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- -,r - - -- - - ---- . . -. . . . rA-' ..2 - - - , ; ? s - .---' v mwr if star 4 '-j m n I - v I v OURS -ARE THE PLAN'S OF FAIR DELIGHTFUL- PEACE, UKWARP'D BY PARTY iRAGE, TO LIVE LI KB BROTHKRS.V 1 9 VOL. XXXII. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6.1S3L NO. 47. 1 -f3:'f "immt- Wm.-mm IIP ....V.'- " ' . ';" .. ; (""V. li ; ' PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, 'jtntisB Botiins per ainurat ooerfialf in advance. Those who do not, either at the time pJT sub scrtoing, or subsequently, give notice of their wisfeto have the Paper discontinued at tht ex piration of their fear, will be presumed as de siring its continuance until countermanded. Not ' exc.ee-ding fixtecn kne$, wAU be inserted three times fori Pollar ; and twenty-five cents for each subsequent publication : those of greater length, in the same proportion. If the number of insertions be not marked on them, they will be continued until ordered ot, and charged acGordinsly. ' S ; , , . "'. ., , ... " - : MR. EATON'S APPEAL- CONTINUED. In the autumn of 1829, new attacks be gan to be made, in hispera, on 'my in tegrity. I was said l had conspired with Div wife's first husband, Mr. Timberlake, to defraud the Government of large sums of money. Other attempts to get rid of E' having? -failed,' I was now to be pre sented as being io default. to the Govern ment, through fraud practised on it. Mr. Timberlake had been a purser, in the Na vy," and this charge was based upon a re-; ported deficiency in his accounts with the public; and on a privafe letter of mine, de tained in the Fourth Auditor's office, snowing that on my. suggestion, he had remitted money to me. Copies of my private confidential letters to him, had been taken from the oftiee, that I might not es cape through apprehended indulgence and fuvorf on the part of Mr. Kendall. Mat tel's were considered well arranged, and the proof complete to fjipw, that this de linquency was wholly occasioned by re mittances of money to me, & which were yet in my possession. Such were the whispers circulated through the -society of this place. But a close investigation, which occupied some time, showed that Mr. Timber! ake's account had been de prived, through a series of shocking frauds, of credits to the amount of from 2,000 to &20,000, and that justW he was large ly a creditor, not a debtor, to the Govern- 'nient. But with mutilated books ab stract of 'accounts? missing and the inven tory gone from the department, his fam ily can ouly appeal, under all the circum stances, to the justice and honor of the country, for redress. While slander luld its open day and imdmght round of whisper on this sub ject, I received from some maligaant be ing, who subscribed hiraseii lago, the tol lowing note : i Sir : I have written a letter to Mr. Kendall about the money that paid for O'Nealfs houses. You know what I mean. Revenge is sweet, and I have you in my power- ami t will roast you, and boil you, and bake you ; and I hope you may long live to prolong my pleasure. Lay pot the flattering unction to your soul, ; that you can escape me. ' I would hot that Ilea th, or an evil thinjr, should take ! you from my grasp, for half the world." , Who the writer of this fiendish note is, I have never ascertained. I cannot turn corditfelvi. he solicited the consent of the President to converge with them as a friend that by ascertain inr the suspicions enter- taihedlo1 be incorrect,' ;.he .might; relieve them from the . imputation. ?. He had tio other authority or permission than this : the mission was of his own- seeking ; he vvas actuated solely bv a desire to main tain harmony ; and, if he could, to be of service to these gentlemen. Whether he spoke upon politics religion -philosophy ladies' cards-invitations to large parties or small social or political inter- course all, all was upon his own res ponsibility, and upon bis own authority. Through him the President made' no pro position, no requisition, and no threat, For myself I knew nothing of it. It is a little remarkable that tieiiher of the three gentlemen, in their published statements speak of any proposition as coming directly from the President, which was considered at al insulting or impro per. Though they insist tjat Col. Johny son was authorised to threaten, and did threaten them, yet not one pretrendstivat directly the President insinuated anything of the kind to either. "It; is strange, passing strange," that Col. Johnson, a man ot known integrity