More Documents. A pressure of
other important matter has prevented us
until now, from noticing the "Reply of
the Jackson Corresponding Committee
of the District of Columbia, to Mr.
Clay's last Address," which has recent
ly appeared in several newspapers, and
also in pamphlet form. Our limits will
not permit an insertion of the unbroken
chain of evidence adduced by the Com
mittee, exhibiting in their language, uan
array of testimony which goes to estab
lish, beyond the possibility of a rational
doubt, the charge of a corrupt political
bargain between Mr. Adams and Mr.
Clay." The following are the princi
pal points df the testimony:
In the first place, the Committee show
conclusively, that the political differen
ces of Messrs. Adams and Clay were of
long standing as Mr. Adams said in
his reply to Mr. Clay's letter relative to
the occurrences at Ghent, "that from
the seed time of 1814, to the harvest of
1822," they were politically opposed to
each other; and that their hostility from
the latter period was open and avowed,
until the fall of 1821, when it began to
be doubtful whether Mr. Clay would be
Mr. Clay appears to think that this1
evasion will satisfy the people! The fol
lowing statement perhaps accounts for
the declaration of Mr. Clay's friends:
and justifies the inference that the hego
ciation was carried on personally be
tween Messrs. Adams and Clay: the
Hon. John McLahe, Senator from Illi
nois, says, "the Kentucky Delegation
who voted for Mr. Adams, had a meet
ing to determine upon their course, as I
was informed by one'of them, at which,
it was said to me, that upon the question
beins proposed to Mr. Clay, for whom
shall we vote? he answered, in substance,
'that in case General Jackson should be
elected, he believed that the administra
tion. with its weight, would be opposed
to him to prostrate him; that, should Mr.
Adams be elected, he fell satisfied it
would not be so, but that he hoped no
personal consideration for him, would
induce them to act contrary to their
desire.' "
If this array of testimony is suffered
to pass uncontroverted, can any person
doubt, when added to the-statements of
Messrs. Buchanan and Markley, but
that Mr. Clav and his friends voted
for Mr. Adams because they "distinctly
ascertained that Mr. Adams would make
bargain, and that Gen. Jackson
u
among those returned to the House of
Representatives. So far did Mr. Clay's
would not?"
The following extracts from letter
7
published by the Committee, throw some
ritcd I mention this .circum-lthink of the administration, but it
yuu iiieu.ii nuams anu viay, we all
unnK tnem two ot the greatest
knaves in the country."- ivbat.
cfnnffi ns ah evidence of tlie cor-
; , ,
rectness of the information l nau
received of ithe views and deter
mination of Mr. Clay, mat ne
did hold the election in his own
hands, is proved by the result.
That he is in the Cabinet is
equally clear; and that Mr. Brent
was instrumental in placing him
there, none will doubt. By what
magical artifice he seduced the
worthy representative of Louisia-
s 11 ' -1 1.1.
na from his allegiance
motto, he best can tell."
Mr. O. 15. Brown, in a letter to the
Hon. J. II. Eaton, relative to a conver
sation held with the Hon. J. Scott, of
Missouri, ten days before the inaugura
tion of Mr. Adams, states as follows
it will ha recollected that Messrs. Scott
and Cook were both dismissed by their
constituents, the first receiving the ap
pointment of Inspector of Land Offices,
with a salary of $3000 per annum, from
President Adams; the latter employed
as a secret agent to Cuba Mr. Brown
observes:
"I asked him (Mr. Scott) if his
vote wTould be popular in Missou-
1 T 1 1 1 ?.
ni lie answereu, mat nineteen-
Communications,
FOR THE FREE TRESS.
To the Frcemm of the State of
North-Carolina.
Fellow-citizens: the time isrw
far distant when you will be call
ed upon to select men to renre
4. ' l. "I ,
sum yuu in nie huai urcneral As
sembly of your State, and in my
humble opinion the present situa
tion of a number of the good peo
ple of this State never needed Le.
