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Ml. ' S'V'V BALKIGH, NORTH CAHO LI N A," Til U fi81) A Y A.tG LIST . i 6, i SZT.'.'xZl i ' V - ' UL ' XVI I L 1 that has friend m cwrM pm-- sired by Mr. Clay,' or an y of his IYier.de. rKa to ? ' pmta by vote kit -.Uer.rra. fcU tuffrfier, and ii tktanee iif4Wtoii.-TbrMr.CU'!Coaldorw())aitUedrie4. And ifJ to are k ygo U. iWiaM , '.TUB STAlV - . t; jUXrih-C11 att Caxtilet fuMiaWil. m-ee-kJ. V ' ' . UWIUCK & LJtlMAY. she&ld W naJe.4 ' 1U r-rcrrd t sir? Kir y.n. . - ... I . table geutU-uua. asked the ln of your letwr at a uvnr; aod, contrary to- all I cottoni od propriety ta sack cat. W tiS. sK6tkftkrfVal'n.''t'Joco vit Mr.ua ami Me 51, i-rr . Jf w an aiMui Kki: Iriend, took, e-r-pies ef it, without iny tfsrreJ "Hm-t-rJT!!f!7 knowledge ur pi ity Id any way and w i fc. l"" '''W as I nudei stood that ssch waa tha ase ' . tt miLUm-m Huut be at- . . ' . - . air. .iDr m letter. aia remonktralj-il agaioot ijie uonTccrJfn'rt) cvuTta thf f were Uktug. . Ile.refuri to restore u to iivr, miksi ieryaipturiljrtQnlil Ihrj had taiUfieii tht'mfv by (uinWiiog ' lu Mr. ,(May ne ropy, anil feierviuj ano Uicr fur iheir vrntte.M '- " r , ;V Ttieuriginal coaverullon refcrrtjl to, and the abuve Wtract'ofa Utter fruu Mi. 15eerlej at Whetting, dated 3th of Slay, are prrae'nicd 'iow that I dave uot, at i charged, placed mriwlf in the atuiaae ot a public accuser" and I a 1 . ..I m . 1 ' . FOft TAB tTAA. - i:.. aHMA aft ff n All Balfl9 tR Juan", r . . .,t.u.-t rf ! t.... v.: r ' fcw iuii ituawiiuu, iiB Hi iipiii iivs jJJ Sarmt tret Iom UJ( U ubea 1 lBtl'riJiJnf lro to t tt,, vC . lid 1 the Mtemiit dittlak, AMMr'O ll.ou'dU iconi ti fUUVtr'. wile, ttt eoalrt V tkjr lit i 6ur. It, alc MeUs Lt M TkIt hoy, boUy thine). Gut Vtr ite'er tnf Uearl eooW ftia, . . Tit like tU roe, Uof hue remain v , Vliil Bughtoft8'nefromilftuwl. ; 1 mud of brtiurt M1 of mind, ;si A ., Vnaei with feeliog heart, v u .iMt I oft nBf;hl tn nfl, Aol till d0 ihooM bid prt V fff fvwnd io fAht 'a-1 ooOit, r v . v Oh ur, ilt Uoj my tli p-itr :. ' Ti riire to' indul(!e t e Ihouutitt OhBlttbBUuttorliAIlMt; PramiheXtuliviUt RepubHcman40aift:e, ' JAOIISOSJ AJH CLAY. In oar column! tW dny, wilt lie fouucl Ccn ?!Kkoi.'4 us ei- to , fr." Clay, in tffinuinte of his U tter to Mr.- Beyerley.Mt U full J coij !en : it sliewi offor 'made, b-yonO all qtlenioii, 1 uuJtr such tort of cireumitanoes that one tan Beverley, and at what wy letter iUelf enaUrna,' hat I bveited. art Ue facts of a coaeriion between asyaelf nil a iwrmaer or Lonrren Al hiffi f t . . . . pecunnny. in. conctaHa ana ia ferenee from tint eooeraUoo the time-tnantirr-r-and all the circouittaa cea, aaliaJierl aay mind that it waa not avnd himted. Sol bate thousrhf. and o I atill think aad tet. 1 again repeat that in thia aupmsitioh I may have pna ib!y done IrJClay injruite. If he should be able to aontain tha avennenU he hai made, and acquit hftnsrtl of any af0fy and participation in the matter, I beleae toaisure him tViat, e far from affording me pain, it will give roe pleasure. 1 certainly can nave no ue aotsHiftii waa rejected, and the iver aaaed lor rrldel to tnc rweaauttee". " A Mtiicitude to find, a apecUie acraaatioa, by a rrpooible accaseT, could net hf e been ao aeriogal entertained then, it ia earnestly eipretaed now, or ele aa excellent aa opportunity beio; af forded t encounter both, both teatU not hae leeo o careleaoly rrjanlcd ao contemned, and u thrown' a ay. A rontreveray - with me can bo more diacloe or render apparent Mr. Clay' innocence, than could the controversy placed ithin his reach two and a half years apt; ami yet wutie the on was avoided, or at any rate not. embraced with a zeal corrrspoDdm with iheoe crawly t the occaaiuu,' at the proa A ItMud.r.aJKi lUrre-Tte oottlea ml TaOedert, rVre not omtc tial t of Hr eahefa or Ure I boa, na. ore wKbuut a poVjiaaaw lxinn wWaV4 ool oWectrf oaaert. cM or aaodera fcitfory..- ribdirf tW Cciv rilWr by the vote oe is aoteUtea, lb r Not at yeooimia tnbet too wea of icae 1 wmi aaxjucOxKMkli!; l)v choice aT tUia atate to are! Uka BritUli taoui occxTp) lr7 am a a(iiMt btr. Att. Ilere, pencil trx to rt4 trl urhtoey, ccord.i.; to the octUejl prioe'-a vmi Ui reMikiUuos olfrrad by sir. Henry piea bjoiioom m, b aeaeS mm tt cap. Crittendea, and adopted by bota bioncnca of! led Uo taooaa SpaAaarda, and airoaw. tho IeUtm - . T . v caYUka aao ky eW eMak, tedl b Me. cntteaooM real and Wm4 on toe touie . uoopo o were juit traoe amu u aire that the character of my coon try, I pecta preaented by the other, exceed thrnus'i the' act a of a prominent citizen,' ing joy seems t be mamfted. 