Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-05-29

would be. thai there caunot BIO such an offence a.
ono against the United States under the Common
United States. ~
And then the Court adjourned.
The Presidsnt.-The following letter to the Ell
tor OF the Phenix Gazette is from the gentleman who
communicated to us, the auocdote of Gen. jackson
und tho northern clergyman and WIS written in con-
sequence of the republication in the Gazette, of the
article from the Baltimore Republican, SO fiatly and
earnestly contradcting its truth Since we publish
cd the last extract from our correspondent we bav,
seen and convcrsed with persons JUS, from Washing
ton and from interviews with tho President. WIN
make no scruple in corroborating the mtellironce.
But it will be denicd--of course. Were IL evidcpt
as the full in a frosty night, it would still br.
denied and the evident tho fact the moro stor,
emphatic the donia the assertors of faIsehoo
ever make up for the deficiency Of TRUTH by tho VIZ
hemencc of protestaton. The rankcr tho falsehooa,
the harder do they always swear to it. Who has
forgotten the daring aud nagitious gume PLAYED
against tho nation in the case of Mr.. Crawford's
health in 1922 What partizans do. that ough:
to surprzo after that?
but what motive can we, any one else have,
IN establishing mental overthrow against the P,esi
dent' None possibly. We are quite as wilnp to
trust nm as the men around him, and quite as vii.
hing that he remain President, though he be hu,
hins Log, as that the storks, Kendall, Green md
ingnDin should assume the remaining trappings, as
they already grasp the truncheon of authorize n,
we have 10 disposition, Heaven knows mr. ,vs,
that the fac. should be true rs i, fact yvc rab h.,
little question it is. Things 20 on badly enough a..
ready They might go on still worse if Presidential
responsibility were merged in acknowledged irnbc
cility.
/ FROM he Pl.nir (;n.e,no
The following communication il pubished n, -,
act OF Justice to the writer, ind will sufficiently ay
pam hseif' hnve hcAfdfroni other sources sipce
me appearance of our editorial article that what hn
states 10 strictly The holiness of the den,
nnd the sort OF o1ffidi character which assumed in
The Baltimore Republican led US into the error ns
thinking that possibly tie spondent the Wn
For tor .qefsns'iu Pbenir Gu.srn
=, w HARRINGTON. May 25
lin. Enron: In casting my eve over your rnrcr
OF friuay' observed an editorial paragraph haypr
TOT It's OBJECT the refutation Of publication fnSI
made IN the Richmond Wing in relation to an IN
ier9lew whchtook place between General jackson
and Northern Clergyman, and based upon exph-
D nations made by the Baltimore Republican,
u As furnished that information to the Editors os
the Wing, feel myself bound, by an obligation du,,
to theni as well as duty to myself to make known
.ne grounds on winch that communication made,
and ut tho same time express my mistaken bec in
G the correctness of the circumstances detailed
You state Qf 1 recolect aIight) that this Ball.
more Editor had affirmed that every particular CON
tanned III that statement was incorrect; that tI-
: Clergyman" (who figured so conspicuousIv in ~
was not political friend of the Generals" tlat
; the gentleman who accompanied him was not
clerical brother; and that the president uas NOT T.,
formed but after the introduction ofhs visit NJ,
of his napre and place of residence
IL IS not my intention to enter into an eIabora,s
!, examination, or attempt 10 prove, by any mode of
argnmentaion, the truth or falsene,ss of thaSo ~
Veral specifications. Indeed, as TO the correc,r o.
VI incorrectncss of the two first, IL il maitor ~.
no Importance whether they be true or false. So fa
az thcy nave any bearing the question n ;,,r-
octwecn us, or are designed to subrerve tho oh;ect
. had IN view in making the publication allude5 t.
namely 10 prove the imbeclity of the President.
,o MS tOa, adegrScy for the discharge the dr-
= Ihat the affirmation, however, of tho 6r,, =;
correct to wit, he was not only friend Of the Gen
erais' but warm, jealous and efficient one so m,,r7
So as TO attract the attention of that nor,;on
community in which he lived and the severe an;r,S
Versions OF the church over WHICH no had the ms.
tofai ehargn, is fact of public and general note
Iety-a iact as wei known in Boston, and throunhoj,t
the state OF Massachusetts, that the ute MIR Pict
crng 1.-THE leader of the Federal Party in that stairs
was loud and vociirrous in chanting pRans to lie
Martial Wooden who is now filling the rneasur,
OF his country's glory"
: AS to the second cbarre both nv r,o,,;,
!angnagcs Inisconccved and m;einterpro,ed Z mo-
yer designed to convey idea that The pentIenn,,
VINO accompanied the clergyman q clerical bru.
ther' THINK (If remember corrcctlyl used tho
expression professional brother" by which mcnn,
one who was one ofthc same persuasion, and attach
ca 10 the same denomination protesting christians--
AS these charges, however, can sustain no relation
= or have auy relevancy to tho question in DISPUTE
they will be pissed over without any further com,
mcnt. ~
Whether or not the President did, at two serr,or
and distinct periods, after previously receiving in
troductory letters, and undergoing formal ntrodtc
ton IN Prria Person0, ask the clergyman his nann
and place of residence, is a fact, in the truth Of
which have more doubt than that be 10 nou,
. President of the United States. believe il as inn
plictly as do any event furnished by the rccords
or history The sources from whence il originated
know, and know they can be relied on would
nsk the Editor of the Bnltn paper how did no
come possessed Of this nfonnation' In what wav
ana nc procure knowledge of tho oircunstapccs "a
published by him, md which hn 60 rnnRdn.1I., .neo.,