Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-06-06

!aia nun open to imposition We have long believed
'at II MS friends possessed candor they would
aanit that the antcipations in which thew indulped
ana the representations they made in relation to tho
nanasr IN which he would administer tho affairs of the
government, wero wofly disappointcd-wc have con-
slonty appealed to their professed principles in 1928
9na asked them to reconcile them with their practice in
aTTsoo-"c have now full confession of tho truth.
he hotoricty OF the facts developed prccuded us from
questioning the accuracy of tho statement and we pre-
son to our readers deneation of Gen Jackson of his
aunstration OF his hollow professions, of his nsin
ccfe Peuges from the hand of one who cannot be igno
rant anu who, VIC really believe, has no interested mo-
ave IN abandoning whom he has long cherished.
from the Washington Telegraph of Thursday evening.
:; 20 e agency OF an unseen, irresponsible influence,
W DO attriouted the rupture between the President
anu vice PRESIDENT and to is to BIO attributed the late
extraordinary dissolution of the cabinet.
ue,ieroi Jackson 80 tar from removing them ac-
count " Tho manner III which they have discharged
their official duties his letters to Mr. Ineham and
Gov. Branch, says
lin accepting of your resignation it is with great
pressure that bear testimony the integrity and zeal
WIN winch you have managed the fiscal concerns of
he nation In your discharge of all the duties of your
satisfied" ~ ''
wherefore, then, they dismissed? WAS it be-
cause the public interest required their removal? Mr.
lately published.
1.-The official intercourse ofthe Heads of Departments
with each other, and with the President has never to
my knowledge boon interrupted for moments nor has
any dhcrence oil opinion, the measures of the 60
vernnent, divided the cabinet in single instanco: 40
far as recoect, according the line of separation
now so generally ascribed in the public papers,
1t is apparent that public considerations did not con-
troll this movement. What did? Governor Branch has
saia that he went as far of honor could go
aho IN late letter he consents to DO candidate for
congress, expressly upon the ground that he darcs he
eve that his country will approve the course which he
et ms duty to pursue in his intercourse Nth the CT
tIzenS OF Washington, during his late residence n,non
them. Mr. Ingham and Governor Bran h were dismiss.
cd Tor political and private Neither have been
because neither would be approvedby the peo
PIC one OF the causes was, that they would not per-
init the Executive will to regulate their prioote inter
course with the citizens of Washington; an ATTEMPT to
DO which, although often threatened by an irresponsi
bic combination, of which Major William b. Lewis is an
actng agent was for many months resisted by General
Jackson and was not acquiesced in, until surrounding
MN mere with their chosen agents. and operating upon
MN from abroad through prepared channels they per-
suaded HIM that his popularity could stand any thing
The same influence which revolutionized the late
caoinet seeks SO to organized the confirm
It's power and subserve its purposes as well of private
pique as of political control. The change of cabinet
was measure dictated by the mingled influence of
tined vanity, disappointed ambition, revenge Who
can believe that their work is done? Who does not
see that that measure, which they would have the
try believe was intended promote the public rood
adopted as means of grasping power? We have
SAID that the change in the cabinet the work of
titled vanity disappointed ambition and of revenue
We have said that William B. Lewis is an acting apent
He is the brotherinaw of the Secretary of War who
IS the bographer and personal friend oftbe President
OF his private papers, and upon whom he
lies as the guardian of his future fame. Gen. Jackson
been persuaded that the character of the hero
identified with that of his biographer and thus the de
votion OF old friend, and the vanity and scfove of
an old man, were enlisted. We will not now speak OF
the peculiar circumstances" which gave to that
talty, which is neither concealed nor denied an alb
sorblng and controlling influence Nor will we now
examine the political arrangements of which those c;r
cumsances from the basis. These may hereafter be
tunfoded, upon theatre elevated raise then,
ABOVE the common preiudces of the day. Our object
IS to state fact AS far back as the 2ls of October
1922 MAJOR Lewis called upon the editor, his office
Ioro.,o FIT
circumstances" We refused, and arr1, d that if we
were to do instead of resting upon its measures and
inc popularity OF Cen Jackson, the Administration
would be tested by the circumstances" in question
and that its utter overthrow be the
Those who have witnessed the progress of the
that have thrown discord into the Republican nar,,,
Will see the bearing which this had upon subsequent
events The editor of the Globe, then the editor of the
frankfort Argus, did enlist himself as partisan; and
that whichehc Telegraph had refused to do in October
1917, was done by the Argus in $780, The editor of
the Argus was translated to Washington. The Globe
was established upon the patronage of the Government
and the Telegraph denounced
We have already spoken of some of the mean used
to destroy this paper. We lay before readers the
following letter:
"NEw ORLEANS, April 49, 1891
Seen. Green: Martin Gordon, the Collector of this
PORT doubtless acting under the orders of his superors
49, at this time, busly engaged in prescribing you and
has his agents appointed to call each subscriber you
have in this country and hove them erase their name
from your list and add it to that of the Globe He is
aided here by tho brohcr-in law of Mr. Livingston MIR
Caretonl ana MS partner bockett. The Post Office
here can furnish the information necessary and the of
hcers lend helping hand. You are denounced as a
traitor, and to be broken down. The facts above
stated pledge myself to prove, when called upon
JOHN SMITH
few days after the receipt of this letter. another
open, and having the of number of our subscr
bers in New Orleans, directing the discontinuance of
this paper, was brought to Office by Major Lewis
messenger. Such proceeding needs no comment.
This paper established to maintain the rights of
the people; to oppose Executive influence when exer
cised with intent to control the elective franchise;
to urge and enforce faithful and honest administration
OF public affairs; to maintain the right and the duty Of
the people to choose their chief gistrate and to
deveopc and oppose all arrangements, or attempts of
the incumbent to appoint his successor. We honestly
and ardently believe that Con, jackson would devote
himself to his country. We conided in his deep root
ed popularity" for success and in his fame and charac
ter the guarantees that no would BIO the President of
the naton-tha he would purify the public morals and
inylgorate public virtue. We expected him to bring
to his aid the talent and virtue the strength and
OF the republican party. For this were pledged and
IN tho honesty of hearts believed that the oiec
tons urged by his opponents would be as beacon lights
to guide his administration. Above oil we oonffded in
his own frmness and independence in the strength Of
his mind, and in his roputcd knowledge of men IA
belief confirmed by his brilliant career) for the 6ment
of the pledges made in his behalf It is known that
the Just expectations Of the country were disappointed
in the organization of his cabinet But those who ware