'then. ?eucy or procurement of mine? and that lrCUy, in fact, has himself held the - . . i . i - a " -i'- tuaiu-r up w puuuc gaze,, ia ooing miH, he'ahoold bave"quoted what 1 had writt . i ...... tea accurately aitu uiriy; lor. then, iu tet St his commentary would have suited toect'icr: at present, his' contradiction is a aonWUiingiiiiested by hiinstlf.and ia not contained in my letter. ' ;-Tlie statement contained in tny letter, tojMr Beverley Utltis: ihat,;in Jahuary, 182.fi avuember of Conjrress, of higli re- spt'ctabitity, visit, d me one morning and iibV-rved "he had been informed by the frieuds of Mr. Clay, that the friends of ,Jr. Adam had tuuuV ovcrtnie to ifuan, twyin.if Mr. Clay and Ins friends would unite Ji aid of the election of Mr, Ad Ainu, Mr. Clay bliuuld be Srcreiary of State; tliat the fiieudsof Mr. Adams were urging, us a reason to induce thq friends of Mr, Clay to accede to this proposition, tliat il t was elected Presi dent, Mj Adam's would be continued Secretary 'of State, (ihuendo, there wUe but that !ti nuthbmed and dieted " room lor Kentucky;) ttmt .,....!. t- r: wii,MA him braoiae of the friends of , Mr. Clay statti, the bis .eU tried, tmeandtautf friend; Cootr?cts; VVestiljd not wish iW separate from the lolfcriofthia kmda'eJneer,mftde j-ipUMietNVest, and if 1 would say, or permit a--in open dnyt' they ai-a ly$! iwopoaed withi riy of my confidential liiends to say, are and cnutioft, that if they tul, aome hole I that in case I waft elected President, nay be left by WMo escaje. Tq it appear ! Mr, ' AdantS hllould JlOt be continued Uatlb the cas before us, tlifere i bone by which Secretary of State, by a complete union t;ipe',or c;n . retreat an be procured. y Gen. j of Mr. Clay and his friends, they' would jMkson 'ibruEUiniothiantteT,ajuiiesrject-iput an end to the' Presidential contest rdl) as thomandsmightheonotheraubjectawho! in oue hour; and he "was of Opinion it "speakaaeTerjfreebiAubMaiit,wofniatteraiAvaSi fight to fight Bucll intriguers with and thing, under .hie owo vine and ng-treeVi in tielr own weapons the promulgaUoa U doe not attnd Ve sponsible Vforu tlve peupie, yet has he fully sustained all that he said; and wj doubt, if. the public wall uot ; Srce, even in the absence of Mr. Bitchanan's continuation ol the matter, that, he has gone fdr tlier than was first asserted, and traced the eon spirscy to the very door of the Honorable Secre tary, or, if, not there, to the door ofaome advised friend, which is the tame thing, T f , , . TO TIIE PUBUO.; , ' A letter addressed by me to Mr. Car tel' Beverley, of Virginia, has lately, witrwat a,ny conseut, agencyr wish on mv part, lound its way into the newspa pers, accompanied .by. a.statement oyer the stature ot H CUy'contradictina; ami denying n)t any thing I have writ ten, bat that which he himself snakes me o ay.! )j It is not the interpretation giv-, en by hjm to my letter, but my wn lan. guai aiftRown stateinunt, that ,1 am caUw upon to defend and expect to vin- iir ue ; .'"', v ' To explnin ,tli manner in, which,, my opiuions have found thir way into the journals oftHe' day .Veins, iiv the first place to be due, bollt to the public and t)Vl Mr. lleieilevVbeinsoa a vi(K it at ny housed requested , tu, know of me, other penuemen oeingpreseoi, wu ther th tiveirfures heretofore imputeti to Mr. Clay werft iwell foutulecl, and if I had a Knowledge of any .oi uie tacis myself. 1 answered him xanuiOJy,;: ie, imr unahtii as well a unwilling, to re fuse tellinir "thincft I had heard, and knew to be true- A letter deta'tlins pur conversation; shortly afterwards obtain ed publicity in the ?" North Cacoiina Journal ' nrinted ut Fayeltcvtlle,-Utt the 15th of May last, frwn liOu'nviUe, Kentucky; communicajion was-, ai dtessed to me by M r.Bery. slating, what befuro I Jiad ot known, ihat he was the WrHcr:jf thi Faycttevillo Let ter, lie explained the eaeon for his having repeatedthe conversation, n requested to be informed if in any thing he had misquoted or misconceived my meaning. Under, such circumstances, concealoient and silence-might have seemed mere? affectation,, , or indeed aomethmg of a different and e ven worse cluiracter. Pubhcityliavin . been giv en to