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TO THE PUB L1C CONCLUDED. llv principal inducement to the publication of this address being to exhibit (he testimony wh ch it embodies; it forms no part of my purpose, to comment on the statements which have been published of Messrs. Buchanan, Eaton, Isaac?, and Markley, all of them the friends of General Jackson, on the occaiijn of the late election. Neither shall I notice the numerous falsehoods ofanohMious writers, and editors of newspa

pers, with which the press has teemed

iTIint is the last day of the Republic tin

wincn sucn rnns shay be successfully employed : and publiclY; eanclliped, FYuling- me immovabje Dj.flatter pr feHF,,the last resort -has "Men 1oc"f0sh

rrte by steady and unprecedented tcalum-'

:.y. ' Whether' tms haul aim rii be" crowned with success or hot, depend upon the intelligence of the American eople. I make no appeal to fhtir synipathv. I rnvoke only stern. justice. It truth has not iost ll forcp, reason its sway, and the fountains of ju?te their purity, the decision m6t be auspi iou?. With :i fism riian e upon Hie enlightened judgment of the public, and conscious ;t the zeal and Ujm lghti8 with whi h I have'executed every trust committed to nty care, I await the vent without alarm or apprehension. Whatever it may be, my aiiXi.nis hopes will

continue for the success of the gieat cause of human liberty, and of hose high interests of national policy; to the

promotion of which the best exertions of my life have been faithfully dedicated.

A: i my. humbje, but tArnesf, irayers

will be unremitted that all danger may

be averted from our common country;

and, especially, that our union, our liber

ty, and our institution, may long eur vive, a cheering exception from theon

eratioh of that fatal deciee, which the

voice of all history has hitherto uniform ly proclaimed. " H. CLAY.

Washington, December, 1827.

dPPEJTlVX, Comprising. DOCUMENTS ACCOMPANYING! xsUi. C LAY'S ADDRESS. (A.) Chitlicothe, May 18, 1827. Sir: With respect to the letter from

Nashville, of the 8th of March last, originally published in the Fayetteville

Observer, to which you have done me the honor to call my attention, in vour

favor ot the first of this month, I can on-

y state, that, so far as my knowledge ex

tends, the assertion of the writer "that

Geneial Jackson told me, him this morning, before all his company, in reply to a

uestion I put to him, concerning the e-

ection of J. Q. Adams to the Preaiden

to mj prejudice. The task would be J Cj, that 31r. Clay's friends made a prop-

ridless. To guard against any miiin

erprctation that might be placed on my

pilence, in respect to a letter from Mr.

Harrison .yuniJay, which has been wide'f circulated, a:id which, was published

.t a period chosen to ajFect the Kentucky v',c.tidii,I dcViaic wneUicr this fet

ter be genuine' or not, its statements are

lilttgettier groundless. 1 never had such

h conversation with him as that letter

llescrjbe, respecting Mr, Adam, who,

bt the time when it is alleged to have

tup pened, was abroad, and ot whom at

Ml early period, there had been crr-

JUinly no g'eneral conversation inre-

irdtohis election t the 1'iesidency.

i he appointment which Mr. Markley

Jldi, was toutcried upon him in con.

Iuence of the very strong rtcommeiiptions of him, principally for a more

nportaut cDiie, from nu.neruus liigtily

:r-crtable persons o! all parties, in vacua parts of Pennsylvania, from some

ftlie Pennsylvania delegation, among .'nit. .

icm .ir. uucnanan Uiok a warm and At aa interest in his behalf, and from

support given to him by Secretary

'use lrcasury, to which department

tia appointment belonged.

I'iieu it was ascertained that I wa t cue of the 3 candidatss who were

-turned to the House of Repreeetitae. I was coaipi Htd to vole, if I voted 1 ii, fr one of those actually returned.

peduiY winch the people devolved on !

- as piimul aod pcrilou?, and 1 antlt'aied that it was impossible for mc, iwtever course 1 should take, to escape !15ure. I confess that the measure j 3 transeended all expectation, if it be i iunex unj 1 ;d. It has been seen that 7 opinion wa3 early and deliberately rtned, under circumstances where no -foni motive could have swayed me; t!t wasadltered to without deviatiou; i tint it was avowed again and again, il to one or two but to many persons, ,l in obscurity, but standing high tn e public fcstimition and in my own.

