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"THE CONSTITl TIO.N V. ISI)()?.J. J I "STICK. :.H)I)EH ATIOX."

VOL. IS.

PCIM'I M ITIW (Silt it BY COHM.lt OK II I (ill AMI UliilIT STHI.ETS. T.'.UM-s :

I'OLlTfiCAL.

I'loai (lie remiletoii Messenger.

.MR. tWLIIOt VS It 11 PLY TO .MAJOR been

i.aton. Major I'.iitou has, in his late address, pr:itu-

ready admitted into For i( tv , but the adiui-Mon ! and myself, gentlemen of whoso stiitimt nts otic return their cull, originaUd with himselt. ! of one alrea.lv excluded. Hefore tin marria-e. ; would" suppose lie could not be ignorant, wo Mrs ;l conversation will, hiin-elf, itiduc-

, while sh was Mr-. Timber I a Ice, she had not ! "")' reasonably suppose that he i equally mis-

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., , ,i,,,i ii.,' ; .li-, haru-' .1 l"y th. pny- itousiy dragged in iiau;e into a controversy ,ii ,ii no'ivii.mn, '.iIi.uk.. I In-, r m..nili with a nart of bis arsoetate? in the late admin

istration. '1'be station which he ri centlv oc-

i In- irn;it- .t mnu ' ctipied, and the relation in which he is well

i i .. . ... i-. . ..i- it i,. m aM.lt .l t tlmr uiicri;i- know ii to stand to the head of the Executive v' ,., .... ,i,.,.. ,i n 1T.:.r:,c..,.r.- branch of the Government, are calculated to l i ... ,' Hi , ;,. , i ,lii l..ln.r, ; mi l a Collin- 'ivc more weight to bis representations t

""' ""' "' llu',,ll"; Ml1- i lea with manv, than what belongs to tl.e a -i,l. o .1 ;l lew a ng C' tlli'Ht. i - K I m i-. : ,i-i kim1. i anonymous communications of tl.e day ; yei 1 :'., risr.MI'.N I S inserted at the ' would not have di eined his statement wort y i of inv notice, I ad he conlined himself to ti . , vague insinuations, which constitute the great 5 ' 5 "- body of hi? address, so far as relates to me. - " i To give color to hisgencrul charges, he has ven-

I .; i, ... , . i 1 1 : r i ; I ! . I In- Al!:-t.i. i an til ret! in a lew instances to descend into de

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n.g '. , .iHiifiil , i" 1 lv Al!:-t.i, i an i .' . .. ,1 1 is .no , i.-tore', 1'ie Spani-h i , - ii ! t i I ! in,,' ., l,is bert huta as lo a. i i n . t,u "i :) TMi: SPANISH M AID. , -. ! ,m- - c. t I ' i h i n;,er,i l ii i'i . I,'t. r ,n ,

-! i i a; i t truti.jict I .ray l.fi l-i i . i i, i ii. ait i ,i- -'.uinh i,',i ;

iiiituii mio the somt oi ) ariiinlon:

and 'lie real ijm'-t in was, whether her marriage with Maj. Eaton, shou.d open the door already t:lo-ed on lor; or, ia other word-, whether oiiici.il rank and patroua ,-e diould , or should n.it, prove paramount to that censorship, which the sex exercises over itself; and on which, all must acknowledge the purity and dignity of the female character luaiulv depend. Had the case been di li'i rent ; ha.-! a si heme bet u formed to exclude -Mrs. Talon, with political views, as in-inuated, the fo!l would have been equalled only by its proiliacy. Happily for our countiy, this im-.ortant censor-hi;) is t( o hili and too pur ' to be iiiiluenced h any political considerations whatever. It is eijiiaily beyond the scope of power, or iiilliieuce, to exclude the virtuous and un-

taken in the case ii inter consideration. The inference he would draw fioni flen (Jieen's coiir-e, iu relation to in.- li', cai

de-rre more

than a pas-in; not ice.

