The Arkansas banner., 1844-08-21

| Senate: One day in January, 192o, F. r. Blair came into the Senate Chamber, seated himself near me, and inquired my opinion on the resolutions passed, requesting our mem- bers of Congress to vote for General Jackson as President of the United States. MT. B. desired that would write letters, requesting the members, and particularly D. White, from this district, to consult with Mir. Clay, and vote as he might desire. To this l objected, and gave my reasons therefor. MT. B. ap- peared surprised that should raise any ob- iections, particularly us l was opposed to the resolutions. He said that number of mem- bers of both Houses who voted for the reso- luton, had written such letters, and that l could doit with more propricty. He said, if Mr. White could be induced 10 vote for Mr. Adams, he would obtain the vote of Kentucky, and with il fine votes of most of the Western States, which would elect him. ! in which ease Mir Clay would obtain the appointment of Secretary of State. T then inquired how that fact had been ascertained. i His answer was, that letters had been received i from gentlemen of undoubted veracity, and l might rely with confidence on that statement"
 Mr. Blair, when called on by the Senate of Kentucky. as a witness, to state how he got the information which he had communi- cated to Messrs. Kendall and Dudley, refused to be sworn or to testify; but concluded an explanation he made to the Senate in the fol- lowing manner, viz;
 sHe had not communicated to any one the grounds on which he had made his statement to Mir. Kendall, nor had he shown the letters 10 which the gentleman alluded to any person to whom they were not addressed.'
 Mir Crittenden had publicly denied that he had received letters from Washington, of the character in question, and upon Mir. Blair the public attention was fixed as the channel through which the information had come from Mir Clay, or some one else at Washington. Mr, Clay was called upon 10 remove the in- junction of secresy. and let his letters to Mr. Blair come before the public. Feeling the
 injurious nferences every where drawn from the position i'll which Mir. Clay had been placed by the investigation into which his i friends in the Senate of Kentucky had been induced to enter, J nafuic, the Chairman of the Adams Committee at Frankfort, Ken lucky, on the l4th April, 1928, addressed a letter 10 Mr. Clay, in which he requested for publication copies of his correspondence both with Alr. Blair and Mr. Kendall. Mr. Clay's reply must have been well considered; for 1t was not written until the 5th of June follow ing. He admitted the existence of cores pondence with Mir. Blair on the subject of the Presidential election; but after giving some reasons, or rather excuses, for his course, comes to the following conclusion, viz:
 ''l must decline, therefore, authorizing the publication of our correspondence. But the Central Committee is at liberty to exhibit to the inspection of any gentleman, of any party, all such portions of it as relate to the late Presidential election, and l will do the same upon any such application being made to me-"
 On application to the committe, however, Il was found that they had no copy to show l, nor had Nr. Clay taken any step to furnish them. The sensation produced by knowl- edge of this fact, compelled the committee 10 apply to Mir Blair for copies, without MT. Clay's order, and copies werefurnished. The following Is Mr. kendall's account of them, given at the time, in letter addressed to Mir. | Clay, through the columns of the Argus, viz {:
 "At last these famous copies are accessible. ! hare seen thcm. The one is dated January 8tl, l825--aH oRsiaoaS day; the other, Janu- ary 29h. The former only is of material importance. Ii is perhaps unfortunate for you that t is not accompanied by those let ters from Mir. Blair, showing in what sense he understood lhem,' to which you allude; for l aver, that no candid man can read 1t without perfect conviction that the vote of Kentucky was given to MT. Adams for the purpose ofpromoting your personal aggran- dizement, Indeed, il is impossible for me to conceive how any other construction can be upon the letter, than that the friends of Mir. Adams had promised you the first office in his gift with their future support; that your 1 friends had determined to vote for MT. Adams OH that account; and that you were uslng personal exertions to bring the members of Congress into your views.
 Notw wishing to expose myself to the slight est imputation of fmisrepresentmg the contents of your letters, determined to make no re- marks on that of the 29th January, and wrote te the chairman of the Administration Com mittee the following note:
 FRANKFORT, July 2, 1928.
 SIR:-I intend to use certain parts of Mr. l Clay's letter to Mr. Blair, dated 8th of Jann- ary, 1925, in my reply to the attack made on me by that gentleman through your com mittee; and deem il more proper, and more just 10 him, that it should be published en- tire, with all the views which 1t contains, than that the public should have only my Ireeolleetions ol some of its most prominent passages. Ptesuming that your committee will feel at liberty to adopt step which can only tend 10 guard MT. Clay against miseon- captions and misrepresentations, have 10 request that you will furnish me with copy of thatleuer. This request is confined to the letter of the Sth January, 1925, in which do not perceive any expression not decorous towards the public. An answer on this day, or carly tomorrow morning, Is solicited
 Yours, Sc, AMOS KENDALL
 The chairman received the note with that suavity and politeness for which he is so justly distinguished. kindly remarking to my friend who boreit, that if the letters had been ictt in hiS possession should mol hare had C SigM of them, mHek less q copg; but he finally