Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 18, Number 43, Vincennes, Knox County, 1 December 1827 — Page 2

"political rancour, into such a commiselon, or any thing even remotely up. preaching it. Hud any such agency, by any one, been tendered, I should have 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 dcsite,that in the event of the election of General 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 myself, or wished it to be understood, that I was authorized to receive, or to make overtures on the part of Mr Clay, or his friends. I think proper to make this general and unqualified declaration, that there may not be left a loop on which to hang a doubt on this subject, i did not know until ten days after the election of Mr. Adams, that ftlr Clay had been offered the appointment of Secretary of State; and it is as a well known fact, that after he had the offer he consulted many of his friends whether he should, or should not accept it. He told me in a conversation he did me the honor to hold with me on the sub ject, that the acceptance of it would be lo him not only a sacrifice of domestic hap piness, but a serious pecuniary loss. I know also, that not 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 interests. I am free to acknowledge that at the time ot the conversation between Mr. Uuclumah and myself, my impression was that General Jackson would be elected, and. it was pretty generally talked of, as well as understood among many of his friends, that in the event of his flection,

Mr. Clay would have the office of Secretary of State ; and 1 doubt not but I may, in common with others, have mentioned my opinion to my political friends These impressions were founded on the belief that the western interest would unite in General Jackson's election, and that with the aid of one or two of the sta'cs in favor of Mr. Crawford, he would be elccted. I mention those floating opinions of the day, to show that I have no reserves, and that all I said or did, I an) quite willing should be known. I left Washington for Pennsylvania on the morning of the 1 1th or 1 2th of January, 1825, and did notieturn until Tuesday, the 30th of the same month, the day after Mr. Clay's card had appeared in the National Intelligencer. This absence at this critical juncture, is of itself sufficient to repel the idea, that I took any peculiar interest as to the arrangements dependent on who might, or might not be elected president ; I recollect a conversation with a particular friend, who travelled with me in the stage, on my return to Pennsylvania. To him, in the course of that conversation, I expressed my regret at not having had an opportunity of a free and general conversation with 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 Nonistown. "We both expressed an anxiety thru Mr. Clay should vote with Pennsylvania. Exception has been taken to my offering the resolution of thanks, when Mr. Clay was about retiring from the Speak er's chair, in 1825 Such a resolution it had been customary at the end of a congress to offer, and the house to adopt, as it did on this occasion, almost with per feet unanimity It was my own voluntaryact. I had no consultation wi'h any one, nor the slightest reference to his course on the presidential election ; 1 offered the resolution because 1 thought he richly deserved it. If he as speaker, did not richly earn a vote of thanks, who shall presume to think he has pretentions to such an honor i The thanks of the house over which he presided, for a faithful, firm and impartial discharge of the du'ics of the Station, was hardly earned, and w-illir.gly awarded. I thought it his due. ami even though he had differed from Pennsylvania in the choice of a president, she owed him much for his indefatigable exerti ons in favor of her policy a ul best inter csts. Not only did these considerations, but others pi ompted me to offer the reso lution of thanks. Mr Clay, I thought, had been unjus'ly and undeservedly, as a died for an honest difference of opinion : am i was pai"ful to sec a man vviio had raised himseP by his own talents and exei 1 i mis to be one of the most distinguished t'atsmen and orators of the age, one w . in war ami in peace, had never a h3nJonrdhis countiv, but always stood fn i !y hv her, defending by the powers of his gigantic mind and powerful elo fjuence her lights, Sc boldly proclaiming hei tru- nolicv ; that ucha man should 4 be uuihanked, when about to retire from

the speaker's chair of a body of which 1 1 had the honor to be a member, did not j comport with my feelings, or sense of j right and wrong, I should indeed have