"Jt 3 particle of opposing testimony has

re'S or with truth can be, adduced. 1

sve indeed derived consolation from e relleclion that, amidst all the per''bation of the tunes, no man has been 51 found hardy enough to assert, that

cersignitied a purpose of voting for

Clerdi Jackson. It has been seen,

so far as any advances were made,

,l) proceeded from the side of General

kson. Alter oui meeting at Leba

;.oni ages mihi have rolled away, and,

we botli conlinued to live. 1 never

r . r .

I uua have ?ct;;iit the renewal of any

"trcour5e Willi him. When he came

"e Senate, and at tho commence

uentof Uie next session of Congress, the

J'ttrn of operation decided on, in res

H-Cl to mv friends and me. was one of

urteous and assiduous attention. From

,1KiC, tlie tranaitinti w:a tn n trlirnift O

' 'Kidatiunf which Mr. Kremur'a let

lcl li . r.i . :t

t . " small pari oi me twucuu:

ui mi, i i: - ... i .i .

luailiifl ni a tpnmcorlalnp m II1P

-p!c h the discharge of a solemn trust!

'snion-to his friends that if they would

promise for him, not to put Mr. Adams into the seat of Secretary of State, Clay and his friends would, in one hour, make him, Jackson, the President," is totally destitute'of foaadaXion. , . . It is w'etf' known that when iC was ascertained .that Mr? Clay would not be one of the three highest persons voted for by the Electoral Colleges, for the otfice of President, my next choice was Tlr. Crawford. Had it not be. n for the ill health of that gentleman, and the little prospect there was of his ultimate surges-, several of the Ohio Delegation, besides myself, would have given him their support. And, it is with regret, that 1 now see his fn;ids so much divided, and many of them uniting with a pxrly by whom he hid been so ungener ouviy persecuted. It w;s evident to all that the election did then Me between Mr. Adams and General J-kson. And, although so much has bee said and written, in order to induce k belief that Mr. Claj had transferred nnd influenced his

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General Jackson. - .Thi's ' repeated, in a rrjenaffiig manim- ' itseeme'f that they already cr?i V t.I us chained to tlS; cap of tie C ' '! ,A-

ihd, if yiewvd jM that JrX,n vj. w hat indu c,,- nt t v"8 -r ty V J B?k,tF 'to ofl'r cdti'tritio'i.s otUity'krhd But it is also true that others of the General's friends used, what they no doubt conceived", more persuasive langunge. Indeed they appeared to be willing to make any promises which they thought would induce the friends of Mi. Cl iy to vote for Gei er;.I Jacksun. I do not believe, however, that General Jackson evr made the statement attributed to him, as such "slang" doe? not comport with the character of a soldier, or of a high minded honorable roan. Nor do I believe, as I before stated, that any such proposition was ever made by the friends ot Mr. Ciay to those of Gen. Jackson, or that propositions of aDy kind were ever made by them, to any person, as a condition, :tffo;i Ore coii.pliatue with which', their vote as niade to dppend. But, if the fact should be

otherwise, let Ihe proof appear, and the names of the persons be published, so that the world may know and judge how far they ought, of right, to be considered the friends of Mr. Clay, or were authorized to make such a proposition. 1 have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, , DUNCAN M'ARTHUR. Doctor T. IVatkins.

our acceptance or rejection ot either of ( "uuoc .CScuiau.. the three-candidates returned .to the 1 am Sir verJ respectfully, your o

friends to vota for .Hr. Adams, the fact is that the Ohio Delt nation, (or nt least a larg nnioiity of futm,) wete the Hist of Mr. Clays friends who came to the determination of voting ior Mr. Adams,

and thai tod without having ascertained

Mr. Clay's views on the subject.

Ohio had interests at siake, which

could not, under any circumstances, be abandoned or jeopardized. The codrse

which General Jaikson, ano many ol

lis friends in Congres-i hac1 pursued,

with regard to Internal Improvements,

and the bill for the revision of the T ar-

tT; and, indeed, irt relation to almost

every measure which we deemed of im

portance to the country generally, ami

more particularly to the Western States,

put it out ot our power to support the pretensions of the General, without, at the same time, abandoning w hat we conscientiously believed to be our duly.

