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CONSISTING OF
rliicbtuc, black, broivn and mixt Broadcloths,
bmcrbliK-, black; brown, mist, drab, ribbed, bulband
' C ® white Caiiinieres
tin „, Florentine, Valencia & Marseilles Vesting
' t,taVk, brown, green and scarlet SiJk Velvets
Kitin Velvets - y ,
UioneMe Cravats of all kinds
lit Rmiti. patent, Suspenders, Gloves, Stiffeners
\ini hair Stocks, silk Umbrellas,
risuna and flag Handkerchiefs
IfSS/J.V UFA.TSi black and brown Linen
BiWio's" Tailors’ Trlihtnings. ('adding Fillcttng
Low, S ' .ving silk, patent Thread,--military Cord,
I and silver Epaulettes, Lace, Stars , ,
snJ i lated ball Hattons, Eagles, PlumeS/dre. Ac,
i-sbove Goods are of lilt- best quality nnd-lutest
Utions, and will be sold low for cash.
READY MADE' CLOTHING.
.Hhtttablsck and .brown Dress’COATS
>.blne.t>1ack;bro\vr], mixt, olive anil claret Frock do
i blue, black,'Tii'owii, mist, olive, claret and green
'CHATTELS'.' '■'/
, JM[ blue, black, brown, mlxt, drab and ribbed
' PANTALOONS
i Satinet, beaveret, and cord bang-up do.'
i.drab,brown and mist OVER COATS
elvft, (loreutiiie, marseilles nnd ensspnere VESTS,
iaeliina ami cotton Skirts. Great Coats. Pen Chats'
luirt Jackets. Indiet.iuui giuitibmenjgplaid Cloak*. ,
ITL-e above Clothiiii i* luadeexpi'essly for cu'tpjn
Kami in the bite mnoueraiiiJ.latert'iaHhlon. n’t
(licit tbe ] ntrouago sif *our former friends and the
rifdonjn all its various branches. Having the la-
,t Ncii-Voik fashio!ls r -uind good workmen, their
nit ilia!! not be done-inferior to ally, AH orders
■akfnlly received,^n,d executed witli despatch,
lectio' 51 . t
| pleceilnte <l6Tn'
’ ' ranted) -v;'*/
barrels Philadelphia Witlskey .
if '-SsE barrels Northern Gin
’ 2o barrels Boston JUlm
5ff. barrels Shear ' •
30 bnrrels.Nos. 1,2 and 3 Mackerel
_ 3l»bags prime'creek Coffee.
<• : 30-bags Shot, assorted *'•>.. ' - f
' . 8 kegs'Rogers’aud'DuponVs Powder
' - 500 lb£ Lead '
r.f>0,0 bushels Salt
15004) lbs, Swedish Iron ’
■ 3500 lbs. Castings
1 cask real London Porter
80 dozen Tumblers fn straws
. s. Loaf Sugar, Holland Gin, Jamaica Rum
: .Nails, Tobacco, Bunch Raisins, Tea
Soap & Candles
Crockery, Glass Ware Ac. &c.
DRY GOODS.
Just received from New York an assortment of Dry
Goods consisting of
Prints, Cambrics & Muslins
Circassian, Bombazin
Brown Cambric, black Sattin
Yellow Nankins, Beliste, Irish Sheeting
Flag and Levant mb Handkerchiefs,' new stile
Straw* Bonnets, gieen Gauze Veils
Prune! andMorocco Shoes
The above goods are offered at reduced prices for cash.
July 30 lft '
VALYT.ARLF UtfTd*.
L OT No. eiglily-threc in tile fifth district of Hous
ton couhtv, containing two hundred two and a
hall! acres of UPLAND, is ojMed at private sale, by
TY - ~ - GloiBpNPUAVLF.DGE.
Macon, September 21, 1827-- -48
’Sat*;*?*
JIEt h- lured on the'2-lth’Noyember bustling,
to the highest bidder, ut the court house in
#.ttnlil the-neat of Jung next, all the PUBLIC
|A\’I)S under the control of. the Commissioners of
[t Ocouljcc v, \'’igation.
