Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-06-28
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RLCHM0.ND. (TA) TUESDAY, JUNE %
THE SCENES AT WASHINGTON.
10 win no pleasure 'ha, We lay before our rea.
1els hs transactions at Washington, between Messrs
Eaon and ingham We will no, CONCEAL the strong
d'spprobasion, nay disgust, I've will no, % 20 mea
sur. our word) hich they calculated TO 10 pire
Inc friends OF Nj jor Eaton have clsined for him
.ns POSSESSION ofwsny high quail ties We have doub,
ne deserves the character II has g.nerou. friend
~ and manly spitit-We have no, ths lea,, ioub, az
live feel tor the situation Of snsh man-.,unq A,
mas been almost to desperation by the bitter and uu
teien'ing attack OF the press his WIFE Blu, we
condemn the conduct which he ha. pursued towards
Mr. ingham We do not perceive what risb, he had
20 ho'd MIN responsible for the attacks Of the Pes. Ii
doe' nov appear that Mr.. Ipgham stimulated such a..
t"ess-He ought ser;ainiy to have called upon Mr..
oeham in the proper m,nner, for nio nation 10 the
n 's in'tance-"Nor Gas the Baltimore Republican re
m Arks u the single fact sia had been true could Mr.
ingham admit the claim OF any person TO require S
hin at ths mouth Of thu pistol to account for the ar
which n, wife nigh, choose to adop, in the
seiecuon OF her associates Such however is the shsp.
IN which MIR Eaon's precipaucy placed The coutro-
ve,:y' and put himself clearly in the wrong"
m,. Ea.on's whole manner was impassion,j, hast,
and destitute OF the courtesy which usually character
iz's his conduct Bat what ,ha we say of his ppustoo
sa,nst Mrs. ingham L, in every point Of view per-
.eeuy nw,rrAn'abi'-0har'h-unjus towards hsr-un-
wo'hy Of himself Bn', sven, il he had determined
70 push the quarrel to extremity the fine aud place
we're most unbsPpily selected fer the purpose Why
ala ne po' follow Mr. ingham to Bamoro--,o Paila
uephia-even to Doyles,own-Why did he not wal,
I'LL Mr. ingham, like himself had laid down hi, Exec
u,ive function,' Bd; at Washing on in he T,es,urv
DePa''msn'' TO scene could b. more unfortunate for
sueh denouemenf. We are advised by a letter
from Washington, that II We were TO "know everv
'h'ng touching this aAr,a (ve) will in the SEQUEL (ge
would mol breathe een'ure on Mr. Eaton hi, adoire
MS iorosmance. We can scarcely conceive such
po"ibiliiy-but as a. present advised, wa must pro
nouncs our opinion with freedom. IL there b, any se
que, 1t mun speak for itself.
q. rsply in deaf; oC ~ -.
hsn any reason t'susPec, Mr.. Eaton be in any de-
gree " deranfed," 1t w's too harsh But wha, sLa,l
W. mink oil his charge sgainst fur of the officers OF
government OF "wsy-laying (bm) (his) way TO the
ofhes,-Ior the purpose o. aisassnation"! 1t 10 per-
iscly unwarrsnsb!e. These officers have all denied
Tin the most emphatic manner Where 10 his proof Of
u! Dld no feea spectre in every bush? Why did he
leave the ely, before he lad seen the result of hi,
cu'a'on and produced The proon hi. posse son. This
dsnt-ihe ofhcers, whom he has charged with a Gen.
piracy, have ihrown back the secu,a,ion-and how
wiz ne me ct W And in what attitude will hi. falling
TO substanists this serious charge against IN +, m
plan himself p But discover from the PbI,del.
pbia American Sentinel OF The 25,h who're Editor no
iouoi saw MIR; |. between Thursday and Saturday
to'pn<' mat Mr. IL not prepared to prove but TO
cary bis charge Tue Editor pressntsit as tolIow,:
The gentlemen whose correspondence with the
PRESIDENT We publish To-day, like ell persons anx-
ous to contradict charge admit substantially all the
facts which MIR. Iugham connects them ,,b 7, will
be seen from Mr. lnshsm's letter, that he aIiege. tho
persons concerned in the intended outrage on his,
C.
