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V . 6r?t j)nk ever
ihe'facti nd crfcomstnceVbicb p reety
" ffotttthe SUte Department, Djr. icei
wtWm fc trnA; tbosfe st knd
: J i "i t? -1 4 .rit f nc and its uiefolnerf JrabU At- btfN Jm
f.Vvk -f Wirpd reon wxl common sense )oin?:ot tbeJ
:' propriety f ltepinff ir . proccedmK Wr I
, But after the Cabrnet Tp IongeT 1 .Wn t
'- v r or pitriotismi requires that tho$e :p.tpceetfn
f ptesomJbaUU ntionV to entertained
'sHhti opinion and iTc uctel' lapon "Hence
l U$ K secret hiRtorv et (Lbioct, Ibe most despotic
jBtirope.'' Hence tpk Wstory of tlie boua of
btuar. by Charlra Jnje rx wmcnaiscio
i-t tb tntecTet intercmrae.bteen cnric9e,
iW Vimk ItThUtMr hv wfiich: it : was
?kVJPtpynaia ? 3-
th VI V. -ihi Kim "-nff France, ami liatt sccrenv
nag6d to teatabliab Popery in .EngUnd.--.
i&fe'l Me ne thinsr 1 ahatt obwellaixthe
:'t ;s aKttient coiniainetone- pfomijt ;bid
disnttacvv ihat'"talejnn
' f secondary, anj ;ct4 lateral to that fjtct.; Jft
; rfeaiouable )nnlroVeTtfgitharirfenWirti';
;i;;lti.tyou abonldVfeaVe!UKt to obtain evkfence
t fttt o controvert that fact. v You apply to Mr.;Mon
; ' roc and f r. W irt for.evideice. ; Uut:.'of Hat ?.
iKot ot tbepiinctpal6cf,;b5taaorlarycoK
'1t Mtt,eral matter. The oniaoii to 'appeat xo Mr.
j 'yV.-l-.'Wrwiroe whether yeu OTe4bov prpposit'iDns-,
-VW1' X?1 'a wylettetyto lr.fyorayih, is
'lfQnsr ptesumptite eridnithaf yoliiAbebcved
'iteeiirineae f your Iproposi
tt-U- Preiflenhd did fcpt? dare Jipjask ; bUn!
jy ti-efttiott tenlU .revire bis tcotlection
of 4hat propsHinn
; YVirt, even ypon the collteVl secondary fact
!,upon.bic you doyeotyro tointuTojfate lhem,r
y rmicecda from the; aaihe fact that made, you
avoid linteirocatiptfa them upon the. principal
?yf.?llf$tyhtteWM nv-ke tbc enquiry of Mr Wilt
yuSetwibbim auch an atrkct from my letter
5?n'n hior'of'the naftireof- tlve.ftvidence
& lievt d that extract would not tend tu efrxsH bw
f ; ?jhi.bi that the
I" 4:4Wract aenXTilHivf Moproe ; rotght refrah
1 it&ittoory, auch ah an
:l'tVpf nv letter aeiit- $oVMri Wlrdeacribed '.'facta.
nu ctrcMniaicea mi wDicujrt juooroe wm -
f, ; Crinnal actor. It Iwaa theretro 'deemed uw
v; ' tfe to submit tbentf.1
? tJTdducwl noon the rresidiut, waa ao maniftat
tlyotf;di4wot belief bU; coukl have eacapt-d
'tb attentioir of MH: Wirt t you therefore be-
tf" -lievedlt aikufe t intemgiSe him as to1 yoar
- litr Monroe ava riot a word tendinc lto abuw
.Jttihinlwn letjter via not pryduced
aid reariin ibe Cabinet which was yfet auggew
ed oyllNrWiit. iSKiperyttyro in thescifcnce of
flfaV wdrny0uipoait la aVt.o1 of eyidehce
Ivthatbnea wUneMlweighii many
't'-1' ', ., ! ! uvaiKl ViUir htw IfuTfiirof
' Dee"' leii I tii inwuiru'Twii. w wsi
cae Iter; t .but 1 wdl idnkIucc 'one, aferroatiTc
it'ftWmuono ii the accuracy of roy-atate-
eW, opposed a itjw byt Wrf ; Witt's negative
; ataemfm -The Horn Bejniri, W.- Croniu
abWld, io a er d;4ted 4t)-Jid3v.:l830; says--.
if ou ik if recollect, wjiile in .the" ot-uttcils oi
v-i fthV Cabinrt, of.a letjter vrhten iy tienl Juck
pilatPrt ?. lr lo . nccuiteci ot
;fc Covraton about a private letter which Mr.
v& Cal'ftuu'H, I berieye; ksked for, nd tnePieskleut
.;f,y.C5iifaB'l;,e badiiinoto titfbttt upone lamination j
yfourtd lllad jt'Ma'letter; tontimved inJurrriaJ
V.. : - tn. -nrl nrm nm rf-rieCti;Hr 0tn and lutr COI-
iiib40W put, the particuitrs I cantiot
Oovr uiiderlake X& say or state jiporreetty. I re
pfreaiberr 1 tbtiik, yur;atiij? that the rum
tabce theoapokeo! of -'didf' fully explain Gen.