IIA JUSO.V S1TIT1I,
HOuEU McCALL,
SAMUEL, CHLLESP IE,
ier 15 " ',-51 2tt
p. jddson & so. :
H AVE just received,, and are now opcnlhg, at
their store, on Mulberry street, a Large Assort
ment of , :j
FAIL Jt.VD AVVJs’TF/R
©^■©’iPiEiaEf'©,
Consisting of every variety and quality of the follow-
“ ing articles:
DRESS COATS,
FROCK COATS, ,
COATEES, >v , -
P^N^ALOONS, &c.
All of which are well ma'de and according to the
latest, fashions. ■ ■ • _
Also—•&£ood- supply of CLOTHS and
cassiMeres. : *. ••'•jlC..
And a General Assortment of
by wholesale or retail, of the best
4*7' - October t
*\
Commit*
tionert.
3? CHJ3AP
Vif. subscriber has just received, and opened, at
. hi* store on Mulberry street, a geuernl assort-
tttef ... v-:. :
DIBS ©®®©§ 3
SHOES, HATS,
CvorVAH’v, YVavAwiwc, kc.
lie tin alio ou liand a general assortment of ’ .
CASTINGS, iScc. r
kick will!.,- S o!d low for cash.
K. COLEMAN.
V)\\l*US cV .MV 1 \)\CLVV.S.
f‘U.18, SltWrWELL iV CO.
|ii Mi n>r sale, a large and general csssortmoent
'-5. IAMII.Y and PATENT UEDtCISBS,
t 'tvi-li iicing selected by coiupgtentjudges, arc
'l " itli cn-ifidence lo die public, artfitvantiaH pri-
j.ur.i-n. Jigrchants, Physicians, Plantcrsandotliers
11'"questmi to cult mui examine for themselves.
Fjjj*®'hand a largn suppiv of PAINTS,~OILS,
t, lss . Dl'B mom, DYE smn'Ac. &c.
|?a. May 1*1 3.1
quality.
ELLIS, SHOT WELL $ Cf).
Hare just received per boa! JVanry, and cJTsr for bale,
S3© Kegs White Lead
GO Kegs Spanish Brown
2ft-Kegs Venetian Red
500 Ghllons Linseed Oil
300 Gallons Lamp Oil
200 Gallons Train Oil
. 100 Gallons 8piriti Turpentine
Chalk, Whiting Brushes, Ac. Ac.
12 Barrels Planner Paris C •
100 Reams Writing, Wrapping and Printing
M|l- EATON TO; THE-PUBLIC.
VVliat I shall submit.to tlib' causideration of
the public, dt-m imls of mo no apology. Should
uny think tnhorwise, l iender to them Mr.
