Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-04-28

CHANGE OF MINISTRY

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CHANGE OF MINISTRY.
Uyiae somewhat recovered from the astonishment
OH which we it, common with the people generally,
,s,e thrown by tho reception ofthe news OF the late
roiutios 10 ths Cabinet NJ Washington we proceed 10
d,r few de sultory rehectons that unlocked for
and uptecedantcd event.
Ws concur in opinion with tho {. s. Tee graph,
vnslther tic Secretary OF State the Secretary
War have In ti,eir otiers stated the aud
M cadsos which have produced their resignation.
M. Van Barren, ftrus eau g1tor his meaning
4On his d,Ioattic lottcr, which dniisa compre-
5aoI pi ,c1s his resignation, first, upon tho ground,
.h4 his has been held mp to the nat'on rs can
ate the Presidency, and tina, the office of Seere-
nv of State should Not be retained by person sit
ard ascondly, that by remaining 10 that oiic he
ad invite attacks the head of the admnisra ton
and weaken its actual strength aud thirdly, that he Is
,lioas Of tho honor Of being regarded "a the foun-
,s,.fs new precedent in our political hisIory.-Maj.
ron assigns another reason for his resignation being
satisfied that neither ofthe foregoing would apply to
mn--io nit that he accepted tho Department of War
,4ac,an,l, mud seized upon this US favorable mo-
meu, TO retire from dsagreoable stat' on II any de-
peuience is to he placed Duff Green, however, this
esou Of the War Secretary cannot be the true one ;
sr Duff declares that the President appointed Maj.
the p4r,y" who fores that he would be the usak
mint In the adminis raon-and that Maj. Eaton him
eli on being Informed of these reiholsranees against
m aprointnant admitted tior forco, aud said that he
would euieayor TO silones the objections BY faith
tIperformance Of the dates of his Office show
g that he was oasi uilIing If not on1ioas 10 obtain
thu secretWyship.
Believing then. az do that these gentlemen have
not assigned the tue reason by which they actuaed
e. AID. Il
bot go very far the scarchor ii lies the surface
and may lie seen by every VINO has paid tho slight
"a aeulionto recent political occurrences
M.n early lY after tie Inauguration Of Gen. jack
'oa was that the party which had elected him
Wnld N no long time become divided among them
s,ses aud that portion al item would support Mar
La Van Buren, aud the other john c. Calhoun, his
successor Every day the line between them became
INFO distinctly drawn, until at last, Nj. Calhoun, per
-adng iat his rval had Succeeded in alternating from
ID the tnfdence and affections ofthe President pub
afsd the Correspondence" and threw himself upon
re lldgmeHt OF lis constituents lron that moment
We breach LecuBe irrecoaecale, aud the $40 grand
uhioas of"ise Rep2blcan party, mdrsiiaihs them
e~' anier tbs bialsrs Of thslr respective Chieiahs,
commenced upon each other OF vltuperatlon, not
exceeded IN bitterness by that which they had before
ielly wagcd against Mr.. Clay, thelr common foe.
'dRl'ioa Of scntme and hostility Of feeling, en-
HHand the Postmaster General were openly arrayed
ggan their colleagues OF the Treasury aud Navy De-
ftn'ats, and the Attorney General The Presidents
ceilings enlisted with all that warmth and violence
fshn he is so celebrs ted, in behalf Of the former
ao'coarse he became iuimca if not hostile to the
aisr and was anxious to get rid of them. Thus, ever
eanon, it ntim tied in papers supposed, to hn
.rst the direct influence of the Secretary of State,
adaLfngham Intended 10 resign, or that he would be
aHUyed- in, ;usta he had beer
!" fet, Mr. lngham ould not take the hint but
sha logged perseverance,, worthy of his reputcd oh
'' still cliuged to his Office as though he heard moi
needed not these manifestations of the Presidents
MO dissolve the official connection existing between
@'m' What was 10 be done, under these cIreahIstan
W. twas apparent, that, with n Cabinet divided III
PPo'hg parties, the public business could not be
lc'ed with desirable harmony, if il could be carried
"ahi Aud yet, the President and his confidential
"sh dared not encounter the responsibility of re-
"'"y lae obnoxious members, and provoking their
"'oy thus athxiug upon thcm constructive stigma
an 'su a step had not been taken SINCE tho removal
bal U'smth from the Department Of State, by Mr.
a. %i aud the reasons which rendered that usa-
necessary, could not have been urged in JUS
'" Oithis, had il been resoried to. In TINS
"aoel"een tie,r anxietes the one hand 81 their
vt 'He other, they have pc rfJr.aed skiliul ma
:" effect their pa pose, worthy Of the ing enuity
s'ea' Magician. Mr.. Van Buren, saw that the
w department was longer in tbs " line of safe
o"'' that 1t bad ceased 10 be the stepping stons
''s"ehey-tllt, Ia fact the hue aud cry which
'''" raised against it, had rendered it almost an
'"'e Oarrler IN the way Of political asprants-
FaI 'e'ei're' by retiring from il, he WI" abSo-
''"e"'nng HIMSELF not only by enabling his par
rna F" invoke public sympathy in behalf Of self
victim, but also by removing this ground of
,T w 'ohin IN tntu-e-~ hst, by the same stroke,
"e great objec, of dragging his hostile col
~ = a'c' MN, aud Of then supplying their places
s''he' with his own partizan.. Wa Judge this.
a.' oeeause furnishes a rational solution of an
.usl "sSpheabe riddle, hut because we are war
'oaoing from leading aud remarkable fact
hdu. saeion Ii is this The letter of al, Eaton
.as.,. IN oil April, and his resignation was
lh' N'' GIN the lnter of Mr.. Van Bureu is dated
,a' aud his resignation was accepted on ths 18th
|an nr, :. "Nsper is heard OF this importast trans
a, l' " Tue 10Th Why was the fac, coacs sailed un-
n il H.. ana why having bean SO long conceaed
aa,h, ,' ~ aiyused to the worlds Simply because
s.. "u's 'he object Of the manouvre--the removal
ama 'gham and Branch--was not contaminated.
aporz.s 'o'h OF the month was Mr.. Ingha IN him
" N--dnd then, The fact Of the resigna.