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, tail, and to uive statements of lacts, hut ia a

' . , ,ii ; Mispecieu inn, ue n.na sncieiy, as experiene

. , . . J , , , lot-1. u it is to rai-e tin-s,i-pected to l!i;;t .. - i '"-ite , mi. l,f I. i-iir-i ti ii.l In- fl.r mililif. ,i i Inn, n-iTt . 1

I . - . V ' .- itialimi. 'Ibis poial may now be :,,.-id.Te II to remain silent. 1 hev have, in tact, hi en i . , , i , '. , , ,, . . , i , , . . , a - setUeil, unless, indeed, tn puii.ie s-liotu

it l r . ,l , l s,i l ra n . ii , in uill. - . t J.jee i.i on u u a. - , ; . . i .... i . . ; - i permit tin: ll int.-tit lliei;reat victorv I 1 II... , ...1 ,,i t.,)l .l..l.tr t, 1 -

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j correct ti e t rrorsot his statements, : tar a I they concern me. The occurrences w hich are

i the subject ol bis address arc oi a character i

that

aneved, r.i l.ivor ot the mora - of

country, by the I . i l, 1 minded ii'deneiui, ui e Virtue of the ladies of Wa-hlti" ton. to he

has the and lo-t

so i ree

!en. (I recii's cour-.' has be. n ol h;3 own choo-iii.', without an attempt on my pai t to iiil'iien.e him. Such an attempt would indeed have been perfectly idle. If he should be suppose to be governed by ba-e and .-oll-i-h views, how could L iinlin nee him .' I had nothing to give, where he had much to lose. On the contrary siippo-itloii, that he was governed by a sense of truth and ju-tice, an atempt to iiilliieuce hi in wu uniiei e-s;iry . 3i cour-c I tru-t, afforded amide motives of that dovriptioti. If it had not, it would have been in vain iu me, on the supno-itioii oi Ins honesty, to have attempted to obtain his support; us it clearly would have been, on I lie op

to have obtained it at a

heel! compellei due, in ju-tice

(.en

ed, bv tin ir call, con-idi. n light of a stranger in ti e so. Vhi, I. (Mind to join i'i s. ,( i:i I i found it. .Mr-, ll. V. I, lie

had not been n she wa- to be el

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ii t v of V'a-htn;-i,,t. r, ,n;r-e as she V.r-. I ; ii.ljerlake, cietv there ; and if

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r.iaiion to tuem, siionei i,e piisviiiv- in inv light which truth and justice require. The memory of them, will prohably outlive the xolit day; and a decent regard for the opinion? of those who are to succeed us, naturally makes me desirous that I should not eom to I ne ativ other eoiiuection with events, little calculated to do credit to the history of the ; day, than what I ia reality had. It i impo s;hle to doubt, that the main drift

by perytrted and false representations of ih.

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of Maj. Eaton's address is to hold me up as Unreal author ol all the ill-cord which is alleged to have pre ailed in the late cabinet, and to which he eiiilcaveis to trace it? dissolution, nnd which he would have the public belir-vo, mi. inaled in a low and iio-eiabic squabble, on i my part, in relation to the succession to the ; rresidetitial t hair.

I With this vi,-"v, and in order to t i

litical a pect to tli

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a i'o-

n lu-al of Mr, t'allumn to

; visit Mr'. Eaton, he state5, that Mie and iuj -j self called in the first i'l-t uice on him and Mrs. Eaton, during their at. cin e at l'iiiladeip'hia ; , int. nding it to be i"it rn d, that in dcclinin ; I intercourse aftt rward-, we v, ere actuate I by j political motives, and not by con.'ider itions tniiiiet ',L,I with duty. I lifortuna! ,'ly fir .Hii jor Eaton, hie -tateiueut i- not correct. ?!:-. j Calhoun in vcr caihd on Mis. E I'.cti at the time he -tatcs. tier at any other 1 1 i : be fore, or ' -".l-c, i,or .11 i 'he i i i r 1 i'. e her : . r. I for her. 'i ,,r a ii t hon e a in one to i: .i s'. : a ! -he i- e

j With the same view, and not much h-s . r-roueou-ly, Maj. E it,.u has given a -lateim-nt of my application to him in favor of a fi i, !!.!, j for the place of c'a ief h ik in the W ar Department. He has so drawn up his statement as to I make an impression, that 1 su-pended ad , , jcial intercourse with him, becau-e he rem -i d j to comply with my application. The fad iI tar otheruie. It is true, that at the i,-,pie-t I of my friend, who was a!-o a warm and deyotj ed trielid t.lCtiula! .1 a. k sot,, a nil bad Mj.'fcr.'d I l. : . . . i. . i , , . ,

iioui nisi i u,i uo u;e ;i i I o mm, 1 i;;,i resent t.lnametoMaj. Eiion, and that I had n,.oili, ;;d inti rcours;! with hiai alV-rwards ; hut tor a y, -ry ditJeren rcaoa iroin what be allege , a reason which ev. ry i n! ; vidua I, who has own a luoilerate siiarc I'm If rosacct, i,.u.-! deem amply sul.icii nt, as a brief statement of the fads

will prove. The application was made, not ; at the early period he -tat. -, . which was nocessary to make the iiii,.re in he Itiieinls) 1 when it was Unou:i he was to be a pp. u ,. t, , I Set rotary of War, but after he was a;, -oiii'.e 1, '