Clay's dipher speech, delivered tit Lexington,
iii July Idst, with the 'references that have been
made to me, both by General Jackson and Mr,
Buchanan. . -Thus situated, it;is neither need
ful nor proper to remain silent: I shall there-
foie spe tk the things thjd I know, from a con-
vict'.qn that the references which have been
made, render it pi hper/iv rao'i do so. , , ,
First,' to an adjustmep- on ir-; own account
with Mr. Clay, who, in - .01; t delivered qt
Lexington) uses tnwarr- ,u, ./ r Junitmenf
“Before the electiou, an attempt was made try an
almsive letter, published in ihe Columbiaii t liiserver,
at Phi!adelpli:a, u paper, which, us hm -iuoc transpir
ed, was sustained by Mr. Senator Eaton, the collt-ngue,
the friend; and ihe biographer Of Getiei-ni Jackson, to
assail my motives, and to deter me in the exercise of
my duty.” ■
The litngutge employed in this sentence, is
arranged with ‘.so great art and cuiniou, as to
make it susceptible of dotib’ful in eiulon. The
meaning winch the speaker inteuded should at
tach, and whiclij with nine re idem <nu often,
w ll oh,mn, is, tHut the Colmnliiun Observer
was sustained by Mr. Sena or E'.'ton, the col
league, the fneud, and the liiogrephe:' of Gen
eral Jackson, to assail Ills (31c. Clay’s) motives
aim 10 deter him in the exercise of his duty.—
With this construction 1 take leave to sty, if is
misrepresentation—u is utmue. Tins paper
j was assisted, though no. sust i/ied by me for a-
! ny purpose; and fat less wall a viqiv to ussuit
motives, or to do.er any one in the exercise of
duiy. /- 'h-l. ’•
The return made of me by the editors of the
Coliinibiau Observer, as one of their creditors,
lias been a fru.iful theme of exalting remark to
Mr. Clay’s editors. and friends. 1 li tle ex
pected to see hint at so small a business'; and
still less that he woqltl have''hazarded an asser
tion before tlfe pubhc, whftn lie was wanting in
proof lO-s.uppori th a iisser ion. A single pa
per, to be sure, at Bhilaiielphln, the Dmocr..-
tic Dress, hud asserted it. But Air. Clay
should h ive recollected, that as lie tva9 decry-
irfg the force of rtdwsnaper testimony, as -Hii-
hority applicable to liis own case, iielfcHcy,
aid a regard fur consistency, should it ive re
strained lus willingness to fils's 011 it,'as a rulo
conclusive towards others.. Like himself, tho 1
can now express my satisfaction at Having the
matter pressed ted in some tangible form, and by
“a respous.ble accuse!and that lie - , may.be
spared all further disquietude on the suhjec ,
lie sir'll beaButdcd-'the'■liistoiy of tlie ffiihsuc-
histoiy’ of tlie; Iransuc
ton, precise iiid acruru'e as it qlilcMtce, with
leave to .make of it heroaftcr whatever - usclte.
can. ' ..
To the editors of that paper, and at their re-'
quest, l did lend a sum of mSttey: atilut time,
before, nor after, whs there ap agreement, or
umlei'sttihthngvexpressed or; o.herw se, us to a-
ny political eburse which tlrey should pursue.
More tiimi.a year pterctlihg this ei.cnmstjthce,
midybeli.re I ever'knew -Mdssrs. Simpson &
(Johrrftlf the editors, .had dnt paper been;
w .ruily and zealously in tlio cause nf G.oneral
Whifih.with their nrcvloui Stock ,m,ke a very large Jacksoii.^It was my own money, ; rfo'*. thel.mqre <Mn.^wontiiit<iresti-' 1 ctiirildofed, it
and gencrjil; nssotiment, worthy th© n^tico of Mer- |nibiic’s; and I hav»* ye*\to . whMeii) it to be right o defend the c;<
fBM * * * * * ifi|nU^rtf culpability:j)r< cr>jl ,j na li^^ rt
10,006 Lbs. Light Castings . 1
Also 30 packages •' J. ,
DRUGS AND MF.DTC1NES;
chnnts, Pbysicians nnd others who wish to purclmsa at
at low rtutafdr Cash. _ .JHl|
Macon. June 19—7—,‘ii
LB' HO'CTSiS
r - - AN V .
v mnmission Business.
Pbcon,
RECEIVING,' Storing.' and For
warding COTTON mid MERCHAN
DIZE) utnmded to by .
_ ! JESSE STRATTON.
Octobers, 1827 50 , •
BffiSXCIKES.
CROTON OIL,
Sl'UMlATE OF QUININE,
PlItOUUNEOUS AOID,
I l 0 V.n NE ACID » '
HOttrffiAp.T- elaterutm.
I ..1JJ R with u number of new and eelebrat-
• ‘ruicines, just reoeived imd lor sale liy.
C\ev\0s Office,
Superior Court, Muscogee county.
