Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-10-15

be believed, though one arose from the dead"
 By their conduct at the time. my colleagues mani fested that nothing had been required ofthem whic as is now asserted they considered dshonorable.- = If they had believed so-if, after conversing witt
 the President, they thought he had exacted of then that to which, honorable men, they could not con form, they should have immediately rendered thei resignations. To suppose they could do otherwise is to presume that for the sake of office they wer willing tamely 10 submit tot the indignlty and out rage" of which they now complain. Though th concealmens by which they imposed themselves ol the President their conduct towards me, and espe cially Mir ingham's notebook, in which, being confidential adviser and in sense part of hi family, he noted down, if he is to be believed h, free, the private and familiar conversations of th' President for future use, present spectaces ohumal degradation at which honorable minds would revolt yet, cannot suppose that they would remain in tho Cabinet under consciousness that hourly they might be exposed to the same indignlty, involving their personal honor and the honor of their families It is utterly impossible that gentlemen now appa renty sensitive, could have submitted themselves to such a state of things without complaint, for if teen months By their remaining in the Cabinet SC long after the "iDdignity and outrage" of which they now complain, l must conclude that the Presi dent had not insulted them by any dshonortble and improper requistion, or else that they loved theil offices better than their honor and that theipresent
 
 But in relation to Mir Branch, have something even better than Mir Ingham's notebook, 5 prove what actually were his feelings towards tln Pres- dent al and about the very tune when this ,retend- ed indienty of Colonel Johnson was offered It is a letter" addressed by Mir Branch to the President, in his own hand writing. the 29th of January, le20 anu which oi ttiu duy iucfosed to me, IT the hope that reconciliation might take place be tween us. Agreeaby to Mir highlands note book i was " on Wednesday the 27th day ofJanuary, 1880, that this alleged "indgnity and outrage" offer ed. Of course this letter was written but two days after, and on the identical day when Mir Branch feeling himself deeply afflicted at the comnunica ton made to him by Colonel Johnson, called as he states, to see the President; and when, he says the Presidents feelings too much enlisted tc weigh any reasons which might be ofiered.' And were Mir Branch's feelings too much enlisted tC weigh any reasons? Was he, as we are told was the case with all three of the gentlemen indignant at the outrage Let the letter speak for itself and show how deeply, and how like insuted and wounded man he could write at this instant of ex- citement, when honor and feeling, through the in. strumenality of Colonel Johnson, had beer rudey trodden under foot.
 "NAvY DEPARTMENT, January 2,, 1850.
 "Dem Sir: l haved received your note of yesterdays dae and do most eheeuy accept your friendly mediation more, however, from desire 10 give you additional ey dence of the friendly feelings which have ny bosom towards yourself than from consciousness of havng given to Major Eaton just for the withdrawal ofs fri nd ship As further manifestation of the fanknes which will claraetrize my conduct agree omee him this day o'clock the of Major Barry,
 Yours, truly, JOHN BRANCH.
 This letter, written directly after the indignity complained of was offered bears impress of in suited feeling the contrary, it breathesa spirit of kindness and friendship towards the President. whom he recognizes " mediator" seeking with almost parental socitude. 10 heal the division amongst the n1pT rcpft t,o ot,I tln ration of harmony. Surely in writing thu letter, which he concludes by signing himself. "yours tru- ly," he could not have supposed, that the President had just offered him an ndignity; or if so it only proves how great a hypocrte he is. At that time, we did not speak. As much parade as he makes of his friendly feelings entertained towards me he was the very of all that the name of friend con- veys; and knowing it as l did, I would not permit him to seem to be what he was not l had refused to return his salutations and declined all intercourse except when we met at the Presidents. I never complained of Mir Branch he asserts in his letter 10 the public. It was he who complained, if at all complaint were made. His letter to the President, thanks him for his offer to act as mediator in our difference, speaks of his good feelings towards me- and willingness to meet me at two o'clock that day. have no doubt it was his professions of friendship and kindness towards me. made to the President, which induced him to become Mir Branchs media tor in this business. On receiving the letter. he en- closed it to me, and expressed wish that good feel ings could he restored between us. An interview took place, at the room of the Attorney General at which Major Barry and Mir Berrien were present.
 It was here that Mir Branch, in the presence of these gentlemen, expressed friendship for me. and in the strongest terms declared that he did moi en- certain an unkind feeling towards me, and wished he had glass m bis bosom, through which his eve ry though Int could be read. He spoke of the non-in- tercourse between our families, and said, he had not the slightest objection to free association; but that he could not control his. promptly answered, that
 did not desire his or any other family to visit nne except with their own free consent; and that it was my desire our families should, in that respect pursue such course they thought fit and proper. We shook hands and parted as friends. Mir Berren af- fected much satisfaction at this reconciliation, and pretended to hail it as the harbnger of future bar- mony and good will. l say pretended, because, un- der all the circumstances of recent disclosure, he felt not what he said he did. It was only adding another and another fod to that cloak of hypocrisy in which he had wrapped himself, from he first for nation of the Cabinet.
 Such were the incidents of Friday the 29th of January, 1880, the. moment when, as their commu. nicatons to the public disclose, they writhng under sense of deep and lasting "indignity and outrage" at the threats of Col Johnson, borne to them from the President. Where then was the oi. ty dignity of Mir Berrien and Mir Branch that the one could declare how pleased he was at the recon clliaon made and the other protest the good feel ings which he entertained for mel
 Let Us see how the facts stand ifthese men speak truth. On "Wednesday, the 27th of January, 1880 the President, through Col. Johnson, threatened to dismiss thenl if they did not compel their families to associate with mine, which they considered such an "indgnity and outrage" that they seriously thought of resignng On Thursday, the 2sth the "indignty and outrage" being unatoned and even unexplained, the President wrote a note 10 Mi Branch, offering his "triendiy mediation" to bring about-what7 Not social intercourse between ouI tamihes-but restoration of friendly intercourse between oursetres In the morning of Friday, the 29th, (or he says he will meet me at two o'clock, he accepted the friendly offer, thus acknowledgna