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

Charles Francis Adams having written q
very foolish letter which Governor Tilden,
in violation Of all the proprieties of life,
saw fit to make public, the Boston J0urnsl
has made it the occasion of renewing the
old bargain and corruption cry in connec-
ton with the election of John Quincy
Adams TO the presidency, and the subse-
quent appointment of Henry Clay as Sec
rotary of state; taunts Charles Francis
Adams with what he is pleased to term the
''political dishonesty" of his 'progenitor !"
publishes certain letters of General Jack
son says that "Mr. Clay talked about ask
sing for a committee of enquiry, but did
mot" intimates that James Buchanan be-
lieved in the charge of "fraud" and sus-
tanned it by letter; states that "George
"Kremer, q representative from Pennsyl-
"vania, in long letter to the Columbian
"Obserrer, exposed the barter and sale.
>"Mr. Clay published violent card in
"reply, holding himself responsible to the
"code or honor, but MIR. Kremer simply
confirmed the statements which he had
''made;" and says that the election of John
Quincy Adams was ''fraud committed on
''the people of the United States" and
that TO call it otherwise is classification
"of history" and an attempt to blot out"
the "wrong doing" of John Quincy Adams.
No charge was ever more groundless, or
more completely refuted. II had its birth
IN the brain of General jackson, who, as
Parton-who endeavors to make demI-
god of him-is constrained to admit, was
always prone to think evil of those who OPP
posed him, as well as to be too indulgent to
those who supported him; or like the rus
tic politician, somewhere spoken of, had
but one standard of character "Fine man,
4" sir, nly friend " Damned scoundrel,
" sir. Opposed to me-! " So Andrew
Jackson judged Henry Clay and John
Quincl Adams, and, hence, believed that
there was some bargain between them; but
no other man of prominence or intelligence
ever believe it evend for a moment.
At the presidential election in 1924, John
Quincy Adams received eighty-four cleo.
toral votes, Andrew Jackson ninety-nine,
William ii. Crawford forty-one, and
Henry Clay thirty-seven. As neither of
them received majority of the electoral
vote-each, also, being in minority of the
popular vote-the election, under the con-
stitution, devolved upon the house of repre-
sentatives, each state being entitled to one
vote, and the choice being limited to the
three highest NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., jackson
and Crawford. Under these circumstances
what was Mr.. Clay, and those who looked
up to him as leader, to do9 Mr.. Craw-
ford had but recently, been the sub
ject of paralytic attack and
had not completely recovered, 90
that the choice was practically narrowed
down to Adams and Jackson. Clay had
declared TO his friends in Kentucky, before
the result of the election was known, that
he could conceive of no possible circum-
stances that would induce him to support
General Jackson for the presidency. What
then remained for HIM to dor Clearly
there was but one course for him to take
namely to support Mr.. Adams and labor
for his election TO the presidency. This he
did, and the result was the election of John
Quincy Adams, he receiving the votes of
thirteen states, to seven for Jackson and
four for Crawford. The three states which
had given their electoral votes to Clay
Kentucky, Ohio aud Missouri-voted, in
the house, for Adams, but it is to be noticed
that the transfer of these votes to General
jackson would not have insured his
election.
The letter which appeared in the Column
6ian Observer, before referred to, instead
of calling out evident card" from Mr.
Clay, Mr.. Kremer "simply confirming his
statements" and Mr.. Clay talking about
asking for committee of inquiry, but
did mott" resulted in a speech from the
speakers chair-Clay being then speaker
of the house-in which he said "Stand-
ing in the relation to the house that he
did, it appeared to him that here was the
proper place to institute the enquiry, In