h§t$um it is even wise to abstain from laws which however wise ami good in themselves have the semblance of inequality which find no response in the heart of the citizen and which will be evaded wilh utile remorse til wisdom of legislative ii li.yl.cps ccn in gralting laws on conscience ch .,., n . j ■ *" , li rt.oiiur r-h it uvtltu ouato .,, salisbury kowan county \. c monday auiiust ffl mil vol xii no 684 j "", '"''' i r,l,]".i!,'!".'!.'".-"p!.yi'.,'i "'■'■"■ ■'■"""' j 1 * '; ".'.',' i ■•'. "'. •■ "■ r . ."' m''j mi i'i'm.i 0 1 ii m,'.w'..i'i j "."•"■ 1 " 1 " ""' ""' '" l1 "' -*" mh behriex's illllhks.s i knew moreover that some of his con dential friend had faithfully discharged their duty to him snd to the country hy a frank communinati.iii of thorn in thi stale of thing i sought tho counsel ol hose around me to a gentleman high in the confidence of the president and to i distinguished citizen of my own state i submitted the impjry whether with this view of the cabinet which lhe president had selected i could with propriety ha cume a member of it tho lormer ex iresscd his decided conviciion founded on a long and intimate knowledge of the president's character that he would him self speedily see and correct the evil — the latter urged tho peculiar relation ol georgia with tho general government as presenting a strong claim upon me not lo refuse the invitation which hod been given to me i yielded to these sugges tion and took my pl.ee in iho cabinet with a firm determination to avoid the controversies which i feared might occur to that determination | have deadly ad hered associating on term of couriosy with my colleague my ofticial ineour.o witlithemwusncvetinterrupted by discord if there were any combinations grow ing out ol the supposed conflict between the interests of mr clhoun and mr \ an buret 1 had no part in them and as lit tle in the opposed measure ofih.t char acter having for their object to co rce major e.ion to retire from the cabinat or to exclude his f«mily from the sor.ietv of washington wiih mine they did no associate i but no advance h,,d been made on either side and their actual relation seemed therefore to furnish no u,t ground of offence to either dirty c made upon his mind he showed mc no fialur—afioke lo mc of nun — intimated to me no term which he would he uaflrr re quire by hi declaration hat he did nol intend bi pretis the requisition which he had nvielo through col johnson i consi dered the object of the interview in he to explain in me tho motives under which he had ucled snd to announco thc change of hi determination he i,c.cr.m.punicd this wilh expressions of personal kind ness which 1 thought were intended lo soothe the fouling which he nui-u havo been conscious of having exciic.l still i thought il was improper for me longer to romain in the cabinet admitting thai suffi ient aionameni hud been mudu for tho indignity oltersd oy the me sb.;j sunt through col lulinscii there was a parpc'.ual liability to the rocurren ceofsimilaroiiirage i believed il the-re fore to bo my duty to retire ofy friends thought otherwise and my owi sense nf what the interests of georgia at that particular crisis requited induced mo to repress my feelings 111 at paper of thi evenlnn i contained ll.e foi lowing remark of my wife " it i proven unit ihe secretaries of the treasury and of ll.e nav and ol the attorney qoiiersi refined ," i.-suci sle will her this publication appears io a piper which professes oho friendly to you and i brought ii.rih under your immediate eye i desire to know of you whether or not you sanction this htil,,-m<-i>t or disavow it vie relation w have sustained low.rd e»ch other author acs me to dom.nd an immediate answer i matter wilt li it behove i i o give a full she calm consideration to thai baa been i;i.eu ! i tclt indisposed ... bulieve thai thesa hicks ofa.ner.1gr i could be authorised by vou ur were made under vour unction ". our ducljostlnn is evtilonce of he curreciness ol ivb.il i was before impressed with i take o c.h.j therefore wilh pleasure to acknowl edge ibe iranknos with which you havo dis avowed anv a^-eocy in thi nefarious buii.iea llespeolfully your most obedieu j ii eaton j m ft ' . lu , ! : v r.sq to thi l'c'1,,11 lirciinwtam-e twyo id my oo ol have placed me under ilujnecessi'y of present ing