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TO THE PUBLIC.
Mr. B uciiaiian, Mr. Isacs and Major
Eaton have thought proper to bring my
fcame before the public, as that of a per
son implicated, or in some way concerned
in an attempt to induce General Jackson
to give a certain pledge, or pledges, as to
it certa n appointment it would be hisduty
to make in the event of his election as
-President of the United States. One
consequence of the publications of .hese
gentlemen has been that they have given
rise to a torrent of abuse and calumny,
which has been directed against me. It
is not however for the purpose of averting
this pointed stream, or of noticing those |
who have cast into it then mite 01 slander i
tion turned, principally, on the then pen
ding Presidential election. Mr. B. com
menced by stating that he felt great soli
citude for the election of Gen. Jackson &
that his friends should use every honora
ble means to promote it: to which I repli
ed that I heartiiy united with him in opin
ion. Mr. Buchanan adverted to the ru-
mouis which were afloat, that the friend
of Mr. Adams were holding o it the idea
that in c.rse lie should be elected Mr. Clay
would probably be offered the situation of
Secretary of State,and that in case Gen.
Jac hsoil was elected he would appoint or
continue Mr. Adams, Secretary of State.
I told Mr. Buchanan I thought sjcIi a re
port was calculated to do the General
great deal of injury, and if it were not well
founded it ought to be contradicted, and
mentioned further that there was a great
plausibility iu such reports, and their re
ceiving credit particularly that which re
presented General Jackson as having de
termined if he should be elected that he
would continue Mr. Adams, Sectctary of
State, inasmuch as Mr. Adams had been
one of his ablest defenders and advocates
m his report susiaining General Jackson
against the charges which were preferred
against him for his conduct in relation to
the Seminole war.
Mr. Buchanan stated that he had writ-
received a letter from a mutual
Pennsylvania, on the
conversation which he has recently thoff j such a commission, or any thing eve'n re-
tliat I set down. My object is of a high- j ten to,
Or nature ; a desire to do myself justice friend of ours in
and, so far as rny best recollection and j subject of the Piesidential election, and
judgment, shall permit, to spread the truth i cabinet appointments, and that he had de-
aud the whole truth before my fellow-citi- ; termined to cal! upon the General him-
pens. 1 do not hope by any thing I can i self, or to get Major Eaton, to mention to
say, however satisfactory and conclusive,! him the reports that were in circulation,
himself called upon to give as having ta
ken place between us.
I cannot avoid thinking it somewhat
singular that Mr. B. should have been so
reserved towards me, particularly as Duff
Green had been furnished with a state
ment in October, 1826, of what had passed
between General Jackson and himself,
and that a statement had also been furnish
ed to him by Major Eaton in August, 1826,
as to the purport of the conversation be
tween himsoif and Mr. Buchanan. That'
these movements should have taken place,
<fc that there should have been no concert
improperly to drag me into this business,
and yet that under all these circumstances
Mr. B. should have been silent towards
me, and that he should think proper to in
troduce to tho public a detailed conversa
tion in which he makes me say all, and
himself little or nothing—a conversation
totally unnecessary for the purpose of sus
taining an individual acting, as he protests
he always acted, on his Own authority—
motedly approachig to it. Had any such
agency by any one, been tendered, I
should havo indignantly rejected it. I
will go further and state that never did I
in the course of any conversation with Mr.
Clay hear him say, or express a desire,
that in the event of the election of Gen.
Jackson, Mr. Adams, or Mr. Crawford,
that he should wish to be Secretary of
State or hold any station in the cabinet.
