Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-08-24
ALEXANDRIA, D. c.
o,,SSosy MORNING, AUGUST "a, 1880

r,.,,.k,. Eleciions.-The Telegraph, un~il-
.drDit that the friends of Mr.. CLAY have
.r;sved trisrnph in the late elections IN hen-
- and not daring positively to deny H. mas
- 70 singular method OF neutralizinS the
- ,Tb;ch is knowledge woald be likely TO
SC in other States. Duff accordingly Puo.
>.Ses letter dated - Louisville. August Ia
'.,;.b "a saws, NAV he relied on" as no
"a, !, Kentucky has better sources OF ihtei.i'
L.,-. -, .b.r b,, correspondent, - and none IL
g. g. s,,rnplou,Iy exact. - This letter says:
..T,. Clay presses are issuing extras. with a
100. - .,ra,d abroad intelligence OF their veto
-, M truth ia. that the Jackson party nave
..a,;,sd a signal triumph, and Will, WIN the
I.J1sd CHM ,aea, muster 81 strong IN the ii0ase'
2, yb;ch b,dy the Clay party will not have more
Is In the Senate, the Jackson party have
, minority"
Vow. SIC VIII not assert, on our own Know.
Ire. that this statement IS moi true-ihueeu IL
lid not be polite to contradict So ''eSact
,-r..ooudent--but we will ask any ipteiiisent
.,.n-I,,,y enc who knows the entire aud exter-
-.,,,.jn- nature of JACKSON rOfiiics-wheiher ne
"a, b,l;eye II? Can he believe that the itiends
s IN pre,ent Administration--at crisis IKE
-f. present, when their very political existence
: acknowledgements consent to commit their vltai
interests 10 the keeping Of their enemies! Can
,nv one believe that the Jackson men, II they
we're q majority, would give their sufrages TO
,-,..d Of Mr. CLAY, although he had pledged"
.iusa,! to vote with them on party QaesloAs:-
We know-at least we have been often 50 told
nat the friends of General Jackson halc NOR
~ antiDathy to :. pledges" aud bargains" and
8. intrigue" and - management, ot every KIND
f,rder these circumstances. We ask yon, honest
;,ckson.nen. whether your friends in kentucky
with the story Of Mr.. CLAy's bargain. m
ri ne. and management" still fresh upon their
-,eT2ory-could have been induced to vote tor
men who were willing. for the sake OF being elect
ed, 20 pledge" themselves to act and vote with
their eneaies?-Inen. too, who were the avowed
friends Of this same Henry Clay. whom they had
Denounced a. the =, Prince of lntrlgners!' We
.rdiliy confess, that if friend Of Mr.. CLAY
saosId 80 far forget himself as to ''pledgc" his
vote 70 the Jackson party, we should have great
doubts Of his moral honesty.-lt seems unreal
sonable u Us that the Jackson-ynen, ii they were
anaiority,-and if they were not. what right
rad they to extort q - pledge3'-shonid give
vher votes TO men who were at all Goublul-the
"whoie hog policy, by which they profess 10
b. governed, evidently pointed 10 directly OPP
posiie course--For ourselves, therefore. we feel
Sound to reject the letter si.-a in The Telegraph
as unworthy Of conhdence-at the same time ex-
pressing our regret, if, bv so doing. We may
chance To disturb the " sweet repose" into which
II mas luicd some VI the adherents of power and
patronage
But unfortunately for Duff, he has given some
"additioaa particulars" from the Louisville
Advertiser Of August IL" which 10 not at all
tally with the statements of ms correspondent,
and which he certainly ought not to have pub
h,heJ in TIE same paper. Ii will be recolected
That the Advertiser ia thOrough-gOiug jnkson
page,: aud uclag Of the same date. and publish
I'd a. the sane place rom which Daf's letter is
written, may be regarded as at least equal aatho-
d's. That paper, after correcting its former
s'a'emcnt of the returns, and deducting from
VT CLAYs number those who are "pledged''
% vote with the Jackson party, says:
b making the above mentioned deduction,
''e S'reasth OF parties, SO lar as the result is
AnHNn, Is - for Jackson. AZ for Clay. II we
aii those pledged to the Jackson side, the num-
'c7 ct members for Jackson is AZ"
Thus we see that the statement Of the Adver-
ser gives to jackson only AZ members in the
'i1l'e OF Representatives, after addit, those who
are pledged"-whereas the more exact'
N!'ement of Dufi's correspondent gives him 81!
~ leave II to Jack,on-nen to reconcile the
discrepancy.
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