Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-08-16

Country. ] told him that his answer n nv No..
ton was such an one as | had expected 10 rsee,y-
il he answered It at all; and that I IA
sought to obtain il, for my own satis,sc,;a."0 ny.
then asked him IT ! weie at liberty 10
bis He said | was perfectly AZ rspeA1
to do so TO any person | thought proner
need scarcely remark that ! afterwards 49,
myself of The privilege. The conveysat;on
on this topic here ended, and in all our mp
course since, whether personally, or in ~.
course of our correspondence, General IseLsae
never once adyerted to the subject. prior =
the date of his letter to Mr.. Beverly.
l do not r~ecollect that Gen. jackson tol5
/ might repeat his answer to Mr.. Clav and -,
friends, tho / should be sorry to saw he IA -. ~
The whole conversation being upon The NH,
lc street, It might have escaped my obserc,.
ton.
A few remarks, and ! trust I shall bsye dow.
With this dlsagreeable business forever.
called upon Gen. Jackson, on the occ,,;o,
which have mentioned, solely as his frior5
upon my individual responsibility. and No, =
the agent OF Mr.. Clay, or any other person
| never have been The political friend of NJ
Clay, since be became a Candidate for the otEcs
OF President, as you very well know. Until
| saw General Jacksan's letter to sir. Beyerjv
u AhN ~ az , aAh al liE same time Vaa Info~
med by a letter from the Editor of the Irn;,ea
States Telegraph, that | was the person -
whomhe alluded, the Conception never once e.
tered my mind, that he believed me to hsr.
been the agent OF Mr.. Clay or ofhis friends. =.
that Ihad Intended to propose to him terms IS
any kind from them, or that be csuid hsya
supposed me to be capable of expressing the g.
pnlon that il was right to fight such intrippsr.
with their own weapons" Such o supposition
bad entertained it, would have rendered me-
exceedingly unhappy. as there is no man IN.
on earth, whose good opinion | more valued
than that OF Gen. Jackson. He could not.
think. have received this impression, until If.
ter Mr.. Clay and his friends had actually elec.
ted Mr. Adams President, and Mr.. Adams
had appointed Mr. Clay Secretary of STATE,
After these events had t%ranspired, it ma, he
readily conjectured in what manner, nv com.
munication might have led him into the m,s.
take. l deeply depiore that such has been its
effect.
| owe 1t to my own character TO make another
observation Had | ever known, or even sus,
pected. that General Jackson believed | had
been sent to him by Mr.. Clay or his friends.
! should have Immediately corrected his er,
roneous impression; and thus prevented the ne.
cessity for thus most unpleasant explanation -
kilC NdltOt ~ Wiz ~ OlALG9 kelPs
graph, on the 18th of October last, asked ma
by letter for Information upon this subject. 7
promptly informed him by the returning msl.
on the 10Th of that month, that I had no author.
ity from Mr.. Clay, OF his friends to propose
any terms TO Gen jackson in relation to their
votes, nor did | ever make such a proposition.
and that | trusted | would be as incapable az
becoming a messenger, upon such an occasion.
as it was known General jackson would be to
receive such a message. l have deemed it ne.
cessary to make this statement. in order to re.
move any misconCepton, which may have been
occasloned, by the publication in the Telegram
of my letter to the Editor, dated the Iith
ultimo.
With another remark | shall close this com.
munica,ion. Before | held the conversation
with General Jackson, which l have detailed,
l called upon Major Eaton, and requested him
to ask General Jackson, whether he had ever
declared or intlmsted, that he would appoint
MIR Adams Secretary of State, and expressed
a desire, that the General should say, if con.
sistent with truth, that he did not intend 10
appoint him to that office. believed thai such
sdeciaration would have a happy influence up.
on the election, and rnde ed 10 convince
him that such would be its effect. The CONVERSE
ton between US was moi so full, as that with
GeneFsiLckson. The Major politely declined
to comply with my request, and advised me to
PROFOUND the questisn 10 the General myself,
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Lancaster. 81 august. 1927.
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