Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1856-07-10

charge, involving the inference that Mr..
Clay did vote for Mr.. Adams for the prom
Use of the Secretaryship, was the charge by
means OF which the party, that Mr.. Buchsn
an then acted with and ever afterwards act
ed with, broke down the greatest and best
man Of his age. And now, fellow-country-
men, we ask you to mark the final develop.
ment of facts. The real truth is, that in
stead Of Mr.. Clay's suggesting TO Mr.. Btu
chanan during the tendency of the Presi-
Dental election IN the House of Representa-
tives in 1925 that he and his friends would
support General Jackson if he could have
the Secretaryshp Of State under him, Mr..
Buchanan himself actually sought Mr.. Clay,
and, in the presence Of third gentleman,
explicitly declared to him, that, in the event
Of his voting for General Jackson and the
election of the latter, he would have the Sec
retaryship. Mr.. Clay's intimate personal
friends often heard him make this statement
in the after years OF his life, and we, with
half dozen others, heard him say in the
Presidential campaign Of 1914 that he would
not be willing to die without leaving it on
record. And he did not die without leaving
it OIL record. A few years ago MI. Calvin
Cotton published the Life of Henry Clay, in
the preparation Of which he visited Ashland
and had free access to many of Mr.. Clay's
private papers. He devoted considerable
portion Of his book to the old bargain, in
trigue, and corruption story, and Mr.. Clay
wrote out one passage of it with his own
hand. That passage was incorporated in
the volume word for word as it came from
the venerable statesmans pen. Let the A
merican people read it and ponder upon it.
Heie it is
Some time in January. eighteen hundred
and twenty-five, and not long before the e.
lection of President Of the United States by
the House of Representatives, the Hon.
James Buchanan, then member of the
House, and afterwards many years Sena-
tor Of the United States from Pennsylvania,
who had been a Jealous and influential sup
porter of General jackson in the preceding
canvass; and was supposed to enjoy his un-
bounded confdenc, called at the lodgings oi
Mr.. Clay, in the city Of Washington. Mr.
Clay was at the time in the room Of his only
/, messmate in the House, his intimate ant
confidential friend, the Hon. R. p. Letcher
since Governor of Kentucky, then also ;
member of the House. Shortly after Mr.
Buchanan's entry into the room he introduced
the subject Of the approaching Presidentia
, election, and spoke Of the certainty OF thu
election of his favorite, adding that he wout
form the most splendid cabinet that th'
o country had ever had Mr.. Letcher asked
r how could he have one more distinguishe,
e than that Of Mr.. Jefferson, in which were
both Madison and Gallatin? Where woulC
he be able to find equally eminent men?-
d Mr.. Buchanan replied, ''he wauld not g,
d out Of this room for Secretary of State,
e looking at Mr.. Clay. This gentleman Mr.
: Clay) playfully remarked that lie though
there was no timber there fit for cabine
= officer, unless it were Mr.. Buchanan him
n self.
- Mr.. Clay while he was holly assoled will
the charge of bargain, intrigue, and corrup
ton during the administration of Mr.. Ad
: ans, notified Mr.. Buchanan of his intention
: TO publish the above occurrence; but by th
: earnest entreaties of that gentleman, he wa
+. induced to forbear doing SO.
! This passage, we repeat, was written b
e Mr.. Clay's own hand. We learned tn
d fact from Mr.. Clay himself, from Mr.. Col
e ton, and from an eminently respected relo
= tive of Mr.. Clay. The great Kentuckiar
I, who had borne the weight Of bitter calumn
u for more than twenty years, and seen hi
Fl highest political hopes chrushed and blast
,, ed by it, did not choose to submit to it loi
ger out of tenderness TO the reputation of q
:. old political enemy; and the deepest regr,
d felt by his best friends is that ne submilte
d to 1t so long. Mr.. Buchanan, it appear
n might, when called on for his testimony
it 1925, have testified that Mr.. Clay, far frol
n having signifed that he would support Ger
= eral Jackson for the Presidency in cOnsi(
d Grafton of the Secretaryship OF State, h0
i positively rejected such bargain, proiTere
> to him by Mr.. Buchanan himself. Wha
\. ever of dishonor, whatever of inlamy, thel
r. could be in bargain, intrigue, and corruI
tion, attached TO Mr.. Buchanan. We q
rs not believe that he had any authority fro
it General Jackson to say what he said to M
ID Clay, yet he professed to utter fact and NJ
m opinion. He undertook to assert, as fro
lie authority, that General Jackson would for
to the most splendid cabinet the country ha
" ever had, and that Mr.. Clay, if he shouI
o support him, would be his Secretary
Or State.
ID Mr.. CISJ stated in the passage he wrO
,e out for Colton's biography of him, tina
N while he was SO holly assailed with Il
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