Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1831-01-20
Extract ola letter, dated
WASHINGTON, Jan.

| ~ has been ushered in by the roaring Of can
non, accompanied by the huzzas Of Office seek
| ing, and heated politicians. / would not IN
the least detract from the merits, or the i'm
pOrtance Of the hattie ct New Orleans; but
! the adhereOts of Gen. Jackson have ceIebra-
ted the 9th of January by dinners, speeches,
OratiOns, noise, and carOusals, for p0litical
purposes alone, and have bestowed on him all
the credit Of that brilliant and decisive victO-
ry, as fully as they could have done, had he
met the enemy single handed, and captured
or destroyed the whole British army. The
! inquiry has been made for several days past,
! whether any arrangements were IN progress
! 10 celebrate the day in the metropolis, this
year; and the Telegraph has been run over
for several succeeding mornings, with Che
I view Of finding some notice on the subject. ls-
I sued by the central committee. or by any ac-
knOwledged head Of the republican party
I When that paper was consulted without hnd-
Ing the notice, the Globe was examined, with
the expectation that the publication might be
I inserted in il, rs demonstration, that there
was a further improvement Of the press. Be
| ing still unsuccessful, the Busy Body" for
merry the "'rrue Blue" which is becoming
somewhat of an organ Of the administration,
was looked over for the purpose Of seeing if
the patronage Of the State Department. and
Of the great Republican party, was not be-
J slowed upon it. No notice was found how
! ever. 1t was suggested by some gentlemen,
| that it would be in character for the leaders
to take the city by surprise, and give more i'm
portancc 10 the occasion, by the secrecy with
which the party acted. The morning, how
ever, and the day. have both passed off, with
out hearing either cannon, pop gun. or one
hurra. The day has been one of quiet and
reposc, and no one seemed to have rrcollect
ed that the anniversary Of the eighth OfJanua-
~. which Gen. Green thought would be eel.
| ebratrd when the fourth ofJuly would be for
gotten, had returned.
| Among other items ofnews, I will mention
the report, that MIR. Calhoun is about to pub
lsh a hook. in vindicaton of himself. in reIa-
tion to the part he took against Gen. Jackson,
after the Seminole War. There is no doubt
Mr. Van Buren, has been managing to impli-
cate Mr.. Calhoun, nor that he has wrought
up the Presidents mind to high state Of re-
sentiment, If not of frenzy. The report also
is, that in anticipation of the publication, two
gentlemen called ON Mr.. Adams yesterday,
and desired him to give them a statement Of
. thr facts as they existed. and that he replied,
, Gentlemen. you must settle your own quar-
rcls, without resorting to me-" Gen. Jack
: son thinks the charge of falsehood is made ia
e rest ON him by Mr. Calhoun. The cause al
suC udS UVVu SV buIIy bNFI
+ in several letters have seen published, that
will not repeat it here. The falsrhood i'm
puteG to Gen. Jackson consists in this
When Mr. Lee resided ut the Hermitage, in
order to do Gen. JacksOn's writing. there was
report in circulation that Mr.. Calhoun, and
; not Mr.. Crawford, was the member Of Mr..
Monroe's cabinet, who moved in council for
Gen. JacksOn's arrest. Mr.. Lee wrote to Mr..
Calhoun, TO know whether the report was
} correct. Mr.. Calhoun returned an ans yer Ia
| Mr.. Lees inquiry, and stated the part he took
in the business; and in order that Gen. Jack
son should see il. he inclosed the letter to
Mr. Lee in one which he addressed to Gen.
Jackson. When the President wrote his
first letter last spring TO Mr.. Calhoun. he pre-
tended he had just heard for the first time
that Mr.. G. had advised Mr.. Monroe to ar
rest him. In answer, Mr.. Calhoun said he
must be mistaken; that he had heard Of it
before, and mentioned his having inclosed an
| open letter to Mr.. Lee in one addressed to
him, which he had requested Gen. Jackson
to read. The President considers this
falsehOod direct. I think Mr.. Calhoun has
gone too FAR in saying that the President must
have heard Of it before. The fact that Mr..
Calhoun wrote letter to Gen. Jackson, does
not raise the slightest presumption that he ev-
err saw it. 1t is well known he was at that
Time under the general restrictions imposed
by the withdrawing committee, and under
the special direction of Mr.. Lee. He was not
permitted to see many Of his letters or pa
pers, and none Of them that might have ten
dency to make him angry. Such is the case
now: he sees no other papers than those that
f1atter him. He knows as little of what is do
ing in either Of the departments, as any WISH
tor at Washington. A few days since. gem
| lleman called on the President from the state
Of Delaware, and presented his recon menda-
| lions for the appoint ment Of Consul at Jamai.
! ca. Among them was one from Mr.. M'Lane,
at London. The President said they were
very satisfactory, and gave the gentleman TO
understand that he would be nominated; but
he remarked to hin, that he had better call
on Mr.. Van Buren,, and leave his papers with
him. He further stated, that the nomination
would not be made under some time, and that
ne was then in very great hurry. The gen
tIeman went off full Of hope and expectation.
aud blessed the fates that made him Jack
son man. and gave him Consulship. He
went to the Department Of State to leave his
papers, and'nake known his success to Mr..
Van Buren,. He was told, however, to his
great grief and disappointment. that the APP
p"lntment was already given to Mr.. Harrison,
ana mat he was then on his passage to JamaI
Ca The nomination &c MIR. Harrison has not
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