New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-09-20


to the of the father
who rave him his oTtnne and to destroy the char
aetar ef aae whom he thong most likely to defend
sts Hws hold Afr, IN every sense ineapa
8al ooaeaiyig much less executing this attempt
ana shall treat IL as the work of HI. Buchanan anG
His They are the Tested parties They
have motives and the intrigue
sasYeioped in tiis letters having alison Wig
mature s of a piece at at Alr. y manage
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ma 1retext jfer bringing Mr.. jackson before TIL
public hi my rs 10 this passage givel
rom Il tel Of Gen. ckson to Maj Levi
@ & moral lit SSsfers
de i Sc, s s. lsa b
Adams and Clay nbon d
tfat there va. corruption ii I'D case
os hit one thing that e D, Wished me-
elected would State
knew nothing uf this publication nor whence Til
axttact from General Jacksons letter was obtained
r. jackson and those who obtained his signature v
tile following that the letter quoted
from ssas 6t written 70 me, nor furnished hy me, h
IN Major Lewis Vet they 10 directly pointed at mt
iii their as to make the Inference neY
table To others, that it was derived from me ::
fea ssfa Jetso on psatss ashn iii
the Of Ms atls
dis protest. III the he most of hi
with Of the deceased, until The VIII
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seisat snd when he lsad np bis Pit
earnestly ss tan Il II s
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artt he would haFe been more
Irritation eesn letters md he fault Of Tie ex.
preston WY not him VIE wrote but rather in Hose whom
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shsfaets sad
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b a Bleanan daring lis whole i'd.
az freside with
sTIs ass sfss sass i III i
ppica conflicts Of day. is dc anything
T. JaeKsoN NJ
hs S%s s e y the
as not used IN II and saw thaS the object was to
sas VIII son for whom felt great kind
sElle g considered by the inviting
concude not 70 no.
ssaHsasss eonttFefs on this failure induced Mr.
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II, ons oS ls wins aud testamens had left his
M friend Msjs John 81 Ea II but
NJ II Mo HE i s
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a asfs ssR sss sa f NJ
Kendall General ana ~ OF S
sl Ssea lin af!srssds
If sr q slaiE F AZ a the Gen
ting a would leaye them s E 81 sasla ,
eoisiss i ihs ssdss guard
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~ retained e Mr BlaiT except
af T Dss
BlaiT sons lsss
his fe and history gaS
ssa Bfssss
Taeensips8ns ~ paele observe why
sai tsaiiss laseasd proper right ID astics 10 Tie
,neIsci ang ia,s of when say8tIe
ssaiiq ma from t aRs # my ny
months before s saw proper 10 demonstrate
This story eonfutes itself MY visit to the Hermit
ags as IN the spring Of i8A3. 4 had not then re-
tired from politics "a The shades of Silver Spring.
lEss inthe midst Of tat against the Tyler
Administrations which hoped would result in the
restoration Of nv Vim Barefl and the Democracyto
power had no expectation then Of retiring to pri-
gate Of having leisure carefully TO arrange
Gen. aoksons papers for Mr.. Bancroft. At the sug
aastioa OF AE. Van Barren in 1886, mentioned Mr..
Bancroft the historian Of tic United States, to Gen.
jackson as one who ii he had aceess to his papers
would make them useful to the history Of the coun
and connect with II a memoir of his life which
would make inperishablc the public lahors to which
It had been devoted. Gen, jackson told me in reply
then that he had promised the use Of his papers to
Z Mr..Renaall Tor the work proposed for MI. Ban
croft 3 8 IA
When went ~ the Hermitage in 1874 seven years
after ths conversations knew MI Kendall had these
papers IN his and the thought Of obtaining
them for Mr. Bancroft which was dismissed in 1896,
could not, under such circumstances. have occurred
aaacertain that nothing was said during my stay
at the Hermtas in reference to changing the dspo-
sitioI of the papers already made by Gen. Jackson
and twill be seen by the terms of the hequest made
III 1876 to me, years after my visit that there is NJ
reference in o the temporary use of them granted
to Mr. Kendall, Or that suggested to assist Mr.. Ban
cTofts historical laSoTs.
The General closes his letter of the 9th of April
ES45 commenting on the intrigue BY which Mr. Cal
aaan3and bis friends combining with Messrs Polk
Bnehanan and Others had defeated Mr., Van Buren,
nenanation NJ fillmore, and concerted To supplan
she Gohe WI nullifying organ at Washing thus
NH ID ths ast Letter abIe writo You; ~
ss s sa MI nt never one from
justice my fame, GaoW soa viii shialdit
f' f Roas ssss sia na in KIN KIN
3 @ md nss and that ieal,
bestowed npon you and yotrfs ihs5Ggii liIe rs ii
prayer oil your sincere friend, ESDRFfW II (lESIlN.
7@ u T. BLAIR, Esq. ~ : -
This letter, given at length in that addressed b
ne te the New olk meeting in april last exposin
the conspiracy which severed the jackson Demee,ae
ana created 4. Southern sectional party to rule til
confederacy, shows on the face gift the motive
which induced General Jackson TO eonsgt his papeI
tom Aesaw in the course held by the goyernlnep
against the political organ he had established 4
Washington that II would pass into s:t hands of In
enemies. Having confidence ID my fidelity, and SCI
ing me stripped Of the influence which the postio
hehad eeststreu gave. to support his principles,
bequeathed his papers to me, and the charge to d
feid his cause and his character.
This trust makes il my duty to expose the effo
HoW made by Mr. Buchanan partisan press, Il
Nashville Union associated with its ally the oifei
organ at Washington, to impair the confidence Of
country IN General Jaekson's exalted character f
yaraeitgs The principal agent in this attempt, as
learn from letter In teply to one written to obta
the information, is the Hon Cave johnson, Mr.. b
ehsnaas colleague in Mr.. Folks Cabinet This
eonltlaed by an extract given in the official orgs