New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-09-04

what he conned over with Mr.. Markey, and what the
latter says he falsely imputed to him-Mr Clay would
have had no alternative but to hold him responsible
In this dilemma he threw himself upon the magnan
| unity of that man who he knew would pardon any
weakness in one who could plead that his faults had
originated in friendship for him. Mr. Webster was
enabled, from what had passed around him in Con-
gress to fahom the depths of the intrigue
| General Jackson's letter to Beverly was published
and before he had named the man who approached
him with the overture. Cotton gives letter from
| Mr.. Webster to Mr. Clay about Gen. Jacksons letter
| to Beverly, of June 6:
: ses as @ I n in
with friends the suspicion that such bargain had been
K n nSm f this @ 1n ct M am
"''' ''"'' - ''''' DANIEL WEBSTER
After Mr.. Buchanan come out with his response,
and Mr.. Clay had commented on it in his speech at
Lexington, kentucky Mr.. Webster, remarking on this
speech, writes of Mr.. Clay
Mr. Buchanan is treated too geny~Iany persons think
letter cnndd-I deem otherwise II seems TO me TO be oored
jury himself Although The Generals friends this why,
earss its mpossbg The General himself and the N4;l
VILE drink otherwise and complain of Blu
'''''A'' DAN1EI. WEBSTER.
Mr.. Webster saw at the first glance what all must
see now, that General jackson had good reason to
complained of the wrong he suffered, and in spite of
earnest entreaties, felt himself called on at the close
/ Of life to expose Mr. Buchanans sinister conduct
towards him. Mr. Prentice, the editor of the Louis
vile journal, the earliest and ablest of Mr.. Cay's
biographies, in an article reviewing General Jacksons
and Mr.. Cays last declarations on the subject of Mr.
Buchanans towards them, after deploling the
injustice which he thinks his great friend received at
the hands Of the majority of the American people,
sums up this conclusion with saying that Mr.. Blu
chanan was :" the very man by whose treachery and
falsehood they were induced to do twas himself
the only guilty party-that he pertnaciously sought
first by lying to Henry Clay, and then lying to Cen
jackson, to effect precisely the kind of bargain and
corruption that he caused to be charged upon Clay
! and Adams
But the Judgment which General Jackson pro-
nounced in all his public and private letters touching
Mr. Buchanans attempt to imphcate him In 50 deep
corruption" his adopted son is bid to say was not
any deliberate conviction Of his mind, as is simply
shown by his cordial treatment during his whole adj
ministration-his appointment to Russia ETC. Mr..
Buchanan before he preached his proposal to Gen.
Jackson, stipulated in advance Qn case 1t was dis
approved) for his pardon. His design being friendly,
i Gen. Jackson although he sterny rebuked it at the
time, did not make it bar to all subsequent inter
course 1t was his natures fault to be too conding,
and to men who attached themselves to him with
shows OF friendship he was apt to be indugent with
out looking into their selfish motives relying upon
the firmness purity of their characters He had
so much reliance himself and his power to prevent
i'll designs in bad or mischlevous results from
their attempts, that he never feared betrayal He
put Laitte the pirate, at the most vital point of his
defence before New Orleans, and felt that he had
nothing to fear from Ills Wa1L OF pTllCple Willie I'LL
der his command. In his bank war he did not APP
prehend danger from its friends in the Cabinet. He
even trusted them at the head OF the Treasury:
His confidence brought him into difficulties, but he
had so long successfully baffled difficulties that the
apprehension of them ntertered with his course
His sending Mr.. Buchanan abroad would have been
considered, if he had been weak and timid Presi'
dent, as proof Of design to get nd OF WHY UNI
scrupulous ntrguer whose schemes in his own favor
he had repulsed, and who might be inclined to prac
tce his arts against him in resentment Of what might
be construed into ungratefn return for an offer tc
exert them in his service This however, never cono
have influenced Gen. jackson in sending Mr.. Blu
o cbanan to st. Petersburg. He doubtless gave hin
this mission in compliment to Pennsylvania, the State
, which gave him the noblest earnest OF its confidence
and affection for himself both before and after his de
;. feat in the House of Representatives,.
# Mr.. Buchanan, Notwithstanding the rebuff glyel
him by Cen jackson, still went with his State in h
y support and was himself returned to Congress Com
ing with this endorsement from his State and having
t. capacity for diplomat to refuse the State in hi
person would have evinced sternness which he neve
1t exhibited towards those who made Appeals to HI
kind feelings, based on services rendered TO the caus
e in which he was engaged and especially Ween asso
ciated with those of great State towards which h
/. had the deepest sense of gratitude lie gave tn
is mission to Mr.. Buchanan, | have no doubt, witt
> pleasure He had no fear that Mr.. Buchanan woul
If intrigue against his country in Russia He knew tina
e political advancement not to be sought IN tina
direction. But if he had been asked to place Mr. Blu
chanan in position where he could barter all the once
S'SA
eral would have acted he did when that gentlema
proposed to take that function upon himself to cleo
u President in 1925.
II. career as politician, which signally mark his cha
le acter. They stand out and show that however d
1T vous his course solitary selfish ambition, without re
)n gard to any great cause has been the gldngstar
his life During the last war with Great Britain
he gave all his faculties to break down the administr
II. ton of Mr.. Madison, and give the triumph to tt
Id English party in the United States If success a
r crowned this effort he would have had the best cla
ut of any public man in Pennsylvania to come I'M
gh power under the auspices of the Hartford Conve
an ton The failure eXtingushed his hopes for ten veal
re He next appeared the Jealous friend of the gre
he man whose trumpet tones had proclaimed the WI
1t in the House Of Representatives, and of the gre
it. man who had closed it in blaze OF glory. He e
ig deavored, by corrupt intrigue to bring about Goa
far ton, which would make one President, the 9th
to Secretary with view to the succession, and esa
fishing this double interest for himself as the repl
sentative of Pennsylvania to open the way to his
we'd advancement. In this also he ailcdosing the co
t Of fidence of both the illustrors men to whom
NAV scheme would have attached dshonor. His third e
az pertinent is now before the country.
For years past he has identified himself with IL
multiplying party of the South, contributed to esta
rh sh their organ and their power in the Capitol
it'll by this means making them masters of the who
slaveholding interest which sways that section, al
his through it seeks now to domneer over the Mort
18th He bargains now with the politicians who have band
re together and hope by concert in section to
vas bic the minority to subject the majority in the 9th
led by dividing it. He pledges Pennsylvania to aband
lot her sister States of the North in her vote for him.
avs pledges himself to surrender the rights of the Nor
vas in her vote for him. and pledges himself to surrend
one the rights of the North-to sanction the breach
the faith that sacrificed the compact of peace between
it, sectons-and to give the strength of the Governme
avs to enforce the usurpaton that tyranzes Kans
hat This system of controlling the majority by the mine
yer ty in our elective government only be made
the work by corruption The oligarchy of England 81
He jects the of Ireland to the small body of Ell
ced fish landlords there by buying, with money pc
not ages high appointments the leading men to VIII
Mr. the democracy of ireland confde their interests
uld circumstances under which SO many Northern as
to raats among US have betrayed the will ofther const
yet surrendered their rights to the slave ogarc
make it obvious that the corrupt influence of ot
ery barter has taken root here and certainly the ma
sat gers of the Southern minority could not employ
more skilfu adept to ply the trade Of venal inre
through which they hope to succeed in the No
die than James Buchanan.
med 1t is necessary to success that notorious art