Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-09-15
From The Georgia journal
TO THE CITIZENS OF 1HE UNITED

Georgia Journal of the 2isl OF Apil last, and
several aruces IN The h,ob. aud ntber neVspa.
pers, have IN my judgment. sufficient, FL
planned my conduct 10 ali Impartial AMI IN
pr'Ju1iced minis aud lhase OF "a different
description, il is improbable int any thing
| thai can urge will convince. Besidps II Is
not very Important, 10 the people of the L
| STATES, before whom there is no probability
shall ever again be placed to iurm any de-
fate opin On ofmy motives or conduct IN toe
iransa ctions Developed ID the reSpondence
between the President and Vice President. !
say ~ Is not very Important, 10 the citizens
| at the U. States; but II Is important to Tie in
! dividually, 10 have my conduct correctly IN
| derstoOd for 40 man, however retired he NAV
live, ought 10 he indifferent 10 public opinion.
| taso appears trnm the newspapers, that an
explanation fTo,n me is expected, tnd desiied. !
therefore submit Ia the apparent necessity Of
appearing befre the public
| understood from letters received during
the last session OF Congress, that the Wee
| President and his trends We're endeaVnr,ng TO
make the impression thai the diff cuty be-
tween blur aud the President. had been produC.
| cal by me, from deSi'e On my part to lngra-
tihts my orlt uiih the President II this I'M
| preston had bteC made by their JOINT forts
| The Vice President has dispelled the illusion (;
Tor by his publication, IT ID clearly esiablls shed
nut that III the whole affair have been pas
sive. Ia fact assert without the fear of con
! lradicuon, that no Intercourse either yer
bal or wriIten, has taken place between the
] President add myself, SINCE IA levy days alter
| the Presidential election III tho House OF RIP.
resentduVes m February 1928. Daring The
call General Jackson ia u made upun me no
| reitlchce whatever Was made 10 What had pas
eed, !" relation to the General, or myself |
| considered the Call It's evidence oil betI.r state
OF feeling on his part thhn bad been understood
| 10 have previously existed and is had neV er
cherished any feelings OF hostility towards him.
| Was perfectly wiling that The phsi shouid he
buried !" oblivion. Bur the publication OF the
| correspondence, has relieved the rom The ne.
| cessi'y ut saying any thing mole upon ihs sub.
ljec'.
Two vthrs charges have been made against
| mr. 1t That tue confidential letter OF &C.
| ~ al Jackson, which lay was produced aud
read III the CABINET, was not produced and
read. And 81. that have improperly, DIS
! closed cabinet secrets.
Upon the Isl. objection negative testimony
/ i relied upon. Mr.. Monroe. MI. Adams oud
| Mr.. Wnt, do not recollecl that II was produc-
ed aud read OF rather Mr. Adams, aud Mr.
WIT do not re1ollect II FOR il Is manifest that
| Nj. MUnrot, has no recollection upon The sub
jet, having relied whsll upon MIR. Wlri.--But
! Mr.. Calhoun has ddiSiinct recollection that u
MAS not produced and read. Without rely ing
upon that rule of legal evidence, which de-
carrs. that one Bllrnat We witness { ,nntervalls
many Ofghtve ONES, theIe is believe album
| dant evnIeHCe in the correspondence itself to
support my statement. Here beg leave to
tfanseiibe an tice from the GLIB oi the Goth
/ Feb. last which has much force aud cosency,
and proves. al least personal---very., that my
E II The confidential letter
| is correct. The Globe saws " Alter all the
! statements, and retractons, about The produC-
ton oil General Jackson letter before the cali
IN IN July is s, Mr.. MonIoe's letters publish
I'd by Mr.. Calhoun, 60 lar To confirm MI
CIawiords statement. In the conclusion Of
/ Mr. MonToe's letter to General Jackson, dated
Dpcenlber the 2lst. 1915 (prnied 1880 by
mistake in pampHlet) Mr.. honroe thus speaks
Of the confidential letter: your letter Of the 9th
OF January, as received whilst was serious
~ ndisposed observing that It was from you,
hauded 1t 10 Mr. Calhoun 10 read after read
ing one or two lines nyseit. The order 10
tite command IN that quarter had before then
been issued. lie remarked alter redpiHg the
letter, that II was Il confidential ohe relating
10 Florida which | must ausWeI. | asked
hln il he had forwarded TO You the orders that
had been given TO General Gaines on that
subject. He replied that he had.--YOur
ie ter 10 me " ih macy others from friends was
pui a side in consequence oil my inlispOsiVn
aud The great pressure upoa me al Tie tlWe. hhd
never IecurIed 10, until alter my return tom
LoudUuh on The receipt OF ours by Mr.. Ham
bly anil then on The suggestion Of Mr.. Calhoun
, Now wi,n did Mr. Monroe ,e,urn non Lou
/, | doup g. when was ia letter hs Mr.. Handy
recen 81 Mr.. Calhoun has given us II
evidence 10 SNOW. In one of hs nOtrs ht
; tells US tlat the lst cabinet meeting On that sub
, jectt1Uk place on HI 10th or 10 O July 1918
Nh. Monroe having reldrUed un the l4th ifOa
his residence in Loudoun. MI. Monroe's letri
TO General Jackson dated 18Th July 1918, be-
gins thas - received lately your lelter o
Jaoe 2lst, by MIR. Hambly, at my isrm it
Loudoun &c." Thus the time when the con
Gden,ial euer was looked up, on the suggestion
, of Mr.. Calhoun, is Identified withIn tew day :
Ii was alter Nj. Munroe's return from LOu
don, GA the l4th and before the 10Th OF Jui,
l 1918, The very period AZ which the cabine
, were celebrating about The Seminole War an,
! nj the very time Mr. Crawford says 1t wa
b produced bpf0ie them. There !, n remarkable
| eoinciden between The details OF MI, CTaw
) fOrd's recent Statement, and Mr.. Monioes &C
! count OF this affair made IN 1918, which prove
u the identity Of The incidents alluded to: Mr.
II Crawford says, MIR. Calhoun made som'
/ alusion to a letter the General had written It
= the President, who had forgotten that bo hat
i received such letter, but said II he had recev
+, ed such an one, he could find It, aud went d.
I recly into his cabinet, and brought the lelle
e out. Mr. Monroe IN his letter oil the 2lst De
/ cembcr 1918, says, your letter &c was put b
:. side DC. aud never ,ecurred 10 until alter M
q return from Loudoun &c. and then on Inc sug
i gesiion Of Mr.. Caihoun.-Here Is conelhsiv
. proof of iwo Ihngs, lst. the confidential lette
d ,cas produced on The suggestions Of Mr., Ca
hUun, after Nj. Monroes teturn from Loudouc
d on the 18th aud before the writing oi bis leitt
: 10 General Jackson, the l9ih of July 1918. q
e Mr. Crawford was present when tho sugsri
= ton was made and the letter produced. In
Is Cabinet it seems were several DAYS Ia deii"er'
o toe. MIR. Writ might not have been preser
ID " hen the letter was produced. AT any RAJ
L. the prooi is conclusive thai the Letter was prt
duced 10 alr. Crawford, on Mr.. CdthoRnS SUI
ges.ion. Mr.. Caihoun's own account OF tha
e stteI Is incorrect. He says, my rec2irct'o