Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-03-19

| or presumptive, the charge which he Thought
| proper to promnlgate against me, it occurred to
me that 1t might be possible, difficult rs the task
generally is TO substantiate Il negative to adduce
! proef oil that character. which would establish
the groundless nature of his accusation Prior
10 the appearance in the public prints of the let
ter from Dir Carter Beverly to his friend in Fay-
| ettevilie, dated the 9Th of March last, | had
never believed that General Jackson hat. coun-
tenaIced the truth, or lent himself to the circu-
ia''on, OF the charge. had indeed, long before,
seen In one OF the Nashville papers, assertions,
| injurious 10 me, which created some suspicious
| that they had emanated from him; but dismiss
cd these suspicious being altogether ncom-
patisle with the lofty character which wished
| to believe that he possessed. When However
| saw that letter, and the uncontradicted corrobo-
ration oil IFS contents by the Editor of the Wash
| inston Telegraph, Was reluctantly compelled to
believe that he had given currency TO the charge
| against me. In that letter Mr Beverly says:
- have Just returned from General Jackson's-
found IA cread Of company with him. Seven
Virginlans were of the number. lie gave me u
most friendly reception, and urged the TO stay
some days longer with him. He told me this
| moraing before all his company in reply to 4
| question / put to him concerning the election of
| John Quincy Adams to the Presidency that Nj r
Clay's friends made proposition to his friends
| that, IT they would promise for him not to put
MIR Adams into the seat of Secretary of State,
! Clay and his friends would in one hour make him
(Jackson) the President He most Indignantly
| rejected the proposition and declared he would
not compromise himself; and unless most openly
and fairly made tl1e President. by Coryssss, he
never would receive it, He declares that ne
said to them, that he would see the whole earth
sink under ham before he would bargain or in
trisue fer it." In the Washington City Tele-
graph of the @6tha day of April last, the Editor
l.states:ss' In the Journal this murniag we have
another quotation from the Democratic Press,
pnrporsing 10 be the official contradictions Oh
| Clay OF the statement of Gen. Jackson relative
to the overtures made to him as to the formation
| OF his Cabinet, previous 90 the late election Of
| President. That Gen. jackson has spoken of
such overtures zee personally klo,U.'' In the same
paper of the 99ih OF April is the following para
graph 9 The Journal is out this morning in re-
| ply TO orr remarks Of Thursday, in which they
affect to consider iteslashly improper in General
! Jackson TO speak of the oyertures made by Mr.
! Clays friends and why? because, saws the
| Journal, he is u Candidate against Dir Adams
Now ne stated explicitly that Gen Jackson spohe
oFthese overtureS'in March 1925, before he was
announced by the Legislature of 4enaesseo rs !,
| Candidate. -
The charge, If ii did not originate with, having
been thus sanctioned and circulated by General
Jackson, and duplicating as well my friends as
me, t!roasht 1t proper, having myself repeat
edly and positively defied its truth 10 resort 10
the testimony Of those gentlemen from the W est
| whe had voted with me for hlr Adams Accor-
dinghy friend Of mine, DR. Watkins, at nv in
STAGE, addressed circular to those gentlemen,
during The ast Spring, inviting their attention 20
the Fayetteville letter, and inquiring il there
were any truth in IFS arermentS. And he has
| Obtained from ali Of them bat two, answers
which are presented to the public. These
answers will be found in the Appendix, (see A.
arranged according TO the respective delegations
from which they proceed. The writers OF them
are men Of us high responsibility as any in this
Union. Who're they are known, Gard several of
| them are we'll know i'll various parts of the coun-
| try) their statements will command unlualiticd
belief. The excellence OF their characters is so
we'll established, that IL member Of the House Of
| Representatives, who Will not be presumed to be
disposed to bestow on them undcserved enco-
rnnu, felt himself constrained to hear his testi-
mony to it. Mr. McDuflie said in the II. Of re
I personalities, on the debate Of the proposition
to r@fer 70 Committee the appeal which |
uidde ON the occasion Of Air Kremer's card :
| s. Let me add one word TO tie friends of Mr. Clay
on this floor (and there no members on this
| Goor, for whom generally feel more respect J
| I have been informed HAT some OF his friends
suppose that the amendment have offered con =
| tains something which IS intended to bear harshly
upon them Not so not so. My object is
merely to coDhnc the charges made against the
| honorable Speaker to the very words Of Tie let
ter Of the gentleman from Pennsylvania" This
just bot voluntary tribute, expressed on tho
18th Of Feb 1925, [sce Nat. Ineljgencer, 9TH Of
| the same monthly On the 31st March, 1926,
more than thirteen months after, when the
amendment To the Constitution was under discus
| sion, proposing new mode OF eeciihg Il Presi-
dent, the same gentlemen is reported to have
said: " Now have the greatest respect Tor
those gentlemen who were the personal and po-
litica friends Of Mr Clay in the late election of
President. Nert 10 Hsy o5cn personal friends,
there are none l0iom / estimate more highly"
| (See Nat. IneIigencer, Cd May, 1859 These
answers are not only entitled to the fullest credit,
from the high responsibility OF the characters Of
those gentlemen, hut deserves great confidence
rom tie Sa.t d,at they have been respectively