Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-10-03
From the National hnteRigenee''
vi.
40 The charpe:


But to return to the charge:
For the purpose Of establishing upon Mr.
Claw a crime against the State, 1t has neeh as
serted, upon the authority oil t'e"era, 'aenso
,bat nropositions were made by the irienas OIL
Mr.. CLAY to the friends Of General Jackson;
Mr. Buchanan has been referred TO-; and II ma!
he nre,umed that General Jackson, IN sustain
;np a charge so important to his character, MAJ
nrodrced not oplv the strongest evidence ou'
all the evidence within his knowledge or III MS
power to produce. -r;,.
Mr.. Buchanan has promptly and explicitly
denied the charge. He has SAID, ne maoe u"
such proposilion"-h "inlended 10 MAXI hoos
he "was authorized to make none ina, ne
" was incapable Of making one" ana t"a' We
neral Jackson could not have en'er.a'"eu III
idea until after The Presidential election.
Here might be pressed home upon the Gene
| raj the deeo feeling of resentment as well as the
strong motives Of pride and ambition which
prompted him to attempt the ruin oil MS rival
and competitor; the indelicacy OF appearing per.
sonalIv in the present conflict, the injustice OF
propaga.ing, privately and secretly charse %
the prossesf nature, and the obligation 1t I'M
nosed Of knowing (what was easy 70 ascerlain)
the truth of the accusation. But | %forbear.
The Nashville Republican, the organ OF the
General, under his eve, as well as the superVi-
sion of the Committee, has said, win a candor
and honesty the more conspicuous, because II
stands alone, that Mr.. Buchanan acqutfs Mr.
Clay, and vindtcaies the General.
Mr. Clay has thus been accused ana acquitted,
as we'll as his friends, Of making any PROPOSE
ton 10 General Jackson. But this poison mas
been privately Giro ulalrd from hand TO hand Tor
two wears, until it had teslered on the public
mind-how can he sting be extracted! How
can the bale be reached? How can justice be
done! Will General Jackson have The magma
pimi,v 10 make the ackno wledgmen,!
Suppose he had Inexperienced Mr.. bucha-
nan in a case in which he had the highest mo-
tive TO misconceive; vet he took up the OPINION
hastily; if not -ashly--he took no pains to oe
correct, and j, is known that, in OCTOBER 'as',
the editor of the Telegraph knew that Mr.. Bu-
chanan could not support The charge-hay, that
i, was not true. 1t is OF the highest moment 10
The public, and to the character OF Genera JACK
son, to know whether the fact, that he had mis-
conceived Mr. Buchanan, was known 10 nm
through any source. General Jackson's inno'
cence is only compatible with his entire igno.
rance Of this fact; because, If he has preferred
This charge, knowing il was not true, and know
ing that MIR. Buchanan could not support 1t,
then il is no matter what ne says. Upon TINS
point the public must be informed. II no ex-
PLANTATION is afforded, they will believe that
he had this Information at the time he con'ers-
ed with Beverly, and at the da:e oil his letter.
Let The facts 81. ak. The destruction Of MIR.
Claw, by any means, however atrocious, aud t"
break down an Administration, though pure as
Angels, in order to effect the election OF Gene
raj Jackson, has been the end and aim OF the
whole party. The means 10 accomplish 1t are
in the hands of the General. Ne delicacy re-
strains him. He communicates his Intelligence
10 the Editor. who scatters il Informally and IN
his private name, in various dark and malignant
surmises; but inten, on the obj CT, and Intend
ing to bring out the charge openly. when the
Witnesses were ready, hr wrote, IN October last,
to Mr. Buchanan, and was by him informed that
he could net support lhc charge-'hat is, that
i, was not true. The Editor must have been
greatly aslonished 10 find so extraordinary a
discrepancy, and must have fore seen that the
charge was un,enable. Is il not natural TO sup
pose he Immediately communicated the lnlelii-
cence 10 the Grneral? Could he, innocenily,
have permitted him TO continue to spread this
report, and 10 remain in ignorance OF the de
oep,ion under which he was iabnring! The
nublic will believe, unless satisfied, that he had
he Information, and that, having II, he CONT
nued 20 give circulation to The charge which he
made to Beverly, knowingly and advisedly. II
is still more important 10 his fame to know,
" hether he was not distinctly Informed, during
the Kremer case, that Mr.. Buchanan could not
support the charge. why was his iniorma-
lion given TO the Editor, but to 2erused! why
given to Beverly, but 10 be propagaied! why
was it not contradictcd as soon as Buchahan's
letter was received? Why was not Mr. Bucha-
mans evidence taken in the Kremer case? Why
did not the General give The evidence to the
Sena,e?% Was 1t tL,en known that Mr.. Buchan-
ans evidence could not be relied on? For the
present ONLY This is waiUed.
The absence Of all other evidence, and the
failure Of all presumprions which had been re-
lied on, tot impress, if not TO convince the pub
lie mind, rendered the appearance Of the Gene
raj nee. ssary, and, it must be acknowledged,
the end was enough TO rouse the pas 'ions, and
excite the aspirations of a man less violent and
less ambitious. No witness ever testified un-
der higher temptation to make the most OF his
evidence; all the passions called into action, re-
sentiment. disappointment, ambition, and re-
vange-and yet the General is not accused un'