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II HIGHLAND MESSENGER.
Friday, Marrh 10, 1843.
03r Mr. Arnold's bill fur "''reducing the
pay and milage of tho members of Congress,
passed the House of Representatives wo
Drave not learned its fute in the Senate, but
hope it passed, as it cortainly should have
done.
rThe Washington Globe says, that all
Democrats,' who accept oflico under Mr.
Tyler, are " renegades." Somo of 'the
Whig paper talk preitv much after the same
fashion about tho Whigs accepting office
under hiiti, and if all parties were to adhere
to these d.wtrines, the President would be
left in asad predicament as to filling offices,
as ho U unable to create a party of his own
but for a man in these times, either Whig
or Democrat to refuse good fat office
when offered to him, would be a prodigy in
deed. The old philosophers had a notion
that there, was8omevvheref a slono that
ouldLturn every thing it touched into gold.
But now, thing are changed, touch a man
with gold and he will turn to any thing you
Iwiih.
THE OREGON TERRITORY.
One of the principal subjects occupied
the attention of the Senate at the last ses-
Ision of our national Legislature, was the
proposed occupation of the Oregon Terntoy
A bill was introduced by Mr. Linn, of Mis-
ouri, requiring the President of the United
itatcs, to cause to be erected Military Posts
rom somo point on the Missouri and Ar
ansas Rivers, into the best pass for enter.
nulho Oregon, and also at tho mouth of.
the Columbia River, and directed thnt
....
'grants should bo made of six hundred ntiH
iforty acres of land to every white male in-
f habitant of the Territory, of the age of
Jcightcen and upwards, who shall use the
jsame for five years, and that one hundred
land sixu acres be granted to his wife, and
tone hundred and sixty to each child under
Jcighleen or which may be born within the
Ifive years aforesaid. The bill further pro
killed that two additional agents be appoint.
ed by the President to superintend tho in
l..td nf tK tlnitirt Sintr with everv Tn;
jdian tribe west of the agency now establish,
led."- It still furthrr provided that the juris
Idictiorr-the-Cotrrts of Iowa Territory;
should be extended over that part of the In-
dian territory lying west of the limits of said
.territory South of tho forty-ninth degree
f north latitude, east of tho Rocky Moun.
taim and north of the boundary line be.
ween the United States and Texas, and
iver tho Indiin territories comprising tho
ockv Mountains, and the country between
Ihem and the Ocean, south of. fifty-four de
trees and forty minutes of north latitude,
nd north of the fifty-second degree ; and
hat justices of the peace should be appoint
d for said territory with the same power
snow provided in relation to the territory
t Iowa.
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( This bill contained a provision that any
ubiecl of Great Britain, who might be ar
Vested under this law, in the said territory,
should bo delivered up to betned by the
laws of England under certain stipulations
Letweeo the two Governments. .
This bill was advocated by Mr. Linn and
bthers, and opposed by Mr. Calhoun, of S'
C. Choate, of Mass'., and others. The de
pate elicited some very interesting end im
i ...
tortant facts in relation to the history ol
ihe country in question, but up to thejre-
pent writing, we have not seen any account
if any final action of the Senate on the
subject.
" Masonic Mirror." This is the title of a
Voriodioul devoted to Masonry, Literature,
md tho difiuion of Useful Knowledge,
HiWished at Columbia, Ten. Charles A.
'uller, editor and proprietor. It is a semi-
nonlhly very neatly printed, sixteen large
races, with cover : once 82 00 a. vear. irr
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h (J vance.
OT It is said that upwards of one thou
and persons are preparing to emigrate to
Oregon Territory. They will rendezvous
ft Fort Leavenworth, Mo about the 1st of
f lav next.
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(r We are authorized to announce T.
