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li.nean imerx icxv with me. Id ttiis imer-J
x l»rt, Gov. Cass urgml so strongly th>»!
goo<in<‘»s mid lru«tw<>rihine-s of Mr. . 'Lt yi
ring hi I vourliS* so unq'iaiifiydiv lor hi':;
pmicr*! I'.ipH'itv anil Imiruiiur. soiling thiti,
li? bid latterly turned Ids mtenii ;il to the'j
sl idv of the Indi in sh iraeter and li.ibit
ill'll Igm up t,!te determination to
nit-' a lifibreit person.—Consi<l"ri'ig
G tv. (’ i'S *.<ns responsible for the Huies <•:’,.
tin' ojiiee. th it h'w as intiai ite'y nrqtiaintt tl*.
liiaiseif oithour indi in relations, and would
devote most of ids lime to th-in. I felt ii.
In lie due t > Ili n, xx lieu he informed me that’.
Judgt* Herring’s appointment would bed
move jr inlying to him than that <d aux*
odier individual. Now this explanation of ;
tiie facts in this ca.e was twine itiven fixe
myself to Judge V> lite—lie admits that it*
was substantially givcii to him by Gi»v h '
Cass, and yet hr prefers to mingle it xviihd
other in Hiers with which it had no con r
nexrm tiiid.T the hope that lie could g> /•
iruLl lor I’m vile indo union that it w ;s nti».
desira to prom >te the inti rrsis of Mr. A tr.P
B iren, which led me to make that n >mi>’.a 1
lion, IL>w the Judge apneain
in die eyes of all impartial and candid men »
when they are informed that Judge Herrin.
ifhv bad any political parti tlities was • ■-vt'S
numbered with the friends of Mr. Va:j
B iron: ll* was nit appointed t > tun?
olfice cillmr then or prior to that time Ini
Uie recommendation of Mr. \ an Buren mJ
of’ his political friends, an I it was notorioii.p
to every one at al! acquainted with liisS
mild a.id amiable character, tiiat he xvasS
averse to all politienl strife, and took no par j
in thecotnesl which was going on for tint.
Presidency. In miking his
1 never though: of its political effect. !«
knew that lie was an intimate i ersontd friem »;
of tiie Secretary cd’ War, at whoso soli: i-5
tation he was appointed in the manner sta *
ted. |
I proceed with the Judge’s tostimnnvJh
requesting the reader to keep in mind thing
he was under oath before the
and answering the following question. “D>
you of your own knowledge l know of an>>>
act by either of the heads of the Eteeulivi?
Dep irtinents which is either co rapt or i-L
violation of their official duties ?” In th !$
quotation made above, the reader must Ink
strm’k with surprise at the follow ing remark:®
“ an I it so did happen that although I nevett
heard Judge II •rri ig’s ipVtgrity culled ii?
q iestioti, yet his want of capacity was ad-£
milled by all with whom I conversed befor.fi
he quit tiie office.” Not by Governor Cassfi
who the Judge had just sworn had declare: q
to a member of Congress, tint '• Judg.L
Herring wis then well qialifiod,” ami th.£
reader might well infer, not by Judge Whitr*
himself, for it seems from bis own admi< F
si hi, that the testimony borne bv Governo r
Cass to the competency of .Judge Herrini S
not only silenced till opposition, but oh ’
taiaed the acquiescence of Judge White t g
the confirmation ot Ins .appointment. Tina
Judge says he made explanation of tins
subject to the Chairman of the India: j
Committee in the Senate, before the von |
was taken, and we are to infer that ns liter. 6
was no opposition, and that as he did no 11
vote against him, that that explanation wa-f
highly favorable to Mr. Herring. WiimE
then becomes of all this attempt ofthe JudgfS
to deduce out of the history of this case.B
matter of grave accusation against naS
The bill in this case was introduced an. |
passed by himself—the 83,099 salary at
tached to it, which he names as somethin
extraordinary, was put thereby himself—th I
gentleman who was appointed to fill the of-|
lice was put there with his concurrence, am
it will be seen from the letter from Mr
Harris the present incumbent of the office.[
herewith appended, that that gentleman i §
lie Irid any political partialities, was nevci!
suspected of having any for Mr. Van iffi I
rea. Bit the Judge proceeds : (luring th
last session Air. Herring 4 was apnointe: |
Paymaster, and Mr. C. A. II irris* was tip-|
pointed Commissioner, who so fir as I carfi
j :dge, is a most competent, faithful, am g
elfi-ient officer.’ The object of the intro I
dtirtion of this irrelevant matter the reade.j
will see in the following quotation : ts l|
think th.: p tblic interest suffered miu-lf
from the incompetency of Mr. Herrin-’h
while lie was in office, and that it will tak '
some time still to come, before his sticcc* £
sorwith ail his zeal, watchfulness and in 5
(. i»lry, wid be able to make those reform |
which the public interest requires.” Th h
minifest aim of the Judge here was to ge S
a pretext for an accusation against me. bn S
knowing that if lie stated facts the conse K
qnenco* would be more fatal to his reputa g
ti.»n than the declaration of his hcomnc I
to decido upon what would becalleil
l.y the committee corruptor illegal, he take I
sScker under generalities. He thinks tlia |
the public interest hassufiered, but ho.v oil
i t what particular instances he does noti
state. The reason is übvioms. He coul:
point to u* instances in that particular Dr:
partmetit except the o»:e of McCmim 11.
which was one of the fruits of ihe too n-re.i'
confidence reposed in the J udge by" tin
Secret try of War and myself. Whatevc;
errors may bnve hren occasionally com
i.lilted by Mr. Herring they were immedi
*n<dy corrected bj- the supervising power
It is doubtless true, however, that Mr. Har
ti« Ins introduced a system i n the Indian
B irean whirh will be valuable as prodm ing |
MH economy of both time and labor in th i t
brmch of the public service.