the conversation," wT an appeal mad t.rmK fir its atcurafv. I felt it to be due to Mr. Beverley, that nothing of fatirimtii.n ehnnlcl hn imnuted, io him. nd tor'Tuyself,' that, what 1 had sstedj would be correctly ntiuerRiooti. w ac ccidingl?, on the fcth vf June, and in reply to'his of the 15th tf May, I ad dressed him letter of which th public are already posseasetl. How, and by hat means, it found its way into the coiumna of a newtpaperf Mr. Bevetley l)s eiplaluetlj he states to me that he Rave irinto the hands of Mrr Noah ane;f AVheeling, Vftv at bis earnest rhls disclosure was made to me by Mr. James Buchanan, a member of Congress from Pennsylvania, a gentle man ot the urst respectability and in telligence. Tlie eveninz before, he had commauicated, substantially, the same proposition to Major Eaton, my col league in tne senate, witn : a oesire warmly manifested that he should com municate with me, and ascertain , my views on the subject. I his he declined doing, suggesting' to Mr. Buchanan that ne, as vveu as nimseii, couiu converse with me.- aijd ascertain rmy opinion; though; from hi? ki. .i ledge of me, he tlioHght he could well conjecture my answerthat 1 would enter jnto no eb? gigemeOts whatever. - it was the nam ing succeeding (his interview, after Ma lor Katbn had objected to c onverse with ine on the subject, and belwe I had set Out from iny lodging for the capitol, that Mr.jBuchanan came to visit me, and when 'the conversation I have staled took nlace. The' answer returned, has already been published, and need not here bj repeated-, Vi'To be thus approached by a gentle man of Mr. Buchanan's high character and standing, with an apology profll red at the time tor what he was about to.re mark to me -one who, as 1 understood, had alwitys, to that moment, bceuon la miH. aud friendly terms with' Mr; Clay, assuring me tliat on certain terms and conditions being assented to on my part, 'then; V by an union f Mr. '-Clay' and hut TriendsC they. would put an end the Presieotiai contest in oiie hoar,? what, other -conclusion- iprinfeience was jobe made., than t!at he spoke by aathoy lity, either of Mr. Clay himself or some oi ins cotuuieiiuai jneiiua... alio tiua racter of Mr, Buchanan, with nie for bids tlie idea that he was acting aa his own responsibility or 'thata under any : i i i i - i : .. circumstances; ne couiu oaye oeen m; duced' tu pre'pose. an 4rraiigenieflt,.un- less posseMed of . satisfactory assuran ces, that, if accepted, it would be carrr ed fuMyyinto. effect. A Weak y mind wouM e1tiom or ever be thus disposed to act. an iitellirent one never ..Under all the circumstances appear ing at tliftt.tiine, I did not vesist the im pression that Mr. Buchanan had ap proached me on the cautiously submit ted proMsilion of some authorized per son; and;' therefore in 'giviug him my answer, did request him . to say, to Air Clay and, :his lrietids,'-tvhat that ans- wjr, bad been. Whether the commu nidation Was made to Mr. Clay and hi friends I know not; this, though, 1 do know, that, while the5 opinion i, and course of Mr. Clay as to the election were but matter .ot conjecture with, ma ny at and before ihtBtime, very shortly alter this conversation tooic. place, mis, sliall rest under any serious imputation for the honor of that country, 1 should greatly prefer,' that iny . inference I have made, may turn out to bo ill found ed, j .' ' - ,J- . Mr. Clay declares his great satisfac tion that Hiis matter has at last been brouglit to light, and to public consi deration.1 He feels rejoiced " that a specific accusation by a responsible ac cuser has at length appeared." To this a parsing notice is due. It -roust be recollected, that in con sequence of a letter from Mr. George Kleiner in January, 1825, an enquiry wan set on foot in C-tngress upon the ap plication of Mr. Clay himself On this .aenioiable occasion, of guilt imputed on the one hand, and innocence maintained on the other. Mr. MfDul- fie, it will be recollected, submitted for consideration to the House of ltepre (tentative, as matter of instruction to the committee, the following resolution: " that, the Snid committet be instructed to enquire whether the friends of Mr. I Clay have hinted; that they would fight tor thoe who would pay best, or any thing to that effect; and whether over tures were said to have been matte bv the ft iends of Adams' to the friends ol Mr Clay, otTering .the appointment