Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-06-09

ey the proper person."
mr Ewing then addressed to him IN. following
note, through Mr Mason, OF the House Of Repre-.
sentatives:
LANCASTER, April 2, Isi2
Sir-my attention has been called to a newspa-
per paragraph, IN which you are reported to have
said, IN pubic speech, some time Iast autumn.
that you were authorized by the President TO den
The truth OF the statements contained in my letter
OF resignation. VIII YOU please advise me whether
n mat particular you are correctly reported
i'm' very respectfully, yours,
The Hon. MIR MALloar
Mr. Mallory's reply is under date OF 3rd OF May.
IN which. after a somewhat lengthy preface upon
the rights OF parties and abstract matters, he come,
to the point as follows.
In reply, then, 10 your interroga tory say that.
during the last autumn. IN an address. to NV con-
su'uents, ! did declare that the President had as
snred me that the charges of aisehood and perftlv
WHICH were made against him in your letter Of
resignation were themselves false; and did this to
'ndieate my own support OF aman who was ch,rg
ed with moral turpi' Jude. Well knowing that the
PRESIDENT could not descend to a personal altercs-
Ton with retiring member OF his Cabinet, who IL
seemed, took different view from himself of the
confidence imposed Ivy their official relations and
perceiving the IMMUNITY with which assertions could
I've made by such an ssiaiiant, against one whose
hands were teu by his duty to the nation. and
whose station forbade the right Of self defence
called upon him To know IL | might not at least
say that his silence under such charges did not i'm
ply assent to their truth. He assured me that thew
were talse, and gave that authority To my consti.
tuents Tor denying them when. in their presence
they were reiterated against him. Prevented ns
the President was, by his station and sense Of honor
from revealing and discussing the nature of conf
dental Cabinet councils. 1t was at least fair that
Nv sueh warfare he should have the full advantage
OF his own denial Of these charges amongst peo,
pic who knew him personally, and respected his
truth and integrity. IL was my reliance in his cha
raeter which would have satisfied me of his limo.
eence IN these respects, even Il had not made some
personal observation OF circumstances which SEEM
ed TO indicate that there was ut least wish ON IN.
part OF certain gentlemen which might have been
iather To the thought" that he had been guilty az
deceit and treaehery. knew, too, that the deiibe.
rations OF CABINET, between whose members there
was perfect coincidence. like the operations OF the
human mind in the process by which opinion is m, :
tured, might be so perverted in their report either
oy accident or design, as to seem to betrnv vacil
alton anu inconsistency OF purpose, when in truth
uehueIailon and comparison of opinions were The
very objects OF the meeting To these circums,anees
IN conneNion with the declaration upon which 49,
been questioned, have often referred in The do
ienee, as believe, Of an injured man. nor INV. I
'aueu' upon all proper occasions, to point out the
nature OF contest IN which the ADVANTAGE, ara Mi
on one side. inasmuch as there is every onnor,,n,.
ty tor attack, and none for Defence
We have only room to add the remark, of Al,
Ewing upon this avowa. emitting his letter Of re-.
sisnation, which We published at the time. and IN,
statements of Messrs King of Georgia Berrien. ana
Serge amt all OF which confirm the statements a. MI
T. upon the matter in issue.
VI take no exception whatever to the course VIII el
MIR Mallory has seen m 10 pursue IN tins matte
and can have no controversy with him either n,
TO fact or opinion. IL is the denial and defence n
the President, 10y and through him, which alone
propose TO consider and reply 10. And this deni,
does not present the distinct and definite issue mo,
any or all OF the facts contained in my letter whcl
one who is DESTROYS OF establishing the truth and a
putting down falsehood would choose TO make or 10
meet. The President says that the charges of f,se
hood and perhdy which were made asains, hin, IN
your lmyl euer OF resignation aie themselves false
An eNamlnaiian oil that letter which here rennb.
