Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-03-01

make no doubt that you uslke inc iuea u De'"S
exposed and stripped of the covert you nave oeen
an;ovino under The presdent's wings, by means Of
falsehood and Misrepresentation. You assert that
INV suspcion that YOU wrote or caused to be written
the letter which was published in Nashville Ca
zette, is without foundation. man who knows
as well ss do, the small weight to which any asser-
ton of yours is entitled, in matter where your in
terest leads YOU 10 disregard the truth, must have
other evidence than your assertion, to remove even
a SUSPICION. You ask why not charge Mr.. Adams
with having written caused that letter to be writ
tenl The answer is easy aud conclusive. That
letter contained two falsehoods-one intended to
iniure me; the other intended to benefit you; and
that which was for your benefit taking from Mr.
Adams half the credit Of defending Gen. Jackson,
and giving il to YOU Admitting, for the sake OF ar
aument, that Mr.. Adams disposed to inJure
me- no one WILL / think, suppose that he would vol
unfairly ascrbe half the merits of his own actions
to the man who was the most strenuous oppeser of
his wishes. If the intrinsic evidence of the letter
fixes il upon YOU and not upon Mr. Adams, subse-
quen strongly corroborate the inference de-
ducible from the contents OF the published letter
During the whole OF the presidential canvass of '23,
"a, have no recollection Of any act OF Mr. Adams
tending To Vilify me- bat y0t kn0ze that you set up
the Washington Republican 10 Washington, for the
express purpose of vifying my reputation, and had
the eltrontery aud shsmeiessness to it to be
published by clerk IN the department, whose ten
ure OF Office your WILL The facts which
have stated will exonerate MIR. Adams from the
charge of having any concern with the Nashville
letter. and fix that charge upon you in the estima
ton OF reasonable men, your denial to the contra
ny notwithstanding.
You place great stress upon the conduct of gen
tieinen ia congress, whom you assert to be nay
friends. his IS what might be expected from
man OF your loose principles, rather prnci-
pies. My friends in congress were men who would
have been insuited, had any man, however eleva-
ted, approached them in the language of entFesty
and persuasion. never did, and never would if
were to live thousand years, interfere with man
Who was acting under the obligations of an oath, to
persuade or enreat him to act contrary TO the con-
yietons Of his own judgment; and it were such
member, and any man, however elevated he might
hewere to Interfere with me by way of entreaty or
persuasion, l should feel myself iusulted, aud
should certainly insult the person iuterleringfI
The only conversation reeclect ever to have psrtl-
cipated IN with member of congress, in reference
10 the foregoing subject, with Mr. Cobb. at my
own house, IN Tie presence of Mr.. Macon, of N. &.
In that conversation, supported Gen Jackson's
right to put Ambriser to death. Mr.. Macon, | be-
Aeve, was convinced; but am not certain that Mr.
Cobb was. That gentleman acted in concert with
Nh. Clay, 10 the part he acted in the discussion up
ON the Seminole war MIR. Forsyth and Mr.. La
COCK were men OF high character snd eX experience,
and leant upon no person. Mr.. Eppes made
speech In favor OF the report which intended
10 be made, and was in consequence placed on the
had not discovered, that he too was particular
friend of mine.
You say that, as it appears from Mr. McDufie's
letter. had no scruples about disclosing the secrets
OF the cabinet, had it in my power to change the
Opinions OF my friends, by disclosing the contents
OF the confidential letter. No person who had
proper regard for the feelings character of Mr..
Monroe, could make OF that letter; for it was
nan'testly written under the impression that MIR.
Monroe was capable of that duplicy which would
connve at the execution of measure, and dissyow
after 1t was executed. must confess, had been
president, should not have been hattered BY its
reception. Ii had, as you enormously represent
me, been little scrupuous about disclosing the Sc
erets OF the cabinet, which is positively denied, not
withstandng MIR McDufies statement, | should
have made no of that letter, and ahis from re-
spect to MIR. Mouroe's feelings and characters
In the whole course of my life, have been so
much IN the habit OF uttermg my opinions and sta
ting facts as they known to me, when made
proper by time and place, that when am charged,
after any lapse OF time, with having uttered opin.
ions made statements of facts, do not hesitate
The Washington Republican was estab-
ished about the first of August, 1922. Mr.
McKenny, the clerk alluded to, disposed of
his interest IN 1929, and was not appointed a
clerk until February, 1924. This, like Mr.
Crawford's other facts, fails him. The Wash
ington Republican was not, as he asserts
published by a clerk in Mr.. Calhoun's depart
ment.
In contradiction # this statement, see the
extract from the diary of the Hon. John NJ
Garnet, then member of congress, publish
ed in the correspondence, page 5, column g.
! If Mr. Crawford acted upon such princi-
pies then, how can he Justify his course now?
Is his reason that Mr.. Monroe was then an
power, and that he is now ont of power ?