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V w a -1 . THE STAR, r,uiaU4. r ky t LAWRENCE & LKB1AYXV. rj$..$set Uuwa dolWt pu a- ' ,V ar ail a arat w about at UmI II t -4 at iMM, a4 o aaperdltauaaea1, a kfca pU of Mort, aaicM all art iVtt trt paid. .JiyXim, mU Mtt4. liMX awarrUw Urea . IVMtf-ftt mm Cor J iatkarttS lWdlUjrt ataat aa for e "9," XIR EATON'3 APPEAL. Te questions ee gavely ,f sd and ,riiiei in the public, Bcwapapers a at iitingleiviBg card, and iovi-i ,iBt t-'largo pan" ormaU noee,' ihit city, caenobut appear matters I deriaioa to Ihe Aranicaa. people, i lia call hie neighbor, or invites to eat drink with im anil who pet. U a matter of no -concern to people; and to theiQ.it muat appear d.cftMKt that atatemen and Cabinet ranelrs, have thought" it iieceMarj idiiterb them with matters so trifling. lit even these have been: rendered of :aa importance, as developing the mo- ire of men, and accounting for event higher importance 'Anuin thiiyitw it, that 1 am about to introduce such (pic, and beg to bo pardoned for do- ... ' ' ' - . ' l After my marriage in 'January 1829, 't Tife ar.d myself eitited Philadel- . and were aoseni irom wtsnington s weeki. tAihongat Ihoie who .had illed 'n our absence to visit and pat Vtie coktoinary congratulations,' were and Mr. Calliouo their tarda been left., Mo citie; leavine 'at a jhbor' house, a card--a matt piece fputeboird with the name upon it, is ilied a vioit. Not- long : afterwards, tcailedat Mr. Cafhoon'a lodging to um : the eivtlity. '.' After tending in braamea, we were invtteu up (o tfie ice President' parlnr, where Mra. klnoon was alone,! and received ua Ith much politeness.- We ; spent a ort time, quite-agreeably," and took r leave. ' Afterwards, .these ealta lra not related on either aide.- This pi a short time before it was undeir-, Voiwho vould; compose the Cabinet I General Jackson. V r ' , Uoother triHing incident is worthy of , w nen it waa asceriatnea cer jf 4har I vwould be' Secretary of l Mr. Calhonn reqoested -:theap' iiitment of one ,of hia fpenda as niy tiefClerlt'i 'io - another gentlt-man o made th mr request," I titade a iuiirt to com pi f with Mr. CalhouuN J4eUC4Midation8otoottf I me iime inuueeu me to cnenge my t-rminatiori; io coowqumcewf which, (decunen to make the apixtintment hi seat aa explanauon' to the gntl In' to whom t had given fh promise. ne waa oRirt to Mr. Calhoun, lor ne was askedand to him no promise n bi-prt; made. - Front" thaf ' tiaie1 he ike off all intprroume with me, official well as private. - i-- '- Soon after the Cabinet was organic- indications of those secret vtews, ich Mr. Berrien now openly avows. tan '-to1' ma nil est themt.etves, I h tive ;aa hot anpareBU1 vet was-it Tiiciently, evident, that there Waa t ,ticu ueM(ii u pu a mil vii ntj lamt ad tenaer my posuton at yvaan mev ibis was e promoted by all the influence aiid oriarice wlttch hish sta tion curiferred some itf my colteaguea. Coivfudera mere formedi and eS'orla made to iken pri udicea To give' fcou n te ince. to the confederates, and to atd ir efiiirU.otd siandera'Were revived, new ones circulated"' Families Ing to the'eity, were beset on the y. aiyi on .theirs arrivaK';No ! mean's lur it aw ii f. wr ipfr nriiriil ; to pive Wv public eniimeht.' to make it PcentratCanrt arce the rrestuent jo "iconic uym .ins, tuuyni. yi - 'the asijoranca that in a Tittle i while ou!d 6Pe public opinion cbricentra ; ana v would y speetlily correct tne rt me 4iot be misunderstood. ; I ne- r comptained of any one, for; not as ; ning wit me or my ; family.? It is ri'iht ol "every man,' and of every to visit whom they please. - to I house ; filled with unwilling or 'ciant visitors,- constrained to call ;ie command of power, could never jexired by me Happily. 