Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-08-01
To the Editors of the Euot;,er-


To the Editors If the ENQUIRER
GENTLEMEN: i accidentally saw few dave
ago, in paper published in Lynchburg, by ono
Of the yeipers OF the Coalition, most virulcnt at.
tack on Gen. Jackson, and garbled account ey
tracted from the Knoxville Enquirer, of a cores
pondence which passed last winter between the
" Military Chieftan' and certain Judge, Ma.
thaniei Williams of Tennessee, touching a letter
which was received by a relation of said Williams
from him, during the sitting of the Adams Con-
vention in Richmond. This letter was read, or
shown to various members Of that Convention c.
pies OF 1t furnished to and its contents detail.
ed to others, especially by the father of the gen.
tlrman who received it-although the honorable
Judge, in mis- letter to General Jackson AYERS that il
was =" designed as confidential certainly several
most respectable gentlemen, members of the Ad-
ans Convention, in relating the purport of this
pubiic (now transformed into confidentia) letter,
gave the same account of it which Gen. Jackson's
Correspondent communicated 10 him. When the
whole letter comes out, il will be seen whether
that account be true or not-And if Williams does
not say r that letter that the offer of commits.
sion III Burr's army was made TO him by Jackson
when he went to get him, as Judge, TO sign his
license; has he neuer said that the offer was
then made! Has not his brother in law of Rich
mond so said and declared, that years ago he got
the Information from Williams?
Ii 10 not my purpose to go deep into this matter.
because have doubt but that it has been probeI
10 the bottom before this time in Tennessee wherp
all the materials 10 rette the SANDER are at hand
cut and dry. After hazarding the prediction, that
Williams will be completely Jonathan Russelled
IN TINS business, have TO request that YOU will
publish the erdct correspondence that did pass be.
tween jackson and Williams, as well as the letter
OF Judge Thomas Stuart, who Williams positively
ailirms In ms lie tier to his nephew, present at
the conversation between himself and Jackson
though, in his letter to Jackson, he reduces the
dUerment to {" thnk-so'' You know certified
copies OF all these letters were long ago pui into
your possession. Williamss letter to jackson, as
published in the Lynchburg paper, is materially
variant from the one he actually sent TO Jackson.
me hrst sentence, which has been altogether
omitted, IS not essential except 10 eyince the ex-
IRENE agitation under which the poor man wrote.
ne Degins-" Sir: have just about fifteen mi
nuteS since very minute TO be sure) received
from Mr. Donelson your letter of the 2Sd instant,
IN winch you state as by letter from ashington' -
&c. Now jackson never mentioned Washing
Ton al all In hisletter, but says he got his nforma-
tion from a gentleman OF Virginia. How eyer
williams repeats once or twice that the letter
came from Washington. Surely the poor mans
iueas must have been running lnuch on things a.
Washington; or, perhaps, lie thought as that City
was the fountain oil all intrigue, so it must be the
source alike OF its detecon-or what is still more
probable, he may have been under the Influence
OF wltchcraft in which he is said to believe Again
me Lynchburg paper has it, that Williams wrote:
can very frankly deny ever having written the
iet'er spoken OF by the gentleman who wrote 10
n
relation OF mine at that time in Richmond" This
sentence is thus in his letter to Jackson-"I can
frankly ieny ever having written the letter. or anu
"t"S me the one, spoken of by the gentleman
VINO wrote TO you from Washington" Uhe great
CITY still floating in his bran) al did write
letter TO relation of mine, Nathaniel w. W Kerr
al that time in Richmond" Nhy did Williams
leave out, in his publication, the important words
l nave itaiicised! (or any thing like the one.) Was
II because, garbc you may the letter he wrote
TO Kerr was something like the account Jackson
received from his friend' Pray does not this look
little like Jonathan Russell's omissions and in
seriions' This single suppression Qor it can be
no'nihg eise' exhibits at glance, (even without
me AID OF Judge Stuarts calm and circumstantiaI
tes'imony,) what value should be put on the re-
miniscences and declarations of the Honorable Mr.
y" ihiams. There ara several other variations moi
SO important, which go to show that the copy pub
liShed by the poor man, corrected in a manner
10 hide the evidences of his extreme trepdation
when he wrote to Jackson. Some of these are
noted In the copies from which you will publish,
SO uidt the curious may compare the real letter
win that IN the Lynchburg paper.
But why, let me ask the friends of the Coalition
does not all the letter OF Williams come out, Give
US the whole letter, the sportive parts aud ALL
Ihese nowadays seem to be the most important.
witness the letters Of Clay TO Blair Did not viii.
lIams letter contain much more about tbs Rurr
business than The extract published exhibits? Dill
he not write about Spanish conspiracy-a Blount
conspIfacy-a Burr Gpnspiracy-and lastly a con-
sPracy against his poor self by the Legislature of
his Slater Did he not, in fact, traduce in Iu,nn
the whole Of the Constitutional authorities of Ten
nessee-his adopted State--Viio has sustained arl
honored him; and who is as remarkable for tbo
justice OF her councils, she is for the caantrv
and devoted patriotism OF her sons Give ne The
whole, repeat, of this letter, designed 10 be sure
as : conh nlal,' but used by the Nephew and
the bfoher-ia-aw to advance political objects and
tarnlsh the reputation OF a man, who has crowned
himself and his country with impcrp liable glory.
you can get copy, if not i'm Richmond from a
gentleman IN the Eastern part of Virginia, who
was member OF tlie Adams Convention; who WAC
once q Military Cbicftan and acquired what
tame he has mainly, by his military talents tho
ne happened never 10 do battle But enough.
NO man of any party believes in his heart. that
jackson ever medtaie treason against his countrv
or j. any thing but patriot Nhatif he had been
IN Burr's conspiracy, can ii be supposed that Mr.
Jefferson, 10 whom all the schemes aud intrrues Of
Burr. his aids and abettors, were AZ familiar as
the untying of his garter" would have retained
the most unboundcd confidence in his virtue and
:. Roman love OF Country TO his dying hour,---
That Mr.. Madison, who was the confidential
friend and adviser Of Mr. Jefferson al tI,e fine os
Burr's operations, aud must have known all bis
accomPiiccs, would have given him the command
OF tue whole Western country, and have dep,fted
If Il