On the other hand, it was evident, that,

for the support of those measures, our only reliance was upon the friends of

Air. Adams, the identity of interest be

tween the Northern and Western States, and the liberality of the Eastern mem

bers of Congress.

Another, and still more serious con

sideration w ith us, was, the qualifications

of those gentlemen Irom whom, under

the provisions of the Constitution, a

President was to be selected oy the House. So far as t was acquainted with the

sentiments of Mr. Clay's friends I do not believe that they could have been prevailed upon to have supported the election of General Jackson upon any

conditions whatever, much less that of

excluding Mr. Adams from the appoint mentof Secretary of State.

The language held by some of the

friends of the General, before the elec

lion. tons, that the friends of Mr. Clay

i durst- not vote for any man other that!

Urhanna,July 12A, 1827. Sir: On my return from' -a visit to West Point, I found your favor of the 5th of May, and with great cheerfulness answer the question therein propounded. -- - You ask hie, as one of the friends of Mr. Clay, that voted for Mr. Adams, if I knew of any proposition beings made to General Jackson, or his friends, by Mr. Clay, or his friends, that if he, Jackson, would not appoint Mr. Adams Secretary of State, that we, the friends of Mr. Clay, would support huh for the Presidency. I say, without hesitation,

that I never heard of those or any other terms being thought of, as an equiv

alent for the vote we were about to give,

nor do 1 believe that the friends of Mr.

Clay, or Mr. Clay himself, ever thought

of making or suggesting any terms to

ny one oi the parties, as the grounds of

our acceptance or rejection of either of

-.,.fjtmnrswL-wg to the Ir3ii!e&t of th .United Sta:-9. 1; 'IZ j wnAtli Sir, wi; great rcppcVPUr ' efi nti ; P.fjRECllLft. ' K , t ,t i.jt he liailifo Wathinffton: ' Dear Slit: Your favor ofthe !sfint hs been received.- I had rreviohsly noticed th letter said to have been written by a "highly resectable Virgin inn,'' to w hich it ref;r6 u answer to your inquiries. have to state; lhat I have always supposed myself in the entire confidence of all Mr. Cla)'sv supporters and friends, who were members f Congress at te trTJie of the Presidential election, at d that I have no I epilation m saying that I never heard the most (ii.-latit insinuation from ai y of them that they would vote for General Jackson, if there was any prospect of choosing either ofthe other candidates. That any ofthe friends of Mr. Clay in Congress, ever made any proposition of conditions on which their voles would depend, to the friends of Gen. Jackson, or any other person, I do not believe. Had General Jackson been chosen, they wotlld have felt no concern as to who he might have appointed members of his cabinet; and, as to Mr. Clay's accepting an appointment under him, they would, to a man, have most certainly opposed it. judge of this from the opinion which I know they entertained of General Jackson's want of capacity, and the fact that it was not until, some time after the choice of Mr. Adams that they agreed to advise Mr. Clay to accept ofthe office he now holds. His acceptance has always been regarded by them as a favor done to the country, and not as one conferred upon him. fthe disposition of General Jackson could have been judged of by the importunity of some of his Congressional friends, i should have supposed that a proposition ot the kind mentioned, would

have been instantly closed with; but no such propositions were ever made by the friends of Mr. Clay, and hone such would have been accepted by them. In short, feel confident that the whole is a vile and infamous falsehood,

such as honorable men would not resort

to, more especially after having, upon

full consultation and deliberate consid

eration, declined an investigation of the whole matter before a committee of the

House of Representatives,

to Jiis frtcrrti, tllft( if tlv wcuM--n '" : ise fotlumVJackF-orot'fo ma.flr." Adars his .S.fretary, olSrUsi tftat Clay" ' add hia frien'efs woill hSch 'hrW-Pr,;.

