Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-09-25
iETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
To the Editor Of The " y. Courier f Enquirer,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. 18th, 1881.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. 18th, 1881.
Noincilent has recently occur ed in this place
calculated 10 interest or amuse your readers.
In truth. the only motive which has prompted
mo now N take uD my pen, IL 10 point OUT one
or those instances in which what was made a
matter of cravest allegation against the admit
n.,ra,op of Mr. Adams, is far exceeded by the
nresent without exciting the least animadvcr'
S;on This instance Of fOrbearance in the Uhjg
nresS compared with the conduct of their op-
moments. is characteristic OF the two parties.
You will remember, that because Mr.. Adams
Maid visit 10 Massachusetts, on the death OF
his father and one or two of his Secretaries vi"
SIZED their residences after the fatigues OF Il
Congressional session, the Jackson party nick
named the members of the administration, "the
trareIIiRg Cabiuet." 1t is an old saying, that
"one man may steal horse with impunty,
while another is hanged for looking over a
hedge" and a comparison Of the conduct of the
two administrations, is an Illustration OF the
truth of the saving. What is the practice of
the Jackson administration, in the particular
in which they SO severely condemned MIR.
Adams2 Let us examine. About the begin
ming of the present month,
The President was away.
The Secretary of Var was away.
The Attorney General was away.
The Secretary Of the Navy was away.
The Second Comptroller ofthe Treasury was
away
The Treasurer was away
The Commissioner Of the General Land Of
nee was away.
The Fourth Auditor was away, all at the same
time. The Secretary of State had previously
been absent.
According to the liberality which imputed
motives for the absence of Mr.. AdamS'S Secre-
tarles we may suppose, that
Mr.. Secretary DckerSOn was experimenting
the elections in New Jersey.
Mr.. Secretary CaSs was regulating those OF
Ohio
Mr., Attorney General Butler was managing
the Herkimer Convention.
MIR. Auditor Kendall was cabaling abou. the
elections in Pennsylvania.
But whatever may have been their objects,
merely state the fact of their absence, at the
ume specified. leave comments for others
present the case, that those who remember
We past and notice the present, NAV see how
Enereht, IN certain class of politicians, is pro-
i'sstOa and practice.
lwlll now mention another incident. 10 CON-
munlcate which, lShould not have written spe-
calIy. You recollcct that the President was
some nme since cenSured for sending, under bis
rank, 10 Mississippi, the prospectus of a polti-
oal paper, 10 be Setup at Natchez, to support his
administration. The Globe denied the charge,
VI said that II was done in but one or two in
Sauees. Mt. RUNNER the Jackson member
noui MIsslSSppiiS yet here; by some il is said.
enjoying py The benefit Of one of his pririIeges.
Uu1eiS olnt that he intends to draw his eight
Sa",,' rS per u'em, during the recess. in cor
sequence OF being detained by sickness.
o,;I se' however, are mere conjectures Of the
I nu"IS' whether they are, or are not we'll
,V.u give no opinion. But Plummer says,
~ "' "ne resident requested Of him the names
NJ que VI TWO hundred persons in Mississippi to
p s ie'tIteu TO- Is II not diSreputable that the
PRESIDENT OF the United States should thus soil
employment '''e'' ~ S0N" VII y
sr,n ne intrigue with Senator Krepps for Penn
H., " S LOT nomination by the Legislature OF
n au' o'dIe, was not more unidentified By the
10y; YOU recoIect, that though the President
aeu 'ae letter to Krepps, the letter itself was
S, i1'en py ms Secretary, Major Donelson, who
tn Tue PRESIDENT was ignorant of its contents
tbs was, PROBABLY, true; for the Major sustans
IN t ,I. aCter OF frank and honorable man.-
The p p pea, however, the party claimed that
Rn, ), eS'Ieht was innocent of any intrigue
r's, 80" Is a TACT, not generally known, that Krepps
r sHso THIS city and remained here about fort
tbsS. JUST before DonelSon's letter was written
5" @s ne spent several evenings with the Presi
ra e"s ana The whole matter was, doubtless, ar
ag,? IN TIE Presidents house. This is an old
,bII, our 1t Is worth mentioning, to illustrate
character OF the times and of the men who
the people. >i'''' ~ '''' ''''i'''e'''' "
y, 0nee the return of Secretary Cass to this CT
NE expresses himself with some condolences
"'"' 'oe Jackson party in Ohio will succeed, in