of Secretary of State for his aid to eiect Adams; and whether the menu ot t. lav gave this information to tne menus oi Jackson, and hinted that if his friends would offer the same price they would close wit!) them; and whether Henry Clay has transferred, or resolved .to transfer, his interest to John Q. Adams.; and whether it was said and believed that as a consideration for this abandon ment of duty to his constituents, Clay was to be appointed Secretary of State, and that the said committee be author ised to send (or persons and papers, and to compel the persons so sent for to answer upon oath." Now here is a resolution, otnciauy submitted, coverins more than the ground of my communication to Mr Beverley; and resting m connexion with an . accusation- publicly charged in the newspapers? and yet, Mr. Llay, at this ate period,-- proteases to be rejoiced, that "a specine accusation, by a re sponsible accuser, has at length appear ed." Certainly-more'than two years aso, an accuser respectable, and an ac ctisation sprcific, were both betore him were both within his reach, and might have been met; had he been at all uik posed to the interview, or rejoiced at the prospect of meeting an accuser. Had Mr. M'iiume neueved the charge groundless and untrue, he is a ra ta of too high Sense of honor to have pressed upon the consideration oi me commit tee an instruction clothed in the. point ed phraseology that this is; nor can it be interred, that in a matter so serious the friend of Mr. Clay would have vo ted agawist, extending; this ; asked tor power to the committee.) An ; innocent maq betore an; impartial tribunal fears not to meet the exercise of aov power that 'competent authority gives, and lar less'shoulu he disrust that exercise whni in the hands of correct and hon orable men. Innocence . never seek for safety through covert ways and hidden ambus cades; she fights by day and in the orien. tMAin,, and proud, in her own strength, meets her enemy fearlessly. in tne proposition suomittea uy ir. M'DufBe. there was nothing to alarm, nothing that innocence should have doubtec about; it was. neither more nor les, than a rcall of the aitemien ot the committee; to particular enquiries, with an application for poWer to ferret out the truth, ihrough an Appeal to the path of those! who might be called upon to reoueat fne i. utal under a nledire of I and his friends opinion became forth honor tw ;. cu,,u h returned:-and! with matter of certainty and Ceneral with no expectation that ant copy of it j knowledge! Still I hav? not said. Aor wito hniit,inil. that on his aoolvinfet i-dof 1 now say, that the proposal made to f"r. : nd demanding the letter, it was re- i me was " with iht frfvity and tommf feed to be restoied unfil tw coiei' of Mr, CUjj or, either, hav. I said as now, a xpte'fic atcuiulton, v as before htm. . . .. - -- t)ni further remark-and I am done, with a hope that, on this aubject, i may not tv U4iderany neceityot ugaiu ap pearing in the uewpaper. Jti tying what I have, all Die rircutnstancr con- nidert-d, t have felt it was due to my ir 1. . t as a sen, anu to tne puniic My -wiii woiiici nave oeeu, to avoid navmg a:y thing to say or do in this matter, from ail anprenension well conceived thai per sons will not be wanting who may charge, whatever is done, to a desire to ao.v . aa. (. si- mm otners, ana neneut inysen. . niy own feelings, though, are of higher minor tance and value to me tliuu the opinion of those who impose ceuure where it is believed not to be deserved-' I have been actuated by no sucli design, nor governed by any such consideration The origin the beginning of this mat ter, was at iny own house aid fireside; where surely a freeman may be permit ted to speak on public topic without hav ing ascribed to him improper designs.