Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-08-03

| forms and aspects, ard oflighter or deeper dyes
of guilt as might best suit the atmosphere in
which they were to move, yet embodying no
| thing which the accused could seize, realize
and detect, and giving no name 70 be held re.
sponsible as the accuser. This was va pretty
plot and full Of expectation" but the growing
jealousy, the corrooing envy Of one Of the con.
spirators and the ungovernab!e imPetuosity oil
General Jackson have exploded it. The charge
is now brought out in fall relief, and General
Jackson has been chivalric and silly enough to
put down his nape as public accuser. He has
unguardedly fallen into the pit which had been
dug for Mr.. Gay.
II. It has not yet been shewn by any evi.
dence either directly or indirectly, that Mr..
Markley had any agency, medialey or imme.
diately, in the plot, which, Notwithstanding the
reliance placed upon it, is about 10 give way,
to vanish into thin air, and leave the plotters
exposed to public scorn and indignation I'm
til it is shewn that Mr.: Markley was one of
those concerned in the plot it can require nei
Their ingenuity nor talent to extrica,e him.
Having disposed of this preliminary matter,
which it seemed necessary to remove before
we could remark upon the editorial observa-
tipns in the Telegraph, we shall now briefly
notice them, and We trust, illustrate sa.isfacto-
Tlly, their lnotiVeS ana OOjeCtS.
The assumption Of the Tele graph that we
received our information, in relation to the
plot to destroy Mr.. Clay, from Mr.. Markley,
being altogether unfounded, all the presump-
lions built upon it must fall with it, Among
these the mos; important is, The nsinuation
that Mr.. Markley "was the agent of Mr.. Clay"
This is unqua!i6edly false. Mr.. Clay never
had an agent for the purposes insinuated. II
md hac hp,y hat Mr
| Clay had any thing to do with the proposition
which Gen. Jackson says was made 10 him
We feel warranted in saying that, there are in
existence certain written documents which full
| ly prove not only that Mr.. Clay never counte
nanced any application to General Jackson, OF
the nature he AYERS, but they will further de.
nonsir0fe that there was not friend of MIR.
Clay's in Congress who ever either directly or
indirectly sanctioned, or in manner countenanc-
ed any application 10 Gen Jackson Of the Cha.
racler stated in his letter. What we say, we
say upon authority, and can substantIate TO the
public satisfaction, and the total overthrow OF
this de.es,able plot.
1t will be distinctly seen in the progress Of
this inquiry, tina, whatever passed, if any thing
did pass, in relation TO opening negotiation
and bargain with Mr. Clay's friends, original
cd in the extreme anxiety OF some Of Gen.
Jackson's friends, TO ssee him elevated to the
Presidency. To accomplish that, they would
have intrigued %nd bargained * sold with any
man, or any mans friends. Nothing could
therefore be more natural than that they should
turn their thoughts upon Mr.. Clay, TO ascertain
how Gar he could be induced to cooperate
He would not CO operate, he was not to be
bought, and therefore his character is assailed
anG the ears Of his conhding countrymen abus-
ed, by ISLANDERS and libels, while no man has
the manliness 10 asow himself his accuser.
The insinuation that Mr.. MarkIey has, in
some way or other, influenced our pen to effrc'
his personal purposes, is wholly unfounded
We never have lent, nor ever shall lend our pen
for such patry purposes as the Telegraph
would have it believed we peuned our article
of the 18th inst We had never interchanged
word on the subject with Mr.. Markley, when
we wrote the article alluded to. What we said
of Mr. Buchanan and Mr.. Ingham, was said
! from our knowledge of the facts and the char
acter of the individuals, and not in reference to
any effect which it might produce between them
VIVA: is it to us whether lngham covers un-
der the ch .racter and talents of Buchanan, or
Buchanan, despises the contemplate in,rigues
in which Ingham is constantly engaged.
DIED,
Az Swan Point (near Occbouan \ on the 2Sl July,