Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1839-06-29
From tie -National Intelligence
-. nncL stairs Influence.

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F,,m he National Ltedhgencer.
-. Back stairs Influence.
....I.s Ike the annexed. which we
- -, me New York Courier, pos
" a'erest for the public only SO far as
INV a ray OF light on the unseen
'--y .-sa8d irresponsible influence which
.e15pb they are said often to control
r. ae;ions Of corrupt governments OF
- rorld. were. we believe unknown IN
- - own history until the accession of
g.o Jackson to the Presidency. HIS
.r,wed want of adaptation tor the nigh
800 Of the station which he so strange
i cached. placed him in state OF Pc
Liar dependence on those needy adyen-
..-. who attach themselves to every
-.,L government. and who, in his case,
H. ,rifuIly fattering his passions and
.,-,5,ces obtained over him an infiu-
Ill., fatal 10 his own credit, and most
TBbapuy lor the public Disregarding,
,r.-,,aa,elv. the counscls of his osten-
800 and proper advisers, lie appears TO
tsye listened for the most part, only to
~ rapacious irresponsible sycophants
bv ,,bdm he was successfully surround
ii. and with whom his private hours
were spent; and they regarding only
their own mercenary ends, made him
The instrument for furnishing their enc
mics and reWarding themselves and
their friends. The consequences were
such as could only in the nature of
things. follow. The brave old Chieftain
retired from Office unregrctted by almost
every high-minded and disinterested in
dgdual who had hailed his accession as
triumph, leaving the constitution
Bot only annihilated, and the country on
ths verge Of bankruptcy and ruin.
F-gn The Netc York Courier & Enquirer.
The following affidavit of Mr.. Tench
Rnggold. which illustrates the kind of
hmiiar ascendency exercised by the
Kitchen Cabinet during the administers
ion Of Gen. Jackson, forms portion of
iAe rejected evidence" in the case of
VI. Gouverneur. Although that gentle
maB did not think fit to use it during his
recent trial, II forms a valuable item in
be history Of the times. s'CAN We
BLlR7 is the secret as much Of Mr. Van
Blren's magistracy as Gen. Jackson's-
aad The two viii 60 down together as the
-Cm-re-Biair Administrator"
Dls7sIcr OF COLUMBIA,
Washington county, IS.
|. Peter Force, Mayor of the city of
Washington, in the District of Columbia
AMI county aforesaid, certify: That on
The 9Th day of April, 1899, before me
personality appeared Tench Ringgold, of
lawful age. on the part of Samuel L.
Goyerneur, IN a suit depending in the
Circuit Court of the United States, for
the southern District of New York, in
which me United States is plaintiff, and
Samuel l.. Governeur Is defendant, and
ile sad Tench Ringgold being by me
first carefully examined, and cautioned,
sai sworn TO testify the whole truth,
exposed as follows, To wit:
Having business with the President of
GEE United States, in the winter of 1886,
called on Gen. Jackson at his residence
o Washington. After my business had
been settled. he asked me where | stay
eiin Washington? | replied that | was
larsing nv friend Samuel Governcur, at
Gadsby's Hotel. The President inquir-
81 how he was? ! replied that he was
better that morning, but had been ex-
hemely ill., Gen. Jackson then remark
ed that he regretted 1t, especially, as he
oughi 10 be at New York; great derange
nent Of business having occurred there
N consequence of the great fire. re-
Piled that he had come to Washington
20 settle his accounts. General Jackson
observed he was aware of that, and of
ihc difficulty in settling his accounts, al
though just and equitable. he, General
lackson1 regretted that neither the Pre-
sdent nor the Post Master General had
power 10 allow all the claims of Mr..
Voyerneur as they rested on equitable
principles, aud therefore Congress was
me proper tribunal 10 allow them He
then turned 10 Mr. F. p Blair, the edI
Tor Of the Globe. who was reading a
newspaper in another part of the room,
ana SAID "Blalr, can WEI" or s.we can't,
Don't precisely recollect which, sal
70" Governeur's claims, they rest on
eaaiiable principles" Mr.. Blair replied:
-feoh, no, certainly not.'' The CONVEX
salon was then ended by General Jack
' ~sA again remarking to me, it was out OF
mn power to allow the claims for the rea-
e above assigned.
TENCH RINGGOLD.
And !. the said Peter Force. further
certify that the said testimony of the
sd Iench RinggoId was by him sub
s1Fi0ed IN my presence, reduced to writ
'as' That am not OF counsel or attor-
ass 70 either Of the said parties, nor in
'S'es'ed IN the event of said cause: That
= Hoiee was given 10 the adverse par
!. % his attorney ia said cause, because
either Of them ever resided within one
.li,dfed miles of the place of caption,
= Il was informed; and | further certify
- Tue sad deposition is taken TO be
- ~ me suit aforesaid, and that the
- ~ taking the same is, that the
.a iench Ringgcld was at a greater
\. H'ailce than one hundred miles from
place OF trial Of the said suit.
- witness whereof, have hereunto
ny hand and caused the seal of the
city to be affixed, the day and year
II pI1rED EOpCE