Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-01-03


,,rv s,,,e in the Union. Although did not
ADMIT the result of that in Kentucky, the re-
,urrs had not come in, and The hrss authentic
;nGormation which received the vote OF any
S,,ia was Of that Of Ohio, which reached me
ON the Kanauha, during the journey, more
,b.n tvo hundred miles from my residence.
Whether would be one of the three returned
N the House. of Representatives was not ascer-
,.ined until more than three week after had
reached Washington. Is it not, then, most
unreasonable 10. suppose, IT had written such
a letter as has been imagined, proposing that
we should travel together, that l could have
had sny Object connected with the presiden-
rial ection; Preached Washington several
DAYS before him. Shortly after his arrival, he
called 10 see me, but was oui. / returned the
visit, considering il in both Instances one oi
mere ceremony | met with hin but rarely
durins, that Session, and always, when j did
sre him, in company. | sought no emporium
ties to meet him, for, having my MIND unsier-
ably fixed in It's resolution not 10 vote ior him,
Z wished to inspire him with no hopes from
me. The presidential election never was a TO-
MIC. to which the most distant aluslon was
made by me, in any conversation with aim, but
once and thar happened al dinner gwen oy
the Russian Minister, the late Baron OF Inyi,
on the Gath December, 1924. recoilcct the
,iay, because II was the birth day OF the iaIe
Emperor Alexander. A5oa' thirty gentleman
composed the party, and, among them, MT
Adams, Mr.. Calhoun, Grn. Jackson, and,
mink, Mr.. Macon. Just before we passed
from the drawing into the dining room, a
,,roupe Of some eight or ten gentl.m were
Siarding together, of whom Gen Jackson and
were a paIl, and Internal Improvements Il do
not rgcol!ect howl brcame the subject Of con
,ers.tioR. observed TO him, IN the course 81
II, l:.at If lie should be clcc ted President,
hoped The Cause would prosper und,r his adj
ministra,ion. Tie made some general :emarks,
Which will noi undertake. 10 state, lest
.honli do hi,n injustice.
Ny principal lnAucement TO the publication
If this Adde'S being TO exhibit The testimony
which it rmbodirs, i, forms no part ofrny pur..
pose 20 comment on the statements which have
been published Of Messrs. Buchanan, Eaton,
I,aacs and Markley, all OF them the friends OF
Geo. Jackson, OF the oct aston Of the late cleo
ton Neither shall / notice The numerous
ialsrhoods Of anonymous writer's, ana editors
OF newspapers, with which the press has rcem,
81 to MY pre- udicc The task would he endless
10 guard against any misnterpretatlon that
might b. placrd on my silence, in respect 10
letter fran Mr. Munday, which has been
widely circulated, and which was published at
period cho5ru 10 affyc, the Kentucky eiection,
(dcclarc that whether this letter be genuine or
not, its statements are altogether groundiess.-
never had such a conversation wi h ann as
that letter Describes, respect ting Mr.. Adams,
who, al the time when II rs alleged 10 have
happened, WAS abroad, and OF whom, at that
early period, there had been certainly no gene
A n
Presidency. The appointment which Mr.
Marklry h0'ds, was conferred upon him in cone
sequence of tht very strong recommendations
VI hia, pri. Ci,aliy for more important Of
fee, from uumcrou, highly respectable per-
sons Of III parties, in various parts ofPenn-
sylvauia, from some of The Pennsylvania dele
CATION, aMong whom Mr.. Buchanan took a
warm and Jealous interest in his behalf, and
from the support given 10 him by the Secreta-
~ of the Treasury 10 which Department the
appointiuenl belonged.
When il was a,certAiued that vas not one
Of the three candidates who were returned to
the House Of REPRESENTATIVES, | was compelled
10 vote, i'll voted al all, for one Of III Sc actu-
ally returned. The duty which he people de
yolv,d on me was painful aud rerloas, and |
anticipated Ih,t il was impossible for me
Whatever course should AXE, TO escape CEN
sure. | confess that thu measure has trans
centcd all expectation, ii it be not ureXam-
pied. II has been s'en that my opinion was
early and deliberately formed, under circum-
stances where no pers motive Could have
awayed me; that i, was adhered T. without
deviation; and that II was avowed again and
again, not TO one or two, but TO many persons,
no, in obscurity, bat standing high in the pub
JIG estimation and in my own. Not a particle
II opposing testimony has been, or with truth
san he, sdd1ced. have indeed derived con-
ISOLATION from the reflection shat, amidst AL
shc perturbation OF the times, no man has been
yetiound hardy enough 10 assert. that ever
signi6ed purpose OF voting for Gen. Jackson
ishas been seen that so Gar as any advances
were made, they proceeded from the side OF
Cen. Jackson. After Our meeting al Lebanon,
ages might have rolled away, and. if we both
continued to live. | never would have sougn,
the renewal Of any intercourse with HIM
When he Caac TO the Senate, and at The COM
mcncemcns of The next session Of Congress
iAe system OF operation decided on, u respect
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