Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-11-07
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CONTINUATION or THE CoNrRoyER.
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Mr Co'houn's Reply 10 nejor Eaton.

'h'M " ftFnifiuN MI AtFsFHa
Major Eaton hs', ia his late address. Prn,ni.
,onsis dragged my namt into his controversy
with a part Of his associate. IN the hate admin.
t'tra'ton. The station which he oeo ped
aud the relation ~ which he Is vel. known "a
stand To the head Of the Executive brunch pl
Tho Government, ars cniculat.,! to give NOR,
weight tohis repfes' %utatipns, al least with many
than what belongs "a III. anonymous rommuni-
cations Of the daS - would not have
dermrd his statement worthy of my notice hal
h" cno6ed himself 10 the vague insinuniions.
when constitute the grent bod, OF hs address,
N lar rs 1t relates 81 me. To give color 10 his
genera charges. he has ventrr.d. in n few in
stances. 20 descend intn detail, aud to give stare-
mruis of farIs, hut in "A mnnner wholly crro-
"eous which, however. nigh, he received by
the public MS true, were I To remain silent.
They have, 10 fact. been already 80 received 10
soma rnspecinble quarters. am thus compel
ted, 10 sell defence. 10 correct The errors OF his
Statements, ms FAR rs they concern me. The
occurrences which are the snhjeo, ur hi. nd.
dress, aie of a character 10 render me snlci.
tou'. that the par, I took Ia relation 90 them
should be presented IN Tho light which truth
aud justice require. The memory of ,hom
will probably oorlive The present day aud u
decent regard for the opinions oi those who are
To succeed u. natl rally makes nae dosirous
''"h = f''''f ~ ' " INV hfN N'Hfl NDlt-
nection with events, little calculated 10 do cred
II TO the history OF The day, than what | in re-
atty had.
It's Impossible 60 doubt tina, the main drift
ot Major Eatnn's adires is To holl Tue VI rs
III" real author Of all the jI'c0fd which ~ allie.
ged IN have prevailed in the late cabinet, aud
To ahiGh he endenvors 10 trace its dissolution,
and which, he would have the pohlic believe,
originated in = law aud mi,erable squabble on
my rn,t, in relation To the succession In the
Presidential chair.
With this view, and in order 10 give n poli,i
cal ASPECT To thu refusal II Mrs. Calhoun to
V'Sit Mrs. Eaton he states, that she and myself
called IN the Iirsi instance on hun aud Mrs. Ia
ton, during their absence NJ Philadelphia IN
tending tito he inferred, that. IN declining in
tercoursc afterwards, W. were actnnled by po.
ltcal motives, aud not by considerations cor
n"cted win duty. Unfortunately for Major
Eaton. hs statement " not correct. Mrs Cat
houn never called on Mrs Futon ~ th. time
he states, nor al any other time before, or s,nce,
nor did she EYER leave her card Tor her. nor
authorize any one 10 do so, and sha Is en-
tirely ignorant through what ciIanDrl, or by
what agency her card could COME into his aui
Mrs. Lhtuu's posses Son-tO which | aid, that
II was not done through NY ageocy, OF with
my consent OF knowledge. II Major Enlon
''"H III "bhii nhN' wen iHui iHii
must nave been, T. say the least, an Imposition
sumes here. He states. that our visit took pla ce
while they we've IN Philade lphia, and, OF couIs 50,
preceded their call, which, aa hn represents,
took place alter their return, AMI which, he
inusl know, according to the usage that governs
intercourse at The place, could not occur. Tho
Senators aud their families invariably make
the first coll on the Wee President aud his fam
ily--and IN c~untprmity with this rule, Major
Eaion had called on me. on my arrival NJ
Washington, before his marriage, which | al.
tetwnfds reinIned-and, not finding him nj
home, left my card. hi, was, probably, while
he was absent at Pl,iladelplnn. aud WI. lbs
only intercourse | had witt him, ms far Ms chn
rocolIeet, during tho whole session, except
wha: ionk place in the Senate chamber, or
~hen we casually met nj parties.
1nis IA not the Grsl time, TINT Mrs. Calhoun
has contradictrd the statement that slc had
visited MIS-. Eaton. II was reported nj the
tme, that she had visited Mrs. Eaton, and that
her card had been lrn. She then, on NIL suita.
bic OCCASIONS, contrsdIcted II, as directly aud
pOiniedly rs she now does, and IA particular
to Two Respectable ladies from tennessee, { wives
al membeis) who then rc.iied IN an adjoining
boarding house.
The ertoaeous statement Of Maj T.. compols
me ia giVu "A correct version Of what a~ctpdlly
"'t''''' "h'Ch ! itNtT htthhHu " IN
tIhde on the public, aud now state. win great
reluctance, even in snifielente. Wnrn hr aud
Mr.. Eaton made their visit. was not Il, home,
rs he states. and did not return uii after they had
retired. When kreturned, Mrs. Calhoun meu-
toned they had been there, aud sad SHE
would not pave known who Mrs. Eaton was,
had she not been with Mr.. Eaton. as tho sci
want had not announced their names. She Of
couise treated them with ciyIlty. She could
not, wlh proprieIy, do Otherwise. Tho rela-
non whiGn Mrs. Eaton bore 10 the society OF
Washington bncame the suhjeci oil some gener-
al rsmarAs. The next morning she informed
me, lint she had made up her mind moi 10 re
tIrm her yIait. She said, that she considered
herself IN the light of stranger in The place
that she knew nothing of Mrs Eaton. or tue
Truth or lalSchoOd OF the ipputhtion on her
characler-and tha' sbe conceived 1t 10 be The
duiy oil Mrs. Eaton, II Innocent, 10 open her
intercourse with the ladies who resIded in the
place, aud who nad the best means OF forming
a correct opinion OF her conduct. and not wiIh
those who, like herself, had 40 means OF form