Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-07-08
GEN. JACKSON'S FAME INDICATED BY
HIS son, ANDREW JACKSON.

HIS son, ANDREW JACKSON.
The son Of Andrew Jackson could not remain ST.
len, whilst the sauctity Of his fathers confidential
letters was being violated for wicked purposes by
men who owe all they have and are to his friendship
The following from the Nashville (Fennesseel Union
will be read with universal interest:
LETTER FROM TIE HgRNIrAGE.-The following
letter from Mr.. Andrew Jackson will be read with
great interest throughout the country. 1t was
prompted by 10 feelings Of political character, but
from the highest of honor aud justice towards
the memory of his venerated father. ihe scandasous
use and abuse that have been recently MADE OF the
privato and confidential letters OF Gen. jackson,
thrown out in disconnected manner and frequently
by extracts creating an impression foreign from hs
intention, for purely partisan purposes, mas shocked
the sensibilities of all right-,h;nkinS people.
Mr.. Jackson has pursued quiet and unostenta-
,ious life taking active part in the politics of the
country further than to discharge the duties OF good
citizen. lie has come thus reluctantly before the
public from u stern of duty to the memory OF
his ustriuus father. The public will not fail to
sy,npathiZe with him in the circumstances that have
required him to do so. The only con- the heir, Tn.
executor of Gen Jackson, the tenant OF tho Hermit
ag. standing, rs it were, n sentinel at his tomb. t:
duty was imperative, aud he would have been uu.
worthy of the trust had he remained longer silent:
HERMITAGE, June Of, 1886.
Gentlemen: BE- kind enough TO give the following
letter insertion in your paper: :. :.
Within the last few weeks several individuals
claiming To have been personal friends ot General
Andrew jackson, have published letters addressed "a
themselves under the sea OF confidence anu irlenn,
s,uu which were never intended for publication. and
are calculated to wound the feeling. ni inay pers"s
who s,ond high in the estimation OF Gen. Jackson &c
,p cIos. Of his life. The object of these publication:
il 40 rnan(rs for the advancement of petty, person
nj ambition and nure or destroy those who stalic
in the WAY Of their mousing schemes, that no goo'
motive can possibly be attributed to those who are
gratifying morbid public appetite: II seems tha
thev are willing for the qualification of their owr
nes,ions 10 raise Tho curtain of the past, open ire
over which the ashes have long since gathered an'
destroy as far their puny efforts can accomplish II
the universal vencratinn with which the name o
| Gen. Jackson is regarded.
The undersigned, Us the adopted son. crec"t'r dn'
trusted trend of Gen. Jackson, protests most solemn
ly against this INSCRIPTIONS use OF the pirate 0n'
confidential correspondence OF his father, ana no a
peas most confidently to the public to sustain hun II
or his tu.hcrs private papers and ns never consent
ed to the publication Of any Of M'm, because ne De
li.ves that no such publication can be Justice
10 the memory of the deceased, until the men "h'
served with him have passed from inc SInsc VI @,o a
who NAV hnvc been touched by the extracts or iui
letters from General jackson, heretofore puDsheo
withhold the testimony Of the Undersigned that up e
the close of his lifa he entertained for President fol
| and Hon James Buchanan the highest e-tcem aud at
| f.ction In many conversations during his declining
years when in the full freedom of tircside ease, b
spoke freely of their eminent services ana mora
| worth on no occasion did he ever intimate TO NJ
family that his confidence in them had abaed, or NJ
kindly feelings towards them undergone any change
II is we'll known to oil who were well acquainted
! with Gen Jackson that he chung with Intense peru
uacity TO the interests of those whom ne Regarded
| fricnis-as som,rrhat drpraddnts and whom he nat
raised IN by his patronage These persons Ire
ouen,ly las can and might easily he shown appealed
| earnestly 10 him for assistance i'll advancing thei
nv, sclemcs aud views 10 thu close oil his HE
| Whilst suffering under painful, whitening disease
and earnestly pressed by every arlu suggestion, NJ
would have been more than human il he had n" PR
| mHtcd expressions Of momC"tdry T,H"'0" 10 cfe.I
into private letters and the fault OF Their expression
was not in him who wrote, but rather IN those "hoh
he unwisely trusted. +,
| The letter of General Jackson in regard to Mr.
Bncbanau, written in February 1875, dated 18th,
extracts of which have been recently published, l
urecisey one of the character and written under IN
circumstances above alluded to, and did nnt conla!
my ,,Iiberatu conviction of his mind, as Is sIinpi
shown by his cordial treatment of MIR. Buchanan uu
ring his whole adminisratiun-hls appointment I
Russia-his subsequent recommendation OF hiln l
others and the tresidc conversations with his lam
IT, 10 which have before au1ed.
II ia not the intention Of the undersigned III IN
1ub,ieakion to interfere i'll the political conflicts OF In
dny or to do anything further than to protect the r.
puta,ion and fnme Of his father, and preserve IN
consistency and harmony OF character dear 10 tn
whole American people. ANDREW JAChSON.