Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-01-02
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,H.t tEiy's .2iiress--We hold it an auspcious
event 70 that cause which have supported through
good and evil report lis day success and its day of
eva rresAge5 tiai oar first publication in 1925 ga-
Sed ~ the finGlcaiop of Mr. Clay To he numerous
friends and admirers Of NIr Clay TO the friends of us
tce who wish 20 Yer prevail in every conflict and
20 those gallant aud generous minds, OF every political
divsion, 10 whom persecution aboTrent and whose
sympaihes have all reused by The spectacle OF a
NOBLE patriotic and ca Various spirit oppressed be CT
!u'mny and hunted do'or by forni!aba combination
OF personal ana poiitics enemies, MIR. Cny's coppete
acl most Triumphant vinI,, elton will be an acceptable
naw years gift. have called il complete sn irru
plant Is there single va alter Jelusal will not
acknowledge il To be so'
il Is maxim IN logic, that it r. impossible to prove
gajive. and far as direct pro2f Is meant the
MAXIM uncomfortable. For Air Clay 10 prove his
innocence by direct proof impossible "a The nature
OF things, fu this implied die proof of nc~. tive. Had
he been Just as Arsdcs, iniexib9e Cato, ynre as
W ss;nG i"', holy as ST taul, IN his conduct pc>.lng
The election Of President, lie must SAIL have been
limited n his defence against ca!u:ary To tho ~
dnction of circumstantIa proof In dcayine 80. >.
courtod Investigation against Erem"-', clarres lis
cI;'es drove him 10 ardiesr' n, the tru.h Of c ar
Cusaticms. 10 cCgoud -.aon circumstances and ;Io
'o'npete @. an H,ghed county 10 estimate their
tu'ciehc}, - his vnGication. C!rcu,nsarlt!al proof
i,o"c' Us y often more conclusive and satisfactory
'''H iEs'g testimony. No suspicion cf perjury can
9~;.i 10 facts, a. circumstances do not lpDcui upon
s"e caprice and ireacacry az hHman memory In his
vin!icaiICn which lay before the nuL.ic, Mr.
/ nay mas aa5eHIOiCu BODY G.! cECulpStUiy CIFCu!n-
Stances covering c"cfy- part ct Tie charge against
i'm; sEPPo ting each other throughout deu,ousiTai9
hrs innocence, and establishing by the strongest pre-
symptoms, that the charge of corruption was devised
by two or three nocturnal iutrguers at Washington nj
whom hrc'a2r was the ignorant and unconscious tool
to effect specific poic;- object, not believed in by
i'e c"i'"piraors themselves aud persisted in because
I" use HE language OF Col. Benton, il answered the
purpose OF filing he public :ur"d with suspicion and
d'5;rust ni Aiessr5 Clay and ADAMS With his cha
acierls'ic daring, Mr. Clay has CHARGED the author
snip. of hrcmcrs letter upon Mai. Eaton the col
league the hinSFa1hcr and the genius Of the lamp OF
zen. jackson, and taking Tie bull at by the
horns declares his belief that Gen. jackson was cog
nZ1n! Of, and CUDpiyed at fact. To weigh HE
circumstances upon which Mr.. lay makes this charge
ani 10 make Judgment for himself on The proba.
bic truth oil Tie deduction, every uclligcn: reader
competent To mind. the fact that Mai. Eaton
was ciosecd at midnight with Ere,ncr-lhat MIR. CLAW
IN i"@2 afforded BIN honorable opportunity o! de-
ming the dCtaliGn OF the letter, and that he made M
such denai-are persuasive proofs o the truth of the
Su mise The motive assigned by MIR. Clay for X
mnTs ALA, aton's alias Gen Jack sons letter 10 the
editor OF tie Columbian Observer, draGooD him
INTO the abandonment ofths course 1T was known he
I bad determined 10 pursue IN tic election, that IS tc
vote for Mr.. Bdsins---o force bin to vote for Gen
Jackson, under the apprehension that If he did not
/ would he charged to corrupt undersi anding viii
VIZ ctansor u they failed IN that, deter bin 10y
the consider atoms from acccptinp the Drpart
nent of Stale which u fOrcseen would pToba III '
be rendered him. k,emer's letter pretended to be
IWopellC tholgh II was WclI Known al the tune, tba
Mr.. lay would vote for Mir. hdarngl and If its prc
dicons were fulfilled the conclusion with tie public
would be the stronger that I've had also OWNED the
corrupt understanding between Messrs. Adams Ind
Clay. u was political trap worthy OF .NacbaYGl
most cnnningly conceived and laid The alarm o
ttcmcr when bc discovered the nature of the charges
he had uncOnsCiously made that they deeply affected
the honor and brought him in direct collision with tht
Speaker OF the House knew bounds In the first
paroxysns Of terror he made tic confessions estab
shcd by Col. Brent and Others, and secret history
lies ~ this particular If he did not come 10 the reso
luton Of avowug The history and recauting The con
tents Of the letter he had sgucd and probably copied
when he was restrained from obeyIng the runourab
impulse By tie rrmoDsrances Of colleague; The same
who 2onie ike has recently disuterrcd and leaste
upon the reputation OF The dcade revolutionary pa
tiioi, John Adams.
~ any other time. 'lian ofhgh political exciic
mcnt, ii would he sufficient 10 exempt Mr. Clay from
the sr7Pcion of having voted against Gen. Jackson
consequence OF corrupt compact TO vote for NJ
Adams, 10 prove long previous determination not
vote under any possible circumstances the foymer
and u vote IS he did, should the contingency oCcu