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8ALI811UHY, N. C...TURSIUY, OCTOIJEH 23, 1827.
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VOL. VIIL-....NO. 385.
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Tbt t'' ' 'h Wetter Cirofin'tM art, Rl
Mf sanum of i J, ra MAet..in
LmM U advance will be rtiuWt4 Wool all
LTU-fUxn al ft dUot. who ei ikot to
" ui aajualataae gwawfwttbwaawst.
K ar diaeewilaued, (cr-ent it the J'twHi
glUor) until all errrarf rt rt nail. -
aViverUaM e lnted en'
psj'P't l",iim In Uarliofsivd twenty-lire
cent fof rcb suha4oM
X) ad.lt 4 U the Miter, twist be
aw ft4, Ihcjf asay avt b Bounded to.
POLITICAL
MB EATON TO THE PI.'BUC
Whet I ahall submit to I he ronaidrr
lion of lh public demands of ro no
apology Should ant think otherwise. I
tender 10 them Mr. Clay's dinner fvreri,
delivered at Lexington in July last, with
the references thai have been tnidc
to roe, both by General Jackson and M'
Borhjnan. Tbua altuated, ii it nrlihef
needless nor proper lo re nvdn silent i I
bill therefore speak the things that I
oo. from a conviction, that the refer
ncee which hsve been toxic, render I'
proper for roe to do so.
First, to en adjustment on mr own ac
count with Mr. Clav j who, h hit speech
delivered at Lexingtoo, utn towards me
(kit lafguagw I
Ih Fore the election, an attempt as
mad, bv an bule Irnrrr Tu')lih"i in
the Columbian Observer, at I'hiladclphU.
ar tpee whlfH, -' tine ttatipired,
trt
was eus'alneo !y Mr. senator r.tunythe
colleague, lb friend and the biographer
of General Jar kotf to aMailm? tnnti.
tad to deter roe In the cxercite of my
dot?.
, The Unguaxt cmplojcd in thia aen
tence, il'arranred with ao great art nd
Caution, aa to make it autceptible of
doubtful intention. The meaning which
the ipeaker Intended ahould attach, and
ffblcb, with nine reaera out of ten,
will obtain, i, that the Columbian Obwr
Ttr vat auatained I7 Mr. Senator F.aton,
the rolleaue, the friend and the biogr
piicr of General Jckon,to aitil his
(Mr. CUv'a) motivea. and to drier dim
U the atrciwe of bia dutr. With thia
COflatruttlm, 1 take leave to if , it a
t rn.
asUiiMMatiion u I untrue inn
hrnce the uff addenda, M the cotletft
iht frirnd tb bl "grapher iA Oen.
Jtkon ' Wbit, then, wai k t An at
irmpt at decrptlon a matter of tptciil
pie adUiK 1 bf which it ttpt cud,
UteKUaat im ibofuUk tuia4.W(AiUu
arrived it, that Geo. Jatkaon wit the
!ieJt'er.(ihJi piocfJoicndcd andu
ium4 iW -Ue o4t uruua H.aiU
M't Clay't mUvfiand re drier torn in Iht
ixrttitt if Ait duiu To thia oOvioualr
doituatr d IntendniariT, I ppl; a poaiilve
il.il.l u jit truth, t'cii. Jackami wa In
TeniKf. and knew no more 'f the loan
m it to iltMM Krntlemen, than Mr. Clay
dt.t i . or did ha k.iow of it, until during
l, intr, when on the uppoiiin, I
j; ,c. Uif it tni;Ht he ui aa food
r "ff" 10 tbe thniKi and htr ikinn of Iba
Stfcretit, iu hit Hf ActhoUTT corp
(i ittft ut m.tter of rtnwik and cenure
i't ttioc c ilu'nnt whirh were friendly to
Mr. Cj - md Mr. Adm. I'-efora tnit
period. 1 not apuken of it nor until
thia time dni.ilrt! the particular. I do ao
no Uet under the authority of the name
which hrint forward the eecutation,
ui)iiion nuv ariac, and a character
rfod coiuequtnrr he Rive n to the tranae
tinn. iriTr thiti ii mcrita- In present
iHj myaelf lrfuro hc public on a subject
which so Utrly h- produced eome e
(itement. ur,t muth inqulrr ami ram.rk,
I Jtve fell it jKuncr to apeak tbua Ur of
nia"er which tsaemully pertain to my
self ; and wi'h that portion of the tubject
I 4m -fiow -rUirtt-- . ...i..; :
'In tonrcklon wlihthii ipeech, are also
other mttra hi'.hhae lcen presenu-dj
to hr country ; and about which! have
been referred to. both bv tie nerl Jck
son and Mr Buchanan. With itfereiicca
thua nude, to renuin silent and reserved
amidst the' general interest which prrrsils
hy mnv nii(hi ho considered improper.
