Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-09-29
Correspondence bstpeeH Mr.. Ealon aud Mr..
BefTIen

Befrien
WAsn,Far cry. Monday. July 25ib
SlH:--in our letter 10 me ol tue 18Th June,
IN reply 10 mine al the preceding day, YOU IN
riiec, saS, (Alihongh denying my right TO in
.erI ogate you,) that ,he attack, made upon m,
Ia a paper oi this city, were " without your
agency You volunteered tho declaration,
tia' you did no, " lh,uk Il necessary TO decide
upon the truth or ialsehoOd OF the statements
winch were made, IN relation To my is,niiy
leaving me 10 Understand. that as you had
iornrd no opinion, 80 neither had you express
ed one, ~ any wise deioRaiofy oi me. Alter
tnese explicit di.ayownly US 10 yourself, | did
not deem II proper 10 take exception, or TO hold
Won PEE sunally accountable for conforming 10
runiofs which you may have heard, or :" 10
tue general sense OF the community which
you ~ falsely assumed as a pfetett to ,njutc
NE, a1d TO dispetagr hundreds OF Tbs most re
spectacle persons IN our county, who have
maintained friendly relations with me ond my
i"mdy-pUisons IN all respects equal in sisn-
ding with you, aud those who hold intercourse
with you. Upon this rroot OF my iorbearaoce,
- ioibeurance which ever hope to exercise,
except ~ cases oil high emergency, you have
g,owD bold anl 10 u laboied article recently
addressed 10 the public over your signature,
give counienance and sanciio, To the base
slandsrs which have been propagHted against
ne IN NY domestic rtIjtions You speak oil
inem ss " evils which press nied an in.upeTable
bar to your catering the Cabinet - aud that
your assent was finally given, under the PR
snasion that the Piesdcal would speedily see
his error, aud by removing me cofreCl the evil.
This is what you intend u say, onit,ng q,
the same time a material fact. which was
known 10 you, that | WIS the identical person
through whom was communicated tn you the
desire OF the President, that yon should eater
his Cabinet aud that through the anne person
you returned an answer, offering at the tune
private business only as a reason why you
could not, aud did not, al tho instant oil tho
application, make a prompt acceptance or re-
fusal.
Sir, the open attempt DOW made, unprovoked
-onc altogether uncallsd for by any course VI
NINE towards you-,s obs,ons to evsry eye.
Tho whole nation must perceive that your oh
Jet and purpose IS 10 mark me with dlshonor-
able impuiatiou, These efforts OF yours, so
persevered in, will, ! confidently believe aud
hope, Justly me TO the American people, and
to all honorable men, IL requiring Of You The
repnrdtiOn due 10 one who so w%astoniy has
been abused, lnsulted aud injured and sccof-
doggy | do require it. VIM due respect,
j. Il. EATON.
To Jso. McPHEssos BERarEn, Esq.
L. 5. This letter was prepared 10 be deliver
ed 10 on Oh Monday, bat tue absence OF tn,
friend, who was ex expected TO he the bearer, The
daily expectation oil his return, aud the difficulty
of procuring one uhcu injected here win the
Government, has occasioued tbe delay,
J. ii. +.
To this lette- a long argumeniatIve repl,
was returned. never saw II. Ny friend re-
fused TO receive -, AS not being a proper anf
definite answer, to the call. General Haoter',
letter explains what afterwards took place. II
IA as fellows
WA.HisGr ron, Tuesday, ID August.
DEAR Sir - .uclose 10 you the correspoD'
deuce which has taken place between Gene
raj Jones aud mysep 10 WHOM | was referred al
the friend OF Mr.. Berien.
You whl perceive, nom the character III,
Transaction had assumed In my sbseacr, | tdt
only o0e Course to pursue on my return &c
This City, which WIS To explain the reason o.
hat absence and require vi Mr.. RsIrie0, to at
explicit demand. an answer equally 50. ~a'
Informed. v~eibaiiy, by the General. that hu
friend had taken MS ground, ia the rejected
Communications, from whish he would not de
part and that il the Case OF Major Luton va
pressed ~iurtlei al this tine, IL was 10 be under
stood as declined. I, however, thought Il bss
10 deliver my note. and wait n written reply
Gsnerl Jones' letter Vi The I'd August IN an