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Fmni th* F »rVf—?{Rv ) Argil*.
l.rTTiu 11.
TO HENRY CLAY, ESQ.
fitactary of Stair nf the United
Stato.
}*ir:—Additional in formation and
other cirr.iintstnni'es induce mo t
continue my remarks relative to your
understanding with Mr. Adams.—
1 shall give you n enrnloguo of facts
and inferences, taking care to stiftt
nothing ns fact whichonnnot lie sub
stantially proved, and nothing as m-
ferrenct* w hich is not authorised by
your own comluct and that of your
friends.
All will remember the attitude in
which you were placed in the fall o
1821. Yourself and your friend
hal lo*t all hope of your election to
the Presidency by the electoral col
leges, and every effort was made to
place von among the three highest
candidates, with a hope that your in
fluence ami popularity would secure
your election by the House of Rep
resentatives. But your conduct, a
Jirovod by your own adnii-sions and
the declarations of others, proves
that you had but faint hopes of be
ing returned to the House ol Rep
resentatives, and before youjlctt Ken
tucky, in the fill of that year, were
already m iking arrangements to
turn the event of your exclusion to
the best advantage.
The feelings excited towards you
in the breast of General Jackson
hv your conduct towards him in r
latum to the Seminole War, were
doubtless of the most indignant kim
Of this you bad the strongest evi
dence. You met the General at
Lebanon in this state oil Ins return
from a visit to Kentucky in compa
ny with president Monroe, and ap
proached him with a friendly salu
tation, when he turned on his her
and left you in silent scorn.
Yet, lathe fall of 1821, you wrote
s friendly letter to him, inviting him
to accompany you on your journ
ey to Washington. This 1 know
from the information of three gen
tlemen to whom you so stated.—
The object of so palpable an ad
vance under such circumstances,
could not he mistaken. About the
same time, your friends stated in con
versation, and your Editor, Charles
llamtiioml, in his newspaper, that
the diliculties between you und
General Jackson were reconciled ;
that the friends of both hail similar
objects and ought to net together.
At the game time you told some of
your confidential friends in Kentuc
ky, ns proved by your own admissions
nnd their statements, that in the
event of a contest in Congress be
tween Adams & Jackson,you should
vote for the former. This declara
tion of your intentions was made,
not publicly of Kentucky whose vote
you were to give, but two or three
confidential fronds. If your deter
mination was final, why that secrecy?
llod it any other object than to pro
vide yourself with an apology for
wh u you thought it might become
your interest to do? Would the
public ever have heard of these doc-
l >' -liieis. tv-ad you tiiuiUy Voted for
Jackson ? |
At the sumo time, y ou made aper
sonal effort to prevent any movement |
in the General Assembly of Ken
tucky on the subject of the presiden
tial election, in case it should come
into Congress, the object of which
was to leuve you wholly untrammel
led by any expression of tho public
preference. This was done by dir
ect application to an individual or in
dividuals.
Front the speech made by George
Robertson upon the resolutions which
wt-re subsequently offered, I infer
that you hud coumuiuicatcd your
views to him also. He wus for leav
ing you untrammelled, nnd said the
resolutions would “east you upon
the clectioneeri ng arena in Congress
completely lumdcuffed."
Having /attempted to conciliate
•Jackson, p rovided an apology for
" . l 1 '’* uw 1 taken steps lo have vour-
*ell letyvt liberty to tote for eitlu r,
you quitrut. tventucky for Wushing-
writt-n in January, tmdin your sub- rest I infer from the Harrisburg ('-on- titor.nd to cute;'mo iron, .. •«: e- .«
sequent address to your constituents, vention, the simultaneous attack of tma of the dim' and the 'other. A ou [ la -
vnu speak of consulting your con- all your devoted presses upon Penn- appear net ns the passive, recipient! vo
CIC.l
if tli
ami weighing the pretensions sylvunia, from the falsehoods circu- of information, hut as the active agent
.. t i.1 /or Pave
night before the
uine oi i vidence
two candidates.
do
luted relative to Jackson’s opinions I between your friends on the one
Yet you have attempted to prove, upon the Tariff und internal 1m-j and .Mr. Adamson the other. After
your friends had met, they sent for
that you had determined to vote for provemenfs, und from other events
Adams liefote you left Kentucky; | which attended and succeeded the
nnd in year speech at .Noble's you as- . pn s lential election
ert. in substance, that you hud nev
er he«itau.d beta - e.t tin m !
