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POLITICAL.
corespoindence;, &Cv
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less between Mr. adams and myself than I Nashville letter, and fix thatchanre trodi
hptiroon Viim anH inn nt lpiict Kofrkro Viu lerkii in thn stimit inn nf rrocnnol.l
coalition between lini and Llay." ; In fact, your denial to the contrary notwitbstal
tract from my letter as inlorms him ot the before that event Jny impression was that
nature of the evidence you are in. search from the time yoit name was put down You place great stress upon ihecohdict
oi, because, i presume you Denevea mat ior tne rresideucy you iavorea tlie cause pi gentlemen oi congress, wliom you
extract would not tend to refresh his mem- of Mr. Adams. -4nd the fact that all 'his sert to be my friends. This is what miiht
ory, or frelied implicitly1' upon Mr. Wirt's electors voted for ybu as Vice President, be expected from a man of your lw;e
disposition to give such evidence as you de- and tfiat you suffed his printer to be- principles, or. rather no principles., ly
sired from him. But you were apjjreheu- come proprietor oithe press you'had es- friends in Congress were men who wcv d
sive thaj the same extract sent to Mr. tablished in Washugton.for the express have been insulted, had any man, how k-
jMonroe, might refresh his memory and en- purpose of vilifyir.TOy " character and er elevatedupproched them in the lcii
aaie pim w give aucn an answer as would. landing yours, wunoui stipulating tnai n guage ot enireaiy ana persuasion, l never
not suit your views. The extract of my should not be wielded gainst Gen. Jack- did, and never would, if 1 were to Irve
letter sent to Mrl Wirt, described facts sou, go far to establish tie fact. 1 have thousand years." interfere with a man who
mistake. I sav nothing of the motives of
3Ir. M'Duffie in making the statement.
becausejl do not know them ; but this I
willsayj that Mr. M'Duffie .liasf upoq a
Former occasion, shown a willingness to
iniurc and asperse me. It i somewhat
doubtful for what purpose Sir. M'Duffie's
statement was obtained, ns . Ins statement
has no direct lenrin upon the facts stated
in my letter to Sir. Forsyth. It appears
to mcon reflection, that the principal ob
ject in obtaining it, was to impeach my
veracity. If that was the object, I bare
no fear of the result, where lie and I are
known. To give you o Rowland loryour
Mr, Craicford to Mr. Calhoun.
WoodlawnTpct. 2, 1830.
SiR-f-Sincc the adjournrrient of Con
gress, the copy of a letter, from you to the
President, containing 1 1 sheets, has been
placed in my hands. The object of this
labored essay is to prove, that a statement
contained in a tetter from, to the 'Hon.
John Forsyth, of the Senate of thd Uni
ted States, isncorrect. ; If there was no
evidence but that which is containedin that
essay, I should not be afraid of convincing
every rational and unprejudiced mind,
. that the statement to Mr. Forsyth is es
sentially correct. ; . i' -
In the brief comment which I, intend to
make upon your essay, of 11 sheets, I pur
pose to avoid the example - you have set
me in three things, viz: I shall not begin
, by depreciating the official jdignity and
weight of character of the person I , ad
dress; when I meet with a fact that I can
not frankly .arid distinctly deny, 1 will not
attempt to prove a negative by argument;
and I shall not mlsely and hypocritically
professi a forebearance which I do;no
' feel. . - ' - - :
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1 hrst notice vour observations upon
, the disclosures of; the secrets of the Cabi
net wliich you say is th? first' that occur
red, at least in this cntryv Do you real
ly believe this asrtiqn Mr. Calhoun
; How did the written opinions Messrs. Jef
ferson and Hamilton, on the 6rst. bank
bill, ever the light ? How were tlie
racis and circumstances which preceded"
'arid accompanied the removal ofEdmund
Randolph from the State Department,
by Gen. Washington, disclosed and made
known to the public? If your assertion be
true, those facts and circumstances would,
at this moment, be hurried in Egyptian
darkness. ' WThrle a Cabinet is in exis
tence, and its usefulness liable to be im
paired, 'reason and common- sense point
