The Litchfield County post., 1827-08-16
COUNTY POST.
LITCHFIELD, AUGU ST 1e, 1897.

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Gen. jackson has at length given up the name of
the distinguished member of Congress, who made
overtures to him relative the presidency, and prom
sed him the Presidential Chair condition that he
would make Mr. Clay Secretary of State" This ar
tcle dated at the secluded and modest retreat, called
Hermitage" July Is, 1927, is about four tim9 as
long as MIR. Clays letter, denying the charge conWn-
ed in the famous Beverly letter. The article common
ces with an assertion that the Beverly letter, found
its way into the newspapers without any consentagcn-
cy, or wish on his "part" This assertion is intend
ed as "get off, from the charge of having vounta-
rily placed himself in the attitude of pubc accuser
of Mr.. Clay. 1t is however uncommony weak, and
we are astonished that it should have come from
Gen. Jackson MIR. Beverly had caused to be pub
shed throughout the country conversation he had
with the General in which the latter declared before
large number of his friends, that corrupt oVertureS
had been made to him by the friends OF Mr. Clay &c
Public sentiment required that charge as important
as this should be supported by better evidence than
the bare word Of Carter Beverly and he therefore APP
pcaIed to Gen. jackson for assistance This assist
ance Gen. J. Immediately granted, by writing what is
commonly called the Beverly letter." Can any ra-
tona man believe that this letter was intended to be
confidential Gen. J. knew that Mr. Is. had publish
ed the conversation relating the political bargain
ing" and that the latter had now applied to him to
support the assertion made in that conversation by
written declaration of its truth. This written decar-
alton the General gavedd he give merely to salts
~ Mr. B. that he had made such assertion, or did
he give it to enable Mr.. B. satisfy the public of the
truth Of the assertion ?-Let common sense decide.
With what propriety then can he now come for
ward and say to an intelligent public that the letter in
question found its way into the newspapers without
any consent, agency, Or wish on his part" He did
not believe this himself, and he could not expect it
would be believed by any rejecting man, capable of
drawing differences from plain premises. Besides, if
he did not intend that the public should ever see his
letter to Beverly he meant secretly to caumniae Mr.
CLAY, an act of meaDness which brave and candid
man will ever scorn The General may take which
horn Of the dilemma he pleases; either one is suf-
aicent destroy all his pretentions to "cam retire
ment, patiently awaiting" at the HERMITAGE, "the
decision of his feIlow-citizens.''
Another gross inconsistency in ibis last bulletin from
the Hermitage" is, that the writer pretcnds that
he did not in his Beverly letter implicitly accuse Mr.
Clay of any participation in the intrigue spoken OF,
Notwithstanding he says that lie "may have done Mr.
Clay Injustice although he then believed, and still
believes, that the proposals made to him by Mr.
Buchanan with the knowledge and appreciation of Mr.
Clay, his confidential friends; and that, under this
impression he authorized Mr. b. to say to Mr. Clay,
tlet he would see the earth open and swallow them
both up before he would enter into such contract"
and yet he never accused Mr. Clay of corruption! In
deed Gen. Jackson has a wonderful tact at evading
the obvious meaning of his own words-of saying one
thing and meaning another. But he has been taken
as he says and will be held to defend himself upon
that ground and that only.
Another considerable portion Of this letter to the
public" it will be perceived is occupied by repct-
lion of the charges made against Dir Clay by George
Kremer Of Penn and of the proceedings had thereon
in the House Of Representatives more than two years
ago. 1t is only necessary say that Mr. kremer did
dare appear the accuser Of Mr.. Clay at the time
referred to,-that 1he resolution Of Mr. MDufic was
indefinitely postponed motion of Mr. Randolph Mr.
MDuffe himself voting for the postponcmont,-that
it was then well understood that the resolution in
srednced simply to excite suspicious against MIR Adams
and MIR Clay, without the most distant intentions on
thc part of its trainers of its being acted uponthat
MIR Clay did not shuu an investigation, having himself
demanded it-that it was his enemies only who fear
ed the light which investigation would cast upon
tho subeet-and that his character never stood farer
.4han Just subsequent to this event If Gen. Jackson
;aow slpposes that the people Of this country are
sufficiently heated to revive that old calumny and
drag its author from beneat. that load of gnominy
which his conduct Brought down upon himself, and
transfer the same to Mr. Clay, he may find himself
much mistaken rs he was in supposng hecoud APP
pear the "public accuser' of Mr. Clay & yet maiu-
tain the character Of retired and modest Cincinna-
tus But as the General now pledges himself that he
will hereafter eadeavour to support the character Of
an inhabitant of Hermitage, we hope to hear no
more from him. until the people have decided wheth
or he, or much greater and better man, is to be our
next President.
GAfter the above in type, and just as paper
was ready for the press the following interesting art
Gle came TO hand which We hasten to lay before our
readers. The public will decide how far Mr. Bucha-
mans version of the interview and conversation just;
fees Gen. Jacksons story about political bargain, as
repeated in the fifth paragraph of his letter above pub
lished. We shalt defer those remarks which NATURAL
~ grow cut OF this subject until our next.
From The N. Y. Times, of Aug. Is.
We have the satisfaction Of presenting TO our read
crs this morning the conclusive reply Of Mr.. Bnchanan
60 te iesf-r of General Jackson hy which II will be