The month of December was par
sing away. Your advances to Gen
eral Jackson had been inet with cool
civility; hut you could draw no
thing from him indicating what re
ward might he expected in consid
eration of your support. 1 am told,
anil believe the fnct to lie, that when
last in Kentucky, you said you re
collected one conversation between
Mr. Buchanan and yourself, on
the subject of the presidential elee-
The arrangement having been
completed it was now necessary to
carry it into effect by the most 'effi
cient means. The public at Wash
ington were entirely ignorant of your
intentions, and as vet every opera
tion was secret. Either yourself or
some friend, eurlv in January, com
municated information of your pros
pects fnnn Mr. Adams to one or two | friend
individuals in Frankfort, who gave
the information to others, for the
purpose of securing the vote from
this congressional district, l'robahlv,
you; they sought information from
you as to your expectations from the
several candidates, and they receiv
ed it
This fact satisfies me further, that
as yea w ere tin* source of the knowl
edge possessed hv your friends at
Washington of Mr. Adams’ friendly
disposition to you, so you were also
the source of the intelligence given,
eitlu r by yourself or others, to vour
Frankfort, that if Mr,
Adams were made President you
would he made Secretary of State.
A ou were the “ master spirit” and
ivo agent in this whole business,
'ion, which took place in the room |[similar i-tep« wore taken in other t!i<- j putting your friends in motion in
sti ad ol wailing to receive tin- second
office in the government from their
unexcited and disinterested exer
tions.
Nearly all the Kentucky dclegn-
iion declared.afu r their return home,
slept, have been would be provided for, and Ilia
public, and the! was authorised to say *o!"
da ly eularg-1 “ It is stated by a correspondent of
mg and heroin ng more <
It is a fact, that or, the arrival of
the Kentucky delegation at Wash
ington, you personally waited on
•nine of them and desired them to
remain uncommitted, reprcsentini
of Mr. I.etcher, Mr. Buehaiiaii re
marked, ns you stated, that if Gen
eral Jackson were elected, 111! would
not go out of that room for his Sec
retary of State : that you replied m
substance, “you must mean your
self, Buck;” that lib negatived your
reply, and indicated distinctly that
he meant you.
As Mr. Buclmnuti was known to
be the warm and active friend of
Jackson, it was very natural that you
should mistake his remark for an ud-
vunec on the part of the General.—
That you did so understand him, I
believe to he a fact, from the remark
made by yourself snd friends in Lex
ingtou, before you saw Mr. Buchui
nil’s statement ; and 1 have reason
to believe, that pr. parutions were
made to attack Mr. Bueliaimii on
account of that conversation, laid
In: sustained General Jackson’s u
ference.
lb rlitips this hint from Mr. Bucl
unnn explains the movement which
has been made the subject of th
Beverly letters, and the consequent
documents. Taking it as an ml
Vance from General Jackson, you
may have wanted only a direct, or
at least im intelligible confirmation
from him to decide vour vote und in
rtueiiee in his favor. Mr. Murklv
now appears upon the stage. That
he WILS considered your friend, is sill
stuutiidly asserted by Mr. Buchan
an, and that he was so in fact, is
proved by his receiving nil oflic
from your administration, said to he
worth ft,(MX) per year, when all cm
mies and neutrais are alike proseri
bed. He tells Mr. Isaeks, that Gen
eral Jackson ought to make you hi
•Secretary of State, and wishes Mr
Isaeks or Mr Eeton to obtain sue!
a promise. Meeting witli a refusal
he talks with Mr. Buchanan aiu
Urges him to see General Jacks
and get bun to promise, at least, that
will not make Mr. Adams
rotary of State, w inch you and your
friends might understand as an in
dication that be would appoint you
to that office. Wlmt is the in
ference ? \A by, that w hen you citug
the hint thrown out by Mr. Buclt-
uiiuii and mistook it for nil lulvanc
<m the part of Jackson, you set
Hici|ii<im»*«*«** *• pw tin i»iii*i«; run-
iinnril by an assurance from Jack
I -on himself, and Alarkly’s conversa
tions with Bueliaimii’s interview-
were the result. These blasted all
your hopes from that quarter.
