The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-10-08


10 my mind a very innoe Mt aud una ieDdiag one
why ~asi necessary lof Nj Clay t. throw a.
round ne, for description sake so many fst
fetched and high sounding explosives Nh
Iaton, Of the Senate---l there being ia that bo
dy none other beaiing the same. oreven SINH
Lar name.l would "a II appears TO me be alioge
ther snficiehf, II description OF person alone
the end a"d ogect desi zned 10 be atiaincd bu
I'm vas not the object, and hence the lofty adj
denda, . lie colleagur-lhe freud and tie bog
! rapber Of General Jackson. WI nat, then, va.
IL Al atternpt al deeepfion---a matter of sfle
! eIal pleading by which r was expected, Il con.
rlnsiou "a the public mind would he arrived at,
thai General Jackson was the shelterer OF this
! paper intended aud sustained ior the avowed
| purpose 10 basou Mr.. Cfogs Bloiiues, aud 10 DE-
| Ter nun m ne eLerctse ofh,sdtiy. To this OBJ
'iously designed lnieDdmeut, l.appy positive
/ deuiai of ns auth. General Jackson was in
| tennessee, and knew no more ofthe loan made
| TO those gentlemen. than Mr. Clay did nor did
he know oft, until during last winter, when -
on TIE suppOsltlon, suppose, thatit might be IL
Sod rs God sci 81 toe charges and break
ings oil the oecfciafy, IN MS BY AUTHORITY
corps If became matter OF temark aud censure
N those columns winch were friendly 10 hlI.
clay and Mr.. Adams Before this period. !
had not spoken Of II , nor uutil this time, detail
aufharlty OF the name winch brings forward che
accusation, sn iplci0iis may arse, and chafac-
ten aud Consequence be given TO the transaction,
greater fhnn 1t mcriis.-ln presenting M self
before the public subject which SO lately
has produced some excitement, and much inqui-
ny aud remark, have elt Il proper 10 speak
thus ln Of matters winch essentially pertain to
myself and with thai poit ton OF the subject ain
now done.
In cennesion with this speech, are also other
matters which have been presented 10 the con
sderailOn Of the country and about which |
have been referred 10, both By General Jackson
aud Mr.. Buchanan. With references thus made,
To renan silent and reserved, amidst the genel-
al interest which prevails, by many might BE-
considered improper. shall present The, etorc.
my understanding Of things they were al the
time and as they are stdl retained upon my re-
collect ion.
Between the statement Of General Jackson
AID thai submitted by Mr.. Bnchaneu, can per
ceiVr some diiiei cnces bnt4hey. are principally
verbal, and not material. -lhose winch do Oh
tain, appear TO mt rather as 10 inierences deduc-
ed from faces, than as 10 the facts themselves
suDstantiailY there is accord Mr. Buchanan
alleges, that on approaching General Jackson.
he did not come from VI CrIy. II Is not asser-
ted that he did General jackson states, his o.
p'nion nj tue tImr was, that Nj. Buchanan had
come from MI, Clay some o. al, friends, bul
tI's IS given merely as mater Of impression
nothing more By the showing of M. La KS
and Mr.. Buchanan, it now appears, ihat Mr.
MarkIey was the nesotintor A difference as to
the dat"--rhe period OF time at which the con.
yersalion took place, may exist; 10, Mr.. Buch
anan place, 1t On the goth Of December Itmay
be. however, thai be intends this as The period
# has conversation With hlr. Marley If II be
Ia reference III has interview with Gen. Jackson,
then, asrecabiy 10 my recollection, II Il mis-
take. | cannot precisely, AID to a day. declare
the time when Mr.. b came Il see and 10 con
verse with me but do recolieci Il to have been
during that week, ON the Saturday 5i which the
epoited meeting OF Mr.. Clay and his friend,
took place, aud when the determination was Ia.
ken to support Nh. Adans. feel quite satisf.
ed that the meeting to winch alLudc, was on
Saturday the END OF January. Euly IN that
week, Tuesday u "Wednesday EVENING" Mr.
Buchanan visited me twas on the pavement,
and in from ofiny own residence, where We
converscd together. A statement OF our CON
versatlon, concIsey drawn, was given TO Gene.-
Il Green, editor ottue United States Telegraph,
at has request, in Augu-t ls2o--more than
year ago--it Is as follows:
In January, 1873 lew days before it had
been known that Mir, Clay 4 his friends had
declared IA favor Of Mi Adams, was called
apon by MIR buchanan OF PENNSYLVANIA He
said, It was pre- " well understood that over
lures we're making by the liIeuds of Adams. on
the subject OF cabinet appothtGcnI Thai lack
SON should fight them VI 18th their own weapons.
lie SAID, the opinion vas, HtJackson would fe-
tam Adams, and that IL vas doing ham Injury
That the General should STATE whom hc would
make Secretary of state, and desired that |
would uanc ii 10 hlm. NV reply was, that |
vas satisfied General JACKSON would say moth
ing on the subject. Nj. Buchanan then reniar
Nod: " Well, II he will merely say, N Will not
,etan Nh Adams, that will answer replied
was satisfied Geaera JACKSON would neithcl
say, who should, OF who should noi be Secretary
ol olate--bH that he OH. b. knew hiu well
and might talk with hn AS wrll as | could
Nr. Buchanan tirn said. that on the next day,
before the General went to the House, be would
cal. lie dad SO, as afterwards understood
In thIs application and interview, | fell that
Nh. buchanan was acting on the grnGnd OF anA-
ious solctnde ior the success of General Jack
son and from desire tina, nothing OF s,ratagcm
and management should mtcrpose to prevent the
election OF one, for whom he iet more than
common interest, / considered, ia his zeal he
lclt il 10 heught to defend the citadel agains.
unlocked for assaults, and believed cunsr-
quenHy, that the enemy should be met With
tnell own weapons. H. may have intended 10
present this as the idea and opinion of oihrt ;,
not hsown Such. indeed may have becu tie
case, though lcannot say So understood ann at
the time
IItakt occasion To rrpca; thatthc conversation,
rs here given, at tue request otthe the editor %
the United States Telegraph, ~as afforded him in
August, 1926 while he was on a visit to Tennc-
sec. mention tins fact, because the statement
being IN his possession, he viii be enabled to say
ftbe one he has. and that which is mere submit
ted be NOT the same BY this circumstance tAus
fortunately existing may lind safety from some
If those charges which kindly editor has dlrea-
dy taken occasion 10 Suruise aud insinuatc. Tn,
mgeuolous aud Illberal effort is made 10 excite
preiudieeto ioresti the public opinion, x awaken
suspicious through the allegation. that an attemp,
would be made 4" Il dscrrdit Mr. Buchanan b,
arrai ing MAJOR Eaton and others against HIM, F."
before the public On SO idle an rrr,nd, and so
hopeless an effort, | should exceedingly tcgrrI
the nee, sslty of beng obliged 10 proceed ard
yet were II necessary To MAINTAIN myself on any
demands ri truth should certainly venture, re-