Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 18, Number 13, Vincennes, Knox County, 5 May 1827 — Page 1
WESTERN SUN fe (BENERA1L AD YE
BY EL1I1U STOUT. VINCENNES, (1ND.) SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1827
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will be continued until ordcrcu out, aim must be paid for accordingly. From the Cincinnati Gazette. " Calumny Foul Detraction.
was the defendant, is Mrs. General Jack-
I should not have detailed these facts,
sen.
side the delicacy which has heretofore j his conduct on this occasion by his neighprevented us from replying to the inucn- bors, within whose immediate knowledge .inc nnrl ini'iitiiitinn tvhirti nflitr havr nn it occurred.' will out thi mntlr mm-
I should not nave Leiaiicu mcsv; auva, -u twati.u.ttw.. . - . V 7 at this time but for the call from the Ad- peared in some of the Coalition prints, pletely to rest. 1 he sister of one of our
vcrtiser And it must oe rcmcinocrvu aim iv sjiwh duuum; "r" ,,,w , -j.-muubuu-that the subject, so far as I am concern- subject. In the very threshold ol this in ter of Patrick Henry, and the wile of ono r v i i (Un ninrrt nuiiv. wp fpnrlpi1v thmw down the of our most respectable Senators in the
erJ. was nrst mirouuccu niiu p-v.- v4v...7, - - : ' . . r .u tt . i - .. . bv certain Jackson Editois of thU city, gauntlet wc challenge the strictest Congress of the United States, all resii r . i .. l,r o,r,TTi"inntinn Intili cirri here in the verv neionhnrhnnn. frnm
durimr the last autumn, anu ior uic pui- an uuny, ui- uusAan.umuuu-.w " o ii . J,.-irinr It ronrlurt nf Andrew Jackson throughout the time ol ueneral Jackson s arrival m
would seem lint my forbearance to pub- the whole of this tiansaction be subject- this state, until his marriage with Mrs. lish what is now published, has been mis- , cd to the crucible ol critical investigati- Roberts. His conduct was under their understood and an inference drawn, that i on, if it abide not a seven fold heat if it .observation and they all unite in averring fie facts did not exist, or that I was afraid ; come not forth pure and undefiled, then that not the slightest censure was passed
to nublish them. Their tendency to at- j ws will be content thai a iuii measure 01 upuu u, uy mysv rtuv wcic mimcuiaiciy r . r . r! r n r iiin hn. nnhlir ntlium shall be meted out for him cognizant of it. On the return of Gen.
icci me iair iu;uu ui - wuu r ..... , ... t . c i ...
Thero ii an article under this head, in the last Advertiser, which commences thus : "Wc'have understood that Mr. Hammond boasts ol his bem- in possession of certain documents, or copies ol records, ,nrn than thirtv vcars old, which arc cal
eulated to wound the fair fame ol a ccr iliiini'uished individual."
The name article concludes as follows :
cc T h h:s noascssionot what ought to
chanre men's minds as to the character of
the man, his duty caUs upon him to puo v.. u ihpm. U not. his moral duty calls
upon him, at least, to contradict the foul hich he knows arc tounded
upon those documents, which he says he
has m his possession. t .,nW!:nd this charr.cof "calumny
ami foul detraction9 to luivc teference to
General Jackson. Atul in repiy 10
cftr tUn nhinincd facts.
in ihP Mimiicr ot 1790, General Jack
9nn prcvaih'd upon the wife of Lewis lto iw,r. r Met ccr count v, Kentucky, to dc
aert her husband, and live with lutmelt, in K rhnrnrtrr of a Wile.
