Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-02-23

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and that it was he, and you, who applied to Mr.
Forsyth to obtain the Information. Ifthcre be d,f
ference in principle letwcen the two statements. | I,
can only say that am not responsible for 1t. The
Charge of"error" ough: TO be made against MIR For
syth and not me. HIS words HAVING ut tie
rcuucs, Of the PresdeG, to be informed whar took
placc in the cabinet of Mr Monroe on the subject of!
the Sru.nole campaign, laid bcture him COPY TEX
cct the omission of name OF letter from Mr. Crayv-
ford which has been comm incatcd e., YOU
sc. SC Now, Sr,ifI had inferred from these words
as YOU suppose did, that rou had personally applied
TO Mr. FORSYTH to obtain the information for YOU
would have done no more than what I fairly mich,
without the mpua:lnn OF gross crrors'' but I
mad such Inference; on the contrary have used
almost the worry words of hir Forsyth MY language
is: II had supposed from the complexion OF your let
me, that Tie copy OF Mr. Craw fords letter tn
Mr. Forsyth had been placed by the latter in your
HANDS, without any previous act ugcncv on vour
part; but by M Forsy,hs letter me, am informed
tina: such is the fact 1t seems that he nc,cd o
your agent in the affair He states that You applied
TO him To be informed of what took place in tn. cab
mot OF Mr. Monroe OIL the subject of the Seminole,
campaign" In my letter TO Mr. Forsyth I use al
most verbatim the language. rs far as am
capable OF understanding he force of words nv Ian
guagc does not vary IN the smallest degree in its
srn g, from that used by Mr. Forsyth in his letter 10
me, and most cert -inly does not more STRONGLY mplv
man ms does that you applied TO him personally for
lhc information. But, suppose had fallen into the
gross errors Of infcrrng trcm Mr. Fo.sy,h's letter
that sou had personally applied to him. when in fact
u was not you, but your agent James Hamilton (of
New York; " no applied FOR you IN gou7 name, as
Mr. Forsyth informed you in his letter of nth June
it requires more penetration than possess discover
how the difference can, in the slightest degree affect
ihc only material question, whether he acted as
mere volunteer, your gent. Mr. FORSYTH him
self decides this question. He tells YOU EXPRESSLY
that he did not act volunteer; sud is on the
ground that he acted for you and not for himself that
claimed OF you to be put III possession of certain
facts connected with the of correspondence
which We're IN the possession of Mr. FORSYTH and which
deemed important 10 the full dcyclopernsnt of this
affair; but. instead of complying with so reasonable
request yo" reply, not by denying the Justice of the
request nor that he nc ed for yo and not for himself
but IS accusing ME of gross errors on assumption
90 your part At once S-a."i'ONs and mmatcral that
had inferred that you had applied 20 MIR Forsyth
personally, when, in fact the application Lad been
mad" for you, in your name. by Mr. Hamilton
must say, that ! cannot see il vcur statement, tho
fea>t excuse for withholding :rom nae tie informo-
ton requested; and constrained to add, that
nave looked IN vain in the course which you have pr
sued for the evidence of that frankness which Won
assured me- in submitting the copy of Mr. Crawf,rds
sttcr to the, has ever characterised your conduct to-
wards those with whom you had been IN habits ST
friendship. As connected with this point le, mo
call your entlon to fact which has not been ey
planned, though my opinion it ought to be- Il now
appears, that when Mr. Forsyth placed the cow of
Mr. Craw!ord's letter in your hands, he also pkaced
oet 1a copy OF his letter referred 10 by Mr. Craw-
ford. Why WAS it that copy of this letter of Mr.
Forsyth did not accompany Sir Crawford's. when
you placed copy of the latter in nv hands? CAL
ling upon me in the spirit OF franlness and friend
snip, Us you informed ME you did, had a right to
inIcr that every document commented with the charGe
and IN your possession, calculated to afford eht would
oe placed III my possession; and s0ch in fact was nv
impression, but which | now find to be erroneous
IL is with regTel that feel myself bound to state
that Mr. Forsyts letter, with the subsequent cor
reSp"ndcnce, has given aspect to the affair very
different from what received from your first tsef
tou nave stated some suggestions Of the Marshal
oi me Distric', winch were communicated to you,
as the reason why you have agitated this cid n.ir
ut this time. You have stated what they were
to uhont MADE, or by Gcom coOrmuuic 1ser which of
course, leaves me in the dark their nature or
character. bnt whatever they may be, the course
you adopted, considering the friendly relation which
had reason 20 suppose existed between US, is well
calculated to excite surprise Instead Of applying to
The Marshal, IN order TO ascertain what he did saw
and from whom he derived his information and then
submitting his statement to me, which course friend
ship, and the high opinion which YOU say YOU enter
tanned for my character "for fair, OPEN and honora-
bic conduct in all thlngs,' rnanifesly dictated Won
applied Tor information, as to my conduct, the
who, you knew, felt towards me the strongest en-
NIFTY | wish not to be understood that You had
mere general information of bis i'll will towards me
AouT information was OF the most specific charac-
ter and was OF such nature ought 10 have made
you dStrust any statement Of his calculated to affect
my reputation.
Knowing the political Vaccinations that were
carrying on against me, and wishing place me on
ny S""to' iIicIlu OF tTne paced IN hands,
time since, copy Of letter written by Mr. Craw
iord TO Nashville correspondent of his in 1927 II
constitutes ono oil the many means rcsorcd to in or
der to excite your suspicion against me- In Mr.
Crawford makes an elusive attack upon me; but not
content with thus assang my character in Tho
dark he ofIere to bring into the market the influence
which Georgia might have on the presidential
election as means whereby to depress my political
prospects 70 avoid the possibility of mistakes,
wall give extracts from the letter itself in full confr
nation of what have stated.
Speaking of the presidential election, Mr. Craw-
says that, tbe only difficulty that this State fGeor
gIa has upon the subject, (your eIecon) is thai, if
Jackson should be elected, Calhoun vii come into
power"
Again:
"lf you can ascertain that Calhoun will not ro bene
htted oy Jacksons election, you will do him bene-
int hy communicating the information to me. Make
what use you please ofthis letter. and show it to whom
you please" " "'''
That the letter was clearly intended for your in
sPectlou, cannot be doubted The authority TO his
correspondent to make 1Ohut use he pleased, ana 10
&hot0 f" 10 '0toD' he p(eased with he nature oethe
information sought, whether was to be beneftted
by yonr election, UIicb couid only be GcyircJ from,
Yff,ffgs cell lpty rrSr mr., IL