1 a ne f dependent on aoch authority for ,-nus, associates' and .visitor!. ."At )' hen: joy 4loora i wereWpen,' at rge parlies' and social calls, t tnet f"Y9f wiw coraiai nearia anu nappy ta their aim J, thai we sbooU Erst caSK oa then, tf w tleirrd lhar acqaaia UDee; bat wt cever did call. - How ridiculous does this slng!a fact tender Mr. Berriea't puLJkatlon, hich he baa set forth with aach crave formal ity," H bad ascertained the aease af ocirly hert.le aa)S, and conformed to ilia this matter, when io fact he' sever had a a t-pportuoity 'uT conforBi- to,' or depart from it. He mlnuiia that' the rresHknC toreateued ta uiMniaa aira, because lia would not 'compel h'tt fami ly to put where bt did not thooaa tbry should, when in fact the y never had an oppprtpn'rty to viit - there. ' 'Tbrongh- qui, na preaenis we aau my lainiiy aa craving the aooety of. his, which he haughtily, refuted, when, in fact the nrst, the natoral and the utual advance, onour part, had never been made. s, t. rti i t. ..a. i... i iwwhivq icn, uiCD, mai uau mc President set out to regulate the inter course uf Svciety, and to direct its so cial relat'una, he "ought to have tx'jun with me, uot Mr.' Uemen. He mast have threatened todiroit mt, if I did not compel my family first to call on his and 'leave a nr4- Whatlcrce Mi1. Berrien, under such' circuomunces, to forrt his family upon ost'-The' Presi dent certainly ought nrst to naveerred as to give them an opportunity io ue cline our acquaintance, Toirce toge ther unwjlling people, and particularly to begin with tha wrong persons, would indeed appear an odd and strange pro cedure.v ' ' . ' tn theiotumn of, 1829,' hew attack began to be. made, ' in whispers, on my integrity, it was said .1 had conspired with my wife's first husband, Mr. Tim lake: to defraud the government of arge sums of money. Other attempts to get rid ot me, hating tailed, -1 was now tobe'preseoted as being in default to the government, through fraud prac tised ou it. Mr; Titnberlake had been a purser in the Navy, and this charge was based upon, a t reported ucnciency in his accounts with the public; and oo a private letter of mine, detained in the 4th Auditor ollice, showing that on my suggestion, he had remitted iiioney to tne. . Copies ot my private conweniuu Ulttri to him, bad been takeu Irom the olnce, that I might, not escape through aoa anttrUlntd a beUee apia'toia of theat copUiat.fjc tfi aMfttba, By tkeV raaiaiar iaa the Cabinet Wg aficr tha - indignity aod atrage" of wHich tHy .wcptaia, ,t Bkaat cocll Uat 'tat Preheat bad. nai iasa'.trd tHe by any diabaaarable and )pear raiiue, or als that they torad tWir oftjcea better thaa tkeif . , boaar, aod that tbeWpreseat violence ttcaaaadas). ly by tba loss ol iaru . 0 Jt io raUtion to Mr. Breach, I have something tvta belle than Mr. Ing haaa'a nott book. Ui prove that actual ly were his ftaliaga towards the Preai dent at and about the very tin when tbia pretended indignity, f Colonel Jjhnaon was offered. It is a letter ad- dreaaed by Mr. Branch, to tka Presi-! deal. iuLia own hied writing, on the 29tb of Jaaaary, 1830. aod which, oa the same day was incited to .ae, in tha hope that a reconciliation might take place between as... Agreeably to Mr. Ingluay note book, it was on Wndnrs d4y thaSTth day ol January, that this allfged "indignity and out rage" waa olTered, ..Ofeouraa this lat ter was written but two days after, and on the identical day when Mr. Branch, feeling himelf deeply -afflicted at the communication made to hint by Colonel Jolimon, called, as ha states, to tea tha President; and when, ' he says. Vthe President's feelings were loo much en listed to weigh any reasons which might be offered." And wer; Mtf Branch's feelings too much enlisted " to weigh any reasons? , Waa he. as wo are told waa the case with all three of the gen tlemen, indignant at the outrage? Let the letter speak Tor itself, and show bow deeplv.