Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-01-17

SiuCsS oA . near tciahOH VA WITS. JACK
son,-through the agency of John H.
Eaton, he formed a combination With
my enemies and portion of his own;
in which, as the price of Mr.. Grundy's
support, | was to be given up by Gen.
jackson, to be sacrificed in character
aud fortune.
La that arrangement, he not only
transferred away more than 100000
of my property, which he had before
transferred to me, but be afterwards
wrote either two or three letters to
James jackson of Alabama, to per.
suade him not to pay me $4,000 which
was due to me. as my proportion of the
compromise and settlement But il is
due to the character of James jackson
to say, that be did not accord with the
wishes and opinions of GenJackson, and
paid me the amount of my proportion
When the effect of this treacherous
arrangement on the part Of General
jackson was bro'tto operate against me.
by conjunction Of the legislative and
judiciary powers of the State, acting
together for the destruction of my intev-
ests, and | was compelled 10 remove to
Kentucky. Gen. jackson did not forget
that be had IN ured me in Tennessee, nor
ECLECTIC follow me in my removal.
Every friendship and every conf.
dence, therefore, that has existed be.
tween Gen. Jackson and myself, stand
cancelled both in his breast and mine,
by the acts of injustice. treachery and
outrage, that he has exercised toward
me. But whatever General Jackson
has communicated as private" or
whatever may have passed between us
of private and confidential character,
stands registered in the book of our
THEN friendly relations; and no wrong
or injustice on the part OF Gen. Jack
son, shall ever cause me to violate tue
sanctity of confidence, or to trespass
on the laws and privileges of friendship
Ihave thought proper to make the
foregoing remarks, that the public may
know and properly appreciate the pre-
sent strange and curious connexion be
tween Gen. jackson and Felix Grundy,
as well as the answer will give 10 your
enquiries.
AS to what Interpretation General
Jackson and his political friends will
give to his letter to MIR. Grundy, | do
not know. | have long since discover
| ed, that, like other idolators and devo-
tees, they interpret every thing by their
interests and wishes. But for my self, |
understand it as going more to tie plea
Of action, and the conversation with De-
catur, than to the substance of the
charge of intended vioiencs to the person
Of Mr.. Eppss. In fact, 1 do not see
| that intention at all denied in the letter;
and know he could not deny it with
truth.
AS to the stated conversation between
Gen. jackson and Commodore Deca-
tur, never heard of il until saw it
published in the papers. If it ever did
take place, General jackson could not
be expaeted TO tellit; and l know no
thing on the subject but what is derived
from him and Doctor Bronaugh But
with regard to his dissatisfaction with
the conduct of Mr. Eppes, and of his in
tention to personally chastise him, and
his going in search of Mr. Eppes for
that purpose, it formed topic Of as
common conversation with Gen Jack
son as most other incidents of the acts
at Washington City, in relation to the
Seminole war. understood from both
Gen. jackson and Doctor Bronaugh,
that he. left his lodgings in search OF Mr..
Eppes, in company with the Doctor;
that they went to Mr.. Eppes' lodgings,
and not finding him there they went to.
wards the Senate Chamber, in hopes of
meeting him on the street, that the Sc
nate sat unusually late, and Mr.. Eppes,
as they supposed, hearing OF the inten
ton of General JAG kson, left the Senate
Chamber before its adjournuent. and
secretsd himself
have heard General jackson re-
peatedly state, that he would have csned
Mr Eppes, if be could have found him
and that if Mr. Eppes had resisted bis
chastisement, he would have cut off his
ears as signal mark of disgrace, and
left the consequences to his country and
the opinion of mankind. He further
stated, al one or more tines, to me,
when conversing on this subject, that
he had fought through lie for bis reputa