Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-07-30
NEw-HoPE, June 3Oth, 1881

NEW-HOPE, June 30th, 1851.
 7he Presidem of The U s.
 SIR; had the honor to receive, by way of Doylestown, your letter of the 23d inst. with the enclosures, viz copies of circular let ter from you to the acting Secretary of War,
 Ireas9rer of the United States, Register and Second Auditor of the Treasury, and of their respective answers--the copy of your circu- lar beifg in print; the others had also seen in the newspapers some days before your let ter reached me.
 In your letter to me above referred to, you speak of my having charged several officers of the government with a conspiracy, and state that they have denied the charges preferred against them by me. I must be permitted to say, that have not charged those officers with any specific offences in the form suggested by you. have stated that the late Secretary of War and acting Secretary of War were lying
 m wait for the purpose of making an assault upon my way to the office, as believed, with an intent to assassnate. l also stated that a grocery store between my lodgings and the of flee, and the rooms of the Treasurer and Re- gister were alternately occupied by them as places of rendezvous while So employed. further stated that the Treasurer, Register and Second Auditor were in their company. l also stated that the principal persons thus engaged, viz: Eaton and Randolph, with a recruited force, threatened an assault on the dwelling resided in, the same night, until a late hour, and now state that this threaten ing was continued until a late hour on the fol- lowing night. The officers who have denied the charge as framed by you, admit having been in company with Mr Eaton during the time referred to, but they deny having been in his company the whole time; this was ne yer intended to have been alleged by me- The admissions, equvocations, and palpabe reservations in their letters, are abundant proof of all the material facts alleged by me, so far as they are concerned; but if any doubt remains it should be observed that my letter of the Dist was addressed to you especially as | Chief Magistrate of the District of Colum bia, in which capacity your power must be ample to direct the proper officer of the Go vernment to institute legal investigation O this transaction, before tribunal having pow CT to examine and compel the attendance O witnesses. Whenever this shall be done, will, without delay, return to the seat of go vernment, and render all the aid in my pow. CT to such officer in the discharge of his duty
 It must, however, be distinctly understood that the investigation shall begin with the prin. cipals, and before furnish a list of the wit nesses, that an assurance of protection shal
 be given to those who hold offices that the, shall suffer no injury in consequence of giving testimony. This has become necessary by reason of the declaration of MT Evans, tho brother-in-law of MT Eaton, that the "Pre
 sident would turn every clerk out of office wht took my part in this business," and of other facts which have since come to my knowledge
 Although l do not assume that this declara
 tion was authorized by you, yet it is indispen
 sable tojnstce, that no apprehension of th
 nature should rest on the minds of the wit
 nesses. have the honor to be, very respect l fally, your ob't scrv't, S. D. INGRAM.