Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-06-26
CHE Constitutional uslt,lo.
COM MUNlCATIONS.
For THE WmiG.
To ANDREW JACKSON.
PrSSi9cRt Of The United STATE,

than aitec,aton of mystery. in ,h, notice took
OF tina letter of your esteemed CORRESPONDENTS Mr.
Early, which You have put forth in tho Globe, and
whose correspondence, although not disrcputa.
bio as that Of Duvll, il nevertheless such as no
gentleman ought to The llv creature sap.
posed no was recommending himself TO you, by
odicIously volunteering something, as lie believed.
to the prejudice of man who had incurred your
gouto dlsplcasurc, but with whom MIR. Early had
heVor had any intercourse, except to tender to him.
las ne mad done TO half dozen others the Office
of President Of the Pensacola Bank which he was
ondeavouring to persuade people to establish in the
nope OF obtaining some little Office in it for him.
self His letter would not have deserved the
slightest attention, bat for the endorsement OF tho
President of tho Uutod States, who is not ashamed
to appear as u political gladiator, and To resort TO
tho most vulgar means OF annoyance.
nave SAID enough in my former letter To leave
you TO ln.er that although there was no truth in
any having made Il false TRANSACTIONS of Il Spanish
l;tior, ana this from the most humane and disintor
ested motive, aud still less truth in the contou,pti
Ole excuse for it, Imputed to me, that was not
under oati yet, have not dcnIcd that did render
you an essential servicc-one which do most So
lom'y believe, may have saved Your life, as 1t did
your reputation, and even your military glory.-
ana without this last, let me ask, what station or
rank would you hold among the great men of this
enlightened natoni And let me ask is this the
only instance iii which YOU have been prevented
ny the interference of prudent friend. from doing
resh ana inconsldcratc acts, which might bring
oioSrace upon you! The many that YOU have
committed lii spite OF them, may afford some idea
OF the number you have been prevented from COM
mitting. might appeal TO all who have been near
you as friends, even your very wsrst advisers and
they would, or dared speak the truth, they could
tcll how necessary it is to watch over YOU and bv
ways and means, OF which you are as little con-
aclous as any other tyrant, deter you from acting
and speaking, III the most imprudent and unbc
coming manner. The friend, the real friend, by
whose Judicious intcrpostlon Il man of rash and
violent temper, is turned aside from purposes ruin
GUS TO himself ana others deserves the gratitude of
hnar o,lI
look for II from you, even if should establish be-
You'd all question, that | have rendered Won this
kind of service.
AS charge of mistranslation, may he settled
oy reference to the original papers, which are i'm
your possession leave YOU to do SO by producinu
them when you may think proper. will proceed
10 explain the nature of my claim upon your Ora
tltude, for service, which, although spokeu of oc
ten among the inhabitants of Pensacola, might
never have reached your cars but for the latter f
your worthy friend Mr.. EARLY
presume you will not deny, that YOU entertain
ed the most untavorabe opinion of the whole
spanish race, and in particular of the Spanish Off
cors, soldiers, and inhabitants OF Florida; and
winch In more appropriate language, may I've
styled low and Liberal prejudice, and suspicion
more betting a half civilized Tamerlanc or II,
jazet than refined and accomplished general
othcer, having III perspective the highest office in
the gift of u free and enlightened people This
prejudice was probably accustomed, like other pre-
JUDGES, by ignorance, having only had TO do with
such men Massol or ManriGucs Mandates
according to your elegant pronunciation OH your
two entries into Pensacola; miserable creatures
appointed through mere favor, and perhaps taken
from the kitchens of couTtcsans, like some of those
appointments, with which you have amused the
citizens of this Republic. The person in com. |
mand at the period to which refer, Col Callava |
TO whom you had transferred the opinion YOU had
formed OF Massot, and his burlesque men at arms
was brave and honorable soldier who had risen
by his merit in the Pcninsular war and who lead
at tn'S 'lme' under his command, six or seven hun
urea veterans, consisting OF decorated battalion
OIL the regiment of Tarragona battalons of Gu
ID and Mexico, with brave and ACCOMPLISHED off
GERS; while your whole force did not much exceed
TOUR hundred men, many of whom had never seen
service. Col Callava was held in high respect
by all your officers, and with the exception few
OF your friends, considered a hiuh minded homo
radio man. | entertained the same opinion of
INN, snd considered him unfortunate If not |
u. III uea'eu, IN MS affair, as / propose to
snew at some future time. The Spanish inha |
6itahts were exasPcrated at the cowardly CON
duct of their former Governor, when YOU On. |
tered their town, and they would have Join |
ed hastily with Col. Callava, who was Justly belo
we'd and esteemed by Thorn, for the possession of
Qualities entirely the reverse of those possessed nv
the Governors you had TO encounter. Most fatal to
you would have been the consequences of the cor
tempt you had conceived for these Spaniards if
you had attempted to take possession of the town
by force, instead Of receiving it by pcaccabc de-
livery And will not the rejecting man who roads
what have just written, exclaim with wonder
ously meditatod to march into Pensacola, under
these circumstances, and take possession at the
point Of Ike baYonct You had announced this
intention, and II not in earnest, YOU were acting
tho bully, which know you can do to admiration
have heard it remarked by one who knew Won
well, that you were the only bully he had ever
known, VINO was not d coward, the assertions of
Jesse Benton TO tho contrary, who declares that on
certain OCCASION in the phrase Of the Wost Won
"pIdyed the Opossun,' and fci~Ecd TO lie dead
when you received in disgraccful broH the piece
OF led which was lately extracted from your arm !
with so much parade Of paper nourishes. IL |
Is certain that Caava, and tho inhabitants of Pen
eacoa, expected you 10 enter in hostile manner
and were prepared for you. This is a fact notori |
Gus there, and the consequences as have said in
former letter. would have been certain destruc
ton to you; perhaps the loss Of life if Won had
headed the American force and at least the loss of
reputation, Of military reputation which alorc !
bustaIns you with the ignorant, and who unrorfu.
natsly too often outnumbcr the INTELLIGENT II is /
melancholy truth, that the fame and nOtoricfv If
inc ruhan warrior, with no other pratcusiong than |
that OF being destroyer Of man and very occu
with less real merit than the man who Kills tho |
bcgi Tor our food, reaches the cottage aud tho /
glen, when the name OF Franklin, or a Fulton /
the Jcaeftctors Of mankind, is never heard; and /
because Washington exhibited the miracle Of uni. /
ting III himself every virtue. the unthjnkinr arc
induced to believe, that all successful warriors
must be possessed Of tho Same attributes, Won
nave gwen the enlightened men Of this country
an awful icSSon--on the subject Of mere military
notoriety, and OF the necessity Of diiusing cduci-
ton and knowledge among the people. ns The onIv
means Of protecting them against similar inpoS-
turo "P0'
reior you TO your letter TO CaIl1ya. of tho I2tb
OF July, 1871, (thdt u.s. as much Of il as is voure $
III the department OF state, as well as to the pri
vdtc ioIo volume, which contirns for ti,o ,,r,,,e
part, documents prcp,--I L, 49,.