Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-03-07

= 40 yAur r8l4iry, hal ~ .
,ty STATE, W ~ n,oroe'. cabinet, 10 discuss to'
neetng oil MT. '.,sued towards spain !" eoa
course 70 = General Jacksons p'o'ee", ~. =
sequence ~ the Seminole war. W. Sa'"o1..
Flef.aa a" Of the War nepsI,ms", -, .aV nra
me me- .ad urged spo" 'as s.,..,;a. and ,,y,,s
ted 90 anu "aseessty ofsireshng anu Us
prieiy snd Mr.. Monroe IVES very muc'
General 'rs"s,nresssd a belief that sseh
sunoyeh "' meet the pubic HppToes"on
step soo'o u" had nefo rmeb loo much p"o'
that Gehe' ne treated as younger or suoa''
lie sefvh' ',,;,ht. without shocking pnoi'e
Tern o'"s ,,r Adams spoke shh giea s'",'. 49,
pinio", the ..roposed arrest am i"''".u ,hs
sgas,.l throughout --vene"e"'y 49, Gs,.,sl
p,e.ident to make Inc ''''O
-, of the Administrator o,.;,.msn,
IN III, IL and the Presidents obvious emp"'
p.,.sot Mr.. Crawford Interfere" y" '"e "'s
"a snpyestsd that there was no Nc
-. FAR decdng upon tue course
- ,n,ya,ds The General, as Inc q"e''' W
ut The cabinet was convened "'o ~. :.
80 They we're called TO determine ~. ,, ~
q"'e ., h. treated in relation to Inc 'o'
SPAN "'s .,.. conduct OF the General was
wa a"'' a',s;v.lv between the General aud ms
(s'""''' c..,nment. in WHICH however SPAN
VI, f..lin,eresl.d, she had no I'Bh' 10 h'eo'
d.. i, ,;.,o.sd of and vas
not renewed ,;o,.ly communicated
4, Air. Crawford his intention 10 present VIC
V..tioo 10 Mr. Monroe, m '"iea''on MI
fp.So,d aunIoyed. although no, believing, as
C'a"a ~ NJ, Calhoun, that Gen. Jackson
.ould he e,ther arrested or censoreu ny '"'
President ;r .;,r.rel
W" JOHN FURSf IL
Col Janus HAMiLToN, NEW York
r. my letter oil The 2oth oil February !
lowed Mr.. Calhofns reply, ~ e,' "'i'" -
~ which I feel authorised To phpi''h sue" pa u
=, least as are IN re'ty 70 NY "it',''
!" ~. ,,,h,I conce,v. results f. ON MI Caihonn :
ln's ,.,l 10 thi. correspondence In con
"a' ' With the plots and their "conti-
DC" y ui,hout stating what lis character was
.aJ ,hus rendering II necessary io' me, III
a8,catioo of mystli. TO give to tue p"o'e'
,rha inflammation had received 10 reply 10 my
;,on;ry was admitted by h''n noi u oe conn
,t;alIy disclosed to me, aoa IA" 50 uea't"
lie could not afterwards cloihe II with thar
,.a,,., nor can so much OF his copmuni-
-, ma in reilly 10 my request 10 he informed
'"t.,bsr had correctly repeated his .ans"ti
o All, be considered as confidential
- " WA.HlNGrnN. ID March, 1928
mar Si,.-I received three days since, your
la, nf the 25th February, aud nave seized on
-" 6,sl leisure moment to answer u. In the
anvetsat,on 10 which your letef aludrs, sup
- a. YOU did not STATE the OBJECT, lhdt your
80 IA 10 what had passed on IA paTlieuiar
I'm, =, The cabinet deliOeration on the Semi
Fi oaes,i,n was TO obi ain iniormt'lon, IN or
I,,, meet mere general ium0ur, falsely pn'
,t ia influence the result oil lie ffts'deh''t'
ont ston My answer Was accordingly pieu'
I,,sd on such supposInon, and was i"tehaeu
IN meet assertions unsupported 10y me authon-
80 ol any name, IN the sane general manner
~ ba,t name. aud was intended To lie limited
.yo, =, in that view, to the denial OF what was
fals,Iy stated to have occurred on the oeca
sion. ,:,
~ nov learn by your letter that your object
;s nnfe spec,6c on state that you desire 10
nbtaIn the information, " because w"h /"
fulfil the object oil my enquiries, ny confirming
Major Lewis, a confidential friend OF General
Latk.op al Nashville in the truth, not with the
/ view OF his making publication on tue suo-
| ;c, at present but to he prepared against an
| snn,fbended attack founded on events connec-
I'D ,h the campaigu." Ihave under tbls
| .,,ect of the subject deliberately considered
| beS far could with proprieiy speak OF lhe
| rroceedings OF tue cabinet at all, "hich has
| spsnIed in a conviction that duty oil IA very
| hiqh and d. .icate character imposes on me
/ silence. ~ Il, ,
4 shane as CONNECTED with what passed In tue
4 c,b,,,t On the occasloa to which you refer.
What / s,a,ed in conversation was negative IN
II CHARACTER, and intended, as above stated, 10
H snahIe ,ou 10 meet by n sentral contradiction,
h vi houi the introduction OF my name, what |
II sonoossd existed only ~ the shape OF runonr :
anil must +, qu, ST you to CONSIDER II as libht"
4 10 that purpose oniy.
The residue OF tins letter, with the otaer
/ pats of the correspondence. are not CONSIDERED
/ al impnr aut To this dischsslon' lhey VIII De
published, however, II N" calhoun WISHES w.
The letter from MI. Forsyth 10 me was MT
seen by ANY pcrson until tue saiu'i'" oi ie@s'
when II was read by Ma or Lewis al my hopse
The circumstances under which copies Of
lhs letters written by M Cran ford and NJ .
Frs,lh, were commun lcaied 10 the PRESIDENT
are SO fully aud frequently stated IN the cor
-espnndence, MS 10 render II unnecessary Tor
ne TO repeat them
When tue President. who bad, J presume,
been informel of its import, expressed wish
a 10 see MT. CraW tords statement, yielded 10
hi' request to communicate II 10 him' hrst 90
,sining the consent oil the writer TO do So from
the manifest pfoprety of tire course ne pro-
posed 10 pursue, and the more read'iy as an
4 opportunity would thus be afo ded to MI
Calhoun TO disprove a statement SO directly
opposed 10 his own, or 10 explain his version oil
lac same Transaction.
lneyer saw M. Crawford's letter TO Mr., For
sylh until after il Was seut 10 the President aud
tom. Calhoun.
Ia this effort to vindicate myself Gem
groundiess suspicion, have confined myself 10
'uo'e topics which he ong 10 that vindIcaiion
alone. JAMES A. HA MILLION.
New YnFk, E.hrua,y ODD, lS1l.