Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-08-04

made, "without any calculation that they were
to be thrown into the public journals" Does
no reproye tho mdiscretlon of the guest who
had violated the sanctity OF a conversation at
the hospitable board? Far from it The pub
lc is incredulous. |, cannot believe that Gen.
Jackson would be so wanting in dolcacy and
decorum. The guest appeals to him for the
coniirinaton oi the published statements; and the
Gen. promptly addresses u letter TO hun, in which
- he most unequvocaIly confirms (says Mr.. c.
Beverly all have sad regarding the over
. ture made TO him pending the iasl Presiden-
" tial election before Congress; and he asserts
" a great deal more than he ever told me-"
should be glad 10 know If all the versions ofthe
tale have now made their appearance, and
whether General Jackson will allege that he
did not " calculate" upon the publication oi his
letter ofthe 9th of June.
The General states that the unknown envoy
used The terms, :" Mr. CIay's friends" to the
exclusion, therefore, Of myself but he never
theless inferred that he had come from me-
Now, Why did ne draw this inference contrary
to the import ol'the statement which he receiv-
ed! Does not this disposition TO deduce conclu-
sions untavorable to the, manlcs, the spirit
which uctuales hun? And does not General
jackson exhibit throughout his letter desire to
give u colorDg to The statements Of his friend,
than they would JUSTIFY M one should ever
resort to implication but from necessity. Why
did he not ascertain from the envoy If he had
come from me? Was any thing more natural
than that Genera. Jackson should ascertain the
persons who hal dcpuied the envoy? If his
shocked seasibIl!ty and indignant virtue and
patriotism would not allow him to inquire into
particulars, ough, he to have hazarded the as
sertIon, that was prvy to tho proposal, with
out assuring himself OF the fact? Could he not,
after rejecting the proposal, continuing as -he
did, on friendly erms with the organ of II, have
satisfied himsetn Were cOnusant OF it. If he
had not time thea, might he not have ascer-
tanned the fact from his friend or from me, dur
ing the Intervening two and half years? The
compunctons OF hls own conscience, for mo :
ment, appear to have .isiIed him towards the
conclusion Of his letter, for he there does say,
that in the supposltion stated, Im1y have
" done injustice 10 Mr.. Clay; If so, the gentle
man informing me can explain" No good
or honorable man will do another voluntarily any
injustice. II was not necessary that General
Jackson should have done me any. And he
cannot acqult himself of the rashncss and niqu-
ty of his conduc, to owards iie by referring, at
this late day, to a person whose name Is with
held from the pubic. THIS compendious mode
OF administering Jusuce, by first hanging and
then trying man, however Juslilia5le 1t may be,
according to the precepts OF The Jackson code, +,
is sanctioned byno respectable system OF jurls-
prudence.
1t Is stated in the letter Of the 9th of June, +,
that the overture vas made early in January;
and that the seco, day after the communica-
ton, it "was announced in the newspapers,
that Mr., Clay bad come out openly and avow-
"edy in favor Mr. Adams" The object oi
this statement Is Ju,lDus. IL is to insnuate
that the prOpo'r' Which was reJectei with dis
dam by General Jacnscn, was accepted with
promptitude by MIR. Adams. Tins renders ,he
fact as to the time of the alleged annunciati ioil
very important. II is TO be regretted that
General Jackson had no; been little more pre-
else. 1t was early in January that the over
ture was made, and the second day after, the
annunciation Of my intention took place. Now
1 will not assert that there may not have bee
some speculation in the newspapers about tha
time, (although do not believe that there were
even any SpecuidtionS so eary,) as to the prob
able vote which should give; but should be
glad to see any newspaper which, the second
day after early IN January, asserted in its col
umns, that | had come out " openly and ayow-
edy in favor of Mr.. Adams.'' l challenge the
production of ;ucn paper. do not believe
my intention 20 voc for Mr.. Adams was an
nounced IN tie newspapers openly and avowed-
ly during the whole month of January, or at
any rate until late in the month. The only
auoicai Of my intention to vote for him, which
was publicly made in the newspapers, prior to
the election, is contained in my letter to Judge
Brooke, which is dated the 2Sth January. 1t
was first published in the Enquirer AT Richmond,
some time in the ensuing month, so further;
do not believe any newspaper at Washington
can be produced announcing, before the latter
arf 6F ~ In hat hal IV
avowal or not, Of my intention to vote for Mr.
Adams. Gen. Jackson's memory must deceive
him. He must have confounded events and cir
oumstances. His friend, Mr.. George Kremer,
in his letter to the Columbian Observer, dated
the 25th January, has, according to my recol-
lection OF the public prints, clam to the iner-
it Of beng the first, or among the first, TO an
nounce to the puDlIc my nteEded vote. 1hat
letter was first published at Philadelphia aud
returned lii tho Columbian Observer to Wash
iIgon City on ,he 3lst January. How longibe-
fore its date that letter was written loi Mr.. krc-
rner, it does not appear. Whether tnerc be any
connexion between tine communication made by
the distinguished member of Congress, aud that
letter, perhaps Gen. Jackson can cXp,ain.
At the end of more than two years after a
corrapt overture is made to Gen. Jackson, he
now for the first time openly procdms 1t. 1t is
true. as | have ascertaincd SINCE the pubilcation
o Mr.. Beserley's Fay ttevllle letter, the Gen
eral has Ell Tor long time secretly clrculat-
ing the charge IiIlnedla,ely on the appear
ance at Washington OF tnat letter IN the public
prints, the Ed.,Jl of the Telegraph asserted IN
his paper, that Con. Jackson had communicated
the overture to him about the period o. the elec-
ton, not as he noH states, bul according to MI.
Bcvorlcy's version of the tale. Since ! lief,
Washington Ola The lOth oi last month, have
understood that Gen. Jackson has made a slml-
lar communication 10 several oiner persons, al
different and distant points. Why has the over
l,,- oil, ,I nS