myself to your notice 1 useri no claim to your allention which does noi belong eciually to very free ciliaun ol the re-public but 1 a»k and i feci thai i have a right to expect your candid ox sidcratiqn or thi address its subject i mie of awkening inicrest to us ell th position in wbich i find myselfhas noth ing inviting in it it is one which i hsve not sought but wbich hos been forced un on mc and one in which i am called tip uu to vindicate not myself merely but the cause of truth and the best and dearest i iterests of the community at a hazard to which fuiuity alone could bo insensible the misrepresentations of n public ji umal professing io speak lhe lan,;uake ul the president ol the u s.,and publish ed under his eye hsve presented to me i ;•■ slternallve ofsubmiiting toanimputa lion alike dishoiioia'.ilo und unfounded in i'ict or of meeting the i.iitic which ha icon tendered to nin under the ulleqed authority of that hi s h officer if i do not shrink from this unequal strife it i because i have a confidence which ba never wavered in tho intelligence oi my countrymen a firm nn unshaken reli ance in lhe justice of that tribunal whose iiiiii prerogative it i at all time and un der all circumstances to vindicate the cause of truth verv reai.citfuhv j u eaton ji»o m bkta.uf.v i'sip wasuinuiov 23d jgne 1831 sin vour in ite of yesicralay was received tr ibe course ul ll.e day i was loo much india posed however in reply lo il at iho moment anil do ti n.'.v merely to prevent inisr.unception in your note of the i7m instant you called upon pe u sanction or disavow tho natemen contained n s pubtle.tion in lhe telegraph ot thai date i would not recognise your ricbt lo make ibis ,'. im.nd hut r the reason men lu.'ieil in my reply i thought it uas proper t stale lo ynu vl,..i i hud dun , in relation to thi matter i to do iiiii was the only object uf tin hole sir ,- i received o jjjsv your nolo of last night !.. which you cull my attention tn an nrlicle in ibe i btatoi telegraph of ll.e ijfth inslunt te ini " nur i vour wile nd de.lrlng to ku..w wheibr-rl will sanction or dissirow dial state mc.it vou i 11 i ihe relsllea we h.vs lustained toward each other authorises a lo demand an immediate answer wabiit,o.,ijv i8.li lune 18.11 to ihi inquiry preferred ss a manor of right i tmrl preseu.eil in be form of a demand my an swer mun he brief ii consist io the slm.-ilo fleninl of the claim which vou asserc ( can ml reoogoixo your right lo interrngat ■ in coo cerning the shwemnnis nf lhe telegraph or of anv her public nurnal which lire ro.de with out my agency vou might wi.h equal propri ety select an article from any newspaper in the union for ihe purpose of putting n,e to the question hj if the claim which you assert be wcllfqundedflmlght be required the instsne of any per.no ggrievod to give my confession of faith in rr'a'iu i lo ihe various staiemcn.b lo he found in any of the journal in which my name mav chance tu he menlloned such . demand therefore cannot be admitted for , moment tlitt although i cannot recognize your right either as derived from , ho relation which wc have sustained towanls each oilier or from anv other source to make the demand preaented by your nolo i am not quite sure looking lo the position in which we rtind be fore the public that 1 can acquit myself to lhe communltv or to myself lor declining to answer vour inquiry lo the prngre ofthosc even which lia.'o al length resulted io lhe dissolution of tho ctul net my determination l.n been not to do any act which wbs caitudated to provoke can trover sy nor to deviate under whatever urgency from th,t line of conduct which my own sense ; of prprristy pves-tibrd acting upon this cc termination i b.