The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1831-10-11
VOL. 23.
CORRESPONDENCE" CONTlNMED:
Mr.. Eatoa's reply to 1lcssrs. Igham;
Branch ami Berrien. On the Dissoiu-
ton Of The iofe Cabinet.
TO TrIE PUBLIC.
chy Of wash,ng''", sep,ember, 1881.

| non OF Me i0fe CABINET,
TO THE PUBLIC.
City Of Wastingi,r, September, 1881.
Continued from our last
The question arises, Why were not thcsa
plans carried out OF the intended time Why
not executed? Why were these designs
suspended, and nil the labor Of preparation
brought to pause? Passing events furnish
the answer On the 3ist Of March. the day
aiior the letter To Mr.. Richie was written,
and before tho "FEw DAYS" OF waiting had
expired, a toiee from Pennsylvania ,eas hur.
rying through The iand. The democratic
members OF the Legislature of that great
Stale, which first had presented General Jack
son. and through two contests sustained him,
were now again the first To express their con.
hdence IN Ills administration, and To nominate
llm Tor a reelection. Awed by the indie.
pendent and uncorrUpted voice of tins State
the managers at Washington paused in their
career, 10 listen for the distant echues of tb,s
dedieHihg sound, d,--ths unexpected annunci.
alton. Mark how il was announced in the
Telesraph.
"The position cftkis press, located at the seat.
'of governmcnt--is presumed relation 10 tho
President, the high respect and delicate regard,
'wh'cl, he has, at all tunes maintained for pub.
lie opinion, impose restraints upon IT, in reIatiof
"to the discussion at his time, OF tho propriefv
of ms conllnilance in office for another term"
Again, voice froui New York, responding
to the recommendation from Pennsylvania i'm
terms OF appreciation, equally strong, was also
heard, aud these two large States, thus NOV.
lng and acting together, gave answers, that
whoever close 10 go into retirement could do
so, but that the cluinis Of Mr.. Calhoun TO the
Presidency would, cGrtainiy, for the present.
have To be postponed. Before Il tecoycru
could be effected from these decisive move.
menls, The reio Of the President upon the
Maysvlle Road Bill was announced and filed
the South with joy aud hope. 1t falsifed the
predictions which had been made TO MIR.
kitchie, and swept away that, whence sue.
| cessiul opposition was expected to urisc. IL
was perceived that the Presidents moral, was
no less than his physical courage, and the
people Of the South already exhibited a gen.
erai feeling IN his favor NJ hope of array.
ing the South uginst the North was seem.
ingly impfaclicnbe, and for time abandoned.
Evidences of better feeling began to appear.
and in June, the Telegraph undertook To-
re- election Of General Jackson fn Tie ~ mean snn
time, the President and the Vice President
had differed in relation 10 soIne incident con.
nected with the Seminole HndanJ war, which
had occasioned coolness and separation.
Congress again assembled, and il was ru-
mored that Mr.. Calhoun intended 10 write a
book, and gave to the public HE coffespon.
| dence WIN tho President. The pdpers were
SHOWN privately to his friends. who busted
themselves in representing the affair. IA eon.
versation and in their letters, as an in,rion.
which had been gotten up on the part of Var
Buren, TO destroy Mr.. Calhoun. In preparinv
and bringing forward this address, much pof.
Icy was necessary, and it was EMPLOYED. 1
was requested to examine the manuscript,
that u there was any thing in IL, that could
nave tendency to induce the President n,
reply to 1t, modification might take place.
The request obeyed but afterwards Tint
incident was used 10 prove, that the friends
OF the President had read and sanctionod IN.
address, before 1t obtained publication. Tb.
statement, as 1t related to ME, was illibcrar
and untrue.
The publication of this work again aroused
party aGlinosI'y, and partzans were perceived
10 taRe s'dcs, according To their personal
preolec'ions, and to bring up the question Of
the succession, prerlaturely. as the means of
creating Division among the original ann.
portcrs 6f the administration. Tb, d;scus.
sions ~ Congress were evidently marked bv
such lines OF separation =; and while Messrs.
lnghan, BrsncE aud Berrien, could thers
flnd apologlsts and advocates, the other ,bree
members of the Cabinet. were struck nj. as
Ihe points 0f attack, by the new opposition
The one was a "malign influence" which
was bending every thing to selfish purpose.
whiie our col'eagues were receiving honor.
and commentator. Abuse from the papers
on one side, and disposition To retaiia,s
from the other, were now clearly manifest.
VIC thus had aprospect ofopen war between
partzans OF different portions of the Cabinet.
'he evils of which, as was plsiny to bo Der.
ceVod, could not but penetrate into our de.
llDerations, interrupt business, affect the pro.
gress of public affsirs, and disturb the quiet
anu repose OF The country. While party ru
contest the succession was thus organised ia
Congress and in the Cabinet. one of m.
prominent friends Of Mr.. Calhoun introducea
q resolution, which contemplated. by a retro.
spective provision, 10 amend the Consti,u,ion.
so ss 10 exclude Gen. Jackson from being
eligible 10 a re election. ~ those who urged
tins measure IN the House Of Representatives
did not hope absolutely TO disfranchise the
President W obtaining such an amendment,
they moved II as means Of bringing zen
eral principle TO operate on him alone. and
by obtaining vote on the abstract proposi,.
ION, to urge II us the sense of the sepresen.
tatiycs OF The people sRainst his re election.
In this mode was the war waged aRsjnst thS
fame and influence Of the tusn who vss els.
waited by the voice Of the people, and who
was again summoned by them to become 4
candidate, because he had realized sll their
hopes, ss the reformer OF abuses in the rov.
ernment, and was securing the rights of our
citizens and adjusting the difficulties Of The
country.
The situation Of the President. was now
easily 10 be perceived. With Cabinet DO.