th him, doing justice to those
creditors to whom I am responsible. This bequest is made as a
memento of the high regard, affection, and esteem I bear for
him as a _high-minded, honest, and honorable man_."

And now, to show that Gen. Jackson had not changed his opinion of the
Major, we give about the last epistle he ever wrote to him, as it bears
date but a few days previous to his death:

"HERMITAGE, May 24, 1845.

"MY DEAR ANDREW: I received last night your affectionate letter
of the 15th inst., with the enclosed for your dear Elizabeth,
which I sent forthwith, and your kind letter of the 13th this
morning. Your family were here yesterday. All well, but looking
out for you hourly. I assured Elizabeth that you could not
leave your mission before the Texan Congress acted upon the
subject with which you were charged. I shall admonish her to be
patient and await your return, which will be the moment your
honor and duty will permit.

* * * * *

"My dear Andrew:--What may be my fate God only knows. I am
greatly afflicted--suffer much, and it will be almost a miracle
if I shall survive my present attack. I am swollen from the
toes to the crown of the head, and in bandages to my hips.

"How far my God may think proper to bear me up under my weight
of afflictions, he only knows. But, my dear Major, live or die,
you have my blessing and prayers for your welfare and happiness
in this world, and that we may meet in a blissful immortality.

"Your affectionate uncle,

"ANDREW JACKSON."

While editor of the _Washington Union_, Major Donelson frankly admitted,
in his account of the election in Tennessee, between Gov. Campbell and
Gen. Trousdale, that the latter owed his defeat to his opposition to the
Compromise measures, and his sympathies with the Disunionists. In the
_Hartford_ Convention held in Nashville, the Major appeared in person,
and denounced the whole concern as a blow at the Union, and its prime
movers and advocates as _traitors to their country and to the
Constitution_. These _Secession_ Democrats, headed by A. V. Brown,
Eastman & Co., are uncompromising in their hatred of the Major, and they
never will forgive him, while he remains true to the Union of these
States, and the