and honor, should deny this- strange, that when they met the President he breathed to them noth inj; like it and yet stranger still, that, they how complain, I must conclude that the President had not insulted them ' by any dishonorable and impn-per requisite on, or ele thit they lovetl their offices better than their honor, and that, their pre sent violence is caused only by the loss of them. ,. ' , ' " ; " "! ' But, in relation to Mr. Branch, Ii have something even better than Mr, Ingham's note-book, to prove what actually were his feeling towards the President at and about the very time .when, this- pretended indignity. of Polonel rfohnson was oilered. It is a letter addressed by Mr, Branch to inc jricsmeiit, mi ins uwu naim-wiMiiij on the 29th of January, 1830, and which, nn the same day was enclosed to me, in the hope; that a reconciliation might take place between us. Agreeably to Mr. fn- gham's note-book, it was "on Wednes day the 27th day of January, 1830," that this alleged ' indignity and outrage" was offered. Of course, this letter vas written but two days after, and on the identical day when. Mr. Branchy feeling himself deeply afflicted at the communi cation made to him -by Colonel Johnson, called, as he states, to see the President; and when, as he says, ' the President's feelings were too much enlisted to weigh a,ny reasons which might be offered. And were Mr. Branch's feelinas'too. much enlisted ' to vvetjrh anv reasons ?" Was uo.i uc sain ne ma. it was oniy aumns another and another fold to that cloak of in defiance of tiiese proofs, these circum stances, thev still insisV that they were m my thoughts on an eneiny so implacable. that he would oe unwiilmg the man he hated should find renose in death. Yet it isin character with the acts of those whose forecast pointed to the means, by 'Waicn.tne evil oi my selection, as a mem ber of the Cabinet, was to be. made appa rent and the President forced;.j4 speedi ly te see and correct the evil. ? it I could have been driven from, all respectable so ciety, or had fixed,upon me collusion and fraud, in obtaining the funds of the Go vernment, then would the Cabinet hate been relieved of in y presence, and the 'prophecy. .of Mr. Berrien completely ful filled. - ' . -.. Congress had now commenced the firs session after the inauguration of the Pre sideht. The - recommendations r in his message had been received with unconr mon applause. .But lit Was sotfri perceiv ed, that little, in furtherance of his views was to be expected Irom some "df the, poli tical gentleman who were professing re gard to the Administration, Movements amongst some of my colleagues, with oth ers of the same" political interest indica ted a disposition again to wage against me.,a war of exclusion. Rumors of a com bination to force me from the Cabinet at tracted the President's.. attention. He . suspected that a portion , of his Cabinet had entered it'li(..disguis;en.d- had fo mented some of the mischief he had en countered ; and accordinrl determined if it should appear that they were guilty of Such duplicity, and had combined to harass and drive out one of their collea Jiues, they should share the fate they were preparing for anothek. ' ,W$ilettectirfg V the course proper to bkcl0pted. Col. Richard M. JuUnon caUedett a visit; and to him lie disclosed his dipcuUies & intentions. Col. Johnson, nllrtainetf a better opinioji of these gentlenfen'thautd believe they harbored hosti!eyiew3 hT vards mo, or had entered Inlo aombina : ".on to expeUie ffom t! Cabinet. Ac- insulted ! Who now will wonder that tlji Cabinet was changed, or who will main tain that it ought to have been longer con tinned ? No sooner had Mr. Branch sta ed that Col. Johnson had threatened their dismissal, than it was promptly denied by the President, who! said he Would forth with send for CoU Johnson, and for that purpose called a servant. Why did the essenger not go ? Mr Branch explains. 