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

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''ted or hin,ed that any proposition made nen-
'dcd 10 be made BY Hlr. Clay his friends Cen
jackson or his friends. Ia any other candidate or
'the'r friends for relating to the Presidency. And
IL do believe had any proposition been made Or ntcn
''dsd TO have been made 10y Mr.. Clay his friends,
"irom my intimacy and constant intercourse wild. them
II should have knosn or heard theIeoi.n
hcssrs. Gurey and Brent were the two members
who gave the vote OF Louisiana to MIR. Adams Mr.
Gurlcy declares ''that have no knowledge of any
propositions having been made by the friends of MIR
Clay any OF them to the friends OF Gen jackson or
ito any other person. IN relation 10 the election Of Pres
"ideut, or the proposition OF Conditions of any sort on
ga compliance with which, their vote was made TO
depend. believe the charge wholly destitute of
"trutb"
Col. Brent SAYS, "In the auson to the Fayet,eri,le
"ieter cannot express the indignant feelings II excl
"ted II Is The fabrication OF desperate man. who 10
"obtain ms obct darcs TO assert wha, lie knows To be-
''ia!sc You ask say whether know ,r b.i;cv.
''tat such proposition made or whether CON
"dIions OF any sort were proposed by the friends of
mi. Clay to any one on the compliance with which
"their vote was made to depCud. No honor man
''can believe for moment that such proposition was
'evcr made, such condition s.ipulated. I w,e =
friend OF Mr. Gays throughout tue contest was in
''the confidence ct all his eods,, aud declare TO G. od
'that never heard of such thing until IL was asserted
by tue disappointed adhcrents OF Gen. Jackson
81 am not only ignorant ofany such arrangements but
| "do not believe they ever exisieh.n
Thus there is now before the Public tie united svi
dence of the delegation fion er&ry Western State
whose vote was conferred upon Mr.. Adams EXCEPT
that OF NJ Cook the Representative from Illinois: a
long and lingering illness. terminating in the death of
that Gentleman, pre- the ubniss on Of his Ent i,
10 we'll known that MIR. Adams was his choice ,brouoh
out the Presidential canvass. Although there exis-
ted between him and self good will and resncc,fuI
intercourse, he never 'Fas politically nor personally
| my friend.
! Including Mr.. White the public has the evidence
OF twenty different members of Congress- embracing all
my friends from tue v cs;ern States who voted for III
Adams. Their ate ntion was chiefly directed in the
preparation Of their respective statements to the Fay
cttcvile letter. AMI il is 10 them tina. their testimony
principally applies On that poiut they all concur =,
proDouncing HE most un1raled uera,iye and n, mi,
or points. several OF them less explicit Is
CREDIBLE is II consistent with the ordinary opera ons
OF human nature, that these Gentlemen without any
personal interest or motive whatever should have first
basely given their concurrence dshonora,le over
lures Tor my sole benefit, and then should unanimously
agree in falsifying themselves?
| In the published circular which in March 1895 7
addressed TO Constituents, remarked .at thai ga r.
Iy period" tearlyin November 1924 II stated to Dr.
"Drake, one OF the professors in the medical school of
"fransyIvania University, and to John y ri,tenLep
'i''I OF Frankfort, tny determination support Mr.
'Adains IN preference 20 Gen Jackson" | did not,
at that time recocCt, nor do probably nov all tho
occasions on winch expressed, in conversation nv
opinion OF the unGness o Gen. Jackson for the Pres
tency and preference Of either of tue other ca
dates. remembered distinctly the conversation I
had held with DIR. Drake and john J. Critiendeu
ESQ. aau therefore referred To uen In several nsap
ce5 similar CONVERSATIONS have been since brought 10
my recollection by Geatlemeu with whom or in whose
presence they occurred; and II is from voluntary md
friendly communication Of the purDort of them tho,
am now enabled 10 lay beiore the Public cpnsidera
Die portion OF the o testimony incudipr tina, nj
Dr. Drake) on that particular TOPIC which is noy nre
sented. (Sce Appendix 81
THIS testimony establishes that on various
and times, beginning 10 Kentucky as ea,;v as asort
the is OF October 1924. and continued in the Civ ri
" ashInGton, down TO the period when my deterni
.a'on 10 vote TOT Mr. Adams was generally known in
this city, uniformly expressed my conviction of Gen,
Jackson's want OF qualifications and my fixed resolu
''on not to vote for him. ii were called upon 10 rive
vote. ihcse sentiments long cherished, were dc
hoerae'y expressed, 10 Gentlemen Of the HIGHEST res
pects5iiy, most OF them my personal and nartic:ar
friends, III all of whose estimation must have stood
dishonored If had voted fer Gen. Jackson conrariv
! TO my declared purpose. This purpose was ayowei
Immediately preceding my departure from KentncIv
10 attend Congress, and Immediately on nv arrival
mere alter the termination OF the Journey David Trim,
Die E.q' states that, about the first of October 1924
ne leid conversation with me at Frankfort in Ken
tuchy on the subject and prospects of the Dendinc
election which he details nliHuelv and thai in tI,e
course OF 1t said ''tha could not consistent viii,
my principles vote for Gen. Jackson aiYe,. c,;, nos
sbtc circumstances" urged to him all the o,icctiore
'Flch weighed on my mind, and which have been 50
often stated and especially that which is founded non
Teo Jac.ssOn's possession Of military pretenfion cI,
Ana IN reference 10 an objection which Mr. Trmble
understood me as entertaining against Mr. Ad,,na
growing OUT oi s'e negotiations at Client, Mr. Tim
oie states that remarked that it had been s'ereay
"Gagn'ieJ by The friends Of his cOinpstitorsr f,
pioneering purposes" 'ha, ii ourbt o have M =,
iidence IN the vote which lie might be called upon "a
give; tat, II he was weak enough TO How his porsona
ieehngS 10 Ihlnence his pnblic conduct there woul!
ne no change IN ms mind that account because he
was then on much worse terms with Gen Jackson
"about The Seminole war, than hc could ever be viii
'"ir Adams about the treaty of Client; that in the
sciectiou of chief Magistrate for the Union he onI
endeavor TO disregard all private feelings and look
"enre5 TO the interests of the Country and The safety
I "of lis institutions " ''''o ;
Ii appears from the letter Of Mr. Robert T,ionble
zone OF The associate Justices OF the Supreme Court OF
the United Sates) which accompanies that of Mr.. ID
i'o'e mat the latter had arowed to the former as
early as February March 1894 his preference OF
nF adams 10 either OF the Candidates DO ere actu-
ally returned 10 the House of Representatives.
Col Davidson the Treasurer of the state of Ken
tncy, and a man Of unblemished honor and unonAs-
Uonaole yeTacIy) states that during visit winch
made TO tranktort III the fall of 1924 and he thinks
Only lew days prior 10 my departure from Kentucky
10 attend Congress It must therefore have been early
IN november as left home before, or about t: tenl,
OF at monthl he had conversation with me about the