.ia.. mux j o -c-sioa oi hi- omcc, ai-.d, it it

..i.i..-ii,ii, i.e. .iii.-i oi-. v aii.ouu i,.ii, n.'ciiac i to ntuni Mis. Elton's vi it. i cai.. d at

As 1 have

to speak of (Jen. (Jrecn, it is lo him to say, tiiat 1 believe

Jackson had no friend liior.- zealous and

hunt -t in his can-e. Whatever may he hii reseiit feelin,-, i know from his own declarations, that b" was i arl and decidedly in favor of hi- re-election. IE; ow n interest evidently 1. 1 in that direction, as I believe his views oi public j ulic.v did. If he has since changed hi- opinion, many causes may be found in w hat has lr.iiisiiii d, without attributing it to any imaginary inil'ienee over him, on my part.

u hen ll

must in: apparent t.i al., v.iin tue

whole power and pa-iron. ue of the overuuieiit ag.iiu-t me, I had iiothnu through which lo exercise it. H iving corrected tic errors oi' Major Ea-

oo i -t t;,.',in- by tho

di i'lii i v of her new situation, it should be done through that societ , not by a readout str.miicr. .'Irs. '. then-fore, of her own motion, I ron.pted by thi.t repaid to the tli-licacy am! purity of lo r sex, whi. h no one can ipK-stioii, declined to call on Mrs. E. inn-turn. .Mr. C. denies that he dropped imercouuc w ith Maj.E. from this cim -o, but from a breach of faith in refer, nee to the appointment of si friend of bis to office. He had. stated the qualifications of his i lie ii 1 for the office in question, and rot-lived the assurance of .Maj. E. ot his poinliiiei.t in the event of ' 'ol. tail -'.en's declining it, to whom it was f,r-t tendered, toi i-i'ii .1. dined : and ytt, without tiny commuti'cat ion with ('. or hi- friend, another par-ti-aii claimant was in, hided ioto the oiaee. This faitbles-ne-s to i Tonuses, fri. n.l-hij) and honor, di-gusled ('. so as to reolude ail further itilf rcour.a:. Oar N ice I'resident U t-n i roeeeddo combat all the shadowy charges of hi; cdiailing to produce the downfall of E. and tie late rupture in i!.e cabinet. To all and -ii..u!ar oi" these he givos the niiliilyii: veto, an i alleges tiiat the attempt to ec!ii,le E. from the cabinet ori .innied w it'a Jack"-!!'.'-: steadfast friends , ia i'entiessce. ' So ,cu h f ,, V.. -d a,,,.' 1 All this trouble of il.e m-.troas about the

later, i.ee , w a. I eyi-r to;

tided into pa 1 1 ; :n i a i -, it only remain; 1,1- general ch.ll',es iltlll i i I a 11 11 1 1 io us, do bv a direct and positive contrail is not true, that 1 attempted to

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tirely ; ;uor ii t la ' what n.eacy her c, Mrs. C ito'.'s pn--, i ,t v.-a - r.ot :'i, ii.r j con-cat or l.iia w ! reiii cted, be w orn, : ll le be", , t . -

i 'oil. cub: re. !le .-t lie' ' ( lace v bile t' ey were i' 1 cour-c, i i. oi .! I their c

j sent-, took place a.ter their return, : he leu -t k i.o-.v, accord.iiig t ill I- u-;i

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; t rn s : i.Vrcoiir-, enr. The 'rii il ; hi v make ! lo ti. and his family :

w !r

i.to Ills an

h I a hi. thai

i i ! a; -i-.r , or wlta : iy u' Major E il":i .'-.-.' f ret u tn-.l if, re ;ausl

lac lea-,, ...i i. , o-.t

i". that .air . i'.t t-,.d: ia I'lii.i.n',. l-.l.i i, :.!.'', c :'

:. r. p.ve th .l ;o-

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in eia.-i- a ta y or ! i o i,i in iaf ;r:.icd bim that I c ilied uiy friend, : au; iy to siat h.s .i.iii h:,c , t io.i a ad not

-ill r 1 hau ..ci ;,,y ia or, he lol I i.ie he r.aiui.icati.,!.--,. ii. !,., lo ar.e.tlier en! !, ;. a; iiilorai.ng na , ,.t ii

I i;ot'u::e, lay ir:ep . v.i

i. ;(.!::. i re... lis. -1, la .1 th ! he li , i ol!' re I the !;-; v.. I

,!, ami tiiat I con hi cia.ai. l,c-i ' i ; :i v. i ; ' n,c v.