-JsCkon conducjidurirtg ..the Chpaign.; I;Ve
tDember, i$0r tt J r.athoHn Iwg at;v,ere upon
.the'cn(uU:6f the Genera but tlw words, -par
; ttcuiaHy ajkeu bate ali ppd "my . recollection."
' Jiovj sir.vtMt do ou -I tiuak of the iegutive
v statement of -lrAVirv1-: Do you thutk it now
;'o, very,eita)n that tbt letter wa not produced
tnd rejd JUt.the Uafcioetiipoii which ypurf mern
orv is ''tib distinct:? Uo.rou jiotj oa the contrary
fetl.coovicfed of t-a attempted o pais ofjr
fnulri-tandW yerVlow, who acts wiUV.a total
ur.'ifmrd to pnnciule t it la V.-oe'tbat iriaddiiioo
' the argument,yim iaddVJtbatjito ,ay . you did
-A titt propose 4o arrest iJenc wl Jackaon, but that
- form or other, 'u absurd off Us face sW hat eed
; . falxehood UDOD the Pre&iUear ot tie. Unite
t The main fact contained In- mv abatement i.s
ovt r-
ih':of-.c.er iHtderar , lawsh could be Punished
n rv. v tt sthiait ftrrtBt iitoi -icai-T - 7 air. i uiie itw man's
I "kv Itiut 1 K ideedrue! that &-OTiut-ry of-;
ttv;'flcefc!Cftt without; a(rml,;f Was
rlot ih&a'pp
Wv4iiJ;waVA p.bhlent think Qtneral Jack
v ? xpn roust. luWotetitt to be such,' I. should have
f ; opppse4 it; if ,( had seen iny wsy of(placii the
i ; verhmeHt in the right as to Spain,without disa-
i. vowing the principal eventS oi: the V Seminole
j fe,;-- - If you arenotsatisfi with; the evi
ffiX' v"':v "d,enee ' oTMr, CrwniUshieldlMriiijdams,
: ietteratedl ptK July; i83fj; says---
The main point pbn "which itvwas ur-
S--?rjRirfhat"0-ii- Jicltspn; $hould be T)rottght
;.?;-v,.. .to trial wat; j.iuu nau vtutAveu uis orr
eibytakingSt. Jklarks and Pensacok:'?
It i true that Mri Adams; does not say
--;i" f ty wfaortt' s itiJ :viirged to bring Gen.,
'tm Tt $ iackson t trials tyit Jon know weH that
. . . .1 .i-.A.A!4.j.M.'M.j r. r,v
tdnet aftccting' Gen .Jackson personally
pr."' hut,ut:;wa8 niade by jroUtseif. v If y oit
r -1 SenYthis, 1 will obtain-the necesary" cx f
I anatUm Ccom Ir.f Adams. It may b
kroner to tate that the two lettera irom
v ' Mesrs. damitipd Crowninshield 'are
v j'v, s thr onlyvComtnunicatioQ lv nave received
fjroOTeu since f myaepanure7,trom;
' .
Vaihington, apu xiiearft m reply to the
ohTy letter- lavewrittelr td thehv; since
;jeafor43 Wi0' 'l jThere has4je.ls
.ttle arwpaiyeithef individual; Or"p4lU
noe, wtpa gcactae ft jqa
.. : - ,. ii ". -
ilVbVeTreeftm Vftd JOU i-k
dndf .f b t - ;anH ybuat ieasllcollect er fo-liavc participaled in witk
PJ frifrti v rt;tinnHWtt Mm- and tinember of Cobsressf in reference to the
tbe.bub4ciaf '"Irt'fact, before'ihat eveiit; rtT loreing subject, was witb!MrCobb"at
prssioir ! w'as'nhiit- irom ihe? time tour j
name tra'nnt 3own-for 4he Presidency?
vorf fa vnWif thi 'anse f Mr. Adams.