4 It is unnecessary to send for Col. John- son : tor your word is sumcient. " atiu why is that word not now sufficient ? then Mr. Branch Received it as true told it, no doubt, to his colleagues -and yet do they come before the public boldly to assert as true, wnat then was given up as a mistake- an etjtire mUconceptioB, on their part' I ; Content with trie explanation offered at the time, convinced of the incorrectness of their impressions these gentlemen now assert therr displeasure and cliscontent, ana, at the enn ot hUeen months, come out and maintain that to be true, which before had been given up as a false and incorrect impression. As for myself, I can say, and do truly say, that I never uttered, or brought to the consideration of the President, any complaint in refer ence to myself ? I was always content to keep the redress of my own wrongs an injuries in my own; hands, and to-ask-the $id and assistance of no one, in Or out of power. INo mtimjition was ever had by me that Col. Johnson intended to make such inquiry ; nor did I know that he had nade it. J'he lofty sense of honor enter- ained bv Gen. Jadkson ivould never per mit him to compromit the honor of his nends. He has not comnrotmttea mine and yetbe would have done it, had he ! used ; his authority to extort courtesy in my behalf from Messrs. Ingham, Lranch, and Berrien. Bat why reason about it ? If the disavowal-of the President, estab- ished even by hisiaccusers,.who so lately were his professing friends -if to confront Mr: Branch with Con Johnson, & which alone was prevented by a declaration that he (Mr. Branch) was. entirely satisfied if the declaration jbf Col. Johnson, that lie had no authority to communicate any such thing did not' communicate it, and so informed the parties at the time if all this-be riot sufficient to prove the falsity of the statements which these gentlemen, in; their malignity, have so recklessly ha zarded before the; Dublic, then would it not be believed, " though one arose from the dead." - ,. . By their conduct at the time, my col leagues mam tested that nothing hau.oeen required of them which, as is now assert ed, they considered dishonorable. If they bad believed soif after conversing with the President, they thought he had exact ed of to them that which, as honorable men, t hey could not conform, they shoul have immediately tendered their resigna tions. Io suppose tney would do other that tor the sake ot he, as we are told was the case with ! all three of the gentlemen, indignant at the outrage ! Let the letter speak tor itself, ami show hby deeply, and how like an insulted and wounded man he could write at this instant of excitement, when honor and feel in?, through the instrumentality of Colonel Johnson, had been rudely trod den under foot : ; " iXavy Department, Jan. 29. 1830. l Df.au Sir-: I have received your note of 'yesterday's date, and do most cheerfully accept your friendly mediati on : more, however, from a desire to give you an additional evidence of the friend ly feelings which have actuatetl my bosom towards yourself, than from a conscious ness of having given to Major Eaton just cause tor. the withdrawal of his tnenu-nip as a mruicr manifestation oi me irunK ness which 1 trust will ever characterize my conduct, I agree to meet him this: day at two o clock, m the presence of Ma lor liarry, at JMr. Van Huren's, ana in lus presence also. Yours, truly, JOHN BRANCH. To the'President of the U. States," v This letter, written directly after the indignity complained of was offered, hears no impress of i.isulted feeling ; on: the contrary, it breathes a spirit of kindness and friendship towards the President, whom he recognizes as a mediator," seeking, with almost parental solicitude, to heal the division amongst the members of ihe Cabinet, and anxious for the resto- ypocrisy in which he had wrapped him self, from the first formation of the Cab- met. '- Such were the incidents of Friday the 29th of January, 1830, themoment when, as their communications to the public dis close, they were writing under a sense of deep antl lasting indignity and out- ge,"; at the; threats ot Col. Johnson, borne to them from ithe President. Where then was the lofty dignity of Mr. Berrien and Mr. Branch, that the one could de clare how pleased he was at the recohcil ation made, .and the other protest the good eelings. which he entertained hyr me ? Let jus See now how the facts stand, if h ese Hi en s peik tni th. OnWednesday,the 27th of Jarmary1830, the Piesideut, through Col. Johnson, threatened to dis miss them, if tlu-y tlid not compel their, a mil' ICS' to as?sociate with mine, which hey considered such an " indignity and outrage," that they seriously, thought of resigning. Un Ihursday, the 2Sth, the 4 indignity and outrage" being unatoned, and even unexplained, the President wrote note to Mr. Branch, offering his friend- hi mediation" to bring about what ! Nat social intercourse between our fami lies but a restoration of friend! v inter- course between ourselves. In the mora- ng of Friday, the 29th, (for he says he will meet me at two o'clock,) he accept ed