- and how like an insulted and Who now will wouder that the Cabinet1, wounded man he could write at this it was changed, or who maintain that it, slant ol excitement, when honor , and geaUaMCUavt bcUete Uty karbor 4 aosula viewt tawardt ana. or bad asierad iata a cambiaation t txpJ m fraattha Cabioet. vAcrordingty at a IkitedtM content af tha President to convem wiia taaaa aa a friend. Hut by ascertaining tlta aaipiiiona entertained to be tocarract. ha might relWva then fraaa the irapatatin. .Ue bad no other authority or pemissiea than tbia: - The miiKwi waa ( bit awn aeeiingj he vu acteatrd tolely by a desire to maintain hartaoayt and if he coald. beof sr vice to these gentlemen. Whether ha spoke apon pmtica.e!ixioij -philosophy ladies card, Mtvllitiona to large partiea or siaall aocial ' tor politi cal 'intercourse all, all was apon his own responsibility, and upon hit own authority: Through him the President made u prouoaitioo.no reqaiaiUoa.and no threat. . far myself 1 knew nothing Ol it. -;,.' ( It U a little remarkable, tljat neither or the three gentlemen, iu their publish ed sUtements, speak of any proposition aa coining directly from tha Prvsident, which was considered at all ioauttiogor improper. Though they- insist, that Col . Johnson was authorised to threaten, and did. threaten . them; yet not one pretends, that directly the Preaident in sinuated any thing of the kind to either. "It is atrange. 'passing atrange.", that Col. Johnson, a man of known integri ty and.hodor.ihould deny this strange, that when they meet tha President, he breathed to them nothina; like it and yet sttanger itill, that w defiance of these proof; and these' circumsUucea, they still insist, that they were intuited! ought to have been lunger continued? No sooner had Mr. Branch stated, that Col. Johnson had u threatened their dia missal, than it was promptly, denied by tim Pi-ocirlaanf uikia bdbi1 laaa aara1l rvctK . with send for. Col. Johnson; a nd for ISSaadStAtt that purpose called a Servant. Why !oeio you an addiUoaat aTMem ol Ihel'teadlr i r . .- .-v . ir aot cor Mr. Branch ctuauta my bosom towai; ' !vMlral(. than iVnra aa vaaaMintAMaia! rvl' Itetwinty ariw feeling, through the instrumentality of coionei Johnson, had been rudely trod den underfoot. . . v " Xavv Debartminl. Jan. 29. lt.10. Pear Sir: I hire reserved your nota of Tetter- did the messenger explains! " It is unnecessary to send tor Lol. Johnson; lor your word is suf ficient." And why is that word not now sufficient? Then, Mr. Branch re ceived it as true told it. no doobt. to part. Content with the explanation ot tered at the time, convinced ot tha in correctness of .their, impressions, these gentlemen now assert' their displeasure nd discontent, and at the end of fifteen months, come out and maintain that to ft who evinced f by their frank and i demeanor that they came of their volition and not tnrough "hope of f i, of fear of panishment 11 is ie l did not meet , aome of my- col i ?es, or their families, bo: some of i " 8sciatea f ; tha same political jap; but I suet ladies and gentlemen ( " respeciaute, and equally as a ble.s ,lft as is true, 1 and my famt 1 ere not invited to the housea ol ,. Ingham," Branch and Berrien, "either werethey invited to; mine, y iuia we were equal; and neither, 'conceive, had a right to complaio Berrien's famy "never did rel !tk mwe, lor tney neTer 1 fty camt to the city, being last showedltiaTMr. had been deprived, through a series of shocking frauds, ot credits to the a- moutitof Wrn lfito 20,000, and that justly he was largely a creditor, not a ikbtor, to the Uovernment. nut witn mutilated books abstract of accounts raiasiiig, and the inventory gone from toe urparirueui, ins laniuji cau uuij appeal, under all the circumstances, to the-justice and bouor of the country, "f While slander held its open day, and midnight round of whisper on this sub ject, I received from. ,apme ; malignant being 'who subscribed himself lago, the lolhiwinii notet " . ' :, . : Sir. Iliave written a letter ' ta Mr. Kendall nbout tbe woner that mid tor O'Neal' bouiet. Vou know but t raeau. 