New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-05-24
The .Enrgnin, Islander.

utmos. to beat them
The Bargain SANDER.
WHY is it that q poor DID, worn. out, exploded
caumny cannot be suffered to lie quietly in It's
grave? We perceive that the present Loco Foco
party is tending tombward, but it need not So
spitefuy disturb the ashes Of its dead libcls.
This wre,ched calumny of a bargain between
Messrs Adams and Clay in the winter of l8245,
by which the former was to be made President
and the latter Secretary of State, first assert
ed in an anonymous letter from Washington in u
Pennsylvania newspaper. On demand for the
name of its author, that Of George Kremer, an
ilhterate, violent Jackson Member of Congress,
was given up. Mr.. Clay, being Member of the
House Of Representatives, instantly demanded an
investigation, and Committee politically oppo
BED to him was raised. This Committee sum
moned Mr. Kremer to produce his testimony.
but he declined to appear before them The Com
mittec reported that the charge was utterly
groundless.
The story was next revived by the Fayetteville
Observer, r. 6. saying that the Clay men had
offered to bargain with the jackson men. Thu
author being demanded, the name of Garter BE-
perly was given up. Mr.. Beverly, being called
on, gave Gen Jackson as his authority. Gen
Jackson, in 1921, stated that Ga gentleman,
friend of Mr.. Clay Of long standing, had made
the proposition to him. &c. On being pressed,
he gave the name of James Buchanan of Pa (Mr
Buchanan had nerer been a Political friend of Mr.
Clay, but Federalist from the start, which Mr.
Clay was not, and Mr.. b. from Federalist be-
came Jackson man-neCer Of the same party
with Mr.. C!ay.) Mr.. Buchanan was now hauled
over the Goals, and he promptly declared that
Gen. Jackson was entirely mistaken--that he had
neper made any such proPoStlonto Gen. jackson,
nor had any authority To do 80 from any Clay
Here the whole story again into
the ground and no reputable witness has ever
since been called in It's support. Amos Kendai
and Francis p. Blair, who were ardent and &C
tive CLAY men in 1925, but went over TO Jack
son in the next contest--the latter on Mr. Claws
refusing to give him such an Office at Washing
ton as he deemed equal TO his deserts-attemptcd
to give the calumny some semblance of probabili-
some of Mr. Clay's Western friends in Congress
voted for Mr.. Adams in 1925, not because they
individually preferred him 10 Gen Jackson, but
because they desired 10 sec Mr.. Clay the success
sor, and they thought this would be more likely
if the immediate President were chosen from the
East than from the West. With such views, some
of the Kentucky Delegation avowed that they vo-
ted for Mr. Adams. not so much for his own sake
as for that of Mr. Clay. Ohio had voted for CLAY;
her Delegation was for Clay; they held meet
ing, and resolved to vote for Mr. Adams-Mr
Clay not being one OF the three returned to the
House This was before the Kentucky Members
had taken their course. The latter, after deciding
for Mr. Adams, were of course DESTROYS that he
should be elected and that their constituents
should approve their course, which had been i'm
puened beforehand by the extraordinary and pre-.
posterous assumption OF majority of the Ken
lucky Legislature TO instruct them To vote for
Gen. Jackson. The Legislature had precisely as
much right 10 instruct the Members of Congress
of the several Districts represented by those Mem
bers-no more and vet Members were seriously
berated for obeying the dictates ofthcir own udg-
ment, or the wishes of their respective consttuen
cics, rather than the mandate OF the Legislature
Even Mr. Clay. who represented District which
never had, never has, never Will give jackson
majority, but has dozen times emphatically APP.
proved and ratified his vote for Mr.. Adams, has
been abused for not voting for Gen. Jackson in
obedience to the Representatives of other Districts
in the legislature
Every assertion imputIng corrupt collision
between Messrs Adams and Clay, or their re.
spective friends, having been followed up till itvan.
ished into him air, Mr. Clay commenced calling
witnesses TO prove negative. and the resul, was
overwhelming. Bear in mind that it was no,
known in Washington iii December 1924, tina,
Mr. Clay would not be returned to the House.
but on the contrary his friends confidently ex
pected that Louisiana would vote for him. and
thus carry him into the House instead of MIR. |
Crawford Once in The House Mr. Gays friends t
felt confiden, that his great popularity there and
the more decided amtagonsm OF the friends of the
other candidates 10 each other than Ia him, would
ensure his election. OF course, they did not bar
gain to cleo, somebody else while they were cS-
oecting TO elect Mr.. Clay.
Gen. l.. FAYErre wrote him, under date Of
Lsgronge France, Oct. 10, 1927, that
"When in Annapolis, Iin the Fall OF 1924
,ut to you simple, unqualified question respecting
,our vote for Presidency, your answer was, MAJ
n your opiaion, Akc actual state Of health OF hT.