Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-03-08

snresF The motive should think is plain cnoorl.
Charged with wa't@fitl profuson in the management
ut the iina1cial concerns of the. Post OGice-wi,b
having IN fact, brought thlt pi-'m N, on the Par
ish--the5c cca5uccs were intended to throw the
charge ot eXtrlva ;lnce from the shoulders of the
present, AMI fix the shoulders of The former in
cumbcnS Of the General Post Office
Vhy were the cX,tavaglnt allowances made to
llarrull and others? What motive uus there for al
loving all extra compensation, so much exceeding
the extra labor incurred, tho public benefit con-
tefred: Thereby imagine ha7gs a mystery,
which 1t is reserved for the 22d Congress to read
TIE CONTROVERSY.
Perhaps the most interesting paper yet extorted
by the publication of Mr.. Calhoun is that which fol
lows from a late number o. the NGobc"--the orJan
OF the Van Buren, faction Washington By whom
soever drafted, the article is by adoption at least
Gen. Jackson's, and although without the formaty of
SIGNATURES constitutes that expose which the public
has been expecting from him. 1t sets forth the de-
fence upon which he reposcs and his account of the
motives which led his friends ard MIR. Hamilton TO
enquire INTO the history OF the Cabinet transactions
in 1918, and is in short his appeal to the public upon
the late incidents. Why he did not sign the article,
resulted perhaps from a conmendable modestv rrow.
ing out of his consciousness that the public would
know he did not write tor that he deemed an
avowed appearance controversally in the newspa-
Pers, beneath the dignity of the Presdency--or that
some future advantage might be derived from the alb
sence of his sgnature--or from all these reasons
combined. But whatever the motive whether of
modesty precauton, the internal evidence of the
paper places it beyond oil doubt that it is Presiden,
Jackson's, and So we observe, the Washington Pub
lie has received it.
The reader has not now to learn, that the true
point in the controversy between the President and
Vice President, to the intention with which the
transactions of the Cabinet in 1873 were sought TO
be discovered by Mr. Hamilton and the other agents
who CO operated with him This Intention Mr. Cal
houa contends, partoo of hostility and conspiracy
against him, the contamination aimed at beinr the
alienation of the Presidents friendship FROM and the
direction OF his hostility against HIM. lnstirated bv
the hope that if this could be effected his prostration
was certain, and the concentration of the support of
The jackson party be produced in favor of Mr. Van
buren,. On the other hand, Mr.. Van Buren's friends
dlscia THIS intention, and assign other reasons for
their solcltude to discover wha, passed in Mr. Mon
roes cabinet In 1918 This is the hinge of the whole
affair, which the reader will please bear in mind.
Mr. Hanlton's story plausible-so is the
Presidents. 1t unfortunate for Mr. Van Buren,
that both cannot be true and the presumption arises
that both are untrue They Inconsistent, and the
Public ID left to choose between them or to reieoi
each 1t will not be forgotten, that in his personal
interview with Mr.. Calhoun at Washington in Feb.
1898, Mr. Hamilton aedsed as the motive of his en-
curry, that an attack was apprehended against Gen
Jackson, founded upon the Incidents of the Seminole
war and that information desired, in order to
meet and rePel that attack. When MIR. Hamilr on
next speaks the subject, he alledgcs the wish 10
reconcil Mr.. Crawford and Gen. Jackson as the
motive of the enquiries instituted. Now we have
rom Gen Jackson another version, namely, to nut
HIM on his guard, against book Mr.. Monroe was
expected to write!Pray gentlemen, which must we
believe? Which. is the real Simon Pure? One story
or the other Is pal paby ictitious--whch is it?
The General has openly taken the field for his
Secretary, and now begins those operations which
are TO be consummated 4th March 1887.
We invite attention to the article fran tla
Globe, and the reply from the Telegraph:
FROM "GLoBE" OF MARCH @
| Mr Calhoun is endeavorIng TO supply by his sub
tleles, something to take the place of proof 10 rive
probability to the 'fouI and corrupt conspiracy
which he has charged on the President and his
! friends, that he may himself escapc EXPOSURE Mr.
Van Buren was accused, without shadow Of proof
ofbaving procured the submission of Mr. Crawford's
letter to the President to excite his hostility against
the Vice President Mr. Van Buren, has so!enniy de-
cared that he knew nothing of tho circumstances
which produced this result, and has given the most
positive assurance that he had not the least knowl-
edge OF the efforts made by the friends of General
Jackson TO obtain information relation to the pro
ceedIngs OF MF Monroes Cabinet, or any subsequent
participation IN the matter. Ipe appeals fcaressly
| to the Presdcnt--;o Mr. Hamilton--to BIr FORSYTH
to MIR LcWs-''to all who have been actors in the
admitted transactions, for the correctness of his de-
oaraiione, and he is sustained in his statement by
every man connected with the affair. Does Mr. Cal
houn come ou' then with proof 10 meet declaration
so explicit, unreserved, and sustained Not an
atom. lie out with nothing but har1lhood and
bold assertion, proDouncDg auhoritativcv that tFe
6isar0ioqt IF Mr. Pan Buren, be considered in no
other light than an acknowledgment Of The conspiracy
II is acknowledgment Hnt The transaction is an
o1ious one, and that the object ,oas IN desiroy Mr.
Calhoun, and not to dgfend Genernt Jackson, or to
reconcile him TO Jfr Crncford, is pretended" Nav
we not be permitted to ask MIR Calhoun 10 cxplain
how The ignorance Of Mr. Van Buren, Of the affair