Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1856-08-21

would entirely change the whole meaning of
a sentence As we understand the matter
the whole credit to be given to the extract
rests open the assertion Of Major Lewis.
that he has furnishd the copy of it for publ
cation By the very fact of thus abusing
the confidence reposed III him by General
Jackson, he forfeits all claim to crcdibiity.
The fact that he has suppressed the residue
of the letter furnishes strong evidence that
the extract is either not genuine. or that il
is garbed and altered 50 as to pervcrt its
true meaning. Every honorable mind is Jus.
titled in pronouncing it u probable forgery,
unless Major Lewis produces the whole let.
ter, in Gen. Jackson's own hand writing, and,
together with it the letter of his own to
which 1t was an answer. The gentleman be-
fore alluded to not only asserts, as a fact sus-
ceptible of proof, that Gen Jackson ap
proved the selection of MIR. Buchanan by
Mr.. Polk as a member of his cabinet before
the appointment was made, but that, after it
was made, and after the date of the preten-
ded letter to Major Lewis, Gen. jackson
wrote to Mr.. Polk expressing his cordial
satisfaction at the appointment of Mr. Bu
chanan. This letter is in existence, and its
contents are so directly contradictory of the
pretended extract, that it strongly corrob-
CRATES the conclusion that the extract as a for.
gerry"
Now the chief object of this communication
is to expose TINS base attempt at imposturo
on the part of the Union. 1t is true that
Andrew jackson Jr., has written two let
ters, i'll which he speaks of the letter to Ma
jor Lewis, but IN neither does he dare to queS-
tion the authenticity q Tie extract. On the
contrary, he admits its geauineness, but sus-
pectsi il the whole letter was published it
might uot be so hard on Mr.. Buchanan. He
co2ias the extract in one of his letters. pre-
c4elii = it with the remark: The following
extract rom one Of my fther's private and
confidential letters" Again he says: "
Y furthermore that the above paragraph
(.l9 extract from the letter to Mai. Lewis,
gwen abovc) acas CHILLED forth By irritation,
pr0duced' &c. LII no instance does he dare
to throw doubt upon the extract as YER
liable production Of Gen. Jackson. The
paragraph contains all that is said in the
letter upou the subject of the saoder Oh Mr.
Clay and Of course, the put licaton OF the
whole letter could not alter ms sense it any
way.
Ii the letter contained word or an idea
which would benefit Mr.. Buchanan, we sup
pose, Of course, his fraend Andrew Jackson
Jr,, would publish it, Ed, Am Organ]
The cabinet officer alluded to in the Union
is Hon. Gave Jolls,n. H. intina .cs tht
the letter is not in General jackson S hand
writing-that words or sentences may have
been erased, &c. These are grave imputa-
tons upon the honesty Of gentlemen i'll every
respect the peers Of Hon. Gave johnson. 1t
would have been more honorable had he, in
stead Of making them, examined the letter
aud satisfied his doubts, if he really had any
doubts. The letter is at the banner office
within stones throw Of the Bank of Ten
nesscc, where he johnson spends his days,
and he together with all other democrats
have a standing invitation to call and read
it.
In response to his intimation will say
that the letter IS IN the handwriting of Gen.
Jackson that there is neither an erasure or
an intcrlineation in it, and that it has been
examined by honorable democrats who admit
its gcnuineness, while they lament its exist
ence. Under these circumstances, the at
tempt of Cave Johoson and A. o. ?. Mich.
olson to create the impression that the letter
has been garbled or is forgery is III
the highest degree discroditable to them as
honorable men. BY lending themselves tt
such an unworthy arti6ce to impose upon thu
people, they descend to the level of the bal
lot-box suffer, aud render themselves object
of contempt and dcrision.
In conclusion, your correspondent woul'
admonish all who expect to relieve Mr.. Blu
chanan from the odium of his position as al
accomplish in the conspiracy to destroy Mr.
Clay, by throwing doubts upon the authen
ticity Of Gen. Jackson's letter, that tn
thing is impossible. The " Old Buck ha
been brought to bay, aud in November hi
antlers will be hung up as an evidence G
his guilt, and of the justice of the groa
masses Of Mr.. Clay's countrymen.