Delaware journal., 1828-01-04

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dence has been collected, establishing some material
circumstances not before generally known, and con-
frmng others ofwhich the public is already in pos
session; and have thought it due to the occasion
| not to withhold it.
Gen. Jackson having entirely failed to establish,
by an affirmative evidence, either positive or pre-
sumptive, the charge which he thought proper to
prolnulgate against me, it occurred to me that lr
might be possible, difficult the task generally s
to substantiate negative, to ad,luce proofs OF
that character, which would establish the ground
less nature of his accusation. Prior to the appear
ance in the public prints of the letter from Mr.. Car
ter Beverly to his friend in Fayettville dated the
9th Of March last, had never believed that Gen.
jackson had countenaneed the truth, or lent him.
self to the clrcu laton OF the charge.
had indeed, long before, seen in one OF the Nash
Vile papers, assertlons injurious to which cre-
ated some suspicious that they had emanated from
him but dismissed these suspicious as beng alto
gether incompatible with the lofty character which
| wished to believe he possessed. When however
saw that letter. and the uncontradcted confederation
: of its contents by the Editor of the Washington Tel
egraph, was reluctantly compelled to believe that
he had always given currency to the charge against
me. In that letter, MIR. Beverly says ~ have just
returned from General Jackspn's-I found crOtOd
!, of company with him. Seven Virginlans of
S the number. He gave me most friendly recep-
ton, and urged me to stay some days longer with
e him. lie told me this morning before all his COM
pany in reply to question put to him concern
ing the eieCt0I ol Jonn quincy Auas lo uit Ifea-
d dency, that Mr.. Clay's friends made proposition
to his friends that if they would promise for HIM not
to put MIR. Adams into the OF Secretary OF
1t State Clay and his friends would in hour make
y him (Jackson) the President He most Indignantly
r rejected the proposition, and declared that he would
er not compromise himself; and unless most openly
and fairly made the President, by Congress. he could
never receive it. He declares that he said to them
~ that he would the whole earth sink under him be-
n fore h would bargain Or intrigue for it, la the
is Washington City Telegraph OF the goth day of April
il last, the Editor States n the journal of this
,n ing we have another quotation from the Democratic
ny Press, purportlng To be the official contradiction By
lr- Mr. Clay of the statement OF Gen jackson reatl,
xl- to the overues made to hn to the urma ion of
EN- his Cabinet, previous the late election of Pres-
ar dent That Gen Jackson has spoken of such
APP lures sre personally k,soW" In the paper Of
md the 2Sth of April the following paragraph 1.-The
ow urna is out this morning III reply TO remarks
ub- of Thursday i'll which they aecN to consider it high
ion y improper in Gen. Jackson speak of the
iat lures made by Mr.. Clay's frleDds-and why Be-
be cause, says the Journal, he is Candidate against
ave Mr.. Adams. Now Ue stated explicitly that Gen.
jackson spoke of these overtures in March $685. be-
fore he announced by the Legislature of Tennes-
UNI see as a Candidate"
'ub- The CHARGE if il did not originate with, having
sung been thus sanctioned and circulated by Gen. Jack
irse son and mnl;catinp as we'll nv friends ne mo
te thought proper, having myself repeatedly and pos
N itvely denied its truth, to the testimony
IN those gentlemen from the West who voted with ms
ae- for Mr.. Adams. Accordingly friend of mine DR.
nave Watkins at my instance, addressed circular tx
pub tbso enuemen dnr;nu the las Snr,nr ;nvnu hei
y o attention to the Fayetteville letter, and inquirng
a' there any truth its averments. And he ha
mug obtained from all of them but wo which vii
be found in the Appendix (see AZ arranged accordn
'ue to the respective delegations from which they pro
az q. ceed. The writers of them men of as high
e @ pectability as any in this Union Where they ar
~ ~ known, (and several of them we'll known in va
@ rious paris of the country their statements will CON
- mand unqualified belief The excellence OF thel
a . characters is so well established that member
nter- 49, w u.s. -. = i:faeI ~ lt ~ ~ III - hi - r. r.
:. 40 encomium felt himself constrained to bear his test
Co. mony to it. Mr. McDuifie said in the H. of Repre-
hn senatives the debate of the proposition to refe
busy " NJ. ne 'ae W 1ae ~ -
- h;o word to the friends of Mr. Clay this floor Gan
there are no members on this floor, for whom ger
,h.t orally feel more respect,) have been nforme
him that of his friends suppose that the amendme,
vrong nave oierea coht'hs 'on'e''5 "t 70 iieen.e
that W peai hai ishiy uPoh ',,o"i. ~ " io' so' Ai
Mint object merely conne the charges made again
other the honorable Speaker to the very words the lie
monp ter of the gentleman from nsylvanta.'' Th
that lust but voluntary tribute expressed the At
His of Feb. 1885, (see Nat. lntegencer, 9TH of tl
MAG same monthl On the 31st March 1885, more tina
on Of thirteen months after, when the amendment to t
en- to Constitution under discussion proposing
had mode of electing President, the gentlena
spon- is reported to have said Now have the grea
OF his est aspect for those gentlemen who were the pc
public sona and political friends of Mr. Clay in the la
election of President Neat to my person