Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-01-03

IL eihOoules II iOrfns 40 part vi nv pIlrr.,s, =.
ment on the statements which have been n,hi"i.
ca OF Messrs Buchanan, Eaton, Isaacs, and Mas,
ley, all of them the friends of Gen JacI,son aask-
occasion of the late election. Neither ILL o NC
the numerous folsehoolS OF anonymous y,r;,os 'uee
editors OF newspapers, with which The prc.s S ,
,eeshed to my prejudice. The task would he nsS
less To guard gainst any rniSin,ornro.a,; .,"-
might be placed on my silence in resnect va, ,'sss
ter IRON Mr.. Harrison Nun,ay, which h. , .'
Wiueiy circulated and which was pub,isL.a y.
period chosen 10 affect the Kentucky clection
~ una, whether this letter be genuine or no.
as statements are altogether gromnliess l nc,.s,
Ead such conversation with him as that lett, ~
Sclocs, respecting Mr.. Adams, who at tho ~;
when it IS alleged 70 have happened was abrnaS
ana OF whom at that early period, there had becr,
certainly no general conversation in repard =, ~
election TO the Presidency. The appointment viii,
Mr.. Markiey holds, was conferred upon him =;
consequence oil the very strong rccoD,men5a,;'
OF him. principally fora more important Office TO-,
numerous highly respectable persons of all par,;s
in various parts OF pennSyiyana from Same os a.
| pennsylvania delegation. among whom MIR P,ct"1
nan took warm and Jealous interest in his beh,i..
and from the support given TO him by the Sccrs.'
po;n:meat belonged. 80
| When 1t was asCer,ained that I WIS not o,,.
me three canaluales who were returned Il, t,s n
| OF representatives, was compelled 10 vo,s ;ri
voted at all Tor one OF those actually rc,,,a /.
The duty which the people deyolv,t m 80 ' '''
painful and perilous, and l anticipated th,, :, 80
Impossible Tor me, whatever cours,. sho,li -
to escape consure confess that the meas,,r. ~
transcribed all expectation If it be notunox,,,,I
Il ha, been seentilat my opinion was early, al
deliberately formed, under circ,,,nstan ,,I,..
personal motive could have swayed me. tbat =. ~. Nv
adhered to without deviation; and that IL w,a,
avowed again and again, not to one or t,vo b,, =.
many persons, not in obscurity but s,ondnr -
in the public estimation and in my own $50
particle OF opposing testimony has been. mr. ,.;,i'
truth can be- adduced. l have indeed derived
rp, az f,r,-, 81.
cosoianon IRON inc rejection that, amidst all the.
| perturbation OF the times, no man has been ,,.
| found hardy enough TO assert, that eyer s;gr;f,
| purpose OF voting for Gen. jackson n bas -
seen that, so far as any advances were made a.,
proceeded from the side of Gen. Jackson. Aftrr
our meeting at Lebanon, ages might have rones
away, and, if both continued 10 live nn''o
! would have sought the renewal of any interco,Na
with him. When he came 10 the Senate ana .,
.ne commencement OF the next session of Congress
the system oil operation decided on in resnect :,
| my friends and me, was one of Courteous AMI
duous attention. From that, the transition was -
scheme OF intimidation, of Which Mr. Kremor,s
letter Is only small part of the evidence Iptinoi-
uauon oil representative of the people i'm tho AZ,
charge of solemn trust That is the last d,J, Of a. ,
| Republic on which such means shall be sI,ccass
fully employed and publicly sanctioned. Fin5;nr
me nmoveable by fiattery or fear the last resort
/ has been 10 crush me by steady and unprccedcn.os
catuinny Whether this final aim shall be GROVE
ed with success or not, depends upon the intel;
gence OF the American people. | make no onnaal
10 ,neir sympathy. L invoke only stern Justice
II truth has not lost its force, reason its swav
and the fountains 81 justice their purity, the deci
SION must be suspicious. With firm reliance
upon the enlightened judgment of the public. and
conscious OF the zeal and uprightness with which
have executed every trust committed 10 NV care
! wait the event without alarm or apprehension
W hatever 1t may be, my anxious hopes will cont;
nue. for the success of the great cause of hire,
liberty, and of those high interests of national poi
cy to the promotion ofwhich the best exertions 81
my life have been faithfully dedicated And mn
niulnoie' but earnest, prayers will be unremitted
that all danger may be averted from our commo-
country; and especially, that our union, our fiber
ty' and our Institutions, may long survive, cheer
ing exception ftom the operation of that fatal de-
cree, which the voice OF all history has hitherto
uniformly proclaimed H Gay
| WASHINGTON, Dec 1927
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