Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-03-07

impfs ssioa. Will sI plan me character 81 m)
concordance with ,ir. Hamilton. copy o
.sAieh .. he cls an ssed. hnd marked u. lh'
istlef a N,. FORSYTH 10 Mr.. Hamilion place
hi. esrr,snoodepss. aud Il conversatinn tina
preesalra ). +. ,navfty d,fsrsU ulbt non Tia
a.s IA shilt tiien sis sed i. II 70 imPossibl.
I aos 10 doaLt llsi his c3ffsspantsHss Wis Nj
Fo .ttb < hi, eoay { ~ lon 4 CORE pUndrner
9th mo. formed parts Of the same iraasaeIioa
Nj Hamilton ~ ocrsj FROM Savannah dfse !,
10 fhis place. sbeleho robsbl, ." eeisrd tho an
swer OF hi Tbnyih, daisd at Alillsdge'iiis' OF
tho sih of tebruars, To hn letter ddird Inc
Roth Of January preceding. Tue very qhfhiof
which he put to me. a. siasi nov ssy. so IN
.id,oasiy ~hstl,eI there WIS "a molten 10 ares
General jackson, !. explainsd by reference
10 thu letter OF MIR Fopylh ~ which tue NJ
iioa TO arrest makes q prominent pat OF VIVA
he represents rs the statement OF Mr.. Crasiord
Of what oe toured IA the cabinet on tue Sr"f
mol war. Mr.. Crawford has sinee' however
stated in his letter to Mr.. fo'syth, md the onr
10 nr. that the ststemen OF Mr.. Forsylh VA
errone gu. o. this ponl.
Vieviny then his whole affair az one trans
action. III can be viewed ~ ao other hight
what. sprs,acls - prrsraied AN approach
ed A. N zsalou. friend Of General Jackson by
on. who, from bis polili- a. relations win . n
the time. | had a iighi 10 CONSIDER rs iIleHdly
for the pun ose Of aItraetng 4 on mr, under
the pr.,eIt OF defending n1nefnl Jackson some
nnpaarded, Ipfesson whIcn. ala lufnrr period,
nhe, hs might be rai.ed, IN pau by nv s1ertion.
10 tns hlaitst uiiee Ia tue ooNriiimeni. TIE
io scr winch had thus contributed IL confer
p,gat be used iD oetnoy forever Tue charset I
and andiag had a.qutr d by long, Luxurious,
and faithful services 10 the contuy, aud
which vas tbe only iand had acquired
in that sc,yi.e 10 d, queai as legacy To nv
children
In order thai the Whole OF this Ubiquitous
ir,naaction may presented Ia oae si.w,
ann.. eo,,y of he letter from Mi. Fvr.J tn
u Mr., unailton, oflhe 9Th February. eau
mo- bat =. grut that Mr. Forsy h has thought
proper 10 Nlthhold from the public the letier
of Mr., Haniitoa. of lie 2oih "i January, to
which this is an answer. It's rere that an
answer can be- fully understood, without the
l.t.r t. which is reply. AID do feel that
SIC " NV ell as well as to the couatry, aud
al add TO Mr. ForsJ tn himself, reqnneS hs
publication. Ia making these Remarks am
no ,nnIndful Of the hope. winch ne enpfess-
es that his name mny not be inli odnced III the
furtnsr discussion oil this subject. feel every
di,t o.irion 10 comply with his drsIre, aud,
juds ng from my 0.o lerlnSs, eau vel
appreciate he pam which he must feel ~ henug
lnvo ved IN the controversy but lie must par
dan me Tor lniaklng that the claim OF justice
are .aram cunt 10 Il o,e Of dclicacy, aud that IN
Insisling upon The performance vi M acf, oh
bis pat whIch insuce 10 IN Tfq Ilrts, am not
~ gardla,s OF hls srnshillt,. Ia coming before
~. u Iblic he INA vo!nnt- ut hdnseli III
position which gives me IN right 10 maze the
,tqlssi Iwoud asa 81 gest that this Is MOI
the only luer IN his possession, connected
y u TINS cor,ssponlence, necessary to the iull
CANCELLATION Of his all IL. Ills hter 10 Mr..
Cra~lold. TO which Mr.. Crawl. td's lrllcr,
-, L. - 80 4Tat ,.la
reply, has not y I been put N The possession
Of The Public. Uaul il be, The impression
mus. ncce.saiIly remain that the evidence u not
complete.
W.e,nrr the letter of Mr.. Monroe. Of the
9th OF September, which was pui loln'd irum
ne and passed mo the hands of General
Jackson, as has ben stated, was intended as
Dne of the mBans pf placing Us IN oar present
relations, or was Intended to excite hostility
betW cen him and MIR. Monros, I am unabl, to
say. A 6rsl | Supp sd the latter, but subse-
1urnt evrats leave II doubtful The letter was
finally Ieturnrd o me by General Jackson, but
a i,hont explanation Of the manner in which IT
camr 10 his hand.
Having so long remained in the possession OF
tho general, and been the subject of II CORES
pnndence, might have ad1uced 1t VA my COR
respondence With him, as conclusive proof that
he ought 10 have known mat my construction
of III. orders in the Seminole war, coincide
with Mr. Munfoa's, aud cons' qpently ed
from his own. was restrained however, from
,loing so, by considerations which may be easily
conceived, but as the let or is necessarily con
nectrd with the immediate su' jet OF his state
mrut, Tam now Obliged 10 pres at il 10 the puO
liC as part OF my s,ndicalion.
do not deem IT necessary 10 make ans
On Mr.. Crawfura's letter 10 ne, pub.
hshod by Mr.. Fofsyth, as his hlrnd. The
al gument vi MIR. Crawford, in support If ais
sta fement of tie proceedings oi the cabinet,
rested almost exclusively % the statement of
NJ Crown,ng shield and Nj Adams. A subse-
uu III a,knoA ledgmenl OF he former that hr
was not pres III IA, tn deliberat,on Of the cab
met, aud consequently, that hi' statement To
Mr Crawford ~ notounded, and the fact, dis
closed by the l'Itrr OF tiT. a ans 10 me, pub.
lished It'll tns correspondence, tina, Mr.. Cra~-
ford has given in ms letter agerDled extract OF
Mir. Al ms's sta,emen, 10 Inn, omit log the
material point, removed the tohndalIon of his
argument, add vim il the supersIIuGturs
winch he raisel fell to tue ground.
With a knowledge Of these facts, ii is dill
cul, 10 conceive why Mr.. Cfawiord's letter
should be presented TO the pubic, aud sti l
more so rs u appears TO teconcIie us public a
ton with justice without an aekn0H led snent OF
uncontested errors.
will conclude this statement by a single re.
mark in relation TO myself. As unpleasant a
fad my present situation. experience one
consolation without which II woUld be quite in
toersOle. have been placed Ia ii by no fault
OF my own. L,tie did suspect, more than
twelve yearsagn, when daring 10 consune or.
ders. whIch my self had drawn, and to which
could give no other construction than VIDA,
did, consistently with the constitution, acting
as was, under the obiiga ton of an oath 10
abstain from The iniracuon OF that sacred in
strumen,; and in reniuring 10 suggest thu
course, which honestly supposed Dug ut 10 he
adopted on their iuiaction, I should be ex
posed, at his late day. 10 so much difficult,
aud danger. Vel THIS is my only offence.
A. Cory old letter from Mr.. Monroe TO Mr.
Calhoun.
Ill GnLASp. Sept. Q, 1918.
DEAR S,R have General Jacksun's ,epiy
TO IN, letter oil July ~. from Washing ton, re-