Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-10-16
cleCt(ou0.
SECRET HISTORY
OF raE REMOVAL or raE prrnsIrs
Correspondence IF The National hitais,ucer.


N'''' ~ TASTY ~ w ashlngtln HutlHg brought Gene,
fd' J"th'oh up 10 The scratch" Sc 10 remove the de
po.es from the Bank Of the United States
Now IhS is dung the General great lnnscn. and ,
lull deld ct The atgacs by which that ,nrasntr WAS
81 sudu'"y tlleeled may not even at ths late day. be
arn'eTtsIng 10 many ot your readers Fir true hsln
~ Is known 10 but few. General jackson Intended To
remove the dcpases In February 1888 dnfre the Sea
sh o N"hG'ess, but his tahlnrl all nearly all
opposed Ptl. he mlsi sifenuous orpohent LOUIS
aehahe, ihtn Secretary ol the Treasury. Mr.. Law
IN sion, Secretary Of STATE. and General Uass Secr,ta
~ m War, were both against the proposed measure
air Nan Hercn Who had just been elected Wee Prsi.
'eh' was also decided N hts opposition IN II. He was
then at AlMuy Nhee he had spcut the winter, walnn,
iof TIE period ahen lie VAS To repair 10 ashne ton To
enter upon bis He. IL viii be- ee4lleeled that IA was
dlFnI thai winter that \. +. Iallnadtr WAS elected
tinted States Senator against he Wisdes aud influence
~ ar Van Baten, "a1 preferred la Trend Mr. b. +.
Mr Van Bcten, aboat The middle ol February. cam
me'ceo bis J1ttheY iroln Albany towards Nashlngton
W must stopping Few days IN tina city the reports bo>
eahe ileh aud f1 thlt General Jackson was about re
no'irg Ihe depasi1s. This ntoll sure alarmed N, one
50 much as hr. YIN Buren,. Il came In lin IN such a
seare as gave him feasan 10 appehend that the re nn
val m'gNi be made benre he elud teach Nashlnl ton
lie ritWlncd, Therefore, 10 immediately Tor the
tlpiAI' 10 Prevent II II possible. lie knew that Nh
htl@h vas, lhe himself, Opposed Ia il. aud that it
could mol he daur whilst he nj the head Of The Urea
saty department nness he had changed his views I'm
medAcly un ms arrival at Washington he .upht an IN
/ ietFew with Mr. Mflane, and las anxrlirs were 10.
he'ed by The ASSURANCE that removal Wonl1 be made
while he remained Secretary of the Treasury From
Mr.. Nefpaurh he received the same inorA,ailon Gems
eial Jackson rampant for the removal. Kendall taH
pushing han on and did not despair. beiure the arr
/ oi al Van Bnfen, oi accomplishing The object At
this moment, loo. Mr. Nerpancl as Chairman of the
Committee OF Mays aud Means, made report lavofs
bic 10 the Bank Such array OF obstacles made the
iierorIuse while kendal's iro excited especially
against MI Naa Bufen, whuso opinion President Jach
Sun needed mure llan that Of any else.
Congress ADJOURNED, the Inauguration loo place. aud
tic dr. riNlos remained nnmoved. but Jackson was still
determined on accomplishing 1T or later. He
said Van Buren, mistaken ~ his opinion On the sub
IJec', aud that he would yet discover his mistake.
journey 10 the North and East was len projected for
the President and decided on. II tizinaed with Mr.
Van burcu in the hope Of dlyerne The Generals mind
ron his baa<- phoba and his desire remove The dcpo
sites. 1t WAS arranged that the should eammrnce
tie latter part oi May, aud Mr. Nan Bafen left Wash.
ngou iOr Albany, asfeeng to join The Pfe,delin New
\ ok.
While Mr., Ven Buren, remained in Washington he
urged upon the members OF the Cabinet who were M
posed 10 the removal, and particularly on Mr. Mel ane
10 continue his tlafs To defeat If pu sihe the proposed
measure. Tic anxiety OF Mr.. Van Bufen was lncrea-
sed when he saw Tie General was about 10 make new
cast OF his Cabinet, and informed By Kendall that
II was to be- done with the secoinpl ,lmenl
81 his darling project.
Mclane musi b- go, rid o. Livingston. who w,,
Secretary of Site, "as appointed 10 fnnef; Mel .ane
was transferred iDm the Treasury The STA q Depart
ment; and man dreamed of by any on hu Jack
SIN, was called 10 The Ifsasury-WIiam j Duane
one Of HE Generals first, aud, he supposed Grmps
friends; whom he Thought could be moulded 10 his
" This being arranged, Kendall did Dol {, 10 warn
Van Buren, before his departure from Washington that
his continued opposition 10 the Presidents Wishes aud
determination would operate ujurousy Lis lncJrSls
kendalI's naturalization 10 him Mas reilly ths nature
ii threat, aud was made earnestly that, added Ih-
Cabinet changes, II rendered him any thing but
Portable. lie was, however, deeply committed to
Mr.. McIxne and Others that lie could not change
front.
Mr. Van Buren, left Washington, and shortly after the
Presidential tour began All remember the eelat Of that
The vi ole country through which the President pas
sed appeared To have trgutten party Distinctions An
seemed 10 be jackson At New York Mr. Van
Buren, met the President. No man So much carr
ed away as vas he by acclanatons which every where
attended Jackson. Then il that the conviction first
rushed upon his mind that ktndal's threat had slnn.
ficanl meaning and that there safety secur
~ for hm but in nnlslerlns freely to JacksJns Wishes
prejudces. md viii.
At New Haven and through Connecticut. The ac>
camatons OF tie multitude the President progressed
w,re, If pussbe. increased and with them MI Van Bu
rens convictions Al Boston they bec.me Irresistible
The President I'll there day and eohfaed To his
roop. IT that occasion that Mr. Van Bufen
first announced 10 him his chance OF views; confessed
that be had been III error; that Kendall was rpht and
honest about ii; that Mr.. hcLane aud Mr.. Livingston
were wrong; that he the President. npeffug IN
The matter, and his foresight prophetic. The next day
the General left Boston for Concord Who has forgotten
the hUmSge he received, aud the 'nne of pils' who
cane to do him honor on his tour The papers ~ New
York teening with accounts OF his Journey. hen
every body astonshrd with postscript ing that
Gen. jackson had suddenly short lis tonr returned
rum the fast and passed through New York al day.
light for Washington. Ia ioeniy hoprs mofe he vas
IN the capital, aud his Cabinet and every body else
could have been shed mine had been