Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-05-27

a. an aeto of Justice 10 the writer, and>wiIl sui.
ficientJy explain itself We have heard from
other sources. since the appearance Of our edi-
torial article, Mat what he states is strictly
correct, The boldness Of the denial, and the
sor, of official character whichit assumed in
the Baltimore Republican, led US into the error
Of thinking that possibly the correspondent OF
the Wing might have been mistaken:
For the Alexandra Phenix Gazette.
WAsHINeToN, May Is.
| Mr. EDITOR: In casting my eye over your
paper Of Friday, observed an editorial para
graph, having for its objec. the refutation ola
publication first made in the Richmond Wing,
| in relation 10 an interview which took place
be,wees, General Jackson and Northern Cler'
gy nyin, and based upon explanations made oy
the Baltimore Republican.
As furnished that information 10 the Edit
ors Of the Wing, feel myself bound, by an
obligation due 10 them, as we'll as duty 10
myself, TO make known the grounds on which
tina, commune alton was made, and at the same
time express my uushaken belief in the correct
ness OF the circumstances detailed.
You state (ifI recolleei arght) that this Bal
timore Editor had affirmed that every par'ieu-
lar contained in thal statement was incorrect;
tha, the clergyman" (who figured so conspi,
cuously in it) "was not a political friend oil
the Generals !" that the gentleman who ac-
companied him was no, clerical brother );
and that the President was not informed but
once after the introduction OF his Sisilant oil MS
name and place Of residence
II is no, my intenIon TO enter into an ela6o-
rare examination, or attempt 10 prove, by any
mode Of augmentation, the truth or faiseness
of these several specifications. Indeed, as TO
the correctness or incorrectDess Of the two first,
i, is matter Of no importance whether they
be true or false. so far as they have any bearing
on the Que, tion at issue between US, or are de-
signed 10 subserve the object had In view IN
making the publication alluded to-namely, to
prove The ipbecili.y of The President. and his
total inadequacy for the discharge OF the du-
ties Of the Office which he holds.
That the affirmation, however, Of the first is
corree,, to wit, he was no, only friead Of he
Generals, but warm. Jealous, and efficient,
one. 30 much so, as to attract the attention OF
tina, portion of The community in which he
lived. and the severe animadversions Of the
church over which he had the pastoral charge,
is fscl Of public and general no oriety-a facl
State Of Massach use,ts, as that the late Mr..
Pickering 1.-THE leader Of the Federal Party in
that Sta,e) was loud and vociferous in chanting
pYaus 10 Iha Msrtial Wooden" who is now
g filling the measure OF his country's glory
As to the second charge, both my mraning
and language is misconcrived and misnter>
preted. ! never designed 10 convey IN idea
tina, The gentleman who accompanied the eler-
Il. Al i / 70.
member correctly used the expression pro-
fes.ional brother" by which me ant one who
..as one Of the same persuasion, and attached
to the same denomination Of protesting Chris
tians. AS these charges, however. can sustain
TO relation, or have any relevancy 10 the ques-
lion In dispute, they will be passed over with
out any further comment
Whether or not the President did. at two
several and dis,inc, periods after pre- viously
receiving Introductory letters, and undergoing
"a formal introdue ion in prop'id persona, ask
the clergyman his name aud place OF residence,
is fact, in the truth Of witch ! hav- no more
doubt than that he is now Presidenr-of the Uni
ted States believe it IS implicitly as do
any event furnished BY the records Of history.
The sources from whence il originated know,
and know they an he relied on, would ask
the Editor 81 the Baltimore paper how did he
come possessed Of ,hi, information! In what
way did he procure knowledge OF the cIrcum
stances as published BY him, and which he so
CO ,6denty as,erts are ,hos, founded upon truth?
Were they gotten from General Jackson? |
presume they must have been If so, deny
the right Or he po,Oer :he General 10 depose
in this case. A man who could not rec"liec'
one hour after he had heen three times told the
name Of an individual, and The object tina, ill.,
dividusl had in visiting him, would scarcely
be able to reco'lect the particulars of CONVEX
salon three weeks after it had lranspired--
Moreover, the maxim Of the law, which is also
max m ofresson and common sense, I" Memo
odmiendus est inha6iEtare seps.n',' is perfectly
applicable in this case. And | should be very
much inclined 10 doub, The correctness Of evil
dence furnished even. by such man as Gene
raj Jackson, when given under circumstances
| like the present.
The Editor could not haze gotten his infor-
| NATION from either the clergyman or his friend,
unless those gentlemen have given contrary
| statements, which their known character for
probiry and truth would at once discredit such
an insinuation.