The Arkansas advocate., 1832-03-21

l try newspaper, and to prove wi1ata that 1 Mir, Van Buren sald that the late Cab. met was dissolved by the conspiracy of the Vice President, 10 drive Major Ea-. ton from the Cabinet, and that he with drew to escape the consequences of the dissolution. Sir, hhiir. Van Buren holds no such conversations with per- sons who were once his partisans, and
 now his enemies.
 But supposine he had declared, or does entertain the opinion imputed to him. Is it acrime which disqualifies him
 for a high office; that he believes the charge made and sought to be estab. lished by the late Secretary of War? If such be the Senators opinion, can he tell us how far the exclusion extends? The Senators latter story is eoHtFade- ted by his previously expressed opin- ion. What, sir, the most artful man in
 the world, proclaim to paltry editor l that he acted in the manner indicated,
 10 escape tie storm consequent on the 1 dissolution of the Cabinet! If it had
 been true-if such had been his motive, he would have sought to conceal II from 1 himself. No degree of confidential in- timacy could have tempted an artful lintriguer, to such a disclosure. The story, if true, proves a man, whose sex- traordInary prudence, under all cireum- stances, through long life in the stor-
 my politics of yexed and turbulent slate, has gained him the confidence of his friends, and called down upon him
 the charge of consummate artiliee from
 his enemies, to be silly driyeller-a simpleton, opening his budget of petty
 motives, to one whose trade was, to
 thrive by making himself important by
 confidential and oracular disclosures in
 his unknown journal.
 | MT. Van Buren stands in strange
 condition before us-from the begin ming of this Administration, before he
 came to the post assigned to him, until l the present hour, he $ held aeeounta-
 ble by certain description of political
 men in this country, for all the evil that has been done, and ali the good that
 has been omitted,
 Now, sir,ifhe is accountable for eve.
 ry thing his hand is 10 be traced eve- y where, let him have credit for the
 good that has, and the evil that has not,
 been done. Balance the account of
 the admitted good, and evil imputed,
 and the result will i'll the hearts of his
 enemies with the bitterest disappoint-
 ment. But, sir, this is not the justice
 intended for him. He is responsible
 for all that is complained of. Let us ] see the Senator from Mississippi (Mr.
 Poindexter's) catalogue. There was
 10 Cabinet councils. Did the country
 suffer from this failure to follow the ex-
 ample of late administrations? from this
 adherence to the example of General 1 Washington? But there was one cabi-
 net council called to sit on a lady's reputation. Indeed; and this Mir. V an Buren is also answerable for; aud is it
 true, sir, that the honorable members
 of the late Cabinet, who remained so
 tranquilly at their posts enjoying all
 their emoluments and honors with be-
 coming qualification, suffered themselves to be deprived of their accustomed
 rights of seat and voice at the Coan-
 eli Board of deliberations on great mat
 ters of vital interest to the public, and yet obeYed the beck and call of Mir. Van buren, to sit upon lady's repu-
 tation! QGwhat stuff were they made, that theyaid net distinctly sseesst::..ii::ss t:.i:s }, this restriction of claimed right, and this insulting call upon them to step out of their appropriate spheres, was the work of Mir. Van Buren, or the act 5 of the President? If the first, why did : they not demand his dismission, and, if : [refused, indignantly throw their com r missonsin the teeth ofthe Chief Magis- ! trate? The omitted Cabinet Councils, 7 and the single call, were no such dread
 ful offences until obliged to follow NIT. ; Van Buren's example and resign.- The history of last year establishes the 5 wisdom of the President in calling no : Ecabinet council to deliberate, as there could have been no harmony in their , consultations, and on this single ques- ton said to have been submitted, the : Ex-Cabinet have shown themselves in- : competent to decide. He is not com Il potent to decide on aLady' $ reputation, : who throws out of view, on the qnes- 5 ton of how she should be treated, her l guilt or innocence. will not condo