In the menu time, ideas were held
out by some of the friends of Mr.
Adams, that it lie were elected you
might expect tho office of Secretary
id State, while the rumor was indus
triously disseminated, that Jackson,
it elected, would continue Mr. Ad
ams in that office. Here was hope,
if not assurance, on the one side, und
discouragement on the other. By
the result ol Mr. Buehautut’s inter
view with Jackson on the iiOtlt De
cember, it was distinctly ascertained
that he would promise nothing, dir
ectly or indirectly. From that mo
ment, it was apparent that your only
certain chance of placing yoursci'
in the hue of ‘safe precedent,’ was
to vote for Mr. Adams and carry
over to him the support of the West.
1’iicts now disclosed, prove that
the understanding between vou ami
M*. Adams was complete about the
lint oi January; hut you still pre
served it mysterious nil. nor. Ar
rangements were to he made for the
transfer of the necessary number- of
trn-t
lint the principal set-tie of opera
tions was at Washington City.—
Notwithstanding y our advice to the
Kintiirky delegation, to remain un
committed, a majority of them had
exprr
I their predilection for Jack- dint they voted for Mr. Adams lie-
son, in accordance with the known
will of their eimstioients. One, it
not more of them, hail declared that
they would vote for the man who
would do tin- most I'or Kentnekv, or
would make you Secretary of State.
By degrees a majority was bronglit
to the same conclusion.
AVfiil i tliis process was going on,
a number who controlled the vote of
a Slate and had declared in favor of
Jackson, was understnod to have
gone over to Adams. On being ask-
c I by a friend whether it was a fact,
he replied that it was, and gave his
reasons, which were in substance,
that you were to hr Srcrrtan/ of
State, an / hr believed the friends nf
Adams nnd day united, with thi in-
fiuencr of the administration, mould
sustain him at home.
I am authorised to state, that an
other member, on whom depended
the vote of a State, nfti r having th -
elared in favor of Jackson, went over
to Adams, and gave the follow ing in
substance, ns his r •itson : He said,
hr. ha:l fruited ml Mr. Adams in fu r-
son, and told him that the presiden
tial election was a pgrnn r It i/ig ■ that
thi friends of Mr. Clay controlled
from four In sir Stairs, and that the//
wished to know before they gave Ihrir
volts irhat would hr dour fur theirfa-
r trite ; or, in other words, whether
h” would he made Secretary of State.
He said Mr. .Adams replied, that the
west was an important sect ion of the
Union, and that if elected President
he should feel it his duty to /five a cit-
ir.cn of the ircst a prominent situa
tion, in his cabinet. Upon receiving
this answer, in substance, the mem
ber alluded to determined to support
Adams, becuuse he understood
i ui-e it w as well ascertained that he
" ic.id appoint you Secretary of State
— David Trimble to asserted in a
pc! lie speech at l,i v is Court-IIousc,
and In- printed Circular stated the
•■•tine thing in substance, though not
in I ingtiiigc so explicit. How was
sci rtained !'
at this meeting as
vate conversations,
have used the wan
will appoint me Si,
hut you used those
ns well understood,
have |
unless
The
From yourself
wt II us in pri-
You tnav not
Is, “ Mr. Ad a i
n tnrv of State
which were just
How could you
i n them this infornmtioi
m had it from Mr. Adams ?
lection approached mid the
What w as your motives for writing
to Jackson at such a time, altf r hav
ing lieen treated liy him with pointed
scorn ?
Why did you try to prevent any
movement in the Kentucky Legisla
ture, which might interfere With your
designs at Washington?
Whv did you not publicly avow
for whom you intended to vote, be
fore you left Kentucky, instead of
saying to two or three confidential
friends that you should vote for Mr.
Adams ?
Why did you conceal your deter
mination for seven weeks after your
arrival at Washington City ?
