Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-08-15

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If he did not intend that letter tor publication,
he then stands convicted out ofhi own mouth
of wiuaiely assailing the public purity OIL W.T.
CLAW. But what saws the general himself I'm.
mediately preceding this feeble subteriuge!
Beverly had requested confirmation oil the
statement made in the Fayetteville letter, evil
IDENTITY for the purpose of satisfying an lncredu-
lous public. "Under such circumstances says
the General, "conceaiment and silence might nave
seemed mere affsc'a alton, or indeed something
of q different and even worse character. f"o",
city having been given TO the conversation, and
an appeal made to me for its accuracy, ieit II
10 be due to Mr. Beverly that nothing OF laoricaI
ton should be imputed to, him, ana 10 mySe5
that hat Ihad stated should be correcfty "nae'S'ooo
Aecordingly on the 9th of June, and IN reply 10
his of the l5th Of May, addressed MIN ,e,.er
of which the public are already possessed.
If Carter Beverly did not intend to Puonsh this
letter from the first what use did ne Design !"
make of it? Will any man OF common unuer'
standing believe that he meant simply 10 pock'
ct it, and satisfy himself and the puollc oy 'he
bare assertion that such letter was In ms pos
session? And yet General Jackson mas the mar
dihood to say that it is by no agency or pro-
curement Of his that his charges against W.T.
CLAW have been presented to the public.
But perhaps the most extraordinary asser-
ton in Gen Jackson's last letter, is thai when
is contained in the following sentence "otii
have not said, nor do now say that the propo-,
sal made TO me was With kcpru'fy and consent q
Mr.. CLAW, nor neither have said that his lrlends
in congress made propositions to me: lhese
arc Mr. Claws interpretations OF my letter 10
Mr. Beverley, and not what my letter ltseii con.
Now look at the letter OF The oth OF
June to Carter Beverly. In that letter jackson
states that he requested Mr.. Buchanan TO com
municate his refusal 10 enter into terms TO Gay
and his friends; for said he 81 did suppose Buch'
anan had come from Mr.. Clay, although he
usedthe term Of Mr.. Claws friends" And In the
last letter of the 18th ult. he repeats expressly
that from all the circumstances attendingBuch
anan's communications to him, he did consld-
| er it as authorised by MIR. Clay himself Ii Gen
eraI Jackson therefore has not asserted that the
proposition was made with Mr.. Clay's prwty
| and consent, there can be no meaning In the
English language, and the miserable suoler-
| fuge to which he has resorted is in effect this,
that though he has not asserted that Mr.. Clay
was scoundrel, he has nevertheless thought so
and still thinks so.-Again the General alleges
that he did not say in his letter to Mr.. Beverley
that Glars friends in CnnsreSs made propositions
TO him; but what says the letter? 81 always IN
tended, should Mr.. Clay come out over his own
name, and deny having any knowledge OF the
communication made by his friends to my friends
and 10 me, that would give him the name OF
the Gentleman through whom that communlca-
ton came''-Was there ever a more palpabe
inc consistency, or a more gross attempt to de-
ceive the public by bold assertion?
Ger. Jackson still insists upon Mr.. Clay's
" sustaining the avermenls he has made, and
acoui,,ing himself ofany agency or participa
lion in the mat,er."-This is the Old song
which has been sung for the thousandth Tune
! tba, Mr.. Clay is bonnd TO prove his own limo
cence Can any thing be more absurd and II.
! dicu'vus, or more su"'e'''' u wv p'"'"e %
maxms Of justice?
Bat ,ho-.s.... anblushing and daring art6ce
emploved by Gen. Jackson, in his reference to
the proceedings of Congress upon the famous
Kremcr letter, TO shcw, that the resolution OF
instruction TO the committee offered by Mr..
| Nc Duffie contained a specific accusation against
Mr.. CLAY; by a responsible accuser. What
will be the Indignation Of every honest man
whose heart is not capkered or whose judgment
is not blinded ny party spirit, when he learns
| mat IH6 TNSOlutiou VS. i'hSi "o'N
nor less than htera quotation from all the
substantial parts oi6George Kremer's letter?
The charges made3Sy Kremer, and from the
proof of which he skulAed in the most bastard
ly manner, were embodied by MIR. McDuffie in
he shape of an Instruction to the Committee
of Enquiry-and these charges Gen Jackson
now attempts to shew were made by Mr. Nc
Dufie himself. He wishes also 10 make it APP
pear that Mr.. Clay and his friends might if
they had chosen, have procured the adoption
of Mr.. McDuffie's resolution. But what is the
fact? The reports Of tbe proceedings of Con.
gress Of that day prove that McDufic himself
as well as almost all lft friends Of Jackson in
Congress, the lnghamI Buchanans, &c. OPP
posed all enquiry whate,t into Kremer's charg-
es-and tina, McDufies resolution was mega
lived by an overwhelming ma ority, on the
ground, that its avowd design was to defeat
The whole investigation. That resolution con-
tanned nothing more than repetition Of kre-
mer's letter which was Inferred TO the commit
tee, except indeed a proposition TO send for
persons and papers, power which the commit