Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-07-14


FORE igner for her President, offers his desire Tor
a quier life as an excuse Tor not complying
with the strong solicitations of Bolivar. lie
pledges himself to leave his domestic scenes,
whenever Bolivia shall incur perils that may
render his services useful
From the Buckne ham iva Weekly Register.
HARRIsoNBURG, July 81, 1928.
Mr.. Wsrtmann will please 20 publish IN The
Weekly Register the following extract OF let
ter iom the Honorable William M'Coy, under
date w .shington, the 9th Of February, 1925, 10
DR.. Joseph Cra,ens, OF this place. The ohJee'
of pub lishing this extract is, TO show that, In
General MCoy's opinion, MIR. Clay is innocent
Of the foul charges exhibited to the world
yainst him by the Hon. George Kremer and
subsequently propaga'ed in bar rooms, on
board steam boats, and at the hreside OF Gen
Jackson, by the Genera. himself 10 the injury
Of his ri, a for fame, and his competitor foI oil
fee This ex,rat has been furnished ny Dr
Cravens, from a disposition on his part 10 90
an act of Justice 10 Mr.. Clay, TO indicate ms
character from the aspcrsions OF his enrm,es,
and to satisfy The public, so far as ten. Nc
Cny's testimony will so, that Mr. Clay has
been consistent in his statements. Gen NC
Eoy's testimony speaks volumes on :his SUD
i,ct. The General was, and sill IS, declaediy
opposed to the election of Mr.. Adams. He
was, and s,ill is, Pollticail! opposed 20 Mr..
Clay.
EXTRACT.
C. As TO the making Of President, what
those Of the West, including Henry Clay, and
those W no preferred him for the President, have
done, and VIVA, finally may be done, by the
members from the other States, who prefer o.
theirs, would require more skill in the science
Of nature than pretend 10 !orrte!l.
"You will have seen the difficulty which Mr..
! Clay has go, himself and the House into, by
noticing it, an improper way, letter published
in newspaper, wrote by sorry member from
| P,nnsylvania
THAT Mr. Clay has corrup'ly sold himself,
and tran,ferred his friends Of Ohio, kentucky,
! and Missouri, to Mr.. Adams. for the office of
| Secretary of State; Is all stuff and nonsense,
which will not be credited by those who know
| him, or the delegation from those States in Con-
gress; but that they have determined to vote
| far Mr.. Adams, h, leve, in preference to Gen,
Jackson. You will say, why did they not adj
here, as was expected, to Mr.. Crawford when
Mr. Clay was gu, of view? The reason which
soms Of them give ne who have always profess
ID - b. fri, ndly to Mr.. Crawford, is, that they
ould no, get majority Of The members from
ther o il or kentucky, who would support
Mr.. Craw 10, d; therefore, the frlende'of Craw>
f,rd were obliged to Join those OF Adams, or
u her chose to do so, in preference to uniting
wi,h the friends Of Jackson; this they had
light to do, ard might honestly do; this is their
,wn apology. My belief is, that Mr.. Clay and
| ris friends had ,hei: particular reasons tor so
| ioiug. bu, no, the reason imputed 10 them ge.
| morally I think il the next President, four
Yeats hence-tnis think /, the true secret; or
| think hey could have made up a majority in
either State /, support Mr. Crawford One
| other excuse wa, given me by Mr. Clay himself,
| 1t was the state OF Mr. Crawtord's health One
| thing / have felt confident Of. since our
meeting, that, with the aid of Mr.. Clay and his
friends, we could have elected Crawford. The
| friends Of Adams and Jackson being now in o.
len hostility, may have q result that neither
| OF them ipatcd: some Of JAG ksun's friends
| already say, that they too can change, and that
| they prefer Crawford to Adams. Much, nay
every thing for Crawford depends on N York.
Jackson and Crswiord's frie nds in that delrga-
ron are the majority, and If those four or five in
| favor Of Jackson urie with those for Crawford,
| Adams cannot be elected, without more OF the
State in favor Of Jackson join him. 1t is no,
| worth while specializing all signs fail in stormy
| times; and we can all tell how il is when The
matter is ended, But am no Prophet, or the
son of Prophet, and am heartily sick of the
job before we begin on it One thing have
| always fel, confident Of, that this Congress
would not choose Andrew Jackson. In this,
too, | may be mistaken. My b-ief is now that
Adams will be the man, and most likely be so
without the aid OF Virginia"
! DR.. Cravens desires that it may be express
ly understood tina: no unfiiendly feeling to-
wards Gen.>McCoy prompted him to furnish
the above extract He ALWAYS had been, and
still is, The warm personal ard political friend
of Gen. Mccoy. DR.. Cravens, however, cons
siders Mr.. Claws character public property;
and therefore entitled 10 the protection OF eve
~ good CITIZEN ]
| PARDnNs BY GEN. JACKSON. William OAR
| by of Montgomery county, Mo. who was one