I continue tb keep my office at my
residence, one mile from tlie Old A-
gency, immediately’on the Federal
_ Road. - I.ettcrVTor me, directed to
Knoxville, Go. will receh’e prompt attention.
•*’ ''F. S. COOK, Chrlc Superior Court,
octoherlG 4V 51 Muingeecounty.
ktoWrS
FLUKER A COLLINS.
u.toragx and Commission Business
in Savannah. a*’
°3ERT RLAliONE.
DF AVGUSTA. -
TENDERS ids services to his friends
the puhiic as a
Gepernl Commission Merchant,
'it Savannah, and will he ready to at-
Yoveml,„ ,S,neM * lp nin y * >0 favored with by the
ttd in latending in no manner to be
|xill*vutations whatever, his personal servi-
Vtsv r :i ,„ , I'xclutivelv to tlie interest of those
Mviicr, r , with their business, and liberal
when req^rLd ° nu " cun signments of Cotton to
A Gorton at Augusta, will
?>' Mr II. GORTON, whose expert-
fr frii-n,], “J "™ enable hint to give satisfaction
—r,q
) . S,n, °. 1 have appointed James 11.
|y A Mut, who alone; is authornted to
potns -V " hteh I am to be hound, until I re-
t »BkJal..a .^HOMAS T. NAPIER.
«Vo\\ee Vo Tax Receiver^.;
T pHE subjoined cortifiente is:publisiied in order to
1 1 prevent tlie Tax-Collectors oT the.scvend enuv-
ties, wife re the lands arc situate, from setting them,
under a supposition of their not hiving btfen'giveo in
as nrese.rlhed liytaW. .
S GERTIE Y--tliat the following; named Lots of
I.and have tieeii returned to uieiortaxeshy E-
l.as BUisffor tSgJi .
Nos. -Mft.and 24‘,*. First District, Monroe.-
115 mid 2i9, Third do. do. -
■ 100 . Eighth do. do.
91 .Fourteenth District, Monroe.
. 193 “ Fifteenth do. Henry.
237 and 238, Fourth - do. Houston.
175 and 240, Second do. Dooly;
- ADAM COPE, a. t. a; e. c."
Spy quitch, Ga. August 31, 1827.—2t—51
Lost ov .\\\s\affiy
FMNVVO Notos of inind, for thirty dojlars each, due
' J,„' 1st Januuiy. 1-2-, ui\.-ir liy Wiltfpin Rusk.to
me. Also, one Note for tw enty dollnrs, given me by
Hiram Golding, due in n few days; and one Note orf
John Philpot lor eightyJbUars; and one Note given
by Joint Murphy for thirteen dollars. I will give five
dollars to any petson who will restorasaid Notes to me,
They were lost between this place and Milledgeiille;
■oetoher 15 - lip MATTHEW SMYTH.
ROBERT Yl. STVe\SOx\,
ATTORKF.Y A T LA IK. -&• ■ .
H AS located himself in FayrtlcviUef.Georgia, and
will attend to tha Psacticb or Law in the Chut,
tahoochy Circuit, and in the counties of Henry, Butts
ami Pike in the Flint Circuit—any business commit
ted to bis care will be promptly and carefully attend
ed to.
September 10——tf 45
FOR Sx\LYL
A handsome and health;
situation on the Federal roml
Crawford county, known by
the name of Yaitseirer’i Place,
This place is an excellent stand for public luisiness.—
Several prime Field llnnds, two hundred Barrels ot
Corn, and stock of Cattle and Hogs may lie had with
the place. THOJ1AS SLATTER,
October 8—-50
FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE.
have been referred to both by General Jackson
and Mr. Buchanan. With reference thus made,
to remain silent and reserved, amidst the gen
eral interest which prevails, by many might he
considered improper. I shall present; there,
fore, my understanding of tilings as-they. were
at the time, and as they are still, retained upon
my recollection.