-'e necessarily pursued acourae whien a refusal to answer your inquiry inighl seem to indie.te ap unwillingness to avow such an inference would i.e unjust in it regard myself and deluaive in relation ic tbe public although therefore i have thc most unuileclcd relucunee lo enter upon such a subject ami cortainiy do notscquicsce in your right to de mand it it aceiiis to me that you have by m king the inquiry imposed upon me l!;c obliea tion to do so from just consideration of lu.t i iivc to myself and to lha public i have then tostate tn vou ihat up to tha time of your mar riage i had not heard the rumors which have since in various forms been presented to the i public and was ignorant of mrs eatun's rela 1 lion to the society of thi place i accepted i vour invitation to be present rt your wedding i therefore wilh no distrust of the propriety ol mv doiog so other than that which resuli^il from mv owo situation at th.t period you are yourself no doubt aware ho-v much lhat event ■ and vour subspque.it introduction into the cub [ inet made these rumor the subject of cuovci ■ isrttino f could not longer continue in igno rance of that which was publicly nd generally | snokea of and it consequently became neces isary for me embarrassed a the question was hv ih official relaiini in which we stood to each other t determine upun my future con tduot in doing this it did not seem to me to ne prcs=.,rv to decide upon the truth or false _ liooil ,,** , be statc'tients which were made it , wjis s-ufhiient to ascertain the general sense of i'hjjfcmmuniiv of which i had recently become '. a rrwmber and having done so to conform to it in t'.j winter nf 1830 n i presume is know to voo i wss called upon by a gentleman who represented himself a acting and who i doubt not did ncl under th tuthorlty of lhe lirosi den to etpre with precise refereno to this subject ihe regret which i.e felt at the want ol harmony or or suriiil intercourse among the j members o hi cabinet end ta announce his j.lcterniinatit at a',v rate to have it slew ingham and branch were present at this iuier view the fact wa distinctly slated lhat they and myself h.ve successfully given vry large parties to which mrs baton luul not been invi ted iv e were then told tli.it on such occa j sinus at least the president would c.pcct in future a social intercourse between our rcspec tlve fftmlhc there were variuub nther sug gestion made during this conversation bat the recapitulation of them is not rendered neces siu'v by your inquiry i answered lo ihiscommu nicrion for myself tint i would not permit the president nor any oilier individual to regulate the ocial intercourse uf myself or family and th.t if such a requisition was pcricvercd in i would retire from the olkol.1 situation which i 1 held in the interview tn which 1 was invited by tho resident same few di.vs allorwards , ranklv expressed lo him my views un tbij sub ji'i.l anjl he disclaimed any disposition lo press such a requisition 1 no net awaro that any oilier occasion bus occirrc'l iu which the ques tion of an intercourse between your family and mine ha been presented t.i n-.e or to mv family 1 am respectfully your obedient servan john mm tlir.llson ekllhi;n to j ii eatux esq vou are guile right however in bellevin ibai i li.nl pb agency in procuring u.n public iionofiheilolrirne.it referred to advening lo i.e spirit of your last note i have iiolir.il il in confirming ll.e conviction which you have expressed i in reapeolfnlly jn ml tlll.ltson dbfuuun when at a subsequent period lhe con troversy occurred between tho president snd vice president i thought l s.w in this the evidence of nn inlention again to sgilate the question which by the agency of the jierbonet friends of gen jackson hid been before hanpilv repressed tho connection of mr crawford with his con troversy and my own relation to gen 1 irksnn forbade me to tuka any p.r in it — nd i studiously voided 11 interfer ence except to deprecate mr clhounv publication i left vv..hingtot on thc fourth day of anril one d.v fter major eston h.d announced to thu president his determination to r-ssign according to the statement in hi maj eaton letter ol resignation and not the slightest intima tion ws giver to me of the intended change in tho cabinet rut lyhon i w the correspondence between tho presi tol.nv ii eatow eiq shortly her this i receive a letter from col li.lu.son which wilh my reply i feel my elf bound now logiic to tbe public i b.neaox iously desire 1 lo delay this until i could re ceive ool johnson answer perhaps i i tie wailed long enough for my reply according i.liemcn.i.r.i'iduni which i have ofit which we dated on tlic7lh inst hut it is not ihiscirc.in • stance which has determined me cut jolm soo has furnished to lb editor of the globe u statement full or otherwise of what passed be tween messrs ilranch and ingllntn nnd niyscl * nd himself on tho occasion so often refeire.t