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


u YOU are not satisfied with the ,yibe,rs .,
Mr. tfo"ningshield Mir Adams. in lp,ts,
" ud'ed sun July, 1880, say" The main point
upon winch 1t was urged that GIN Jackson
> snn"h be brought 10 trial was thai lie had
violated his order by taking ST. Marks and
ehsaeoih' II Is trne that Mr.. Adams doe,
nor say by whom II was urged TO bring Gensr.
a. JACKSON to irial-bul you know well that
tnefe was no proposition made in the Cabinet
affecting General jackson personally. bu,
what was made by yourself. lf,ou dew this
VIII ohiain the necessary exclamation
'om MI Adams Ii may he proper 10 state
me t"o letters from Messrs Adams md
Cro"ningshi'ld are the only communications
nave received from them since my departure
rom Wa shIngton, and they are in reply TO
} the only letters have written 10 them since
Tue Aforesaid period. There has been as little
sympathy. either individual or political, be
tween those gentlemen and me, ms between
tnem ana yOu-and, intact much less belw ecn
'''' Adams aud myselfiEan between him aud
YOU at least before the coalition between him
hnu Clav. In fact, beior G that event nv inn
P'es9on was, that from the time your name
was pni down Tor The Presidency you favored
the cause of Mr. Adams Aud Ib. Act that all
ms electors voted for you as Vice-President
ana Thar you suffered his printer 10 become
u,rop'ietor Of the press you had established in
washington, Tor Tue express purposc ul Willy
'"g my character. and laudns yonrs, without
supulalioe that j, should not be welded against
GENERA Jackson. go far to establish the fact.
! nave now done with your srgnmenlative
deni"l, and the negative ev ,dence Of Mr.. WIT
backed by your distinct recollection.
shall now take some notice of YOUR at.
lacks upon ne, Which, with the exception of
Mr McDothe's letter, are all argumenta.
I'VE, and principally founded upon that let
ter.
For the present shall say nothing about
mat letter, or the reasoning founded upon il
on e1rless mnch iorbearance towards me, he
cause gu say have been unfortunate. Wha'
do YOU mean by unfortunate II you mean
that ! have suffered much bodily affection, YOU
are iight--but, thank God, those afll ictions are
past, and | am now, and have been for more
| than three years, IN the enjoyment Of vigorous
| uninterrupted health. But lfby uniorlunste.
You mean that was not elected President ia
| lS24-5, | MIST beg leave TO dissent from ,hc
ruth ol HAT assertion. | am coGsco Is of be-
'"g less unfortunate than Yoa were You, af-
ter obirudiug Vour name upon the nation a.
| c"ndldate Or the presidency. IN Il manner IN.
al then unknown, and trust will never he re
peated, and conducted yourself ia the same
unprecedented manner white your name was
permitted TO he up, were put down hy the
state OF Pennsylvania, upon which you affect
edlo rely for success. My name was pat Up
| b
VISA kept up. notwithstanding nv boldly attic.
tons till the election was consummated in the
House OF Representatives in February, 1895.
No nan in ,he nation was better III ased at my
exclusion than Vas fOI then verify bcliev-
ed, aud do now believe, th1t had | been e
iccted. my remains would nov be reposing
in the national burying ground near the cas-
tern branch OF tae Potomac. was there.
fore, far rom considering myself unfortunate
ItIhf t,It h. al tho
! REPRESENTATIVES,.
+ Your forbeaiance towards ,ne has been at
iected, because you believed yoa could more
/ II ectnally lnJnre IN request, tat herpat-
ter, IL yon should have occasion to wine q,
speak Of me, you wall not again frign iorbear
anca You do mol feel.
You affect 10 lament that my friends did no.
interfere aud prevent my meddlin with
THIS matter. ] make no doubt that you would
have been very glad to have b en- spared the
trouble of making so elaborate - comment up-
on letter Of three pages. | make no doubt
thar you dislike the idea of oelng exposed and
stripped of the covert You have been enjoying
und, the Presidents wings by means Of false
hood and misrepresentation. You assert that
my suspicion that you wrote or causei II be
wr,tten the lie ter which published in a
| Nashville Gazette, is without foundation A
man who knows as well as do, the small
wei ,hi 10 winch any assertion of yours is eHti-
tied, IN a matter where your interest leads you
10 DIS esagd the nulh, must have o!her evil
/ deHCe thaa your assertion, to remove even a
suspicion You ask why not charge Mr.. A.
dams with having written or caused lhAt letter
To be wIiiien Ihe answer Is easy and con
elusive. That letter contained two falsehoods-
one IN ended 10 lnjurr ne--the other Intended TO
benefit You aud that winch Was for your Denef /
i taking from Mr.. Adams hall the credit OF
! defending Gen Jackson, AMI gisiHg Il To you.
4 Admttng, tor the sake OF Argument, that MIR
/ Adams was disposed to njure me. no one viii,
! | tnink, suppose that he would voluntarily as-
! cr,Ue half the merit his o@n actions to the
/ man who Was the most strenuous opposeT OF
his wishes. II the intrinsic evidence OF the
! letter liked I upon you, aad not upon MIR. A.
! dams. SUITS quent events strongly corrob1Tate
the inference deduriOle from the contents Of
/ the puBlished letter. During the whole OF the
presidential canvass vi %, "a, ] have no &c
collection of any at oi Mr.. Adams, tending to
/ Willy me /; but y0u kH"tD, that you SET up the
| Washington Republican IN Washlngt ion, tor the
eApioss purpose vi slliiyIng my reputation, and
had The ellrunIery o. snanelessness to cause IL
! 10 be published by clerk IN the department.,
whose tenure oil Office was your will. lhe
facts which have stated Will exonerate MIR.
Adams from the cnaIge of having ANY concern
with the Nashville letter, and fix that
charge upon YOU III the estimation VI reason.
able men, your denlal TO The contrary not"Itu
standing
You place great stress upon the contuct
of gentlemen IN Congress, whom you asse ~ to
be my friends. This Is what NIGH be expected
iron, a man OF ,our loose principles or rather
| no principles. My friends IN Congress were
men who ~ Guild have been iosulted, had any
man, however elevated, approached them III
the language Ut entreaty and persuasion.
never did, aud never would, II were 10 1--we
thousand years, interfere WITH man VINO was
ac,lag under the obIIg atoms Il an OATH, o per
suade or entieat HIM 10 act contrary 10 the
conviction OF his own Jidgment-and u
were such member. and any man, however
elevated he might be, were TO interfere with
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