-1 have not trout, into the highway and market places, to proclaim iny omn ions, and in this, Teel that 1 have 'dif fered from .some, who, even at public dinner tables, have ' ot scrupled to con sider me as a legitimate subject for ; speech, and the entertainment of th company. Yet. for this, whohas heard me compianir . JNo one. trusting to the justice of an intelligent people, 1 have been convent tu rely for security on their dei iioi,, a jraitist the countless assaults and Lauder, which so repeat eaiy are aou.i to be palmed upon them, wuhoul seeking to present my self in my own defence, and still less to become the responsible accuser" of Mr. Clay or any othei person. ANDREW JA KSON. Hermitage, July 1 8th, .1327". Extract rem the atidreta oTP Moure, Etq. tt th people of M-tcrr county. Ay. on a late Court day, pubiithed at the rcquent of many of the audience. It is known to you al), that since the last Congressional election it became my duty to vote a a member of Congress, for a Vtt sulent of the United State. I w us elected by you as an avowed supporter of Mr. Cluy, and an avowed enemy ot Mr. Adama. By the au thority of Mr. Clay himself, I had been taught that Mr. Adams uas an enemy to the Weatj that from hia early associations and education, his residence half his life in foreign countries, among- Kings and Nobles, almost a pensioner upon the public Treasury of his coun try, from HI" .v, 'U..,T. l.'.ll..,.., ...u morose disposition, he wa totally unfit for President of the republican people of the United States. Hi treachery to the growth and interests ot the West, stood recorded in his votes opon the journals of the Senate, and again, as Mr. Clay openly asserted the th IwiUrtttor reaohitiooes Whereas, it appear from th re-attt of the election In the ef rl Stale, aoxl the (brow-1 t'toa of tho electoral colleges Tor cLooaief a President of the Vailed State, that no fkcraoa virl receive- a majority uf elrctoraj votcai and tKat lleary Clay, who was the first cbo.ee of the people, of Kentucky, has nut receired a sufficient number uf votes to bring him before tho House r KiprerataU(e-0 One mf the three highest, from vrbom tne enoico of tlto rrea'dent ol the Utited SUtei ia to bo OV.UC: Thereforo, l ' , htotlvediw the Smmtt an JlUmtff firroen tative of the CtaMruA Keniutk a, That die mcNibere '.f the lltue ot HepreseuUUTe in the Cotigre of the Uuiled State from thiaState.be reqaetcii tn vote forUencrel Andrew Jacasou as t'reaulcot or tat united States, j j , . Htotlvd, Aj the opinion of thh Legitlaturc, that Gen Andre Jackson i the second choice of the Stale of Kentucky for the neat Prcaideut of the United Slatesi thetaseiy large majority of the people of this Star pret-r Get. Jackson to lr. Adaiua or Mr. Cruvford, and i hat the numbers or tlie lloase of Nepresentativc in the Cooeress of the United States, w ill, bv comnlym' with the reanest herein aitrnified. faidifully and truly represent the f-rling and a iahcsof th good people of Kentucky, . . y Itenlved. 4 Dl the Oovernor of the Corn- monwealtli . ot Kentucky be requested to forward, forthwith, a copy of the foregoing resolutions to each of ptir representatives 1n the Congress of the United Stale." Among ther members that voted for the re- eolutiuna, there were, from tins district. Geo. I. Uiown, i.sq. ot Jessamine cyunty, John Green,' Ksq. of Lincoln MaJ. 8. M'Coun, Samuel naveis, E ZA V. Wade, and Dr. ttobertson. Sen. -of AIer. er, (Ml.Beauchmp, V. II Um.ker, and It, Fotett, Esq' of Wash ington. Mr, Coaby did not vote for, the original resolutions, but he voted for a ub- stitute, declaring Ins conviction, that Gtn J:ickin was then the second choice of the State. In addition to my own knowledge of the feelings of the people, and infoiation directly Irom tliem, I had tho unanimous opinion, and the, tHstrucUons of the repre sentutives from my immediate district, as well as the iimtructiona; of. the State Legislature to guide me in my, course. Could I doubt. under ail these circiunsttneea, that the will of my ditrict and that of my State, preferred General Jackson tu Sir. Adams? I had not the least doubt. . Having ascertained ttje will of the people, what was my dutyf Implicit obedience. A a republican, regardingthe will of the people, anu tue ngm oi insiruction, i could not re fuse to make the. choice of the. State, mv choice. To me there was no room for doubt or hesitation. Had I voted for Mr. Adam. knowing that you preferred General Jackson. I sttould nave violated a fundamental princi ple of the government, and proved mvself an unfaithful representative, unworthy of further support. What argument could be preaented me authorising a deviation from vour known ceraitaxlcr Ua walla. lUvtnar droned tint . . British aad their alltet of that refuge, aadbe-'y. ing appointed Major Reoera m tho onus; of the Untied States by Pre si lean Uadiama, repaired to Kew Orkana, noon vrbick tho orttin gvriiBnt bad concentratta its , greaieat turc,itb detrtm.atkl tonc'u and hold tb outh,uf lbo aliabiippl at check opoa the ardent ad