L. Clingmaic, Esq. as a candidate to re
present this District in the next Congress. :-
Henderson Count j Temperuee Society. -
On lastSat"urduy,we had the pleasure of at
tending a meeting jof- this Society, "and of
iieariog a sensible and well-timed address
from. Rev, Mr. TAtioa., Through much
opposition, the tempWance causo seems to
be prospering in Hcrccrsbn county as in
almost every oahor place. A mildy vigor
ous action on the part, of its friends, cannot
fail to ensure it succsssT T
I fen. VbfltXVury n1'ma f Deed
agoodpenis! Here are we, having jump
edout of ojr warm bed at 2 o clock this
morning, to get our editorial ready by day
break , (for you must know, gentle reader,
that the times are too hard to allow , us to
burn much day light in writing editorials'
and hove lost almost a full half hour, in
trying to get a good pen, and all because
of these abominable, patented, warranted,
stinerior steel ncris and clarified quills. If
we had tried a plain quill, dropped from the
wing of somo" squalling, quacking' grey
goose, or hissing ol J gander;1 we would have
had no trouble. A pen made of one of
these, after trying one of steel, is like put.
ting on a soft pair of pumps, after thump,
ing about in a pair of stiff, heavy boots
with a pair of over-shocs. Depend upon it
there is nothing like the pinions of one
goose with which to spread tho opinions of
unother.
03" An editor 7r but west," says, tnat a
man who would cheat the printer, would
steal a meeting house and would rob a grave
yard, and that if he has a soul ten thousand
such would have more room in a musquito s
eye, than a bull-frog has in the Pucific
Ocean!"
OCT In Virginia, among the numerous
applicants for tho benefit of the Bankrupt
Lw, we notice one by the name of Ready
Cash. Truly the tirocsnust bo hard when
ready cash has become bankrupt. '
In the same list with Mr. Cash, is tho
name of Adam Fix, who we suppose wish
es to get Fixed so as to leave his creditors
in ruthor a bad Fix,
From the October Knickerbocker.
L.lfe'1 memories.
I remember, I remember
When my lift was in its prime,
Yet untouched and uncorrupted
By tbe blighting hand of Time t
When the flow'rcl and thefiinhine
Were companions of each scene, -And
Hope wain Ha vigor then,
And PUamira in its green. .
I remember, t remember,
When the atorm of eorrow Came,
And estmgunhed, and forever,
All the glory of life's flame S
When one by one tha blossoms
Of Affection dropped away, - -
And Despair came with the darkness,
And Afflict ton with the dayr
I remember, I remember
But ah ! 'tit rain to mourn
For the bright hours and the loved ones,1'
. That will nerer more return !
Let the Present bave its tortare, .
And the- Past its store of ill ; "
To the Future, to the futuro,
We will look with gladness still !
.1 From the Boston Miscellany.
Rural Blisses. .
. B WILLIAM CUTTER.
Wild Woods ! wild woods ! I lore ye well
Your calm retreats, yur cooling shades,
These voices of sweet song that swell .
From even bough, through all your glades;
This still dark stream, that far below,
,' Unconcious of its power, is sti eying,
Seeming to linger in its flow.
Among tlia reeds and lilies playing.
I love tbe varying shades and hues
That make this canopy so sweet,
Where tall dark pines and sombre yews.
With birch and oak and maple meet.
I love tliis eooU meandering walk
Along the bank, to still end shady
The very place for private talk
With one's own self or with a lady.
I lovo that rude and dark ravine.
And biwkt tbst madly through tllmsweeplblinwHhU5msrrt
And on these moss-beds, soft and green,
I love to lay me flown to sleep;
I love this fresh delicious gale
That cornea o'er yonder hills to greet us.
All, ail, wild woods ! I love ye well,
All but these villainous mosquitoes.
BalUton, Sf., Atgmtt, 18..
Paine or Anccsrar. An anecdote is told of
Mr. Roger, of Werndee, in Monmouthshire, which
exhibits the pnde of ancestry in a striking point
of view. His house wasiojuch state of dilapi
dation that the'proprietor was in danger of perish,
ing under the ruins of the ancient mansion, which
he venerated even in decay. A arranger, whom
he accidentally met at the loot of the Skyrrid,
made various inquiries respecting the country,
the prospects, and tho neighboring house, aid
among other, " Whose is this antique mansion be
fore as T" That, air, is Werndee, very ancient
house ; for out of it came the Earls of Pembroke
of tho first line, and lire Earls of Pembroke of
ttrS second line ; the Lords Herbert of Cherbury,
the Herberts of f'oldbrook, Ramsey, Card ifr and
Yordk ; the Morgans of Acton ; The Earl Hod-
son; the houses ut irerowa ana uaaann.aao au
the Powela, Out of this bouse also, by the fo.
male line, eamo the Duke of Beaufort." "And,
ssm a. V. J I S
prav, any who lives nere now r- -i bp, sir.
