Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-08-01

said that such inrgners according to Buchanan, ought
TO be fought with their own weapons and plainly adj.
fiSed its communication TO Geo. jackson, that he
might counieract the intrigue by setting on foot one of
his own. buchanan takes upon himself 10 carry the
information TO Gen. jackson, and using Markiey's
words explicitly advises the General to fight these
in'riguers with their weapons--iu plain English
that as Mr. Adams had Uttered Clay the Department of
sfae tn efet him, he (Gen .Jachtsonl should nuke
ram the sumo dd TO cote for him. Tais is the long and
the short of this mighty hnnbug, With which the people
OF the T. States have been duped. abused and insncd
for two years and half. Whether the adnontory
expression "hat such intrguers ought 10 be fought
with their own weapons, was clearly Markey or only
put into his mouth by Buchanan, who preferred to give
infamous advice in anoher's wolds rather than his
own is point that remains to be settled between The
Two, and in which the public feel bn, little inter
est Markley voted for Jackson as did Buchanan, and
AZ rs h'"s manifest, that ,oich Qftc soccer, gaze The
ddeice, te idea IF corrupt proposals originated ,r
Gen. JdcfSons and that these corrupt proposals
instead IF originating Nth, coming from, an Clay,
rcere TO be addressed to him The tables are literally
| turned, and these who have for such length of
lime been logging Mr. Clay with this infamous impu
taton, have 20 exonerate themselves from The
which the case can be viewed in regard TO them Il,
would he great OF charity. after their long
continued, ungrounded and unreen,in persecution of
Mr.. Clay, TO consider it in more henous liru-to
look upon the story gratuitous invention of Mark
ley or Buchanan, more of Jackson's
friends, devised 10 nmidae Mr.. Clay from his inen.
ton (Which we affirm from personal knowledge, was
well known and currently spoken of in Washington
early 10 January 1887 of voting for Adams, if that
failed, TO deter him from accepting the Department OF
Statcor if ha failed, TO destroy his reputation BY
representing that Office TO be given him the wages of
corruption No plot was artfully conceived.
They knew that Clay would vote for Adams-they
knew he could not vote for Mr.. Crawford for his health
such that his watmest friends acl,uoyy lodged him
| ncapaciated-thcy knew lie would DOT vote for Gen.
Jackson because if there points of disagreement,
between Mr.. Adams and him, there was guph of Sc
paraton between him and General Jackson TO cross
which fatal 10 his personal honour and To his poll.
teal standing II they then foretoid that Mr. CLAW
would vote for Mr. Adams; land they well knew lie
won;) if they oretoj that he would be elevated TO
the Department of State, TO which Mr. Claws claims
were far higher than any other individuals in The H.
States, the fuiilmept of these pretended predictions
would give credit TO the other part OF the statement TO
wit. that DR. CIay's The result Of corrupt
compact between him and Mr.. Adams. We are not
conscious of want of charity towards crr fellow men,
but solemny believe that s The origin of the
I<Tener Piot-j'at neither hIarliey Buchanan
believed in fact, that there corrupt understand
ing between Nr. Clay and Mr. Adan,s-hat the story
was Matched between them, Inglan an,, some others
for the purposes have already nnfoidet viz 70 CO.
cree Mir Clay to vote for Jackson il that failed
TO make the country believe that he had sold himself
for the Department OF Stacand that old krener was
made the stalking horse to their neiarious designs
How they have succeeded, the world has seen The
first branch OF the plot faed--ienry Clay was not 10
be ntirnatcd from voting he had declared he would
:"r Adams, IN contest between him and Jackson
they had undertaken to alarm man, s'endowed with
soul incapable Of fear except towards IFS Creator.n
But in the Interior parts oF the plot they were moro
successful They succeeded in persuadne thousands
perhaps millions, of the corrupt origin OF the present
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the weak, the ignorant, aud the
prejudced only but the intelligent, the " Use and the
spacious, have been miscd by their clamors & duped
by their articles. For two years and half they hay e
eludcd every demand for investigation, and circulated
! in thousand forms, and through thousand channels
their dark surnises, and hcllish insiuratons The
confidence of the liberal part Of The community in
the personal integrity of Hessrs. Adams and Clay has
alone sustained them from sinking rrcrieyahIy, into
the pit dug for them by their powerful and insidous
enemies and arully covered With patriotic pre-
fences and plausible circumstances. Bet the OF
truth IS about TO penetrate into t;.C den of ese con-
spira;urs-he gloom and mystery in which they have
yelled their malignant Vaccinations against the honor
and happiness ofbouest men, about to be dsspatcl
and the real c"lPrit viii be dragged to the judgment
seat of the public. The rcqt culPr did wc say? We
afraid we promise too much-he is too powerful
some scape goat will be proyided-but at least, this
SANDER of years and half dura, ion, and Of such
general and fatal circulation, will be Put down 10 the
J satisfaction Of the American public.
Er;caci NJ letter 10 me ernie Eiiiars.
( "PARIs, Ky. JULY -.