Further I never have to any one, at any
time or on any occasion represented my
self, or wished it to be understood, that I
was authorised to receive, or to make
overtures on the part of Mr. Clay, or his
friends. I think proper to make this geu-
eral and unqualified declaration that ihere
may not be left a loop on which to hang a
doubt oo.the subject. I did riot knoto un
til ten days after the election of Mr. Ad
ams, that Mr. Clay had been offered the
appointment of Secretary of state ; and it
is a w ell known fact that after he had the
offer he consulted many of his friends
does to me, and probably will to the pub- j whether he should, or should not, accept
lie, seem somewhat unaccountable. It gives ; it. He told me iu a conversation he did
to uropitutu any of my enemies, personal
or political; nor shall I, for that or any
q,lher, purpose, turn from a full and fair
examination of such parts of the letters of
the gentlemen who have imposed upon
me this unpleasant duty. As relates to my
self, I could have wished to have been spar
ed this appeal, but it is no longer u matter
of choice. I might have been persuaded to
permit the errors aad inaccuracies of Mr.
Buchanan and Mr. Isaacs, arising from a
want of recollection, ta pass unnoticed;
and, from a desire to be at peace I might
even have been content to overlook their
unkiudness ; but, when Major Eaton, on
their shewing, presumes to call me “the
negotiator,” in what he represents to bo a
corrupt transaction, I am imperatively
bound to speak, and 1 will speak ilia 1
which I do know to be true. Lit the
blame and condemnation, fall where it
ought ; where it is merited, hut not on
me.
If these were not .motives sufficiently
poweiful, there is anoiher which would
determine me. An effort is making by
the use, and the abuse, of my name, to
wound the characters of some of our ablest
and most exalted citizens, and by accusa
tions which I believe to be unfounded and
in which I am certain I bore no part, to
sink them in public estimation ; to cast
them down from the heights which they
have honourably attained and in their pla
ces to put those whom I regaid as having
adopted principles and avowing a deter
mination to pursue a course of* policy,
which I have no doubt would greatly af
fect the prosperity and happiness of the
State of Pennsylvania and of the whole
Union.
That I was orig nallv friendly to the
election of General Jackson to the Presi
dency I do not deny. My feelings of
gratitude towards him for his-military ser
vices to his country remain, and ever shall
remain,.unchanged. I voted for him in
the Democratic Caucus of 1S24. As a
Representative of Pennsylvania, I subse
quently not only gave him my vote, but
Used my best exertions, by every fair and
honorable means, to promote his electi n
to the Presidential Chair. The umied
exertions of his friends having failed *o ef
fect his election, I was i ot one of those
phofeltita duty, or thought it proper,
immediately to unfurl the standard of op
position without knowing the principles
and the policy of the men >\ho were to
be called to assist in administering the
Government of the Uuiou : because I had
been defeated, by a constitutional majority
ofihe Slates, in my desire to have Gene
ral Jackson elected, it did not seem to me
that I was called upon to resist, embarrass
and overthrow' the new Administration
whether it should be right or wrong. I
thought it my duty as a representative of
the people, and as a citizen, patiently to
wait and see what would be the general
character of Mr. Adams’ Administration
and what would bo the complexion of his
cabinet. When 1 ascertained that he had
taken to lus aid such able and experien
ced advisers is Mr. Clay, Mr. Rush, Mr.
Southard, and Mi. Barbour, men identifi
ed with the republican institutions of out
country, iu peace and in wai ; men who
had enjoyed the confidence of the repub
lican Admmisira'ious of Mr. Jefferson,
idr. Madison and Mr. Monroe ; men who
h id long acted and were incorporated with,
the great democratic family of the Union,
I did not feel myself at Liberty to doubt
what would be the character and policy of
Mr. Adams’ Administration. I consider
ed that in these appointments a pledge
and obtain, if he could, a contradiction of
them. Mr. B. also asked if I had seen
•Mr. Clay, and whether I had Itfid any
conversation with him touching the Presi
dential election. I teplied that I had seen
him in the House, but had had no con
versation with him on that subject, but
said I was anxious to get an opportunity
to have a conversation with him, as I felt
a great anxiety that he should vote with
Pennsylvania. Mr. Buchanan replied that
no one felt more anxious, for various rea
sons, than he did himself; that it was im
portant, not only as it regarded the suc
cess ot General Jackson’s election that
Mr. Clay should go with Pennsylvania,
hut on account of his ulterior political
prospects: declaring that he (Mr. B.)
hoped one day to see Mr. Clay President
of the United States, and that was another
reason whv he should like to see him Sec
retary of State, in case General Jackson
w is elected ; and that if he was certain
that Mr. Clay’s views were favorable to
General Jackson’s election he would take
an opportunity of talking to th’e General
on the subject, or get Major Eaton to do
so ; that he thought by doing so he would
confer a particular benefit on his counfry,
and that he could see nothing wrong iu it.
