Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-10-22
MAJOR EATON'S REPLY, To Messrs iagham, Branch and Berrien, on the ds solution of the Late Cabinet
CONCLUDED.

Ia difficulty here and pressed for money, he agah | m 1026 applied to me, when, through friend 4
 mine in Baltimore, obtained for him $500 Fq
 the very press from which, probably. he daily crcg
 lates his abuse of me, have a note which was prS tested and paid by me. on which was not an eI-
 dorser, and which has been in my possession seye-
 al years the whole, part of which till remais | unpaid. To my exertons and zeal in lis behalf as
 most of the Senate of the United States can testify,
 is he indebted for his first success public printer
 the annual receipts of which appointment at this
 time are not less than from thirty to fifty thousand
 dollars. These things might have ben omitted, for charity and friendship secret nther opera ton, and should not be proclaimed to thf world; but
 surely may be permitted to mention hem not in
 the spirit of ostenatous liberality, put that the
 public may be able to appreciate the characters of
 my prosecutors
 In 1829-'30, Mir Green was frequent visiter at
 my house to large parties" and to small, with his
 Wife and daughters, and invited my wileand myself to his. He, on several occasions, tenderd his
 vices and his paperin vindcation of us, against the islanders and abuse which at that time were whis-
 pered about; and as 1t regards one of hs compur- gators, on whom now he would rely good and sufficient witness, but in whom then, he had con
 fdence, he placed in my hand statement of las o,on brother, tending to iinpeach him. What now, has brought Mour closely together, know not. only know that he hates me beyond even the power to extend common justice; and wherefore is it so ' Because bad men are apt to dislike those from whom they have received favors. But that he should de- scend so far to become the traducer of female because she is the wife of one to whom he is under obligations, never to be repaid is indeed strange Mark his present course His obligations of friend ship certainly are not cancelled; at least to the ex tent that gratitude should be concerned. Without provocaton on my part, and without change in the character and department of myself and family, he is daily dragging before the world those, into whose society he introduced his wife and daughters, and whom voluntarily he proffered to defend! He does not pretend that now he knows mOre than when, with and without his family, he caed-talked- smiled and treated us as friends, wronged and per secuted. Was he sincere then, or now fthen sin cere, how unutterable must be his depravty in be- coming the very leader of the band of traducers, who at present occupy the public attention He then performed the duty of friend, and acted up to the principles of honest man; but yielding to the po-
 cal intrigues of his great leader he has sacrificed
 justice and decency, his own reputation, and the feel
 ngs of his family, tosubserve the ofhat friend, who never was his friend This man is fit asso- ciate of Messrs lnghan., Branch and Berrien. He has united with them a nefarous purpose, in the accomplishment of which, all that is holy in chari- ty" exalted in honor, and sacred in truth have been rudcly outraged and trodden under foot. What ob- ject has he to attain2 What purpose to answer2 Surely he cannot think that in the choice ofa Chief Magistrate of this country, the American people so debased that female character and feeling, are to be made the test of elections.
 This man, to different persons, and in various di- rections, early disclosed the designs which actuaed him. and others who were associated with him in feeling and in interest in their conduct towards I have statement from S. P. Webster, of this city. detailing the substance of Greens remarks to him in the fall of 1899; at the very time when he was pro- fessing before high consideration and great re- spect, and regard.
 MT Webster, in presenting the remarks made 10 him in November, 1899, says-repeating Mir Greens language:
 "That Major Eaton, remaining in the cabewas of great sne S forward ss y "e ;ea @ hm woad b ye he h pleased and direct the o the Government promote his
 m ss or m 6 n" o%gn main in the Cabne and that if decisive step
 taken Ike did not snow what might G be the s. time. That Mir Van Buren was using all his influence to obtained such an influence over him and his friends as to be able command their influence a subsequent election that Gen Jackson ought to go hOme."
 l have statement oi another and similar conver- saton, held by Mir Green, in December 1929, with Gideon w ees, fthe Hartford tmes He says:
 On the object of the Presidential election, Mir Green advertd to the embarrassed situation o MT Calhoun at the eight years, equal to that of any of his predecessors and
 that MT Van Buren, taking advantage oi ms situation wished
 icy of Mir Van Buren, he sa to persuade General Jackson
 to consent to ,teenpn, Dssaose aa % wopa eaa to the great degree to be forgotten It would put Mir Van Bu-
 en in advance of him. and 5h,s was 'e as" h. was des
 Again he remarks to MT Welles, on this subject, about which it seems, he felt such deep interest and concern
 1hat Mir Calhoun had no influence with the President, and could have none, while Major Eaton there; nor could of his friends receive appointments so long as ht in the Cabinet He endeavorcd to excite jealousy by ftnv Mir Vau deavorng confer all appointments on the old Crawford patty It indispensable, for the prosperity of Major Eaton should leave the Cabinet and leave Washing There way in which he could retire honoraby and victorious If he would accept the mission Russa would be making honorable Exchange for the War De parment and all willing that MT Branch should be dis missed, which would furnish Eaton trnmph"-[F state mcnt at large, see Appendix A and B.
 Thus through this chosen organ of Mir Calhoun, we are possessed of the true motive which actuated my kind assaiIants. Their plan was that General Jackson should be President but for four years and that MT Calhoun should succeed him. The Tele- graph was considered by its Editor so omnipoten, that it's dctatiOn not to be, and could not be, re- sisted; and that it rested exclusively and alone with him to declare who should, and who should not rule overus." Effect is often mistaken for cause and in this case it seemed quite to have been overlooked that the former consequence of this journal, arose from the circumstances that heretofore it went with the people-not the people with it. The moment however, that MT Van Buren was appointed Secre- tary of State jealousy and fear arose. and then the desire to place around the President many of Mir Calhouns friends as possible, to counteract the apprehended and dreaded influence; part of which most gratuitously was supposed to be. Devoted as was said to be, to General Jackson, and the cess of his administration, my appointment was cal culated rather to thwart than to promote their ute rior designs. It was deemed necessary to prevent it. but if that could not be effected then adequate means to be resorted to to get me out of the way. All this MT Ingham and MT Berrien foresaw. T,co of my colleagues, if not the third, were in the secret and used the influence and importance which office gave them and their families, to promote and further their grand design.
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