Delaware journal., 1828-01-04

reason to believe tha my 'Hth rrofesI"on W.
made. indeed no proposition Of any description {
relating 10 the election OF President "as naae, 50
lnrus know or believe rs MIR. Clay's friends 70 .
those OF Gen Jackson, or Of any otter person.
MIR Scott. the member from missouri, sialsa thi'
neither Mr.. Adams nor his iriends ever maize any
promises or oycrurrs 70 me, nor did they hold oui
to me any inducements Of any sort, kind or cfarat-
ter whaleyer 10 procure me to vote ior ar. Adams.
Nor did Mr.. Adams or any OF his frlentls ever say
or insinuatc who would be placed at lie heao o
the Department of State, or any other Department
in the event that Mr.. Adams should be elected. NOT
do believe any propositions were made 10 MI.eiay
or his friends by Mr.. Adams or his friends II there
were know it not.'' g | never made to Gen. Jack
son, or to any of his friends any proposition, in re-
ference to the Presidential election, either as regard
ed the appointment OF Mr.. Clay any other per-
son to Office or the exclusion Of Mr.. Adams or any
other person from Office. ] was neither spoken to
by Mr. Clay, or any OF his friends, about making
any proposition to General jackson or his friends of
any KIND wlate, er, did ever hear II i.sneaed
o. limited. tia. any proposition made or intend
ed 10 be natlc by Mir Clay or his friends, orto any
other candidate then friends Tor or relating TO the
a Presidency And do believe, had any proposition
been made or niendtd to have been made by Mr.
Glav or his friends, from my intimacy and constant
intercourse with theml should have known or heard
thereof "
lGSSrS. GufleF alMl Bfeni we're me
who gave the vote OF Louisiana To MIR. Adams. Mr..
durley declares : that have no knowledge OF any
propositions having been maaeby the friends OF Mr.
y Clay or any of them the friends OF Gcn. Jackson
or TO any other person, relation to the election
OF President, the proposition Of conditions OF
any sort on compliance with which their vote
. Was made 10 depend. ! believe The charge wholly
destitute Of truth.
! Col. Brent saws, In alueon TO the Fayetteville
No., ltfFt. tf,.l 4 taSr
i ted. Ii is the fabrication Of desperate man, who
70 obtain his object dares to assert what he knows
to he false. ou.ask me to say, whether | know
! or believe that such proposition was ever made
! whether conditions Of any sort were proposed BY
the friends Of Mr. Clay 10 any one. on the comph
i aucc with which their vote was made TO depend
: No honorable man can believe for a moment that
such proposition was ever made, or shcil q cond
= tion stipulated, was friend Of Mr.. Clay : through
). out the contest. was in the confidence OF all hl'
friends and declare to Gotl that never heard o
: such thing until il was asserted by the disappolnce
! adherent. oi Gen. Jackson. am not only ignolan
!, of any such arrau4 ns, but 10 not believe tia
I tncy ever existed"
Thus therp i, now before the Public the unitct
) evidence of the delegation from every WesterI
/, State whose vor was conferred upon Mr.. Adams
!, Except that Of III. Cook the Representative trou
! Illinois. long and lingering illness, terminating ii
4 the death Of that Gentleman, prevents the subis
! sion ni his But it Is well known that j. q. Adams
was his choice, throughout the whole Presidential
!. canvass. Although there existed between him ant
y m,sc good Will and respectful intercourse, he nes
/ cr va politically nor personally my friend.
= Including Nr White the public has the evidence
OF twenty dlifefen members ol Congress. rmbracin.
all my iiruds, from the Western States, who votet
j, for Mr.. Adams Ihrlrhttcntion chiefly direct
ed, M the preparation oi their respective statements
to the kaNcueyille letter and Is to them that thel
+. testimony prime pally applies. On that point, the,
. all concur III pronouncing the most unqualified neg
alive and, on other points. several Of them no
{ les, explicit lsit credible, is il consistent with tn
!, ordinary operations OF human nature, that thes
\ Gentlemen. without any personal interest or mo
Z tive, whatever, sliond have first basey given thel
! concurrence to diahonorable ovcrtures for my sol
benefit and then should unanimously agree in falsi
flying themselves! !!
In the published Circular which, in ,farch S25
! addressed 10 mv Constituents, | remarked "A
! that early period (early in November 1920 :.
: stated TO III Drake, one of the Professors in lii
;" medical school ut Pennsylvania University, and /
" John ]. CrittendtlI, Esq. of Frankfort, my deter
: minatipn TO support MIR. Adams in preference t
" Gen. Jackson. did not. al that time. reeolleet
= nor do probably noW all the occasions on which
= expressed. III conversation. my opinion OF the unfit
~ ness Of Gen. Jackson for the Presidency. and m
: preference OF either OF the other Candidates. | re
= member distinctly the conversation had held wit
r Dr. Drake and John j. Ctttenden. Esq and there
y FORE referred to them. In several instances, sma
conversations have been since brought to my reco
ei lection by Gentlemen with whom. or in whose pres
ls ence they occurred and it is from voluntary am
g friendly communication OF the purport of them, tia
OF am now able TO lay before the public considera
$ be portion OF the mass OF testimony, (ncuding tina
N of d. Drake ON the particular topic when is no,
Sc presented. (See Appendix b
al,l thnt