The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-24

mot only from the facts themselves, but from Ben
very thing above all Others that he and his fellow
conepirat0rs most desired, and douot labored to
bring about BE acknowledges that he did mot op
pose IL, and that be was 80 much exhnirated ct the
successful result o. the scheme that he could not wait
to return to his lodgings but instantly despatched
the clad tidings to Mr. Van Buren,, not forgetting
the Fslstsfsrian sgoisme OF the transaction, nor
falling to inauge the brilliant ansisipaAons OF tnas
field ofShrewsbury-( subaude) III look to be made
either earl or duke for this, can assure you"
Alas for human hopes and human schemes! Where
cow are the master and the man the sovereign and
the satellite? The dnpes and the victims OF their
own contrivances self condemned aud self executed
gone, with curses, 70 hopeless graves, and covered
with pail OF outer darkness.
de must have indeed very poor opinion OF Mr.
Calhoun's sagacity, who can believe, t0r q momsnt
that he was Ignorant OF this conspiracy against him.
BE was perfectly well acquainted wish the whole
scheme, motives, means, actors ard objects; and
long before the curtain rofe, knew what was going
on behil 1t, and oftsn spoke Of IL, 10 ADVANCE as
the second act OF the play" The controversy
with jackson was originally gotten up througo Mr.
Van Bnrens direct agency, and for hls sps asl oeae
particip ated in the ends, ~ well as tne means,
question thai may be pos poned Tor sne present. Be
this as 1t msy, one can now doubt wnst were the
real objects of the intrigue or hesitate to denoance
1t as utterly infamous. The chief actors, both re-
waided and unrewarded, fesl the justice of thu popu-
lar Judgment, and are laboriag wi n the srdor and
impotence OF Nessus to get rid OF the burning gar
ment.
Mr.. Van Bureu's famous "ratirscy" letter-as it
was called az the tims-was but the prologue to this
:" second act Of the play" 1t was we'll kno IN, bs
fore the dissolution of the cabnet to which il was
designed to lead that be was TO BE- sent, not into
"Ietirscyn which he feigned to desire, but to the
Court of s.. james, The whole matter had been ar
ranged ard distinctly understood before the Ere
TRACY" letter made lis appearances. He was to be
made the executive nominee for the Vice Presidency
as preliminary ste To tire Prssidency-t0 which
office, as his moss confidential friends with charac.
terstic vulgarity declared hs must be elected, "by
hook or by crook" 60 this cad the programme
was Crawn up, and all the movements aud maa91-
vres OF the campaign marked out with consumm ate
dexteiity. In conversing with Mr.. Calhoun on the
subject. he remarked, with his usual quiet smile,
"Well, that they are unpriEclpled here eau ba no
doubt but this, also, must be said OF them, that,
for men OF thar capacity, they are the most skiful
cunning and adroit managers the world ever saw"
Nor did he overestimase th ,ir talents, q, least in
tbis csse. They had already succeeded, through
THE agency of well paid newspapers, In producing
petty gen eral impression amongst the party t1at
Mr.. Van Buren, ives beginning to be quite perse-
cufed msp; end the more clearly Mr.. Calhoun vim
dcated himself ains tie false and foul charges OF
his assailsnts, tie more persecutsd Mr.. Van Buren,
became; 81 d tine more sIathful General Jackson.
Nay, they rcse 10 such point Of efsontery at last
as to DECLARE through kheir prepayed chsunelS
OF communication with The public, that Mr. Calhoun
had himself gotten up the quarrel, with the view OF
prosecuting Mr.. Ven B1res, and driving General
jackson from the Presidency, in order to make way
for himself; and finally that to avoid these psrse
entions Mr.. Va1 Buren, WAS compelled to leave the
Cabinet, ard go Into retiracy Still, with some,
who had rot been stultiied by their newspapers,
the facts seemed to be strangely sravesed in order
TO support such conclusions aud 10 put the m It.
ter q. rest forever it was determiued to take Mr.
