Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-09-13
From tie y. q. C:e.c"nt.
Cen. Jackson and Buchanan
A REMARKABLE DEVELOPMENT.

a. 8 I'M hF ~
NV Gen Andrew .Jacksou-the i),us,ri.
nus hc,o Of Orleans and ,x President Of
,Lc United S,atoS--iu which Mr.. Jalre,
Bu,iauan WAS auv1Iiu~ but favorablv
,nokeu Of ia, been circulating in the
column, Of t)e American Journals. The
vcri,v of ,his u,o,a.;,, Las been inIir-
nau,Iv denied hv numerous Democratic
journals, and the editorial friends Of Mr..
FILLMORE have been challenged by their
opponents either TO produce til" whole
letter and sul>tantiate its authenticity, or
acknowledge dat they sIandrrc'i tie
mighty dead, and sought to ;,jute the
promjncl, living by paraIIn5 Dc:Ore the
people Il b;.sc forgery.
We felt I'D su, Prise at the scu>itivc-
ness 1 apIay"i tv our Democratic friends
They know that tie name Of Andrew
jackson las not vet lost its power !ha,
it is still. potent among thousands, and
tens Of thousand, Of old line Democrats
and that if his voice. coming from
the awful portals Of the tomb, as it
were, should be head conlc,nuing Mr..
Buchanan or Spcakn. in terms OF DIS
paraopnen. Of him, or even throwing
4 shadow Of suspicion upon his honor
or INTEGRITY. that II would work irrclne~
diabe injury to him and to the party
that has chosen him stand.rI~Jc"rer III
chief.
We'll Gen. 1ac,s,n's letter in full
without evasion INTERPOLATION or change
has been proLuceI. We give it be-
low. and all we ask. is, that every OLD
II"e jackson Democrat ara every o'u
Iine Gay " N 8 III t"e '"''o sl''u'" 'e"'
II c"Fe'"',v All" 'e,'oe'"':'y:
zen: JACKSON !et'e, -:',. IS III I',>Te' ~
one "f'''e" .! N"jo' " ''''''' ~ '''
Promising the important tact that mayor
Levi, WAS Gen. Jack>ons bosom friend
up to tie day Of his death, we present
;he Maj jor's letter first and the General 5
reply t. it afterwards. 10th letters 'n"'n>
y yretvrto to tie Infamous 'barsa'n, intrigue
and corruption charged upon Henry
Clay and j. I'm Quincy Adam, IN 1873.
by which the prospects OF the former
were hIightel for the rem nder OF h'S
hte-by which noble an'ol'lon WA,
>tiil"d under StNpe"Jous 'e-by and
through which the greatest ard E"Tes'
man Of all the earth was ,"ict rejected
by his coun.1vmen, when, hAI the trutb
been known, he would hav" been the tb,
ject of their unOoundcd gratitude and
admiration.
Here Is Major Le"lss letter:
N,su,xcro< F.n H. 1915,
r., E.o, G,upyoj. your TWO con-
f1ar,;a and very interesting le,,a1s of
~. aN, and 5,h ;,,>.> hay. been received
anI ,}:.,,~.I e - r,,.,,,.~...l a,l
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a,I II' :, ! y, N,ir vi,h r,.. "a. ...,a.,u q,
w],, !, !, >u.,,.,>,I viii co.'s .I.;.,y III,
naw c.h;n.t Mr. Blair and myself both
link !, donh,f,y however. whether Mr..
D,rh.n,, will accent unon the terms
nronos.1 H.. shoulJ not be appointed
~ ho 1oos> ,s ha ;s fn,l Of the idea.
o. stated to Won in nv previous letters,
Of Le;no candidate for the succession.
II he should not accept, | suppose the
State Department will then he offere"
to Mr.. Stevenson. With or without mr.
Buchanan, however, think the Cabl
net will be an able one, and fully en-
titled to, and doubtless will receive the
confidence Of the nation.
The truth is, General, have never had
any very great respect for Mr. buchan
an, aud Of late, have even had less than
formerly. lie did not come out upon
the subject of that "baryain, intrigue and