The Arkansas banner., 1844-08-21


 and Mir. Crawford were the only Republican candidates: had you been returned to the House, we should all have concentrated our forceuponyou' The language of MT. Adams' friends you give innearly thelollowlng words:
 A friend of MT. Adams comes to me, aelth tears q, his eges, and says-ST, Mir. Adams has always had the greatest respect for you, and the highest admiration for your talents. There is no station to which you are not equal. You were undoubtedly the second choice of New England; and pray you to consider whether the public good and your own future interests do not distinctly point you to the course which you ought to pursue'
 You then give some reasons why Mir Adams should be preferred to General Jack son, among which remember only the state ment, that the Ohio delegation had determined to vote for Mr. Adams, the alleged want of qualifications in the General and his military propensities. You then declare distinctly, and in nearly the following words
 SMy friends entertain the belief that their kind wishes towards me will, in the end, be more likely 10 be accomplished by so be- slowing their yotes.'
 You then declare, that you have urged them to be governed by their views of the public good alone, and aver that you have been influenced only by that consideration. In conclusion, you use nearly the following words:
 Your Representative is inclined to concur with us i'll these sentiments; and us know his respect for your opinion lrequest, if you con- fbot y,yiI fC by return mail, to strengthen him in his in- clinations. Show this 10 Crittenden alone D
 This statement, as to the contents of that letter, went the rounds of the Jackson papers through the whole Union in 1928, and its &C., curacy was never denied. lam informed that the passages marked as quoted are nearly, if not precisely, literal extracts from the letter; hating been obtained through several persons who successively called and read the letter, with the concerted design Of getting extracts through their concurrent recollections. This letter established the fact beyond controversy, that the @kind wishes1 of RIr. Clay's friends towards him, induced them to bestoW their votes on Mir. Adams; and that he himself, well understanding their intention andits ob- iect, was directly instrumental in a secret movement to influence thevote of a hesitating colleague, through apparently spontaneous letters from his constituents. After that dis closure, few Yentured to deny, in 1928, that the advancement of Mr. Clay was the control ling motive with him and his friends, in giv- ing the Presidency to Mir. Adams.
 My colleague, MT. White the other day, denied tie charge of bargain, or understand ing, in the Presidential election of 1925, and went on to say:
 ''This was too grave charge to be made on such vague and uncertain grounds. Until that letter was produced, there was not, in his iudement,any evidence before the country that that letter had been written and he now challenged his colleague, and he would be responsible for it, that if MT. Clay was called on he would take off every shaekle from the correspondence And unless his colleague produced the letter, he said his allegation stood condemned before the American peo- pie and the civilized world.o
 He further said:
 ''That he had never heard of the letter till he saw the letter of his colleague. He had never seen it in his life. And he had only to say in relation to it, that if there was any such letter, and his colleague would address line to Mr. Clay, he would throw off all the shac- kles, and disclose 10 him all the correspon- dencen
 Both Mr. Clay and Mr. Blair are now in the city, and no doubt the letter is still pre- served. propose to my colleague to join me in call on Mr. Clay for it's publication. It is due 10 the country and to Mr. Clay h;m- self, that all mystery shall be removed from this transaction. If he can show that such a letter does not and never did exist, willtake the pains to retrieve his character from any imputations which its alleged contents have brought upon it.
 Mr. B. asked the clerk to read the form of joint letter to Mir. Clay, which he invited his colleague to sign with himself, and it was read, as follows, viz:
 'sHousE OF REPRESENTATIVE,
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 "SlR The public notice having been call ed to letter said to have been written by you at Washington city the 9th of January, 1895, addressed to Francis P Blair, then aresident of Frankfort, Kentucky, touching the then pending Presidential election, in which 1t is charged you said to AIr. Blair, among other things, in substance as follows:
 GA friend of Mir. Adams comes to me with tears in his eyes, and says, Sir, Mr. Adams has always had the greatest respect for you, and the highest admiration for your talents. There is no station 10 which you arc not equal. You were undoubtedly the second choice Of New England, and l pray you to consider whether the public good and your own inter- ests do not distinctly pointyou to the course which you ought to pursue.
 ''My friends entertain the belief that their kind wishes towards me will, in the end, be more likely 10 be accomplished by so bestow- ing their votes. Your representative is in- clined 10 concur with us in these sentiments; and as l know his respect for your opinions, l request, if you concur in our views, that you will write to him by return mail to strengthen him in his inclinations. Show this to Crittenden alone
 gro avoid all misapprehension, therefore, and to the end that even-handed justice may be done to all, NC respectfully ask to be n- formed whether snch a Ietter ever existed and