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THE LATE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. Letter from General JACKSON to Mir c. BEVERLY.

 HEpMITAcE Juna Eth 1907
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THE LATE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

 Letter from General JACKSON to Mir c. BEVERLY.

 HERMITAGE, June 9th, 1897.

 DEAR SIR Your letter of the 18th ut.

 from Louisville, Ky. is just received, and in

 conformity with your request,address my an- swer to Wheeling, Va.

 Your inquiries relative to the proposition of

 bargain made through MT. Clay's friends to

 some of mine, concerning the then pending

 presidential election, were answered freely

 and frankly at the time, hut without any cal

 culation that they were to be thrown into the

 public journals--But facts cannot be altered -and as your letter seems not to have been

 written for publication, can assure you, that having no concealment myself, nor any dread arising from what may have said on the oc- casion and subject alluded to, my feelings to- wards you are not in the least changed. I aL ways intended, should MT. Clay come out o. yer hi& own name and deny having any knowledge of the communication made by his frient to my friends and to me, that l would give him the name of gentleman through wE om that communication came. have not seeI your letter alluded to,as having been published in the Telegraph, although that paper, as I am informed, is regularly mailed for me at Washingt' n, still Irecieve 1t and that containing your letter has not yet come to hand, of course cannot say whether your statement is substantially correct or not--I will repeat, however, again the occurrence, ,afd to which my reply to you must have contormeG. aud from which, if there ..us i1een any varis tion, you can correct it. It is this. Early in January 1825,a mem Der of Congress of high N'spssctahiIity, visited me one morning, and observed, that he had communication he was des'rous 10 make to me-that he was informed there was a great intrigue going on; and that it was right that l should be informed of it-tlat he srame as friend-and let me receive the coLnmunica- ton as l might, the friendly motives through which it was made, he hoped would lTevent any change of friendship or feeling with re- gard to him. Towhich replied, from his high standing as a gentleman, and member of Congress, and from his uniform friendly, and gentlemanly conduct towards myself !