New-York tribune., 1884-11-02

intrigue. The first announcement" says faine OF
the treaty Immediately denied by every American In
Paris impossible thing and though 1t was disbe
hoved by tho French imprinted suspicion that some
nnderhand business going forward. At last the
treaty itself arrived and every we'll affected American
bished with shame. In what fraudulent light must Mr.
Wa-hingons character appear in the world when his
declarations and his conduct compared together Old
Mrs Thompson. the housekeepcr OF his headquarters,
could have done his Fabian military work well as Mr.
Washington Deborah would have been good as
Baak." Here you see General Washington's wife Is
coyertly nsulted.
Tom Paine then goes on to speak OF" the sniyelling
address" OF the New-York Chamber Of Commerce to
President Washington. and that OF sunly merchants OF
Philadelphia which not much better" " This
man. says Tom Paine is intoxicated with favor and
finance that he knows not the dincrenc between plus and
minus between hundred pounds in hand aud hundred
pounds worse than nothing" Here you see Washing
ton directly accused OF stealing Paine ends his dis
course by saying As 20 you sir reacherous Ia private
friendship and hypocrte in public life the world will
be troubled to decide whether are an apostate or an
mposor- whether you have abandoned good principles
or whether you had any" IL singular fact that
the theology OF the school is just that of
Tom Paincs. Tie eGor of The EreniRD Post, James
theetham referring to this letter in the columns Of that
since hucksero and degraded paper says: This Is
causciess ungratofu vruent and prongac attack on
one of the greatest ard best men that ever liycd'
Alexander Hamilton wrote 30 General Washington In
1875. from New-York city. about Edmund Randolph.
the Secretary Of State Of virginia aud once adc-decanp
of Washington who had been selling the secrets OF the
Administration 10 the French Minister and was detected
by the correspondence being captured and sent by
another foreign Minister 10 Washinl ton. This extract
you will perceive sound. very much like the recent al
empts 10 inurc Mr. Blaine By affecting to have more
MulUgan correspondence. ETC. Says Hamilton: per-
cciye OF Randolph tha rendered desperate himself he
mcditatcs ~ much mischief ho The letter he
calls for. " he obtains It, he expects To TO prejudice
others aud II part s kept back. TO derive advant
age to his from the idea that there may be some
thing reserved which would tend to his exculpstion
and 10 produce suspicion that there something which
you are understood 10 keep from the light. Though
from tho state OF public prejudccs shall probably for
be sufferer by the publication, yet upon the whole
incline 20 the opinion that IL is most advisable the whole
should come before the pu ,lc. The subject being In
part public the whole letter will finally out through
the quarter by which IT written, and then IL will
have additional weight to produce Ill impressions"
Hamilton wrote from Albany after he had retired from
the Treasury Departments Public office In this country
has few attractions. The pecuniaTy emolument is 50
inconsderable as to amount hazard to any who
employ his time with advantage in any liberal pro-
fesson. The opportunity of doing good. from the
jealousy Of power and the spirit of faction TOO small in
any station to warrant long continuance Of private
sacrifices The enterprise OF party had far succeeded
materially TO weaken the necessary influence and |
energy OF the executive authority and far succeeded
materially TO weaken the necessary influence and |
energy Of the executive authority and Far diminish tho
power of doing good in that department greatly TO
take away the motives which yiruons might have
for making sacrifices The prospect even bad for |
gratifying future the love OF fame if that passion
he the spring Of action. The union Of these motives
with the reflections of prudence in relation to growing
family determined me my plan had attained
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a resignation about two years since when resumed the
profession OF the law the city OF New-York under
every advantage could desire"
Itis to be observed however. that when Mr. Hamilton
did resume the practice of law in NewYork city he upheld
the public OF his peers and contemporaries and
denounced the valencc OF scandal snd nsnuaton.
Oliver Wolcott one OF the early Secretaries OF tho
Treasury described attack in anewspaper on Wash
ington In Philadelphia follows. Washington was
then living in the city and the population Of the town
was hardly that Of abig borough: An article in The
Aurora signed A Calm Observer. appeared toward the
end of October near election time. II addressed to
the Secretary Or the Treasury but was lcyee at the
President himself WHOM it charged with having con-
stantly overdwn his salary two Of his Secretaries teng
implicated connivng at the fraad in violation OF the
laws and their oaths The charge was supported by
"A statement specifying the times Mt which. rs
averrcd overralghts had taken place and conveying
the idea they serious in amount There
,,pon the newspaper alluded washingtons promise
when he became COmmanierinCh of the Army, that
he should every pecunisry compensation ani
ended by saying, Will not the world he led to conclude
that the mask of political hypocrisy has been allie
by a Caesar, u Cromwell, and Washington" Mr.
Walcott reJed this with dignity AMI facts saying
II Is time it known whether the public ocers de-
serve oil part of the abuse which you publish
whether there exists Confederacy whose nearous Oh
ject it by cumny and Misrepresentation to induce the
nnln m bel hat
concerns are utterly destitute of integrity. myself |
accele 20 this opinion" The newspaper thereon pub
l.hed an abusive rejondcr forming Mr. Wocots letter
an evasion Washington was again attacked and his !
Secretary remarked in letter rne President is the
object which al people aim their shafts ar hoping
that If they cannot affect the public confidence which
believe myself they can, that they may be able
TO induce him 70 resign bT giving him constant disturb
ance" or course there the truth in true
inference from the original charges.
Mr. Gibbs in his life of Secretary wolcott, says that
Washington until the moment II was f0lnd he would not
run for another term OF Office abused like pick
poc.et Ills language IS follows: AS WashiugtOns
determination had not been certainly known except by
few until the publication OF his farewell address in
September the opposition had during this last simmer
broken ground openly against him. Pamphlets and |
paper eemed with personal abuse and his whole life,
military and civil. attacked without Determinations
In this warfare Calender. Scotch fugitive from Justice
and Thomas Paine both of whom 1t has been proved
subsidized by Jefferson. conspicuous The torrent of
marty spirit however, changed its course when II was
known that he was no longer candidate for election"
he scotchman and the peripatetic newspaper tramp are
still at work smrchng the characters Of secretaries OF
state Speakers and Senators. About Calender, the |
main newspaper scamp In our early Presidential cleo
tions old Secretary woc0t remarked The scdition
law was never enforced except against few OF those Of
the most reckless and infamous OF ther class of whom
f,,it itiy, p it.ii an
example; this individual had been foserod and sup
ported by Mr. Jefferson himself and striking incident