The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1844-08-30

Of honor and true patriot.
We do not, as the editors Of the "Demo'
craft, present our oDn statement and say
that we are ready to prove such and such
things, but we present the testimony as pre-
sented by Mr.. Clay in his defence, and IN
which be made the ollie slandcrerS of 1923
hang their heads, and acknowledge that they
had been gully Of Perpetrating base and
unwarantabIe slanaer.
We will first introduce TO our readers
the Hon. D. WHITE, of Kentucky, who was
a Jacksonman in 1928. In his testimony
given, he says:
$50 far as / have been implicated, in
connection with my late colleagues in the
alleged management, bargain, sale, &c'' IN
the election of the President, and IN the
formation of his cabinet, plead conscious
innocence, and am willing 10 bow with
humble submission to the award Of an in
teIigent and Just people. That my co.'s
| leagues, or either Of them, were guilty oil
the charge, cannot be established 0y me =
knotD of no improperly Of conduct or an
| propricty Of mOtire, on the part 81 ettAer
| of them, mhich mould authorize me to at
tach TO either Of them the least crinl'notfty
| | shalt, in the exercise of my constitutions
al tight of suffrage, vote for the Jackson
ticket, and will support it with zeal. Any
opposition that may offer to the re.elec>
ton Of Mr.. Adams, grows out of clrcum~
stances foreign from, and entirely uncon-
nccted with, his late election by the House
of Representatives"
Extract from the Circular Of the Hon. J.
B. REYNOLDS, member OF Congress from
Tennessee, to his constituents in 1928. He
says:
''If any improper combination or couup-
tons have been empl yed in the elevation
of Mr.. Adams, it is unkno,rn to me. |
shc uld most inevitably have exposed it TO
public view. But, in the absence Of all
proof, ,rho, I ash, has made me the arbUer
fmcn's mofircs and actions, and prom ounce
them infamous because they differ NTH me
on subjects Of deep interest TO The country.
acting under the same solemn Obligations
Of honor end duty which binds as all to
r Hedren7 hope the charges are unbound
cd.-Men Of great talents, who have here
tofore stood high IN the regard and afEec.
tons Of their fellow. citizens, for their pats
riotic and distinguished services, and who
have been honorcd with the most important
, offices within the gift of the people, and
now enjoy them, ought not TO be put down
on slight ground Of jealous suspicious"
; We now present no less important wit.
+ - 49," al" Hon THOMAS II. BENTON OF
Missouri. In a letter dated Washington
: City, Dec. 9TH, 1927; he says:
-"SIr:-Yout letter Of the I9h ult.. GOV.
e ering the Lexington (Va.) IntelIigencer of
, that date, has been duly received, and IN
answer to the inquiries you put to me,
have TO state, that the articles to which you
invite my attention, is substantially, l. OF YER
G balIy, correct, so far as represents me as
, saying I tcas informed by Mr.. Clay, in
the forepart Of December, 1924, that he
intended to Uote for Mr. Adams. There is
e no mistake IN the date, as visit which |
made TO your part of Virginia, about that
time, enables me TO fix it with certainty. |
left Washington, on that visit, about the
18Th Of December, and had received the
}. information Of Mr.. Clay before | set out,
q and told it, VIII lie absent, in the family Of
! my Cather.in.law, Col. Mcdowell, of your
county. But the inference SO much insists
: ed upon, that must have told the same
r. thing to Mir Eaton and others OF his polItl-
;. cal friends, is wholly erroneous; for, having
d no authority from Mr.. Clay to promulgate
his intentions, only spoke Of them in the
bosom of private family; two hundred
Il miles from Washington. Since that period
7 and especially during the present summer
IS / have, on several occasions, and sometimes
h IN the presence Of political opponents, acher
), the course Of conversation tcd me TO ii
Il mentioned aohat kne,c Of Mr.. CIGy's early
IT intention to cote for mr.. Adams"
G GENERAL LAFAYETTE
G in letter to Mr.. Clay, dated La Grange
n (France) Oct. 10Th, 1927, he says:
Z. "Blessed as have la ely been with th,
5, welcome, and conscious as it is my happ,
\ lot to be of the affe ction and confidence o
all parties and all men in every purity within
: the United States, feelings which ! mos
1t cordially reciprocate, have ever though
mysel. bound TO avoid taking any part il
d local or personal divisions. Indeed, if
/, thought that in these matters nv inf1uenc,
- could be of any avail, it should b, soleI
+" exerted to depFecate, not by FAR, the free
e republican, and full discussion Of principle
II and candidates, but those nvidous SANDER
e which, although they are happily repellet
. by the good sense, the candor, and in do
mest.c instances, by the delicacy of tn
American people to give abroad incorrec
IS and disParaging impressions. Yet, that lin
h Of conduct from which must not deviat
except in imminent cases now out Of til,
question: does not imply a forgetfulnnss o
facts nor refusal TO state them occasion
s ally. My remembrance concurs with you
# own on this point, that in the latter end o