The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-26
Peggy O'Nsai.


Pesgy o'Eesl, 10 tsr k!oea az Ms r.
tn, iaretllrd by Mr., Parton IN evefy
read'b chapter. shs Was the pretty aud
ylvanious out not over prudent tavern tnsp'
! era daughter ~ WHnl'ugtOr, Won anow,
VINO became the wife 90 Gen. JackeOn't zee
| fsttry OF var. tns 10 whose social behalf The
whole power % the Jackson Misunderstanding
Wa, brought 10 bear WITH 40 much deter
minAtlou a1d With tuch unnsuai conls'
quanco,. The ladies' Of Warrington na1e
up their glndr " On ons soenrd shat tire.
! katln Wa an improper Snd unworihy WO-
nan, sud thst thgy would no. call upon
her uor recognise hor in snv way - the
| eifo o. cabinet minister. Gen. Jsck'on
took her parl aud became her psuonsl
champion, using every means at hia CONF
| and % com ptl Gllelt on ~ d couHldart'i1 SON
] for nor. 81 have had in uy
hsnjs," ssys Mr. Parton, "hundrs %
pages OF manuscfipt IN General Jacs. 4
writing, al relating 10 this affair. liesnn'
monnd be vropigstOri OF The tcA-dais CON.
Corlins her; ne made her case s t1ric u'
cabinet discussion; he threatened rsprc1 poo
tstlVeo OF f1rBigu governments With disniif-
tA on her account; ho sgnt his own pirce
away from The Waite houfe because She
refused to recOnd bio Efforts in the t.t'utu
gomlu'o favor. But Il was ali inule.
general Jaoksou's VIII was pirong, Mr
Parton observes, "bnt he discovered on THIS
occasion that woman's won't was strongfr ~
In spite Of his luming nud ttormirg the
ladies rcsrlntely reiugtd TO have anything
to do with Mrs. Elton. When she np'
pearel IN a cotillion st a fashionable bsll,
they would Immediately rttiro from ~
when seated next 20 her ~ supper, they
would Quit thu table; when brought teic- =:
taio vi b her IA conversation, they would
turn thor backs upon her and 0thorEiso
, maniieGt their dieapprovel OF her pfesencc.
II was this controversy over Mrs Eat n
that contributed more than anything else
| to General Jackson's quarrel with Calhoun
snd drove the latter into the nullilioition
project. The cabinet was convulsed and
broken up under the same pressure. Aud
IT. 10 upquestionably true that Mr.. Van
Buren, gained tho presidency by siding
with Jackson In this matter. Mrs. Eaton
doe9 not appear to have been sneoisly
remarkable woman IN any way. She Was
passably handsome and intelligent, and
her fs,her bad been an cid friend OF General
Jackson. When Major Eaton married her
| she was q widow, her fret husbaud, pur'
ser IN tho navy, having committed suiode,
leaving her with two children and very
| lutte foitane. According 10 the beat iesii.
mony she was not in fact q wanton or bad
woman, but only o careless and iudiscreot
ono. She liked admiration and social ox.
oitement, but wna not 2iven, We should
say, - Intrigue and calculation, and tho
circumstances which made her such =
| prOmineot factor In Washington nil airs
sero prirclptl = accidental rather than OF
her own choosing or causing. IL Is mono
the less true, however, that she was The oc'
casion Of moro cont niion and moro ptl IL
cal mancuyriag and luminosity tnan any
other who has ever figured in Amstic
history. Soon after the close Of the jack
son administration, she was again lsit q
widow. and rich one It that and she con-
| tlnued TO live IN Washington for many
years in elegant style, though she never
succeeded In overcoming the old prejudice
against her, or 10 winning the measure Of
s1ci,l recognition which GeOersl Jackson
trove 30 hard and Defseverinely TO secure
Tor her. Near the close OF her 70, when ex.
perienos should have seved her from such
FOLLY, she took third husband In tho per
son of worthless young Italian dancing
master, who tquandered her fortune and
brought her In poverty and sorrow 10 the
grave ut the age Of "a years