mv.s... Kentucky was then a part of the state r vWmiA. Roberts applied to the lc
eislature of Virginia for a divorce. Uplirati.m a law passed, cnti
tied " -4n act concerning the marriage of
Lewis Roberts." This law passcu, uc,,i,P1. 9.n. 1790. and may be lound in the
13th vol. of Hcnnins Virginia statutes of lirrrrv It authorized certain judicial
proceedings to be had, in the dtstuct or Kentucky between Roberts and his wilr, to ascertain the facts of desertion and a,i,,nr.v. nnd nrovided that, " if the jury,
in case of issue joined, shall find for the i-,it;n nr. in case of inquiry into the
truth of the allegations contained in the shall find that the defendant
hath deserted the plaintiff, and that she i,.u In ndulterv with another man
dnro nrh desertion,' the said verdict shall
be recorded, and thereupon the marriage between Lewis Roberts and Rachel shall
UV vuo jui vvi- . , , Legal proceeding were instituted turner this law. A declaration was tiled, charring that, " the said Rachel, in violation r ur cnlrmn nromisc, did on the first day
of July, in the year one thousand seven
hundred and ninety, ciopc uum ui-i husband, Lewis, and live in .adultery w ith another man, and still continues with the adulterer." The attorney who Gird and subscribed this declaration, was James Brown, our present Minister to r rancc. At the September term of the Court Q S. Mercer county, Kentucky, a Jury composed of James liradsben y, Thomas Smith, Gabriel Slaughter, John L.ghtfoot, Samuel Work, Harrison Davis, Jno. Ray, Obadiah Wright, John i cs John McaiK, Joseph Thomas, and Benjamin Lewis, were cmpauncllcd and sworn well and truly to irquirc into the allcration in the plaintiff's declaration spccificd." Hugh McGary was sworn and examined as a witness-ami the Jury returned a verdict in these words; we the Jury do find that the delendant, Rachel Roberts, hath deserted the plaintilT, Lcxy. is Roberts, and hath, and doth still, live m adultery with another man. John Lightfoot, ro.cman " This verdict was iccorded, and the nuinia-e dissolved. The record of this inquiry, vet diet and judrment, mav he found in the records ot Q S court for Mercer county, Kentucky, No. I, from September, 1792. to Septanbrr, irG. The Rachel Roberts, wuo
rest characters of which the United States
can boast,' is, for thr present, left without comment or remark. Most probably the Advertiser has been emboldened to make this call by the fol lowing bravado, in the Telegraph ot the 8th. Vc are perfectly willing that the public t hall hear both sides of this matter. It is mv intention, in regard to it, u norA-
ins to extenuate, nor set down aught in malice,1 " GENERAL JACKSON " Since General Jackson has been placed before the public as a candidate for the Presidency, he has been assailed in every possible form ; and slandcts, equalled only by those once issued against Mr. Jefferson, have been circulated against him. A yet his popularity has increased with a steady pace, unparalleled in the history of his country. It now appears
that his enemies, not contented with sian
dcring his public character, have dciciminrd to assail his nriva c life, which is to
be discolored with all the falsehood of
nartv ratrc: and that, with a view to polit
ical effect, his wife is to come in (or her
share of slanderous abuse. Such is the intelligence which wc have this morning
from Cincinnati.
Wc cannot but rctrrct that persons,
whose private life and connexions arc
such as those of the President a;ul Secretary of Slate arc known to be, will per
mit their dependants to adopt such means
to influence public opinion. c trust that none of those who, with us, arc laboring in the Rreat cause of the people.
will permit themselves to be drawn into a
just recrimination; materials lor vviucn
are abundant, and at hand.
Whilst wc make tlui assertion, wc as
f UJ U 111 gllU'l V V. ft V W V w ' - ' m m m -w m m -mm mm accusation is full and exnlicit , wc Jackson from the lower country, he rccei-
will again give it in the words of Mr. ved the congiatulatoiy tisits of all his
The
uluiii i . v .i . - - - r j Hammond: In the summer of 1790, neighbors, no one thought of imputing aGcncral Jackson prevailed upon the wile ny blame of chaiging them with any im-
of Lcwin Roberts of Mercer county,
Kentuckv, to desert her husband, rnd live
with himself, in the character of a wife."
This charge, wc unequivocally and ex-
pressly pronounce must vllanovslyjaise. It is directly onnosed to the truth The
fact is, that Lewis Heberis while a resi
ptopricty of conduct he was in a short
tui'C elected a member of our state convention, then a member (the first from this s'att) of congress, then a senator ia the congiess of the United Stales, then Judge of the Supreme court of this
State, then Major General in the Mi-
fi.nt .r TCrnnirtcv. umirr tht; influcrice of litia : and now at this dav wc are told that
mv. ui, v Ai-r7 y an ungovernably jealous disposition, com- he seduced a mairud woman to elope and pellcd' Mrs. Jackson, then Mrs Roberts, live with him as Vis wile 1 go to 'twas to depart from the iooI of his mother, by an evil hour that, when the Coalition unwliom Mrs J was fondly and affection- dcrtook. to wage war with a tucman it ately beloved, and seek a home with her will iccoil on their own heads with tenwidowed parent in Tennessee This fold violence, and the people of these U. happened before General Jackson ever States will perceive that a cause which came to this state, and before he ever saw require such pitiful subterfuges to uphold Mrs. Roberts. Afterwards, a vecon cilia- it, must be bad indeed There is anothtion bv.iwcen Lewis Robetts and his wile cr considciaiion which may tend to throw was effected, and he resided with her on moie ligt on the subject the rrotheroC the farm of her mother. Lewis Robeits, so far fiom supposing It was at this pet iod, that General An- that he had been previously w ri nged by drew Jackson at the solicitations of a General Jackson and Lady, uniformly txfiie; d, went to the house ol Mrs. Dor.cl- pressed the warmesi wishes for their wxlf Mi i . Unhcrls. to board tare i the brother in law of Lewis Rnh-
w-v i iiiifinvt v t w - - - v there being no public houses in the crts to fai from imagining that he had countrv and then and there he fust be been unfairly dealt with, by General Jack-
3 acquainted with the present Mrs son and his wife, was in the habit ot ma-
came
l I 1 J V lljUwMIVV II ' 1 - - - ---w - " " - - - Jackson. In i short time the jealous dis- king the General's house his home, when- . i i f.i. ... '...!....-. . i :.t.-..i.i.! r . i .
