Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-02-28

cy or your representations and according 10 'ueii,
Iencrai Jackson appeared clearly IN the wrong ana
did not hesitate to tell you thought you IN the
right AT the Time l visited Georgia, have no re
Collection that General Jackson had adopted any
measures to foresta public opinion, and thereby 10
anticipate the decision of the administration; nor ha'e
at this moment any recollection of the existence
OF any such measure IF none such existed, ana
believe none existed then it is utterly lrorosslhe 'haI
Should have expressed myself Mr.. McDuhis
makes me. have therefore, no hesitation In saying,
the whole of Mr.. McDuifies statement is mistake.
say nothing of the motives of Mr.. McDufhe IN ma
king the statement, because do not know them; but
tins will say, that Sir. McDufiie has, upon a ior-
rner OCCASION shown Willingness tn injnre ana as
perse me. 1t Is somewhat doubtful tor what purpose
Mr.. DlcDuhc's statement obtained, Us his state
ment has no direct bearing upon the facts stated LII
my letter to MIR. Forsyth. 1t appears 10 ME, OIL
reflection, that the principal object obtaining IT,
was to lmpeach my veracty II that was me ooJect
L have no fear of the result, where he anu are
known. To give you Rowland tor your ohVer'
read the enclosed of the letter OF Captain
Ross. ] know nothing of the correctness oil his
statement, farther than that he made the statement
to me in substance before he left Washington, and
further added, that he communica cd ms impression
TO military officer residing III w ashington, ana
attached To the War Department, who told him that
matter of snrprlsc that the officers attached
| to the Department had nude that discovery before
| have left the name of the officer n blank, as was
INV ins involve him N a controversy with you,
| without his consent.
| You say that the decision of the cabinet
imously agreed to. This believe TO be untrue: and
! believe you knew It to be untrue at the time you
| wrote it My reasons the following: The cab-
! net deliberations commenced on Tuesday morning,
and on Friday evening, all the questions which had
been discussed were, | thought, decided, and Mr..
Adams directed 10 draft note to the Spanish Minis
ter comfortable TO those DECISIONS. | intended to
set off for Georgia Sunday morning; and in order
to prepare the Department for my absence, ] was
busIly employed in oficc when, about or tw o
o'clock received note from the President. request
ing my attendance. When / entered, the greatest
part of Mr.. Adams note had been rejected and the
remainder was shortly after and he was directed 10
draft another pote pursuant to the decisions which
had been made.S The next morning set off for
Georgia. Mr. Adams letter, which is now before
me, contains repetition of the arguments he used
III the cabinet; and in the letter he informs me- that
the exposition which appeared in the lntelligencer,
was not written by him. From all these facts, I
,hnk it IS fairly n!errab!e that Mr. Adams did not
agree to the decision of the cabinet and that YOU
must have known II; for 1t is clear that he did not
agree TO 1t Saturday; and it highly Impr oba BILE
that any arguments should have been urged to con-
vince him, after he had been twice directed draft
his note in conformity TO decisions which had been
previously made
You dwell with much stress upon the lapse of
time since those deliberations, and be uncon-
scinus that the lapse of time applies to all your
certificates, mega and Affirmative.
| You seem repose full confidence on Mr.. McDuf-
ie recollection although was of casual CONVEX
sation not likely to make the impression upon
the MUD as the facts contained in my letter Mr.
Forsyth You even refer TO your recollection of q
very trivial fact " iCh you say happened during the
next session of Congress. l have now a letter be-
fore me dai cd in October, 1921 in which state 10
You, that you hid a short time before informed me-
that yonr memory could not be relied upon as TO
facts. You wrote letter the next ia v in which
you did not cOnrorert that fact; vet, now after
lapse OF twelve years, you rely upon your memory
for very trivial fact viz: Your application to see
that private confidential letter, because YOU had re-
ceived some hints about it, and yo" believe from
some of my friends. Do you not perceive some in
consistency in your essay? You bad Just censured
inc Tor not using this ct;er and then nsinuate that
had used 1t as you seem to think ought to have
used II. In truth 40 believe one word of vour
lnsnuation, nor do believe you do, for the reasons
have already stated; know never made Use oI
1t. But you nsnuate that made disclosures of the
secrets OF the cabinet To The editor of a newspa ner
III Mledgeviilc, because General Clarke susDect ed
1t, and because never denied it, / never hne- that
Yas Charged with II except in Gen Clarke boo
and there the evidence offered in support of WA, sn
ridiculous, that person, less ignorant and mabo
liant than General Clarke, would have paid tie least
attention to it. Besides, if had denied that cbarre
and not gone through his book. and denied every
charge Ill It, however ridiculous it wCuld have beon
aedGedby you and your colaborers that the CHARGES
not denied were admitted But, sir since Won Ta
new the charge, give 1t the most unqualified denial
The editor of the paper alluded TO, said in nv pres
ence that he had been informed that il had benn oro
posed in the cabinet, to arrest General Jackson
simply replied, that no such proposition had bean
made in the cabinet,
IN 1910, you were among The foremost in avow-
ing the eSpedIency and right OF PROTECTING domos
tic manufactures. Nov, your disciples deny the
right, and propose to Dullify an act of Congress,
| founded upon the principle af protection You ma v
depend upon it, if you and your friends should pro-
coed so far as TO incur the guilt aad suffer the
IshmeDi OF treason and unsuccessful rebellion VIZ,
the deliberations of the CABINET, and could not poslr ts
occurred ~ any such supposed conversation with Dir Calhoun
| For proof we annex Mr. MCDufIe's letter
NAsIrSGroS May Nth, 1890
DGAR SIR In answer TO the inquiries contained in Won, mote
OF 'hs morning, submit the following statement e,y Ii
iinciy recollcc to have heard MIR Crawford Il ,hinL ~ lie
summer OF 1873 IN conversation EIdred Srpkns E
relative TO the proceedings of General Jackson n,e
war; ana 10 the course pursued by the cabinet touching
proceedings Ms Crawford spoke any Kind of
as 20 the respective parts taken by the different members of the
Cabinet while the subject under debcraop He stated
That you had been IN favor of inquiry into the conduct
GENERAL Jackson and that ne only member of the
calumet thai had concued with you. He spoke in strong
OF transportation OF The course pursued General
MOI only III his military proceedings, peaurey bfnr
Ing the grounds vi MS defence before the country and
Slaing public opinion thus anticipating the administrator
On tins point I've remarked that If the could mo,
give direction 70 public opinion, but peTmitcd military officer
who had violated his orders anticipate hent ev mad mo-
business 10 NC Al washington aud had return hume
also TcnenDeT thai The National