I shall presrni, therefore, ray under
standing of t hint; as ihey were at the
to th House, he would tH. . Ha did ao,
aa I afierwardt undertioad."
Iirthii application and Interview, ! fall
that Me, Uuchamn waa acting; on tba
ground or antlout aolkltoda for tba auc
tu 01. UcAer Jatkaoo and Jrum j d
aire that notbiag of atratagani and nan
egerocot ahoold loterpoat lo prteat the
ejection of one, for, wbo.-n bo feU.mori
I ban eommoo inurtat. I considered, is
hit teal, be felt U to ba right to defend
tbe citadel agalnat uotooked for aiuults
and believed, cootcquantlf, that tba coo
ray should bo met with their own waa
pons. Ha may have latcoded 10 prcaent
this at the idea and option of others, not
his own. Such, Indeei, may have been
the cao, though I can tot aay I so under
stood bin at tba time.
I take occasion to reseat, that the con
venation, at hero riven, at tba request of
lha edwor the United iutce 1 elcgrsph
a afforded him in Auruat, II3A. while
he w4 on a visit to Tetataesae. I men
lion this uct, because the ttatcmcni
being in his poasetsion, l will entirely
be enabled to aay, if the oa heNas, and
tht which is here submitted be not
same. 15 y this circumslancr, thus
tunately eiinlng, I may find ufcty from
some 01 those cturgct which a kindly
rdi'or has already taken occasion so kur
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mise and insinuate. Tbo uiiHrberous! against Ailatni. But besicea all ttjlt, the
distant wiib General Jackson, having been
prtvtoutlr quite tb reversal arvl wtl
knowing from our near proilinlty at
passing, ibat II wat altoe ttber improba
bla ba ahould not have assert ad ut, I
cfitucnslttica "cor rooorative'oT what bad
been the report! of the Hjy a detcrmin
atVn la'ken to lupport MrVAJarotV' " '"
-1'raviowsJy 10 tbo innuaxUtloo of thia
meeting on Saturday , I had no distrus
ted tba result of the election. At re
garded the course Kentucky would lake,
even conceding the force rl Mr Clay'a
Influence, I felt there wts eecurlty in
these considerations 1 That ao fr from
there being any thing ol good, there had
tonal consideration! for htm would Inducts
them 10 act ftnfiaty to their deslra.
Upon these cl'cumtlartret I have often re
marked, thai f ft 1 t was dot In t batactOT
of KthtarkUns, and that Iht last waa l ho
ttrongctt appeal which could bo made so
a tnan'i Men'diTIh.rinri.f Clleff TIQQli
tlon ' which roolj bo levied en their at
I'acbmcnt. Tnrti a cr thorl time sJnrev
I bad xKbtca cwvlnced Ibat lha balgaUl
bad been made at eaecuttd, and I even
now regret that I am constrained to
admit il but believing it, I ahall Icavo
nothing undone wlkb can be hottoraUf
performed to defeat the coalition.
Anthony's otailoo over lha dead bods
of "Caesar baa been greatly admired for it
been an unfriendly understanding very manner, artfolnets, and concealment of
Mcly subsisting between Mr, Adama and intended purpose j but this of Mr. Claf
Mr. Clay 1 That Mr. Adama was not the
choice ol Kentucky bad not been thought
of or voted for there ( and of all the per
sons presented to the public would prob
ably have received the most ineonstdcra
la euflrage in that state 1 That Mr
Crittenden, who Hood at the head of the
electoral list dr Mr. Clay, and whose
opinions of the preference and choice of
Kentucky, 1 itwe micrreo, tnigni nave
ight, had wrttieir to a friend of mine
ington, that Ken'ucky piefcrred
at
cki
and wished him to succeed
ime. and at ihcv ate atill retained upon
my recollection.
