Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1828-11-26

which Mr.. StcvcnsIn iss ~ sulei or--tcrc VAS sil
no wish felt to expose him his coneruitics tn pub
lie apprehension. When during The last winter. he
was called upon b. the citizens Of Richmond to whom
he made the declaration, TO make good "tlat the
Administration had offered him any Office in its gift
provided he would support IT," the occasion was suf
icrcd to drift by, from tenderness TO him, and from
Knowing the hnpossbility that he could establish
what he had said When in January last, Mr..
Sloane wrote to the editors of Tins paper making the
same Charge which has been rec emily made public
they in reply declined to publish it. and cntrcatcd
Mr. Sloane TO waive publication which mi n, ini,.re
Mr.. Stevenson, without advancing the rbic
good request with wh ch he complied until
Mr. Stevcnsons letter from Saratoga and tho unioun-
dcd prctcTccs there set up for his opposition to the
Administration provokeihip to break silence and us
10 give vent 10 whit he said L. there in all this any
indications oft disposition Ito pull down Mr. Steven
ION reputation and characcr'" DO not these facts
verify what wo have declared, that N;r. Stevenson
had been shown moe courtesy and iolb araucc than
any public man Of either party? Is not the lbcralitv
which has been extended him. in marked and hon
nonrap'e contrasts othe eternal stream o slansr and
elimination against thu Administration and it's frcnds
which has been Flowing from his lips for three YEAR.
when he who first declared there was uo bargain
yet shortly affirmed there was, for he i;-who
supportedthc honour of Adams and lay while he was
candidate and had expectations from their friends
yet became their most ynlictvc assaiion VIXEN those
expectations we're at enJ--whcn even such man
rs Albert Gcllan could not dare TO serve his co,n-
try, without being by Mr. Stevenson cfLcirg
bough-whcn such eXtrcoi binary and suspicious acts
as these orc exhibited h. public man, h. ought to
expect them to become subjects of enquiry and remark
III the Public Prints. Yet Mr. Stevenson has ihr
modcsy to say, that this is the arc of slandcr-thai
The great and the good cannot escape it-and dat
continued attempts have been made to pull down hi.
reputation and character Let HIN ask his consci-
cncc II he Is not the st man in this country who had
Eight 70 utter complaint of this nuture. L., that
conscience say. If he has not santcrc,l Adam; and
Clay for personal ends, when h. believed thew and
had lron,unccd them, innocent. Let Mr. Stevenson
who TO :ragicaiy complains Of the rancor of PARTY
spirit, s1y, if there is in the United States
who has displayed more Of that rancor-who has
bcchcl out more furious and nccssant torrents Of
accusation and abuse against the characters and per
sons OF the opposite party, than hio,Sc.f. Wcasycrt
that there Is not one and W. VIII be sustained b.
every person who Knows the man.
For the frequency OF late with whi.t l.c has an-
pearcd in the newspapers, Ir. Stevenson las to
thank himself, and the rmorkablo facility possessed
by him. OF forgetting what he had said. But Tor this
facility, and his marvellous indiscrcti n no dis
position would have been felt disturb him; and he
would 10 doubt have enjoyed tire hvnors oIhe Speak
cr's Chair unmolesfed BY the cccnt exposures If.
h. ~" look back, he will discover that his present
Predcamcnt IS Il consequence Of lis denial of the
conversation in the Bank Of Virginia; and it certainly
appears little r"'ribuivr, that he who has boon so
unjust and abusive ofohcr7 and had been suffered TO
20 90, sloryng- should be brought TO exposure bv
tho agency ofhis own ndiscrcion.
y Few words il more particular reply 70 lIr. Sic
vcnscn.
To prove Mr.. Sloancs charge, foolish and I'M
probable hc offers various reasons. The first IS his
>'own tifarproba.on of NJ. Adams PRINCIPLES. cy
pressed during tho year ia25-and which would have
rendered it iaconsistcnt for him TO give or redeem
The p"dgr, Of sustaining his Administration. ToI
what weight this reason is entitled it IS eatv to See
''"r 'acksons principles. these very constitution
ri questions, precisely those OF Mr.. Adams and
no man knows this better than Mr. Stevenson VT
IS Ar' Stcvcnaon restrained Oh this account from !
giving the General 4 very warm and ardent support.
II he is so ready and valiant, in his support of the
General who Is also latitu marian Why might he
not have supported IN Adams, who was no more a
iatlrdlnarlan than the othcr2 The reason j. not
worth fg. M Stevenson knew that .nr. Adams
WINS, after Crawford the choice of Virginia at that
tin"-le had every probable reason 20 suppose then,
that Virginia would continue TO prefer hun to Gen.
]acksonI" soc7 'o'r, doubt very clearly, that if
he hod been elected Speaker under this plodre. and
had redeemed IT, that IL would have evcntuatcd in his
political "ruir'-bccarsc, nc sccs since tho oycnt.
That Virginia would have preferred Jackson to Adams
But at that Tim" ho could have seen no such thing
There was no re'son for any such apprehension
on The contrary there every indictment for tho
helic'' that Virginia would support Adams against
Joc'fcn' md consequently, that hi, support as Speak.