Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-01-04
THE DAILY TIMES.

judices considered-Another intery;ew ,nfh Mr.
| Polk ' '''' ''" '"''" LII
Mr. Rves reserves, however, as the eou d e,ocs III,
objections which Gen. Jackson made to the sale Of III,
Globe-partlcularly to us. That the Old Hero wa,
strongly attached to Mr.. Blairtha he had unboundee
confidence in him, and that he blamed Mr. Poil 10,
changing the official editor as the most unfortunate ac
OF his ife-s unquestionable that independently q
these considerations he had objections to ourse we ar,
lree to confess But we do not believe that he made thu
alluson to ourself which Mr. Rves has the ungenerou
art to attribute TO him. Is owing to an nsdious spiri
OF misrepresentation or to the confusion of bunder
ing intellect that he has so stated the make
Messrs. Blair & Rives-"U you sell, get your money
don't trust them? ?" Does Mr. Rives pretend that those
expressions were used against us2 And yet he so man
ages to state the ease He says these are his
WORDS; but that Mr. Blair has the letter, who lives in
.he country and that he, orsooth, Cannot spare the
time 1--WE suppose from digging his potatoes and gath
erng ms cabbages ito go there and make literal quo
tatlon OF course all this is made to apply to u.s. to
whom in the next sentence, he refers as "the purcha
sers OF the Globe establishment What will an honor
able reader say when he assured we have no esta-
ZION ID nerrng from all the circumstances of the trans
action that this declaration OF General Jackson has
alluson to ourselves This u.s. by-the-by no new sto-
ry 1t was brought up in 1885, and attempted to be turn
ed against u.s. as the reader will by the following
artlcle, which we published in the Union of july o.
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eve kno,o the name which is indicated by in
zen. Jacksons private letter, published by VIM B.
addressed to gentleman in this city by Gen Jackson
| L was not Richie; and the Richmond Times and
Compiler will therefore, be pleased to clear our name
rom any vague aluson which it may have made to us
We think it right also, add that the person referred
to by Gen. jackson had part in purchasing the Globe
or in establishing the Union"
AS well as we recoec General Jackson alludes in
Inc letter published by Maj or Lewis to a bankrupt
merchant, and broken-down politician who, he uu-
derstood. was concerned in The negotiation for the pur
chase OF the Globe We know the of the parties
referred 10, but it not Richie & Heiss The seven
stars answered to the name of politician from Penn.
sylyania whose is specified in one of his letters
to MIR. Blair. Did not Mr.. Rlves know this b
AND why does he seek to bring down upon our head
| the whole force OF General Jackson's name! That
the old General may not have liked ustiat he had no
confidence in u.s. as Mr.. Rives says-rnay be more or
less true We were originally and strongly opposed to
General Jaeksons election, because he was regarded
as mere military man. until those noble civil quaica.
tons burst upon the country, with that iron will which
was necessary to subdue the crisis in which he acted
General Jackson had won upon our respect before he
was run the second time in 1925 The uanrnity with
which he bore his defeat by Mr.. Adams had gained
our respect Another fact had satisfied that in COM
parson OF the alarming federal doctrines Of Mr. Adams,
General jackson was sound republican, and true
rights constructonst. We remember perfectly
well the letter which we from his pen in relation
to to Mr. Adams's skyght message We had comment
the orce OF our pen. We arrayed all the doctrines OF
me Jeersonlan school against it. That number oil the
richmond Enquirer was sent to him by General Hous-
ton, along with letter business In repy the old
man adopted all the opinions we expressed in that com
mentary: This letter was intended for political
effect 1t was not designed for the press But a par
llcuiar Trend OF ours then in Congress- obtained the
original and showed it to US, satisfactory evidence
that General jackson would prove perfectly safe DO
lltlcian, and worthy OF the confidenc, of Virginia.
