Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-10-29

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 place between Mir Branch and himself Tn my office. l had no agency in producing tla. interview, and was not, think, advlsed that it was contemplated, until | very short tune before the parties met was gratlhed by termination of it, which did not interrupt the official intercourse of those concerned; put believe nobody thought, for myself certaln- ly did not, that any explanation Whlch was given there, was calculated to remove feelings of personal hostility, if any such exsted.- The expression of such feeling as IS 's- cribed to me, would therefore have been ut terly inconsistent with the occasion. advert to this subject, however, for the purpose of stating the strong impression which rests upon my mind, that there is mistake as to the tune of it's occurrence, notwithstanding the adduc- tion of Mir Branch slettcr kept nor note oltnis transaction, and cannot therefore speak with positiveness; but my belief is that winch have stated. MT Branch will, presume' put this matter on it's true footing.
 MT Eaton has made labored effort to at- tribute the dissolution of the late Caoinet to the intrigues of the partisans of MT Calhoun, rather than to the feeling which had been ex- cited by the attempt to control the social ln- tercourse of Washington. That effort is vain. The public judgement on that subject IS be- lieved to be irrevocably fixed. However, un- der the influence of various motive' men may differ as to the character of the act, among the vast majority of the American people, there are few, believe, who doubt that my colleagues and myself might have retained our places in the Cabinet, if, consistently with our sense of propriety, we could have taken different view of that subject.
 The charge that l was at any time the par tisan of MT Calhoun is utterly destitute of foundation. Mir Eaton cannot impute to me any act or expression which will give the slightest countenance to this assertion. lnthe contest of 1925, my wishes were openly a. vowed, and acted upon, in favor ot MT Craw- ford. The earliest measures of the admlnis- tration, which then came into power, ana more especially in relation to the interests Of Georgia, placed me in the opposition to that administration, and l remained there during the contest which succeeded. entered the Cabinet in 1929, as the political friend ot General Jackson, with every disposition to fulfil the duties, which that relation prescrlb- ed, but with no claims upon him as an indi- vidual, and without believing that l had in- cured any obligations, as such, from the fact of having been called there. These duties, however, in the view which l took of them, independently of all other considerations, were sufficient to preclude me from being the partisan of any man. On the contrary, l en- deavored uniformly to inculcate the propriety of abstaining from all agitation of the ques- tion, who should be the sucCe ssor ot General Jackson. This exposition of my particular views would be entirely unnportant to the public, and would not have been presented to their notice, if contrary course had not been untruly imputed to me, for the purpose of concealing from them the real cause of the dissolution of the late Cabinet.
 It is next imputed to me as an act of ingra- titude to a "friend and benefactor;" that omitted to communicate to General Jackson my objections to the selection of his Cabinet. The indignant feeling which such a charge would be otherwise calculated to excite, is re- pressed by its absurdity. It is due to Gen. Jackson also 10 state my entire conviction that it has received no countenance from him. that in this instance at least, Mir Eaten has drawn at short sight, and upon his own re- sources. I have alreadysaid, and it is now sufficiently manifest to the public, that these objections, so far as MT Eaton was concerned, were not merely communicated, but strongly, and yet vainly, urged upon the President, by his own personal friends. 1 had no claim to that relation, and such communication on my part would therefore have been merely nugatory. l could have no hope of changing the cast of the Cabinet, when those who were both the political and personal friends of the President had made the attempt and failed
 The only question fer me to decide was, whe- ther, constituted as it was, it was my duty to accept the office which was rendered to me, and 1 have stated, in my former address, upon what advice, and under the influence of what motives, had determined to do so.
 The suggestion which we are considering demands, however, different consideration: General Jackson is represented by MT Eaton as my '.friend and benctactor," and my con- duct is denounced for an alleged violation of the duties which he had right to claim from me in that character. Now, as I had no ac- quaintance with General Jackson, other than that which occurred during few days ser vice with him in the Senate in 1925, and had never held any intercourse with him, except during that short period, his claim to the title of my friend and benefactor must have been derived solely from the fact of his having call ed me to the office of Attorney General of the United States; and this is no doubt the idea which Mir Eaton intended to convey. confess took different view of this matter, and hope General Jackson did so. am not disposed to believe that he would maintain any such pretension, as that which is put forth by MT Eaton, nor to consider him in fact lia- ble to the serious imputation which it implies. In tl,e selection of his Cabinet, he was bound to consult the public interest. If he did SO, however much I might be hattered by his good opinion, could not consider myself as mourning a debt of gratitude. do not doubt that there were others who were entitled to his preference, but if he believed this, and, believing it, conferred the office upon me in the spirit of favoritism, he failed to dis charge his duty to the public, and MT Eaton is his accuser. I entered upon the duties of tAat office with feelings of respectful good will to General Jackson, for the favorable opinion which he had indicated hv the selec