Mr. Buchanan urged me to to use no de-
lav in seeing Mr. Clay. I told him I
would, ami accordingly called on Mr.
Clay at his boarding house, I think the
evening after this conversation, but he
was not at his lodgings. I called to see
him again, but he had some of his fiends
with l*m, and I had no opportunity of
conversing with him, nor had I ever any
conversation with hipi until the evening of'
the 10th or 11th January, prior to my
leaving Washington for Pennsylvania, to
at*end the Courts in Montgomery countv.
The conversa'ion I then had with him
riie pain to think of theso things, especially
as having emanated from a person to whom
I feel obligations of friendship for acts of
kindness, and in whose friendship I repos
ed the most unlimited cofiJence.
The succeeding morning after the con
versation with Mr. Buchanan, I met with
Mr. Isacks, of Tenn., in the Hall of the
House of Representatives. My recollec
tion does not enable me to state whether
it was at his seat, or in the lobby, or on
the sofa, at the right hand as you go into
the door.
I may here be permitted to remark,
that Mr. Isacks being a native of Montgo
mery county, Pa., the district I represent
ed in Congress, he early sought mv ac
quaintance in the session of 1823 and
1824, and had many conversations with
me of a private character, in relation to
himself, and in which I took an interest,
and to the best of my ability and opportu
nities fiiiihfully served him. These con
versations necessarily produced an intima
cy and friendship which frequently bro’t
us together, and even into the habit of
free, friendly and unreserved conversa
tion. The conversation which lie repre
sents to have taken place between us, is
incorrectly reported : he assuredly misap
prehended or much misrepresents me.—
From the general tenor of his statement,
this however does not appear singular. I
lie seems, from his narrative, to have paid
more regard to our relative positions, at
the several meetings, to which he has re
ference, than to even the substance of
what passed between us, relying upon the
recollection of Mr. Buchanan as to dates.
That there was a conversation heiween
Mr. Isacks and myself, on the subject of
the Presidential election, tire morning af
ter Mr. Buchanan had called to see me, I
perfectly well remember, and I have no
doubt that in the course of that conversa
tion we agree that General Jackson’s
prospects of an election were fair; in fact
we both expressed ourselves anxious for
his success. I distinctly recollect Mr.
Isacks remarking that much would depend
on tire course M\ Clay’s friends would
take, and expressing his belief that they
would act with us. I replied that I sin
cerely hoped they would go with Pennsyl
vania, and that in the event of General
Jackson’s election, I felt confident that
the honour to hold with tne on the
subject, that the acceptance of it would be
to him not only a sacrifice of domestic
happiness, but a serious pecuniary loss.-—
I know also, that nor only his immediate
personal and political friends, but many of
those who voted for other candidates,
were desirous that he should accept the
station, and urged that his country had
claims upon him paramount to all other
Considerations, and would never see him
suffer from devotion to her best inter
ests.
I am free to acknowledge that at the
that he always acted, aud represented
himself as acting, on his own personal re
sponsibility and was solely riioved by a
zealous and anxious desire to manifest his
friendship for General Jackson, by assist-
ing to elevate him to the Presidential
chair. After such a declaration nothing
but infatuation, and a determination, so
far as in him lay, to sustain General Jack-
son could have tempted Major Eaton so
far to have forgotton what was due to his
own character, as to hazard an asset tion
in support of which there was not a tittle
of evidence. All that appears, from the
shewing of Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Isacl?*;,
so far as I was concerned, is, that, in com
mon with these gentlemen, I expressed
myself exceedingly anxious for the elec
tion of General Jackson, and, on my own
personal responsibility, said, and did, all I
could to promote it.