1 Heveie it awet and I have Vou ui mv uower. and I will roast you, and boil you, and bake yo; and 1 hope you may long live to prolong my pleasure. Lay not the flatter ing unotHm in your aoul, that you csn etcape me; 1 would tuil that death, or any evil thine, ahould take tou Irom my kratu for hall' the world." ' Whi the.wraer of this fiendish note sV I have never ascertained. "J I cannot turn tny thoughts oh anenemy so im placable, that he .Would be univjlling the .inan he hated should find repose in death. Yet ia it' in iharafitef-with t acts' 6f thoSti whose forecast pointed o the mfans, by which tbe evil ol my se lection, 8S a member' cf th? I Cabinet, was to be made anbai etH; and the Pre sident forceJ ' speedily to See at)d cor- lect tne evil.", u f. t couiu ; nave u,een driven from all lesipectable society bi na nieu upon me coiiumn anu imuu r obtaining the' funds or the uovern raent; then would trie Cabinet, have been relieved oi niT Dreteuce. .aim me i"v nhecv of Mr.' Berrien completely ful- ConWress i,ad how1 commenced Its first cession alter the inauguration ot (he "President. ? The recommendations io his hiessase had been received with uncommon anDlauses But it was soon perceiveu, tnst nine, in iuniiciouv v, his views, was to be expected from some of tho Political eentlemen who were professing regard to the administration Movements amongst tome or, my coi leagues. "with others in the lame politi ... . I. - cal interest, indicated a disposition again to wage against roe,a war of exclusion. Kumars of a combination , to force me from the Cabinet, attracted the PreBl dent's atteolion. - lie sunnected that nnrtion of hit Cabinet had entered It in dituruise.ahd had ' fomented some of .i . T. .L'.e L I i vh..H.l.i..jli' 4flll accordingly determined, if it tmoiild ap near that tbev were entity t sucn au nlicilv. and bad combined to harrasa knd drive oat one of tneir coueaguet, should share the fate they were prepar bears no impress of insulted feeling; on the contrary, it breathes a spirit of kind ness and, triendship towards the rresi dent, whom he reconi.e as a " media tor," teekios with almost parental soli r.itnrle. to heal the divialon amonirat tha btrnterwhtch before had bCTgtyen-iiicmber apxiJus as a uise ana incorrect . impression. fQP we restoration of harmony 8ure a ior ii.veii,.a can pay,, ana uo iruiy.T ,n writing that fetter, which he coo say, that I tieyer uttered, or brought to eludes by signing himself. " tours tru the consideration f the President, any ir"h could not h.va: aunnoaad: ht complaint in reference to myself. I tne preident had just nflered him an was always content to keep the redress indignity; or Jt ad, it only proves hvw of my own wrongs and injuries in tny Kreat nhypocrite he is VAt that time, own hands, and to ask the aid and assiswC d",d not apeak. Aa inucn parade a tance oi no omb, iu or vui wi power, he makes ot his friendly leelinga enter. No intimation was ever had by me that.tained toward! me. he wa the very re- vui. iiuuii luiBuueu io utane ut verse ot all that the name ot friend cott- quiryj nor Old i know that he Iiatt ;weys; and knowing it as I did, I would made it. the lofty aense Of honor en-! not nrmit him teem to b what hi tertamed by General Jackson woullWag not.y oad refuied to: return, his never permit him to compromit the hoMuUtions, and declined all intercourse, nor of his friends. , He has not cotnpro i except when we met at the President's, mitted ; mine; and yet he would bave'i ne-er comblained of Mr.-Branch., as done it, bad He used his authority to exjh-asserts in bis letter to the public. ; It ion courtesy in my oenair irom Biers. WM De who complained, if at all com InghaUH U A ich and Berrien. But I paint weri . ut cnet to the why reason about it? If the disavowal j President." thanka him for his ofler to of the President, esubli&hed even by his ,.ct a4 . a. mediator id bur , diierenca, inwfnr another Whi e reBectinr on tba course proper to be "adopted, Colo tit Richard Mi Johnson called on s vi tifr and t him he disclosed his difli icultieaknd intentions. - Colonel John tore the public boldly to assert as ue, hat then was given up as a mis ovprduixdeJ indulgence wui favor, on ;hi colleaguesand yet do' they come tbu part of Mr. Mt'daU. Matteu were cohsidered, well arranged, and the proof complete