Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-10-19

I" of siyaincen1 and management shouiu lh'erPose
&c "a nreven, the election of one for whom he
" felt more than common Interests; and VINO
" can doubt it!) "that he considered, IN ms
" zeal, he felt it to be right to defend the eta
&C lei against unlocked for assault, and bele'>
" ed, consequently, that the enemy shou'd DC
"met with their own weapons" (And who can
doubtful
According to this system Of morals, every
thing is fair in politics: the end justihes the
means. ] saw BY anticipation, where this must
end: knew where MIR. Buchanan would be lett
He has been, under cold and heartless al
lection Of virtue and purify, offered up as
sacrifice. They have attempted TO tix this on
him in order, by some remote relation, to con-
meet i, with Mr.. Clay. Spare me from my
friends; my enemies have put me Oh my gnara.
Not only was it said that MIR. Adams would
be Secretary of State, il the General was eject
ed, bu, il was published in the newspapers that
he would fill the first Office; and il he, Mr.. Adj
ans, did not accept, Mr.. Clinton would be
made Secretary Of State; and yet, ii it is sug-
eested or limited that Mr.. Clay may probably
be offered the same place, il is immediately
magni6ed into most corrupt proPositiop.-
Why should they trace one rumor 10 Mr. Al
ans, and not the other 10 General JacKsoh--or
admit both innocent! Was the appointment OF
these gentlemen calculated TO have no etect on
their friends? Had MIR. Clinton no friends from
New York or Ohio? And was il not calculated
TO reconcile the North aud Middle States TO
Gen. Jackson's election? But iris as impossi.
bile to prevent the circulation of these rumors,
as i, is to prevent the friends and parlisans OF
the candidates from talking, and arguing, and
elec,ioneering with each other. They must be
great novces in human affairs, who suppose
that no arguments, no suggestions, no hopes,
were held out to the Western members. Can
they believe that they messed together, and met
every day Tor two months, and that every man
was Theoretically sealed, and that Mr.. Adams,
and his friends, and Mr.. Clay, and his friends,
we're all corrupt, but not a man in the Jackson
ranks?
| The desire Of connecting Mr.. Clay's avowal
with Gen. Jackson's rspulse of Mr. Buchanan's
proposition, rendered il necessary to fix the date
! of the annunciaron Of his opinion Immediately
after, and within two days Of, the conversation
But that would make the annunciation of MI
Claws opinion too sosn, because, II is now sad,
! the meeting did not take place until the 22d -
In order to reconcile this, il is attempted to nix
| the time Of the conversation much later-wi!!-
ing 10 make Mr.. Buc hanan wrong, to make the
facts square. But it happens that he has liked
| the date precisely and besides, Mr.. Markley was
rrigue, that he was absent from Washington,
and attending his courts, during the greater
par, Of January--so tina, Major Eaton is mista-
| ken aboa, the date, as the General is about the
i,co days ofer-so that the medicine did not o.
perate so soon, owing, no doubt, 10 Mir. Mark
| ley's absence. | have heretofore shown, and ,he
| fact will be exhibited in due time, and put be-
yond the reach Of cavil, tina, Mr. Clay never
had moments do99l in rthe aloiee 81 Hrss ii
duty 10 the House over which he prssided-of
delicacy to the rival cand dales--of Difference
for his colIeagues-of proprr,y 10 himself
from making known his sentiments. Novel
| and embarrassing questions might arise in the
House during The election, which il would be
his duty TO decide Extraordinary influence
| might, and would, be attributed to the disclo-
sure OF his oplnion>, which he desired to void
He would have exposed himself 10 open assault,
by both The "f.'nied parties, and TO just re-
proach Tor the premature discovery of his SEN
timents. Besides, he would not have escaped
the charges which he forcsaw, Of intrigue aud
cabal, aud of sacrificing a, the shrine of his cri-
minal and selfish ambition
About the l4,h Of January the friends of &C.
neral Jackson obtained the columns Of the
W aShingtor Gazette, and addressed themselves
openly to Mr.. Clay, under the signatures of
torbo, Hrrme>, sc / beg leave to copy one
OF the paragraphs touching This point; the au-
thoriIy will rot be denied:
'" take occasion 10 notice some injurious at
lacks upon Mr.. Clay, which have appt AIRED in
distant papers, and very possibly ,cri1en here,
TO produce tina, effect by excitement, which they
intended to promulge as overwhelmingly
tohom ,orinen9) Those people who cALuMNI-
ATE Mr.. Clay, by imputng to him sinister and
disingenuous views and private combinations,
would be as violent, and with more plausbilily,
had Mr.. Clay been SO indiscreet as 10 put him
sell into situation, which would expose him
to the charge Of using his influence as Speaker,
10 favor OF any one candidate or another The |
question being brought into conclave, questions
may arise in the course Of the preliminary |
transactions, which would expose him to i'm.
Putatous Of Partially, if he were TO avow any
choice himself This single point, think suf>
hcienay satisfactory as to The course Mr. Clay
has pursued" Now Major Eaton enquiries,
why the necessity OF a silence SO long and SO
rigidly preserved"
Letters cALuMNIATING Mr. CLAW had already