Why <lu! you urge your friends to
remain uncommitted, and tell them
they could with propriety vote for
either candidate, as circumstauct s
might require?
Hotv came vou to sav, you were
onclusivc. |the Philadelphia Democratic Press,
puzzled to decide between the pre-1 Clay.
among tlie rumors of the day, that
Mr. Buchanan, when at Washington
previous to the last presidential elec
tion, “undertook, to a personal friend
of Mr. Clay’s, at Mr.-. Davis’ board
ing house, where Mr. Clay boarded,
uud in his hearing, to hold language
to this effect, if not in these words:
“ I behove it is now pretty well
ascertained that General Jackson
will he elected President; und in
that event, he will have a stronger
Cabinet than any of his predecessors
have had.”
“Pray, who,” said one of the Ken
tucky delegation, “will he Secretary
of State?”
Mr. Buchanan is said to have an
swered, “ with a tone of confidence
and triumph,” in the following words
—“ The distinguished, patriotic and
experienced statesman now in the
room,” directing his attention to Mr,
Air
that they could vote tor Jimtson or i States. Alnny members tvi tv coin-
Adams with perfect propriety m.J; mined in favor of Jackson, and it
safety, uud saying that the western " “aid take time und management to
representation ought to act together j bring tn.,,, w | lt ,Hy uito your view.-.
and with effect.
It has bei hi asserted
as sussept -
It has been supposed by most per
m's, that the Uildcistuiohitg hot ween
We of proof, that ou the urrivul of I yourself and Mr. Adams was ruth-
Gcneriii Jae^sou in tho City,you met
him wi**' Abe utmost cordmlu
ir implied tlmn express. 1 believe
no such thing. The first advances
uratuliited lion on his honorable el- may have been indefinite and inriir-
ectorml vote, and expressed theop.n- ect; hut in the sequel, 1 believe you
mu that lie Mould be elected by the hud personal interne vv suud consultu-
Ilouse ol Hepirscututives. The tions, as well in relation to the ap-
stutemeut of Major Eaton proves, pro,telling election as to the means
that your manner was the reverse of of sustaining your coalition mlinin-
cool towards the General, until after istration. Mr. Adams was to throw
the determination of yourself and off Ins reserve about the Tariff und
friends to support Mr. Axiuins. j Internal improvements, and mount
During the month Oi* December the “ American System,” behind
it as a promise to make you .Secreta
ry of State.
This sir, can he proved, and will
he proved, if you seek nil investiga
tion by Congress; hut it was rather
the effect than the origin of the un
derstanding between you and Mr.
-*-j- Vim umicisioud each other
perfectly well before that dialogue
took place, und this interview was
I) it the means of - securing the vote
of a State.
The secret preparations tvere linal-
couiplctcd, and a meeting of a
portion of the Kentucky delegation
ytu- field, to determine in concert
m their final course. By Major
foil's statement and the evidence
liluccd by him, it appears that this',
meeting was held on the evening of
the ~~d of January, kSii, three
•erks after the until rstanding must
hare tak en place b'.twcin yon anil Mr.
I da ms! At tils meeting you were
present, nnd assured your friends, in
distance, “ (it at in case Gen. Jack-
on should or elected, you hi tiered the
rumor prevailed that you and your
friends were to elect Mr. Adams and
he was to make you Secretary of
State. Through Air. Kremer’s let
ter it found its way into the news
papers. \\ ah characteristic bold
ness, you determined to meet it am
bully it out of countenance. Hence
your card, in which you pronounced
llic clmree false, and promised to
fight the author. But Air. Kremer
was too plain a man to lie treated in
tins gentlemanly nmtitier. Having
got his name, you demanded an in
vestigation before the House. The
bargain was not then executed; Air.
Admins was not elected and you had
not received the promised office; the
principal evidences of the arrange
ment were in your own bosoms and
among your own friends, inaccesiblc
to your accuser. He therefore pru
dently declined the investigation,
leaving you to execute your bargain
and trusting to time and cireum-
stunces to disclose the truth to the
people. On your part, this was a
piece of that hold management of
which you are a perfect master.