and circumstances in which Mr. Monroe now done With vour armrneritative ileniaL was iactiny under the obligations ni'an oathJoiivcr. read the enclosed extract of a let-
L was a principal actor. It was therefore and the negative cvidenci pf Mr. Wirt, to persuade or entreat him to act contrary tcr of Captain Ro5. I know nothing of
deemed unsafe to submit them . to him. I backed bvi vour distinct ncdlcctlon. to the convictions of his own iudiriuent: I the correctness of his statement, farther
The excitement produced upon the Presi- . I shall now take some noice tT your at- and if I were such member, and any man, than that he made the statement to me in
dent was so manifest, that you did not be- tacks upon me, which, with thk excep- f however elevated he might be, were to in- substance, before he left Washington, and
leve it could have escaped the attention tion of MrlM'DufhVs letter, are all anm- terferc with me by way of entreaty or per- further added, that he communicated- hu
of Mr. Wirt ; yoii therefore believed it'un- "raenlative,! and principally fou'nfcd upon suasion, I should feel myself insulted, and impression to a military officer residing m
safe to interrogate him. as to your propo-that letter.! 5 . should certainly insult the persou &o inter- Washington, and attached to the Var
sition, personally. afiecting Gen. Jackson. For the j present, I shall say "nothing ieruig. The only conveisation 1 recollect Department, who told him" that was no
Mr, Monroe says not a word tending to about that letter or the reasoning lounded ever to have participated in with a mem- matter of surprise; thatthc officers attach
show that the confidential letter was not unon it. You'exm-ess much forfearance ber of Conrreiis. in reference to the foreiro- ed to the DeDartment had made'tbal dis-
prduced and read in the Cabinet, which towards me, because you say I hi e been ing subject, was with Mr. Cobb, ut my own ebvery before. I have left the name of
was not suggested by Mr. Wirt. Every ty- unfortunate T If you mean that
dm the science ol law will tell vou. that it suflcred much bodil v affliction, i kiu are
l . . . . .1 7 I i I
rule ot evidence, that one affirmative right; but,' thank God, those- apictious
witness outweighs many negatives ; but are past; and I am now, and hue been
altkaugh you were at the bar several years, for more than three years, in th enjoy-
it ispossible your law-Iearhing never as- ment of Vigorous, uniuterruptci health,
cevdedso high. I migfit safely rest the case lutifby unfortunate, you mea that 1
bete; but I will produce one affirmative was not elected President in 324-5,1
witness in support ot the accuracy of my must beg leave to dissent from tie truth
staiement. opposed as it is by Mr. Wirt's of that assertion; I am
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1 have house in the presence of Mr. .Macon, of the officer blank, as I was unwillrngto in-
i. C. In that conversation I supported vol ve him in a controversy with you, with-
Geiicral Jackson's right to put A mbrister out his consent.
t6 death. MrJ Macon, I believe,'was cou- You say that the decision of the cabinet
vinced ; but 1 am not certain that Mr. C. was unanimously agreed to. Tins I be-
was. That gentleman acted in concert licve to be untrue, and I believe you knew
with Mr. Clay, in the pait he acted in the it to be untrue a.t tho time you wrote it.
discussion upon the Seminole war. Mr. My reasons arc the following: The cab
Forsyth and Mr. Lacock were men of high inet deliberations commenced on Tuesday
1 I t 1 I a a a
am conscious pt fceing cnaracter and experience, and leaut upon imorninir. and on rndav cvenin!T. all tne
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ative statement, lhe lion, lietua- less uniortunate than vou were. idi. at- no person. INlr. Eunes made a speech m auestions which had brfn discussed u-prr.
tf I 1 i A A. I I 1 - - w v
Wv Crowninshield. in a letter dated ter obtrudiriff vour name unon -the-ration 1 favor of the report whiclrwas intended to 1 1 thought. decided, and Mr. AdamndirrcU
as a candidate for. the Presidency!
in a
yrVa-
y tor
y . my
iiivui
out the
clings secret.
h July, 1830, says "You ask if I re
coiect: while in the councils ot tne labi- manner until then unknown, and 1 trust on'the committee in place ot Mr. rorsvth.
