Litchfield enquirer., 1831-07-14

dor in Hartford. To addition Co some Of the mllisarl OfIhe city, there weFO present two light infantry paRies from New.YorR, one from WelheEsseld, IwS from MiddeIOwR, the Wiusled rife company, and Ih' New-HsveH Greys. A great crowd from the surroun ding country present mingls in hs joyous ies tival. An OraiiOH was delivered by Isaac E. Cray Esq. Atier which about six hundred persons assem bIed the City Hall, and partOOk Ofthe dinner pro- vided. All parties united. Wm. W. Ellsworth, Esq preSided, assisted by his brother, Henry L. Ellsworth Esq. and ten others as Vice Presidents. The day passed of harmOniOusly and wIIhOst accident.
 The commentary by the Richmond Whig upon the following tex, from the Richmond Enquirer, SO per.
 nent and just that we cannot refrain from giving i, further publicity:-
 zhe CaiwmHy.--" We pass over the question oG dragging female character into public discussion The Opposition tried the delicate experiment upon the late Mrs. Jackson. They seem determined to n- sttue similar inqUisiliOn into the conduct of Mrs. Eaton. We mean not to enter icto this question:, Gc.
 Richmond ERqWirer.
 Joseph Surface could not have canted sentiment better. Will the Enquirer gravely mainiain that the Introduction of Mrs. Eaton's name under the circum- stances, was either unlnsti6abe, or improper. n- delicate, or GrOid06Ee? ]? When the introduction of a particular lady into society is made matter of Stotp- when the first Magistrate of the country applies the influence of hie station, and the authority ofhis name to coerce -when by opposing it, Ministers lose their places, and by aiding the a.,empt designing men nan uNte themselves into the affections of the President and the offices o( the Government-when it over. throws parties, disorganzes the. administration Of Government, and agitates tho whole people of the United Staies--n Eer such circumstances as these what is the talk about dragging female character n- to public discussions" but the despicahle cant Are we less free Are we not as well entitled ,o know the progress of our public affairs, and the causes which influence them Who will reply negatively, to any of these propositions Yet that editor knows wel that tn England, the character of women who mingle in politics, or who suspected of the design, is drawn into public discussion perpeually and handled with the utmost severity. Is possible, that any man of common sense. or common candor, will contend hht power may arise tn thia country and exercise a baneGul influence public affairs, and that that power must not be questioned, must not peticoats Let us put case to this most equeamish, this most delicate stomached editor:
 Suppose this Eaton case with all ts extraordinary peculiarites had occurred not under President Jack Son-but-bui-butu under President John Quincy Ad. ans Suppose the nation had witnessed Ihe unprece- dened spectacle of his whole Cabinet retiring once; had received the extraordinary intelligence, that half of them had been compelled to resign because their to associate. Suppose farther, that this intelligence was sustained by such authority and fortified by such probabilities, that none could doubt it, they who preferred not to believe; Would our squeamish COG
  sIderae, 70 senimentally romantic
 The truth is, however, he and his coadjutors are they who have put Mrs. Eaton's reputation at esae- it is they who have involved it, wantony and unne- cessary with the true question at issue before the American public. They have done so las we fore. told they woUldl in order to tonnd upon t an appeal expediens 10 train of the public attention from the true question, and to produce reaction of feeling against us before whose atrocity their idol cannot stand without political annihilaton. and to block "p N NV.nks sNw asnm kRo'c, must result in ther establishment. What Is lhe true question hot whether Mrs. Eaton be inno- rent ar guilty, but whether the President has a,temp- ed to force her upon those who were unwilling to rec ceive her, and in that itenpt has drawn Om the con- sequences which have aRounded the nation. Fms Is he true, the real question.
 The editor oG the Enquirer does not ccrupie to at' irm what he must know is not 90, that the Oppos- lion" have i" instituted the inqnsiiiON" into the con: duet of Mrs. E. The United States Telegraph and Gov. Branch, were the iustilutors they of his gn lnuence" and of the Presidential regulation u. on h i'm t0 do, what as "n man oG honor" D" co"hi not do, (by which the whole community knows he r, 1e % hs"s ,s "se q, s.nsv before the h lie view. Why does this candid, consistent, iDfex'b!e lefersonian, Jackaoninn, Van Buren,. Democratic Rerublican editor. wish to saddle the doings o ne Jackson friends upon the" opposition !" Had the op- 'osit ion been the first io open to the appalled, viso" 'f the American people, the pr"6igacy of iheir rulers It Washington, ihere would have bee nothing ID 't St WnIcN to ne nehnmet--Dnt AS OUT sqveNmsen neRu' pleased in the excess of double refined double lsicd deIicacy, to think that there s something ex 'cssivcly shocking in the allus,oMe to Mrs. E he will ,e good as to correct his books, and charge the dragging" to members oi the Republican Party.
 The following letter from Mr. Ingham to the Prcs- lent was communicated for publication in the Ph'la' iephia Gazette:
 Nec Hope. June 3Oth, 1881. The President Of Lhe U. s.
 Eir-l had the honor to receive, by way of DOyes. own your letter of 23d inst. h its enclosures, viz. copies of circular letter from you to the acting Sec reary of War, Treasurer Of the United Siates Reg ster and Second Auditor of the Treasury, and oi their respective anRwers-the copy of your crcu lar heinz in print the others had also see" n the newspapers ,ome days before your letter reached me. .
 In yonr letter io above referred 0, you speak of ny having charged several officers of the government with conspiracy and state that they have denied the charges preferred against ,hem by me must be per- niiied 10 say that have not charged those ofcers with any specific offence in the form suggested by you have stated that ihe late Secretary of War, and ,c,ng Secretary of War, were lying !" wat Tor the he office, as believed with an 'ntent to assass'naie also stated that grocery store between my lodging: md the office, and the rooms of the Treasurer and Register were alternately occupied by them as place: ,f rendezvous while 90 employed. ! further stated hat the Treasurer, Register and Second Auditor were n their company. also stated that the principal persons thus engaged, viz: Eaton and Randolph with recruited force, threatened assault on the dwell ing resided in the night untii late hour, and now siale ihat this threatening wak contnsed onu' a late hour the following night: The officers who have denied the charge framed by you, admit hay. ing been iu company with Mir. Eaton during the time referred to- but they deny having been n he company he whole time this was never intended to have heen alledged by me.
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