Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-06-23

letter shows the general feeling in relation to it.
We are on tptoe about the treaty; if it is not rat
fled there will be hloodshed, confusion failures,
misery. starvation and other things beyond descrip
ten and belief before long in this unhappy country
From the interior of Mexico, there was rumor
that after URAeAs defeat at Guadalajars, the Lib
erals defeated MIEA4oN and had entered that city.
Little credit was given to the report
It was rumored that Dir. McLEAN, when appraised
Of the rejection Of the treaty should that be its fate,
would return to the United States. So we presume.
It is difficult to understand as things are now stu
ated what object our Government could propose to
itself BY continuing him or any other Minister any
longer at Vera Cruz.
our only court ScondaI---The Dissolution
Of JncksOn's Cabinet.
From the New Orleans Delta.
The recent death of S. d. Ingham, Secretary of
the Treasury under President Jackson, has revived
the interest in the mysterious but. at the time, ex
citing events connected with the breaking up OF the
Cabinet of Gen. Jackson. and the fatal rupture be-
tween HIM and John G. Calhoun. No event of great
or influence and significance has occurred in the
history of the Democratic party than that which
produced the alienation between General Jack
son and Mr.. Calhoun, and threw the great influence
of the former in favor Of that arch traitor to the
South Martin Van Buren,. All that relates to this
event must therefore, possess great historical and
political interest. The prevalent idea has always
been that the dissolution Of JacksOn's Cabinet was
produced by the attempt of the President to control
the social relations Of the Secretaries. This power
the story runs was sought to be exercised in refer
ence to Mrs. Eaton the wife Of Gen. Eaton, an old
military, political, and personal friend of the Presi-
dent with whom, account Of her eccentricities
and certain scandals, the wives of other members
Of the Cabinet refused to maintain relations Of init
macy or courtesy. We have always believed the
story to be a fabrication of Cen Jacksons enemies.
The true version Of the affair is given to the
world in the following letter from Amos Kendall;
WAsHHsroN, June I, 1860.
10 tie Editors Of the Baltimore SNa-YOur nUtice Of the
death II the Bon Ingham contained in your issue Of this
morning. does incashay grI ny Gce ooa 2 zen sse2on
Gen Jacsons Cabinet your article In 1881 occurred
the famous rupture John 20. Calhoun, vice Presidents
and Martin Van Buren, Secretary OF stats This quarrel Doubt
less originated in large measure from the conflicting political
aspirations those celebrated leaders, Much Of il, how.
though vas them and is yet impossible to say how cush
caused the reEsa Of the wives Of some member OF the
Cabinet Of other Washington dgntarie to recognize and
Your article then proceeds to say General Jaskson
warm friend Of that lady and her husnd who thsu
Secretary Of War Exercising bis will this all
he determined shat she should be recognized These
susrI about Ma Es,o1 in whatever proportiohs hey may
have been combined did, together result in breaking up the
The rupture Of 1881 vas not between Mr. Calhoun and NJ
Van Buren, as here represented but was between Mr. Calhoun ADD
tempted unsnesssuy hold M Van Bzreu responsible for
the rupture in the face Of his denial aud ofeOncusve mony
Mrs Eaton is not true that General Jackson
determined that should be recognized She recOg
nzd by the lady Of his own houehoud did he require that
besve ne tales Circulated about her % Be false and depreca
by his sr he vas extremely anxious to convince them ali
that Mrs Eaton not unworthy Of the society Of their fam
ais objec. was harmony and unity in his Cabinet To
Produce that he esod irOa WILL but to the ehvary
and Of justice Of the members Of the Cabinet and their
families The refusal Ct ladies recognize Mrs
o
personal hostility Of the members toward each other generated
signing oIcsns ic6 proauced that result IN short il vas
quarrel Of the ard Of the which produced
the catastrophe though the former vas in degree the conss
quence Of the latter
M Ingham upright and honest with strong pref
udces and will on as General Jackson He Introduced
important reomsino the Treasury Department for which
wife is 10 enable yau By its publication or Otherwise to
correct the error audedto and do justice to to eminent pub
lie AMOS KENLALL
The publication of these facts is due to the fame
Of the great men who acted part in this exciting
drama. The rupture of so brilliant cabinet upon
mere quarrel of women, and the identification of
such great names with a story Of court scandal,
incidents in our history that did not add to the
glory Of our Republic, or afford much qualification
to patriotic minds We are glad, therefore, that so
authentic and reliable historian Mr.. Amos Ken
dali has placed the affair in proper light and vim
dictated the fame of jackson from the aspersions
which his enemies have sought TO cast upon it in
reference to this affair.