I was absent front the seat of Govern
ment on Saturday, the 2^d of January, the
time at which Major Eaton says it was re
ported a meeting of Mr. Clay and his
fiiends took place ;—and, at the time of
the conversation which Mr. Buchanan had
with Major Eaton I had left Washington
and was absent for more than two weeks.
It I had been acting as the authorsed
friend, ox agent, of Mr. Clay, it would
Still later from L, rCTf .
The packet ship *
Bennet, arrived at New-York f
erpool on the 30th ulf. having" 01
the 2d. We have made su ; h Sa '
from the evening papers, and f ro JH
of our correspondents, as our 1' • 1
permit. ® ,ts x|
The Cotton Market, remain*,
depressed state—a letter' of the <>
received in this city, says “ n
tinue very dull; the sales of *
exceed five or six hundred bales ”
Mr. Gallatin, the American\l
and his family, were to ontbaik t i
country in the packet ship 0 f a, , 1
October, the Silvanus J^i n$ ''
Capt. Parry had returned *f rQt
ther unsuccessful expedition J, \\
singular that he and Captain F
reached London about the same
eight days Later ,
The old Lne packet ship JV ‘ v I
Captain Bennett, arrivedyesterd ''
ingfrom Liverpool whence she (1,
the 2d instant, we have p apcri t '
inclusive.
the;
Capt. Parry reached Inverness c
return from his northern expedition '
l,»»e been indispensable that' I shonld | 'chic^fr'ReveZ C«n“, ‘
have remained on the spot where my ser
vices might have been useful. Frequent
intercourse would hnve been absolutely
necessary, to communicate what was said
and done, and contemplated to be done.
If Major Eaton be credited he would
wholly disprove the statement of Mr. Bu
chanan who avers that he acted solely on
his own authority in the conversation
time of tho conversation between Mr. j held between hina'and General Jackson,
Buchanan and myself, my impression was j and that it was not me, but his friend in
that Gelt. Jacison would be ejected and i Pennsylvania whose letter determined
it was pretty generally talked of, as well him to hold such a conversation. Mr.
as understood among many of his friends Buchanan’s Rite's do not agree with those
that in the event of his election, Mr. j of Major Eaton who labors in most things
Uay would have the office of Secretary, to agree with Mr. Buchanan. The onlv
and J doubt not but I may, in j conversation he
n r,*{ „ A ? e f ieavin ? t,lp disc'ov--. .
off i he Spitsbergen coast he W3 s fii I
on board of the sledge boats, prepared fj
conveyance on the ice. After under* *
incredible fatigue, they f oun d th,tV.|
were on icebergs, which were carrv'j
them to ti.e South They reached\A
tude 82 45, and had they proceeded A
51 miles further, they would have ok-,.
w,ls given to the Nation that the policy j dec to Pennsylvania, that he would go far
w 1. li had been pursued under former Ad- j to gratify her wishes and that therefore lie
m .iistration would he pursued under the j believed the General, if elected, would
present. 1 detei in.ued therefore that as appoint Mr. Clav. I have thus given the
a ;cu: esentative ot the people and as cne j conversation substantially as it took place,
t! [it* people I wouhl not permit my par- j as the one JVlr, JB. has reference to in his
ti :!iiie.«, my disappoiutnienis or my preju- j letter to the public of the 8th of August
last. It was a conversation of rather a
general and promiscuous character, iu
d ces to get ibe better of my judgment and
patriotism, but that 1 would judge the Ad
ministration by its measures. If it con
tinued to support and sustain those that
sustain a system whiwh promotes national
piospeiity, American manufactures, Inter
na) improvements and commerce ; and to
cherish peace and administer government
' v Ap due regard to economy, it should
receive my cordial sappoit.
