Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-10-25
To the Editor ofthe Baltimore Patriot.

SR-I have this moment read in the Ricn-
mond Wing, letter addressed to you, oateo
Va. August rs, 1884, which concerns
myself, and claims my attention. IL Is uus,
did not leave the stage at Gordonsvllie: sn ~
is also true that knew the President OF the ohi'
ted States to be at the hotel at which the stage
stopped to change horses; but the inference Ina'
the presence of the president, or any otner per.
son, influenced my conduct on tnat ocCaSiou,
utterly false. felt indisposed from fatigue ana
loss OF sleep, and preferred to remain qulel ~hie
the other passengers were refreshing Ihemseises:
1t may have fattsred the VANITY OF IIs esrsais
Jackson. and doubtless did; to imagine nlmseh
40 bold lion, that a feeble mortal like myself
would tremble in his majesty's presence. re-
joice that if in any manner may nav
been the cause of imparting happiness W .io
august parsonage, in the midst OF MS q niictoIS,
public and private. had Inc Sa'is'a:uon ~,
rather the modification, regarding him as the
Chief Magistrate) to look upon him SURROUNDED
bv stage drivers and ostlers in the portico Oh the
hotel. but confess the scene did not constitute
snv particular inducement with me TO form
one of the coterie Of his liberal oher 10 pay
the landlady for my breakfast, and the language
which he used on the occasion, It may De pro-
per for me at this time to say only Jew wH'os'
reserving further developments until snail ar.
rive at the City of Washington. So long as
General Jackson made the columns OF his prosti-
tuted organ the Globe" the medium OF fuimi-
mating his vile calumnies against me- nave
thought it due to my own dignity and sell respect'
to remain silent; but since he has dlsroDeo MN
self of this cunning, and forgetful OF the high
station which, unhappy Tor the county, ns ~
cupes has made himself the founder oil person
al ISLANDERS of myself and family on his own re-
sponsibility," l shall treat him as becomes a
man whose sensibility has been thus wahtoniy
assailed.
II the assertion made by Mr.. Jackson, was as
true as it is ridiculousy false, that induced my
wife to marry me by promise OF twenty llou
sand dollars as her do@er-l nave al ieaS' .ue
consolation to know that did not steal her
! from the lapful opner! perhaps Mr.. jackson
NAV understand the ausion. AS to the DOVER
! of which he speaks, think it would be more
! difficult for him to purchase it, at hve times the
sum he has imagined, of the lady, VINO mas at
tracted his sympathy, than he mas iouna IL u
speculate on the choice cotton lands OF Missis-
sippi, at the minimum price OF the Government;
But his cup of malicious vituperaton, II wouIo
seem. could not be filled by any thing short OF
the foul calumny that l was paying on TINS
dover, by stripes, daily inflicted on the wife
whom had thus purchased This infamous IL
bel on me, as private gentleman, calls Ior d
/ reply which cannot be made in this commuhlca-
ton. Mr.. Jackson has entered the arena WIN
me- not in his character as President OF the
United States, but as plain Andrew Jackson
robes of, and hands unfettered. He is well g.
ware of the real responsibility" which he IN.
cured and must meet it, unless ne is as recreant
in chivalry, as he is in veracity. The word Oh
Prince has been said to be sacred ana inVioia.
Bile; that of President Of great natlon ougn'
to be equally So Will not every high mlnaeo,
honorable man in the community hang his heao
in shame and sorrow, when he is oDllgeo 10
confess that the highest public functionary OF
the Republic, has sunk TO the level Oh an aie
house slanderer2 Oh! my country, to what nu,
initiation hast thou fallen, under the misrue OF
a military tyrant, whose undisciplined passions
lead him into excesses which violate all the de-
cences of social le
know full well, that Andrew Jackson has a.
ways trained band of witnesses at his com
mand. by whom he can prove almost any fac'
he NAV desire to establish; but yet with all tnese
.na tho Tro euru to boz iA.<s<Efr, rfC SIfffhqoe
anu sn 81 any act Of mine, bearing the most
remote resemblance to the puerie and ridicu-
lous imputation which he has attempted to cast
on me. He is at liberty to put in requs:-
ton, under the solemn obligations Of an oath,
every member Of the highly respectable family
Of my wife; he may appeal TO the Lady herself;
| to every individual who has at any time been
an intimate in my house;to all my inmate friends,
and they will all respond to him, "you have
basey lied" History gives us no account Of a
bold cavalier who possessed the qualities OF Ba-
ron Munchausen.
am Sir, respectfully your most obt servt
GEO. POINDEXTER.
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