Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-01-09

litigation. On lie contrary there. more than
IN any other place, in the midst oi ones family,
should examples be exhibited Of truth, of chari-
ty, and Of kindness towards our fellow men. All
the surrounding circumstances te.d to soothe
the yiDdictive passions, and to inculcate modera- !
ton. Whether the privileges oil the domestic
circle have been abused by General Jackson,
or not, in my Instance, let the impartial world
decide. The attitude in which he stood before
the American people, and the subsis!ips rela-
tions between him and me, one might have sup
posed, would prompt him To the observance OF
the greatest delicacy.-iIas he practised 1t! II
indeed. in al unsuarded nonent Of hilarity,
amidst his convivial friends ia his own domicil,
he had incautiously touched ID subject. respect
IN which he nigh, have been expected to pre-
scribe TO himself the most profound silence, he
night possibly find, not any Justification, bu
some excuse tor hi ind,scretion, in the puiIc
ll,era!ity. But what Eust he the general sur
prise when the fact iu'ns out TO be, that the
;" origin-the beginning" OF this matter with
Gen. Jackson, was not. as he alleges, Ia March
1927, but at least Two yeats beirre; not, Is he
ais, alleges, at his own ffesiie, but IN pubic
places, on the highway, ut taverns, and ON board
u steam boat! have expected TO receive tcs-
tinIcny TO establish the iac, Of his promulsatins
IS charge on all those various occasion=, duriu-
his journey on his return from Congress. IN
! hIaTGD. 1000. ~ present i nave ouIs Vpt"Ahe
il in parts. (see appendix ID
MIR. Daniel LarAe ts%st,ies, " that Oh my way
down the Ohio from Wheeling 10 Cincinnati, 10
the month ct Mnss'', 1851 board the steam
boat General Aeyille,amoug many other ia'seo-
gers wcse len. Jackson aud Il nnnl5cr TT Scntle'
men from Pennsylvania, some oi whom remark
e1 10 the Gen that they regretted that he had
moi been Gle ted President ;nstt n of ;tr. Adam.
Gen. jackson replied, that II he would hsve
made the same promises snI Oilers 10 tIr. Gay.
that Mr.. Adams hid done, he (Gen. J~ack:nn)
would theu, III Tia case. have been III the Pre-
,dentiai Char, bat he would make no promise,
To any; that II he wr,t to tie P.csr!Cn!nd Cc'ir
he wolff G, with clean hands AMI uncontrolled
by any one"
TO this statement, Mr.. William Cro,dcll, who
was present, sutjoIns IA certificate tA"t ut IL u
faithful account Of & u. Jackson's c'nver.gtlon
on the occd- Ton alluded to- Both Of those
sentlcmen, ma ~ beeu informed,are Respectable
citizens OF Philadelphia.
| nave understood, that 81 the Rev. Andrew
Wyiie, Major DAVIS, and Others IN Warrington,
IN Pennsylvania, on one occasion at tavern Ia
West Alex.nllia, in the same county, "a anotii-
er; at b ownsv,ll'; at Cinc,nna;i; al L"uevilie;
and at Rowing Grrel, in "a tavern IN Ken ucky,
Gen. Jackson made similar assertions. Should
the additional proc. expected arrive, ii Shall he
presented 10 The pubic. w neither such vast
design or not, Gen. Jackson appears 10 have pro-
claimed his accasatioi,, at such Convenient anh
SCI arated points, as would insute It's general
eli cuiation. We have the testimony VT Gene ii
Dan Green (Which Is ut least admissinie Oh
such an occasion) hat he persona % knew o.
Gen. Jackson speaking to The same elect rs
early as March, 1925.
j hus il appear. that, in March. 1925, at va
| rious places, in the presence Of many pc sons,
| tiel. jackson took upon himself to represent
'l,at Mr.. Adams bad made offers to me, ani TIA,
il he had made similar proposals, he, and not
| Mr.. Adams, wouli have been elected Pre'idtn'.
With what truth then can he assert, rs he has
done, that the : origin" OF his charge was two
years afterwards AT his own 6resite? Or that
: he has tot gone into the highways and market
places" 10 proclaim his opiniups!
Whilst he has made no protest against any
| benefit which might accrue to himself from the
dissemination of such a charge against me, no
is extremely desirous not 10 be considered as
my public accuser. He has indeed not ap-
peared before Il grand jury to support a bill of
Indictment against me. Neither did he ar
raIgn me, when acting under the oath OF a
Senator Of the United States, he passed upon
my nomination. But, if he can be regarded
as u public accuser, who, on numerous occa-
sions, to particular individuals, as well as be.
fore crowds of people, IN public as well as pri-
vate places, charges another with IA political
oilonce, General Jackson unites tLs double
character of my public and private accuser -
With HIM | have been reluctantly compelled
to believe the accusation originated. Whe,h-
or from an honest mlsconccption of the pnr-
port of }r. Buchanan's interview with hun,
(Which no one CAN doubt was the source of the
%calumny) or from the design of promoting his
own interests, the injury to me II S been the
same. The public (as | certainly had) prior
TO the last Summer, supposed that thc charge
had originated with Mr. George Kremer's let
or to tho Columbian Observer. But recent
disclosures of General ia akson and his partI-
sans, satisfactorily este olish thai, although the
siernness of Mr. kremet's patr Otism prompted
nan to cry aioud and spare not" he must
be stripped of the borro we'd meri, of Original
inventIon, which impartial justice requires
shOuid now be transferred to u more distIn-
e shed parsonage. A btIef summary of neon
test,ble facts will evince the business OF this
observation.
II was the policy with which the political campaign
WAS conducted IN the Winter l3Gf-2j, by the forces
OF the General, in the first instance TO practice strata
gem with my friends aai me. Accordingly the a is
oi persuasion and ill.tory were e~nployed. hut as l
did not ha5tcn TO give in ny adhesion, and rclniincd
most mystcriously silent, in other woods had not con-
vcrteI myself into q bois.crous and Jealous partizan
Of General Jackson, it became necessary TO change
that po .icy, ana to substitute intim,aat.oh Tor bil.iI-
islincnt. Mir. krcuAer presented hunse.f as a Int
agent in thi5 new WORK. lie was ardent, ~inpci.cd by
a blind and in.u,iaic zeal, and Irresponsible. and pos
sesscd at least tie faculty OF C lrnrous vociietitlon.
Ills letter to the Columbian Observer Was prepared,
ami he was instructed TO sign and transmit it. That
he was not the au.hof oil me letter ne has deliberately
| admitted TO Mr.. Crowniasiicla, former Secretary OF
the Navy. That he was hot acquainted with its COLI
tents, that Is, did not comprehend the import OF It's
terms, has been sufficiently established. To Gov.
Kent, Col. Liule, (wio votci in the House Of Rep
| ,esautativas Ir t,pn. Jacksuul Col. j,rpnt nf i.nI-