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to affirm or deny any cabinet transactions, which took place after left the cabinet

 It Is difficult for me to account how l could have blended other things as to connect them with events of which could know nothing It is long time since those things occurred, and memory is treacherous; and that, I beg you to believe, is the only reason for the misapprehension on my part

 | am, with high consideration, your obt servt

 B. w CR0WNINSHIELD. GQl Mr Calhoun to Mr Cragford, returning his let

 ter Of2d October, 1880. FoRT ILL., Oct. 30, ,1930

 SIR: The last mail brought me your letter of the 2nd inst but post marked the 23d, which herewith return.

 Icannot consent to correspond with you on the subject to which it refers The controversy is not with you, but General Jackson. You, from the first voluntarily assumed the character of the nor mer Under that character only can l know you, which of course precludes all communication be- tween us in relation to the controversy, except tro General Jackson Regarding you in the light do, you may rest assured that no abuse on your part. however coarse nor charges against me, however false can possibly provoke me to raise you to the level of principal by substituting you in the place of General Jackson in the correspondence. Should you however submit to the degradation of the po- ston which you have thus voluntarily taken, and will send this or any other statement to Gen. Jack son, and induce him to make it the subject of any further communication to me. as C. niirmng in his opinion your former statement, or weakening my l will be prepared, by the most demon stratve proof, drawn from the paper itself to show such papable errors in your present statements, us to destroy all confidence in your assertions; leaving it, however, to those who have the best means of judging, to determine whether the want oftruth be owing to decayed memory, some other cause. Having been taught by the past the necessity of taking all possible precauton where I have any thing to do with you, deem it prudent not to de- prive myself the advantage which your paper af- lords me, and have accordingly taken a copy, measure. am, &c.

 J. c. CALHOUN