The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-30

order that, If guilty, here the proper pun
" ishment might be applied and if inno-
cent, here his character and conduct
might be indicated. He anxiously
hoped, therefore, that the house would
Z" be pleased to order an investigation to be
made into the truth Of the charges" A
committee was ordered and this Kremer,
an honest, illiterate rustic, eccentric in
costume and manners, man absurdly
out of place in an assembly of educated
persons" was summoned to appear be-
fore the committee, but he refused to APP
pear, but stated.that he did not write the
letter to the Observer, that he did not even
comprehend the language of the letter, that
he never, at any time, intended to charge
Clay with corrupt conduct, and that he
was willing to apologize. The letter was
undoubtedly written by John II. Eaton
who was, subsequently, rewarded by Gen
eral Jacksonville a seat IN the cabinet.
James Buchanan, in a published letter,
disavowed his belief in the charge that
there was any corrupt bargain between
Adams and Clay, or any understanding
whatever. And, moreover, this same
James Buchanan endeavored to secure the
influence of Clay for Jackson by stating to
him that If jackson was elected he would
make Clay secretary of state. 1t may be
stated here that every member of the house
who voted for Adams-with the exception
of two from whom no replies were received
stated, in answer to a circular letter, that
they did not know or believe that any bar
gain had been made between Adams and
Clay.
Years after the close of his administra-
ton, and when no personal motive existed
for their utterance, John Quincy Adams
used the following eloquent language on
this subject "Prejudice and passion have
charged Mr.. Clay with obtaining office
by bargain and corruption. Before you,
" my fellow citizens, in the presence of our
country and heaven, l pronounce that
charge totally unfounded. This tribute
of justice is due from me to him, and l
seize with pleasure the opportunity af-
forded me of dischargiDg thu obligation.
AS to my motive for rendering to him the
department of state when l did, let that
man who questions them come forward /;
let him look around among the statesmen
"aud legislators of this nation, and OF that
day let him then select and name the
man whom, by his preeminent talents,
"by his splendid services, by his ardent
patriotism, by his all-embracing public
esprit, by his fervid eloquence in behalf
of the rights and liberties of mankind, and
"by his long experience in the affairs of
the Union, foreign and domestic, a pres
ident Of the United States, intent only
"upon the welfare and honor of his coun-
{" try, ought to have preferred to Henry
Clay. Let MIN name the man, and then
"judge you, my fellow citizens, of my mo
tives."
1t is this long ago exploded SANDER and
falsehood against the father, that the Bos-
ton Journal revives and uses as an attack
upon the son. The taste which attacks the
dead in the endeavor TO make point
against the living is, AZ any time, to say
the least, very questionuble-how depraved
it must be when it seizes hold of an oft
refuted falsehood for that purpose
While the Vermont newspapers who are
copying the article, and think they have
got hold of a "big thing may have the
excuse of ignorance for their course, the
Journal has not even this poor excuse, for
its conductors have sufficient intelligence
to know that the charge was utterly false
and baseless. However it may have been
under the Mosaic dispensatlon, or may
continue to be in Other countries, political
sins do not in this country descend to the
children, even to the third and fourth gen.
Grafton, so that the charge, if true, would
have been utterly without point as an at
tack on Charles Fraucis Adams.