Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-06-30

was the corruption at which he was willing to con-
| niYe Let General Jackson himself answer. Over
his signature, on the 18th of July 1871 he saio
The statement contained in my letter TO Mr. BeY-
| erie Is this: That in January, 1925, member OF
Congress, of high respeetabty, visited me, aud OBJ
served. lie had seen informed by the friends oil MI
CLAY that the friends Of Mr. Adams had made over
tgre. 10 them saving fMr Clay and his friends would
| unite In aid Of the election of Mr.. Adams, Mr.. Clay
should be Secretary of State that the friends OF Mr.
Adams urging reason, TO induce the friends
of Mr. Clay to aecede to the proposition, that. II
were elected President Mr. Adams would be continued
Secretary of State tinuendo, there would be no room
for Kentucky , that the friends of Mr.. Clay stated,
| that the Vest did not want to separate from the
! West and If | would say, permit one OF my con-
fdential friends TO say, that, in case were elected
President, Mr. Adams should not be continued Sec
rotary of State by complete union OF Mr.. Clay ana
his friends they could put end to the Presidential
contest in one hour aud he of opinion it was
right fight such intriguers by their own weapons.
This disclosure mnde TO by Mr.. JAMES
| BUCHANAN "A member of Congress from nsylyania,
a gentleman of the first responsibility and intelligence
| The evening before he had communicated substanti-
| ally the same proposition to Major Eaton, my col
league in thdSenate with desire warmly manifest
ed, that he should communicate with me, and aseer-
| tain nv views on the subject This he declined do
ing, suggesting to Mr. Buchanan, that he as well as
| himself could converse with me, and ascertain my
| opinion on the matter-though from his knowledge
| Of me he thought he could conjecture my answer,
! that would enter into no engagement whatever 1t
was the morning succeeding this interview, alter
| Major Eaton had refused to converse with me the
subject aud before had set out from my lodgings to
the capitol that Mr.. Buchanan to visit me; and
when the conversation have stated took place Tho
answer returned has already been published, and will
| not be here repeated
II therefore appears according to the testimony of
! General jackson, that Mr. Buchanan said that bar
| gain was going between the friends of Mr.. Clay
and Mr.. Adams and that he dduiSed General jackson
| to enter the shambles and see what he could do by
jargajn and intrigue himself The General, doubt
believed what Mr.. Buchanan told him, though he re-
fused to play at any such game-evcn II 1t was re-
| commended by member of Congress- of high res
| pectability."
! But now the cat was out of the wallet. The name
| OF this respectable member of Congress was divulged
| and it. was necessary for Mr. Buchanan to say some
thing. lie was between Scyllaa and Chary bds-atraid
of Clay and jackson both and how to get out OF the
! difficulty in which he had placed himself was the
problem to be solved With a view accomplishing
this dextrous feat he sat down and wrote letter for
the Lancaster journal in which he appeared in state
of bet,oeepiyno exactly owning nor denying General
! Jackson's statement. lie thought he had not told
! General jackson all that stated. lie thought
the General had drawn some of his conclusions from
what had afterwards occurred but his colleague, Mr.
Markley had called upon him, and in conversation
| which occurred, had snd, &C Well, Mr. Markey
| came out in reply, and said that Mr. Buchanan was
the only man that he ever heard say anything about
| bargain between the friends of Messrs. Clay and
adams; that Mr.. Buchanan called at his lodgings and
said that such thing on the carpet but he had
| never heard Of it before that he friend of
| General jackson, and had been from the start Major
! Lson also testified that Mr.. Buchanan had called
him with the same tale in his mouth but that he re-
! fused to go to the old hero with such story ON his
| lips Mr. Markley also declared that he knew nothing
of the matter; that Mr.. Buchanan called at his lodg
Tags and introduced the subject TO him who had al
ways been jackson man and was not in the conf
| dence Of Mr. Clay and his friends Major Eaton eS
he'd to the same thing: and Mr.. Clay proved, by per-
haps hundred witnesses, that no such bargain as
| that charged had been could have been, entered
| into and Mr. Buchanan was left, as base calumni-
| ntor, without rag to cover his nakedness These
facts all be established by the publications of tho
times. Mr.. Buchanan went to Major Eaton, also to
| Mr. Marley, and told of the bargain that had been
entered into but when called himself, he una
| BILE to summon a single witness. No except Mr..
Buchanan himself had ever heard of bargain and cor
iuPtlon. He was found sneaking about with the vel
| ycty tread of the cat making propositions, and of
| icrng to fight the devil with fire; but one else
could tell anything about the matter. We have read
! the whole testimony from start to pole; and
terrain the opinion that Mr.. Buchanan the author
OF the SANDER from beginning to end and if such be
| the case, how can Henry Clay Wings vote for him
We know the facts, and invite scrutiny into the case.
| We know that JAMES BUCHANAN, of Pennsylvania did
more to bring reproach aud dishonor upon the name
| OF Henry Clay than any other man in America and
| If any person calling himsefn Henry Clay Wing shall
| stoop low to vote for Buchanan for the Prcsi-
| dency, then shall be compelled to acknowledge
| that human nature occupies n lower grade in the
scale of creation than have been willing to accord
| to the trailtes of
James Buchanan preferred the charge of bargain
dd corruption against Henry Clay and persisted in it,
after every honest man in the naton-except General
Jackson himself perhaps-had been fully convinced
that there not the slightest ground for such
accusation. The FdVettenRie O5sapT out and
confessed that it had been msled; that the charge had
no ayal Mr. and nc and
that, although opposed to him. it conceived it right
! and proper to make such acknowledgment The
| whole eountry-the intelligent portion
was convinced of the injustice of the charge; yet Mr.
| Buchanan never recanted. He had testimony
lie Ind never hearda human being upon the face of
the earth say that there was bargain between the
| friends of Mr. Clay and those of Mr., Adams; yet he
chose to report and thought proper to
tradiet the false clamorunt the great whom he
| had injured had passed beyond the bounds of human
| availability
Now we ask the Old Line Wings, the true Henry
| Clay Wings, if they will vote for such a trimmer
such a slanderer-sueh go-betweenl We do not
| believe they will. We have not the slightest idea
that they ought TO do
We have given only squint Mt the facts connected
with the dirty part payedn this transaction by Mr.
| Buchanan. Any person anxious of exploring the
| depth OF his turptde may be gratihed by reading
Coltons Life of Henry Clay. He is one OF the most
unprincipled politicians in America and we hope the
honest of the country may duly appreciate his
| tecedents.-N c. atlas
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY AT COUNCIL BEND. ARK.
| Captain John Shirley. of the steamer James
Laughlin, has furnished the Memphis Bulletin
with the following account of tragedy which
occurred ut Conncil Bend. Arkansas:
On the evening If the 9Th inst. Isaac Davis.
Robt. Dickson. and VIM. Hawkins went to the
| of Scot at Inv md