The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-29

sterbirth South Carullna nas ronooteo ner9ou I'M
mortal in history by being the birthplace OF Gen.
Andrew Jackson and other light literature. great
| toast that
"You are too severe, Green-upon my soul you
sre but Col Orr is from that place, and he endorsed
"A sort OF male accoucheur to your 1electable Sid,
eh2"
i" oh, DO. don't blame Sid He told me he was as
tonished; that he expected Colonel Orr would have
got up and said that ne was present by accident;
that he represented q portion of South Carolius,
which gave birth to John G. Calhoun, and that, as
true representative, be was obliged to say fraD ky
that, so far % South Carolina was concerned, she
did not feel at all grateful to the mother Of Andrew
jackson for being in that neighborh0od when the
event took place and 6isclamed all interest whatever
in the result that, on the contrary, If at any time
along about 1880 to 1886 she had caught A. J. Ia
her border she wond have considered it one Of her
reserved State rights to have hung the lustrons Pre-
sidental babe on the nearest palmetto. for having
dared to thre en to bang her owa legitimate child,
j. G. c., at abont the same period"
"Sid sad that, did he Well, he is getting sensi-
BILE. But as Colonel Orr did lickspittle yon pretty
freely and old jackson into the bargain, think you
ought to take care OF him. think you must be mis-
taken. He surely halls from New Hampshire. He
from South Carolina, and go to Jackson diuner to
laud Old Hickory! Oh no; that won't do.n
"It's such thug Amt | President, and
ough'n'd to know where members come from! lie
is from South Carolina
every well, just as you say. What are you going
"Give who?"
"Col Orr. You don't mean to ray that you in
tend to leave him in the lureb to shift for himself,
after inveiglirg him into your free soil meshes and
political networkY
why, what have got to do with it, He is of
That is true, Mr.. President; but don't think he
will go back TO South Carolina with any intention of
political aivaDcement spd, il you mean to do the
clean thing, yon ought, when man sa ,riices hi n
self for you, to do something for him. Why ros
send him to Spain ~
"Well, don't knov but / ought. If SOule gets
shetland hope TO God he will be-by some of those
Spanish chaps. think will send Orr there. The old
jackson party of 1888 would endorse the appoint.
melt TO msn wouldn't they?n
'Of course they would. Frank. You know you
promised to do something for me, the other day."
And III do it, by Jeminetta. What IL it?"
" / want to get The Cabinet secrets in advance of
the regular reports"
Well tnat sint much; but don't kaov how
can manage it exactly. Marcy, Cushing, and McLel-
Ian generally give those out TO particular friends Of
theirs to send off, within one hour after the Cabinet
adjonrns.'
" l don't want you to put yourself out of the way;
only give me fair shake-let me know as soon as
the other fellows dc.'
ITO do that you must watch the doors You can
net aojourps come to me on the sly, and viii tell
you all that has transpired. Keep shady abou. it,
however. Whist do you want to do With it Z"
Give things. One is to sell the information II it's
stock specnatprs 50 tnst they can send it on to New
York to oss in Wall street, and the other is to ele
graph it 70 the HERAlD.
Speaking of the HsRALD, Green, cant, for
the lite # me, understand what the deuse Mr.. Ben
nett is driving at He is pitching into me now about
some stupid letter / wrote long while ago. and
which, as kept no copies, had nearly forgot all
about think he shows much friendship to me in
probing that natter
" Friendship 20 you Why, who are your
I" don't exscty know myself, and you seem TO
have forgot entirely. believe am President of
the United Siates" and here the President stopped
tort ard locked over the rail ng at the ice floating
down the river.
ono, | have not Shall l speak plain or be
silent y
"Spit it out; what is it you have to say2'
"Wel, must tell you few plain truths. You
acknowledge that you wrote those letters, but don't
remember the conteptsW
Il do not; they might have been little free
soilish as well rs friendly"
Frank, be honest aud straight nv ard; own up
and can help you out. Long before nominated
you IN the village meeting and when you had no
flying, you did write those letters; and when the
free sollers at Baltimore went in for you, John Van
Buren,, John Cochrane, and all those fellows, knew
they had you foul and meant to use you when you
we're elected. You said TO yourself, if they will
keep mum will; but when some Of them went to
C,rcord after your cleo ion, and told you that they
ba, you, Why didn't you kick em to the devil, and
Marcy nor Van Buren,, nor none Of them, thre ~
eped me when they came to Concord in December,
1852
they stood, and where they wanted to stand, and
toid you TO toe the mark When yOa sent for NJ
7. Hunter to come on from Washington, and he re-
fu,ed to with any free soiler in the Ca0ine.
why didn't You make clean breast Of 1t to him, and
make reliable friend ~
"What business was it OF Hunter whether chose
to select DIX for the Treasury or Marcy for the
State 2"
IIa roda Il b;s ond toId non ho xo,l IN
train in any such crowd; but never miud that. It |
was then you felt the awkwsrdness Of your position,
and that yon could not make move without the free
solers. Van Buren,, Marcy, Cochrane Ben Butler,
Cambreleng, and the rest had you, and they openly
proclaimed 1t; but when the hodgepodge Cabinet |
was mace up, they told Jon just who to appoint and |
you did precisely as they ordered you to do.
''ln the name of God, Green, be reas1nabie--how i
could do other wise Had ! refused to make free |
soil appobtu ents under the circumstances, should |
have been the most disgraced man that ever lived"
"Disersctd with them, but not 70 the country. |
How many woes would you have received In toe
United States ha1 your real position with the free
soilers been known before November. 1882"
Well, don't suppose should have got elected
Old Scott would have won. 1t the union OF the
two sections of the democratic party that elevated
me to the Presidency; and On it, l have tried my
best to satisfy both factions IN the distribution Of the
Offices and plumber. IL can't be helped now; aud
what good can MIR. Bennett do by pitching into me
ever, dsyii
You are wrong. He don't want to injure you,
but, a. public journalist, he has to look beyond
you He knows as well as you do that there has
been great fraud upon the Country, and that
sooner or later il will come OUT
And suppose It does, what thenl 1t can't be
helped now"
1T will be helped. Your administration will be
smashed into fragments. In six months from this
date you will not pe able to carry on the business OF
tie country
"And how am to get out Of such snarl, Sam"
Easy enough; send your Cabinet to aell flying.
Get md OF your Maroys, your Cushings, your
Guthries Davses, and such castle, and c All about
you the purest most patriotic, and most influential
men Ia toe two sections Show that you iotend to
stand by the country, and the country will stand by
ysur
a new Cabinet will have but very little moral
weight or power. My removed Of my present men
will show that they mere creatures OF my will"
"And that is what you waot more THAI anything
else, Just now you wAnt TO sh0 the country tn 1t
yen have got gill Of your own, They don't believe
u hnf L foo has unpe and thu uind