The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-05-30
a PICTURE OF MIR. VAN buren,.

BIZ one Of the earliest and a6lest champions Of
Gen. .JacksOn's administrations.
The following is an extract from the
speech of MIR. Hayne, of South Carolina, in
the Senate Of the United States, upon the
nomination of Mr.. Van Buren, as Minister
TO England. Mr.. Hayne, it will be remem-
bered, was subsequently Governor of
South Carolina, was, in the great debate
in 1880, ON Mr.. Foote'S Resolutions, the
ablest champion Of Gen. Jaekson's admin
istrati0n, and firm friend of MIR. Cal
houn. He las since deceased.
''From the time when Mr.. Van Buren,
took possession of the Department of State
up to the moment ol.lis departure for Eng
land, have been an attentive observer Of
the passing events here. have also, since
this nomination came before the Senate,
taken pains to inform myself from the very
best sources, us to the correctness or in
correctness of my first impressions with
respect to the conduct of Mr.. Van Buren,
while Secretary of State, and the result has
been firm conviction that ought not give
my advice and consent to his appointment
as Minister to England. From facts and
circumstances which have fallen under my
own observation, many of them notorious
formation derived from sources on which |
implicitly rely, | have arrived at the fol-
lowing conclusions; that when Mr.. Van Blu
rem came into the cabinet, he found state
of circumstances here that opened door
to the establishment OF an influence favora-
BILE to his personal views; that instead OF
exerting himself TO remove the causes OF
discord and dissension by which the Elk
ecutive was unhappily surrounded, he deX-
terously availed himselfoi them, and WELD
ed them for the promotion of his own per-
sona and political interests, and for the
advancement of his friends and supporters
TO office, to the exclusion of almost all 9th
ers. 1t is known TO all who hear me. that
Gen. Jackson came into office under most
suspicious circumstances, which, properly
improved could not have failed to secure for
his administration the highest honor, and as
still believe, lasting benefit to his country.
at is notorious that the fruits oi'the great
political victory which brought him into
power, have been, in a great measure, lost.
The expectations of the country have not
been fulfilled. Discussions and discord
have divided party who were once CO.
mented together by the strongest ties.
Men who espoused GEN. ackson cause
at the earliest dawn of his political fortunes,
who stood by HMM the heat ofthe contest
have been dis carded from his confidence,
and PRESCRIBED, while those who
came in, like Mr.. Van Buren, himself, at the
eleventh hour, who never lifted finger in
his defence, orsraised voice in his favor
now have undisputed sway. Sir, have
no doubt whatever, that, for all this,
the country is chiefly indebted to the in
fluence of Mr.. Vah Buren,. successfully,
though cautiously, directed 10 the single
object Of advancing himself, at the ex-
pense ofall who were supposed TO stand
inhis way, and what is worse at the expense
Of the success of the administration, and
at the imminent hazard TO the best interests
Of the country"
Il firmly believe, sir, that it was not until
Mr.. Van Buren, saw, in The course OF the
last winter, that, by creating unity Of
interest between the President and himself,
alternating him from his faithful and true
afriends-instead Of elcvating himself. he