Litchfield enquirer., 1831-08-11

tOre referred to was written could no
 otherwise reconcile yourrem0nstrance agains publication of what you fheuheemed con. ddential cOnVersatiUn with the autkoFify al. Elegedsby the Globe to pnhlish your denial oI the statement alluded to; aF 1easf, without s previous iuterchangeMf recoIleciions between ailthe parties cOneernedb kdO not; however, IcDncur with yoninthe opinion that there ever
 was any oblignliDn of secrecy imposed on me. or those hss0eiated with me. 8to De implied from the hlendly character of tho canxersa- ton referred to. The communication aaade tO me bg you that my continuance in office would depend upon the consent Of my Familv 10 visit Mrs. Eaton and invite her to iheiu |laFge parties. considered at the tinse, tilongh not SD inteDdvd ty you, as in its nature Oiicn- .siye. II could nut, tlaerefare, carry with il the c0nfdaptial obligation which belongs tc the usualinterc0Rrse of friendship. IFegard' ed the prapvsiti6n as wounding to my feel. ings, and had determined to resign my oiiics even after you informed me that Gen. JacksOt had changed his ground, fruln. which ! syas only dissuaslrd by theearnest remonstrance: 0fthe friends Iconsulted, who urged, among other considerations, that although Sny pers sonal respect for the President might Do i'm
 paired, my seryicesin the department Here for the country, and while it was faithfully sery- ed, could not be unfathful 10 the Admin;s- tration. A proposition thus disposed of could be regarded as any thing rather than impos- ing an obligation of friendly conidence, But l find m additional reason for publication growing out sf your letter; it's apparent disa- .greeinent from my statement, and its adm0ns itOry suggestions could not fail, whenever the whoie matter should be brought out, which is inevitable in the present state of the public mind, to expose me to the eimpuiation of hay- ing shrunk from doing what duty to my own character, if not 10 the, country, seemed to de- mand; cannot therefore accord in your de sire that no publication shall Be made, any more than canin the views of the obligation ct secrecy which you have suggested. | would prefer, however. to accompany the publication with that of your letter of the S0,i ult., but not having received any Biptimation ofy ou, wishes on that subject. t willreanire some deliberation 10 determine what is most proper tO be edonc in this particular. canas- sure youthat this deterniinatiqn will be exciu. siveiy governed by desire tn do V hat, under all circlmstances, may appear most likely fd meet your own wishes. have now only 10 add tilat in making the statements of these conversations, have relied not merely on the aiDdelble impressions made on my memory, but on mcm0raRda put on paper Rt the lime. | have not the sightest recollection. or any note, of your having adyerted to my fact .er circumstance alledged by General Jackson or yQ.irseR, as evidence of nnkind feeling for, much less hostility to, or aconspiraey against Maj: EatDn on the part of Mir. Branch, MT. Berfien, or myself, or of any want If basui,f ny in Inc Cabinet other ttlan the simple and isolated fact, that our families did not visit Mrs. Eaton and invite her to their parties. Nor have any note or recollection of my proposition made by you 10 me individually, or jointly with the other gentleman, as n means of removing the alledgcd difficulties, other than that our families should visit Mrs. Eaton, and invite her to their large parties. I cannot but persuade myself that my statement will call to mind matters which may have es- capped your recollection, and satisfy your judgment that, whatever may have been the nature of your instructions, could not have understood them differently from what have.
 have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant. s,gs s. ID. ING HAM.