Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1844-11-30

in The Florida .treatv 4xas, before IL Wsi
finally proposed 10 the Spanish minister
Onis, by the direction Of President Jane.
Monroe, shown by me o the hero for hi.
opinion and advice, which was in rs favor. y
All this statement pronounce now, as
did the first one, when made eight year.
ago, a falsehood. If Mr.. Monroe wished
my opinion and advice, why did he no,
ask il himself? He knew that came tc
| Washington under impressions with regard
to the movements in his cabinet to arrest
me, which would not allow me 10 have
interviews, or hold communication with
either Mr.. Crawford or Mr.. Adams. Soon
after the triumphant vote Of the House ol
Representatives, aequi,ting me of all the
improper conduct alleged in the resolutions
of Clay and Cobb, l left the city Of WASH
ington. Having, the day after the vote,
visited the representative body by invita-
tion, think on the next left the city for
West Point Academy. This base false
hood was. ! thought, nailed to the counter,
when first made by Mr.. Adams, by the
Globe, and there il las stuck for wears
but on the eve Of the Presidential election,
/ and when Mr.. Adams might well have
supposed me nearly dead, and SO entirely
enfeebled by sickness as to be incapable Of
reply, lie produces it again, with ew
face upon it. Providence, kind to me, h;,s
disappointed him; and again declare tha.
this new-vamped statement that was con-
suited by him on the boundary of the
Florida treaty before it was made, and
that agreed to the boundary proposed
the Sabine-is positirely false, his pretended
diary 70 the cont,a'y Notwithstanding.
| What honorable or just man can repose
belief on his statements, after his receiv-
ing from DR.. Mayo the copy of letter
marked confidential, and producing and
reading It to the House Of Representatives;
and urging that l meant the reverse of its
express instructions, to prove me guilty Of
dHplicity! This letter was to Judge Full
ton, then acting Governor of Arkansas. in
the absence of Gov. Pope. He adams
saw it, marked confidential. He also knew
that it was purloined from me BY his ac-
complice in this transaction, and, If an
honorable man, would at once have re-
turned it to me. Instead Of this, he kept
it, and read it TO the representative branch
Of Congress, and totally perverted IFS
meaning. Was there ever such dishonor-
able conduct praciised Ly any man Of the
least pretension to respectability before?
But this is an act of pertidy on the part of
one once holding the elevated station of the
presidency! True. he obtained it by bar
gain, intriei =, and corruption; but the dis
tinction should have impaired some con-
slderation for The puLlic's sense of honor,
II he himself lal no sense of the kind.
but has interest now prompts him to shield
himself from the charge Of giving away
to Spain, by the treaty of 1919. the great
er part OF Louisiana as ceded hy France
to the United States by tile treaty Of 1903.
extending to the Rio Grande Del Norte.
and he fabricates the positive falsehood
that, before submitting it to Onis, he con.
suited me, and ! agreed to the Sabine az
the boundary. In proof, he cites diary
prepared by himself to suit an emergency.
and produces it eight years after It was
called for by the issue made by me in re-
gard to the fact il wass referred to for the
purpose Of vouching. Ihope he will make
known 10 the public what his diary saws
as to the purloined letter taken from me.
and handed 10 him by DR.. Mayo, marked
Has he noted in his diary
that he knew this purloined letter was
stolen, and that his reading az LAWYER
taught him, that in contemplation Of law.
the receiver of stolen goods, knowing
them to be stolen, was as bad as the thief.
if he converted them to his own
use ?.
But the bold, daring, and unblushing
falsehood in his address, where (attending
10 the Congressional proceeding touching
my conduct in the Seminole campaign, he
says my acts in Florida were condemned
BY the unanimous voice of both Houses of
Congress, caps the climax. Who, after
such bareiaced falsehood as this, pro-
in the face Of the journals Of Con-
gress, which show that the House Of
Representatives, by large majority, on
Clay and Cobb's resolutions, exonerated
me from all censure and blame, can feel
anything but contempt for such reckless
The man must be mad. or
he is lost to all sense Of shame as well AZ
truth.
| have been interrupted at least ten
times since ! began this letter, By compa-
ny, and write with great pain; but am so
anxious to bring the address Of j. @. Ad-
ans, in connection with the circumstances y
in my recollection, to your view, that |
could not consult my ease, or allow. care
for health to impose restraint. hone
you will show him in his true colors 10
the American people.
Your friend, in haste.
ANDREW JACKSON.
F. p. BLAIR,Esq.