The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-04-08
MIR. Claws Address

bAis ,ldN NN't'as
10 the people Of he Congressional Dis.
trict composed u he counties Of Fagehf,
Hoodf6rd, and Clahe, IN Kentucky.
! The relations nf yonr representative and
stood, and IN whlch have experienced SO
many strong proofs OF your confidence, ut.
| tachmcnt aud friendship, having lusi been,
the one terminated aud the other snspcGs
ded, avail myself OF the occasion on Ia
| king, hope a temporary leave 0t You, To
express my uulegned gratitude Tor all your
faNols, and Ia assure you that shall che
| rish fond aud uuceaslng recollection OF
| them. The extraordinary circumstances
III which, during the last session OF Con
gress, have been placed, aud the unme.
rittd animadvcisluns which have bronS hi
upon myself, for an honest aud faithful Ills
charge Of my public duty, form an add
tlunal motive for this appeal 10 your candor
and lu,tcc. If, III the office which have
lusl left, have abused your confidence
and betrayed your interests, cannot
deserve your support in that on the
duties of which | have now entered. -
On the contrary, should it appear that |
have been aesailfd without Just cause, aud
HAT misguided zeal and Interested passion
| have singled me out as a slclnn, cannot
doubt that | shall continue 10 find, III the
enlightened tribunal of the public, that
| cheering counlenance and impartial lndg-
mrnt, without which public servant cannot
possibly discharge with advantage the trust
cunfded to him.
II is known 10 you that my name Rad
been presented, by The rcspeclable states oi
Ohio, Kentucky, Louisiana and Missouri,
for the Office of President, to the cOnsde
ration oi the American public, add that II
had attracted some attention III other
quarters of the Union. When, early IN
November Last, took my departure fiom
the district To repair 10 this city, the ISSUE
of the Presidential election before thu pro
pie was unknown. Events, however, had
then so far transpired as to render II highly
probable that there would be no election
by the people, aud that should he eXciu
ded from the House Of Representa-, cs.--
II became, therefore, my duty 10 consider,
| aud to make up an opinion on, the respec
tive pfetensi0ns Of the three gentlemen
that might be returned, and ri that period
| stated to Dr.. Drake, one of the PROBES
| sors in the Medical school OF Transylt anla
University, and To Holm J. Ctit's nden, esq
Of Frankfort my determination to support
| SIR. Adams in preference To Gen. Jackson.
| wrote to Charles Hammond, Esq. of Ga
clunali, about the same time and mention
ed certain objections Ia thf erection OF Nj.
Crawford, famOng which was that of his
continued Ill healthy that appeared aim est
insoperabIp. During my Journey hlther
and up 10 near Christmas, 1t remalned nn
certain whether Mr.. Crawford or I would
he returned to the House Of Representa-
lives. Up to NEAR Christmas, all our infor
nation made ii highly probable that the
vote Of Louisiana would be given 10 me,
and that should consequently be returned,
To the exclusion of Mr. Crawford. And
whilst that probability WAS strong, ! com
nunic, ted 10 Mr.. Senator Johnston, from
/ Louisiana, my resolution not To allow MY
naufe, in consequence of the small number
Of votes by which 1t would be carried into
| the HOUSE, ii were returned, to constitute
an obstacle, for one moment, Ia an election
| in the House of Representatives.
| Durng the month of Drcrmber and the
greater part al january, strong professions
of high consideration, aud unbonuded ad
miiatIon of me, were made 10 my llends,
in the greatest prafusion, by some of the
| active friends OF all the returned candidates.
! Every body proicssed 10 r"gtet, after !
was excluded from the House, that | had
not been returned 10 il. seemed 10 he The
fayorite ofevery body. Describing my ii
tuation 10 a distant friend, | said 10 him,
&" am enjoying whist alive, the pas.hu
MUGS honors which are usually ava ded to
the vcnerattd dead" 4 prHson not ac
quanted with human nature would have
been surprised, in listening to these praises,
! that the object Of them had not been cleo
ted by grnrrni accalnati0n. None made
mere or warmLI manifestations utthesG 5eu
| tlmouts Of esteem AID admiration, than
some 6 the friends q Grncid jachsou.--
/ Nouc were so reserved as those of Nj. 4
! dams under an upinioI, las have learnt
since the eleeiiOn,) which they early lmbi
! bed, that the western yotr aou,d he only
! Influenced by ijs own srnse 81 pab'ie duty
and that il its judgment pointed Ia
any other than Alr. Adams, nothing
which they could DO would secure II 10
| him. These professions aud manifestation.
we're taken by me for what they were
worth. | knew thai the sunbeanls "oald
coon disappear, aller my opinion should be
asccrtaiurd and that they would be sue
ceeded by q storm although | dad no
foiesee exactly how it ennld burst npos
my poor head. fdund nysclftransio m
cd from a cagd date befl.c -he pepp." ist'