the friendly offer, thus acknowledging that he considered the President an im partial umpire, an unprejudiced, unexci- ted. and just man, inwhose hands he could trust his character and Ins honor : and yet, strange to tell, on the same day, having called on the President for some explanation about Col. Johnson's insult ing message,- he fo.und 44 the President's feelings were too much enlisted to weigh anv reason's which might be offered" !! Who can believe all this ? " Most cheer- '"' -" -'- '- isfied the leaders in tliis moVehienty that to persist in their course would serve to expose them to public .reprobation, .and result in fruitless endeavor. ' Accortling ly the project wa3 abandoned, or, at least suspended. , , 5 ? I do not impute to all who participated in this preliminary step a design to unite ultimatelyvin a measure of such high die tation to the President. Some were at first misled by false repres?ntationsVanl induced to belieye that his peace & com fort, as well us the success of his admin istration; depended upon it j others at tended the meeting to point out the im propriety of the course, and to - dissuade th eir friends from' persisting in their de sign. - Now, what was the motive for ail this relentless persecution ? Could it be that my wife was indeed the cause ? Was it merely to exclude a female from their good society f" Was one woman so daugerous to public morals, and so formi dable in influence and power, as to re quire all this strong array of Cabinet counsellors combination of members of Congress confederacy of fashionable la dies ? Was it for that, attacks were made upon the integrity of her husband ; and honor, truth and candor sacrificed? The idea is truly ridiculous i She was lone & powerless. Those who liked her society, sought it ; and thojse who did not kept a w.ay. Neither she nor her husband enter ed into cabals and. intrigues, to the pre judice and injury of others. Their own fidli;," says' he, accept your- friendly multiplied wrongs they bore with asimuch patience as could be expected from mor tals endowed with human passions and sensibilities. A common understanding prevailed, express in relation to one fam-i ily. and w hich wbs also Understood in re lation to others, that each should seek their own associates, according to their own will, uninfluenced and unrestrained. The motive, therefore was not to exclude us from society. It 13 a matter altogether mediation." What! Accent the media-U00 small to account for the acts and unti tion of a man who, two davs before, had ring zeal of so many great men, required him to humble himself to me like , as the moti ve merely to exclude mft the meanest slave, and hatl not at(;ncd for from the Cabinet ? Was my presence it? Accent the mediation of a man there dangerous to the interest, of the whose feelings were so much enlisted in country, or to its institutions ? . Had I my favor, that he would not listen to rea- the power or the disposition to injure th son? Impossible-! Had Mr. Branch felt one, or overthrow the other f Waitpre- that ah indignity had been offered him,, tended .tnat I wanted the ability, intellu he would have replied to 'the President.: gence, or integrity, necessary to the man - "Sir. vour insu tin? mes?an-e. through agement ot the Department ot War r Ut Col. Johnson, must be first exnlained.be- its management, there has' been no com ore I can avail myself of your friendly' mediation'." By his whole conduct, he showed that he entertained no such feci ing, & that the whole story about "indig- nity and outrage" is a sheer invention, got up now to injure the President. I his letter of Mr. Branch shows that, in auaition to uoi. jonnson s jrienaui me diationt the President Was willing to ex- plaint while it was in my;hands. I - left it at least as nrosnerotis as I tuund it. Was it suspected that I was not true to thje President, and would prove false and faithless to his administration r Agpun- fideutial intercourse of , more than fifteen years, the highest admiration of his character and the deep personal interest felt in the success of his administration. were surely sufficient to guard me against r t 1 " j I Ct t Ufa UV 11 (Lri cl I Iti CjiMJi IU UCuM IHC Ut tul II iauu.i-m uai u.ui. .v..... f.i nf u0 miaJin,, to wl.il, h tat. iSothrino' of this sort entered into that letter, whiehhe concludes by.signing himseU 44 yours truly, ' he could not have supposed that the President had just of fered him an indignity ; or, if so, it only nroves how oreat a hynocrite he is. At invited