Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-10-29

iunctlonary, whose views it DroYesses to re- present, and by whose alleged authority it I speaks, he must instantly prepare himself for 1 the combat
 Such is the condition to which we are re- dnced 1t Is utterly unayilng to deny the fact; for the evidence is before our eyes. Two l separate calls have been made upon me by MT Eaton within little more that month; and the fact that he has, at each time, fatered in his purpose, only serves to ender more obvi- ous the spirit which dictated them. There l IS no dispassionate man, 1 care not of what party he may be, who will venture to affirm that he had right in either case, to make these demands. Why, then, were they madet The official press has, in the mean tune, been unceasingy employed in vain and lmpotent, but ruthless efforts to assail me-and for what? for the mere act of vindicaing my- self, by simple narrative of facts, exclud- ing all superhuous commentary. These things have been notorious. Ever since June last this community has been repeatedly agitated by rumors of intended conflicts No man has been able to close his ears against them. The public newspapers from all parts of the Union have brought them back to us, and there is no one who is either so elevated or so humble but, that they have reached and penetrated his dwelling. For this disturbance of the qui- ct ot the community-ths degradation of the national character, a solemn responsibili- ty rests somewhere. Whatever the deluson otN the moment, the time will come, and that speedily, when the American People will en- force it. And who has been the principal actor in these scenes, in each case, the nov ing cause of this disturbance? An individual enjoying the confidence of the Chief Magis- trate, in habits of daily and intimate inter- course with him. And by whom have these calumnics been uttered? Who is it that has cndeavored with an activity which has never slnmbercd, to fan the flame of discord?-- These have been the labors of press which is necessarily under his control. Who doubts that this reiterated calumny, this continued menace of violence, might have been check ed by word? Who will question that the power to do 50, involved the obligation to ex- ert It. Else what arc government, laws, and the duties which belong to the civil magistra- cy! What IS that high and cnobling feeling which does not permit its possessor to resort to dishonorablc means himself, nor to counsel or countenance them in those whose conduct he has either the legal or the moral power to control?
 l dismiss with these remarks so much of MT Eaton's pamphlet as relates to the second correspondence between us. In the spirit of determination to misrepresent every thing
 
 the violation of personal intimacy which he says existed before the organization of the Cabinet, and the fact of having contributed to give currency to the report against the character of Mrs Eaton. He adds. that, as the partizan of Mir Calhoun, had fomented the division of the Cabinet, and become par ty to an intrigue, which had for it's object his expulsion from it. Each of these charges are wholly destitute of foundation. Indeed the pamphlet presents case so entirely fic- | ttious that those who have been conversant with the transactions as they occurred, can discern no resemblance to them in this state ment, and they will perhaps be embarrassed in determining to whom to award the credit of exercising that degree of imaginative pow CT which was necessary to have conceived it. l never was on terms of intimate friend- ship with MT Eaton. This declaration is alike due to myself, and to those with whom l have the good fortune to stand in that rela- tion. have already said that attended his wedding did so upon an appeal made to me, as a member of the Senate-as polti- cal, not as private friend. Circumstances soon disclosed to me the differences which would probably be drawn from this occur renee, and 1 limited myself thereafter to civil intercourse with Mir Eaton, when we met. l was not in the habit of visiting him, either before or after his marriage. Still had no hostility towards him, and looking to the circumstances SO often adverted to in this controversy, whether before, or at the time of his introduction into the Cabinet, certain- ly indulged no such feeling. have before said and now repeat, that my conduct while there, was studiously regulated to avoid of fence. I could not gratify the too obvious wish of the President in this matter thought any interference on his part, unfortunate for himself, and for the country; but did not seek to inhame the feeling which was excited by the ndiscreet attempt to control the Socie- ty of Washington.
 A single fact, knoqvn to De SO, by those e. mong zohom write, furnishes decisive an swer to the allegation of combination in the Cabinet to exclude Mrs Eaton from society. It is, that the question of exclusion as it re- lated to The society of Washington generally, zvaS settled 6efore Mfr Eaton came into o6fce. His marriage occurred in January. and dur ing that and the succeeding month, this ques- ton had been tried and determined. by those to whom it belonged, the community in which he lived. Any movement on the part of those who composed the Cabinet, on that sub feet, could only therefore have had for its ob- ject to reDerse that decision--to introduce and not to erclnde, I had no part in this matter. l was, during that winter, member of the Senate, and did not enter into society-and my family did not reach this place until the following summer. l did not believe that, as a member of the Cabinet, had any thing to do with the regulations of this society. and in connecting myself with the community as an individual, conformed myself to what ap- peared to me to be already established in re- lation to its social intercourse. Now, as here tofore, MT Eaton is desirous of placing me in the attitude of an accuser-that he may avail himself of the public sympathy. which so