Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-11-20
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ECCENTRfCIrlES or IIfDcE WHITE

I |" % HIi I,
an oddly, aud gets the active the elder he grows
For years he sat in the Senate Ike grundsrc en- in
Gdo1ster, as niotioncss stone Ills posture perpen
uicuiar-his hands clasppd-lis eyes fixed each par-
GUAR hair combcd straight plummet line TO his
shoulders He was, in look very Cato of Utica and
one might have readily ianced that he disinlerrcd
from me lava =. Herculaneum and set up in the Senate
as The figure of ectitude csentg nori tn strike the
cnscences OF the Cailucs of the Senate with terror
but what was still more awful he spoke periodically
9ce year ahdeVery word was warning To the Wings.
lie voted regularly with slight motion of the lips and
every vote was condemnation Of the Opposition To
make TINS personicat"n of Roman virtue the more con-
sP;cuous and imposing the Democratic party elevated
HIM to the Vice Presidents Chair There his looks ex-
vanly uttered:
:. Ilsin there bsco such lime, "a hn know rha,,
| Z" When it proved o.herwi.e!n
But alas hlessrs. Clay, Calhoun, Webster and poin
dexter are old siasers, and know the world They un
derstand the management of prudc in politics as we'll
as They do OF prudc in petcoais The first step hsy
look TO render Judge Whites obstinate virtue casy was
10 gave hiu ial They threw him from the presdiny
chairof The Senate and put Pondcxter over him AneP
inns overthrow and disgrace, the Judge became quite
Tame lame ana manageable They whispered in his ear
through Speaker Bell, the promise of unbounded favor
and recompense, if he would give himself IN to their
wishes The Speaker example of the high des.
tiny to which they willing and able to call the de-
serters from Democracy. This put the Judge in motion
They had seized the string which could Ain onr man of
paseooard INTO any posture and Supple Jack was ever
See 10 cut more eXravagant caperS than tile once said
and sober Cato
The first somerset he played off to win the kindness of
pPoston, WAS the secret report he made against the
Sner9kee Treaty declaring it treaty, because it con
tanned contingent stipulation providing that il should
become obligatory only when approved by majority of
tue tioc ihis was at the moment of Bells coalition
with the Opposition, and was intended to convince the
Federal philanthropsts that he could differ with and
defeat the President, when the latter was riph =
Last winter finding that this proceeding of the secret
session had got abroad in Georgia and was likely
TO destroy his prospects there, he threw a sonier-
SET backwards on the same ground, and supported
resolution pledging the Senate, in advance to
raly contingent appropriation of five millions of dol
laS TO enable the President to renew the very stipua
uons OF the rejected contingent treaty But to satisfy
the Opposition for this retrogade movement he mme
datey made three grand leaps forward One in honor
oil Clay The second for Calhoun, and the third for Web
scr; distinctly pr9claiming, by his acts that he was
prepared to sacrifice the President personally to the en-
NIFTY of the first the character of his domestic adninis
traiion TO the second and his foreign policy To the last
In the meantime, he had put written authority in the
hands of John Bell, to bring him ns candidate for
me Fresidency that the heads of the Coalition nip
show their Judgment aud gratitude once by blending
ther counses and influence together in support of one
eyneng such readiness 10 subserve their various vie WIS
HAVihg this settled atdirs at Washington, the Judge
proceeded l" tennessee, and there first resumed his
primitive reserve and purancal pretension Let us
follow him To his home and see the stress of circr,
stances and great temptation gradually unwilling selfish
motives and stripping the mask from The most obstinate
aieea''on o. fo6y patriotism, and tenaciiy of prin-
The candidate of the Bell and Crockett caucus had
mol reached home more than week ten DAYS before
ms lna.iaigabie Nashville manager gave him oppor-
tdy 10 appear before his ftllow citizens, and assure
The OF the determination he had formed not only TO
retire from the Senate with the expiration of his term
on The fourth OF March, S3o as matter uf nronr;,
ty, but to cease tn take any part in those t.rno oc
casoned by Pattic te'asd nothing it seems prevent
ca ms aesoin'e retirement at the period fixed, but the
iuct mat ms name had bccn browght be{ore he ,neri.