psiriotM Vt. 1 nere, laettati or pa i not ism, muoV coorkT an amy and anna, Jackson found tteaaorY aiccord, weakaeas, and lovai .want of alt th- aaai7 neanof defence. But by. the energies of bis dghtjr mlad, and tb deiio character of ni measure, be' en couraged the bre, aoimutrd -tb' weak." intimidated he treacberou,' created re. t oercca, brougbt an army into xistence," and. was ready fur hatUo tb anumeut .n British army act foot upon the soil" of freedom Hy a daring attack, ou the ct euingof tb 834 S December, be alamedvtbo assailants.' and gained tirt.e to Seeoro b'w untrained aoklier oeh.t.4 a bulwark wbtcbtbctr rifle resulcrad impregnable. For Cv days and four nights afier lli BritUh UadeJ, Jackson never slept". Every moment was appropriated to tlie service .' of hi country. y XVbea funds failed, he ptedg- ed u s own ample fortune fur tin; upply of f ma army, . tier was a man wuose lile, lor lunca. and sacred honor, were alt Uteral pledged for hi eooiitry.i No fatigues,, no danger, no sacrifice, wa too gtet tobe borne; and hazarded, and made fur . hit country; lie intiuttioiS 'and hs honory- What wa tlta' ' result Such at it tlwavs wilt bo. when men delertniiio to defend their country ar diet ino untian were anrcii to the Ocean, ami New Orleans preservedj not New Orleans only, but Jlie dearest Inleresit of tho whol 1 west. - Had Jackson been timid, andjeft his post, at tire approach of a force which seemed to be so overwhelming: or had he been let qualified than he was, to command 'an tra y of such discordant materials, the Mississippi best blood of the west, before that Important point could have- been-regained.1 . Here; fellowxilicena,look hack .for a moment at tha history of tho late war, and ccranect it withj ; una giunous evcni. necur to Hull sur render, the cold blooded butcherv of Kentuc and dtstrfiction of the Capitol of the natiots X j i by a small f itce of tlie enemy; contemplate f Jf the consequences to yourselves. If Jackanta r had been defeated, your great outlet to tho I;', ocean ui the hands of an enemy, the 'beauty, oooiy- oi new uriean jnvea op to m and will? There a-us but one it v'u the will cf Mr. Cluy. I had supported Mr Clay for Presi dent; but I could nof prefer hit vM to the vM of the people, and I a stonlRhed, after his open denunciation Mr.' Adam , and af ter the course that his friends, with hi own encouragement Mid ipprobalion, had pursu ed tiward that 'gentleman, to learn that a sudden reconciliation had taken place; and that it was Mr. Clay's intention to vote.for him aa President. I was more astonished to find, that he was carrying witli him the votes of Louisiana, Missouri,' Illinois, Kentucky and Ohio, alihonph the people in all these States, notoriously preferred Gen, Jackson to Mr.-Adamx! ;Thiv statement will be contro verted by some, but yielding up Ohio,in which Jackson had received 18,000 volet to Adam' 12,0.. 0, ai.d it does not alter the case, I had not tl en, and 1 have not now a tingle doubt, that the Votes of all the States which 1 have name.', were given in opposition to the depose before thenj. "- , . -i -rft-W ; Withdlit documents, and unacquaint ed with ? the . aumber of JMrv, Clay's friends ;in. the(House, I cannot assert that they .were id opposition to Mr. M' Duffie's resoIutioD. Yet it , is obvious that the ioliiience he possessed would have been; amply,: sufficient to produce a different fesult, had Mri Clay been at all desirous that a different one should have, been produced. The resolution contained strong imputations, and se rious chargesMr. Clay and his friends wre UoLh implicated. Can it b pre sumed, under such a state; of general excitement, thai if JWr.Xlay desired, he could not hate found present and at hand. .some friend to ask in his behalf , that the resolution should be adopted, and lull powers extended, to the com mitteer .And. moreover, can it be thought, that such ao indulgence, if de- Ghent.' Moreover, Mr. Clay and his friends opposed Mr. Adams on the further ground, that the uninterrupted election of the Secre tary of State to the office of President was tanta mount to permitting the President to appoint bis successor, made our government approx imate to a hereditary monarchy, and for that reason ought no longer to be tolerated by the people. In common, with Mr. Clay and all h.s friends, I ei.tered into these views with all my heart, and deemed it inexpedient to make Mr. Adums