Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-04-02

would have been sixty years since, Tor exam,
pIe, termed, in the unsophisIicated language OF
the day, .'do,rm,ghi ke," in The present age Of
advanced civili,y, is no less elegantly than in
Extensively styled "n4sdPprehens'on How
many examples might be cited in support of
this re mark!
.Jark,ou-General Andrew, we mean, in his
famous Preside coIIoquy with Carter Beverley,
said that Claws friends told his friends that il
he would agree not 10 continue Adams as Sc
cretary of State, they would make him PresI
dent in one hour: and that he could prove
wha, he stated, by MIR. Buchanan. Mr.. Buc-
hanan says ne never heard or thought ofsuch a
thing until lie saw Jacksom's publication. The
General, therefore, must have Iabored under a
"misapprehension!"
The General asserts that he never mention
ed this subject except at his own hreslde. A
host Of witnesses, on the contrary, have said
that he talked OF it on various occasions, on
his way home from Washington, in 1896
that he spoke of il on highways, s. by-ways,
in taverns and steam boats But this was a
slip of the memory! "misapprehension" of
the mere meaning of his own language!
In regard to the Tennessee MiIitia-men ex-
ecuted by his order, the General asserts that
President Madison was just as answerabIe for
their murder as himself. Now, as Mr.. Madi-
son never heard Of the senten,ences Of the
Court, until after the men had been shot, it is
very clear that the General is here guilty OF
another misrepresentation"
On the same subject, aud In the same letter
10 his friend at Baltimore, he says that all that
he had 10 do with The business was to order
the Court Martial, and that he left The District
to the command Of General Winchester, while
he himself marched off TO distance Of more
than 500 miles, thus leaving it to be understood
that the blood OF these men lay at Winchcs
ter's door and is, indeed, his partisans actually
asserted. The nephew, to whom this letter
was written, with all his zeal for Jackson, will
hardly so far disgrace the memory Of his uncle
as to believe that this was any thing less than
"msapprehension."
Again. the General says that only five OF
those unhappy men were executed; that the
res, were pardoned, fought by his side at New
Orleans, and redeemed their character. Now,
it so happens that the battle was fought on the
9Th January, 1915, and his order confirming
their sentence, was dated on the god Of the
same month, the condemned being at the time
in irons, at Mobile. But this is only another
misrepresentation"
In his letter to Swartwout, the general says
that when the war was over he retired tn his
farm. He reilerates the same thing in one Of
has answers 10 the New York comnfittee. BuT
history tells US that he did not "retire" until
1927, and that he then received a gratuity of
8 months pay, as . "disSanded officer" while
at the same moment, he was receiving a salary
as Governor of Flsrica. This too, was "mis-
apprrhe sion!"
We might sGd many more "misapprehen-
sions" from the same source, but these are E.
nongh from one man. Let US look 10 some
other authorities: A distinguished member
OF Congress wires 10 the Moon-srruck and
credulous Richie that he had JUS, been 10 the
Presidents House, and that his republican
simplicity had been greatly sh"ekrd at The
gorgeous fornilure Of the East Room. 1t turn
ed out to be mere "misapprehension" very
natural one 10 be sure. The writer only mis-
took himself for another man, and that man
one room for another!
Another distinguished member Of Con-
gress," by way Of helping out IN story Of
"bargain and corruption" invented by jack
son, Kremer. & Go tells his consti uents thai
he, too, had been tempted by the offer OF any
officer in the Government.-God help the pur-
chase! by Mr.. Brent, Of Loulsirna, il he would
lend his giant support TO the Administrator.
These constituents offer their names, if requir-
ed, to substan'ia'e The truth Of this statement.
The distinguished member" denies il before
witnesses, to Brent, and to his constituents re-
plies, that il is mere "misapprehension!
Quere Would il not be we'll 10 do as our
fathers did, and call things by their right
names?
CANCER.
The following letter, written by General