Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-10-03

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| ply IN MENTAL fiug The CAUSE OF truth before
| the American People aud, uninhnencrd by
tih aidry, aht nsaWeh hy mrnacs, III exposing
! 10 ihem lhe real condition ot this community
/ IN Which the reign Of error is emphaucali rs
| tahIishrd. am not Indifferent TO conseqnesl-
ce= ; but, Whatever the, may be, tho voice Of
warning shall not he vi bheid.
| shall hr compelled 10 speak OF Mr.. Eaton,
tbe late Secretary al War. whose multiplied
m.rrprrsrn'aii ions have madc it necessary FOR
me TO address you. | shall do this however
rom Cnnstd ration oi his illciai conneC ION
with The late Csbintf, and from the belief, liza
! although retired from oliire his situation iur
/ al the Pufnnses of this dis usso1 remains IT.
changed. As a private lnd 'ytdnal, he has pla-
/ ced himself beyond Ii" pale of hunolahe con-
| frovrr'y. lie has sought and eYad. Il II, when
! The opportunity was afforded - lin Of CRAFTY
ing hl' rfspnl ment Il employ moment IN
/ The exposnre OF his Conduct, it Is not because
] | can derive pleasure from Coulemp ating the
/ humiliation with he has voluntarily sought.
/ and still less 10 vludicate myself from the Bill
! lngsgate Ahn-e with which he has Glle1 lhr
I columns OF the Globe. No have a better
! purpose. in the discharge Of my duty
.iuz"n, ~ould exhibit 10 tn American Peultie
thai ~ stem ct CaIumny9 aud nrnace, wl6rh
prevail, al the Seat Of tie National Govern
meat. undpr the mmadll1c view of It's hugh
est tnnctoaafY. ani IA winch hrs most conf
DENTAL mind is the prominent aud pIincpa
| artnr.
Very soon alter my reurn from Georgia in
| j ~ Iast, Mheu, hon I'll. teu0r oil nIy rtsi-.
naInu, 4 VAS nsCrrrRiaed that would not l0in
in the attempt 10 conceal the real causes OF tue
! ds.otution II The late Cabinet, the not cmehis
! ofthe caba II It's pIa VIZ directed against
M. dad not feel that II was my duty to enter
/ mo an exposition Of tnose caf5es, aud | alb
! stainrd lron dong 50 hui could H0t consent
! 10 become IA patty to tue effort which was
made 10 concral ihem-anh by placing my
| own lie gnatinn on the ground OF he fresi.
/ dent, mr. viii, gave n distinct negative IL
! the mIsIepresrulatiuns of Ihu lransacuon. by
| which II had been attempted 10 dtidde III
| public. At hi, inc Mf. Eaton, awaiting him
ST. ~ a publication in p'psr. y It'll which /
bad no { her .ouuection than t.at of su0scli-
ber. called upon me peremptofiy II ave" o.
di,avow an edit - al article IN that paper, "he1
assnrt-d that ay family had refused I, hssn-
cate with hia. It VS. no. Tia" mefe p1JHchioh,
il was lnr statement, which Was call'd aPoe
In dlsavow. terms suillcen ~ ahfup ("iia
ont any reference u what had ls' occurred
with Mr. insnan,) clearly to indicate what
vas 20 I low. EAe-y mau will nndrrstah ],
on ren In hat note, lba Mr.. Eat9n had IL
ierniued 10 ca me 90 rhe li"l I, IN the eveht u
my avowal of the statement of Which he com
plaiHed. What other purpose could have NJ
dncel such demand, clothed IN such terms
| certNInl, 50 understood 1t. aud snared TIE
.ur3,rtsr Of others, reading, IN the conc liaio-
~ r'ply, winch he ,hopgtt proper TO address
10 me- IN answer TO my aYuvul Of the oliru-
81 s.1'cmeat a distinct waiver OF his origlnai
demand
Inns correspondrnce is before the public
but a mnneni'5 confederation nf i. will serve
10 show, Tint the object OF this rude aud per-
emptory demand, was 10 deter me- from an
cxpo..te OF the truth ; aud that even, accor-
ding 10 the notions OF what III, world calls
h"nor, the failnre OF hlr. Eaton - prosecute il,
when | had distinctly ayowed the olf'oce OF
''hc.r he comalained. tooG from MN all had
ow 81 rigitt, thereafter, 0 ntsa any clam upoo
me. Is i, MAKING tbs hanani he asser.e tina
the statement was = Fl .nsivr 10 bin. b the
manner IN winch h. received my agowM Of rs
truth. ne manifested his dlspoHtlon to sub.sa
10 what he had tuns treated IS an aggression
upon his ehngS, without having received any
atom nrnt foc II.
