The Arkansas banner., 1844-08-14

with MT. Clay at his house in Frankfort The manuscript was sent to Mir. Clay at Lex. ington, and by him transmitted to Cincinnati, Ohio, where 1t was published late in the sum- mer, or early in the fall, in a newspaper called the Liberty Hall and Cincinnati Gazette" over the signature of " Wayne
 Mr. White desired to know who the writer of !" Waynen was
 Mr. Boyd said, lie had always understood him to be Mr. Amos Kendall.
 Mr. White. Certainly.
 The numbers of < Wayne" were written with the obvious purpose of promoting Mr. Clay's views upon the Presidency, partlcu- larly in the State of Ohio. How they speak of Mir. Adams, then considered his only dan gerous rival in that State, few extracts will show In the third No. are the following passages, viz:
 EOhio presents no candidate for the Pres idency at the approaching election" x :. At the head of those whose pretensions are entitled to our serious consideration, Is John Quincy Adams, the present Secretary ol State; will Ohio choose him."
 .'Instead of opening new avenues for our commerce, is it not to be feared that, in some future treaty, to secure some paltfy privilege to an eastern interest, he would render those which already exist, a curse, rather than a blessing? Our frontiers can testify, that we want not those men at the helm of the nation, who would, for any consideration, open new channels for British influence among our nor thern and western Indians. The horrors of pastwarsare not forgotten; and youwill pause and count the value of many brave mans life, before you raise to power one whose unfeeling policy would crimson your fresh fields with the blood of your border brethren, and light the midnight forest with the flames of their dwellings. Men who would think of concessions so disastrous, are unworthy the support of Ohio: much more so, are those who reduce them to a serious proposition. The navigation of the Mississippi is too i'm portant to be bartered for the privilege of fishing in British waters. It Is giving our wives and children for fish, and bartering the blood of our citizens for money, Conceal, explain, and sophisticate as he will, this was the tendency of the proposition, which was agtated at Ghent. But was this surprising , Under the same auspices, one of the most fertile and extensive provinces of the West adequate to the formation of two States, was given to the Spaniards; the State of Louisiana, one of the most important and weakest points in the Union, was made frontier, and exposed to sudden invasion from the adjoining empire. Is 1t a matter of deepest concern with us to exterminate the British influence among the northern and western Indians? The blood of slaughtered friends cries aloud to Us from the ground, Its.' The policy of MT. Adams the British trader to their wigwam, by opening to him, under the guardianship of treaty, the navigation of the Mississippi. Shall we sanction this by sustaining him2 Is it matter of the last moment to us to protect our own navigation of the Ohio and Missis- sippi? Of what value is the Ohio or Missis- sippi to us, If Louisiana be occupied by an enemy3 Yet, MT. Adams IS of the adminis- tration, which, in the traffic of territory, has made Louisiana frontier. With such prin- ciples, John Quincy Adams can never receive the support of Ohio. He is too ignorant of our interests, or he disregards them.n
 "Wayne," No. 1, contains the following passage, viz:
 "The importance of having Western man in the National Councils, as well as in all those situations where the interests of this section of the Union are brought in question, was never so strongly exemplfied, as in the transactions attending the treaty of Ghent. It was proposed to open the Mississippi, through its whole extent, to the navigation of British subjects, thus giving them the most direct access 10 those numerous and warlike tribes of Indians which border on our northern and western frontier. That any American states man should, for a moment, have entertained so fatal project, Is as strange as the fact is alarming. Tothe presence of an able western man, may we attribute the defeat and aban- donment of that aroeious proposal. But for the exertions of Henry Clay, the seeds of war might now have been sowing, along our nor thern and western borders, which at no dis tant day, would have produced an abundant harvest of tears and blood. He found that a majority had resolved to make the fatal propo- sition. With firmness which should endear him to the people of the West, he protested that he would sign no treaty which contained a stipulation so repugnant to his countrY's honor, and so dangerous to her peace This frmness had the desired effect The illus trious and lamented Bayard changed his mind, and then the West was saved. The danger we thus escaped, should sink deep into our hearts, and teach us lesson as lasting as our livesp
 That these numbers went through the hands of Mir. Clay before they were published, is proved by his own letter to the author, which appears among the developes of 1928, dated Lexington, 23d June, 1929 In that letter, he says:
 "DEAR sIR-lreceived your obliging favor of the 20th instant, and thank you most sin cerely for the friendly sentiments towards me which 1t contains. Mir. T. Crittenden has retained the production which accompanied 1t, and which he has undertaken to divide and dispose ofin his place ofresidencef Cincinnati according to our wishes.''
 Ii was, therefore, Mir. Clay himself, more than any other man, who caused these heavy charges against Mir. Adams to be brought before the public. He, more than any other man, knew whether they were just or not,