net of a letter written by Gen. Jackson to will never! be repeated, aud coulictecT I wonder you had not discovered that he
the President Monroe 1 1 do recollect of yourself in the same unprecedented nanher too was a particular friend of mine.
feonversatiott about a private letter while your jname was permitted to Tie up, You say that, as it appears irom Mr.
wukcii iur. vaiijuuir, jl ueneve, ustveu ior, were put upwn o ine oiaic OI l eu
ani me rresiaenisaia ne naa not - got n, nia, upon wnicn you anected to r
but upon examination fdnnd he had it. success. My name was put;j up
Tins, letter contained information and friends for the same office, and b
ophions respecting Spain and her colony, was kept up, notwithstanding my bodily
thelFlofidas ; but the particulars I cannot afflictions, till the election was consura-
now undertake tosay, or state correctly, mated in the House of Represeniitives in
I remeniber, I think your f fating that the February 1825. . JNo man in. ttik nation
jut5umstaiices there spoken of, did fully was better pleased at my exclusion than 1
explain Gen. Jackson's conduct during was ; for I then verily believed, and I do
the campaign I remember, too, that Mr. now believe that hd 1 been ejected, iri)
CJalhoiinwasseverenpontheconductofthe remains would hoyt be reposing in; the
General, but the words particularly spo- national burying ground, near the eastern
branch of the Potimac. I was. therefore
far from considerii g myself unforuuate in
te result of the dection in the 'House
of Representative ; . . ; ; v '
Your forbearance towards me has been
affected, because iou believed Vou could,
But after the Cabinet no T;. j i . vwtm aij , rnore enectually injure me. 1 request,
-iv !--( lie viuuiii rr hiuitiiitdii w no c c hit i . r t t '
Vp...UywU & v-p w paM wu tnat noreatter, it. you should
sion to write or spak of me,
be made, and was, iu consequence, placed ed to draft a note to the Spanish minister,
conformable to those decisions. 1 intend
ed to set'offfor Georgia on Sunday morn
ing; and in order to prepare the Depart
ment for my absence, I was busily cm-
M'Duffie's letter, 1 had no scruples nlout ployed in office, and when about one or
disclosing the secrets of the cabinet, I had two o'clock, I received n note from the
it in my power to change the opinions of President, requiring my attendance.
my friends, by disclosing the contenUof When I entered the greatest part of Mr.
the confidential letter. No person who bad Adams' note had been re jected, and the
a proper reard for the feehmrs or charac- remainder was slrortly after, and he was
ter of Mr. Monroe, could make use of that directed to draft another note pursuant to
lnttpri fur it was manit'ustlv written iiiulpr the decision which had been made. The
ken; have slipped my recollection. "-
Now, sir, what do you think of the ' nega
tive statement of .Mr. Wirt? Do you
think it now so very certain that that let
ter wasi not produced and read in the Cah-
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dis-feel
4 e , 1.- 1 met upon whreh your memory is so
propriety of .keeping its procee- t t irr tk i i
ZJ iL nftnrSv,. P.Kinnt no 1 nct 1 ! P Tou not, on the contrary,
longer exists, when its usefulness cannot
be impaired by disclosures of its procee
dings, neither reason, common sense, nor
' patriotism requires that those proceed
ings, should be shrouded in: iihnenetrable
I in your elaborate essay.'' But
become! history, and the nation has the ?4 attempted by argument
same right to a knowledge ot them, that
it has to any other historical fact. It is
a falsehood upon the President of the Uni
ted States?
The main fact contained in my state
ment, is not denied directly, or indirectly
a negative
And what
nave occa-
you would
the impression that ir. lUonroe was ca
pable of that duplicity which would con
nive at the execution of a meas'nre, and
u'isavow it iificr it was executed. - 1 must
confess, had I been Tresideut, 1 should
not have been flattered by irs receptiou.
If 1 had, as you represent me, been little
scrupulous about disclosing the ktcrets of
the cabinet, w hich is p siliely denied,
notwithstanding Mr M'DuthVs statement,
1 should have made no use of that letter,
aiid this from respect to Mr. ' Monroe's
feelings and character.
