken Of, Gen. Call declared that
the friends of General Jackson did not
expect Mr. Clay to vote for him, and if
be did so, il would be an act OF duplici
y on his parto tsee Appendix CT
In General Jackson's address to the
public, OF the 9Th of July last. touch
| ing his previous statements to MIR Be
| verify, and commune ating the name of
Mr. Buchanan as the gentleman who
bore the imaginary overture, he says
'the origin the beginning of this mat
ter was at nv own house and tireside;
where, surely, afrseman may be per-
niItted to speak on public topics, with.
out having ascribed To him improper de
signs" From this statement, the fair
inference is. that Gen. Jackson intends
to aver that be had never before spoken
of bis charge against me The "origin,
the beginning" of this matter was. he
saws, at bis own fires,de; that is, 1t was
in March, 1927, wnen. according to
Mr.. Beverly, before crowd OF compa-
ny, oil which there were no less than
seven Virgnians, he proclaimed his
accusation. The obligation to observe
the principles OF honor, and to speak
with scrrpuIous veracity OF all men, and
specially of our competitors, is unat
| fected bv time or place lbe domestic
! fresde has no privilege which exempts
| a man of honor from the force OF that
obligation. On the contrary, there,
more than in any other place, IN the
midst of ones family, should examples
be exhibited Of truth. OF charity, aud Of
| kindness towards our fellownen. All
the surrounding circumstances tend 10
soothe the vIndictiye passions, and to
! inculcate moderation. Whether the
privileges OF the domestic circle have
been abused by Gen Jarkson, or not,
10 my instance, let the impartial world
decide. The attitude in which he stood
before the American People, and the
subsisting relations between him and
me, one might have supposed would
prompt him TO the observance of the
greatest delicacy. Has he practised it?
II, indeed, 10 an unguarde d moment of
bIlarity, amidst his cornwall friends, lii
his own domicil, he had incauuously
touched a subject, respecting which he
might have been expectrdto prescribe
to himself The most profound silence, he
might possibly 6nd,not an justit alton,
but some excuse Tor bis lDdiscreiion, Ia
the public liberaiity. But what must
be the general SURF rise when the TACT
turns out to be, that the "orgia-the
beginning" Of this matter with General
Jackson, was not, "a be alleges, III