The Arkansas advocate., 1832-03-21

the dissolution of the late Cabinet, ta- i llsife es care previously to secure |. safe and prominent retreat in tie Mission to
 Lug Ut is known to every well in- iformed man in this district, that Mir. ] Van Buren, by his admirable temper, his concluding manners and nnwealied exertions, kept the Cabinet io4etller long afterits discordant materials were 50 neii ascertained, that its dissolution sooner or later was matter of com
 mon specuiation.-Sr, nobody doubted
 that the parties could not get on togeth
 CT, and the only surprise was, that the
 President did not proceed to restore harmony 5 the removal of those whose dlsagreemems produced the discord.- i But Mir. Buren had the unparalleled eiffontery 10 resign on motives oi deii- caey and disintorestedness, and as this mode ol conduct was so unusual, it has excited a vast deal of surprise and won der. The Senator from Mississippi (Mr. F. has however satisfactorily to himself solved the mystery. Mir. Van Bnren arranged himself into prena!
 neht place before he resigned, and a new Cabinet 10 suitbis ambitious views. Now, sir, as to the proof of this precon- eefted arrangement for his accommo- dalton and elevation. The President told somebody, who was late Secre-
 tary, that MT. Van Burcn was to go to England, and named to him the Secre- l tarles. who were to come in; but this
 was after Mir. Van Buren had resigned.
 in the interview, Ii is acknowledged that Mir. Van Buren's letter of rcsigna- ton was handed to this volunteer re peater of confidential conversations with the Chief Magistrate. But the Senator says it was before the letter was published-thencc he concludes Mir. Y. B. had made a cats paw of the President, for the promotion of his own views: a most logical inference, truly.- And this new Cabinet was.arranged 10 further Mir. Van Buren's unholy am bition. Is there man, woman or child in this country, who doesnot know and
 feel that the change has been beneficial to the public, that there is now more strength, more virtue, and more harmo- i ny, than there was before? Is there any ! man who will hazard his reputation, 1 by asserting that the present Secreta- ries are capable of being made the in- struments Of any mans ambition, or so subject to the undue bias of an indiyid- uai's iHfiuetce, as the late? Partisans are not substituted for pure, disinteres- ted patriots; and let me say, sir, that more partisans nave gone out than have come i'll. But this mission to England was not sought by Mir. Van Buren; his friends know thatit was pressed on him l by the President, ard that it was reluc- tantly accepted at the earnest solicita- l tions of friends who were satisfied ii
 would promote his own reputation, and
 rebound 10 the honor ard welfare of the nation. l will not follow further the Senator's lead. Long known 10
 me, as a.politiclan and as man, acting
 together in the hour of political adver- lHil4s M tlCii NG illu lOSt stlI UdL our IiOli-
 or-a witness of his movements when
 elevated topower, and inthe possession of the confidence Of the Chief Mlgis- trate, and of the great majority of the l people, have never witnessed aught in
 Mir. Van BuFen which requires conceal
 ment, palliation or coloring-nevera any
 thing to lessen hischaracter as a patri-
 ot and as a man-nothing which he
 might not. desire to see exposed to the Fscrutiny of every member of this body. with the calm confidence of unsulied integrity. He is oaiiedi an ai ttffui ,nail-- a giant of artifice-a willy Magician.- From whom does be receive these op- 1 probrious names? From open enemies and pretendcd friends. In the midst of ali the charges that have been brought against him, in shapes more varying than those of Proteus, and thick as the autnmnal leaves that strew the vale of I Valambrosa, where is the false friend or malignant enemy that has fixed upon
 him one dishonorable or degrading act? I If innocent of artiicc, if governed by a I high sense of honor, and regulating his l conduct by elevated principles, thisis
 not wonderful; but, if the result ofskiII, I of the ars celare artean, he must be more
 cunning than the Devil himself, to have
 thus avoided the snares of enemies, and
 the treachery ofpretended friends.
 Itis not possible, sir, that he should
 have escaned had he henn otheruise