TheJudg* winds up the disclosurewhicl ;
was so dreadf'tl when not told, whi h a i
long as lie could say ipstcor/i I jr/irr// Inv. ’
to tell it all, was supposed to contain a li \
reu’e for whatever the longue of malic< |
rm 1 .fe’raction could utter against my ad-j
mini-tration, in the following language
1 feel that I should do Hr: I ite Scerctarv* injus
tire were I (<> stop fiere. 1d , r, ,t h, in |
leu 1.-si ><• deceive me. ortoi ijure tin: public, wber. J
hr proniwed me that if the ofli.-o was e.eate.l iifc
sttmi,, a ell f,l,e.| ; |„ lt t | lU ~f toril w . H( . rc;i! ,,,| g
ayl p n r,n
Indian l) pertinent nrxil theofficcr mt fhihfiw f f
yy erts n „>, it „. :i . , n
i. ip irtime* to haveit filled with a d<:< id -.-I li-im.iS
to die tpmtleman wlmwa. then | ( „,k e ,] lo b r „H
President umlmnsy others as the p.-r-.mi wh .S
ought ta Mieceed the present Chief Magistrate 1
and that the Hrcrelary was constrained to'yield to|
; ;1 influence which he believed hehad not th.: pow 2
cr :«cce»smHy to resist.’ 1 a
Here is a method of doing ju<ice to th.®
S.-cretary of War dishonoring his own!
declarations, by the substitution of afictiouK
fir a well knotrii fact, and making out off!
t'mt fiction a charge against myselfand aiS
1..e Executive officers. f.
Gan any moral m.m who hat any regard*
S l ''!’ the solemnity ol iu oath, wli<» has ole 1 '
gserv.'d wiial the J ml",e his jii.-t deeln red re-;
p .peetmg the •. .-.eiicy of'iiie Secretary i>f War!!
am oht iiniiig the pa enge of this law, his so-J
hi:.•nations in taser of dlr. Ilcrri'ig, hi.-J
*jd; , <l trttous lo Judge White liititscll and to'
ythe o'h r tnciiib 'r' of Congress lie refers to
pal ins capacity, Imnestv ami ititegritv, and '
eteial'y the Jm'ge’s acquiescence in his no-:
.‘mi.iatimi, tail to be lmrror->',rii< k at the'
itemcnt j i>t quoted? But the Judge;
it' .1 dtlein.it.i, and he ought perhaps;
J'U.l t<i he too suvtr.'lv condemned fur tiie- 1 '
G'lnlbrlunate imrnaer which he lias taken to’
ajget out of. Li the i ngai ies ot'his i.migiim-j
Vjtion hi .’lny excited bx the promises which;
;tet:ip:< <1 him from (he ranks of liis old re-;.
(Xptibfiean friends, he was weak enough to*;
►ptippose that I was the cause of the dis.ap-’
t.'pointinenl which so suddenly bell I him.—'
I ae ease ol Mr. Herring was perhaps bet-J
ftler calculated than any other, if not to de-i
,' i ive him at least to furnish Irin with a-
I? pretext tor the change in his relations as a..
lApodii. ian.and lor the great abuses which In'l
Heh.irged upon my administration.
Ijllerriiig was from New York—was just ap- <
•m >intrd a clerk, afterwards was made a Com-j
flmi'sioiier of the Indian itll’airs, and
t’coinmissi.mcd as a Paymaster, and sent to’. 1
syTemiessee, lo pay the Volunteers. Assu-S
«ming that he was a political friend of Mr. Van:
">3 oam, the Judge could not brook the ideas
Tit his being employed to pay the Tetine.--i
troops. It was a marked case of itivt
with the freedom of elections ;S
ya case known personally to Judge Whit. ?
jl—who, if he were permitted to disclose ////£
üb'H't i\ would at once bring?
5 uliiim upon the President am! his iidminis-x
6 ration. .Accordingly the Judge
Ad:e>.. i ici.tents with all the minuteness and*
3jgr:ivity which I-. 1 could master, vainly >m->
K igini.'ig that tney a .mid prove
as a climax lor the story he was to
H inder oath, oi’ my efforts to procure theij
8 lection of my successor.—lie says: h
l«j • 1 a n more inclined to adopt this opinion.
troai a very extensive intercourse with the i
r.d mv.j to the lii liaa alfiirs, 1 wasim J
W iressed ivith the belief that in all cases where he)
left free to pursue hisown judgement, lie was]
Slisposed to act with the utmost fairness, and witlij
Sa strut r.ga.d to the public interest; and because!
tigi know in a manner most satisfactory to myself,X
cariy I;s ><Hl.(if not sooner.) whci’i th.’|
up irst cabinet was dissolved, and :> new or.e to be)
pl created, tl.e President Lad ii.xiti Lis mind up-\
djiii the President elect, as the most smta>
gjde person to sticecd him ; and that, with a view';
gito procure h irinony among die members of hisb
family, it was considered important to?
$ .'move from the old cabinet three gentlemen, w!n»i
git was ludi-ved ; did not c. i icida in opinion with
ghim upon that sabjo.-t, and form a new cabinets
Evhich would be a mti' .- that is, each member ofi
git concm-ing with tiie President as to the person?
gnost proper to succeed him when his eight?
ra/ears oi service should terminate. ” £j
m lien th? old cabinet was broken up, it wastj
H int rssshe.l ;<> have th;; services of Maior Eaton jj
g :ic intention and wish was to putme’in his placed
«tnd with my aid in Temutsse, to have him elected to 1
si tteeeed me in the Heuate.
ibis opinion as la th" motive for the
Wnentof dr. Herring is still further fortified ami'
re-imlirmed in my mind, from the belief that a veryj
urge portion ol all iheoflicers appointed from that’
K inieto this h ive been selected upon the same'
® n-iueiplcs an 1 with a view to the same
a I feel confi.lentwhen the reader is made'
g ally acquamtm! with the circumstances out’
K I whicii the Judge Ims inniiufactured thc’j
g d>ove statement, that he will be at loss for?
ingitage to stamp them with the opprobri-?
mi they des ne. Tiie Judge will scarcely
£ lenv now, as lie has swora to it, that he en-£
| . ox ed niy confidence at the commencement?
administration. He was frequently;-
|i•onsulted, as he intimates, i i regard to thi.y
neasuresit pursued up to the period of tliej
die. made to him <>( (h e appointment of?
•l-crelary of War, and even much later. .
Joon after try arrival at Washington in 1 ;
1823-29, he cannot have forgotten, or ifx
te shoul I, I have fortunately the evidences?:
xherewith to refresh his memory—l say lief’’
l atmot have forgotten th at one of my
lie!- a-1 i es’ment vx as to red uce t o xvr iting t her:
I, •'eneral ptintiples ’.x.nch xx’ould giitde~my2
1 >ubli<: course, one of which, in reference to*
ny cabinet was the folloxxing: “that no’s
H -ad of D partmenl should become a catt-t?
lidate for the office of President or
<?resi lent of the United Slates, while heS
•cm.-lined in the department.” Thexxholcg
g >f this paper, laying down the rules which|
g‘Oio’d govern me, and particularly this 1 ?
