Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-10-11

ter dated "Bowling Green, August 20, 1877,
stating that after the inaug ration OF MI ~
ans, in the spring Of 1925, Gen. Jackson ana
suite stopped at the Washington Hall IN ''a'
place, then on their way toEthe hermitage
The letter SAYS that the General aaareS>i"S
his "conpany." in the public porch OF 'he 'a,'
en-, made use Of the following language;
fore would come to the Pre- ldentlai c"a,r ID
Mr.. Adams has done by the lntrIsuimg vi.'.'h
nv of Clay and his friends, would lrisi
from his seat and lifting his brow upon the
auditory "see TIE earth open and, ana INV
friends swallowed up in it, and then he reiat
ed in a veh ment tone, the corrupt pro2ositioh
made to him by Clay and his friends ne
letter refers also, to other similar declarations
of Gen. Jackson.
MIR. Eaton chooses to say that "byt the show
;np Of Mr.. fsaacs and MIR. Buchanan, II now
an,,ears that Mr.. Markley was the nego'la'oT'
! In one view of the case, all those gentlemen
were. indeed, nego,iators; they were all 'ri'Hds
and nar,isans of Gen. Jackson, and alter con-
! r.renc,s between Mr.. Isaacs and MIR. Marley
Nr I,aacs and Mr.. Buchanan, and M. bu-
cbsnan and Mr.. Markley, MIR Buchanan APP
plied 10 Gen. Jackson for authority to nfgo
! tate with Mr. Claws fTiends-and he o''nmea
TINT auihoriiy Bat in calling Mr. M'Fk'r!
SHE ncgolia,or,' he assigns TO him Pre.thi-
nence over the other two gentlemen "hien IS
!, wholly eratui,cus; and especially unjust to MIR.
Buchanan, considering tho success oi lis MIS-
sion.
In travelling along with the Senator, now
como 10 his attack on Mr. Buchanan's chfnho-
logy: -,
a difference as 10 the daie-the period Of
tim. AZ which the conversation took place, may
nj 50
December 1t NAV be, however, that he m
lends this as the period ofEis CON- er'a'i'h VI
NJ, N,rk,ey: if i, be in reference TO this inter-
view with Gen. Jackson, then, agreeao!y % NY
reco,lec,ion. i, is mistakr. | cannot precise
, ". and 10 tiav, declare the time when Mr.
came to see. and TO converse with me-, but &c
r.,.llec, i, to have been during that week, %,
the Saturday of which the reported Meeting o'
. Mr. CLAW and his friends took place, and whe'
tho determination was taken TO support Mr.
Adams. feel qaile satisfied, that The meeting
T., which allude, was on Saturday the 22d o
, January. Early in that wefk, (luesday o.
. Wednesday evening, Mr.. Buchanan visited me
1t was on the pavement, and in front oi my OWL
residence, where we Conyersed together.
a hin, is here given TO Mr.. Buchanan TO re
form his dates. cit may be, however, that III
!. " intends this lie. 3o;h Decemher) as the pen
:. " cd of his conversation with Mr.. Marley =
n Now. with all Difference, this may not be al
v and the Senator is as unlucky IN his dis'eclion
r of Mr.. BYchanan's sentences, as he was IN
p similar experiment on NJ Clay. Mr.. Buchar
a., ans words are rs 70 lows, viz: "a short Time a
n I" ter this converse ion, on the 5oth DccembeI
1924. II am enabled To fix the time, not oni
!. from nv own recollection, but frorr letter
/. (which wrote on that day, on the day follow
e {. Ing. and on The 81 January. l82S,l ! called o
k this language could mol be misundersI God, eve
4, on an fort. Mr.. B speaks of The time of hi
It interview with ckson, frs, in reference 10 hi
5 previous conversation with MarkIey, and the
n par'ic"larizes the time by giving the day OF III
q month; which date he assigns his reason /,
& Gx,rg on The 3Oth Of December If he ha
= cant 10 fix the date OF his conversation wit
}. Mark'ey, the proper place would nave bee
i where he drsc'lbed that conversation. Blu, un
a fortunately for Mr.. Eaton's inlima,iou, Mr.
n buchanan shows in another way, also that hi
. meant the 3olh Of December, as the date of hi.
:, interview with Gen Jackson
= He tells us that in that month he addressed
= letter TO d" confidential friend in Pennsylvania,
S the answer TO which was dated 27th and re
cclv"d 29rh DECEMBER, and that a short lim
: precious to "the receipt OF" his answer, he helc
the conversation with Marley, which prcre
D ded, by a short time, his intrr,iew with Gene
!, raj Jackson. AS thi, conversation was, at al
: events before the 29lh December, the date OF
3o'h December was meant, OF course, for biz
interview with the General.
Whether Mr. Eaton has been more succesfu
in disproving the accuracy Of Mr. Buchanan.
memory, than in mystifying his meaning vii
, be examined hereafter ATTICUS
From the L0u,spiM FoctIs
J0ckScn'S dnsUer to the invitation from Franz