Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1856-09-20
AsPERs1oNs.
A HISTORY.

seems, not long before his death, wrote a let
ter in reply to one from Maj. w. B. LEWIS, in
which he charged Mr.. BUCHANAN with a swami
of moral courage" and connects him with the
political bargain and sale intrigue of 1896, Of
which everybody almost is acquainted. This
letter Of the old Hero has not only been pub
lished by the opponents of Mr.. BUCHANAN, up.
on the principle that everything is fair in war,
but the indisputable original letter itself is now
being produced and exhibited at public meet
ings in Tennessee. Every one, therefore, can
imagine the alarm Of the opposition when a
petard of such magnitude fell into their camp.
Gen. JAcKsoN's opinion of BUCHANAN, for good
or evil, must carry with it great force. This
was the undeniable presumption. 1t being i'm
possible then TO contradict the identity Of the
letter, the Louisville Courier, a Democratic
paper, belches out the following billinsgate,
which is a disgrace and a shame, and which we
have no doubt is almost universally condemns
ed BY its own party, and which we lay before
our readers merely 10 show the outrageous
lengths to which party infatuation and mad
ness will sometimes lead an editor:
A private letter, witten by Jackson in 1916,
just before his death, meanly riAifying BuchG.
nan, charging him with cowardice and falseO
hood, is shamelessly dragged forth TO degrade
Buchanan. The infamyg Of the affair rests upon
Jackson for writing this letter, and next upon
those who have brought it to light for political
effect now for the first time. They "who heap
approbrium mountain high upon the grave Of
Jackson" are they who have dishonored him
and degraded themselves by publishing the
unfortunate private letter Of The ~insanely Uindic-
tire old tyraat, who, in this very letter, proved
that, TO the last, no touch 9fJustice or mqgnani-
NIFTY tooardS an opponent or riral erer entered
his breast, and thai has only use for friends waS
TO make tools ofthem. IfBuchanan had il 1927,
instead of faithfully giving truthful testimony,
as he did, corroborated Jackson's charges a.
gainst Clay, Jackson never would have written
his infamous secret letters of l845! y x
We believe that history cOnuictS Jackson of
Slandering Mr.. Buchanan because he scoud not
peyure himself by supporting the Islander a.
Should be dispIeased at our opinion of Jack
son; ifthey think we should admit the truth of
4 cooardly, secret and siander0uS letter which
assails the truth and moral courage Of Bucha-
nan only because it purports to have been
written by Jackson; all we have to say is, that
they have mistaken our character for indepen~
dence and love of truth and justice, and their
mistake can make not the slightest change in
our convictions and conduct. But we don't
believe there is a candid Democrat in America
who does not entertain precisely our own O.
pinion of Jackson's secret letter slandering
Buchanan, which only disgraced the writer.
WIZ will not say that it is infamous to hrrl
such charges or epithels against the hero and
patriot, who now sleeps so -harmlessly at the
Hermitage?
The following is the paragraph in the letter
which excites the Courier'S ire
"Your observations with regard to Mr.. Bn-
chanan are correct. He showed a want Of
moral courage in the affair Of the intrigue of
Adams and Clav--did not do me Justice in the
expose he then made, and | am sure about that
time did believe there was a perfect undera
standing between Adams and Clay about the
Presidency and the Secretary Of State. This
| am sure Of. But whether he viewed that
there was any corruption in the case or not.
know not; but one thing | do know, that he
wished me to combat them with their own
weapons-tbat, was let my friends say if I was
elected would make Mr.. Clay Secretary of
State. This, to me. appeared deep corruption,
and | repealed it with that honest indignation as
which | thought it deserved"
Of course, such avowaIs of Gen. JACKSON,
in the West particularly, could not fail of hay.
ing its effect. Other parties were alarmed be-
sides the Courier, but they exhibited it in a
different manner and to a better purpose.
1t seems there is yet living a gentleman
whose qualities and characteristics we were
not only personally acquainted with, but they
were of such glaFing features as 10 be known
to everybody else round about Nashville some
twenty-five years ago. His intellectual ge>
MUS" if we may quote the expression of a
popular stump speaker, was below %zero-in
fact it appeared TO all very evident that be had
actually common sense enough to keep
from the subject of continued yidicule.
Now, this gentleman went by the distinguished
name of ANDREW Jackson. He was in fact I
the adopted son Of the old Hero. But the
mind OF man cannot conceive Of two men SO
Numerically opposite in all the characteristics
man. BLAIR, in his publication exposing t
the bargain and sale" originator, says that
tins gentleman to whom we allude "is scarcely q
Of what is right for or good for him.
sell" and that Notwithstanding he lived in the
White House, he (Blair) never knew him, even
Fin the most ay~nifinU fipnaa n L.