Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-03-16
M. Calhon,, to General Jackson.

iHr CGHoHn 70 GencrQt JdCkSon. STEAMBOAT PcToMAc, 1st June, 1880. | SIR Though you intimate, in your letter
 of yesterday, that no further communication
 with me is necessary on the subject to which lit refers, feel myself impelled to notice
 sorse of your remarks, lest my silence should
 be construed into an acqeiescence in their
 truth or justness l shall be as brief as pos
 sible.
 | You saythat have entirely mistaken your
 letter of the 18th May, in supposing that it
 questioned either my motives or conduct.
 am not aware that have imputed to you an
 Impeachment of my motives; but I certainly
 did understand that you had questioned the
 sincerity and frankness of my conduct; and l
 must add, that your present letter, notwth-
 standing the most demonstrative proof which I had offered to the contrary, shows clearly that understood you correctly, and of course was not, as you suppose, mistaken.
 | have no doubt that there are those who,
 actuated by enmity to me, and not friend- ship to you, have in the most artful manner,
 for years minated that have been secretly endeavoring to injure you, however absurd
 the idea; but l must express my surprise
 that you should have permitted insinuations
 as base as they are false, to operate on you,
 when every word and act of mine gave to
 them the lie direct. I feel conscious that
 have honorably and fully performed towards
 you every duty that friendship imposed, and
 that any imputation to the contrary is wholly unmerited.
 You mistake in supposing that have any
 dispute with MT Crawford. That he bears
 ill will is certain; but whatever feeling of
 unkindness ever had towards him has long
 since passed away; so much so, that instead
 of returning his attacks on me, the line of
 conduct which had prescribed to myself,
 was to bear patiently and silently, all that he might do or say, leaving it to time and truth to vindicate my conduct. If have appa-
 rently departed from the rule that had pre- scrbed to myself in this case, it was not be-
 cause there was any disposition on my part to alter the line of my conduct; but when you
 nterposed your name, by placing in my hands a copy of his letter, addressed to Mir For syth, was compelled, by an act of yours, in
 order that my silence might not be interpre- ted into an acknowledgements of the truth of MT Crawford's statement, to correct his mis-
 statements, and to expose the motives of en- mity which actuated him, and which sought to use you as an instrument of it's gratifica- tion.
 You intimate, that, at some future time, when you may have more leisure. you will place the subject ofthis correspondence in different light. l wish you to be assured, feel every confidence, that whenever you may be disposed to controvert the correctness of either my statement or conduct in this affair, shall be prepared on my part to maintain the truth of the one, and frankness, honor. and patriotism of the other, throughout this whole transaction.
 That you honestly thought that your or ders authorized you to do what you did, have never questioned; but that you can shew by any document, public or private, that they were intended to give you the au- thority which you assumed, CT that any such construction was placed on them, at any time, by the administration, CT myself in particu- lar, believe to be impossible. You remark that my letter of the 2oth in-
 stant is the first intimation ycu had that had taken different view from yourself of the subject of your orders. That you should con ceive that you had no intimation before, is to
 me unaccountable. had supposed that the invitation of MT Monroe, in his letter to you. ofthe goth October, 1878, with the intention that the different views taken by you and my |selfofthe orders should be placed on the files |of the Department, and my letter to you of the 18th April, 1928, covering copy of my letter to Major Lee, in which refer to the nuh1;< 1c~,, v,, .pJ xx,.,.,ceo