I left the ei at the tcpii ' In', iiiinna- a to u r e ;., s

r. s-iou in -a .t ; we; i sat ;.ii d wi

whi

regulation of the I. oust hold, becomes daiiy more tiring, while oar gr,. at hero, " tiit: greatest and be-t,"' is det.-f mo e l to elevit it to the -rij.il- of ki'e-,!om, an . p.-;s, it belore the eyes of the Americau ptople. "What "rt we to bay? no.l! prrhap- tl.e wily mazes -,f some ' petty co'iiiioa is to i'.v.:il .ut with the 1 ibryr.th : m'ri.uei of our otiice hnnlt rs, an.', to be'' big ; wish Hie fate of ;e;a," l of iaiii,,'." 1 The si alt ait'iit ol t he ice I'rt -ideut of the faithl: s-iii -s oi E. in deporiiu. t:t to claimants for oilicc i- another pioaf of fee t cklessness. of our reforaiing'1 ,lvi:i-'v til" more moments It is but amongthe h.pidi'ed. aye, thousand ini stances that (he same Oiii. e was promised to I , .. . , . , , . ,

cll.ir. 1 (inicn nt iinl'vniuals, ami u.e lau mai came

ii i ,- 1 . ivili tut! Ill -l 'iTVi'i 1 I. lis lili.iv ii e.iiu.iiiuiiprovoked and uiilouiiile.i 1 1 . . -

ale, li-'ligliteil wilt) ll.e -ivn'l pi.ii.u-ej inai are .-t.'.l playing tht ir soot' mg ( c!,o m his heai-imr, and with bis pockela f.nl of h Hers of assurance from the dispensers of patronage, has s :e.i the next go eniiiif.it i urn.'.i anne-iuci: the iij point to eat of his rival competitor to the line place he fancied already iu l is po-session. We are oppo-e-i to the doc-tnti" of oilice-hunt-

; and t-iriiz.in ru'.var.trp: fii.iroiv . i.-n u wr i t have it, let us at least hatesom.- faith in

ton's Matenieii

:i i- d. to re

winch 1 diction.

exercise any control ia the lori.i i tioii of the

j late cabinet, or to iiilliieuce its patronage, or jihatl in ale any attempt to embarra-.s the adi ii,i ai-t ration in the Senate, or i I -ew here, or a in I a' will ve-po';si!ie for the dis-olution of the ' late c.ininet; unless, indeed, the refusal oi j Mrs. Calhoun to visit .Mr-. Eaton on grounds ; eX'-'.a-ively c lanecled with the dignity and pu

nt y ol h r sex, or the vindication ot in

actor iu :i i ii -1 an

"' t ait ick, shoul'i be con-idt.-r.'d sullicient to ren

der i.iu rcspon-ilde. The-.- are my only offence-, ia truth, tl.e rever-e 'f ail tiie-e geni ral ch irgi's and ii'sinua! ion; is true. (i':iierai .lack-on lie ver consii 1 1 e.l me, as to the formation of his cabinet. He w.o en.n then, as it now up. .'ear--, alienated, from mo, bv means

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:;, ; aeo '. coa -i ! rcgar. .itru.l" of niv

m a birmer oc

it n.e, ! had too j ''

I !.ir l he o:gu:ly oi iv advice ; while

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ill lb"' olace, C i.n.l not

.r an I tl.e.r f;iiiii!lo invitriaI .- ii! a . the Vi c I'redcr t and in en .',.r::.i v with this

i. at hilly. and as h, a source

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i rule. Major ilalou ea 1 called t.'l i,,t, on lay art rival i.l W;i d.iiigtoa, b. fore bii ii.arn ige. -.vt.it 1-. I afterw ards n. lc r... d ; and, not finding him at ho, no. It ft n. cat !. This v,-:1.--. proba-

blv. while i.e was ah-i nt at rhiledil; hi::, ;i

i wa.- th" only inti rc r..- 1 had with him. us ' far :i 1 can recoiled, d :;: g the wi-,o!e st-s. . sinn, cxi-'M.t what t.o.. '.hue ri ll.f S.-nate . c h nub. r, or v. hen w. ta.'iiiiy met at parties. This is not the f.i.-t tii.-f, that Mr-, t alboun has t on i radir t ed tht. statdn. :.l that she haj vrittd Mrs. Ealon. It v. a - report d at the ; time, that she bad visited Xn. Flaton, and that

