Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-01-05
SATURDAY, JANUARY $, 1928
APPENDIX TO Mr.. CLAY'S ADDRESS
lContnued.l
PANS, fKsN.l August Is, 1927

fARlS, hSNJ fu5iSt 10, loSi.
Dear Sir: III con,equeh'e of nv absence
from home, I did no. receive your letter OF The
s,h Jnv, until after my return from the Cour
al Colu nbas, Onio, on Monday evening, the
ST. I,st.
Y,u REQUEST me 10 state the substance OF
convrrss,i,n which ,nook place between US at
III. Civ of w ,shing, On, in February or March,
1924, fer having viste Mr.. Crawford toge-
ther, In relation 10 The n, xt Presidential cleo
ton.
The occasion has passed over in which
stateLient of that conversation would have been
of any drec service TO you; yet, as IT may be
som sa'isfaction 10 YOU TO know what my re-
collection is of the conversation alluded 10,
vii state It.
While in the City, in FEBRUARY and March,
1924, listed Mr. Crawford several times.
recoIlect, 2erfec lis, hat on one occ ,sion, you
aud went together 10 paw him visit OF res
peot. as we both entertained for him very
high regard. In going 10, AMI returning from,
Mr.. Crawfori's we conversed freely about his
heath, and on ne subjec: Of the app oaching
Presidential election; and have a distinct rec
election Of WHIST passed, after a'ing him on
our way 10 our lodgings, atBrowns. You asked
me- what thought Of Mr Crawfords health,
and of the probability Of its restoration, so as
TO enable him TO disc barge the duties OF Presi-
dent an,wered, that NV opinion deci-
siv-ly aganstphe probability of his recovery,
so as TO be able 10 undergo The labors, and dis
charge the duties Of the Office; and ,ha,
thought his restoration 50 as to justify his cleo
ton, nigh; be considered hopeless. / added
my convection that he could not recover, and
that his life would he endangered, un il he qnit
his pres,u, ofice, aud left the city with all It's
II III, ind A. ri
your entire Concurrence, and remarked, that
you hal wished to know whether my deliber-
ale views OF his condition corresponded with
those Won mad previously formed. The cor
yer,aiion tur ned upon The probability Of The
election of President coming, ultimately, before
the Housr OF Representatives We CONQUERED
in opinion, hat from the number of candidates,
ii was improbable any one would have a ma
iority Of the Electoral votes; and that 1t Mr.
Crawford's FREUD, continued TO entertain hopes
Of his rec overy. and o press his claims 10 The
PRESIDENCY. il was dou 1tfu whether he or Mr.
Clay would be left ont of the House. Yoa *
pressed the opinio, thai, (Ciay aside) Mr.
Adams was The safest an1 best choice, and
that the friends Of agriculture, internal I'm
provemen's, and domestic manufacturers ought
TO unite upon him in the event of Mr.. Claws
exclusion from the House. You remarked, that
you had once entertained some prejudices a,
gainst Mr. Adams as a statesman, but that the
more YOU had seen Of him rs statesman the
more you had been convinced, these prepus.
sessions were not well founded. You allu
ded 10 the tariff bill OF 1924 then under dis
cussion in Congress; expressed YOUR de'erni>
nation To support il as systam Of protection
10 domestic manufactures; and said, il you
should have to vote, a. member Of the House
Of Representatives IN the election Of Pre,iden',
you would vote for the man who, and whose
friends you should,think most favorable to what
you called the American system. You said
that Mr.. Clay bad been the greai champion Of
that system; tina, il WE lost MIN, you though;
Mr.. Adams and his friends, next most favora-
Die to IL: that you could not, and would not
vote for AIRY man who, and whose friends, you
believed 70 be united in opposition to it, and
thar you believed his opinions were favorable
10 the system. ! remarked, that it was, per
haps. TOO early 10 make up a decisive opinion,
in the even, Of the election coming into the
House Of Repre- sen atives;-,hat the views OF
men, and Of parties, in reference TO the { grea,
na,i,nal interests Of agriculture, in'erpal i'm,
proyemenrs, and domestic manufactures, would
probably be fur, her developed before the cleo
lion You answered true; but that you had
thought much upon the system for their en-
enlargement and protection; hat yon had
made up your opinion upon it; and you added,
emphatic aHv, INV creed is fixed as 10 the
principles which must influence my decision"
In other converse lions with M at the City, 1
underwood you as indicating sinl.r views; hut
ia the particular ceaver,atiou above de allied,
you were more explicit than any olher; and the
very emphatic manner in which you concluded
your remarks, made s,rong and lasting i'm
preston on my memory & satisfied me thai IN
the events contemplated, you would vote for
Mr. Adams, unless something should tran,pire
before the election, to Change your opinion Of
him, in reference to our favorite system.
With sentiments OF sincere regard, your ODE.
dlent servant.