Daily Richmond Whig & public advertiser. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1833-1840, 1834-09-15
From the New York Evening Star.
TE1sTEp IN
Army, Sent. oh. 1854.

ALnlNY, Sept oh, 1884
To GS HcR. lIgriia raa BGrca.
Salt is not proposed 10 Discus the merits or
dement's Of either the friends or the opponents If
the late war. So far, however. n the Incidents
connected with that contest have became pant of
the history Oi our country and 81 tar their
tee Is deemed necessary To q true developeIlcut
oiyour character, retrospect will he taken.
1 now charge YOU. SIR, wita aiding and abctling
tn sc men who were opposed 10 ;he wai; with usine
YOUR efforts 10 elevate power tAS> who crnNurcd
n, aud with aSSailing those who were instrument
tol m producing va open and manly resistance Of
British aggression. le, Nir, Won was the un-
compromising oppOuCAt ol Mr. NaiisnnS re
election, rs President ufthr United States, the
ground, that he had iayulved the nation ia an ua-
necessary war; that he WAS incapable oI con-
duciing II, and that # he was len in power,
he would soon b. compelled 10 sign i dissrace.Ui
and igncriniouS treaty o. peace.
II has been remarked in opteceding letter, that
no charge would DC made ngainS, you, ON vague
assertion This pledge Shall be redeemed Aucr
showing yorr hostility to those men who had
hurled back upon the British ministry, proud
defiance oitheir hoaS,cd cover, will exhibit Won
m the prc>titutrd aSpcc, ola vindictive foe 10 the
late Governor Clinton, IN concert with whom You
had been acting; and then, tn plant svcuphani
OF Mr.. Maii>oR, whon YOU had cndeavorrd 10
destroy, and whose mCaSulcs YOU had reprcbated
and condemned.
approaching crisis. The apprchcnSions ct the
patrist were depicted in lbs coun,.nancc. The
wrongs which were inflicted upon the persons,
as well a upon the ccmmcrcs of our I'M.
offending people, were dai increasing, while
the minonS of Britain tainted aud inSultcd
our government. Our national honor was
suspended by slender thread. lndulsinC
the hope, that peace might yet be preserved
We had aultered and hcSitated TOO long n had
been inSoentiy announced on the door OF Con-
greSS, by distinguished aud leading federal ST.
"ttG, re could no. BE- kictCd into q trar." Al the
close of 1911 ii was therefore evident that base
sslp In q Rrit ,,r
apatrlo,ic and manly resistance, was inevitable.
AT thS peIilOuS crisis, where was Martin Van
Burenl His simple biugrapher, referring 10 this
period, Says-"IiiS support OF the CorerRWcR!
was not merely active, but jealous, nor was his
the zeal Ut ordinary men. II absorbed h whole
soul; 1t led 10 untiriry cScrtIon; it was exhibited
on all occasions, and under all circumstances"
II IS not INV haolt 10 use vulgar and ungenilcman-
~ language. Fiji was, tins quotation would re-
eeve harsh epitheis 1t shall he demonstrated
however, that every sentence Oft is untrue.
In April, 1879, YOU was n candidate for the
State Senate Your opponent was Edward =
Livingston, then branded asa thorough federaliSt;
but since recognized by you and others, rs pure
jackson democrat Your election depended on
the county OF Rpcklaud, the other counties N the
district being opposed To- Won. In that county, the
friends of De Wit Clinton had oyeTwhelm-
Ing influence. II was excrted IN you. behalf and
yJl was elected by 4 small majority. You was
known TO b. their man. The question of war, OF
no war, now agiiatct the whole cJGatry.-Wher
was Martha Van Buren'S zeal AM u-tirng cNcr-
uonW will point - II. On the 10Th OF May,
ls!', few days before the declaration of war,
o,,b,,cancis and Su,'',r,.r ,i'
III f.. VIII CIin,,n w,s nr.x,r,..., =, ~. -
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- ~. ~ ',''' -, - Ci''I.u"'l
iof Ihe ONCE oi president, DO opposition 10 James
M'l''n.
10 aHShI un ierN'hndin- ID. in" "ools case, II
iN..,->'"' pI'uir,, 'otvI", !,.,i ~ 81 an"
c''y''>' ~ yHuvsN >EN'fH lF.''ltu 20 ASH
i"%'uA -dT' JG-isi son 'Al "-5I iN.ce nominated
oy Congressional caucus. .lr Madison had,
IN Ike manner, been nominated aud elected.
The caucus, therefore by the Ds,a1atdiic party