Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-05-20

J 'S hHoN came rom MT. Buchanan. CnIV
oy following the General in his journeys, some tmo
ater The Presidential election * catching at garbic,s
statements oil remarks made BY him in casual
conversations, and by searching his own domici.,
.hat expressions OF disapprobatioa have been de-
tecsed in relation to that which had before raisr,y
inc voices OF indignant millions There is scarce
y n man In the Union opposed to the re-eIection
=, MT. ADAMS upon whom stronger expressions
In relation 10 the late Presidential ection might
! not be proved, than those which Mr.. Clay with
an the devotion OF his willing Instruments has been
able TO fix on Gen. Jackson.
nr: Clay mistakes his accusser. 1t is MA
iioN WEIGH has arraigned him at its bar The
charge OF corruption in the last Presidential cleo
uon; mas been made by an nsultcd people. Tho
evidence oil its truth, LIS been accommodating from
tie moment OF its origin. To escape from its fatai
influence Mr.. Clay turns the right and the left
grasps at every cxpedent, and seeks a personal
quarrel with General Jackson. 1t is all in
VAN. 'Ihe fatal charge sticks to him like the poi
soneu shirt OF Nessus, and every reckless effort
Oh his agony, but fixes more Closely and makes
his destruction more certain.
The late Address is but another evolution .oS
MT. Ciays political tactics, deceive the people,
ana draw OIL their attention from the only irppor-
tant question now in issue. Neither his menaccs
nor his arts. nor his letter to Judge Brooke nor
ms address to his constituents, his LewisbnrG
speech, nor his Pitts5urg Speech could arrest the
torrent OF public reproach, and retrieve the sink
ing fortunes oithe Constitution. The Fayetteville
letter suggested new expedient. Ii was 10 a
vert Pubic attention from his bargain with Mr..
ADAMS, by seeking contest with General Jack
son, upon collateral issue. On his journey to the
west, last summer, he learnt at Wheeling, that
mere was IN town private letter from General
jackson, detling the incidents alluded to in that
letter vi this private letter. lie proc ured sopv
without the consent OF the writer or receiver
uen. jackson had drawn the inference, that the
member OF Congress alluded 10 had been authori-
Led ny Mr. Clay, directly indirectly, to hold
the conversation which he racaptuatcd, although
he admitted that in this he might be Mistaken
Mr. Iiay Determined on tremendous effort TO
make the whole controversy in the public mind
resi- on The correctness OF General Jacksons infe-
renee lie, therefore, published the private LETTER
OF General Jackson, denied the inference charged
GENERAL jackson with becoming his public accu-
ser, and followed il up with speech upon speech,
az Mobiles In Wocdlord county, at Paris, and &C
MaysVilie, hiled with denunci;.iion and violence
General jackson calmly replied, and gave the
name OF the member OF Congress with whom he
had held the conversation, and again admitted that
his inference might be unfounded. MIR. Buchanan
stated that Ii was. Instantly the Union rang with
rar. Cinys acguittal. His friends every where
Haitnlined, that heabsence OF evidence that he had
made proposition 10 Gen. Jachsor, was conclu-
siVe proof that he had made bargain with M
adams! The art of Mr.. Clay measurably suc-
ceeded, and for time the public attention was
WIZ afawi from Inc important point Il CONTROVERSY
But new facts and new evidence had been dis
closed The public attention Was again fixing it.
sell upon the point III issue. To divert il once,
more, Mr.. Clay came out with his late Address
still assailing General Jackson, making new char
ges against him, and casting anchor ahead 10
guard against which he saw appfoacbinp-
from. the West. In all his defences, hitherto he
had conveyed the impression that ne had made.
up his mind to vote for Mr.. Adams with great de-
liberation, after he had ceased 10 be candidate.
and was converted into AN eector. The mn hIic-
knew not OF his determination until about the 2OtT,
oil January, 1925 and consequently, had drawn tbe
inference, that he had not formed il many DAYS he
fore that time. But facts disclosed in the Wes-
tern papers, were leading TO the conclusion that
his coalition with Mr.. Adams was privately fnrm.,t
long before, and 10 weaken the effect of this new
evidence before il should come fairly before .he
people, the Secretary, with his usual adrotness.
undertakes TO prove that he made up his mind u,
vote for Mr.. Adams, as early as October 1924, In
the course of this investigation, il will be seen
what advantage will 10 his reracitu his IN,
tegiHy' or his honor, by the new ground he
has thus lately assumed before the merican people
Without further adverting 20 the arts OF the Sc
Gretary to divert and deceive the public attention
we shall now proceed to consider The only mate rial
point i'll issue between the people on one side &,
Messrs. Adams and Clay on the other. Did m.
Clay support ar. adams aoiM his pofe and in
9uenee an consideration Of being made Secrefo,,,
Of Stofe, as the price OF The consequence of 1is
support
10 Judge OF the inducement which Brought thesa
'nen together, il is necessary to understand thcr
previous relations For the honour of our counfrv
we could wish that The facts we are about 10 dis
close, had never existed. Nothing but our oblisa
tons as freemeD, who view the intrirues of IN
Princlpled politicians, az more dangerous 10 our
country than the enemies yhom jackson connucr-
ed, would draw from us The Notifying detail which
it Is now orr duty 10 lay before tile American ueo-
pie.
AT the period Of the treaty of ebert. John %
Adams was considered the most eminent puf,lif.
man in the East, and Henry Clay, in the West
The race OF Virginia Presidents was almost cx
unct MIR. Monroe was the Secretary of State AMI
the destined successor of MIR. Madison. twas ~,
Universally ioreseen, that al the termination of Ar
Monroe service as President, the sceptrc of an
thority would be transferred TO some other section
| OF the Union Mr.. Adams and MIR. Clay the prou,-
! inent men 81 the East and tire West-both desired
10 obtain the appointment of Secretary of State 10
Mr. Monroe, that they might succeed him as Pres
ident.
In the negotiation at Client, difference arose n
nopg the Commissioners, relative 10 an sncr nm
posed to be made TO the British Commissioners. of
the free navigation OF the Mississippi by Bri,isl,
subjects, as an equivalent for the privilege of sI
ing within the territorial jurisdiction of Great mi
! tain, on the coasts Of North America RIcssrs A.
dams, Dayard, and Gsllatn, were in favor of tnal,
ing the o4er and Mossrs. Clay and Russell against
It, In ajoint letter from the American Commits
sioners, 10 their Government, dated at Client Dec
10Th, 1914, is the following passage
I 4" II they, (the British Commissioners ! asked IN,
navigation Of the Mississippi as a new claim tbc,,
| could not expect should grant il without an -
quivaent; il they asked il because il was rranfe1
| In 1888, they must recognize the claim of tl,o
people OF the United States, TO the liberty To fer
| and 20 dry and cure fish, in question TO nIace
all points beyond Ill future controversy n ,,,a;or;
| ify IF as determined to offer TO admit an article
confirming both rights; or, we offered, at the same