The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-06-11
JACKSON'S CABINET.
The Cause Of Its Observation-Disclosures O
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[From the Louisyille Courier- journal.

self to be as great in cabinet council as
he was on the field of battle. He was
triumphant throughout, as the sequel
will show, though opposed by some OF
the greatest lntellects that ever appeared
in public life. OF course 1 alinde to
Gen. Jackson.
An interesting event was his Inaugural
ton on the 4th of March, 1929. In his
address on that occasion he announced
the principles by which his administra-
ton would be governed 1t met the
hearty approval of those who had elect
ed him.
His cabinet ministers were Martin Van
Buren, of New York, secretary of state;
Samuel ID. Ingham of Pennsylvania,
secretary of the treasury; John III. Eaton
of Tennessee, secretary of war; John
Branch of North Carolina, secretary of
the navy; John M. Berrien of Georgia,
attorney general; VIM. L. Barry of Ken
lucky, acknowledgement. These gen.
tlemen had been senators in congress,
save Mr.. Ingham, who had been arepre-
sentative In congress for fourteen years.
When congress met, December, 1929,
Andrew Stevenson was re- elected speaker
of the house, receiving 152 votes out of
191. The thirty-nine votes cast against
him were scattering.
In this congress KentucHra
senator, George M. Bibb, and four new
epresentatives-N.D d. Coleman, Nathan
Gather. Richard M. johnson and John
Kincaid.
President Jackson, in his message.
recommended an amendment to the con-
stitution transferring the election of
president directly to the people, without
the interruption of electors. He also
called III question the constitutionality
and expediency of the law creating the
Bank of the United States From that
day the war commenced The bank,
whose charter did not expire until 1886,
entered the political arena as the ally of
the opponents of the administration,
Here let the subject rest for the present.
1t was during this session that the
president vetoed the Maryland road
bill, on the ground that it was local
work and congress had no constitutional
right to pass it. He used substantially
the arguments which had been previous
ly used by Madison and Monroe in veto
ing bills of similar character
1t was also during this session that
the great debate took place between
Daniel Webster and Robert Y. Hayne.
1t was thought at the time, and it is
thought at the present day, that Mr.
Webster got the best of the argument.
He certainly made the great speech of his
life. Ii will be read as long as the Eng
lish language is spoken. Mr.. Hayne,
though an orator of the first class and a
pure man, advanced opinions that could
not be sustained. He argued that
state, IN a certain contingency, could
ARREST an act of congress. "Arrest"
was the word used, but "nullify was
the word used by political leaders of his
state.
Shortly afterward, on the 18th day of
April, the birthday of Mr.. Jefferson was
celebrated in Washington. There was
very large attendance. Among others,
the president, several members of his
cabinet, and many members of congress.
The reading of the regular toast made it
evident that the dinner was gotten up to
inaugurate the doctrine of Mr.. Haynes
speech, or in other words, the doctrine
of notification. No one saw this more
plainly than did Gen. Jackson. When
he was called on for volunteer toast, he
gave the following: "Our Federal
Union-It Must be Preserved" This
was plain language, and all understood it.
pass on to the close of the next ses-
sion of congress, March 4, 1881, about
which time stiff quarrel broke out be-
tween Gen. jackson and John G.. Cal
houn. 1t originated IN this wise: It will
be recollected by those who have read
an account of Gen. Jackson's campaign
against the Seminoles in 1918 that they
were Indians who came out of Florida,
then belonging to Spain, murdered citi-
zens on our frontiers and committed
Spanish officers, instead of restraining
these Indians, furnished them with sup
plies, thus making themselves parties to
the outrages perpetrated. Gen. Jack
son, believing that he was authorized by
the law of nations, secret act of con-
gress, and an order from the government
at Washington to conduct the campaign
as he thought best, marched into Flor
ida, took possession of st. Marks, Pen
sacola and San Augustine, and soon put
an end to the war. Immediately there
after letter from Washington was pubs
hshed in Nashville paper stating that
VIM. Fl. Crawford had proposed in Mon
roe's cabinet to have Gen. Jackson pun
ished in some form for his proceedings
in Florida, and that Mr.. Calhoun had
defended him. Gen. Jackson believed
this statement, and the consequence was
that he was very inimical to Crawford
and very friendly to Calhoun. At
last Mr.. Crawford determined to
correct the false impression made
on Gen. Jackson's mind. He wrote
a letter to John Forsyth, then a sena-
tor from Georgia, and asked him to
show it to Gen. Jackson. In this letter
he said it was Mr.. Calhoun, and not
himself, that made the proposition COM
planned of. This information greatly
surprised the general and completely
changed his feelings toward Mr. Cal
houn. A correspondence between the
parties ensued, and then open war Mr..
Calhoun issued an address to the people
of the United States, ID which he charged
that it was a plot got up by Mr.. Van
Buren, to injure him. The evidence did
not support the charge. The result of
it all was that Mr.. Van Buren, resigned
his seat in the cabinet, and was at once
followed by every member of it save the
postmaster general, who was soon ap-
pointed minister to Spain. Ingham,
Branch and Berrien were friends to Mr..
Calhoun, and of course they had to go
out. Van Buren, was appointed as min
lister to England, and Eaton governor of
Florida. Calhoun himself, the next
year, resigned the vice presidency, and
was elected a senator.
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