The churgc was measurably put
down, and you were left in the quiet
enjoyment of the object of your am
bition. But time has dig^loscd many
circumstances, and a conviction «■„,
extending in the country, tlmt the
election of Air. Adams bail been car
ried by means approaching to cor
ruption. On ytrar way to Kentucky
iii.-f summer, you found occasion for
another piece of management. At
\\ heeling you learnt that a letter was
in town, from General Jackson do
tailing an interview between him and
Air, Buchanan, and drawing the
fe’/once that Air. Buchanan had acted
with direct authority from you or
vour friends. You knew the whole
history of the transaction better than
General Jackson did, and you knew
that Air. Buchiumn would not sup
port that inference. You, therefore,
determined to make a desperate ef
fort to rest the controversy on that
s-ngle |K)int. You took means to
procure a copy of Gen. Jackson’s let-
administration, with its weight, would, ter without the leave of the writer or
opposed to you, to prostrate you ;! receiver, threw it before the public,
that should Mr. .{dams he elected, asserted that Jackson hud charged
you felt satisfied it would n.it he
blit that you Imped no personal con-.
you with being privy to the commu
nication from Buchanan, which lie
si deration for y on would induce them , never did, called him your public uc-
to net contrary to their desiri
Upon tins information they resolved |
■r, which he never was, and de
nied the whole bargain in plirust
to give the vote of Kentucky to Mr. comprehensive us ingenuity couh
Adams—some, merely to promote ] frame. You turned public neons
your elev ntiou—others, because they
thought that by placing you in the
office oi Secretary of State, which
they well uni1er.-io...| would he the
result of their vote for Mr. Adams,
they should best promote the wishes
ol Kentucky mid the interests of the
Western States.
This meeting was not a prelimi
nary to your understanding with Air.
ud public abuser of the General,
and math ■ hmi tin- burden of ninny
dinner speeches, violent enough to
shame tlie most indiscreet act ever at
tributed to him.
To all this, the General replied
with ns much coolness as he would
have done to a summons for the sur
render o’New-Orleans. Air. Buch
anan immediately rejoined, and nl-
Adams, hut was a consequence of; though lie substantially confirmed
that event. Your own Innguag
very material point which Jacks
our assembled friends proves it.— | had asserted as fact, he negatived his
lSi4, .‘Util more than iiuit’ot Janua-; you, us a hobby. On this
ry 1 .'-Ju,you remained perfectly si-j peeled to ride over Jackson ‘ rough
lent as to the man for whom you in- thou,’ in i’t imsyivuuiu and the mui-
tetided to vole, and apparently no
body know the secret resolutions) of
your heart except a very few conh -
dcutuii friends in Kentucky.
1 am authorised to state, that dur
ing tins i .terval yousaid in simsiunce
a f-i.-ud ol' Air. Crawford, that
chen you took up the pretensions J
Mr. Adai.is and weighed them, and
“>.n laid then down and took up
' • n f General Jackson, you hod
' ' hern sopuzzied in your life
r • to decide hrticen th'in.
.... letter to Judge i..-
States. The same hobby, with
•be aid oi your personal intlui ucc
and tlie dispensation of public p u -
ronugr, it wus expected, wouiu s -
I ure all tin- western States above
\ cnncssct, while Air. Adams, wi lt
tiu; aid oi Webster and ins other
.mu. agt-rs, was to btiug Ncw-Eng-
I ind 4' it to die same combination. ■
• •at i th e authority of tile 1 oeu a
; our wpv'i cb at Pittsburg, m pr. .
‘bat you e uderstood fully the coi.rs
• dr. Vila in. would lake in rclutio
i • the ‘Amei'ieun System,’ and tin
You knew more about it than they
iliil, and hence they sought informa- I ted.
t‘on from you. They did not tell: vour
you, that General Jackson would be! Unioi
precisely as you nntieipn- J therefore, cense their denunciations
tensions of Mr. Adams and General
Jackson?
IIow came your friends in Frank
fort to have information about the
middle of January, that if Mr. Ad
ams were elected you would be Sec
retary of State?
IIow came Air. Adains to give a
member of Congress, a devoted
friend of yours, on whom the vote of
a state depended, to understand that
if in- were elected you would receive
it prominent stutiou in his cuhinet ?