WIN now much zeal we then supported his election
WIN now much honest zeal We attempted to support his
admlnstratonit is surely unnecessary for us to saw
Wesought 10 make the amende honorable as far as was
IN our power; and surely his firm and glorious admin
sraon deserved IN hundred ways, the confidence of
| the nation
We cannot believe but that the early preudices which
Gen. Jackson conceived against 1924 were shaken
~ the events OF 1873, and othe eight succeeding years.
we cannot thlnk SO poorly OF this great mans magma
nimy as to suspect him OF the hostile feelings which
MI Rlves attributes to him. True we never came to
washington, during The whole course of his admins
tratoD, TO bend the knee to power propitiae his
friendship. We never wrote to him but upon two oc-
casions; and the most important Of these was when the
crisis was coming on in South Carolina, Immediately
after his reelection; and took the liberty of adde's.
ing hlm whilst he was preparing his message in 1882
and frankly begged him TO indulge in no violent de-
nuncatonS threats OF force against that State The
President sent US copy OF his annual message, and
wrote us short letter. in which he called our attention
to the spirit OF that document, and trusted it would be
satisfactory to oursef and the country 1t was perfect
ly so-marked as il was by tone of great dignity
and moderation But seven days alter ION the llth Of
Dece mber, 1882 the proclamation was issued, which
affected tor long time the politics OF this nation And
yet it was TO General Jackson's wise nterpostion,
through an able letter written by General Cass then
Secretary OF War; and addressed to ourself that the
country was indebted for the appointment Of commits
sioner OF Virginia in 1888, who appealed to the best
feelings OF South Carolina. and first arrested the pro-
gress OF notification Having, therefore, personal
intercourse with Gen. jackson, and really very little
correspondence, we had very little opportunity otknow-
ing his private feelings towards US; and yet if Mr. Rives
describes his feelings correctly bound 10 view
Jackson as aman OF stronger preudces and of less
magnanimy than we have suspected. And vet
| we have occasionally heard Of compliments which he
has paid u.s. and of the he had taken in our des
| IA with ind
ness and confidence than he extended to US in March
1887, when his public sun about to SET and new
star was rising in the eastern horizon. We have some
evidence OF this feeling in the following kind article
which we lind in the Globe ofthe 18th March, 1887:
| MR.. RlTcHIE.-We invite attention to Mr. Rtchie's
Glanee at Affairs in Washn gton. on his return rom
the Inauguration. lie was received by the late and
present Presidents with the most marked respect kind
ness, and confidence Everything in regard to the pol
icy OF the past or coming administrations was as far az
he wished, frankly laid open to him. lie speaks then
ID all ne says, on an authority that would deceive
MN or the public. It'll gratifying that heart
ed noble minded republican well impressed with the
state Of Things at headquarters on the opening OF the
new administration"
| We could .rspeat-what we published at the time
one OF the most interesting conversations we ever had
whilst we were parting with General Jackson, on the
morning OF the 9th March, 1887 and for the last time
with our hands clasped tor some minutes whilst the
conversation was going on upon his celebrated procla-
nation, and the authoritative exposition that subse-
quently published in the Globe partly at our request
But It IS already IN print and we will not occupy our
space in repeating it,
May we throw oursef upon the lberaly of our read.
ers for making further extracts from the Globe p
Pressed we are under circumstances that would in
woke the magnanimity of liberal man--abused and
we believe much illuminated by Mr.. Rves-we hope
we do not too much exceed the bounds of modesty in
laying before them these additional extracts from the
Washington Globe. Francis P. Blair was for many
years our most disinterested and devoted trendsran
ger as we were TO his person until March, 1887. lie
was the euogist Of the edmond Enquirer extrava-
giant, we fear during the administrations OF both
Jackson and Van Buren,. We are indebted to him for
thousand couresies which we are still proud to
knowledge. Ii he has ceased to be our friend we
know not the reason, unless some difference in our
views OF men and things should have affected feel
he has conferred upon US in Aud Lang Syne; and we
now reprint with pride and gratitude, some oil the kind
things he was won't to say Of the Enquirer. Reader,
excuse us. Ascibe, if you please, their republication