Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-03-16


this meeting, and without doubt, similar
ones, in other States, were by the direc-
hon oCMe President himseU "A SEM
TOR IN THE PE.N.NS YLVA.NLa
LEGISLATURE RECEIVED II
LETTER TIE DAY BEFORE
THE .NEETLNG FROM J4CK-
SOUS PRIVlTE SECRETARY,
URGING HIN TO GET Up "A
.NEETLVG TO PROCURE J4CK-
SOUS .NO.MLN.4IIO.N! The man
who received the letter Immediately call
ed meeting Of the Jackson members OF
the Legislature. Here then is the man,
that hypocritically says he neither seeks
nor declines office, whose Private Sccre-
tary is writing about to the Legislatures
to institute caucuses. The above fact Is
uncontrovertible; we can, If necessary,
state the name Of the Senator and the
names of several men to whom the letter
has been shown. Jackson's private Sec
retary is known to the nation.
tLPTuE LETTER AGAINeGi
Since our last paper, giving an exposi-
ton of the corrupt means resortcd To IN
ordcrto procure the denomination oiGcn.
Jackson, we have been waited upon by
some of the members of the Legislature
who have SEEN the Letter. They say,
that we omitted one circumstance, which
gives deeper coloring to the whole
transaction. EDe The LHernas not only
,nitien by Me Generals PRIN9TE Sec
rcta,W, bni rds FRa.NKED by JaCK-
SO.NHLNSELF! One gentleman hint
ed to US, that the letter was received the
day before the call, and not the day be-
fore the meeting itself This certainly
is unimportant n letter vas receircd
by a Senator ofMe Pennsylvania Legisia-
tire, preriaus 10 the meeting, from Me
PRIV1TE Secretary Of JochSon, wiM
he Presidents FRANK upon II, stating
That ii ,cas proper for a committee Of he
members Of the Legislature 10 address a
leHor 10 Jackson, requesting him 10 consent
10 a reelection. This is substantially true,
unless number of the most respectable
members of the Legislature, who say
they have SEEN it, have lalsifcd them
selves. We do not wish to publish false
hoods--we have never done it knowingly.
We have not yet named the Senator who
received the letter, although every mem
bcr ofthc Legislature hnO,Cs who received
it, because we have not had an opportu-
nifty Of convcrsing with him on the sub
ject. lie is gentleman whom we re-
spect, and had we not considered it du-
ty would not have brought him into sit
uation which is undoubtedly unpleasant.
Should this statement be denied by any
responsible name, we shall be obliged in
seli-deiencc to call upon the Senator by
name, as well as other gentlemen who
have SEEN it, living in the counties of
W ashington and Fayctte, and gentlemen
living in other sections Of the State.
To meet this charge, Mr., Donelsoa,
General Jackson's private Secretary,
has published in the Telegraph the fol-
lowing letter:
Mr.. Donelson TO Mr.. Krepps,
JANUARY, %, 1881.
Dear Sir:-Your letter of the 25th
instant reached me yesterday. In a
statement in the Globe, published about
Il week since, you will perceive that the
President stands on his old ground in
relation to the question of his being a.
gain a candidate for the sulfrages of the
people. cannot, therefore, sec any inn
propriety in the steps which you intimate
are about to be taken by "A committee of
the Pennsylvania Legislature, for the pur-
II. 4 Il .: .tl
timents. The President would, no doubt,
feel it most grateful compliment to be
thus assured that the course ofhis admin
istration has not disappointed the wishes
OF Pennsylvania, to whose partlallty and
early support he is so much indebted.
Believe me, with great respect,
Your obedient servant
ANDREW J. DoSELsov.
Mr.. Donelson, in his note to the cdi-
tor Of the Telegraph, admits that his let
ter to Mr.. krepps was frankcd by the
Presidcnt, but says he knew nothing of
its contents. A very probable story! let
those believe it who can. This We do
believe, it was fmkcd by the President.
The abuse of the lranking privilege was
source Of great complaint against the
last administration; yet we find the Pres
idcnt himself abusing the privilege by
Jdnhing letter not written by himself,
and of the contents of which he was en-
tirely ignorant.
This, though of but triiling Importance
in comparison with other things, forms
an item in the catalogue Of Presidential
sins. Proridcace Journal.
ATHEISM AND DISTNION!