Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-07-23
From the National Journal.
THE CORRESPONDENCE.

IN =, the rail. sound, manly denial made byMr
CLAW. Of all the charges in General Jaeksohs
letter These editors are now attempting TO
crawl off, by saying General jackson IS not me dc-
e,,,e, Of mr.. Clay-i ,cas By train 81 accidents
ihot these accusations came before the public This
miserable subterfuge; this flimsey reasoning
won, do for a discriminating public, and IT
viii be hare dose for the most violent to swal.
low. Let US look at plain statement OF facts,
and then see how such pallia,ions vanish. In
a letter from Garter Beverly of the 2sth OF
June, 1897, to the editor Of the Telegraph, he
says-"the public mind having been tor months
extremely agitated in consequence Of a letter OF
mine to friend in Fayetteville, Norlh-Caroh
ma, in March last; published in the paper OF that
place, 1 take pleasure, indeed, fgraliiyins them
with full communication OF all Inc cneum
stances developed to me by General Jackson,
which gave rise to the letter from me in refer
ence to it,"
The public mind ,cas agiiated-by the letter OF
Mr.. Carter Beverly. This letter detailed
conversation of General Jackson's with the
writer. This letter noa,ed through the coun-
try for months, and General Jackson made no
complaint of Mr.. Beverly having abused MS
confidence. Nor does Mr.. Beverly seem much
hur, that his friend at Fayetteville should have
published his letter.
When the public seemed 10 have no great
confidence in Mr.. Beverly's statement, Inc Heh'
is appealed to for the correctness OF The STATE
ment. and he on the 5th Of June writes con-
6rmalion Of all the charges, and OF course II
must have been intended for publication, as
| well as to save Mr.. Carter Beverly's reputauon
| for veracity among his private friends: ms
letter Mr. Beverly, as soon as he received IT,
sent to Noah Zane, and says, II make this
communication TO you on many accounts-nui
especially, as understand Mr.. Clay is 10 call
on you This morning, and to pass an hour or
two with you on his way down the river from
Piusburg. My friend Mr.. Ha'llngswor'h OF
this place has seen the Generals le''er. ne
will bear to me any accommodation from YOU
which, as it is all ps5lic matter, should be
glad may be made in writing" And alter
this, forsoolh, sit did not occur to me, saysMr'
Beverly, "upon your application for the letter.
that copy would be taken OF 1t without my
special concurrence" 1t No. be very strange
however, to every body else that such an event
did not occur 10 him, after he had said, vii is all
public matters" and intact, it was all puo'
lie ma,ter-and from the first intended 10 be
public matter charge to destroy the influence
Of Mr. Clay in every part oil the country. Inc
plot was wretched one, and bunglingly exc
cuted. II was got up TO influence the coming
election; at first 10 poison the public MIND a.
gains, Mr.. Clay by inuendoes and surmises
and then to bring the weight of Gen. Jackson
character to bear upon these reports, when II
was too late 10 spread the contradiction, or re-
DIV before the next election had been virtually
decided in the minds Of the people. The ma
chinery, however, has not worked we'll, It NOV
ed too rapidly, aud ran down 100 soon Tor the
u The wint Nj 81 fssS saw a, once
that there was not the slightest truth in these
charges against Mr.. Clay. The interview witt
General Jackson is stated to have been early il
January, 1875. If General Jackson ever hac
such an interview, and had really supposed the
messenger came with authority from Mr.. Clay
why did he keep it to himself at the time wher
that tool Kremer was put in requisition 10 in
lure Mr.. Clay's reputation? Not word of thi:
interview was then limited at by General Jack
son or his friends If it were possible to have
suffered this opportunity 10 pass, why did no,
General Jackson dvulge this bribery and cor
ruptioD, when, in his letter to Swartwout, he
thought Of every pleasant thing about himself
fairly compared himself with Washington, and
breathed all the venom OF his soul on Mr.
Clay? If General Jackson could have fixed this
offer upon Mr.. Clay before the Presidential
question had been decided, it woulG have had a
wonderful effect upon that decision The
whole has the appearance of after-thought, put
into the Generals head by some Of those med
ding, buzzing fools, who hang round General
Jackson, anil advises him To his hurt.
twas thought, perhaps, by some OF the Gen.
erals friends, that something must be done to
save him from the paralysing effects Of the Re-
ports Of the Nashville Committee. The more
these subjects are agitated, the smaller the
chance he has of success; and this he will soon
discover.
The Generals own letter bears internal
marks of an after thought for electioneering pur-
poses AS this was subject of grea, import
anee to himself and the puplic, why did he
not insist on knowing how far the messenger
was authorized to go? There could have been
no improperly in such question; all was then
confidential and secret. According to his own
showing, the first breath was On hearsay-he,
the messenger"had been informed by the friends
of Mr.. Clay, that the friends Of Mr.. Adams had
made over,ures to them, saying, if Mr.. Clay
and his friends would unite in the aid of the
election Of Mr.. Adams, Mr.. Clay should be
Secretary ofstate." There was something ve-