Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-03-30

IdOASOh was tDdolCu dS IliC SCtCDfdtlOn UT tnC 9th January, 1927, by the republicans in the City of Washington. His friend, Judge White, of the Senate, being present, rose, and with the expression of his thanks to the meeting, added a few remarks upon the character and services of the General, as response to the favorable notice which had been taken of them. These remarks gave offence to MT Monroe, as was manifested by the correspon dehce on the subject which he originated with Judge White, of which Cen. Jackson was ad vised The expression was also public, and common soon after, that Mir Monroe was en- gagged in the composition of book, the ten dency of which would confirm the prejudices so industriously circulated against General Jackson at that time, for political purposes About this period member of Congress enclosed to General Jackson copy of a let ter purporting to be from MT Monroe to MT Calhoun, (confdentiaD the object of which was to induce MT Calhoun to enter into friendly correspondence with the General, and draw from him an acknowledgement that in his operations in Florida he had transcend ed his orders. This letter declared, at the | same time, that the General maintained that he had not transccnded his orders, and that there was nothing on record in the depart ment to show that he had. It also adverted to confidential letter which he, Mir Mon roc, proposed to address General Jackson on the subject, and which MT Calhoun was au- lnUII1.n - e-----.i ;f he annroved it-this was received.
 The member of Congress who enclosed to Gen. Jackson the copy of this letter from MT Monroe to MT Calhoun, at the same time in- formed him that he understood it was done with the consent of MT Calhoun, and that the original would be place d in his hands by the same person who had handed him the copy. | (xepet-oJ Jack oft rfc rpiye6 the ori- ginal from the hands of friend, as he had all ways understood, of MT Calhoun, as advised in the letter of the member of Congress.
 | General Jackson having always understood MT Calhoun to have been his supporter throughout the proceedings of the Seminole war, and believing him high minded and honorable man, naturally inferred that this disclosure of MT Monroe's feelings was made as an act ofjustice, and intended to guard him against the effects of the book which MT Monroe was about writing. AS there never had been an intimation from the President or himself until the ca-:paign was ended, that the General had transcended his orders, it seemed to Gen. Jackson to be perfectly in- consistent with the claims of friendship and honor, that Mir Calhoun, in 1927, finding that new views were taken of the Seminole war, and that the fair interpretation of his orders was about to be grossly evaded, felt himself at liberty to defeat the object of those who were thus employed, by exposing the letter which has been referred to.
 Some short time after the original letter just spoken of was handed to the General in 1927, he received letter from MT Calhoun, stating that he had been informed that con- fidential letter from MT Monroe to him had been placed in his hands. and desiring to know if such were the fact, through what channel if hoI b.o I, uxll tlaty son near him could have given this informa- tion to Mir Calhoun, General Jackson replied to him, that such letter was in his posses sion-that first copy, and afterwards the original, as has been stated, was placed in his hands, with the declaration that it was done with the consent of MT Calhoun; and that, if he would inquire of those who in formed him that such letter was in his hands, they could give him more information than he knew of the channel in which it came.- MT Calhoun requested a return of the letter, denying that he had any knowledge of the manner by which it got cut of his possession, and protesting that it would have been dis honorable in him to have violated the confi- dence reposed by Mir Monroe. The original letter was forthwith returned to him. The General knows net how the letter was ob- tained from Mir Calhoun, unless the statement of the member of Congress accounts for it, whose situation was not such as to make it pre- bable that he could have had any other agen- cy in the affair than that of a mere receiver This statement is besides strongly confirmed by the fact, that the gentleman who handed the original was well known as the friend of MT Calhoun, and possesses too much charac- ter for justice and honor to be suspected of re- sorting to improper means to obtain it, or even, under any circumstances, to use it, with Ir,rc ff,h ho1 f1nt Ai., Calhoun himself had authorized such use.
 It was the controversy with MT Southard, and the subsequent correspondence between MT Monroe and Judge White, connected with the intimations contained in the com ments of the coalition papers upon these cir cumstances that the confidential letter of Gen. Jackson to MT Monroe, ill relation to the Semi nole war, would be published-that suggest ed to the friends of Gen. Jackson, the pro priety of ascertaining what had occurred on : Ile latter subject in MT Monroe's cabinet.- 3 by boyggestion could not have been dictated
 General T. to MT Calhoun, because hone of ever enterta;nsc scn's confidential friends had The n,;,,d '"'red H. doubt of the part he acted. I h,inds of all wei> 6rmlv ;mn,,, seed with
 ne oeiief that he had bee, tha advocats o,,a
 ,iena of the General throughout But if was uns
 ost as gehMs'ffalIy M'flI M Mbeieved to nav raKr re opposite course, notwithstanding MT M 4nroe' 8 ldeclaration that no movement had been made m cabinet council to arrest or punish Gen. tJackson for violation of his orders. Forth purpose of ascertaining, therefore, the justice ofthe imputations or the charges made against MT Crawford on this subject, was the inquiry made of him, which being answered. was sub
 mitted to Mr Calhoun, and has prt duced the correspondence between him and Gen. Jack
 son, which has been recently published.
 Gen. Jackscn had no wish to excite public lfeelng, or produce political effect thronph if