Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-07-18


Words cannot make denial full, positive and
particular
There is another par; OF tue history Of this trans
action 10 Which we have no: yet alluded Garter Be.
very found himself in The pradlca,nen, of man no,
believed IN what he had stated OF the passages Gen
Jaclson'j house. To sustain himself, lie wrote 10 Gen
Jackson, from whom lie received in reply that letter
which has already been published in this paper. Mr..
Beverly in his Fayetteville letter, says Gen. jackson
told Au ''tba .E. C!as friends made proposition
to his friends that Clay aud his friends would make
him pesidcn! in hour &c Gen. Jackson in his
ieter 10 Mr.. Beverly, says that "ealy in Jan. I826
rnember oil Congress of high responsibility, and o.
'>Unf0,w,, .cnd!y Gaa Scniienr,ly conG.c! focq,ds
himSc!5 made the proposition c'' Here is material
variance between hIr. Beverly and the General, and
indeed shifting OF the whole ground. Who is cor
rect in his statement, Mr.. Beverly who says Geu J.
told him that Mr. CIGy'S friends had made the overture
or Gen. Jackson who says in his letter that it was
men5erc Congress Of tgfo1l and fiicnd!y cond,,el
10 A1Sei' Beverly in has raycttevillc letter SAYS
particularly ,at Mr. Ciays friends and nlead
tina; the single circumstance in the statement t,at
drew 70 il any degree of public attention. Is Beverly
right, and 10 ui the public mind VI ith SUSPICION.
and to advance his Presidential prospects, has Gen.
Jackson been in the habit Of speaking before his nu
mcrcus guests with un-esranrd yehemcncc of his pc
it;cH antagonists, and with disregard the delicacy
y! ms relative s;,naion conversations which when
they are to meet TIC scrutiny Of The public in written
form, lie finds il expealcnt 10 nlodiG' Or is Gen.
Jackson right and beverly wrong in IT, report ofihe
CONVERSATION? We slali not attempt 10 reconcile lie
variance bctwecn hcse gen;lenen-alI VIC say is that
there variance, and a material variance They
roay settle it as they please.
Eat tae Public, in consideration of Gen Jacbson;s
standing, may choose to credit his edition of the con,
ver.aticn, witch represents his commandment az MON
bcT Of Congress, uniformly friendly towards himself and
whom he does not represent en- by indrcctinn , as
friend OF Mr.. Clay. The question then is who is this
member Of Congress and VIVA, were his political feel
ings at tie time, and nov: Upon evidence which VIC
thought trust worthy, we stated it to be Philip S.
Markley OF Pennsylvania. We are told we are mis-
taken 1t is now strongly insinuatcd that he was a
Jacson man, aud This usnuation certainly not
,radicted by Jacl,sons friends. The General says he
was 60 highly respectable member of Congress -
Duff says ohservcl "he is of pretepsions TO
moral principle, has lived expensiyely Tor several years
at the cost of others, borrowing money of whoev
would trust him without intending pay, giving checks
-
ing militia officers of the late war of their compensa
tions, keeping clients money in his hands for years.
and deceiNng them By false information of their busi-
ness" This, reader, is Duff Of Gen. jack
son's 'hgliy respectable member of Congress- and
ion IFS particG!a:ity certainly has p.ia f.lie claim
upon crcdiblity. But does not the reader discover
the n01iycs OF these discordaut statements? WHY does
Cen Jackson represent him respectable and his
parasite, Duff, as so infamous? For these reasons
his aiiedged rcspeCtabily cited By Gen jackson
TO give his account OF the pretended ntrgues discov
cred rs him, weight aud credit with the Public and to
justify his repeating it-but Duff w'r sees more of the
ground than Gen. !aclSson-DuF who foresces that il
may be necessary to diScrcdH the testimony of this
individual whoever he IS with The Public has impeach
ed him in anticipation. If the affair is never inves
Ggated, Cen. JacIson description OF the moral worth
Of this member of Congress- to impress what he saws
With more forccf IT is investigated, and turns Gu.
nnfsYoraby for tue Generals cause, Duff is ready on
the other tack, TO prove that the future statements OF
this member Of Congress worthless. We hayc
proved positive contradiction between the General
and beverly, and here is another equally irrcconcla
ole between tie General aud that exemplary Baptist
Duff Greene. We leave them too, to settle il "a they
may, and with tie same indifference how is terni-
mated
Now we ask lie reader what lie thinks Of liiis af-
fair? We challenge him 20 investigate it nlinutoly
TO exercise h jealous research upon its consideration
and 20 lay aside at least while he reading it that un
founded prejudice, and bitter personal aninosiy which
is fashionable in Virginia to indulge in against Hen
ry Clay Famed above all the public men of his day
for frank and understanding bearing, and for the
total absence OF all Disguise, and less famed for
punciiiious honor, he has been charged with Of
ieoce that implies the absence of all these virtues
the offence OF bareFng the good of his country and
the rights of his constituents, for personal enoluments
When nc demanded az investigation Of this charge 10
the face of the world, his accusers sunk conscience
struck from the attempt, Bot though they could no;
establish tho charge, they have continued to repeat
the slauIer. For rnorp tl,o ~,