Van Burr ont Of Iesiracy, and send him, In eli
haste, to London. che nomination deust needs como
before the Senate, when they well knew that they
could either have him rejected, or compel his Ops
rents, BY confirming the nomination, to proclaim
his innocence OF all participation in toe po and to
eI dofse both his character and qualifications gene.
rally. The frat would clearly prove that he was
persecuted, and the second, that he had been. Tha
WAS his plsn, and that on which he placed the most
reliance. IL was TO prove mile to blow all his OPP
poIents sky hign"-s real Ruapowder scheme, to
destroy, en- niasss; and no one now doaots WAC
was 10 perform the part OF Guy Fawkes. An innate
love OF what all honest msn detest, has drawn out
tbs confession without the application of the tor
tuTe.
Matters stood thus u 10 tie meeting OF C,ugress,
In The meenSine IA active correspondents vas ksct
up t5roush out tie Union, between the dramHis
ptrscnG 10 Washington and the org snjz: ciques ia
the various capitals of the several States AMI
through these, with The couSTy subalSerEs aud
presses III the interior-ail of when were kept well
Drilled q, ready, whsn the Ausp ci0us moment ar.
rived TO out like honest Nick Bott'ms lion, in
favor of the t.-be great prosecuted. IL vas. not
uhEl scnlc weeks after the commencement OF the
session that the precise line or cpeIatlons de-
teImined on. Thsy had to canat nosss-as the
phrsse ia business IN which Icing practi,e and
uDbusbiBg profe acy had N sds them the most &C
couplished adopts. On full consultation, IL was |
decided to DO unsafe to allow the rejection to By
SIMPLE majority vote as In that case though thsrank
and file might be killed off, the chief obsct of their
might escape unburt. The Vice Pres-
dent could lot vote unless there was tie, and |
might, therefore, pass unacataed. This would nei-
Their satisfy their ambition nor their Vengeance. |
He hsd crossed Gen. Jsckson's path, and thwartsd
his passions and predict ,tions, and no one who |
knew bin need be told that such an offence admit
ted OF No atonement-
For where his frown of hatred darkly FELL
Hope whitening Fed, aud mercy sighed--farewell.
They, therefore. determined TO drag him in person
to the altar-ts compel him to yote, and thereby |
cut of all hope of escape, They knew him too well
to doubt what what would be MS course; knew that
no party policy, no personal or political considera
DISCHARGE OF bis duty. His very integrity insured |
his destruction; and with the spirit of demons they
determined to vindicate the cause Of
~ce' py making him the victim Of his own virtues.
aonos Nv that, when they had succeeded, after
many weeks of laDvstoHs manipulation, in securing
Tie tie vote, the chief manager must HAYS felt, II he
did not utter the exutDg exclamation OF the assas
in Rsvailoe, when he saw Henry Nv. enter the
atal carriage-"i have Son! yog are l,s,!.
In the eanwhl the object OF their netarlous and
vinoi Give Vaccinations was utterly ignorant OF their
inal determination. We converted together, al
most daily, on the subject; but NJ allasloa what
aver was mace 70 DIS Vote. Dotn suppcstu tnas tne
domination would be rejected and our discourse
urned on the probable coDsequen es watch might
,nsue. Beiog well convinced from the first, OF tae
inject Of the nomination, and believing that the
scheme vas very adroity managed, and would, II 1t
be attended with disastrous consequen
les, morally and politically, was extremely soiic
ious I, see defeated, by allowing the nomination
to pass as the lesser Of the two evis aua with this
view, ventuIed TO suggest the propriety OF some OF
the State rights party voting for IL. To this when
urged with some esrnestness during one of our con-
be said with some vvacity aud emphasis
81 will have nothing to do vita it. My friends
lust act On their own sense Of duty. His rejection
may, as you think, elect him Vice President; but
i co. it will be the fault Of the people, not Of me or
my friends. / know very well what they aim at,
but they may calculate too largely on the popular
upon his own conscientious convictions of duty"
1hsc .uaf in ranlu that did mot think thau had L