sons character than his high and chivalric regard
for woman, his exalted conception of her purity,
and of the duty of gentleman at every risk to es
pOuse her cause when prosecuted and maligned He
was preuI cheUdlier Of the early days of chiyalry.
who was ever ready to SILVER lahces in behalf of
the gentler sex Nor, prudent, discreet and saga
cOus as he was in other things, did he cOnsid
er himself under any obligation to subject his
duct in such matters to the guidance and restraint
of sober Judgment or cool scrutiny. He would
ynfh fba Gid Of han i'm
self to the hazard of failing in any duty her. This
was the true theory of his conduct in the affair of
the wife of the Secretary of War. He did not be-
lieYe the stories circulated to her prejudice. She
was a woman, and the wife of his friend. It re-
qured something more than gossip to shake his con-
fdence in her. Doubtless, as Mr. Kendall shows, he
sought to relieve the minds OF his cOunselOrs Of
their doubts on this point, but in friendly and
proper manner. That be was never chargeable, as
his magners have constantly alleged and have so
recorded in innumerable histories, with making such
question Of social intercourse and relation a
ground for so serious ana important a political
transaction the memorable dissolution of the
Cabinet of 1881, it due to the truth of history
and the fame of General jackson TO make clear and
indisputable And this Mr.. Kendall does not only
by distinct assertion to that effect, but by the
important and conclusive statement that the lady in
question, whose recognition General Jackson was |
charged with requiring of the families Of the mem
bers of his cabinet was not recognized by the /
lady of his own household
The death Of Mr.. Ingham leaves but two survi- |
vors of the actors in this only chapter ofcOurt scan
dal in the history of the Republic One is the
cradle ex-President Martin Van Buren,, who still |
maintains his mental vigor at his famous country |
seat near Undertook, on the Hudson river. He is
said to be engaged in the preparation of history
of the political events in which he acted part,
be published after his death, which will embrace |
the history of our politics for the whole period of
his active agency therein. This will be- indeed, \
history of our politics almost from the foundation Of
the Republic, least from the beginning of the
Republican and Democratic parties. 1t viii prOba- /
bly,, however, be more yindicatiOn and defense Of
the policy and conduct Of the ex-Presdent than a /
reliable and impartial narrative Of facts, and phio
sOphical commentary thereon. Even, however, in [
this view, it will be interesting and Talu- /
able accession to our political annals. We trust /
il will be written IN a more luminous and /
vivacious style than Mr.. Van Buren's last literary
efforts; which frequently married by obscurity /
and coudiness, by hlvolyedsentences and great un-
evenness Of language
The other survivor Ofthe great drama fthe Cab I
met Rupture has been making better use CT her
old age than her contemporary, the ex-President. /
The heroine ofthe affair, the lovely, graceful and
piquant widow Undertake Of the era of ~ and "a,
the towering and majestic Mrs. Gen
eral Eaton, whose flashing beauty was, doubtless,
the provocative of much of the scandal which Cen
era Jackson so gallantly sought to arrest and sup
press, is now the happy and adoring Madame An
tonic Buchanini the wife OF an Italian dancng-mas
ter, aged twenty-one. The happy couple reside in
City, and the story Of their marriage
quite equal in to the other incidents in the
ady's history, and far more authentic than great
Heal that has been said and written.