The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-10-06

ellci,iale the origin of Mr.. sievpnspn's opposi.
ton 20 the ADMINISTRATION of Me-. Adams. pn-
ring he last Presidential canvass, Mr. Steven !
son WAS vehement IN his opposition 10 o,nefal
Jack son and, rs MAS understood on account ol
| certain conduct. and alleged traits of character,
which subsequent invest ie aiiou has undeniahl,
| established. Previous 10 The first session oi
Congress AFTER Mr. Adams election, II sas
| known that Of The four genienen Who ~ete
| candidates, Mir, Stevenson preferred MI. Adams
newt Co Mr.. Ciamtord. who wins his fnvonfiir
\ few DAYS after the election II Prc,ident hy thr
House of Representatives, IN February, lsao
was app cached b. "a Stevenson IN the House of
Representative, When he proceeded Ia make Get,
tain enquiries, AMI observations relative to thec-
lection Of Speaker NJ the ensuing session. lie nh.
| served. that he had been informed, that IL VIZ
the intention Of the friends oil Mr. clay 10 eoie
Tor MI MLane OF Delaware. aud expressed ms
surprise that they should think OF ccc,,nga man
! Of Nj NJ Lanes politics, | answered his EN-
qui,ies aud remarks, by STATING ~ substance.
/ that his information Wis incorrect that al.
| though knew of no consultation having hiktn
| place amongst those WIN ~ere called Nj. tlaN
| friends felt confident. thai however much they
might respect Mr.. Ml.ane rs man of talenis,
they would NOT vote Tor him is Speaker.
mention this conversation. rs II is probable ihat
| II was the cause OF what subsequently, occurred
| between Mr., Stevenson and myselt on the same
| subject.
| At the commencement of the session OF Ton
grcss, IN December 1879 M. 1aylor, Mr.
Campbell Of OHIO, and VI, Stevenson, were cnn-
didatrs ior the Speakers chair. just as the
| members were prenatinp their ballots TO so in
| 10 an election, was mi IN the Representative
| chamber hv MI. Stevenson : he appeared 10 be
| much agitated. and by his manner discovered
great solicitude' he sccosted IN" IN the following
words. which he spoke with great cnrneStoess,
aud 'niorced with his peculiar eeStcoln,Ien,
" Elect me speaker, and bv God III sustain the
| Administration THIS observation of Mr.. Ste
senson, made a deep impression 90 ANY MIMI
moi thai telt any particular mtercst IN the
! course which Mr. Stevenson might ,hiuk pro
| per TO pursue but IRON the nniu,e Of the propo-
! sition itsrfand Inc manner of making II. Al
| that time he'd no inttmntinn that Mr., steven
son had "ny idea OF ioinlng l. the support III
! Zen Jackson. | mentiohed the subject ni our
conversation, aud related all the particulars To
| my freud Mr.. Nhltllesay, immediately after
| ihr adjournment Of The house. As MI Ste
ve"son has thought proper 10 dcnounce the mfa-
| surrs OF the presentAdmlnistrsion III bioHd Il
! general terms | think IT hht just, that the pub
| nc should know thni thpre wasa time, long nj
/ Ter Mr.. Adams had ~ his inaugural address de-
yeloped the policy he intended io pursue, when
1
| ton unworthy OF support.
| You will please insert this in your paper.
| am, sir very respectfully.
| Your nbt. seTu. SLOANE.
john r. Pleasanis Esq.
| Regarded as an isolated fact the reader, recol'
lecing the high station which Mr. Stevenson oo-
cuple,, would be apt 10 We" the allegation con.
tanned ia the above letter. with some degree of
suspicion aud inorcdulitv. Bat, when connect
ed with other known and nndrniabe occmren-
CTS, there cannot ben reasonable doubt nf It's
truth. What are those occurrences II con be
snbstdniidted-- Stevenson himself will moi
deny i',--thnl, Gjter tl,e erection Of Mr.. Adams,
SO far from ciedltnlg the absurd charge Of n cor
rupt bargain between that gentleman aud Mir
Clay, She secuted he idea ~ both false and ride-
ulous. II is confidently asserted that he eont,n-
ued % do SO until December ls25--at witch
tune Mr. Sloane rcptesents the conversation be-
tween himself and VI. Stevenson to have taken
place. Weappeal. therefore, To the dIspassion-
ate Judgment ofeyerv man whether the tHne oil
Nh. Stevenson Change Of opinion, and the 81
ranrdmary character OF that change, wrought
without any new Tact or evidence coming to
light nre not strongly eoytrnoiory at Nj.
Sloane's statement
But, there are yet other Circumstance, not,
however, having any 6,d,,d'de connection
with this matter, which 20 10 show that Mr.
Stevenson is in The habit Of converting with
great freedom, and giving wide scope and
Latitude TO his eSpre .sinns,---o that, he ,s the
most unfortunate man on earth 10 being 81
frequently aud so singnlarly mIsrepresented.
Not many months agh, Mr.. Stevenson de-
olared, in Richmond, that, ii Mr.. Adams ere
reelected, the Onion would be dissolved.
The fact found its WaV into the newspapers
and drew forth from Mr.. Stevenson an une.
quivocaI denial. YET, II was fastened on him
by the evidence of Two the most resperta.
bic mcu which Richmond C0ntnins! Again.
n few days since, IL was asserted in Boston
paper that MIR Stevenson had declared to n
gentleman in that city that Mr.. Van Buren,
was travrrsing the State of New York, with
the avowe1 rnrpose oi eleciIoneerng torIack-
son--nnd that il ii we're necessary Mr.. V. Il
had expressed To him his determination 10
have the electoral law altered 10 the general
ticket system, aud 10 transfer the power ol
election from the people 10 the legislature
Mr.. s. has fatty denied this also bn' il re.
mains TO be seen on winch side the truth j..
We repeat that Mr. Stevenson is III the prac-
tice OF expressing himself imprndenliy, 4 NJ
forwards forgetting what he has said-or that
he has been most strangely msintcrpreted. We
wait, ~ith some impotence, 10 see the cour =
which Mr., Stevenson vii take. he do mol
satisfactorily esplain away the charge OF NJ.
Sloane, will, moi such OF The opponents OF the
administration ms have based their opposition
on the alleged bargain, corruption, intrigue
and management OF MeSsrs. Adams & Clay,