Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-01-13

NASHVILLE, Dec. %, 1897.
To the Associate Editor o. tke Republican Bas.eT:
Sin: see Published in the Union to-day, . let.
letter from Gen. jackson, denyine having used
the language ascsibed to him by your corresPoo-
dent, ,blished in your paper Of the l9s instant;
~ to the fate Of the present Adm'nistratioo, I'm"
calling upon you for tho name Of that cosresPon
dent. He shall be gratifcd f! communicates
the information to you, sir, and, d'd 20 On 'no ~
thoritv of a gentleman who 10 now ano a!ways
IA. heen a Jackson man, good and true, and he -
now a Van B,ren man. He Is not now IN tn's
nIacc bu, hive written to him for . statement OF
The conversation: he lives about lao miles from
here; not ON any Of tho stage routes conse-
ouentlv it will take about two weeks tor ietteT
IN reach him and an answer returned. intofm-
cd him in the letter l wrote him, that would
wal, that length Of time for an answer before
would give his same up ,,,r
| The gentleman alluded to stated 10 William H.
Johnson Esq a Senator Of the present Lcg's'a-
turc, and myself, IN the Senate chamber, tnat
Gen Jackson said that the Administration "f MI.
Van B,,ren. or that Mr.. Van Buren, himself, must
or would 90 down, though he would die or fall IN
a glorious cause. That he knew, SO soon as NJ.
Van Buren, admitted that he might possibly be
wrong and yielded to the demands or solicitations
made upon him, and convened Congress- IN" ne
would fall This is tho substance, u not the
ve,v words said to have been used by Gen. Jack
son.
| 'rhi, statement was made to the writer OF this
a rticlc and ESQUIRE Johnson. He did not say, nor
did the correspondent of the Banner say, that
Gen. Jackson had lost confidence IN Mr. Van ba,
rem but on the contrary, II was expressly stated
that the (;enero! said that MIR. V. b. 'routd fdff
in a glorious cause"
The gentleman who made the Statement 70
ESQUIRE Johnson and myself could not have de-
signed it as confidential for he did not 50 intimate
it. lie knew, too, that neither OF Us was ever
accused of being either a Jackson or Van BIZ
rem man. spoke Of it freely to many persons,
and. Of nv knowledge of the gentleman who gave
me the information, he will not back out from his
statement
If this should turn out to be n calurnny upon
Gen. Jackson, it will be seen that II did not orr
ciua,c with the editions Of the Republican Ban
1er. or will, any of he Wings But I again re-
peal knowing the gentleman as do, cannot
/ will not believe that he will let even the nane
and word of Gen. jackson deter him from boldly
speaking out.
Below is tho statement Of William IL johnson
ESQ. which fully sustains me in tho statement |
'' ARCHEI.AUS Nj. HUGHES.
.rArEnENr OF WILLIAM II. JOHNSON.
SENATE CHAMBER,
| NASHVILLE, Dec. %, 1887.
| have a distinct recollection Of hearing gen
tleman, with whom am well acquainted, say to
Mr.. Hughes and myself, in the Senate Chamber
in the ca rIy part Of this month, what Gen. Jack
son should have stated in relation to the fate Of
the Administration. IL Is in substance kie same
as that stated by Mr.. Hughes to have been said
by him upon that subject.
I further state, that know the gentleman
well. and know no has always been a warm and
devoted friend Of Gen. Jackson and the measures
Of his Administration, and that he IS also known
s.,an :n. b. man. know that he lives at
least 40 miles from this place, and that there IS
no stage route running to where he lives, and
that, believe, it will take about two weeks for
letter to reach him and answer to be returned
WILLIAM II. JOHNSON.