Litchfield enquirer., 1831-06-23
From the N. Y. Journal Of Commerce.
Wssu,NGToN, 4th June, 1881.

SAYS there is not the slightest truth in the ru
NOR, that the Cabinet was so much distract
ed by the dissentiUns Of its members as to
raader it incapable of transacting public bust
ness. To what cause then would Mr.. Ing
ham assign the dissolution of the Cabinet 3
Mr.. Branch has called on the President to
state truly tn the people, the real cause Ofthe
dissolution. He in turn is challenged by the
Globe 10 reveal that cause as he apprehends
it. Will Mr.. Branch meet this challenge,and
esPOuse the Is malign influences that expclI-
cd him from the Cabinet? Last evening the
Telegraph alluded to certain g irresponsible a.
gencieS" and circumstances" as the cause OF
t.H dissolution. A few interrogatories in my
last, were intended to force out the truth
from some of the parties; and cannot well
imagine how an answer in these interrogatO-
ries can he evaded. have been thinking to-
day, "a little history might perhaps have bet
ter effect, and therefore will raise the veil
little higher. ..
Notwithstanding the affected innocence Of
Van Buren,, he was the cOntriver of the CON
spiracy against Mr.. Calhoun Mr.. Crawford,
Mr.. Forsyth, Mr.. Hamilton, Major Lewis,
were his agents; and Major Eaton, Mrs. Ea-
ton. aad Major Barry, his auxiIiaries. Mr..
Crawford has never concealed his hostility to
Mr.. Calhoun, aud is the only person who act
cd in the affair openly and without any quail
feation of his sentiments. Under the guild
anee of Van Buren,, Gen. Jackson and the
other agents concerned, intended conceal
ment uatil the aid of Mr.. Calhoun should no
longer be necessary to carry certain nOmlna-
tinns in fha Senate. At the instant when the
magazine was ready for explosion, saw Mr..
Calhoun ia The drawing room, as usual unsus-
pieious, animated, gay and social; and late
in the evening on sofa seated with the Pres
idest, apparently absorbed in confidential
communicates. At the Same time | saw
Van Buren,, Eaton, Barry, Lewis, ssd Mrs.
Eaton, toe to toe, forming whispering cote
RE by the fire in the elliptic saloon. All this
after Lewis had made his visit to Hamilton
Of Newly rk. Mr.. Calhoun and his friends
then held the balance Of the Senate, and
swayed it for the benefit of the Presidents ia
vorites, such as Kendall Carr, Noah, Swart-
won't, Ogden, Hcnshaw, Lewis, and Henry
Lee. cum multis dliis, all of whom have re-
compressed the good services by prescribing
their benefaMors.
The hourT the immolation at length ar
rived, when the President, possessing as usu-
al an abundance of frankness, put Mr.. Craw-
ford's letter into the hands of Mr.. Calhoun.
The rest is known But it is meet that I
should recite to you narrative of certain
occurrences 6ere as certainly ascertainsd as if
they had been written and certified by a NO
tary public.
Major Eaton arrived in this city about the
1st of December, 1923. and on the LIST &c JAN
i 1929, married the widow of purser Timber
lake, who died about eight months previously,
in the Mediterranean. The silent and previ-
ously whispered reproaches of the relations Of
Major and Mrs. Eaton, in the life time of her
first husband, now broke out into open nc Gu
sation, and soon reached the ears of the Pres
ident's private and political friends, some of
whom thought it due to him, to unfold the
tale, and advise him against the nomination
of Eaton to the War Department. The stur-
dy, faithful, and fearless friend Col. Tow
son, took il upon himselfto expostulate with
the President, and warn him of the conse-
quences, and in the same evening notified Ma
jor Eaton in the drawing room of the British
minister that he had SD acted. The Presi-
dent persisted in the nomination Of Eaton,
and he, apprizsd of his peculiar relations and
those of his wife, accepted.
Abeut tho time of the inauguration, the |
Rev. Ezra Styles Ely, d. ID. came here from
Philadelphia, aud wormed himself, in the
character of a great Jackson man, into the |
favor and confidence nf the Rev. Mr.. Camp
bell, really friend Of Gen. Jackson, and
highly useful man and popular preacher in
this clty and in,the course of their conmu-
nications, Mr.. Campboli stated objections to
The nomination Of Eaton, for the like reasons
assigned by Col. eTewson, adding, were he
sufficiently acquainted with Cen Jackson, he
would urge them in person and endeavnr TO
save his Administration from the embarrass
nent which tho appointment would certainly
produce. DIR. Ely immediately volunteered,
with the permission of Mr.. Campbell and by
his authority, to urge the objections to Eaton.
But mark the sequel, how and when he exc.
cuted the trust. Had it been done then, some
good might have resulted. o.a
The Secretary Of War had hardly taken
post when his lady undertook to make the ac
qaaintance OF herequas as shennw supposed.
and among the first, made her advances to
Mrs. Calhoun and Two or three other ladies',
who without any concert, declined the hon
or, and hence the origin Of the conspiracy.
So soon as the President moved into his
appropriate mansion, he selected for himself
and family the church of MIR. Campbell,
where Mr.. lngham, Mr.. Branch, Mr.. Berrien,
and 0her officers nfthe government, were To-
Gated. Mr.. Campbell grew in favor with the
President, and soon filed the Church to over-
flowing. But by and bye the DESTROYER
came, and H!ighteda this brightly Aourishing
society. When the season 10 do good had
passed away, and that to do evil had arrived,
DR.. Ely sat down and wrote 10 the President
the charges and imput.'ions against Major
Eaton and his wife, not however then giving
bis authority. His letter was transmitted IL
the parties implicated; and it was soon ar