1 low cmiie another, having like
power and like attachments, to give
as a reason for changing his vote,
that Air. Adams, if elected, would
make you Secretary of State ?
IIow happened it, that you were
able to give your friends, in caucus
assembled, satisfactory information
of Mr. Adams’ kind feelings and in
tentions towords yourself?
IIow happened your friends to
give its a reason for their vott s, after
the election, tiint it was well ascer
tained, that if Air. Adams were elec
ted, he would make you Secretary
of State?
How happened it, that you and
Air. Adams, ancient uml inveterate
enemies,-become mutual friends just
at the moment you could profit your
selves liv a reconciliation !
How happened it, that you voted
for Air. Adams and he made you
Secretary of State, precisely as Mr.
Kremer hud predicted?
Could all these coincidences, with
many more, have occurred, if,
you say, there was neither under
standing nor expectation that you
were to receive the office of Secrc-
tary of State through the election of
Mr. Adams?
Impossible! As well might you
t-*ll me, that the separate hut harmo
nious motions of the sun, moon,
earth and planets, are not dependent
on the same first cause and subser
vient to the same great end.
The facts I have stated, and I lie-
licve much more, can lie proved lie-
tore a committee of Congress au
thorised to send lor persons mid pa
pers, and before that tribunal / in
vite you. It it lie innocence which,
on your late excursion to Kentucky,
armed your tongue with boldness,
you will not shrink from a test, which
M ill place that innocence on high in
robes of white.
-AMOS KENDALL.
1\ S. I understand vour friends
especially at Lexington, in their eon
versations, denounce me in the most
violent terms. Why is this? Do
they doubt the truth of my state
ments? Not ut all. The knowing
ones among them believe us I do
lt is not truth they want. If it were
tlu-y would instantly apply to'you to
call out your friends to whom I have
alluded, and let the world see how
false are my assertions and lion- un
founded is my belief. But they fear
the result. They dare not urge you
to make the call, lest all I have said
and surmised be more than confirmed.
But if they do not urge you to make
the call, I do. II you are innocent,
you cannot hesitate for one moment;
if guilty, why, then you arc right to
remain silent. You may as well be
convicted by standing mute, as hv
calling forth the proofs of vour guilt.
But, sir, if a committee of Congress
hull lie raised and properly empou -
ereil, by your appeal or by'any other
means, 1 will save you the trouble of
calling forth your friends. I wish to
now the truth, whatever may lie the
feelings of yourself mid friends. I
wish to shew the world whether I
have done you any injustice hv my
suspicions or not. If j have, I will
rccal them ; if not, truth and justice
Let your friends
It is further said, that, front the
” manner,” as well ns the “words
of Air. Buchanan, the general im
pression of those present was, that if
General Jackson was elected, Ken
tucky would he provided for, and
that lie was authorised to sav so.
COLUMBIA.
We have received the Constitu
tional of Bogota to tlie 20th Septem
ber. It contains, in addition to the
documents which we extract below,
the Message of General Santa Cruz
to the peruviau Congress, and sever
al documents to the military organi
zation ol the State Administration,
that of justice in the army, &c. The
Secretary of A\ nr, in his exposition
to Congress, states, the fortifications
of the Republic have had but little
done for them during the preceding
year, in consequence of want of funds,
and officers instructed in military tac
tics. With the exception of some
small sums for C.rthagenn, the forti
fictitious of Santa Martha, and of
the Isthmus, and for the defence of
Cuinana, the Lake of Valencia, ami
some other places, little Inis been
done during the past year.
[A'. Y. Unity A dr.
Simon Bolivar, Liberator, President
of the Republic of Columbia.
Guayaquilians ! The torrent of
civil dissensions has swept you along,
until it has brought you into your
present situation. You are the vic
tims of a misfortune which you have
endeavored to avoid by every sacri
fice. You arc not in fault; the Peo
ple never are : for the People desire
only justice, quiet, and liberty.—
Dangerous and improper designs are
generally ascribablc to their lenders.
They arc uuthors of public calami
ties.
I know you. You know inc. AVe
cannot misunderstand each other.