" Then pardon me and accept a piece of advice ;
come' out of it yourself, oryou'll toon be buried in
the ruins of if WtUh Psyr.
ASHE VlLLE N C,
LIFE OF IIENRY CLAY. '
; v Contiitfd from latlttt$ paper.
- In 1814 Mr. Cloy was appointed, by Mr.
Madison, one of the commissioners to ne
gotiate a treaty with England. His col.
leagues were John Quincy .Adams, James
A. Bayard, Albert Gallutin, and Jonathan
Russell. They met the British commission,
era, Lord Gumbief , Henry Goulburn, ajid
William Adams, at Ghent, where the trenty
which bears that name was concluded. On
completing this important negotiation i and
in so hapjy a muoner, he proceeded to
London, where, iu conjunction with two of
bis eollesgues, Messrs. Adams and Uullatin,
he entered on another of great importance,
which resulted in a commercial convention,
since made the basis, of our commercial
arrangements with many foreign powers.
On his return to the United States, he
was received with distinguished marks of
recpect wherever tie went : but in no part
of the country with moreaflticiionatc regard
than in his own KeotuckyVhbse people
were not less proud of their adopted son,
than they were devotedly attached to him
He was "re-elected to the House of Repre-1
sentatives, and again, almost unanimouuly,
pppointed Speaker, continuing to be-re.
t lectetl and to fill the Speaker s chair until
March, 1W25, when , he accepted the office
of Secretary of State, tendered him by Mr.
Adams. ' '
During this period of b puM'C service,
Questions of uront moment r.anie before
Congress, and agitaled the nntiin. The
war had left tho country -Iwrdenea wiui a
heavy debt s tlw Currency Was deranged,
and in a sad condition. The bills of non.
kpecio-paying banks, and the small bills
issued by irresponsible corporations and
individuals, constituted the whole circula.
ting medium south, and west of New Eng
land. The manufactures which had sprung
up during the war, were now to be protect
ed or suffered to fall under European com
petition, capital, and skill. Tho payment
of the public debt was to be provided for i
the currency restored; confidence: in the
national faith re-established ; and, in short,
order was to be brought out of chaos, and
prosperity out of the utmost depression.
The two great and leading measures to
bring about rhis were the establishment of
.T rra t it .t.
a XNationui tjann.ana tne passage oi sues
a Tarriff bill as should answer the two-fold
purpose of raising revenue and giving pro
tection to our in ant, but rapidly growing
manufki:turcs Bth these measures Were
sustained with all the energy and resources
of his genius ; and both were acco nplistied.
tie had opposed the re-churter of tne United
States Bunk in 1811; his prejudices had
been enlisted against it, the party to which
he bdr-i:gcd opposed it as a party measure,
und he deemed it unnecessary. But time
and experience hod convinced hrm of the
necessity of such- an institution, and his
magnanimity would not permit him to ad
here to an error of judgment merely through
pride of opinion or apparent consistency, as
if he were not consistent who frankly ac
knowledges his error, and does all in his
power to retrieve it -
Among the most honorable and praise,
worthy nets of Mr. Clay's life, and which
exhibits him, in the high and enviable char,
acter of the friend of liberty and the rights
of man, is the part he took in urging tbe
government of tho United Stales to- recog.
nise the independence of the Republics of
South America, which had thrown off tho
yoke of Spain, and maintained their inde.
pendence with such gallant bravery. His
various speeches in behalf of these Repub
lics, and. it) support of the policy he pro
posed, were among the most eloquent and
spirit-stirring he ever delivered revey sen
tence was replete with the burning senti
ments of patriotism, and the generous en.
thusiasm which the struggles of an oppress
ed people, determined to shake off the yoke
of tyranny , and resolved to be free, cannot
fail to inspire every lover of civil liberty
So inspiring was the eloquence of Mr. Clay,
in advocating the recognition of South
American independence, that his speeches
were translated into Spanish, read at the
head of the patriot armies, and drew, some
years after, a letter from Bolivar, express,
ing his admiration for his brilliant talents
and ardent love of liberty. " All America ,
Columbia, and myselflsaid Bolivarvi' owe
your excellency pur purest gratitude for the
incomparable services you have rendered
to us, by sustaining-our course with a su-
In 1818 came up the question of inter
nai improvement by national meaqs, which
was soiporte'l by Mr. Day with his-accus.
