The true Democrat., 1856-08-05
From the Nashville Union and American Letter from Andrew Jackson.
He1ulit00e ,June 26 1S5e

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 GENTLEMEN: Be kind enough to give the following letter an insertion in your paper:
 Within the last few weeks, several indiyidu- als, claiming to have been personal friends of General Andrew Jackson, have published let. terS addressed to themselves, under the seal of confidence and friendship, which were never intended for publication, and are calculated to wound the feelings of many persons who stood nlsh m the estimation of General Jackson to the close of his life The object of these pub-
 IcatohS Is so manifestly for the advancement oi petty, personal ambition, and to iniure or destroy those who stand in the way of these mouslnS schemes, that no good motive can DOS slbly be attributed to those who are gratifvino morbid public appetite. It seems that they are willing, for the qualification of their own passions, to raise the curtain of the past. omen tres, over which the ashes have long since oa- thered, and destroy, as far as their pnnv ef- forts can accomplish it, the universal venera- ton, with which the name of General Jackson Is regarded.
 The undersigned as the adopted son, erecator and t'4stea friend of Gen. Jackson protests (most solemnly) against this interruptions use or the p,70ate and c0nfdential correspondence or ms father and he appeals most confidently to the public to sustain him in this protest he
 hlmsell, was the repository of most of his fa- ther's private papers, and has never consented to the publication of ony of them, because he believes that no such addition can be made wiIn justice to the memory of the deceased uhtll the men who served with him have passed rom the stage of action. It would. however De unIalr to the feelings of those who may have been touched by the extracts or full letters from Uen. Jackson, heretofore published, to with hold the testimony of the undersigned. that up to the close of his life he entertained for Pre- sldent Polk and Hon. James Buchanan. the highest esteem and affection. In many con- versatlons during his declining years, when in the full freedom of firesde ease, he spoke free ly ot thelr eminent services and moral worth on no occasion did he ever intimate to his fa. mlly that hls confidence in them had ahated or hls kindly feelings towards them undergone any change. It is we'll known to all who were well acquainted with Gen. Jackson. that he chung with intense pertinacity to the interests of those "whom he regarded as friends-as s0mea0hat depe'1dants, ard whom he had raised up by his patronage" These persons freuuent ly Gas can and might easily be shown) appeal ed earnestly to him for assistance in advancing their own schemes and views even to the close of hls life. Whilst suffering under painful wlthering disease, and earnestly pressed by every artfuEsuggestion, he would have been more than human if he had not pe,maitteI CT. press'o''s cf naoneatary irritation to creep into private letters, and the fault of their expres- sion was not in him who wrote, but rather in those whom he universally trusted.
 The letter of Gen. Jackson in regard to Mir Buchanan, written in February, 1915, (dated 28th,) extracts from which have been recently ,ts precisely one of that character and written under the circumstances above alluded to, and did not contain any deliberate convic- ton of his mind, as s simply shown by his cordial treatment of Mir. Buchanan during his whole administration-his appointment to Rus Sla-hls subsequent recommendation of him to the freside conversations with his family, to whch have before alluded to.
 It Is not the intention of the undersigned in this publication, to interfere in the political con- ficts of the day, or to do anything further than to protect the reputation and fame of his fa- ther and preserve the consistency and harmo- ny of character dear to the whole American people. ANDREW JACKSON.