Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-03-22
ALEXANDRIA. ID. G.
TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH 81, 1851


The Telegraph of Friday contains long ar
tcle ON the subject of the division in the party.
All the plain,ive notes of tile Enquirer cannot
WOO it into silence. Nay. from present appear
ances. wemay expect some deve'opea'ehts w"'e"
may still farther show the depTavity oil the 'eao-
ers Of the dominant party
From this article we extract several passages
showing the temper and spirit Ill which II Is witt
ten.
Extracts from, The Telegraph.
Gas the Argus asserts, the point between Gen.
Jackson and Mr.. Calhoun was, whether the ia'
ter acted with duplicits towards he former, and
we must look to the facts as they appear IN the
correspondence, and TO the assertions of Mr.. Cal'
houn.-not to the belief of Gen. Jackson. By
this we do not mean to say that MIR. Calhoun Is
entitled to more credit. that he is to be bcllev-
ed in preference to Gen. Jackson; but 1t Will be
seen that the charge of dupcity refers to the mo-
tives and actions of Mr.. Calhoun, and not to
those OF Gen. Jackson; and if the facts are re
concilable to fairness aud candOr. the charge OF
insincerity depending upon the motive with winch
he acted, certainly Mr.. Calhoun Is the best Judge
| of his own motives; and his positive declaration
that there was no dupiciy should outweigh ten
Jackson's opinion that there was. Let us. there
! fore, proceed to examine the facts, as they APP
| pear in the correspondence. Gen. Jackson may
beiisce that there was dupcity; Mr.. Calhoun
asserts. and hs knoWs. that there was none; and.
until it appears that Mr.. Caihoun's conduct is in
consistent with his professions. no candid and IL
beral mind will act upon the principle av0wed
by the ArsuS, and condemn him as guilty of du
| pliCity. All such vii! form opinions for them
selves: none but the most abject ilatterers will
! ,l.,t that (,pupral J1ck-
son believed it,"
1--WE believe that Gen. Jackson has viewed
Mr.. Calhoun's conduct on this occasion through
preiudced medium, and that he has erroneous
| " attributed motives of hostility and duplicity.
We cannot, therefore. adopt the servile principle
| of the Argus, and condemn Mr.. Calhoun be-
cause Gen. Jackson has done so! We, and the
people of the United States, claim right to ex-
anime the facts for ourselves; and we think we
can show that Mr.. Calhoun has not acted with
duplicity, and that we can also explain Why Gen.
Jackson nor believes that he did"
"Can any one doubt that these letters point to
the secret machinery which have been made TO
bear on the mind of Gen. Jackson. and that the
circ,t,,, siauces' to which the Albany Argus re-
| fers are here disclosed? We have long known,
tina: some of those whose names appear in the cor
! respondence have laborcd to ALLEVIATE Gen. Jack
son and Mr.. Calhoun from each other. The al!
fusion to the divisions in the cabinet points d.
rectly to the source, and laws bare the articles
by which the mischief has been Accomplished
The Presidents feelings and symPathies have
been abused: and we are now gravely told, and
that too by one who speaks adu,sediy," that he
was led to disfrusf Mr. CahOun's candor, and
| to believe that he had not been so clear Of in.
trigue as he had supposed! by the attempts made
| in 1929 to distract his cabinet! We will not
now stop to examine what those attempts we're.
| If it becomes necessary we will not hesitate to
probe the affair to the bottom. We deny that
Mr. Calhoun or his friends did attempt to distract
! the cabinet, or to throw ire-brands among the
friends of Gen. Jackson. But how was it with
him who, for political purposes. avaied himself
of his peculiar situation and the influence which
his official station gave him. to embarrass and dis
tract our social relations and who. having accom-
plished his object, discontinued his levees! that
he might silently profit by the excitement which
he fomcnted? We forbear to press this point
Let the author of these letters, the official eifi
tor of the Globe, do it at his peril"
1.-The correspondence found its way to the OPP
position through MIR. Crawford, who, during the
summer communicated with Mr.. Adams and MIR.
Crowninsheld in relation thereto. 1t was known
To the TRENDS OF MI. Clay, IN hentuckS,
the last autumn. When Congress met it was
the subject OF conversation in every circle,
and soon became the topcsof newspaper
speculation. 1t was ascertaned that the point be-
tween the President and Mr.. Calhoun was the
conduct of the latter in relation to the Seminole
affair. and that the President had charged him
with hostility. Two distinguished members OF
Congress, the known friends of the President.
who had taken decided stand in his support in
the Seminole debate, were appealed to by the
mutual friends of both, (the President and Vice
PresidentD they bore unequivocal testimony in
behalf of the sincerity and ardor with which Mr..
Calhoun had sustained Gen. Jackson on that oc-
casion. When Mr.. Calhoun reached Washing.
tom one Of these gentlemen gave him an assur-
ance that, if he would wait upon the President. he
would be received 'ciM the respect that cas due
to his o6icial station. To this MIR. Calhoun re-
piled, that the president having charged him with
insincerity and dupIicitv, he could not consist
emily with his ideas of propriety. make the first
call until that charge was withdrawn. The mu-
tual friends of each entertained hopes that re-
cnnf iii finn wnuld le pIace and insiateI hat