Let those, then, desist from their ef-
January -d re-established pi
union. Public order and tr.
t v w ere afterwards rc-establishe'ifll
The Congress heard the general 4
of the Nation imperiously iIcniundL
reform. The Grand Convent^
Mus summoned, and, by this m< _
Congress has saved the Republic
The uctual situation of Coluni
consideration of the congress, wh
must in its now mnerits the wis.
weigh the measures I have suggest?
and giveor deny to them its uppr _
bat ion. Secretary General will preJ
sent the Memorial. In despite of thfil
dismemberment witli which the Re-j
public hns been threatened, in spile!
of the almost anarchical condition oft
the South oi Columbia, I hope, nnd\
here promise the Congress to deliver
over into the hands of the Grand
Convention, the Republic of Col
ombia, free and united.
Address of St. Vincente Borrero,
President of the Senate, to the
Liberator, after he had taken the
Constitutional oath.
Sir.—At this moment are fulfilled, 1
the wishes of all the People of Co') 1
dighf
ou ll«
JencJ
4
umbin, who have called you to rule
over her destinies, and placed in your{
hands her prosperity, glory, and safe
ty. I Ins declaration, Sir, must fill
all our breasts with the purest deli-dif
the Columbians tould give you n
clearer or more luthentic eviden
oi their love and confidence. 1
at what period, Jir, are you abot
take the rrspomibility of (Aul
iug the barque>f the State?
have already pld us. It is
when the demote of discord have 1
conspired to pltnge us into the abyss; j
when the sen oj opinions, thrown in-
to agitation, the tempest threatens,
trom every cpdrter; when, in fine,
it seetns that i/new era is about to .
commence in |ic Republic of which 4
•' ou ur !‘ ctdlw the Creator and the i
I-nther? Yet), Sir, events have hup- 1
petted to eclipse the splendor of our
country; but/while the history of all
ages present similar aberration in
the infancy of nntions, nothing Will
arrest republican henrts in the path
upon which they have entered. Rv-
er firm, ever magnanimous, bohlv
confronting adversity, we will over-*-
come all the obstacles which oppose
the perfection mid completion of th
grand Columbian edifice. Hut it i
you, Sir. who is to take the most in-j
terestmg part in the arduous enter
prise ol reorganizing the Republic,
and of consolidating its liberty; uni
ting its dismembered parts, appeasing
the fury of factions, concentrating
in one point, the difference of opin’
ions, nnd, finally, giving ft- ,.
and happiness toyourfillow-citiz..
who threw themselves into vour nrn
and expect safety from shipwreck.
AVe have not forgotten tbut, to
your consistency, to your valor, and
to your sacrifices, we owe the advan
tages ot independence, and the en
joyment ol our security. This re
collection will forever excite, in the
forts, who seek to estrange us, since ‘ l " n ' v T r cxciu '> iM l,1 »
we again embrace, like affectionate ° f 1,11 Coiombians, a profound
sentiment of gratitude, which, con
stituting you the arbiter of our dif-
brothers, overshadowed by the lau
rels, the laws, und the uame of Co
lumbia.
Government Palace at Bogota,
Sept. II, 1827.
M ill he vindicated.
Instantly, as if by preconcert,
devoted presses through the
, shout your ncquittnl, nnd dc-
tho dare, on the authontv of this sho-lit
to you, und Mr. A
hut you communicated this j circumstance, that you are proved to j nies arc entrusted'
I me, and petition Congress for an
investigation of this subject. It is
demanded by tlie honor of tlie coun
try and of those to whom its dcsti-
Let them aid in
his own friend, Mr. Bucluiimn, could
not obtain from lum a hint in the
least encouraging to your ambitious
aspirations, lint how did you know,
-r how were you 'satisfied,' that until
.vlr. Adains ‘ it would nut be so V—
i rom all the circumstances of the
ease, 1 infer that you knew it d.reetly
from himself. He had ‘ satisfied'
oil in private interviews. You do
not appear at this meeting in the ut-
ltude of receiving information trom
our friends; hut you comtuunicatt
.o them the expectations you ure uu-
, , „ i ........ alluded, is to
it no more exculpates you from mu- he induced to utter falsehood for vour
king a diiect bargain w.th Air. Ad
ams, than it proves Thomas Jeffer
son to have been friendly to your
administration.