President, both on account of the man and the principle. ': By the people there was no election., t Gen. Jackaon; of whose cbarecter and prospects 1 had formed a Very incorrect estimate, and who had been held up to the people ot Kentucky, as a western can didate brought put for the; purpose of de. fea'ing Mr. Clay and' aiding Mr. Adams, re ceived 99 electoral volts, Mr. Adams 64, Vir. Crawford 4it and Mr. Clay 37. Thus, Gen. Jackson, one of the western candidates, ob tained the highest vote from i he people, and Mr. Clay tva excluded from the House of ItepresenVatives, where the Choice ha to be made out of the three highest. There the vote is by dates, each state having one vote. 1 he Representatives in - Congress when voting for President are bound to speak the will of their State, and, Vote for that candidate who niay be most acceptable to a majority of the Dfonle. I could' not believe that a ma jority of ,my constituents, or of the people of Kentucky, were in tavor ot MrAuams a their second 'choice. ., from the facta disclosed relative to his general political course, and bis particular conduct at Ghent, he seemed to tne to be the last4 man of the four candi dates whom the people of Kentucky would choose. Bui t was not left to my Own previous knowledge of the hostility of. the people to Mr. Adams, to guide i nie in my vote for President. When it was ascertained, liat Mv. Clay wa excluded from tho House, there wa in Kentucky a burst of public opinion in favor of Gen. Jackson which could not be mistaken. Still Mr. Adam wa the last man whom the people desired to see made Presi dent: stilt he was denounced by' almost all men, high and low, a e puhUcal apostate, un worthy - of confidence who was peculiarly hostile to every western interest. 'Numerous letter from Kentucky loft no doubt on my mind of the almost unanimou opinion of the pet pie in favor of Gen. Jackson, and these t backed by resolutkms 'of the General Avie-noly, reqursuin th msaabtrs f Goo brutal and meicensrv anblUHr. ktwt t,J which had been - wared in deienca of th, honor of the . nation, and which had coat so much of. the best blood of Kentucky, closed in oisgrace, nut an over ruling providenco placed Jackson thefeC and the M drownlm honor of out cosntry was plucked up bv tho 1 -lockti" the disgraoefut stain cast tipon par -character by the conflagration of Waahingtdis " Cityiped ofl', and th war closed in a blase ' -cfglorj,; i, v '- .s i-A -' , As toon as the enemy had disappeared and .. - while, tbey were v hovering oa the coast, ta 1J ' . seemintr htiiitalions whether thev should . me f repeat the attack, dimtistaotiun and disorder W gain showed IhemselveveVJacXson thought' jti ' it his . duty to arrest. Judge -Hall,, who waS yl encouraring mutiny under cover ol his iudi. t .cial authority, snd send him beyond his fine. . v 1 t on tue newt or peace, martial la- vs tf t revoked and the civil laws of th republic again resumed their sway.' v Judgie Hall re -turned, and summoned General Jackson to ' -'. appear before him to answer for a, contempt of his' judicial power. . The -. nmmons w' promptly obeyed the hero whto had avedf u," the recreant from destruction, made his apv'. 4ieam,eai in rin4. rlr..l it. La -.-v. - a. , same feelings and antipathies brcke- forth at j ' the people of the States at that time, anu who pcneci unocraianuing on me part uf those who gave tliem(iwith a few excep tions; that Mr. Adam', so elected by western votes, wmld make Mr. Clay Secretary of State. They believed, that Mr. Adorns, once elected, the power and patronage of the gen eral government would mould public opinion in accordance with their wishes. The people, for their interest, wished ut to vote one w ay, and Mr. Clay, for his interest, wished us to vote another. ThewiV and interest of Mr. Clay were preferred to the Sfcd interest of the people, and Mr. Cluy was accordingly made Secretary of States ;,rv If this be republican, I'shaU reriiain aliere tic in politica all.my lif'c'v . WCc, and what was the man whom the people wanted for Pres identand who,' and what Is the mart whom Mr. Clay Wanted for President? The man whom the people wanted wa a soldier of the revolution! who, when a mere youth entered the service of hi country, and carries opon his body, to this day, the tear of honorable wounds received In that glorious contest, io which a brother lost hi life. It was not loog before hi already widowed