And the' fact that alL his electbrr- voted.
forfyous:as Vice president,' and ; thai you;
iuffere4 hir prirvler to become proprietor;
of thViress jou ihidHestablished in vYa'ah
inoiK jurlthe "expi-cs purpose ot? ilifying
mrchar'actref,d jaudiXLgyours,'iTkhoUt
sbpoLating that U should not be fielded
against fieheral i Jackson,' go faMof estab-:
Jwh 'theYaet I have'novy done mih tour
rargnmentalive denial and the negative
eviaence oi air. yy trt, DacKeu uy your
distifict recolhctidfc m , ; ,r v : j
I shall now take some notice of your at-
! tacksApon xnz iytiktiSi
ot JViixusl'UuBe'Slfctter, are all argumen
tative, and principally founded upou that
letter,. ; j . : . ' '
For. the present I shall say nothing af
Dout truii letter or tne reasoning jounaea
upqnit You etpress much" fothearince
towafdcne,: because yoti say I have been
unfortunate ' What do you mean by un
fortunate fxif Vou mean that I have suf-
trXinucK bMiylBwtion,you are right
out thank tiodthosa atiictiona are past,f
and I an now, and have been fbr Jnvore:
than three year, in the 'enjoyment of ti
fforbu uninterrupted health, f But. if by
unfortunate; you mean tnat I was not elec-
ted If resident in 1.824-5, 1 must bear leave
to dissent froni.jtUe truth of that assertion
i am conscious or oem less unionunare
than you weie-"- You, after obtruding your.
name npon tne nation as a canaiaate or
ii r ' T J ...1,1"'
tne rresiuency, in a manner until ' tnen
Ain Known, and I trust will never be re
peated, - and conducted yourself in the
same unpreceaenteu manner -wnue your
namiv was permitted to be up, were put
down by the State of Pennsylvania, upon
which you affected to rely for success.
iviy name was put up Dy. my irienus lor
the same omce,aod by -them, was Kept up,
notwithstanding my bodily afflictions, till
tne election was consummated in tne
House of Representative's in February
1825. r No mart in the nation was better
pleased at my exclusion than I was ; for
1 then verily believed, and 1 do now be
1 ie ve,that had I be en elected, my rema i ns
WoUld now be reposing in the national
burying ground, near the eastern branch
fof the Potomac.! I was", therefore, far
from considering?' myself unfoi tunate in
the result of the election in the llviuse of
Representatives, t
'! Youf forbearanceutowards me has heen
affected because jy(u believed you coutd
more effetuafrvrimure me. I request.
that hereafter,' if .ou should have occasion
to write or speaiLof me, you wiit not a
gain feign a forbearance' you do not tel.
You affect to lament that my friends
did not interfere and p rev tint, my mN
dlipg Jith this matter 1 make no doubt
that yottjv would ,af-. heien. very o
havebcen spared the trouble of makn ft so
elaborate acorn mnt upon a' left er of tf ; e c
pages I make no doubt tlmt you disiik?
the;idea of being exposed and tiippvd
the covertyou have bten eiovnS -o.der
the President' w'inx bv weans of false
hood, and iiiisreorReutatJon. You assert
that my su spMlmj-t ha tyo Wr6ter or caused
to be . .written, th fetter which was pubHsh
ed jn a .-Nashy fyf? az.ette,is withou t'fou n -datjoq.
';'Aib.an,-',jh knows-as 1 do, the
smaM weight o llivluch, any assertion of
yours is entitlcdln a matter where vour
interest leays you; to nisregaru me truiu,
must have dthf r evidence than your, asser
tion, toremove $vcn. a suspicion. Ym
ask whytnot charge Mr.; Adams with ha-.
vmg written or caused that letter to be
nvrj;tten ? The answer is easy and conclu
sive- That letter contained two false
hoodsone intended to injure me j the
other intended jtpbenjefit you, ami that
which, was for four benefit taking from
Air." Adams half C the!- credjl of de-
fending Gen. Jackson, and gifing it
to yp. t Admitting!; fors the sake of
argoinenf r that;iVIr' Adams was dispo
sed to injure me, no one will,! thinkJ
suppose mat ne would voluntarily ascribe
half the merits of his own actions, to the
man-who was thVmost strenuous pposef
of hisvwishes. If the: intrinsic evidence
Of the letter 6xe; U upon you aiid riot upon-
Mr. Adams, subseqent events strongly
corroborate the inference deducible from
t the cbnten ts .of the pu btished lette Du
ring tne whole ot ithe Presidential canvas
tif '2.024L. I hav n v.i.titl.nf' n v
a'et ofcMr; Adams, fehdinsr to villfv mlT;
buiyou knout, that you set up the Wa!h-;
ingtop Kebublican lUv vyaashingtonfor the
e x p r e8 purpos tkpl vilifying jivy f e p u t ati o n
and had the effrphtery and shamelesness
to cause tt to be published by a clerk in
the department; whos'e tenure of ofiice
waryour wili; iThe factwhich I have
stated will Generate Mr. Adams fiom i
the, charge rpjrhiing any concern with
the ahvile ; Utter, and x that charge,
upon you in .ne.esumatisn ai reasonaDie
men, your depiaftq the contrary ntwith
standmg. '
t. You place grtstre
of; tlentenln(nsr you
aasertto.be myfmhdshials what might
vxpecieu, ;rom a raan; oi ; jrour .loose
riniplesvr iihjrw; rincipIesMyr
friends fm Congress were ipen who ou la
nave neen insulted, had any man, however
iadejnt wal
actifiisder the'obliaatiott of ifnii
persuade rnjtr
uipyicuoiis Pi niswn judgmeifti
audtfl wemtcat meeiv4ndahyma:
howeyer elevateil; hDi9ti t h
mterfere wUh )&k4fy$tfi-. entreaty or
pejc?astb,;i atelfiBSB
ray own house" in Ihe-pressence Air-
MacojvM North: Carolina. ' inlthatCflJu
veraatiOD I i 'supported" Gen; . Jackson's
rightvtujput Ambristei" to xleath. -Mr.
