Daily American organ., 1856-08-11

Maior William b. Lewis, an old and reyered friend
Of the departed chieftain, were quoted 10 show in
what light Mr.. Buchanan's conduct was regarded
by Gen. Jackson.
Gen. Jackson 10 Major w. b. Le1ois.
HERMITAGE, Feb. 2s, ls46.
Your observations with regard to Mr.. Buchanan
are correct. He sh0lOed todat Of moral courage
il the affair Of the intrigue Of adams and Clay
did not do me justice in the expose he there made
and 1 am sssre about that time did believe here
iOGs perfect understanding between adams and
Clay about the Presidency and the Secretary OF
State. THIS l AN SURE or. But whether ne
viewed that there any corruption III the case
or not know not /; but one thing do know, that
he soished me 10 combat them with their oion ioed-
poas that aOas, to lei my friends say, " 'cds
elected 1ootlld make Mr.. Clay Secretary of STATE
This 10 me appeared DEEP CORRUPTION,
and IreDelleda Nth that honest Indignation as
thought IL deserved. ,
ANDREW JACKSON.
This letter fell with crushing effect upon the Bu-
chanan Democracy here, and, notwithstanding all
their efforts TO break its force it Is still doing mis-
chief to them and the cause of Mr.. Buchanan. In
the extremity they called In the aid OF Andrew
Jackson, Jr. who ntimated that the letter did not
express the real sentiments Of Gen. Jackson-that
he wrote it under " irritation" &c. The question
then arose, what was 1t that could have 80 "irri-
tated the General that he deliberately put on rec
ord what his adopted son declares is not his real
opinion of Mr. Buchanan What was it that made
the old chief belle, in the opinion of his adopted
son, the honest sentiments of his heart The
American party had no means Of knowing-they
had no copy OF Maj Lewiss letter to Gen. jackson;
but the Patriot one of the American papers here,
succeeded, after niicting terrible ashing on the
adopted son, in drawing the desired information
from him In the Nashville Union and American
Of the 9th of July Andrew jackson, Jr., appeared
in a long letter, and Introduces the following;
Letter from Maj w. B. Lewis to Gen. Jackson.
WAsHINGToN, Feb. II, ls46.
Ny DEAR GENERAL Your two confidential and
very interesting letters of the 4th and 9Th inst,
have been received and disposed of as requested.
| am happy to say that am entirely satisfied, and
so ia Mr.. Blair, with the gentlemen who it is sup
posed will constitute the new cabinet. Mr.. Blair
and myself both think it doubtful however, whether
Mr. buchanan ioiH accept upon the terms proposed,
(he should not be appointed unless he does as he
is full of the idea stated to you in my previous
letters, Of being candidate for the succession. If
he should not accept, l suppose the State Depart
ment Will Jnen De OUeTeu IO DleNeHSOH. w HN
or tcitho,at Mr.. Buchanan, however, / think the
cabinet will be an able one and fully entitled to,
and doubtless will, receive the confidence of the
nation.
The truth is General, have never had any very
great respect for Mr.. Buchanan and of late have
even had less than formerly. He did not come
out upon the subject of that bargain, intrigue
and corruption" charge upon Messrs Clay and
Adams in 1928, as he ought to have done, and as
so IF R2oyJo houa haar r1 ham
san, not more than a month ago. that he did not,
and aever had believed there any truth, in the
CHARGE This occurred at Mr. Is dinner table,
and the remarks were addressed to Judge Mangum,
the President of the Senate. But having taken
place at the time and place, when IL did, have
said nothing about it to any one:"
w. B. LEWIS.
With this letter before the public, Gen. Jack
sons irritation" is very easily accounted for. No
doubt he was indignant, excessively indignant,
when he learned that Mr. Buchanan, upon whose
authority he had made the charge of bargain and
intrigue against Mr.. Clay, had declared he did
not and NEVER HAD BELIEVED there toas ANY TRUTH
IN THE cHARsE!" But, Indignant as he might have
been, who will believe that he, in his letter above
TO Mai. Lewis, wrote what not his honest SEN
timentsS
Unable to meet and confute the damning ev.
dences of Mr.. Buchanans guilt, furnished by Gen.
jackson, attempts have been made to discredit the
authenticity of the letter to Maj. Lewis. This has
net been openly done here, for the reason that the
letter is an this city, open 10 tie inspection Of any
one acho toishes to see it, But it has been done
abroad. One of these attempts was made by the
Washington Union in the following article
From the Washington Union Of July 10, 1859.
GENERAL JACKSON AND Mr.. BUCHANAN.
"The most disreputable attempt that has been
made to injure Mr.. Buchanan, is that which seeks
to make the impression that General Jackson lack
ed confidence in him on account of his conduct in
the unfortunate difficulty as to the charge Of bar
gain and corruption which grew up out Of the
election Of Mr.. Adams in 1926 We have already
published two letters from General Jackson's son,
Andrew jackson, in which he triumphantly vndi
Gates the memory of his father and entirely refutes
the allegation that Mr.. Buchanan did not enjoy
his entire confidence. 1t will be remembered that
Andrew jackson was induced to appeal to the
public in consequence of the disgraceful violation
OF all decency and propriety by the publication of
certain confidential letters of his father. One of
these private letters, an extract of which was 80
published, purported to bear date late in Februa-
ry l845, and in this extract General jackson al
ludes in terms of dissatisfaction TO the conduct of
Mr.. Buchanan in the affair before referred to.
1--WE now have information from Nashville,
Tennessee, that the person who has thus violated
General Jackson's confidence, and furnished for
political effect what purports to be an extract from
one of his private letters, is Major w. B, Lewis.
The gentleman who gives us this information was
one Of the most intimate of General Jackson's
friends and member of Mr.. Folks cabinet. In
regard to the alleged extract he says: shall not
believe that he (Gen. Jackson) ever so expressed
himself until see the lettcr in his own handwri-
ting Such tricksters could easily add to or erase
word which would entirely change the whole