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when 1 s-iy t!;e tj !,!-. ieil. Tl: ' ii tjov. li ;-re. s, t i whom irietii!, sti;tlt,g ' to J'aj. Ea'o;,, i

i i apt aied,

not sa a word to

ii:,- ipiilh! alioii-. hi , laid Is a-t lis iiitiiii.i, and

me I had pre-, nt- ,.,

.odd not pas ibh t the farmer wa- -e-va.ov n.e, s. ili iiciait, alii -eleclcd W.ls ( 'til. ;y I recei . e.i a letter a a member of 5 onE i!oii alludes as mv had made a p j ii i ,-;i t io.l ,i the pt r-ou for w horn ' favourable result of

ii have b

-j-:::. A- he did t: i'i I'.li K '. r ; 1 -1 -t v t ;;i the ..id e.l held, to

ice o;: il.tc.cstc'.ill, -s ot 1,V pt'.l llO'tlar i. le'.l

free 1 n.'i from all .-.die it ude on toe ,core of patroiiave. A- a boily, they neither sought nor de-iicd oiiit-.o. 'i he most promiaciit ol -. :i. a., 1 lose w !:o had taken the most do cide.i

and effective pari iu favor of ' lenera

election, had openly avowed th tio'i not to take oiii '::. la til they v. ere actuate, il by far d.ii'. r snort tievatcd :a.ilies, thim i'at

k-oa's

,r delerminapcting him. it, and much

sor

bet awing it. There is.

ro '-.ifi," is an old adage, and we o-ar rulers can nut no f.iit'i in ' " '

i , o s - i 1 1 1- traiiL-e. thai our bi

I S C ' . ea.iiiot keep their promises to cac.i other, which even savages without preteii-i on, to

t harmony can tu. -". Jnr.

:ie:ty

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an l i in

among ret that r. It ii ' units''

tin- sweet

and

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a ge. i n

which thev i ,-rty and hap the adiailii-t

on teal looks to power ami palrouirol iect was to luaint-iin principle:.

neveil to be cs-ci:t!ai to the Idi-i-.e-s of the country, lo re-tore ition of tin' (ieucral ioveraaieat

well as his

iu -.losing ;,,y. Ilamii;

.a hi in lie mi I'olalk lice, ;

tiail'.ieii would t . i . : 1 1 1

ill: t!

On the si-cngth of this, a,

to ihe true principal's of the constitution, ami to ai rest '.hat cour e of evt nts which was rapidly bringing the great interests of the eoun-

ise to inc. I wrote to my frien,

try

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-Iter, and mturin- i

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v . , , ,.l ti,, ,i . co, , , a. ,,1, aa. oia.:i . , . ,, . , .. .. , , , , d n-it, as is well !-!:) I ii . I al.ic) I ta.rtain mat t ol. i , . ' , ,

eodae. lie did deromise, another per-

f. blit . 1,'lf -,o.lr-irL-

-o,i in: aoinii' .- w ii., oat. giving ice anv ex-i

' her card had been left. S!.t thru, on all suit- , i 'a. on...... . able occasions, cadradn tc.l it, aVtliret. tlv and i "' 1

pointedly as she now dots ami iu

.ill

n I'I ! till

!::;!.:.s ri.:ci: v.

il.'.in ihc ,i::--uarv oi ;i!rno.-t evenun. ii in ml thi'iv i a vpnc ;i:h! I ilii .iiii i.o- ol' on iiiintiiii-crias.Ml

i i 5i:;ciiori?y nvu'

.in--.

t) In'! - ; mi ;..!-.

fd :i liit ui: iiiol inur;. t xlcntl.'il

) lAht.'lii r, i:i uliir r it ( Tflltf

!' en .,

.1! ll llil.' lO t. !:! si I Vf- i.;, ;i ;

particular

to two nspectable la in s troiu 1 enlicssi c, ( v. ii t s of nit-ml-1 rs) who tiieo resided ir, ,111 ailjoining b i.-irding house. The erroneous statement of Mai. E. eom-

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- , , a,, . v a . . , ally occuri-.d; !;ul v. ! li I eev. r inttuuled to; inti ude on the public, and now state, with! , real rehiel'in -c. even i:i ?clf-ib fence. W hen

