Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-05-21
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hunted up letter from Mrs Barney to the President of
the U. $ written nearly twelvenon,h ago. (Jvne
18Th 1922, on the suCct OF the removal OF her hus-
band, Maj w. b. Barney, late Naval Ofic.r at Balti
more bhy iis, that this production has been 80 Ionp
kept back from the prblcor tchy il, that is nov
ushered for,h--or 6y ,chOm IL has teen pubhed DE
not appear from any hing in the chaste columns of III
'tona Journal in which il makes it, fret appe rance
The Baltimore Republican, which makes some strong
comments upon tbis letter that shall re. pubsh In
next paper, thnks indeed is sure, tina, the error
OF publication afer such lapse OF time, does no, lie
with Mrs Barney"
This letter TO have been addressed 10 the Pref;
dent. in reply to the following from his private Sc
cretary. After Mr. Bsrney's removal, Mre. u applied
to Gen Jack.on, for a of the icnonia in favor
Of her hu.band Mr. a. j. Done ison returned them with
| thu following note
| Z" MADAM: In answer TO Your request of the 18Th
inst, desired by the President 10 send 10 vou the
letters file in his office in relation he application
of Major B,rney to b. retained Naval Officer for ,h
port OF Bal'more and, at he time, express his
sincere regret that the rules which he had fell, bound
to adopt for the OF such cases did not
nit the qualification Of your wishes
have the hooor TO he. with respect, your obe-
dent servant, ANDREW DONELSON
| 22i fprii, 1889.
Nearly two mon'hs af,-r the DIT. of this note Mr.,
addressed tho pre'ent letter to tn. President-and e.
even months after its compost on il submitted 10 the
public!
We are not informed, whether the President though.
INT to answer IT, The uncour and conte mp uons
terms in which II IL couched might have prevented him
The authoresss herself conslrredu possible" ,h, il
might be regarded " ~ unworthy OF notice. she
1 vofi.
manner, TO prevail upon the President to avail himself
OF the means Of repairing the injury (he had) done
Mrs Bs letter is the imprisoned produc lion of
Lady OF taents aud Of spirit She pour, forth in M
measured strains the rescnmen's OF an irri,a,ed wife
and the unhappy mother of " eight little child en- -
The very violence of those feelings, accounts for man,
oil the harshest EXPIRE s'io OF tn lie ter and event he
from doing any sort OF justice TO the eident ms
Some doubts may be entertained, whether it might not
have been more consistent with the dignity of the sufferer
q avo he language of complaint the acrmonv of tec
nina t,nhe angry vndicatiOn of her hus and's wrnp
or the discussion of political topics. But on one
there can be no sort of doubthat iii letter has been
thrown before the public by political parzans for the pu
pose OF addressing the prcudices OF the Ladies' tanning
the ii'me OF opposition & promoting the ambitious views
oil designing politicians No engine is left unemployed
no plot is disdanedno trick IS untouched by the tools
oil the Coalition When denunciation bailled pathos is
excited And when arguments are wanting to address
tho prejndices of men, expedicnts are employed TO
rouse the feelings of the Ladies.
But, suppose this engine had been turned rpon out
political enemies, what would they have said to the in
senuity Of the experiment: Suppose that every officer
who had been turned out by the Adams PARTY i'm NJ
rylandthat every constable, aud Justice of the peac
"a, officers oil almost every grade and descriptions who
hai oerh swept away by HE Executive power OF tina
State, had possessed tongue express their injuries
aud To pour iorh their complain s-Snpposa some oi
these prosecuted aud d-banded officers or that even
one OF them had ,ssed a wife, like Mrs Barney "a,
pable OF throwing into eloquent strains the injuries Of
their husbands, and the dis,resses Of their chiren-and
no. only capable of the effort hut willing to exert ihr
talents in such Cause, what wouLi have been said OF
the grolns of the sufferer! How MANY affect
ing Elegies-how many inhign,n' Phippcs might
have graced the literary Annals Of MARYLAND: IL IL 81
soon forgotten how many victims have fallen beneath
the prosecutions OF the Coalition Party that
State? Is il not known that in a sing coantv seventy
or eighty officers dismissed by the Adams Partv3
II each of these had been gifted with wife like Mrs
Barney, how much should have been moved by SINH
lar appeals; by affecting compositions the same descrp
tion 10 the South, strangers this state system
OF politics In Virginia, for example, we have officers of
both Parties and is this account that such COM
plants against Gen. Jackson so m uch more vehe
mentiy urged among But, the ier Ioci has been
different in Maryland-in Deaware-in Mane-and
N. Hampsiire-In of the Eastern States il was
held sufficient turn out poor doorkeeper of the Lee
gslature, because he favorable Gen Jackson
Mrs Barn"y appeals with great emphasis TO tn. mayns
anc example OF MIR. Jefferson but how was even in
ms days!-The following from tiers viii
ne addressed after the conlnenc cement of his ADJ
nnistration, TO Levi Lin .oln E.q the Attorney Can
era - "
Extract Of a letter July IL, 1901.
" we are proceeding gradually in the regeneration
OF olice., and introducing republican, some share in
them TO not know that il will be pushed rher than
was settled before you went away, except as TO Essex
men must ask you TO make list of those in of
nee IN yours and the neighborns states and TO furnish
me with II. There is little of this spirit South of ne
Hn"soH. understand that Jick.onis a very deter
mined one, though in private lf. amlable and honora
hr But aniable monarchists safe subjects of
republican confidence What will be the eff .ct nj Ia
! al -.