The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-09-24
GEN. JAcKsoNs REloINDER 10 NJ

oA@aNs NR&A1Osf y tANsa'AyA y OI4R ~ w
CLAY
To ne Editor Of tie NasArile talsa
SIR 81 have JUS, read IN the Banns, J
this day an article addressed By fiss7
Clay, Of Kentucky, 10 the public; ibs !,
Jeet Of which Is evidently To esculpale !.
self for the caiyminous assault he made %.
my character and that Of Edward L,yn.,
s,ou, deceased, ~ hiss speech 10 lso Il. |.
tude Of MONDAY last.
Ia the Nashville Wing Of las, TuesA,
date, the paper selected iof the pablc.l
OF Mr.. Gays speech on that oeesaoa,
is reported 10 have used the follosias i;
guage--" llo referred TO the appvaia..]
Of Edward Livingston as Secretary Of SAD
Of time when he was deiaul,ot, 81. . 1
be presumed tue President did nol Md
sufficiently upon the Tendency snca "a d,
polntmeni would have Ga the sire n
several gentlemen OF tho Federal y
Party informed me tha, Mr.. Clay had ehHe
ed me wIIk appointing delanllers to air
end since my arrival OF Nashville grea
many Of my friends have stated that ,as
heard Mr.. Clay's speech on the occssa
alloded %, end thu, be did declare lba 4
had appointed Mr.. Livingston Seefeau 4
State Nhrn he Sas deiauller.
With this evidence before ne cas.s
entertain Q doub, that the information d
0hich | acted when | addressed ,ol 81
Tuesday Is correct, nor IS ii II III la4gar.l
by tie meulpatioa which III. Clay bss q
Tered TO the public. knowing the naa d
| 90, knew be would resort 10 some ID
atlilcc to cover his retreat from the -.
ton IuIo which be had been lhroan B, S
VAIN des'rr TO qualify those who had folks.
Cd him "a the raccoon and hard cldef ..
geaniry Of the day. Convicted Of pasat
al assertion which tho records Of the -
ate ard other familiar history proved to =
false, be now attempts to qualify II by toe q,
loving language In arguing ffon cas-
10 effect, J commended that the apponasai
OF Mr. Livingston was perniclous pfets
dcnl--tEai Il was virtual pfoclanail4a .
all who we're or might be defaulter, tha
their Inhdclty 10 public trust CONSULTED
no insupsrable barrier to promotion 70 oas
OF the highest offices Ia the G0yernmenl.
| did not attribute 10 Gen. jackson knotl'
edge Of the default. | went even - iaf .
70 say that he might not have reflected 9pas
The consequences Of The appointment d q
individual SO situated mus, nov say TIT
uni' Gen. Jackson, Otherwise asserts, ! 40
constrained 10 believe that he cnad not hsts
been ignorant Of o fact SO conspicuous q
The nnnals Of our country as That OF the O.
Iauli Of Edward Livingston, Esq as AIid'
ney OF the United Slaiea IN the District q
New York, during the administration Of W.
Jefferson, 10 the amount Of Sl00 600 :
Aud al this mortal SIN Is nov made to re-
suit, not from The fact that Mr.. LlsIags'a
vas deiauIler aheu he was appointed 70
he office Of Secretary Of State, bu, Ihst %
lad been guilty some thirty years belofe,
I would be easy 10 show from the be- q
hr. Livingston that the default here aIIao'
ID TO was one which did mol prejudice Us
moral character, or lessen the high sia1s'
ng which he euJlyad nj the time, and has
incc invariably sustained wherever be hai
cen known. But 1t IS not my purpose be"
vindlraie the memory Of thai em'neh
atrioi and statesman. Every one can SO
hat, explained az Mr.. Clay now places fIi
eierencc TO that appointment, ho tails y
nnceal his real design Of leaving 81 ita
ression on the public mind uutayoraOle y
~ charalcr, and byn resort 10 facts whle8
hen eNamInedare insufficient or lmaelas'F
lie cannot say, ~ an article which oeaf'
10 signature, that ever appointed &C.
utter or retained him in office KNOWING
I'm TO DO one. Yet this Was The lmpres
on which he snugh, TO make on the a'or
Iude thai were assembled here with hl'p
J Monday last. That he did then pie.
cato this charge on the appointment =
r. Livingston, ls proved by the Testimony
bich have adduccd, bu, my exposure +"
o oalumny will never reach, probap''
osc who heard iis ntierauce. Ihls 8''
y c0nplaint-no' tia, Mr., Clay had f0'