The Arkansas banner., 1844-08-21

V ifle iOilOWlDg IS eNFdCteu rom Il Stdte- $ Iment John Desha, dated Nov. l7, 1927, viz;
 .'After the common salutaton took place, ) said, Well, General, you have made us a President
 He answered, 'Yes.'
 Do you think the people of Kentucky will be pleased with your vote" I think they will when they hear my reasons
 'What arc your reasons, sir"
 sWhy, NC could not possibly get Mir Clay , in the Cabinet without voting for and elect ing Mr. Adams; and we could not do with out Mir Clay's talents ,
 Mir. WulTn Mir. B yielding the floor : asked if Mr. Glay's district, from that day to
 this, had elected any other Representative
 than an anti-Jaekson man
 Mr BoYD replied, he thought not lie
 held that every gentleman should represent first the views of his own constituents: but l1here could be no doubt that Mir. Clay's district was then for Gen. Jackson for the Presidency, over Mr. Adams.
 Mir. WHITE made some remarks dissenting
 from this opinion.
 MIR. cLAY's CoNFEsSIoN--HIs OWN AGENCY
 IN CONTROLLING THE EVENT.
 Among the Kentucky members of Con gress who voted for NIr. Adams, was the Hon.
 David White, who represented the Frankfort
 District. Mir. White, as well as vast ma-
 ioritY of his constituents, was ln favor of Gen. Jackson against ATr. Adams. From many leading men among his constituents he received letters shortly before the election, informing him, in substance, that they would . be better satisfied with Mir. Adams President : and AIr. Clay Secretary of State, in view of : his further advancement, than with Gen. Jack son President, without any provision for Mr..
 Clay. As specimens of these letters, sub init a couple of extracts, which were publish . ed in 1828
 Ertraet of letter from the Hon J. J Crit tendca, noae of thc U. s. Scaate, to Uie Hon. DaUid Hhtie, dated Fraatort, Jaaaary 10, 1895
 !, 'sThinking as [ do of Mir Clay--of his great integrity, his lofty American spirit, and his consummate ability-I believe it to be highly important to the public interest that , he should exercise a distinguished station in
 the Executive Department. Under all pre- ; sent circumstances, my first wish in regard
 to this subject (and il is one dictated both by my personal partalities and considerations of
 the public good) would be, that Jackson should be President and Mir. Clay his Secre- tary of State; and really dc believe that the common good is more concerned in Clay's being Secretary, than it is in the question
 whether Jackson or Adams should be the
 President ,
 Ertract of letter from r. ?. Blair, Esq,
 oAhe Hon, Darid FFhtte, dated Fraltkfort, Jaauarg l9, 1895
 Mir Blair, after commenting on the resolu-
 tions of the Legislature, says
 s.But notwithstanding the adverse eircum- stance that Mr. Clay was identified with the minority, which, with the iudge-breakers,
 (of whom can speak freely,l was consider cd in the feryor of reused feeling as almost
 being an enemy; yet, if il had been certain
 that his future prospects for the Presidency would be materially affected by 1t, do not
 believe that the vote on the resolution would have passed. Or if 1t had been thought that l Adams would be elected, and if elected would give Mr. Clay the highest place in his Cab-
 net, there is scarcely doubt but that the vote would have been in favor of Adams. But
 the vote was taken under very different sup
 positions
 "For my own part, have no hesitation in
 saving, that although Jackson Is personally
 preferred to Adams by the people, tan ineli-
 nation feel in common with them,) yet, If
 1t were known that Jackson would give such
 direction to the course of his administration,
 by his appointments or otherwise, as to foster
 Adams future views in preference to Clay's, T there would be but ono sentiment among the
 supporters of the latter in Kentucky. They
 would consider 1t as deserton of the true Western interests, which they feel vitally con : nected via the great principles advocated by ; Mir. Clay, and which they conceive in great measure depend for their consummanon upon
 the success of his future eXerdons. II, there fore, 1t should be perceived that the tendency of General lackson's measures, as President,
 would be to supplant Mr. Clay by promoting [ the views of Adams, then l have no doubt ; that the voice of all those who arc i'll favor of Mr Clay would be, If we are doomed to , have AIr Adams as President at some time, let us have him now; if he has Gen. Jack } sons preference, let the General himself make way for him. We would rather have him
 now, at the expense of Jackson, than here
 after, at the expense oi Clay. But if Jackson
 gives earnest that he will throw hls weight into the Western scale, then let us throw our
 weight into his' This, believe, would be the decision of three-lourths of the people oi kentueky.o
 : By these and many other letters of similar | import, MT. White was induced to vote for ! Mr. Adams, believing that he was complying with the wishes of his constituents. In a letter to the editor of the Argus, dated June
 27th, 1928. Mr, White himself uses the fol- lowing language, viz:
 "These letters, with many others of like
 import, and on the same subject, were re- oeiHed by me between the last of January and the 9th of February, 1895. My cores pondenls were numerous, and from tbe coin cidence of their views and sentiments, l had
 reasonio believe that it would be most agree
 able to my constituents, and strictly conss-
 tent with the wishes of majority of them,
 10 adopt the course which did finally pur-