Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-02-26

shalI now take some notice OF your alta sxs uppu
me- which, with the exception OF Mr. McDuIi-'s let
Ter, are oil argunentiuve, and PRINCIPALLY founded
upon that letter. +.
For tho present shall say u,,b,n, about tha, lrt
ter ar the reasoning founded upon il. You express
huch "fo"a,nnc'' towards me. because you say
nave been unfortunate. Wha do You mean by I'M
fortunate" II you mean that have suffered much
bodily nGlc,ion, you are right; but hank God those
aniietions are past, and now. and have been for
more thah thren years, III tho joyment Of vigorous
uninterrupted health. But II by unfortunate. you
mean thIs was not elected PIE -tirnt IN Is2i-5, |
must beg leave To fror, the truth of that as
ser'ion am conscious ut b.ing less unf,r mate
than yon wore You, after "b:rhd.ng your name up
on 'ha MARION rs Candidate t'r the presidency, IN II
manner unth then unkn"wn, aud trust will never
bs repeated and Conducted Yourself M The same I'm
Precedcnted manner while yous name as permit, cd
10 oesP, We're put down by the State OF P.nnsylva.
ma upon which you affected IT, rely for My
'namo was put up by my friends for the same office
aud ny them was Kept up. no:wn outstanding my bodily
auctions. t,'l thu election consunma C! in the
House OF Representatives III February, 1895. No
man Ia the nation was DO Ter pleased al my exclusion
than vast for tn II verify believed, aud do now
believe, tina; had been elected my remains would
now be rcposng in the national bu yny ground near
The eastern branch OF The Potomac. was therein
far from considering myself unfor,una q IN tc result,
OF the election IN The House OF Representatives,.
Your torbrarance towards me- hu, beea affected
because you believed you could eff,ciually in
lJh'e me. reques that hereafter, If you should
INV oSCoS"H tN Writc ar speak or me w,!l not
aS,in f,gn forbcaTaHcc you d. moi feel.
f"u atfec 10 lam that an" friends d., not in, or
ters and prevent my meddhng with this matter.
make no doubt that you would have been very glad
o. h'Ts been spared the trouble Of mas,ag so Ella
p'rate Comment upon q !c;tc. Of thrrc pages 1
make no dauo, that you disi kc The idea OF being ex
posed and stripped of the covert YOU have been en-
Joyng under thc Presidents wings by means of false
noou q Misrepresentation. You 'sert that my suspi
cion that you wrote caused Ia b. written tha let
or which was published ma Nashville Gazette is
without foundation. man WIN knows as well as
do, the small weight To which any assertion of yours
antted, IN MI ter where your interest reads Vol,
10 dste yarG the truth must have o:hcr CIV dence tina
your assertion, to remove even SUSPICION Yuu
'sk why not Charge Mr. Adams with having writ
ten caused that let tn DO written, The answ.,
easy and conclusive. That letter cont AIMED two
faisch lods-one Intended In iniure inc; the OF her m
tended 10 'nctit you; and that which was FIR vous
benefit taking from Mr. Adams half the or III; of d.
tending Gen. Jackson, AMI giving 1t 10 YOU All
uniting, for b, sake OF argument, that Mr Adam.
was Disposed u iniirc M, one will think SIM
pos taat no would voluntarily uscribo half lb. r,,
its oil his own actions to the who wss this m 81
strenuous opposer of his wishes 1.-THE intrinsic ry
dence OF the c;tsrir upon You and not upon 81
ADAM subs .jucnt events strongly corrohra n ,I,
intcrenc, deducibie from the coatenls OF Ire mn
biishe' letter. During the whole of the presiden.
tal canvass "f 23 "a have no recollection or any
act OF Mr. Adams 'cadng TO Witty me. but yo,s &,o,e
that Jon set ID the Washington RepubIca. =,
Washington for The express purpose of vilfyinp nv
reputation, and bad the efroH cry and sha
10 cause II TO be published by clerk IN he d.part
/ mcnt, whose tenure Of office was your wt5 The
tact which | have stated Will pyoncrate Mr. L.
from the charge of having any concern with Tn.
NASHVILLE lcttcr, and fix that charge upon v,u IN Inc
estimation OF REASONABLE NEIL pour denial 10 me
| trafy notwi:hsl andlng.
Ion place great stress upon the conduct " pc,:l,
men IN Congress whom You assrn, to b. my fisndl
This is what might be expec; ed from a nan IF ,,,
loose Prfncp!es, or rather principles My TREND,
III Congress were mon who would Ia We been in,,,, ,d
hal any man, however elevated, approached then, IN
the language ct entreaty and pcrSuas 4 peye,
did, and never would is / ,ye,e. ta live a tbousan,
years interfere with a man who acting under the
obigatons of nm oath, to persuade enreat bun IN
act contrary tn the convictions of his own J,.tn.n
and Il were such member, and any man. however
elevated he might be, were to interfere with mo ~
way OF cntrrdty or persIasion should fec riys,,
insuiie@, and should cert1,nIy nsul the vers;n ~
interfering The only conversation recoLec, nvc,
10 nave participated IN with member of Copprc,s
IN reference TO the foregoing subject, was with - r
Cobb, at my own hcusc IN the presence of Mr. hac,u
OF AZ y. la that conversation, supported Go,
jacksons right ~ put Ambrister 10 death. Mr. AZ,
con, believe, was Convinced; bat am not ccrioir
that Mr. COBB was That gentleman acted in con.
cert with hlr Clay, in the part he acted in tho d.,
cussion upon the Seminole war. Mr. Fsrsy,h and
Mr. Lacock were men Of high character and .x,sti-
ence' and leant upon no person. Mr Eppes made q
speech IN favor OF the report which was intended n
De- made, and was IN consequence plncedon tho con,
mlt'ee in place of Mr. Forsyth | wonder vou t,I
not discovered, that be TOO was particular friend o.
mine.
| TO BB CONCLUDED oS MONDAY
Upon this subcc, note upon NJ, a., Ie,,. - -,
salch, page Of the published correspondence " "