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the::, or .nee. ll was tins uieacl , I euiaiaiiig still unexplained, which

ihif-rp jseal a barrier oa my part to farther ollicial inter, aiur-e bdwieu us;;. mi, not aMajor Eaton reprcsr uts, the inert' reiu-ui lo grant the appoint. nt nt, which ot itself would never have had thy ieiisl iu cl w ilh me. If

shoii.d be r.iiv doubt, as to the promise

or the time of the ; ppli: aticn, the letter ol (Jov. nior Hamilton to me. and mine to niv

lo the uio-t dangeroii- couilict ; and so

eh higher tlio they iiocl inesc coiisioera-

ioi , ihan the elevation of any man to power,

a pendiag the election,

win::' ealoa-lv su poll ilig l.i.nci 11 1 .lacksoh, they refused to advance his ialere-l by the

ea-t ahata'tiient of their zeal ia tie,' maia'aci;-

ance of their prmei.-l.'s. Mar i; the charge of embarras-iiig the a .1 mini -i rat i on le - reaole from truth. 1 was nio-t anxioii ; l,,r '.he .siic-

1 lOCl Pic ,X:."A . .ilia.

i'r.Esimi.vn a i. t ahi i at:s. .'e art' more than ever sati-lied that lIr. Clay is ti e only individi:;:1., l.mv h( fare the peo:d.e, who can oppos-o with aey hop" ol success the oilicc holdi:u- a '.vacate- of J acksohism. i.ook around amice.; our treat i:.- 'a and '.' who could r-ujiply his place, were he to be withdrawn. Could Pl'Lean I;.ipo---i!ile ll en did not unite one fourth part of the yotes which are now certain far .Mr. Clay. Ha w mi Lit not be even able to obtain a vol : in New England.. Could Calhoun! The shadow of nullification and political fickleness is upotl

hi, a. ll is thicker than the dark:

taie: men:

.state. Cou. .5 Is we honor his

his ,rinei

SS Ol

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ill's adaiiiustra id not aocrove.

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rii iui. both of which I suppo-e to be in exi-t-

and Mr?. Eaton malic their t isit, I was not' oslaonMi Uie correct lies ol my

it home, as he ttalcs ".ud did not return till j --l:i-ueiit. U'ter lie v had re 'red. W hen 1 returned, Mrs. j Cut it seems that I a:n to be held rc sponsi-

for the supposed (cuils of the hue Cabinet

Maj. Eaton

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,' .), pa ue, " t -t- at , ', .t I- I l-.l'l ' id ." ri -it a- t,; tia I a, j;!, it, ,-e w h. il hi- jo oil. lis be! :.'. .

Calhoun m( nt ioned i hey bad been there, and s aid she would not li'ive known who Mrs. Eaton w:i-, hm! she not be. u v ill) Mr. Eaton, m; the servant had not iiuiiaiuuei d lb' ir ntiiies. .-'he of course treated them with civility. She could not, with propriety, do otherwise. The r. iatioii which .Mr-. Eaton bore to this society

1 its ('i-soiution, because.

states, an ardent frit ml of the Vice I'rcshlent ' said in l:il, that .Major Eaton is not the friend of Mr. Calhoun. It would have been

much more sati-factorv. il" M

though 1 saw much 1

continued to give him my support, wheie-ierl pai- ibly could, consistently with duty. That such was m v conr-c, I appeal with oulideiice to iiil who were intimate with me, t, the members of t he body over'whieh 1 preside, and espe- : cially to the two Senators from Tennessee, ; both devoted friends of (.cueru! Jackson, both j moii of great s.tgaoiiy, ami both having a tuple op.port unities of terming a correct o; inion of mi course. In fact, every consideration, pub-

ol Egypt,

he cannot s.hr.ke it o.l. lie is net rc.-Zuiav of a

Wirl! Ye admire his iinle 'endence we com-

!!ut is he the man to be

preferred to Henry Clay? His service Hirl we give him bid credit far thorn ate as dust upon the balance l.)p, in comparison to thoe o! the Western Statesman. At the mention of la '.')!. would ;i: many hearts beat high with priii,-, from tin' far West, to therocliy East, as ill the name of Henry Clay? air. Clay is before the people visible to all. lie has not ostentatiously placed himsell in that attitude. The loud voice of public opinion has cubed him there. There was no se-

l management no wirc-worKin g machine-

out in operation to render simuli iueous and

muled ins nomination ior t:ie in ;iu--i oun e m

,1 our (Jovernment. that n niiiuatioii w as, in

ere

bi' .a rut ii ri tail e. of honor, duty and nit crest.

