Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-03-19
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AN ANCIENT WRONG REDREssED.

A remarkable and certainly decisive statement
as TO a very memorable political accusation has
been placed in our minds. Its publication seems
clearly due not only TO Inc eminent man "ho"
it greatly in Ired, but to tho country at large,
still possessed IN many quarters WIN a De''ei
tia, the charge in question was we'll grounded,
md had been sa5sianiiated The letter which
we snbioin mus, for ever d,sabuse all men OF any
such impression, and viudicaie the inJlred De
yond all further possibility OF doubt.
Tho lapse Of fifteen or sixteen years has oil
course lief, upon most mems minds the vaguely
unfavorable conclusions, of which we have Jist
spoken, rather than any certain memory OF The
facts exceedingly slight in .hemselves) which
were alleged, and never proved. To revive
them in our own mind NC have REQUIRED TO the
follow Jog summary, which was given al Tho tune
bv Mr.. Niles, in his Register. lSee vol. 81, p.
1921 LISA brief history Of the case, and pre-
scn,s the main facts and proofs.
PoLlrIcs- As il is probable that interesting
political events will grow out Of tho matters sta
ted below, we give them an Insertion at ms
time. and without comment as 10 tho facts sci
forth. :,
Tho Fayetteville fN. c. Observer published
Tho following letter. said to he written by Il high
ly respectable Vrgil,an, then in Tennessee:
NASHVILLE, March 8, 1927.
81 have lust returned from General Jackson's.
found a crowd Of company with him; seven
Vrp,nians were Of the number. He gavc me "A
most IfleUUly Gu 1t hth uSCh mo w So
some DAYS longer witt, HIM. lie told me this
morning, before all his company, in reply to a
question put him concerning the election OF }.
q. Adams to the Presidency, that Mr.. CIay's
friends made n proposition to his friends mat II
they would promise, for him, not TO put Mr..
Adams into the seat OF Secretary Of State, Clay
and his friends would, in one hour, make h1m,
Jackson, the President. He most Indignantly re
iected The proposition, and declared he would not
comproni, himself; and unless most openly and
fairly made the President, by Congress, he would
never receive it. He declared that he SAID To
them he woaid sec tho whole earth sink under
him before he would bargain or intrigue for 1t.
A correspondent Of the Democratic Press, IN
der date of Washington, 18Th April, 1877, hay
ing quoted tho preceding letter says:
'After reading this extraordinary declaration
Of General Jackson, before all his company
called on Mr.. Clay and inquired if he knew any
thing about II. lie replied, without hesitation,
and with his accustomed frankUess, 'ihat The state
meni ,ha: his friends lad mnde sich a proposition
ns the letter describes TO the friends OF General
jackson, was, ms far as he knew or believed, ut
terly destitute Of foundation; that he was unwil
ling To believe that General Jackson had made
any such latemeni; bat hat no matter with whom
il had originated. he was fully persuaded II was
a gross fabrication, of the same calninnious char
acter with Kremer story, pnt forth tor the double
purpose Of lnjlrinG his public character and prop
ming The cause Of General jackson; and that
for himself and his friends. he DETIED the cub
s,antIa,ion of the charge before any fair trsbn-
nal whatever."
[rhc writer goes on and offers arguments why
the declaration ascribsd to General Jackson coat
not be true; but we shall not copy them Just nos"
The washington Telegraph of the 9Th uit
asserts tina, tho editor, Mr.. Greco, in March
1925, heard General Jackson make the same
statement as is contained in the letter published
in the Fayetteville Observer.
The "National Journal' Of the 2Sth. speaking
of tho "Fayerteyillo letter. and Mr.. Green's Ell
dorsement OF its veraciiy, says:
ale General Jackson) now stands before tht
nation as The direct public accuser of Mr.. ClaN
and his friends and, by inference, Of MIR. Ad
n,ns also. The accusation has been delIberatel,
denied. And if General Jackson shot'd not sus
tain it by competent and credible proof. the Amer
lean public viii no, be restrained by the gratetn
respect which they have hitherto cherished fo
him, from characterizing The charge ne. IN that G
vent, it will deserve TO be considered"
So things stand at present; and their condi'io'
has been rendered such that, we suppose, the.
cauno, well stop where they are. II these dec'a
ratinns have been made by General Jackson, h
will not suffer them TO remain Impeached, hu
come forward and sustain them; IT, on tho nthe
hand, he has been misrepresented or misunderstood
he doubtless will say so. u would seem 10 II
tha, the afr.i r has reached a poin, whereat ono %
the other IS due 10 the public intelligence an
public reason.
VIRGINIA, MIDpLEsEx COUNTY. URBASA.
FEBRUARY 8, 1912.
Dear Sir: II will be no doubt a matter OF som
ns,onishment 10 YOU in receiving from me III
present address: will no, preface j, with an
kind of apology, because. IN doing H., Justify m,
mind in tho discharge of on net of conscience an
nduty that l feel the u'mos. pleasure IN perform
ing.
Although the time is quite far gone since
became very innocentiv instrumental in circuln
ting Throughout. the country a very great attacI
upon your character and virtue as q gentleman