The
v end. of December 1S24, I 1
bear ve, but cannot with absolute certainty j the two'last sessions of Congress, during
30^ m y Mr. : which period we had many conversations
vv as of a very general character ; no men- nothing would be more gratifying to Penn-
tion was made of cabinet appointments, j svlvania than to see Mr. Clay ^appointed
and I did not ascertain which of the can- j Secretary of State. Mr. Isacks replied
deflates Mr. Clay would tffipporf. I have j that he was his second choice for Presi-
no recollection of any thing being said in i dent ; that he would be his first choice, if
General Jackson was elected, to be ap
pointed Secretary of State, and that he
had frequently expressed himself to that
effect. I have no recolleAion of having
said to Mr. Isricks that I wished to see
Mr. Ea f on, nor did I, with more than
ordinary interest and earnes riess, insist
that General Jackson, if elected, ought to
appoint Mr. Clay.
It must appear that before l or any one
could kave used the stronge language im
puted to me, that it was indispensibly that
it should be distinctly understood that Mr.
Isacks was authorised, by General Jack-
son, to receive propositions to promote
his election. Of this I had no evidence,
nor entertained any opinion, nor did I at
any lime, or to any one, use the strong
language imputed to me by Mr. Isacs.k I
I well remember, that, at that time we
both believed and expressed our belief,
that if General Jackson was elected, with
out the aid of Mr. Clay and his friends,
that he would be appointed Secretary of
State. Further, Mr. Isacks declared his
belief in which I concurred, that a targe
portion of the western delegation, from
the unreserved conversation we had had
on the subject, wished Mr. Clay to be
Secretary of State, in which desire they
were joined by a large portion of the del
egation from oilier states friendly to Gen
eral Jackson’s election. It is indeed
well known fact, that amongst the friends
of all the candidates there was much spec
ulation on the subject, much was said un
reservedly and with much zeal and good
humour on the subject of cabinet appoint
ments, that if this, or that, candidate suc
ceeded to the Presidency, the general
voice was raised in favour of, and the
general eye always fixed upon the dis
tinguished statesman and inflexible repub
lican Henry Clay,as th8 first officer of
the government; and I now sincerely be
lieve that which ever of the candidates
had been elected, he would have had the
offer of the most prominent situation in
the cabinet ; that which he now holds un
der Mr. Adams.
It has repeatedly been slated that I was
the agent or as Major Eaton is pleased to
say the * negociator’ of Mr. Clay, auriio-
rised to make propositions or to ask a
pledge of a conditional character, for the
vote of Mr. Clay and his friends. I do
now solemnly and positively declare that
the charge and insinuation are void of
truth. I never did, either directly or in
directly, receive trom Mr. Clay or his
friends, an intimation which could be con
struct even by pcjitical rancour, into
•he conversation with Mr. Buchanan a-
bouf the friends of Mr. Clav moving in
concert at the election ; I however dis
tinctly recollect that we both expressed
an anxious hope that the West would not
separate from Pennsylvania.—I have no
recollection whatever of having urged Mr.
B. to see Gen. Jackson, although I con
curred in the propriety of his suggestion
that h.e should call tosee him ; nor have-1
(lie faintest rec.olloc .on of any thing be
ing saida bout fight?rg Mr. Adams’ friends
with tliei'' own weapon.-. If any such ex
pressions were used. I am very certain it
was not by me. From the recollection I
have of the conversation to which Mr.
Buchanan has reference, ir. his letter to
the public, of the 8th of August last, mv
impressions are that the object of his visit
that evening was to urge the propriety of
mv seeing Mr. Clay, and to give him mv
views as to the importance of his identify
ing himself with Pennsylvania in support
of General Jackson. I entertained no
doubt that Mr. Buchanan was honestly
determined that no exertions on his part
should be wanting, and that he felt confi
dent he could speak with certainty as to
the great mass of Gen. Jackson’s friends,
that, in case of the election of Gen. Jack-
son, they would prpss upon iiirp the ap-
ooinfnient of Mr. Clay as Secretary of
State,
Mr. Buchanan concurred with me in
opinion that Pennsylvania would prefer
Mr. Clay’s appointment to that of any
other person as Secretary of State, and
from the obligations the General was un
wind] we both participated. It is upwards
of two years since that conversation took
place, and considering it of a private and
confidential character, I made no minute
ol it, nor did I ever expect it woo'd have
been given to the public. It is somewhat
remarkable that tw years & more should
have elapsed* Mr. Buchanan and myself
boarding together a: the same h use during
Buchanan eyer adveri to tj}e
of State
common with others, have mentioned mv
opinion to my political friends. These
impressions were founded on the belief
(hat the western interests would unite in
Gen. Jackson’s election, and that with
the aid of one or two states in favour of
Mr. Crawford, ho would be elected. I
mention those floating opinions of the day
to show that I have no reserves, and that
all I said or did, I am quite willing should
be known.
