Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-10-28
ALEXANDRIA. DC.
uoo,T MORNING, OCTOBER %. 1851,

..,,r. the following from the Telegraph.
,,,,,. 10 a subject concerning which the edi-
-, = dat paper thus speaks: 1--WE do not hesi-
.,v, that there has been connected with
-, alter one Of the blacklist inrisues that has
~ -, Ii.yraccd our country. Nor do we hesitate
h,;nc it home, and lay it at the door Of
dr. A. Chief Magistrate. There is way within
100, 10 have the whole matter fairly and
.nL laid before ,he.public. Let that be DONE"
r.. Telegraph is, however, in error, when it
,,,t this matter has never been touched
-, b, the opposition papers. We referred to
rn,,Ji,teIy after the publication of the letter
Ian Of in the New York Daily Advertiser.
all ne recollected that, in the correspon-
batyeen Gen. Jackson and Mr.. Calhoun,
IN !. made Of letter from the General to
nn";I.n, Monroe. in which it is suggested that
~, uooroe was unwilling TO take upon HIM
NJ. ,b, responsibi.ity Of invading Florida, all
:" -. ,,,n,ns on the part OF Gen. Jackson was,
a. uoproe 10 make suggestion 10 Johnny
49, ,bso a member of Congress. aud he Gen.
-. .on, would take upon himself the responsible
r.r L the contemplated invasion. 1t will also
-, ,.roIlsc,eI. that this letter formed the sub
nm uDon which Mr.. Crawford built the 'lru-
49,, ,,,in,t Mr. Calhoun, contained IN the let
.,r,;prIrd bv that gentleman. and published by
~. Trs,th. Now, those who have access to
~. h,i.pp know that, for some time past, he
.,,,orl,ined bitter and deadly hatred To Mr..
~, =, we'll as to Mr.. Calhoun, and that this
,,,r seemed to have taken possession OF his
I'm, and waking thoughts; and his confidential
.,,r,. 9,,s cat intmatons, that, during the sum-
:, new Development would be made, which
~.,,J oyeruhelm Mr Monroe and Mr., Calhoun.
,.,,rGnsly, immediately after the adjournment
Al Congress. we find JOhnmy Rhea and Judge
O,,,,oI in Washington city; and II Is fact sis-
.,,,Ie Of proof. that about the time that MIR.
r',slor,l's ,.inal reply," alluded TO in the Con-
.to,;.palist was to have madeits appearance IN
III, Globe. Gen. Jackson himself said that. state
,.o,, Of johann RieQ and of Judge O'erton, on
III, subject. would very soon be published. To
mo gentleman he went so far a. Ia say, that he
nl them in 4is office, and that they would short
/, avpsar in print. The question Is, way did
ley not - appear: 4 comparison ct Mr.. Craw-
bnls two communications viii sho" that the
bL,ag Shea letter. the most material part OF the
irg communication. is scarcely noticed In the
AZ one. The fact j., thu, the abstraction Of that
s,sr from the last. aud the abuse prediCated up
ur lett il almost without interest, and caused
i 70 aiI dead weight upon the jackson press
Wny was thi>? There can be no doubt that the
rll>es which prevented Ms publication IN Wash
Hgion, compelled Mr.. Crawford 40 alter the las,
communication, and to omit the naierit prepared
for hin. in relation to the J0tW'y Rhea letter,
through the agency of General Jackson. Joh'my
Rhsa aud Judge 0yerton. The question then
recurs, shat was that maerisi2 Upon this point.
Se have seen q letter published IN the New lOrk
Diiy Advertiser. which charges that Mr.. Rhea,
SiS, IN Washington, addressed letter to MIR.
Monroe then upon his death bed, and at a time
Slto nj, health was supposed TO be such that II
SoaJd be incapable OF reply: in which letter
w. Rhea made Statement, conforming to that
'icl Geu. jackson had often repeated. in his
reqlent conversations upon the subject, deeply
Indicating the character of Mr.. Monroe. and
aCulated to sustain Mr. Crawford 10 his attack
on Mr. Calhoun. We are informed. from the
NOe S,urce, that when the letter was received,
VIZ Monroe Was in the full possession OF his men
:" faculties, and that he Immediately caused
S'em"nt 10 b. prepared, coutrad,c'iug that
'i'm''ed bl Mr. Rhea, IN all ~ parts Ihis
NAY b, ,ald To have been the last AZ, ~ Mr.. Mon
site: and that this staten ,n'. duly authenri-
@''d By the signatures Of st erai respectable wit
''es, III whose presence it was prepared and
''n'd. as hi. dying act. was .eit with his exeru.
ec to be published. If occasion should rrQlire it.
,m'a knowledge II dis statement reac he'd Gen.
yCNSpn. aud .,ol 4. ,ba