Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-06-16
THE VERGENlAS.
LYycHBUaG. JUNE I6. 1881.
THE LATE CABINET.
The cause Of Il, ultfpfeied Dla0Iull0n


The correspondent oil the y. \. Journal OF
Commerce has fursshed that paper with a
narrative oil The events, remote and proEimate,
which led 10 the retirement Of Messrs. Van BIZ
ren and Eaton from the late =" Unit, aud the
consequent dism ssal Of the remainder OF the
members who constituted II. From this nara
tive, which we insert below, 1t will appear that
the explosion, although apparently Of a sudden
chsractcr,& certainly unexpected TO the public
had been long brewns-& that il AS we'll as the
celebrated" Correspondence" grew oulof an Fl.
fort on the part ofthe President aud two OF The
Secretaries TO regulate forc'bly the social inter
course ofhe families of the Vice President & of
the refractory & dismissed officers II is said To br
legitimate subject OF REDUCING when WI "see
the Eng ine er hoisted by his own petard = and
surely this case forms no exception 10 the rule.
The Magician aud his satellites, including the
President (nOtw outstanding the seeming paradox
that tho greater orb is the satellite OF the les
SER endeayors TO convert this question, which,
to all intenis and purposes, was of social and
private character, end which should have been
leil 20 the decision OF the tastr and moral feel
ings of those who were TO be affected by it, into
political intrigue, by which he might effect
the expulsion from the Gahinei OF such OF lis
members as ne knew TO be inimcal to his pre-
tensions to The Presidency, whilst he aud his
friends would continue 10 retain their stations
In this scheme, however, he was defeated by
the obsliDacy of hlessrs. Branch and Ingham,
who turned q deaf ear 10 the papabIe hints
which were thrown oot IN various quarters, to
inform them Of the wish Of the Prtsden-and
at length, the grand explosion of the Unit into
its original fracli0ns followed asa necessary
consequence ofthe dissentions among t"e bro
,herhood of enthusiastically concealed
at first, then obOtina,ely denied. and only adj
mitled when The astounding and unpreCeden-
ted fact OF the retirement oil the entire Cabinet
WAS officially announced. But ietus no longer
doain the reader from the interesting Nara.
tive which follows, except to express our re-
gre, al the hiatus in the first paragraph, sup
Piled by asteriSks. The readers Imagination,
however, can readil, fill it, ifhe be rot " du Ter
than the fat weed.tha, rots at Lethe's wharf :"
Correspondence of the NW York journal Of
Commerce.
WAsHIhGroH. 4th June, 1891
Ma oT Eaton arrived IN TINS CITY about the
lst of December 1923, and on the lgi Of jan
uary, 1929, married the widow Of Purser Tim
berlake, VINO died about months previously
Ia The Mediterranean.
The sturdy. faithful, aud fearless fiend Cot
rowson, took it upon himself to e.postulate
with the President, aud warn him oil the con-
sequences, and in the same evening notified
Ma or Eaton IN the drawing room of the Brit
ish minister, that he had so acted. he pres
ident persisted in the nomination of Eaton,
and he, apprlzed of his peculiar relations aud
those OF his Wife, accepted.
About the time OF thr Inauguration, the Rev
Ezra Styles Ely, ID. ID. came here ltom Phila-
delphia and TO hun MIR. Campbell stated ohjec-
tons 10 the nomlna' ion OF Eaton, for the like
reasons assigned by Col. Towson. adding, were
he sufficiently acquainted with General Jack
son, he would urge them in person. aud en-
deaVpi TO save hfs administration from TIE en-
batrasSmeut winch the appointment would
certainly produce. DIR. Ely Immediately vol
unteerrd, with the permission OF Mr.. Campbell,
aud by his authority, 10 utge the objections 10
Eaton. Had Il been dons then some good
nigh, have resulted.
The secretary OF war lad scarcely taken
post, " hen his lady undertook TO make the &C
daHintance OF her eqaals, az she now supposed,
aud among the lirsi, made her advances IN
Mrs. Calhoun aud two or three other ladies,
~ho, without ANY concert, dscliued The hon
VI, aud hence the origin of the conspiracy.
SO soon as the president mo' ed luio his an.
propriate mansion, he selected for himse If
and family, the church OF Mr.. Campbell, ~heie
Mr. ingham Mr.. Branch, Mir. Berren, and
other Uihcets OF the government, we're located.
Mi. Campbell grew Ia favor with the presi-
dent, aud soon filled the church to overiowug
But bye aud bye, The destroyer came, and
bllghIed this highly lou' lshing society When
the sehson 10 do good had passed awny, Dr.
Ely sal down and wrote 70 the president the
charges against Major Eaton and his wife, moi
haweyer then giving his authority. His lie tel
was transmitted 10 the parties implicated !; and
II was soon arranged, that Mrs Eaton, cco,n-
panied by some friends, should proceed in
mediately 10 Philadelphia, and lheie IN pei SOL
demand OF Dr.. Ely the name oil the author
lie gave the nano OF Mr.. Campbell. On the
return OF Mrs Eaton, the president summon.
ed d.. Ely to Washington, and ordeced Mr.
Campbell TO hsld himself in readiness to Con.
trout him. The day Of reimbursement artiy-
ed. Mr.. Campbell nothing daunted, proceed
hlm SUR ouBdtd by Ely, Van buren,, lngham.
Branch aud Barry. The president immeIrate.
Iy demanded OF Mr.. Campbell whether he had
OF bad moi made such communications to Mr. !
Ely, at the same time shaking in his face all
the papers appeItalnlng To The case. MIR. |
Campbell very calmly answered in the atfirma.
tive, and added, that he could prove them, and
much more, il he or Ma OF Eaton dared 10 pul
him TO the trial.
The history OF the Cabinet meeting, and the |
interviews OF Major Eaton and his wife with
AIR. Campbell, In the presence of Col Tow.
sou, and IN the study OF the clergyman, where
aud when the Ma OF threatened personal cl As
t,sement, all necessarily and naturally raised
II tremendous excitement among us. durino
which many persons voluntarily rendered
themselves rs Witnesses TO sustain the s,s,e
'nen's OF MIR. Campbell. This affair wound nm
by the Presidents Withdrawing from m.