The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1827-08-09
Vol. 49,.

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ment which he received Does not this
disposition 10 deduce conclusions unfavor-
able 10 me, manifest the spirit which actu-
ates HIM. And does not General jack
son exhibit throughout his letter desire
TO give a eolorlng 10 the statements OF bis
friend, the distinguished member OF Con-
gress, higher than they would justify No
one should ever resort 10 implication but
from necessity. Why did he not ascer-
tain from the envoy II he had come from
me! Was any thing more natural than
that Gen. Jackson should ascertain the
persons who had dcputed the envoy? IL
his shocked senslblllty and indignant vir-
Tue and pntrintsm would not allow him 10
finquire into particulars, ought he 10 have
haZarded the assertion, that was privy TO
the proposal, without assuring himself uf
the iacti Could he not, after rejecting the
proposal, continuing us hv did, on friendly
terms with the organ Of il, have satisfied
himself # we've conusant OF it9 Ii he had
not time then, might he not have asceftain-
ed the fact from his friend or from me, dur
| ing the intervening two and q half years ?
The compunctions OF his own conscience,
for a moment, appear to have visited him
towards the conclusion Of his letter, for he
there does say, "thst in the suppositon sta
ted, may have done injustice TO Mr.. Clay:
ifso, the gentleman informing me can ex-
plain" No good or honorable man will do
anothe: voluntarily any injustice. il was
not necessary that General Jackson should
have done me any. And he cannot acqut
himself of the rashness and iniquity of his
conduct towards me by referring, at this
late day, TO person whose name is with
held from the public. This compendious
mode Of administering justioe,by first hang
ing and then trying n man, however justih-
able it may be, according TO hfrrecepts Of
tho Jackson code, is snnctionta ~ no re-
spectacle system of Jurisprudence
II is stated in the letter of the 9th Of Juno
that the overture was made early in Jnnu-
ary; and that the second day after the COM
municntion, il "was announced in the news-
papers, that Mr.. Clay had come out openly
and avowcdly in favoro Mr.. Adams" The
oblect'oi this statement is obvious. It's 10
insinuate that the proposal which was re.
lected with disdain by General Jackson,
was accepted with promp,l,ude by mr.. Nd
ans. This renders the fact as TO the time
ot the alleged annunciation very important.
II is TO be regretted that General Jackson
hud-oct been a little more precise. II was
ecriy in January that the overture waa
Uuue, uuu tne SeCOUu uuy httcF, tne uu-
nunciativn ofuay intention took place. Nuw
G II will not assert that there may not hlSh
been some specu,atoRs In tire newspapers
y about that time, (although do not believe
G that there were even any speculafions &C
% euriyD ss aro the probable vote which I
. should give; bot should be girrf 20 see q
ny newspaper which, the second day after
) enrly in January, asserted In its columns
that had come out ''openly and avowedly
, 10 favor Of Mr.. Adams" challenge fhe
produc ton of sucT.a paper. do not bo-
love my intention so to vote for Mr. Adams
was announced in the newspapers openly
and avowedIy during the whole month Of
January, or of any rate until late in tho
month. The only 0roieai Of my intention
TO vote for him which was publicly made
in the newspapers, prior TO the election. is
contained in my letter TO Judge Brooke.
which is dated The 2sth- January. II was
fret published in the Enquirer at Richmond,
some time in the ensuing month. gofur-
ther; do not believe any newspaper ac
Washington can be produced announcing
before tie latter part of January, the fact
whether upon my avowal or not, OF my in-
tention 10 vote for Mr. Adams. Gen. Jnck-
sons memory must deceive him. Be must
have COMPOUNDED events and crcumst1n-
ces. His friend, Mr. George Kremer, in
his letter TO the Columbian Observer, dated
the 25th January, has, according 10 my re-
collection Of the public prints, claim to
the merit of being the first, or among the
first 10 announce 10 the public my intend-
ed vote. That letter was first published at
Philadelphia and returned in the Colombo
an Observer TO Washington City on the
3Ist January. How long before its date
That letter was written for Mr.. KIener,
{ does moi appear. Whether there be any
! connection between The communication
made by the distinguished member OF Con-
gress, and that letter, perhaps Gen. Jack
son can explain.
Al the end of more than two years after
corrupt overture is made to Con. Jackson,
, he now for the first time openly proclaims
, IL IL is true, as have escertnined since
The publication Of mr.. Beverley's Fayette-
. Vile letter. the General has been for long
3 time secretly circulating the charge. lm-
7 mediately on the appearance at WashlRg-
; ion of that letter in the public prints, the
p Editor of the Telegraph asserted in his pa
= per. tina, Cen. Jackson had communicated
e the overture 10 him about the period Of tho
= election, not MS he now states, but accord
= ING TO mr.. Beverlcy's version OF the tale.
] Since left Washington on the lOih OF last
T month, have understood that Gen. jack
/. son has made similar communication to
o several other persons, al different and dis
+. ,nnt poinis why has the overture been
! thus clandcstinely circulated? Was it
o ,ha, through the medium OF the Teieg'oph,
n the leading paper supporting the in'e,ess
II OF Geperal Jackson, and through bis otbet
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