The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-02-18

iis Ath'loh, or Np tnd1h iis career, or lotiF Is
prelensions. shall lie ailps 81 thus to dogma.
tue over public opinien. anu reasoning from
imaginary 10 thcir probable 81, cis shall
daiinfly scfHiinize asd Hni siiifiHfi, pro-
noonce upon the motives 81 rs teIlou men. -
'ctose character will be safe tfhoss reputation
uhsullies lutre Hrtpr Shs an election vet for
50 elevated nn oihVe n~ that Of President uf
these states III which laSr motives were moi uscri-
he'd 10 some al the parties concerned aud, IT
sUspicion were pr"oi ihrts never Vas chatee
so made which Was MOI ttnr We believe,
that none was ever more grsundesslY urged
than TINT against the present administration.
Ard tins very note of MIR Randolph = proof
conclusive If we had wanted any. Of itsground-
les,ness-hhy Ever since Mr.. Adams e
lection, the cry has been increasingly henrd
that there teas direct understanding, COZ
rupt bargain. -hetween Messrs Adams aud
Clay, that II the latter would use his influence
10 make Mr. \ President, Mi. A. should make
the latter Secretary OF State. IL was promul-
gated, IN anticipation, bv kremcr who aver
red his ability In prove II. II stated by
Jackson: Il has been more than limited by Ia
ton aud lsaacks TO say noiing of the countless
PARASITES who have echoed Their notes ~ spoke
in holder tone. This charge, though has
been exploded by the irresistible mass of e,i-
dence recently Land before the people by Nj
Clay. Their ground having slipped from IN
der them, BeW rersi0n is given Ia II by the IN
vcnllve genius of the Orator OF Roanoke which
never would have been gwen II the other could
have bren sustained. lie is determined to pull
down Mr.. Adams and therefore he was PEI
fectly silent as 10 the story which he now tells
until he found thai the other had recsi ed upon
/ It's inventors. What with tlnt nborilpn. and The
other which he anticipates from the nvcstiga-
i ton on Mr. Gibbons rctreuchmcnt resolutions
| together with the blasting effects ON Gen Jack
| ion 5 reputation which he fears from the disclo-
surcs in relation 10 the Sir Miiiamen. hc finds
II is necessary TO bent another bush. Aud
what is this new matter Why. that II Air
| Clay had hccu returned 10 IN. House of Repre-
sentalives, NJ, Hebsier al formed 1t coalition
| (the uord can't be surrcndored) with Mr.. Clay.
by which Gon. Jackson aud Nh. Adams were
both TO have been excluded. But. that " Mr..
Crawford refusing 10 DIE, aud Nj. Clay be-
! ing excluded from the House, the " coalition"
between the high contracting parties was ne
cessary dissolved. Mr.. CLAW then turned over
his Influence u Nj Adams and Mr. Webster
followed his example, with tive expectation that
Mr. Clav would be Mr. Adams's successor. and
that he at last would slide into the DephItmrn
OF State And this MIR Randolph not only
calls probable tale, but AYERS that It is supper
ted by a chan of irrclragable presnuptive cyi-
denCei What is the evidence Nothing bat
Mr.. Randolphs Wy 50, founded upon MI Ran
dnlph' suspicious, And what is THIS in the ewes
OF mon who know his hayward hunor aud
his capricous whmsf loL Il preierta nihit
We say, without tear of contradicton aud care
less Of the imputation OF presumption in differing
rom Mr. X, that it Is Il more absurd story III i,
foundation y IN a lis parts than that which has
Just been cxpoded-,norc ridiculous than
the Gnnpowdel or Pdpi>h plots-whlch were
however affected 10 be believed thrn, as tlns
Against MesSrS. Adams aud Clay is now, hs men
oil every grade-bv some high ~ office aud hon.
est, and by others who would have disgTaced II
gibhet. The thing Is Improbable from the fact
that c0niitiDH between M,ssrs Webster aud
Clay would not have added To the strength OF
The latter, IA case Of hls return TO the House.
one feather. However great Mi. Cays per
sunal influence may have been with the mem
beis whom Il is alleged he scducrd from the obi
cations OF iIrf aafhs, aud then duty to support
Mr.. Adams, aprcrably 10 the srcoHd coalition.
it is not believed that Mr. Webster ever had
sufficient weight To hive controlled the vote Of a
majority ot the Repre- sentatiyes Of any one OF
the hoW IDPinud States against MIR. Adams :
and we presume II will be conceded that, oat of
New England, he was = mere cypher. Indeed
Nj. Webster, although he nnght, pnd doubtless
did himself prefer Mr. Clay 10 Mr. Adams, aud
would SO have voted would not have gone a
gainst the unanimously declared sentiment 81
New England and thus pcrillcd his future pn-
litiral prospects. .by attempting 10 electioncer
with the Representatives, OF those States TO vfhe
for MIR. Clay in preference to Nh Adans when
his own good sense must have told hun he could
never have succeeded ia his purpose And, If
he could not have succeeded, what Necessity WI.
there OF coalition between himself aud Mr.
= Clay Why should he risk his future prospects
by promising, for a stated equivalent, 10 do
that which he knew he could not pei form Aud
why should MIR. Clay. who must have been e.
quallv aware of The iutiliiy Of such an effort G.
ven Il il were made. trammel himself hy dpiedRe,
which. ifproved on him, must eyentuatc in his
ruin, without the possibility even iuf copiu-
Rfut equivalent We repeat the story only
shows the Vividncss Of Mr.. Randoph's magma
ton. which can at any moment, " give TO airy
nothing q local habitation and name - aud
they who can :" allow the dose need not doubt
the praCticabiity nj flying to the moon