Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-09-19

The sioa rs truly rdSouious, Che was hone and pow
crless Those who liked her soc;ery sought it; and
those who did not, kept away. Neither she nor
her husband entered in;o cabols and intriguos %
the prejudice and Injury of others. Their own
multiplied wrongs they bore with rs much patenc.
human passions and scrsbilites. A common ur-
lcrstGnGing prevailed, express in relation to one
family, and which also understood in relation
20 others, that .ucl should seek their own as,ci.-
unrestrained. The a!9t;Uc, theruiCre, was not .
exclude us from society. u is IA uIatter altorc-
iher Toe small 20 account ar the acts and uu;rirg
zeal of 80 many rrcl men.
Was the 7gotire merely 10 exclude nc from The
Cphuct? Was my pre-, crcc there dangerous 20 ;tc
interest Of the country, or to lis institutions,
Had The power 'hc disposition 10 iniure the one
or overthrow the Othcrl Was Il pr,.:erHch that :
wanted the ability intelligence, Of integrity npcos
snry 10 the mlua epcut oftl Department OF War;
OF - management there has heen no complain,
while it was in my hands. lett it at least - pros
porous l found it. Was IL sus ccicd That -, &
NOS true TO the President, aud would proya false
and iaithlcss to his ADMINISTRATION? 4 confident in
tcrcourse ofmcro than Gtocn years. the b;.,he.,
admiration o.! his character, and The asep personal
interest felt i'll the success OF his admin is+r,fi,
were surely sufficient 90 guard me ap,i,,sL tl,at
Nothing OF this sort entered into the minds fl,.v
trcdrccrs. They had 10 desire for my exclusion on
| account CT any suspicious entertained that |
would willing do iujury TO thc interests al; Tho corn,
! try, its Institutions the President To what
! ti!cn shall VIC look for this aao.icc? An ardent
friend OF the Vice President in 1929, in one short
| sen encc disclosed 1t:
''igjor Eaton = not Ire friend Of an Cqll9yn
Ii this which rendered me unfit for the Ca.
lbiret, and for the respectable society of Mcssrs.
| iugham, Branch, and Bcrrien | could not pcr-
hUps, lie used 20 promote the views Of Mr. Calhoun
and might exert an influence 20 Induce General
= jackson to stand second election. 1t was not
thought that, in my hands, the influence and pat
ronagc OF The War Department could lie used il,
favor OF = successor. In that they did me Justice
1t was not usci would have been. II
was subject abou, which spoke not and fclt
not. Not cveu WAS so';ci,ous for General Jack
son again TO be selected except on the ground
that his principles and the course OF his admins
tratloa, when fairly tested, should be folnd in ac
cord with the general sense of the PeoDe and the
country. At Il proper time they would d,orr,ino
this matte, and there L was wiling to rest it, I'm
d,turbc. y any private official Interference Of
mine.
But Major Eaton not the friend Of Vi, Cal
h"un,' and this It sufficient reason, why he
should not be- permitted to enter the Cabinet, { to
be prevented; or for forcing him cur when there
The intellectual attempts TO exclude me have aIr,:-
dy been alluded to. 1t has been shown that Bar
Ficn and Ingham, conccaling deep in their own b.
SONS their feelings entered the Cabinet, under a
lul! cow elton that / presently would be exclude!
i that Mr.. tIlilOH'S ,uI.ly and mine. before M
appointment, inicrchnngad civiltirs and tl,at b:
sought of me tho appointment Of friend rs Chief
Clerk-and THAT hereafter all private and Official
,I between us ceaScd. Let it he borne in
ti,,a, .',o 1 W." nave been ac-
ag'ISi me- are INC trends OF Mr.
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