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

win have lease Of twelve years longer to plumber
and corrupt the county,
"That wiz not be my fault said he quickly; II
cannot be justly held responsible for It. II ths pub
10 can be inhaled BY ~ shallow trick, Il is their
fault mot mne. Ny duty 10 imperative; and II they
force him upon ms. / must disohs &c 1t. Waas would
you have me do? Vote for him, with my opinions
Of his conduct and ehsrsc!er2'
inf6rp ,sed. and declared that such was NOT my
motive ner counsel. and proceeded to state, In gen.
era terms, that 1t would be desirable to avoid the
iseue, Il Is could be done. He observed, In reply,
that the issue was In toe hands of Others aad not
In his; that he occupied position OF q very peca-
liar character, which did not offsr him choios Of
courses. It involved high responsibilities to the
left him, deeply lameDtiDg the consequences
which foressw would arrive, aud mentally ex-
claiming with Cicero, In his third letter to Cassius
when the base dsmagogue, Antony, promised TO
succeed the tyraut CGsar:- 0 rem miseram, Do
misum fare non p0tuimus seTUinus. /
left Washington few days aftsrwar and did not
again see Mr. Calhoun until after the nomination
Was rejecad. His enemies succeed ID In their vile
scheme, and most Of them received their reward
the wages OF their prostitution. kr. Benton did
rot. His demands ~ere no less than the Presi
dency itself, after Mr.. Van Buren; and this, nei-
tker the patron ncr the proegs coald securet, hi a.
He hiss, however, lived on the hope, whi;h still
rises like an ignis atuus from that slough Of des.
pond IN which he IL sunk.
In looking back to the events Of that period, one
s smazed ct the success Of an intrigue at once 50
dacious and profgate. know of no parallel in the
whole range Of history, with, perhaps the exception
Of the plos Of the Dnke OF Buckingham 90 get rid Of
Lord Clarendon daring the reign Of Charles II. That
was equally Infamous, and succeeded by means al
most Identical In character. You have bat TO erase
the names Of King Charles, Clarendon. Buckingham,
Lady Castlemain, the Earl of Bristol, Arlington aad
Sir William Coventry, and insert those OF Ackson,
Calhoun, Van Buren,, Mrs. Eaton. Crawford. Eaton
and Benton, and thu plots ore identi ,al. 1t will
amuse you to compare the characters of the .chiei
actors in tie two tntrigue5-t1e means employed
and the objects contemplated. Never was there a
more remarkable coincidence in any two transaction
recorded In history.
"Bnt," said i, !" was Gen. jackson aware Of the
whole scheme, or was he made the dups OF Mr. Van
III" : ''''N - .''''-''- 0''''' :
wish for his own sake, that he had left that nat.
ter in doubt Bat, in my opinion, there Is nos tie
least doubt whatever that ne was not o,y privy 20
the whole scheme from the first, but that he took an
active part In 1t, from the beginning to une end.
That he knew all the charges b,onghs against ar.
Calhoun by Mr.. Crawford (end which he subse.
1927, is absolutely certain. THAI he also knew the
motive of Mr.. Crawford In bringing them to his
notice, IL equally unquestiouabe. That he likewise
fully understood the object of Mr.. Van Buren in en-
deavoring osupplsnt Mr. Calhoun on the repub IAN
ticket as Vice President, admits OF no diversity OF
opinion. These facts were antecedent to the
rupture with Mr. Calhoun. As to subsequent trans
actions-the establishment of an executive organ
10 euppOFs MI fhu DuISn-sHo lIittJn Dy.pldy-Su3
dissolution Of the o6 and the organization Of the
new Cabinet, composed Of the enssaries Of Mr.. Van
B1ren-the untempeted abuse which he lavished on
n. Calhoun all s.ons-the appointment Of Mr.
v. B. as Minister to England, the ostracsm Of
every man suspected of friendship, personal or %.
itcai, TO Mr.. Calhoun, sud the open aud u0d!s-
guissd advocacy OF Mr. Van Buren, for the Vice
Presidency aad Presidency, leave no doubt as to
the part he play ed in the plot Che truth is, he
the very life, the sonl, OF the whole intrigue, and
used all his power end patronage to secure sS sue
cess. know that the odor OF his popularity-tae
only true test of virtue with weak aud ignobls
mihds-nay shield bis reputation tor some years to
come; but the Judgment Of posteritysi, not liable
to be swayed by sne causes which operate in suy
one generation. Truth and justice Will, 80 ,nar or
later, ASSERT their empire over the h1mau mind,
maugre all the efforts OF ptmps and parasites Be-
fore their tribunal, the decisions of the present may
be corrected reversed; and the Judgment catered
not upfrequsntly confms the sage remark Of one OF
the profoundsst ststssnep Of tee fifteenth century:
Multa 2rrnc,pes Uidentur optimi, ct pessini stunt.
TO BE CONTINUED.