New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-09-04
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andrew JacksnIls the child of H AlF tloneason,
adopted because to Mrs NOW induced
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make fe atteIpt EieGtual. ~ NJ HI
pafr tle Standing of tho whom ne hez
ueatIed tlle daty Of defending bis when
ever uIiiustiy Assa}iel. l4F n
NSr who thus lends bis name To TINS i'm
piI,s work cannot be held enttrel account He
III & credHlous scheme
9yer Visionary q
and when awakened to Sense Of what he mas done
Is sorry for ii. He is inohensive quiet, and well dis
posed To DO what he is persuaded TO do by those
around him; is very willing TO oblige, but nom utter
81 judgement, scateey conscious Of what Is
for Oh good for hilnse lenslai AZ aeRson flad
an excessive fandness for linn, he loved others
attached to him for the and they sex-
efts in any in which he was engaged he loved
Andrew more than all, because left TO his ten
aerness by his wife, and because he was helpless and
dependent IN y II IA s#5s 1 I'm
sairaey sndange the the giants Clay
Webster and Adams made every step of his admin
istfation struggle andrew, athough in the prime
Of life and Twin gin the White House, was uncon
seious Of the strife and to these around him seemed
wholly there Was Id all this anything of
Illportances Twas always On fam laI ana
kindly terms the more so as the nusl-
ness Of the w fe House made it solitude TO- him,
do not remember that ever knew him, ia the most
exciting times 10 open his mouth about politics
and now, for Tho flint time during the twentysx
wears have known him. he, Of sudden is brought
out Buchanan press as "A political gladiator
I'd strike uneonsciolsy the reputation OF the father
who gave him his and TO destroy the char
acter Of whom he thoug most likely to defend
ii. New, Ih6ld MIR. Jackson in every sense ineapa-
bic Of conceiving much less executing this attempt
and shall treat it as the work of MI Buchanan and
s eniissaries. They are THE Interested partie
have tbe motives for the and We intrigue
developed ID The letters having Mr.. Jakson9s sig
nature Is Of piece with all Mr: uchanans manage
nient. 53
The pretext for bringing Mr. jackson before the
public as nv assaant IS to repe this passage given
nom j lettsr of Cen Jackson q Major Lewis
with regard 10 MI Buchanan correct
Hesaowed affair IF the intrigue
Shen made and an sure about that time did believe
s IL ssssssry an els sssa' as
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r @ s seersay as
heass ss wsh thought deserved
knew nothing Of thisp publication, nor whence the
extract from General Jaesons letter was obtained.
jackson and those who obtained his signature to
Che following comment knew that the letter quoted
item to me, nor furnished by me, but
by yet they SO directly pointed at me
Id aaimadrersi0n as to make the inference nev
liable to others, that it was derived from sH
undersigned aaste adopted son, trusted
Of General most soennly aanst this
IL spssas
he tile Of the most his
the publication
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him have passed from the stags Of Il
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Predeat md Honorable Bachanen highest
fsss Il III
l1at Il Ssaiis
abstsd, his kindly feelings towards them undergone
Al s9S VI Hss
Whom raised bis
can ana might bs sasy
views, ti,e close IL hs
saggeson, would been
ret M ,, Of
not him who wrote but rather In those whom
Buchanan,
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nader above alluded and did not
lis cords Il Mn Bsehaaan during whole
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Aithough this was expressly applied to nleby the
Administered organ ut ashingt0n yet, as my name
Was nottnsed init, and saw that the object was to
ehroil me with jackson, for whom felt great kind
mess ana who was considered by me the unwilling
instrument Of artfnl inriguess concluded not to no
tice 1T. The eontryers, on this failure induced Mr.
ian fnpt ntf s
den. his wills end tesaments had left his
bis friend Major John F. Eaton N. but
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directed issE @ f9gss
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s yndcys abss # @ a fsE whit a 4,
n as sosF aaa a afee sa@ II
ahuae ha MI Biair had made private documents, and iii
seandalbus msusa Of the following extract from Of m
confidential letters to supposed FRIEND pub
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public manner against 1t. rs .sE5=fE
This story confntes itself My visit to the Hermit
are was in the spring Of 1843 had not then " re
tired from politics to the shades of Silver Spring.
was iii the midst Of that struggle against the lyle
Administration, which r hoped would result III tn
restoration of Mr.. Van Buren, and the Democracy t
power. had no expectation then of retiring to pr
Yate Ife or Of having leisure carefully to arrange
Gen. Jacksons papers for MI. Bancroft At the sIlg
gsstion Of Mr. an Buren,, in 1886 mentioned Nj
BancFoit the Historian Of the United States, to Gel
Jackson as one who, if he had access to his paper
would make them useful to the history of the conr
try, ana connect with it a memoir Of his life whc
would make imperishabIe the public labors to- hic
il had been devoted Gen. jackson told me in fepl
then, that he had promised the use Of his papers
Mr. Kendall for the work ! proposed for Mr.. Bal
III croft
When went to the Hermitage in 1S43, seven yea
after this conversation, knew Mr. Kendall had thes
papers in his possession and the thought Of obtainn
them for Mr.. Bancroft which was dismissed In 1885,
could not under such circumstances, have occurre
am certain that nothing was said during my sta
at the Hermitage in reference to changing the disp
sition of the papers already made by Gen. jackson
anditwill be seen by the terms of the beguest mac
in 1916 to me, years after my visit that there is
reference in tito the temporary use of them grants
u to Mr. Kendall or that suggested to assist Mr. Ba