Iu the whole course of my life 1 have
next moriiinz
I set ofiTfor -Georgia. "
Mr. Adam's letter, which now before
me, contains n repetition of the arguments'
lfb used in the cabinet ; and in tho letter
he informs roe, that the exposition which
appeared iu the Intelligencer, was not writ
ten by him. From all these facts, I think
it is fairly inferable, that Mr. Adams did
not agree to the decision of the cabinet,
and that you must have known it ; for it is
clear that he did not agree to it on Satur
day ; and it is highly improbable that anj
argument? should liaTeJbecn urged to con
vince him, after he had been twice directr"
ed to draft his note in conformity to the
decisions which had been previously made.
You dwell with much stress upon the
presumed that all-nations have.entertained
this opinion, and have acted upon it.-1
Whence the secret history of Cabinets,
the most despotic in Europe. Hence the
history jof the house of Stuart by Charles
Jatpes Fox, which disclpses the most' se
cret intercourse between Charles "the II.,
notiagain feign a forbearance you do n,ot been as much! ln the habit of utzeriug my
opinions and stating facts, as ' they . were
lament that mv friends known to ine. when made nroper bv time
did not interfere and ' prev ent my med- and place, that when I am charged, after aPse of timcsincc those deliberations, nnd
dlihi? with this mattpiv I make fo rintiht anv kinsti of tune, with haviaf uttert-d o. SCem to be unconscious that the same
kind of an argument is offered? Why, tiiat you woud hvc hecn vcry gia to have pinions or made statements of facts, I do lapse of time applies to all yourcertificatcs.
that "it would be to rate his (your) under- been spared the trouble of making so el- not hesitate to admit such opinions were negative and affirmative.
You seem to repose full confidence on
Mr. M'DulhVs recollection, altliouch it
was of a casual conversation, not likely to
standing very low to suppose that an otti- aborate a comment upon a letter of three uttered, or statement of facts made, if the
cer under our laws could be punished pages. I make no doubt that you dislike opinions correspond with (hose I enter
without arrest and trial." Sir, Irate any the idea of being exposed and' stripped of taiucd, or with the knowledge of facts I
man s understanding very. low, who acts the covert yod have been enjoying under then possessed ; but wheb 1 am charged make the same impression upon the mipd
wjiin a total disregard to principle. ltis the President's wings, by means of false- J with uttering opinions I iever entertained, as the facts contained iu my letter to Mr
i ri p. i iiHi ill huh ii ifiri ifi nip nT-rriinr ii vnn it i i . . & . r , i i. : . . l i i -v r- . . "
... -e .7w" i uuuu aim inirevrcseniaiiou. lou as- uruu iuukiu biuicixiiiid ui iacuv menu r orsyin. - loucven rcio
illa.. ' - ( i aw - t 1 ' af
aaa, inat to say you aid notproposeto ar- Sert that my suspicion that voii -wrote or sistcut with my knowedge of them at the tion of a v
oueven rcfcrta-?
. -,act vtluch vou sav
rxn. uJr.;k T;;cf 1 u,r J,un rest General Jackson. ut tha the should be l a,-.iaA k n,.,ttcn i,rto.'n.i.:Ai1 n-',.. t;.nnti.Dt7 or.. narrrA tn tv iu.or, li,nnM ounng tne next session 01 011
nmvpntwri,,ri0QWn 'rn f punished or' reprehended ' in - some form or- nhlil in!n 1Vtivtllf ttntt f withnht. or nmW rirnimt;.n not rndr.rintr ilinUiCiE 1 Ravc ll0W a lcwcr DCtoremda-
v VII iljUi V 11U11V0 UVUUlVllVi VI I I K'MWBV V a. a V W a. A W -V Jl UaWWV'frVa mm IV A J V V4 m" Was MaWU W m VS W avaVMVvAaaV. V
Eouisthe XIV., King of France, and had Pfner s aDsura on iace. ai need foundation. A man ivho knows as i well disclosure proper, lhave'as little hesitati
l do. the small weiiht to wnicn anv as- m acciannc me efcarjje laisc. -vpp
m . m m a - a a a w . mm r mi
this ruleto air. JU Uuhie s letter, "
secretly engaged to re-establish Popery in
England. Yet in the face ;of all these
facts, yjou dare-to presume upon the'-ignorance
of the distinguished person you.
