The Madisonian., 1840-01-25

authority you speak when you talk Of my participating
in hearess conspiracy against your reputation ana OF
Mr. Pckens acting under my advice or 10 nnsglne now
you cond suppose that there could be the ieas' ee
my part IN any possible case, 10 do you h7heo
Why should or aly friend have. conspre against yoni
Or why should IN any case. hesitate 10 do yon iuh
justice Every feeling Of my bosom. and every con
sdera,ion that could act me, forbid the supposon
that either is possible :.
Nor are you less mistaken 10 supposing, that MI
Pickens acted under my control, or Tor me, OF tna
advised him 10 do any act intended 10 do you The
smallest harm. During the whole time thai ihis
painful affair was in agitation never spoke 70 one
OF my friends in relation TO u, nor one OF lhem,o
me, but Col Pickens, and that on single point. lie
called 10 consult with me, whether u would De pre-
per for him to repel the charge OF the Madtspniah
as far he and others who acted with him fgh' DC
concerned. said to him. did not see how " cou'a
well be avoided, suggesting at the same time, iha' u
would be preferab. TO do II in his place. as mem
ber Of the House.
As TO what he said il was his own. Nothing pass
ed between u as TO that nor was here lhe innlca
lion of any unkind feelings towards you NOW
would submit il 10 your own Judgment, whethei
deni could have been avoided with justice 70 MN
self and others. II is obvious, thai the article n ihe
Madisonian was intended TO bear on Col. Picaens
with others. II was charged, il not expressly. al
least by Inference that there was an understanding
between Blair Rives and you, us 10 The prinlihg,
and that you had received large sum already, as
consideration for those gentlemen 10 vote for them
Tor them. Now ask you, whether, under lhiS siaie
OF things, they couId remain silenll II they ha,,
and should hereafter vote as II is said they iniend
would not suspicion have attached to their motives
Il is true the Globe had denied that there was any
understanding; but their silence would have out
weighed Its denial, in the opinion Of many.
also submit, whether, II Col Pickens used ex-
pressions too strong in disclaiming any connection
with you as a candidate for the printing, il may not
be more nationally attributed 10 the circumstances OF
the case than any disposition TO wound your eeingsi
satisfied that such is the true explanation, u, In
what he said, viewed, simply in reference 10 your
seli he went too far. Nor less satisfied that you
have done him great injustice, 10 snpposing that he
had the least 10 do with the publication IN The Globe
sny this without any knowledge how the iacs stat
ed In the Globe came TO the knowledge OF It's editors.
| know nothing al all about IL.
have been compelled 10 notice the portions Of
your letter to which these remarks apply as silence
on my part might be misunderstood.
With Respect, &c &c.
J. c. CALHOUN.
Genl. DurF GaEEN.
BALTIMORE, January 20h 1910.
Dear Sir--My letter to you was written under
belief that MI. Pickens had refused 10 answer my
request that he should disown the impulaons de-
duceabIe from his printed speech and should have
recalled il Immediately on the receipt OF his OF Dec,
l6,h inst, had not in the mean time the report
OF Mr.. Fishers remarks in which he says that he
offered 10 show you Mr. Mitchell's letter, aud that
you denounced il as an overture Of bribery"
II is true that Mr. Fisher distinctly acquits me OF
any such overture, but il was impossible 10 escape
the conclusion that had been party TO it. Mr..
Mitchells letter had been received and forwarded
friend TO whom Mr. Mitchell had been referred by
me. Under these circumstances, | felt bound TO
await your reply, and am gralihed to find that your
remarks were predcated on miSapprehension OF
the correspondence, without knowledge OF the per-
sonal relations between Mr. Mitchell and myself,
and without Intentional unkindness or disrespec 10
me.
That gentleman has for many years been per-
sonal and political friend, He was subscriber and
correspondent fer my paper during the trying con-
hict between South Carolina aud Genl. Jackson, U
will not say the Federal Governmen) and up to The
present period has preserved that personal regard Tor
me, and that solcilude for my private welfare which
the sacrifices was then called upon to make were
calculated TO awaken. He Of those few TO
whom, al The commencement of The session, ad-
dressed a circular stating my desire 10 be elected
printer to the House. Mr.. Fisher and Mr. Holmes
had volunteered desire their part To promote my
interests the sickness of one OF my children prevent
ed my gong TO Washington, and therefore enclosed
his letter TO Mr.. Fsehr, placing the whole matter in
the hands Of my friends, and addressed hurried
note 10 Mr.. Mitchell, saying SO. You may Judge OF
my SURPRISE Under these circumstances al seeing
the article in the Globe, and my regret that MIR.
Miichelj's desire 10 serve me-a desire originating,
as believed in his respect for my personal charac-
ter and political associations have brought
down upon him imputalions SO unmerited from those
to whose good opinion he has such peculiar claims
need not assure you how painful this whole mat
ter has been to me- aag Of the gratihcaiion feel al
the assurance that no personal disrespect was in
tended in the part which has been taken by my
friends do less than address short expla-
natory note 10 Mr., Pickens, in which will endea-
vor to place myself right before the public.
Your friend,
DUFF GREEN