Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-09-19

Il The same fact IL contained In my letter last G
e ied. 70 'he statement thus presented. Mr.
d Calhoun attaches no note, thereby iwioe ad
u uniting the correctness of the statement Of thu
| fra,lty of his memory. Yet In his letter of ih
! eoth Hlay, 1880 he asserts ,ha, his recollection
u isdHtinc that tho confidential letter was no
= produce t. read II The tablets Of his memor,
retained impressions as durahlv as brass, h.
could moi have made this assertion, II he hid
had one principle OF honor or honesty in his
; heart. Mr.. Monroe nnd Mr.. Adams have said
"a niu oh ~ houe.i mrn could say, viz hat
. they had no teco eetion that IL was produced
| and read There Is but one Gas. ~ which u i
, Pc sble Tor an honest man to make such IA de.
olar ration, And that Is when he has a distinct
recollection of u taci which readers II iDposs-
biz that the alleged fact should have occurred.
But Mr.. Calhoun dhes not allege any thing Of
this kind upon which To found his distinct rtcoi-
itcfon, IL is ms naked dHertion OF his dainoi
collection that he palms upon thu President
and afterwards upon the good people of the
u ni,ed states by MIS- publication. Nav re-
peat, shat no honest man could, or would have
made such dee laraiion. lei his memory be
ever SO good How then could the V,ce P'esi-
dent, whose memory he has twice directly ad-
mttct could NOT be relied upon ms TO facts,
alter he lapse of nesrly Twelve Yeas, pretend
10 feeollecI not a tdof but tina, "a fact did not
happen al u pant ouiar time, without pretending
"
IN has memory
Atan interview between Nc. tlboun aud
IN yseIf in Oeio bur, 1921, without oeina called
upon 10y any thing | hah said he slated a,
the Pres,denf ial elerunn fuf sheeaassr tu Mr.
Nj lnroe. there would be but Two candidates
ona from the North. the other from tho South !
| fhhfhe WdS young enough 10 Wdn. THIS de
olaialIon was repeated with emphasis aud he
added. u my friends did nut act AN unifiendly
/ tsw Arua him h tDreSep what
psrt he ~oDii AXE IN The contest. Ia less than
s,s we ets he was an avowed candidate Tor the
Presidency, aud the ouly nvowed one. lie
ne,er mHde any explanation of this change OF
opaipn, nor did ever intimate wish 10 be
ioiOrnod, His declaration above stated, does
mol tepead on my m'ui0ry, Tor have ~ my
| possession, LITTER wriiten by me, the day nj
/ ter the declaration was made. Aud since The
public alton OF the correspondence, met with
u gentleman. who was then friendly 10 rs both,
| and bT ausbt know, Is still To whom, IN let
| Ter, about the date Ui the declaration, ! had
com lcaied il. lie reminded me- OF II, and
urged ME III iook any no,ce vi The correspon-
dence, la present this fact 10 the public. In
eompI,ancs with his opinion, aud advice,
| have presented II.
have been somewhat surprised nj the re
gre,s that have been expressed In many Of The
newspapers, NJ the Misunderstanding which
| has Oc CuIted between the President aud Vice
| President, II ~ certainly misnomrT To call
II Misunderstanding. II 10 ia fac, IA correct
under standing between thu parties, between
whom Their" has been n understanding since
llle sumrnor ol 1918. Some doubts have been
expressed. whether the rupture would not pro
doee bad elect upon the ensuing Presiden.
| tai election such doubts are entirely vis'on-
my Let Me- Cath Dun 60 over 10 the oppo 81
iion Tomorrow, he caunot Ia my opinion COZ.
irol one electoral vote, not even IN South Car
DINA, tor am cItdiby informed that the PTcs-
dent ol ihe Unied States, eau get more votes
Ia Able VILE district ihRn Mr.. Calhoun. although
ia NV hnuye district. The truth, lsi believe,
MI. Calhoun never waa republican ~ prIn.
eiplr H. became republican alter tho federal
palty had been oVe,ihowu, aud he had sngaciiy
| enough 90 be convinced that II would mol rae
In power IN short time, Ills ambiiion
tues ei ora prompted him to join the Repu6li-
enn party. Daring the war the sAcitome9i
which existed, aud he pressure which the enc
my made on tie country, required all the sigl-
lance ond alllhe energy Of those occupied with
tDe public interest But after The MAR new
scene opened and then Il was discovered that
u,auy who had entered tho republican ranks,
we're not republicans In fact. The thtilt Tor
the pfolect,on Of domestic Labor, aud Internal
improvements. became prominent aud leading
uIcasIreB, ~ both oi which Mr.. Calhoun t0uk
eadlng and active pHrl. lie Is now al the
lbfhi oI 1Ut ishliufI5 III DOuln ,hfOHnH, W
nalily the Tariff oil 52S. because II does pro-
teli domestic labor. ! have no doubt many
honorable, respectable, and W II informed ciii-
IA belle We ia tho doctr,us Of Nalllhcalion.
MIR Calhoun - probably the only nulliiyei IN
ooa Ia Caroins, who Cannot he honestly so. II
there be another ii 10 his hiend George Me-
Dolhe, who al least - only second to him ia
Inconsistency as politician
Inc Wee Presidents past conduct, ADD pre-
II. nj
B,opS fables. in which he relates that an mss
nuyng Obtained LOIS sktn, put IT on HIM,
a nd went into the torres, whore ms appearance
spread alf ught and dlsmay among the tenants
OF he WOODS who fled 10 tner most secret
covetts and hiding places. S3o,,ly after, the
ass began 10 bray. lbe spell vas dissolved ,
ne AFR GIFTED beasts returned IA their c0yeTis,
and colIecnUg around, they stripped hin OF the
lions Skiu, and exposed him 10 the sCotn aud
rIlIcule of The assembled beasts. For about
20 years tha Vice President h0s assumed the
pOIi, and mien, and exterior OF IA patriot, aud
ma II ol strict hoaor. Through Tie agency OF u
parcel u young Officers, whom ne had thu ad-
dress Ia elsch 10 hun, while he was Seer etury
oil War, ne has managed TO impose tho belief
upon the jorty of The citizens oil this ropub-
I,c thai he was what he seemed 10 be. Unfor-
tuasteIy 10 the month Of February last, he
cana out ith hi. address to the people Of tue
u. $. This address has had the same effect
upon ham, THAT the brsyiug had npon the
Jackass, Tia, publication has produced en-
, qa,ry and criticism. Aai enquiry and criticism
! caanot iail 10 expose the Vice President to the
scorig q nj rIdiCoie, not OF the assembled beasts
but OF he cilizsns al the Uaiied States. 1 no.
nike my leave of the Wee President, by say
lug Tia If any oil his quondam friends, snail, Of
ter lea ding tbs review, wish to make him tb'
objec o( alteration, they shall not be interrupt
cd ia their deyolIoRs by
WILLIAM Ii. CRAWFORD.
JuOe lsr, 1881.
: GEN, A. JACKSON 70 THE SEGRE
, TARY OF WAR.