Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-05-09


y between han and Gen. jackson, by represent
: log that Calhoun has pursued deceptive
= course towards Gen. Jack on, on previous &C.
5 casions. MIR. LampkiD states a" ieei ths
noIrm iihert. aud authorized 10 make this
communication, because know. OF my own
! knae lrdge. you aud your iriends are m,Srep-
; resented ppon this subject. HJoersr, General
Jackson, htmstU must sec and kn0p the otj,ct
Of these hdiioW eDO3s '-Agan :" l do not
I know one conspicuous hicnd OF yours, but
what ha. constantly. zesonsly, and uniform y.
supported General Jackson. FROM the day thai
Pennsyiv mia declared IN his Iavor. to Tim pre-.
sent time. How, then, can II be possible Tint
general Jackson can suspect the if,e ndship,
consistency, or sincerity Of you aud your friends,
No he cannol--he VIII no--hc does not !
have quite too much confidence IN, the Geue>
raj 10 believe such idle tales Mr.. Newman
states ~ hope Mr.. Calhoun will take tue
earliest opportunity Of seeing General j., and
putting all things straight Tor cannot believe.
for Que moment, the allegations of w. II, c."
These letters are addI. ssed 10 Nj. Calhoun
In the month Of January, 1870. How must he
have felt, knowing what he did. when these his
friends expressed such "a solioi'ude 10 guard
him against ihe effect Of interpretations,
which he, In his own heart, knew To be true
| Why did he not undeceivo these persons
why did be not say Gentlemen, there WIS
"A time when believed General jackson acted
wrong, aud under she strong Obligations oil
fidelity 10 the construction of my county, ]
moved an enquiry mo his conduct. IN the sem
mole war, with view To cos,Sue HIN, though
that war was TO save your own women aud
children from the tomahawk aud scalpn,g
KNIFE Think you thea. ,nra would have ielt
and pronounced such confidence ~ tho false
hood of Wan. II. Crawioid's " allegations
! They would have 60 10 their graves 10 the
belief that Crawford was F." political jnggier.
but for the late unfortunate deyeippenent
which General Jackson has and will aud
does believe, in spite OF the confidence
OF ona oil these gentlemen, $40 I" idle tale. y
How they feel, aud wha, figure they cut
before tho world, 10 far from provoking The
envy Of, perhaps, any one but Mi, Calhoun,
In looking round for "A situation on which
the eye could res, for relief, his. we confess.
is the only one TINT prolif,s any comfort
The next il thu testimony of MI Monroe,
! Mr.. Wit nnd Mr.. Adams II seems that
in Mr., Crn~lofd's statement, mad. through
| Mr.. Forsyth To the President he had alleged
thee faots. VIZ e" My own views on the
subject had undergone mateIlel change
after the Cabinet had BEEN conrened. Mr..
Calhoun made SOME aliuhion TO n letter thai
Gen. Jackson had written to thu President,
who had forgotten that he had received such
n letter but said IL he had rtetiVeu ouch "a one,
he would find IL, and vert directly TO his
cabinet aud trough IL oni.-ln II General
Jackson approves Of the deiei niinaiion oil
the government u break up Amelia Island
| and Gdlyeztown aud gives ~ also ns his Opin-
ION that Florida ought 10 be taken by the u
nited States. lie added, Il might be delicate
matter TO decide, but IL the President APPROX.
ed of II, he had only TO give hint TO some
confidential member ol Congress. say Johnny
kny, aud he wonld do II, and take the Isspon-
sibiliiy on himself. asked tho President II
the letter had been anSVered : he replied, no |;
Tor that he had no recollection Of receiving
it,. then said that mad no doubt that Gene
raj Jackson, In taking Pensacola, believed
ho was doing what the President wished.
After that letter was produced, unanswei ed,
/ should havs opposed the ,ntict,on OF pun
lshmcnt ON Gen. Jackson, who had consid.red
tue silence OF the President ns "A tact con-
seut yet IL was ahrs thu letter was pro-
duced aud read, thol Mr.. Calhoun made the
proposition to the Cabinet for publishing tho
General" Nj. Crawford further stsiesi that
teller had q most important bearing on ms
mind"
nenl
/. That there was confidential letter from
Gen Jackson TO Mr.. Monroe.
2. / hat u contents were as represented by
MI. Cra wiord--and
3. Tha, IL was before the Cabinet and
had its influence al least upon Mr.. CrLw.
ford.
Inc frat fact Is admitted both by Mr.. Mon
roe aud Mr.. Calhoun. The second is no.
denied by any one, and receive, the most salts
factory conhi mat. on from the fact that ii Nj
I CraR lords statement OF iis contents had been
I untrur, Gen Jackson having written II himself,
}, must better Tecolect II Than soy oDn else, and
= he would not surely have submitted an erro.
i n.ous account Off 10 Mr.. Calhoun. For II
Il no knew any par Of Mr.. CrawfordS state
r ment to be incorrect, il ought to have admon'
$ shed him to take care oil The rest Then these
D Two points arc proved. Tho only difficulty
! IS us o the third. Here Mr.. Calhoun reminds
rs OF the law RI, who never fails IN bnd case
5 To try 10 inpeach he credit ofihe witness. u
IL inle Of evidence that II the witness lies in
one part Of his testimony, II destroys his credit
5 IN all the rest, and perhaps neverwas rule SO
% muc Ia torturedby the profession whore all other
/ hope lalls.--A Wines is examined, cross
E examined over and over again, to make han
= sip n, some small particular, and ihen what
+ mn upr oar about his Inconsstency The jury
from the beginning TO The end OF n long, loud
= and bui.ierous speech, never hear the last oil
a the shameless, ba,e-faced lie that the witness
: has sworn Now just SO 10 the Glamour
= nj Mr. Calhoun. lie seems TO rest his whole
II hope on supposed ,naccuiracy OF Mr.. Craw,
, lord and that as to point OF time. he
. brings in Mr.. Monroe to prove that Mr.. Craw-
S ford 8 recollection is incorrect, aud his own
witness has 10 have his recollection refreshed
h before he can testify Tor Mr.. Monroe express
r Iy declares 10 M. Crawford, as the question
4 whether that letter YVES mentioned IN the Cabi-
, net involved The correctness of my memory
{ | dad moi wish in replying to Mr.. Calhoun :
J. letter, 10 rest On my memory alone, aud IN COT
u sequence made appeal though a fiiend
i 10 Mr. Win, who declared thai IL was not
mentioned IN the Cabinet, nor brought beforr
A A. aud that he had never heard Of II before.
. Consequently upon MIR. Win's memory
o does Mi. Monroe ,ss,iiy aud yet this second
O hand recoilrctIoa Is to outweigh Mr.. Craw-
iord's This Is proving the iraliiy OF memc-
nv with vengeance. But il Mr.. Wits more
IL f,,In,,h IL