the feecretanes. on rnu.iv the - . ' 29th,' to declare the basis on which he "re solved to fix the harmony of his Cabi- net. Mr. Branch and myself,, the prin- clpael difficulty having arisen between us. the minds of mjr traducers. They had no desire for mv exclusion on account of any Suspicions entertained that I would willingly do lmurv to' the mtereslsot the country, its institutions, or. to me rresi thMme we did not speak., Aj UC1 1 met, as has been stated, at Mr. Berrien',, dent. To what then sjiall we look for and adjusted our relations amie ibly ; and yet this reconciliation, it is pretended, parade as. he. makes of his friendly feel ings eiuectaineu towards me, ne was tne J ... . .v. . 1 nrnrlitfpH. rc i ; sppn from Mr. K a r h 1 . . .. i J i .i i- i! : note, ny ine K.ini aim irieumy mitrpusi tion of the I'res'dent. is represented to i T 1 ' 1 conveys : and Knowing it, as l diu, would, not pernvit him to seem to be what le was, not. I had refused to return his salutations, and declined all intercourse, except! when we met at the President's. I neer complained oi Mr. tSranch, as he asserts5 in his letter to the public. It was- he vh0 com plained, if at all complaint were made. Hletter to the President thanks him for hi!1 offer to actlis a media- of his good feelings towards me, and willihgness this mdtive? An ardent friend' ot the Vice President, in 1829, in one short sentence disclosed it : "Major Eaton is not the friend of Mr, i-ahoun." - tor in our diftVrenc, sneaks to meet me at two o'clock that day. t have no dubt it was his professions of friend ship ind kindifess towards nie, made to the President, which induced hnn to be- come Mr. urancn's meuiaior in ints ousi ness. On rece'iving the letter, he cnclos ed - it to me -arid expressed a wish that good feelings could be restored between us. An interview took" place, at the room of the Attorney General, at which Major Barry and Mr, Berrien were pre sent.. :-V' ..'.. . . - . ..'-,- It t as here that Mr. .Branch, in the .. present. e of these gentlemen expressed friendship for me, and in tlie strongest ternis declared that he did not entertain an unHina leeiing lowaras me, auu; wisn- have been imme,dwtelj preceded by 44 in- It was this which rendered me unfit for dignity and oat rase," and tp have been tne Cabinet, and for the respectable soci succeeded by a state of feeling too much ety of "Messrs. Ingham, .Branch and Ber excited "to weigh civy reasons whic.might rien I couldnot, perhaps, be used to be offered" 11 How. thoroughly is all this promote the views of Mr. Calhoun, an contradicted by Mr. Branch's contempo-1 might exert an influence to induce Gen. rancous note. ' Jackson "to -stand" a second election . I Private difficulties were now at an end, vvas thought that, in my hands, the influ wise, is to. presume offite th e y w e re willing ta m el y to su bmk to the 44 indignity and outrage" ot winch-- Ka ki a in hie Knsnm tKmnwh they now complain. Through the conceal- which every thought could be read,. He mcnts oy wntcn they imposeu tnemseivejg ke of the n0'n -intercourse between our on the President; their conduct towards! j f ilie, and said he had not the slight- me, and especially Mr. Inghanrs note OOOK set he ire on-s sent spectacles of human degradation ati pect, oursue- such course as they thought wnicn nouoraiiie minqs wouiu rpyii, j yf-'i ftfr' nf-oper." We shook, hand and 1 cannot so ppose; that they wou 1 d re m atn Dared as friends. Mr. Berrien affected as was well understood, families vere to visit .or not -according ti their inclinati ons. In two days the indignity and outrage" which had been offered to these gentlemen was forgotten, sa much so that for 15 raonths matters glide! in tolerable harmony. Nothing more Vvas said or heard of this subiect, until th-? President: as he had an iiriqiistioned right to do, thought proper, to request theit resignati- ons. men were oia notes aeu memo- randa btrrnished upland that ov :r which they had slept so long, immedidsely be- came a suaiect ot aeep ana aw&Kemng Ififprpst to the American neonle.' The truth is, this farce winch is now brought out on the public stage, was designer tor a different occasion. Itwiti m January or February, 1830, that they expected, io exhibit before the nubuc. and to untold the tale -of threats from the v President. dismissal and family association, and ah that. 1 Kot being dismissed then, as they enc1 and ;imttxnase or tne .war-jjgnwf ment could' be used in tavor ot a succes- InttiHfthev did me justice, ft was i i. i r. ... k..i csumyecuoii io a uee aswwa , uuw , pected they laid aside their prepared , in w iicn, uemg a coimueunAi 4i-nu kr mnUl tint rontrn hm. 1 ni omnt- , A . k 4 tj l i i. - j-e and in one sense a part of his family, . anerrt 4W t did nntHAsmKU or ri. :.... ' v , i 'c i 2'u u i i s v .