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friends, after the wine had circulated pretty freely
the Conversation soon turned upon Genl. J. and
his administration, most of the Gentlemen
present, being of the Jackson party in politics
and they were loud & liberal in their eulogisims
on its wisdom. Colo. Miller, took the
other side & condemn'd it, in the strongest
terms _ not even sparing the old General himself.
His son in law, intimated to him that
he might by taking such a decided stance
against Genl. Jackson, subject himself to the
reputation of inconsistency or at least of
insincerity, at the time he made his celebrated
speech on the Nominating Resolution
the latter part of which speech, he quoted
To which Miller, instantaneously replaced
with an oath, that he had not changed, one
jot or tittle of his opinion of Genl. J.: He
had the same opinion of him, then, that
he always had, & rising to his feet, "[saved?] by
the Eternal ----- that he would now (then)
rather employ Genl Jackson to fight fire, than any
other man, on the face of the Earth"
His ready wit served him, as it doubtless had
done before, on many trying occasions,
to escape, from rather an awkward dilemma.