Botw'eeo the statement of General Jackson,
mid- that submitted by Mr. Buchanan, 1 cttil
perceive some differences; but they are prin
cipally verbal, and not material. Tltoso which
do obtain, appear to mo rather as to inferences
deduced front facts, - than ns to the fact* them
selves;, substantially, there is accord. J-Mi*.
Buchanait alleges, that, on approaching Getfc-
raf Jackson, he did not come from Mt.Clay..
It is riot asserted jlmt; he did.' General Jack-
son;states, his -opinion at-the'time was, that
Mr. Bucliannn .had come from Mr. Cl.iy, or
some of his friends; but this is given rnorely as
matter of impression—noihing more. By the
showing of Mr. Isnrks.nnd fir; Buchanaii,' it
how appears, that M., M irkley wnjftbe &&&
tiaVor. A difference as to the date—the peri-
,od of time at which ‘die conversation took
plirce—may exist; for Mr. Buchanan places it
on ihe. doth of Decerahor. It may’be, hoWo-
yer, tfiaf he itifonds this as the period of his
cniiyoiration with Mr. M ukloy^ if i( b’e in re-
lereiice to It.s iuierview with General Jackson,
iiibn, i.gieeably to my recollection, it is a inis-
t -ke. I cannot precisely, and to a day, de
clare the time when Mi. B. cune toseo and to
converse ividi me; bu. Ido re collect.it to have
beeu ijuring that week,, on the S itifdav of
wh dr the, reported Theelitjg of Air. Clay and
ins friefids took place;-and Wiiuii the doWmiu -
liou was (liken to siqqioi t Mr. Adams. I Ibel
quite so.,sited, that the mooting to which .I ul-
lude; wits on Saturday, die 22d of January.—
Early in tint -week, (Tuesday or Wednesday'
eveuing,) Mr. B iclianaii visited meiV." It was
on the pavement, and iii front of my own rc-
s,deuce,, wliere we conversed together. A
statement of ourcoitversMiou,;concisely drawn,
was given to Goiicrul Green,- editor,cf lie U-
nited'$taicx’ Telegraph, at his requflst r -in Au-
gus., AB2C—nioro tltau, a year ago. It is, as
tollqws;
“In January, 1825, a fnW'days before it hnilbcen
•known that Mr. Clay and liis friends had declared in
t'avorof Mr. Adainsl I was called upon by .Mr. Buch
anan of Pennsylvania. He said, it wus pretty well an-
derstuod that overtures were making by the friends of
Adams on tho subject of cabinOt'appointmeat: 'that
Jiicksiiii siiottld figlit them with their own weapons.—
lle.inid, tlie opinion was. that Jhckson would retain
Adams; nitd that it was'doiugliim injury. That the
General should state whom ho would make Secretary
of £mto| aiiVl-desired that I would name it to him.
My reply was)-that I wjjs sati^God Genera^ Jackson
would sa
say notiiiug on the a'uhioct. Mr. Buchaiinn
cii f..-murk«ilT“*VVell, if he will merely say lie will
not retain Mr. Adams, that will answer.”. 1 loplied I
was satisfied Genera! Jackson would neither say who
should, or Who should not be Secretary of State—but
that in; ("Mr. B.) knew him Weil, and might talk with
him as well us I could.' 'Mr. Buclmunn then said, that.
OtvtKo next,day, bufore tlie General went fofho House
lie would call. Ilo didso, as lafterwurdsimdcrstood.”
In this ;ip|i|icntion'and interview, l icit that
Mr. Buchanan was acting on tlie ground of an
xious solicitude for‘ tho success of General
Jackson, and from a desire lint- nothing of stra
tagein and mnnugomeut should interpose to
prevcul the election of Olio for whom ho felt
more thin common interest. I cnltslddrcd, in
lending money to -the lespnctahlo edudr of u
ri<nvnp,tp_er, greater than to any otliei individual
in society, unless ns- a sti|fend to induce a
course Hot saiiclioned by itis'preforetice or
judgment.'Tlie ch.nifcftw of. those edilbrs, is
sufficient , to turn uside-the imput-mimi of .opin
ions thus controlled—while’ tr recollection that
for eigh.een mon lis dr murn, they jn'.l labo- ed
in sitpport of Audrcw.Jaitk'son, iihoge.heFfof-
bidsJKjiT.ic ■ ,
But 'again! In adverting to this trimsacBon—
tu tny jn-nd te very ianocejit^'And utiofTcndiiH
oue—why was:it-neco<isary;for Miv Clay td
throw nroond ntev'for description’s sake, so
many farfetched and high sounding explu.ivos?
