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1.-THE RULING PASSION STRONG
IN DEATH"


son, which makes its appearance soon after
he eommuncd with Mr.. B. F. Butler, shows
him incapable Of doing justice even at ii pc
Rod of life when most men desire to atone
for injuries and wrongs done to their fellow
men. JEFFERSON, the Elder ADAMS, and
MADISON, after their retirement, while their |
years and months and weeks and DAYS were
drawing to "A close, found enjoyment and So
lace in correcting mutual misapprehcnsons
and repairing mutual errors But Gen.
JACKSON is vndiciivc and malignant to the
last, as will b- seen by his rcilera,lon Of a
uanon and exploded calnmny against john
QurNcY ADAMS and HENRY CLAY:-
10 the Editors ofthe NlshrWe Lnion
GES1LEMES Wy attention has been called to va
rious newspaper ar ires referring letter said
have been written by me to Gen Hamilton rrcani-
ing The oh ,rGe o bargain made against Mr. Clay when
he voted for Mr. adams 1925.
To put an end 10 nil such rumors | feel it to he due
myself 10 state that have recollection If ever
having written such letter, and do not believe there
j.. letter from me 10 General Hamilton, any one
es. that will bear such n construction Ofthe tharg
es brought against both Mr. Adams and Nj Clay at
that time, formed my opinion the country large
d!d-from facts and circumstances that were indis
pufahle and conclusive and may add that this
opinion has undergone no change.
II Gen. Hamilton, or any one else. has letter from
nlc on this subject, which the f lends Of Mr. Clay de-
sire to be made public all they have to dos apply
to him for it, As for myself, have secrets, and
40 not fear the publication of all that have ever writ
ANDREW JACKSON.
Hermitage, May 3, 1914.
The foregoing "Card" we copy from the
Argus. The utter falsrhood of the charge
was demonstrated not long after its original
and most decisive refuta,ions oft, have been
laid before the country, and especially by
one Of the persons who was once among The
busiest in giving i, crcplstion.
Under these circumstances this card Of
Andrew Jackson can be regarded only as
the evidence of his own vindcive malice.
But besides the falschood Of the man
charge, this card contains another, now for
the first time pu, forth by the author. Gen.
Jackson says, in this card that, of the char
ges brought against Mr.. Adams and Mr.. Clay
he formed his opinion at the time, as the
country at large did, from facts and circum-
stances that were indisputable and conclu-
sve.
This is mt true. Gen. Jackson did not
form his opinion on such ground. He ex-
prcssly stated, under his own hand, in 1927,
that he made the charge, on the testimony
Of a particular witncss. To be sure, when
he named his witness, that very witness con-
,radiclcd him. Nevertheless, that was the
specific ground, according to his statement at
the time, on which he made the charge.
Besides, neither the country ii, large. nor
either OF its political parties, had made mp
any sucli opinion as the card alleges, until
after the calumnious accusation in question
had been put in circulation by its author, the
writer of the card. Then. and not before
tho parizans, who, like the Albany Argus
had congratulated the country on the election
of Mr.. Adams, and treated the pretensions o
Gen. Jackson with contempt, and shortly az
forwards supported him such parisnns af
fccicd 10 believe the sanderons charge ant
labored to propagate it, and portion Of the
country was finally induced to suppose there
must have been some foundation for it.
But even then, after all the unscrupulou
and dsgracrfu labor TO poison the publ
mind on this subject, only portion of tin
American people ever believed it.
The witness named by Gen. Jackson. a
tho person on whose special testimony h
professed, in 1927. to found his charge of
corrupt bal, gain between Mr.. Adams and Nj
Clay, was James Buchanan, the distinguish
cd United States Senator from Pcnnsyva
MIA.
The orig nal accusation in question, wa
made by Gen. Jackson in letter to Carte
Beverly, of Virginia, in which he stated il
II member of c ongress Of high respectable
~, had informed him that the friends of NJ
Adams had made overlures to the friends
Mr.. Clay TO make the latter Secretary
State, il they would make Mr.. Adams Pre-
ident.
This Statement, was repeated by Gener
Jackson in his letter of the 2Sth of Jul
1927, addressed TO the public, and now b
fore US.
When Mr.. Buchanan found himself n
med as the member of Congress referred
he also published letter, dated the 9Th
August, 1927, the more material portion
which is as follows:
81 called upon General Jacl son the occns
which have mentioned solely as hiSfriend upon
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