D-'wem the statement of General
Jsckvn .mdthttf submitted hy Mr Buch
anan, 1 an perceive some di (Terences;
hut tbry re printipally verbal nd not
materiil. Tnose which do oMin, ap
nesr to me rather as lo infe "-ences de
sted, though not ,.taird du-e 3 f.-on, fan,, thn a the facta them-
neper was aasi
by me ur any purpose ana tar less with
si vW to wait motives, or to Jeter any
on b the eiercise of his duty.
The return made of me by the editors
of the Columbian Observer, atone of their
creditors, hat been a fruithful theme of
exulting remark to Mr. Llav't editors and
friends I little expected to see him at
ao amiill a businett; and nil I lein thit he
would have hanrded an assertion before
the puWici when he waV wanting in proof
0 eui'wrt that assertion A tingle pa
pernio, be ture, at Philadelph'u. t': De
rnemtir frri, had aaaerted it : But Mr.
Clav .ahould hare recollected, t hai at he
teas decry ins the force of newspaper, tea
tlmony,-et authority applicable to his own
case, detkaev, and a rcitaro tor onus
tencv, ahould have restrained his willing
neaa to insist on it, as a rule conrlosive
towarda others. Like hlmtrlf, though, I
can now express rot satisfaction at hav
inor the matter presented in some tangi
ble form, and by " a resporisibla accuser :M
J ki I. h nrH all fnnhor
disquietude on the subject he thall be porv meetinK of Mr Uay and hii
offered the history of the transaction, friends took place, and when she deter
tilv. sjl'antially, there it accord
Mr Bu-h;,nn ullegea, h.l on approach
ing Orncral' JjcVson, he did not come
from Mr. Clav. It it not atserted that he
did ;. General JaCkom. states, his opinion
at the lime wts, that Mi.' Buchanan had
eome from Mr. Clav or some of hi-i
friends ; but this is given merelv as a
matter nf impression nothing more. Bf
the shewing of Mr Is'ckaend Mr. Bueh
tnan, it no- appears thai Jl,. M. rklcy
wa the negotiator. A 'filTirencc as to
the da't- the period of time at wlvich the
eonferaiion took place, may eniit ; for
Mr. Buchanan plares it on the 30th of De
cenitHr." If may be,' however, that he
intends this at the period of hi discmrrse
wi-h Mr. Markley. If it be in reference
to his interview with Gtneral Jckson,
then, agreesbly to mv icrollcction, it is a
mistake. I cannot prcciselv, and to a
day, declare the limo when Mr. Buchan
an came to see and to converse with me;
but I do recollrct it to have been during
thi?t week, on Saturdav of which the re
hit-
precise and accurate aa it took place, with
leave to make of it hereafter whatever uic
be can.
To the editors of that paper, and at
their request, I did lend a turn of money :
at that time, before, nor after, was there
an agreement, understanding, expressed
or otherwise, at to any political course
which they should pursue. More than a
year preceding this circumstance and be
fore 1 ever knew Messrs oimpson and
Conrad, the editors, had that paper been
warmly and zealously in the cause of
General Jackson. it was my own money,
riot the public's 1 end I have yet to learn
f. i, -therein there is either culpability or
criminality in lending money to the re
spectable editor of a newspaper, greater
than to any other individual in sorieiy,
unlets as a stipend to induce to a i curse
not sanctioned by his preference or judR
tnent The charac ter of those editors is
aufBcient to turn aside the imputations of
opinionaibus controllsd while a letni
Jectton that for eigWet iftomh or more
ther-bBd hbored ih support pf ; Andrew
Jaweestajr
Bui, again ; in adverting to this trans
action iq my mind a rery innocent and
unoffending one why was it necessary
or M r. Clay to throw around me, for de
6cripion'a sake, ao many far fetched and
high sounding expletives I Mr. Euion,
of the Senate (there being in that body
none other bearing a same, or even a
similar name,) would as it appears to mt,
bo altogether aufficicnti if description of
person was alone tbe end and object To be
ruined but this w?ra not c object; qnl
mination was taken to support Mr. Adams.
