The Arkansas banner., 1844-08-21


 it would be indclcatc to NIr Clay; that it would lessen the weight of Kentucky ill the next Administration; that 1t was better to leave our members of Congress to act ac- cording 10 contingencies; that the weight and importance of the State, and the Western country, could, in that manner, be best se- cured.n That the resolutions would not only degrade our respected fellow-citizen, [evidontly meaning Mir Clay, but throw Ken- lucky upon the electioneering arena in Con- gross completely handcufled,0 &e.
 ''Nlr. Shepherd had always been in favor of Gen. Jackson. Some of the friends of Mir. Clay, he had no doubt. wished to defeat the resolution, and leave that gentleman to make the best bargain he could. But he did not wish the vote of Kentucky to be bariered away; or that Mir. Clay should be Secretary of State, 10 the exclusion of Jackson as Pre- sident.''
 ''Mr. B. Hardin said he kncao that many of our members of Congress were inclined to vote for Mir. Adams, and he believed he would get the vote of Kentucky, unless this House acted. He recapituated theslrength of Adams and Jackson, and believed the result of the Presidential election depended on the vote of this House on this day.o
 The resolutions were adopted by an over whelming majority in the following form {
 ssWhereas it appears from the result of the elections ill the several States, and the forma- ton of the electoral colleges for choosing a President of the United States, that no person will receive majority of the electoral votes, and that Henry Clay, who was the first choice of the people of Kentucky, has not received a sufficient number of votes to bring him be- fore the House of Representatives as one ol the three highest from whom the choice oi the President of tie United States is 10 Joe made-therelore,
 s.RcSolced. Sc. That the members of the House of Representatives in the Congress of the United States, from this State, be re- quested to vote for General Andrew Jackson as President of the United States.
 eResotUed, os be opinion of this Legisla- lure, That General Andrew Jackson is the second choice of the State of Kentucky for the next President of the United States; that a very large majority of the people of this State prefer Gen. Jackson to Mir Adams oi | Mir. Cfawford; and that the members of the House of Representatives in the Congress of the United States will, by complying with the request herein signifed, faithfully and truly represent the feelings and wishes of the good people of Kentucky.o
 MIR. CLAY AND GEN. JACKSON. A
 While Mr. Clay and Mir Adams stood be- fore the public at open defiance with each other, we have evidence that the former was on friendly If not intimate terWs with Gen Jackson. The following statements were made on oath before the Senate of Kentucky
 ss0Huer Keene stated, that in the fall O 1924, eight or ten days before Mr. Clay started for Washington city, he asked MT. Clay, il conversation, whether he had written to Gen Jackson to come to his house and go on to Washington with himi MT. Clay said he had
 "Francis .Mc.alear stated, that on tho morning Mir. Clay started for Washington, r the fall of 1S21, in the presence of severa gentlemen he heard AIr Clay say he hat written to Gen. Jackson to come through Lexington and go on to Washington with him, but had received no answer, and had given him out.o
 Gen. R. K. Call, in a letter to Gen. Val Ness, dated Feb 3, 1928, gives all accoun of the first meeting of MT. Clay and Gen ! Jackson after the electoral election if 1924 in the following words
 ssAs Gen. Jackson, Major Eaton, and my self, were returning from the Capitol, alte passing through the Rotundo we were over taken by Mr. Clay, who approached Ger Jackson with his usual pleasing address, an with the following familiar and friendly Ian guage. Gen. Jackson, have a quarrel wit you why did you not let me know yo | were coming by Lexington? ! certainl . should have waited for your arrival An to the best of my recollection he added, w | should have travelled together.'p :, In addition 10 this testimony, we have tn admission of Mir. Clay himself, that friendl relations had been re-established between mir and Gen. Jackson prior to the election of l824 In one of his addresses to the public, in win dication of his vote for Mir. Adams, he speak . as follows:
 } ssSuch was the state of our relations at tn t commencement of the session of Congtes 2 in 1923, the interval having passed withou . my seeing him, Soon after his arrival her :, to attend that session, collected from cel : tain indications that he had resolved upon 7 general amnesty, the benefit of which wa !; to be extended to me. He became suddenl = reconciled with some individuals betwee e whom and himself there had been Ion T existing enmty. The greater part of tn c Tennessee. delegation, Gall, believe, exceT : Mr. Eaton and Gen. Cocke,) called on m 1 together early in the session, for the expres : purpose, as understood, of producing rt 9 conciliation between us.o d q stated that the opinions had expresse T in the House of Representatives in regard { - Generel Jackson's military transactions, Ina
 been sincerely entertained, and were sti ,. held but that, being opinions in respect = public acts, they never had been suppose a by me to form any just occasion for privat e enmity between us, and that none had bee cherished on my parts Consequently, ther
 was no obstacle on my side to meetin e with him, and maintaining respectful inter . course.n
 e Mr. Clay further says, he afterwards dine Q with Con Jackson and the General wit