Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1828-11-26

choice OH the frs; ballot and in opposition 70 tho m
pcct"tions ofa|l. Not electing.a Speaker the frs,
ballot the House might have continued to ballot as i,
Often does, Tor whole day. or even tays for the rule
OF dropping the canddatc having fewcst votes does
"o' P"Vau there. Suppose it had happened, as all
expected, 'hat there had been protractcd bullonr-
Mr' sloane might have communicated the pletnc Ia NIL
Inc fourth reason of Mr.. Stevenson. il tina, .,;r
Sloane did no. communicate this charge, al tho cIcc
ton for Speaker when .Vr. Stevenson WAS c,os.,,,
WHY he did not, We arc sure wc car,o. toll ,,,
maps the same reason prevented him, that RESTRAINED
Cen Jackson from charr.:c sTr Clay with corr,,,;.
when us Senator Of the U. S. he was called rn, %
''c upon his nomination as Secretary of State Tho
'S'S arc parac on this point. Dir. Sloane then nrh;
not idVe edit to prefer this accusations lie n,rh,
Vethought 1t not worth while TO do it. But tho arm,
'eh t'at thing not true because mol saidat p,rti
GUAR t'c, when there was no coercion To- snv il i ,
ma orc. thousand reasons may bc ;,n,r;,o1
"hch Would render it needless or impropcr mr. ~.
hcicntc or painful. SIR. Stevenson saw, Mr. Sion,
'ich "did nct!" dared iiot.' This j. :. po,, s;.,.
Mr. Sloane has since, both "loue and dared ;,-,,,
why not thcn II liz had chosen ia W. b.r;..,,, e.,
our parts, that Mr.. Sloane never would hay,
we Charge, had Mr.. Stevenson regulated his co,r.
''""rS inc administration b. the dictates of i,sicr
anu nocraltY. When 10 found that Mr. Stevenson
"Tom hc orcc Knew TO defend Mr.. Clay annins, tho
bargain had from the ADVANCING poprl,r;,y &c
'"c"Son' become, WITHOUT rhyme or reason, u b,.
hc"cr N it--'ycn he heard of his snyn,, IN r;b,,
oy way OF proving the CORRUPTION of the AGniuis,r,
''on' 'hnt 1t had offered him, any Office in its riff
"'n and not before, Mr.. Sloauc broke silence t,
PURPOSE oy THIS exposure, Of dsurining Dir. Sic
W th't weight OF chlractcr which might rive
'reu't 10 ms unjust and injurious accusations Mr.
'''"ane c"nduct was consistent and honoIr,bIo
lie would not expose M Stevenson for tbc ,;,,r1,
purpo-c OF nJurihg hnr-hc only did il. vhcr :, bo
came necessary 20 protect others from, osncrs;or
Instead OF being denounced for Gclo,o,., tho ox,,,
nre' Mr.. Sloane deserves credit for HIS ,orbcor,,oo
III ho' having made 1t at time wien it would n NIL
oo"olty' sustained as 1t is b. SIR. Whittlrsev havo
oc'eatea The election of Mr.. Stevenson as Speaker.
MI Stevenson evidence consists OF letter firm,
MI Brent Of Louisiana, to the amount tina, NJ.
stevenson told him OF the day Speaker WING cboso,
IN Dec. 1925, (thc day when Mr. SIo,,o .,,.s a..
o''r'"rc vas made t. HIM that he would opposr ,t,
tdon' or support it, according to its meas
ms declaration TO Brent, he thinks ipcom
I'''''o win inc aIcdScd one 70 Sloane. But where
'o'e: lie was on intimate terms with Brent. He
"'' h"o'cn. since the preceding .Knyck, tbnf nror,
would vote for him. He kne,y.that such y sc.l,~
tloh' so right in itself, would not inilre but ,,o,,
prohab!y, benefit him with Brent On ,be Ohio.
hahi he might have known or conicc tured ,t,
nothing but distinct and substantial promise orsrn
porting the administration, would answer with tho
~edious friends OF MIR. Adams and Mr.. Clay. Who
10 ' 'hat eiec'onccrs. that doc not adapt his prnf
SONS ana promises to the disposition the individuals
he seeks 10 gaine True, the declarations 70 e;1,,
anu Brrnt' are inconsistent with each other. I'm,
when Mr. Stevenson explains some other nconsistcn
;ies III HI, conisct-ns his first accu;ttirr o,,1 81
accusing Adams and Clay of corruption, and in oacb
''' "P'" HIS o''n obscrcasion-it will be time
enough to account for the present nconsisterc,.
!" giving credit as VIC do, to what Mr.. Brent saws.
We fcc nothing whatever in his letter to impunn Mr.
oioano rcracity. Pho latter declares that Mr.
otc' i'on' on certain day, made him particular
oVer'ure-he brings forward gentleman (.Wr. Whit
ucSey) Who says that that day, .8fr. Sloane told
him or what had passed between hin, and .1rr. So.
VenSon-the remarkable revolution in .iIr. Steven
'on politics, corresponds with the date. As yo
''"cu 'clorc we ask again, can any man possibly be-
lcVc' inst Hree years ago. .afr Sloane then On oood
PERSONAL and political terms with M Stevenson. with
'ut any Imaginable motive for the basencs. disp,s
onatc!y sat down, to invent this slqnd,r. with tbc
new OF bringing it out, three years afterwards,
'hr. Stevenson thinks that Mr.. Wbittlcsnv has
mistaken the time when Mr.. Sloane told him. I'm,
his is nero assumption and guess. Mr. Whittlcsov
ayS positively that 1t was told him The dry the
speaker was elected, in Dec. 1925.
We have thought it incumbent on us 70 say this
much on the side Of what we believe to be the truth.
'"r' Sloane intends to address The public again, and
We shall dismiss tho subject FOR The present.
From ycsierday's LnqercJ.
TO THE PUBLIC.