The Arkansas banner., 1844-08-14
SPEECH OF MR. INN BOYD.
nr KENTucKY.


 10 lke chUrge ot Bargain 1eisceea .drssrs,
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 af-. Rssn easasnsa the floor, and said ,-- Nv coaS4ssaeass feel Geen interest m the gsoasv art nssssaa,lenl adjustment oi this ra7st Qacsisoa. They aTe ia favor of a 9'assa fer Fsveaae ana oFpese,l io iao prlnc'- ple af psasesssesa. which they believe io oe nRWsse fo5 a'4e a.ats0a. and unequal and am- 4aSs to zlse9aseaees. sls. Say sassttaaeats are = x. -as isss s 5a7a tssy s7sze naf Aere 10 44apoetane yep Tor tXel0sigc fa- woss sat ssay kiaa--ss hiisl 5fl5, capitalists ot she .eouaag bard together. and as n com mon CaaiseS arc sean pelperaally s-sels1ng inc lsails of lecislAlioa 8or Banks and IaFliis, and every o1taer concelvahln scheme ea mo- Hapalgs be means oi Raalss to swell taeir esverrlsEn Tlrglsss, 5l3s constituents, n com mon H5zh 5hesf brethren os lhg pyoductng class asraaeieaas she Juien. are found al assfse Hnan Ghfsr farms erir ilselr workshops, ralYter4 4a 1sar Gpon 4heir own strong arms and spe pansrxass sacuniies oi nature for com ns4anrs. ramsor4 and wealth. Scrupulously sfsia5asas from slle mFasion of the business aaa 7rs.ssS ssi sasae-s. hyGleans ef partial ie- rlSlzsSoa. tscv ask in slrn 10 be let alone in Shs en5exuens ef the fruits of their honest 8zzaszsz. Sis. fhe demand IS so just and equitable, that with due regard to correct sgsncsPies cf legislation, you cannot, you dsre not disregard it.
 Bat. ST. diA not rise to make speech on ;he Tariff Hoping the bill upon your table may bc passed, 1 must, with the indulgence ol the Committed, avail myself of the pre- sent occasion to say few words in reply to my colleague, Mr. White who has thought proper to introduce and build whole hours speeeh npon the subject matter of a letter ad- dressed by me 10 Messrs. Coles and Hopkins of Va, in reply to certain interrogatories, touching the Presidential election of lS2l-5 and Mr. Claws course in regard to il, and the Bankrupt law of l84l.
 Sir, regret the necessity which compels me 10 take part in the discussion of matters so foreign to the subject of the bill before us; but have no alternative left me. It was not Iwho dragged the subject of the letter al luded to into this discussion; for that, my colleague Mir Whitel is aioae responsible.
 Before lapproaeh the subject of that letter, wish to say 10 my colleague and to the country, that am among the last upon this floor, or {as trust) in the world, who would, unjusty or ungenerously, attack the reputa ton of any man on earth for political purpose; and if in what I have said or shall hereafter say, on this subject, my colleague or any other human being, shall point out any error of fact into which l may have fallen, l will say to him and the country, that there Is no would prevent me from making prompt and ample repafation. But, sir, whilst with pride and pleasure, would do this, must be per mtied to add, that in relation to this or any other matter of public eoncernment, whether affecting public men or public measures, there is no power under heaven that shall restrain me from its investigation, with all that free dom and fullness which, in my judgment, it's importance demands.
 The letter referred to assumes directly or by implication, that between Mir. Adams and Mr. Clay, during the Presidential Canvass of 1891, there were unlriendly relations, which began as far back as the negotiation of the treaty of Ghent in lS11, and continued down to the period when the popular vote was cast between those gentlemen, as opposing cautli- dates for the Presidency in 1921; that Mr. Adams was unpopular i'll the whole Western country. and especially in Kentucky; that a general belief existed in that State, confirmed f not produced by Mr. Clay himself, that Mir Adams, as statesman, was hostile to the interests of that section of the Union; that a direct issue was made between those gen. tlemen as early as 1922, in reference to that subject, involving sserrors both as to matters of fact and matters of opinUn;'' that the ex- position then promised by Mg, Clay, was never made; that prior to the election of President in 1925 by the House of Repre- sentatives, the Legislature of Kentucky, in concurrence with the will of the people, re- quested Mr. Clay and the Kentucky delega- ton to vote for Gen. Jackson; that some time before the election, 1t was stated by Mir. Clay's confidential friends in Kentucky, that he would be Secretary of State if Ar. Adams were made President; that in consequence of that information, letters were written to members of Congress to induce them to vote for Mr. Adams that hIr. Adams was elected President by the votes of Mr. Clay and his friends, and did appoint AIr. Clay Secretary of State :; and, finally, that by au investga- ton Ill the Senate of Kentucky in 1928, and subsequent disclosures. 1t was made to ap- pear, that those who stated in Kentucky, be- fore the elechon, that Mir. Clay would be Se- cretary of State if Mir. Adams were elected President, did so upon the authority of letter from Mr. Clay himself.
 HOSTILITY or MEssRs. CLAY AND ADAMS.
 In proof of the unpopnlarity of aIr. Adams in the West, prior to 1925, may rely with confidence on the language then held almost without exception by Western presses and public men. No man old enough to reccol- lect passing events during the ten years pre- ceding 1925, can be ignorant of the fact Perhaps t was in part owing to his parentage, political education and geographical position; but no small share of it was attributable to impressions created by Mir Clay himself
 It was charged by Mr. Adams, that AIr.