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WASHINGTON, D. C., December 11, 1823.
SIR: One portion of the American community has long attributed to you the most distinguished magnanimity, and the other portion the greatest desperation, in your resentments. Am I to conclude that both are in error? I allude to circumstances which have transpired be tween us, and which need not here be recapitulated, and to the fact that I have now been six days in your immediate vicinity without having attracted your notice. As this is the first time in my life that I have been within a hundred miles of you, and as it is barely possible that you may be ignorant of my presence, I beg leave to state that I shall not leave the District before the morning of the 14th inst. I have the honor to be, sir, Your most obedient servant, WINFIELD SCOTT The HON. GENERAL A. JACKSON, Senator, etc.- Winfield Scott
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