Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-07-30

have been unworthy Of the trust had
he remained longer silent; II.
# HERMrrAsE. June 26, 1856.

have been unworthy Of the trust had
he remained longer silent: Il,
H. FL HERMrrAGE, June 26, 1856.
Gentlemen: Be kind enough togive
the following letter insertion in. your
paper: =. ss.:sasl
Within the last few weeks several
individuals, claiming to have been
personal friends of General Andrew
Jackson, observation-disclosures under
the seal of confidence and friendship.
which were never intended for publ
cation, and are calculated to wound
the feelings Of: many persons who
stood high in the estimation of Gen.
jackson to the close Of his life. The
object of these publications is SO man
ifestly for the advancement of personal
ambition, and to iniure or destroy
those who stand in the way Of their
housing schemes, that no good mo-
tive can possibly be attributed tothose
who are gratifying morbid public
appetite. Itseems that they are vii.
ling for the qualification of their own
passions to raise the curtains of the
past, open fires over which the ashes
have long since gathered, and destroy,
as far as .their puny efforts csh ac-
complish it, the universal yeneration
with which the name Of Sen. Jack;
son is regarded. III s'.S
The undersigned, Is the adopted
son, executor and trusted friend Of
Gen. jackson, protests most solemnly
against this unscrupulous use of the
pricdte and confidential correspon-
dence ofhis father, and he appeals
most Confidently to the public to sus-
tain him in this protest; he, himself,
was the repository of most Of has
fathers private papers, and has never
consented to the publication of any
thereof, because he believes that nc
such publication can be made, with
justice to the memory ofthe deceased,
until the men who served with him
have passed from the stage of action.
It would, however, be unfair to the
feelings of those who may have been
touched by the extracts or full letters
from General Jackson, heretofore
published, towithhold the testimony
Of the undersigned. that mp to the
close of his life he entertained fol
President Polk and Hon. James Blu.
chanan the highest esteem and affec.
ton. In many conversations during
his declining years, when in the full
| freedom of [tireside ease, he spoke
freely oftheir eminent services and
moral worth; on no occasion did he
ever intimate to his family that his
confidence in them had abated, or hi
kindly feelings toward them under.
gone any change. 1t is well known
| to all who were well acquainted with
Gen. Jackson that he chung with in
tense pertinacity to the interests 3
those "whom he regarded as friends
las acknowledgements, and whom
he had raised up by his patronage
These persons frequently las can anG
might be shown appealed earnestly
to him for assistance in advancing
their own schemes and views even te
| the close of his life. Whilst suffer.
ing under a painful whitening disease
and earnestly pressed by every artfu
| suggestion, he would have been more
than human if he had not permitted
expressions of momentary Irritation,
to creep into private letters, and the
fault of their expression was not II
Him who wrote, bnt rather in those
whom he unwisely trusted. 4
| The letter of Gen. Jackson in re-
| gard to Mr.. Buchanan, written in Feb
1s45, dated 2sth.) extracts Of which
have been recently published, is pre-.
cisely one of the character, and writ
tenunder the circumstances alluded
to, and did not contain any deliberate
conviction Of his mind, as is simply
shown by his cordial treatment Of Mr..
Buchanan during his whole admins
tration-his appointments Russia-
I his subsequent Recommendation o.
him to others, and the fireside con-
versations with his family, to which
have before alluded.
It is MT the intention Of the under
signed in this publication to interfere
in the political conflicts Of the day,
or to do anything further than to pro-
tect the reputation and fame of his
father, and preserve the consistency
and harmony Of a character dear to
the whole American people.
ANDREW JACKSON.