Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-03-04

"Pognant indeed must have been the mortifcat ION
OF an honest man, to find that he had been long
deceived into the bcs'owmcnt of u,,ne, tied praise
and especially ut Unjust censure.
The upright no .orab bio character Of General Jack
ION also exhibited in thu private correspondence OF
MI Monroe, which Mr.. Calhoun has gwen To the
p"oic In taking ST. Marks and Pensacola, the Go
neral maintained that he was acting "in pursuance
"t hrs Instructions" The Cab,net wished him TO
change ms ground, and his justification solely OF.
the necessity at the step, taking all the responsibility
ON himself as well as all the honor.
TIN he steadily Refused, simply because he did not
couSidcr n the true ground
They wanted liberty /" alter the letter, he had
written to the D2parimcu;! To that he would not
consent
They wished 70 got up with him Kind of fictitious
correspondence To be- lad before Congress. To that
he would not consent.
They crinced much socitnlc to get him to admit
that hS orders not Justify his acts; thus relieving
rtem from all respnnsIScy! bu' ttis hs steadily re
fused, not because he sred responsibility but be-
causL az nat true.
Truth and honor distinguish him throughout. But
it IS rpptr"ht that we have the whole case Pr-
vate aud confidential letters are referred TO which
would vHry possibly give colorirr TO the nets
6" ne q neral IN Florida, and iirt coiorinr to Mr..
. N","pUns account of them
THE CONFIDENTIAL. LETTER"
At'es all the Statement and rctrncuons about the
production OF Gen. Jnckson's confidential o.,er be-
t'rc the Cabinet in July 1918, Mr.. M,nrucs letters
pn'ish'd by Mv C,lhoun, so far to confirm Mr.
,rnwi"-h's statement
IN the conclusion Of Mr. Nooror's I.uor IN Co,
jackson dated December 2,s,. 1913, Iprinred 1880
~ Tstahr' IN the pomphc,l Mr. Monroe thus
speaks cf this conlidcntallettcr:
. nu' tieI OF anuary g. received while was seriously
ind,sposed Observing tia, you handed i, tn Mr.
,''Hn 10 read, aieT reading lines only myself
ne order to ror n tax; command quarter ,ad before
the" heen .cd lie remarked after pcrsinr the seI Thai
vas cmI 'n,a one relating Florida which mus, an
swe' asked 'm if he hal forwarded you the orders Of
''' 80 w. nv mt SUBJECT tie replied that
letter. !" me- with many others friends was put aside IN
Vooe q" my md>postou aud the great pressure on me
~ ne tome" and never rcurrad to, AFTER my return from
i,u o', %" me 1'p' OF yours by MIR Hanhy and then
No", when did Mr. Monroe return from I,oulpu,
an" whrn was the liter from Ar. Hamby recsyed
MI Calhoun has given the evidence to show
IN one OF ms no cs he tells us, that ''thc first cuh
net meeting on that subiec took place on the I5If
or 9th vi July, 1913 Mr. Monroe having returne,
on thc ih from his residence in LoulOun.
Mr.. Monroes letter to Gen. Jackson dated Jul,
10Th, 1919, begins thus;
81 "rcrrn a'cy, your letter Of June 81 BIZ MIR ll,,nbv
: ~ ~" ian ~ Lnuiouu," &c.
!hms' tho time ut which tho confidential letter wa
l""icd mp "0n tie suggestion of .lIr. Calhoun" l
+ identified within few days IL was after Mr. Mon
rn"'s return from Loudoun. on the 18th, and befor
inc - Jniy' 1913, The cery PERIOD during ,chic
The cabinet VA celebrating about me Semnol. W ar
ard nj lh" YER time Mr. Crawford saws it was pro
duCci before them.
Th"rc Is rnmarkobe coincidence between III,
details al Mr.. Crawiords recent statement and Mr.
Monr"cs account of this affair, made out IN 1871 8
which prove the identity OF the incidents alluded 10
Mr. Crawford says
'r calhoun made al!uson to letter the General ba
] 20 letter but said II he had such an one n
Inu n IT, An" Went directly his cabinet aud brought Il,
s, Mr. Monroe in lis letter of December c,., ,a,a
slyS- >'@'' 700
n o as' &C. vas pg, aside, &c anl never required ia
E"s''on Of MIR. Calhoun" $500 " - VI" VIC s"a
! ltete Is c"ncIns'V" proof "F two things. Tn
} C,n.!e"in, letter was produced 'on the suggestion
oi Dir Calhoun after Mr. Monroas return from
L"unfoun on tn" 18th, and before ;he wrtinr of hi
letter 70 Gen. Jackson on the l9lh July 1915
, :. Hr. crawford was present when The surrcslic
was made and the letter produced The cabinet
seems, were several Days in dclihcration Mr. Wiz
might not have boon present when the lsttcr wa
produced. ~ any rate, the proof is conclusive tim
1t was then produced, at least to Mr. Crawf,Td. Of
Mr. Calhonn's suggcs; ion.
Mr. Calhoun's own cvldance n--voz ,b,t D.: ~
connt ot that letter Is Incorrect. He savs:-
ply recollection IN relation accorls with Mr. Monroe
staieirent came his room when ne had ,rn,,,rI -
received tho letter Tie indisnosed At the oie ,
oeneh he letter IN my presence and, finding that was Gon
You, he tho letter read cast py eyes oys :, m
remarked that 1t related the Seminole wal and woId =.
gore ms attention, or something that effect ,orob, NJ
more oft. Long ie think II was at the Sa "
The next session OF Congress- heard some allicn yh
drought the letter to my recollection was fom
which induced believe that il came from, NJ C'io 's
called and mentioned it MIR Monroe and Ennd mo, re- H.
eneiy forgotten the letter After searching some timc n
, for the first time " ~ - W. WI" UT
Mr. M"nToes account Of the matter, written il
December, 1918, shortly after The mectins If Con
gross proves Inc story as 10 time to he entirely Gl5u
iou' That letter, connected with that of oh In,,
preceding proves that the hun; 81 IN Of the letter
"a lte suggestion Of Mr. Cdiho.n and the readlno
.J"r me FIRST t'me'' took pIncc directly after "
Monrces return from Loudoun on the 18th july
1913, during the deliberations the cabinet
II upon this evidence may Mr.. Crawford turn yound
ana ply and tI"nt Mr. Calhoun for decay NJ memory
ne mas VIGOROUSLY Published to the world gross
misrepresentation OF his affair with tho evidence of
is lncorrcc,ness before him IN his orn documents II
memory ma failed him he might have relied for COR
I Tcct ih'"rmnton, on the accounsgyrn by MIR Mon
roc IN 1918, which is certainly more likely To he
correct iban any s'a' ernGnt made by him now. lie
could no' then have Forgotten the facts.
Thus yansIcs Of Mr.. Calhoun r. clouds of dine,
which he had raised to blind the eye, Of tho people
/ IN relation to As o"u coalacc towards General
Jackson.
CONGRESS-.