American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1828-01-04

Jackson had conntenanced the truth, y ~. 49, /
sef 10 the circulation, Of the charge ma" ih'ee"
long before, seen in one OF the Nashs''ie ,''p.,'
assertions, injurious to me, Wlli.n e'ee" ~.
nsr;e;ons ,h,t they had emanated from him but
l;.n,ssed these suspicious as being alto@"thef W,
comnaihle with ,he lofty character when "is'es,
to b.lieye that he possessed. When however
cav that letter and the uncontradictea re-
tim Of lis contents by the Editor OF me Naa"i"o
ton Telegraph, was reluctantly consPel,cu - =
love nat H. had aiyen currency to the charge
aoainstme. In that letter. MIR. Beverly says ="
haze lust returned from General Jackson 81 touhn
a croud Of company with him. seven slfsanaa =,
we're Of the number. lie gave me most i',ehu's
recep,on. and urge, me to stay some DAYS ion?ef
Win him. lie told me this morning before al ms
company in reply to a question put 20 h'', GU,
corning the election Of John Quincy Adams 70 me
Presidency. that Mr.. Clay's friends made proPo
stion to his friends that, If they would promise Tor
him not to nut MIR Adams into the seat % Sectcta-
~ Of State. Clay and his friends would ~ one hont
make him (Jackssn) the President. lie most N,
tignantly rejected the proposition, ana declared
he would not compromise himself; anu uhles'
most openly and fairly made the ffee,neht "
Congress, he never would receive u. ~ declares
that he said to them that he would see the whole
arth sink under him before ne "ooiu pAt Sa'n =
intrigue fus it,
In the Washington City Telegraph Of the 2otf
day Of April last, the Editor states: In the jour
nal this morning we have another quotation from
the Democratic Press, purportng to be the olllclal
contradiction BY MIR. Clay ofthe statement q Oen
Jackson relative to the oyertures made to him as
TO the formation Of his Cabinet, previous 10 me
late election of President. That len Jackson mas
spoken Of such osertures ue personality hhoW 80
In the same paper Of the 2sth OF Apul = me iol
lowing paragraph: !" The Journal il ont TIN, morn
inc in reply to our remarks OF Thursday, ~ which
they Affect to consider It highly improper IN beil.
Jackson to speak Of the oyertules made ny Mr..
Claws tlientls-and why because, says the jour
nal he is a Candidate against MIR. Adams. No"
zee stated explicitly that General jackson spoke 81
these oyertures in March 1925, before he was an
nonnced by the Legislature OF Tennessee as = an
didate.o
Tie charge, If it did not originate with, having
been thus sanctioned and circulated, by General
Jackson, and duplicating as we'll my lrlenus as me,
| thought il proper, having myself repeatedly and
positively denied lis TRUTH to resort to the te,timo
Nv Of those gentlemen from The West who had so-
ted with me for Mr.. Adams. Accordingly trend
Of mine, DR.. Watkins, at my instance, auti!aased
a circular to those gentlemen, during the last
Spring, inviting their attention to the Fayettcvlle
letter, and inquirng L there were any truth n rs
avermcnts And he has obtained rom AL d them
but two, answers which are row presentcd 70 the
public. These answers viii be found IN the Ap-
pendix, (see Az arranged according to The respec-
tive delegations from which they proceed. The
writer's Of them are men Of as high responsibility
as any in this Union. Where they are known,
4 (and several OF them we'll known 10 various
1 parts Of the country.) their statements will com
mand unqualified belief The excellence Of theii
characters is so well established that a member Of
the House Of Representatives who will not DC
presumed 20 be disposed to bestow on them nnAe-
served encomium, felt himself constrained to beal
his testimony TO it. MIR. McDuiiie said in the
House Of Representatives. on the debate OF the
proposition TO refer to Committee the appeal
which | made on the occasion OF Mr.. krcmcr' :
cald - Let me add one word to the TRENDS oil
il Mr. CLAY OH this floor, land there are 10 members
on this floor, for whom generally ieel more res
peetA have been informed that some 81 his fIends
suppose that the amendment | have offered con
tains something which IS inteaded to bear harsh
" upon them. Not so, not So My object 1
merely to coniine the charges made against IN,
honorable Speaker 10 the very words OF the ctte
Of the gentleman from Pennsylvania Fhis jus
but voluntary tribute was expressed on the 9TH .
Feb 1875, see Nat. Intel. 9th OF the same month
On tile 5lst March 1926, more than thiree1
months after, when the amendment to the Constl
+, tuition was under discussion, proposing new
mode Of eleotlng a President, the same gentleman
! is reported TO have SAID /" Now have the great
EST respect Tor those gentlemen who We're the per
sonal and political friends OF Mr.. Clay in the lal
I election Of President Merit 70 my orn persona
friends there are name mhom estimate more high
. IL" (sec Nat. lntelligcnccr, Cd May, 1896. y
= These answers not only entitled to the ulss
I credit, from the high responsibility OF the charac
ters Of those gentlemen, but deserve great conf
:. dence from the fact that they have been respec
. lively prepared by themselves. without any con
q cert whatever, SO far as know Or believe, an,
. when they at their several residences, wi'e!
! separated from each other
: The members from Ohio who voted for Mr.. Ad
ans were General Macarthur, General Vance Ger