Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-10-12

won,d .ay noting on tie subject. Mr.. bucn- |
anan then remarked: ''Wcll, if he will merely
saw. he will moi retain Mr.. Adams, that VIII an
swcr" | replied, l satisfied General ).
would neither say who should or should not ne
Secretary of S,a,e-bu, that he MIR. knew
him well, and might talk with him as well as
could. Mr.. Buchanan then SAID; that on inc
next dav, before the General went to the blouse;
he would CALL lie did so, asI afterwards I'M
derstood" In this application and interview,
felt that Mr. Buchanan was acting Oh Inc
ground of anxious solicitude Tor the success OF
General Jackson, and from desire that moth
iup Of strataeem and management should inter-
pose 10 proven, the election Of one Tor WHOM
he Eel, more than common interest. ! consid-
cred, in his zeal, he felt it 10 be right 10 defend
the citadel against unlocked Tor assaults ana
believed, consequently, that The enemy should
BE- met with their own weapons. He may nave
Intended to present this as the idea and OPINION
Of others, not his own. Such, indeed, may have
been the case, though canr5t say SO under
stood him at the time.
In comparing this statement with Mr. bu-
chanan's, the FIRST circumstance which must
strike the mind is the different relations in
which that gentleman and Mr.. Eaton stood to
the "pyoposal" made to Gen. Jackson. They
were both friends and p.rtisans Of Gen Jack
son: But Mr. Buchanan was the deviser and
author Of that measure, he had written be-
fore making it, to,"a confidential friend In
Pennsylvania, then and still in high Office, and
exalted in character, aud one who had ever
been the ,l.cided advocate of Gen. Jackson S
election, requesting his advice on the SUBJECT
he conye,sed about it with Mr.. KEY, a
mother friend Of Gen. Jackson, who voted IN
the House of Repre- sentatives for him as Pre-
sident, and has since On the recommendation OF
his friends. received from the Government
an appointment; Mr.. B. communicated TO Mr..
NJ his INCLINATION to call on Gen Jackson, and
Mr. Nj urged him 10 DO SO; Mr.. b. consulted
Mr.. Isaacks, another partisan If Gen Jackson,
and Mr.. lsaacks coincld IN Mr. BIS inclina.
ion 10 make the call; and Mr. Buchanan con-
suited also Mr.. Eaton, 1.-THE colleague, the
friend and biogrApher Of Gen. Jackson" who
"adrised'' HIM to do SO. Mr. Buchanan thus
appears throughout The whole OF this business
to be the chief actor; and it must be presumed
that the incidents Of il must have been more
familiar to- him, and made deeper i'm
preston on his mind, than on that OF Mr..
Eaton, who on the evidence noU before the
public, seems only 10 have been applied to at
particu ar stage of he proceedings.
Besid. the argument in favor OF MIR. Buchan-
ans accuracy, arising from those consldera-
atoms, i, should be observed, that Ills rcfrren-
ces are precise and positive, while MIR Eaton S
chronology is almost entirely interentlal "A
letter, bearing a given date, was received oy
Mr.. Buch nan on a given day, which day was
that ext before the interview. He wrote let
ter, o. the day of the interview, and on the day
following it Can any hing be more definite
or sat ST Glory? On the other hand, Mr.. Ea
ton refers to his recollec ton that his CONVEX
sation with Mr. Buchanan preceded, by four
or FIVE DAYS. a."reported meeting of Mr.. Clay
aud his frier ds," which he feels "quite sail IL
ed took place son Saturday. the 22nd Janua"
ry":and to what his recollccti OF this onver-
sation was in August, 1926, ahout f'oenfy months
after it had occurred He speaks OF the allie
ged m citing Of Mr. Cay and his irlencs as
reoori. but 70, the date Of hat meeting as 4
! ceyfa,afy. II the S, atem nit rashtd to Gre Il,
h, saws that his con, ersation with Mr. Buch-
apan took place in January, 1923, but witt
out atternD inc t. give the day; though now III
September. lsG7 when more tran another year
has passed, his memory is led T. the true date.
Bag fsct rcmain, to re stated which places
the error Of Mr.. Eaon's statement beyond
doubt. 1t will not he denied by any one, that
Mr. Buchai ans interview with General Jack.
son must have happened between the eth OF
zee mDer. 1872, anu liC o'ti ho-o'
Nor will il he denied that the conferences he
tw, en- Mr Isaacks and Mr. Markley, Mr.. l.
ssacks and Mr. Blu, han n, Mr.. Bach. nan and
MIR M,rkley, and Mr. Buchanan and MIR Ia
ton. st III have taken place nearly at the
same time, and before the 5oth January, 1925
L .ev mast, Ri n, have tax n place before the
f January for MIR. Marley eras absent
from The city of Washington from the oh 10 The
soh Jnnuary, as the Journals Of the House OF
RIP esentatives (which have not had in OPP
DO ,tuu;ty to con ui'N pr baby show MIR Ea-
IONS attempt, therefore to fix the date of his
conversatio. with Mr.. Markley at the i 9Th or
18th January, and thus give some degree of
verisimiiitude TO Gen Jacks,n's assertion that
the second d~y sf r ne interview between Mr.
Bac hanan aud himself sit was annount ed in
&" newsnape !ha, MIR. { lay had come out in
I"f.vur If Mir Adam>," utterly fails. That
gross and nalignan, mista'ene on The part
of General Jackson. still letainsits original CO.
Tor, ana will CONTINUE 20 d. ST., in spite Of eve