Maeojnl beltevevT was . eon vinced ; cmt Jl
aro ibt certalirthat JUr. tTobb was. -That
gentleman i acted v larohcert with tyrf
Cfan vl the part he Jobkr irtv the discus?
syihiandMr'-LacockTweremeii.. of high
character and experience, an,d leant upon
no person. Mr. 3Eppesmade aCspeech
in favour of the 'report' which was inten
ded to be made and-was in consequence
ptacea on itne-committee in piace oi jir.
Forsyth. I wonder yon- jiad not discov-
erejp, .that he too was a "parucuiar inena
of mine.
You sav that, as it appears from Mr,
31cDuffie's letter, I had no scruples
about disclosing the secrets of the cabinet,
I had it in my power, to change the opin
ions of my friends, by disclosing the con
tents of the confidential fetter. No per
son who had a proper regard for the feel
ings or character of Mr. Monroe,, could
make uSe of that letter : for it was mani--festly
written under 'the impression that
Mr. Monroe was capable or that cmpiici-
jy wliich would connive at : the execution
of a measure, and disavow it alter it was
executed. I must confess, had; I been
President, I should, not have been flatter
ed by its reception. If I had as you er
roneously represent me, been little scru
pulous about disclosing the secrets of the
cabinet, which is positively denied, not
withstanding Mr. Mcuunie. statement,
I should have mde. no use of that letter,
and this from respect to Mr, Monroe's,
feelings and character. i
In vie whole course of my life, I have
been so much in the habit of uttering my
opinions, and stating facts as they were
known to me, when made proper by timeu;
and place, that, whet. 1 am charged, alter
any lapse of time, with having uttered o
pinions or made statements of ficts, I do
not hesitate to admit such opinions werentr
tered, or statement of them madeiftheopin
ions correspond with those I entertained,
or with the knowledge of facts I: .then pos
sessed j but when I am charged with
ottering opinions I never entertained, or
'with making statements of facts, inconsis
tent with my knowledge , of them ? at the
time they are alleged to have been made,
or under circumstances not rendering the
disclosure proper, I have as little hesita
tion in declaring the chanre false, v Ap
plying this rule to Mr. McDuffie's letter,
1. hare no hesitation in saying he is mis
taken in.every part of it. M can account
for his mistake, in the first of his. state
ments.'. In my letter to Mr. Forsyth, I
state, that' previous to Mr. Monroe's re
turn to that city, you, in a private con
versation with' me, stated your determina
tion to pursue the course in the cabinet
i hat you did, and that I approved of fi
Mr. MeDuffie has applied this couversa
tiuti to the cabinet deliberations,ind has
made me approve of your proposition un
friendly to Gen. Jackson, which I aver is
untrue, and you yourself know it to be
untrue. Atthe time of this private con
versation I hd never seen the orders
under which Gen. Jack&an acted, nor
any of his despatches, nor heard of the
confidential letter. I relied upon the
accuracy of your representations, and,
according to them Gen. Jackson appeared
cieany in tne wrong, ana i aia not, nesi
tate to tell you I thought you in the right.
At the time I visited Georgia, I have no
recollection that Gen, JacksoriVhad adopt
ed any measure to forestal public opinion,
and thereby to anticipate the decision of
the administration : nor,- have I at; this
moment any recollection of the existence
of any such measure. If. none such ex-
isted, and I believe none existed, then it
iscutterly impossible that I should have
expressed myself as M r. MeDuffie makes
me. i,have, theretore, no hesitation in
saying," the whole of Mr. McDuffie's state
ment is a mistake. I say nothing of the
motives of Mr. MeDuffie in making the
statement, because. I doj hot know them;
but this I will say, that Mr.McDuffie has,
J upon a former occasion, "shown- a willing
ness to injure, and asperse me. It is
somewhat "doubtful for?what purpose Mr,
McD u ffie's Statement was obtai n ed , as
lylQ cf ATvtonf '. Woo ri iA t rn KkaMrlr v rrT.
t va vv . i v. i u. 3 . mu ivui iuji m Lav i a
the facts stated in my letter to Mr. For
syih.4 It aDDGars: to mc. on .reflection
I u"i iuu liiiuiaa v wj w l - 4u vuiaiuuij xv
was to impeach my veracity. If that was
the object, ,! have no fear of the result,
where he and I are known. To give you
a Rowland for your Oliver, read the, en
closed extract of the letter of C apt. Ross.