position oi
lorth,
pscd to bear r.ui'h rontumely in si!etuCj bcrts itlations and the near neighbors o remonstrated v ;th Rohei th, by whom he General Jackson, who were eye witnesses
u iS jTrOSbiy lis. -: in ui a a Mai-.u uioiv,a dm v-wiviuv-t ouan tui tut; pivsvuw . . . ...
kson. ina snort time mtjuniusuiv King me viciierui s uousc ms nomc, wnenition ol Lewis Roberts again burst ever he vibitcd this part of the country .h,and vented its spleen and huspicicns with this biicf narrative of facts and tho General Jackson, who not being dji- constiuction put upon them, both by Ro-
w as the ronscoucncc. Gen Jackson
i . . ' immediately charred his piace ol rcsi-
I dence -and L-wis Roberts, after inaitrca-
, leave the subject, with the icmak, that the judicial proceedings had in Kentucky were entirely ex fiarte fMrs. Jack -on
having received no notice) and of couiso
crushed.
! tirr his wife, himself dtsertrd her and re-
i tim.r.fl tn iha state oi Kentucky, leaving entitled ioikj veicht Li t the fiiends of
surG the friend of the gallant hero, thai I a p,wtr of attorney in liands ol a General Jacks n br under no apprthen- .. .1 rI ..I.I.I,. I.ln .,1' ! I . . I t "--.. Ir-x, I. to ..... .... ;!.
although tue name oi uic ;uiu.nn, livij w, j i.twyer to dispose oi ois piipciiy m ?iui., n.c iwi.) uuaucu inonsiwi tviuoz
whom wc speak, will he placed beloro J sl;,,,: which proves conclusive. y, tl
the public, with great reluctance, i;i nu
triepds arc prcparcu to vindicate ncr . r .1 1 1
cause ; ana that, it ncccssaiy, vie w iuiu
transaction, upon which tho tongue ol se
cret slander has so long teastcu, win oc
disclosed And wc ".an assure all those
who feel an interest in the reputation of
the fair or high character of the defender
h nroves conclusive. y, that he
had abandoned all idea of residing here. It was then determined by the family of Mrs. Roberts thnt hc should never again live with Lewis Roberts he. having once
I 1..t.f-n !- (Yon. rl.j hlMlif . ,,wl n'tPt .
Ill I VS. 1 1 IIVI lllll ill ) ll wins., iii'u -.
j wards upon a reconciliation, himself abandoned her. Upon this he threatened
. to
REFUTATION. lfairo(tbu7ch. jitinl 6. 1827..
(len'hmtn Impelled by leenr.gs which I trust the most embittered parti-
Zfn w.ll int CMu't mn
I tiiclo'jc you se-
o return to this slate and carry her to vcral letters ei.citcd by inqui. .es made by
r. . ..i . r r . i .. i n . . i o f t i i. r i i 11 vsliii ji u a.iiu iiii . s i i n nv ninp ro.
ot the " ocauiy oi ew vi kmih, h-u. ivenuicuy oy loicc wncicupon bru i ism- , .-ww.w..w. the disclosure, when made will place in U e.d to -esc end to the lower country under who ieli indignant at :, wrong done by the most enviable lights, the character of. thc protection ot Col. Sunk, who know. u'c 'ate attacks on the private cha.ucier him who has filled thc measure of his inR lhat thc voyage would be attended ol General Jacksr.n ar d wile. ou aro .. I . . . r .1 t i- , :nit htir IT! m to m:ik mirh 11 itin. 1 a
country's glory.
I'ror.
with ureal danrei from thc Indians, and authorized to make such useof them as
that General Jackson was a man of cour- 'ou. ,,K, tnn-k p oper 1 have reserved copies which I shall send to Tennessee.
them. It mav not be amiss to rcma.k w as dily as practicable, a reply ! i t'.k i .t :. vill oc made to everv noint of the chaise
he XashvL'b Kt fiubricar: rf Jiril 7.
l Ucuavsot the tioaimon arc nun,oe.r- uiurn. n may ihu ov. dmm umumin . r , . r ' cd-its dUsolution is at hand -we have j here, that the Senior Editor of this paper made to every point of thecha.ge : ...... r , .. i, rii,,(e P;ffi -wi i, ii,mL- h involvine the early conduct of iht Gtner-
ed its dissolution is at nana we uau neic, uku uic nuimi mijuk vm . l.cml the lt fccblccry of cpirinR (if he rcco.lccls ariBl.., art! he thinks ho inwUinR ihe early conduct .be Gcner hnpe-wc have markcl tlic siSnal, that ! does) has lu-aul a clauRl.tcf of Col S.ark . al """L hi, much injured lady.
