Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-11-22

uone-We nOhor MS talents, Out ulsuu'' "'o
fidelity-we ar content he should fill any
place in The government but the frst-the
reins we will never place in his hands-we
should never feel safe if he held our desii-
nies without a controlling power over him"
Tho South cannot have forgotten the cele-
bra,ed letter Of Gen. Jackson TO Carter Bev- |
erly, exposing proposition made TO him in |
January 1928, by MIR. Buchanan from MIR.
Clay. We subioin The concluding paragraphs
which are sufficiently explanatory. The let
ter is dated Hermitage, June 8, 1927;
The gentleman proceeded. lie said he
had been informed by The friends OF Mr.
Clay. that she friends Of Mr. Adams had
made overtures TO them, saying If Mr.. Clay
and his friends would unite in aid Of Mr.
Adams election, Mr. Clay should be Secre
tary of State that the friends OF MIR. Adams
we're urging as a reason TO induce the friends
Of Mr.. Clay 10 accede TO their proposition,
that il were elected President, Mr.. Adams
would be continued Secretary of State, (inu-
endo, there would be no room for Kentucky j
that the friends of Mr.. Clay stated that the
west did not wish to seperate from the west
and if would say, or permit any of my
confidential friends to say, that in case were
elected President, Mr.. Adams should not be
| continued Secretary of State, by complete
union Of Mr.. Clay aud his friends, they would
! put an end 10 the Presidential contest in one
! hour And he was of opinion it was right 10
fight such intriguers with their own wea'
pons.
To which in substance, | replled--that in
politics, as in everything else, my guide was
principle and contrary TO the expressed and
and unbiased will of the people, never
wonld step into the presidential chair and
requested him 10 sag TO lfr. Clay and his
friends, flor did suppose he had come from
Mr.. Clay, although he used the term of Mr..
Clay's friends that before | would reach
the Presidential chair, by such means of bar
gain and corrup,ion, would see the earth
open and swallow both Mr. Clay and his
friends and myself with them. If they had
not confidence in me to believe if were
elected, that would call 10 my aid in the
cabinet men of the first virtue, talent and
integrity, not 10 vote for me. The second
day after this communication and reply, il
was announced in the newspapers that Mr.
Clay han come out openly and avowedly to
Mr.. Adams. 1t may be proper to observe
that, on the supposItion that Mr.. Clay wa'
no, privy 10 the proposition stated, may
have done injustice TO him. If so, the gen
tleman informing me can explain.
am very respectfully, your most obedicn
servant, .
ANDREW JACKSON.
MR. CARTER BEVERLY.
! Gen. Jacksos, in his address TO the pnbli
of 1927, referring to Mr.. Cay's denial of 'hi
matter, said -. This disclosure was made /
e me by MIR. Buchanan, a member Of Con
Il gress from Pennsylvania"
J. There are many other objections Of a ger
eral character, that would be dishearuin
: and dscouraging, which wo at present pas
y over. The passage Of senatorial speecl
d replied to by Honest John Davis, from whic
II an annoying Sobriqust has been taken an
T applied TO Mr.. Buchanan, has been denieI
"a Senators who were present assert that it rc
- uttered, but stricken out of the publiShe
: speech The settlement OF this question
III veracity, let it be as it may, can lake b'
e little from the force of The soJrquct, who
n is forever fastened upon Mr.. b. and woul
" de,ach from him thousands Of voters anon
Sc The working men.
I'd We had intended 10 close here for The pr
~ sent but there is one other fault that Won
~ have immense weight in a canvass, AT
e which we should look in the face in seaso
Mr. Buchanan asked in his Grafton be(o
he quoed from, when speaking of The first ye;
of the war, " is there an American on Il
III floor of this house who has not blnshed f
0, his country a thousand times during that di
p. graceful yearW We acknowledge we blu'
~ when we ask the south, did any Of her gre
IN men ever deny their citizenship 10 get nd
~ paying their state taxes! Did Mr.. Calhou
~ ~ Mr.. Lowndes, Mr Crawford, Mr.. Polk, or al
n other of the southern statesmen, living
he dead, whose acls have done so much hon
ld TO our country, Never one of them thoug
49, of such an act. Not so Mr.. Buchana
of Here is his letter to The Lancaster assesSo
h by means of thus repudialing his birth-rigI
,r!s he avoided, during his term as secretary
he state, the payment of abou. $4,000 STA
taxes!
WAsuINCroN, Feb. l6, 1876.
{" Dear Sir: have received yours Of /
-, l2h instant, informing me that, not kno
"a ing whether considered myself a reside
,'e of LANCASTER, you have assessed me as sue
~ had supposed that you could have know
that had removed from Lancaster nearly
year ago aud have ever since been an ac,t
~, resident Of this city, where my official
". lies require that | should reside. | trr
i, that at some future period | may again
'"i come resident of Lancaster, but that
rn wholly uncertain.
W JAS. BUCHANAN.
of MrcHAEL BUSDEL, Esq.
This letter was certainly very i'll conce
In ed and i'll advised. Mr.. B. is a native
or Pennsylvania, lie had been placed by |
~ citiy.us in an honoTed post with n salary