The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-09-01

(which he relies % testify his BEHALF and that
the verdict, which the people are to render, de-
ponds upon the crsdiBility of this witness. Ifin
case in Court, it should appear IN evidence, that
witness had received s6S,799 16, as. a reward
for having testified in behalf OF ono of the par
ties litigant, for one year, and that that compen-
sation had been increased, as it appears from the
list of documents, voted during the present ses-
sion of Congress, would such witness be be-
lieved on his oath?
Could | give more striking illustl alton of the
utter disregard of truth, of gross venality' In
1885 Mr., Rives voted to pension the Globe, and
the Globe praised him. In 1885 MIR. Calhoun
voted against pensioning the Globe, and the
Globe denounced him. In 1888 MIR. Calhoun
voted for the Editor of the Globe as printer to
Congress, and the Globe praises him. In ls4G
MIR. Rives is opposed to the reelection of Mr.
Van Buren,, upon whom the Globe is dependent,
and the Globe denounces him. This is the Globe
Amos Kendall and F. P. Blair. They fight for
those who pay them, and they are now in the
employ of those who pay without stint.
This may be a good apology for the abuse they
pour out on Gen, Harrison, but it is not sufi-
cient reason for us to believe what they say
They.are hired witnesses, paid to SANDER and
indeed the very personation Of MIR. Kendall's re-
mark that
''The propensity to lying becomes so typanni-
cal and despotic, that it does not require the
81 H.,
the contrary, INDUCES itself in the most un-
bounded license, from the mere force of habit,
and in the absence of all temptation"
GENERAL. JACKSON AND MR.. CLAY.
We publish below letter from General jack
son to the Nashville Union, and Mr.. Clay's reply.
The contrast between the letter and the reply,
must be source of deep modification to the
personal friends of the President, and of gratk-
cation to those of Mr.. Clay. Those who are i'm
different as between these eminent citizens, can
not but regret the exhibition of so much temper
and ll-judged egotism, on the part of one who
has filed so high station, while the calm and
dispassionate reader cannot but in the passion
of General jackson, and the dignifed reply of
Mr., Clay, evidence that the one is irritated and
the other gratifed at the course of events
showing, SO far as their concurring opinions can
do so, that the end of the present corrupt dy
nasty is at hand. The following is the letter
and the reply: ~
To the Editor of the Union
SIR: Being informed that the Hon. Henry Clay
of Kentucky, in his public speech at Nashville,
Yesterday, alleged that had appointed the Hon.
Edward Livingston Secretary OF State when he
was a delaulter and knowing him to be one, |
feel that | am justified in declaring the charge
to be false. 1t is known to all the country that
the nominations made by the President to the
Senate are referred to appropriate committees of
that body, whose duty il is to inquire into the
character Of the nominees, and that If there is
any evidence Of default, or any disqaalifying
circumstance existing against them, rejection
of the nomination follows. Mr., Livingston was
member Of the Senate, from the State OF Lou
isiana, when he was nominated by me. Can
MIR. Clay say that he opposed the confirmation
of his nomination, because he was defaulter2
If so, the journals of the Senate will answer
But his confirmation by the Senate is conclusive
proof that no such objection, if made, was sus-
tanned; and | am satisfied that such charge
against him could not have been substantiated
am also informed that Mr.. Clay charged me
with appointing Samuel Swartwout Collector of
the port OF New York, knowing that he had been
an associate of Aaron Burr To this charge it is
proper to say that 1 knew Of Mr. Swartwout's
connection with Aaron Burr, precisely as | did
that of Mr.. Clay himself, who, if the history of
the times did not do him great injustice, was far
from avoiding an association with Burr when he
was at the town of Lexington in Kentucky
Yet Mr.. Clay was appointed Secretary of State,
and may say confidently with recommendations
for character and fitness not more favorable than
those produced to me by citizens of New York
in behalf of MIR. Swartwout. Mr. Clay, toe, at
the time of his own appointment to that high
office, it will be recollected was directly charged
throughout the Union, with having bargained
for it, and by none was this charge more earnest
ly made than by his present associates in Ten
nessee, Messrs. Bell and Foster.
Under such circumstances, how contemplate
does this demagogue appear, when he descends
from his high place in the Senate and roams over
the country, retailing ISLANDERS against the living
and the dead.
ANDREW JACKSON.
Hermitage, Aug. is, 1910.
We have been favored with the following card
from Mr.. Clay, in reply to the foregoing extra
ordinary paper His treatment of the attack. il
will be seen, affords singular contrast 10 the
rude, ungenerous, and uncalled-for language of
his accuser
TO THE PUBLIC.
Your surprise, l am quite sure, will be as
great as mine was, on the perusal of note,
signed Andrew jackson, addressed to the editor
of the Nashville Union, and bearing date of the
| 18th inst.
| The circumstances of my present visit to Nash
vile are well known here. declined repeated
invitations to attend the Convention holden on
the LIT INST, and finally yielded to an unusual
appeal, with which was honored, and which it
would be difficult for any man to resist.
Twas called upon to address the Convention.
In what terms Of respect and, for his military
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