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


er. from Gen. J,ckson 10 Mr.. Adams. Such
will always be the Inconsistency OF any sci OF
men who shall labor as they do TO make the
community believe 10 be true, what they them
selves know 10 be false.
believe should be able to prove, II 1t were
necessary, that as early as The first week In
December 1924 al Cincinnati, on my way to
Washington, Git having been ascrr'ained, that
unless Louisiana should give her vot" 10 MIR.
Clay, Mr.. Adams Gen. Jackson, and Mr.. Craw-
ford. would BE- he three returned cahdida'es)
upon request 10 give my opinion how The
election would terminate il the House OF Re
presen,atiye,, between those gen'lcm"n, that
did state in thr presence Of number OF per-
sons, how each state IN the union would vote,
exec pt my own state; which if am no, great
" m, s,aken was committed to writing by one
uf The gentlemen present. The vote resulted
precisely as stat; d. , The Same sources OF
information, by which | arrived at thu optn-
lou then expressed, were equally open TO
Gen Jackson ard al hi, friends.
II wasn2tmy oiiuoa that Gen. Jackson IN
teigfni fri, nd, ever could have be'irycd, tGal
hr would have been elected by the Hnns' O.
Repre- stutaliyts; had they consulted lh'lf JhdS-
ments, Father than llsir feelings and their
hopes, they must hayr known tina! l; was not
| u
Crawford declared they would "nal their fig
10 tie mas,, aud sink or swim With HIN" 10 my
mind there was much greater probability
tina, the cleo, ion would BE- defeated, and. Mr..
Calhoun Ivy virtue of having been elected
Vice President, succeed 10 the Presidency,
than that Gen Jackson would be elected.
Without the vo,e Of K,miucky, II IS well
known that Mr.. Adams Ie,ei' ed the vote oi y
| states, and Gen. ia ks0u the vote II states,
| N3 states, were necessary to an eirclnn) and II
there had been 30 such man living as ilrnry
! Clay, Mr.. AdJms would still have been elected
or there wuuid have been no eeciion.
believed that the state of New Jersey, after a
few unsuccessful ballots for Gen. Jat kson,wou'd
hen have supported Mr.. Adams, knew as be-
tween GEN Jar kson and NJ. Adams, Virginia
and Delaware would have voice Tor the latter,
or a, leas, had the he ST reasons 10 believe So
was ronfi |cnt il New York d not vote for
| Mr.. Adams she would not vote Tor Gen Ja' X
son, ami In the election he received but votes
on, of the 81 members from that state. have
never been able to perceive how, in any proba-
| bic change in the vote of the states, Gem raj
Jackson could have been elected, had all the
Kentucky delegation supported him, AMI we
had continued balpting till tn" Sc 1t March,
The end Of the session And must lie par lon
ed, when declare, that have uniformly sus-
pr c,ed he candor of soms who have prrtend-
ed and asserted, that Geu. Jackson could have
been elected If Mr.. Clay and me Kentucky d.
legation had supported his pref, nsons. do
not sratr this fact by way of apology f,r our
yo,ing fac Adam; but simply 1scaHs. !! IS
vert Tor III" purpose Of attaching 10 Mr.. CIy
and his friends his defeat. This las been HE
harden oil their song-the gisr Of al! heir com
n / Nta
preston that Mr.. Clay and his friends defeat.
ed his rle' tioa, thea to follow il up with tn i'm.
preston oil bargain and intrigue" and nv out,
The voice Of the people had been d regarded:
and all this they knew to be FALSE; hui So far il
has answered her purpose
u kentucky, Missouri and one or two Other
states, that did NOT vote FIR General Jackson.
'olid nave b en- driven, coaxcd, or ent;crd in
10 his support, and Mr. CraNlord's friends. h d
remained steadiasi 10 their declar ed burmese. !
ana none have gwen way, IT IS plain and c,i. |
Gent, to every man, there would nave been no |
eEction, aud this view Of things, nav ha C in.
Cuoed the grett exeriiuns, made by he jrjruds
OF Gen. Jackson, to obtain for hin. the vote of
Mr.. Clay aud his friends; at that lime the &c.
ne'a's cause was aided, principally by the
friends OF Mr. Calhoun, IL addi ion to his ORR
glnaI friends; few, il any Of Mr. Crawfords
ir'eh"s mad then gone over to him, although 1t
was said a reconciliation had taken place be-
tween the General and Mr.. Crawford few DAYS
before the election, or perhaps, more strictly
speaking, reoonciliar ion WAS u trrstoo,, bul
not 10 he executed until after the tltction-eye>
~ BODY knows, thai there had previously exist,
"a between them, the most deadly hostility,
especially OH the part Of the General toward
Mr Crawford. This reminds me Of the great ,
,"isr and ciamnr, which the friends Of General
Jackson have made, about new friend, hips
md Old epni,ies, between Mr.. Clay and MIR. 7
Adams and their friends, and about reconc lila. :
ions, sc. II susri, ions are TO he attached n q
men, for new friendships, wit, old and deadly h
nemesis there any man living, around VIII I'M n
"a |, thick and impenetrable clouds Of sus,l> k
ION would be drawn by his newly acquired G
lends as Gen Jackson? How many of his %
ong and deadly enemies are now to be found. n
ne mos, jealous Of all his al, ocales? IF tina, r.
S 10 be ground OF susp icion, then Gen. Jack ii
on, would stand pref ninsntlv suspected-if W
neh things br cause Of >uspcIon against MIR. f.