the original friends of Mr. Clay,T was

in the habit of free and unreserved conversations, both with him and his other friends, relative to that election, and I am bold to say that I never heard a whisper of any thing like a condition on

which our vote was to be given, men-

loned either by Mr. Clay himself, or any

of his fiiends, at any time, or under anv circumstances. That the friends of

Mr Clay, while the election was pend

ng before the House, were treated

w ith great kindness and courtesy, by the

lends of the other candidates, is cer

lainly true, and that we were strongly importuned to support their respective favorites, is equally true; but t can say with truth, and I say it with great pleasure, that I r.cvcr heard u pirpwvon

"rom the friend or friends of either of he candidates, or from any other per

son, directed either to the ambition or avarice of those having a voice in the

election, calculated or intended to swerve them from a conscientious discharge of their duty, Nor do I believe

was the opinion of any well informed

man in the House of Representatives, until it was seiz d hold of by the Combination, as the best and only means to ruin Mr. Clay.

I am, with great respect, your obedi

ent servant, JOSEPH VANCE.

Hon, T fVatkins.

Lancaster, May 21, 1 S 27.1 Dear Sin: Absence from home, is

the reason why 1 have not, before this

answered your letter, upon the subject of the letter said to have been written

by a "highly respectable Virginian."

I do not know that a friend, or the riends of Jlr. Clav, ever made any

proposition to the friends of -General Jackson, respecting the election of Mr.

Adams, as President, in any way; or as

respecting General Jackson "not putting Mr. Adams into the seat of Secre

tary of State, in case he, Jackson, should be elected President.

Neither am I acquainted with a friend

of Mr. Clay's that would consent to be an agent in such a degrading transac

tion.

Nor ran I admit that the friends of

Mr. Clay had so contemptible4 a?is ion of each other, or of Mr. Clay, J3 to suppose lhat the appointment ornon

appointment 01 any man 10 any omce would influence them in, the diiharga of an important duty. ... Mr Clay, and his frieids,, 'preferred Mr Adams to General Jacksfn, merely because' they believed he, n a. more eminent degree possessed thi ! qualiuca lions necessarv to the abk performance of the high duties agsigojd b the Con 1 I ' '

Hon Tobias Walkms,

Steubenvillet 6th May, 1827. Dear Sir: Yours of the 1st current, stating that Gen. Jackson is reported to have said, at his table, "in the pre ence of all his company,'' "that Mr Clay's friends made a proposition to his f 1 lend?, that if they would promise for him not lo put Mr. Adams into the seat of Secretary of State, Clay and his fiiends would, in one hour, make him, Jackson, the President," &c. &c. and asking me to inform .you whether I know, or believe, lhat such a proposition was ever madet Or, whether conditions of any sort were proposed by the friends of Mr. Ciaj to any person, on compliance with which their vote wa6 made to depend? In reply, can only eay, sincerely and unequivocally, lhat 1 do not know oi believe that any proposition of the kind mentioned, as from General Jackson, by the friends of Mr. Clay, or any of them; and that am wholly ignorant

of any conditions, of any tori, being pro- j

posed to any one, by the friends ol Mr. Clay, on a compliance wilh which their votes was made to depend. Allow me to observe, irl addition that the vote of the Ohio Delegation was detetmincd upon by consultation among its members; so far as I know or believe, without any stipulation or agreement with the Delegation of any other State, Or individual, as to what that vote should be. To my knowledge, no influence whatever, other than the convictions of each" member, after a candid and serious examination into the fitness and qualifications of the three Candidates before the House, for the office ofChiel Magistrate, and an ardent desire properly to, discharge the important duty devolved upon them by the Constitution, according to its spirit, operated to control the vote of any one of Mr. Clay's friends, or himself. In great haste, sincerely yours, j. c. w rig nr. T. Jl'atkins, Esq. Galliopolis, Ohio,) May 27, 1 827. Dear Sir : On returning home, to day from a short journey, I had the pleasure of receiving your letter of the 1st inst.. addressed, to me, concerning the pubh cation of a letter, that first appeared in the "Fayetteville Observer," said to have been written by a "highly respectable Virginian," containing a statement in substance to this effect that General Jackson, in answer to a Question put to hirh by the writer, In presence of his, General Jackson's Company, said that Mr Clay' friend made a proposition

f ;1evt at .UVUvn fjf roatfrimt-elecuia'.i X

knowledge of .tliis' matter. Having V,.

