The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-10-06
Eron, the Louisrtlle JoutnaL.

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TI0NS.
Some weeks ago we published a statement
IN regard to Gen. Cass's land specnlauons
whilst he was Secretary Of War uader Gen.
Jackson, We stated that lie was a member OF
an association got up for specializing in West
ern lands; that the association consisted OF
himself, The Hon. Henry Hubbard, the Hon.
IL. o. j. Smith, and the Hon. Mr.. MarkHe;
that Gen. Cass had the selection Of the agent
of the association and bound himself to be
responsible for his acts; that the members OF
the association, after considerable time, made
a fruitless effort to obtain a settlement! with
Cass; that Mr.. Hubbard wrote to him de-
n%ouncing him as o villain, and that Cass was
silent under the charge Our statement was
made on the authority of the Hon. F. y. J..
Smith, oneyof the members Of the association,
but we nust eay~in justice TO him that he did
not give ii il writing. He made it verbally to
one Of his friends, at the same time asking
that friend to repeat 1t to us and request us 70
publish il, and the friend in question wrote it
out for our use. We make this ex planation tore
lieve Mr. Smith from imputations on account
Of any slight error that may have grown out
Of his friends Misunderstanding or misrecol-
lection.
Nh. Kercheval, the agent Of the association
selected by Gen. Case, sent US a letter which
, our readers no doubt remember. That letter,
as we stated at the time OF its publication, and
as we can prove, came to us in the handwrit-
ing Of Gen. Cass himself. Gen. ass, in the
said letter, writing in the name of Mr. Ker-
chevaI, dtnied every portion Of the statement
i. published by US, except indeed the mainland
, important fact, that whilst a member Of the
, Executive cabinet, he got up powerful asso-
citation for speculation in the public lalds
Gen. Cass, in that letter, writing as we before
said in Mr.. Kerchev rs name, denied al
F. knowledge Of N.Y. Hubbard's having addressed
< an abusive letter t. hiln'on the subject Of tht
@ business Of the association. II then Hubbard
did address a letter to Coss, and if the ker
cheyal letter, as we can prove, is in | ass;
handwriting, Cass is unquestIonably guilty o
downwrite talsehood recorded in black anC
white.
A few days ago. we addressed a letter Il
Mr.. Smith upon The subject Of the statemen
: published by us and Gen, Cass's denial of it
Mr.. Smith has answered, and we subjoin hi
answer. lie fully vetiies all the matera
Il portions Of the statement, giving a n%arrativ
at the facts which reads as it it might be re
lied on implicitly, We know that he quote
the contract of the association correctly, 10
we have a full copy OF that contract before u
signed by all the parties, Gen. Cass included
~ According to Smiths exposition, Gen, Gas
has refused to this day to comply with tn
solemn obligation into which he entered !
s lre contract, he has refused to be respoAslO'
J.; for the faithfulness Of his agent, he has reIu'
ed to reimburse his associates for their losst
y, sustained through tie agents violation OF I'll
4 articles OF association, and he has thus, as yer
many if not all candid men will think, expos
/. ed himself 10 the charge Of dishonesty a'Iese
to have been made against him i'll the letter
letters of Mr.. Hubbard, To what Mr.. Smlt
IN saws Of these letters we particularly lnVl'
ms publjc attention. MIR. S. says hat the pn
mort 81 the letters was stated to hlt9 by NJ
Hubbard, and that lhgir character was drScfl
ed to him BY Gen. Coss. himself, VINO said the
were SO denunciatory and abusive that I
n,oId take No notice Of them, Gen. Cass q
The contrary, writing TO US in Mr.. KerchevaI
name, protests that he has no knowledge
anv such letters from MIR. Hubbard. 1t tn,
H. becomes important, in order to Tx the tails
to hood where it / belongs, to verify the TACT tn
On. the Kercheval letter is in Cass's handwrltIn
TO- With that view we have forwarded it 10 y
nd troit:
ed 70 the Editorsq Of The Louisville Journal.
'rt lfe Forest Home, near Portland, Maine,
M.a sIa4 September |, l848'
Dear Sirs:I am in receipt of your esteem
= favor Of the lAth ult.. which was forward
from Boston hither, in my absence from be
= places. In respect to the articles, publish
n vour paper calculating General Cass's la
operations with Mr.. Hubbard myself, a
Others, | have seen only an extract from a .
Gle article and am unable to say what ext'
Of error may have crept into the reports
the subject, have seen an allusion in so
" paper 10 a letter from Mr.. Kercheval, the !
oSe mer agent Of the Cass land association, assn
sell ing to contradict some or somebody's sta
ment, but Of whose or what am unintorm
For your guidance and the correction OF .
: misconceptions that have arisen in any NH
! on the subject. will state the facts, such
} Of Can Gas, win neither contradict nor auth