Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-11-26

neWvamped statement that was consult,
ed by HIM on the boundary Of Florida
treaty before it was made, and then
agreed to the boundary propOsed-the
SabiDe--is posilivelJ false, his pretended
diary TO The contrary Notwithstanding.
What honorable sr just man can repose
belief on his statement, after his receiving
Frem DR.. Mayo the copy Of a letter mark
ed confidential, and producing and read
ing il to The House of Representatives
and arguing that meant the reverse of
lis express instruction, 10 prove me guilty
of dupllcilyf This letter was TO Judge
Fulton, then acting governor Of Arkansas
in the absence Of Gov. Pope. He TAD"
ams) saw it, marked confidential. He
also knew that il was purloined from me
by his accomplce in this transaction,
and, il an honorable man, would al once
have resurned it TO me. Instead Of this,
he kept, and read it to the representative
branch OF Congress, and totally perverted
its meaning. Was there ever such dis.
honorable conduct practiced by any man
ot the least PretensOn TO responsibility
before! But this is an act OF perfdty Cd
the part Of one once holding the elIvatsd
station Of the presidency! True, he ob.
tanned it by intrigue, bargain and corrup.
tSn, but the distinction should have i'm.
parted some consideration Tor the public's
sense OF honor, il he himself had no sense
Of the kind. But his interest now prompts
him to shield himself from the charge of
giving away 10 Spain, by the treaty Of
1919, the great part Of Louisiana as ce-
ded, by France to the United States by
the treaty of 1903, extending 10 the Rio
Grande Del. NorIe and he fabricates the
positive falsehoOd that, before submitting
it to Onis, ne consulted me, and agreed
to the Sabine as the boundary. In proof
he cites diary prepared by himssll 10
suit an emergency, and produces it eight
years slter it was called for by the issue
made by me in regard TO the fact it was
referred To for the purpose Of vouchng.
| hope he will make known to tho public
what his diary says as 10 the purloned let.
Ter tsken from me, and handed to him by
Dr. Mayo, marked confidential. Has he
noted in his diary that he knew this pur-
loined letter was sloIen,and that his reads
ing as lawyer taught him, that in con-
temptation of law, the receiver of stolen
goods, knowing than to be stolen, was.as
bad as the thief, especially ifhe converted
them to his own uses
But the bold, daring, and unblushing
falsehood in his address, where (atlending
TO the congressional proceeding touching
my conduct in the Seminole campaigDI
he says my acts in Florida were con-
demned by the unanimous voice of both
Houses of Congress, cal the cIimsx.-
WHO, after such bare aced falseheod as
this, pronounced in the face of the Jour.
nails of Congress, which show that the
House of Representatives. by large
on Clay's and Cebb's resolutions
axoneraled me from all censure and
blame, can feel anything but contempt for
su ch reckless calumniatorH The man
must he mad, or he is lost 10 all sense
Of shame as we'll as truth.
have been interrupted at least ton
lines since began this letter, by CONF
paDy, and write with great pain, but am
so anxious to bring the address of John
Q. Adams, in connection with the circum
stances in my recollection, to your view,
that could not consult my ease, or ale
ow care for health to impose restraint.
hope you will show him in his true cole
prs TO the American psople.
Your friend, in haste
ANDREW JACKSON.
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