Daily American organ., 1856-08-28
Fyancis p. BIair VS.. James Buchanan and
COmDanys

tst;on has been drGaon out by the assaults
made upon him by the prohigate squanderer
of the old hero's estate, nOw the apologist OF
him who insulted his protector and acting ia
ther, by proposition of deep corruption,
and being thus drawn out, as well in his own
defence as in vindication of the veracity oil the
departed hero of the Hermitage, he has tho
roughly established and efectually exposed,
both the political corruption of Buchanan and
the recklessness of him who bears the name,
but wears not siagle virtue Of his adopted
sire. ..
We know it not, if we entertain single
political opinion in common with Francis p.
Blair-we certainly have no sympathy for that
Presidential movement with which he is iden-
titled and we are quite sure that no word or
deed of General Andrew jackson, can be re-
ferred to, which is in. harmony with Mr. Blair's
present political associations Nevertheless we
can as fairly weigh and as justly estimate the
force of testimony and logic, emanating from
Mr.. Blair, as when it emanates from our polit-
ical friends and associates, and we do not hesi-
tate, no,o to say, as our deliberate judgment of
his aS&aess "to the public" bearing date the
9th instant, that it fixes irrevocably, the
change of political corruption upon James Bu-
chanan, and the brand of folly and reckless
ness upon the adopted son of forgiving
father.
The address Of Mr. Blair would cover tSCo
pages of our weekly issue, and we are there
fore precluded from giving it an insertion in
our columns. We must content oursef with
stating the case, and furnishing Mr.. Blairs
testimony on some of the prominent points.
The address has reference to the charge
made by Mr.. Buchanan against Mr.. Clay, in
1926, of bargain and corruption" with Mr..
Adams. Former disclosures had fixed the pa
ternity of this charge upon Buchanan, and
recent developments have shown the "deep
corruption" in which it originated. A few
weeks since letter from General Jackson to
Major Lewis was published containing the fol-
lowing remarks by the General, to wit
Your observations with regard to Mr. Buch-
anan are correct. He showed want of moral
courage in the affair of the intrigue of Adams and
Clay-did not do me justice in the expose he then
made, and | am sure, about that time, did believe
there was perfect understanding between Adams
and Clay about the Presidency and the Secretary
of State. This i 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-that was, let my friends say, if I was
elected, would make Mr.. Clay Secretary of State.
This, to me, appeared deep corruption, and re-
PEELED it with that honest indignation as (which
thought it deserved"
Upon the appearance of this letter to Major
Lewis, which wa3 written by General jackson
shortly before his death, Ito wit, in 1845,) his
adopted son, Andrew jackson, Junior, was in
duced by some of Mr.. Buchanan s wire-workers
Gave johnson and Company to enter his
"soemn protest against the unscrupulous use
of the private and confidential correspondence
of his (adopted) father" &C., and he proceeds
to say that this letter did not contain any
deliberate conviction of his mind" but that
"Whilst suffering under a painful, whitening
disease and earnestly pressed by every artful sug
gestion, he would have been moro than human If
he had not permitted expressions of momentary
irritation to creep I'M private letters; and the
fault of the expression was not in him who wrote,
but rather in those whom he unwisely trusted"
The charge of making an unscrupulous use
of private correspondence" was aimed as well
at Mr.. Blair as at Major Lewis. Mr.. Cave
Johnson and others, at the same period, pre-
tended to doubt the authenticity of the above
letter to Major Lewis, but the original letter in
the handwriting of General jackson has been
for weeks exhibited at the Banner office in
Nashville, and has put to fight the pretended
G t.
To refute the charge of his making an inn
proper use of General Jackson's correspond
ence,-to show that Mr.. Blair was himself the
chosen repository of General Jacksons cor
respondence, and the chosen defender of his
fame,-to prove tho general reeklessness of
Mr.. Jackson, juaior,-to establish the unU6r-
nifty Of General Jacksons opinions of Buchan-
an as to the deep corruption" of the proposal
which Buchanan had himself made to him in
the winter of 1924 -5,-to present conclusive
proofs on the point that Buchanan was the
originator of that attempt at bargain and in
trigue" which he endeavored to fix upon Mr.
Clay, these are the manifest purposes of Mr..
Blair's address to the public" and signally
has he succeeded in those purposes.
The following Introductory observations by
Mr.. Blair upon the qualities of Mfr. jackson,
junior, are piquant and graphic:
Mr.. Buchanan, through some of his partisans,
uses the shadow of great name to dim the bright
original. Andrew jackson, the child of Mr..
Donelson, adopted because kin to Mrs. jackson,
is now induced to sign his name to letters given to
the press, detracting from the reputation of Gen.
Jackson To make the attempt effectual, the first
effort is to impair the standing of the friends 10
whom he bequeathed the duty of defending his
character, whenever unjusty assaled.
- Mr. .Iackson vbo 49,, l., n. L. ..--- =,