Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-06-15
ErOnl The GlnhR

From the situation in which General jackson
was then placed, not to be surprised that in
ms private letters to friends occasional expressions
OF feeling are found. He acting under secret
orders from the Cabinet, not understood by the
public. Conducting in wilderness, and on
. the confines of q foreign territory whence nteIl
gence do not reach tie public journals, but through
| the medium OF exaggerated rumors. And it now
appears that Mr. Calhoun, then Secretary at War.
was secretly at work TO undermine the character of
the Gcdcral, and permitted, not very reluctantly
the worst phases to be put upon the whole conduct
| OF campaign, which, he hoped, would at once
raise his own reputation aud destroy that of the
! brave man who conducted it While the General
fought the battles, and encountered all the hard
ships and diseases Of the wilderness and swamps of
Il southern climate, he bcset at the seat of Co
ycrnmcnt by the hateful intrgucs of q man, whose
restless ambition still dogs his heels Under these
circumstances, the Richmond Enquirer, imposed
OH by false statements OF facts lent lis aid to the
vndication of the principles of our Government
against the supposed violation of them by a Gene.
raj, who was Ill fact acting under the orders
OF that Government. The General then felt the
attacks as cruel and unjust, and visited upon the
Richmond Enquirer the strong resentment which
should have fallen upon those, who generated or
at least, counenanccd the misrepresentation
which reached the public"
Comment OF THE e. S. TELEGHArH
The above is extracted from an article in the
Globe of Saturday last. Appearing in the official
organ of General Jackson, and Il subject in re-
ference to which, the editor could not speak with
out information derived from the General him.
self, the article may be considered as emanatnp
from himself.
Considered in atlight, it presents much matter
from reflection.
In the first place, it shows that General Jackson
is dissatisfied with the position which his unpro-
vokcd attack on Mr. Calhoun has left him. He
now sees, hat all saw when the correspondence
was published, that no cannot place the justification
of his conduct, in the Seminole war, on his orders,
and that Mr.. Calhoun placed the true construction
on them, III maintaining that they did not authorize
the occupation Of St. Marks and Pensacola. Feel.
ing conscious that such is the fact, and, conse
qhentiy, that his attack upon Mr.. Calhoun, for
placing the construction which he did upon his
orders, is destitute of shadow of a precxt, he
mas, Tor the first time, attempted the hazardous
movement of openly changing his position, and
asserted that he acted in the Seminole affair under
sc cret orders from Mr.. Monroe
We feel confident that the bitcrest enemy
which Gen. jackson has in the world, could not
desire to see him placed in a position more de.
structve OF the character and tue fhino which he
once acquired. In what light, more degrading
than that in which he presents himself, can
any one be placed2 After having publicly main
tanned that he acted under the orders of the War
department and that those orders justified tho &C
cuPation OF the posts iu question: After having
assaulted the second officer of the Government for
having placed different construction upon his or
dcrS, and man to whom above all others, Inc is |
most indebted for his present elevation; this late
period, after the death Of Mr. Monroe, the ground
Is SMILED, and VIC arc told thgt he acted under the
secret orders Of the Execuvem which, were it true
would prove that nc is capable of acting |
under one order, and ustilying himself under ano. |
tHcr and worse than that, it would prove him ca. /
pabc Of paying greater Difference to secret in |
tnaiion Of tho Executive than to the oblig stions
OF the Constitution which he was sworn to sup. |
portM
But we have not tho least idea that this new DO
si'ion can ever be maintained. Mr.. Monroe was
too pure mamie had too much respect for the |
ConStituiioH, to give any such orders that on
whieh sen. Jackson nov places he publication.