Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-08-11
THE VIRGENlAN.
LYNCHBURG. AUG. II, 1891.
EX-sEcRErARY BRANCH.

EX-SECRETARY BRANCH.
Ia the last No. Of the Washing ton Telegraph
ore find the subjoined lie TIER, addressed nv that
p,Is.sop, Gov. Branch, to the editor. Of the
FL Official
ErsrELD. August 1st, 1891.
S,a: have observed m the Globe, which
came 10 band by the las, mail, lhe following
paragraph in MIR. Blair's letter ofthe elst OF
Tulv 10 Judge Berrien: When the state.
ueni which ] made predicaied upon Col
yohoson's letter, was impeached in your SECOND
uote, / made the application 10 the Presiden,
which you seem to think QUE hi now 10 make
. He Immediately put into my hands the original
memorandum which he wfoie, aud which he
read 10 Messrs. Branch, lnghsm, aud yourself
&c."
l cannot believe that Gen Jackson has au-
thnrized any person TO say thai he ever read,
or made known to me, the paper or rne moran
dun mentioned. IT he has, theo we are at
issue. No paper OF the kind was ever read. or
made known 10 me, by Ger. Jacks n, to the
best Of my knowledge and telief. have as
yer NJ repaired no nsI raive Of the cir Iumst sn0es
connect with The dismissal of Mr.. lug ham,
Judge Berrien, and myself and, in truth,
where is the necessity nolc for NE to do so
The President, in his letter to MIR. ngham,
Judge Beirien, and myself, says, that " HE
,oant Of harmony in Tie Cabinet, sc. was the
cause OF our DISMISSAL o, in other words, for
hiSre0rganbsation and Judge Berrien aud Mr..
Ingham. 4 knol have truly .inierp, eied the
meaning Of this mystical sexpxes son-i2ant OF
harmony.
have too much respect for the intelligence
OF the ADeric%' people to believe that they
till be al nuy loss 10 arrive ri accurate con-
cinsen from ihe facts already placed IN their
possession.
IL, how eyer, IL becomes necessary hereafter
: FOR me TO appear before lie public, Tust that
quail unhe siatingly do so.
Respectfully, yours, &c.
JNO. BRANCH.
70 Hs editor ofRte Z. s. Telegraph.
Notwithstanding the doubt expressed by the
Es'5ecteinfy ofthe Navy. with regard 10 the
ia Of Gen J4ckson's having authorised Mr.
Blair TO make the declaration, relative 10
=, The paper or memorandom m"ntioned, it is
row known that he did so alia.oriSs him and
therefore. the President and Mr. Branch care
q; issue" on point Of fact, SO striking in il.
'ntacier, that neither al the parties can plead
defect OF lapse Of memory, in eatenuaiion of
is offence. Whichever of them has asserted
sac uHifaih, there cannot be a reasonable
doubt, on the mind Of any man, that it is pre-
.nednaied and wilful. Those who act upos
the maxim, merely technical and regarded as
legal fiction in monar chies, but which seems
10 have been adopted by a certain party 10 this
country as a philosophical truth, that =" the
King can do no wrong" will Of course locate
the falsehood upon Mr.. Branch, Dotwil stand
ing he is supported by the ev'deIce of Msssrs.
: BerrieD and ingharn while those whose iacul-
lies are unciouded by prejudice, and who weigh
testimony agreeably to those wise rules which
give il force in our courts of justice, must me-
csysarily determine that thase gentlemen
apeah the truth. because. while it is impossible
they can be mistak G "a. in relation TO "a prom-
aeni fac', their populations are a. teda as
sootess as his upon whose single word, al
ihoesh he is an interested witness, the al
ternpt to inpoach their credbiiy mus rest.
We shsil not here stop 10 UorsliEe on she
Stain upon the character OF the country which
eurh an imputaiion as hi. view OF the subject
(which srpaars 10 Us TO be thai which Will be
tassn by all appropriated ninds> throws upon
the Chief Magistrate Of the Republic. necessa-
eily carries with il. II would be an act Of ST.
p.rerogalion. The !ast Of riuicaie will doubt
less be freely applied by the minions OF mon
archy sbroat while We must be content. al
home, TO endure il with as much patience as
We are blessed Wahal We could ave expect
.a nothing better from such President, advis-
s.V.
confluence and we must abide the conseguen-
ce, OF our cwn act; Tor, il has been truly said,
ITO wilful men
81 The Injuries that they themselves procure,
q Mus, be thelr scloolnasers.
Be our opinion, however. what it may,-and
De that opinion just or unjust-slill there can
be 10 doubt that EI-Secretary Branch, If be
Aas not deliberately charged the President With
falsehood, has yet endeayored TO convict him oil
that crime. We profess no skill in casuisiry,
and can see no moral difference between The
ave actss SO Tar as the sccuser is concerned.
We sssu;a f4e4er, however. in our own case,
she charge 10 the proef; siaCe the former
nigh, be eSaJej, whist the last m1st adhere
forever. Then, is il no, strange that Gov.
Branch, wincins under the in9ic,ioa Of actual
ini,iries, yeceised al The hands Of che President
*.--insuited az wei as injured, IS the denial OF
sacfs the trus OF which iie and his dismissed
colleagues concur in asserting now open
" arrayed against the President on point IN
sshe decision OF which he character Tor veTaciiy
Of one OF the other must sink-we ASK IS
oa +" strange, passing strange" under sach
circumstances, that Gov. Branch, With cool
ness as astonishing as his iMpudenee, declares
that the President has done nothing Tor
.uhicb h;s friends should desert hipl nothing