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70 Hsss jadgensnto On an the set, u ,hx
oat noPs .'iall hesexsused Tor on. az t -.
go, ls sn'sn ne occasion Appears . me 70 |.
Iaever but osee changed nv onss,;l. u
mes1nre Of National policy o. q ~, 49,, !. =
"a PIE n eoosiruclion o. the National ~
s 10 carly lie, on deliberate consider,sEc s...
'hs lf,sepies Of interpreting The Fesril
81 eion n ieh hal heeHs 30 ably deteioned "a
!, BY Mr.. Madison. u his nsemos, ,' =, =
= ,iEiaa Legislature, and % lhen. = I,,,.,.,s
4 iheta, have constantly Rdhere.I f-,.onf 49, 80
Il uon 7sn'hs Up ~ The Sqnaie cf de Uesir,I sss
p trshsf'rr he hfst B4nk Of Iha Tinted So,
a thiftS years ago op2osed he
j slet3Es shleh horestly eptertsS TT ~
rlsnee eithe War, vhieb slsortIy foliobed ~ IN
uiiion into Which the currency of ~ ra,,,,.. NJ
E tnIekRf r'.lopt Bank, and, | nav nov .d6k l.ts
4 NM nfsfe alsssiro1s experience. scniihted ne
4 Fst sFong tpublIeiy sisted 10 nsy cdnsttuentsf
asieeeh u LeKingiAa, ltiat ~hicE I'M s,,.d. !
As tigase Of Representatives of ILL Uhted sl.tr
POI having been rrpotted nv {es,bisl Far N.
e'i-ng9 aud they are prtlsised IN Tie srehitits +
" NC 49, r = \ - 1T = - ::
% NOT advert % ne FACT Of this solitsry ip,i,ne,
o ssrs t y cp'nisp Simplifying shy p=rso0a
.assi,' pat eeeause ftisA fact. will I1veyer ~,
ihas think very berllous 10 ne ai5t;,f N ~
spAh Y make ffsqueht changes Of oiio;i. Or ,py
lsngs bot upon grounds ID sufficient ~ ,,aIn.IIs
,tAl me public can oettly see and agpFb,s thcm'
lil re eceia zoos through . window lido the human
breast, and there discover she causes - !,
shAnges Il opinion, they might 10 made win, !.
4 bA<srd. Bot As il Is impossible 10 ~ ~
man heart, aud Distinguish Bktw Gu lie siniser an,
I hgnest motives which prompt IL, NV pObIie man
us -, sh."Ses his oPinion, onts deliberately formed
49, pty'hsssted, ordtr olhsr eirrums anses Than
.nose wrie' have stsed, draws 81 ound hinr dis
Hus' llnPalts the public ronEdence and iees,i 12s
eApaeiyNo serge his eoantrv! IN II
/ wiil take thjs occa gion nov "a ~ ~, u,
sle ha's been long satisfied that il would have been
more poliliq in ME 10 have declined ac-
sNsptag,tn me oiaes ot Setretsfy Of State Ia 1886
MOI th~tmy motives Msretndt as llure All Is nsdri
vse = ever carried any mail into public Office MOI
.hat The ealamny which was applied ID lbt fact Nm
nos - 20 spd As pntoande{ any that pbs ever
pnaopses,fa' iierr SONIC body cried chtth!t MIR
C4iler beyery, Who lsll been made he orp.n IN
%nhon eihg ~ had reecHry borne te stilAo,S ~ rs
osts ltf9undsd Mr.. Clay said il WAS ii usfihst lie
had 'oqiilsftiy borne such IL stimouy Btjt Win
great eAti e'tftrss aud nphasis Mr. CLAW said i
-s'. 10 lssg1nony = heFe-bert--h here mars, re-
pe.te6ly touching his lAesgt, amidst trt n,tndsu.
ehseIs, hsrs jsthe best Il all witnesses bf I'm IL
p9eenss. Nj that ssluetI ftiehds, and hisLty es-
Ssmep oppcnents did not unite 10 hreiIie nv AL.
.ePstfee n the Office. OF thai the adIninisrstidn
~ DIT Auams VIII not, sincerely believe adran- ]
tagennsy rompa viii thai by Of his re,ieees,ort
70 eeononiy lIurity, prudence and ison Mi mi
Hir; hdtins vas himself wsIIliHg in any of those
sH queifheAtions arid upright aud patriotic fnten-
'iYns shish were uiied ID the office. OF thal ex-
Z IT, rilar{ man ofrare' and varied atisinrnents.
psseteF DIVERSITY ut opiuion may exisras ID IFS re-
cent tourss "a Tue House Of Representative. fand
cantor obltges me 70 Say that there are some Times
~ u Nhieh deeply fegret) il is With no lksslirh
man pleasure, dfclare thai during the whtlelperil
~ ms administration, aHGdyed, assaiitd aid as
sAulted as ~ was, no man could nave shawn raor.
