Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-08-04

ed, from tAo nature Of my reply. Ifthe
complaint lad been of combination to
sriet Major Eaton from office, and not tc
erciade has family from Society, the re-
ference to these evening parties would
have been idle; and my declaration
that | would not permit the President tc
control the local intercourse Of myself
and family, would have been instantly
met by an explanation, which would
have removed the impression from the
minds of Messrs. Branch and Ingham,
and myself Yet we all parted with
Col. Johnson, with a clear conviction
that such proposition had been made
and feeling as we all did, that an indig-
nifty had been offered to us, there was,
as l believe, no difference of opinion
between us as to the course we ought
TO pursue, if this proposition should be
avowed and pressed by the President
This conversation took place on
Wednesday evening, and the rumor of
our intended removal speedily became
general. On the succeeding day, the
personal friends Of General Jackson in
terposed, and he was awakened to a
sense of the impropriety of his project
ed course. 1t was then, according to
Col. Johnson's statement to Mr. lngham,
that the paper spoken of by the Editor
of the Globe was prepared. My two
Colleagues had their interview with the
President on the succeeding day, (Fri-
day. and as MIR. lngham's statement
made from tuil notes taken at The time
proves no paper uas shown 10 him on
that occasion. Owing to a mistake in
the communication of the Presidents
wishes to me, did not see him until the
succeeding day, Saturday. and then
the excitement of his feelings had so en-
tirely subsidized, that he seemed to me to
be anxious to dispose of the subject as
briefly as possible. He spoke of the
falsehood Of the reports against Mrs
Eaton, of which he said he had sufficient
proofs; and upon my declining to discuss
that question, he complained of the un-
business of excluding her from society:
referred to the large parties given by
Messrs. Ingham and Branch, and my
self, and told me if he could have been
convinced that there was a combination
between those gentlemen and myself to
exclude her from society, that he would
have required our designations. He
Immediately added, that he was entirely
satisfied that there had been no such
combination, and again referred to those
large parties, and to the rumors to-
which they had given rise, as having
produced that impression. So far from
then suggesting that information had
been received from any member of Con-
gress, when | claimed the right of hav-
ing the names Of any persons who had
made to him representations unfavOrable
to nv conduct, he still referred to the
thousand rumors which had reached him
as the origin of such impression which
had been made upon his mind. He
shored me no paper-spoke 10 me Of none
10 me no Terms which he rOuld
hereafter require. BY his declaration
that he did not intend to press the re-
QUESTION which he had made through
Col. Johnson, | considered the object
of the interview to be TO erpiam to me
The motires under ,ehich he had acted, and
10 announce the change Of his determine
ion.
He accompanied this with expressions
of personal kindness, which | thought
we're intended to soothe the feelings
which he must have been conscious of
having excited. Still | thought it was
improper for me longer to remain in the
Cabinet. Admitting that sufficient
atonement had been made for the in
dignity offered by the message sent
hroug h COL Johnson, there was a
liability to the recurrence of
similar outrage. / believed it, therefore,
O be my duty to retire. My friends
hought otherwise, and my own sense of
what the interests of Georgia at that
Particular crisis required, induced me to
epress my feelings.
When at subsequent period, the
,ident and Vice President, | thought ]
Jaw in this, the evidence of an intention
again to agitate the question, which by
he agency of the personal friends of
Zen. Jackson haG been before happily
oppressed. The connection of MIR. .
Crawford with this controversy, and
ny own relation to Gen. Jackson, for
ade me to take any part in it,-and
tudiously avoided all interference, ex-
ept to derrecate MIR. Calhoun's pub.
icaton. l left Washington on the fourth
lay Of April, one day after Major
eaton had announced to the President
is determination to resign, according
D the statement in his, Major Eaton's) Il
,tter of resignation, and not the slight
st ntimation was given to me of the in
ended change in the Cabinet. But
7hcn I saw the correspondence between