b the na.nre &c The eT'nce of which MIR.
E4rpp co lanrd, WI 81 mp1e cn"clpsvrly
prove tn hi, was an et0pty menace, coli
c,iyei in IT, van hape ct tel"rrns me from
exposing - cal "a r. OF tFe trhusdCtiop,
which rs then g. gagmg Ih" public attention.
he stdtfmru, a. Il" itegIa ~ VS. IhaI my
fimit, EadrefHseG 10 asSnCIate with his. Whtn,
~ .wer II h, d nana, "Vo@ed The truth oil
thtt statement, my offence Consisted IA the
snnplt a,serl,u OF thts tact. Was this a
gfanAd, n which 10 cal u iniu 10 mortal com
ba,l ha1 a perfect lieht TO retns this asso.
. oIafIJr air. Eltoa admit, l.. | offered IA
whence 10 MS lcofing, hy avo"ing that Ia
danB 81, ~ the Terms oil hts reply very clearly
pr We. Why thea MS i.e demand made
L vas an lit bray,d1, tta nhjoet II which wa,
10 ubtrn such an answer, IS mi1ht he prlVer-
t. t. his purposes aud in every went To al
mo l,sh me INIT he tcaS armed aud IN the hctd
fhrreaue was - 4Cl uddtT the i0udenle oil
this stlutary caution.
Iui, hrsI attempt Mas manifest failure.
An opp riuntty mad been Ulltfed 10 Mr.. Ea-
ton to caIrs out his purposes, 81 Lar as J was
the uirct Of thrf, Wuether II aInse LON
faltering spirit, Of from his own cony. ctlon Of
the absurday OF hi demand, no dill not avail
himself Of IT. The fact That such corfespon-
! denCe existed, Don became known 10 the pub
! IL, and they were not SLOW 10 expressing their
view of it, II recame necessary therefore 10
/ Mr.. E9ton 10 make an effort 10 retreve his
/ AFFAIR.", aud certain expressions ~ my former
] addIts, ntre seIz d upon for this purpose
! Il is The Gorrespo lenCr, which he says has
eventuated ~ determination on my part 10
shrink from responsibility, aud II Is that deter
! miuatico nnpu ed me, in utter disregard
! oil truin, which has called forth the rlbaldry
! which t,nbelll,has his appeal 10 the pubic.
/ i hat uublic shall have an opportunity 10 decide
| for themselves on full view OF he transaction.
wines Nj. Eaton has misrepresented, whether
! he has any legitimate claim t. the triumph OF
which he BOASTS whether, on tue contrary, he
has no. prpse ted TO them a statement who ly
devoid oitIu,h, ia relation 10 transaction, IN
which his conduct was distinguished ny every
! thing rather than its chlValry.
Mr. E4ton's second demand upon me, was
founded upon certain expressions IN my former
a ll.,.,r -. 1 I'M
| statement that tue annunCIaIIon OF the
names of the intended caOnet seem-d 10 me
10 present an iasuperable bar TO my accep-
| lance of oifice-Inat q thought, | foresaw
clearly the evils which have too obviously re-
suited from this selection aud tIdt my ulll-
mate determination To enter The cabinei, was
founded Cd the belief, that the President would
speedily see aud correct the evil" Assum-
ing that the objection here referred to, applied
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