The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-04
GEN. JAcKsoS's FAME INDICATED BY ms son,
ANDREW JACKSON.

ANbNEW
We were right in predicting that the son Of Andrew
Jackson would longer remain silent whilst the sane
tty OF his fathers confidential letters being violated
for wicked purposes by who all they have and
10 his friendship The following from the Nash
willie Tennessee) Union will be read with universal in
terest
LETTER FROM THE HERMITAGE.
The following letter from Mr. Andrew Jackson will be
read with great interest throughout the country II
prompted by feelings Of political character but from
the highest OF honor aud justice towards the
DRY ofhis yeneei father The seandalous and abuse
that have been recently made of the private and conhden-
tia letters OF Gen Jackson thrown in disconnected
manner and frequently by extracts creating impress
sion foreign from his intention for purely partisan pur
poses has shocked the sensbilites OF all righhinkng
people ,,...on -. ua,.,., .,., !,
life, taking active part in the politics Of the country
further than TO discharge the duties Of good citizen lie
has thas reluctantly before the public from a stern
OF duty TO the memory OF his ustrous father The
public will not fail 10 sympathize with him in the cir
cumstanees that have required him 10 do So The only
sou the heir the OF General jackson the
OF the Hermitage standing it were, sentinel AT his
tomb the duty was Imperative and he would have been
unworthy OF the trust had he remained longer silent
HsRalrAoE, June 26, 1856
GENTLEMEN De kind enough give the following letter
insertion in your paper:
Within the last few weeks several individuals claiming
to have been personal friends Of General Andrew Jackson
have published letters addressed TO themselves under the
seal OF confidence and friendship which intend
cd for publication and calculated to wound the feelings
of persons who stood high in the estimation OF Gen
Jackson the close of his life The object of these pub-
cations is manIfesy for the advancement of petty per
sona ambition and TO iDure destroy those who stand
in the way Of those mousng schemes that no good motive
can possibly be attributed to those who gratifying
morbid public appetite II seems that they willing for
the qualification OF their passions TO raise the curtain
Of the past open s over which the ashes have long since
gathered and destroy, far their puny efforts
compsh it, the universal vencration with which the
of Gen. jackson is regarded.
The undersigned as the adopted SON executor and trusted
friend of Gen. Jackson protests most socmny against this
INSCRIPTIONS Of the prirae and confidential correspond
Of his father and he appeals most confidently the
public to sustain him in this protest he himself the
repository of Of his ae private papers has
consented the publication any Of them because
he believes that such addition be made with justice
TO the memory of the deceased until the who served
with him have passed from the stage of action. 1t would
however be unfair TO the feelings of those who may
been touched by the extracts full letters from General
Jackson heretofore published to withhold the testimony
of the undersigned that up the close of his life he
tertaned for President Polk and Hon. James Buchanan
the highest esteem and affection In many conversations
during his declining years when in the full freedom of fire.
side be spoke freely of their eminent services and
moral worth; occasion did he intimate to his
family that his confidence in them had abaed his kind
ly feelings towards them undergone any change is well
known to all who well acquainted with Gen. Jackson
that he chung with intense pernacity the interests of
those "whom he regarded frendsas sonehat depend
ants and whom he had raised up by his patronage These
persons frequently as and might easily be shown APP
peaed earnestly him for assistance in advancing their
schemes and views to the close of his life Whilst
suffering under painful whitening disease and earnestly
pressed by every artfu suggestion he would have been
than human if he had not permitted expressions Of
documentary Irritation TO creep into private letters, and the
fault Of their expression not in him who wrote but
rather in those whom he unwisey trusted.
The letter of General Jackson in regard Mr. Buchanan
written in February ls45 dated 2sh extracts Of which
have been recently published is precisely of the char
acte and written under the circumstances above alluded
to- and did contain any deliberate conviction of his
mind, as is simply shown by his cordial Of Mr.
Buchanan during his whole adminstraon-hs appoint
ment to Russahis subsequent recommendation of him
Others and the hresde conversations with his family to
which have before alluded.
II is not the intention Of the undersigned in this publ
cation TO interfere in the political conflicts of the day.
to do anything further than to protect the reputation and
fame of his father and preserve the consistency AID
mony OF character dear to the whole American people
ANDREW JACKSON.