The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-07-21

the cabinet of MIR. Monroe, and out Of it. Al
though he had heard intimation to the contrary,
previous to his election to the Presidency, ne
placed no confidence in them. .M0UeinentS hcfe
during the year 1929, tending to SOto diSSenStO''S
il, his cabinet, arising as they did, chiefly from
MI. CalhOunS friends, and seeming TO maze u,
,eae the destruction of some of the tiT1neSt ana
best personal and political friends OF the fTc-
sident, together tcith the ntdl1yinS schemes M
South Carolina, created some dlstrust Ia the
Presidents mind ACCIDENT brought to him |
a communication of Mr. Calhoun's hostility to |
him, in MIR. Monroe's cabinet, through new
chanHel.
Extract from the ,Nctc Hampshire Patriot Of
the 2Sth Of February.
ss'The best account we can give of the matter,
is the following, from highly respected friend,
under date of
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18th, 1881.
'sCredulity could hardly believe that Mr. Cal
houn would have the madness to bring his re-
cent correspondence with the President before
| the publc Yet it is actually in the press!
81 have possessed myself, as well as can, OF
the facts in this controversy, and will briefly de-
tail them for the benefit of your readers"
|
tEt seems that the attempt made, an 1929, to
distract his cabinet, and thrOlo fire brands
among his friends, coming chiefly, as they dG,
from the friends Of M. Calhoun, eTcHe" h'S
suspicion i:iat the Pice President 1cGS not so
candid, nor so clear Of intrigue and manage
n1enf. as he had supposed In this state of
things, it happened altogether by ACCIDENT
that he heard of Mr.. Calhoun's hostility"
To this, would add extracts from the Globe,
of the 10Th of February, two days after the pub
location in the Telegraph.
| SsThe first impression made upon our mind, is
one OF wonder, that man possessing MIR. t'al-
! boun,s tact and prudence, should have brought
subject of this nature before the public"
sEThc only point IN this discussion, except such
as Mr. Calhoun has himself created, is altogeth-
er personal"
| etBy his private letters and those of MIR. Mum
roe, by which his whole public condgct, and by
! publications in the newspapers, Gen. jackson
had been led to believe, that he had been UNI
for1nly his friend in the Cabinet of Mr. Munroe,
as we'll as out of it, indicating all his conduct
| in the Seminole campaign"
ssIe (Gen. Jackson) always supposed Mr.
Crawford to be his only enemy in Mr. Munroe's
| Cabinet"
sSCompelled, at length, by facts and circum-
stances to doubt the sincerity oil his supposed an
cient friend, he determined to know the truth
With this view, he obtained in authentic shape,
the charges which had been made, OF MIR. Cal
houns course in the cabinet, different from
what he had supposed, submitted them directly
to the person implicated, and asked whether they
were true"
SIT required not five lines to answer the inqui-
ry."
can honest plain man, would pronounce
against him, from the mere length OF his reply
A correspondence which, necessarily
embraced only one short question, and shorter
answer, is made by Mr.. Calhoun, to cover near
ly three pages of TIE Telegraph, and fill a large
pamphlet of 50 pages
''Instead of direct and frank yea or NAY to
the inquiry, he begins by deSyng his responsible
ity to the President for what passed in MIR. Mum
roe's Cabinet"
''He throws in a pile of extraneous matter
lie discusses his responsibility, Gen. Jackson's
orders, Mr. Crawfords veracity, the manner in
which the President, has, at length, arrived at
the truth, and many other things, not tending to
throw light on the subject, but TO involve it in
darkness"
esThe President and Mr. Calhoun were direct
| Is at issue in private correspondence. That
issue the latter has carried before the public,
with the avowed object of seeking the verdict of
tho people, II this be not an arrangement OF the
President at the bar of public opinion, it has no
motive or meaning"
Before proceed to comment upon these ex-
tracts, 1 Will add another. The Ohio Monitor
of the 2Sth of February, says
's'The friends of Andrew Jackson have fear
that it will endanger his popularity in the stabi-
lily of his administration; and the opponents OF
Andrew jackson admit that HIS POPULARl- |
| IY CAN STAND ANY THING"
The language of the Albany August is-It is
enough that Gen. jackson believed it. We will |
not question what he says We will condemn
Mr.. Calhoun in spite of the proof in the case,
because Gen. jackson believed it. The cores
| pondence proves that Mr.. Calhoun is innocent,
|
| ty, and therefore condemn him. 1t is enough
/ for us.
This is the slayish principle of Mr. Van Bu-
ron !!
| The language OF the Ohio Monitor is-Al-
though Gen. Jackson is guilty, and Mr. Calhoun |
is innocent, we have no fear that it Will inuro
his administration, because HIS OPPONENTS ADMIT
THAT HIS POPULARITY CAN STAND ANY THING.
This is the language of slaves Mr.. Kendall says
that he has seen the correspondence, and that he
| speaks adviSedly: that Gen. Jackson had simply
| asked Mr.. Calhoun plain question. which re-
| quired not five lines to answer-that Mr.. Cal
| houn throws in pile Of exsraneous matter-that
lie writes and twists the matter a little more,
pronounces the charge of hypocracy and duplic ity
totally unfounded; and winds up BY asserting that
the publishing Of the correspondence in aohich
he has charged Gen. Jackson aoith .falseaood is
direct attact atpoa the F:esident and his adj
n,inistroton and is so considered By all his real
| friends"
| It will be seen that with the Argus, it was
enough that Gen. Jackson had distinctly stated
that Mr.. Calhoun had been guilty of duplicity
| and falsehood, not only to authorize an assault
on Mr. Calhoun in the most insulting manner,
but warranted the belief that the charge was
true, While Mr. Kendall would have us believe
that although Cen jackson had charged Mr.
Calhoun with auplIcity ard falsehood, it was an