Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-06-07
ALEXANDRIA, DC.
TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE 7. 1851.

The secret IS coming out We shall soon
know the whole of the disgrscefu' transactions
connected with the late change OF Ministry.
The moral sense Of the community will be shock
ed by the disclosure, but the truth must De toiu.
We know something of the circumstances hinted
at below by the Correspondent OF the New YORK
Journal of Commerce. If this nation is not vii
fully blind, it must stamp with reprobat'on the
low intriguers at Washington The writer re-
ferred to, says:
"Where IS the record Of the conversation and
communications of the Rev. John \. Campbell
to the Rev. Ductor Ely, in relation to the poicy
or propriety of appointing Senator Eaton. Secre,
tarv of War. 1t is certified BY the latter, and
at this time IS in existence. At what time and
in what manner were they revealed by Doctor
Ely TO the President, and where is the letter by
which the revelation was made? What were the
particulars of the communications OF Mr.. Camp
bell? in what spirit were they made to Doctor
Ely? Were not the members OF the Cabine,
all present, Eaton excepted, when MIR. Campbell
in the face Of the President, confronting at the
same time DR.. Elv, not only avowed that he did
make the communications alleged, but also chai
lenged the President as the patron of MIR. Eaton
to nut him to the trial, and he would pove all ne
had said and great deal mores Did not Mr..
Campbell at the same time in the presence OF the
President & the members of the Cabinet, with the
exception before mentioned, charge Doctor Ely
with treachery and misuse of his coinmunica
-tionss And did not Doctor Ely remain after
wards in the family of the President. while the
ruin and prostration of Mr.. Campbell was medi
tatiug? =,
Again: had not the gallant Col. Towson, witt
the purity and disinterestedness of soldier ant
friend, even before the nomination Of Mr.. Eaton
demonstrated against it, for the same reasons
which Mr.. Campbell bad assigned in his commu
pications; and did not Col. Towson, the same
evening, wait upon MIR. Eaton and tell him he
had done so? What has become Of the CORES
Dondence between Mr.. Eaton and Col Towson
particularly so much as passed through the hands
Of gallant officer in the late war and late ;
member of Congress? Are not the letters still
in existence, and in whose custody?
..Agan: did not the President in January
1890, employ member of Congress to wait upor
the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary o
the Navy, and the Attorney General, and STATE
to them they must pay to the lady Of MIR. Eator
the respects due IN the wife of their colleagues ant
what was their reply? Did not the same membe
cs Congress the fiext day wait upon them with
message from the President, informing them thei
successors would be forthwith nominated to TIT
Senate unless they yielded and what did the
replys"
As conclusion to these pertinent questions
which themselves " tale unfold" we subioir
the following article from the Boston Courier:
Wanted Immediately, answers to tie follow
ing questions
s:The causes of the reorganization Of the ca
bnet ard of the correspondence are one and TIT
same. They were directly alluded to by Mr.. Ken
dali. They had no relation to the public duties o
either the Vice President or the late Cabinet
They were the circumstances of 1922" and thu
public have right to know what these circum
stances we're. What were they? They have
been made the basis of official action of thu
President, and. therefore, have lost their privatt
character. They are no longer private. Wha
then has been the fruitful source Of discord!-
What has divided the Republican party? Wha
has separated old friends? " hat was it thai
Gov. Branch as man of honor could not do?-
For what cause has the Executive discarded Iron
his counsels and friendship, his old aud long trl
ed supporters, and thrown himself into the arms
of persons whose cold hearted selfishness and ar
tifices were played of upon him for true and
faithful service?"
AS the information required is of the highest
importance to the harmony Of the party, it Is ex.
pected that all true republicans will give their
earnest attention to the subject. Application to
be made to the editor of the Telegraph, the off,
official querist. All persons, however. are
warned. that no reference is to be made to the
domestic concerns of any dignitary, as it is
obvious that they ought not to have, and TO
be inferred that they do not have, any con-
nection with the proceedings of the govern
ment; and it is, therefore, hardly to be expect
ell that any reformation which may grow out of
satisfactory information as to ':the circumstances
Of 1922" sill iaclude matter which does not
appear to be directly involved in the queries.
Prompted by our sspect for the magnificent stuff
fling of the Presidential Chair, we give this warn
ing gratuitously, iestsome one. whom too much
learning has made mad, should a!lude to
subject which has not only been forsworn,
but has been sworn about in every way,
shape and corner at the capital. The utmost
caution is required in this particular,as gentle
man who has lately seen the Great Unitarian
thinks he would objurgate like Mahometan,
and swear by his honesty. his capacity, and hls
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES attributes which 1t is well
known, he cannot afford to profane in such a