My last interview with him was, I think, the day before his departure, when he was still more explicit, as it was then certain that the election would be transferred to that tribunal, and highly probable that he would not be among the number returned.

In the course of this conversation, I took occasion to express my sentiments with respect to the delicate and difficult circumstances under which he would be placed.

He remarked that I could not more fully apprehend them than he did himself; but that nothing should deter him from the duty of giving his vote; and that no state of things could arise that would justify him in preferring General Jackson to Mr.Adams, or induce him to support the former.

So decisive, indeed, were his declarations on this subject, that had he voted otherwise than he did, I should have been compelled to regard him as deserving that species of censure which has been cast upon him for constantly adhering to an early and deliberate resolution." It was thought, by some of Mr.Clay's friends, that he erred in judgment in accepting the office of Secretary of State, as it would tend to strengthen his enemies in their efforts to fix upon him the charge of corruption.

Among those entertaining this opinion was Mr.Crawford, himself one of the three presidential candidates returned to the House of Representatives.