I left Washington for Pennsylvania on
the morning of the lltli pr 12th of Jan
uary, 1825, anrl did not return until Tues
day the 30ih of the same month, the day
after Mr. Clay’s card had appeared in the
National Intelligencer. This absence a;
this ci itical juncture, is of itself sufficien'
to repel the idea that I took any peculiar
interest as to the arrangements depended
on who might or might not be elected presi
dent. I recollect a conversation with a par
ticular friend, who traveled with me in the
stage, on my return to Pensylvania. To
him, in the course of that conversation, I
expressed my regret <at not having had an
opportunity of a free any general conver
sation Guth Mr. Clay on the subject of the
presidential election, and said that I had
some idea of writing to him as soon as I
arrived at Noristown. We both express
ed an axiety that Mr. Clay should vote
with Pennsylvania.
Exception has been taken by my of-
feringthe resolution of thanks i#hen Mr.
Clay was about retiring from the Speaker’s
chair iu 1$25. i A resolution it had been
customary at the end of a congress, to of
fer, and the house to adopt, as it did on
this occasion, almost with perfect unanim
ity. It was my own voluntary act. I
had no consultation with any one nor the
slightest reference to his course on the pre
sidential election ; I offered the resolution
because I thought he eminen'ly deserved
it. If he, as speaker, did not richly earn
a vote of thanks, who shall presume to!
think he has pretensions to such an. hon-l
our 1 The thanks of the house over
which he presided, Tor a faithful, firm and
impartial discharge of the duties of the
station was hardly earned and willingly
awarded. I thought it his due even though
he had differed from Pennsylvania in the
choice of a President, she owed him much
for his indefatigable exertion in favor of
her policy and best interests. Not only
did these considerations, but others promp
ted me to offer the resolution of thanks.
Mr. Clay thought, had been unjustly and
undeservedly assailed for an honest defer
ence of opinion : and it was painful to see
a man who had raised himself by his owd
talents and exertions to be one ofihe most
distinguished statesmen and orators of the
age ; one who in war and in peace had
never abandoned his own country’, but al
ways stood fi mly by her, defending by
the powers of his gigantic mind and pow
erful eloquence her rights, and boldly pro
claiming her true policy; that such a man
should Ire unthanked when about to retire
from the speaker’s chair of a body of
which I had the honour to be a member
did riot comport with my feelings or sense
of right and wrong ; I should indeed have
considered such a neglect a gross dire
liction of duty.
I feel somewhat at a loss for terms, suf
ficiently measured, in which to speak of
the presumptuous and unwarranted con
clusion at which Major Eaton has arrived,
and the bold and unceremonious epithet
which it has been his pleasure to apply to
me. The conversations, reported as they
are, by Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Isacks
and laboriously and carefully directed’
against me, furnish no evidence, even of a
remote or circumstantial character, to
warrant the declaration that I was a’ne-
gogociator ; and I feel assured that nothing
but the devoted zeal of Major Eaton, to
the cause of General Jackson, could have
tempted him, in the face of an intelligent
people, to use the language he has used.