-",-" 7 . . i ces, tney 01 ing il iuhu upuuau occasion noted downif he is to be believed, thea ot1ier ramiijr to visit mitie except with wh JstotflU dnd vaihly attcnpt e' m VTml il,:TlVWsau- their mvh free consent ; and that it was - attribtlt, the dissolution of the Cabinet oi tne resident tor luture use, pre- m jm:-a onr fa,ni esshoa d. in that res-1 , . L,. j ...i tu i,, 1 to a laise giouiiu. n wi vciiv oic .iv; m the Cabinet, iindera consciousness that JmiirW-WtiftfaVtinn at this reconciliation, hourly thgylniht exposed to thsane s autj rgtcniiei to bail it as the harbinger ot turfebarmonv and good will. 1 say hdignity,! jnyoTving theiClfjetspiiiioribr and the honor of Uieir families. It is ut terly impossible that gentlemen -now ap parehtly so"ensitive could have sabmit teartnemseiveiao sucn.-avsiaie oi uiings, witliout cOmplalhU for fifteen Vp3 jpifo 4;-r Bjtlieriemainiing'inthe Cabinet s lbn;jalljir after the? taf itiity & outrage of whkblf 'f sprung from an entirely different cause a, cause jvht'ch will satisfy every" impartial man when he comes tqi understand it. To account tor their removal, they offer any but the true reason, and hence run In causeUurider all the cricuuir ortIy rafter this, about the 20th of fffSces yf i-eceht disclosures be felt .tt March, preparatory j meeting of a few members Congress was held, with a 7. -.-1. : J . :, iacculentauy toueci ims .euer, a .ivvrw . U r . res;(lent.t remove wal thir design, he made a remark, which sat- sor. a subject about which I spoke not,- and telt not. isot even was l solicitous to Gen. Jackson again to be selected, except on the ground that his principles and the course of his administration when fairly tested, should be found in accord with the general sense of the people and the coun try. At a proper time they would deter mine this matter; and there I wa willing to rest it, undisturbed by any private or I official interference of mine. ; But 44 Major Eaton wns not the friejid of Mr. Calhoun," and tins was a sufficient reason, why he should not be permitted to enter' the 'Cabinetif to be prrvcinted ; or for forcing hint out when - there. The ineffectual attempts to exclude tne, have already been alluded to. If has been shown that '-Berrien and Ingham, eonceaL ing deep in their own bosoms their feel? ings-, entered" thej Cabinet under a full on vie tion that I presently would be ex cluded -rthat Mr- CalhounTs tamtly and mine, hefore ;my appointment, interchan ged civilities tod(Wji:fli'ott.st: of mie the ppoTrtment of a friend asChief Clk. ' '.i r' - ii": .-.-i - J' re' - ana tnai nereaiter ait private ana, om- cial i'tercnuyse between us ceased Let it be birne invmind, that the principal s those 'W ho havebeen actively employed a gainst me, are the frietids of Mr.Calhoun his devoted active partir.ans. It is rea ddy to be interred thent that this 44 high wroiightttTlpest has proceeded from no- I-.- i A.i'i' Tit. .1. ri.A.-j.- uica.1 ifirtj5f conneieu wim ure imre . v . ' . - e r r 11 ' Daff Gren, Editor of the United Statea Telegraph, ias beedTrom tbe-fcrsteifi sf cuoienpf Mr. Calhgun, by Vh'ose .move-".' men t fie has soug!it to bring h if pkh s v'. to operation. To him the feeling ami". plans of his party have been known Tie -,;k lus been their cuief manager Urst tbeir " , private and now their public Qrgan. Hurt . they chose to carry on their private cor-T - Ji: respondence him they selected to make , ?i i. ,iu.. a .. . 7 -. i .'-ill-.. . rh-ti uien itqsui agauisc me, ana tney sxanuing behind the scene with their notes, memo-. randa, and concerted statements, to back and sustain him. " Here follows, in the pamphlet copy of ineaauress, i page.,or tnpre ot remarts upon the relation heretofore existing be tween the Ex -Secretary of ..War andifie " Editor of the Telegraph, the favors ;whicU the latter hid received from the .-former, &c. t We do not, copy these remarks, b(J- t caue we dp not -wish to place ourselves under even aTfc imaginary v Obligation to publishvany reply wluckthe Editor of the Telegraph may think fit tqr make to , tliis part of the pubjicationOui1 eolutnns haye?1 4 been already perhaps too much crowded with the subordinate part9 this Ei-ofla- 'y; cial controversy. It. is because we .wtsh-vy-. ; h them to be less so hereaftei' that we Vitb- ' y) hold this part of the "Address, believing rV-fft that it cannot at all affect tlie case;fts be- tween Mr. E.iTON.and his official and ex- . official ati versanti Editors. 