I feel quite satisfied, that the meeting to
which 1 allude, was on Saturdav the 22nd
ofJanuim Early in that week, (Tues
day or Wednesday evening,) Mr. Buchan
an tisited me. It was on the pavement
and in front of my own residence, where
we conversed together. A statement of
a a "
our conversation, concisely orawn, was
and illiberal effort it made to excite pre
judice ; and to forests! "the 'nuboY, and 16
awaken suspicions, through lie adega
uoar that an aiUstuA would.be made , " lo
discredit Mr. Buchanan, by airiying. Ma
jor F.aton and othera against him, before
the public. On 10. idle en -errand, end ao
hopeless an effort, I should exceedingly
rrgrct the necessity of being obliged lo
proceed ; and yet, were tt necessary lo
ma'toteia myself on any,- the demanda of
truth, I should certainly venture, regard
less of the sayings and prejudices of any
one- Between Mr. Buchanan's statement
and my own, and that of General Jack
son, heretofore published, I can, aa al
ready remarked, discern no essential dif
ference. True, before I had read and
particularly examined, what had been
stated, I believed differences were to be
found, though that opinion no longer re
mains, it there be those who oesire 10
urge ibat any such Jo exist, and that the
submitted averments are in fact unlike.
shall be free and cheerful lo concede, that
the misukes are those which proceed from
error of recollection, and from no other
cause. . I have known Mr." Buchanan loo
long, 10 place any autemcnt of hirwhlc
might be discrepant with my own, unde
the head of intentional error, or ascribe it
to anv other circumstance than iuaccura
cy of recollection.
I might here rest my remarks, and
forbear to say ' more bri"tnd""iuhjecT,'bUT
being in possession of some facta, which
may be considered material the ten
(iency of which may be to exhibit matters
more fully to public consideration, I shall
not conclude this presentation, without
them also. I have already said, that
meeting was held on the 22nd ol Janua
rv ; previous to which time, the opinion
of Mr. Clay and his friends were but little
known conjecture alone potntrd out
what probably their course would be. On
the succeeding Monday, the opinion pre
vailed, that thry had taken their ground
and in a few days afterwards, Mr. Clay's
military-chieftain letter, as H hat been
styled, was written to Judge urooke, oi
Virginia, of whom he speaka as a partic
ular friend. In that letter, he mentions
bis difficult, " highly critics!" situation
the interrogation to his conscience, and
the course he had resolved to pursue
Thus, to a particular friend, on the 38th
of January, and not earlier was a declara
ion made of the course he bad concluded
given to Uenerai ureen, conor w mc .,7
united Statea 1 elCRrapn, at nis reques:, ; '', 1
in August 1826 more than a year ago
it is t follow a:
" In January , 1835, a few days before
it had been known that Mr. Clay and his
friends had declared in
A. lams, I was called upon by Mr. Buch
anan of Pennsylvania. He said, it was
pretty, well understood, that overtures
wirre making by the friends of Adams, on
the subject oi cabinet appointments : that
Jackson should, fight them with their own
weapons. Me smd, the opinion was, that
Jatkaon'woufd retain Adams7nd that ft
was" doing him tnjuryrThai lire Geft.
should ttate whom he would make Sec
This Saturdav evening meeting, and
the course which had been resolved upon,
formed generally on Monday the subject
of conversation. The Senate hsvlng ad
IaToTfJtfjoTirned, General Jacksoii and niy&cif
were passing liom tne rapuoi, oeing yet
wiOun the enclosure, and near 10 a :iignt
. at
nf tfn Uad nv to the avenue, when air.
