The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-05-24
Conelnded from Fn.st Paae.

intrigue between Clay and Adams,
that CLAW was to and did make Adj
ans President by his vote and infu
ence, and that Adams. as was pre-
dicted, made Clay Sec. of State, to
use CIay's own words, sin the line
of safe presidents" Now with these
facts before you I am sure you can
not expect me to abandon truth and
shield, by my declaration, such base
corruption as this for the sake of Of
fee, and impose p such prof;gate
men from that meritted censure from
all who practice COON morals. and be
in part the instrument in raising cor
rupt men into Office and public con-
fidence. There were unbiased men
of that day, but believed the corrupt
coalition between Adams and Clay.
Your Fosters and Bell gave credence
of the facts and many more, and
Mr.. Foster and many Others under
oath as members of our Legislature
and in the public sheets of Nashville
burned Mr.. Clay in ef1gy, You re-
fer to Mr.. Beverly-do you know
him know him-he is unworthy
of credit-a bankrupt in character
and in property, as 1 am ADVISED
But my dear sir, you are pleased
to say that "that if all other evil
dence was wanting of The integrity
of Mr.. Clay the often repeated as
sersions of that great and good man
John Q. Adams, would be conclu-
sive with" My dear sir, not so with
me, l know him devoid Of truth, or
honorable conduct, when he wishes
to defame others. / will name few
cases, out of many, for your informa-
ton, and leave you to judge of his
GREATNESS and goodness Have
YOU not seen the public rebuke l
gave him, for one Of the most posi-
| tive falsehoods that ever entered the
head of wicked and vindIctive man,
the object of which was to connect
me with conniving at the raising of
troops in the United States for the
conquest for Texas, and for this pur-
pose had promised the government
of Texas to Hutchings Burton; a
more bare-faced falsehood never en-
tered into the head of man. Mr.. Bur-
ton and myself never had a CONVEX
sation upon any such subject-Again
have YOU forgotten or have you not
seen another rebuke l was compelled
to give him, about my confidential
letter purloined from me by that
scamp, DR.. Mayo, given by the Doc
tor to Mr.. Adams and altho marked
confidential Mr.. Adams presented to,
and read it in the House of Con-
Dress to convict me of conniving at
the secrete movements Of Genl Hous-
ton in raising troops for the invasion
of Texas and that had wrote this
as a blind and never sent it to Judge
Fulton then acting as Govr of Ar
kansa-the case concisely IS this
communications having been made
to me, confdentially, to make strict
INQUIRY, into the facts charged and
communicate them to mel did not
credit the information. but if it was
true intended to put it down-This
letter I sent to the Judge, and the
confidential copy marked confden-
tial was the one purloined and hand
ed to Mr.. Adams, who, instead of re-
turning to me, and rebuking the Dr.,
read it in Congress as the original
not sent-Judge Fulton brought on
the original, swore to its receipt long
before the copy was purloined. and
fled in the State Department, which
disoraced this old vindictive traducer
The law says the receiver of stolen
nroperty is as bad as the thief
ask YOU if Mr.. Adams had either
truth or honor to govern him, would
he not, the copy being marked con-
6dential come to me with it, return
ed it to me, and exposed the thief
1 ask if any man of either honor or
truth. would have received a conf
Dental letter and produced, and read
it in Congress-nay, and any man
that would be guilty of. such base
ness is capable of doing any base
act that a wicked heart can conceive
Il am sure you will say that "great
and qood man" could never be guilty
of such a base act, and therefore, any
assertion he makes cannot be relied
on. Other cases equally strong ]
could name, but my debility forbids
me, am too feeble to proceed, as
must bring to your view few cases
of Mr.. Clay's justice and veracity.-
You cannot have forgotten the great
Idolitrous, hard cider and coon gath.
ering at Nashville in 1910. You
must recollect that Mr.. Clay was
there as the great leading dema-
| gooue and electioneerer traveller oil
that day. That he made long
speech in which he charged upon me
the appointment to office of default.
/ ers, and designated that pure and
GOOD man Edward Livingston as one,
altho in his grave at the time--I was
at home sick, and know so much OF
Mr.. Clay as to know that he made
this false charge, knowing as he did
that it was false, to leave behind
him for food to my political SANDER
ers in Nashville-that l would not
hear of it until he was gone-ln this
be found himself mistaken an hon
orable Whigg, hearing the charge
and knowing it was false called and
informed me-Sick and feeble as
was, got into my carriage. went to
Nashville, and addressed him as you
have seen in the papers, charging
upon him his SANDER of the living
and the dead and proving from the
records of the United States Senate
that Mr.. Livingston was not a de-
faulter, and a Federal Senate APP
proved his nomination by unani-
nous vote, Mr.. Clay present-Mr.
Clay in his Nashville speech of 164O
made this attack on Mr.. Livingston
and myself, knowing that it was pos
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