to extracts from lid st.temenl are used tod me it.ju.tiep this is done to be sure without the authority cr col johnson hut he ha fin r.inhed the means which are thu imprnpcrly used and i have nn alternative but to give ilia correspondence or submit to continued mis rcpr.s-iiiii.i i publish ool johnson letter as an act of iuslioe to liiio that ibo public maj bo in full possession of hi statement my reply-follow andaliei this the letter and state ment nf m jngham tu whom as well „ to mr lirsnrl i forwarded copy of col johnson - ! le'.ier 1 u.n mr ilraneh i have received „._ reply owing as i suppose lo hia abscence from home i have studiauslv abstained irom anv atjf clfoit to exc'no public feelinb in relation | had given an evening party tn which to lhe dissolution of the isto c binet 1 y s . eaton had not been invited i receiv luve felt ihst tho question of it prnpric b d and he.rd with infinite surpriso the ty was one the duii,ion of which be message of col johnson lonjed lone to tbe american people , _. , . ,. ,,. t r«rsooally i hsve not b.eo disposed to l i make no m.s ake as to t char deny the right nf h president to ex »«« r for . here was *'««»"* pe ted crci,e hi own tree will „ well in lhe reference to the large p arties h eh had change a in he originial selection of en then recently given by messrs ... p l |„, . . ' * * f r ranch s lotfham and myaell oucn a and with a perfect sense o « ««» , iflth.d been one would have ift del-ear of y own situation 1 would ' k*,„il corrected from the nature have been a all ni , reluctant vines ; b ••£ »««•«» « ,,-,„, „„, been i the invcst.estion of the causes which g^tton w refer m.j katonfrom led io the receo vents it v.s no mi no . t0 nettfe hi family from however enough that 1 should subm t m ■ rthtoncb t0 the „ evening myself to his will although the principle , » haye , ben .,,,„ . and m „ le . by which it wasavnwndly wb j uta 5 n „ wl i w0 u not permit the pre could have no application to m ; for this , q comrn , , he 90cu , intercourse ol i have unhesitatingly done hut 1 have i 0 f m .. w if , n d family would have been been required silently to witness the en , me , by a n explanation which the misrcprnsentaiion of occurrence j hhve romf , vu(1 lhc impression from which the public were well aware must i ihe nf messrs branch and lug have cntna under mv nbaervstian ; niv ; h _ m ony myself vet we all parted with l he publicly vouched ns jn'bor„y lor c(j j ohnson . „.;,!, , clear conviction that which was directly in condmct with i sur . a p^p^uin had been made ; my conviction of truth end fl"u,llv to j jn(j fee i inb j we a n did ihat an indigni be csl'cd to vindicate mv own claim io . had bc(jn o r jred „, u ,, there was as 1 veracity assailed n it is under the al b ,, iovei nt dilfe-renco oi npinion between ledged authority of th president nl the q he c0llrs8 w0 0 r ht io pursue if united states or to submit loan imputa i .^ p should be avowed ond tion which no honorable mon may bear i seq by iil0 president i mis uke he ch.rac-h of the american : convcr , 3lirm lortk place on wed penple i they would require his i , am , tho rumor ofour in . am totally ignowmofrnv own,lf under any nr *. b mq circum.tances i could yield to it if.w « l0cc eedlng dsy the persons he face of tin k rcat community the " ' of q enerb , 8 j c j 9 n interposed tame of truth csn be prostrated by '•>«'"! j wm bwbkcne d to a sense or thc arm of power at least tho privilege ot , ,_ of hi , projected course it vindics.inglt shsll not be tamely sur j r accordin £ , j 0 col johnson's rendered m mv person i wht bow to , ,„ mr . , ham , tha t tbe paper the decision of my countryrnen-but . f b , he btaitor of the globo was whatever tint decion m.y be the high , v m cljlleag(|e5 h j ,], c „ consnlntionofhsvlns.fslthfullvdlseb.rged ' , „ wi(h hc p re denl on the sue my duty to them ar.d to myseir shall l aed | 0 _ d av ikrid.y and as mr ing no he taken irnrn me , hj m's stalcmenl made from bill note tbe disingenuous and unmanly bug oa '" al ., ie limc , pr vcs n paper was r-stion of m desire to reuisln in h him on that „«„*„„. owing c,bin«t of ocn jsekson notwithstanding »"° , fc communication of the the occurrence which produced mv re 1^1 wi , hc , t0 me , \ did nol tiroment will bo my apology lor iiilver j l|n;i the 8uccoe dlng