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Washington March 9th. 1824

D Sir

I wrote to Mr Yancy a few days since. I suppose you
will meet at Hills.o next week. We receive here such unfavo^urable
accounts as to Gallatin's being run for the vice Presidency in N. C.
that I should like for you and him to have a conference upon the
subject and advise me of the result. Mangum says his running will
^eindanger the success of Cranwford in his District. You will have seen
the result of the Harrisburg ticket for Jackson and Calhoun - these I
understand are to be supplanted ^supported, under the expectation of carrying
the vote of N and S.Carolina. Their nomination will certainly ben-
efit us in the Northern and Eastern States. From N.York I have
positive intelligence, that the Senate will reject the Electoral
bill, that in the Senate there are two for one in favo^ur of Cranwford
and in the other House 86, that they will in a few days hold a canvass ^caucus
and campaign ^confirm our nomination.^s. If they do this all will yet go right.
Clay has played a desperate game and lost every thing, he is much
depressed at the Harrisburg news. He calculated on being named as
vice pres. there. such is his reward for his labo^urs upon the Tariff.
Gallatin has not yet accepted the canvass ^caucus nomination and as his own
State has refused to support him, it is ^{[anticipated]} that he will not.
I am desirous therefore of having the union ^views of Mr. C ^Y. and ^& yourself as to
the effect of running him in N.C. that I may communicate with the
party here. Branch speaks in such [...] terms. Mangum and Car- ^Conner?
son as well as Long expresses such fears upon the subject, that I en-
tertain some danger. We are still engaged upon the Tariff. on yester-
day we gained an important advantage by striking out the 3rd section of