Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-11-24

slt a'id thc writing othis letter ~ c. IN 1'''
.,iat ,iinE 1t is as likely tina, inferoncog nrc;n
L. W ','r MAJOR will bo deawn from his own
'''eN ing as from my statement.
MAJOR Eaton and his friends have ,,h-, .,
HSW '"st thorc was amseting of tho fr;c,, :, , ?
60 'n"un, tho object of which was . w.: "
NV s,o Cabinet, and IN r',,,ny or,o ~, , ,'"
,,,c~o '"h| -"gc: "Icn. Desha also says
rrer. -, Nv meeting at the last session of Con.
-, with view 10 Obtain my removal from the
cahinct 1t has not been avcrrcd. N.,y;Il not
Say tnougt, tina, this was not the at the scss
Oh OF lo49-3o' In reply to this paragraph, can
speak with certainty, when say that 1 did not at
.uhu any meeting, either ut the session of 1899
9V or at any other session. the object of bch WAS
TO obtain his removal. neither do believe any sucb
meeting was hcld-During tho session of 1890 40
'no Hienas oil the President found great and in
S"rhountablo difficulties in getting any of his i'm
portant measures through the houses this difficulty
tHo warm personal and political friends believed
W "iiS" rom TIE want OF harmony and Cooperation
among tho heads Of departments. They believed
mat micro was not that concert in the cabinet which
was iiGcspcnsably necessary the success IF Nh.
administration. They believed thiswant of CON
car; was attributable in some c:-ree to tho Prcs;
dents not holding cabinet meetings or councils
us his predecessors had usually done. aud
thereby engaging the different members of his
CABINET, IN favor ofh measures This unfortunate
state OF affairs frequently the subject of CON
verst lion and regret among the warmest of Cen
Jackson's friends; men whose attachment to the
President and his administration has never been
questioned, and would never be charged as bcinu
the parisans or friends of NIr. Calhoun by any
man who was not regardless of the principles both
OF truth and justice. Sometime during the session
of lS29-30, Mr. Ficklitle of Kentucky called one
evening after dark at the room of Mr. Daniel of
Ken, ucky and mvsrfa and requested us to walk over
to tho room of Judge Bib, which we DID, and
when we al wed, found there Judge Bbb of
tcntuckY, Judge White, Mr.. Grundy and Col
Folk of Tennessee, and Con. Overton of Louisiana
Nr Wickli!le then suggested the object he had in
view In getting us together. Knowing us 10 b.
the warm friends of tho President, he said his Oh
Ject was that some of should DO sent to tho Pre-
Si'ent to tell him frankly and cauddlv the state OF
aHairs and to try to prevail upon him TO hold cabin
ct meetings. or councils, in order to produce HARM
ohy II possible among the heads of the different
departments, and if this could not he DONE to try
and produce concert and cooperation amonp them
and their friends in carrying the important mca
S''res recommended by tho President through the
house. Ter an interchange of ideas and opinions
Judge Ei3b, who was the warm and long tried
lrchu OF Gen. Jackson, was selected fit person
To make the communication to him. 1t was believed
by most of the persons present at that mcrting
that Major Eaton's being in The cabinet was the
cause OF most of the difficulties | do not how
ever, Know that this opinion entertained bv ALL
who but Major Eaton and his partisans would
nave had tho tcmerity to charge Judge White,
Judge Bib, Col. POI, and others who attended
that meeting. with being the pdrtlsans of Mr. Cal
noun! a C these men not the well known and long
tired trends of the President? Is not Judge Bib
one OF his Oldest friends i'll kentucky7 Did ne not
hoist the jackson flag in that state at an cary d,v
IN opposition to that of Henry Clayl Yet % an. |
swer the purposes of Mai. Eaton such men rs |
these are to be held up to the American mopIe !
and denounced as the tools and partisans ef Mr. |
Calhoun.
think what have hero stated will sotisi, tho
community, and perhaps even Mai. Eaton himself,
that had not fallen INTO such mistakes as he w,
willing to induce them to believe.
ROBERT DEsHA.
p s. The United States TELEGRAPH. GnIiat;n
Journal, and other papers which have published
Mr. Eaton's 'Candd Appeal" will do me an act
OF justice by publishing this communication.
I certify that Robert Dcsha was at NV b,ueo
Green Garden Post Oiicc) immediately afer the
u >. Telegraph arrived at the office, CONTAINING
letter OF his to the editor of that paper Which
letter. Major Eaton has noticed in his late anrcol
the people Of the United Stntcs. When | HANDED
the paper to Desha, he read tho letter and before
he was done, remarked there Il mistake He
did not intend il to be understood that he had ever
bad conversation with Mai. Eaton in relation to |
his Intended wife, Mrs Tnnberiakc, of Tennessee:
that he himself, the editor of Tie paper had omit
ted some words. That it was in the conversation
he had in the City of Washington with Major "a |
ton, that nc (Eaton) had said that when he yvox in
tennessee, and heard of the death of Timbcrlake.
.'e determined on marrying his widow and COM
munio' tied that intention to General jackson, who
advised him to do so.
~. satisfied thtat Dcsha had not seen tho said
letter puDiSLt>, DeiOTe S'in IL Ut mouse, and
that there was not tue for ha to receive letter
from 'ssomc friend in the U:tv," las stated by Ma
jor Eaton,) informing him of his mistake. Desha,
before he left My house, commenced WIRING letter
10 the Editor OF the Telegraph, correcting the mis-
take he had made in said published letter.
JESSE HAYNIE.
Being requested by Gen. r. Desha, to state a con-
vcrsatiom that he had had with me upon the subject
letter written hv him to the Editor of the Tc-
o,,ro,,, md published in that paper, which letter
Major I,o,o, has noticed in lis late appeal (Which
was as forows3 | happened at Gen. Ocsha's house
On the morning after tins Telegraph containing SAID
letter reached here He stated ~ i:'c' that he never
intended to convey the idea that he fln,. CONVEX
sation with Mojor Eaton in Tennessee, upon the
subject OF his marrying Mrs. Tmber,ake but that
The conversation he alluded TO was held in Wash
in gtor, in which Major Eaton stated his detsrmi ,
nation TO marry Mrs. Iimberlake, and that he had
advised with the President upon tho subject who
approved of his Determination. The General said
the error had originated from the hasty manner in
which the letter written from the printer |
having ornIted some word; he requested me on my
return to town to have it corrected in the Gallatn
Journal, which did. Gen. Desha could not have
-cccived any communication upon the subject from
Washington, apprisng him of the prior to the
lbovc conversation inti.nated by Major Eaton.
j. a. BLACkMORE,
Gallatin, Oct Goth, 1881.
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