Mr. Buchanan indignantly set aHUe the
imputation, attempted to be cast upon
him by General Jackson, of having made
a proposition or propositions, to him, in
the name of Mr. Clay, or Mr. Clay’s
friends, and dedans, in express terms,
Jackson on the Presidential Election was
on the 2d ofJanuarv, according to Major
Eaton’s shewing ; Mr. Buchanan however
says he did not cal! on him, before his
conversation with the General at a certain
day about the 18th or 19th of January.
ed the pecuniary remuneration to i
they were entitled on reaching 88.$"!I
this they found impossible to effete. iJ
voyagers are all in goad health. '
A report from Berlin, mentions
future the Prussian Ambassador at Cci' I
i • tantino pI p is to join in all discussion* wit), 1
h :.tr!lST e . rn ! •>» Ambassadors,* of*. .h,ee
rowers.
The
re appears some strange discrepan
cy in parts of the statements of Mr. Bu
chanan, Mr. Isacks and Major Eaton,
which are prefectly irreconcilable with the
letter of General Jackson. Mr. Isarks
thinks that his conversation with Mr. Bu
chanan may have been one or two weeks
later than Mr. Buchanan states it to have
been ; but he seems quite willing to give
tip his own recollection for accommoda
tion s sake, and to take the time stated bv
Mr. Buchanan, and agrees that it shall be
fixed on the 30th of December.
I cannot pretend to say when Mr. Bu
chanan called on General Jackson, as he
never communicated to me—whom Major
Eaton represents as “ the negociator,”
auv conversation between him and Ge-
neral Jackson. I do not recollect that
Mr. Buchanan and myself had anv con
versation, from the 30tb of December,
until after my return to Washington, on
the 30th of January, from Norristown,
that is for the whole month, almost imme
diately preceding tho election ; during the
greater part of which time, I was more
than a hundred miles from the scene of
action, the seat of government.
To undertake to detail the numerous
conversations held, pending the presiden
tial election by the friends ofall the can
didates in which I was a party, or which
I heard, is not my purpose. Indeed no
consideration would tempt me to divulge
private conversation, especially if the ob
ject was to injure a friend, or even a po
litical enemy, It may, however, be pro
per to state that in none of the conversa
tions, ot which I have anv knowledge
was there any thing said which had the
slightest tendency to fix or trace either
corruption or bargain to Mr. Adams, to
General Jackson, to Mr. Crawford, or to
Mr. Clay. All that I was able to disco
ver, among the friends of the respective
candidates, was a fair and honourable anx
iety and zeal to promote the election of
their favourite candidate,
I close this communication, which has
been extorted from me, in vindication of
my sell, and in justice to those who,
through me, have been assailed, and
charged with having participated in a cor
rupt transaction. It has been to me a
most unpleasant duty, one which I sin-
oerely wish I could have been spared, but
I thought I owed it to myself, my friends,
and my countiy. I have endeavoured to
avoid offensive expressions, and personal
remai ka, save ouly those which I have
thought indispensable to my own justifica
tion, and as bearing directly on the state
ment of the gentlemen, whose over zeal
have induced them to break into the sanc
tuary of private friendship, for political
purposes. PHILIP S. MARKLEY.
Pniladelphia, Oct. 30, 1827.
T a®©—
Worthy of imitation.—We copy the
following extract from the Presentments
of the Grand Jury ofDe Calb County:
“This Jury, cannot contemplate the
advances of Science, Literaturn, Morality
and Religion in our state, wiihout feeling
A private letter fromSmv-rna, of Ang
20. affirms that Ibrahim Pacha hadlaaifcj
at Hydra. Vice Admiral Sir EnV, r( j
Codringtnn and Admiral Do Ri S nr>v hid
sailed suddenly, supposed for" flyjn.
Young Kean was to appear in Norval.
His rehearsal gave great satisfaction anj
success is predicted as certain. “
voice,’it is said, ” is superior to his fi.
ther’s, b»t,ac> ompanied with a slight lisp."