gislative interference more thaa
at present. It is discovered that
a number of the judgments re
cently obtained in our Courts of
Law, are marked to be paid in
specie or its equivalent, which is
certainly contrary to the expecta
tion of the parties when those
contracts were made; thereby in
creasing the embarrassed condi
tion of our citizens, by compellinT
them to make great sacrifices to
meet those unexpected demands;
and this is in a great degree prac
tised oy tne note snavers and nor-
fnrnntintlic' gl 1 1 1 o nnnctitiinnta
i i a .1 ,i. ,t II r I J ' l"Vllll(iuo J mo vwn.-i,ii.nwu
iiosim y exiena, mat me m me lau oi, additional li-ht on the last Presidential I t :t i tunrx
1823. he naid S100. towards nr nt ntr a' ?r ...:.u .u "uiu uv, uijiiusuu iu t. x
7 I , r jcjit'cuuii in c'JunuAiun wiin me iiiui. i i i . Ill
pamphlet, severely censuring the politi- W acknowledgment of Mr. Walsh, that lll(ll,Ircd ot mm w,mt WOuId be
cal opinions, character and conduct of scveral Federal members ihroueh Mr. said of him when he returnee
Mr. Adams, the manuscript of which Wehster, ascertained from Mr. Adams' home! He replied that his vote
passed inrOUgn lJr. Uiay S nandS, It he hmv fho n!VP nnd fUhns ivrrn tn hp'irr.nlil mnL. o rr,-nt tiJoo fr.r n
was not actually the author; .as was fully distributed "before they defmilively rc-1, ;.. I,,,, .I,-, tlmir rWtinn u! thern traders wll have come
sabslantiated i n the recent Investigation solved l0 ote for hil, th affor(1 , 1 ' " ecu " amos lnl(le the
ing law they have the privilege of
demanding specie even on the
day when they expose your prop
erty for sale, without giving you
previous notice, thereby, allowing
you no opportunity to prepare to
meet this unexpected demand,
Fellow-citizens, doth it appear
safe to risk the property of the
good people of this State to the
clemency of a few avaricious spe
culators and traders! (judge ye.)
Far be it from me to request the
Legislators of our State to passa
law that would violate the Con
stitution, or impair the obligation
of contracts; !ut that they can
pass a law that will in a great de-
to mention a conversation which i.... .i ?
ui unuui uiu uuuunisirauon oi
before the Legislature of Kentiiftkv. Li . L' OVLT, and tllCV COUlll IlOt tOUCll
- - j . iciueiu me means resuneu 10 uv lwessrs. , . , , . .
The Committee next show, that the! Adams and Clay to procure'for them-; n,m "tldcr two years, and in that
personal differences beween Gen. Jack-! seives tne two first offices in the govern- time the excitement would proba
son and itfrXlay were reconciled in the jment in defiance of the wishes of the:bly subside. He added, that it
r.n Brui cna- pCOpIe. It will be recollected that the was ascertained if Mr. Adams
lir intorniirco ' nn 1 1 ti norl until in( un n , . m . w .
"Xr;V k p Z .-J" t ..I " :i,eo,rr-"renla?!:,ueu "I311 Lom: should not be elected on the first
.w.. ... ..v.u. .vu.i.. SIana tnat Messrs. acoit oi iMissoun. i . i .
which is in fact admitted by Mr. Clav,:.n r. f u u.l "allot, lie COU1U not be elected at-
the votes of these States n their hands lu,vulu& 11 nuu nui voiuu
and that the votes of two other Slates for him, Mr. Cook, of Illinois,
were "definitively" given by a few fede- would not have voted for him, and
ral members, throu-h Mr. Webster's that without both nf thpir vntr
in his pamphlet.
To rebut the testimony produced by
Mr. Clay, relative to having made up his
mind to vote for Mr. Adams in prefer-
nce to uen. Jacuson, lor months pre- instrumentality, to Mr. Adams, making C T vo ,(1 not V"P hnon nlnrt'
vious to depositing his vote ,n the bal-five 0lll of the thirteen votes which dec- .UOuId not. havc been elected,
lot box, tho Committee introduce the. ted him; the three first of whom had lIlCU remarked, that as the elec-
lesnmony oi iir. oarncai, oi me senate
of Kentucky, the Hon. C. A. Wickliffe
and T. P. Moore, of the Kentucky De
legation, and the Hon. J. Floyd, of Vir
ginia, to all of whom Mr. Clay declared
himself undecided, some time subse
quent to his other declarations in the
month of January, 1S25, or the latter
lv. linn, nil, IMICti lilll Ul v liuiil IlilU . Ill I I
previously declared their determination tlon nad depended upon him, I
to vote for Gen. Jackson. supposed, in case of his own fail-
I he Hon. R. k. Call, Delegate from'urc at the next election, he would
r iunua, in a icuer 10 me unanman ot be otherwise provided for. To
the Committee, says: . nnttlvn'fl tllof
Before I conclude, permit mo accept of no appointment what
mcntion a conversation which Wor im,W tUo !imm;,tMi; c
part of the preceding month, Mr. Clay;l had with Mr. Hrcnt, of Louisia-
said to Mr. Floyd, "When I take up the
pretensions of Mr. Adams, and weigh I
them and lay them down then take up
the pretensions of Gen. Jackson, weigh
them, and lay them down by the side of
those of Mr. Adams 1 never was so
much puzzled in all my life as I am to
decide between them." The testimony
of these gentlemen is sustained by Mr.