oeen one or the . mends of Mr;- Clay , ljr who Voted for Mr. Adam-, I cfieerful y ' V avail myself of this dpporluM'y tosy that I have no knowledge whatever of the above mentioned proposition, or anv ofier preposition havii g been made to Gei'. Jackson, or any of his friends, by Mr. Clay, or any of his friends, as a condition upon which his or their vote was to be given to Gen. Jackson for the Presidency ' It may not, perlnp?, be amiss to add, .1 in relation to myself, that though hold ' ' the public services of Gen Jackson in. v the higliest estimation, it was well know h to my constituents, for many months.'' previous to the late Presidential ele; . tion; fhflt after Mr. Clay Mr, Ada-rfi4. . was my next choice,"among the distinguished individuals who were then bei fore the people of the United States, as ' candidates for that exalted station. 1 am, very respectfully, yours, &c. SAML. F. VINTON. T, Waikins, Esq. ''' Piqva, Ohio, 1 8A May, 1 827. Dear Sir: Yours of the 1st. instant came to hand by the last mail, and in compliance with your request 1 will answer the interrogatories ou propound. I hadi prior to the reception of your letter, read the publication to which you allude, said to have been written by a "highly respectable Virginian,' , and dated at Nashville, the 8lh of March last, which first appeared, I believe, in the Fayetteville Observer, and consequently in several other papers, ia which the writer, after having mention ed his visit to Gen. Jackson, thus proceeds: "He; (General Jackson,) told me this morning, before all bis compa . ny, in reply 16 a question 1 put to him, concerning the election of j. Q. Adam to the Presidency that Mr. Clay' friend -made a proposition to his friends that if they would promise, for him, not to put Mr. Adams into the seat of Sec re. tary of State, Clay and his friendi would, tn one hour, make him, Jackson ; the President. He most indignantly rejected the proposition, and declared he would hot compromit himself, -and -

unless most openly ami fairly made the. . riceuitur tffc wcftud- hot .receive it. 1 If it . declared that he said to them he would : .-. " see the whole-earth sink under him be. fore he would bargain or intrigue for it." You ask me to inform you whether know, or believe, that such a proposi. tion was ever made, or whether conditions of any sort were made by tha friends of Mr. Clay, to any person on a compliance of which their vote wai made to depend? I answer that no such proposition was ever made; within my knowledge, nor have I any cause lo believe that condition?, of any sort, were made, at any time, by the friends of Mr. Clay to any person, on a compliance with which their vote was made to depend. I will further say. I cannot believe that General Jackson made the declarations attubnted to hi.n, in the letter purporting lo have been written by a "highly respectable Virginian." I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, WM. M'LEAN. T. fVatkins, Esq. Washington City, Canfeld, Trumbull County, Ohio, May

12, 1827. Dear Sir: Your favor ofthe 1st wai received this morning. In answer tot your enquiries, I reply, that" I do not know or believe that any proposition was ever made by any of Mr. Clay's .friends to those of General Jackson's, on the morning of the Presidential election, or at any other time, having an bearing on the candidate to be t-lectcd from the three returned to the House, nor do I know or believe that any conditions of any sort were proposed by the friends of.Ur. Clay to any person, on a compliance with which their vote wag made to depend;' but I do believe that the assertion made by Gen. Jackson as reported by a "highly respectable Virginian," and all of the charges of a like character, imputing cither to Mr. Adams or to Mr. Clay, or to their friends any improper, inconsistent, corrupt, or fraudulent conduct, on that interesting and momentous occasion, arc base slanders, known to be such by those who" put them in circulation, yet very honestly accredited by many Worthy citizens. -My intercourse with the friends of Mr. Clay was such that; had any proposition een made by them, 1 should have been very likely to have known of it. No man was ever elevated to ..11 office by views more pure and patriotic than was Mr. Adams. The assertion imputed to General Jacksbn is ridiculou on , -the face of it Admi'ting that Mr. Clay ; and his friends were oscillating, prcvi- . ousto th charges made against Mr. Clav. of which Mr. Kremer afterwards assumed to be the author, those charges