devoted attsehmentto tue Union, and III lis grest
INTERESTS more, ardent desire faIfutlN tb disI
gehh whole duty, or brought 10 Ills aid more
useiui experience aud knp~ ledge thsn he did. II
l9'sI transacted 1uslHess iih any man in Inv life
WIN more ease, Satisfaction and advantage ihan III
ulu with that most able aud indef.tigs bie e,rtIe
man, as President Of the United Sls,es And i
~. .sla, sstl na VI frSs il an
my undertaking the power on cetfke.-I - K
fdreesot ignoranee, snd abiding With tpoFuie arors
6denee, Ia the couscous Integrity aud npris htness
Of my own motives. Of that ignotatte Il hAd
remarkable aud lsughsble example az an occasion
which will felste. -wss travelling, % 1873,
through, l. believe il was Spottsy lssIfa eopRy IN
Nisgiha, on my return 20 ~ sshlngtol, 20 epnipany
with some y0ung friends. We hAlted ~ night at
tavern kslt by an aged sentletnan, who, quiekly |
perceived, from The disuTdcr aud cohfuson ~hieh I
reigRed, hsd bot The hatiinrss 10 have Miis-
Alter shurtied shd bsd aippdr the OLD gentleman /
sat down by Tps, and Without hearlnBrmy uHme,
but under standing thai | Vas from kentueks, re-
MAJ ked tls he had teur sens ID tha State, and that
be Was very sorrow ihsy we're ldi,dided in politics,
two being Tor Adams ard 40 for JackSn; be-
wished they were an III, Jacksdn way i asked /
him. Bessuse, he said, that fellow Clay atd Ad-
ans had cheated Jackson out NJ lhe PresidEncy.-f
Have you ever seen any evidence, my old friend, /
ssidl, of that No, hereplied, none, and lie want
I'd 70 zee none. But, i observed, looking htn di-
reetly aud steadily in the face, suppose Mt Clay
were 70 come here and assure lou, upon bis honor,
that It Nss all vile ealumny, and not word Of
irpth init, wsuld you believe him No,replfed
tie old genlieman, promptly and eTnphstiealiy-
I'M he
10 show me 70 bed, aid bid him good night. he
It,eat morning, having in the interval lesrnt my
nsme, he came 10 me full Of apologies, but 81
odee put hiIst case BY assuripg him that ld,d not
Hieelia the slightest dssrse hurt, or Offended with
him. IEt
MI President, lhavs been accused a smbi-
tibn, often accused Of ambition. believe, how
ever. that my secusers, viii be generally found
Is lie political opponents or the friends Of as
pIfanls ID whose wsy was supposed 10 stand,
and il was thought there fore necessary 10 she We
me aside l deiy my enemies to point 0ut any
act or instance Of my life in which have sought
the stlaiEmeht Of olEce by d,shonorsbIe OF W.
Eworihy means Did dispIay inordipate smbi-
lion v hen, under the ADMINISTRATION Of Mr. Ma
olson, ! declined a foreign mission of The first
grade, and an Executive Department, both Of
which he successiyely Kindly rendered 10 mel
When, under that OF bis successor, Mr.. MohTOe,
i I was first imporluned (as no one knows better
than that sterling old patriot, Jonathan Roberts,
now Ihreatsned, as the papers tell Us, With ex-
Tulsioh from an Office which was never TILED
with more honesty and 9Prightness, because be
declines to be seryile ihsirument,) 10 accept a
Secretkryship. and was aftxrward offered carrie
blanche OF allthe Foreign nissions7 Atthe epoch
ofIthe election Of 1925, ILel,eye no one doubted
ii Washington that IL l had felt il my duly 70
l vote for Gen. Jackson, be would have invited me
to take charge OF , Department.. And sush No
Idolbtsdi Mr. ctasford Would hare done, If
HE hzd been elected When the Harrisburg
! Convention assembled. the general expectation
Twas thai1ke nomination weQld be givenlto me.
E1ti~as wen 10 the lamentsd Harrison. Did !
liexhibit extraordinary ambition When, cheerful
d. ncqaisscing..l threw myself into the canvass
and llade every exeriionsin ny power tol insure
I Il suscsski Was il evideHce Of unch4stened
i ambition 10 me 10 resign, as recently DID, MI
/ seal In lie Senass--to resign the DictAtbTshiP,
i wIlh which my enenies had SO kindly itvestee
ne, add come home 10 The quiet walks 81 Pti
lssts lie l
But an atabilious because some 81 ny eoun
ktrYuaen have seen Fl 10 associate my nanle Wit
Iths succession for The Presidential cficb d
ihoss who prefer The chsrgs know What hav'
gone, OF mol done, in konueetion with thst %
iseti Have thes given themselves tie lronbl'
lio snqalre al al into aey agencJ Of mlne In re
ksfeci 10 III believe not. II Is subject Mhlcl
: llarproach with ali the dslicaey which belong
io il. and with Que regard 70 the dignity Of u
|, exalted station; but On which shall, st q
! same tine. speak 10 you, my friends ase neigh
bofs. nishpat reserve and y nh The qlrafsi car