Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-11-07

hesona the scope of psves. 90 inio~nea, .,
esclu ie the sir'uons aud ussuspfe,ed female
from %sociei,, Rs eEperienee has ioenh il Is In
raise The soapeeied 90 that ELEVATION. This
noini NAV now b. ronsidefad settled. unleas.
Indeed, the pn,iif shruld permit the fruits ii
he etea' sirtnrv TIM, has been ssh,eved. 10
isv"r of the morals Of the eeantty, by The high
minded Independence aud virtue of the Indies
~ Washington. IN he lnsi hy perverted ant
fslse approximations Of the real question ~
issu".
with the sams view, end no. mnrh les era
neoasl.. Mai. Eaton has piyru n statement OF
nv applica'ion To him ia favor ota friend ior
! The place Of chief elerh in the War Depsftneoi.
lie bas So drawn up hs statement. n to u.ake
an Impression, TIM, suspended all ofh ,l In.
f%rrcourse with him because hs refused TO com
plv with my application. The fact Is far 9th
erwhe. u Is true. that NJ the request Of nv
friend, Who was also n warm and devoted friend
OF Gen. Jackson. aud had suffered from his
attachment 10 hiG. | did present HI. name to
Mi. Eaton, and that ! had 40 official inter
coarse with him n%heswasda; hu, for n very
different reasrn from villa, lac alleges a reason
which every individual, who has even a mode
rate share Of selGrespeai. NUT dam amply
s%pilioirni as u brisl statement Of the facts will
prove. Ihs application wna made, not at tla
early period hs states, which was Necessary To-
make The impress sion he intends, when II wna
known he was 20 he apnofnted Secretary al
War, bu, alter he was appointed and took pnA.
session of hi. office, and, II u h. material. long
after Mr.. calhoun hal declined 10 stiaru Nj.
Enton's visit.
CALLED athis office u day or two before | left
the city. informed him that called At The
request OF IN. friend, simply to state my I'M
nress'on OF his quail %lioa'ioos. aud not 10 urge
his claim. Alter | had siaiad my impression
IN nv friends favor. he told me ha was veil
SATISFIED with h's qualification, but that he haii
Offered the place 10 another geutlemao, whom
he named, bu, infni ming me, nj The same iine,
II he should dseline, my friend would receive
tho appointment. remarked that tho person
10 whom he had offered The place WAS perfectly
qualified, and tina, | could not ray a word In
weaken his clam. Besides his qualifications.
his relation with ma was ut least ns 'niimnte
and friendly, NJ his whose pntne | had prcsen.-
ed, hnd ns between them II could moi possibly
be II source Of offence TINT the foI was Sc
lectei which all WIN know me will ad MI.
when shy the gentleman selected was Col.
s'adsdeo. The net, day, received a letter
rom Gov Hamilton, then u membsr OF CDn-
grnss, Ia whom Nlnjur Eaton nlipdes a. my
isisnd, stating thai he had made application To
Mai. Eatan IN favor Of the person Tor whom 1
bud applied, with the favourable result Of M.
Application. Ga the strength of this, Hs well II.
his promise TO mr., wrote 20 NV friend, enfla-
stag Gov. Hamiiton's letter, aad infpr med hun
he night expect the appointment with conf.
dsnce, as felt almost certain thai Col. Gads-
den would decline tba Office. lie did decline
but, contrary 10 promise, another person was
appointed, without giving me any aAplanafton.
Then or since. IL was this breach OF promise.
remaining still unexplained, which inlerpnsed
IA barrier on my pari to farther official inter
course between us, mud not, as Mljor Eaton
represents. The mere refusal 10 grant the an.
pointmani, which Of itaeli would never hsva
had the ieaat oiiaGl with me. &c ,bore should
be any doubt a. IN the proini,e. or the ,iue OF
the application, the letter oi Gov. Hamilton 10
me, and nine ~ my friend, both Of which I
suppose 10 he 10 eAisienea, will establish the
correctness Of my statement.
hut II seems tha, | ain Ia hs held respoos,bIe
for tho supposed fsads OF the late Cabinet and
us d'ssoluton. because, as Major Eaton states.
nn arden, friend ol the Wee Presideni said. IN
1929, that Major Eaton Is 40, the TREND Of Nj.
Calhoun. II would havs haen much more All.
factory, II Major Eaton had giyen tue uame nj
.his supposed if,ond. with the lrBe, place, and
circumstances, not only 10 enable him a. piye
his statement ofihe occurrence, bnl TO afford
mo al opportunity Of judging how Far ought
To he responsible. II would have been 10Th
to him and me AZ net oisia,ple justice, which.
as lar Ms ! am copcern-d, would have been mar,
ttc"larly desirable, ms ! must object To the com
potency Of Major Eaton aud in, associates. IN
daiermnine who are, or WIN are not, my
friends. They appear particularly liabf, 10
error on this ro,ni. But, short iima since il
vas gT0vely charged ~ an almost oil .ial quar-,
ter, that my friends had a meeting Ia expet him
from the Cabinet, when il turmoil Out. on f,-
Their disclosures, thai they we're all gentlemen
from the Western States, Ienness -. Ke.,ucky.
and Louisiana, aud devoted friends 10 GenernI
Jackson, actuaied solely by a regstd tor the sue
cess aHd honor of his nd pini.lraiion a sion
of tho existence Of which was ignorant ali
sfier the meeting, and OF tho parlignlars. al,
disclosed by the recent publications. n TO fhfs
| added Major Eaton's sn Inability 10 nII ,nlb
nrror M de,erminins who are, or are NOT, my
political friends, As disclosed in hi. i,te al,
dress, il will not, | am SIRE. be thought unrea.
sonabie. I'm, | ahould inject 10 his coinpptensy
in that particular. Vine, IL IL necesssrv 10
hold me responsible Tor scenes, the olidm If
winch he shows anxiety 20 shit to
The shoulders of Others. he errs, on that noint
In relation to two Of his late associates IA Inc adj
mini,trnt,on. II, 10 his au xiety to Indicate me
he mistakes the political relations bel ~seo NJ
Branch aud M'. Berr'en, aud myself, gend 4n4h
oil y hose senumenis one would soppose IA. coutt
moi bs ignorant, We may reasonably suppos,.
that he Is equally mistaken IN the cass under
con ideratio0.
The inference he would draw from Cepe,af
Green's course, in relation TO myselI can
scarcely deserve more than a passing notes
Gen. Green's cnurse has been Of his own c,no
slug, without an attempt on my poii 10 ina ,.nr.
bIu. Such an attempt would iad..d Inv.
been perfectly idle. lfhe should be supposed
10 be governed ty base aud selfish views. how
could influence him Ihad nothing 10 eivs
where he had much to lose. On The coue,ar.
superstition, that he was governed by a seo.e
oi truth Bad justice, an nltempt 10 influence
him was unnecessary. Ny course, | iru,,. af.
forded ample motives oil that desc %riutioo. ~
i had not, il would have been in cam 4, ~
on the supposiiion of hs honesty, 20 nave az
tempted 10 obtain his support ~ il ,le.rf,
would have heeb, on the opposite, to have az.
tanned It AZ all As have been Compelled /.
speak oi 'e"rrai "retn' II IS due. Ia jnslice h,
nim to say, that believe General Lscason Ia,
no friend more jealous aud homes in hi. seam
hateverm may tie his present faetu,p. -