Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-06-23

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- w intended TO expose the sopbistry and evasion {
'0 "iooe and Enquirer in their reply 10 the searchng
ihterrogatorics of the telegram bnt v.ro b,s ,r
"u.'ifa0ly and unanswerably Rem tetigit qcu. Til
deduction of the Enquirer tina, becou.o NJ; 49,,
mas ceaSedto be member of the Cabinet that
'"e refusal OF Messrs. Berrien Ingham and Branch
IN certain quarter could have had no agency
III '"e Caoinet explosion is unworthy of the ,roobet;c
ui'or unworthy OF refutation and which not anotha,
eui'or D''t nc who thinks has readers will swallow ara
'"hg burst have addressed to the Public
10 THE EDITORS oy THE Wmo
~ =; you hoaced the evasve and contemplate man
neI IN winch Cen Jackson's official paper at Washng-
M answers 'he searching interrogatories of the Tes
graph, reative to the causes which disroved iE it
Caonetf-Mr htchle with his usual bodneas of asser
80 u numbering imbeclity, pronounces that the
lhslnuaed IN Green's questions are e7nphrticl,
aen'ed by the Globe-Now what are the facts7-Tbs
ProPounds two distinct questions: l. viii the
GLOBE deny that Ingham Branch and Berrien We're dis
missed because they refused to compel their families to
associate with that of Major Eaton?n
"a: "Wll the Globe deny that in January 1890 II
member OF Congress waited upon these gentlemen and
informed them, that it was the Presidents determine.
on TO remove them from Office unless they conformed
TO his wishes in this respect?n
Now what is the Globes replv7 Lot L, email, co.
himself "The Editer of the Globe cannot vent,,ra t
say what communications Members of Congress may
nave undertaken to make to Messrs Ingham, Branch
GH{HuticultD,
Der OF Congress authorized by the President 70
INFORM these gentlemen that it his 'sdeter nation 10
eaose them from office they retused compel their
Jdm'tieS 10 associate acM that of Mai Eaton" If puv
member OF Congress has asserted that he had such
authory he Is bound to inform the public under what
proteXt he assumed it,"
Is there any one SO duIl nd stnnid n. 49,. H. ,:a
that the first and most material question put by the Tel
egraPl Is not answered by the Globe at a?-The rla.
enquiry 49, was the Cabinet dismissed for the cause Sta
he answer and denial relate altogether TO col
lateral and immaterial point. to wit;-t5e agency ar
intervention OF member ofCongress in communicative
Inc rreSidents determination to his Cabinet. The Ts-
leSrdPh may have been misinfcrned uDon this ,--
yet the charge implied in the first question be nertc
rue Let the Globe come out, and, the Presidents
organ answer the ncrroglory directly and without
evasion! Inc whole affair has made solemn and
deep an Impression upon the public mind to be dsDosed
OF by an equyoque bubble. The public having been
informed, by Messrs. Ingham and Branch that y6icq
oerences did not produce the Cabinet explosion arc
now anxious to know what was the real cause The
ven OF Sophistr thrown over the subject by the Globe
ana Richmond Enquirer, is thin. Major Eaton
they say was the first to resign-ko ceases TO be
member of the Cabinet, and perhaps citizen of Wash
lngton-how then could Branch and others have been
dismissed for refusing associate with his family
Most sage and logical conclusion.-Has any man said
or nsnuaed, that these gentlemen were dismissed fo
refusing to associate with Eaton's family hereqfter?-
Inc charge is, they have heretoore refused to do SC
ana Tor that offence have been dismissed. How the
does Eaons resignation in any wise dsprove the oenc
Or the punishment! The idea is prcpostcrous.
repeat that the Presidents organ ourlt forthwith
TO satisfy the nation on this point 1t is perfectly motto
rous, that private wrangng and personal luminosity
produced the dissolution of the Cabinet. Now wha
produced the wranglng and animosity?-Iyas it not the
Presidents attempt aided the of State
control and regulate the private intercourse of his Min
Sters!EWas 1T not his intermcddling with matters
WIN winch he had no more concern than the Emperor
Nicholas or Louis Philip of France? I hope that the
press will not permit this matter sleep until the whole
truth is developed. If are 10 have back-stars net
tcoat Influence in public affairs right that the
public should know it. VERO
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u We publish two more Nos of tho Philadelphia
Essayist We have felt stronger wish that what
we published, should be read