csn PefPe Ia i'll Me highest oGce ia aeir ei'' He adj
dresses the Nashville committee thus
KNOXVILLE, May 9Th, 1895.
| Gentlemen: BY the mail which arrived to-day | re-
ceived your invitation to parake of public dinner to
be given to the Hon John Bell the Odd inst at Nash
vile, by portion of his constituents
lie chnttll h.,
WIN portion G. my late constituents assembled at The
festive board to honor who is an honor to his
whole State, well to his immediate district tennis
me strongly TO accept your invitations; but another con
sderai'on which cannot disregard, induces me to re-
| sst this temptation.
! When last visited Your place, looked forward 10
he 4th OF March 1880, as the period when could with
proprcly cease to take any part those turnos occa.
stoned 10y public life but within the last few mon The nv
name has been brought before the American Pron no
candidate To lill the highest Office within their gift
Whcn applied to have said, 'the Office was created
Tor The beneht of the People and they have the rjeh TO
iil with whom they please that have had no agency
IN causing my name to be used and that my political
friends nave my consent TO continue, discontinue its
use, as IN their opinion Will most promote the public
good
While retain the position now occupy, in my OPT.
Mon IL is most proper tla should not participate IN anv
festival, even IN my State
For your kind and polite invitation and for the fayora
he opinion you have expressed of me, private Gill
zen and as public man, be pleased to accept my CRATE
fol acknowledgements and do me the favor TO rsqnest
Nose Tor whom you act, when assembled to oin YOU
am me lu lbe SfHunf mt winch viii be found below.
have The honor TO be, most respectfully your obed
! ent servant. HUGH T., WHITE
~ iOoked freord 10 the An Of MARCH 1895. ,sbe, :
co'ad ift JcTtiy ceaSc Ia ahe 0py punt in Hoso tar
minis, &c his telling his fellow citizens that be
was man of moderation that having served two
terms m the Senate propnefy" required that the
state should have the opportunity of honoting other
distinguished and faithful men, who had long served I'm
subordinate stations. The Judge would not ,nnorol,e
woold not make Scnatorshp life estates Mo- lie had
resolved IN obedience 10 Of pyoprikg to retire
from the Senate aud all the urnols Of public life This
last wish, however, denied him he was called nv
Messrs Bell * Co, "be0rc the American Pcopc nc n
candidate To l The highest oice within their gii Ne
tells rs III another letter, he had refused t. allow his
name to be brought forward by the Legislature of his
State two years ago but be yielded the introucs of
Washington, and gave into The wishes Of the Opositou
Wen, having nt last become candidate for lhe Pres
dency, how did that circumstance affect the propriev
which had fixed his resolution 20 retire from the Senate
on the 4ih Of Murch 1868, in his letter to Pryor Lea
defending himself against Arnol3s chafge of harborng
concealed hostility to General Jackson, he said
"BDt is Jrfhoy safcd tut Isugeoried COL gYiHiams
JOr The Scaatc n the Dited Stes ogcn 0gapst Jacksoa
hfHSy md rcat so far 10 sqN GsaerqJ JarLson s1
uHeTfffW, W0cb hcdrfeG scOundrtI There is Ia ftis
cha1ge mistabc II supDoriod Cm Wiians IN ooy,sj
ton 10 mr. Miller, by al tair mans in mn po,ecT oad
ictcn there res oNonP ia .qckson ki,aseT aga
cgHddge ~ opposition IN Williams used sry ntgosf or.
etiOa prer6H his name from beng used ASA cinddle
H0pyoaTed me- tint one str0Bg Oronad on ,kirb Csn
Jacisgn supported j0y he P5osdearg ia oiier States
tai ne cas 0t homc andigg f0kis pfir4fe business
not using my means 10 his ccr0n as pyfsidenf
oad caaddg tercd Mof il tue legislature efcifd hin,
% o 5eHaic cOUid be tcctfd, IN 0se Suites that he
p'accd ~ Washington eccontcr fer The Prfsi
preston ,e0nld do him injury hun the eieroa Of
lOiOnci jsfffufns. his rffgfg.'