The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-05-17

he thought Of their filthy judgment OF
female character.
go back" he said, land tell the
ladies of Washington I will name whom
I will"
A few days before his Inauguration
he handed the list of appointments to
Maj. William B. Lewis, his major-demo'
who was to live with him at the White
House, with orders to have it printed
in next mornings paper without fan.
This is the list the Telegraph printed:
Martin Van Buren,, governor Of New
York, secretary Of state; Samuel d.
Ingham Of Pennsylvania "a Calhoun
mani, secretary Of the treasury; John
H. Eaton of Tennessee, secretary OF
war; John Branch of North Carolina
"a Calhoun mani, secretary Of the
navy; John Mcpherson Berries Of Geor-
gia, attorney general, and William I.
Barry of Kentucky, postmaster general.
The president-elect further announced
that Andrew jackson Donelson, his
nephew, would be his private secretary,
and Mrs. Emily Donelson, his wife, the
official first lady.
At the inaugural reception Mrs.
Peggy Eaton was a ghost at a banquet.
Clad in a darling gown which revealed
every line of her voluptuous body and
set off the exquisite beauty of her face,
she dazzled the men. But to the wo-
men she was absolutely invisible. Mrs.
Vice President Calhoun, Mrs. Secretary
1ngham, and Mrs. Donelson, official
first lady, simply would not see her.
President Andrew Jackson's lips
frightened and he sent a page for Mrs.
Donelson.
Mrs. Eaton" he said grimly, "is my
guest here. Greet her."
But" she began, white but re-
bellious.
Greet her!"
Mrs. Donelson walked over to the
circle of men surrounding Peggy Eaton
and with difficulty broke through it.
"Mrs. Eaton" she said, IT am delight
ed to see you here"
II know you are, darling" Peg told
her brightly. "And I appreciate your
telling me SO; You see, I know just
how you feel"
The letter written by the Rev. Ezra
words "a busybody Presbyterian
preacher of Philadelphia" arrived at
the White House two weeks after the
Inauguration. The man Of God, with
true Christian fearlessness and chilvary,
went straight to the point. After max
ing seven specific charges against Peg
gy O'Neale Eaton he closed with:
wife's sake, for your administration,
for the credit of the government and
the country you should not counten-
ance a woman like this"
His seven charges were: l. Mrs. Eaton
had borne such a bad reputation in
Washington from girlhood that the
ladies Of Washington would not speak
to her. 2. A gentleman at the Indian
Queen tavern had declared he had
her servants to call her two daughters
Eaton" not "Timberlake," because
Eaton was their rightful name. 4. A
certain Washington clergyman had in
formed him ely that a physician had
told him that Mrs. Eaton had had a
miscarriage a year after Timberlake,
her first husband, had left on a cruise.
5. Friends of Senator Eaton had per-
suaded him to from the O'Neale
boarding house to get him away from
Peggy. 6. Mrs. jackson herself had en-
tertained the worst opinion Of Peggy.
And Z. Before their marriage, nay, even
while Timberlake was alive, Senator
Eaton and Peggy had Travelled together
and had registered as man and wife in
hotels in New York and elsewhere.
President jackson turned white and
lorying Mrs. Eaton as they had pilloried
Rachel! He threw the letter to the
floor and Immediately began writing
a 5000 word reply to it. Contrary to
the Rev. Ely's Information, Mrs. jack
son had held Mrs. Eaton in the highest
esteem and refused to believe scandal
about her. He fatty declined to believe
charges ]; 2, 5 and 2: They were ridic-
ulous! A clergyman should hesitate
to believe the malicious stories of SER
wants, and as to the story told the Rev.
Ely by the mysterious clergyman, 1T
seems to me to be so inconsistent with
the charities Of the Christian religion
and so opposed to the character of an
ambassador Of Christ that it gives me
pain to read it. The New Testament
contains no such uncharitable examples
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