Sjeature i:i it w:n cordially approved by the®
fflliidge who had been liimseif sliortby be-S
® ore t!:n' period solicited to take a placed
w imy c-.bi ict. 11 I had set out with theS
3 'xpci latioii of influencing the choice wlficlJs
mI he peopß were to make ol some one toil
■succeed me in the office of President, it i;«
B tot probable that this rule, excluding alii
| nembers of my cabinet from the fieldS
E f competition, would have been adoptedS
g—so tint at least up to the lime of the dis-S
P iculties which led to the dissolution of
abitiet, it will be difficult to find an
or the allegations he lias been at so muchl
i.'iins to preface with the Herring case. ®
, 3nt he may have only intended to
’ he idea that the organization of a tienK
; -abinet was controlled by a desire of mine toQ
t ,ro.note the interest of .Mr. Van Buren.— ®
Jure, too, lie is equally unfortunate, for ii&
i< well known, that at this period Mr. VauS
Buren’s name had not been an. lim ed, andg
is far I have been inl’ornn d, had m t bcenft
thought of as a candidate for the office olffi
m J re>ident or A'ie President. It was no®
|j intil he was reject;d as Minister to Eng-g
Jpiml, that the republican portion of the peo-S
slob-, bei-omiiig indignant at the rcasous®
rj vliieli produced it, with one voice fromS
E\lain» to Louisiana, declared him thehßj
gcaudidate, and elected him. Mr. Van Bn
wren was thru the choice too, as it Ims always®
Sheen understood, of the Judge himself, forfiP
Splint office. Iftlie Judge saw in his retire-®
mneut from my cabinet, that spirit of execu-K
Stive interference and dictation for the ( i’s jS
gcovery of which he has been so much lan-B
g ied by his new' friends, where then
phis sagacity and patriotism, and why did®
Mae not proclaim it? Such a suppositionfe
Kis disgraceful to his character, and is noils
by any of the circumstances at-K
stemlimx the dissolution of my first cabinet.
;.;!t is true, as the Judge asserts, that lliereh
gwas a want of harmony in that cabinet, andS
ffithat for this reason I felt that the public iti-ix
Bjterest required the organization as a new»!
Kone, but no one has the slighest pretext for®
insinuation, that this step xvas taken to®
aproniote the political interest of Mr.
ffithat 1 accepted the resignations of both Mr.lra
an Barcu and Maj. Eaton with
’jland not until I found that no ex; .islnlatmn
yifrutit nix sclf or Iriends, could ch itige the r
J-di'lerminntiom lamn >t aware that either
aol thmn had any expectation of tilling mix
ysitmitioti in the public service tiller-.
'»« m-ds. Iu offi-i ieg them the situations ih-x.
.S ifter"tirds accepted I cerittinly xv.is guide.l
.Shy the sum" motix'vs xxoieh induce'! me to
: ,tender similar appointinents to the oilier;
'lthrce members ot the ciihiuct, .Ucsse<s..
(Slngham. Br.tnce, mid Berrien. Mr. i an
ilßuren, 1 am satisfied, took the mission toi
\ r E:iglaud, fully caiculating that he would.
Allu re at l";i;t escape political strile, ami
aloof from any difficulty which re-1
iydublican friends might experience in se
iyr'Ciin-: a candidate for either the
y'ey or \ ice Presidency. j
But the Judge being tinder oath, xvili
’.■jihnve it, that the retirement oi’ my fir .t cab-!
grew out of my desire to appoint Mr.'
SVan Buren my successor, ami ascribes to;
"*sthis cause, my oiler ol’ the War Depart-|
>*uient, to him, after Major Eaton left it. in;
korder tiiat the reader may fuily appreciate,
qjthe character of this charge, I must beg)
■ijhis attention to the following details oi somej
jJconiidential intercourse with tiie Judged
lie his thought it prudent not to di-”
'jtjvulge. When inlurmeti of my election in;
: 81523, my thoughts were very nattirally;
Sinrued upon the selection of my cabinetd
alknow ing the value of a true and confiden-?
ptial friend, ami believing Judge White to
j&be one, as I did Maj. Eaton, 1 wrote to the.
confidentiallv, that as he ami the;
wMaj. had been instrumental in bringing me:
smito office I wished the aid of one or the’
Sather of them in the War Department. 1’
to him particularly in that letter.;
gtbat 1 desired a friend to be near me, in,
suhom 1 could implicitly rely, and that if
Fthcre wore any circumstances which would 1
his acceptance of the War De ’
Jgpaitment I requested him to hand the lot-;
j£t< r to Maj. Eaton, that lie might be ml; i -
iged ofmy wishes. On my arrival at Wash-’
gpngton, the Judge waited upon me, and in-I
stormed me that the situation of his family,;
Sand his want of experience in military mat-:
jiters, put it out of his power to accept the’
Roller 1 had made, and th it agreeably to mV
sr< quest, he had handed my letter on the!
Esubject, to Mj. Eiton, whom he fearedj
ouid not be induced to take it. Maj. Ea-’t
rfton, however, after several interviews, diet
|}at length agree, though very reluctantlxj
jSto take charge of the Department. Now’-
beg the reader to remember, that from'
Ijtlmt day' to the period of his resignation oil
cabinet, the confidential and friendlx;
between the Judge and myself;
unbroken, and 1 leave it to him
fclo decide, whether the Judge would not;
Vhave come nearer the truth, by ascribing-
Sthe offer 1 again made to him of the War’
to the natural effect of that’
’Scoufideuce and friendship than to the base;
Wtnotive imputed in his testimony. Was if,
at least to have been expected from himj
tribal he would have had tiie magnanimity;
tjto disabuse the confidence I reposed in hiin,j
'jsand not make the bereavements of his fam i
s,'ily, in which 1 .sincerely sympathized witld
shim, a cause for not occupying a situation'
my cabinet, when there was a far differ-J
feent one—one that friendship, honor and-
all united in saying that he,
fought to have declared to me.
1 must here bestow a few' remarks upon’
that part of the testimony in which the dis-!
of the cabinet is interwoven with!
»*the case of Air. Herring, for the reader?
Mrmist understand that it is this case on which!
%the Judge has erected ail his batteries!
Jjagaiiist me. The formation of cabinets—?
jMhe election of a President, and the mea4
i-suresof bis administration, are onlx-
to give probability to his story about?