ish show that It nowhere contains IN rrRMs the
charge of either .alsehood perfdy If,he ch,rs,
be found, then II is only inference from veTy
PLAIN and SIMPLE narrative OF facts each one a.
which, II denied, might be a pronsr subject of inves
usauon and proof But the President inte,s m,
charge Of "ia,sehood and perfdy" asaiAs, hin, from
those facts, and then AYERS that the charge which
ne has so inferred Is itself false, without directly dc
nying single fact, the aggregate OF facts from
which such charge in his opinton IL reco.,a,,,, -;
fcrred. ~
But the inference drawn by the Presiden, f,o,
the whole transaction detailed in that letter is pro
Oaby Just. can by no means accuse him of char.
acierizing IN terms too strong It's bearing upon him
sell, u all that IS therein charged be true I mus
therefore take his denial OF the inference 10 extenf
TO some OF the facts from which IL is drawn; and n,
! am not advised what particular one he dispuie.
am constrained TO consider It as extending TO ALL
therefore present to The public such proofs as are If
my possession TO sustain generally the statement,
contained IN nv letter Of resignation.
And, first publish the At a'ement OF the Hon
Mr. King, OF Georgia furnished nj my request, :,
show TIA this very olsn ola Fsca Corpor,tion b,r
been considered and approved 10y the President ma
ny d .ys before Z was made the subject Of Cabine
consultation. This statement establishes concln.
slVey what aver IN my letter, namely, that III,
important provision which gave power to the corno.
ration to establish agencies IN the States wuhou
their consent was not new conception-an imma-
ture thought of the Presidents on the day when If
Cabinet council. he requested MIR Webster and mo,
self TO get bill combining that principle introduced
INFO the House. lie had before that time conside,er
and approved it.
i publish the statements Of MIR Berrien and Nj
sergeant, which show that they held, on the Is h
o. August, conversation with the Presiden' on thi,
very SUBJECT, and were To receive a written coumu-
nicntion from him upon IT, The statement of NJ,
BerrIen shows that MIR Webster called on hin, or
the same day, and professed 20 give to him orally
what the President had promised to communicate in
writing; and that MIR Webster then gave assurance,
as 10 the future Of the President nth refrr.nc,
TO such a measure, which n man Of truth could no,
nave gwen he had not received from the President
tho very commission which aver in my letter tina,
ne and myself did on that day receive The state
ments OF both Mr. BerrIen and Mr. Sergeant show
that met them in consultation on the same dsv
and confirmed the assurances given them 10y Mi
Webster.
And repubish, in connection with nv letter nj
resignation, the statements of Messrs. Bell and
Badger, who were present and took part in the ca
blnet council on the 18Th OF August. do this
that, 10y n comparison Of their statements with
mine. side by SIDE the pub lie may see how fully md
entirely they sustain my narrative OF oil that oc-
Cured there on that day.
IL stated in my letter matter Of information
not OF personal knowledge, that after the bill 10
incorporate Fiscal Cooperation was drawn IN Nv
Mr. Sergeant, and before it was reported TO the
House. u was seen, examined, and approved bv
the President. That II was so had not and haae
not shadow Of doubt; but, as II did not take
place IN my presence, could not positively aver H.
Mr. Bell states that IN our conference on the 18Th
the President expressed n wish 10 see and examine
the bill after II should lie prepared and efore il
should be reported. The statements Of Messrs.
Befrien and Sergeant show that a copy OF the bill
was aceordnglysent by Mr. Sergeant TO MIR Web
sier, to be 10y him submitted TO tho President. On
the morning Of the 5'h Of September, MIR Webster
informed me that he did take a copy Of the bill to
the President, who examined IL, and, after an
amendment Of the title approved II; and / under-
stand that he stated the same thing about the same
time 10 three other gentlemen, members of the Sc .
nate. This is the evidence on which rest my b,tiej
OF that fact.
independently OF all ex,rinsc evidence. il would
require some crcdulitv To brlieve thai Gyo of IL.