me to desire the success of General Jackson's 'act, but the nec.-sary const ipi. i.ce ot a patrt

ii,.,,i .,,ir,i,ntl ,,, otic determination to timet tht- dan.eiv

lv and ellicii-ntly. It rose spontaneously iroin

ten the name of this si

jpptl'Cl!

in.

iton had gi- !

mi, Willi 11, e

of Wa.hington, became the subject of some ge- time, place, and circumstance-, not only to urral remarks. The nt :.t morning she inform-i enable him to give his statement of the n.-cur-! id me that she hail made i:p her mind not to ! rcnoe, but to ati'ord mo an opj ortunil t of

I return her vi-it. She said, that she consider- 'judging how lar I ought lobe n'spon-ible. ll

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I 1 1 . w.d ( li

:)-- I h. ia h o 1 ,n n.l niT- oi tia- looac, t . ,' t l t ie hum d l . of ll..' ai, I he-oily a 1 ii i.ta ;

ria, t ,1.1 1

df.'.l"

,f so:-

ed her elfin llie light of a stranger in the ; pbn e; tbet she knew iiolhing of Mrs. Eaton, or the trill!) or falsehood of the imputation on , hrr thurat tor ; and lbals.be conceived it tube I the duly of Mr". Eaton, if innocent, to open

In r intercourse w ith the ladies who riaided in the pi ue, and who bad the best .moans of formi ii tr a correct opinion of her conduct, and not

would have been both to bim and m.' an act of simple justice, w hich, as far as I am concerned, would have been particularly de-ira-l le, Ms I must object to the i ompetency of .Maj. Eatou ami his associates, to determine who are, or wdio are not, my friends. They appear particularly liable to error en this point. Hut a short linn since it was gravely

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A a a a i- l it I ,i 1 ,e . h, . . i lea t a bui e.l ill ,i!ci Vv in a ,li i boi,g la" l', iln

'il '1 I 'll!, ' i . !' Ie,-r', i io, ,', s ,!i e f r do, iii1; VCI f.a .if 1 1 !'.'l h liar.

' with those w ho, like herself, had no mean ol ' eharrtl, in an almo-t ollicial tpiarlcr, that my (orming a correct iudgmeiii. 1 p jdied, that I liii nds bad a met ting to expel bim Irom tl

apt roved of her decision, though I foresaw the ' dillicultii's in which it would probabl' involve j me ; but that I viewed the question involved, as paramount to nil pol.tical coii'ideraliotis, and 1 was prepared to mi I the consc.p'.t in-es a ta I nil self, be I hoi what they might.

! So I ir from political motive, hating any iu- . of tho c ..!; cc.c of w bii:b J wa - ignorant till i ' ll u once in the cou r-e adopted, ecu hi they have l ;;': t the ,.iei:iiiig, ami of He . n : icuh.rs, till; 1 lieen pi rmitli d to ha v e a ny wegh t ill the oi-clo-ed by th,' n et lit pubie aitii n -. If to jquistjon, tho ery r, vi Ml cailtii '.ycllld have tin i I add .M:n. Gitoir- io n liability to fa!! j been pur ue I I he ro d to f i vor a nd patron- inti error in determining whoun or are not,

iv directly hefoi e me. could i have be'Tlirny political frivnu ; aa t!i.;:hisei ju hi-i bite

Cabinet, when it turmd out, on farther disohiMirrs, that they were all gentlemen liiuii the ; We tern States, l'eniicss,e, helitu, ky, and ' Louisiana, and devoted friends to C a. .lack- , Sain, actuated solely by a regard I'd the ,-uc-i t ess: iind hoaor t.l hia a Imim trat ; a 'tep,

ad no ni-li a t loll

power to the success of his election, and felt, to the I'n i 1, the obligation which it imposed. It is with pain that I have forced myself to touch on the prominent s(.b(ect of this eo,nmnnio ition. The question involved in .Mrs. Eaton's relation to the society of ' a-hing'ton In lunged, I conceived, exclusively lo her sex, 1 a nl could not hi- involved m political considerations, or drawn into pu blic discus-ion, with nut painful consequences. I acted on t lit so views in io corr" -poiideuci' with Ceil. Jackson. I could not b.' ignorant cf the use made of it by tho-e. w ho, by their artful machinat:otis, have placed til n. J aek --a.'U ami myself in our present rela'ioii ; but the dcsiiv to do iiolhing on my part that could lend to .haw th' tpie-tioii from the tribunal to which it pniI'.rly and exclusively belong! d, ri-trained me from making the lrn-t allusion to it in the t or-re-po!ii!. iice, though calculated to throw light on the controversy betw. en lis and to strengthen in. ill the conllicl. 1 J. C. CAEnoi N.