i. know nothing of the correctness otr.his
statement, further than that he made the
statement to me in substance, before .hetTnernory alone,fMr. Wirt as well as I may
left Washington, and further addedV.that be mistaken ; and in regard to me, as I
ue communicaiea ins. impression to- a mi il was sick in bed when-1 received the let
litary officer residing in? Washington, andi ter, that presumption is the more proba-
attacnea to tne war UenartmenL who
A I .J " 11 A "4 " 111 F '
toiu mm mat nwas no matter oi surprise
that the officers attached tbthe Depart
ment had made that discoverys befbr 1
Kare lft ;tce name of the officer a blank
as I wa unwilling to involve him ina
controtersy with you,vvrithout his consent,
xYou say thatthe decision of the cab
tnet waa unanimously agreed tThis
believe to be untrue, and r I believe; you
at Ho bentruetthe timel'you I
wrote ikriMv 'reasons are the fbllowin
The cabinet aeliberatiohs commenced on.
Tuesday mornine; andwion FridaV evenl
, qucstnnnaa Deenais-ticfe J hayeMbjectioft thai
cossea were. I tJiousht. deciderL arid Mrjl w :A:.5nit. -
aireeieti arait axpote to; the
panisn ? jjumster jroniomab'e to those
decisions. rilivtehedtiief
oa aoaw meijiing.j, soa xq, tfratr
prepare the;DenartBtent fojviaY a5senc 1
wasbusily employed in-thf mcewhent
about one or two o'clock lecJiveda.iiote
frQffi'the President; requesting mjatteq
daru5e.feyhenri I eitered; the greatest
tArt of Mr.Adams note had been reieC ted.
anrTUie remainder :was shortlYJaffrCaTid I
Ke iwaa directed todraft another? notepurI
aUatit to Ah& decisions which iliadi been
made. J The nest morning I- sat off'-for
Georgia;- Mr-fcA&milfl9tttriyty&A9:
pow, before me,ccontainf fepietitipn' of
thetarguinntsJisedinthel cabinet
and in the lette'r he informs me that 1 the
exposition which appeared ictthe -IntellU
cencer was not written by him, Fromt
an tnese lacis l tnma n is iairiy inierri-
ble that Mr. Adams did not agree to the
decision of the cabinet, and that you must
have known it t for it is clear tjiathe did
not agree to it on Saturday j farid It is
highly improbable that any jtrguments
should have been urged to conyince him.
after he hapVbeen twice directed to, draft
his note'in conformity !to decisions which
had been previously made. i ; T -You
dwell with much stress npon the
lapse of time since. .those deliberations,-
and seenTto be unconscious tl the same
lapse of time applies toA all your Certifi
cates, negative and affivniativei r
You seem to repose full confidence on
Mri.McDutue's recollection, although it
was oTcasual conversation, not likely to
make-the same! impression upoA the mind
as the facts contained in my letter to Mr.
Forsyth.' -You even refer to your recol
lection of a very trivial fact vwhich you
say happened during the next session of
Congress., I have now a -letter before
me, dated inj. October, 1 821j- in which I
state to ybut that you haofa shdrt time be
fore informed me, that y our metnory could
not be relied upon as to facts. You wrote
me a letter the next day, in which you did
not controvert that fact ; yet now after a
lapse of twelve years, you rely upon your
Anmsiafetf a V 4IVl.ll fU r f V All !
applicatron to see that private confidential
letter, because you,, had received some
hinta about it, and you belie vejfroro some
of my friends. Doyou notperceivesome
inconsistency in your jssay ? You had
just censured me for not usinffthis letter,
and' then insinuate that I haa jused.it, as
you seem to think I ought tEMiave juiedit.
In truth, I do not believe one word of
your insinuation, nor do7! believe you da,
for - the reasons I haveAlready stated : I
L know I never made use of it. si But ytHtfTl
insinuate tnat i maue aisciosures. oi tne
secrets of the cabinet to the editor of the
newspaper in Aiiucdgevme, oecause
General Clarke suspected it, and because
I never denied it. I never kiew that I
was charjgeAith it, except in General
Clarke's- book, and there the evidence
offerein. support of it was 60 ridiculous,
thatio person,, less ignorant and malig
nant than General -Clarke, would have
paid theteast attention to it. Besides, if
I had denied that charge, and not gone
through his book,, and deniedetery charge
in it, however' ridiculous, it would have
been aSeged by ybu and your rio-Iaborers,
that the cliarges uot denied wre admit
ted. But, sir, since you renew the charge,
TgiveHt the most unqualified; denial.
The editor of the paper alluded to said,
in my presence, that he had been inform
ed that it had been proposed in the cabi
net to arrest .General JacksoB.ig I simply
replied, that no -such proposition had been
made in the cabinet.
