Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-07-25
WEDNESDAY, JULY rs. 1897.

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WEDNESDAY. JULY 25. 1897.
Circumstances,i in the detail Of which the pub
lie would take no interest, have heretofore pre-
vented the publication Of those "Short Notes"
For the DELAY we tender to the author and the
public, an apology Dem Press
JUNE Esd, 1927.
Gentlemen,-I request the insertion OF the
inclosed short notes onAlr. lngham's resolutions
in the Democratic Press to which crave his
attentions that Of the supporters OF Cen Jack
sons pretensions 10 the Presidency. lie VIII
not understand them as forming part OF the Sc
ries of letters am addrt ssing to him. res
prctfully indulge the expectation that such pa
ncrs as profess a willingness to publish on
both sides of the Presidential question, VIII
give them an insertion, especially such as have
published ,he;proceedings of the Doylestown
meeting. am respectfully yours. &c
JONATHAN ROBERTS.
Messrs Binns s Giileland.
Short Notes on Mr. hgham's Resolutions
"Resolved, AS the sense of this meeting, that
John Quincy Adams, ought not to be re-eiec-
ted President of the United States, Tor the FOL
lowing specific reasons, viz:
Because, he obtained his election by giving
70 HENRY Clay, the Office Of Secretary OF State,
as consideration for the influence in that cleo
ton, exerted against the will, and expressed in-
structions, of the people he represented
See the history OF the election OF 1924 5, IN
all the newspapers OF the day
Mr. Adams did not obtain his election by
giving TO Henry Clay the office OF secretary
He obtained it because the Representatives OF
thirteen sovereign States IN Congress thought
him entitled to the place, while the Represen-
ta,iyes of seven States only voted only for Gen
eral Jackson Mr. Adams had already obtain
ed at the primary election, more votes OF the
free citizens Of the United States, than
any other candidate Mr.. Clay was not instruct.
cd by his constituents, to vote Tor General
jackson; he was, on the contrary, requested BY
majority of the people he represented, to vote
for the candidate who he thought best quail
fed. and six months before the election came
- - annasa ~. u ssps&tiap
should decide for.Nlr. Adams. His constitu
ents approved bis vote, and testified their aP.
probation, by electng his friend, Judge Clark
warm supporters of the administration, to sue
coed him. No understanding existed between
Mr.. Adams and Mr. Clay, as to the election
and Mr. CLAW, received the Office of Sect tary
Of State, because his talents, standing and SER
vices entitled him to it: see his address to his
constituents, for part of the foregoing facts
in the National Intelligencer, for March 81
1925.
"Because, he had declared himself favorable
to an alteration of the Constitution, to remove
the election Of President from the House oil
Representatives, before he had obtained the Pre-.
sidential chair, through that body; and since
that time, he has exerted his influence, agaiDs,
such an amendment: see National Journal, and
debates in Congress, 1895 g."
Mr.. Adams before his election, never declar-
ed himself friendly 10 an alteration Of the Con
s,i,u,ion, because he never had occasion 10 ex.
press himself on the subject. After his cleo
tor, and while the subject was before the House
OF Representatives, he exerted no influence, and
expressed no opinion untavUrable TO the alter.
alton OF Mr.. M'Dufhe. His friends voted
some one way and some the other, being about
equally divided on the question Of taking the
election from the house. Among those, who
voted against SO removing ii, were Mr.. diane
and MIR. Forsyth. See the ayes and noes on
Mr.. M'Dufie's resolutions in the Journal Of the
Srst session Of the 10Th Congress, p. 4o2.
"Because, we have now the best reason TO
believe, that Mr.. Adams affected to become a
republican, in 1907, with view TO deceive the
Democratic party, and obtain its assistance 10
acquire power, only when he had lost hope Of
obtaining the object of his ambition through
his old political friends. See Cunningh hams
Letters
Mr.. Adams did not affect to become Re-
publican in 1907, but was always Republican,
in the pure sense Of tina! term.
In 1898, in consequence Of his able writings
in support Of the proclamation Of neutrality, he
was recommended by Mr.. Jefferson, then Secre-
tary of State, to the notice of President Wash
ington, by whom he was, shortly after sen; as
Charge d'Afaires to the Hague.-In 1897, he
was transferred by General Washington, as mi
mister TO Lisbon, and pronounced by him our
ablest minister abroad. He was absent from
the country the whole time, that our parties
were forming, aud came home in 1901. The
next year he was run as Senator OF the United
States, against Timothy Pickering; and was chos-
Ell. In the Senate he pursued an independent
course; and in SOY when MIR. Ingham was strain
ing every nerve to keep Simon Snyder ONT of
Office, and was acting in direct opposition to
the democracy Of Pennsylvania, Mr.. Adams de.