day sstur ting hicn to he origin or my connex ■ j excil „ m . llt f h i feel ■ i w!,h it and o the blreumstsnees °»£ enlirc|y llwwl „ 19 , hc ,.,:, induced lis contlnusnce uomed to me lo be en»|ous to dispose of |« was without any nl,r„a.,on on brgj 0 , ,, icfty b , po , sibl8 . he ni rl or so tar s i know or believe op m . . f io fauehood ol , ho reports i c ,: rl of any of mv friend thai l wa , i g nf wh , c ,, he sji ,, c fnvi.ed to p h » "«':"» a t3 a i ultieientproori and upon my do oeneral oi the i niled state rhere i , cl „ 8 tlul ,,„,.,■,',.,„, hc com were circumstances temporary in their . j r „, u injustice f excluding her „. ro but still mrong w operai.ve which *^ . r j for , e<1 o the large pa rendered it not desireble to me i felt ' om inghsm and branch however tint i was called to decide upon lie ;.' w tow mu u ho cnii|t hly0 ihe question of my sceeptsnce.no mere ■ cunvince d that there was ,. m',in ly ss en inawiduab but as »«»''«"' •"" lnn botwoon , h ose gontlomen sod my especially w ' n c,r neorgis uo t o exclude hor from society tint be ccr.nln r.y^m :, i general policy some ""^•™™ ra ., t -„^ „,„• reslgnstlons of which w^fpsrllculsrly interesting to s 0 "^ j.tely^sdded u,at he wa cn ihc people 0fw state the views com [^ m , llfio /, hilt here had heen no inunlested to me by the i rcsiden weie roml i n . llion and again rerercd to in accordance wuh my own i md ii wt . , mi .„„, , 0 the r morl , n ,., be mv dutv no to withhold anv as hiv 0 . , t.ne which i could give to carry ihem whlc ney m »« g f vomlhcn • into effect thc annunciation of he d j^,™fojmellon had been re . nsme of ihe intended cabinet seemed to aanmtior th ™° r ™ > f c • "». h v r to present m nsuper ce ed , m an , , f jh bar to my acceptance nf the nlli.fl wllicn wneii nbr , on , who hsd made lo w,,s tendered nine i thought i ibfmjw name a nl y linr , urab , e ,„ m , den and the several heads of depart , ments i could nnt doubt for n moment t how and by whom tho disso'ution had been produced i did not feel al liberty ' lo express my visw generally until my roturn to washington should cnabln me to dissolve my connection with the prosi dent ; but tn a f,;w frieiuh who had tlin right to understand my actual position 1 staled thc utter impossibility or mv con tinuance in the cabinet miles the presi dent could place tho retirement or my col hidgc on other grounds than those which i believed to have occasioned it and such es i could approve in full view ol the j speedy dissolution of oil connection be tween the president and myseir i vailed t my,cirof the occasion afforded by the kindness or my fotlow-citizenr of savan nah to do an net of justice to hi public | conduct on . question vitally ititerosling j io tho peop'e nfgaorp;ia if there be nnv man who is incapable or understand i in or of appreciating tho motivo which i nromp'ecl this act 1 cannot envy hia feel in and will not attempt to enlighten ; hi understanding 1 returned to this city had a conversation with tho presi dent of which the prominent paint sre | advened to in my letter of resignation | which immediately followed it and hav i ing brought up he public business which was in arre.i r , retired from office col ii m hhnann to menu heme u ingham fientlenicii : the telegraph lm alluded le some communication made to you by a mum her of congress author ad by the i'rcsident-f lhe 8iil.sli.nce uf which is that lhe pralldem wished to coerce a social intercourse betwcett your families and mrs iv.lnn i see the globe denies it i have thought it barely possible lhat the illusion cnulil be ma.lo to n.e becn.ur fin hit rin.ssi.vn 30th june 1i«0 shuuld have clone tho most palpable grositan n wanton injustice lo iho presidenti tin he li.t claimcd on all occasions any right or desire or intention to regulate the private or social iniercoursa of his cabinet the president bad beer induced to believe that a part of hi cabinet had ente-e.l into a deep laid scheme to drivo major eaton from his cabinet nnd of this lu complnincd i did not believe it and a thu mutual friend of all concerned / propoial that i should have the opportunity to convene with lhat portion onii cabinet be fore hc hud an in terview wilh them and he acquiesced and the interview bleb i bad with you resulted as l understood io a betier understanding and iu