The Arkansas banner., 1844-08-21
LYNN BoYD,s SPEECH.

the House itself was composed III a gfea measure of the instruments by which illi' bargain, If any existed, was to be coiisuii mated, Mir. kremer did not consider It th' proper tribunal to make such an investigation and refused to meet Mir Clay's issue before that body. Besides, Mir Adams was not vel elected. nor was Mr. Clay Secretary of State; and however well satisfied men might be that such an arrangement had been agreed upon or become tacitly understood, 1t was mol easy to prove mems intentions, when no overt aci had been committed.
 What was then rumor became fact, however upon the organization of the Administration Many thought they saw in that arrangement both the cause and the effect of MT. Adams election, and the confirmation of Mr. kre- mer's charge.
 When the Kentucky members returned home, their constituents demanded to know why they had voted for Mr Adams against Gen. Jackson. in violation of the public will Twill now show you what was their answer
 HoN. FRANCIS JeHNsoN's EXCUSE.
 The following testimony was given under oath before the Senate of Kentucky
 "James McAllan, of the House of Rep resentatives, stated in reply 10 interrogatories, that Mir Francis Johnson was al Iomplins- vile. in Monroe county, after his return home subsequent to Presidential election, where he was asked how he came to vote for Mf. Adams Mr. Johnson answered, that he voted fol Mir. Adams to get Mr Clay made Secretary of State. He made this declara- ton repeatedly in conversation, and witness believed ill public speech. He said tha' Mr Adams for President, and Mir. Clay his Secretary, would conduee more to the ihte- rests or the West than Gen. Jackson Presi- dent, with we know not whom for his Secre tary, and that Mir Clay might, perhaps, sue. ceed him.o
 The following confirmation of Mir. Me Millan's testimony was furnished soon after wards:
 sWe, whose names are undersigned, dt hereby certify that, some time subsequent tt the last presidential election, we heard Franc Johnson, Esq, in the town of Tompkinsville Monroe county, gives as a reason for voting for John Quincy Adams, that # .Hr. ,4dam acas elected President .Nr. Clay reould bt Secretary of Statc; but hat # Gen Jack- Soa ieas elected President .Hr. Clay lcoHia not Dc be Secretary; and that he believed Alr. Adams for President, with Mir. Clay for Secretary, would conduce more to the inte- rest of the West than Gen. Jackson for Pre- sident, with we know not whom for Secre. tary. We do not pretend to give Mr John sons precise words, but we say positively that the above Is true in substance, and WIG know we are not mistaken.
 William Howard Lewis Franklin.
 Isaac Jackson, Joshua Rush,
 Benjamin Rush. Howard Mercer - HON. DAVID TRlDIBLE2s EXCUSE.
 Before the Senate ofKentucky, Mir. Secrest amember of the House of Representatives made the following statementin his testimony sAiter his return from Congress in 1895 he heard Alr Trimble give as an apology for voting for Adams, that if Mr. Adams had not been elected Mir. Clay would not have been Secretary of State; and that if Gen Jackson had been elected AIr Adams would have been Seeretary.n
 John Mason, jr, on the same occasion testified as follows:
 .'When witness heard that Trimble hat voted for Adams he was surprised; and soor after his return he ha,la aconversation him about his vote, in which he gave as his rea- sons, that we ascertained if Mr. Adams was made president Mr Clay would be made Se- cretary of State; and that if Gen. Jackson was made president, Mr. Clay would not be made Secretary; and that 1t would be better for us to have Adams, with Mir, Clay for Secre- tary. than Gen. Jackson, without him.
 Micaah Harrison, in a letter to tue Editor of the Argus, dated Eth Feb. 1928, states as follows:
 sSWithout entering into al the minutiG of conversation which took. .pace, l will state that the Hon. David Trinible observed to me. that sce (meaning, supposed, the Kentucky delegation) had distinctly ascertained that i Mir. Adams were elected president Mir. Clay would be appointed his Secondary of State and that if Gen. Jackson were elected Presi dent, Mir. Clay would not'n
 Jesse Summers, in letter to Gen. Allen of the Kentucky Senate, dated Feb 6, 1928 says:
 .sI have heard Mir David Trimble say, i was ascertained that if John Q. Adams wa, elected President he would appoint Henry Clay Secretary of Slate; and he also stated in all probability if Gen. Jackson was elected he would not. At the same time Mr. Trmblt stated, thatthe Representatives from this State or a majority of them, thought that it would be better for us to have John c. Adams Pre- sident and Henry Clay Secretary of State, than to have General Jackson President and some other person Secretary
 The following statement of twelve citizens of Lewis county, Kentucky, was subscribed and sworn to on the 2d day of Nov, 1927 ssWe, the subscribers, certify on oath, tha we were severally present at the Lewis county court, for October, 1895, and heard Davit T'rimble make a speech, and he used the fol- lowing language:
 ssWhen src went on last fall 10 the city oI Washington, we found Mir. Crawford out oI the question: the contest was between Gen Jackson and John Quincy Adams. We as certained that under no circumstances would Gen. Jackson appoint our friend, Henry Clay, Secretary of State. Knowing this, then, fellow citizens, that Gen. Jackson would not, and Mr. Adams would, appoint our friend, Henry Clay, Secretary of State, if you eN- pected me to vote for Genera! Jackson, you