3-- i bis man, to diffeient person6, and yarious directionsV early disclosed the de- signs which actuated hi mV and othersyvbo, were associated wilh hnn m feelingyand? in interest m their'co.luct towards xne , I have a statement froin'S. F. Webster, of thig city, detailing the . subftlancewf Afr. Crreen's remarks to him in the fall of 1829 at the very time when he; was profess ing for me high consideration and great ' respect and regards . 'k. j . Mr. Webster,-in "presenting the remarfcs. made to him in November, -1829. savs-i??. respecting Mr. Green's language : . 4 That Maji. Eatonremaining in the . jpabinet, was of great injury to the party that he was ased bthe Secretary of State r to forward hjs interested views $andfij! he remained in the Cabinet, the Secretary . of State, who' held complete influence oyer mm, woum De aDie to managenne Kre;i dent as he pleased, rand direct tHe acts of the Government tp?prpm,ot6 his .VatCi'uf -ren's) future prospectii.rTh'at Majt.afe ought to be sent. .Minister fto Ruslia, . or. at any rate, . should . not Veniain'da. cue aomet ana xnav some aecisive step were not talen soorti he did hot knpw what ftjight be the- conSequjenceA. And urthef, that the President ought not ta una second time. That Mr. Van Btfretv was using all his influence to prevail f on -; him to run again, & in Jhat,eventwpulU ..' have obtained such influence over him and lis friends, as to be able to cam man f their influ enjee at a subsequent election' 1 General -Jackson ought to-go home.,? - I have a statement'bf another and sim ilar conversation afield by Mr,. Green ib Dece mber 1829, yith Gideon fWelles,. E diLr cf the Hartford Times. --He pavs On tne subject of the next, President tial flection, Mr. Green adverted to the embarrassed situation of Mr. Calhoun at the expiration of his present term, when he .would have served" eight years, equal to that of any of his predecessors ; an4 uiavii. a.a jju i eu, AaKiug advantage oi ' his situation wished to ruin hini by dnv ing him into retirement. It was the.no licy of Mr. Van Buren, he aid; ?toper suadeGeneral ' Jackson to Ccousent to a re-election, because that ;would Icadrfto the postponement of Mr. Calhoun's claitfti and occasion him in a great degree to e fofgotten. It would put jVIr, Van Buren -in advance bfhim; rand tnis was tfrEi1rer son he vas desirous that General JicksoS s should consent to & re-election. W Again; be remarks to Mr; Welles, on A this subject, , about which, iaeems; he ouua uccjj nuurcsi aim cuucyrn That Mr. Calhoun had no. influence witli the President, and could have naife, ,. while Maj., Eaton - was there ; hor could any of his friends receive appointments so longas lie was in the Cabinet." He: en deavored to texcitemy jealousy by repie-s seniing, toat wr., van i5uren.thro7 Ka on, was endeavoring to confer all anv pointments on the old Crawford party.. It was indispensable- therefore, for the- prosperity of the Ailminjstration, and the t aTlyJtmwervefor uotj now i never coneciveai mc. f-...v . -r.rt r.. . any coii5wq,aence. harmony of ii .embers, that Maj. Eaton iiuuiu icave tne yawniet, ot leave v asn- ipgton 1 here, w as one way in. w inch he coutil retire honoratifv and vicifrrious. If he vyonld accept the Mission toUus&ia, he vvould -. be making arf honorable! .ex A change for the' War Department :,an4 all were win we tnat Mr. lirancn snonio b dlsimssed,Nwhich would furoishKatori 'a? triumph,---rFbr the statements it Urge, seeiAppendi5.Aaftd.B.J- "''T'' thus through this chosen Organ ot-it r. Calhoun, we.are possessed of. the motives which actuated my kind, a?sa anft son and that Mr.Calhoun should succeed, hlni.tt X Tlie Telegraph vvas considered dttor su omnipotent, that its d iiot to be, and could not. 1ieL resisted .i a . a " ! 1: YJ JJ. "t , " anu mat it resteu exclusively, anu aiot . Their plan was that Geueral ck j j Should be President but foooryciiV- r t- hones and exoettations of Mr. Calhoun :l with hirri to declare who tbould' a'aft and this interference l?have it in my ! should not rule over tjs' Rtiect pover to confirm, by tut most unque-1 'often mistake for cause, arid in this w! if iV ft K' V -;.4, if.' -1 ' "IMMMtMffl
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Oct. 6, 1831, edition 1
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