American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1828-01-08
WILMINGTON, Del TUESDAY, JANUARY s. 1928.

81 never heard from Mr. Clay, or any Of hi.
friends, or any one else that he was willing to vote
for General Jackson, if the General would say, or
any Of his friends for him that Mr.. Adams should
not be continued Secretary of State Nor do |
know or believe that Mr. Clay ever expressed a
willingness. or any of his friends for him, to sup
port or vote for Gen. Jackson, if he could obtain
the office of Secretary of State under him.
/ :. / do not know or believe that any overtures
or offers of an, kind were made by Mr.. Clay or
bis friends to Mr. Adams or bis friends to vote for
him support him if he would make Mr. Clay
Secretary of State or to Gen. Jackson or his
friends to vote for him or support him, it he could
obtain the Office of Secretary of State under him !;
nor do believe MIR. Clay would have taken office
under him if he had been elected" | shall hereaf-
ter have occasion to notice other parts OF the
letter to Mr.. Trimbc from which the pre- ceding
extract has been taken.
Mr.. +. johnson states in his answer to DR..
Watkins, 4" have no hesitation however in an
swering your inquiries. After writing the above
extract, you say to me $ II such proposition
were ever made b, the friends OF MIR. Clay to those
Of Gen. Jackson. it must have been known to ma
NJ pc sons and the fact therefore may be asccr
tanned. May ask The favor of you to inform me
whether you know or believe any such proposition
was ever made. or whether conditions of any sort
were made BY the friends Of Mr.. Clay to any per-
son compliance with which their vote was to
depend p
:. 10 the first branch Of the inquiry, my answer
is that have no knowledge ofany such proposition,
nor do believe any such was ever made. 10
the second | answer, that | neither knew OF,
nor do believe that any conditions of any sort were
made by the friends Of MIR. Clay to any person, on
compliance With which their vote was to depend"
Gen. Metcalt. with his Characteristic iirmness
and trankness, says (" | have to state that never
heard u thought OF such proposition until the
letter of the highly respectable Virginlan appeared
in the public prints" He proceeds As one OF the
friends Of Mr.. Clay enter the most soemn protest
against the right Of the General, through his organ
the highly respectable Nirsinan, otherwise. 10
say that would have assisted in making him Pie
sident on the condition stated. On the contrary.
if could have been made to believe that General
jackson would not have offered to MIR. Adams the
place which he had filled with so much ability IN.
der Mr. Monroe, that belief would have cnnstitu
ted in my mind strong additional objection to The
Generals success" = it is intended to import
the belief that Mr. Ciay's friends DESTROYS Of
obtaining the appointment for him to the exclusion
Of Mr.. Adams or otherwise under General Jackson.
as one Of his friends, pronounce it base and
infamous assault upon the motives and honnr, 50
far as am concerned, or believe, of those who did
not choose to support him for the pfesidcAcy' In
reply to your second inquiry, have to say that II
conditions ofapy sort were ever made by the ileids
of Mr.. Clay to any person, on compliance with
which their vote was made 10 depend, KNOW
nothing of it''
4 Judge Letchcr the only member Of Congress
who boarded in the same house with me, during
the session at which the Presidential election was
made, testlfics ~ know Of no such propositions
Or intimatiun, nor have a knowledge OF amy TACT
or circumstance which would ndace me to believe
Mr. Clay's friends, or any one OF them, ever made
such proposition to the friends OF Gen. Jackson.
Mr.. Thomson says: IL know OF no proposition
made by the friends of MIR. Clay to the friends ot
Gen. Jackson to make him President If he would
not select Mr.. Adams to the seat OF Secretary ;
and do not believe apraposition 0t any kind was
made, and expect II the friend Of the General
should ever speak on the SUBJECT, lie viii be Sc
8 cond krcmcr."
Mr.. Buckner tesiies: "In answer to yonr inquiries
on this SUBJECT, will remark that have no reason 10 be-
lieve that any such proposition was made indeed no pro-
position Of any description elatng 10 the election q Pres
dent made, so far as know or believe, by Mr. Gay
friends those OF Cen jackson, or OF any oher person
Mr. Scott the member from Missouri, states that neitt
CIR Mr.. Adams his friends made any promises OF
oycrtures 10 me, nor did they hold any induce
of any sort kind character whatever, to rocul,
Tor Mr.. Adams Nor did Mir. Adams or any O
his friends say nsinuac who wou be placed a
the head Of the Department Of State, any other depart
men,, the event that Mr. Adams Should be elected
Nor do believe any propositions were made to Nh Ci,
or his trends by Mr. Adams or his friends 1t 'iee veg
know it not" IneYer made 10 Gen jackson or toany
of his friends any proposition, in reference the Presien
tal election, either regarded the appointment Of MI
Clay any other person to office, or the exclusion OF Mr.
!. Adams any other person from Office. was nelll,t
spoken To by Mr. Clay, any OF his iiiends. aonl maxine
any proposition Gen jackson "r his trend, It amy kim
Whatever nor did hear is'nuaed OF hlnied ia
any proposition made Intended to be madt BY Mir
Clay his friends to Gen Jackson his friends, or z
any other candidate their friends foi rcltts 70 t
! Presidency Ard do believe. had proposition beei
made intended to have bcen made by Mr. Cla, OF IN
friends from my intimacy and constant intercourse ~itl
: them, should have known or heard hereut.'
siesss. Gurley and Brent were the t"o members "
n gave the vote Of Louisiana Mr. A,ams MIR 6utie
], declares that have know ledge at amy propos,
q having been made by the friends Of MIR. Cay any