factl considered i a reconciliation whatever came from mc upon the bubject nf a social in tcrcourse w:.s the suggestion of my uli-iimle to restore h.rnu uy among friends ms object wu peace and friendship i have never considered myself ut liberly to s:.y any thing about ibis in leryiew exoept in a discreel ami confidential friend i certainly should nol ihink any of tho parties jus'ilie io repromnting lor publication or newspaper what any of the oilier parties aid wiihi.u submitting such statement for mu tual examination for ll.e ; 1 in reason ilia such ooeversaiions nre so easily mi-underalood i may well remember what i have said myself hut may nol so easily represent what you have said or intended to lay i have not myself seen the neceilltv or piopriety of aov allusion io newspapers tu nur interview which was among intimate und bosom friend where the conversation wu free and unreserved and for the object of pence and friendship but if any should consider it necessary then the great ob ject should be to mute tha conversation cor reotlyi forlhcrccui.be no motive to misun derstand the facts i'or fear thai allusion should h.ve bee ale to myself as the mem her of cuogrcss aod believing it barely possi ble that 1 may have li?.-o misunderstood on tho panic lar point nlbiiled to i have felt it my duty und due to thut perfect friendship which bus ever existed belwcen us to make knuw-o these views that the proper co?i ection may bo made aa a misunderstanding without the ne cessity of any formal publication from either ,,!' us and without even a disclosure a to wt.a uieinber of congress allusion wa made sincerely and truly vour friend ulcilalll m johnso mcsars ixonam & hk.ho citit of wii.hin.n-trin tbe absence nf uov branch h beeo the only cause why this liter wis not also addressc 10 him ifl hud ever such uu i.leatl while these wero in pro gress major e.'on addressed tome a letter nf like impn-i with hi rret com munication to mr ingham hn called upon me to sanction or disavow the state ment in the telegraph that my family had relused to associate with his i an swered hy detailing the conversation which hid passod between myself and ool inhnsnn and stated ibat i had sub scqiicuily expressed tho same views to lhe president who hsd disclaimed any disposition to pre jhi requisition re fenlng to that which i had previously slated to have been made through col johnson thc editor of tho globe has published this detached sentence of my letter and has mado on impbtcnt al e.npt to distort meaning the public shall judge of the whole correspondence for themselves i had no disposition to publish this correspond ence perfectly satisfied ihat it would at all times speak lor itself and not emu lous ol reputation ir be acquired in such controversies 1 have resisted the numer ous calls which haye been made upon mo through different journal to give it to the public but the editor oi the globe is in possession or it ond by the publication or an issolated extract at tempts lo do mo injustice 1 exercise a right therefore which belong lo me when i take from him this unfair moans ofonnoycncc,by giving tho whole to thc public pntniv sight 17th june 1811 rut : i have studied to disregard the abusive under whlohjh.ve arisen through k debase a bi.ii.vi i.s the u s telegraph 1 have bee enntent to w.lt for the lull developoment o what be bad to snv and until peianns of re-pou sible character should be brought forth to en dorse hil vile abuse of me boij of jny family in monoat mn.is.s 8 o'clock rum l havo received your noie of lhe 18th ins'uot ii may become neoesmry for me to ot ji'r s,„i,c.liiiig ii reply for ibe present i have engagement which prevent me from d.-.ii.g more nan to acknowledge that it bus been re ceived washington i july 18.11 ni'.i.t sm :— yours of lhe ill i ult addressed jointly to mr ingham and myself ln.liecn dub received ! have noted your vieiv of the in currence to which il refers with a perfect lis i position to meet you iu the spirit of fraoines ami good feeling which i express l.*n your letter it is an evidence of tmy reluctance ut ........... ■ . conttoversv tha fl^jvc siuifc * f berrien to cc jjhluon very respectfully j il f.atotl jill tunc 1p.11 sir buinii.x jenn 33d 18*1 s,n , i have no had leisure to reply l your letter uf the i8ib until lo-dny it level i