tomed energy and ability. To his unwea.
ried efforts and unceasing eloquence, the
continuation of the Cumberland, or national
road over the Alleghany mountains, through
Ohio, &c-, was mainly owing, and his la
bours in lavour of this valuable improve,
ment are commemorated by a stone monu
ment erected on tbe road, surmounted by
thu genius of liberty, and inscribed with
the name of " IIENRY CLAY." He was
in favour of a general system "of internal
improvements by meftt.s of road and ca.
nals: but the s nun-arrayed itself against
the principle, and tho states having under
taken thesn works, each within its own
limits, it was finally abandoned, or at least
uot pressed.
During the winter of 118-19, ws agi
tated in Congress the celebrated Missouri
question, and was, for many weeks, debated
with great heat and acrimony of feeling on
both sides : at one time it seemed to threat,
en the most disastrous consequences. On
MARCH 10, 1843.
this occasion Mr, Clay stepped in, when ail
hope of compromise seemed to be gone,
and, by bis judicious nwdiatiot: reducing
the two parties to adopt a middle course,
averted the terrible catastrophe which all
had reason to fear would follow, and brought
the matter to a peaceful termination. It
was oo this occasion that he woo the proud
title of u tho great pacificator."
. The country suffered very greatly by a
stagnation in all the various departments of
business durinir several years about thfs
period. . The Tariff of 1816 not giving
adequate protection to our infant manufac
tures to enable them to maintain themselves
aguinst the competition of Europe, a new
Tariff bi'l was brought forward in tho House
in 1819-80, which was supported by all the
sfengfa of Mr. Clay's great, powers, and
upon which he delivered a speech replete
with principles of the soundest political
philosophy, and sentiments of tho most
ardeut patriotism. A . single sentence in
this speech embodied the great maxim of
his whole public course in reference to this
great nd vastly important subject. Mr.
Chairman," said be ,f ' I frankly own 1 feel
great solicitude tor the success of this bill,
f'fhe Tariff bill then under consideration
in committee of the whole. The entire
Independence of MV conNTny on all for.
xism States, is it respects a supfLY of
UR ESSENTIAL wants, has ever beejh with
ms A favocbite object. The wur'of our
Revolution effected our political emancipa.
tioa. The last war contributed greatly
towards accomplishing ourcommercial free,
dotr. . But our complete independence will
only be consummated after the policy of
this bill shall bo recognised and adopted.''
The bill passed the House of Represent,
lives, but failed io the Senate.
The depressed state of the various branches
of bisiness, agriculturalcommercial, and
(rmnuTaeturlngv eontinued -unrelieved- rill
1 824rwhmh6 Tariff question-war agairr
agitated in Congress, and a remedy for the
evils the country was suffering under, was
sought in the enactment of a new Tariff
law. The debate upon this measure wos
conducted with extraordinary utility on
both sides. The friends of the bill, and of
the protective system, were led by Mr. Clay ,
who on this occasion seemed to throw his
whole energies into the contest, and to be.
corce more thus ever eloquent ia favour of
his favourite system of national policy. In
rising to deliver his masterly speech on this
occasion, be appeared deeply sensible of
the immense responsibility that rested upon
him ; and imprcs$ed with this feeling, he
kSDiemniy invoked the aia ot tne oiuai
HIGH.ard " fervently implored His divine
assistance? that He would be graciously
pleased toslwwer on the country His rich,
est blessings ; and that He would sustain,
on this interesting occasion, the individual
who stood before Him, and lend him the
power, mrral and physical, to perform the"
solemn duties which belonged to his public
station." .
