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have often referred in the defence, as /
believe, OF an injured man; nor have |
failed. upon all proper occasions 10 point
out the nature OF contest IN which The
advantages arc all on one side, mas
much as there is every opportunity for
attack, and none for defence.
Believing that the above contains a
full answer to the question proponnded
in your note Of the ID Of April, enclosed d
to me in the Hon. Mr.. Mason's letter of
the 30h,
| am, respectfully, yours,
F. MALLORY.
The Hon. THOMAS EWING, OF Ohio
! take no exception whatever 10 the
course which Mr.. Mallory has seen fit
TO pursue in this matter, and can have
no controversy with him. either as to
fact or opinion, Il is the denial and
defence OF the President by and through
him, which. alone propose 10 consider
aOd ropl y 10. And this denial does not
present the distinct aud defnile issue
upon dny or all ofthe facts contained in
my letter, which one who is desirous Of
establishing the truth and putting down
(aSehood would choose 10 make or to
meet. The President says that the
charges Of fasehood and perfdy whirh
were made against him in your Tmyl
letter Of resignation are themselves
laIse." An examination Of that letter
(Which here republish) will show that
II nowhere contains, in terms, the charge
of either raIsehood or perfdv. II the
charge be lound, then It is on y as an
inference from a very paIn and simple
narrative Of facts, each one of which if
denied, might be proper subject Of in.
vestlgaion and proof. But the Presi-
dent inferS The charge Of "lalsehood and
perfdy" against him from those facts
and then AYERS that the charge which
he has so,in(erred is eIrraIse, without
directly denying single fact, or the
aggregate Of facts, from which such
charge, in his opinion, is necessarily
inferred.
But the inference drawn BY the Pre-
sidenl from the whole transaction de
tailed in that letter is probably just. |
can by no means accuse him Of charac
terizing in terms too strong its bearing
upon himself, if all that is therein
charged be true. ] must therefore take
his detail Of the inference to extend 10
some Of the facts from which it is
drawn; and rs am not advised " hat
particular one he disputes, | am con
strained to consider it as extending ia
dH | therefore present 10 the pubic
such proofs as are in my possesslonto
sustain generally the statements con-
tanned in my letter Of resignation.
And, first, publish the statement Of
the Hon Mr.. King, Of Georgia, (Iurnish
ed at my request,) to show thOt this We
ry plan of a Fiscal Corporation mad been
considered and approved by the Presi-
dent many days before il was made the
subject of Cabinet consultation. This
statement establishes concusiveIv what
| aver IN my letter, namely, he impor
tant provision which gave power 70 the
corporation TO establish agencies III The
States without their consent was not {
new pIlOn-an immature though
Of the Presidents on the day when. il
Cabinet council, he requested Mr. Web
ster and myself to get bill containing
that principle introduced into the House
He had before that lime considered anC
approved it.
publish the statements Of Mr. Ber,
rien and Mr. Sergeant, which show lha
they held, IN the 9Th Of August. a con
versation with the President on this very
subject, and were 10 receive a writer
communication from him upon it. Tn,
statement Of Mr. Berrien shows that NJ
Webster called on him on the same day
and proIessed 10 give to him orally wha
The President had promised to commu
, u'Culo III "llliDB hHu lHdt WI "tOHle
then gave assurances as 10 the future
acts of the President with reference t,
such measure, which a man Of trutl
could not have gwen if he had not re
ceived from the President The very com
mission which | aver in my leuer lha
he and myself did on that dav receive
The statements of both Mr.. Berrien an
Mr.. Sergeant show that met them i
consultation on the same day, and con
firmed the assurances given them b.
Mr.. Webster.
And republisb, in connexion wit
1 my letter Of resignation, The statement
! of Messrs, Bell and Badger, who wer,
/, present and took part in the Cabine
, council on the 18Th Of August. lido thi,
d thnt. by a comparison OF their state
!. mcn,s with nine, side BY SIDE, The put
lie may see how folly and entirely the
n sustain my narrative Of all that occut