The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-21
rlNDALS OF THE PAST,
INWARD GREAT STATESMEN.
truth About Some Escapades of
Il" hamilton and jackson that Read
Much Like Blaine and
cleveland StOries-Etc.

amed keynOIuo' ho' b@ii AlOIc' NOT
as It charged against the Secretary
h,t he had kept the husband in Office
| reward for the favors of the wife.
The illicit relations of Hamilton with the
soman began in the summer of l70l, in
l =, absence of the husband, who, as she
nrotended, had abandoned her for an
pser After some weeks he sud
G 0nly reappeared, discovered(?) the
o .rigue. sought an interview
~ his wife's paramour, and. |
WV" satisfactory compensation for
s,s injured feelings, demanded a place |
nmder the Government. This Hamilton |
ns1sed, but, instead, tried to purchase
settlement with money. He paid |
holds $1,000, in two miscellaneous. |
| M in one and 800 in the other, which |
Dnded the matter, as he supposed. The |
ronan, however, contrived to renew |
,be intimacy; and tile Matchmaking OBJ |
srations of the husband were resumed, |
mil HamiltOn'S situation became in
"arnnortable. He resolved to rid himself
%gfbem forever, and finally succeeded.
he again supposed, in the spring of
nv,
,as arrested and imprisoned on a
%grre of subornation Of perjury, i'm an
.tpnlpt to defraud the Government, and
bollnht to eXtricate himself by mysteri-
%sly limiting that a certain high official
rqs cor cCrnCd i'll his transactions and
vas very much in his power, hut refused
wriyc his name, His wife was sought
IN and she stated that She had once de-
Jroved number OF letters from Hamil-
nm 10 her husband; that he had given
her husband at different times, cOnsi T.,
arable sums of money and had once
urged him to leave the country; that her
husband had it in his power to ruin
Hamilton, etc. In support of this, she
,yhibited two notes in llamiltOn's hand
writing, expressinga desire to relieve
her wants.
All this came to the knowledge Of
Hsmilton's political enemies, and a self
constituted committee of Congress, con
ssting of Speaker Muhlenberg and Mr..
Vensble, of the House, and Senate,
subsequently Presidency Monroe, pri-
rately investigated the matter and pre-
pared q memorandum Of the statements
and disclosures of Mrs. Reynolds and
person named Clingman, charged with
being an accomplish with Rey-
polds in the alleged attempt al
fraud, and presented it to Hamil
ton for explanation. He pro nptly
and frankly confessed to his fOrmci
connections with the Reynolds, ana
Produced letters to show that all the
money he had paid the husband was
secure his peaceable acquiescenCe in tn,
relations which he (IIamiltom bore t.
the wife; that finding his demands in
Creasing beyond his means of supply, he
ii a -.
revenge was the motive in their attempt
Dimpicate him in fraudulent specula-
ton. SO convinced were his inVestiga-
tors that their mission was an imperti
lent intrusion into his private affairs
that they made him an ample apology
and dropped the subject.
In some way copy of the memoran-
y lum got into the hands of one Gallon
der, an INSCRIPTIONS anti-Federalist
famphleteer, who (l707) published it.
Hamilton felt compelled, under the cir
substances, to give out the entire cor
tspondence between himself IReynold +.
and wife, with proofs as To the genuine
ness of the handwriting of the latter,
This confession" he said in his intro
fuctory remarks, sis made without u
blush. | cannot be the apOlOgiSt fany
vice because the ardor OF passion may
ave made IL mine, | cdn never cease
q condemn myself for the .pang which
il may inilict on bosom eminCntly en-
titled to all my gratitude, fidelity and
love, hut that bosom will approve that,
even at 80 great nm expense, shall cliec-
lu0lly wi'c more serious stain from a
name which it cherisheS with no less
elevation and tenderness. The public,
too, trust, will excuse the confession.
The necessity of il to my defense against
a more hcinous charge could alone have
eXtorted from me 50 painful an in
decOrum.n
II may be remembered that in the
progress of this affair, Hamilton aud
Monroe became involved in CORES
p0ndeuce that came near resulting in n
duel; and IL IL u curious circumstance
That Col. Burr was selected by the latter
10 act rs his friend had such an cXtrom-
lily been reached. And sCandalmOngCr,
may find a coincidence i'm the fact that
the female I'm this trouble was named
Maria. "a Lawyer says that 10 is 10 be-
noted that Hamilton never offered him
self for the suilragcs of the pcople after
his defence. Hamilton, from the time of
the adoption of the Federal Constitution
had never been u candidate before the
people.
In regard TO Gen. Jackson marriage,
the "Notcran Member OF the Bar is
yet more deeply ut fault, The Legisla-
lurc of Virginia never granted Capt.
Ruhards mot RohOrdSl u divorce from
Mrs. Rohards (alterward Mrs. jackson.
Capt. Richards was a citizen of Virginia
(which Kentucky was then part, at the
time he applied to the Legislature of that
State for divorce, and the opinion Oi
the supreme Court referred To could
have presented no analogy Ia
bis ease. Jackson never ap
Piled To Kentucky Legislature on be-.
halt Of Mrs. Rohards for d.
vorcc, nor did that Legislature ever
EUut such divorce. The facts arc cor,
ec,ly these: Richards aud his wife tncc
DonclSon), after frequent miSuuder
Standings, finally separated. lleOpplicd
uIm.9N tu the Legislature of Virginia
TOT q divorce on the ground that his witt
had deserted him, ana was Giving IL
adultery with one Andrew Jackson
The Legislature did not grant the pet,
uun, but passed an net authorizing the
supreme Court of the District of Ken
lucky to summon q jury aud "inquir,
into the truth ofthe allegations contained
Nm the declaration, aud IT II shall find, h
suhStance, that the defendant hath de
Aertod the plaintiff, and that she haiti
lived in adultery with another mar
sslcc said desortiOn," divorce Shout,
theroupon be granted. Ro6nrls above {
The matter 10 rest, without taking any
further steps, for two ar three years
an until after Kentucky In been ad
united as u State, Mrs. RobardS hayiu,
IN tho mpantiAe intolmarricd will
. jackson In the mutual belief that sh,
was already divorced. At the Court %
Quarter Sessions for Mercer county
hold ut llurrodshurg in September l1'rl
Ihe cause was tried aud the marriage
dissolved ON the grounds stated 10y
tohards in his petition to the Nir
glhla Legislature nearly three
years before. And thus, to adopt the Ian
guagc of Parton, "thr most chasto O
Women, and ono of the few lrrcproacha.
ne public men of his day, are recorded
Wluiterers. They were remarked H
Nashvillo IN January, l1ni, and WOO &
sue man who, on account of that Sccon'
gercmonN, ever dared to east any ~
NirllnmN 1,s,. ~ NJ es Iufil