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TIE LATE AMERICAN CABINET
There has been great deal Of spec
ulation IN the English, and great lack
oil information IN the American news.
papers, on the cause of the sudden
dissolution OF the late Jackson Cabi.
net. No conspiracy has been discover.
ed tn burn the Capital or To blow IN
the Union. in which the Presidcn, and
lis official helpers could take sides,-
no new expedition had been planned
or projected against the Indian tribes.
IN which the conscience or humanity
OF the Ministers could lead them TO
dissent frnm their Cbief,-and neither
the abolition nor the increase of the
tariff duties on foreign manufactures
had been brought forward as bone of
contention. The twenty and odd states
of the confederation reposed in perfect
safety under the Jackson sceptre, and
no adventurous Aaron Burr had risen
to usurp the kingsh,p. The different
Ministers III the friendly letters Of re.
signation 10 the President, beginning
MY dear SIR never hint at anv
grave question of foreign or domestic
( politics which could separate them
from each other, or from an indulgent
leader.
What, then, could be the cause Of
their preoipitate dissolution That
cause, as now explained, affords Gu.
riOus illustration of Amcrio an manners,
and shows that QUE Republican breth
rem west of the Atlantic are not ex-
empted from those private influences
IN the management OF their public az
fairs, which, in their severer moods they
ascribe exclusively TO the old Courts
OF Europe. Il ,comnn icaS the cause
Of the Trojan svar, and the sighted
pretensions Of minister's wife oo-
casiOned the overthrow of President
Jackson's Cabinet.
What dire offence from triling causes springs
What mighty contests rise from little things"
Ii would appear that for some reason
or other Unto which we forbear To in g.
quire) the lady was sent-not TO Troy
but 10 Coventry. by her fair co.
equals in the official circle Of Wash
inston, and that. being supported by
her husband, as he was in duty bound
she formed faction against her rivals.
I The President. TO show his impartial
fity. freguented her parties, as we'll as
those OF the other ministerial danes.
and thus added jealousy to dislike
At last the ladies contrived tn em b, oil
matters 50 much, and to excite so ma /.
ny Misunderstanding between their
husbands. that no business could be
done, and the President, in his con-
tlnued impartiality. was obliged Ia
dismiss the whole batch.
/ We have forgotten the names Of his
new Ministers, but we suppose that in
their selection he must have taken Sc
curity against the occurrence of a simi
lar catastrophe by choosing bachelors.
or that he must have written on the
Presidential palace one Of the rules
OF the King of Navarro. in Loves
Labour Lost Item. That no woman
come within mile OF my court on pain
OF losing her tongue"
! a Washington Correspondent Of the
New York Journal of Commerce, in
speaking Of the challenge sent by Ma.
iOr Eaton to the late Attorney Gene
raj, says" Mr.. Berrien, with his
usual good sense, uncqualled temper
ament, and self possession, replied "a
the desperate cavalier and the late Sc.
cretary Of War. that other and more
important discussions are pending, in
which truth, and the character and ho
nor OF the government are concerned.
winch he ~ bound to see well settled,
before be can turn aside TO consider
the claim Of any collateral accident
Ice PTsadenf's .HGifmeBf.-The
PendletoD Messenger Of The 1-th ulir-
mo. saws :-'' We have lust received.
and hastily glanced over. a very inter.
estlng communication from The Vice.
President Of the subject 81 tie diiier.
euces between ihe general and state
governments. IL will appear in our
paper next week. We have 10 doubt.
That from the present attitude ef az
ialr-. and the high source from which
Il cmanates, the article will be eagerly
sought Tor. ard extensively read Pub-
lac curiosity las been excited on th,
subject Il Mr. Calhoun opinions o.
tbs question, aud We have abserved
Tor some month, past, repeated CALI
through the papers. ivr an expression
oi them. They ate no" explicitly de.
o'arcd. T"