Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-03-08

icrred' Tb:Ecby We im,gine hn.rs a mystery
winch 1t Is reserved for the o2d Congress TO read.
THE CONTROVERSY
Perhaps the most interesting paper yet ex;ortcd
by the publication Of Mr. Calhoun is that which fl, .
lows, from a late number of the sGlobc"-thc or,an
OF the Van Duren faction a, Washington By whom
soever drafted, the article is by adoption at !2as,
Gen. Jockson's md although without the form ,!ity of
signature, constitutes that expose which the pubic
has been expecting from him. l. sets forth the de-
fence upon which he rcposcs and his account of tho
motives winch led his friends and Mr.. Hamilton 10
enquire INTO the history Of the Cabne, transactions
IN 1915, and is IN short, his appeal 20 the public unon
the late incidents. Why he did no; sign the article
resulted perhaps from conmendable modesty rroyy.
ing out OF his consciousness that the public would
Know he did not write --nr that he deemed an
aVowed appearance coDtroversially in the nswspa
pers, beneath the dignity Of the Presidcncy-or thf :
some future advantage nigh; be derived from the alb
sence OF his sgnature--or from all these reasons
combined. But Whatever the motive, whether of
modesty or precauton. the internal evidence of the
paper places it beyond all doubt, that it is President
Jackson's, and SO we observe the Washington Pub
lie has received II.
point in tho controversy between the President and
Vice President to he intention with which tho
transactions Of the Cabinet in 1915 were soucbt IN
be discovered by Mr.. Hlmilton and tie other accents
who co operated with Inn This intention MI Cal
noun contends, Partook of hostility and conspiracy
against hn' the contamination aimed at being the
alienation OF the Presidents friendship from and the
direction Of his hostility against him; msticated by
the hope that If this could be effected his prostration
was certain, and the concentration of the suppor of
the Jackson party be produced in favor of Mr. Van
Buren, On the other hand, Mr.. Van Buren's friends
discaim this intention and assign other reasons for
their soicltude to discover what passed in Mr. Mon
roes cabinet IN 1918. This tho hinge of the whole
affair, which the reader will please bear in mind
Dir. Hamton's story was plausibe--so is the
Presidents It Is unfortunate for Mr.. Van Buren
that both cannot be true and the presumption arises
that both are untrue They are Inconsistent, and the
Public Is left to choose between them, or to rc,eo,
each 1t will not be- forgotten that in his personal
interview with Mr. Calhoun at Washington in Feb.
1873, Mr. Hamilton alledgcd the motive Of his en-
curry, that an attack was apprchendcd against Gen
Jackson, founded upon The incidents of the Semnol,
war, and that information was desired, in order 70
meet and Sspal that attack. When MIR. Hamilton
next speaks n the subject, he alledgcs the wish tc
reconcil Mr.. Crawford and Gen. Jackson, as the
motive of the enquiries instituted Now VIC have
rom Gen. Jackson another version. namely TO MT
him on his guard, Against book Mr. Monroe wa.
expected to writc!Pray gentlemen. which must VIC
believer Which is the real Simon Pure2 One stor,
or the other is palpably fcttious--whch is il:
The General has openly taken the field for hi.
Secretary, and now begins those operations which
are to be consummatcl 4th March 1887.
We invite attention to the article from th
Globe. and the reply from the Telegraph:
FROM THE ''GLonr" or ,tARcm2
/ Mr. Calhoun is endeavOrIng to SUNNY bv his sub
tclcs, something to take the place of proof TO Iv
probability TO the stout and corrWpt conspiracy
which he has charged on ehe President and h !,
friends, that he may himself escape exposure NJ
Van Buren, was accused, without n shadow Of nroof
ofhnvlnG procured the submission of Mr. Crawford
letter To the President To excite his hostility apaius
| the Vice President. Mr. Van Buren, has solemniv de-
Clarcd that he knew nothing of the circumstance,
i which produced this result, aud has rivcn the mos
positive assurance that I've had not the least know
edge of the efforts made by the friends of Genera
Jackson TO obtain information IN relation 10 the pro-
cecdmgs OF Mr. Monroe's Cabinet, or any subsequent
participation IN the matter He appeals fearessly
to the Prcsidcnt-to Mr. IIamton-to Mr. FORSYTH
to Mr. Lcwis-'to all who have been actors i'm tn,
admitted transactions, for the correctness of his dc
claralions, and he is sustained in his s'atemcn. h,
every man connected with the affair. Doos Mr. Cal
noun come out then with proof 10 nee, n drcloroin
so explicit, so unroserved and 30 sustained Not NJ
atom. lie comes out with nothing but hardlhopd nm
bold assertion, pronouncng auihoraivcly that "th
diSdr0cGi Of Hr Fan Buren, can be considered in ~
othtr ight Than rn acknowledgment Of The conspirncy
II is an acknowledgement that The fyansaction is n,
\, O1i0us ono, and that The object t0as IN desfy0y ~
! Calhoun, and not To dejcnd General Jqetsou, or
reconcile him 10 Mr. CrHwfrd, is prsfcnded." Ma
we not be permitted TO ask Mr. Calhoun 10 explaIi
how he ignorance Of Mr. Van Buren, Of The afai
IN question, and his declaration Of that fact can hnv
the effect to make the transaction an 'ious one
or otherwise? Or how docs Mr. Van Buton's innor
ancc OF the matter prove that the enquiries wcr,
;, not made with view To defend General Jackson
or TO reconcile him to Mr. Crawford eff that wcr
the view. tsays the TclcrraPh) there Is no ncccssi
" for the dlsavowal Called on rs Mr. Van Burcr
has been, there was necessity that he should tel
the truth; aud this statement Of facts OIL the part o.
Mr. Van Buren, aycrrlng that nc had no knowlcdr
of the transactions alluded to- called "disauorar
by Mr. Calhoun-is made to infer guilt upon limo