The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-10-26

"This d,srlasure wss made 10 me hy /
Nc. y.nes Bnchsssn. . nembsr 81 Con-
gFsss iram Pennsylvania. gentleman 81
ne frat responsibility and iaIslliesnrs.
site rhasarisr Of MF. BseLanan.
silh ne. fOibids the idea IhaI be .ss ar
Iing on hs own responsibility, Or hat.
under sry rirrums anrss. he could have
been indured 70 propose sry snsnge1rni
uIlrss possessed Of satisfactory sssnsan-
crs. il.si. II srrspiri. Il soDld ke esIIird
iully into tfret. A xtsk misd would
seldom ~ ever be IhOs Disposed 70 sci. an
intelligent one never"
Fiom iLis Il srpsafs ihsi Il ell wss .
matter 81 inference snh Gen. Jackson.
Mr. Buchanan hid Conversation Nth
him, aid he inftrred lha, he called pp,n
him ,s Mr.. Ilay's fnsnd end by Mr.
clsy's authority! Rui sbat does Mr..
buchanan himself sas-ihe only witness
called ppoh Of namedby Zen. J.ek.on.
70 support bis cIa'ge -sh,ldoes he sgt
Read.
Extract from Biz. Buehsnsn's isiier 10
the Editor Of The LancssieI Journal, dated
sth August. 1927.
I" called Upan Gen. Jackson On The
orrasion which ] have mentioned. solely
as his friend, spnn my own individual
responsibility. aud moi As The saeni OF Mr..
Clay or any either person. Infrtr haze
BEEN he political friend Of Mr.. Clay.
since he became cahdldsls Tor lie efice
Of President. as yoa very well know.
Unnl | saw General Jsckson's letter 10
Mr.. Be,erly Of The 9Th ult., ard a. the
same time y as informed BY letter irGm
The editor of The Unil.d Sistss' Tele-
graph. shalI Vas the person 10 whom he
alluded, The conception nsrsr once fnter-
cd my mind, that he believed me TO hsye
heen The tgrnt Of Dir. Clay OF his friends.
"r thar ] IN ended % propose terms to him
Of any Kind Tor lhsm; or ina, he robld
have supposed me cspsb'e OF expressing
an opinion Ia, j. WAS tight 10 isht such
intril uers ai,h their oxn weapons
"Ihad no authority from Dir Clay
or his friends, 10 propose any Terms 10
General jackson Ia Ttlofion 10 their Uofes,
NOR DID ] EVER MAKE AM
SUCH PROPOSITION; and / trust
would he Is Incapable Of becoming ms
ssnger upon such an occasion, as j, vas
know Gen. Jsekson Would DO TO receive
such message. :"
! Here. then, is tbs whole testimony OF
Gen. yackson's Own wiiness--lhe only
one called, orPr e,ented 10 exisl--io sus.
tain tins often rel Gated and heinon. charge
Of" bargain and corruption l.rt any
man Of candour point out The paragraph.
the sentence. The word. The . Table, iha,
susisins The charge Do no, every wosd
and every sen,enre give plain. sxpfiei..
downright denial Of The charge, end of e.
very Circumstance Of il' Mo.t clearly,
positively, and ,quivoeally beyond The
possibility Of a doubt. But will ID be
believed that The charge was ierstet and
reiterated after this positive REPUTATION OF
hl l,was even SO. |, was go, up TO ex.
cite the prejud'ccs OF the people against
Mr.. Clay. aud those ~ho frs, brought i,
forward, finding that il answered their
purpose 90 well. had no thought Of giving
il up or retrscting il. even though they
kHew il 10 be a lalsehood Of the bssest
kind. and had been proved 10 be so. Il,
was the inslrumen, sf as foul, as base, az
malignant conspiracy. as ever was form
ed for The destruction Of man. No man
who then had hand in this nefsrious II
TEN q, TO destroy the fair fame Of Mr.. Clay.
can now be found who is willing Ia ae-
knowledge his agency in il, or thai lie ev-
er btiieUed there was the least truth in the
charge. except Mr.. Beverly himself, who
has, in a letter addressed 10 Mr.. Clay du-
ring the past winter. candilIy scknowl-
edged the wrong lie did him, and made
the mos, ample apology. Oilers, how
ever. more gully. want the magnanimity
and grace T. do Mr.. Clay that poor JUS
,ice. even at this la'e day.
The letter Of secan,aiion from Mr., Bev-
erly TO Mr.. Clay. is da'ed'Virgihis. Mid. i,
dlesex County, Urbsns, T, bruary 8, ls43.
He says,
1T will be no 6onht matter OF some
aslonishmt Mt TO you in receiving from me
the present address. will mol preface
IT with any kind Of arol"gy. because. in
doing it. i justify ny m'nd in the dis
charge al an &C, of rorsc,ente and duty
that feel HE u,mesl plessnreln Peliorm-
ing. |
Although The time is quite far gone
since hecsme very inherently ins"n'
mental in circulating throughout the coun-
Try . very g,ea, attack on your character
and virlue as gentleman. and certainly
very heavy one as public man. feel
eAc, edingly ,lesirnus 10 r.Aeve yen. as
far as | can. from the SANDER: and my
own feelings from the severe csmpanc--
uon that is within one. Of having been.
,heugh neither direcdy nor indirectly
your personal accuser. ye, that / was
dawn indirectly into the rtpresen at on