Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-02-26

W. ex1mtnouou IL
letter contained information and opinions respecting
Spain and her colony, tho Flosids but the particulars
cannot now undertake to say or state correctly. l
then spoken Of. did fully explain Gen Jackson. con.
duet during the campaign. l RENE mbsr too, that Mr..
Calhoun was severe upon tho eouduc Of the General.
collection" Now cir what do you think OF the nAgs-
tive state mentof Mr.. Writ Do you think II now 80
certain ths that letter produced and read
In tho cabinet upon which yorr memory 10 90 distinct
Do you not, on the contrary, fei convinced Of having
attempted pass of islsehood upon tho President oil
the United s ates!
MED directly Indirectly In your elaborate essay But
negative Is attempted by a.sument AMI what kind
Of argument Is offered! Why, that ' would be to |
rate his (you) Outstanding very low suppose that
officer under our laws could DO punished without
arrest and trial" Sir. rate any mans understanding
very low VITO acts with total disregard to principle
1t true, that in addition to the argument you add
to say you did not propose TO General Jackson,
but that he should be punished reprehend,d in some
form or other. 10 absurd on Ito face. What need
there for suen and trial preparatory to rvrrimaud?
But 10 inte ID true that military officer canoot be
punished without srres, and trial Wac not the dis
Apr baton in the Of the Seminole war punish
men think C, neral jackson must have felt l. to be
such. ehould have opposed II, II had any way
OF p'seins the COVE nment in the right as 10 Spain,
without disavowing the principal events Of tho Semi
II you are not satisfied with the evidence Of Mr..
Crownin'hield. Mr.. Adams. in letter daod 80 July.
1880 says "The main point upon which Il was urged
that Geo. Jackson should be brought to trial was, that
he had violated hi, orders by taking ST. Marks aud
Pen.aeoa." II 10 true that Mr.. Adams does not say
trial; but you know well that there was no proposition
made In the cabinet affecting General Jackson pcrscu
| ally, but whit was made by yourself. II you deny
this, viii obtain the necessary explanation from Mr.
Adams may be proper TO STATE that the two letters
from Me'srs. Adams and Ceowunshieid, are hs only
| communications I have received from them sree my
departure from w shogton, and they in reply 10
tbs only letters have written them since the aore-
sad riod. There has been little sympa,hy either
Individual or political, between those gentlemen and me
between them and you and 10 fact less b. twe
Mr. Adams and myself than between him and you at
lea before the coalition between him aud Clay In
fact, before that even, impression was, that from
the time your name was put down for the Ptesdency
you favored the cause o! Mr. Adams And the fact that
all his electors voted for you Vice President and
that you 'uered bis printer to become proprietor Of the
turpose OF vliiying my character aud auding you're
without 'pulaing that il should not be welded against
General Jackson, go far to establish tho fact have
now done with your argumentaive denial and the ne.
ga'ivs evidence OF Mr. Writ, backed by your distinct
recollection.
hall now take notice Of your attacks upon me
which with the exception of Mr.. Nc Dufio's letter
| that letter.
For the present shall say nothing abou, that letter
or the reasoning founded upon il. You express much
forbesrance towards me- because you say have bee
unfortunate. What do you mean by uniortunatel IfI
you mean that bave much bodily afllcon YOU are
Igh'; but thsbk God, those slictors are pa,, and
am now aud have been for than three yesr., in
the enjoyment ct vigorous, uninterrupted health But
u by unfortunate, you that DOT lected Pr
dent in ls2i-5. must beg leave al from the truth
OF that assertion. am conscious Of being ess unor-
tunate than you were. You, after obtrudns your name
upon the nation candidate for the presidency in
manner until then unknown, and trust will never be
repeated and conducted yourself in the same unsrece
denied manner Will your permitted to be in
put down by the State OF upon which
you effected to rely for My name was put up by
my friends for the Office by them wa. kept up
Notwithstanding my bodily Affections, till the election
| atsA in -
February, 1925. No in the nation was better
peased at my exclusion than was; for then verify
believe and d, now believe, that had been elected
my remains would now be reposDg Ia the national
ryDg ground the ca tern branch Of the Potomac
was therefore far from con'depg myself IN fortunate
in the result OF the election 10 the House Of Rspresen
tat'ves.
Your forbsarsnce towards me has been afr cied be-
cause you believed you could more ef-ctually inure
me request that hereafter, should have occ on
to write or fpesk OF me- you will not again fsign for
besrance you do no. feel.
You affect to Lament that my friends did not inter
ferc and prevent my medd!ng with this matter. I
make doubt that you would have been very glad 10
have been spared the trouble of making so elaborate
a comment upon letter OF three pages. I make no
doubt that you d,like the idea of being exposed and
stripped Of the covert you have been enjoyog under
tho Presidents wings, by means of falsebood and mis-
representation You assert that my suspicion that yo
wrote, or caused to be written, the letter which was
published in Nashville .zette. 10 without founda-
| ton. MN who knows well as / DO, tho sm,Ii
weight to which any assertion Of yours is entitled in
/
the truth, mutt have other evidence than your
sion, to remove even a suspicion. You ask wky no
charge Mr.. Adams with having written or caused tina
latter 10 be written? The 10 easy and nciu.
sive. That letter contained tw fasehoods-one in
tended 10 ipure me; the other intended 10 bene you
and that which was for your benefit, takpg from Mr.
Adams bali the credit Of defending Gen. Jackson aud
Civ ng il to you. Admitting, for the sake OF argument
that Mr. Adams disposed to rjure me- no one will
think. suppose that he would voluntarily ssctibe half
the meri Of his actions 10 the man who was the |
most etrenUou, opposer Of his wishs. IL the Intrinsic
evidence OF the letter fixes upon you and not upon
Mr.. Adams subsequent events strongly ccrroborate
the iDfs deducible from the contents of the pub
ished letter. During the whole of the presidential
canvass OF 23. "a have no recoec .ion Of any act
OF Mr.. Adams. tending 10 Willy me; but you knotp |
hat you set up the Washington Republican, 10 Wash
ington, fr the express purpose Of vfying my reputa
II to be publ'hed by clerk in III, department whose
tenure OF office was your will. The facts which I
have stated will exontrae Mr.. Adams from tn. charge
OF having any concern with the Nashville letter, and
hx that charge upon You in the estimation Of reason
able your denial to the contrary
You place gre at sres upon the Conduct Of gentle
men IN Congress whom yon assert 10 be my friends |
This is what might be expected from a man of your
loose principles, or rather principles. My friends
10 Congress" were men who would have been insulted
had any man, however elevated, approached tbsm in
the language Of entrcay and persuasion. never d.
and never wosid, II were TO live thousand years
interfere with man who aching under the obi
cations OF an OATH to persuade eDrest him 10 act
contrary TO the convictions OF bis judgme MT and
were such me mber, and any man, however eIevat.
ed he might be, were to interfere with me by way Of
entreaty or persuasion, should feel myself insul
and should certainly insult The person so interfering
he 10 H..