The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1828-01-17

explanations heretofore made, if had no
additional facts to offer to It's consideration
But body Of highly important evidences
has been collected, establishing some ma.
terial circumstances not before generally
Anown, and confirming others ofwhich the
public is already in possession and have
thought it due to the occasion MOTTO with
hold il.
Gen. Jackson having entirely failed to
establish, by any affirmative evidence, Ell
ther positive or presumptise, the charge
which he thought proper TO promuigate a.
galnst me, it occurred io me that it might
be possible, difficult as the task generally
proof of that character, which would estab-
lsh The groundless nature of his accusation.
Prior to the appearance M tie public prpts
Of The letter from mr. Carter Beverly, to
bis friend IN Fayetteville, dated the S.h OF
March last, had never believed that Gen.
Jackson had countenanced the truth, or
lent hlmselfto the circulation ofthc charge.
] had indeed, long before, seen ia one OF
the Nashville papers, assertions, injurious
TO me, which created some suspicions that
they had emanated from him but dismls-
sed these suspicious being altogether IN
compatible with the lofty character which
il wished to believe that he possessed.
When however saw that letter, and the
uncontradicted corroboraton ofits contents
BY the editor ofthe Washington Telegraph,
was reluctantly compelled to believe that
he had given currency to the charge a
gainst me- In that letter, mr.. Beverly
says:" have Just returned from General
Jackson's--I found croiDd Of company
with him. Seven Virginian's were OF the
number. He gave me most friendly re-
ception, and urged me to stay some days
longer with him. He told me this morn
ing before all his company in reply TO a
question put to him concerning the cleo
tion Of John Quincy Adams to the Presl-
dency, that mr.. Clay's friends made pro
position to ms friends that, il they would
promise for him not to put mr.. Adams into
the seat Of Secretary Of State, Clay and his
friends would in one hour make him Jack
son) the President. lie most Indignantly
rejected The proposition, and declared he
would not compromise himself; and unless
most openly and fairly made the President,
by Congress he never would receive IT,
lie declares that he said to them that he
would see the whole earth sink unier him
before he would bargain or intrigue for il"
In the Washington City Telegraph of
the 26th day of April last, the editor states:
"In the Journal this morning we have a.
mother quotation from the Democratic
Press purporting to be the official contra
dictlon by mr.. Clay ofthe statement of Gen.
eral Jackson, relative to the overtures made
to him as to the formation Of his Cabinet,
previous to the late election of president.
That Gen. Jackson has spoken of such o.
ventures ice personally knop"--In the same
paper of the 2Sth of April is the following
paragraph E" The Journal is out this morn.
ing in reply to our remarks of Thursday
in which they affect to consider it highly
improper in Gen. Jackson to speak of the
overtures made by mr.. Clay's frenhs--and
why ? because, says the Journal, he is a
Candidate against mr.. Adams. Now zoe
stated explicitly that General Jackson
spoke ofthese ovcrtures in March 1895, be
fore ha was announced by the Legislature
ofTennessec as Candidate"
The charge, ifit did not originate with,
having been thus sanctioned and circula-
ted by Gen. Jackson, and duplicating as
well my friends as me, thought it proper
having myself repeatedly and positively de.
MED its truth, to resort to the testimony OF
those gentlemen from the West who had
voted with me for mr.. Adams. Accord.
ingly friend Of mine, DR.. Watkins, at my
instance, addressed circular 10 those
gentlemen, during the last Spring, invit-
ing their attention to the Fayetteville let.
ter, and inquiring if there were any truth
i'm its averments. And he has obtained
from all ofthem but two, answers which are
now presented to the public These nm
swers will be found in the Appendix. (see
A. arranged according to the respective
delegations from which they proceed. The
writer's Of them are men ofas high respec-
liability as any IN this Union. Where they
arc known, (and several Of them are well
known in various parts of the country,)
their statements will command unqualified
belief The excellence oftheir char;cters
is so we'll established that a member of the
House Of presentatives, who will not be
presumed to be disposed To bestow on them
undeserved encomium, felt himself con.
strained to bear his testimony to it. Mr..
McDuffic said in the House Of Represen.
tatives, on the debate of the proposition to
refer to committee the appeal which
made on the occasion ofmr. Kremer's c ard:
"Let me add one word to the friends Of
mr. Clay on this floor, (and there are no
members on this floor, for whom generally
] feel more respect,) have been informed
that some Of his friends suppose that the
amendment have offered contains some
thing which is intended to bear harshly up
on them. Not so ; not SO. Ny object is
merely to cou6ne the charges made against
the honorable Speaker to the very words
Of the letter Of the gentleman from Penn.
sylvania." This Just but voluntary tribute
was expressed on the 9TH of Feb. 1895, ,(sce
Nat. Intelligencer, 9Th ofthe same mon,h.)
On the 3lst March 1896, more than tbir.