II V I J I V V llv v iiiui nvi -- J - - like thc alarm cun at sea, tells of deep say, that thc party dining their descent 1 ' ' . ii t : : . .1 i t
danger and distress. No tnendly arm
is stretched forth in thc hour of peiil to
shelter and to save nor docs t.ic hnai,
desperate strulc hold forth any promise ot deliverance even now, the " threat imapc" totters to its basis, and thc political virtue of a free people is " the stone" that shall smite thin imac upon his feet that arc of iron and c" C.iy and break them to pieces" -then shail thc head and thc feet and all the members of " thc irrcat iniacc" be carried away,
so that no uace shall be found for them." Let notour readers suppose that wc have been led away by some sudden excitement i to hazard such confident anticipations up- ! on a slight foundation wc cannot be mistaken in thc "signs of the times" wc know, that nothing but thc most despcr- : ate. extremity could have driven the Coalition reckless as it is to speed a poisoncd arrow at the peace and happiness of a n'o'.vnn. Yet, this has been done, ami for thc honor and credit of our own sex, ; we could have wished, that this cowardly blow had been spared. Now, however, th.it the arrow has been sped now, that Andukw Jackson has been publicly '. charged by an Kditor in the confidence and under the special patronage of thc administration, with having "prevailed upon the wife of Lewis Roberts, to desert her husband, and live with himself in the character of a wife," it is time to lay a
was once or twice in iminent danger Irom !
thc Indians. Some time after, Lewi- Roberts applied to the Legislature of Virginia for a divorce, and in act was passed authorising certain judicial proceedings relative to thc subject of the petition, to be had in the district of Kentucky.
There was then, little or no communua
Respectfully,
T P MOORE. Messrs Kendall & Johnson, editors Aigus.
Thomas Allin's statement. Ilwrodsburgh. March .ii. 1827. Dear Alajor In compliance with your wishes, cxprt ssed in yours ot yesteid.yf
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lion ociween inis couniry ano me capuai nai 10 uic lan oi uoi.i n.iae n y piace of Virginia, and information vvas at length of 1 evidence in Lincoln county (now Mcrleccivcd here, that the legislature rf Vir- cer.j viherc I have continued to live ever ginia had actually divorced Lewis Rob since. 1 ihink it was in 1 782. not later crts and his wife; thc provisions of the than 1783. (but I think the former,) I be act, conveyed as they were to this place by came a deputy herjfl' in Lincoln, nd aca route so ciicuitous, were misapprchen- quainted with Colonel Dor alson aiitl hit ded, and it wa3 thc common and univct sal family, Thc Colonel had then two belief that thc panics were really bona daughters, young ladies, viz Jane and Rafulc divorced. A friend of General Jack- chel, the latter of whom, I unoeistand, is
son s residing here at the time, a Lawyer thc lady ol General Andrew Jackson, and a man of intelligence, entertaining , Sometime shortly alter rr y acquaintno sort of doubt upon the subject, inform- i ancc in the family, 'Miss Rachel became
td Genera! Jackson v letter, that the Ic-
g'lHlature of Virginia had divorced Lewis
the w ife of Captain Lewis Roberts, of tho
! same county, who then lived in thc familj ! f l,tf nlltft. A ... ! .1 .M I 1 . t
r ------tuiy Ro!)ci ts and his wife after thc rcceiffcof j of his mother, a widow lady near liar-
which information, General Jackson'and,
.vlrs. Kobctls were marticd. These arc thc facts relative to the marriage of Gencial Jackson, as they have been detailed to us by persons on whem the greatest rclianco may be placed, and they will be found to detract not in the slightest degtec from his character as a
man of honor and a perfect gentleman.
r - J ml m rorUburg, where he brought his wife, and m m a
continued to live with her, in the Family of his mother, until some disagreement took place between the Captain and his wife, which resulted in a separation, and the Captain sent her to her father's who. previous to thai separation, had removed to the neighborhood of Nashville, Ten-
nessee, as I was informed, anu where X
l l J iiwiiwa ivi v iv i ivvi ii vi w inu i . IIV.1gv.l4f di J WW C4 . fill"' j 1 , But aftor all, thc construction put upon' presume she first aaw and became
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