/this amiable ami unobtrusive man, v.lnf':
favas so unfortunate ns to be a public officer,t
yand vol to be a political friend of Mr. Van!
SBttren. He says, “this opinion as to 'he‘
for the appointment of Air. Her-!'
is still further fortified and confirmed*
Jin my mind, from (he belief, that a vciq-a
j : il-"’ge portion of all the officers appointed
; Mrom that time to this, have been selected;
st:pon the same principhs, and with a view-J-i
■gtothe same object.” May I remind the?
§Judge here, that his step-son and
Mothers, received appointments at hissolicita-|
Sfion —that the public offices at
jfnow contain a large number of advocate.-'
M>f his claims to the Presidency in the latef
ami may 1 enquire whether thesel
are retained in the service, or vvercs
ipippmnted for the corrupt purposes he hasß
'ldesigriated—or if these are not the ofiicerJ
dhe has implicated, would it not have been?
treasonable for him to have named those!
Lwho were guilty or thought to be so bx|
Shim? Unfortunately for the Judge, all hi'-ij
|prohabilities scattered round this case of|
| Air. Herring, are as unreasonable as th;|i
that this gentleman was a parti-g
fzan of Mr. Van Buren. They are only?
£tbe phantom of his diseased brain, havine'”
Sno foundation in fact.
There is one part of the Judge’s testimo-ji
fny in this connection which 1 must also!
gquote, for the purpose of paving due at r
g ention to the extraordinary perversion oic
sfacts with which it abounds. It is thaig
Hwherein lie says: “during this same session®
gos ]B32 —33, w hen Mr. Herring was ap ft
gpointed, it will be lemembercfi that thtl
SLuited States were on the eve of a civi
3'arwiih South Carolina, on account ofthi!?
|Tarifl,” (thereader will recollect that mxs
Iproclarnation was issued on the loth of'DiM*
geember, 1832, ami that the law enforciimfe
|<he collection of the revenue, removed
|danger of a civil war. The dutv was col
Elected on Gen. Hamilton’s sugar, the peo-fc
Hple refusing to go their death for the su-t
Hgnr,) —“and that a bill was sent to thcU
|House of Representatives, from the Trea-iy
|sury Department, proposing a rnodi;ica-0
I'ion of it—that the provisions of that biliv-i
awere so changed in the House, that it be-E’
|came very unacceptable to a large majori ®
|ty.” This is remarkable. (Unaccept.ibh |
Xto a large majority!) if it were true, itj-i
Gwotdd seem that the large majority inighip
jliave been relieved of til I difficulty, by chan "-ft
iing the bill until it became acceptable tora
/themselves. The truth is, the bill embracedffi
(only the incidental protection which thej|
|< ollcction of the necessary revenue
to Air. Clay, and it appeared,B
falso not to Air. Calhoun or Judge Whi'.e.®
of saying ih« refore, what is absurd !’t
3lhat the House so changed the bill, that iiy'
jbccame unacceptable to a majority, i;B
STANSLHU! siN Klei
---■ ' tern si ;■ .■
iy.a mi al ini v e men marer the truth, if the.
rp.Jude'.' had said, that having tneu an eye to
’fitae Presi hmey, it was neces.ary for his'
ylricuds in the House, to shape• their conrsel
-.(.0n tins n v-'uiiv bill, so as not loofi-’tid the;
or imilily iug iuf’tieticvs, and he found'
:/.it tn b" impolitic for him to acton tlmtoc-’
; i'a-iiin as he had heretofore done, with hi.-e.
jy' | mbean Irii a-is. Ii" comi ai"s: “tha'i
.sfin this state oi things, and after what was
lyyaHeil (ae (orce lull had been cottsiderab!v :
liscussfd in t !<• Si'irite” II" voted, let it;
Übe reeolb cied, i’.r this force bill a- lie cal!-.'
Imo. 4 i:s lie v oted lor it, not as it would now<
• isi'cm, Jr >m a conv ctiim of its n.'i'c-''-:tv am!;
-.J.jus’iice, but because he had mH then the:
-.•nerve to separate fr mi the rcptiliHcati par-1
i i'y. He had nottlien received the eviden-’
o.y’es -vliicli were afterwards manilestcd, tiiat*
-.tyhc betrayal of his old friends might give;,
.'ghim new ones, wiiii strength sufficient to?;
•ij'.iisi'him to the Presidency. He contin-lj
titles: “A!r. Clay introduced wliat is com-i
called tin: compromise bill, and up-f
\3<>n its second reading it had been referreil*
a select committee of seven members.'!;
the names are not given will be seenj!
,ram the sequel.) This committee, it wasmv ji
■j'S luty as pre: i-img ofiieer to appoint. Be-;’
im'are the members of it were mimed, 1 re-y
i&ceived a note from the President
.ijiiie tn go io his house, as he wished to see®
•Mme, (he does not give the date of the note,-?
>bj:ior the reason for my wishing to see him;)}
returned lor answer (be does not say by’
■arboin, or whether it was verbal or written)'
■M’htrt while the Senate was in session, it was;
w’lit of my power to go, but as soon as . it£
i would call on him. 1 felt the!
,'41.-igh responsibility which rested upon mel
appointing the committee; the fate of the?
'spill in a good degree depended upon it,*
Pg Hid if the bill tailed, we wmdd probably be);
i nvolved in a most iiaiulid cimlliet.” (.Mark?
date.) .’dr. McLa ic’s bill would cer-j
.Rat iinly have passed il this had not. Itre-i:
-glieved coarse woollens from the qeavy duty?
-gimposcd in Mr. Clay’s, which, with thes:
, of Air. Calhoun, was raised froru? l
per cent, ad valorem to 50 per cent.—— tots,
classed with the woolens, and to be!<
reduced with them to 20 per cent.r
-U.vhich is to be a permanent duty. ,Mr.|
ij|McLnue’s bill was, in lb's respect, by fiitg
-t?jtlie most favorable to the Smith, ami wask
free from objection in tiie eyes off
Htlmse who were anxious to give greateiv
yjtreedom to our trade and navigation, ands
. ;'m adjust the revenue to the wants of the!’!
without giving direct protec y
■ftjtion as far as it could be avoided, to nnvj:
He continues: “I endeavored to'i
the best selection I could, bv takin<>.s
Tarifl’inen, one Nullifier, Air. Clavf
•;'|liimse!f, hoping that if a majority of ting
in which all interests and views)!
iv|were represented, could agree on any thins?.|
likely the bill would pass.”
ever a select committee raised on anv|
’Ksubiei.t, lint that it was composed of mem-X
Sbers representing the various interests rela-S
,^ lnl g ,o i’? Such is the universal rule ois
Hthe appointing power. There was thei.l
.-gnooccasion lor the great profession of im-y
i aparti-dity wliich the Judge here covers ii[j|
Jrfm so much bombast. Tiie sole object oiV
|s|it, the reader will smm perceive, was a hope!
