Litchfield enquirer., 1831-08-04

Rhs; Ts~tnr ndslresuea to me letter Of Ike - .-;sh his 6gst communicatiou to Mir. Gnehar,. He called upon me tosancti0n or a;ss<orv ti,e ssasement in Inc Telegraph. that mv family had refused tqaass0ciats vita hsnss. l answered bg detailing the conyersanOn which had uassed between myself apd Col. Johnson, and stated that had sn1seqoenuy expressed the same views to the President, who had disclaimed any dlspositlon s2 R.eSS l this requisiton. referring to that wnsen nay
 preyiorslv stated to have been made thFougn Col. Johnson. The Editor of the Globe has
 published this G6Gached sentence of my letter, and has made an impoteat attempt to dlslors3 it's meaning. The public shall judge oI the whole correspondence for rthemselves. na0 no disposition to publish this cOrrespondence.
 Perfectly satisfied that it would at all tunes
 sDeak for itself and not emulOus Of reputa- tioD tO be nfuuired in such cODtrOyersies, have resisted the numerous calls which nave been made upon me through different Jour
 nals to give it to the public. But the EdAor of the Globe is in possession of and' Dy tns publication of an isolated extbact. attempts 70
 do me injustice. Iexercise rlght, lnersIo.e'
 which belongs to me, when take rom nun this unfair means of annoyance, by giving the whole to the public. \ | Here follows short notcsfrom MT. Eaton. da'eo
 June IT, similar and date to the one addressed
 to Mir. Ingham which led to the challenge of Mr. Ing ham by Major Eaton.s Mr. Berrien replies, denying
 the gh. or propriety of Mr. Eaton 10 inerrosate hi
 respecting editorial articles which appeared m the
 Telegraph, but batnevertleless explains at some ieng'n
 his conduct towards him and his wife. So or three
 other shor, passed between them, of 'tle conse quence exoep.as showing that MT. Eaton felt little I disposition to challenge him.
 The address to the ,pnbc then proceeds:
 Shortly after this, received asletter from
 Col. Johnson. which, with mylreply. feel I myself bound nowsto give to the public. ! sI have anxionsly desired to delay this until I could receive Col Johnson's answer. Per- haps I have waited long enough; for my re- \ ply, according t0 the nlemorandu,p when Ehave of it, was dated on the 7th inst Bni II sEisnot this circumstsnce which has determin- sl ed me. Col. Johnson has fnrnished to the 4 Editor of the Globe statement flll or Oih6r- 4 wise.s a what passed between Messrss Branch and Ingham snd myself and himself, on inc occasion SD often referred to. Extracts from q this statement are used to do me injustice \ This is done, to be sure, without the anthorlty A Of Col, Johnson. but he has Furnished the
 means which are shus improperly used. and .I have no alternative but tO give the correspon- ldence ,sOr submit to continued n,isrepresenta- Ition. IpubIish Col. Johnson's letter, as an act of justice to him. thatthe public may be in full possession ofhis statement. Myreply follows; s and after this the letter and statement of MT. 1 Engham.to whom,as we'll as MT. Branch, Il for
 warded copy of Col Johnson's letter. From
 Mir. Branch hayereceiyed no reply-Owing,
 as suppose, to his absence from home.
 Next follows d letter from Col Johnson to Messrs.
 fngham and Berfien, of the sO.h June, Ia copy of I
 which doubtless in possession of the editor of the
 Globe, and the replies of Mr. Berrien of the 7th July
 and Mir. Ingham of the 18th. These as links in the
 great chain of events, may perhaps publis, next week. Then follows statement from Mr. Tagham,
 drawn up from memoranda taken at the time. It
 annexed:--
 Mr. lngkans's Statement, q copy oftchich scns
 4enclosed iH his letter to Col. Johnson. N
 On Wednesday. the 2Gth ofJ annary. 183O.
 Col. Johnson of Kentuck y, waited on me in
 the Treasury Department, and after some preliminary conversation. in which he ex-
 pressed his great regret that my family, and that of Mir. Branch and Mir. Berrien, did. not Iyisit Mrs. Eaton, he said that it had been a subject of great sexcitaH1ent with the Presi- dent, who had come to the determination of
 having harmon in his Cabinet by some ac- Of this matter. He, Col John
 son, was the friend of us all. and had now come at the request of the President t0 s6e whether any thing could be doIl4 who Ithought that when our Ladies gave great par. ties they ought to invite Mrs. EatOn,a and as they had never returned her calL ifsthey
 would leave the first card, and opcr yormal l intercourse in tEatway. the President would
 he satisfed, but unless something s,sAs done of this nature, he had no ad0ubt, indeed ne kneM that tine President was resolved to have harmony, and, would probably remove ] Mir. Branch.. MT. Berrien, and myself. n re- piled to Col Johnson, that in al matters of official business, or having any connection herewith. Iconside,ed myself fbolnd to n1ain-1 tain an open. frank, and harmonious inters course with the gentlemen I was associated with. That the President had u right to ex-i pect the exertioh sof my best faculties. and the employment of my time in the public sergicekl Asto the family of Mir. Eaton, felt anobii- gation not 10 say any thing to aggravate the. difficulties which he lahufed under, but to stt7-s serve total silence and neutrality in felaiionfO the reports about his wife, and to inculcate the same course as to my famil and if any oth-. er representations had been made to the Pres idenG they were false. Having prescribed tod ;, myself this rule, and always acted upon ,if, s had done all that the President had u right fO l expect. That the society of w ashington Vi asfi liberally organized: there Nas but one circle. N iAto which every person ofrespecfable char-.l acter disposed tH hc social was readily admit.j s.,sxkn,.AS x.