Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-02-13
LITERARY CADET
peoyIDESCE. WEDNESDAY, FEB IL.
MIR. CLAY AND MIR. RAEDoLPt

MIR. CLAY AND MR.
About tea days since in the course Of tho de-
lf,le on the retrencamcnt resolutions. Mr.. Ran
doiah remarked in substance, that during the
h..aieg,y OF the last presidential elections gem
9cmaa said TO him ,'giye Us any other western
Inia t.an General Jackson, and we will OPP
UrSa and d ,1eat the c~!,c.ion Of r. Adams"
rir gentleman referred TO, he said,had condo
scnnded 20 e'cctioncer for Office; and he made
sJJlac other remlrls, which led every one to
Sippase that no a!lrded TO Mr.. Clay; indeed
s6me oftle letter writer's at Washington, went
81 far as to say that Mr.. Randolph, had open
y acclsel Mr. Clay OF corruption.
Ganeg1l Dali Greene, the senior Editor Of
the Washington Telegraph, always ready to
make the most Of a thing, gave u report Of
Mr., Randolph language, and imputed to him
The remarks which are contained in the fol-
lowing paragraph:
re Barg1ia Those Of our readers who
h.s" "--ased Mr.. Clay's late book, know that
ne hangs his hope upon the proof vhich it af-
lords OF his determination 10 vote for Mr.. Adj
anls, before it was known that he was oX-
cluded from The House. In the course Of lis
rcurlgks yesterday, Mr.. Randolph took gcca-
son 20 SAY, that the bargain between the East
~ the Vest, when first entered into, looked
u the elevation NJ Mr.. Clay, ard not Mr.. Ad-
ANS 10 tho Presidency Iio said that Mr.. Adj
au,s vas not one of the high contra citing par
ties 10 the first agreement lie said that a
recant calamity in the family Of one Of them,
forbade him to mention his name, bit he
.l A - II. Al I
catioa of Mr.. Adlms to the Presidency, did
aai ehler into Mr. Clay's first plan. lie said,
uCt hcii,rc il was asccr.ained tina: Mr.. Clay
was excluded from the House, Mr.. Clay con-
dsscea led 10 electionoor with hiHi; and said
.ir1t RI the SorrH would present any other
Iaia than Joan Quincy ADAMS, the lftst
w4ald unite with tile SOUTH in favor q! thcir
rjndidatc.-Mr Randolph said, that Me-. Clay
would not deny this. lie then expressly charg-
Gl, that there was a corrupt understanding
between >lr. Clay and Mr.. Adams. He said
tia, that understanding might not have been
entered into in words, for that men are sonno-
times unwilling to speak their own purposes,
except by inuondoes; bat he charged HIM eX-
pressly, that there was u corrupt understand
ing hotyccn the parties. What will Mr. Clay
sly TO this:"
On the Jth iust. during the debate on Mr..
Cluliau's celebrated resolutions Cor re.rcnch-
iaunS, NJ. Randolph :" rose in his place." and
and in q speech of some length, from which
we sha1l make extracts, denied tie whole
OF the foregoing, and Indignantly denounced
lin who wrote it. as we'll az the unfortunate
pspsr, whose columns it snllied. lie then went
on To ray:
a'Icsic-day, in Consequence of certain rrImori
IN this City, a friend asked him if he had seer
tao paper which he held in bis hand, the United
States Telegraph, of Saturday. lie said h'
n1h not; for although n subscriber 10 u, >
came to him very irregularly, and no had. no
seen it II was suggested TO him that he hat
tnttsr look at it. Ito did so. and his ego wa
attracted TO an article under the editorial bead
entitled "The Bargain" lie immediately
TctLe a note to the Editors, stating that NTH
article there ras an unwarranted and unwar
rantablc use Of his name, not only in mi,rep
reseuiag ioh0t he had said, but in saying 70,
bin ,ohat he did not say. II wac a long time
nsiare no could get the paper. He hunted The
whole Capitolinc for II, and got 1t at last IRON
ne other House-Hc meant the other branch
ri ihs Legislature. After getting the paper
sis eye was directed to the report, and just Al
.h,. moment be was invited 10 an interview
r1l, one of the Editors in an adjoining room
lie did not accept the invitation, for he pre-
sired listening 30 the gentleman from Penn
esi,t n,s, (air. ssrgeant,) but he wrote a note,
afsiav. that the report was obnoxious TO the
s,.n,a ahje elton AZ the editorial article but
a~rh,ps, IN . less degree. On reading the re-
suef. however. moro atteatively, he found that
Il was o~bnorious ia a stU higher degree.
Jre lad waited ill this morning to see IL any
n.,,ce was taken Of his manifestations. Is
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