were addressing, so far as to insinuate
that such disclosures had never been
made in any country, but certainly not
this republic
is mere lor arrest and trial preparatory to
reprimand? But is it indeed true that a
military officer cannot be punished with
out arrest and trial ? Was not the disap
probation in the case of the Seminole war
as
sertion of yours is entitled, in a matter
where your interest leads' you to disregard no hesitation' in saying he is r
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have
a
in
I think Gen. Jackson
to be such. I should
punishment'?
must have felt it
have opposed it, it 1 had seen any way
every, part "of it.' I can aouul Ior Ius
mistake, in tlWfirst part bis statement.
In mv letter td Mr. Fowfth 1 state that,
previous to
con- city, you, in a
Air. Monroe's return to the
ted in October, lfc.il, in which I state to
you, that you had a short, time before in
formed me, that your, memory could not
staken in be relied upon as to facts. lou wrote me
a letter the next day, in which you did not
controvert that fact ; yet, riownftcra lapse
of twelve years, you rely upon your mem
ory for a trivial fact ; viz : i our appnea-
private conversation withl tion to see that private confidential letter,
I t.kDa f it. Mr. APnufTiehaaannli- Do vou not perceive some inconsistency
I ed ttis conversation to the cabinetdehber- in your esssay 7 You bad just censured
atiojs, and has made me a proof of your me for not using this letter, and then in-
proiosition unfriendly to Gcn'rl Jackson, sinuate that l naa uu u, B8 jou imnK j.
..l.l, 1 oror.s iinttnr nnrt von vnurcolf InUfTlll XOIiae uevuii.. in uuui i.uu nuk
A 1 IU Am Uf Vt mm "VI J w-. w WMi.VI m ' Jm
1-
sonable, in controverting that statement,
that you should have sought Jto obtain evi-
dence to controvert that fact. You apply to Marks and Pensacola.
Mr. INIonroe and Mr. Wirt, for evidence.
But pfiwhatl Not of the principal fact. ursred to brinff Gen. Jackson to trial ; but his wishes.
but of secondary collateral; matter The you know well that there was no- propo- the letter' fixes it upon you and not; upon
omission to appeal to Mr. Monroe wheth- sition made in the Cabinet affecting Gert- Mr. Adamsr, subsequent events strongly
cr vou made the Dronnsitinnv ncrriKp! tn wal Tnnlfsnn Dersonallv1. but what was coroborate the inference deducible from
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the truth, must have other evidence than
your assertion, to remove even a suspicion.
You ask why not charge Mr. Adams-with
havinsr written ornanspd thnt Inttrr to be
of I 1 T1! ,1
niuicu i uc aiisw Li is easv uiiu cuu tini iuu iu u iiui'- . i ..-.. . t
L . . . i - - id m . i. m . a t a ww ww m s 9 m
The next thing which! shall observe is, P acing the government m the right as to clusivc. That letter contained twp false- me.vtwd yPur.detenination to pursue because ynuB8uriunluuu1c,,luaUUU1.
the manner in which vou attempt to obtain kpain, without disavowing the principle hoods one intended to iniare me V the the course in the cabinet you did, and that it, & you ucuevcu mmi vu.w u,7 uU3.
evidence to controvert my. statement to events of the Seminole war. ' other to benefit you,' and that which was
Mr. Forsyth, That 'statement contained If you are not satisfied with the evi- for your benefit, taking from Mr. Adams
one prominent and distinct fact ; every dence of Mr. Crowninshleld, Mr. Adams half the crjjplit of defending Gen Jack
thing felsp in that statement.was seconda- in a letter dated 30th July, 1830, says: son; and giving it to you. Admitting,
y auu cuiiiueiai iu mat iaei. ii ws rea xuemaiu uumi uuuu iruitmi was uigcu iui mc eaac uiaiguiumi . . ; . . . ,. i r . : .