Sthat it would conceal the deception which!
ftiiie meant to palm upon the public. “Tak-|
those principles for my guide (iie says,s
bji wrote down the names of seven members.®
yjplr. Clayton of Delaware being one, am
.^immediate! y before we adjourned,
fetheir names to the Secretary, with directiomk:
mto place them on the journal, and in tin w
of the evening waited upon thes
wßresident. Soon alter we met, he men-fe
fetioiied that he wished to see me on the sub-b
;>,‘jHct of appointing a committee on Mi-.f
PiUlay ’s bill, to ask that Air. CktvCm might;
blnot be put on it, as he xvas u.tfriendly “toi
gpir. McLane, he was afia'.-' he would* itse£
endeavors to nave a preference given ti ’’
tq^. r ' ' s Hill ever that of the Secretary?’
'!ic J’rensury, er words to that effect.
in answer, that it would alw<ay.-j
yflgive great pleasure to conform to the xvisli-I*
ties of my political friends, whenever I conics!
® lo so with propriety; but that the Treasu-|
sky bill had been so altered ami mangled,W
Isand that, as I understood, in a good
gpy the x otes of his own party, that it
?|but few friends; tiiat xve seemed to be on thejfi
<|eve of a civil war, and-tiiat for the sake of(i
averting sttcli a calamity, 1 would
N ill in my poxver, any measure, come fromg
gwhom it might, which would give peace to|
gthe cotmlry, and that any bill having thatS
®ior its object, was esteemed by me a meas-S
| are above party, and any man who xvas the#
| author of it, was welcome to all the
gbe could gain by it. Bi tat all events, ill
tjwas too late lo talk on the subject, as 1 had®
the names of the committee to thc|
| Secretary before we adjourned; and that
I had a very high opinion of Air.
||ialcDts and liberal feelings, I had put
■ij >n the committee, without knowing he xvasa
iM'.er.-omdlv unkind to the Secretary of the®
Treasury. Hethen asked me if I coiiklf|
sec tiie Secretary of the Semite thal||
mid substitute some other
Mr. C’iayton, before the journal wasgj
di made up; I told him I could not—in myS
d’tudy i>.<( nt :t would be wrong; and then the®
ij utci vie..' terminated.” S
a , .
U Now, 1 bog the reader to bear in
glmt Judge White here swears, that I aske.tS
•jiiim imtto apnoint Mr. Claxton a membeiK
n the coaimntee, because he was unfriend-fr
y,ly to Air. McLane, or in oilier words, to
sadministration; |<>r j[ cannot be
I I'.'lt :’,ny puldic concern about Air.®
MeLtuie’s private r' lations. The Judged
Sjoinits to give the mimes of this
'fi't was composed of Messrs. Clay , Calhomi.M
■ I'undy, <‘l)ster,Clavton, Rive-, Didlas.ll
7Among these names are those of several*'
♦gentleinrn, whose opposition to my
was mticli more bitter than
'>ol Air. Clavtom Wliv then should 1
gpointed to him alone, as objectionable lorcj
ijihe reasons assigned by the Judge?
•pi bole story is too absurd to be believed bxj$ t
;':any one. The truth is, I never had but;
Jlone conversation xxiih Judge White, in[^ (
gwliicli the opposition <>f Air. Clayton wa.-’/j,
espoken of, in connection with his
to a committee, and this was at a dif-sffi
gferent time and upon a difl' rent
,'altogclhor irorn tiie one referred to by lhera f
IJmlge. In that conversation, 1 named togq
|him how unjiarliameutary and unjust it xvastj..
|to place members as chairman ol’ commit-p.q
Stees on important subjects, who .were not&L
jonrpeaking terms xvitb the Head of thet|.
3 g
•;< Lo pitrimem, with whom the chairman!
i.’-would hold o!ii. i ai intcicourse; aiidbywaxl
. sot illus'ration, may have named the hotili-S
■ f.xt v exist:.);' between A.r. McLane and
pji ’laytmt. 11 is obvious, hovniver, that in-s
>Lthe case here related, there was no occa-?.
‘fi- ion lor the admonition, be alleges ! gave';
'/him. The l <l; mmlifvin;.'. the Turifl', pre-!?
•p.iri'it by oli. xfr'jine, was iiefore tinji'
■ iiioiise, not before tiie Senate, am! of course!'-
'irnadi.' no personal iuieieour-.e het-tcen t.iem’::;
-./necessary. But had it been oiherv. i-i—
--‘ had ::!r. AlcLane’s bill been before the Scn-'p
yate, ami not the House, il would have lieeiit.
/Mr. Clay as chairman mid not-Mr. Chiytc.:i,'/
..•■is member of the committee with wlmmy
Mr. Me Lum would have transacted hnsi'-'
: biess. So that the statement is not onlx'
tifictio!), but without even a probable etr-?*
•bcmnsiam'e to give it a coloring. There!
Quaver was -ray im.tiie feeling between .Mr.'
ton and myself in any sense that in-i
interrupted the iutercbange of civilities. It]
Hw.-is otherwise with Air. Clay who wa.-!
firhairman of the committee. But lam sure!
filial there is no one acquainted with me who'
gran suppose that the Judge would hold the'
jdlanguage to me be here describes, xvitlmut;
||receiving such a reply as it merited. He!
tiffins never used such language to me, how ;
yffiver he m’ay swear in the presence of others.
tv’Lhe same observation is due from me to:
history he has given of the nomiiialioui
ao! A’r. Stevenstm, wherein he represents!
kpi'e as sending a messenger to him loascer-j
sjtiin the feelings of the benale before I would;
gpluce his name before them. The public;
Mbas heard something before of a messenger!
Air. Webster and Air. Stevensonj
fjaml the Judge Ijas in all probability allow
feed his imagination to manufacture this sto-!
rary ol that, had there been auv foundation;
slor it, we should certainly have* been favor-?
