Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1827-07-31
From the louisville (Ay.) E5cus.
THE BARGAIN


We have in our paper to-day, the COPY of let
ter from Gen. Jackson to his friend Carter Beverly.
with the reply of MIR. Clay to that letter. Every
friend OF truth and of the Administration must re-
joce that the clamorers about intrigue, bargain AND
management. are again hemmed up and committed,
so that they must either disgraccfuy back cut again.
or show the whole force of their evidence We have
little doubt that although the charge comes from
the principal. 1t will turn out to be, merely new
version OF the krener story, and equally ncapahle
of being substanatcd. There are many points
upon which comments might be made but we will
only make very few remarks 1t appears from the
letter OF Gen. Jackson that he has been in the ha-
bit of propagating this charge hmselfin a secret
way and that he did not intend to take or meet
the responsibility Of doing it publicly. Yes--this
candidate, who has been writing so finely about ne-
Their seeking nor refusing office, has been secretly
propagating charges Of the most infamous kind a.
ganst his rivals, and endeavoring to avoid the res
possibility of making them Concealment and
management forsooth are his adherence Why
did he not disclose this transaction when Mr.. Clay
was nominated to the senate ? For the same reason.
no doubt, that he would not have made it public
now. had not Mr.. Carter Beverly ''badgered'' him
out Of his covert. The charge. with the evidence
to support it, must have been much better suited
for private defamation than for open scrutiny.
What sort Of aguardian of the rights of the peo-
Pile has this man been, who concealed a charge of
gross corruption, in the senate Of the United States,
and thus permitted Mr. Clay to be confirmed in the
second Office of the government and who morco-
yer congratulated Mr.. Adams on an election. which
he suspected to have been carried BY means cor
rupt Can this be the ncorrnptble patriot, and
the wachful guardian Of the rights of the people,
who is to reform all abuses The occurrence was
then fresh in his mind lie believed, as he tells
thatthc member who brought the offer to him 6 had
come from Mr.. Clay" and consequently he could
then have proved, as he now expects to prove, The
corrupt bargaining, which MIR. Clay ha. attempted.
Was it not his duty then to have named the affair
to the senate. that the member might be called be
fore them and the subject investigated? Why did
he not do it. Why did he keep dark at that impor
tant crisis, and afterwards sliy asinaate the charge
into the public mind Was this the proper cours
either for an honest statesman, or high minded
gentleman
Conjecture has been busy here as TO the name o
the member who will be given up as having carrie'
the proposition to the General. IT turns out, tina
the name has been in the possession of certain friend
of the General in this place more than two years
1t had been made known to them in the presence Q
the General 50 long ago. We do not feel that III
crtv to announce il. We can say, however tina
the gentleman thou sh respectable, is believed ne,
er to have been very intimate with Mr.. Clay.
For the satisfaction Of our readers, will remark
that we believe we know enough about this matte
to assure them that signal triumph is preparing Il
Mr.. Clay and his friends. The deveopement wi
probably astonish many an honest man, who hi
been duped with the cry of intrigue. bargain an
management. good reason will probably appea
why the General and his friends have so long pr
ferred private SANDER to public investis
! ton.