Clay, coming diagonally on our route
from the House of Representatives, pas
sed very near, and without speaking. .He
waa " proceeding down ; The flight of steps
in front of 1he building, and. wo were in
the act of descending, when some person
rnmino uiv accosted us. At that moment
retarfof Stattrahd deTtred Ihit
namelt o lm. '"Mj eply wasV that I are you 10-day, General? with manner
somewhat embtrrasseo, huKo ne nao
was satisfied Gen. Jackson would say no
thing on the subject. Mr, Uuchanan
then remarked : " ell, it he will mere
ly say, he will pot retain Mr. Adams, thai
will answer." I replied, I. was satisfied
Gen. Jackson would neither say who
hould or who should not be secretary of
State but that he (Mr BJ knew him
will, and might tain witn mm as wen as
lolildr-aWfc- Buchanan then aatd that
op Uie pexj da;, bsjlojy the Geoeaj went
legislature of the state bad scot forth
TThtlr Imjtruction, for rtrrnest) on this aob-
jret, declaring what was to be considered
ihc sense of -the people ; and I, well re
mcmbering the warm and ancient contest
between Mr. Clay end Mr. Pope, on the
tubject of B ditcferd of instruction, had
not tnpposed that the former would ven
ture o place at nought his previous open
avowals on this important point These
were tbe grounds of ngr opi&iaiu, and of
my conclUkions, and they were rcmotrd,
only when I understood that this meeting
ha t hern hld, and tbe vote of Kentucky
determined upon.
Tf.ere were other cnosiderationa of
interference and of argument. The state
of New York was thought to be depend
ent for the course she would pursue, on
the vote of a single individual. Thus
situated it could noi be known to absolute
ceiiaimy, though conjecturally it was,
what finally her course would be Ma
ryland, it was believed, would at least on
the 6rst ballot, be on the side of Mr. Ad
ami- These wo, with the six New
England states, were all, which with any
'Vmg of certainty could be counted on.
Five," were yet wanted " louisiana and
Illinois, it was believed,' woiiM be in favor
of the same course ; though as it was in
opposition to the preference, indicated by
the electoral colleges al home, it waa as
serted, that the roembera from those
ttatet would not march m that direction,-!
except in tbe event that thereby the elec
tion of Mr. Adams would be rendered
secure and certain. Report having ur
ged s'rongly, tbal on the second billot,
Maryland would secede and vote Tor Urn
Jackson, it was therefore indetpensably
innorunt te- brinsr matters 40 a ciosr
The whole affair then rested with Ken
ttstkv, Ohio, a no Missouri. Under thit
state of things was it, and after that it
had been ascertained that Jackson would
make no disclosure, aa to his cabinet, that
the meeting of the 23d of January took
plate. 'I hose who attended It, being par
UciDants in what was rone, nave never
vet declared the psiticulars. I have
now in my possession, a communi
r c
cation liom a gentleman lor mcny 01
Congress, (not from this state) and here
tofore the friend ol Nr. Clay, lie gives
the reason why lie is no longer that
friend. To a letter whirh was lately writ
ten to him by me, this is his reply.
" The barpsin of 1 825, between Messrs-
Adams and Clay, 1 remcrt'l'T well, was
recly spoken of by many members of
Congress, although I had no personal
nowledce of any fact, which would war
rant, the belief that the contract existed ;
besides, the Witrh estimation in which I
then held Mr. Clay, forbade my suspicion
Is cjuite a match for ii : ao pointed, anj
ycl so modest; so retiring, and so evi
dently concealing Its real intention
Gentlemen; you are my friends, and aa
such we have met. l-et me not atk you
to do your duty, or sacrifice yourselves
for me : I ask nothing at your hauds;
but of one thing you may real assured,
If Jackson is elected I aSall bo Prostrated i
but if Mr. Adams shall bo chosen, M h
felt satisfied it would not be so." la tbo
one case, there was danger 10 bis pros
pects, io the other there would be none;
nor waa ibis given as an opinion formed
or belief entertained i: ia of atrongcr
impol he was mtujled there would bo -
none. Tbe speech bad lis effect, the long
agony wat over, and the determination
taken lo"m6'fe""togetnefr' Thus "was '"tno"
hole machinery ready to Operate, provi
ded defection could bo kept from its Jpartt.
And until this were affected, Mr. Clay'o
course must be a matter of conjecture.