tt,o fl Tonlcnn shr.nU V.ro.,,rV.t to I wns ennaori fr. innrP ITIP. no on Will 1 I knW it tO be UUtrUC At tne lime Ot WIS OCljeCOUC .uUUuuu,
u wt', u: . u I v?;..i.- M.n'A.tWntiia TTT-ti 1 A it nt o t 1 v q c I Trit'nt ron vprsnt i 0V1 . I had never fppn the
- . j . 1 .. ., . . . . I i i i i ) -t i 1 J .-trl I know I nvr mnHo
t is true that cribe half the merits ot his actions to the oniers unoer wnicu ueu. jauivson acieu, u - -7- - - 7 ,
strenuous opposer of nor any of Iris despatches, nor heard of Hut you luaiuuaie mai i maoe aiscjosurc
itrinsic evidence Idf the confidential letter. 1 relied upon the of the secrets of the cabinet tp the editor
accuracy of your representations, apd ac- of a newspaper in AJUieagevine, Decau
ordingtothem Gen. Jackson appeared uemui v,u.wtuiFccicu uw"7:
learly in the wrong, and I did nothesit- I never denied U. . I never koew that I
i tnougnt you in tne nguu .k vv. - .
. .. J . - -r . r irln'aUAl nnA tV,A. rndence of-
sited ueorpa, l nave uu - w, u..u 4
r! T..i,,..i.ortnnt- Iercain support ot it w as so nuiwiuw,
vou m inv letter to -Mr. T?.0wtK ;a etirn. rUA Vnnrsplf. If von dpnv this. I Ithn rontpntsof the published letter. Uu- ate to tell you
I . . - -" ii)iui, lO CHUUS l .yuuo u ju J J "I , - - r I . i . . -m
presumptive evidence that- the necessarv exnlanation nnf? the whole of the 1 residential canvass At the time 1 vi
i , , . . -. i- j ubxivi vu i .r -uiti . j i r? - r , I - i
-answer wouia connrm my statement. lTou irom Mr. Adams, it may, oe proper, to oi t nave do rreonecuu. ui any xrumttuu.. maluCu.-,uur:r M . ionint and mali-
state! that the two letters from Messrs. act of Mr. Adams, tending to . vihiy me ; ed any measures to toresiai pupucopuuuu, -
propositionproducfdinthemind&uponthe Adams and Crowninshleld, are the only but you know, that you set up the S Wash- and thereby to anticipate the decision oi aous man uen. v.iarK if iW
leelings of the President, and did not dare dommuiiicatians 1 1 have - received from ington Republican in'Wasfiington, for the theadministration ; nor have I at this mo- J1
toaVkhim any question tending to revive them since my departure from Washing- express purpose of vilifying my reputation, toeat any recollection of the existence ot denied that am eTefTC,Jmrwe in V
his recollection of that proposition The ton, and thev are in reply to the only let- and had the effrontery and shamelessness nny'such measure. ; If none suchexistea, msjjooK, ana ue jt buld have been al-
different manner in which you approach ters I have written to them since the to cause it to be published by a clerk in the and I believe 'tfone existed, then it is utter- however,ndicui . . - t
the President and Wr.uirt, even upon aforesaid period. There has been as lit- department, whose tenure oi otnce.was ly lmpossioie mat l snouia - i .j nt ri :rn WprV 'idmiued.
the collateral secondary fact, upon which tie sympathy either individual or political your will. .The facts which I j bave . sta- myself as Mr. M'Duffie makes mc. I have the W nc "ic chatgc, .1
vmi AA rnntnrp tn intprroo-fltfi thpm. riro.l nt Wn and mp as Iip. ttA ox-nnpratfi t Mr. Adams 'from' the therefore, no hesitation in Saying, the J l3Ut, Sir, S1DC J , : . ri-.i rrC
cccd fro'm the same fact that made y ou tween them and vou, and in factjnuch charge of having any concern with the J whole of Mr. M'Duffie s
in saying, the
statement is a
give
sir, since yuu. lyuu v...
it the most unqualitTed denial. The
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