The sun., 1886-05-06
JACKSON AND CALHOUN.
The Celebrated Rupture Between the
President and Vice President
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Leaders Of That

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in 1S3O-31 - Political
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A Washington correspondent of The
Louisville Courier-Journal writes: Dur
ing the session of congress in 1829-30
Senator Foote, of Connecticut, intro
duced resolution which proposed to
those then in the market, and tc abolish
the office of surveyor general. This
resolution was deemed the beginning of
an effort on the part of New England
to check the growth of the west. 1t
finally led to the great debate between
Robert Y. Hayne and Daniel Webster
on notification. think that Mr.. Web
ster had the best of the argument, but
he could not have had more intcllec-
tual opponent than Robert Y. Hayne.
l met this gentleman at Nashville in
1887, when he made an address to the
Tennessee Legislature in behalf of the
proposed railroad from Charleston to
Cincinnati. He kept the large audience
assembled to hear him entranced for
more than two hours by his eloquence.
He had lovable face and the manners
of an accomplished gentleman.
The rupture between President Jack
son and Vice President John G. Cal
houn occurred in the winter of 1901.
| 1t is known to the reader that Gen.
Jackson, in 1918, followed the Seminole
Indians. who had come out of Florida,
then belonging to Spain, and made war
on the citizens of Georgia and Alabama,
into that territory, and took possession
of St. Marks and Pensacola. He be-
lieved that he had the right to do SO,
and. moreover, he knew that it was the
only way to put an end to the war, for
these Indians were fed and protected
by the Spanish officials in those towns.
After its close Gen. jackson was in
formed and believed that William H.
Crawford had proposed, as member
| of Mr.. Monroe's S cabinet, court of in
qriry into his conduct with regard to
this affair, with a view to his ultimate
trial and punishment. He continued to
entertain this opinion till the latter part
of the year, when he received a letter
from Senator John Forsyth, of Georgia,
| inclosing one to him from William II.
Crawford In this letter Mr. Crawford
declared that he had justified the inva-
sion of Florida by Gen. Jackson, and it
was Mr.. Calhoun who made the propo-
sition referred to. In this same letter
Mr.. Crawford says: MIR. Calhoun's
proposition in the cabinet was that Gen.
Jackson should be punished in some
form, or reprehended in some form, |
am not positively certain which," Gen.
Jackson Immediately wrote MIR, Cal
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letter to Mr.. Forsyth, and asking him
whether Mr.. Crawford's 8 statement was
true. Mr.. Calhoun replied that it was
substantially correct. Right there all
intercourse between these two illustri-
Gus men ceased. They were never
reconciled to each other. / do not pro-
pose to make any comment on their I'M
fortunate quarrel. Nine years after
ward boarded in the same mess with
Mr.. Calhoun in Washington, and be-
came so fond of him, personally, that l
can not find 1t in my heart to say a
word against him.
| The quarrel between the two highest
officers of the government and two of
our greatest men, led to the establish
ment of The Globe newspaper. The
United States Telegraph, published in
Washington city, was the leading organ
of the Democratic party in the presi-
Dental contest of 1928. Its editor, Gen.
Duff Green, was abundantly rewarded
! for his services in that contest by the
congressional friends of Gen. Jackson
and by the administration itself. He
was given the printing of the two houaes
of congress and the organising of the
new administration. He was a friend
to the president, but still greater
friend to the vice-president, who took
him into his confidence and disclosed to
him the correspondence he had had
with Gen. Jackson. The conversation
that then took place between Mr.. Cal
houn and his friend Green was not
known to Gen. jackson. Green under
took at once to organize a syndi-
cate of able democratic editors Ia ev-
cry part of the country, who, as
soon as the hostile relations between
Gen. Jackson and Mr.. Calhoun were
made known to the public. should de-
nounce the one and eulogize the other.
1t so happened that one of the first men
to whom he opened his programme
threatened to tell Gen, jackson, and
did tell him. About this time Gen.
jackson read a communication to The
kentucky Argus. which was an unusu-
ally strong argument against the doc
trine Of qualification. On inquiry he
learned that Francis p Blair, of Frank
fort, Kentucky, was the author of the
communication. He had him immedi-
ately written to on the subject of tax
ing charge of q newspaper in Washing
ton. Here ! will let a writer who was
familiar with all the facts in this ease
tell the rest of the starys
The application took Mr.. Blair by
surprise. He was not thinking of
changing his residence or pursuits. He
was well occupied where he was-clerk
Of the lucrative Office of the state cir
cult court at the capital of the state,
salaried president of the Commonwealth
bank tAy, the election of the legislature),
and proprietor of a farm and slaves in
that rich state. But he was devoted to
Gen. jackson and his measures, and did
not hesitate to relinquisb bis secure ad-
vantages at home to engage in the un-
tried business of editor at Washington.
He eame-established The Globe news
paper-and soon after associated with
John G. Rives, a gentleman worthy of
the association and Of the confidence of
Gen. jackson and of the democratic
party; and under their management the
paper became the efficient and faithful
organ of the administration during the
whole period of his service and that of
his successor, Mr.. Van Buren,. 1t was
established in time-and just in time
to meet the advancing events at WASH
ington city. All that Gen. jackson had
foreseen in regard to the conduct of
The Telegraph. and all that had been
communicated to him through Mr..
puneanson, came to pass; and he found
himself. early in the first part of his
administration, engaged in triple war
with notification. the Bank Of the
United States, and the whig party-and
would have been without defense or
support from the newspaper press at
Washington had it not been for hts fore
sight in establishing TIE Globe,"
Three Of Gen, JacksoA's cabinet were
friends tQ Mr.. Calhoun. These were
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