rotary OF War thai the Second audifor Of the Tea
sury Register oil the Treaury, and the Treasurer OF
Tn ohreo o'a'ss, tcere IN THEIR company; and the
ITedsmers and Registers rooms in tue lower part Of
he building Of the Treasury Department, and grocery
store between his lodgings and the off .e were al err
nateiy grouped as TREIR rendezvous while lying in
seryirg his sppfoaeh p"
"The sh"ge therefore Of lying in wait, entirely rs-
iers 10 the iae Secretary Of War and his bother-D-
law, the &C ing Secretory Wa: the impuiaton upon
ne Other P'rson' simply Is that OF being in the company
OF the prncpsls at the OF intended action and
during The time they wasd in the Treasury Depart
mint tie approach CT MIR. Iugham. Now let these
geaslemtn "ho have unnecessarily paraded defence
broader than The charge be allowed 10 speak for them
F.w can read Mr.. IDghsms letter without snpuos.
lng II toiuvo've oil these gentlemen in The ecmbu
ION and conspiracy sgains Mr. lneham. But even
taking the Sen'inePs View OF the charge, its srgu
'nsot 10 tupport oil II, so far we have seen
the evidence, is every unfor'uf a'e. The S n
tinel says 1t will also be seen that the
Irea'ur-r, WHO states that the charge as TO him
wss entirely destitute Of the leas, foundation IN
truth, acms that he heard hat a correspondence.
was going on hat might re ut in personal conflict"
ava mat he "a" s.jor EATON. The day in que.
"oo, IN an accidental l'e'IDg OF lew minutes. Bot
che'e he hm, and ,ohat was tie subj CT or con.
yersaiioo, we are LETT to in'er 10 this there 10 no di.
hruIy; for as there 10 kud Of de ial from him o,
my otber OF The Pariie', shat Msjr EATON was IN tn,
Treasury 0fcs, and none Of them pr.lepd to d.nv
heir Knowledge Of his ohjet in siatoning himself
here, The infcrence is irret'sble, that Mr. CAMP.
De- rim Mt
r"S The scene OF the &" deeidenidI' inietvi. ~
Now, what says Mr.. C. in a letter now before us:
lhe late Secretary of War called al NY Dom In The
aorpipg, have undors bu, no, 10 a. the lin
ssw him aiisrwirisi Tor lev miautes in the Rseis.
feTs OBiee, but be said nothing to me about his ufsn-
tIon Of making Personal attack upon Mr. Jueboun
remained 10 the Treasury D,patipeot until -; otk
walked hoiD' part OF the way with the Rsg,ler When
we 'epsta'ed | walked aIons-Sar no per,on a, the
no, So but my friend Jndg. Anderson the Comn.toi.,
and his son, uih whom reside A!,sr dinner rod
out on hortebek alone, rourned sbolt sun down rods
down Immediately afterwards go the Nivy ard, more
man NO iis' rom the City and spent tn. evening
until III o'clock, Of Ihs House Of my friend Col Han-
der'en OF the Marine CO:p's With parry Of ladies' and
fetts men.
owe had 6ae music from IN, Marine Bind and a mo.,
s'esaoe company OF young lsiies, but cer.siply 10
treason OF eonsPTdeies, against the government. or
hdViJual' Know ho'hing about the party, heavily
armed, vi o II is eta Ell appeared b,fo Mr. Iogb.m,
lode ing' on that evening, 81 ST."
We have Publhhsd his private letter ~ Mr. Csrop.
bell, whhoui his authority or REQUEST w = Do n, h
cause !, Is ruff lent for lis exbonoralion from r.
asssriions OF the niibel-and being never ,ns,daJ
fJr the public eye, IL would carry on thai account alo
me Irresistible authority Of an unpremedi a,ed sta a.
mtnL ~ ~" 9
The ssn'inel wisely passes over IN, eh,rss un,n
ihese gentle OF the armed "demons,ra ion" on H.
lbgh1m's lodgings "unt late hour" Of the Eyen.ny
TINS charge also Is denied by all the gen lsmeo1
and only smother proof OF The Daccracy Of b stse
ment and The ppe mostly Of his fsehogs-ws 60,
this last letter oi his TO the Presdsni nd we susn.c
hat no too viii rsgret ", almost az much az Major r.,
100 repsnt' his unusiihsble and uplounded attach on
iGe lady OF MIR. Iogham.
These sn'aelions satisfy Ne more and mar.
wi h rs dhsluiou Of the Csbnei-such con,bn,
ubiliy Of temper and such dscord among the me nbs
must have impaired the value of any A1tntoi,trs,ioa
Asto the PRESIDENT himself, how could he expeet IN
ese'pe the attacks Of the Opposition? lie has been