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| 49,. j ~ ..seo'etary OF state, IN case he were
elected President, and that wished n ascertsin
from him whether he had ever intIr.taa .rcb' ~
tenton That he must at once perceive how ipur;ors
| 70 his election such report might be That No
doubt there were several able and ambitions mon
IN the country, among whom thought Mr. Civ
might be included, who were aspiring 70 that of.
nee and II they believed he had already deter.
mined to appoint his chief competition. L migIt
have most unhappy effect upon their exertions
and those OF their friends. That unless he had so
determined, i thought that this report should be
promptly contradicsed under his own authority
u mentioned II had already probably done him
some injury, and proceeded to relate to him the
substance OF the conversation which I had held
with Mr.. Markley. do not remember whether I
mentioned his name, or merely described him as a
friend of Mr.. Clay"
Mr. Buchanan further says in this letter Of his
from which we are quoting
do not recollect that Gen. Jackson told me
might repeat his answer to Mr.. Clay and bis
friends, though should be cory to say he did NOT
TIE Uhole conpersation being apon the street. n
might hare escaped my observation"
Mr.. Buchanan continues:
81 called upon Gen. jackson. on the occasion
which have mentioned solely as his friend unon
my individual responsibility and not a the agent
OF Mr. Clay or any other person. never hAye
been the political friend OF Mr. Clay, since he
became candidate for the Office OF President. as
you very well know. Until saw Gen. Jsckson'a
letter to Mr.. Beverly, on the 5th ult, and at the
same time wsa informed by letter from the editor
Of the United States Telegraph, that was the per-
son to whom he alluded, the conception never once
entered into my mind, that he believed me to have
been the agent of Mr.. Clay or his friends or that
had intended to propose to him terms Of any
kind for them, or that he conld have supposed me
capable Of expressing the opinion that It was Hight
70 tight such intriguers with their own weapons.
He could not, think, have received this inpres.
sion, until after Mr.. Clay and bis riends had actu-
ally elected Mr.. Adams and Mr.. Adams had ap,
pointed Mr.. Clay Secretary Of State After those
events had transpired, 1t may readily be coniec.
tured in what manner my communication, had led
him into the mistake. deeply deplore that such
has been It's effect @ l&g
General jackson states, in positive terms, that
Mr.. Buchanan called upon him, at his lodginos. to
propose the arrangement referred to. Mr.. Blu.
chaaan, in his letter. asserts that the conversation
with General Jackson, took place in The strsesi
Shall we believe General Jackson or Mr.. Bu.
chanan Yaft
General Jackson says he gave to Mr. Buchanan
an answer to the proposition for such, an arrange
ment and requested him to say to Mr.. Clay and
bis friends what that answer was
MIR. Buchanan did not deny that Gen Jackson
did make him an answer TO the proposition, and
did request him to make known to Mr. Clay and
his friends what that answer was, but he could not
recollect the facts !" / do not recolect,n he SAYS
" that Gen. jackson told me I might repeat bis
answer to Mr. Clay and his friends, Though should
be sorry to say he did not. The whole Converse
tion being upon the street, il might hare escaped
Say observation ~ aH8 eIrHfs ntf wf.Efa&
Mr.. Buchanan denies unequivocally the correct.
ness Of the Generals allegation that he, Mr.. Blu
chanan, expressed the opinion to him, Gen. Jack.
son, that It was right to fight such ntriguers
with their own weapons" @ 3 Faa
That Mr. Buchanan, however notwithstanding
this denial, did express that opinion to Gen. Jack
son. on the occasion referred to, General Jackson
asserted most positively and explicitly in his dying
hours.
We term them dying "opinions and declara-
lions, because they were expressed and made In
his last and dying illness and just two months and
ten days before his death, and when he must have
been in constant expectation of that most solemn
of earthly events. t3@ as1
They are contained in the following extract OF
letter (for which we are indebted to the Nashville
Whig) written to a friend by Gen. jackson, under
date Of 8 Hermitage, February 2stb, ls45 ":aiG
Your observations with regard to Mr. Buchan-
an are correct. He shoiced pant of moral courage
in the affair of the intrigue of Adams and Clay
did not do me justice in the expose he then mad-,
and am sure about that time did believe there
Was perfect understanding between Adams and
Clay about the Presidency and the Secretary If
State This am sure Of. But whether he view
ed that there was any corruption in the case or
not, know not, but one thing do know, that he
icished me to combat them With their o,cn iceopons
that acas TO let my friends say If pas elected
1oald make Mr.. Clay Secretary Of STATE. This TO
with that honest indignation as (which) 1 thought
il deserved" . s Fy3se1t
Thus, on his death-bed, remarks the Nashville
Wing, General Jackson deliberately and most pos
itively and unequivocaly declared, that,Mr. Blu.
chanan did, in the interview which he Mr.. Bucha-
nan, had sought and had with him on the I'd Of
January, 1926, want him, General jackson, to let
his friends say to Mr. Clay's friends, that If he,
General jackson, should be elected, he would make
Mr.. Clay Secretary Of State. Who viii impeach
the truth Of this declaration Of General Jackson
II is but the reiteration, In a different form, OF
the declaration contained in General Jackson's let
ter of the 18th Of July 1927, which we have al
ready given, that Mr. Buchanan, IN the course OF
the conversation between them related In that let
ter, expressed to him the opinion that it was
fright to fight the friends of Mr. Adams " with
their own weapons" What friend Of General Jack.
son, we say, will impeach the truth Of this state
ment of bis in respect to Mr.. Buchanan, publicly
made and published by him in 1897, and reiterated
by him on his death-bed in 1916? 9s
ae a Tom Ford's Reason. 49, 4,
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