Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-10-08

n immaterial-the tendency vi w"..' may w.
% exhibit matters more fully 10 Puoilc consul
sra,ion. shall not conclude this prtsen,aion'
without submitting them also na'e "''Iau!
said that meeting was held on 'he ga oi ia
nn.rv. nreyious to which time, The opinion OF
MIR. Ga, and his friends were ou' 'is''e Know"
alone pointed out what probably
!onr.e would be. On the succeeding Mon
a.. the opinion prevailed, that they had taken
.he,r ground: and IN few days afterwards Mr..
claws military chieftain letter, as 1t has been
s,vsd was wri,,en 10 Judge Brooke, OF Virgi-
nj, Of whom he speaks as particular trend
T., ,ha, letter. he mentions hi. difficult, "highly
.~;,ic,p' si,ua,ion-.he interrogation 10 his
cnn.c;encc. and the course he had resolved to
rursue. Thus, TO particular friend, on the
sstb Of January. and not earlier, was deciafa-
lin, made Of lie course he had concluded to
take. Why The necessity OF silence so long,
and so rigidly preserved!
This Saturday evening meeting, ana 'he
course which had been resolved upon, formed
generally OH Monday the subject OF converse
ton. The Senate having adjourned, General
Jackson and myself were passing from the ca
1i,ol. being yet Within the enclosure, ana near
10 flight Of steps leading 10 the avenue, whsh
Dir, CLAW, Ginning dagona'ly on oar route, from
this House Of Representatives, passed very near,
and w,hou, speaking. He was proceeding
down the flight Of steps in front oil me ouiiaihs'
and we were in the act oil descending, "hth
some person coming up, aceostcd US. ~ 'na'
| moment, Mr. Clay, turning round, ooserVe9'
chow are you 10 dav, General! Win manner
somewhat embarrassed, as though ne MAD just
| then discovered him. The Saln'atlon was re
turned, and Mr.. Clay passed on. Immediately
! afterwards, General Jackson remarked 10 me,
that Mr. e.. seemed disposed 10 pass nm WIN
out speaking-my answer was, "as he mas coz
GUIDED to vote agains, you, General, supposr
he is sohcitous for no further intercourse: we
dropped the subject. had never before per-
ceived Mr. Clay thus distant with Gen Jack
son, having been previously quite the re. :rse;
and well knowing, from our near proximity al
passing, that it was altogether improbable he
should moi have observed US. looked TO this
coyness on his part, as circumstance corrooo'
ralive Of what had been the reports oil the day
determination taken to support Mr.. Adams
Previous to the annunciatlon Of THIS meeting
on Saturday, had no, dislrustcd the result oil
tho election. AS regarded the course henIuc
XIV would take even Conceding the force OF Alr
Claws influence, felt there was security III
these considerations. That, so lar from oelnH
any thing Of good, there had been an uniriendly
understanding very lately subslstlng between
Mr.. Adams and Mr. Clay. That Mr.. Adam
was not the choice Of Ken,ucky-had not been
thought Of nor voted for there; and oil all inc
persons presented TO the public, would prona
bly have received the most inc considerable sui
frage in that state. That Mr.. Cri'tenden, "ne
stood at the head of the electoral list toI
Mr.. Clay, and whose opinions OF the pre-
ference and choice of Kentucky, hence In
| Rri,, nd
c:I,-.--rSsrre Ir " asuTfg ron, ~. KAninekp
preferred Jackson, and wished him to succeed
against Adams But, beside all this, the Legis
la,u:e Of The state had sent for,h ,heir instrue
tons, Tor requesD on this subject, declaring
what was to be considered the sense of the pc o
pie; and l, well remembering The warm and an.
cienl contest between Mr. Clay and Mr.. Pope
on the subject ola disregard ofnstructions, had
not supposed that the former would Venture &c
place at nought his previous. open a,owaIs on
this important political point. These were The
grounds Of my opinions, and Of my conclusions
and they were removed, only when understood
that this meeting had been held, and the vote
of Kentucky determined upon.
There were other considerations Of Inference
and of argument. The state Of N York was
thought 20 be dependent for the course she
would pursue, on the vote of single In1Ividu.
! III nus IL COulu not De Known 10 aO-
solu'e certainty, though conjccturally il was,
what 6naly her course would be. Maryland
j, was believed, would al least on the first bal
lot, be on the side Of Mr.. Adams These two,
with the six New England ststes, were all, which
with any thing Of Certainty could be counted on.
Five were yet wanted. Louisiana and Illinois
il was believed would be in favor Of the same
course; though as it was in opposition 10 the
preference, indicated blythe electoral colleges
at home, it was asserted, tina, the members
from those states, would not march in that di-
rection, except in the event, that thereby the
election Of Mr. Adams would be rendered Sc
cure and certain. Report having urged strong
ly, that, on The second ballot, Maryland would
secede and vote for General Jackson, it was
therefore indspensibly important 10 bring mat
tiers to. close. The whole affair then rested
with Kentucky, Ohio, and Missouri. Under
this state of things was it, and after lha, i, mad
been ascrrlained, that JACKSON, would make no
disclosure, as TO his cabinet, that the meeting
oil the s2d of January took place. Those who
attended IL heinz ;c;, hot, do