Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-09-15

lionn = mites my letter Of The 2d Oct. 1880.
u Il. however dae To myself, 10 state. thai that
letter Wa written without any expectation thai
u would bs published. l AN, howevtf, glad
that " was published. aud that |, has been At
nompHned with mates by the Vice President.
These notes establish two most i'm ponani facts.
/ la. That john &. Calhoun established the
Washington Republican. for the pnrposs of Will
~ ing my reputation and 81. That bs was
/ The m,tigator aud inventor OF the charges OF
Ninian T. wards. against my official and PR
vate character. The evidence by which these
charges are established, woolt he received in
am court of jusiiee IA the civilized world anil
- lanfod stronger than that which be has
deemed admissible aga,nt me. II is a rnls OF
evidence Of every days application Ia our
ooaris. TINT where the parties 10 q suit are To-.
galher. mud one alleges "A Tact touching tber
law suit III the prescnco aud hearing Of Tue
other, which Is not denied by tho other, IL Is
good evidence against the party not dsus,og II.
NJ, letter to the Vice President, of ihe III Oct.
1890, was answered by bm. on the 3Jth OF that
nionih. That letter was therefore. In his
hands from the - Of Oct. until ibe ooh u Feb
| tuary, when he nnueIes parcel OF Notes 10 IL,
ia the f.legtash. | shalt Ia the sequel, stale
tho evidence upon which those notes ARE aseii-
bed 10 the Vice President. They aia such, thar
he, nj lenst, will he constrained 10 admit. la
my letter TO the Wee President. of the I'd De-
tbDtI, II IT. MN WIN nHSinR Hshh+
lishod tho Washington Hepubiicsn. Tor the pnf-
pose OF pdiJying my reputation, aud That II
was edited by II clerk III his oiire. In ono OF
his mites, lac denies that Thomas l.. M,ksnney
tha editor III that press, was clerk IL ,he War
Department, while hv was editor OF that paper.
lie asserts that Mckenney sold oui his interest
in that paper 1921, aud was not appointed
clerk IN thu Wnr Department until February
1921. The ViGe President then admits that
he did establish that Press Tor the purpose of
uHllVnlg my reputation. have not Tho means
Of nscortuiDIng whether the facts be correctly
stated. Bul for the sake Of argument, lei " be-
admiued.--llow doss that bcuodt the Vice
President Had Mckennoy been appointed
clerk before he became Editor, or even while
he WIS, Mr. Calhoun would ~ all probability.
have alleged, that any iuteriaronce by the Sc
cre,nry 10 prevent the abuse which was bea-
pad upon me, by that Pies', would have been
mn Infringement OF The liberty OF tho Pfess-
Eu, II ilia appointment ~as made alter he cea-
sod his editorial labors,'l was apparent made
10 retnuneraa the services he had rendered by
abusing mo. Ia my letter OF the I'd October, [
informed Mr.. Calhoun, that he had been chat
god ia n Charleston paper, with heiog eoneern-
ed with the NDian Edwards conspiracy, to
destroy my reputation. aud charged INN with
having exGiiol EdwarJs to thi act, and with
revising the charges, aud state wha, General
Noble informed me, Of his Calhoun daiiy
visits 10 Edwards, for y or Ia days before hs
set Out for ihe West. No part OF this chafgs
Is denied in the notes. The whole charge 10
thert fore admitted. Ia tho V,cs Presidents
elaborate essay OF the 2D,h OF Muy 1890, TO tho
President, speaking Of tue Nashville letter. no
says." be (Mr. Crawlor,D on "a n reason for
charging n,a with 50 MshJn0rdbis an act, tina.
OF betraying the proceedings Of the ohb,nei,ani
tina, for the purpose ofin n'ing ono ofmy asso-
GATES IN the administration" He add n lew
iines further On " Bat ny eI.sng. me, AMI not
Mr.. Alams Ia my lgucr OF the ID ocio-
Der last, TO The Wee President, is stated.
copy aqneslion from your letter OF the 29ll
OF May, 1880, thus rspressed yon ask, why
not charge AIR. Adams with bavtg written u y
My reply IL ihnt the answer Is conclusive.
That letter contained two fAlseh1ods, one IN
iended to injure me, The other to benefit you.
(John Z. Calhouo,) aud that which ~ns Tor
(John {. Caihoun'.) beoedt, taking from Nj.
Adams half the credit oi defending General
Jackson, mi giving ITO you (Johu &. Ca
houn.) Admitting Tor the sake Of afgunenf,
that Mr.. Adams was disposed 10 injure me-, no
Que will ihiak, suppose that he would yoloii-
tarily ascribe To yol half the merit OF his own
actions, To ihe mao VINO was the most strenuous
opposer OF bis wishes. II the ,niiinsic eyideaee
OF the letter 6ses it upon you Mr.. Calhoun)
and not upon Mr.. Adams, subsequent events
s,ongiy colroborate the evjencrde due,ole from
the published letter" 10 the foregoing rea-
sonIng, no objection is ID ken IN the notes Tho
reasoning Is, therefore admitted 10 DO legii,-
mate aud soond.--Bai II may possibly be urged
by the Kice-President. that tins is carrying thu
principle ot admission too far. THIS would
he admitted il Mr. Calhoun had confined hls
notes 10 faces aud had not rxtanled lhem to
reasoning. Ia my etter to the Vicr-Pfesdenf.
Of thu ID October last, SAFE, you say that
the de cision Of the Cabinet was unanimously
agreed t9,-lhis b3hrye, to be untrne, aud
believe you knew n TO he untrue, nj tho titne
Won wrole IT. My reasons are the following
| the Cahlnei deliberations commenced On Tues
day morning, aud on Friday evening, thought
| all the questions had beeu decided, aui Mr.. A
dam, was directed 10 draf, nole to the Spao4
| ish Minister, conlormably TO those decisions. 1
intended to SET oil ior Georgia on Sunday morn
ing, nnd IN order y prepare ihs department for
my absenee,l was bUsly employed 10 my Office
when sbont or Q o'clock, received note
from the President requesting my atie,uancr.
When | entered, the greatest part oil Mr.. A.
dams mole had been rejected, and the remain
der was shortly after, because II was written
not in conformity 10 the decisions which had
been made by The Calumet expressly coo,fary
to them. lie was then aga'o dit euted 10 write
the n,ie, Comfortably 10 Tue decisions. This
whs late ON Saturday evening The next NOR
Ming / set oil fer Georgia" Mr. Adams let
ter Of ihe Doth oi JAY, 1880, now before me,
reheraies all the arguments he urged IN The
Cabinet, and in IL he Informs the, +" That the
exposition which appeared 'othe inielligeacer,
wssnoi written by hI0." From all these facts.
blink II is fairly inierrbls that Mr. Adams did
not agree TO The decision of the cabinet, aud
that you must have known II for II is Certain
tia, he did mol agree 10 !, on Saturday, and it
Is highly improbable thai ady Argument should
have been urge I'd ID convince him alter he had
been Nv ice directed 10 drsit his note IN Con-
turmiiy 10 d, i,ions whlcn had been previous.
~ made" 10 this Train oi reasoning, the
re.PresldeGt appends the following nose
d" This appears 10 To 0on seqi,tur. The DE
cision may have been unanimous. AMI new
Irofe necessary, because the note did mol agfse
with il E" am perfectly wiling that the nteI-
llgrn, reader s1odd deeiie the question OF To-
gic. between us, by adding u single o'serva-