Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-26
FEoN qar n NATIONAL JoURNAL
II .4.VDREI,' JACKSON. President oche I,tai

requesting 0n explanation OF your extraordinary /
cogrsc IN appointing me Consul one day. aud recall
ing the commission the day aftcr without assigning
any other reason than Inisapprehenson of the per-
son intended 10 BE appointed 10 this letter, |
h9venot been ftvOurcd with reply Had | rccci-
1oG sat-Iac,ory one; could have had no excuse for
ths COMMUNICATION, which ret hahn
seompelled TO make. But Your siencc together with
tho insdiouS hnt thrown out IN the official journal
o. the ooyr,ninen, that you had good cause for
your act ard the declaration by anothc Government
Journal that had acted with deception constrain
me 10 maze Somc comments your conduct, and TO
state the facts IN regard to my own
through az erroneous estimate of vCu- character.
INC dcstines OF mighty nation have hcen consigned
irso your hands. A self constituted and sclf.styled
central committee" appear to have taken the at
iairs OF the nation and you IN particular into their
special keeping for their own use and pleasure; and
cain rightto do from having been instrmcR-
eievaIng youto your present sation-a station
ici V'uch neither your character, intellect cdu-
cation ever designed YOU and which, from mbecility
aad w!cAcdacss, you daily disgrace. 1t is said that
you are accessible to them at all Tines and that they
by hatteFy ana 2Lu.li.ou mould you To their will.
iJtssi"nd, Sit. tHCt Clc of these miscrcauts on
nearing VI my appointment brjStlng himself up. and
assuming an air Of vast consequence as one Of your
confidential advisers and friends, remarked in lofty
ana commanding tone. that the President must and
should recall any mmSsiui- that he would desert
aim and his cause.
Sir' could not ropTess 4 smile at the consummate
arrogance and inlpuicHce OF the buddy as did not
believe 1t possible that you would suffer such A ron
NE to approach you dctutor. But. Sir con-
ccVe my establishment, when in less than four hours
amer Lad understood these threats to have been
'ade' letter was put into my hands, which, OH open
ing, re1d Us follows:
-. DlrAR.a,sss o. STATE,
.ro,,. ,..,... r.. Washington 3is Juiy, 1889.
Sir: o,n directed by President 30 rcoues, Won to return,
ae co nmiss'on appointing Consul Unc states al,
Martinique which had the hoaor cucos, You few DAYS
ago. TO TINS ofce The orer for making being discovered
10 nave been funded as 10 toe person
intended to be appointed. DANIEL ERiNr
Afler some reelection upo, tho srt;sc,9 -,
come to no other conclusion, than that the tterer of
the threat before referred to- had obtruded himself
'oyour presence ana demanded that my commits
SION should be recalled, under the penalties OF forfeit
ing his sage counsel and advice and that ofhs worthy
c0aduJntors together with the dissolution OF the sad
Oehtrai Couih.ttee-torl understand they met in Il
solemn conclave upon This momcutous question, az
the lnqulsitoria Chamber in the Post Orfic- their
general rendezvous. and there debated the question
win great zeal and pettnacity aud finally decided
that the recall should be demundCd--when 4 COM
Inittee was deputed to wait ON your Eyce,lencv 10
9 make known their decision, with the awful conse.
quences that would follow refusal. After Giyur an
ntenlFe ear; anu due reelection you truckleL their
hsoLeHce ana forthwith Issued the order of revocation
AiIo" me here to pause. and ask, seriously and ax.
loisiy' whether you or their ur iItv hrhuesses "I-
Central Committee" WELD the tcs.i9ie, of il,n a,,,,
!Ican People, That you Layc acted m nv Gaze as
nave good reason 10 believe You have in others agrcc-
0oy 10 their advice and Gictati1n, is think neon
tToVeru5le. am told by who Processes 10 be in
lAe secret OF yoar Holy luquslon. that when vo.r
Cnssaries had disburtheHed their vii.
by telling you that had been an oppouent-that |
had written and circulated political matter &c &c.
thl You rose IN al your naestv looking them stern
IN the lace and ia an austere asked if they
OF their own knowledge, knew what they related 10
he true; and that they answered in the affirmative
In doing they told that which was f,Iss 7, will
be time enough for 10 admit or deny the correct
ness OF the matter charged, when learn from an
- authentic source, in what it consisted
But SIR see the ridiculous position YOU place vour
sell IN by listening such IDLE school bow tales and
actinG Upon them, triliug rs thew arc without
knowing them to be true, and by being governed bv
such counsellors, by undoing day, on question:.
pie testimony aud under the influence of the baser
passions OF the human heart what you deliberately
did the day before, with the advice vi YOUR Constit
tiona counseers. To enable you to do so ron bavo
recourse not only 20 disingcnuousness but 10 an ex-
pedient which deserves barshcr name than a s,btr
huge fou say, that Incorporating me, YOU snisau-
pretended the person lntended to be appointed"
NY ,esmomals were before you and had been before
You Tor three months; also my letter to the
Secretary OF State, IN which say, "Alhouph IL" !
e. the Consulate of Martinique is not post either
oi political trust or Influence, hut created for com
Iaercal purposes) or salary Office, or one that
can be desi-Ibe to any one but merchant who can
combine with 1t mercantile pursuits, las the returns
in your Department from the late Counsel ~ no re-
signed 1t Will show,) yet deem it due to candor
and Tar dealing TO state, for the information of the
president, that IN the late Presidential canvass
81 advocated the re election of Mr.. Adams" One
OF your friends who signed my testimonials stated
distinctly the same fact. And feel myself yarran
ted in saying that my qualifications and political course
were cenvaszcd before you ordered a commission To be
made out for me. When caedon Mr.. Van Buren,
and HANDED him the commission, i remarked TO him
That II would he gratifying to me TO know the cause
OK so unprecedented a procedure. He REPLIED that
The appointment had been made previous TO his leav-
ing the city, and The recall of the commission pre
yous to his return, since which, The President had
been sick, and that he had not seen him: that ba
could not give mo the reasons; whether from M,
knowing them or want ofdisposition. do not know.
Not word, slr, about "msapprobcnsi,n Of the D1c
p son INTENDED to Dc GppOibtcd.' Am not then ms
iiled m saying that when "mIsapprchension" il es
tigncd rs an rScuse for recalling tho commission i,
not The real reason, IF not So can only pi,y Tho
confusion OF intellect under the influence Of which
You appointed me, ~hcn You intended 10 appoint a.
nother. But y0n welcome TO either horn Of the
dilemma. Perhaps, u justice you ought to take fine
latter horn Of IT, for on further reflection il apoeaT
10 my mnd, that here has been want Of suitable