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

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" horror. ID ~ss 20 vain - deny ne
rhsEse: q lad been made By 40 rssro0sl
be Eefs0n. and 30 ans cosld sherelors BE-
called % s1bssanllsie il. The rauRisy
rang ul'h this CRY Of q mad dog" unlil .
eonsiselsble portion &c lhs Amtr.ean
people fully. aad dOubalsss honestly. be-
liessd II.
Conscious Of his own innoeenee, frm
IN lie reei'rdesoI his own rorTse, sad
sustained by . slfsr and spprosirg con-
seienet. Ar. clay bore The aprr.hrium
sitemplsd 70 be cast uTon him. sih be-
romihg ior'iiuds AID dignity. can6dsnl
that he lime would eome y ben ilnlh musl
again make Der yaire heard. and relying
nnsihe people. in whose Intelligence and
honest ihlrhIioAs hs lad always great
evn6denee. 40 DO him justice, shensver
tie taeilemeni Of The times had died -
way. The misls 81 prtjndice been dispfll
id, and they sLoUld become convinced
thai They Lad brought in ssrdici Of gull.
~ seain,i ore - innocent ss ,hsmstlses.
Tine las cleared away much Of The
misl Tia, lien blinded tie eyes offs por-
lion ofihe peop'e. and assu' ged The pr,ju-
dIcss then eseied: they can now l,ok
back calmly 10 The subject. and ueieh lie
evidence ~ lie well-bslanrsG and impair
,isl scales Of Justice and I brg Of lLem
90 do go, and thea 10 reconsider. and si.
ther reverse Of confirm her verdict. ss
their dtllbsrale judgment slal dictate.
The fret tangible shape ia ahirh this
charge 81. bargain and corruption" APP
I cared. vas IN letter Published 10 Fay.
tlssllle. N. O., and dsled Nashville, -S,h
March. 1927. Twas Subsequently ascer-
tanned Tia, This leifr was written by Mr..
CARTER BEyRRLv. IN li,ai leiler be said,
"Hs (t;en. Ja kson) told me this
morning, before all his company. in reply
20 a ques,,un,I put 10 him concerning The
election II J. @. Adams for lie PreslJcn-
cy, that Mr.. cls,'s iritrds. made pro
position 10 his friend-. ihtIf hey uould
promise for him. MOI to put Mr.. Adams
I, IN The seat 81 Sfcie aTy OF State. Clay and
his friends wnuld;m an hoBr, make him,
Jsckson. president. lie most indignant
~ rsjccitd ,be proposition, and declared
he wonld no, eomrronli, im.elI; and I'M
les, most ope,ly and fairly made The
presiden, by Congress. he wunld see The
hole earth sink und,r him. before he
would bargain or intrigue Tor IT,"
Mr. Carter Beverly not being known,
many we're disposed to doubt whe,her
Gen. jackson lad tyer made surh an as.
ser,ion az The abo,e extract contains. and
"lgon al his company" Tbs induce
ed Mr.. Beverly 10 address note TO Gen.
jackson. ~ho r. pl.d. His Letter Was
dated Hermitage. June S. 1927. end STA.
Ted that he had been " informed by tie
friends Of Mr.. Clay, ,hn the IlieLds of
Mr.. Adams had made oscr,nrts to III, NJ.
saying, if Mr.. Clay and hls friends would
unite 10 cid OF The election OF Mr.. Adsms.
Mr.. Clay should be Secretary oil State.
That The TRENDS Of Mr.. Adams we're urg.
ing. as a reason to induce The friends oil
Mr.. Clay TO scctds TO der proposition.
that IL was elecud president, Mr.. Adams
W ould be continued Secretary OF Safe,
tinuuendo. there would be ne room for
Ken,nehy.) ~rha, tie lIiends of MIR Clay
stated. tile wet d d mt wish to sepaia'e
from the YES; and il would say. or pet
nj, any Of nv confidential friends to say.
tina, in case | WAS elecred president. Mr.
Adams should moi he continued Secretary
Of State, BY complete uuion oil Mr.. Clay
and his trends, they would put an rrd
10 The presideni,l contest an hour. And
he the memher of Congress who called
on Gen. Jackson Vas If opinien j, was
rIgh, TO tigh, such intriguers with their
own weapons"
Here. then, for the 6rs, time, was an
a, ser,inn Of The iact that there vas an al
tempt at least. on Il e ps,t "I Mr.. Clay ar
his friends, at" bargain and corruption"
m AIDE by responsible and known person.
such an assertion as Mr.. Clay could
notice: ard he ,mm, d,aeiy came out " ilh
7" direct. unqualified and lid gnsnt deni-
81. He stated thai he neither made nor
authorized, nor knew Of any proposlii"n
whatever To either of the th'ee candidates
no were returned l. the House Of. Repre
senia,ves al the last presidential election,
OF TO the friends Of q her rf them. Tor the
purpose oi Influencing the result OF the
election, or for any other purpose. And oil
aIl.gatinus. in,iin sliops, aud innu, ndns. |
that his yoteron .hst occss ion was offered
to be given, in considerations Of any s,ipu-
lation or understanding. express or impli-
ed. direct OF indnect. wri,ten or verbal.
tbs, he was. or tha, any other person
~ss no. 10 be appointed Secretary ef
State, or Il at he vas, III any other man.
ner. 10 be personally benr6ted, were de-
void Of all ruth. and destitute OF any
foundation whstev,r." And he deman-
ded the name nf the member VI Con- |
press alluded TO by Gen. Jackson IN hls
letter TO Carer Beverly.
+ On seeing Mr.. ClAy's prompt. explicit.
and unqusltied denial 81 this charge, and
his demand for lie name tie of person