The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-08-20

tsieriacs as NC have had the fortune 20 meet
With But TO the point Lei us compare Gen.
1ackson's with Mr.. Beyerleys statement. and see
how they tally, and in doing so, We may be per
miited TO congratulate all parties, in the Ian.
suage often. jackson himself, that " facts can
not be altered -
81 always intended should Mr.. Clay come out over
his own name and deny having any knowledge Of the
communication made ht his friend tony friends aud
mo- that would give him the nnn" ot TIE gentleman
thro whom that communication I harn not IN
Nour letter alluded TO- hasur been ui shed IN the
Telegraph although tln papei. am informed Ii re-
Euinrls mailed for At Washington. still rreei.o
irfeealn'v and that containing your lect has
10 hnnd OF fourse cHuunt say whether yonf
Is substantially correct o. noiwrl repeat, however
ghn the occurrence, Hnd TO which ms reply 10 yun
must have caafrno. aud from which, ifthefr has been
any Nafption, you can correct II. II - thu Eulp N
January, tr2t member or Congress nf hah respecta-
t visited me morning, aud observed that he had
communication lac was DESTROYS Ia mkr 10 mothat he
was informed there rrca intrigue going on and
that It soH right that should be informed Ut ttha lie
ebme friend-and le me receive the communication
rs might the friendly motives through which It was
MATE, he hoptd, would prevent any change off endshp
az ierlng win regard to him. 10 winch replied ifonhs
high aan'nr is apcntlemm and member Of Congress,
and from lfs uniform, friendly and Qentcmnnly conduct
towards myself could suppose he puld make any
communication 10 me-, winch hr supposed WIS Improper.
Ih'rfioro, his motives bethg pure lea mr. think as
might Of the communication, ny feeling toward him
would remain uusercd The gentleman proceeded
He SAID he had brea msrwrd by thn nuds Of NJ. CLAY
that the ficnds Of Mr. Adams Ind made ,crturcs 10 hnn
saying, IL Mr. Clay mud his friends would unc IN aid of
tho election Of Mr. Adts, Mr.. Clay should be Seetptnry
Of Stle. That the friends of Mr.. Adams Wcrr ugmp,
rs reason To nduen the rieuds Of Mr.. CN aeerdo
their proposition, that # elected President, Nj Adj
mus would he continued Secretary Suite, Gnuendo
thcrc would be no fer kontucky) That the
friends of Mr. Clay stated the West did moi Wien
paraie from the Ncst 8nd III would sav. or permit
env Of ny confidential friends to sty thi IN case wa
elccted Fresd'n' Dir. ADAMS should not be continued
Secretary oiSiate, Iva complete union otNr Civ mud
his friends lry wou'd put m pnd to tho Presidential
contest IN on" hour. And hc ofopion it was right
| to fight such intrieurrs with their own Weapons To
wNc', in suhstuncrl, Icplod, that IN nltics ms in
cry thing clsr, guide principle; aud contrary
tho Expressed and anhilssad will ottle people their
constituted agents, mover would step into the pre.dcn-
ta ehar-and requested him 10 sny 10 VI clay and his
friends, ttor lid suppose he had cums for Mr. CLAY nj
though hn Hsad the crn Mr. Claws ffeuds1 That before
would rrac1 the Presidential chir by such means OF bar
gain aud corruntian, would no cnrih OMEN aud
swallow both Mr.. Clay and his Friends aud myself with
them Ifthnv had not confidence IN believe If !
was elected, III would coll aid in the cabinet
mon of The first virtue, talent and integrity
for me- The second day after this communication md
reply, II announced IN the newspapcrs that Mr. Clay
had como out openly aud avowcdy in fpor of Mr.. AID
| ans"
| Mr.. Beverley says in his Fayetteville le''ep
that Gen. Jackson informed HIM i" Mr. Clay
! friends made propositions to his jackson }
friends'-this is repeated the Louisville note
aud in the Wheeling conversation, his version of
Iackson's reply to his question whether oBr,
! Qf'ppPort hal been made to him by Mr.. Clay or
his friends was Of the same purport though
rather more cmphatcally worded. The same
tale having been told thrice, aud that tale CORES
ponding with what Dun Green SAYS was told to
I l. III
truth. But that is not the enquiry How does
il correspond with Gen. .Iachson'sl In the frs,
sentence Of the extract quoted above from his let
ter to Beverley, he says "he communication -
wa, " made BY his Mr.. Ciays) friends to my
friends md 10 me'-thcse words +" and 10 me-
are not only AN addition To Beyerley's statement,
but will be shown to be important wbenw come
toenquire rho did make the communication 10 him
u whether that gentleman can be called, in truth,
either personally or politically n friend oClh
CidY." Another difference is that Carter Bpv-
erley says nothing of propositions having been
made " by the friends OF Adams TO the riends of
Clay which Gen. Jackson makes prom
ncnt point in his letter to Bevorley--and, in such
a conversation. we should think it almost as i'm.
probable hath parties could forget such re-
mark, amounting in fact to new charge rs that
Mr.. Buchanan could have forgotten the mock
heroic reply about sinking into the earth ;
which Gen Jackson so pompously AYERS he did
make but which 20 b sdys he did not hear And
the third is, that Beverly says nothing about the
remarkable tact. which Gen. Jackson also strives
to make prominent and strong point, that " the
second day nfter'-what -" early in January
very precise indeed -" the second dav after. ii
was announced in the new spapers thai MIR. CLAW
had come out openly, and avowedly in favor OF
Mr.. Adams These discrepancies show, We
think, conclusiyely. that either Gen Jackson or
Carter Beverley has bad memory-bocause it
is evident that the former has detailed crcnu >.
| stances which did not occur, or that the latter
has omitted 10 detail some which did: II is more
important, however. as showing the oosencss
and yagucncss of manner with which Gen. Jack.
| son, on the mere strength Of an inference" and
an g tnuendo,' endeayored to destroy the repu>
taton Of Mr.. Clay.
Cd. We are to show that the stntemen, Of Gen.
Jackson. in all its material parts is unequvocal-
" denied by that OF Mr.. Buchanan. We should
not have attempted thus to add perfume to the
violet d" if We had not heard it strangely conten-
ded that the latter is absolutely condcnatory of
the former. We venture te say that Gen Jack.
son will not SO consider it, aud that. in a short
time no one will. 1t would be sufficiently ev-
d Mt 10 US that Mr.. Buchanan intended his as
denial of the Generals statement from a single
sentence it contains: "Undl' fsays hc) | saw
Gen. Jacksons letter to Mr.. Beverley of the 9th
nit and at the same time, was informed by
letter from the editor of the y. S Teleg aph that
was the person TO whom he alluded, he idea
qcier entered ma mind hqt he bc,icred me 10 hnpe