Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1855-1861, 1856-08-30
Charging SANDER upon Jackson.

/ on all occasions, Capt james Williams
iored crowd here last Saturday night,
by reading, in the open air, and after
dull fashion, speech he had written out
in defence of Buchanan, in the affair Of
CLAY and Adams. The substance Of
Williams defense was, that jackson
HAD LIED ON BUCHANAN AND CLAY,
though be Ill not say 50 in 30 many
words They are all now making this
point, at the expense Of Jackson rcputa'
ton. We, of course, have nothing to say
in this fight, further than this the charge
Of Bargain aud corruption against
Clay, was false, only false, aud false con-
tinually. Buchanan charged it in letter
of his, long since published to the world,
an extract from which is in these words
"These facts are before the world, that
Mr., Clay aud his particular friends made
Mr.. Adams President, and that Mr. Adams
Immediately thereafter made Mr. Clay
Secretary OF State The people will draw
their own differences from such conduct,
and the circumstances connected with IT,
They will Judge of causes by their effects.
jackson says Buchanan told him that
Clay aud Adams were guilty-Buchonan
denies ii ia a letter to Clay-and Jackson,
in his letter OF 1873, to W. B. Lewis,
saws that buchanan is liar and copdrd.
Capt Williams yrogcs that jackson aud
his friends are Liars, and that Buchanan
and Clay are gentlemen. The country IS
about to get the truth at last, and Clay Is
to be yindicated All night
The Louisville Courier the great Anti
Know Nothing sheet, and the brilliant
organ Of the Buchanan and Breckenridge
forces in Kentucky, thus backs up the
views Of Capt. Williams, md murders the
reputation Of Jackson, over which the
Buchanan men are shouting loud hosan-
nahs;
A prieate letter written by Jackson in
ls4b. lust before his death, MEANLI
VILLiFYING BUCHANAN, charging
him with coaafaico and ff5tfscit0551d rs Is
shamelessly dragged forth to degrade
Buchanan, THE lNFAMY OF THE
AFFAIR RESTS UPON JACKSON
for writing his letter, aud next upon those
who have brought it to light for political
effect now for the first time. They who
cheap opprobrium mountain high upon
the grave Of Jackson" are they who have
dishonorod him aud degraded themselves
by publishing the unfortunate Pritdfc
| letter Of the INSANELY VlNDICTlNE
OLD TYRANT, who, in this very letter
proved that, to the last, NO TOUCH OF
JUSTICE OR MAGNANIMlTY TO.
WARDS AN OPPONENT OR RIVAL.
/ EVER ENTERED HIS BREAST,
I AND THAT HIS ONLY USE FOR
! FRIENDS WAS TO MAKE TOOLS
OF THEM. If Buchanan had in 1927
iustead of faithfully giving truthful testi.
mony, as he did, corrroborated jackson )
charges against Clay, Jackson never would
have written bis infamous secret letters OF
1872 We believe
that HISTORY CONVICTsJACKS0N
OF SLANDERlNG CLAY, AND
. THEN CONVICTS HIM OF SIAN
pERING BUCHANAN BECAUSE
HE WOULD NOT PERJURE
HIMSELF by supporting the Islander
against Clay. If any Demo
Gratis sho. b displeased at our opinion
of jackson if they think we should
admit the truth Of a COWABDLI
secret and SLANDEROUS letter which
assals the truth and moral courage oi
buchanan, only because purports to have
been written by jackson; all we have Il
say is, that they have mistaken OUT char
acter for independence aud love Of truth
and Justice, aud heir mistake can make
not the slightest change in our conviction
and conduct. But we don't believe thcr,
is q candid Democrat in America who doe
not entertain precisely our opinion Of
Jacksons secret letter slandering Buchan
on, which only DlSGRACED Thu
/ WRITER.-Lou. Cour. lug. 10.
For this abuse Of Jackson, the Lous
/ ellie Journal took the Conriey to task
and in the CoHrier of the 22nd August
its editor replies;
"If the bargain story was calumnl
/ from the first, was it not 80 TO the last =
YES d" THE TESTIMONY GIVEN by
/ JACKSON ON HIS DEATH. BEL
/ WAS AFALSEHOOp;" aud you would
say so, too, il Buchanan were not nov
/ the Democratic candidate Tor the Prcsl
dency. .lackson's testimony in bic PR
rate letter Of lsij. JUST BEFORE
/ HIS DEATH, WAS A DOT BIZ
/ FALSEHOOD. 1t was islsehooc
against Clay aud Adams, and falschoOC
against Buchanan. l."
/ If Jackson's reputation suaers-as d
cannot but suffer ia the minds Of all hon
/ est men-in consequence Of the produc
ton Of his shameful letter Of lsi5, lei
the blame fall, not on the heads Of thos'
who examine aud coustrue il logically but
on those who, for the purpose Of inIurinl
Buchanan, have published the uniortun'
ate ebullition to the world There is mol
one Independent, honest minded Demo
crat in the United States, whose opinion
Of Mr. Buchanans character aud honol
can be impaired by Jackson's mean pri
yate letter os lslj And there is not a
friend Of Clay and Adams who does not
regard with adherence the hypOcritical
pretenders Of venerailou for their memo.
ry, who attempt to raise question Of We.
racity against Buchanan on the authority
Of this insane letter Of Jackson's tn,
offence Of employing that letter for sucl
! purpose, is a more gievous Que, If pos
.sible, against those dead patriots, thef
even against the living buchanan tn,
former eau no longer vindicate or reyeng,
themselves; the latter can But, happily
neither the living nor the dead can b
e impaired in reputation by such a cOars