to show, that this delin quency was wholly occasioned by re mtttances ot money to me, and . wtnen was yet iu my possession. Such were the whhtpers circulated, through the so ciety of this place. But a close inves ligation, wnicn occupieo some time, l imbenakrs account ronraelt, than ftota a ooaaciouMeta ol' haTinf riv- en to Major Eatoaiuit eaoae tor tha withdrawal of bit frien-ltliip. At a further roaniteatatioa of tbe rranlutea which I trutt wdl ever cbaraateriae my eonduet, I agree to meet him thlt day at two o'eloek, iu the pretence of Major Barry, at Mrt y aa auren t, ana in nil preteuee alia. .. - Vourt, truly, , ' ' . JOHN BRANClf. - To tha Pretident ot the United Statee." Thia letter, writen dirArflv after Ilia take an entire, misconception on their; indignity complained of was oered, JebUe dic1t. tiey were writaj - er a sent of de aod latUrg iedt aity an4 oiitrage," atthe Ikrra'S fC Uoei Jotaaoa. bwraa W treaa fmea tke Prraideat. Wkert then was tke lofty dignity ef Mrt Berrien and Mr. Branch, that tka a CtKiid d relate hew pleated ha was at the racaeciliatiw tnadt, and the other protvst the g4 frelinja which be nl-rttibeJ f,r ate? I .. . Let ns. ac ttw' th fctt ttatJ. if thete men apeak tratV.: On Wedoaa day, Ihe STik fcf Jaaaary, 1830.' the Pretident, thrnugh Col. Johnee. isrea teotd to dismitt them; if tliry did not coaapcl thtir fantUiea ta'asaoctata i;h auiae, which they coaaulered socb aa tndniiy ana outrtre." that they aa- riously tkoughtafretigaiog. Oa Thurs day, the 8th, the " indignity hod wt- " being Hastened and even anex plained, Uie Pretident wroU a note to Mr. Branch, ofierioz ais "fnauUv me- dialion?1 to bring aboutr-whai?. Not social intercourse between tur fanulU but a realoratiou of Irieodly ioter-. course between ourtrioea.rUa the ruor- nmjr of Friday, the EJhb.Mfor he savt be will meet me at two o'clock.) he ac cepted the friendly offer, thus acknow ledging that he . considered the Preti dent an impartial umpire,, an unprejn uiced, untxciteu and just man, tn wbo hand he could trust hia character' ami hit Jionor; and yet stratiga to 'tell, on me same da v.vr.avinx. called on the President for lume . explanation about Col. Johnton'a insulting taeasage. he found iV f Aa ; Ptetident't fetlinge were too much enlisted to weigh any reasons Which mis'lit hft otli'red"!! Whit ran believe . all, .this?' Most cheerfully." says he, I H decept your friendly mwfavl fiort" ,r What! j -Accept the. wedialion of a mati.'who. two day before, had re? quired him tu humble himself ' to mo ill. . ,L ; i '.. . (J. M a a ii.e me meanest aiave, ananaa not a toned for it? Accept tbe mediaiion of a man whose feelinga were so roacb en- iistedin my favor, : that be. Avoold rto,i listen to. veas'un? ; Impotable! VMIatl Mr, Branch ' felt that an indignity had been offered him, he, -would ( have re plied to the-; PrutMientr.? Kirt your'ipi suiting message, through uo. Johnson, must oe nri expiameu. oetuve i ctu a vail myself pfypiir, friendly piedia- showedthat; he anteruined:''no;ucb feeling, and ' that; the whole atory about " indignity and outrage," ia n alicer in vention, got up now to injurejtue t'rt- It to- Branch thows, accusers, who bo lately were his profes stng friends it to conlioat Mr. liranch with Colonel Johnson, and which alone was prevented by a declaration that be (Mr, nrancnj was entirety sainne u i the' assertion of Colonel Johnson, that! he had no authority to communicate any : such vthing did not; communicate tt, and snmiormed the parties at the time if all ; this be hot sufficient to prove the falsity of the statements which these rcntlemen, in their malignity,' have so .. . .. . . .I' ..