Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-09-26
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ne charges OF bribery and corruption, - in the
election OF MIR. Adams TO the Presidency, have a.
gitaed our country Tor long time l have care
fully aud a:tentively watched and examined tie
testimony on both sides, and always with a DISPOSE
ton leaning IN your behalf, 10 acquit you il posi-
BILE from the imputa'ion OF improper motives in the
part in which you took in that eleciion-and the
vote which you finally gave 10 Mr.. Adams Du-
ring our iaic war with Greal Britain, had looked TO
you with admiration, of the most pure and
eloquent o; the Republican party. Your whole
political career up TO the time OF the passage of the
first Tariff law had given great s. genera. satisfac
tonic that party. Your opinions upo., that question
and upon the subject the constitutional powers of
the government TO carry internal improvements
Caused that patty 10 lose confidence in YOU ss an
orthodox politician But in your honesty and in
tegFity, they still had unboumded confidence up 10
the period OF the last Presid, ntial election. Nv
confidence in you as high minded and honest
ran, was not shaken until some lime after that e
lection did not believe the charge made by .'ho
nest George Kremer." The promptncss with
which you met that charge. and the iirmness and
resolution with which you demanded an invesisa-
ion OF IL before Congress, and the manner ia which
he and his friends shrunk from ii, induced me to
believe that you were altogether innocent. There
was something, thought, rather suspicious in
your accepting the appointment OF Secretary of
St ate. regretted your acceptance, because il
gave countenance TO the suggestion which Kremer
had made IN has letter to the Columbian Observer
but such was my disposition 10 retain the good OPT
Mon which entertained OF you, that | resolved
not TO give you up even then | attempted 10 JUS
tiiy you by saying, that your talents certainly
entitled you to the office-tiIat there was no man
in the Union better qualified to discharge the au-
ties OF that office than your .ef--tha, could not
ih'iiR you Jus'ihabir in refusing it, only because
Mr. kremer and his party hal thought proper o.
attempt TO prescribe you, and that your rel .~ii
might be construed into belief that you had been
alarmed iiom accepting by their insiDuations."
ouch was The course oil reasoning which adopted
IN your defence. But. as the evidence in relation
{" that election was developed nv suspiciops be-
gan 10 thickcn, and Is the case now stands before
tie public, have arrived at the firm conyictien
Nat there was corruption in that election: That
there was certainly an understanding between
your friends and tie friends OF MIR. Adams of which
you were made acquainted, that i'm the event chat
you and your friends would throw your votes and
Influence into MIR. Adams scale, and he should be
merely elected, you would be made Secreta
~ oil State, and That this understanding influenced
IN vote which you gave on that occasion. 10 ils-
NY t6s copciu ion 10 which have arrived 4 will
submit 10 you my reasons in few words The
evidence uow before the public-prov-s conclusive
~, That there as much eleciioneerIne carried on
ny the friends OF TIE different candidates. and that
Ihe friends OF neither candidate were more busy
Than those OF MIR. Adams. Iou had e,ronp mar.
ty in the house as we'll as MIR. Adams, who were
resolved that as you could not get the first Office in
the government, you should az their management
could effect i,) hold the second office in the Cabi
net am wen satisfied that you and your friends
tIcd every means in your power TO find out the
chances OF your being made Secretary of State in
Tue event OF your voting for Gen Jackson. They
Iad double motive for doing so. The Kentucky
delegation had been instructed positively TO vote
for the General and il they could have done so and
secured you the appointment you desired, il would
have been very gratifying TO their feelings. This
was the case also with the dele CATION from SO veral
OF the other States. Why did they not vote for
Cen Jackssn! Because they had ascertained that
nc was not TO he tampered with that he was pure
and incorupbble, stern and inflexible in his deter
mina'ioh not 10 commit himself M Buchanan.
AZ he instance oil one of your friends had made the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS had been made by tbe
friends OF Mr. Adams TO you s. your friends They
came TO you with tears ia their eyes'-they had
hc'd up the gi!ded pageant TO your view md point
q out TO you tie road 10 the Presidential Chair
But AL this would not have done, il Jack on could
Only have been made 10 bend. aud would h 4,
ignlhed mat YOU should have been hi- Score a.,
OF State You lad stated hat you vrrc nncon,iri
i-dd-you had told your colleagues that they miq
";'A sn'9iy Vo.9 either g.. General jac&-o1 Or Mir