Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-06-30
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he came alone, and did not remain more
than ten minutes.
| regret, Sir, that Mr.. Ingham, in
making charges Of such grave impolt
had not thought proper to refer to the
authority upon which based his allega-
tons, anl awaited the issue before he
lett the city.
With l,,c highest respect, vour obi
servant, /. l.. SAllll
To the President.
.N'. Randolph 10 he President.
WAsIINGroN, 42d June, 1881.
Sir-ln answer to your letter of this
date, asking the extent ofmy parlicira-
tion in the controversy lately passed be-
tween Mr.. lngham and Major Eaton,
and how far | am amenable to the
charges made by Mr.. lngham against
me, i'll his letter of yesterday, have to-
reply, that had no further agency IN
the matter than is shown in the cores
pondcncc between those gentlemen, as
published in the Telegraph on Tuesday
last. was not with Major Eaton more
than ten minutes at any one time be-
tween . and 3 o'clock on Monday, on
which day the charge OF combination
for the purpose Of assassinating MIR,
Ingham is made by him against me and
Others. ! did not participate IN, nor did
| know of any design to attach Mr..
Incham's residence as is charged by
him, nor was | armed at any time dur
ing the hours mentioned, having 10 ap.
prchcnsion of danger from Mr. lngham,
or those '.liiends" whom he says sur
rounded him. Major Eaton was alone
when he sought an interview with MIR.
lngham, as will be shown by the GER
tiicatcs of two respectable individuals.
Respectfully yours,
=. G. RANDOLPH.
Upon these letters the Globe remarks:
"Mr. lngham was himself the only
accuscr and witness to whom the Pre-
sidcnt could refer, to make good the
charges against the public officers; and
it was very extraordinary that he
should make m investigation necessary,
and abandon the city before the individu-
ais charged could have an opportunity
Of convincing him, by proving the real
state of facts, how much he had wrongcd
them in his suspicious"
The letters of Mcssrs. Campbell,
Smith, and Lewis, are full and explicit e.
: nough, and it is difficult to account for
the hallucination ofmr. lngham by reason
of which he saw so many men in buckram
suits. To these letters Mr.. Ingham, or
his friends, must rejoin. As it regards
the letter Of DIR. Randolph, however, it is
evasivc and contradictory. lie denies
the charge, because he ,cas not wiM MAJ
Eaton more Han Ten m'nuies at any one
Time bci,rccn nine and three o'ciock on The
day Of Me attempted ASSAULT Now ten
minutes afford ample time to "let the day
light into mans gizzard," as they say
up the Salt River; and as between each
of the ten minutes during which the Doc
tor admits he was with the ma or, there
need not have been more than Il space OF
five minutes, it follows that in the five
hours from nine to three, the two heroes
might have been together four times an
hour, or, twenty times in the whole. -
Twenty men in buckram might have been
done for in such long game ofdodging.
But this is not ALL There is another
passage in DR.. Randolph's letter, which
proves that if the author had not been
born in Tennessee he must first have seen
daylight in Hbcrnia. lie says
"Major Eaton was alone when he
sought an interview with Mr. Ingham, as
will be shown by the certiiic ates of tuO
respectable indiriduals."
Pat says in one of his poctical cpistlcs
to his wife Judy-'I'm here all alone in
room full of men," And Maj. Eaton
must have been alone in the same way,
if he had two certificate makers with him
to prove it by.
The following extract Of letter from
ashington, upon this proud national sub
jcct, dated OH Monday, is copied from
the Baltimore Chroniclc:-
"On Sunday, Dr. Randolph, now act
ing Secretary of War, and brothcr-in-law
of Eaton, called at Mr.. Ingham's house,
and finding him in his study, he asked
him if he intended to reply to Mr.. Ea-
toms note? Mr. Ingham told HIM in re :
ply that it was an improper day to call on
such business, and that he would take his
own time TO reply to Major Eaton. Ran
dolph then said, in a threatening manner,
"Sr, Major Eaton will make you pay for
this" when Mr. lngham showed him to
the door, This morning, MIR. Ingham
replied to Major Eaton's challenge, and
informed the Secretary of War, that he
understood the disgracclul part that he
Eaton was to perform in the degrading