Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-08-15

NO FEAR OF CORRUPTION. In the dp-
preaching election it can therefore make bh
lite difference whether the galleries shall be
open or closed"
This speech was made, il will be remember
ed Oh the second day of February, some days
after the allcdged corrupt proposition of the
friends of Mr.. Clay; and yet Mr.. Buchanan,
in Congress fall. declared, that that body was
free from corruption, and declares that the re-
ports of " picked comb nations" which busy
runon would nculcate, had no cxistence; and
that he entertained no fears of corruption! If
the proposition. which rnnour says was made
to General Jackson, was correct, and was made
through Mr.. Buchanan, is j, possible, is it at
all probable, that with the iniqm'ous facts
staring him in the face, he wod,d in the eyes
of the country declare "al's WELL" and be-
come the guilty associate Of moral and politi-
cal aLondonment!-It is lille TO suppose, that
the gentleman could so far lose sight Of his du-
ty, as TO do this; and we do not believe that he
will undertake to make good the charges
which have been preferred against Mr.. Clay by
General Andrew Jackson.
But General Jackson denies emphatically,
that he has preferred any charges against Mr..
Clay, and says that they exist only in the con-
struction put upon his language by Mr.. Clay;
and yet, he says he does believe thai the over
lures that were made to him, were made with
the knowledge and consent Of that gentleman.
We are ready to admit, that direct charges
are not preferred; but they are well understood
by all who can understand anything, and no
man can read his letter, without porceiymg a.
once, that he means to charge Mr. Clay with
the guilt of an infamous proposition for nlu-
ence and Office. Ii General Jackson, wishes
to escape by such course of ridiculous quib-
bling, he will find himself in error, and will find
that there are not ten men in the nation, who
do not understand, and properly construc his
language and inuendoes. His friends say, that
the letter makes direct charge of corruption
on Mr.. Clay: and simply 10 show what their
opinions are, we copy an extract from poiti-
cal essay, published in the Augusta Georgia
Chronicle, Of the 2sth uItimo, said to be the
production of Mr. John c. Calhoun
Now, in addition TO the. numerous and well
connected circumstances addlccd by Mr.. III
Dullie, to shew that there were abandoned ~
higues going on at Washington, al ant im-
mcdIately preceding the late presidential cleo
a.. a. a. 4 Al 1T
est as dependant on thai, we have, to a great
egctent, General JacksOns direct, certain and
positive evidence, in his letter to Mr. Bever- !
iy; yet this must not be believed, because the
purity Of the coalition" Of Adams and Clay
comes in question. The broad mantle of cha
rity is to cover over this, and it is wicked and
UNJUST fpr General Jackson (placed as he was,
by his duty, in an atmo ephere of intrigue, so
thick, that, although he avoided its contami-
nation, yet he could not its contac) TO testi-
fly, or Mr.. McDutiie TO raise his voice against
a pollution so foul, as 10 threa,en death to the
very vitals of the body poltic."
Here then we have it and It seems that the |
friends of General Jackson, consider his letter
to Carter Beverly, to contain not only charges
of corruption, but proof to support those char
ges, and they rely upon them to convict Mr.
Adams and Mr. Clay, Of a wicked combina-
ton. We shall not stop TO comment on the
extract, but submit i to the consideration Of
our readers; with barely remarking, that there
is a vast decrepancy Of construction, between
General Jackson and his friends and parasites
In the Generals last Bulletin, from the "Sa-
looms of Hermitage" he attempts to produce
circumstantial evidence, Of the corruption of
Mr.. Clay, by referring to the resolution of Mr.
Mr. McDuiiie, offered to the House for its
adoption, at the time of the investigation of
the charges preferred against the then Mr.
Speaker Clay, by the Infamous George Kre-
mer, and rather exultingly insinuates, that Mr.
Clay was afraid TO meet that resolution, and
the manner in which it was gotten up, will
prove how silly are the exultations of the Gen
ora, and slimsy is all his evidence. For the
sake of having the resolution clearly under
stood, we here copy it entire.
"That the said committee be instructed TO
inquire whether the friends Of Mr. Clay, have
limited that they would fight for those who
would pay best, or any thing to that effect
and whether overtures were said to have been
made by the friends of Adams to the friends of
Mr.. Clay, offering the appointment Of Seer
tary of State for his aid to elect Adams; and
whether the friends Of Clay gave tins inforna-
ton to the friends of jackson, and limited that
# his friends would oiler the same price, they !
would close with them; and achether Ren.y
lay has transfersfd, or resolved 20 trdas- ,
fer, his interest to John q. Adams; and
whether IL tcGs said and beliered, that as a
consideration for 'h.s abandonment Of duty 20
his constituents. Clay was to be appointed
Secretary of STATE. and that the said con NIL
tee be authorized 10 send for persons and pa
pers, and to compel the persons SO sent for, TO
answer uDOn Oath.''