Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-08-28
ROEETEGAL.
FEom THE national JOURNAL.
10 ,lNDREW JACKSON. President orthe

SJR: On the ID iust ! addressed letter TO YOU
requesting all explanation of your extraordinary
course In appointing Consul day. and recall
iHg the commission the day after, without assigning
any other reason tlau msa pprehenson of the ,ley-
Sot Intended TO De appointed To this letter,
nave not been iavoured with reply. Had recci-
ven satisfactory one; could have had no excuse for
tn's communication, which exceedingly regret beinn
compelled 20 make. But YOUR silence tomethor witt
the inslduus hint thrown out III the soficiu Journal
g. the Government" that YOU had good cstis, fior
your act, and the declaration by another Government,
journal, that mad acted with deception" ccnsrair
me TO lnakesone comments yoIr conduct, and tC
slate the facts III regard to my own
1nrough an erroneous estimate OF vu,r characf or
the dcstnics ola mighty nation have been CONSUMED
Iato your hands. a self constituted aud se-styled
Central Committee" appear to have tukcu the af
ies OF 'e nation and you IN particular, into theii
npscia Keeping for their own and ucas,irc; and
claim right to do from having been irsr,1r,en-
TAI Ill clcvamg you TO your present statiun-a station
tor which neither your character, intellect nor edu-
cation ever designed you, and which from nbcciIity
and w,ckedncss you daily disgrace Il is said that
you are accessible to them at all tines, and t1at thew
by iiattery and adulaton mould Won to their will
understand, Sir, that one of these n,iscrcants on
hearing o. my appointment. hristng himself M and
assuming an air OF vast consequence as one OF your
confidential advisers and friends remarked i'm lofv
ana commanding tone. that the President must ana
should recall my commission or tina, he world dasnr
him and his cause.
Dir, could not repress smile al the cons,Ir1nate
arroganceand impudence of the puppy as did MOI
believe 1t possible that you would suffer such rep
Hie TO approach you dictator. But, Sir con
celve my aston'shmen when in less than four hours
after l had understood these threats to have hoe,
made letter was pat into my hands, which! on open
ihE. read as follows:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
1.a r,o,.,. r. basatngO', 3lst Js.g, 1879.
Sr am directed by the President to request YOU TO return
e COMMISSION appointing you Consul OF the United States
ago to This office the order for making out bcmg dscoyere
n, ened to e Upon mSapp'ehSnson as to the perso
Eiter some reelection upon the subject, couIt
que 70 no other conclusion than that the utterer
me threat before referred to- had obtruded Li,nscI
mo your presence and dcniended that nv commits
sion should be recalled, under the penalties Of frt
ing is sage counsel and advice and that ofhis worth,
CHiouJutors together with the dissolution of The sa;f
Central Committee understand thew mot j., -
shleinn conciave upon this monentous question NJ
me lhqiistorai Chamber, in the Post Office tbei,
genera rendezvous, and there debated the question
WIN great zeal ana pertnacty and finally decido,I
mat the recall should be demanded--when y CON,
fnttee was deputed TO wait on your EyceIleucv to
make known their decision, with the awful cons
qucnccs that would follow refusal Afcr y,;ncr ~
;tentlVs ear and due reflection you truckled to e;r
i1solcnce and forthwith issued the order of revocation
Ao" me mere 10 pause, and ask, seriously and any
I20siy' whether you or their mighty highnesses sthc
Central Committee" WELD the destlncs of tho A u
rieaG People? That YOU have acted in INV go St
save good reason TO believe you have in others
"0y to their advice and dictaon is | think. i6con-
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the secret or your Holy InGuisiton that ,,ln, ,o
enilssaries had disburlened their constituencies VII,
ny teilng you that had been an opponent-that
had written and circulated political matter, &c &c
nat You rose IN all your majesty looking them
y III I!e Ace and III an austere manner asked If they
OF their own knowledge knew what thew reIatcd -
ne true; and that they answered in thc of;,n,t;,,
IN DONG So they told that which was false 1t will
NC ts enough Tor me to admit or deny the correct
ness OF the matter charged, when learn from an
authentic source, in what it consisted "
But, sir see lie ridiculous position Won pI,cc ,,o,r
SCI! III, by listening to such idle school bow tales and
acting 1pcn them, as trlfiing as they are, without
knowing ,hnm 10 be truc, and By beiDn novcrpod nv
S1cn coHnSehors' by nndoing one day, on uuestona-
oe testimony and under the influence of the baser
passions OF the human heart, what Won d.i,baratI,
did the day before, with the advice OF your Cnt;,y
torai c0uIseers. To enable you 10 do so ,,o,, Ia -,
recourse not only TO dsiuE eHuo;isugss hit Ia an ,v
C'Ght WhiC deserves harsier name than s,Ihter-
5hSe' on say, that III appointing mo Won s.rnison
pEeGe1d the person intended TO he nruniD, cd
Ny !esthnoniasyero before vow and had beep bof,re
You fjr three months; also was nv letter tn tho
'ec'etaFy Of state, ~ which say. although it," l.
G. the Consulate OF Da Unique, lis not most etInr
OF POI" zeal trust or influence, but created for com,
mefciRI purposes or a salary office, or one chat
can b; desirable 10 any one bit merchant yylo car
coiHOinc with 1t mercantile pursuits las the r.turr
''ln your Department from tho late C,HunsaI 81, 80
signed 1t VIII show,) yet deem it due to candor
and fair dealing to state, for the informato, r H.
y PRESIDENT that IN the late Presidential canvass
8 advocated the re election Of Mr.. Adam. y Orc
OF your friends who signed my testimonials st.,nJ
G,-lnc ~ the fact. And feel myself yynrrar,
&c III saying 'a ny qualifications and political course
were caayHssgd before you ordered commission to he
made on. to: When called on MIR. Van Bnren
a!1d handed INN the commission, | remarked TO hin,
ma 1t would be gratifying to me to know the cause
OF 81 unprecedented procedure. lie replied thu,
The appointment had been made previous 10 his leay.
j"g the CITY, ard the recall Of the commission pro
viOps TO he return, since which the Pres,san, 'baS
been sic5, ord that he had not seen him. fb,t h.
oouid not give mo the reasons whether from mot
uo IDg them or want ofdisposition do no, know
Not svo.d, sir, about 'misapprehenson Of the ocr
IN intended TO be appointed" Am not then ms
fled IN saying That when "misapprehension" IS as
ioHed eXcuec for recalling the commission. i,
j not the real reason9 Ifnot so, can ONLY pity tho
onfus!on Of intellect, under the influence Of which