Mr. CUy's efiorls, and those who acted
with him, were now crowned with success,
and prosperity soon began to shed her in.
vigoraiing beams upon the fand, and to
warm the industry of the country once
more into life and activity. From the pus
sage of this bill to the removal of. the de.
positcs, in 1833, no country ever witnessed
more palmy days, in all that concerned
business and advancement in wealth.7
It was at thia period that Greece, having
thrown off the shackles of Turkish slavery,
was maintaining a noble, but uppareqtjy a
hopeless, struggle for freedom and mdepen.
dence. No one then old enough to take
an interest in the affairs of the world, con
forget -with what warm-hearted sympathy
the Americans viewed this contest, nor
what ardent prayers wenf up to the God of
ba' ties to nerve the arm of the Christian
against the Moslem host, and to crown the
efforts of Greece, ancient, classic, Christian
Greece, wilh victory. No one con forget
with what generous zeal even our lair
country-women undertook tho benevolent
and philanthropic labour of collecting food
and clothint for the starving and naked
Greeks, driven from their smouldering
homes by their ruthless enemies, and com
pelled to flee to the mountains and live in
caves, Bnd upon roots and berries. Tho
talu of the barbarities committed upon the.
women and children harrowed every bosom,
and -drew tears from every-eye --while the
heroic deeds of a Marco .Bozzaris, and his
companions in arms,, fired the American
IsouL with unbounded: admiration.
ITlvasTdurini "the" sessiori"ori82l-4 , that
Mr. Webster brought forward a proposition
to make provisiou to defray the expense of
deputing a commissioner or ngeut to Greece,
whenever the President should deem it
proper. In support of his proposition' Mr.
Webster delivered a masterlv speecn ; but
the proposition was opposed" by those who
thought such an act on our part might be
I construed by the Grand Sultan as evincingixjed on genera
an unfriendly reeling towards tne buDlime
Porte, and involve ns in jrouble. Some
were understood to oppose the resolution on
account of tbe source whence it originated,
Mr. Webster having been a federalist. Mr.
Guy, ever above any such ungenerous feel
ing and unworthy motive, rebuked them in
a dign fied and eloquent manner. " 1 have
long had the pleasure," he said, " of know,
ing the honourobte gentleman from Massa.
chuscits.and sometimes that of acting with
him; and 1 have much satisfaction in ex
pressing my high admiration ef his great
talents. But I would appeal to my republi.
can friends, those fuilhful sentinels of civil
liberty with whom I have ever acted, shall
we reject a proposition, consonant to our
principles, favouring the good and great
cause, on account of tho political character
of-itunoverl - Shall wo not rather look to
ihe intrinsic merits of tho measure, and
seek every fit occasion to strengthen and
perpetuate liberul principles and. nniiie sen
tinjents T Ifil were possible for republicans
lo cease to be the champions of human Jree
dom, and if federulists became its only sup
porters, I WOUtD CEASE TO BE A REPUBLICAN;
1 WOULD BECOME A FEDERALIST. 1 tie pre.
servation of the public confidunce can only
be secured, or merited, by a faithful ad he
rence to the principles by which it has been
Bcquircd." At the closo of his speech, the
expectation of which h id filled tbe galleries
to overflowing, especially with ladies, he
broke for.b into the follow ing burst of gene
rous feeling and manly eluquenco i -..
" But, sir, it is not for Greece alone that
I desire to see this measure adopted. It
will give her but little support, and that
purely of a moral kind. It is f.rin:ija!ly
for America, for the credit and chaructcr
of our common country , for our own unsul
lied name, that I lne to see this pass
What appcaroncp, Mr. Chairman, on the
page ol nutlory wuuia a rtord HKC mis
exIrbitT Mo the month of January, in the
yeai of our Lord and Saviour 1824, while
all European Christendom behold, with cold
and unfeeling indifference, the unexampled
wrongs and inexpressible misery of Chris
tian Greece, a proposition was mude io the
Congress of the United Status, almost the
sole, the last, the greatest depository of
htimun hope und human freedom, thu reprc
senlutives of a gallant nation, containing a
milliort of freemen ready to fly to arms,
while the people of that were spontaneously
expressing its deep-toned fueling, and the
wholu continent; by one simultaneous emo
tion, was rising und solemnly and anxiously
supplicating and invoking high Heaven to
spare and succour Greece, and to invigo.
rate her arms, in her glorious cause rwhrftrf
temples and senate-houses were alike re
sounding with one burst of generous aud
holy sympathy ; Io this year of our Lord
and Saviour, that Saviour of Greece and
of us, a proposition was offered in the
American Congress to send a messenger to
Greece, to inquire into her state and con
dition, with a kind expression of our good
wishes and our sympatic and it was re.
jected !' Go home, if you can ; go home,
if you dare, to your constituents, and tell
them that you voted it down: meet, if you
can, tlie appalling countenances ot those
who sent you here, and tell them that you
shrank from the declaration of your own
sentiment.' that you cannot tell how, but
that somo unknown dread, some indescri
bable Apprehension, some indefinable dan
ger, drove you irom your purpose mat
the 8 pec t res of scimitars, and crowns, and
crescents gleamed before you, and alarmed
you ; and that you suppressed all the noble
leelings prompted by religion, by liberty,
by national independence, and by humanity.
