Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-09-11

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nerals proirgs, the exhibition OF u" name ot WIN
enable the public to decide ;,to.
With regard TO The Ins;nna'Ions anu gross eP'''
contained m Gen Jacksons note alike 'inpoieh'' ma
e voeat and drrcgGtory from the d@n''y Of ma" o
ia flied III. highest Office The universe, respect LOT
,hs nuhc and far mysef allow me only to say tha''
lilo Other similar missiles they have fallen harmless al
w rt exriintr no other sensation than that OF scorn
and contempt "
NASHVILLE, aug. 20 iSio.
IN "orp Rou.x.,-we giv- below thu letter Of
ms rood and great old soldier and patriot me ehv
ou tciiuas of the .Great D.ttated, are gnaWhg 'n'
Me very heart: and in h agony Of mind and IN ofGer
=, aa from his own feelings he has travelled TO the
res,inu pace of the man. whnm the peo l. love anu no
NOR t1r The purpose If possible Of annoying nun w NJ
pe,c.ful reremcnt-but It VIII recon! nP', !''s ;"
Will, vengeance The "Old Hero genera'iy ihan.'
short work ut his enemies-his weapon Is I" 800
his couniry's glory and welfare o,,,,.
The Nashville Union says Gen, Jacks"'' I'll
MED BIZ Major Donrson, came TO Nashville on nus
day and remained with his friend Gen. arnnss ".
til Saturday, when he returned TO 'hf ne n
have never seen the wise and brave Ola veteran ~
fine health and spirits Wine mere We nIo
10 receive from him the following co"i'nuea'
To lie Editor Of tie Nashville tm'""; ~
SIg-I have lust read in the Banner OF 'h's "a! an
article addressed by Henry Clay, of Kentucky 10 'he
nuhl,c. The object Of which IS evidently 10 eAcu'P'
himself ;,- the calumnous assault he ace upon III,
m his s,eecb to the multitude on Monday iast
In he Nashville Wing Of last Tuesday, date, Inc
pap.r selected for the publication OF Mr. LAY spec"
on that accasion lie is reported 10 have USED me lonw
no lanrnare-"I1e referred to the appointment "' 70
. ward LIVINGSTON as Secretary ofSiate at time wheh
. ba oos dcfauIter but said he presumed the ffcs
). dent did no, reflect sufficiently upon the tendency
" such an appointment would maze VA t''e >"'''e
day several gentlemen Of the Federal wing parry m
formed me that Mr. Clay had charged me WIN appoint
nrrIy
vile great number Of my friends have stated una,
they heard Mr. Clay, speech on the occasion aliuaeu
10 and that he did declare that | had appointed UT.
Livingston Secretary of State when he was driau'cr
With this evidence before me, cannot entertain
doub, that the information which acted when
addressed vnu on Tuesday, is correct, nor IS IL al al
u,paired bv the nculpatlnn which Mr. Clay mas OIL
ered 10 the public. knowing the man as 90,
knew that he would resort to some artIhce 10 cover
his retreat from the position INTO which he haa oeeh
thrown by his vain desire To CRAFTY those VINO hao
C,lloy,d him in the raccoon and hard-cder pageantry
az the day Convicted of making an assertion winch
Il, records of the Senate, and other familiar history
moved 10 be false, he attempts to quas'iy II by
he following language: sin arguing from cause !"
" effect contended that the appointment oil UT IT.
" vrngston was a prvncI"us precru"hl-tHN' i was
;. v,r,ual urnclamann all who were or might be de-
. faulters that their nidety public trust const
tinted no irslperable barrier 10 promotion TO one
az the highest Offices III the Government ga not
attribute to Gen. Jackson knowledge -! the default
went even - lar that he mght not have re-
nrc;-d upon III" consequences 0: the appointment ~
m individual 80 situated mus; now say that uaii
Cen Jackson otherwise asserts, am constrained 10
ler, that he could not have been ignorant OF tact
So conspicuous IN the annls oi our country as lha'
Of Edward Livingston, ESQ., as Attorney OF TIE Y.
