Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-10-13

for more than thirty years-that during that
ner;od he had flied various important sea'io'iS
aid that in all he had displayed an en'rgy Oh
intellect. ard an nnwea,ied zeal itr .ne nohoi
and welfare of his country, which ofisrea
ssrest pledee that the government wou'a oe
safe in his hands Who, in Mr. siay PraI.,
having at heat the peace and happiness ~ n
country, and feeling u due sense OF e'e So
obligation, under which he acted, "ouia -
hesitated to vote for such man, even Ia" no
objections been ten fold greater ,hah MS Ia
umniators have pretended that 'hei "e'e'
Their than have folded his arms IN suiirh apa,,
and neglected the sacreddnty that Deiohsru ~
an agent of the people. MIR. Gay an ~, . me-
;,ate. he gave his vote to Mr. Adams, and thus
sustained his high reputation for integrity and
independence. C,,
But lie. us suppose it possible, that MT Gay
could so far have forgotten the respect Que 10
his own consistency ofcharacnr, ana the so'e''h
obligation which bound him ~ select me man
he deemed best qualified for the office; and that
he had no, ouly voied for Gen. j., but used all
the influence he possessed over his i'lenas 70
do The same, what woril would nave nreh INC
result? Could Gen Jackson have been elected
| hv the vote and influence Of Mr. Clay! an
swer fearessly tina, ne could MOI nave nce" e
lected; and this fact being esabtishfh q, as IS ed
! ,i,y done, whs, becomes of the absurd and ma
lcions story, that Mr.. Clay's friends haa pro-
posed to make Gen. Jdekso" President, N cona'-
! ton that lie would promise not To ce'aih W.
| ADKINS in the State Department? Without Tue
aid or influence OF Mr.. Claw or his irlehds, Mr
| Adams had. the votes of Maine, Massachusetts,
! Ne,y Hampsl!iye, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Yer
mont, .Nc,o FORK, Dta,yiaad and N'no'S--n'ne
States DsIamare Tngiin, GsorsiH, and ". Ia
rorina, fouF States were devo e.! to Mr.. CLa" ;
! torG: Seren Of the States were IN favor OF Hrh.
Jackson, TO wit, New Jersey, PennsYrnn'e, zen
nessee. Ladiana, AiaJanea, 5. Carof'na and
Mississippi The four remaining ) ales had 20
ted for Mr. Clay, and were supposed TO be uli-
der his influence. But could these iGnr Sta'es,
| added TO the seven th-t voted for Gen Jackson,
have elected him? There must be some ne"
mode Of calculating invented 10 make 1t appear
that they could. Ind'e1 it was mol IN Mr.
Claws power TO have Influenced even all THESE
! four States To have vo'cd Tor Gen. Jackson
The Delegation from Ohio had determined, long
before they knew what was Mr.. C!ay's lhtrn-
lion, to vote for Mr.. adams and much as they
respec,ed MIR. CLAW, he could not have induce ed
them to change this determination. This IS a
fact which will not be disputed by any body
who knew the sentiments of the Ohio mem
beers; aud majority of them will not hesitate
10 confirm i, If called upon
All Mr.. Clsy's influence then, could have CIV,
en- to Gen. Jackson no more III an len votes AK.
in this event there would have been no chance
on the first ballot, How would matters ha'
STOOD on second ballot? tits well known that
the frirnts Of Mr.. Crawford had resolved 10 a
bandnn their candidate after the f'si ballot, and
TO vote for Mr.. Adams. Even those OF hem
who are now the most ciamorOus par'lzans oil
General Jackson, had willingly entered into
this genera al determination MIR Adams. there
fore wanll -i.r----hod, Al srrand ballot, me
sam. ma Ioriiy differently made up, which hr
actually had on the first ballot 1t highly
probable, indeed, that ne would have had a
grea,rr maior,y--ii not Of States, at least u
individual votes; for many who voted for Ge-
neral Jackson on the first ballot, did in
compliance with previous pledge, from
which they could have been released by the
necessity Of 4 SECOND ballot. | ask, again
upon what grounds dill General Jackson en-
lcrt IN The vain presumption that he could
have been elected Presi lent but for tie corrup-
lion Of Mr.. Clay? If ,he NOS ine ontes!ible
proof of the fICt were beio'e him, man DTiot-
" and noble feeling, conscious # his own su-
! priority, would have shrunk from the indril~
cacy Of making such a public boast He
could have left 10 Others the task Of proclaim
ing his own Dretensons aad The injustice by
which they bad been deiea,ed. But what shall
We say OF him who, to nalter his own vanity,
seeks to sacrifice the reputation Of anotherin
the mere wantonness of self opinon?-who, 10
sooihe his own disappointment, propagates
a.calumny against his rival, which he knows
10 be unfoundcd?
BRUTUS.
From The Constitutional Hing.
THE CABINET-MR. CLN Y.
Mr. Claw will, an Ill family is at the SPRINGS