GEN. JACKSON ANp MIR. ADAMS.
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with his di,ry, suffered ia 1886, in the assertion


OF facts in regard to the making Of the treaty will


Spain in 1919, which were disproved alike by lht


State archives and the public journals 10 let


ter to US from General Jackson, requesting a re


publication of his letter 10 Grn. Armstrong, he


alludcs to circumstances which make it proper


introduction 10 that published in the Union.


We therefore insert it at full length, and shall


hereafter bring up some "reminiscences of the life


of Mr. Adams, which will satisfy the country tha


his foul and dishonorable conduct in the instance:
exposed by General Jackson, as affecting himself


is in perfect keeping with earlier and more OBJ


scure passages in his career Globe.


HERMITAGE, October IA, 1874


My DEAR Mr. BLAIR: On the 18th Instant,


had a return Of hemorrhage. and two days alter
chill. With the lancet 10 correct the hrSt ana
calomel to check the SECOND, am greatly debili-
tated. But, being aroused by John c. Adams's
address to the young men Of Boston the 7th
inst, (scn: to me on the 22d instant by my friend,
Mr.. Robert Armstrong; l made a concise reply
thereto-all that my feeble health and the absence
Of my papers permitted. sen, this to the Nash
Vile Union, and in that paper of the 23d 1t will
reach you I trust you will give 1t place IN
your Globe, TO meet the fIschood contained in the
address.


You will observe that Mr.. John @. Adams re.
iterates the false statement made by him " years
ago" in new form; for he says: This very
boundary of the Sabine in the Florida treaty was,
before it was finally Y proposed to the Spanish nin-
ister Onis by the direction of President James
Monroe, shown by me TO the hero for his opinion
and advice, which was i'll its favor" All this
statement pronounce now, as did the first one,
when made eight years ago, f,schood If Mr.:
Monroe wished my opinion and advice why did
he not ask it hinsrlf2 He knew that came to
Washington. under impressions with regard TO
the movement in his cabinet to arrest me, which
would not allow me to have interviews or hold
communication, with either Rlr Crawford or Mr.
Adams. Soon after the triumphant vote Of the
House of Representatives, acquiuing me of all the
improper conduct alleged in the resolutions of
Clay andaCobb, l lift the city Of Washington.
Having, the div after the vote, visited the repre-
sentative body by invitation, think on the next
left the city for West Point Academy This base
falsehood was, thought, nailed to the connter,
when first made by Mr.. Adams, by the Globe,
and there it has stuck for years but the presi
Dental election, and when Mr.. Aiams might well
have supposed me nearly dead, and so entirely en-
frrblrd by sickness rs to be incapable of reply, he
produces it again, with 4 new face upon it. Prov
idrnce, kind to m", has disappointed him; and
again declare that this new-vamped statement that
was consulted by him on the boundary Of the
Florida treaty before it was made. and | agreed
TO the boundary proposed-the Sabinc-is posi-
tcety false, lis diary TO he contrary nott0ith-
StaMi;ng.


What honorable or just man can repose belief
on his statements, after his receiving from DR.
Mayo the copy Of letter marked cOaflentinl and
producing and reading it to the House of Repre-
sntativcs and arguing that meant the reverse of
Its express instructions, TO prove me gniliy Of du
piicity This letter to Judge Fulton, then
acting governor Of Arkansas, in the absence of
Gov: Pope. He (Adams) saw it, marked conf
Dental. He also knew that 1t was purloncd from |
me by his accomplice in this transaction, and if an
honorable man, would at once have returned it 10 |
me- Instead OF this he kept it, and read it to the
representative branch Of Congress, and totally
perverted its meaning. Was there ever such dis
honorable conduct practised by any man of the
least pr'trntion 10 rrsprcabilty hcfore2 But this
IS an act of per61y on the part of one once hold
ing the elevated station of the presidcncyl True,
he obtained it by intrigue, bargnin and corrup.
ton; but tho distinction should have impaired /
some consideration for the publics sense of honor
It he himself had no sense of the kind. But his
interest now prompts him to shield himself from
the charge of giving way to Spain, by the treaty
OF 1919, the greater part of Louisiana as ceded by
France TO the United States by the treaty of 1903
Pxtrnlng 10 the Rio Grandc Del Norte, and he
flbrcates the positive EIsehood that, before sub
mittng it to Onis, he consulted me- and [ agreed
~ OAO'O 40 III PROOF, ne CIlcS
diary prepared by himself to suit an emer gency,
and produces it eight years after it was called for
by the issue made by me in regard to the fact it
was referred to for the purpose of vouchine L
hope he will make known to the public what his
diary says as to the purloined letter taken from
me- and handed to him by Dr. Mayo, marked
confidential Has he noted in his iarv that he
knew this purloned letter was stolen. and that his
reading as lawyer taught him, that in contempIa.
ton OF law the receiver of stolen goods, knowing
them to be stolen, bad as the thief especi- .
ally If he converted them to his own use?


But the bold, daring, and llnbushing falsehood
IN his address, where (rluding to the congression-
al proceeding touching my conduct in the Semi. I
mole campaign) he says my acts in France were :
condemned by the unanimous voice of both Houses !
Of Congress, caps the climax. Who, after such !
bareEced falschood this, pronounced in the face
Of the journals Of Congress, which show that the
House of Representatives, by large majority, on
Cay's and Cobb's resolutions, exonerated me from
all censrlre and blame, can feel anything but con-
Tempt for such reckless calumniator2 The
man must be mad or he is lost TO all sense of :
shame as we'll as truth.


have been interrupted at least ten times since Z
began this letter, by company, and write with :
great pain; but am anxious to bring the address
1f J. O. Adams, in connection with the circum. =.
stances in my recollection, to your view, that ' !
;Oud not consult my ease, allow care of health :
impose restraint hope you will show him =
a his true colors to the American people.


Your friend, in haste,