Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-08-11

standing oil have before seen. that 4 "a,
made responsible Tor the denuneatipn. VIVA
| may not be proved when such evidence 10 relir,
| oil
The expose proceeds a Remote sdifors toer
soandedto bring them oai against yoar ,e.eisc
f,on The oaly evidence which have seer
or heard oil ~ support OF this charge IL 10
statement OF & ideon Wells, of Hartford, Conn
VINO though he was p" shocked aud astou nded'
al ,he alleged suggestion, IL since appears
had, some time after, written a letter I,
the same gentleman. whom he charged will
making II, sending has desl respects 10 Ar. Cal
houn, and expressing his own private opiuior
'ha' you ought not. on principle, 10 stan,
another poll. II sa remarkable fact tina
iiiis same witness, now so much relied upo,
10 sustain far-ietched assault upon me, hat
written another letter 10 the samo person
soon alter this shocking overture was said T.
have been made, IN which he said among 9th
OF things OF the same kind, that Major Eator
was dretace 10 your Administration Sc
muah iof this charge, and the witness but i
MI he SAT-, IN the face Of hb letters 10 the con
tfary, he true, he only te,t6es to n conversn
lion with another person, of which none
pietendS that had any know ledge. OF ts
supposed o3iroi / never heard nil |, was
brought out by Mr.. Welles' periions statement /.
but II hire DO ground Tor offence 10 YOU IN
sufh an act, II must he found IN the sup aosttion
ina, contrary 10 the general expectation you
were then ANXIOUS for Ie.electioo and had
seized upon aud laid up the mere EXPRESSION
oil doubt Of rs esped,rney as evidence OF
base designs against yourself aud YOUR Ad.
minisirauoD. IL is surely an aet of superero-
CATION further TO deny aud ask for proofs 10
such matter.
Ne 'as' aod most prominent allegation n,
ihis period, Is, that Mr.. Calhoun came M,
with q" horrible plot, and .ohen mis- iss,,e
Wds made with The President. he found his Ca.
BfnEr DIVIDED, and an entire REORGANIZATION
uds determined on" I shall not inquire by
"hom, prior what purposes, this plot was be-
suh' ool may empha'ically demand in wha,
po'' can, ny tue remoied possibility, be
o'o'gh' IN contact with any ACT of nine, OIL.
cal or otherwise. ! have reason to know
tim, II was not the preface 10 The oorrespon.
uence, nor the letters in II, which made I'm H.,
issue 30 personally offensive 10 you. The first
was fevi.ed by your pafueuIar friend and
every expression which he thought Iabln 10
suth Interpretation was erased at his suppes.
oDh aud long after the letters were written
you htd mti,nated your Willingness TO rec,,y.
VT. calhoun, as usual, and invite him 10 your
table, II he would lease card for YOU.
KNOW through the same channel Of common
friendship, tina, he objected TO an alle,n III at re
eoncilIdt'un without explanation, which should
remove The cause Of The difference, ADDING
that his hodOr aud Integrity had been impuqn-
cd, and, uniil this matter was explained there
could be no cordially IN your intercourse. and
Thai he couldNot submit 10 M oslensibe recon
til'ahoh VT one vino perteynIed III nain amin,
such nnfounded aspersions against his ehar acter.
foh were willing 10 be reconciled alter all the
offence contained IN the correspondence was
inils before you consequently, the issue spok.
en- oias . made with (yoorselD personall, ="
mnst have been made by the publication
not by the matter of the correspondence. This
could not be changed by its transfer to the
pi inter's ink. The whole iniqlhy OF this "hor
rlble plot Is therefore displayed in tho act pub.
iishing the correspondence. From this cause
aione,t would seem that you louad (your) cabi.
net divided, and determined Oh its re.organi.
cation. An this is now placed at my door, as
the consu mmation OF an accumuaiing series Of
plots and conspracies, of which my letter Of
The 2lst alt. Is considtyed an act. | cannot
conient myself with merely requesting the
proofs OF my cOhnexiOn with this affair, bur
must he permitted to demand how, when, and
on what points, were the cabinet divided eth.
er by The matter OF the correspondence, or The
publication Ct II h.: Was II, or any measure
connected herewith, ever brought before the
cablnet, or Introduced nto their deliberations
Was any act OF the Government innu enccd by
u, or could any one be made 10 depend on the
speculative opinions Of tho cabinet members,
as to the prOpreiy Of having that doeume nt IN
possession OF The public, rather than confined
To The desks "f Mr.. Calhoun ani yonrsefI
Yer such Is the alleged foundation nftne bor-
uble plot which con elled you 10 " determine
on an eDliTe reorganization OF (yonI) cabi'
up .b--lba q
seems Islo he mainly thrown on M. have
already proved that the origin of this whole
drama was but u phantom, aud IT Is now de-
mousiraied that the Immediate cause OF its Ca
Iasirophe Is something, II possible, less sob
stantal. The history of the w0riJ, 1 h'h sure,
cannot furnish such Hp"""tr eAhiOl'loh oi pr
no.teras. suspicIons and imag mary conspira--
cies OF agent, Tor espionage and information,
to collect aud report materials oil sicb lamed-
table credulHy ior tier reception, and reck-
less iementy in determining matters Of hIgn
moment on grounds so baseiess as have been
thus shewa 10 have ptryaded your co incil
chamber almost from tue first momfn nj you en-
tered il, unul your e-organizaiion WAS car
rie1 into effect | beg leave 10 pause hete. add
mqmre, ftnese alleged causes tor the re-organi-
xatlon of your cabinet DO The true csu,es,
What are we To understand from the let ers OF
the secretary OF state and Secretary OF War,
in .bich are given theIf reasons for their vol
untary resignation II tho r.-ofgan EATON
wa "a PRIMARY determination OF your own,
glou0ded upuH the series Of events Indicated
In your manifesto, and ripened INTO maturity
BY the publication Oftne Correspondence with
Mr.. Calhoun, wherefore Is II iDai the Secretary
of State gave one reason, u the Sc cretary Of
War another, for their rctTemont, neither hsv-
ing the slightest reierence 10 aay Of the causes
YOU nave assigned | will not pursue the preg.
mani topic further than 20 remark, that a.
there is an obvious error Ia The reasons given
Tor The II .JrgaolzalIon of II part of the cabinet,
there may also be one IN those given as TO the
Remainder. And 30 many embarrassing and
ureconeieaDle inconsisiencIes, l spprehend
the public wall be ready TO conclude that the
true reason has within u something deemed SO
revolving to the moral sense OF the American
people, that IL cannot be approached; aud
hence toe labored and incongruous explanations