Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-10-18

opinion al the time was that Ar. Buchanan had
come from MIR. Clay or some OF his friends;
but this $ given merely asa matter Of in9rss.
sion-no hngmore. BY the showing Of MIR.
lS@eks and Mir. Buchsnan, il now appears that
Mr. Ma kley was the ne gUtlator. A difference
IS TO he dsIe-he period Of time at ahich the
conversation took place. may exist. for sir
Buchanan places il on lie SUth ~ December
II may be, however, that lac intends this a.
the PERIOD Of his conversation with Mr.. Mark
ley; 1t i'll IN reierencee TO has interview with
General Jackson, then, agreea6ly 10 my recoI
%lecOron, uisa mistake. | Cannot precisely and
to = day, declare the time when MIR. y. came
10 see and conserse with me; butt do t~eoollect It
10 have beea during that week on the SATURDAY
OF winch the reported meeting oi Mr. Clay ard
hls Trends look pisce, and when the ietefmina
ton was taken 10 support Mr. Adsms /
teei quite satisfied, that the meeting 10 weioh
! ailude, was e, saturday the 22nd 81 January
Eata IN that week. (tuesdAY or Wednesday
EVENING" Mr.. Buchs,tau visited me Il W
on the pavement aud ~ front OF uy own RESI-
denee, where We conseysed together. A state
pient OF cur conversation. coneisely drawn was
given 10 General Green, ed tor 81 the United
States Telegraph at his request ia August,
~l62o-more than a yea ago-lt is rs follows;
ain January, 1925, q lew days before II had
been known that MIR. Clay end hs friends bsd
declared IN favor Of Mr.. Adams, | was called
upon By Mr.. bucharest OF Pennsyiyaaia lie
SAID, IL was pretty well understood, that over
lures were making by the friends ct Adams. on
tbe subject OF cabinet appointment. That
jackson should fight them with their own wea
pons. lie said. The opinion was. that jackson
would retain Adaus. aud that 1T was doug him
injury That tie General should state whom
he would make secretary OF state, aud desired
that ] would name tito him. My reply was.
that | was satisfied Geu. Jackson would say no
thing Oh the subject. MIR. buchanan then re.
marked: tWell, rfhe will merely say, he viii
not retain Nj. Adsns, that viii answer" |
replied, | was satisfied Gen. Jackson would
neither say who should or Who should not be
secretary Of sts,e-but that he (Mr. u knew
him well, and might talk with him ss We'll ss |
could MIR Buchanan then sad that on the next
day, before the general went TO the house, he
would call. lie did TO, as ( afterwards under.
stood"
Ia this application and interview, I felt that
Mr.. Buchanan was acting on the ground Of anx
ious solioitude for the success VI Gen. Jackson.
and from a desire that nothing OF stratsgem and
management should mterpose 10 prevent the g.
lection of one ior'whom he ieit more than com.
mon interest. ! considered, IN has zeal, he ielt
IL to be right 10 defend the citadel sgainst ua.
looked.for assaults, and believed, Consequent.
~, that the enemy should be met with their
owR weapons. lie may have intended 10 pre-.
sent this as the idea and opinion of others, not
his own. Such indeed may have been the Case,
though | Cannot say I so understood hun At the
tine
take occasion TO repeat, thar the converse
ton, as here gwen. Ut the request of the editor
Of the United States Telegraph, was afforded
lin in August 1926. while he wRs on a visit Ia
P 1raa1aaaa aL1s.. aHfa fart h.-.ta. IL.
statement being in bis possession, he Will be
enabled 30 say if the one he has, and that which
is here submitted, be nor the same. by this
circumstance, thus fortunately existing, | n,ay
find safety from some of those charges which "a
kindly editor hss already taken occasion to sur
mise and inslnuate. The 6ngenerous and I'LL
beral effort is made to excite prejudice, and TO
~forestail the public and to weaken suspicious,
through the allegation thai an attempt would
be made 'to disctedit MIR. Buchanan, b. ar
raging major Eaton and others against him, be-
fore the public. On 50 idle an errand. and SO
hopeless sn effort, ] should exceedingly regret
the necessity Of being obliged to proceed; aud
{ yet, were il necessary to MAINTAIN myself on
any, the demands of truth, I should certainly
venture. regardless o. the sayings and pFeju
dlces of any one Between MIR. Buehanan's
statement and my own. and that OF Gen Jack
son. heretofore published. | can, as already
remarked, discern no essential difference
True, before bad read aud particularly exam
ined what bad been stated, | bellesed di9eten-
ces were to be found, though that opinion no
longer remains. Ii there be those who desire
10 urge that any such do exist, and that the
submitted averneDts are in fact unlike, | shalt
be free and cheerful 10 conce1- that the mis-
takes are those which proceed from error OF
Recollection, and from no other cause 1 have
known MF Buchanan too long. 10 place amy
statement of his which might be discFepant
with my own, under the head Of intentional or
ror. or sscribe 1t to any other circumstance
than iuaccusaey OF recollection.
lmight here rest my remarks, AID forbesr to
say more on the subject; but being in posses
sion Of some facts which may not DC considered
immaterisl; the tendency OF which msy be 10
exhibit matters more fully to public considers.
ton, I shall not conclude this presentation
without them also. have already SAID that a
meeting was held on the 22d Of January. pre-
vious 10 which time the opinions OF Mr.. Clay
and his friends were but little known, copJec
ture alone pointed out what probably their
course would be. On the succeeding Monday
the opinion prevailed that they had taken their
ground, and in a few days afterwards, MIR.
CIay's military -chietiain letter" ssit has been
styled, was written TO Judge Brooke Of Virgin
la, of whom he speaks as a particular Tread
in that letter he mentions his difficult, 'shighiy
critical" situa,ion-the interrogation TO ms
! conscience. and the course be had resolved t.
pursue Thus TO a particular friend, on the
| 18th OF January, ard not CARRIER, was a decla'
ration made OF the course be had Concluded e
take. why the necessity oislense 81 long, anc
so rigidly preserved
This Saturday evening meeting, and the
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