States in the District of New i"rk, during the admit
n,siration of Mr. Jefferson to the amount OF :Sl'W
$50 And all tins moral sin now made to result
no, from the fact that Mr. Livingston was dr'ahit'f
when he was appointed TO the Office OF secretary "'
State bat that lie had been some thirty years before
|, wnnd h easy show from the III" .! NE VihGS
TIM that the default here alluded 10 one winch dad
not prentirr his moral character or lessen Tie h9h
standing which he enjoyed 1T the time, ana mas since
invariably sustained wherever he has been known
Rut Is no, nv purpose here tn vIndcae the memory
or that eminent patriot aud statesman Every one can
see that cxnlancd Mr. Car places his reirr"ce
"a that ann.n,nont h. fails Ia conceal hs real design
Of raving an impression the pmhic ln'nd un'a' "ra-
biz to ny character md by rrs"r! 10 facts WHO" "nsn
examined arr Insufficient or imaginary
He cannot say IN article wch bears his signature
that ever appointed deauli"r TO or retained one III
Office KNOWN. n,i 10 be ct this was the impress.
Sim which he sought to make on the multitude that
were assembled here with him on Monday last. That
he did Then predicate tins charge the appointment
or Nj Livingston Is proved by the testimony "hich
hav, aGduccd, hat iEy vr"sur" oil IN" "alnmnY WI
meyer reach probably. those VIII" heard ~ ut"rancr'
ms culpldIUl--U"l lIidt W. nay ''"" ~
ruh, 10 argue (as he expresses IT, from cause to effect
IN the examination of my official condcct but that he
had no right to pervcrl facts for the purpose Of giving
effect 10 SANDERS Of Mr. Livingston and myself
Taking the same latitude that Mr. Clay did in his
speech and in his answer 10 my card, or by tracing
effects to their causes with impartality and justice
which i'll SANDER neither the living nor the dead, 1t
would he difficult To refer the public I" tar more
appropriate source for the evils Of which r Clay com
plains than ,lr. Livingston appointment lhis would
be the cxtrayagant extent Of the Bank paper system.
upheld as i, has been by TIE Federal party III their ct-
forts 10 make the Federal Government sGhSerrcnt TO
the schemes The stock nbrrs aud money brokers OF
this country and Europe. But do not feel called upon
here to rudica,c the of the administration on
this subject which have been long resisted by tie
party of which Mr.. Clay is the head.
Mr. Clay, when successful in the lntrgues which
made him Secretary of State, declared "gire rs pat
ron0ne and rc acW male oursc'res p0p"tnr' lie has
grasped twice at the Presidency. The people repudI-
ated the principles of the Administration OF Which he
was a prominent member. He has made an incessant
war upon every measure Of my Administrations and as
sailed the character Of every public man who has no,
favored his ambitious pretrnslons. Awaiting himself OF
the corruptions of the Bank o. the l. ;, and oil the
disasters which have brallcn the country III conSc-
qucHce Of the paper money system, he no" makes Pc-
Gus appeals The people, conccang the real causes OF
their pecuniary difficulties, and instead "l eAhof'ng
them 10 unite III maintaining the inv"iabiily ~ con
tracts and reforming the currency, he tells them 10 maze
another Bank of fifty millions.
This certainly is moi the man to here and lee
lure Tennessee morals politics, and TO pull down
or build ~ the reputation of her citizens
Nlr Clay seems 10 have considered that he was ad-
dressing n hcnigh;ed peop!c-he"rc Is hom he might
indulge his malignant disposition to SANDER the ~
inG and the dead without exposure and whose passions
might be appealed TO BY the exhibition OF empty pa
reans and flags of new device not the flag Of the
Try, indicating allegiance to our free institutions but
flags representing the evil passions OF the leaders OF the
various factions that united in the present war
against the principles of the Republican party leav"
impartial public to determine what reliance ought I"
be placed the statements of dcmagoguc thus reck-
less oitruth and dcccncy.
ANDREW JACKSON.
Nashville Friday, 2Ist Aug, $40
Gen Harrison in his reply to John Randolph, when
the latter charged him with being Frdcrast, stated,
among other things ~ which he endrnv"rrd 10 evad"
the ciarrc-s'Nor was unsupported III that opinion,
fnis being favorable to The French war hy those who
had right control my actions, if not my opinions
IN no part Of the country were those sentiments more
decidedly appreciated than by my immediate constitu-