Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-05-28

Several other road bills passed. The bill for
removal Of the Choctaw and other Indians
passed to a third reading, "a TO rs. But %
administration members voted for II.
|
! JAMES l.. ARMSTRONG, the author Of the
political essays entitled "THE TENNEssEAN,"
which have recently been published, has given
new number of those celebrated papers. 1t
is addressed to General Jackson, and is signed
with the real name Of the author. Its great
length forbids our copying the whole of it, and
we must therefore content ourselves with maxi
ing a single extract from the exordium, which
will give pretty fair specimen Of the manner
and temper Of the whole.
Bedford County, AprH2', 1928.
TO GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON.
SIR-YOur promised defence in the case Of
John Woods has at length reached the public
eye, in the columns Of the Nashville Repub-
lican" of the llih inst and wha, is 1t, poor,
| barren, and meagre; indeed. | did think, from
the frequent closetings and conversations
heard had taken place between your talented
| friend, Mr. Lee, fiom Virginia (of steady ha6-
its) and Colonel Parrish, tha, might proba-
| bly, have some trouble TO reply in that, how
ever, was mistaken. II is true, your defen-
ders have said something against the charac-
ter of the writer, but even If that was correct,
would 1t be an answer 10 statement OF facts
in the case Of Woods Surely not.
Before proceeding to answer your defence,
| again reiieraie, that am the sole author of
! the several numbers which have lately appear
ed in the Kentucky Reporter over the
signi,uro Of "A Tennesseean and therefore
the assumption in lhe United States, Tele-
| ,,,bs th.s A,Ir L..
son, is the writer, is entirely gratuitous and
false | never consulted with Colonel Erwin,
either directly or indirectly. touching these
communications, until after the I'd No was
printed and had core TO hand, nor until after
had sent The Sd No. 10 the press. After l
had seen the publication of John G. Ander-
son of. .Na.hpiVe,' addressed tol. Erwin
letter dated 18th March, 1928, requesting
The loan Of ,ertain documents and title pa pers,
I" rsii ihhsl, the allegations III INV No. and
this did because ] disirked 'h- trouble and
expense Of procuring 'Op'cs of the records
| from Clerks Offices. Was moved 10 make
those publications by the cognations aud re
Elections Of my own mind, unaidcd aud unas.
sisted by the counsel or advice of any other
person, with the des gn 10 help my country
men TO form proper estimate Of your pre'en-
| sons; and nov iearlessly challenge a retu'a-
'ion, by the united aid Of all your followers.
Let the public not be deceived there are ma
! ny thousands Of the citizens Of Tennessee, who
have never yet consented to make "A military
! conqueror their President, who has scarcely
any other attribute 10 recommend him and
many thousands more woa!d think the same
way, f:bey had foriitnde TO stem the torrent.
The first thing worthy Of notice in the de-
fence IS the insinuatiOn against the veracity
of my witnesses, where it ia asserted, that to
I al kio ~, H. Al "A,
flour persons, purportng TO state the impress
SONS OF their memories, as to the ansaction,
ut the distance Of IA years. I shall not en-
large on the fathfulness of long memory, or
the looseness of exparte testimony, &C." Let
me ask every man Of reflection in my country,
| II he had a friend, or comrade torn from his
eide by a modern Robespferre, and shot to
death before his eyes would he soon forget
the transaction Or would il not always be
engraved in living characters on the tablets of
his memory, as long as reason held its em-
pirc, or until death shook the fabric into ru-
in? And in the case of Brock it was reduced
to writing at the time.
From the foregoing extract, it will be evident
to our readers, that Mr.. Armstrong is not to be
easily intmdated, and that he is perfectly pre-
pared TO pursue the line Of department, which
his better judgement and feelings have suggest
ed. Wa are apprchensive, nowevcr,th that Doctor
Armstrong will be assassinated, for thus freely
and Independently deporiing himself, in the
very face and eyes Of a man, who considers
himself at liberty to assassnate his opposors.
The last number Of the Tennessean, is unusu-
ally interesting, and we shall make liberal ex-
| sro cts from II "A soon n o. t;mo and nm
venence, will allow.