Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-02-21

swered, should have oDnos.I tho .; p,ou"seu uhah-
isnmcnt on General Jackson, who had cops;',.,tP IT,
silence OF the President IA tact conenn, ~. =. ''e
alter the letter produced and rcad ~, ~ WIS
iionn made the proposition the cab net s- 80,
ing the General AGAIN; "a do know that cv-
er~h'nted ut the letter 20 the President y., ~.
letter had important bearing on the ;l.Thsra
TONS OF the cabinet, at least in my mind and possbIv
on the minds of Mr. Adams and the President. b,;,
hci'her expressed any opinion the subiect :,
seems II had none the mind Of Mr. Calhoun E,- -
"'aoe no change in his conduct
~ VII be no easy matter for Air Crawford to recon-
I'c '"e statement which he has thus circumsantia
naue' with his conduct in relation TO the seminoi
", rom the time of the decision of the cabinet TN
inc subject ceased 20 be agita,ed >''
, How will he frs, instance, r.c,,.;,, :, :, :.
n"sepel" statement of which Mr. NIcDuies c,er ss
mos, ,; nhe Contrast between that the peseS, 20
Ar HeDn letter MIR NIcDuio letter saw, ,ha nom
s'elen mat YOU (hlr Cahoun) "6ad hrep in fSvo
oil 'nl""y mo Tic conduct of General jackson, .r ~:
ne was the only member cabinet that eonc gnu Una.
e spoke IN strong terms of isarproba,iun of be cour
u" "enerai Jackson, not only his military ,o.a..
nss hut IN preaurey bringing grounds of b de
cns ~, COUNTY, anu oc'talms public opinion; thus anti
PS ,e administration On TINS poiut, remarted IT,.
inc administration could give d recop IN ,,,;' .na''
ion, bu, permitted military officer Who had ~ uoic oP'n
.eis to anticipate them, they business to he a, W
i's'"ii, aud had better Such was rho i
then held such his lone of fceip, A. , me language
not word the letter which nSakes 60 nut we hear
uS"Ie IN ms present. statement; one word of tie n
effected in his mind RELATION to vo,r me chanse
OF his taking different from NC: bur o not word
nc e stated directly that he concuTred with mo IN T";y,
an INQUIRY and Indicated difference on anv , o iavori
SO lar from exenp,ns you the charge of POM. anu
S nc nov" attempts 10 do he asserted positively tha, ro
violated your orders Shall an expana, you mad
ast IN the two statements the difference of his me con-
now Is ms motive now to injure me- and was H.. ~
announcer member of the istrat,on Or m,.,;, 10
nen as The moro charitable interpretation 10 the d ou
IsioW Whatever may be the true explanation all 10y
80 'a' statement when fresh in the men
to be trusted in preference one made twers enoIy,
and tho I the former accods witt, after eveni.
aa .ne later does not, as its the in this
INC next session of Congress- your conduc =; , ~
a. severely attacked IN both branches of the eeisI,,
VS. see Inc course pursued by MIR Crawford and he @
onai and confidential friends can be recnuc;d ma per-
w % winch lie now gives of his course in the caI,n
member OF the House of Representatives He was
personal and confidential friend of MIR Crawford his ne
J; h anu formerly law student under him. VIVA, na,,
ana nc take He led the attack; he moved rho , Pdlt
[ YOU nc accused you expressly of the violation Of vour
n ann sustained the accusation with all his roroo
All th' accords with MIR Crawlords statement ~
ed to h course a! The TING; but how reconcl
PIE OF JUSTICE stand by and hear You thus falsejy p a
ing now, knew that alse9 And how can +" ms SNOW
ce mas silence her when you stood much in nre &c IN
long since passed away and aid no longer re", mas
.e, us Turn TO the other branch of the Legislature and se
Seneral Lacock Of Pennsylvania the panc,f ysery
SrawoId ana in the habit of intercourse i,
part OF the message which related TO the Seminole @ .e
reieree. Mr. Forsyth, then and Senator from WSs
ha' gwen rise to the present correspondence was a u.e
anu Gas men as ne IS now intimate PERSONAL and
trends on the committee he had most fayo,shs
p'uy 'na could be offered TO do You Justice acrn;r
10 ms own statement, he felt obligation IN
IN relation to the of the cabie WIN h S
1.os1 ",n ms friends ON the to do Won ius
Aha' ne du not need not offer you arpnento % ]
me report OF the committee sufficient tesmon
ts, % was resIaned by feelings of deicacy from inter
cue on the principles of justice and bono his silence .
made ySbeD sdy as'I'ng your motives and condue, was
" 10 MS power to shield you from censurep ~ "'pe'r-
nut way should Waste time and words to nrovo
that MT Crawtord's whole course is in dire, 20.
with his present statement of the nrncsa
CABINET when there remains On objection that
90 surnounted The statement is entirely destitn.e
y. 'ouhua.ioh. IL is not true Strange as il mev
appear, after an account so minute and c;ro,n.y
tiai no such letter az he refers to was evo
CABINET, or alluded 10 in its deliberations Mv 80
DRY 10 distinct and clear, and is confirmed hy
IsSS os,,nct feGTnec ION of Mr. Monroe and pr.
n as VIII fuiIy appear by copies of tbeir state.
"ehts herewi'h enclosed. Feelings of deIcac,,
growing out OF the political relation of Mr. 49,,
ana Mr. Crownnshield, the other members oe ,Ir,
then adm istration, both towards Won ond 10y "u'
have restrained me from applying f- .hu; "yselI'
mchts out have not the least appr1 .cns;o, 80
they would vary from Mr. Monroes or Ar W., ;na'
comment Is useless. will not attempt to exnoin
SO gross a msstatement of the procccdinn. - III
cabinet but will leave it to those frend csf ~ me
ford VINO have placed him in this diIemm, tn 49,
mine whether his false statement is IN he ottxL',
~ an en!ife decay OF memory, to some other
cause, and 1t the former, to exempt thenosol,o g.
the responsibility of thus cruelty eyposiu1 ,u,
which It was their duty to conceal
1t now becomes necessary to say sometime IF vor-
-. VI 'tie o'h January, To which Mr.. Crawford
mas gwen IN his statement, so much prominence Nv
recollection IN relation to it accords with Mr. Mon.
roe statement. came into his room when be had
apparently Just received the letter. He was inJisno
sed at the time think he opened the letter in ms,
presence and finding that it was from you, he gave
me 'hG letter to read cast my eyes over it. and
remarked TINT 1t related 10 the Seminole affair and
would require his attention, or something 10 thar
erect thought no more of it. Long afieI, tbinIs
II was at the commencement of the next session Of
Congress, heard some allusion which brnuoLt ,t ~
letter to my recollection. 1t was from Guartc1
winch induced me to believe that it came from NJ
crawford: called and mentioned it 10 Mr.. Mon
roe and found that he had entirely forgotten the le,
ter AFTER searching some time, he found il arnono,
some other papers, and read it, he told me, for The
Having stated these facts, slauId be wanting in
candor were not also to state, that if the facts had
Dee pee "InefwisG; had Mr. Monroe read your letter,
been brought before the cabinet, in my opinion il
"oulu not have had the least influence on its debe
Iston' The letter not received till several
weeks after the iders to YOU were issued and could