Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-09-15

ebratrd Nashville letter. That leii.r cuntaine,
Two falsehoods, ONE To INV injury and QUE 10
e Mf. C"lhonn's beneh'. No other human being
Oh the trrraqueous lob. except Nc. Calhoun
, had M interest IN iabriesting those alsehOuds
~ beast, the latter one. unul ha shrws thai
the letter IN question was wiiilen by some One
else not under HI, inlluenea, or dTaction, al
shall poini cat some other person having an
equal interes, with himself Ia inai fabrication,
he aust pardon ma nj least fpf eoa,ideiius him
to be the author OF that letter
here terminate the review so far NJ my de.
fcnca Is concerned. aud shall turn my attention
more directly tn the correspondence, snd 10
the contradictions aud commitments 10 which
MIR. Calhoun has subjected himself ~ his sew
eral publications. Almost In the commence
,nent oi his FIRST address he pfesrnts u letter
lrom MI. Wilson Lumpkin, containing Que
iron Gen, Daniel Newman, inciosing tho copy
OF letter from me TO Alfred Balch ESQ
of Nashville IN answer II one received from
him. MI Lumpktn II will be ubserved IL very
ppant Ia the use OF ierms Of fepfunch and
| vItuperauon aud ten, Newman Is not much
behind him. OF these two mon IL - sufficient
TO say they are hoih nposaics from tho repu1-
lican ranks. They will both probably. deny
this. They ave, hoWerer, both CitUk men
Ihis they cannot deny. and they we're both an.
~ Clark men until abonts or 10 years ago;
when they bolh about the same time made
! political s0mmeisei. They are both unqnes-
| honHby political turn coats. MIR. Lumpkin
Is now the Clntk candidate for Governor. That
parlY 10 this State - mnngrel party, formed
Of the worst materials If the political parties
which have herotUlta prevailed IN Georgia.
Gen. John Clak Ito leader oi The party was
behtVcd 10 be a ftderalisl--bu, finding 10 1924,
/ thut4hr could hot Iudnee his party 10 support
| Mr.. Adams, he declared Tor General Jackson.
! At the tle ttluu III 1928. the only Two electoral
| candidates Tor Alr Adams, were Clarkites
ono Of them had bern his confidential Sec
Rotary when he was Governor. This man
! General Cldtk,) Ind succeeded IN IA wonderful
degree IN combining all the ignorance IN the
! STATE Ia his support. II may bG laid down as
an axiom thai IN the Unittd States. II man
changes politics alter he Is 30 years old he
| changes from selfish aud therefore dishonest
motives. II is "A notorious fact that botb these
mon we're more than 30 years OF age when
/ they changed their politics. II is not wonder
/ tai thea that there should he sympaihy be-
tween them aud Nj. Calhoun Tue old adpgs
that birds of u feather viii lock together, was
never more FULLY verified than ia this instance.
| Th" VlCr-P6esident Is welcome To the copy
OF my letter which has been obtained from Mr..
Balch without his kno"ledge, pormssiJn or
consent. nave the lrtter OF MI. Batch now
before me IN which he snys, Inc copy was
not furnished with my knowledge, priWty,
or consent. IL had supposed the copy oi
the letter would have bean acceptable 10 Mr.
/ Calhoun, would have sent him copy aud
thereby possibly have sayed las JrieHd New
nan, from the shame and disgrace 81 puTloin
ing letters. have never written tr sad any
thing Ot Mr.. Calhoun, that would not have
written o. said 10 hun, had the occasion made
It proper. M. Lumpkln, whom l have Long
known, pr'des hlmseli upon being u very shrowd
observer NJ passing events. Independent OF
his s'rong desire 10 comm0n,eaie facts, To his
! friend the Vice Ptea,dant, ne assumes the char
! acler OF prophet aud vaniniet 10 predict whd'
General Jackson will do. Unfortunately,
the shrcwd observer oil passing events, nnd
the prophet Rre equally ut fault. lie tells the
| Vice PiesiJrni " lHai i0in the day PdnnsyI-
yania took up General Jackson every co"spic-
nous friend Of The Vice-Pfssident supported
Gen. jackson with oonslanGy, q uniformity, a.
| Ihai Geu. jackson knows II. Leaving u there
fore 10 he inferred. thai every conspicu0us
| irleud OF M. Calhoun ~ lhis matter, had been
/ influenced 50 10 act by the Viee-Presd1ni.
! Now unfortunately Tor his friend Lunpkin,
! the Vice Pfesident declares 10 The people OF toe
u. States that he was neutral between General
: jackson aud MIR. Adams Wonderful II is
presumed that there "as not another individual
Ia the United States in this happy state Of
! aursceuce npoa The Presidential election. Gen
! fal jackson nnd Nh. Adams were 50 unlike 10
! their temper. iDanners, aud principles that II Is
At least dlfcultto conceive, no" any man who
| had the leas, knowledge oil the two men could
be neutral between them. But believe Mr.
/ Calhoun was uoi ercI neutral oaiwee" muse
! gentlemen Dos The nation recoecI the letter
OF the 80 Of July. 1871. by which, Nj. Cat
noun Mr.. Adams nnh john Mclean, then Post
nlas,or General, Withdrew their names from
! The 4tl of JuIy D,nner al Washington because
| NfniGH Edt0drds was excluded from that d'h-
npr How happened this union = Hat letter
at least shows friendly feeling between 'hrin !
aud tue act was done 10 prop the lo'idrmg
! reputation of one OF Nj. ADAM political sup
portars whose son-in.law wioluol 'hr vow
| of Illinois WHICH vnie secured Mr.. Adams
election lii had been Withheld he "ou'h
not have been elected, nj lehst On the hrst
ballot Mr. Calhoun states that his opinion
between the two candiiauet, towards whom
he was IN the happy siate oil neutrality, was
founded upon ptIacpe, winch be IS however
careful no 10 disclose, but leaves TO be INFER
red from his subsequent Conduct. What ild'
principle is l am entirely ut loss 10 coWec.
lure nor has his subsequent conduct inih'Sheu
any clue 10 arrive at il. Does he mean that the
. principle ae audes 10 ID that the canuiua'e
VII, receives ihu highest electoral vote must
necessarily he elected by The House oi Repre-
; souiatiyes The Constitution has no sach
principle in H. II IhA had been the Intention
+ OF the trainers OF thai INSTRUMENT, they wouV
have SAID that the Candidate receiving the h'gh
"a, number OF electoral votes should DO frost
dent Or does he mean that the heprusenlh'
. tIyes OF STATE nre bound 10 give the same
vote AS the electors had done! lhat principle
is not in the Constiiutlon.-lhe only iini''a'
, ton imposed upon the Hose of Representa-
, uves Is that they shall elect one vi tue thee
: bieb..t Of this candidates This The H0us,
+ Of Representatives did, and therefore violated
no principle OF the Constitution, however 'hey
may have infringed upon the prlncipls oi 'ht
Vice President, Which 10 me IS entirely occul
believe he alone eau tell What he means, 4
r he means any thing when !, very qiesliona
. bIe. Mr.. Lumpkin after stating the conduct q
> the Vice.Presi tents friends-tdds, q" How then
, can il be pos,ible that Gen. Jackson can sus-
: rect the friendship, constancy OF sincerity U
: you or your friends !? NJ. he cannot lie VII
moi lie doea MOI. | hAye q llLe 100 much conn