If
just then discovered him. 1 no saluta-
tion was returned, ana ir. imj passes
on. Immediately afterwards Oen. j4Cfc.
son remarked to me, that Mr. Clay seem
ed disposed to pass him without speaking
my answer was, " at he has concluded
to vote agsinsf yon, General! suppose
he is solicitous for no further inter
course j" we here dropped theuJjject. I
had uercr before perceive! Mr. Cfa; tp1
on any accusations not supported by posi
tivc proof; that proof was not afforded to
me, and 1 held him guiltless: set there
were some circumstances of unfsvourable
appearance, and which as the friend of
JUr. May i was sorry nao existence. 1 nc
circumstances to whjcb , I aUudej were
Ibe continuecLsijence and lengthy reserve
of Mr. Clay VfrfendMO publisbihf WJefc
tine it be known, how they would vote ;
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and tne-laci. mat .inc. ivtmutyiHcic;a
tiorif WhbvbtcaV fti!"Jtf aJibSfd; J
meeting to determine upon their own
course, as I was informed by one of them,
at which it was said to me, that upon the
question being proposed to Mr. Clay, for
whom shsll we vote, he answered in sub
stance, "that in case General Jackson
should be elected, he believed the ad
ministration with its weight, would be
opposed to him, to prostrate him that
shoud Mr. A. bo elected, he felt satisfied
ifWotildnptby wr tyt he no per-
judgment, and sound deliberation.
prompted him to adept the preference bo .
did, certainly ft does not follow, that duty
demanded of him this grsve and formal
exercise of his influence, whereby to con
trovert the opinions and votea of others.
vesting on this ground of decision mere
ly, apart from any othei, and future con
sideration, such active teal was forbidden
by the situation in which he himself had
very lately stood, and more especially
from the personal relation which he, and
Mr. Adama had recently occupied toward
each other.
The co'irse adopted by Mr. Clay, in
reference to this election, and the circum
stances attending It at the time, wersj
then at now the tubject of free and ten-
surable remark. The final consummation
though, did not for a time take, place.
Many, incredulous to mere assertion, and -
anxious to maintain their former favora
ble opinions, were willing and disposed,
to defer all credence until after the Inau
guration, and when it should with certain
v be ascertained. tfUclhcr Mr .Clay would .... .
he appointed to the first situation in tbo
Chinel. The nomination came ! It waa
submitted to the Senate, a vote taken;
and- contrary to what before, I believe
hiid ever happened, in reference to a cab
inet appointment, a large number of that
body (one third) were lound in opposition
to it. Besides those, there were olbert,
unfriendly lo the confirmation, but who
yielded their assent 00 the ground, that
the President was amenable to tbe coun
try, for a correct administration of ita af
fairs, and that the immemorial usage of
the Senate, bad conceded him the right
to select his Cabinet agreeably to bis own
wishes. It wss said, if the Senate ahall
refuse their assent, and future mishaps
arise, a strong defence to the Executiro
would be afforded, and the President bo
enabled to say,-the Senate opposed me,
and denied a right heretofore never with
held, the right of obtaining that assia-
aa
tanre m which 1 had connaence, ana
which, it wat my desire and object to pro-
tat a . .;..s-..tv
cure. 1 hat tne nomination inougn, was
ilently voted on, and nothing aaid respec
ting it, is not correct. A Senator in his
plare, addressed the chair opposed
confirmation, -and presented the ressona,
of his objections, which were entirely in
reference in Mr. Clay's course and con
duct wthePf siiknlial election. LiblU
not use his name nor attempt to quote bis
remarks, although the injunction of secre
cy has been long since removed- 1 well
know, iht the name of this Senator, and
what he had done, and what said, wera
spoken of publicly ; and I well remember
too, that no reply to bimr was mode or ......
auempted. or . committee of inquiry Jed
Tor. T After he had tak'eri his seat, the nom
ination whs voted on, and carried, and the
ajpviWiK Know toh
whTCritT
the information that his nomination was
not objected to in the Senato ; but I d?
know that he Wade ah incorrect report.
If after a perusal of what is'heie writ
ten, there shall be any disposed to main
tain, that a statement, simply, .or flit .
Buchanan's conversation, is all that was
necessary, or pfope'r to be ' presented f
and that I should have, gone no farther
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