Clay's conduct at the period alluded to,
and by his speeches, letters, &c. and di
rectly convicts him of holding one lan
guage to his confidential friends and an
other to the public.
To show the motives which governed
the friends of Mr. Clay in the Presiden
tial election, the Committee introduce
the testimony of several individuals, gi
ven before the Legislature of Kentucky,
and the affidavits of numerous respecta
ble citizens of Kentucky, stating the rea
sons publicly assigned by several of the
Delegation who with Mr. Clay gave the
vote of Kentucky to Mr. Adams Mr.
White said, "Ae voted for Mr. Clay
and not for Mr. 1 dams" Nr. John
son said, "he voted for Mr. Adams, to
get Mr. Clay made Secretary of
State" Mr. lvietcaite said, "ive could
not possibly get Mr. Clay in (he Cabi
net without voting for and electing
Mr. J2dams" Mr. Trimble said, "we
distinctly acsertained that Mr. Adams
State, and that Gen. Jackson would
not. These gentlemen have never
publicly denied having made these de
clarations, but think to iustifv them
selves by asserting that thev knew of
no propositions having been made by
Mr. Clay to cither of the parlies and
na. Phis gentleman, between
whom and myself there had been
no particular intimacy, crave me
the first intelligence I received of
the vote of Louisiana, lie sought
the interview, and after communi
cating the fact, remarked, that Mr.
Clay was out of the question. I
observed to him, your State ap
pears to be in favor of Gen. Jack
son: what will be the vote of her
Delegation when the question
comes before the House! He re
plied, 'voxflopuli vox Dei,' is my
motto. A few days after, in enu
merating the States which would
probably vote for Gen. Jackson,
Mr. Brent mentioned Louisiana.
Soon, however, after this, he be
came more distant, and we did
not converse on the Presidential
question again, until a few mo
ments after the ballotting, which
resulted in the election of Mr. Ad
ams. 1 then met Mr. Brent and
observed to him, Sir, vox populi
is not vox Dei! The irentleman
understood my allusion, and re-
would make Mr. Clay Secretary of plied, that he had no instructions
from his district, and that he had
been left in the dark with regard
to the wishes of the people. I
told him, that I wished only to re-
ininu mm, that vox populi was
Mr. Adams, lest it should be re
garded as the reward of his vote.
1 asked him how ho could then
expect Mr. Clay to accept the ap
pointment of Secretary of State,
as it was rumored it was to be ten
dered to him, in case of Mr. Ad
ams' election, and I supposed it
would be expected that Mr. Clay
would accept it. He remarked,
that Mr. Clay did not act for him
self, but for the West. That Mr.
Clay was the man of the West.
'We,' said he, (alluding, as I sup
posed to the western members
who voted for Mr. Adams,) 'act
for the West, and xMr. Clay is our
man. He must not consider him
self as Mr. Clay, but as the West,
and in that character it will be
his duty to accept.' "
Clay in Virginia. the
feecretary of State was travelling
in Virginia, some time since, he
stopped at a country tavern, and
while his horses were feeding, en
gaged in conversation with the
ancllord, to whom he was un
known. After some general ob
servations on political events and
prospects, the Premier enquired
-What do the neonle in
iinirrilir.fi...-J .? i . J
" '"."r1 m,uu mi" ot the present
s unjrene-
gree put a stop to tin
rous, (and if I may use the ex
pression,) inhuman practice, with
out infringing on eithor, I fed
confident. To exemplify this, I
will cite you an act of the Legis
lature of Kentucky some years
past, which perhaps has been the
means of saving that State from
ruin; (it is in substance as fol
lows:) that whenever a plaintiff
intends demanding specie or its
equivalent, or, any other funds
save the money of the State in
discharge of his or her debt, he or
she shall enter the plea on trial,
or shall be barred the privilege--but,
whenever any plaintiff shall
enter such plea as aforesaid, then
the defendant shall have a stay of
execution for the term of W
years, by giving sufficient security
for such stay, the debt bearing six
per cent, interest until paid tl119
stay of execution is granted to
give the defendant an opportune
ty to procure funds to meet this
unexpected demand, and doUW
interfere with contracts whose en
gagements are made to be pfll
in specie, nor with any Bank0
Incorporated Company who ha
by their charters made simdar en
gagements. Perhaps objection
may be made against this l" s
stav of execution as bein.i?"u.
hot alwavs vox Dei n ,n ,1 o 7 1 '"""" i nc answer was stay of execution as being " -inot
amays ox Dei, and wc sopa- ,km t know exactly what theyjstitotional; but surely, if a