Mr. Eaton, of. the.Senate, (tliere being in that
body none jither bearing 11 Mime, or oven n sl-
mUnr.na'inB) wi/uKl, a? it appnni-s to fee, hc.r>lj
togetlfer kuiftj^dnt; if descrijitipa of
alone the end and objec: designed to tiu attaiii-
edjj bin this wiis not the object, and hence the
lofty addenda; “the colleague, thn (Viend, -'anj
fhtf htegfiiutter of General J ickson.” What,
then, was ill An atrentpt at deception—a tnaf-
ter of special pleading, by wJiiVn ii wa* o.\-
pocted a conclusion In the public miivJ jvould
be arriveir a*,' that Genciyl Jackson w.is tlie
sltelterer of tins paper, intended aitd Su-ta ned
for- theuvowcdpui'pon' feass ril Mr, Claj/V uw-
fives, abd to, deter him in the exercise of h is du
ty, m To, this.Olxvioifsly designed inasnilmtut, I
apply a pojiitiyo denial of its troili. Geucr 1
•J;tckson was in Tcnneksoe, and knew no more
of thb-loan made-to tliose eetdoiiioii, th in AIy
Clay did; nor djd ho know of it, until, during
l.’.st winter, wtibln;Vni the supposition,. !-sup
pose, licit it might bo itsed as a good set off to
the changes mid breakings of tho Sectytljry, in
his Bv AoTiioturv corps—it becaftu? m ittevof
rem ok and censure in those columns which
Were friendly to .Mr. Clay and Mr. Adums.
Before this period,’ 1 had no*. spoken ol ii; iki.
llBvitllli; t'iu'.-, dot iii-.1 ii»; |. itli '.ii 11 1 do mi
now,-»l<!M, miilui' iite 01 ii-uit.v of tho n.ime
winch-brings fotw.ud tlm .icc;is*‘.:ott, siis|m-i-
ons rthy ariso, *1#'q character .uni coi’se-
quonco, bo given to tlio transaction, groatcr
than it merits, lit presenting myself^before
the public on d subject which so lately has pro
duced some excitement)’'and imichinquiry-'Bnd
remark, i have felt it prope/to speak thus far
of matters which essentially pertain to’inyselft
and with that portion of tho subject I am now
done.
