Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-01-02

which sendereu x necessary Tor linn 10 elect uewaeu
! me two Both OF these propositions ds,nctly es-
/ abshed by the evidence OF Ilr. Drake Mr. Cit
! tenden Gov. Bal bour, and Gen IaGayett. Ito which
within our knowledge he could have added others OF
equal respecabiy) DIR. Clay proves, that from Oc
,ooer 1894 to the period of the election, ho requent-
ly declared HAT between .t!r. adams and Gec jack
sou, he should have no hesitation in prefeTrng the
hrst The evidence upon this point is ,arious aT,nle
and entirely irresistible. Proved as tins fact is win
what propriey, with what consistency can il he pre-
tended that Mr., Clay would have voted for Cen Jack-
sou, but TOR the corrupt compact between him and sI
adams! The reasoning Of Gen. jackson and his
friends has been TO the last degree dsingenuous ami
Unfair. Promising .Nf. CIays hostility 10 9r Adams
highly exaggeratiDg extent, and fnsrepresentjnce
the nature OF his promise 10 expose the secret history
OF The negotiation at Client more fit season tlrTS
would have II inferred, that consideration short OF
mutual advantage could have recociled Them ADD that
'ur. Clay could not have voted for .ur Adams but in
execution Of corrupt compact. BIT these partizans
studionsy conceal the other side the picture They
VIII not remember that .Nr. Clay personally, On
much worse terms with Gen. jackson than Mr.
Adams and that after his Seminole Sueech delivered
when man dreamed Cen jackson as President,
he had demonstrated his deep dis,rust OF Cen Jack,
sons evil capacity. If .r Clay is suspected of a
corrupt coalition, because previously 10 the eec-
ton he had expressed want OF confidence in or
had displayed hostility towards Mr.. Adams would
he not have incurred this suspicion much more
strongly if he had voted 'for General Jackson,
whotn lac had politically denounced and with whom,
he was on the worst possible personal termss What
would the friends of ,ur. Crawford and Mr. Adams
himself have thought and said, had .ir. Clay under
these circumstances contributed Ia make Gen Jack
son fresi'ents Should we not have heard from tler
'he same maiedciions which the Crawfor and Jacs-
son men have poured upon his head. The truth is
Vr Clay was in difficult and delicate posture fully
appreciated by him at The time and il had become
impossible for him TO act without deeply disappoin.
ing and offending some party. To quote his OWN.
phrase lie was compelled grasp the hot end the Pc
ker, both euds being hot DIR Craw fords friends ondiy
chung TO m TO the last and after disease had not onlv
unted him for great responsibility but brought him 10
q
his condition., and if r. Clay failed realize hopss
which under other circumstances he we'll disposed
to fulfill their enmity was sure to be provoked Geo
Jachsons friends II now appears had hopes of Mr.
tiay-some oi them acknowledged that is could not
vote for Cen jackson without the create. duplicy',
yet they have resented .Mr. Cly' negaion of us
claims, warmly as if they had .I'etaned the one
est and best founded hopes 1b.y d,sclamei all hone
from Dir Clay, and acknowledged the inposs bility oe
his voting for Gen Jacksar yet they have stigma.
Used his vote against him as venal and corr,ou W..
should be glad TO knos what conduct could be MOI.
extraordinary and incr.nsistentI
1t MIR Clay could not for MIR. Crayv ford, be-
cansc, as is now universally acknow lodged, KIr ye1y
ford was physically incapacitatedf he could no vrfa
= Gen Jackson for causes strong. that Gen Jac;r
sons frieds admit ted their sire myth ar conc.IY
that if ne di1 vote for him it would poye ms d,olic;t
who '1rS he 10 for? He had but two al, 81
ieit-o dodge tue heavy responsibility tisown uoon him
by oPng 10 vote at st,-,, g vote for M ADAM
20 man will say, that .nT Clay ought to have escao
rae responsibility, and every must co1cede ,h.r
the only possible left him, was ID vote for NJ
Adams. But obvious and irresiatblc ashis nccesi,
was, no allowance has been made for ia action 49,,
him, by tic par.;ans of Gen. Jackson 20 ,r,1.
him, was TO elevate The latter, and easate tho T.,
Ter was I" open TO themselves The golden hares of t
ecutive patronage.
Ii believe, .Ur. Clay has excuioat,at;
TO the satisfaction OF every mind capable Of 49, -
an enlightened opinion, the conduct of Gen 49,
himself Us exhibited III colours painful 10 his frcuA -
Hort'iyinG 10 those who regard his military farn 10
national stock In bis ettcs "a s,.er he a,,e -
conversation with the ATT .sy rs the trirjn The n
ginning o. us -nsa;Io OF Mr. Clay. Yet .fYr ClsS
-. 'S Indication, establishes be, oud question: tina
ION the moment of the election Gen. Jackson was I'm
the habt OF sayiHs in steamboats,. in towns publicly
and privately That Gc co;d have been President had he
listened to propositions obargai lie could have been
President, had ls angelic purity relaxed from is firm
DHss. Is ti! HGt-mrdGiness? Was this the cieDors-
rnent we had right 10 expect from him whose lofts
profession that the Presidency neither TO he
soUg hi ra:..i.f Isa an
Uc:pateu ffofn him, who according TO bis euIaeists
nntes IN his single all the virtues Of ali Tic
heroes and sages and patriots who have ever Gveda-
" rs II not on tic contrary, the hearin. ola little mind
SEEKING TO alleviate lis disappointment by dispa raging
The character and conduct Of Il successful riyaI2
! We shall return 10 this ubjec--at present our Ii
ns restrict the expression of those feelings inspired
/ 5y .iir flay's appeal.
In Lancaster County, pennSy lvania where MIR Rucb,
an resides, esteemed tie hot bed Jacksoisn in .la
state and where vacancy had occurred by death,
mistation member Of the syIvamia Ircsature has
been elected Jackson competitors Letters from ba,
qua fer speak with the utmost confidence Penneyva-
MIA nil support the election OF MIR. Adams The tonc
these letters is absolute and unqualified.
| J ire Presiienf.We learn the probability, ap
preaching TO certainty that Richard Rush, now Score
tary OF the Treasury. will be nominated for tho Wee
Presidency at the Harrisburg Conven;ion-notwifh-
standing the Sccret Caucus, of which we have heard
much in the Enquirer. This nominations or what
ever nomination. made at Harrisburg, will we trust be
| acquesced in here.
Meanwhile resolution has passed the House Of
Representatives of Georgia, nominating VIM. n.
Crawford as Vice President, TO be on the Jack
| son ticket! This movement has placed The jackson
Caueus ~ Richmond, 10 a most exquisite dilemma!
In 1924, the gentlemen who will no doubt irGr
ence the jackson Caucus TO be holden on the llh
IDst would not hear of Mr. Calhoun as y. p: thcr
preferred even TO throw away the Of the state on
MIR. Macon. to give il to that ultra Laudinar arl.-
that arch iniriguer-tbat poiter against MIR Craw-
ford, as they then denominsted Mr. Calhoun! Wei
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