-; recKlessiy hazaraeo Detore tne puoiio, ihe'nwould it nbt be believed1,' ' though drie arosti from tbe;dea-'?;rt'.''' By their cond net at the tfme,"my col -leagues manifested that nothing had beet) required nf them; which: ; as ii now aS lerteo, tney consiaerea -aiisnonorauie. Ifthev'had believed so if,- after con versinir with the President, they thought he bad exacted of tnem mat to wnicn, as honorable men, they could not conform, they should have immediately tendered their re8ignaiionvT: uppose they could do otherwise, is io preaume mat for the sake of office they were willing tamely to submit to the " indignity and outrase" ot wnicn tney, now couiuiaiu. Thouirhl the - concealmenti ' by which they imposed themselves on tbe Presi dent, their conduct towarda tne, and es pecially Mr.; Ingham's note book, in which, beinir a conndentiai aaviseraou in otie tense a part ol his family be ho- ted down. II ne is to ue oe levea, uie free, the private and familiar conversa tions of the President tor future use, present 'spectacles of huma? dgrada. tion at which honorable minds would rvh: vet. 1 cannot sunpoae that they would remain io the Cabinet, under a consciousness that boo rly they might speaka of bis good feeling towards tne, aud Willingness to meet: me at two o' clock tint day I have fxb doubt it was bis profession! of friendthip and kind- nest toward, iue,inade to the f res,ident which i tnquced him to become Mr Branch's mediator in ihis tibnwness. On receiving the letter, he enclosed it to me. and, expressed a wish that Rood feelings could be restored between (is. An interview took place, at tne room 01 the Attorney General,' at which; Major Barry and Mr. oernen were present ' i iv waav nere xnat, r. , uraoco,'; in in presence of these geatlemeo, expressed friendship for me, and in tbe strongest teunt deciared that he dul not entertain an Unkind feelingtowarda tne, atid wish ed he bad a glass in hit bosom, through winch bis everv thought: couiu ue read. Ha sbuke of the noh intercourse be tween ouf, families, and said, he'bad not the slightest objection to, a free at sociation; hut that be could not control his.) I promptly answered, that 1 did not desire his or any other family to yi it mine, except -with their own ? free consent and that it Vaa tn desire our famihet should, in that respect, pursue such course aa they ; thought fit and pro per.; We shook hands and parted as friends. Mr. Berrien affected much satisfaction at this reconciliation, and pretended to bail it as the harbinger of future harmony and good will. I aay orelended. because, under all the cirt a r l cumstancea ot recent aiaciofure, ne leu not what be said be did. It was only adding another and another foltt, to that . i r , ...Ll.i. L . I T cloak, oi nypocrity, , id wuicu no vv wrapped himself, front the first forma tion of tb Cabinets v . r-'"' Buch were the incidents of Friday ,0i tlie 9th of January. 1830, tba moment yolving their personal honor, and the ho-j WDe0i ti their communications to the DOr tftflS; nit almlreitlyl ' ' - possible that gentlemea DOW PrDtlyBiBe,MMt aomeotd papers, aat Intentionally a sensitive, could have submitted them- I pr, ft, nnuj now aarcr onceived k to selves to aach t state of thlngt; without Uvfaay T:K1f"4-''.;:':- be exposed to the same indignity, yoking their personal honor, and the sident. This letter of Mr that in addition to Coi. Johnson's Mend ly mediation, the president whs willing to exert bis own,' a araenrf,u heal the breach' n'ticipatia71tfreetuig lo'which he invited the1-Secretaries; ou r riday the 2Dih, to decJafe the baais on which hd had resolved to fix the harm ny of his; Cabinet? ;;Mr.- Branch and myself, the principal .'difficulty bavins arisen between us, met, as has been sta ted, at Mr? Iferrteo'a, ant adjuited our relations amicably; and yet ;thi8 exoQ? ciliation, produced, aa ia seen from Mr. Branch'l note, by the kind and frienily interposition otthe' Presideut, is rep re; sentea to nave Veen vnmtduMS P'" ded by j indignity and outrage,!, and to have ; been ccerf by' a ,tate' nl feeling totf touch excited' V.to 'teeigh itnv reatone which might ! betejjfertdj'il U:J.t.'..J..Jll..'l: .llli . . ..'