In connexion with this speech nre also oth
er matters which havo been presented to the
consideration of tho country; about which I
tndel against unlooked-for assaults,'and believ
ed consequently, that the enemy should he mot
with their own. woapons. He may have in
tended ip present this as the idea and opinion
of others, iipt his own. Such, indeed, may
have been he case, though.I cannot say I so
understood him at the tlmp.. '
I take occ ision, lo repeat,’ that the conversa
tion, ns hero glyen, at-'the request of the cdiior
uf tjte United Sta es’ Telegraph, was afforded
hiui iu August) l82fi, While ho was on a v sit
to Tennessee. I mentiou (his .fact, because,
the'suuenient being iu Ills possession, lie will
be enabled to say, if tho one ho has, and that
which' is here submitted, be not ihe same. By
tiiis circiuiistancc, tints fortunately existing, 1
miy lin'd fiafety from some of those charges
winch a kindly editor has already taken occa
sion to -sftrmise and insinuate. The migutier-
oux and illiberal 'effort is made to excite pre
judice, to forestall-tho public, and to awaken
suspicions, 'through tlie allegation that an ut-
tenipt; would made “10 discredit Alu Buch-
fei m by nrraying Major Eaton nnd others a-
gainst him'* before the public. On so idle an
errand, 'and so liopless an effort, I should ex
ceedingly ‘regret the necessity of being oblig
ed to pioceed; and yet, were it necessary to
m iiintnn myself ou any the demands of truth,
I should .certainly venture, regardless of the
sayings and prophecies of any 0110. Between
Air. Buchanan’s statement, my own, and that
of General Jjtcksou, heretofore published, I
can, iisulieudy rein inked, discern no essential
Of material difference. True, before I had
read nnd particularly examined, what had been
Stated, ! believed differences were to bu found
though (hat opinion no longer letn.-ins. I
there be those who dvsiro to urge that any such
do exist, mid that the submitted avermems are
iii fact'unlike, I shall be freo and cheerful 10
concede, that tlie mistakes are those which
proceed from error of recollection, .and front
110 other cause. I have known A!-. Buchan-
in too long, to place any statement of hut,
which might ho discrepant with my own, uu-
‘dorjhu head of imeutioual error, 01 ascribe it
to any other chcnmstaneo than inaccuracy of
recollection.
I might hero rest my temarks, and forbear to
say more on the subject, but being in possos-
siou of spine facts, which may. not be consider
ed immaterial—tire tendency of which may be
to exltibii matters more fully to public consi
deration—I shall not conclude tills presenta
tion without submitting thorn also. 1 havo nl-
ready said, that a meeting was held on the 22-1
of January; previous to which time, the opin
ion of Mr. Clay ind his friends were but little
known—conjecture alone pointed out what
probably their course would he. On the suc
ceeding Monday, the opinion prevailed, that
they had taken their ground; tind' in a few
day's afterwards, Air. Clay’s military chleftian
letter, as it has been styled, was written to
Judge; BrOoKe.of Virginia, of whom he speaks
as a-ppljct)lftrjriond. Iu that letter, he men
tions fits difficult, “highly critical’’ situation—
the interrogation to his conscience, and the
course he had resolved to pursue. Thns, to a
particular friend, on the 28th of January, mid
Hot earlier,' was a declaration made of the
course he Imd concluded to iStko. Why tho;
necessity of a silence so long undTigidly pre
served! . - 1 * ~x
Tltis Saturday evening meeting, and the
eoursu which had been resolved upon, formed
geuorally on Monday the subject of conversa
tion. Tho Senate having adjourned, General
Jackson and myself were passing frqm the
-Capitol, being yet within the enclosure, and
near to a fl!ght of steps leading to the avenue,
'vlien Mr. Clay, coming diagonally on our route
front the-House of Itepreson<ativcs, passed ve
ry ne a, and without speaking. He was pro
ceeding down the flight of steps in the from of
the budding, and we were in tlio act qf dft-
scendiftg, when some person coming up a’ccost-
ed us. At that moment, Air. Clay, turning
round, observed, “how arc you today, Gener
al!” \v th a manner somewhat embarrassed, :ts
though lie Imd just then discovered him. Tha
sulu>ation was returned, and Mr. Cl-y passed
on. Immediately afterwards, General J >ck-
son remarked, to nm, that Air. C. seemed d.s- •
posed to pass him w.thout speak u”, my answer
was, “as ho has concluded -o vottfaigaiimt von, :
General, I suppose he is solicitous for no tu: —
titer intercourse;” we dropped lie subject. I
had never before perceived Air. City thus dis
tant, with General Jackson, having been previ
ously quite the reverse; and well knowing)
from our near proximity at passing, that it was ,
altogether improbable lie should not have ob-
soived us, I looked to this coyness on his part,
as a cneums.anco corroborative of wlmt bad
been the. reports of the day—a determ nation
taken to support Air. Adams.
