Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-08-29
N.ssEs1s 8. SSTlD@TAa
WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST %, 1927.
1t will be remembered tina, Garter Beverly's

Clay with an attempt 10 tamPer Win t"e iiS
ro's Roman integrity" was made in letter
to gentleman Of North Carolina, and forth
with published in the FayetUiAs Observer, accom-
panied by Editorial remarks amounting 70
declaration thar Mr. Ciay's guilt was at last pla
ccd beyond doubt. Such, at that time, we
can readily believe, was the Editors honest OPT
MON; and we believe so because he has since
cyinccd regard for truth rarely TO be met with
in the columns ola Jackson paper. From the
Observer Of the esd inst. we make the follow
ing extract:
Jackson and Cgay.-On our first page, the
reader will find Statement from Mr. Bucha-
"naa, which places The controversy between The
above distinguished individuals in new and
ex,rael binary light. I, is unJeniable that
this statement does not altogether confirm
,ha, made by Gen, Jackson, fact OF which
= Deared. I, Mad never entered into our mind,
- rba, Gen. ]. either could BE mistaken or had
" misrepresrnved the matter; and it was there
e fore with much surprise that We found dlscre-
" Mr.. Buchanan, 20 whom he appealed for the
" truth Of his statement. We purpose 10 place
" SOME of The features Of this case, as it now
" presents Itself, in a more prominent light be-
fore our readers.
"The frs, and most glazing inconsistency
between the General and Mr.. Buchanan, is as
" to the time Of The conversation which took
" Mace belween them relative TO the Presden-
:. ,ial election. The General says that it oc-
CURED eariy ia Jaauary; and that t'co days
" after he so cmphatically rejected the alleged
overture Of Mr.. Clay, he (Mr. c. and his
friends, came out publicly in favor Of MIR. A
0dams. But Mr. Buchanan says, (aud it will
:" be admitted that he NUT be right,l that the
" ron,ersa,ion reft FRED 10 took place on the
" So,h of December; and we find, or reference
"ro the newspapers of that period, that sMr.
"Clay came out pablicly in favor Of Adams
"about the 2Ath Of January, being period OF
" hcsaiy. Gr: instead OF tco days, as alleged by
"Gen. Jackson In our view, this was an I'M
"portan; part OF his case; If Iruc, II would have
" gone far 10 establish the suspicion that a'6ar-
gam with Gen. Jackson was attempted by
" Mr.. Clay, and, his offer sparned, that ne
" had Immediately closed with the terms offer
g. ed by MIR. Adams. Mr.. Buchanan's letter
has. therefore, removed one material part oil
"the circumstanlial testimony on which the
Gen. founded his charges against Mr.. Clay
"The next variance which we notice, is In the
answer of Gen. Jackson, to what he deemed
e the proposition of Mr. Clay. Mr.. BIS version
" Of that answer contains nothing like the eX'
" preston, that "sooner than enter The Presl-'
d" Dental Chair By means of bargain and COR
"Nruption, he would see the earth open and swai-
"loy Mr.. Clay and himself" but, even as sta
ted by MIR. B, il would do honor TO the best
men of the best days of Rome or any other
couutry;-and it is uncomfortable to us, how
man who could so indignantly spurn ev-
Gen the appearance Of an intrigue by which
che might have reached the most elevated sta
" ton in Ac world, can now basely after
"ialsrhood to effect the same purpose. II is
impossible There must either be some mis-
" take, or it is one OF those cases in which The
"human intellect, by brooding over mere
possibility, at las, arrives al the belief that II
SIS as,ubborn fac:."
After some other remarks, going TO show
that General Jackson might have understood
MIR. Buchanan's conversation as an indiIectpro-
posi,ion from MIR. Clay's friends, the Editor
says:
$40 bring these remarks to close, we con-
/" Hcss that, though Mr.. Buchanan's statement
does no, remove the suspicious as 10 the rea-
"sons which turned the vote OF Mr.. Clay ana
"his friends from Gen. Jackson, whom they
would naturally prefer" 10 MIR Adams ye'
81 ha, we are much disappointed in IT, we hau
confidently rcckoned upon complete eohnr-
"ma,ion Of every word of Gen. Jackson s'a'e-
= menl; for, though not omo,Sg those n'ihu ao'
Hmirers who deem him faul'less, we aiwa!
tI,L.,,.~L, 40, ohoyp the nearneSS oil mtSfSpre-