Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-08-03

safela in mn pocket, than 1 Joined Mr.. Calhoun.
fiiends 10 drirs lhaj. Eaton out Of The catinet.
That I. in effect, told you. that YOU had associa.
ted in your c%ounsels an individual who was q bio.
mon youi administrations. That you thought st
to overlook tie implied insult offered TO yourself.
aud soush. only to reconcile the difficulty in your
cabinet. Ii was made ostensibiy, BY those orr.
siuatinr l.. altogether anafair Of the females Of
their families. IL WAS said that. with regard TO
Mai. Eaton. they entertained the best feeling,
and could unite. This was all y0u reguind.S
At the succeeding session of Congress, meeting,
OF The friends Of Mr.. Calhoun took place, with
view OF addressing you to remove Maj. Eaton,
and Fan Burca wds denounced -Grran gemeats
mere mate in Congress 10 cnbarass the measures
Of Ike administration in that body. THE Cal.
h0m Iasgraph and LaSham Sentinel ey,nceG
fbei- GisGSectiGp. I!c appointment OF Bald.
win WAS denounced in advance. Remote editors.
as has been proved, were sounded, in the hope Of
bringing them out in opposition TO your re.ek..
h;oa: and, @f:nai!y, hr. Calhoun coDe CIT Nth
h9yribie pkgt. VIXEN tic issue was made uih
poutyeE. you jomi3 yOnr cabinet Giuided, and
an entirs re 0rgali-o';9a ac0s detern!inei Gu
Notwithstanding goa believed that | had taken
sides wiM goWr 0drey$aries. you treated me uiA
kindness fStfe last, and gave me credit for anu
connrifu and fidelity. Being the Representative.
ofPennsysyanis. I "as entitled to respect. Crate
fail 70 PENNSYLVANIA for your election, you werp
unwilling 10 mnrtifv her by letting her suppose
that you wished TO put a mark Of disgrace upon
me. bv desiring ine to retire from the cabine,
You. therefore. offered me a position quite cqual
to my deserts-bnt | thought my interests ms
ambition woulft he better prSmotedby a parsa,
on you, and seduions!y sought a pretext On witch
to fonnd it. As an evidence OF my seeking sach
a pretext, l tuuk exception To the furm Of an ad,
dress in a note on business, IN which you desie.
mated me as .Ar'ing Secretary Of the Treasury
| That, failing in this. I sought in another quartz.
some ground Of quarrel TO carry waM me 70
Pennsylvania, aud, as IA justification Of the hos.
fifty | meant To wage, 4 Wroie M. Barry On
angry letter. telling him that | had heard one Of
his assistants had said the Department possessed
a certain bond, which would be held in terrorem
to keep me quiet. That not being able to make
any thing out Of this correspondence, | dropped
il but remained at Washington, aud kept up such
an intercourse with the editorof the Telegraph,
that Major Eaton felt assured | was the prompt.
er Of the scurrilou, attacks OH bis wife. for which
he felt it due to bimsclf TO make a demand Of
| Mr.. Berrien and myself, 10 know whether We
authorized the statement in that print. That
when called upon, ] refused to disavow, and
added insult, ed when threatened with person.
al violence, instead Of appealing to the civil al.
thority, ! called in aid certain persons, and
became myself a Mrealeaer Of the peace.-
That ! he'd now accomplished my purpose, and
made a pretext for something like a justification
in my nleditated opposition to the President OF
my return to Pennsylvania. That l made al
outcry about a conspiracy, and sought to involve
the friends ofAe President in it. as accesssre;
The expose concludes with a declaration, tha,it
will be seen what proofI wiHbs able 10 6riagia
support Of my charges, and it will probably torn
out, like mir. CdLioun's plot, Of tOhih Il mGt :
We considered an act; adding, that it will be sps
ceptible of no proof, and that the public must, t
denials for confession. <
1t will be perceived that these allegations pur
port TO give a continuation Of events, commenc I
ing with my official connection with the Admins
%tration, and terminating with the day Of my de-
parture from the seat Of Government.
II cannot be doubted, that it was intended
you to connect mt with all the transactions H.
ferred to In this document; any other c~onclu;Oi
must be founded on the extravagant supposaiG
that | was thus to be held responsible for the an
of others, in which ] had not even an implied =
sency. !, therefore, have a right to regard tr
expose as avowedIy made for the purpose Of pre-
senting to the public eye the series Of Offences
which am alIedged to have committed, that haN
led to the embarrassment of your administrators
and the final dissolution of your cabinet. ltml
be proper, however, to observe. that ! have f7S
ed in my Own mind a division Of the matter q
this discussion into two parts, which may be d"
sisnated by the terms official and unofficial a.
TO The former branch, regarding my duty TO @
country, always paramount, and its interests t.
requiring that a proper confidence in relation q
matters within the pale Of The Executive cou'a'
should be inviolably maintained as long as 1t ma
be even tacitly enjoined by the Chief Magist,t !
| shall not advert to such matters except wbs y
they have Deen introduced by you; and tnen lO9a
in the papers before me. As respects unOtld' 8
transactions, l shall notice at this time only
small part of what lies at my disposal, and '@
not Immediately connected with the subject; .
ferred TO in your expose. With these remahe
proceed to The unpleasant task OF defending I,
character against tie asperslons attempted % "
cast upon it by the Chief Magistrate OF the th
ed States. This has been irresistably %ior1so'
On nae at the moment of my retirement from Ps
lie service. and when satiated with Its enP.
ments and fortified by vivid experience agiD