Heel with tiie mime of the messenger, tindl
l4the other circumstances of time and place.|
i|to enable the public to decide how far I w as?
vji'cally blameable for the conversation be-|
Judge White and a messenger. Howl
ytlie Judge could suppose that I looked to|
|<bim lor information to enable me to knovx|
iptfie fccltngs of the Semite is imt more
fjmarkable than the ignorance and absurdi-,1
uty with which his whole testimony abounds.'*
I proceed now to that part of the
wherein he introduces Air. oA’
as a witness. It would seem from;
eulogy which he passed upon this get)- '
jStlemati that he xvas aware his
require support, and I think the rea-ii
Kder after weighing his statements will
)|that in this he was at least not mistakeni
* he public lias already been informed that?
Bradley met me on the road near his®
pjFather’s in E. Tennessee as I was return-’’
Wing to the city of Washington from my ;
rjiarm in the fall ol 1534. His object ap-jJ
|cpeared, lo be to welcome my arrival to that!;
Mpmtion of the country and to escort me loj*
Hhis Father’s who was an old acqmiiutanctf
&mtl friend—with whom I had
U-toppcd a short time when 1 travelled theg
Sroad. It being a remarkably sultry and®
y'.mpleasant day I invited Air. Bradley tol
Intake a seat in my carriage whirl) he did.l
plmd it is the conversation which then ensueog
/De now professes to retail as a witness am I?
gout of which the Judge gathers the mate-l
lor the base insinuation that I suggest-O
||e:l liis becoming a candidate for the Vice!
)5 Presidency in order to obtain his snppm'qj
gos Mr. Van Buren’s claims to the Prest'i
|dci)cy. How far Air. Bradley
he eulogy lie received for his services oug
Sthis occasion the public will Jetcrni’.ne whenl
|his statements arc contrasted with my re-i;
of xvhat occurred between usj
r»and that of my Private Secretary and Air.)-
giEexvis Randolph who accompanied me on|
journey and were not only fa:niliar|
n'vit’ii my views of the political suljectß;
to my notice by Mr. Bradley but|
those that related lo the questions
■•lerally which were discussed by the peopli|
":pt that period. Judge AVWte’s name tva-|
in the conversation with Alr.g
X Bradley as connected with a
had been made at Nashville in-: 1 !
jt-mded to nominate him to the presidencx£
•through the medium of a caucus of th* *
ol the convention setting at that;;
1 his movement had been commu-ti
lo me by Gov. Blount, nc-w deceas-g
wi.'O was well known to me as a sincerer
-Jlriend of Judge V* lute and as a sound and?,
tried Republican. Re informed mf|
of the individuals who toolJ
Ban active part in that movement and
Simmy other conclusive circumstances satis-|
flying his mind that it xvas gotten up xvitb|
other view than that of producing
in the Republican ranks, and as
the reprobation of every real:>
wlricnd ot the Judge who was not
|to be capable of promoting, directly, or in-|
any measure to strengthen a partAi
which he bad never acted ami in op- >
to which he had acquired all the •
he possessed. Air. Bradley;
gseemed to be highly pleased with die senti-S
Smeilts expressed by Governor IMouiit andn
that be xvas a member of the Leg-gj
kisiatiire which had been in session
' jhe meeting of the convention, and that ats
fiiliat period a .similar caucus of the
i;bers had been fin.nosed and was opposed byi
?bim for reasons which be bad communicated*!
(to Judge Vvhiti—that the Judge had in a||
ijietter to him expressed his iipprobation of®
'jhi< course ami objected to being brought®
/out as a candidate for the Presidency uulesss
/invited by the free will of the people or hx’s'
rticley alt s duly chcsen for the purpose.—
' il. tliis I remarked was but a
jofmy opinion that Judge White was a real|
;r prdilican, am! that he could not but
Jw ith disapprobation any scheme to
;h:m from his luends and connect him with
Ipariy w nose success would make him
■instrument of establishing principles amifc
inconsistent with all his reputations
and character ns a politician and statesman.[a
I also expressed my conviction that no really
friend of his had ever seriously designed toE
;run him in the manner proposed—that iftj
.die people of Tennessee would pursue thep
.course they adopted in 1832 and could b\p
. .(■legates to a general convention in wliieh§-
phe friends of Republican principles wouldifc
>be represented, obtain the expression ofatJS
of a majority of the members of*;*-
jstieh a convention in favor of his claims
the office of either President or Vice Pres-'.'?,
ident, that in that event he would be av
•trong candidate. Rut that if placed be-»
fore the country as proposed through thefff
odious instrumentality of’the caucus spokentn
of, it would be political destruction to bim.ljij
$
I'l > . ..
r,?' 1 ' ""A *” l ‘‘ ,lsl| ’ ri ’H'g my jden o! the elmct;
t iiat won id have followed the nomiuaiioti o! : '
Wife caucus at Nasbvillt, I brought to Mr.
’s r colli c.timi th--j case of Aaron,'
•jßtirr wlm-;<: dowid.ill [ ascribed to the at-’
jjiempt oi a party to place hit i in th? Presi-!
lency against the consent of the Reptibii-,
j sms w,th whom lie had abt ays before been’:
ymiy have interpreted my observations?
j] ir.licipiititig a selection of candidates thro’,
'Hie medium <1 a general conveiitim of th./
•fi.)e!<‘:';ites appointed by trie Republican':
marly as amoimtmg to the intimation “fad
Aprcf ience on my part for A! r. Van Bm eu.x
j-’meh 1 know was the deviisj oj’certain <!em-l
’Lgogaes in order to prevent ail concert of/
*ietmn among the friends 11 the administraV
i'C’oii. If so ami ’m this manner he has felt/
in ascribing to me a r.■ropositlnng
gtn run Air. Van Bare;) for President ams
b'Jml . e W mte for Vice I’resi.leul he haffi
deceived-himself and done me the?
J>'treatest injustice. No leinark of the
ever made by me to him or to anxf:
Mother human being. If therefore be ever-?
as be alleges he did that he woiiidS
Mr. Van Buren if'Judge Whiti-|
put on the same ticket with him, it on
bljiy proves that a proposition which he pro-a
fficlaitus as corrupt was his o wn. |
It should not perhaps be thought surpri-;'
Wsisig that a character like that of Mr. Brad-!’
