Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-09-26

should SEEK ther own associates, aceor-
dung 10 their "wn III, unInllueneed aud unra .
strained The n0ituc, therefore. was not TO cx
clnde us from society II is n matter sl,ogeth.
er Too small TO account FOR the acts aud untlrIng
zeel Of SO many great men.
Was the m0tipe merely To exclude mo from
The Cabinet Was my presence there danger
Gus Ia the interest OF The country, or To us III
siitu'ions Had the power or the dispnsl-
ton 10 iniurc the one. or overthrow the other :
Was II pretended that wanted the ability, ia.
tellgence, or Integrity, necessary to the man.
aRement Of the Depariment OF War; of its
management, there has been no complaint
mhie II WAS in my hands. lett Il AZ least ns
prosperous as ! found il. Was IT suspected
'hat was not true 10 the President, and would
prove false aud iaithl So 10 his administration ?
A confidential intercourse OF more than fifteen
wears, the highest admiration of his character .
aud the deep personal interest felt in the sue
cess OF his administration, were suiay sutii-
Gent 10 guard me against that. Nothing of
this sort entered into the minds OF my tradu,
GERS They had no desire for my exclusion on
account OF ANY suspicion entertained that
would willingly do inJWy To the interests OF
the coone'N, IS INSTITUTIONS, or the President.
10 what ihen shall We iuuk for this n0iipe ?
An ardent friend OF the Wee President, IA 1929
IA one shori sentence disclosed IL
" Mayor Ealon rs not The friend Of M. Cal
h0Ha."
II was this which rendered me unfit for the
Cabinet and Tor the respectable society Of
hlesrs. tnghanI, Branch, aud Berleu.
could nor, perhaps, be used 10 promote the
views ni Mr.. Calhoun, aud might exert mn
Inhuencet 10 induce General Jackson To stand
"A second election. II was not thought tnn, ia
my hands, The Influence and patronage OF the
War Department could be used in favor Of n
successor. In that they did me justice. 1t was
DOT 81 used, nor ever would have ben. Il
was subJ"Ct about which spoke not aud fell
not Not even was | solcitous for General
Jackson again TO be selected, except on the
ground that his principles and the course Of his
administration, when fairly tested. should lie
lound IN accord with the general sense uf the
People aud the country. Al n proper iime
they would determine this matter, aud there
was willing to rest IT, undSturbed BY any
prHate or Official interference OF NINE.
Bat " MAJOR Eaion was not the friend OF
Mr. Calhoun and this was Sufficient reason,
Why he should not be permitted to enter the
Cabinet # 10 be prevented or for furclng him
op' when there. Ihe Intellectual attempts TO
exclude IN, have altcady been alluded 10. II
mas utea SHOWN that berrieu aud lnghan con
cedlIng deep IN their own bosomS thcir feelings,
entered lie Cabinet, under a full conviction
that presently would be excluded--that Mr
Cdlhoun's family and niue. bulore my an
poinIment, nterChange1 Civities. and that he
sought at me the appointment oil Trend as
Chiei Clerk-and that thereafter oil pi,yale
aud Official Intercourse batweea w, ceased
Let II be borne Ia mIud, that the pflnclIals--
those who have beeD actively employ ed against
me, are tue friends OF MI. CalhOun-his dev1-
ted, active partlzans. II Is readily 10 DO luteI-
red, thin, that Tins high wrought tempest ,"
has proceeded lrOm political designs, connect
ed with the future hopes and expeditions ul
Mr. Calhoun and tins Inference | have II III
my power to contr.n. by HE most impressions
able facts
d If Green, Editor Of The United States Tel
egfaph, has heen from the frat the instru-
meni OF MIR. Calhoun, by whose movements he
has sought 10 bring his plan. into operation.
. nun the feelings aud plans OIL his patty have
been known. He has been their chef mana.
ger; hist tier prgaie, aud nOw their public
organ, Hun they chose 10 carry on their pr.
vate COirespundence-hlni they selected 10
make their dejW against me, they standing
behind tue seem wlth their notes, memoranda,
and concerted statements, To back and sustain
him.
As he Is their witness and their friend, their
ageot aud associate, they will not Impeach the
testimony borne by ms acts. His rOrlis will not
be introduced by me aseyjdence agalnstahy
whom he was desI Gus TO iajurp. Before knew
hun rendered substantial services 10 lnIs mdn,
but has ingrallude ls a warning TO the irlenus
who conn lie IN hIt.', oil what they may expect
II interest or policy shall hereafter nuke II ne
cesshry. Before he lett Missouri, he was poor
md T. ennyless too much So 10 he informed me
AMI Others, 10 be able 10 remove his vile and
chl 'teh 10 this place, wnere he IA, al Thea late
" established ii press. tpou his application
10 me, and stating his necessities, | borrowed
for uim fourteen hundred dollars pnrt OF
which he reLaid In about fifteen months, and
tue balance odly recently when he found the
sense ul the commonly shocked by The base
ness OF employing The means furnished by my
unreturned advances 10 destroy my fcpdla>
tIun.
In difficulty here, and pressed for money,
he again IN 1926 applied to me, when, Though
a rltnI OF niue IL BALTIMORE, outlined Tor
aim 81 80 For the very press from which
probably, hH daily circuIates his abuse of NE
have mole which was protested aud paid Ivy
ne, On winch Mas uOt an rndOrser, and which
has been III my possession several years, The
whole, OF a pat OF Whch, still remdIns unpaid.
10 IN, exertlons aud zeal IN his behalf, as uo.l
of the Senate of the United states eau testify,
is he indebted Tor his first success as public
printer, the annual receipts OF winch appoint
meat at this tine are not less tndn IRON unity
10 fifty thousand dollals. these things might
have been omitted, for charity and friend, mp
sre secret 10 their operation, aud should not
be proc TO the world but surely may
be permitted To mention them, moi Ia he spIf-
il oil an ostentelious l,beraluy ibul that Tie phb-
lac may De able ~ appreciate the ehaIaclois vi
NY parseculOfs
la 1929 80, Mr.. Green, was frequent Visl-
tor AT my house 10 - large part e. aud 10
small, with his wife aud daughters, and Invited
my wife and myself To his. He, Oh several oc-
cdsons, rendered his services aud his paper IN
slndIcalIon OF US, against ISLANDERS aud abuse
which AT thai tune were whispered about and
is II regards one OF MS cOmpurgators on whom
no" he would rely as good and suih tent W.T.
ness, bat IA whom then, he had no confidence,
he placed Ia NY hand statement u ms oUH
brother, tending 10 inpeach hln. What noA i,
nas brought them 81 closely together, know
not. | only know that he hates me beyond
even the power to extend common justice and
wherefore is II 50 Because bad men are apt
10 dislike those fion whom they have received
tapors. Bot thai he should descend SO Tar as
to become the traducer OF lemalr, because
iI. nj ttg..4 INN n III