.'it Ia now iiwrougiuy fa an tins conu uuictcu J '..., A.. M.ava m .WUU.UIVIIIVVI IIUIVI V Privatedituculues weretiowfelanebu, and, ks wasVelj. updefsteodfainiliea were to' visit or not, .' actoidiotr tol their incIinatious. Tlu two days the f ihditr nity and ouiriige which hM beeri oflilr. eu to incte gentlemen was lorgouen.to much ai that,lor 'fiftje'eh iubhtha mutters glided oil in tolerlible , hariuoiiy yiJNo1 thing more was said or heard of Uiu aiib iect. until the President, aa hit had an unquestioned right Uj.tlo; vthought pro per to request their resignation. j'ihen we're old uotea- and uieaioranda f bur nished ta b,' and that o ver which tlicy had slept hit long,!1 immbdutely.' tiecaniai .4 tyuject ot deep uod 7 await ing Inter est to the .Anioricsu peooie." . 1 hb truth is, liiace, which in nvv. Inough t ouivn ine puouo, itge,-,.vui uesigoeu for- a different occasion. ' It waa u J anuary ot February, 1 850, "!t fitrlbey expected to jthibit, bt'lotttitio; public, and to unfold the tale of threat from tbe President, diainiBal,audj family aa sociatiun. and all that.' Not Ufcitiirdis aiiied,'.thD, s,tliey expected,, they laid aaide thcit nrepaicd tale; but bav ing it last lo). tticir vllicet, they briug ... .: '- .'i. !L. :.'. it lorui upon uu .ticcaaijjjti yynicu 11 uoca uui jii,iw,,.i,fi. nifWM'i Y ,hiiwhi. the tlissolotion. cl the Cabinet' 4o a iaUe ground,( V'tt theYlliuew sprung I ront; iB entirely 'dillerent causa -a cause, ".Which ,. Wall , satify cveH impair Vgh JUtatlca1 ta t'.- PrttiJtot. f . era al trt m.t'.eJ L f.'ta rt; tWot, and tnJcrtJ i3 btl t. tr j,;, P'tte ani afwt, a wJ at it ur crtt fcf tit aJmiout.ai.on, drrr,Jr-l. epon it; othrrt attended 0e a ?.: ra pviot ant tbe impropriety of t. caa?,, sod to Citiot J it.eir friendt fue ptr tittin ia terd jn.' . Now, lal u U.a trvotlra f r all . ll.it rtlehueM prrteraUii,. & ,' I h that aay tf was indeed the ta . iu it merely to eaK.defe i!e U their "z.d toaei? . Wat oca can aod ar jeer eat to public morals, and niwuiuiuig in tuuuenc ana power, aata require all this 'strong array f Cabinet, coontellora combiaatiou members of Congrett confederacy " of fashionable ladiet? ,V'aa it fr that, at Uvks wer cnade upon tha integrity . he,r husband; aod huuur, truth, ind can d licri6ced? The idea it truly ridic . 1 , ulou.!.,Khe waa ioa aod powerlesaJ-. Tboaa who liked ber ocietr,aought it' .v. .r aad I those who .did not, "kept. awayn " Neither the nor ber busbaud. entrrtd- . ' into cabals aod intrigues, to the preju-' r dice and injury of others.- ;,Tleir own' ',, multiplied wroflgt they bore with aa' '.-r mach paiieiice aa jould be expected : froul mortals endowed with humn-paaf ' . ' : tions and s?niibilties. ' A common ' 11 o derstanding prevailed, express intelai , : tion,, to oca famil v.'and which Was 'alto- ' p(lersto(Hl io relatifiJt others," that :',J e,ch should aeek' thtir. own aMociates'H.. ; acconUog to thetf own will, ' nninfiu-' 1 ' encad and untestrained." The.hioi'ce , therefore, was tut.Ho: exclude us'Trom, 1V. v society, It is a matter .altieher o v -E imuu to account Tor; the acts and untiro ing leal of so many: neat men. : " .Wsf lba'.tiwfite, tuerely W exduda' me from the Cabinet? Was my ' pro-'V mdnm Ik... .t. ......... 1. ,1 . . ; '. , ' the country, or to iu institutions? Had l the power or the diapoaiiimi to infurd" the one", ir overthrow the other? '". Was" v - Upreleadedthat I wanted, the ability 6 intelligence, or integrity; necessary ttf the management pf the Department fV't'J'' War? t,Of ita manageroent, .there , Jiarf 'pi. i ; been no comnlaint. while it waa in. . m' ' :. ' ',' hahds. I left it it least a osperouir v: ' ', at I found lt. Was it auspected, that I- ,v ' waa hot .true to:, the President, and V C . would prove false and faithless to hi t S administration?,' A "confidential inter' Course of more, than- fifteen yers; , the ' ryfr highest admiration; of his character, and tne ocep personal v interest 5felt in .thef i , taccess of his id ministration, were urevS v 'i I ly sufficient to guard :me against ' that;- , jSTolhidg pf thia sort ; entered into thefjA''- minds of tny.traducerak'Thev.t had no : - desire for my exclusion on account ' of - would willingly do injury to? the inttjr- A eats oi me country, us liistitutiont. or if.jrresioeu-;. io wbatthen ihallVwa .r ?.l roolt for thii'tnoflver Ah ardent friend of the Vice Presideftt, in 182Vteone- 'l short sentetice disclosed lis f.t?