The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-03-17

/ fetN dcsuoat Tor the public H. believe that I
! one entertainer pfti'ffn,e fot him a. II 10
/ Nj Gay fnr President, ant IN, thai ptet,,r.
are ~ transferred IL hlr Admins be
oHI.r IbciHsrd NJ. \ would make Ar Clnv Sc
= lafy Of State. II ihFd eycr enicriunrd suebA
preference iof Gfn- J. (Which - not 10 be IN
drrdo"d ~ adm,fct) does II nj all follow thar
no other eason could have operated 10 change
my opinion
n, vote a. Mr. Adams was given wthou, any
Flcw To, o. knowledge thai such nIpolnta.ent
would he made aud know OF no intrigue OF
understanding 10 ihnt efrci of amy hiud or ~
iarr whatever. directly 81 remotely. | voted
! toi Nj. Adams bcehnaC believed he Wa the
most sn'tablc mnn oi ,he two la IL oiliee the
mot hhcly Il ht,oT TIN great Amcrieta system,
so esset'ilal 10 The interests OF The middle nna
western states, and mol Ia considein'iO of Nj.
1lny ~ my "ihr' pc son going Into The chhs
net aud every assertion tint Twas influenced, IL
who'll ialse and inbound Il
herys can establish the fact. thai leitefa
were written by m infinmte friend Of Gen.
Jarkson, then in Wa hington, some Time about
81 hriotr Christmas 1871, 10 persons IN The dir
net then represented. requesting that 10
shncinha should he Unframed. and letters viii.
ten Ia me 10 vote Ion General Jackson that O
tbrimNr would not support him. | hnve now
letters by mr., iinm Setuc thu friends OF 10
cfhl Jackson, rfstdmg ~ the ~ rIot. dated ns
early hs ihr ltthUl i6tn ot January, leZo IN
iormne ae thai Information hal heen received
by them, TINT 1nRs mol Disposed 10 support the
t"nrfhI Al tiyIt time II required about lHdayB
for a l"tiet % ~ from Washington 10 russell
VILE, aud about L 10 bowling Giren, hence,
Judge the IclIers 10 thor PERSONS must hive
been written about liz Doth oI neccmhc,. |.
Is probable Itry did not waite me Tor Day IT
two aitrI dizzy received thru letters IRON WASH
nSton.
Here. thau. hrve The evidence Of so,ac nj
cen JutIson ftirnd5 that ano.i ny soup rs il
was knonh,n Warrington, ~hrr' rh.n wa.
that Nj Clay sas not felarned 10 HE House 81
h'rir- cnthuyes, thai they WrIc appIiscd !
would not support Gopernl Jnekson without in
struclons hom NV constituents, willie nj the
same time ihry have been labouliug 10 establish
that MI. Clay. my self ,nd others, all went o.
vet, some time IN January from General Jack
son Ia MI. Adams. Such viii always BIZ tho
Inconsistency ot any set OF mrn who shall
Labor hs they do Ia make The community be-
ioye 10 he true, what they themselves know
TO be false.
believe should DO ehlc 10 prove, II i.
were ~ crssnry, lint rs rnrlY ns the hrd week
III Deccmber, 1924, M Cincinnati, On my WY
10 Washington, ii hn,iug bren then NJ.
gcriaued, thai unless Louisiana should riyr
her yulr 10 Mr.. Clny, Nj Adams Gen
Jackson. aud Alr Crawford would he The
three roinrued condldntes) upon request 10
give my oInnrpn how the election would Ter
inmate IL the tlonsc OF Representatives., be-
| tween those Rertl, men, tbni ! did star N
| The presence 81 number II pffsons how
rnrh sinie IN the 0Dipn wound vote, EXCERPT
| my own state, Whtsh, II mn MOI greatly mia,
tHl,Dn, WAS committed 10 writing bN one of
the gentlemen present. The vote resulted
precisely n stated. The aDIpe sources oi
information, by which arrived nj the opin.
ion then expressed. were equnliy open ~
Gen. Jackson aud all hi friends
II was not my opinion ihnl Gen. Jackson IA.
tclhgeni friends even could hive hrievrd TINT
lac would have been elected by The House Of Re.
pIe3eutaliv,s; had HEY consulted their judp
ments rather lhhn their feelings aud thei, hopes
they must hhre known thnl ~ was not n probit
! bic event After the iTionds OF Nh. truM tord
had declared. they would " nal their fng a. a.
mast. aud sink swim with hun 10 my "a d
there wns much cIrA'ar probability thai the a.
/ lection would hr DIET, t'ef, mud Mr. Calhoun by
! yiriu. If having bsen elected Vice President
succeed To tue Preside ney, than thai Gen. Jaei.
son would be elected
| Without the vote Of Kentucky il IL well knoYn
that Mr. Adams received tht vote Of y states,
! aud General jackson the vote Oft states fl3
states were necessary 10 an clscton) aud II
! there bad heen no such man living ns Henry
! Clay. Nj. Adams would SUI f,ve been elected,
or thrtc would havt heen no rlr,ion,
! | brlieYcd fhat the state OF Ne1 Jfrcy after a
! few nusuccessiu ballots for Gencial Jackson
would then have supported Mr. Adams. knew
~ between Gen Jack mud Mr. Adams, Virgi
mia and Drlnnntr would have voted fof the lat
ter or NJ least ! hnd the best reasons 10 believe
50. was confident # New York did not vote
for MI Adams she would not vote for Gen
Jackson, and in the election he received but
| votes Out of the 81 members from that state
ha.r never bren able 10 perceive how IN any
prohahh hange IN the vote &c the statcs, brn
,ra Jackson could have bern elected, Ind ~
I kentucky delegation Imported him. aud 81
nd continued hallpiing III ibc Sd Of March. th'
end al the session. hnd must be pad -
when declare, TIM have nnioiml) 49,. rtrl
the ciludol OF come no have pIetrndeu Il ~
satrd th,' General Jackson could hnye been =
ieutcd II Nj Clay aud ihr Kentucky deeeaiiot
had supported his pretrusious 40 not lat
this fact hy way Of policy To- our voting IL
Mr.. Adams but simply because II Is n lnct nn'
one which the Generals iriehds II not Huns, II
: have 'aboured 90 mist"pfe,eut ~ pefverf 10
the purpose Of attaching To Mr. Gay aud hl
friends lbs ,ieicat Tins has been the buIden u
their .one the gist Of nil lheir complaints. !
was necessary iitst TO make the Impression tina
Mr. Ciay mud hi, friends defeated his election
then 10 'tliow II up with the Impression II Lar
gam and intrigue aud cry ont, the voice Of 'n
pie had b,rn diafegarded and Rll this ihrI
kuew 10 he false bat 50 lar ], has answered the I
purpose.
Il Kentucky, Missouri and one or two othe
states, thai did not vote for General jackson
could have been driVen coaked or enticed int
his support, aud Nj. Crawford friends had re
NAMED s,cadia,t 10 their declared purpose. AM
none nave given way. ii is PLAN and evident, 4
every man. there would have been 40 election
aud ibis view of things may hive induced IN
great exrrtinns made bv the friends of Gen
Jackson 10 obtain Tor bun the vote OF Mr. Cha!
and his friends at thattime, the Generals cans
vas aidrd principally 10y the friends of Mr.. al
b,,,,, IA, a,d,t,on 10 his orr itrd frieuds few