Let ns apply your own rule jto yon, and
see how you will stand the test of your
reasoning. A Charleston paper of ast
March stated, that you had bejeu charged
with participation in the Niniau Edwards
plot against my reputation, f Have you
w, 5pf i mi v a
ey;ei- aenteu tnis cnarge r . - 1
. Again jyou have been charged in the
South-Carplina papers with being a nulli-!
fier. : Mr. Gales has denied this for you :T
but have you denied it yourself ? fWe
you ever coniidered. the ridiculous figure
y0U may cutin the sequel, if this nullifi-
1 cation advances mUch farther I
j In 1816 yon were among the foremost
T ii . 3' - . . T . ' ' - t x , r
in avowing the expediency and right of
protecting nomesuc manuiacuires, lowj
your disciples deny the rigljt, aud propose
to nnllify au act of Copgi-ess, founded up
on the principle -of protection. ' You nay
depend upon it, 'if you and ypur friends
should proceed so far as to inciitr the guilt,
and suffer the punishment of treason and
unsuccessful rebellion, you will meet with
no sympathy among the sister States, r-
I have said that Mr; Wirt's negative
Itatementjs the only evidence you have
in. -upport of your negative assertion, that
the confidential letter was not produced
and read itf the cabinet. For proof of
this rlad the enclosed extract of Mr. Mon
roe's letter," by which itill be seen that,
having no reliance upon" his own recollec-
tion.
he applied toVlr. W irt tor mlorma-
tion j and he candidly and very properly
auus oi ii as mp, (luesuuu ruros on
Klo-w
You appear to boast of the services
you rendered Gen. Jackson; jih his ut
most need. What those seryices were,
you have not condescended to .state in
Yoar very elaborate essay: Nor liave I
heard them f hinted atbefbre. Perhaps
your jiotoriou services-were i inTentrea-
ting and persuading members tof Congress
,to approve acts'that you deemed worthy
of punishment whert deliberatinei in , the
caoineu j. wut not nowever dwelt upon
ihjs topic If you can satisfrj the ' PresU
ucutnai you renaereQnm essenuai aer-
ypushould
obTect tjo is.
thiityM should b
to:;m'eyonr
toJ d
dd himJaii Jnjurv ahdithit: biepoVt
tteyersied itr.ppprt
ther this be true or not." I have no mearts
of JudgiugVt 3ut;m -tbftcQUrse -of ,the
subsequent winter,,! saw an essay an r a-
Nashville paper,. in wbich,th'e writer "aa
erted, that ths Administration knewbe- jtolleges. t wrote tfte letter to Mr
fore GettUJack-on entered FloridaVcthailrir of .which vou :mnplai, and thai I
tie inwaueu u)' la-B, me.; -jr4iu' ' ava.ia
and that knowing it, and, not counterman
ding itT the Administrationfhadmdehis
actatlreir bwn,anl were ot at liberty Xo
1. ' , .IV- . .V " "-. Jl " ' . i j . 1 . .11
oisavow. tnernv x carnettAJiis letter jo me
President, r and Tejquested him tor readi the
essaygiving him inY opinion, that the, es-.
ay was either written underf Gen Jack
son's immediate inspection, orrbyapersou
that had accesste,his rivatepape$j for,
that' the confidential letter,; waayideut
ly referred: to, - A short time after he re
turned the Gaiette, saying,1'- he , entirely
concurred with me . ii 'pinton
N6,: of his letter shows. that lr!
roe now recollects the circumstances,
which my letter tohim called his
tion. - vv- - :'-;.
: :T, must take some further hotice oI'Mr
Wirt's rtesati ve statement, be fore K close
this comroentaryjjr
his letter by expressing tdonbt8bont.di--icloling
the secrets 6f tit ca?t without
the consent of the President and ever
member of the cabinet present I aup
pose this squeamishhesSf MrVVrtilg
gested to you the verywise declarations
you have ventured upon the eaine subject
Mr. Wirt's squeaniishness yields to the
consideration thatyou only request infor
mation as, to yoiir own part, in the decla
rations of theyCabinet, This he gravely
assents to, and then stateathat you, pro
posed an enquiry into General Jackson's
conducv He then proceeds with nearly
two pages, stating what he does nbt rer
collect. All that he does not recollect,-1
do7 distinctly recollect, and so does Mr.