considered such a neglect a gross dere . . liction of duty. I feel somewhat at a loss for t?,rms, suf ficicntly measured, in which to speak of j the presumptuous and unwarranted conclusion at which maj. Eaton has arrived, and the bold and unceremonious epithet which it has been his pleasure to apply to me. T.he conversations, reported as theyare,byMr Buchanan Sc Mr. Isacks, and laboriously and carefully directed a gainst me, furnish no evidence, even of a remote or circumstantial character, to warrant the declaration that I was a negotiator; 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 aside the imputation, attempted to be cast upon him by gen. Jackson, of having made a proposition or propositions, to him, in the name of Mr. Clay, or Mr. Clay's fi lends, and declares in express terms, that he always acted, and representing himself as acting on his own personal responsibility, ami was solely moved by a zealous anxious desire to manifest his friendship for gen. Jackson, by assisting 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 gen Jackson, could have tempted major Eaton so far to have forgotten what was due to his own character, as to hazaid an assertion in suppott of which there was not a tittle of evidence All that appears from the shewing of Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Isacks, so far as I was concerned, is, that in common with these gentlemen, I expressed myself exceedingly anxious !;r the election of gen. Jackson, and, on my personal responsibility, said, and did, all I could to promote it. I was absent from the set-.t of g eminent on Saturday, the 2d of Jann.ii v, the day at which maj. Eaton says it was tcj.-ii--tcd a meeting of Mr Clav and his hiei.ds took place; and, at the lime ol the tonvcrsation which Mr. Buchanan h vl uttli maj Eaton,! had left Washington, ,nd ; was absent lor more than two rks. If , I had been anting us the author litend, or agent of Mr Clay, it should havr hiin ' indispensible that 1 :!u;:!c ha c remained on ihe spot where my service s might I : i v been useful Eretjuent intercom ,e would ( have been absolutely nc:et-r-arv. to cv ; municatc what was said and done, and contemplated to be done, j If maj. Eaton be credited, ho would wholly disprove the si atcmci.t o' Mr. Buchanan, who avers that he r.cted ,:h-y on his own authority in the corm:; -,;u inn held between him and gen. Jackson, and that it was not me, but hi ; iriem! in IVnn '. svlvania whose letter deter mi; d him to hold such a conversation. Mr lUmhan an's dates dees not agree with those, ol maj Eaton, who labors in most things to agree with Mr. Buchanan, The only con- ; versation he ever had with gen. Jackson ' on the presidential election wa on the '2d of January, according to major Eaton's shewing; Mr. Buchanan however, says he did not call on him, before his conversation with the general at a certain day about the I Oth or I'Jth of January. There appears some strange discrepancy in parts of the statements of Mr. Buchanan. Mr Isacks and maj. Eaton, which are perfectly irreconcilable with the letter of gen. Jackson, Mr. Isacks thinks that his conversation with Mr. Buchanan may have been one or two weiks Ltcr than Mr. Buchanan states it to have been ; but he seems quite willing to give up his own recollection for accommodation's sake, and take the time stated by Mr. Buchanan, and agrees that it shall be fixed on the 30th of December. I cannot pretend to say when Mr. Buchanan called on gen. Jackson, as he never communicated to me whom maj Eaton represents as " the ncgociator," any conversation between him and gen Jackson. I do not recollect that Mr. Buchanan and myself nad any conversation from the 3()th of December, until after my return to Washington, on the 30th of January, from Nonistown; that is for the whole month almost immediately preceding the election ; during the greater part of w hich time I was more than !00 miles from the scene of action, the seat of government. To undertake to detail the numerous conversations held, pending the presidential election, hy the friends of all the candidates, 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 object was to injuie a friend, or even a political enemy It mav, however, he proper to state, that in none of their conversations, of which I have any knowledge, was there any thing said which had the

slightest tendency to fix or trace cither corruption or bargain to Mr. Adams, to gen. Jackson, to Mr. Crawford, or to Mr. Clay. All that I was able lo discover, a-

. . . . mong the friends of the respective candidates, was a fair and honorable anxiety, and zeal to promote the election of their favorite candidate. I close this communication, which has been extorted from me, in vindication ot myself, and in justice to those who thro' me, have been assailed, and chaiged with having participated in a corrupt tiansaction. It has been to me a moU unpleasant duty, one which I sincerely rish I could have been spared, but I thought I owed it to myself, my friends and my j country. I have endeavored to avoid of- j fensive expressions, Sc personal remaiks, ! save only those which I have thought indispensible to my own justification, and as beaiing dbectly on the statement of j the gentlemen, whose over zeal have in-i duccd them to break into the sanctuary ! ol pnvatc friendship for political purpo scs. PHILIP S. MARKLE. Philadelphia, Oc t 30, 1827. Fi3M? (SXDIDSa (J S- TOML1NSOX, (h'AHKEr S 7R E E "T, I' I SCE$ X F. S,J FIT AS just received from Philadelphia J!iL and nuliimjve anew and very general assortment of M ES It C 1 1 A N I) I Z E, CONSISTING OF Spring and Summer mix goods. An extensive assortment of Hardware, Cutlery Glass, and Queensxcare. FRESH GROCERIES erf the latest importations, and ol the first quality. All af which arcofleied for sale at the ' lowest cash prices. !4-3m May 10, 1827. jmm goods. " T 1 1 E subscriber has just received a general assortment of British, French American BU Y GOODS, 11 A R J) W A R E & C UT LE !IY Queens and Glassxvarc, A general assortment of GROCERIES, SHOES & EON NETS. A large assortment of SCHOOL HOOKS. Three hundred him els Kenhaxua Sail, Together with an assortment of IRON & PLOW PLATES, AH of which will be sold at the lowest i ales for cash. Wm. BURTCH. May 10, 1?27. 14-3m N15W (HMHKS. :::o:u::: J. & 8 SMITH 3"-U AVE just received from Baltimore h i and Philadelphia, a general assortment of Foreign and Domestic, COTTON and WOOLLEN GOODS: Suited to the present and approaching seasons. Also, A HANDSOME ASSORTMENT OF Ladies and childrens Leather and Morocco SHOES, Ladies and gentlemens Plaid and Camblet CLOAKS, (lueensxearc, Glassware, and Hurdxcare, CASTIXGS, jYAILS,& STEEL, Windoxv dlass. fjc. FRESH GROCERIES, 11 LYES, L1QUOKS, &c. I UTTERS TRIMML'GS SCHOOL HOOKS & S T.i TIO.YE R Y All of which they offer for sale, at prices suited to the times, for cash or any kind of trad k and product in hand, thai can oe disposed of. 32-tf Vinccnnes, Sept. 1327. Itags ! Hags ! Hags ! C.fSor WO RK will be given for any quantity of clean Lwnen r Cotton rags at tllQ WRSNTER2 sun ofTicc.

