Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-01-09

had never believed that General ,Jackson lad
countenanced the truth, or lent himself to .be
circulation o fthe charge. l had indeed, long
before. seen in one OF The Nashville pap RS, as
%scrtions, injurious to me, which created some
suspicious that they had emanated from him but
] dismissed these sus picions being altogether III
compatible with the lofty character which it
wished to believe that he possessed. When
however | saw That letter, and the unconira-
dic'ed corroboration of lis contents by the edi-
tor OF the Washington Telegraph, | was reluc-
family compelled TO believe that he had given
currency 10 the charge against me. In that let
ter, Mr.. Beverly says: 81 have jist returned
from General Jackson's-I found a crovd of
company with him. Seven Virginian's were Of
the number. He gave me a most friendly re.
ccption, aud urged me to stay some days longer
with HIM. He Told ne this morning before all
his company in reply 10 n question | put 10 him
concerning the election of John Quincy Adams
10 The Presidency, that NJ. Ciay's riends made
a proposition TO his friends thai, ir they would
promise for him rot TO pw' Mr. Adams into the
seat ofSecretary OF Stale, Clay and his r,ends
would in one hour make Inn (Jacksou) the
President. He mos, Indignantly rejected The
proposition, aud declared he would nos con,pro-
mise himself; and unless most openly and fairly
made the President, By Congress, he never
would receive II. lie declares that he said TO
them thai he would see the whole earth sink
under lIm before he would bargain or intrigue
Tor IT,"
In The Washington City Tele grapii of the
26,b day of April last, the editor states: 9 H.
the journal tnis morning we have another quo
ta'ion from ilie Democratic Press, pun pUilmg
10 be- he oilitI | . nifajlc'. on b, Mr.. Clay OF
The statement of General Jackson, relative to
the osertures made TO hin as 10 the formation
uf IN. [..i,.f .y.. -, tl. l.,n .I.,,, a. II
President. That zen Jackson has spoken of
such otcrtures Ue personally kaoic."-In the
same paper of the 2s'h OF Apll is The following
paragraphs: :" The journal IS on this morning
IN Iepi, TO our remarks Of Thursday, III wiIctl
they Affect TO consider 1t highly imprope. IN
Gen. Jackson 10 peak o, the ove.tues made BY
Mr., Clay S iriends-and why? because, say the
Journal, he Is u Candidate against MIR. Adams.
Now zoe stated explicitly that General Jackson
spoke oftbese o,crlures in March 1925, before
he was announced by the Legislature Of Ten
nessee as a Candidate"
Tne charge, II 1t did not originate with, hav-
ing been thus sanctioned and circulated by Gen.
J%acAsoD, and impiicating as well my friends as
me. thought II proper, having myself repeated
~ and positively deried us truth, TO resort 10 the
testimony of those gentlemen from the West who
had vo,ed with me Tor Mr.. Adams. According
y - ''N'N - "'i'Ss - "'hHh7b ~ W. oihb
addressed a circular 10 those gentlemen, during
the last Spring, inviting their attention 20 the
Faye teyllle letter, aud inquiring If there were
any truth in its averments. And he has obtain
ed from all ofthem but two, answers which are
now presented 10 the public. These answers
Will be found in the Appendix, (see Az arranged
according TO the respective delegations from
which they proceed. The wIi,ers Of them are
men Of as high responsibility as any in this
Union. Where they are known, (and several
of them are. well known in various paris Of the
country,) their statements will command UNI
qualified belief. The excellence Of their char.
aclers is so well established that a member Of
the lious of Repres en- atives, who will not be
presumed, % be disposed to bcstow on them I'M
deserved encomiuia, felt himself cons raincd to
bear his testimony TO it. MIR. McDulic said
in the House OF Representatives, on the debate
Of the proposition TO refer to a Committee the
appeal which l made on the occasion of MIR.
Kfemer's card: I" Let me add one word TO the
friends of MIR. Clay on this floor, (and there arc
no members on this tioor, for whom generally |
feel more r~espect,) | have beea informed that
some ofhis friends suppose that the amendment
| have offered contains something which is in
tended TO bear harshIy upon them. Not so;
not SO. My object is merely 10 conine the
charges made against the honorable Speaker to
the very words of The letter oil the gentleman
from Pennsylvania" This just but voluntary
iribuIe was expressed on the 4ah OF Feb. 1875,
(sve Nat. lntellIgencer, 9th ofthe same monthly
On the 3ist March 1926, more than thirteen
months after, when the amendment 10 the Con
stlIuiIon was under discussion. proposing a ne
mode ofclecling u p. esIdent, the same geutie-
man Is reported TO have said: Nov l have
The g.ea,est respect for those gentlemen who
were the personal and political friends of Nj.
Clay in the laie election Of President. Merit
10 my o,ch personal friends, there are n0ae
aDhom 4 estimate more highiy." (See Nation
al lnIelhgencsr, "a Nay. $3.50 TIcse an
swers are not only entitled to The fullest credit.
from lie ,ngn respectfully ri Inc Characters oi
those g~eI,Iomeii, but deserve great contld .ncc
from the TACT lda, they have been respectively,
pieuared by themselves, without any concert
whatever, SO far as 1 know or believe, and
~hcn they we're at their severn, residences, vide.
y separated from eaca Other.
The members rom O.io who voted for Mr..
Adams were General Macarthur, General Vance,
Gen. i}eccher, Mr.. Sloane, mr.. Wugrt, Mr..
Vnton, MIR. Mclean, (brot!.er 0i me Pos
Mas 81 GENERALLY Mr.. Wni,tlcscy, Mr.. Barley,
and Mr.. Patiersoh.-FrDm each OF iiiese goa
tlemcn At viii be seen that an explicit ana un
qualified negative is gwen 10 The statement of
ne Fayeitv lie lo,ier. Gen. Macarthur de-
claics hem to be ~"ioiallv destitute Of ,uunds-
Iion." lie alleges tic fact Ia have been tina,
''tde OHIO delegation (or at least a large major
ity o them) we're the Iirst of Mr.. Gays friends
no came 20 the deierminalien pf voting Tor
Mr. Adam; aad hIt ton riiho IT hapiag as
ccrtained M. Ct,y's uies-s on the susject.'
He states that some Of the friends OF Con.
Jackson uscl he language Of menace, whist
others of them employed lhat of persuasion 10
prevail on my friends to vote to' the Goneral;
and tina, they appeared to be wiling to make