Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-10-12
From HE National Journal
Mr.. SENATOR EArON'S ADDRESS ~


proye the correc tness Of that date as conclusive
IL as if he HAD made an entry Of il in day
hook. He does not rely entirely oil his memo
re as 10 the time Of the interview, though eve,
nv circumstance connected with an embassy Of
which he was the chosen agent, must have made
a strong impression on his mind; but he refers
TO letters whi,h he wrote on the 3oth and 3ls'
December, and Cd January, as asceraning the
date. His mission was considered important
10 General Jackson's success. II had been pre-
coded by intercourse, on the subject ol ", per-
.sunal and cpistolatory, with other friends OF
General Jackson II was followed by letters
which ne wro,e, no doubt on the same subject,
on the same day. the day following, lSnnd1y)
and on the next day but one after. The au>
lhori;y given 10 him by General Jackson to con.
;radict rumour "0njurious 10 his election. and
n repeai declaration Of the General, aicnIat-
ed to share happy influence on The eecfion, was
Of too r.,uch moment TO r. main uneXeroiaed 'or
a single day. Mr. Buchanan went to business
fas i'll was natural that he should do) before ne
had slept on his conmissian; he continued TO
write on The next day, for the Sabbath ought
no, TO stand in he way Of Heroes; suspended
o,era,ions on New YEARS day, 1.-THE epoch oil
The celebrated visit in The following year, by L.
mother distinguished member Of tongress'
friend OF Mr Richie; TO the EAST NooM,) nu'
resumed them on the day itnmedaely follow
inn. The aid given by all these impressive
circumstances to Mr.. 9uchanan's memory ir
as.eraining the date OF his interview win tI'n'
eral Jackson, could NOT be oiherwis' than sittc
;ual. That date he fixes on the 5o'h Deeem-
Der, 1924
But',his does not coincide with General Jack
sons assertion, that the conversation between
himself and Mr.. Buchanan took place early IN
January, nor with another assertion Of he Ge>
neral, that on the second day" after that con'ers
alton 81, was announced in the newspapers
that Mr.. Clay had come out IN favor OF Mr. "A
dams" The first Of those discrepancies Is not
so impor,an, as the second TIE object OF 'he
statement 10 which itrcla,es, is as Mr.. Clay has
very property n,Arket," obvious. 1t Is 10 IN
,imaIe that the I" proposal which was rejected
with tisdain by General Jackson, was accepted
with prampti;ude by Mr.. Adams" Mr.. Clay
challenged the production of any newspaper as
sertinp. the second day after early in January,
that " lac had come out openly ami aVowed'y IN
favor of MIR. Adams; sand though he did not
deny tie possibility, iha, there were even any
newspaper specujG'i0ns about thai ums as to the
probable vote which he should give NO pa :
per mas been produced, confirming Gen Ja' T.
sons assertion. An attempt was made ID MS
fayorite paper, the Telegraph, To sustain II, ny
auo,ipr a statement from the Metropolitan OF
the elst January Blu; the quotation turned
on, 10 b. faI gerry, in point Of time; ihe only
nart of il having the appearance Of an "annul-
CATION" or "asserlion" Of Mr.. Clay's course,
being taken from the Metropolitan oithe 2sth
January, and the part of il found in the same
paper Of the Dis, inst being one OF ,hds' specu-
i,j;oos'' TO whi~h Mr.. Clay r. fers. o.
Efforts were made by other Combination
prints, and among them, by he Rlcnm'nd En
Ouirrr in its hitting, qDe'y'ng, Jerry SNEAK
s,ylr, to ar out the Gentral 10 his lapSuS me-
moy,@. But they all failed. All that remain,
10 do, is to insist, though the General was ou
in his reckoning, when he said that . the Sc
cond day after carly in January it was announced
in the new spapers, that Mr. clay lad come out
optnly and avowedIy in favor Of Mr., Adams,
wi that whatever was the date o. thr interview,
the annuncia,ion was on the second day alter
il. The time of the annuncia,ion being, how
ever, unfortunately, not earlier than towards
the close of January is therefore necessary to
bring down the date Of the interview as iaie as
possible in that month. In this chronological
labour, MIR. Eaton, it should ne observed, con-
tradicis, not only MIR. Buchanan, who Gales Inc
interview on the Soth ID, cember bu' he contra
diets General Jackson, wau dates 1t early IN Ja-
nuary But indeed the case Is oir vi Situ' VII
fcully. Ii is impossible to argue in Favor OF
one Of the Geaeral's facts" that A" Cannot be
altered" that he "knev 10 be true without de
nying another Well may he exolaim-
"Oh! what tangled web we weave,
When first we practice TO deceive"
But let us hear Mr.. Eaton: A statement, he
saws. of his conversation with Mr.. Buchanan,
"concisely drawn, given to General Green,
"edi,or OF the United States Telegraph, at his
"reouest, in August, ls26-more IMAM year
aago-it is as follows"
'In January, 1925, afew DAYS before 1t had
been known that MIR. Clay and his friends had
l., Jared in favor Of Mr. Adams, was called
upon by MIR. Buchanan, Of PENNSYLVANIA. lie
SAID, i, was pretty well understood, thai over
lures were making by the friends OF Adams. on
the subject Of cabinet appointments Ina'
Jackson should fight them with 'heir own "ea
MONS He said, the opinion was, that Jackson
would retain Adams, and that IL was dong
him injury. That the General should s'a'e