Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-01-02

ny, called to him, Intending by to erince
ny pr that no opinion, which sense of duty had
PEELED express of his public conduct ought To afec
our personal intercourse My visit returned,
was subsequently told he the ha bit of indu.
ing in the b,eest observations upon those (ny
ser among TIE hunber) who had called in question Tn
popgiety of his military conduct the Seminole War
saw of him, except possibly at distance lu
ring the are winter IN this City until the nf th
ycaf 1919. Being in that summer, NY way lin Rev
Orleans LeXinsiom and travelling the same road on
which he was passing in the opposite direction
ns,on to Nashville, we met LcbanNn in Kentucky
where had stnpt 10 hre"kiqst. was sitting the door
/" the shade reading newspaper. when the arrival al
Ten Jackson and his suite announced As e asce.,
ed the steps aud approached mr. aud sautct him
the most respectful manner. He DATED 10y ne, slightly
incllnius his head, ami abruptly addressing lie wa.
follow ed by of his suite stopped
with me some time, giving the my
family. | afterwards learnt that Gen jackson accomPa-
MED President Monroe, in visit my family paook
"i some slight icircSment az my house. On leaving iLc
tavern NJ LEBANON, mad occasion 60 into 'o0I,
where found Gen. jackson seated Ieading a nrwSpa
per- aud retired, neither having spoken 10 other,
and pursued my journey in company with fsur OF five
travelling companions.
Such was the stale OF relations the commence
n'eni OF the session q" Congress in 1923 e interval
having passed without my seeing him. Soon his
arrival here attend tat session, collected
indications that he had resolved upon general amnesty
Tie oeneh "i which was to be cXte nled Tie be-
suddenly cconciled with some iudv betu cen
whom aud himself there had been long existing cnmity
The greater part Of the Tennessee delegation (a!l be
iieve except MIR. Eaton and Goa. Cocke) called
stNei ciiiy III tIS SESSION. the
understood, of producing reconciliation between
related, III substance all al the above noes,
Guiding the meeting al Lcbdnou. BY way of apology
mas conduct at Lebanon, oil the gentlemen hrd
,hd, hr did intend any tsesl,ect me. he
lauogiug under iuispos stated hat
opinions which had expressed III the House of Il resen
tatves in rSgad To Gen. JaCksons military
had been sincerely entertained and sill held, bat that
being opinions in respect public acts, they had
been supposed Ivy Ia iurm any just 70, private
eniny bet"een u.s. and that none had been cherished
my part. Consequently my no obstacle
meeting with him, and maintaining respectful utter
For the purpose Of bringing together Tie Ten
ncssee representatives, all of whom according my
lection boarded at Mis-. C,xtou, Capitol Ill, gave
dinner to which we noth Invited, and at whirl e
member Mr.. Senator White, then acting as Comn,is- lot
e uhHef the F!"rGhy treaty, aud others pcscU'.
We there met exchanged saiuations a.! dncd together
rctTed from table Garly and followed - t.e door
by Gen. Jackson aud Mr. Eaton, who insisted on NY ta,
Il seat in their carriage. rode with them and WAS 81
down a: my own lodgings. was afterwards invited i.
Cen Jackson - dine with hin, where | with -.
Adams, MIR. Calhoun, MIR. Southland and many oi!cr gen
tlemen chiefly members of Congress. lie also dius in
company with Fifteen eighteen members Congress,
my lodgings, anil we frequently met, in the OF :o
winter, always respectfully addressing each other.
Just before left Kentucky the succeeding fall lNov
1920 to proceed t" Washington, report reached Lex
ingion tina, Gen. Jackson intended take place ia
his the city Our friendly intercourse having ccn
es'"fed in the manner stated, was DESTROYS thai
should arrive, prior my departure f,om houc thar
might offer tn him the hospitality of my house, aud les, ne
nn2ht msrterNet the motive oil departure II prCCe-
ded his arrival. In tins temper Of mind. J.ui it o. lie
possible that may have said that, ifI aware O!
his intention to pass that way wcuih have written hin,
when intended tn and urged him reach Lex
inglon before started my Journey certainly never
contemplated travelling in company with him. hnvinr some
time before made all my arrangements Tor the journey with
The gentleman WI" accompanied me- ANA having deter.
mined upon route different from the cue which
taken by Gen. fas been affirmed that
him expressing wish accompany him To Tie
City of Washington, ana his silence would seem to n,r
acquescence in the the atemcnt, If i;
were put forward ON his suggestion. | quite sure
that did that period wic him letter 81 any ecs.
crpiioH; but ii did here express my
public of 'at any otter letter him ~,
ne. do not believe did, b.Ca"Sa ID think tn
there time. after heard Of his intention cone Ly
answer e returned, before it requisite ccrnmcra,
TIE inurEcya puncIal attendance my pat GC n nc
c,*sary the presiding officer Of the House such
letter had been Gas most umessuedy might have reen)
written AIRY thing strongly Illustrate spirit al
hostility against Iam the understandable iulnscnccs
which have btPE drawn from = -; assumed Idc When
left home in Nnvcmker did certainly kmuy the Ice
tnfd Of Il solitary State in llc Urion Although
did doubt the result of ta III Kentucky, the
bad in, and the FIST authentic information WI n
received OF the Of any State Of Ih.t % Ohio
which. reached the kanayha, "a. Journey,
than hundred miles frors .es;cncc. " nc.
theT would be one oi the three return to The House
Representatives, asCerta:ad until more thar rircs
weeks after had reached W as ngom. Is not then
most unreasonable IA suppn. Ell had written such .,tc
has been imagined, rcf,using that shoult TIA vel
together that could have had any object connected with
the presidential clecirA: reached Wdshing'uu
days before him. Shortly after his arrival he called IN
see me, but We ont. r'rned the visit, considering
in beth instances OF ceremony ! with him
but rarely during that session, and always, wr
him, in company. sought opportunities to meet him
fo having my mind unalicably fixed it, is resolution not
Tor him. wished TO in,,irc him with hopes from
The presidential clec.,on topic tn which
the distant ausop made by me, in any
s1;en with h', bot and that happened dinner
gcrn by the Russian N';Iis;c the tate Baron of utl
the 2lh Deccmber 1921. rccerc, the duy hrcaus,
{, the birth day oftha late Emperor AIcxander Abou
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