Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-08-23
foL. V.-No. 81.

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Not by your friend, who was himself con-
: ccrned in the transaction. He saws YOU re.
fused to be Il mere security, and insisted on
pelhg Il partner that your credit enabled
me h'n' to make the purchase, and that he
understood you advanced your proportion
zone thlrd) of the purchase money. How
the'! 40 YOU attempt TO prove Your ridiculous
'aie . The only particle OF proof offered by
you, Is an alleged copy Of Il memorandum of
J0"F o'r", contradicting Ill your other mem
ofahua, and exhibited only to q few of your
CHOSEN coniidants. If you are SO ready TO
reiefto Il part Of your documents, why are
y0l not equally ready to expose them all
why have you not candidly exhibited all
Your books and papers, which cannot fail 70
discover how the transaction really was. and
boldly called. upon friend and foe to come
forward and examine them =? We should
Iiel see sohen the payment was made to Ep-
person, which, | assert, was three days after
'ie aiieScd date OF your agreement. On the
contrary, you have buried all YOUR docu-
'hciits away IN your private desk, where they
felnain carefully concealed; and in the vain
nope OF preventing The production of cyl
aence, You have taught your printers not on
~ TO llint TAT the Indignant flashing al poar
eye Out TO attempt TO lntimidatc pcaceuble
tiu%eis by threats, or their part promptly to
assam the private character OF any man who
shall dare to give testimony uniayorable TO
you. What confidence then, under such
circumstances, can be rcposcd in this allie
Sed memorandum, on the back ofyour d
grccment Does it not rather create suspi-
cIohs OF something worse than has hitherto
been discovered? But, sir, without dwell
ing longer on this point, ! viii call Your at
t%cntlon, and that Of the American people. to
The following letter from IL gentleman whose
Ingh %standingis we'll known to the citizens Of
tennessee gentleman not onIy above re-
Piroach IN private life, but distinguished for
ms public services in the legislature of the
''la'e' and the Congress Of the nation,
.LockELAND, June l4ll, 1928.
Coh .4ndr4e Eyloin.
"lR,-in answer to your letter, addressed to me, Of
Tue 10th ut. making enquiry relative TO what kppy-
!eige / have tesreciing Gen Andrew Jacl.son's b,v-
ing ana selling negroes Tor profit, and his bringing ne
STofs iroin NatchcE, in thc vsar 1911 or Il. usder-
1000 That q MIR. Horace Greene took from Nashville
a number Of negroes 10 Naichcz> for sale, and thac
'Hose negroes were he ~pTOpe3iy Of the late Jos. Cole
nlah, ei Nashville, GsEerdE .3adrelp .Jal Isoa and sand
Horace Green, yeti do not know this Of NV own
Rnoniedgel Some time after, ! AearG Cor. Ju.hsoG
sag tie went 10 Aatchez, OF somewhere in that coun-
Try and had brought negroes hack 70 Tennessee; aud
about that time, n 'ir. Rinsmore, The T.. States agent
L 'he I!nctaw Uation OF Indians, was in the habit Of
stopping all persons travelling through said patton witt
4 negro or negtoes, who had nos a passpo,t. Tn. Ee
"f'"| otSerfed. that lac had taken no passport, and on
the mo n!nS he was 10 pass the agency, thal tie ariaei
i"o Of hS ano&f Ta2oi"'e yovnS ncgro nlen, and put Them
~ irnnt OF us negroes, md GrlU& them on derS to FIGHT
iuGlt WAY, y He,rGsTrV. He further oL-rryoi
'"at n friend had IN! Into IN. hand, the night before
OF that morning a goAt T!fl; lhat s. hen he came cp,o
sue 'he agoooy he directed hs negroes to 60 on Ia =
branch aud eat their brcaklaot,-tbai he rode UP to The
agency where he saw several indian country men, la.
CURED OF '!em for Nj. DInsmure e, who informed Inn,
W.T. HnrSmoIe was not there, but ifcD home. lie told
t"e'n to tell MIR. DinsIH0!e lie shanid have been glad
u E.gt seem nm. tnf ln c,rIi rat ,aE-- -
gong on home ruth his irgrues. i felIog named latin
mp whom raised, and irqs aod by tic MGl Can.
J2'n BF"2a' 10 the said Joseph Coleman, was cne Of
the negroes armed and put III front, as The Cen. ,Lc,
TIE above Is a true statement of yhat ! Lo,,I
Gen. ANDRE" jackson say 10 Nashville, after bis re-.
turn from Naichez. ii may not oe tie precise words,
ont IL IS me substance, TO the best OF my now rccollcc.
ti0i'' am, sir, yours, respectfully,
IL. WEAKLEY.
1t seems from this letter, that the rurcLasa
from Eppcrson was not the only negro spc.
i'll which your firm was concerned.
You bought OF John Brahan, and probably.
II ell the transactions could be brought To-
light, CT several other persons. But nv main
object III Introducing the above letter, IS to
Shew your respect for the laws and conshtu-
tcd authorities OF your country. You even
boosted, it seems, Of having armed your ne
gro sfaTSs, in order to fight thcir grey, # ue,-
ccSSary, rather than to conform TO the rertI-
iatlons OF government, and procure and pro
ducc a passport for them. This, sir, is per
fcctly consistent with your declaration, in
your celebrated letter to &. ". Campbell.
about sweeping from the earth the invader
OF Icgolrights, and involving Silas Dinsmoro
iii the flames of his own agency house. Is
this a spirit to be patronizcd and cherished
by the people of these L. Statesl Docs
this not also explain the height and depth
OF your untiring, malignant persecution Of
who alone or nearly so, defended my
unSusPccting, poor, but honest noichbors,
against your sNindIin@ combination, to de
prNr them Of thcir houses and homes, SO
furry and honestly bought and paid for bv
them as set forth in transcripts from the re-
cords by the "Tcnnessean," in his numbers
to seven, each included. Dinsmorc was
threatened with consuming fire Cnr nirinm