Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-08-01

. piaton mat the interview might lead In an in,
"e"'a'e ulssploilon Of his Cabinet. and 1t wa
Intended by bun 10 reco d the hasi. he assumed
" uo'"s an act which involved his own char,
"e' ahu me interests oi the country. The
paper thus prepared 10y the President wa,
communicated al the time TO several OF hi,
iiends whom he consulted on the occ.siop
Anu the Substance OF the conversation which
P'FCtofa anu followed the communication wa
! also immediately reduced 10 Writing aud con.
nee'ed with tue document read to you, that
noting might be left 10 recollection, IL circum.
sa"ces a'a remote pHriod shond make a
| reference TO II necessary. With regard 10 a
transaction so recorded aud vouched by the
concurrent testimony OF those consulted on
'"e occasion, there ran be no mistake. A man =
! memory may be treacheroos when the man
| "'nseN IS honest. am willing to believe tins
u your case. You have nnocently forgotten
| '"s ueCiaTh ton made by The President, which
S'aha' Authenticated Ms have told you. ms ell
as the communication Of the same purpor
made 10 You by Colonel Johnson
am op1geh 10 rely on this tDfiteH record
OF TACT, rather than on your memory, espe-
cially when find this positive proof coufrm-
| ,ng me statement Of Colonel Johnson, that the
ftesidenl disclalmed any light or desire TO
interfere with the private associations Of your.
| sell or your family, and that yOu kneW IL.
next quoted your own wr,iten admission
confirming the statement of Colonel Johnson,
aud the written record of the PresIdent, IN the
| following words Ia the interview 10 which
Was invited by the President some lew days
nher"ardS, ( after Colpne Johnson's visit.) |
frankly expressed IN him my views the sub
1Jee,' auu he dScla'med any dIspo5,tion To press
such req1istlon.h
You say data disclaimer Of an intention
| 10 press such requisiflon, is wholly dbl
fefent Thug from denial O ever having made
H."
thought not, in this case; because no such
reQtnsltion had bern made. Colonel Johnson
says, the President d5claned 10 hun any de-
sire tn coDlrul your domestic aiItusy or pri-
vete intercourse, aud he told you 50. The re-
cord vi what The President said 10 you, de-
clares, that be claimed no Iight TO interfere
" IN the domestic rotations or personal inter
course oi any member Of his Cabinet" aud,
IN allnson TO the same conversation, you say,
he " dsclaimed any disposition TO press such
| re4WMt0H.' When no such reqalsiuon had
been made by Col johnson when he told
YOU The Presi LEM made none aud when you
do mol pretend he Hlade any cither directly or
indirectly, could not but understand your
declaration, that" he diSciaimed aug dt3pOiliion
10 press such a reguisHion," as declaration that
he made no such requIsItlon.
But find, in the character you havB always
prebi--ihat no such reqursitiOp was evnr made
oil yon. aud that you kHeW al II the President
had signi6ed to you, directly or lndire city,
that he required YOU 10 compel youI family 10
associate with any one, contrary 10 thon VII
aud yours, you " ould not, as a man vi honor,
have waited for QH.lH0itGtL0H 10 TeslEH. Fuu
would have thro"a your commISston IN The
face OF the Presldeut, aud SAID to 'hnd, " SlT,
am 20 longer adviser o. ASSOCIATE "'ih a man
! tta.lI
though ne be the President OF the u STATE, -
/ In your public character | had guarantee
thai you would not, for Tia sake OF your honor
! salary and emoluments, as Attorney Gtneial,
! slnk Your character as mhn, ihmeIy listening
I to such a reqursltion. No, SIR IT 5 impossible
! TO believe that you could have listened 10
such a requlSitIou ; dismissed your seli-fespect,
| forgot your so them honoi, and humbly bow
! ed IN seeming reverence to the mah who had
usulled you. until p0htety iHuaed 10 rtsign Ii IS
! imposslbs that on could bury SUCH an iDsu,t,
profess TO be the freud oil the President, make
| me speeeh that you did recently IN GeOIgIa,
! and now thai you are out oi oihCe, Disclose a
fact which would seal your own shame. No,
SIR no such propo ,Itlon WAS ever made to you
you had no Cause TO complHin OF the PIesl-
dent you enlog,zed HIN in public and private
and YOU would aase gladly acted ds Attorney
GeneIul TO the eud oil his administrator, had
gu not been tHpHtd 10 resign.
But the circu instances under which the bar.
mony Of the Cabinet was restored, repel the
inference, which you will have II, IN your last
note, that the extract from Your letter 10 Ma
jor Eaton, leaves open III the Ambiguous"tss
of ia expression. From the moment that You
denied 10 the President any participation in
the political CONT iuAlion, 10 dive Mejor La
ton from the CHbiuet the usual conrIesss were
renewed among iis menbeIs, without any as-
socialion between their respective tamllie1
Maior Eaton would have been as reluctant ."
receive yisIOls, driven nj" MS "ooiS ny 'ne
mower of the President. ss they could possibly
have been 10 submit such tyranny aud degra-
datiou His house WA turongei bs those who
were among the most respectable prople oil
the ity, by the most honorable fami''es sis,t.
ing, annually, here, snd by those from abroad,
,nost disliE guished by station. 10 the gayely
and respeciabliiiy Of parties thus attended, the
i APPEARANCE OF persons constrained uy toe du'
thcrny OF the Executive, II II would have been
exerted Tor such purpose, would have added
nothing. II could have srTyed 10 purpose to
| have eracipd such II Teanisrlt"n ~ thai No."
| iuuut,d TO the injury oi The ffetidtbl. IL
hive forced tue wife oi the Secretary ol war
| upon that portion OF society which Was "h"ih-
ing In recely. her, could have added noihing
10 h,r reputaiion. IL 10 ridiculous to inpule
Ia th. failure Ut such a desigh, the dissolution
Of the late Cabinet. You, think, must kho"
that this step was the result vi the diversity
of po,tical We've, which al'ached 'he lt0o n"
hrs m the CABINET TO different divisions vi he
new parties which became apparent h'ne ia
s.ns,un between the President aud wee iftsi-
dealt. This Produced, IN the men slate oi HE Cd
biuet, combinations III CONGRESS, Calculate" "
delear the uosi sslutary measures oil tue an,
min,s,raIion. Ia tho opposition which showed
iuself with regard 10 the lu'ksh neso Ia
{ loG, the members oi the Cabiue' ia'o'apie 10
the newborn opposii'o", "eLe eAPEesSp
enpted IN the denu"s'""oh' % NOSE ~.
cd for the fret time, theT hostility 10 lie
, p,es,d.nt q a ualt Ut his Cabinet. That "iel
D.. to bring Major Eaton aud ms tan"iy ,"'o So