Litchfield enquirer., 1837-02-23
Gen. IaeksOn's Letter tO Mr. C0'1e.S' .,

Sir-ln the GtoOe OA CuS s'0 e''S'' ., ,.t report of a speech made by you on snc 6'H upon the Land Bill, wnlcm conaAAliS I'le '"'-
 WJas it moi notorious that the President of the United States hiUuseG had been con. nected with the purchase of the public lands! Yes, the "experiment" (Mr. Calhoun de- lighted in the word) was the cause of specu. lation in public lands, and if this bill should moi he passed, speculations could not go on, and the price of the public lands must con seouentlv be reduced. He contended that every man could not but see that it would De utter ruin to those who had borrowed money to speculate in lands, if the system was nor to 20 on." In former part of your speech as reported, you say, "The sPeculatlonn which a particular state of things haa gnen I rise to, had been produced by those 2 ln po"ff of CT. They had profted by, that sSeJ ssasJ # things and should this blli DC P."S Pbes " Sc. would only consummate their ".snu .snrs to err
 Knowin9 inc liabilities of reporters Io e1t af in taking down and writing out sPe:cno; .s;.,, v, .aa,ooIorSS of Congress, have nade llquIy :aIot;a, to inc accuracy of this repor!' anu ha1,e m haor, furnished with certificates Of gen. .;a,,ea,, who heard you, affirming that IL IS substantially correct .ho. 4h. ;ro
 Von cannot but be aware, sir, that the nm" r,,tat;ons which your language conveys, are ccslcnlated, if believed, to destroy my char scter as a man, and that the charge IS one which, if true, ought to produce my lmpeacn, ment and punishment as an ofhcer: H hase purpose of enriching myself or my friends bv any of the results which might 0rovv o,t of that measure, there is no term of Teproach which do not deserve, and no pun ;shment known to the laws which ought not +o he inflicted upon me. On the contrary, It inc whole imputation, both as to motive and fact. be a fabrication and a calumny, the pun ishment which belongs to me, if guilty, is too mild for him who wilfully makes it.
 lam aware, sir, of the constitutional privil- eoe under which this imputation is cast forth, and the immunity which it secures. That privilege it is, in no degree, my purpose to W. olate, however gross and wicked may nave been the abuse of it. But exercise only the common right of every citizen, when ln' form you that the imputations you have cast upon me are false in every particular moi having, for the last ten years, purchased any nnblic land, or had any interest in such pur. chase The whole charge, unless explained must be considered the offspring of morbid imagination, or of sleepless malice.
 ask you, sir, as an act due to justice, hon or. and truth, to rctract this charge on the floor of the Senate, in as public manner al it has been uttered-it being the most appro priate mode by which you can repair the in iury which might otherwise flow from it.
 But in the event that you fail to do so, then demand that you place your charge be- fore the House of Representatives that they may institute the necessary proceedlngs 10 ascertain the truth or falsehood of your lm- putation, with view to such further meas- ures as justice may require.
 k14o lr SpS0f SOn kSN NynN1 nor place the matter in position where jus- tice may be done me by the representatives of the people, shall be compelled to resort to the only remedy left me, and, before l leave the city, give publicity to this letter, by which you will stand stignatised as one who, protected by his constitutional privilege, is ready to stab the reputation of others, with out the magnanimity to do them justice, or the honor to place them in situation to re- ceive it from others.
 Yours, sc. ANDREW JACKSON. To the Hon. J. c. CALHOUN, us. Senate.
 From the Western Pioneer. .tfs
 Truth is stronger than FSction.-Under this ed at Stevensburgh, Ind gives the following narrative: ." In June, 1888, there arrived at Stevensburgh laboring man about S5 years of age, who soon after engaged himself to take charge of the farm of Samuel James, Esq. of this village. He represented himself to be from Orange county, New York, by name, Alexander Jackson. After living with Mir. James until January, 1884, he purchased a farm about nine miles distant from this place, and shortly afterwards offered his hand in marriage to young woman who resided in MT. James family-an adopted daughter of MT. J.-in fact, she went by the name of Sarah James, and no person in this vicinity knew, until recently, but that she was natu- ral daughter of that gentleman. MT. James objected to the match-but Jackson repre- sented himself as relation of the President of the U. Sand being good looking, and withal an intelligent person, Miss J. was pleased with him, and urged her father to consent to their marriage. In the May fol- lowing they were married, and MT. James gave Jackson a handsome farm, adjoining his own, as Sarah's portion-on which Jackson built him house and they lived very hap oily together. Since their marriage, Mrs. J. has borne to her husband two fine boys, the youngest being at present but two months old
 But let us give the history of Jackson, as now discovered by his own confession, and by the appearance of a person in this communi- ty, who has turned all his domestic joys into a cup of bitterness, and rendered his poor his name is not Alexander Jackson (and for the present we shall suppress his real nane.) During his boyhood he became the father of female child-the mother being of respect able percentage, and as it now appears, rel ative of our respectable townsman, whom Jackson has hitherto called father-in-law.-- He soon left the scene ot his disgrace, which is in Orange county, N. Y., aud afterwards for many years lived in the vicinity of Alba ny, where the individual who now exposed him by his real name. His name was also