Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-01-03

inc Democratic press, purporting to be the official
contradiction by Mr.. C. OF the statement of Gen j.
reiatVe TO The overtures made to him TO the for
nation OF his Cabinet previous to the late election
oil President. That Gen. ]. has spoken Of such o.
ventures IRE personally knotp." In the same paper
OF the 18th OF April is the following paragraph:
ne Journal Is out this morning in reply 10 our
remarks oil Thursday, i'll which they affect TO
sder It highly improper in Gen. J. TO speak of the
ovcrtures made by AIr. C's frcnds-aIld why: be-
cause, says the Journal, he is Candidate against
Mr.. Adams. Now ice stated explicitly that Gen.
j. spoke of these overtures in March 1925, before
he was announced by the Legislature OF Tonnes
see a Candidate
| The charge If it did not originate with, having
| been thus sanctioned and circulated by General
jackson, and duplicating we'll my friends as
me, thought II proper having myself repeatedly
and positively denied its truth, resort TO the tes
tilnony OF those gentlemen from the West who had
voted with me for Mr.. Adams. Accordingly
friend of mine, DIR. Watkins, at my instance, adj
dressed circular to those gentlemen, during the
last Spring, inviting their attention to the Fayette
vile letter, and inquring if there any truth
IN its averments. And he has obtained from all of
them but two, answers which presented
TO the public. These ansW RS will be found in the
Appendix, (see AZ arranged according TO the res
peciive delegations from which they proceed. The
writers OF them men of as high Responsibility
rs any in this Union. Where they are known,
(and several of them are well known in various
parts OF the country their statements will COM
mand unqualified belief. The excellence of their
'lii stCiers Is SO well established that member Oh
the House of Representatives, who will not be
presumed to be disposed TO bestow on them unde-
served encOmium, felt himself constrained to bear
hls testimony to IL MIR. McDuf1ie said in the
House OF Representatives, on the debate of the
proposition to refer 10 a Committee the appeal
which L made on the occasion of Mr. krener's
card: 60 Let me add one word TO the friends of Mr.
Clay on this floor (and there are no members on
TINS floor, Tor whom generally feel more respect)
have been informed that some of his friends sup
pose that the amendment l have offered contains
something which is intended TO bear harshly upon
them tso; not My object is merely to
conilne the charges made against the honorable
Speaker to the very words of the letter of the gen
tleInan from pennsylvania" This lust but yolun-
tary tribute was expressed on the 4th of February
1928, (see National Intelligencer, 9th of the same
monthly On the 3Ist March, 1926, more than
thirteen months after, when the amendment to the
Constitution was under discussion, proposing a
new mole of electing President, the same gen
tlenan Is reported to have said: 60 Now have the
greatest respect for those gentlemen who were the
personal and political friends of Mr.. Clay in the
late election OF President Neat to mn OLcn peJ-
SondI JTie1DtS, there are none lUhOm T estimate
more hlglIy" (See National Intelligencer, 2d
May, lS26.) These answers are not only enti-
tied to the fullest credit, from the high respectable
ity of the characters of those gentlemen but de-
serve great confidence from the fact that they have
been respectively prepared by themselves, with
out any concert whatever, so far as know or be.
eve, and when they were at their several residen-
ces, widely separated from each other
| The members from Ohio who voted for hIr. Ad-
ans were General Macarthur, General Vance,
ScHerd Bcccher. Mr.. Sloane, Mr. Wright. Mr..
' inton, Mr.. Mclean, (brother of the Post Master
SeneraD MIR. Whittlesey, Mr.. Barley and Mr.
Patterson. From each of these gentlemen il will
be seen that an explicit and unqualified neoafiye
IS gwen TO the statements Of the fayettey;I !.:-
ter. General Macarthur declares them 10 be g TO-
| tally destitute of foundation" He alleges the
TACT TO have been that the Ohio delegation (or at
Ieast large majority of them) were the first of
yhta To Ia..
OF voting for Mr.. Adams; ant that too 7cifhout
h0r11tg dSceTtdined Mr. CIdyS gietcS on the sub
lJcct. tie states that some OF the friends of Gen
! jackson used the language of menace whilst
I others OF them employed that of persuasion to
prevail on my friends 10 vote for the General and
\ mat they appeared TO he willing to make anI.
promises which they thought " would induce the
friends OF Mr. Clay 10 vote for General Jackson .
! General Vance states, . say without hesita-
/ ton that | never heard of those or any other
terms being thought of, an equivalent for the.
! Eoie we were about to give; nor do believe that
the friends OF Mr. Clay, or Mr.. Clay himself, ever
/ 'houSnt OF making or suggesting any terms TO any
one OF the parties, as the grounds of our accent
ance or rejection OF either OF The three Candidates
/ returned to the House of Representatives lie
C0h'ih,ies: -" As one OF the original friends of Mr..
clay, was IN the habit of free and unreservcd
conversation both with him and his other friends
reldtVe TO that election and am bold to saw that
neEer heard a whisper of any thing like "A cOndi-
uon on winch our vote was TO be given, mentioned
!
| 1t any time or under any circumstances
General Beecher tesiiies that he di.lnOt know
mat friend or tie friends of Mr. Clay over made
any proposition TO the friends of General Jackson
respecting the election of Mr.. Adams "a President
I'D any way, or as respecting General Jackson not
! putting MIR. Adams into the seat of Secretary Of
State in case he (Jackson) should be elected Pre-
sident: Neither am acquainted with friend of
NT Clay that would consent TO be an agent in such
q degrading transaction. Nor can admit that the
friends oil MIR. Clay had so COntcmp;ihle an opin;on
/ oi each other or of Mr.. Clay as 10 suppost tbaf
the appointment n-appointment of any man TO
any Office would influence them in tile discharge of
an important public duty
Mr.. Sloane declares, that have always sim
posed myself IN the entire confidence Of al Mr.
Clay supporters and friends who were members f
Congress at the time of the Presidential election
ana mat have no hesitation in saving that never
, heard the most distant insinuatiOn from any If
'hcm mat they would vote for General Jackson if
there was any prospect OF choosing either of the
| other candidates. That any of the friends of MIR
clay IN Congress ever made any brorosiQJn Of
CohGiuons, ON which their votes would depend. to
the friends OF General Jackson or any other per-
son, do not believe" " And as To- Dir. Claws
| accepting an appointment under him, they would
| 70 man most certainly have opposed it. Judge
OF thls IRON the opinion which | know they enter
famed OF Gen. Jackson's want Of capacity and the
TACT That 1t was not until time after the choice
OF Idr. Adams that thcy agreed TO advise Mr. Clay
70 accept of the Office ne now holds" In short
feel confident that the whole j. o vile and infa-
nous ialsehood, such as honorable men would not
resort TO, more especially after having upon full
consultation and deliberate consideration declined
an investigation OF the whole matter before CT,o
nttce Of tho House Of Representatives
Mr.. wright states, " can only say s;nrereIv
and unequig locally, that do not know or beis,,y
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