■muy capable of retailing and
private eonversa'ions, did not
fiSthat the ouimn he sought to fix upon m< !j
by his own testimony throw upon him-|
gself. But what are we to think of the de-g
plosion whicii led Judge Albite to use
of such a man for a serious chargtS
me. He might to have been axVaieS
filial bis late position as a candidate for the|
is irrccoucileabJeto the
son which his refusal of the caucus proceed-®
dings at Nashville was placed—and that Air.b
testimony proves only his deser-f
ktion of old friends for the sake*of tin office|
|tetidered to him by new friends. Il’-lie
sincere in his professions to Air.
Mey' there could have been nothing in Gov.H
declarations or in my approval 01%
calculated lo offend or to injure liimt|
y —there could have been nothing in my re-®
tjliance on a general convention of Repub-1
dlican delegates as the most effective meausffl
preserving the ascendency of
in the administration of the Geti-g
geral Government, to excite his alarm or in-1
|dignation. To an understaud’mcS
|ihe excitement he now manifests forth:
Scanse would have been far more reasonablxK
against the caucus of the clevc*u|
<m Tabers ol Congress through xvhose agen-»
sey he was afterwards nominated to the*|
and which xvas not only sanc-E
ytioned by him, but had the magic power vIF
r| sb.-olx ing him from all political response i
gjbility lor the principles he had advocate-
the friend of the administration ana
athe Republican party. If in coir n .ml
j-fivitl) the venerable Governor BiomV am k
all his associates in Tennessee, 1 ha< J
his rea! character, there ce rtjainlx |
no ground lor the harsh terms ’in which !
has couched his censure of us. If vvi ;
kwere mistaken he ought to have t>.-c ollectec ■
gihat so far as he or his influence had aux !
gcotitroi o;er the political events ol? the da* !
fi’t was our duty lo increase our efforts to re-!
rfjjair the consequences of his separatim i
From us, and not to follow is is example.!:
|lf be could not allow me to adhere to mx t
iffild I’rinciples, those under which 1 bad beei >:
praised from the days of the revolution ant a
|have endeavored to practise, without at- 2
KU'ibnting my obstina.cy to a corrupt motive. |
She should at least have first placed himsel ?
jjibove suspicion. Before denouncing mt z
filor being what A always professed to be, :
of Ute old Jefisrsonian school. ;i
ffie certainly xvould have acted wisely not t<
Reject the tiije he did for it—a time xvhicl p
a change of i;is political
—h;s announcement as a candidate for tin
yaighest office within the gift of the pcoph s'
his resort to ail the means that weri f
F'alc alate;' to win support from interest; 1
Snotoriotisly hostile to all the leading taea-'l
Mures advocated by him during his poliiica'
Air. Bradley’s testimony whei |
T nipped of its verbiage and false colorin';®
/ clearly shows that the confidential inter-®
icourse be betrays and which my enemieiH
shave laid hold of with so much violence tola
tube obligations vs truth and honor, mani-fe
hi'jsts only my anxiety for the success of
:-great and cardinal principles to which xvi®
aare indebted for the blessings of our repub-E
Jiiicau system, and my abhorrence of
which have been laid to overllntowfe
(tiheni. S
| The statement of John O’Brien is also in-®
ktreduced by the Judge to strengthen the insinu-ffl
i’ltion that 1 had transcended the delicacies of||
trust as President of the United States ano|||
|bad interfered improperly with elections. Thi>||
xvas noticed as the reader may reeol-||
jl.x't in a letter I addressed to the lion. A.||
(sJlmitsman which is herewith appended. Ilav-fej
Sing now however received letters from all th,
fce.n'emcn of Jonesborough who xvere present®
?whmi the conversation tefcrred to by Mr. O’-®
ffih'ien took place i have thought it my dutv t<H
jappend them here for the purpose of showin-.®
(how utterly this part of the Judge’s cmnplaimi
|fails to be sustained. This case is a striking il-Bl
lustration of the jnaceuracies pervading
jwhole of the Judge’s testimon/and proves hoxtS’
(easily a mind inflamed by the
(of ambition can be imposed upon by those xvht .
‘partake of the same partizan influence. But®'
(mukieg every allowance for the operation olffl 1
glhis feeling it is surprising t hat the Judge shouldl
snot ha ve been sensible of tire blunder he‘has
in the use of O’Brien’s certificate. I
felt it were not otherwise notorious that in the!
which the Judge delivered at Jonesbor-I
aough, he used this story ofmv calling the Hom’
j|.?>lr. Huntsman a fence man, i t has been made!
|? 0 bj the declaration of Mr. Huntsman in hiss
Slefter to me on this subject, a copy of which!
mud of my answer to it were <> iven to the Jud«e.?
Aow it will be seen from the
st he gentlemen who were present at the onlvK
conversation which O’Brien professes to detail*
ins held by myself with others, that it did noifc
until three days after the Judge had madefe
Jus speech at Jonesborough. Unless therefore §
».«<■ concede to Judge White high powers than?
;belong to othar men, it is ditii cult to see howg
jhe can find an authority in the certificate ofO’J
’Brien for the declaration that in answer tout
asking me how the Ilan. A. Huntsman!?
jstded in relation to the administration, mv re-ff
.mark was, “I Jo not know how he stands Il
.believe he is on the fenc.-, and it is uncertain mil
[which side he will drop.” O’Brien’s certifi-1
jcaleonh professes to give thp isubsiance of n v'if
remarks in a conversation with others when if
'reached Jonesborough which was three days; f-»
ter the Judge made the speech. But indo pci - *
/dentlyof the violence to truth thus manifest in
The use made of O’Brien’s certificate, it will be
iseen trom the letters published below, from tiie
rgimtlenien whom 1 hold that conversation with
tiiat they have no recollection of my having
’u e l any such remarks.