Growninshield: But what he does not
h-ecollect, is arrayed by you as evidence
agamstwhat I and Mr. tjrowniushield do
recollect. And Mr. Wirt from his man
ner of stating his npn-recoUectiOns, seems
disposed to countenance the -use you have
made ot his negative statement' . You are
welcome to it, and to the reasoning with
which, he has supplied "you. ISince the
dissolution of fr, MonrbeV cabinet, ii
have hot felt myself restrained from dis
closing any fact that transpired in it.-"
v nue it existed, i aisciosea none oi its
- ecrets, &.whoever says'Idid, isyaiadiat
jUriaot truev; I know of no intrigues to in
tjure you or any other person, ? either di-
rectiy or indirectly. nad l uee n cauea
on in the year 1825, after the 3d of March,
as -I- was called on by Mr. Forsyth last
Spring, I should have made the same dis
closures then,, that I made to Mri For
syth. Whether Mr. Wirt remembers the
facta contained in my statement, is per
fectly indifferent to me,eyen if Mr-Crown-.
inshield had not remembered therrt. But
his recollection of the facts is almost as
distinct as mine. Mr. Adams? recollect
tion is, that it was proposed to bring Ge
neral Jackson to trial, and Mr. Crownin
shield's that you were ; severe opon . the
conduct of the;GeneraI. : " i - :
I believe both of these gentlemen have
given the. impression that your." arguments
made upon their minds, .indeed neither
of them have intended to. give your ex
press, words. ..vl am tliereforervnotwith-;
standing their statements,-, of Opinion that
the proposition ascribed to you in . my
letter to Mr. Forsyth is literally correct,
'although " it may be to rate bis (your)
understanding very low, and.roay be ab-
gone through your tedious essay, and
sura on its iace. i Deiieve l.nave now
nave oeen mncrtmore teuious than 1. ex
pected to be phut your, insinuations have
been so multifarious and various that I
could-not well be shorter. A fewtkords
more about conspiracies. General Noble
informed4pief "thatfor about two week!.
belore Ninian i bd wards set off for the J
West, in 1 823, he lodged in the same
house with him, and that a person in go
ing. Edwards' room, had to pass by
his, and that during that: time you paid a
iauj,visii Liwnisi-awarus room, and
spent iromone to two hours with him
He sent h
is.iUiemorial back to Washing-a
ton, whrfe
he was on iiis?ionmev ; it) is
there fore.
ef.highly probable'that the most of
4 rjttetf in Wasliington j and . re
rel Wnd revised by you duringyour
it. was
vie wen -ana revised oy you dunngyoue
auy visits to that compeer of yours.
Every person knew. Edwards wa4.
convioced he hverwould have ventured
upon such a sterjithou paying received"
assu rap ces ff om personslheeemed" ca-
.pable of protecting htmT Your letter of
the third of July to the maoagersofithe
fourth of July dinner in Washington,
was considered at the time anocf redeem-
i
og the pledge of protection you had giv-
en
- Jiiiu x is true tur. Auams and far
McLean united with yu in the letter.
Mr Adams motive for signing it was
apparent, fed ward was his" political
was his? political
supporter. His son-in-law held the vote
oi Illinois in his hands, without which,
it appeared in i the event, f Mr. anis
could noi naveueen eiecteo. mr Aii
ams, theretore, had an adequate politi-
caimotiye 105 ppmg tne acu rpucouiu
have Jiad no such motives, not;, could
Mr. McLean, I .belike, have had any
other motive fojfehif ctiuduct thau'that hf
snhserfiency Jyour wlshesand a de
sire to enable you to -fulfilfyouc promise
to Edwards. From the time Gen. No
ble gave me the information and that y$a'.
igoethettelte. $dfTuiytt
neverAoubted ihat the plot against jpy
re
ion-waspur; nanuy-work, and or
my fliolelife lpisfe; 4tlmr;d--gos
mg manx Wae Uitticuiqes hafearisen,1
igmated in yotii?t;raitt so fertile inv mis
irigue-tana conspiracies, imhave throuirh
yanquiahejd them. . Iam now too oM .
adopt taew. course of conduct, i
in retirement, and have no wish to em.1
from that retirement- -i
Ihftd !!:. 1 l.rnr f .....
ofanfrinfrins. the ntiritv of 4u . i
ofahfri.hjnn
4
inoitine omy iciwr, tint at the tim
letter-was wntten,.rhad no inform,
that the1 electors of Kentucky were niJ
e4 to vote; for W as Viri Preside
ueiurc inc uair uur assertion, which ev
U.r it. Z... . . . .
.j . I y nrvjiiiu ivu Willi you
i wiV.niii 8UUIIH" w;-er? Sienaer
dence.
. 'wrotena ic
letter to a
where. LknewHhe electors were nUu3
to votfo'r Vice'President. 1 m
,j wh bcchi.vv vuiuH. uiai x am under ty
fuiiueuce oi -resentmenc. v: i0u are mi.
ttaKenuttesenrntis ony felt ajai
wsquais ur.r superiors, ana : never
iblishedl
tdseValhiha: Reibircii .for . the Lh.
pose of slandering and vilifying my ee.
putatiou rI considered you a derailed
a diRgraced mantfor whom no uan !
honor and, character coud feel any otj
Ohian the j
aer tnis impression; i was anxious thai
youshduld be no onger" Vice-Presidet-of
the-Uiiited Statei.
;t;i...
