Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-03-07

Gov. BRANcH.-The Baltimore Marylander, of
sthe Sd, addresses the following iDterrogatories to
this gentleman, which bear the impress of having
issued from source acquainted with the facts to
which they advert. Purser Timberlake is the gen
tleman whose widow Maj. Eaton married
''Mr. BRANCH.-From some remarks made by
this gentlemen in discussing Mr.. Cayton's sin.
dictmont" against the United States Bank it an.
pears, that he does not believe that the President
shrinks from the responsibility of acting on the
bill to recharer the bank during the present session;
but he expresses the opinion that '.there is pow
er behind the throne which is exerting itself TO
prevent the passage of the bill. No one has had
better opportunity of knowing and feeling this
''power behind the throne" than Mr.. Bran and
we are only surprised that he should content him
self with distant illusions to its existence instead
of openly exposing its mal-practiccs. But Mr..
Branch has SO much of the Chinese composition in
him as to kiss the instrument with which
he has been chastised. Driven, in contempt,
from the department over which he pie.
sided, he meckly submits to the disgrace,
and has not the spirit to lift finger against
the power that cast him off, Had he the ndepen
dence to speak out, would ask him to reply to
the following questions-or to call for committee
of Congress to examine the matters to which they
relate.
1. Was not purser Timberake defaulter to 60.
vernment some fourteen or fifteen thousand dollars,
whilst you Secretary of the Navy?
9. Did not the said Timberake remit to Major
Eaton a sum of money about equal to his default,
with reque st that it should be applied to the pur-
chase of property in Washington City,
). Did not said remttence and accompanying
letters come into your hands, and did you not take
copies of them?
d. Did you not call on the President with said
letters, &c and inform him that you supposed that
the transaction fraudulent, and that the money
OF government about to be applied by Timber
lake and Eaton to private purposes?
5. Did not the President demand and obtain said
papers, and then refuse to deliver them to you,
alleging that it a concern of Major Eaton's
with which you had no business2
3. Was not property in Washington City purchas
ed by Major Eaton with the remittance made by
Undertake; and did not the latter die sefauteI
TO government?
Z. Did you not denouncc this transaction as frau
dulent whilst in Tennessee last fall; and did you
not promise to bring the subject before Congress al
an early day of the session?
The people have an interest in knowing whether
Major Eaton speculacd with the public funds
and whether Gen. Jackson sanctioned such specu
latIon--and If Mr.. Branch be in possession of in
formation documents establishing either or both
points, honest man and representative of the
people, he is bound to ask investigation of the
matter: We have beard from respectable source,
that MIR. Branch has copies of the letters in ques
ton, and that no is able to prove that the public
have been Northumberland We have been under the
expectation, that ho would bring forward resou
tons on the subject. But, perhaps, no has toe
much lore for The occupant of the throne and dread
OF the "Power behind the THRONE" to pursue
hlghmlpdcd and honorable course. Kendall g. Co
succeeded in lashDg him into the ranks after they
mad assisted Van Buren, to turn him out of them
and 1T is probable he yet Sees in his ''minds eye
inc "hlp suspended over his shoulders.