Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-09-27
From the National Mteifgtncer'
IlANpDE,N--No. v.

make him President in one hour, II he would
,,edoe himself not 10 put MIR. Adams INTO the
sea, Of Secretary Of State, and consequently Mr'
RIchapan could have carried back no answer 10
such proposition Here the question m r res;
The discrepancy in the statement OF Genera
Jackson and Mr. Buchanan is marked ana s'rik'
ing. They cannot stand together: 'hey aFe W
terly at variance and irreconeilahie.
General Jackson is inc apable OF misrepreseh'
;,y deliberately aud intentionally; II VIII cos'
him nothing 10 acknowledge 'hat ne has o."
mistaken; he will be happy TO kno" '"s' ,"t
error is his; that Mr. Bnchanan's run ana no
nor are preserved, and Chat Inc ch'raI'er "
" his country has not suffered through lne acts
6 of :, ,rominent citizen" MIR. Buchanan and
A. N,rkl.v are also men Of truth and honesty;
ant The only Interpretation which can, IN JUS
ire and c,n6or. be put OH their conversation
.nd rho only object which can be ascrIoed 10
,hem. consi ,tent with their high and tar char
ar,er' is. tina, they meant no more than TO place
| themselves before the friends oil Mr.. Gay, ION
The same footing with the ADAMS men, ny as
s.r;nq Them thai the claims of Mr.. Clay should
he fs;r,v estimated. lfMr. Buchanan intended
10 hold GU, any other or higher inducements 10
Mr.. Claws friends, he will incur The odlum as
well as the guilt Of being the master SPIRIT OF
the intrigue and satisfy all that he iaiiea III .he
means and the ability 10 conduct, not In the dis.
| nositiop TO consummate it. In this view all VIII
b. fair and clear. General Jackson has misap-
pretended the subject, and the injustice done
Mr.. Clay is confessed.
we admit the presumption, against all evil
dence, that Mr.. Markley is the friend "i MIR.
CLAW, and that Mr. Buchanan entered INTO the
intrigue, ard actually carried The proposi'ion I'D
| that form to General Jackson, then II must re-
snl, that Mr.. Buchanan is a par.lci2ator OF the
crime, and that he is "capabie oil carrying sacn
message" The truth Of General Jackson's de-
clar.tion is not compatible with his innocence.
This was foreseen Ii was known that he must
BE- sacr feed. He was in the awful situation OF
either denying the truth OF the statement, OF OIL
signing his own condemnation.
If Mr.. Buchanan did make the proposition,
he saws he ,cns mol authorized Bat Gen. Jackson
SAYS The character Of Mr.. Buchanan with me,
" forbids the idea .ha, he was acting on his own
" responsibility, or that, under any ctrcuinsian
d" oes. he would have been induced 10 propose
Z" an arrangement unless possessed oi sausiacto'
"ry assurances that, if accepted, II would be
" carried fullv into effect. n freak mind 'confd
,eldom or ever be thus disposed 10 aci-
ga sensible one never."
If Mr.. Buchanan did make the proposition,
there is nothing in the conversation with Mt
Na,kley 10 Justify any proposition from MIR.
CLAW, or the designation Of him as the lriend OF
Mr. Clay; nor is the necessity perceived OF ex-
: posing friend by inlerposing him between inc
,.hl,e aud himself or of disc losing familiar
and casual con. erst,on, and violating the Tree.
dom of social intercourse. MIR Marklev is
placed in the Foreground ofthe picture, and ev
cry thing is referred TO him; and all the treason
is made 20 issue from his mouth. He is con-
L., and hr ~ a
prophet
MIR Buchanan, early in the session, heard,
among other rumors, that Gen. Jackson had de
termipcd to make Mr. Adams Secretary of
State Being anxious for the success OF the
Grn,ral, and .sensible (as he savs) hat rothl1g
" con!d b. better calculated TO cool The nrdor Of
(" his frirt.dS ana inspire his enemies tCHh CONT
- dance" mot a word about those able and am
" bilious men WHO were aspiring to thai Office,
" among whom was Mr.. Clav"--"uppn whose
"exertion, and upon whose friends such a re-
" port was alCula!e'l to have he most unha2-
A." by effect y Mr. Buchanan wrote o a friend ,
high in Office, exalted in character, d the
advocate Of Gen Jackson, requesting his opn
ion and advice on the Subject he answer
confirmed his previous opin on. He then fHai-
|" " determined to ask the General himse t or
to get an ,hrr f lend to ask him, Watcher he
| had ever de- ldref mat ne would appoint Nf
+" dams Secretary of 5 ate - There is nothing
wrong in all this, and it is only surprising he
whould have found it necessary to consulted
ted friend, * to approach he General with SO
much caution, and with such apo ogrs. But
why Introduce Mr.. Markley? The interview
was not sought by him. He had no design in
the communica ion nnfrerdiy to Gen. Jackson
The meeting was accidental. The conversation
casual, private, familiar and friendly, ard con-
sequently free and ungua drd.. With the news
thus obtain he goes to Gen. J,skson and re-
pr s,nts Mr.. Markley as friend of Mr.. Ciay',,
and repeats the conversation He himself Says,
" I've cannot remember whether he mrntioned
his name, or merely described him as the
friend Of Mr. Ciay"-ana afterwards he says,
he is sincerely sorry that he is compelled to
" ifrodrce lis name; but he dos it with less
" reluctance, because il has already, riihoui his
agency. foHnd is way into he papers in con-
" nexion with this transa ton" THAI is, he
"consults with M Mask!ey about The means to
secure the eIet ton Of the General and "i,hout