WiM. Br CRAWFORD.
ii
nttt 14 tarn nn. . Yili f., ItT ri
meui to wm. Lrcwtford, dated 25th Juh
-H. . " . . -""urn
PI
' You ask me if I recollect while
the cou ncils of the cabinet, of a lette:
written by General Jackson to the Presi.
dent Monroe ? f J do recollect of a cy&,
versation about a private letter; whirl
s
Mr. Calhoun, I believe, asked for, &J
the, President said he had not got it, bo
upon an exarainauon iounavne had it
lhis letter contained information anl
opinions respecting Spam and her colony,
the Floridas ; but the particulars I can-
uui nuvy uuitm lalvc U) say or state cw
rectly. 1 remember, I think, your staw
il l,i1 . '. ' ...... . t" . I
J lng that the circumstances then spoked
roTf oiuviuuy explain; General Jackson'i
tuuuutt uuriiijr.uie campaiK" , i renuso.
bee too, that Mr. Calhoun was severe m
on -the conduct of the General, but M
words particularly spoken have -tdipDti
Hy Fecouecuou.':'
JSirMro tdtftrot ttnetWontot to Wm. l
jmMW&h dXtdLSthlgujwt, 183a
$&pQC.ZdfyATfrb?A more thasfl
a week,' during w.hich thatletter was r?J
. i Tl,. . - A . . . . . t .
moved, . and eyery .thing relating to ih
rhftytleen reyiouly-,ar ranged,
was lorarottentand nevet'Tead by me un
til ajter theimeetinR nf the admiuhtraJ
tipd, and the; decision aa to the course uf
be pursued in reference? to itsTjaanagt
ment My. impressioa is that X read
then on )i suggestion; of Mr.lCal&&i thai
it required my attention. : Had I read
when I received it; Tishouldhave consid
ered it as ebfid(Shtia1V ?ind never haw
snown wto anyji one, ; nowe?er great tsjf
. .lit! f - il ; lit a a'l
conuuence in tnem mignt ne. as m
question whether that letter was mention
edjn the cabinet involved the correct
ness of my memory, I did not wish in re-l
plying to MrCalhoun's letter, to rest of
my memory alone, and in confidence
made an appeal; through4 a friend to, Mr
Wirt, who declared that it was not me.
tioned in t e cabinet, nor brought befort
it. and that he bad never heard of it W
fore.H
Frdm the ' foregoing extract itvill ie
seen that Mr. Monroe relied, upon iMfJ
i W'irt'smemory.
2d Extract." I well- recollect U
confidential communication- referred tola?
yours, which afterwards .passed , betweeJ
us, ana tne inference, respecting tne pu
lication in Tennessee,4 in which we boi
concurred." ' "
Extract of a fetter from Jack Pflbt, 0 Capidn'fl
the latt amti flated Tuscalooea 4th ikpt. 18 JU
v,.I reached Washington in April t
MI8S':hi applicant for the offie
of Marshall for:the Alabama District-
MAt M time of my arrival the President!
1 (Mr. Monroe, V was at hi plantatioa in
tfie couhtry.1 Idid consult with yon
myvtneid as tpfthe.mostiprobable roeanii
oi oDtaining.tne. oince, anu ? you Gia w
vise me .to endeavor to interest Mr. Cal
houn .in- my - faypr, r. alleging , that J3
thought he exercised more influence xtft
the President than any other member j
;uie camnet ana perhaps than an tne re
tcgetlier. I accordingly called on aifl
and presented my letters to him, ano
cetved from, him such assurance as eti'
deptly induced me to think he was wars
lynty friends .Some daya after this
terview with Mr. Calhouollobert Cra',
i loru ;
arrived at Washington,' as. an app
cant for the office for toy. friend Majc
Armstrong who had applied, ignorant oi
me inciviiw naa applied. Mr. t-ra"
ford did not bring with Mm letters
!uen. Jackson, recommending Maj. at
strong; bttMaj. Anpstrone weut on t
riasnvHi.e,procured the letters, anu j
.uUii,jjUVUrCU UtCr JCllClS,
vmrdedhemjtoashingtbn ? and I t
coliei&fihct Pwt-tj
lice OTIP. mrrilrif-., loft r frnin M310F
to Rabt. .Crawford, the contents of w
MrV Crawford shewed me in which, t
Major says, I have by this day's mail &
on retferfrbm General Jackson to W
Monroe and Mr. Adams, or.words to u
effecUThese lettcrs, I am sure, c
byj thevsamejmaif that brought the of
fom Major A. to Mr. Crawford,
miuV Uva Kan rivrl that, verf
jog-Sand with this knowledge of the F"
T llil on fr fV.hn'in 10 COB
wun ruin, out aaiu uyumi ui w - . ,
rt . 1 1 j T 1 1 J 1,., ir.pt Hi
I
ter,s. ne xpui me 1 snuuiu
? .M '. ...... ,i &.,ritf"
iio aimcuity in oDtaining me ar,w"v;" ,i
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