Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-10-04
FRANCIS P BLAIR, ESQ.

F.P. BLAIR II
Francis P BLAIR, ESQ. +
Editor THE Globe. Washington.
! SIR--I received, on the Goth utlmo, ,our b. =
ter Of date the Goth, in reply to mine Of :he ls
instant. You conclude by stating that the fave
which I now have the honor to acknowleds
" closes our correspondence" cannot prrn
it. | will not believe that you have done 40 T.
territorial injury: much less that if you can be q
,isfisd you have done wrong, you will for n,
ment hesitate to repair it. Your letter impresy
me more strongly than ever, that 10 the renau
of the Globe Of the 9th instant. to which h,r
invited your attention, you did manifest aj.,
to the character and memory Of MIR Monroe
Your whole view of the subject to which theyr
ferred, is so replete with error, that feel m,xl 4
bound At least to make an effort to correct y1 =
: In this state Of the matter. | think You have 4
right to {" close the correspondence. You my
strike; but you must hear.
Ia the first place, brg leave respectfully h +
remark, that lido not consider your letter y ca.
did reply to that which had tn honur to address
to YOU. | noted single remark 10 your paper
the 9Th inst. in the following words: :" In con-
Quoting the Seminole par. Gen. Jackson ,oa, IL
! fact acting under the secret orders ofhe GOuen
,nent." objected to the expression, a. invOIr
ing imputarons which endeavored to ilus,ra,g
aud placed bef"r, you, for your reply, a plan
and simple question. requested you TO s,,h
whether it was your intention that it should h
inferred from the words had noted, that in COG.
Quoting the Seminole war. Gen. jackson was N
posspsslon of secret orders from Mr. Monroe. u
variance with those which had issued from the De-
psrtment of War, and were made known to he
public. IF YOU did not intend such On inference
| claimed revision Of the article. II you d!
SO intend, challenged the investigation Of III
truth of that, which rs believed was erroneous
" asserted. This is the point Of discussion BE-
tween Us. From it cannot be induced, at pre-
sent, to depart. Any other topic. which ,"a
letter presents, SHALL If desired, claim my alta
ton hereafter.
In conformity with this view. pass, over t,
few first paragraphs of your letter, openings
conceive new leid for argument foreign atm
moment. to the question before US. do nod.
cline that discussion. only postpone it to
more convenient season-especlal'y until
shall have disposed Of that, in which we are a.
present engaged. But that we may distinctly
recognize hereafter. the state in which We lea"
| it now. it becomes proper to add few words:
| You make two extracts from my letrer--th
| fist in the following words: " That Mr.. Mon
roe dlsavowed before the world his General Jack
son'sl conduct in Florida, as transcen5ing his W
structions," and the second, the word i" o''ip
proved" which having separated from the coz
text. you have made to signify more than tr'A
It did. when standing alone, and at any fat
more than intended it should. Having been To-
| tended to convey the same idea, they are admit
ted to have asserted, on my part mat W,
| Monroe did disavow before the world. Oehsn
Jackson's conduct 10 Florida tronsrend'ng Nv
Instructions" This is my proposition; IN viii,
YOU think am in error-and which you haveM
tempted TO reiute-the consideration OF which
postponed. for the purpose Of discussing more Dr.
rectly, the immediate point OF difference be'"e'.
u.s." Was General jackson in conducting uN
Seminole war. in fact acting under me see'''"
ders of the Government!
You ma, possibly begin to perceive, tina, u
the affirmation Of your own proposition, you e"'
considerable force to the position nave assume"
In speaking of instructions, you will, o. couI''
under stand me distincly as referring to mos mos
which had issued from the Department Of "'
and were made known to the public, '"y
there mers none ether. DO you not observe ''. :.
the difficulty into which you would plunge :.
contending that he was in fact acting under ser
orders, do you not imply the admission tna' y
transcribed his public instructions! II mol, W..
are they brought to their aidi 1t appears TO ., -
tina, you do the wrong. assert. that upon =, ~
public orders. and the public orders alone ~ -;
the acts Of the Commanding General to DC !- Ts
fed. and fully sustained as they have been A., Vs.
assertion you make, not only as l believe . Nv,
manifest injury to the character and ln.'NJ 4;
of Mr.. Mon. oe, but as honestly conceive, Wv ~
tracts from tn. elevated merit which Ia. a us'
so justly awarded to the Commanding G Re. n
himself. 1t was the very transcending the y. >,
structions. which had issusd frsm the peP r"t
ment Of War and were made known 70 ue r.,
lie. under circumstances OF peculiar oceu' s,,n,,
and not to have been foreseen, which e0'''" .'oo,
that merit. Il was the assumption ola resp,
sibiIity from which he did not shrink. AM, anu
which no nelly declared himself aeesu ''a0''