The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1831-10-04

standing prevailed. express in relation to one
family, rHd winch was also understood IN re-
lalion In ohers,.thst each should seek their
own associates, according to their own will.
nnlnluenccd and unrestrained. The n,ofive,
therefore, was not To exclude Us from society.
II il q matter altogether loo smdH to account
for the acts aud the untirng zeal offs many
great niru.,
Was the rroiive merely To exclude me fron
the Cabinet Was my presence there, dan
gerous o the interest Of the Country, or TO its
insulu,ions2 Had the power or the ds.
position io.injurc the one. or overthrow the
ohers Was i'.prctcnded that I wanted tho
ability, intelligence or integrity, necessary to
Tho management Of thc Department Of War?
OF its management. there has been no com
plant. while it was in my hands I left II at
lcns, as prosperous "a found il, Was il
suspected that was no, true to the President,
and would prove false and faithlcss to his nd.
ministraton? A confidential intcrc curse of
more than fifteen years. The highest admirs-
iion Of hIs character, and the deep personal.
interest felt in the success of his adminisira.
tion, were surely susicient to guard me A.
gainst thai. Nothing of this sort entered in.
o the minds cf my traducers. They had no
ocslre fnr my exclusion on account of any
se spici0ns entertained, that would willingly
do injury 20 the interests of tho country, its
institutions, or To the President. To what
thnn shall we look for lhs motive? An ar.
dent Iricrd Of The Vice President, in 1929. in
ono short senteace disclosed il:
".Mgor Eaton.is mex The friend Of Mr. Cal.
bonn"
|, was this wtich rendered me unfit for the
Cabinet, and for the respectshle snciety Of
Messrs. lngham, Branch, and Bcrricn. I
could not, perhaps, TO usod 10 promote the
views of Mr.. Calhoun, and r,igh, exert an in.
huence to induce General Jackson 10 stand
second election. II was not thought that
in my hnnds the influence and patronage Of
the War Department, could be used In favor
Of successor. Ia tha, they did RE justice.
II was not so used, nor ever would have been.
IL was subject about which spoke not, and
felt not MOI even was | solici,ous for Gen
eral Jackson again TO be sc.ectcd, except or
the ground that his prime iP'es and the course
Of his administration, when fairly tested,
should be found in accnrd with the general
sense of the people and the country. At
proper time they would determine this matter,
and there was willing TO rest il, und'sturbed
by any private or official interference Of mine.
But "Major Eaton was not the friend Of Mr..
Calhoun" and this was a sufficient reason,
|
Cabinet, if to bo prevented; or-sfar forcing
him out whcu skrrc. TIE incdfectual at.
tempts to exclude me. have already bcen all
&nded TO. 1t has been shown that Bcrrien
and lngham, conces'ing deep in their own
bosoms their itp,iags. entered the Cabinet,
under full conviction that presently would
be excluded that Mr.. Calhoun's family and
mine, before my appointment, inierchanRej
civi!iliep, and ha, he sought ofme the appoint.
r,ent Of a friend as Chief Clerk--nnd that
thereafter all private and o!!,cisi intercoursa
between us, ceased. Lcti,bc borne in mind,
TINT the principals those who have been
actively employed against me, are the friends
ofMr Calhoun - his devoted, active pariizona,
II is readily to &c inferred, then. that this
"high wrought tempest" has proceeded from
political designa. connected with the future
hopes and cxppc' 'ations Of Mr.. Calhoun and
ths inference have 1t in my power to cons
firm, by the most unqucstionable facts.
Duff Green, Editor of the Uuited States
Telegraph, hss tren from the tirst the ins,ru.
men! Of Mr.. Calhoun, by whose movements
he has sought to bring his plane into opera.
ton. To him the feelings and plans of his
party have been known. He has been their
chief manager; !lrst their private, and now
their public organ. Him they chose to carry
on their private ccrresponde enco-- him thev
selected 10 make their debut against me, they
standing behind the scene with their notes,
memoranda, and concerted statements, to
back and sustain him. AS he is their witness
and their friend their agent and associate,
they will no, iinpcaoh the testimony borne By
his acts. Fls ,pod would not be introduced
by me az evidence against any whom he waa
dcsirous To iniurc. Before | knew him, 7
rendered substantial services to this man
bnt hrs ingrat'udc is n warning to the frends
who now conhdo in him, OF what they may
expect If interest or policy shall hereafter
make il necessary. nefoIe he lett Missouri,
he was popr and pennyless, too much 40, 20
he informed me and Others To be able to re.
move HE wife and children 10 this place,
where he had then lately established q press,
Upon bis application To me. and eta,ing his
necessities, borrowed for hitu fourteen hun
dred du,srs; part ofwhich he rcpsidin about
fifteen months and the balance only recently,
when hc found the sense Of the community
shocked by the baseness of eu,plpyne the
meane furnished by my unreturned advances
TO destroy my reputation.
Tn difficulty here, and pressed fer money,
hc agnin in 1926 applied 10 me, when, through
a friend Of nine in Baltimore. I obtaned for
him s2.500. For the very press from which,
probably, he daily circuatcs his abuse Of me,
] have note which was protested end paid
by me, IN which wos not en- endorscr, and
which hso been in my possession several
years, the whole. or a part Of which still 70.
mnine unpaid. To my cxertions and sesl in
his behalf, as most ofthe Senate ~ the United
States can testify, is he indebted for his Asss
success az pctlic printer, the annual rseeipts
OF which appointment at this time ere hut Iess
than from thirty TO fiiy thousand dollsrs.
Thcee things might have been omitted, for
charity and friendship arc secret in their