1 cannot bring myself to believe that such
will bo the feeling of a majority of this
committee. But, for myself, though every
friend of tho cause should desert it, and I
be left to stand alone with the gentleman
from Massachusetts, I will give to this re
solution the poor sanction of my unqualified
approbation."
Here spoke the high-souied patriot, the
apostle of Liberty, the friend of man; and
his checriog voice rang alone tho shores of
tJulamis, through the pass of Thermopylrr,
over the plains of Marathon, and revcrbe.
rated from the wulls of the ruined 1 jrilic
non; inspired a million of bosoms with
hope, and nerved a million arms with fresh
energy. Tho names of Clay and Webster
were pronounced with grutelul accents by
the lips of weeping beauty, and by the
tongues of the brave as their hands struck
for Sreedom. And thty are still held in
lively recollection by the freed inhabitants
of that cradle of liberty , literature, science,
and tho arts.
We come now to an epoch, perhaps the
most important, thus far, in Mr. Clay's
nublic life. It will bo remembered that
five candidates were in the field fo the
office ofPj-esidt nt, to succeed M r. Monroe ,
whoso term of service expired on the .3d
day of March, 1825 ; narnHy, Mr. Adams,
Mr. Crawford, Gen. Jiickson, Mr. Cby, and
Mr. Culhoun: though the latter wus with
drawn from the canvass for the Prt f i .lency ,
and was run by-tiis friends as a eandidahr
for Vice President.
-The old federal party having olready dis
Jwjidedjndjis
oo longer (.listed, und as ail tlie candidates
were prominent Republicans, and hod been
leaders of that party .in its most trying
daysrtlicy4iad4o depend-solely iipon per
social pttpulurity, tin J tne estimation in
which the people held their public services,
tbeir experience, jurigmt nt, and capacity
lo discharge .the duties of the station to
which they aspired. The canvass was ca r-
ried on cenerairv without tutierncss or
. . - . . . .....
acrimony, except , 'perhaps, between the
friends of Mr. Crawford and Mr. Calltoun,
between whom a personal rivalry and hos
tility had lonir existed, though they wert
both, as well os Mr. Adams, members' ol
Mr. Mooroes cabinet. &mc hostility was
also apparent between tho friends of MrJ
Crawford and Gen. Jacson; the former
not looking upon tlie General os a sound
Republican, and pronouncing his election,
in advance, as a curse lo the country."
According to the constitution, if one person
Joes not receive a. majority of the wholf
elcctoraj votes, and two or more are voted
for, the House of Representatives is re
quired to elect a President from one of the
three persons having tho highest number of
WHOLE NUMBER 137.
electoral votes. It was very probable that
no one of the candidates would receive a
mnjority of the electoral votes, and that tho
election would be carried to the House of
Representatives, of which Mr. Clay was a
member; in which case, if not one of the
three highest relumed, the duty would de;
voivo on him to give hU vote to one or other
of hi rivals. This anticipated contingency
occurred. Oceupying a high position, and
being known to possess great influeore with
his friends, especially the Kentucky and
Ohio delegations," ho was treated with dis.
tinguished consideration by the friends of
thu various candidates, and seemed in his
own language, uddressed to a friend at iho
time, to be enjoying, while alive, the pos.
thumous honours usually awarded to tho
iwswstttrd dead " But this was only th
fattening of the ox fur the slaughter. Mr.
Clay preserved a strict reserve as to ths "
vote he should give, which of itself was th
cause of newspaper conjectures and cri:!. "
cisin.
The election camp on, and a moit solemn
and imposing scene, gentlemen present and
I.n Limn- in it uescnoc u io nave open.
Mr. Clay and the Kentucky and Ohio dele.
gation voted for Mr. Adams, who was un
expectedly elected on ihe first billot Slan
der began at once to bo busy with his name ;
those who a short tim- before courted, now
vituperated him; at first only in whispers,
but at length openly. A member of Co:..
gross from Pennsylvirt wlm made the mouth
piece of Mr. Cluy's vil:fiers,.who had not
the courngn to cs3umo tho responsibility of
the vilo imputations they induced their tool
to father, against his wishes arid better feel-
ingi.
