Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-05-11

NAsHINGToN, Goth March, 1880.
SIR; Your letter to me in explanation
OF your publication in the Courier is re-
ceNed. Eetorc either cane TO Eand.
had published the article from the Her
aid to which they refer. did so because
your conversations, when was in New
York, corroborated it in all rcspc cts.
Your published letter will be considered
rs an endorsement of " ebb's personal
attacks on me. | cannot believe that
you gave your sanction to either of the
articles IN the Courier, particularly to
that OF the 28th, in uhich YOU are made
to condemn the Senate for not confirm
ing your nomination. fthis op nion be
correct, | submit TO your own sense
Of proprIcty to determine how far It is
proper for you to disown them. After
what has passed between us, it is proper
that | should first hear from You, before
consider youas identified with Wcbb's
attacks on me. shall then be at no less
to determine what my course oug Int to be.
/ have no doubt that the last article in
the Courier, IA we'll as that Of the l2th,
was prepared here, and are part of the
intrigue intended to separate the Presi-
dent from his earliest and best friends.
1t will prove dangerous and short-sjg ht-
ed artlicc. You; letter oithc 2lst gives
another clue to th, plot.
on advise me t. avoid the cOntrovcr-
sy between the Herald and the Courier,
lest it should injurc me in the printing ,and
add, that great efforts here New ork
are making to inure Mr.. Calhoun by rep
rescntlng him as determined to oppose
the General" You add, 81 have no
faith IN the rumor, but it is the opinion Of
Webb and others; and am told that he
was 50 informed by high authority at
Washington"
Now, as to the printing, it was not OBJ
tanned by a sacrifice Of my principles or
my friends, and it never will be held a
moment upon such terms. As to Mr.
Calhoun, the object of the Courier is to
drive me to the alternative Of abandon
ing him or General jackson. The arti-
flee Is too shallow for success. 1t will
reccll upon It's author. Those who de-
siro to monopoliZe General Jackson 5
popularity for the use of Mr.. Van Buren,,
are interested in circulating such re-
port, which MIR. Webb took with him from
here; but the intelligent friends of the
President, who associate with the Vice
President, know it to be false.
Here was letter written to a ccnG-
dental friend, the avowed opponent of
MIR. Van Burcn, and the prolcsscd friend
of MIR. Calhoun. II ] had been disposed
to bring forward Mr.. Calhoun as a can
dldato, | certainly took a strange method
of accomplishing it. The idea is absurd
1t wa. a. this period that Mr.. Van
Buren,, having abandoned the idea of
congressional caucus nomination, and of
thereby becoming the candidate of the
party, resolved on driving the southern
excitement, for the double purpose OF
weakening Mr.. Calhoun in the south,
and strengthening himself in the middle,
western, and eastern States. 1t was for
this purpose that Mr.. Webb was instruct
cd not to assail MIR. Webster, and ref
crcnce to the columns Of the Courier and
Enquirer, and the Albany Argus, ofthat
date, will show that whilst who am now
with desire to coalosce with
the tedcrallsts of the east, was fighting
the battle ofthe republicans,th friends,
OF Mr.. Van Buren,, maintained an eTprcs-
stre silence. Ii is true that since then II
has been clearly asccrtalncd, as | fore
saw, that MIR. Webster does not intend to
play lieutenant to Mr.. Van Buren, and
a corresponding change has taken place
in the Courier and Argus.
The Globe quotes from the Telegraph,
of 18th of March and 3th June, to prove
hat | entertained the opinion that the
public business had been interrupted by
lie iutIig urs about the Presidential cleo
ion. 1t is true that | did believe that the
ntrigues of Mr.. Van Buren, and of the
opposition uron that subject had great IN
also true that then iorcsaw and notified
some intelligent southern gentlemen that
hey were playing into Mr.. Van Buren's
land For the truth of thid remark, and
or the vcriilcation of much that have
sand about tho course which took IN re-
alton to the organization of the cabinet,
appeal to the present governor Of South
Carolina. But whilst believed that the
of Congress md of parties was
to the intrigues of Mr. Van
Buren,, he and Major Lewis laborcd to
upon the mind of the President
,elief that the failure of his measures, s
he rejection Of his nominations, were to
,c attributed to the intrigucs Of Mr. Cal
noun. Then, and not until then, when
hc Presidents confidence in Mr.. Cal
lounhad been DESTROYED by bcliefthat
Nr. Calhoun intended to I've candidate