$.& :M'r'&A WAfrfor Eaton it not' thi friend oiA AifiV fit was this .which rendered me ii ntii i fof the, Cabinet, and for the! respectable society oi Messrs, mgnam, IJrar.ch,indf4, ui a v iuuiu ,; iiuiv 1 Drrnaos. Oa . tlal man when be comes to. dndf island iuV:!J.'o acCoUtit far their jemoval, they offer any. but, (he irue re&son, tnd hence run tat aafi Aha tat j.f nlkailira-lW V. - ,',-' ' a vata iuv aa rviia wa writ w , , (. u , Shortly after this, about the 20th of ESarch, a preparatory, njeeliPg of a few i ; bera of Congrett nngreta was held, with ii v .: v to request the F. es'ident to remove n;e from the Cabinet! IBe.ing' apprised of their design, he made i remark which ..it. c.j .k- i i . . . .(.!. . BillllUCU IU 4CIUC1, 111 IUIB I1IU r 'IIGItt, that to persist in their c puld serve tu expose them to t. , uulic re probation, and result in fruitless endea vor. ? Accordingly, the rr' ject wasi bandoned, or at least suspended. '; ' ' ' 1 do not impute to all who participa ted ia thia preliminary step, a design to unite ultimately in a measure of such mt Used to promote the views of Mr.- Ci AiA hdun, and might exeH an iofluehce to io.;- f -duce General Jackson tontahd c aecond W$ election.;? It was net tliouafit ; that in vJf'AU' mr hands the influcbcend patronage ; ' ol the War Depftrtment coojd be" ased iH'v in favorW a euecessor, ' Io that theyv ;,VAy ' did mejtistioe It waipotebu9ed Jwf ' fX'. - v ever would have beedi'lt was: a aub. '; ject bout Which 1 epokeoU-ind 'Mfffijj-! not. j XSot even wal solicitous for Gei' -r " J1 ' Deralack500.agaiii to, bfi selected, fex-vSv tept on the ground '.tiutt! his- principles vi ' and the coursetof tfr administration.''ifo V vrhett fairly iestedibould be found in ) AK accord with ; the' general ,eose of theiiSA vf People and the countr'v. ; At a'1 nronJ-. A ; ?'v time they would determine this uiatterjAA; and there I waa twilling !i rest tt,' nnj tA A ; uiiiuivw iu; ji italic vr uiuciai ia ' terference of toine. "t ffcx r'. ' , But Major Eaton Val notth friend m f M Mrt'.Calhotip, and thi Jwi suf. 'AA licteni reason, , wny ne should, hot be . . ; - V permitted to enter the Cabiuet if to be AA prevented; or for forcing bim out whrn . - - there AAThe ineffectual atttetnpts to es- AwAfr'' ciuxenie, nave already been alluded to.'j: '; ii nas oeen. anowo mat Uernen and -. . Inghamchftcealing deep if their oWn'h bosoma the'i feelings," entered" the Cab-.A ineCondef i fulC edrivictioh; that presently would be excluded that Mr. A A A palhoun'a family and mine, . before hiy ;AV. 4 ' appointment, Interchanged civilities," ana tnatne sought oiot theappeintment "'.'?, Of a ; friend as Chief Clerk and ; thati, . ' .' . thereafter all private and official lnter-'v A course between ti, ceasedv ALet it te SV-ff 1 borne in mind, that: tka. nrinrlnnl ; : those who have been actively employed against roe, are the friendi of Mr. Cal-AJ ? ?A noun hie devoted, active partisans.' 4; v ' . It is readily to be inferred, then, tliat', A"' this high wrought teiiipest," has pro. -A-1 A . deeded Irom political designa,- conneo AA 1 ted with the future hopes and expect- V , , A' tlons of Mf.Culhoun; and this i r. r-l Al A' ' etice 1 hive it in my power to coiaa, A A y by the most unoucstionable facts. . I1 .- ''." y jUutt Ureen, Editor ct' the Ueitcl . States Telegraph, has been Ir 'n the ' iirst the instrynu at tt nr. t... 1, by IT.. Me whom movemetits to raa sou .1 t bring his plans ititj oj es. ioa, Vo Lira the feelings and plans of his party Y ive Uen known . IU has been Oicir i..I,f; managcri first their ;ivate, and t y.r their puLlic organ. liia they choso to .Jt....,v., r.J ', A,;'if' .'.--.ar-V..
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Oct. 6, 1831, edition 1
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