Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-08-08
LITERARY CADET /.
PROVIDENCE, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 8.
ADMINISTRATIONS CANDIDATES.
FOR THE TWENTIETH CONGRESS.
Hon. TRISTAN burgess.
Hon. DUTEE j. PEARCE.

Mr.. Clay, and proftsscd 10 hold himself in
readiness to make good the charges he pre-
ierrcd, OF corruption, and bargaining, and sale,
has suddenly halted, and to use common
phrase, has backed out. Thus far we have
not seen any thing directly from his pen, but
in the last number, of the Nashville Republi-
can, there is an article, evidently published
under the sanction Of General Jackson, in
which it is unequivocally asserted, that he did
, not intend to prefer the charges, which MIR.
Clay, and every one else infers, from the tenor
Of the letter addressed 10 Mr.. Carter Beverly.
| This Is as We expected, and as we have pub
lickly predicted. The result Of the whole trans
action must hold General Jackson up to the
he so richly merits, by making false accusa-
| tions.
1t is possible, that General ia ckson may yet
attempt to vindcate himself, by issuing from
the saloons Of Hermitage" declarations
and maniicstos; but as he has had ample time
to do so, and az yet has remained entirely si-
lent, il is not unreasonable to infer, that lie
has no defence to make. 1t becomes him,
however, to make some kind Of defence, bad
as his case may be, and certainly is; and un-
less he attempts something Of the kind, he must
content himself with quietly sitting down, and
ranking himself as the chief Of modern poiti-
cal ca!umnators, and patiently remember, that
he has committed political suicidc-and Jona-
than Russclled himself.
II has been whispered, as we understand,
among the higher circles Of politicians at Wash
ington that his Biographcr, John II. Eaton,
stands sponsor to the case, and is anxious TO
cxtrcato himself from the difficulty in which
he has be cconnc involved, by adhcrng TO the
cause Of The 90 Young Lion Of the West,' and
feels deeply chagrned that after all his tolls
and abours, the General, by one false step,
has blasted all his wishes, and prostrated all
his sage calculations, and hopes Of prcferment.
We learn from a friend residing in Nashville,
that the people of that city, when they first
| beheld the publication Of the Generals letter
20 Carter Beverly, muttered "misery and
DEATH" and wink'ng sagaciously, said to ono
| another, here end all our hopes ;--hcro is more
| political suicide. From what We can gather
from the newspapers, particularly those which
arc published in Tennessee and Alabama, it is
evident, that unequivocal dissatisfaction is
evinced towards General Jackson, for his very.
impruden. conduct; and as a last hope, to
screen their partizan from the difficulty in
which he has become unnecessarily involved,
they undertake to say, that the letter, which he
wrote TO Mr.. Beverly, was purely confidential,
and that the writer never intended it should
come before the public eye. very pretty
excuse for the follies Of an unsuccessful calum-
niator, most assuredly. If General Jackson
did not intend that the unlucky letter should
come before the world, he should not have
written tat any rate, he should not have
entrusted it to such man as Carter Beverly.
| II is generally understood in Nashville, that
the indignant and mortified General, chagrined
and covered with shame, attempts to cast oil
the odium Of the affair, on poor Beverly, and
has sworn vengeance against him, for betray-
| ing that which he ought to have known was
confident al Beverly, in defence of himself,
! says. that he loaned the letter to Colonel Noah
! Zane, without entertaining the most remote
;dea, that that gentleman would take copy
Of il, or that he would suffer Mr.. Clay TO do so
and then INDUCES in whining ditty, about the
duplicity of Mr.. Zane, and the unfairness of
! Mr.. Clay.
The fact is, the Letter, was placed in the
hands OF Mr.. Clay, through tic agency of
Colonel Zane; and from the whole tenor of the
correspondence. relating to it, it seems, that
Mr.. Beverly was anxious that il should reach
Mr.. Clay. Before the Secretary of State, had
prepared for his departure from Wheeling, Mr.
Beverly, had read the letter in all the public
places Of the town, and had industriously cir
culated a report that it would satisfy the world
Of the corruption Of Mr.. Clay, in assuming the
part that distinguished him, az the late prcsi-
| dental election. The letter produced unusua
excitement at Wheeling; and the moment tha t
the Secretary read it, it was apparent to him
that the possession Of a copy, would he to him,
n matter of no small consequence. Determin-
ed on defending himself against the charges
which had been preferred, he took a copy for
the sake of reference.
He found that the letter, would bring himself
and General Jackson at issue, on question oi
vast magnitude, and one that involved his
whole reputation; and he reJoccd, that his