The Litchfield County post., 1827-08-23
From the Boston Weekly Messenger.
THE THREE CROWS.

= The story Of the corrupt bargain attempted
to be made with Gen. jackson. beginning
with the first version oft, as stated by Mr..
Carter Beverley to have been told by General
Jackson himself, before all his company and
ending in the explanation by Mr.. Buchanan,
the highly respectable member of congress,
whom the General names as the bearer of the
proposition tOshim, affords better parallel to
the story oftfe three crows, than we often
meet with in real life. The whole mystery
is cleared up by Mr.. Buchanan's statement,
and it may afford some consolation to the par
tizans Of the General, to find that after all
there is more truth in the story than some
people immagincd. If there We're not exact
" three crows, there was something almost
as black as a crow. To show how far the
parallel is preserved, we give the Jackson
story iin three Gifts stages. ,.z.
1. Extract of letter from Mr.. Carter Bev-
erIey, dated Hermitage, March, 9th, 1927,
published anonymously at Fayetteville, N. c.
but afterwards avowed by MIR. Beverley.
81 have Just returned from Gen. Jackson's4
81 found a crowd of company with him
Seven Virginians were of the number. He
"gave me most friendly reception and urg-
Ted me to stay some days longer with him
" He told me this morning before all his COM
pany, in reply to question: put to HIM con-
corning the election of John Quincy Adams
to the Presidency, that Mr.. Clay's friends
made proposition to his friends, that If they
would promise for him, not to put Mr.. Adqms
into the seat Of Secretary Of State-Clay and
his friends sOoald in one hour make him (Jack-
SOM the President. He most indignantly rejec-
ted the proposition and declared he would not
compromise himself: and unless most open
" and fairly made the President by Congress
he would never receive the declared that
he said to THEM ito whom-to Clay's friends
or Jackson's friends TT that he would see the
whole earth sink under him before he would
bargain or intrigue for it."
9. Extracts from Gen. Jacksons address
to the publick, dated Hermitage, July 18th,
1897.
"Publicity having been given to the con-
versation, and an appeal made to me for its
accuracy, felt it to be due to Mr.. Beverley,
that nothing of fabrication should be imputed
to him, aud to myself, what had stated
should be correctly understood. According
ly on the 9Th of June, and in reply to his Of
18th of May, / addressed him letter, of
which the publick are already possessed"
"The statement contained in my letter to
Mr.. Beverley, is this-That in January 1895
member Of congress Of high responsibility.
visited me one morning and observed" that
he had been in formed By the friendsof Mr.. Clay
that the friends Of Mr.. adams had made OUer-
tures to them, Saying If Mr.. Gay and his
friends scould ANTE in aid Of the electioaof Mr..
Adams Mr.. Clay should BE- Secretary Of State !:
that fl,n fria.,s4a nc Mr. Admins war. ,,rrinS
as reason to induce the friends of Mr.. Clay
to accede to the proposition, that if was e.
lected President, Mr.. Adams would be contin-
ued Secretary of State, (innuendo there
would be no room for Kentucky)--that the
friends of Mr.. Clay stated, the west did not
want to separate from the west, and If /
,could sag, or permit any ofmy coaafdentiai
friends to sag, that in case I,oas elected Presi-
dent, Mr.. adams should not Be continued Sec
rotary Of State, by complete anton Of Clay s.
his. friends, they ,eoa.id pat an end to tie presi
Dental contest IN one hour; and he was of o.
pinion it was right TO fight such intriguerss
with their own weapons"
This disclosure was madesto me by Mr..
James Buchanan, member OF congress of
Pennsylvania, gentleman of the first res
portability and intelligence" s.
8. Extracts from Mr.. Buchanan's letter to
the editor of the Lancaster Journal, dated Aug
8, 1897. na
AZ then statcdto him Jackson) there was
report in circulation that he had determin-
ed heswould appoint Mr., Adams Secretary
Of State, in case he were elected President,
and that wished to ascertain from him
whether he had ever intimated such an inten-