Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-02-28

''e' no interest IN ms aHercht ION, and leave
you aud Mr. Crawford. and all concerned, TO
settle the affair In your own way, aud now
close this correspondence Tor ever.
am, very respectfully. your most obedient
servant, ANDREW JACKSON.
Hon. J. c. CALHOUN, Vice Prest u. s.
No. IL.
Nh Calhoun 10 Geu.ral Jackson
FoRr HIT. Goth Aug. 1880.
SIN =; ! received on the 9Th instant, your lot.
ter dated the 10Th June, but which | suppoge.
was intended Tor the 18th July. with lis 60
closures. On the 9th of Juoe. | received the
note OF Mr. Forsyth, covering = copy Of his let.
ter TO you OF the 18th same month but owing
to some delay in the conveyance, for which !
am unable 10 account. did not receive your
letter of the 9TH OF juno. covering IA copy
oi your letter to Ms. Forsyth, till The lIih ia
ly,
You regret that | did not receive your letter
| OF the 9TH juno before wrote mine Of the 26th
Of the same month. on the ground. TO use your
own language, that il would have prevented
me " from falling into tho gross errors YOU
have. IRON the untoaoded differences YOU have
drawn IRON MIR Forsyth letter 10 me" You
cannot more sincerely regret than do that any
delay III the mad deprived me Of the advantage
OF the statement IN your letter TO MIR. Forsvib
seeing ibni you deemed IL material To n cor,er.
n
ter "A careful D. rusnl Of your letter to him. M
well as yours 10 myself, ! am utterly at n loss
TO perceive ih" gross errors" of which YOU
stcusr me. As lar as eau uuder-innd YOU
they seem TO CONSIST IN tue suppnsuiun that !
| inferred from Nr. Forsyihs Letter. that ,.u
| applied 10 him personally 10 OBJ ain the infor-
nation from MI Crawford, of VIVA, took PLACE
~ the cabinet on the Seminole question where
as, IN fret you applied not TO him, but 10 Mr.
W. Il Il ,
was he, aud not yon. who applied To Mr.. For
svth 10 obtain the information IT there he 4.
difference IN prin Iple between the two A ale.
IN nts. ! can ouly say that am not respon.,b
ior Il. lhr cha gr of error onpht TO IN,
nnde against Nj. Forsyth. aud MOI me- III.
verbs are g" Having, at the request of the
President TO bn informed what took place in the
c"blne, OF Nh Mnnroe on the subject OF the
ocm'npie campaign, laid before him n copy
(eAcop, I'll" omission Of IA name, OF a letter
from M. CIaN ford, which has been since
communicated 20 you" &c &c. Now, SIR. il
h"d inferred from these, words MS you suppose
cid, that yo" had personally applied to For
SYN to o1taln the FORMATION for you, would
h"vs done no more than what fairly might,
without tue impaIal,on Of "gtoss errors" Bu,
mhae no h"ch inference, on the contrary, |
nave used almost the very words OF Mr.. For
sylb. My Language Is :" / had supposed. from
copy OF Nj. era" lords letter 10 MI, Forsy,h
had been placed by the latter in Your hands
without any previous MT or agency on your
paTt-bul, ny Ftr. Fosyih's letter to me / nm
informed that sgC0 IS not the fact. Il seems
that lie acted rs your agent IN this affair lie
states that you applied 10 him to be informed
"i what took place IN tho cabinet of Mr. Mon.
roe on the subj oct Of The Seminole campsen'
In my letter TO Mr. Forsyth, I use ain,ost yer
la ih. Inn
capable oil understanding ih- force Of words,
my lan2dase does not vary Ia the smallost
degree, IN ITS sense. from that used by NJ
fOisJlh III ms letter 10 me. aud most certainly
does not more strongly imply than his does
that you applied to hin personally tor the in
lormatntn. But, suppose had fallen into the
gcoss errors" Of Initrrlng from MIR Forsyih's
ie'te' that you mad personally appl,ed 10 hun
Nhen. ~ TACT, ~ was not you. but your agent,
Ja, Hamilton, of New York who applied for
YOU, m your ndnIe, as Mr. Forsyth informed |
you m bis Letter 81 Tin June, It requires more
penetration than possess 10 discover how the |
difference can, ia The sig hest degree affect
the only material question, whether he acted
as mere volunteer or as your agent. Mr.. |
Forsyth hnnseli decides this question lie |
tells yod expressly, that he did not act as a vol
nnteer, aud II IS on The ground that ho acted
for you, aud GOT for himself that claimed of
you 10 be put in possess on of certain facts
connected with the subject Of our coTrespon-
dence Hnlu" were IN the possession Of Mr.
FoIsyth, and which | deemed important 10 tue
iull deveiopemeni of this aflnir-but, instead of
complying with so reasonable "A request, you
reply not by denying The jusli c ot The request.
nor that he acted Tor you and not Tor himself,
iby accusing me Of gross errors ansSsump-
ton Oh your part al once grrtuiious aud im,na |
terial, that mad Inferred that you had applied |
20 Mr.. Forsyth personally, when, ia fact, the
own name, by Nj. Hamilton. / must say, thai
cannot see 10 your siaiemcnt the least excuse
for Withholding rom mo the Information IL
qussted and | am constrained to add, that |
have looked IN vain III the course which you
have pursued for the evidence OF that frsnkuess
which you assured me. m submitting the copy
of Mr.. Cra~iotd's letter to me, has over char
ac,er'sed your conduc, towards those with
whom you had been IN habits Of friendship
As connected with this point, let mo call our
attention TO fact which has not been ex-
planned. though 10 my opinion il ought to be.
/, nov appears, that when Mr.. Forsyth placed
the copy Of Mr.. CIawfofd's letter IN your
hands, he also placed NTH al a copy Of hi, letter
referred 10 by Mi. Crawford. Why was il that
copy OF tins letter of Nj. Forsyth did uo
accompany Mr.. Cra.foid's, when you placed
copy oil the | eier in my hands Calling
upon me IN The spirit of frsnkuess aud friend
ship, as you informed me you dld, had righ'
to IN fer that every document connected with
the charge, aud Ia your possession, calculated
to aHocd light, would be placed in NV posses
sion aud such, Ia fact, was my impre ssion,
but which | now find 10 be erroneous. IL is
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