Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-08-08
P0E.ETEGAy,
MR.. INGUAM,S LETTER no ,rII1, ppr,s,,

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ciates who were invited to- resipn; but i. is added
that beng representative of Pcnnsylvania I was
en',ieo 10 respect" and was therefore s'trcatcd
with kindness To the last" and in tho uo,t I;,c
the public told that Won ,-ave mo crc,t g. -.
capacity and fidelity. The kind treatmcnt ma
respect woro not, however for these ouaIit;rs ~,
because you woro unwilling that Pcnnsylvnui,
should suppose you wished to put "a mark Of dis
grace upon me-" L am, indeed, pratifcJ ~ An
dinS that owe to my native state, rather than 20
your nsincerity, tho blindness and rcsnoc,, iii
which was said TO bo treated. But 10 what f.l
ing am to attribute your testimony TO nv ..,,pc.;
~ and .hdetHy"1 IF that testimony was sinrcrc
what becomes OF the black catalogue of previous
plots and base designs portrayed in your oync,e7
III 1T DO not sincere, you have promulgated 70 tLo
American people, whose Chief Magistrate Won orr
under your own hand, that which you did not be.
Hevc. Which alternative shall I choose in MIR
sung tins discussion7 I cannot mako a choice.
and Will drop the curtain, leaving to tho bi.toron
OF this part of your life TO seek for other light, TO
t s1ive the paradox, or invoke patriotic tear TO
blot out tho record of it. II now appears certain
however, that was retained in office most reluc
family, notwithstanding my "cGpdcity and fdeEtyr
merely because you werc unwilling TO mortify
pennsylvania by letting her suppose that Yon wish
ed to put "a mark of disgrace" upon me- now
perfectly comprehend this annunciation In another
point OF Wow. 1t Identifies the declaration
which, from time to tnc, cmanated from thos.
who were alleged to be in your special confidence
and TO have constituted your most influential coun
ell. IL was declared by those persons that had
no share in your confidence that you would bo
glad of protext TO remove me, and that You had
endeavored in vain by ''courtIy hints to let me
know that you wished me to resign, and relieve
y9n ron tho responsibility of the act; to all of
which, 1t was added, / utterly insensibe 1t
is also evident from this admission, that although
was, during all this period, laboring with the most
intense assiduty for the country and for the bcnc.
mt OF your fame, that you seeking, with
scarcely less diligence, for prete1t which
would enable you to encounter, with safety, tho DO
htlcal hazard of notifying Pennsylvania by put
ting ga mark of disgracc' on me. It further APP
pears that while these things doing, che per-
sons, above referred to, carrying their war
faro against mo into the papers of PENNSYLVANIA.
one OF them, at least, conducting the infu-
ence of your name into the elections in that State
to tho disadvantage and injury of ono of your own
political friends, and for other reason than be-
cause he was my personal well as political friend:
and TO be an enemy of mine, and of the admins
tration of my native State was known to be the
direct passport to the favor of this council saw
whlie these and many other such things, which 1
might disclose without violating tho rule have
prescribed, were daily ut work, you 'streatcd r.e
with Kindness to the last! ~ I rcpo.cd on yonr
imputed hrsnkness and sincerity, treating the
malign influence" which surrounded you with 81.
lent indifference, determining that it was not lc..
DUO to your character than to mine that should
not seem to give credit to the assumed authenticity
OF acts so discreditable TO your fame, and that
should oIpcct from yourself alone the ONLY in hor
nation upon which could act in such case. not
indeed in "courtly hints" but in the honorable in
city.
1t is now proved, by the documents so often re-
terrcd to, that the character which I had thue
formed, and thus relied upon, was but an chico.
or my imagination, and that, instead of the res
pect, with which created to the last, com
ing from the heart, it was but n COVERING for deoo
rooted hostility which was only suppressed through
Tear OF "mortifying Pennsylvania and that have
oeon during the whole period of my political con-
ne1ion with you, object of your unduslifed
and, now, undisguised enmity, as we'll os subject
Tor tho suspicious and scrutinizing espionage of
those who it now appears by the notification of
OF their saying, acted under your special authority
cannot but deplore that you have made it ncce.
sary for me, in my own defence thus TO sneak of
these thing; but, since it is so, rejoice TO find
IN the laborcd assault upon mo- such clear internal
evidence OF the truth it is But you allege
that you "offored (me) position of dignity and
trust quite equal to (myl deserts" Ii is true YOU
oHorcd me the mission to Russia; but after what
has been now seen, any doubt in what light
must nave understood that Offer the time it wac
nade3 and, although you have been unable To find
any motive for my refusal but "ambition and inter
est" there arc not few, trust, who looking in
10 their own hearts, realise that when Office is
rendered to beguile integrity it cannot be honor,
bly, accepted; still less could have accented
u 10 es sop 10 reconcile Pcnnsvlvenia to
the agency of an inmate Of your household
IN forminga new party there for the benefit Of your
designated successor. "Ambiton md INTEREST,",
tho former seeks high station md the latter cro
oluments: both were offered but 'sthe circ1Tr.l,n
ces" IN which found myself placed, forbade the
acceptance, and sought only retirement To do.
nestle life, not imagining that this was to bo further
djstusbcd.
now pass to the sequel of this extraordinary
document, IN which find abored attempt to nd
duce facts in support of an idea previously incnl
Gated Viz that was the nggressor in all the diff
terences which existed in your imagination md
seeking 20 the last for come s'pretex for ousrrnl
to carry home TO Pennsylvania" What nre these
iactsf Soon after had appointed certain officer,
IN the custom house of Philadelphia disrcsnrding
the ofhcious and improper interference OF the Sc
cond Auditor ofthe Treasury, who, as wssinforn.
ed, had been some time political visit TO that
oityj and after Mad heard that tho persons who
formed his circle there spoke OF my appointments
as SnwarEsnted IN my then situation, received |,
note from you, in which yoa designated mo a.
acting Secretary Of tho Treasury not only on
The outside With marked pecuIiaritics but ,I.o in
tho body Of the note. | could not suppose it to he
an lnadvertsnco. II was not recurring to a fnmi
liar address fIOia unusual one, but the reverse:
ana being tho first time you had ever addressed mo
IN That manner, carried, / thought. on its face
evidence OF deliberate intention. The notes which
passed between us on tho occasion have been pub.
iishcd; and am content that m impartial public
should decide from the face Of our two first roca
even unconnectCd with the visit Of N.;nr Ior;, 70
PhiladeiPhia, which of us has the Appearance Of
seeking cause of offence" in this transaction
The next fact is, that wrote ~ angry letter In
Air. Barry, informing him that had heard Tint one
of his Assistants had said the Department held Ger
tain bond in tcrrorem over me. will publish lhis
correspondence also, though an incon >iicrnble tom
IN this scrap of history, from which it will be
readily determined, whether the disposition 20 r-,nr
rel begaEtwith me, those who had entertained
PurpeSc injurious to my character, ne 10 have II
relieved that the silent reposo which was LOOKING
10, must be attributed 20 tho In rnofivc ,c ,-:5