Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-11-01
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| =. DIX CALHOUN'S REPLY TO MAJOR EATON
MAJOR Eaton has, In his late Address, eratuitousl,
dragged my name into his controversy with part OF
ms associates in the late administration The
m:cn ne recently occupied, and the relation in which
ne Is Wen known to stand to the head of the Execuv,
oranch oil the government calculated to give NOR,
wegRt 10 MS representations, at least with many thar
mna' oe ohgs 70 me anonymous communications OF tn,
dsy yet would not have deemed his statement worth,
oil my notice, had he confined himself 10 the vague in
sihua"o"s, wch constitute the great body of his adj
nress, Us lar as rea'es to me. To give color to hi.
gehersi charge ne has ventured in few instances
descend into detail and to give statements OF facts bu
10 manner wholly erroneous which, however miy nj
De received oy the public as true, to remain ST.
lent They have, in fact, been already so received in
some respectable quarters. ! am thus compelled in
sell defence to correct the Of his statements
lar as they concern mo. The occurrences which are
the SUBJECT oil his address, of character to render
me soicous, that the pa, took in relation tn tben
should be presented in the light which truth and Justice
require The memory of them will probably outlive
the present days and decent regard for the opinions al
those who are to succeed us, naturally makes me de.r
GUS that should not to have any other connecr
with events little calculated do credit TO the history
OF the day, than what in reality had
/. imPosibl. 10 doubI tba, Tue ID ain dill, Of MI, ;or
ENops addren IL 10 bold up a, the real au hor Of
al me di':o'd witch is alleged have p,evaled 10
the late cabinet end 10 which hs end, aver. a
it' di.sou, on, sod which ho would have the o,bI,,
believe, rgina'ed in q low aud mi,erabIe sauabhIe
on my par IN relation TO III, succession to En-. al
Dental chair ' P'e''
With this view, and In order to give a pl.ieaI az
peel 70 tho refusal OF Mrs Calhoun 20 vi,i; Mr. T.
'oo ne s'aes, that she and myself called in the q 81 in
ss.es on him aud Mrs. Esen, during ,hsie abs,pe,
a. Phidde'Ph: intending IL 10 DO inferred ih,, in de
tihi1g liter course aierwad,, We were en- us,ed Nv
poeai motives. and not by considerations c,rn ,s,s1
VIVID duty. Uo oriuna,ey Tor M 10. E,or hi, state.
meut 70 not sotrsst. Mrs. Calhoun never esJled on
mrf Eaton at The time be states nj any ober tms
before, nor since, did she leave her card 10,
her cor suho'izs ahy ole 10 DO se aud she entirely
ig or>n 'hfo"gh what channel, or bv wba agency
card could come into his ard Ms Esiop's
to which add, that IL mol done through INV
ey, or With my consent or knowledge II Mi E,,on
had reneettd, no woulJ have seen thai there mus
nave oeen, TO say the least, imposiiion some here,
re ha'e' mai our vis took place while they wers In
iPha, and OF eourse preceded cir call yyhleh
az ne represents, took plses after their rs,u,p and
which, he must know, according TO The usage th,, co.
seIhs in'oreourse at the place. sould not oseur The
Senators and their families Invariably make The 6,s
cslI on the Wee PGesidsn, and hi, ami and in cor.
'ormy with ibis rule, Maj Elton bad called on me- on
"y arrival AZ washing ion, before bis mari ge yehi.
aHer"sfds reiurrsd; aud, MT finding lin Al bo,ns
ieh ny cad This was, probably. whiie he wa, ah,ep
~ PM ajeiPhia, and was the ClIy iniersopr,e had
WIN nim' @ far AL cen rseollee', dornk tbe Who'll,
session, except wha' took pse In the Senate Cbanb
or when we casually met az pa't4s.
This - not the hfst lime, iha' M o. Calhoun he eon
rad cted the STATE ment that she had yi al Nj, E,,oo
was reported al the time, hal she had yi.it.d Mrs
EHoDs add that her card had bern left S,e then on
an suhshis occasions, cont sJeted H. as diresy and
peineoiy az she now does, and 10 particular 10 iwo,,
Pss's 70 ladies from tennessee, (evss OF lnemberr
"bo thsn resided IN 40 a6joinag b.a ding bou,,
The erroneous staten, NJ OF Mi r. ,omp.I. 49,. 4,
ave eoUsef version Of what aeius Iv oseuyed, IN,
which never in'ended 10 in'ruds on a. q pub 80
nov s,aie, With great reiucispee even io sell a.ts..
WHIP ne and hss. Eaton made their Wait, syss no,
" hemr' "bs Ss'es and did nos y.urp dN sitss they