Sheriff 's Sale. EY virtue of a writ of fieri facias, cn replevy bond, to me directed, from the Clerk's office of the Knox county Circuit court, I will expose to public sale, at the court house door in Vinccnnes, on Mjiiday the trventecnth day of Decern' ber next, between the hours often o'clock am, and five o'clock r m, and agreeably to the third section ol the law subjccliiig real and personal estate to execution, all the right, title, and interest, of Moses Rawling, to the following propcity, to wit : fifty acres of land, with twenty five acres improved and under good fence, it being the place whereon Moses Rawlings now lives, lying and being in Knox county, state of Indiana, near White river, in township No one, north, of range nine, west, bounded as follows, to wit : on the north, by land of William Johnson, west, hy land of Nathan Haker. deceased, and kotith by vacant I mds taken as the property of Moses Raw lings, at the suit of Adam Harness, against Charles F. W hite, Charles' Mails, and Moses Rawlings. S. ALMV, Shjf kc. November C4, 1827. 42-4:-g2 T Y virtue of a writ of fieri facias, on Jl icplevj bond, to me directed, from t lie Clerk's office of the Daviess county Circuit court, I will expose to public sale at the court house door in Vinccnnes, on ALnday the sfventcemh day of Drcern ber next between the hours often o'clock a m. and five o'clock p i and agrccahly to the third section of tin law subjecting real and peisooal es:ate to execution, the following tract of land, to wit : two hundred acres of land, Additional Donation, forty five acres of which is under good fence, and fit for cultiaiion, with two g iod houses thereon, it being the place whereon William Gamble now lives, lying and being m Harrison township, Knox county, state of Indiana, bounded as follows, to wi by land of John R cl, on the south west, and north-west by land of John Thixton. south east by land owned by Jacob Pancake given up as the property of Wiiliam G ;mble, at the suit of John Cummings apainst William Gam

ble, John Jordan, and William Junkin. S ALMY. ShJT kc. November 24, 1827. 42-4'-g2 NOTICE to purchasers of Public Lands, Receiver's office, at Vincknnls, Qciobtr lid, 1827 IN pursuance ol instructions from the honorable the Secrctai y of the Treasury, the purchasers of public lands, in the district ol Vinccnnes, are hereby notified, that from and after the Slstol next December, the leceipt of the notes of all local or State i.ks will be discontinued at this office. Therefore, those persons who have payments to make into this office, will after that period, provide themselves with specie, or notes of the United State's Bank or its Branches. J.C S HARRISON, rYcdir. October 25. 1827 38-1 It ENTERTAINS! ENT. THE subscriber has resumed his former business, in the house sometime ago occupied by Mr Trs Cunningham, as a TAVERX, on Market street, in Vinccnnes Me has built a new, large, and commodious stable ; and has put the buildings in complete repair. His stable will be constantly supplied with Oats, Corn, Fodder, and Timothy Hay, and attended by a good Ostler. His house shall at all times be furnished with such things for the comfort of Travellers, Sc ethers, as the country can afford. c Iiofie by hi attention to business, to merit and receive a share of public patronage. H. JOHNSON. January 8, 1827. 5 'if TO TRAVELLERS THE subscriber has lately taken the Tavern Stand, IjJIJ Formerly occupied by Judge HMMtKogers, situated near the coiner of MARKET Sc WATER StlCCtS. His hOUSC and stable are well supplied, Sc he hopes by a stiict and careful attention to business, to mctit, and also receive a share of public patronage. SOLOMON RATHBONE. Vinccnnes. Feb 26, 1827. 4-tf NOTICE I WILL attend the Probate court, to be held in Palestine, for the county ot Crawford, and state of Illinois, on the third Monday of December next, to make a mijji bciuwMiciii ui nit isiait; ui r.crie .V. Stewart, deceased, where those who are interested may attend, if they thin proper EDWARD H. PIPER, Adv.. November 5, 1827. W-w

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