The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-06-27

Mr.. BEsToN has published the subjoined
card in the Globe. He had referred in his
speech on the Texas treaty to the agency of
Mr.. A. V. Brown, of Tennessee, in getting
"the Gen. Jackson letter." as he calls it, as
follows:
"The war was expiring, {between MexicoI
and Texas.) The armistiee, and the inter
position ofgreat powers, was bringing it to a
close; and The day was at hand whent the re-
union of Texas would have come of itself,
and with peace aud honor, when this insiduous
scheme Of sudden and secret annexation,
and lis miserable p~retexts, was fallen upon
by our tapleSs administration. From the
moment that scheme, and its psetexts, first
revealed Itself to the public view, alta pub
lie dinner m Virginia, in the autumn of the
last year, denounced it as an intrigue, got
up for the election; aud 10 end in the dis
grace of It's authors, and in The defeat, delay,
and embarrassment of Tie measure which il
protessed 10 desire. ! particularly made this
denuncia,ion to The gentleman (Mr. A. V.
BRowN,0 who bad got the letter from Gen.
Jackson in February, 1913, and who seem
ed TO be vicariously charged with some en-
terprise on my humble self. 1t was at the
ommencene of he prescntsession of Con
gress; | answered him on the spot; as lhave
no concealments, the gentleman referred to
is al liberty to relate all that | said 10 him TO
the whole world"
Mr.. BRowN, on The floor of Congress, read
this paragraph, and taking exception to the
word .vicariousIy," denied that it could ap-
" TO him. He admitted he had a conyersa-
ton with Mr.. BENTON, called il a "chance'
conversation, and said he had brought up 'the
Gen. jackson letter to influence Mr. BENTON
The latter very coolly puts Mr.. A. V. BRowo
aside in this way:
A CARD.-My attention has been callet
to MIR. A. V, Browns statement on the foe
of the House of Representatives,, III which
he disclaims the yIcarious character attFib
uted 10 him in the affair of General Jack
sons letter, and the conversation with my
self, and in which he says 'ihe conversation
Glanced 10 fall on annexation" This is
great mistake. There was no chance abou
it. Mr.. Brown accosted me coming dow
the steps of the Capitol, and [ returned hi
salutation with entire civility; when he in
mediately began with glad to see me-wan
ed to see me-and commemorate talk upo
Texas, as a thing Of generalization, and tn
evident cause OF his wishing to see me.
seeing the Texas movement then as | see
nova scheme, ON The part of some of i
movers, to dissolve the Union-on the pa
of some others, as an intrigue for the pres
dency-and on the part of Others, & on
speak of prime movers, not the millions wi
follow,) as a land speculation and a job
scrip,-answered abruptly and warmly
may tell what. But | never attributed 10 NJ
Brown any other agency in the moveme
than the yicarious Interpolation above reft
red to; and as to his and my Van Durenis
being the same thing, | must beg to be e
cused. knew that his would evaporate VIII
aud where it did, and said so to son
friends; and | knew that mine would sta
any test. The General Jackson letter
ways appeared to me 10 have been v~icariou.
obtained; and nothing that Mr.. Brown !
now s~aidimpairs, in the slightest degree Il
first belief.
THOMAS Fl. BENTON.
Senate Chamber, June l3.