Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-01-02

brought here by MIR. Senator BoulirnS on the oo,h %
u'"g 10 ms recollection. On Gen. I.afavsttc's re.
en o" annapolis the probability is that the subiec
Ike PRESIDENTIAL election a common tonic of cnn.
erSation as information had then lust reached The city
I'm .-ou'si'na called 10 see him immediately a Ter
MS return and as it had been very confidently expect
GU Wat would receive the vote OF I.ousonn, IL is
9u'te i'Rely that il that occasion that he held the
conversation with This would fix the day TO ha,
oeen prior to Christmas. But whatever the-aciu-
al day, there be doubt that it was befnre the
memorable interview between Gen. jackson and MIR
Buchanan
Here, then, is unbroiten chain of testimony com
tnehcig early IN October 1924 and extendin. 10 near
~ tue end OF the year, establishing, beyond ali couro
Sersy my liked and uiiwaverng to vote for
"e" Jackson THIS pose is deliberately manifest
Gu al different Percds IN different places, and dis
ungushed individuals who would have been the last i'm
society that Should have thought of dcceiynr TIL.
testimony Stands unopposed, aud, with truth canuo be
opposed by solitary individual. There does not exist
human being, and il the dead could be recalled one
could not be summoned from the grave who could
uuy TESTIFY that ever expressed intimated the
reno'est intention ~ vote for Gen. jackson, i'll any
contingency whatever. As to him nv mind was no
yer Tor anonent in do,'t difficulty And whatever
personal prediction might have entertained Mr.
Crawford, of whose state health there such OPP
posite representations in the public prints, when saw
hun myself. there alternative iii my Judgment
out that which embraced. have reason 10 believe
that Gen Jackson and ms friends cherished no ex-
pectaon that I would vote for him. Gen Call the
then delegate from FLORIDA, his ardent and init
mate friend and had been his aid They travelled to-
the flll
OF icsi In letter from G en-. Jackson to Mr. Eaton
winch is contained in the Goth page of the 28th vol
on Nies Register, he states that Gen. Call was with
linn on that journey aud he refers TO him as corrobora
ing ms own memory relative 10 ton at w asl
inson lPennsy ivanal Ii is presumable that the eec
on Win is prospects aid hopes have freUueuily
formed subject of CONVEX sation the Journey Ii
can scarcely be doubted that Gen Cali was " ell ac-
H"anted with Gen. Jaclson's views and expectations
AT tavern a. Rockville, in Maryland, about fifteen
i'Es from tins city, dyrus that journey, Gen.
~ nor
tion about the presidential election John Bradloclf
Esq Ia gentleman not known 10 me- but Who um,ic~
S'aho' is merchant of great respecabiy) was pre-
sent; aud he states that when the vote which Mr.
CLAY would probably give was spoken of Gen Call
''deciared that the friends of Gen Jackson did no,
'exPect Mr. Clay TO vote for him, and il he did So il
would be am act oil dupiicity on h!s paI" See .ip-
pendix &.
In Gen Jackson5 address to the public of the lG;f
OF July last touching his previous statements Mr.
Beverly, and communicating The name of Mr.. Bucha-
nan, the gentleman who bore the imaginary overture
he Gays ''he origuthe beginning this matter was
at my house and Isde; where surely freeman
may be permitted 10 sieak public top,cs without
having ascrbed 10 him improper deegns." From this
statement the fair inference is, that Gen jackson in
tends to aver that he had never before spoken of his
charge against me. The "origin, the beginning' OF
this matter he says his OVID fresle that is il
was IN March. 1927, when. according TO Mr.. Beverly
before n crowd of company, OF which there were no
less than seven irginans, lie proclaimed his
ton The obligation 10 observe the principles honor
and to speak With scrupuous veracitv Of all men, and
especially ct our competitors, is ectcd by time or
place The domestic trcsde has privilege whicl.
eXcmpts of honor from the force of that oglp,
ton. On the contrary there, more than in any other
place, in the midst of ones family should examples be
exhibited OF truth, Of charity, and kindness to ards our
fellow men All the surrounding circumstances tend
TO sooth the vniicvc pas=3ns, aud &c ncucaie mod
GRAFTON. Whether the privileges OF the domestic cir.
Gle have been ahu 5ed by Gen Jackson or not IN nv
instance, lie: the impartial world decide The attitude
in which he stood before the American people, and the
subsistng relations between him and me one m;ph,
have supposed would prompt him to the observance OF
the greatest delcacy. Has he pract;sed II? If indeed
IN an unSuaTded moment of ilarity amidst bis cony,.
val friends, in his domici. he had incautiousy
touched subject, respecting which he might have
been expected 10 prescribe TO himself the most pro
found silence he might possibly find, any ,slica-
ton, but some excuse fer his ndscretion in the pub
lie hberaiiy. But what must be the general surprise
when the fact turns be that the .oripin-the he
ginns' of this matter with Gen Jackson was not as
re alleges, III March, 1897 but least two wears
before not, as lac also alleges, at his iresidc but
inpublic places, on the highway, at taverns and on
board steam boat have expected to receive ies-
tInony - establish the fact of his promueatinr his
charge all those various occasions during his Jour
ney on his return from Congress, in AIarch 1928 81
present. have only obtained il in part. tSee Amen
dix d.
Mr.. Daniel Large testifcs "hat on my way down
'tie Ohio from Wheeling to Cincinnati. in the month
col March, 1925, on board the steam boat General
'Neyi!le, among many other passengers were Gen
jackson and number of gentlemen from Pennsrlva
''na, some OF whom remarked TO the General that they
TeGfe''ed mat ne had not been elected President in
''s.ead of MIR. Adams. Gen Jackson replied that he
"would have made the promise and offers 10 Mr.
CLAY. that MIR. Adams had done he, Gen Jackson
''%ouj then, in that have been The Presidential
"char but lie would make no promises TO any; that
"hcYent to the Presidential chair, he wonld go with
"clean hands and uncontrolled by ans one.n
10 this statement, Mr. William CrosdeIl. who was
present. sublOins certificate that it is Il faithful &C
count of Gen. JacksCns conversation on the occasion
alluded to-" Both Of those gentlemen have hccu in
formed are respectable citizens of Philadelphia.
have understood, that the Reverend Andrew WV
lie, Mayor Davis, and others in Washington in Penn.
albania, occasion, at tavern in w est Alex
andra, III the county, another; Bownsvilie
al Cincinnati; at Louisville; and at Bowling Green
IN tavern III Kentucky, Gen. Jackson made similar
assertions Should the additional proof expected ar
rive, il shall be presented 20 the public. Whether
such was the design not Gen. Jackson appears TO
have proclaimed bis accusation, at such Convenient