.rompt-

enough to tread it.

lie Ultimata-; rtda.-

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i tioii h.twt pii lien. Jat k'.on and M.ij. JJaton j was well kaown, as well ai the interest th it ; tin former took in Mrs. Eaton's case ; butis Jc yjiU .1 as I would have Ii It my-ell,h .1 I -oiight power 111 tint din eti.ui, I would in t l..i e eo'.- ' sidered the infamy b'-s bad we i I epic,! lac ! rour-i we did lioni anv other motive than a

a t a' ii In i in ! ,Ti I lKcsi dri'ni. bigh iind sa. red ri g.irl to duly. Il was not.

I : I -1 , i tin- e ,i i I .a ,,( tain, I I I II, .".I'lllllll WO.M ,.. ai - g ,,l a::.-. Hon a a I , ,:, -l ,acl,l,

I .(l ill. I i iiihli- i la v --- i In a hina,t hat li.iT.n: glta n, ' n i - a lw .. .' it leg I', e.g.

atltlri:?s it will not, I an sura , he Inoii: I.l unreuonable, tljut I ihoijlj tibi-d to bis cnm.,ctJitrjr in that particular. When it i- iece-a-ry to hoi J mo laejpoiliiblc lur-iiin -, the odium of which be shows uaeoniaioii anxiety to -bill to the --aoiihi: r- of other-, be err-, on that pom', m ii I iii, in lo two of his late a- ociiili j 111 the .el niiia-t rat ion. If, i" his anxiety to

lino In-;i l f me. lie mi.talies mo iiomicai I. la-

. Vaal 111, mi wit, i n vt.'Jiy o-f,

ni),,i linn ...ii lol IT ,1, i iiuij, iiwosnoi., 1 an - i ,'. i a a Uie, 1)1' ,U -t .1 1. ' 1 a""- j,v,,,a.,v.,aii,i..-.,,. j i , y-a-iii la. t. a ption of the- f lu.i-jil of v .e at. tiotif between .Mr. Branch and .Mr. Hcrrien, 1 iiieu that the subsequent neglect of hit witf to ' ot mm

JOHN V. C'AI.IlOl Our Vice rrcsideut has made anotln r ex- ( posi,whnh appears in the llaltiuiore Patriot of Uie g'ath nil. It is a direct contradiction ' of the statements concerning Calhoun and lamllv in Ai. ion- Eaton's nam;, hid. II! denies

that himself or .Mrs. Calhoun ever proffered courtesies, or left any cards 0r Mrs. Eaton. I f a : y od he e w a.n.ler-w in k iug bits ol pastebo. iid ecme into .Mis. Ilattin's possr -ion, be mil, nali- that it was by a process little di..rt of " light lingering. ' lie tluiil that Maj.' ,i ,nl Mis. Eaton called on his wife in his absi nce, and were rect ivcd will) the civility re- j

piiredby the rules ol hospitality

1! parts of the country a hundred presses, as

ifactiiitcd by a common impulse of patriotic sympath y, declared tbeiuselves for Henry Clay. And the people have every where resaouded ta that declaration. Who shall n.ivy gains ay it With Henry Clay for our candidate we aro sure of .Massachusetts, I'.ho.le Island, Connecticut, Vermont and wo need not even despair of New Hampshire and Maine. No other candidate could, under any circum-tancs, recivo thii powerful support in New E iglan.l. V ith ihi. fict before us, let in remain firm. We especially remind our editorial brethren at tht) v t -t, who in one or two iii'-t mct-s have s fined to uavir from their early love, that with Heiirv CbiJ, as our candidate wo are ready to go band iu hand with them plcdgins; ourselves that, at the hour of trial. New England shall not be found wanting in sustaining their illustrious son. Hut, .-be will not b- turned j aside from her fixed purpose. She will not eupi port rrcn son of the West. She bin namcil ! her candidate bis name is upon her banner ' and she a il rally under an other.

last .Man. A young lady , after hrine ,. time attcnt.vcly r.-ad Mr-. M.edey s

The

HJI MIM. Uli" ,

novt l, . ....th .: " The Last .Van, (nrew u, i .. the book, and emphatic;, II v excla.med, 1 b Ma,.! blcss.no: if wh a thm vrreaer t , haen, vhal wmld bcfomv of the u omnx: The -above paragraph is from (he Bolton Transcript. We do Bt think that the question, at the close, is very pertinent. ( one

shall ever be left nlone m a i orJ nf -o-

what will beron-.f

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