Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-09-22
MIR. EATON'S REPLY,
To y strS. higher. Branch. md Bcrrie,

In December, tho c-~ TeTk Enquirer in,natsd that the
election OF General Jackson desirable and ven
urcd to Susss, iha1 Mc Van Sn might a candidate
provided h. declined MIR GIceu sharply Iebuked the
editor tor meddlius with tho ,uhjcc,, AID especially E
n'fod'ci0S the n1mc Vi the proposed successor In
Mach, 1850. afr Webb ugsm introduced the subject
though IN different SHAPE, lie yays-"We re;.ca,, tina
General jackson, aad lac only, Ill bc the Candidate
vi the republican, party far ls leS;dency In re-
ply, tho Telegraph again took exception; and although
had with Mr. Webster aud MIR We!cs yet the O5iicc
d'ny disc!1ses the same designs General jackson
mas; ~, again be candI!ais lest "hs shnud inc
Subjected 20 the mnuiaIon oschh ends, and election
eefinS purposes" lie might think it his dulv "o
sacrifice his private ccrioT or in the more dstirc,
language held Mr. Wobsef ,.he ought 10 go some
~ me hermitage. These IS in this article, nothing Of
Nh NanASn.cn's designs and inrgacs or Nh Ca!hnun's
claims eso ccuh be beucs -ana sed, and To happier
tsS'esS, though not completed II not oct time 20
rSsal TO tho P'ac for the correction Of 'evs" which
Goli' not nc made TO ser but tsat time
was considered 20 hu hand and WAS evidently
totehoded ~ the 1ono of the TalHsTaph.
Most OF the Presidents nominations h.d been
before tho Senate during the whole winter and tho
public were ut . loss to know why Ghcy were no;
disposed Of The friends OF Mr. Calhoun wero
constantly pouring into tho of those who
were doponaing on the Senate for confirmation,
exaggerated accounts Of his strength in that body;
and tic political preferences of ttoso in nouiina.
ton, were secretly and arfuiiv sought after. They
pretended to have po!!ed both Houses OF Congress,
ohd 20 have ascertaincd that majority III each,
were his friends Mr.. I'm was rejected from, tho
Mr.. Green paid him visit of confidence, during
which tic sought 20 persuade him. that he had
been sacrificed to ''thc Eaton and Van Dtrsn in
.faene:." Others we're privately warned, that they
were IN danger from tho sImc quarter. II certain
ly would have boon mastery stroke of policy, if
MIR. iii! could have been sent to New Hampshire,
MI Kendall TO kentucky, Mr.. Noah 10 New York
and other former Editors, back 10 their homes to
resume their professional duto. impressed with
tho belief that they had been made tho victims not
OF an 1nghd', Hcfrien, and Branoh, but of ''the
ration ana Wan Barren influence" Il was good
idea il it could have -ucceedcdi bus, being rather
ar fetched, it failed. Thus is it apparent that it
was not tho Secretary of War alone that they de-
sired TO get rid Of but the Secretary of Stats also
One of the members Of Congress who attended
the preparatory meeting shou. tho 2oth of March,
tor the purpose of regulating the Presidents Cab
met, being inquired of, il my removal would sa:is.
- them, answered cnphaticaly No, We triIi be
satisfied tcth aot5ing short Of ths remopag gf Tan
Buren,
But the removal oftheso two unrcprosonted Sec.
rctares nj this meeting, was not tho only subject
probably discussed before it, and which fniled of
success. Tho Premier, Gen Jackson himself, a
more important parsonage than all, no too was to
be disposed of. Ard tho better TO effect IT, con-
vorsations were 30 DC hold with strangers visiting
the city; and private letters to be written, to
prepare the minds of leading politicians at dis
lance, TO support the decisive movement. Il was not
proper nor tho proper time, openly take ground
In the newspapers; saPping and mining were pre-
ferabe. AN Anti-NIn Buren, party was to be GOT
ten up, and, nader that banner, without seeming
TO be III opposition 10 the President, 1t was thought
tie Disseminated and dissatisfied Of all parties could
rally, until the scheme being fully Inatured, the
mine was to DO exploded, when MIR. Calhoun and
the Telegraph were 'to ride the whiYlwind and
direct the STORM" On the 10Th March but Il DAY
Before this preparatory rocting of members to ro-
organize tho Cabinet, 1T least in part, Mr.. Green
wrote II letter TO Andrew Dunlap, United Slates
District Attorney at Boston. IN that letter he
says:
The political horizon is from day to day, NOR.
fclcar!y indicating the point whence the storm
"coneth. Tho article from the Massachusetts,
journal, and the last letter to the United States
Gazetto, leavo no doubt that Webster has resolved
"to push forward boldly, and Clay alone. If
CLAY succeeds, Wcbstcr's fortune is made. If
"Clay falls, the lieutenant becomes the Comman-
"dcr of the defeated force. He comes into tho
'marAet at the head Of an organized and powerful
party, and associated as be intends TO be, with
''Ncw York, M. Van Buron.l he will havo a
powerful influence at his command.
-Hr. - VII was much with Wob5, gave
''Inc, as piece of advice, ihtonded for my own
''honctit and gaidnncc, the information that Mr..
Nv ebb had, while hero been advised not to attack
'Air Webster. VIII it not be well to keep an eye
ION the Coarer, and also on Clay and
Webster rely on the Bank of tho United States
land the federal party. --- is this their organ
"ln -. Let thcm succeed, let them make
amy compromises, and tho democracy Of New
"Eagland, and particularly Of Massachusetts, are
"the victims which must be offered up to Webstors
divisions and disunioa Of our party Go healed,
"dcteat is certain. BoLD AND DEoIsI7s MEANS
"GNsUaH "a TRIUsrrT. There sone now in
power, who accustom themselves 70 think lightly
'of the New England democracy. NV own
'oPnon ia, that that democracy mag yet hold the
State Of the Union in their hands,
Thus the democracy OF New England .ad-
dressed. They warned against tho New
York Enquirer and Rolidel Of an ultimais oosli-
ton, first with Mr.. Webster, and if that failed,
then with Mr. Van Buror. Webster would ''eome
Clay, If he could purchase, to Mr.. Van Buren, if
lie could moi The jealousy OF the New England
democracy was thus 10 he aroused; md they e1-
cited TO action Ky being told Ihcy to be offer
ed up as the victims of Vcnqoanec;" and that "bold
az" dcci2:cs Hea1s toou!d ensure triurph."-
THUS was it hoped fer and expected that the demo
cracy Of New England would be aroused, and pre-
pared TO support bs bid end decsite means" then
IN contemplation, 20 c1po .'the Eaton and Van Bu-
him frora sonsenting to reelection,
ana have every thing arranged and prepared to de-
Etroy him if he did consent.
In a few days after, letter sont TO Mr. NJ
III. Noah, of New York. In it Mr.. Green says
81 have doubt that the last article in the Cou-
''ricr, VOL tact Of tho 18th, was prepared
SHIRE, and part OF Tie intrigue intended 10 Sc
'PaTa,e thc President from bis earliest and best
"lricDdz.
ass to Mr. Colhoun the object Of tho Courier
SIS drive The alternative Of abandoning him
cor Gen. Jackson. The srliheo is shallow for |
'srccras IL viii rcccil upon ~ author Those |
H!aglty for The Use Of Hr Van Ruren are inter.
'cs ief in circulating rich report, which Nj
webb took with hi,u from here: bit the intelli-
gent friends ofthc President, who associate with