The Frenrh papers of Wedensdaj,
with the GaXctteth. Fraser dated Thurj.
day, have been received. Their content
relate principally to the affairs of Snai,
and the proceedings of the Rebels
Catalonia. It anv proof were wanting ;’
the inefficency of Ferdinand’s Given,
rnenf, it is to be found in the hitherto un
impeded march of the rebels, who have
now established a Regency, and publisher
Proclamations breathing all the : ’niry if
Apostolical intolerance, Sc professing tit
most slavish subserviency to the will of tfo
Absolute King. “ Live Religion !—Liv
the King Absolut !—Live the Inquisition'
Death to the Police !—Death to Mason
ry an d all Secret Sects !”—ve the pre
cious ejaculations of the Catnlor..^ Pro-
clam nion, ami speaks pretty plainly what
sort of ifien direct the present insurrection.
1 n mention is made in the French papers
of Ferdinand’s movements, or whether he
leallv intends to trust his pace ous per
son to the ultra loyalty of the Rebels.-
Tne conduct of Ferdinand has been alto
gether so crooked and equivocal, that no-
t ling can be interred from his Intentions
J we must wholly to bis actions. He
las eft Madrid ostensibly to convince the
Kebe.s that he is at perfect liberty, but he
may change 11is mind before lie reaches
the scene of action and betray a deeper
purpose than his faithful Ministers yet
_ream of. Tlie continued inaction of the
T rench army in this state of insurrection
is not a little curious. The Blench are
now in possession of the strong holds of
K,pain avowedly for the security of tho
King and the preservation of his Govern
ment. IIow then does it happen that
they remain inactive when they behold
his Majesty in danger, and the tranquility
of the kingdom disturbed by the increas
ing power of the Rebels ?' Do they wair
till matters approach the last extremity, in
order to gain more glory by the display of
tueii might arid thus demand the King’s
gratitude in proportion to the extent of
the benefit conferred ? A few days will
solve the mystery. , >
Excuses for not attending public Worship*
Overslept myself—could not dress in
time. Too cold—too hot—too windy—?
too dusty. Too wet—too damp—too sun
ny too cloudy. D'»n’t feel disposed.—
No other time to myself—look over mV
drawers. Put my papers to rights. Let
ters to write to my friends. Taken a dose
ot plrysic. Mean to walk to the canal.—
Going to take a ride.—Tied to business
six days in the week. No fresh air but cm
Sunday.—Can’t breathe in church, al
ways so full. Feel a little feverish.—
Feel a little dhilly. Fee! very lazy.—Ex
pect company to dinner. Got a heaJ
ache. Intended nursiDg myself to dav,
New bonnet not ccrne.—Tore my mus
lin dress coming down stairs. Got a n£,W'
a Glow of Patriotism and a heart felt gra- J novel, must be returned on monday n»tr
tlfication. and urh^n aro con ii vnnnrv mon inner. \Vacn*f chavo/l in n >
tification, and when we see a young man
in the prime of life, elevated by the voice
of a free and sovereign people, to the dig
nified station of a Judge of the Superior
Court, at the opening of each session, of
that Court, over which he presides,
Prostrating himself on his bended knees,
and solemnly and publicly invoking the
giver of all good gifts to enable him to act
uprightly, not ouly in the discharge ef his
official duties, but in every duty in life,
cannot fail to produce sensations* more
easily felt than described, and while we
tender him our thanks, for his able, up
right, and assiduous attention to the duties
of his office, daring the present term, we
should think ourselves remiss in our du
ties, did we not present him our warmest
thanks, for so worthy and honorable an
example of Piety in bis o%?.”
ning. Wasn’t shaved in time. Don’t
like a liturgy, always praying for the same.
thing.-^Don’t like extempore prayer—
don’t know what is coming. Don’t like
an organ—’tis too noisy. Don’t like sing
ing without music—makes me nervous.—
Can t sit in a draft of ajr—windows or dejor
open in summer. Stove so hot in win
ter, always get a head ache. Can’t hear
a.n extempore sermon—too frothy. Dis
like a written sermon—too prosing. No
body to day but our minister—can’t al
ways listen to the same preacher. Don’t
like strangers—spurn them with contempt.
Can’t keep awake when at church.—
Snored aloud last time I was there—shant
riskt.it again. Mean to inquire of some
sensible person the propriety of going to
so public a place as church. Will pub
lish the result.—Gospel Messenger*
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