The charge of " barirain nn 1 Mrnmiinn"
was uttered from an irrexponsiblo quarter;
tho cry was taken up by the presses in tho
interest ol the candidates wh.i had rw..r, u
ku,L'"ttnthe"chu
with CT 6 ry possible variation. exaev m t i.m
and expression of h ly horror. It was in
vain to ueny the charge: it had been made
by no responsible person, and no one could
therefore be called upon to substantiate if.
The country rang with this crv of " mad
dog," until a considerable portion of tho
American people fully, and doubtless hon
estly, believed it.
Conscious of his own inhocener. firm fa
the rectitude of his own course, and sua.
tained by a clear and approving conscience,
wr. -wiuy oore me opprobrium attempted to
be cast upon him, with been rn in a- fcirtiurf
and dignity, confident that the lime would
come when truth must sgsin make her voico
heard, and relying on tho people, in whose
intulligence and honest intentions he had
always great confidence, to do him justice,
whenever the excitement of the times had
died away, the "mists of prejudice been dis-
peiieti, ana they should become convinced
that ihey had brought in a verdict of guilty
against one as innocent as themselves.
Timo has cleared away much of the mist
that then blinded the eves of a m.rtiiwi of
ihe people, and nssu'uged the prejudices then
excited : they can now l.n.k back r.Zmut,-,
tin subject, and wHgh the evidence in the
well-balanced and inipanlal scale of Justice:
and I beg of ihem to do so, and then to re.
consider, and either reverse or confirm thicr
verdict, as their deliberate judgment shall
dictate.
The first tangible shape in which this
charge of bargain tnd corruption" np.
pcarvd, wus in a letter published in Fay.
etteville, N. C, and dated Nashville, 8th
a.a-
March, is7. It was subsequently asccr.
tnined that this was written by Mr. Carter
Bevehly. In tlmt letter he said,
" He (Gen. Juekson) told mo this morn,
ing. before all his company, in reply to a
question I put to him concerning the election
of J. Q. Adums for the presidency, that
Mr. Clays friends made u proposition to his
friends, that, if they would promiseor him,
not to put Mr. Adams in the seat of Seer,
tary ot State, Clay and his friends would
in an lunir, make him, Jackson, president.
He most indignantly rejected tho proposi.
lion, and declared he would not compromit
himself ; and unless most openly and fairly
made the President by Congress, he would
see tho wholu earth sink under him, befora
he would bargainor intrigue for it. 1 -
Mr. Carter Beverly not being known,
many were disposed lo doubt whether Gen.
Jackson j had ever made such an Assertion
nTrthe above extrncT contaTnsVahd ,r bfjfoft
all his' company.'" Thij induced Mr. Be-
vrly to address a note tn Gen. Jackson,
yAJ"'.'-- I' retter wtre tfatcd Hmnir
tagc, juntr5,18J7-and slated that he had
been "informed by t he-friends of Mr. Cloy1,
thut tho friends of Mr. Adams had made
overtures o litem, saying, if Mr.'QIuy and
HJs friends would unite in aid of "the election
of Mr. Adams, Mr. Clay should be Seers.
tary of Smte. That tho fricndi of Mr.
Adams were urging, ig a reason to induce
the Irietx's of Mr. C'ay to-accede to their
proposition, that if I was elected prcsiderf,
Mrv Adams would be continued Secretary
of State, (innuer.do.thrre wnulckbc np room '
for Kent inky ) That the fiiVrds of Mr.
CLy staled, tlie west did not wth to sepa.
. t .i . . .
rue -rom nie west ; nnl H would ny, or
permit any of my confidentinl friends to
s ly, that io. cose was clecird president,
Mr. Adamsshould not be continued St crc.
tary of Siwtr-, by a conp!e!eunion of Mr.
Clay and hin friends, they would put an rrd
to th prtjidcnliul control in an hour. And
that he fihe member of Comm-oa uhr. rnft.
Led oo Gn. Jckson was of opininn it was
right lo light such intriguers with their own
weapons."
Ih re, then, for the first time, was an
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