> it is ol such trash that the other parts of his
testimony is made up, and particularly that in
to Air. Peyton and his vote on the
•p:p]ao;>iiation for the Cherokee treaty. Tlio
/Judge impeaches my voracity for saying that
;Mr. Peyton voted against tiiat appropriation
•pyheii the journal shows that be did not. I leave
t ie reader to decide how far the Judge sustains
s.is charge alter he is acquainted with the follow
ing cireumstandes:—Many members of Con
y; ress mtorined mo that Mr. Peyton made ilio
x.'uost declamatory speeches against thatappro
||>r:alimi, denouncing in bitter terms the Agents
..'employed by the government, aad saying what
.Tvj r «h,r: was calculated to justify the House in
P'.vtiuhoiding the means of executing die treaty,
i was also stated in the public prints by Air.
i-:p->oo<!y, one oi the Cherokee delegation, that
Peyton was pledged to defeat that treaty.
these circumstances, and nothav
|png semi the journal, I could not doubt the dec
jjl ui atimi.s made to me by a member of Congress,
H Mr. Peyton did vole against the appropri-
Atlion, and 1 so spoke of it with surprise, knew-
Bug bow deeply interested Tennessee and the
States were, in the successful termi-
Sjnatioit of our difficulties with those
®3ut the moment I saw the journal, I did Mr..
full justice by correcting this statement
;x.\o one can have forgotten that great efforts
Wwore made to prevom the passage of theappro-
on tocai ry the treaty into effect ; and if
Ejwas not until the very close of the session of
that a xote could be obtained upon it..
fi|lt will not be denied, I suppose, that Alt. Pev-
speeches on this subject were of the cha*r~‘
gacter ascribed to them by the pttblishod reports
the proceedings in the House, andif so, that
jgkis course as a Speaker was far mors available
,®to the opponents ot that measure,.than his vote
hate been, xvhctlier as its friend' or not.
it was more creditable to him tOtirgue’
Hagainst an appropriation and then vote against'
Su, or to have it stated that he made the * most
and abusive speeches,.the only tendency
got which was to defeat it, and then, for politi
(jscal effect, to vole for it, is not a question for me’
gko decide.
u I have noxv gone through all the facts relied'
*upon by the Judge to prove the serious char
irges lie has peuformed against me. The reader
Swill percie’.e that nearly all that he character-’
a'zes as illegal or corrupt, - occured while main
tained the most confidential relations vvitlr me, >
Hand had-credit witb.the country for being-.my.
Striend personally and politically. He did not - ,
gJiscover the vices ofmy presidential cai'eeF.un--
gtil lie-was announced'as a candidate himself-’.
gsusta in.ed by those chiefly who were 'notorious
gm -their opposition to the [principles which
I'trjught me into p.ower, and who were united
I'lfiy in a determination to unsettle those prin
fef ipies. It has been shown that all the cases he
¥.ar.s sjtecified of my selecting public officers to
jp remote dieg.'iews of Air. 'van Buren, prove di
g: cctly the reverse of his assertions—that the
ilitiiculties which led to the resignation of a new
me had no earthly connexion with the causes
o which he has assigned them—that every other
:ircnmstance to which he has drawn the pub
ic atten ion, either as manifesting an improper
.‘xercise of power, or want- of attention to the
tenera! interest,, is either erroneously stated or
xhen correctly i: -idcrstood, cannot be tortured
o justify .the construction he lias placed upon
| t—and it would be easy to show from a con
|.rast of his testimony with that offered by his
j issociate witnesses that there is scarcely a sin
j ;le incident referred to as matter of censure of
| ne, that is not far more authoritative as a charge
g:f inconsistency and folly of one against the
I Hirer of them. For example, the Prodama
ion, the law to enforce l the collection of the
| Revenue, and the removal of. the Deposites
| rem the Bank ot the United States, are regard
! id by some of them as the greatest possible
| ibuse and corruption. Judge’White stood by
ne as-a friend xvhe-n the proclamation xvas is
rued—he voted for the force bill as he calls it—
s hid liis only objection to the removal of the
mposites was that it xvas not done soon enough.
If there was corruption in these acts, would ho
a >.ot have been better employed in freeing him-
J .elf from the charge, than in stimulating his new
•i confederates to make it ? Air. ise, when ques
£ ioned to state his authority for the charge that
he Executive Departments corruptly violated
heir duties, positively, refused, to give up the
tames of those who informed him, and Air.
a Jell, when culled on for the proof of his allega
tions, after protesting against the call as a di
| 'ect attack upon the public liberty, yet ansxver
-d by expressing beliefs and opinions quite as
foreign from truth and probability as those giv-
M.m by' Judge White. From the importance at
g ached to the cases of Messrs. Herring and Cur
gy, no one can suppose that if they had known
I if any more conclusive, they would have with
aieldtltem. 1 lie truth is, these clamorous par
ti izans had condemned Uiemselves by the char
rages trumped iq> to injure my administration, and
|it xvas dangerous for them to travel out of the
| expression of beliefs and opinions. Not one of
|them from Judge White, down to liis friend
?j >i Connell, was free from the charge of corrup
tion, if any such could be laid at the door of
he Executive. Although each of then) may
|mt have had an agency in all the acts and tnea
|surcs of the administration denounced ag.qor-
Krupt or illegal,’yet each had incurred the sin of,
|supporting the administration, and some of them.'
I'.vere its champions both, in and out of Congress,
|until the xvhigs and unllifiers encouraged the.
of the, Judge as a candinatc for the.
Hence it xvas obviously the policy
them all to avoid specification as for as tfiev
in their testimony, and we see tiiat, ffiex
jactcd ffieir parts xvith consistency' at least,
Kgood witnesses in this respect.
r now take leave ot Judge \\ liite assuring till?,
that nothing but an imperious scene of
) luty has induced me to make this review ofhis
testimony. Although liis statements were dis
credited by the respectable committee of the
|House o! I’epiesenlatives, xvlios duty ij was to
kextunme them, they were yet calculated ia my
Jlucgmcnt to mislead such of my fellow-citizeu?,
|as may not have seen the report ol 'that coiih
jmittee and xvbo may yet have confiden "T, »s I
tonce had, in his character for veracity and bon-
ffii-r. 1 trust that in performing this duty! have
no feeling funworthy of a becoming
to the injustice due to me. Being
few ilhdrrwn from political affairs, as I shall soon
phe from the cares of this Ide, I can have no de
gsire to renew the discussions which have passed
the measures of my administration of
General Government. Os these the country
judge impartially, and time will settle their
(Strue character. Whilst I live, however, I shall
gexercise the rights of every freeman to repel as
|,saults upon my reputation and honor as a citi
s However painful it has been to me to reflect
|that the injustice here done to me comes from
>.the b inds of ae old friend, or one at least, who
' ( lias himself given the fullest proof that mv in
ijercourse with him has been masked by the most
-Simsuspecting confidence, I am yet thmikf d that
sit has happened while 1 had the power ofevpo
tsmg the cause alleged for it. Having nc
' tms my countrymen must decide how far I
sought to be prejudiced by the statements of such
(.an accuser. AISDREW JA.CKSON.
>■ P. S. Ihe Editors of papers in which the
testimony of Judge White has been published,
columns ° o ‘ e ’ b ° ye “ P lacc j n