mother, also died, and left him, moderately educated, a poor or phan boy, to make his way in the world with: out relations or; friends. - By- nature ardent and enterprisin;;, alone, he pet.etrated into the Western country, and settled at Kashville. He soon rose to consequence, and filled ma ny emit stations. He Was a member of the Tennessee Convention, that framed tho conttir tution of that State, appointed Attorney Gen eral by General Washington; a member of the Legislature, a member in Congress, a Judge of the Suprunu Court of Tennessee. In nil these Stations, he faimfully fulfilled bis duty to the peoplet yet here, within an, Lundred and eighty mile of General Jackson' resi dence, we rreguently hesr him eha'ged with every specie of irregularity in varly life What an -insult to the people of Tennessee, who have givnn him all and snore than he e- ver desired! . What a reflection upon the dis cernment and discretion of . that immortal Military Chieftain," Gen. W'ashmttc-n! But Jackson had also been elected a Major Gene ral of the Militia, and in that station the late war found him on hi farm, ' , British influence had spread, the flame of indian boatility to the South, and the Creek Indians commenced their murders upon the frontier inhabitants of itnnesse. General Jackson was placed at the head ff a small army of militia, and teat t repw uwse, aggresioitssiimiueJ 14 Vv er - citizen, and Judtre Hall fined him one thou. sand dollars fur enforcing martial law ill corw j teuq)tof the Judge' authority; although. to-i7 use the language of General Jacksun.i, he," M declared -martial law under a solemn' convict tion the country committed to his care cou by such a measure alone be saved Irom utter ruin. He thought, he said, that nl tuck A ' moment, cunstimnoual torm should be snv' .s pended for the" preservation of, constitutional right! and that there could be no Question whether it were better to depart for a moment j from the enjoyment of our dearest 'privilege"- or have them wrested from us Tor ever." , buch were Jackson's reasonsi the act itself"', ' was uny oppressive io xraiwrs, ana reqmreSi- w no defence: Judjre Hall refused to bra- i Jackspn' defence, and some dissatisfaction' displayed itself among the surrounding .kndf grateful crowd, r Alarmed by this display of Jb- V ) poppUr cnthtisiam. Judge JIaJ). was abouVtQ) retreat. The General renreated th thusiasmof the people, saved the Judge from violence; and cheerfully paid the fine ; Ho ' L ! had suspended .the laws but Jn preserver i; theml they, were preserved and he g loned, " ; in the act although he was made their firs j ' victim.' The citizens of New-Orlesn prof fered the money to pay the fine but be re a fused it, and at his suggestion it was gives VT to the widows and on bans of these w her Jr oaa isiien in neience oi tne eity no now returned to V' , bosom of hia family," buff's the murders Committed by the Seminole lis, dian again called him into the field,4 and a gain with characteristic promptitude and suc cess, he put an end to tlie war . Having ne ' e-oitaiea sunurv ireauee bv wnicn me mnten States acquired much valuable territory; the J1 fighting being all over, ie resigned his an- r pointmeiit in the army and returned to thai f t ploujrh. Very soon after, Mr Motroo cons fcrreapon bun the appointment of Govern' or oi Honda, with a salary ot live thousand dollars,' and Congrese invested him with Ill most despotic pcrWer. He organized tho Territorial Government, and then resigned his committion.y la his letter -of resigiAHon, ne earnestly expreseeo a nope" that Con gress would never again confer similar pow. crs on, any naa.'r Soon after, Mr, Monroe- properly appreciatintr Jackson'e merits and service,' tendered him the Office of Minister ' to Mexico, WKh a salary Of fc9,000, and an outfit M g9,00O. -The general promptly declined it declaring, "that aa a repubteun he could never content to appear m ei son - at the court of the tyrant and usurper lit-- oioe.-, - iex mere are- men in uut covmU . wbo aftect to be afraid to trust thia tnv-T-- 1 Whom tbe highest salary eould ut ,teiupt ' " eouotenaoce tyrant and art tiuipr, an. " " i wboae w bole life has evinced, tlie rooxf uirfy'.' , terested devodon to hit couiitry'a ffal&f ' ' I ' - :i f xs avA 'Pti&V. a K-T, - .6 - "Vv 0' '---A-'.
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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