Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-11-09
Fran the frankfort Argue.
LETTERS FROM MIR. KENDALL

MASON COUNTY, DC, IA 1877
On Friday night. | slept at the house of a pen
,leman who was a, Washington City about Ave
days in January, 1925. having left there the Sb
of that month. lie boarded with one of the Ken
lucky delegate who voted for Mr.. Adams, and
slept In his room. He states 10 me, that he en-
cur ed of the member with whom lie boa ded Tor
whom the Kentucky members intended to vote,
a d who would probably be made President? The
answer he received wa very neatly follows:
The member said, he knew but little more about
than he did; that the friends Of Adams " ould
10 them, enceavor TO persuade Them that they
ought not to vote for Iacls-on, and that IT oud
be much better fer them to support Mr. Adans:
tina, the friends OF jackson would come "a them
and say, hat hey could not support Mr.. Adam,
and ought TO unite upon General Jsckson; and
that the friends of Crawford were endeay oring TO
persuade them to vote for Crawfcrd; but, laid he,
we remain uncommitte,--s'we shall no, give our
votes until we know how the Cabinet il 20 be
filled" On he morning of The I h or 9Th, this
gentleman says. another Of the Kentucky delega-
iIon. who also votel for Adams can e into The
room quite early, and SAID he had received hst-
i'i or an armfui OF letters from Kentucky 10y the
mall OF that norning His colleague asked him, ,
what was the news? Q, SAID be. they are are all
for old Hickory; they lay, whatever YOU do, give
W. western President
From the conversations be heard, this gentleman
was so we'll convinced, before he left Washington
that adams would be PI esdeni and Clay Seer ary
such would he the result
These circumstances prove, that a part of The
Kentucky delegstio were holding themselves IN
n'"t'ed for the purpose of obtaining some sat i.
isisctory assurance as to the manner in which the
C'b net should be filed, and no man will doubt
'hst the object make provision for Mr.
Clay. Tbi- gentleman must have heard these con-
VIBRATIONS about he time have supposed the bar
gain betS Mr.. Adams and Mr. Clay was made
He arrived in the City the second or third of Jsnu.
airy. and these conversations in which he was told
the kentucky delegation were holding themselves
uncommitied until they knew how the Cabine,
shorld be filed were held Immediately after The
letters of Mr. Clay or Others which convened the
news I H frankfort, probably written while
he war there. But so far he learnt, MIR. Clay's
most intimate friends could not pronounce posi-
lively that their votes would be given to Mr. Ad-
ans. as late as the Sth. The process Of msnsge-
ineni was then going on, and it not until the
p that affairs well arranged as % Justify
calling together the Kentucky delegation for the
purpose Of taking the finsl resolu ion TO support
Mr.. Adams.
Last evening, 1 fell in company with a
gentleman who lives in New lbany, Ind
ana. He Informed me, that vote wa. taken
a lew days ago in the regiment in which
he musters. upon the presidential question,
and there tor Jackson $40; for Adams lO6
lie says, the whole western part of Indiana i al-
most unanimous fof Jackson, aud he thinks the
resi- oil the STATE about equally divided. He has
no doubt, thai Jackson i'll get the vote
CHILIcorHE, (Ohio) Oct. 10Th, 1927.
In poliiic- have little news Unexpectedly
to me, find every of Jack-on's lrIend- here
perfectly confident shat he will ge, the vote of o.
bio, and am inclined TO that opinion myself But
1 can Judge better slter have passed through The
nortbernly part OF The State.
letter, dared November Sd, from gentleman
10 New York his friend in tb, city. contains the
following intelligence;
cannot close this teller without informing YOU
that Governor CLINTON helJ an audience OF his
friends yesterday, and, upon beng asked by one
OF them what his wishes on The presidential
question: said--''i wish il TO be distincly unde--
stood that | am with you in the SUI port of Gen.
! Js'ss0o' heart and s'ul' 'Vash Tel.
Signs ara Indiana.
SALEM. Oct 20. Mr.. Handy having been
Pre.en al the meeting of Regimen, in Lawrence
county, la. 1 much erilerated at the Iare e