Previously to the annunciation of thi3 moot
ing on Saturday, I Imd not distrusted tho rosult
of the election. As regarded tho course K«n- .
lucky would take, even conceding the force"of
Air. Clay’s influence, I fell that there was se
curity in these considerations: That, so far
from there being any tiling of good, there had
been an unfriendly understanding very late
ly subsisting between Air. Adams and Air.
Clay; that Mr. Adams was not tlio cho.ce of
Kentucky; had not been thought of 01 voted
for there; and, of all the persons' presented .o
a he public, would probably have received tho
most inconsiderate suffrage In that State; that
Air. Crittemfen, who stood at the head of tho
electoral list for Mr. Clay, and whom opiiuma. '
of tho preference and choice of Kentucky,.. I
hence-inferred, might have weigh:, had wraen
to a friend of mine at Washington, that’Ken
tucky preferred Jackson, and w.slied him
succeed against Adams. Bu;, bbsido all tit s,
tho Legislature of tho State had sent lor lt their
instructions (or request) on this subject, declar
ing what was to be considered tho senso of tlio '
People; and I, well i-emcinberug tint warn;
and ancient contest between .Mr. Clay and
Mr. Pope, on tho subjoct of a disregard of in
structions, had not supposed that the fo.nier
would veil uie.to place at nought his previous
open avowal ou this important political point.
These were tlio grounds of my opinions, and
of my conclusions; and they wero removed on
ly when I understood that tlvs ur tamg iia.l
been held, and the vote of Kentucky uo.drm.n-
ed upon.
There wero oalier considerations of infer
ence mid of argument. The State, of JfeW*
York was thought to‘ho dependent, for the
course sho would pursue, on the vote of a sin
gle individual. Thus situated, it-could not be
known to ab.-qlniu certainty, thnogli conjectur- .
ally it was, what, Anally, her course would be.
Maiyland, it was believed, would nt leait, on
the first ballot, be on >ho side of AI *. A'! imL—
These two, wi It the six New England S t qij
were all which, with any th ng of certainty,
could be counted on. Five wore yet wanted,
Louisiana and Illinois, it wis belie veil, would
be in favor of- the same course; though) as it ’
was in opposition lo tlie prefefnnco'iii iicotcd
by tho electoral colleges ai home, it wsa -so-.-
ed that the membcis from those State-, would
not march tnth.it direction, except iu ttieoveai
that thereby the election of AI *. A-i uns would
be rendered secure and certain. Report b v-
ing urged strongly, that, on the second Ivilu',
AI tryland would aceedo and vote for! Gnu-” d
Jacksou, it was therefore indispensably im-
ponant to bring matters to a close, Tho
whole affair then rested with Kentucky, Ob o r
and Missouri, Under tins st do of tilings was
it, and after hat it bad been ascertained tint
Jackson would mike no disclosure a= to Ins
cubiue;, that tlio meeting of the 221 Jqiia try
took place. Those who attended it, being’ '
participants in what was d ino, have never yet
declared tho particulars. I have, though, ut
my possession, a commun cation from a (tiifi
denial), formerly of Congress, (not front ti>.*
State) and here-oforo the fiend of Mr Cl y.
Ho gives the reason why he is no 1 n *•, tint
friend. To a letter winch was lately wniteii
to h:ni by me, this is Ins reply.
“The bar-ainof 1^5l*“lwccu Messrs. A<b nn and
Clay, I remember well, was freely sjioken of liy many
members of Congress, elthouth 1 had nu peraspud
knowledge of any faet ivblel) w-ruld warrant the >'«-
lief lb*t the contract exlstul:.be'!;:q- the high e»t tui
tion in which I then held Mr. Clsy, forbade my fuqu-
clons on any accusation; not su;>porteii hv im' 11
proo.‘: tlmt proof wus not nffnrded me, and 1 held him
Kuiltless. Yet liicro were some circumstauces ut nu-
favorable appearance, and which, as the friend ot .Mr.
Ciay, I was sorry bad existence. The clrcu.usfences
to which I ailudo were tbe coatinoed srlanco and.
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