A our bold denial and cunning ef
fort to rest tlie whole cause on Gen.
Jackson’s inferrence, uas, 1 admit,
a piece of adroit management. But
sir, tin- very boldness of your denial
and your notor ous injustice to the
Gem rid, have excittd a spir.t of in
vestigation and kindled a flame which
uill consume you. Facts which
benefit, by being patted on the back
and culled a clever fellow.
Since the above was written, I
have met with the following in the
National Journal, confirming my in
ference that you did understand Mi.
Buchanan's remark in Mr. Letcher -
room, as an advance on the part o
General Jackson. Among ‘ thos
present’ was yourself, and the Jour
nal says, * those present’ understood
trom Ids remark, that “if Getter •
Jackson was elected, Kent, ckv
Speech of the Vice President on re
ceiving the Liberator in the G
eminent House.
Most Excellent Sir, Liberator
I resident: Alter all the deimmstni'
tions, of love, respect, nnd confi
dence, shown to you l>y the People,
1, who am also a member of the Su
preme Administration, of the State,
must confine myself to expressing to
you our gratification in seeing you
testored to the Republic, and in pos
session of the supreme authority
which the Nation has conferred on
yon. A\ hat other wishes can he
ours, than those which flow from
hearts that love their country, arc
faithful to its institutions, anxious for
its stability, und interested in your
glory ! They are, assuredly, none
other than to seethe Republic again
united under your authority, the par
ties which have distracted it destroy
ed, public quiet re-established, the
rights of the People secured, and
the laws, liberty, equality, and your
transcendiint reputation, triumphant.
Should this lie the result of your ef
forts in the exercise nf the supreme
national authority, which we will all
expect, with perfect confidence, the
vicissitudes ol the Republic, and the
troubles which have afflicted vour
mind, as well us ours, w ill but have
served as a crucible to purify our love
tor liberty, and wlmt make us deserv
ing of it, for the powerattd stability
of Columbia, and yourself. AVe
will spare no efforts that may contri
bute to the tranquility and happiness
of Columbia, and to the glorv of our
government. I have spoken.’
Address pronounced by the Liberator
in Congress, after taking the oath.
AVhcn first 1 accepted the charge
ol the Presidency, 1 promised to sup
port the Constitution ns far as lay in
my power—that is, as a soldier.—
Pledged to the war of Indepen
dence, I marched to the South, ef
fected the liberty of all that territo
ry which was under the Spanish do
minion. The Republic was mude
entire. Peru called for the protect
•ion of the Columbian army, and
confined its destinies to my hands;
she named me Dictator. 1 triumph
ed completely over her enemies; and,
under the shade of the liberatinir
Columbinn flair, two sister Republic.-
were liorn—Peru and Bolivia. Dis
cord divided Columbians. The
North struggled to break the funda
mental laws. Fratricidal cannon
"'ere thundering. I flew to appease
•he tumult; and, by a decree, (of
fen aces, gives you, at the same time,
all the power and all tlie influence
necessary to produce the most bene-
fiem! results which vve can antici
pate.
You will now, Sir, show \ ourself
more tlmn ever worthy of the title of
ol Liberator, which is so honorable
to you: worthy, I repeat, of that
name which you have not wished to
change for any other, and which dis
tinguishes you from tho sefalsiy styl
ed heroes, who, being the scourge of
humanity, strive to found all their
pomp and grandeur in the oppress,on
and extermination of their species
I he spirit of the age hns long mark
ed out tue path which those must fol- y
low vi ho preside over the destinies of’
mankind : ( olombin expects that
you will not depart from it, and that
as a boundless career is newly open
ed to yonr reputation and to your de-
sires, you will dissipate tlie shade*
with which it has been att<inpft>d to
obscure the picture of your 'idorr-
will justify tl.» admiration which the
world pays you as its tribute; will
make yourself entitled to the bless
ings of the present generation, und
to the more greatful remembruuce ot
posterity.
( 'EOt'GH, Jours enumy—I do
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