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FEDERAL IM.
DOMESTIC.
, From the United States Telegraph.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
The various misrepresentations in relation to the re
tirement of this gentleman from the cabinet which have
been circulated liere and elsewhere, render it proper to
give publicity to the. following correspondence. It is cal
culated, we think, to throw light on the transaction ol
which it constitutes a part.
Washington', \5!h June, 1831.
Sir.r I herewith tender to you my resignation of the
office of Attorney General of the United States. Two
considerations restrained me from taking this step at the
moment when yotir communication to the Secretary of
the Treasury, announcing your determination to re-or-
appeare in a paper which professes to he friendly
to you, and is brought forth under your immediate
eye. I desire to know of you, whether or not you
sanction, or disavow it. The relation we have
sustained towards each other authorizes me de
mand an immediate answer.
Very respectfully.
J. H. EATON.
J. D. Ingham, Esq.
characters through life with “lying in wait to assassinate
him;” that he should, by a direct communication, call up
on the President to interpose his authority ujxm the oc
casion, and then leave die city liimself before the infor
mation he gave could reach the Chief Magistrate, to
whom he appealed to redress the imputed wrongs. Mr.
Ingham was liimself the only accuser and witness to whom
the President could refer, to make good die charges a-
gainst the public officers; and it was very extraordinary
that he should make an investigation necessary', and
abandon the city- before die individuals charged could have
an opportunity of convincing him, by proving the real
state of facts, how much he had wronged them in his sus
picions.
But was it respectful to the President to make allega
tions which, if true, involved the dismission of several of
the prominent officers ip the Departments,.without-ena-
blinghim to ascertain the faetson which it was necessary
to predicate his conduct? Mr. Inttham iaew, from the
course heid by the President towards the officers engag
ed in the affair of honor in Pennsylvania, that lie woul
Reply.
Washington, 18th June, 1831.
Sir: I have not been able to ascertain, from your
note of last evening, whether it is the publication
referred to by you, or the fact stated in the Tele-
ganize your cabinet, first met my eye. There w as noth- graph, which you desire to know whether I have
ing in the retirement of die Secretaries of State and ot i s aac ti on ed or will disavow. If it be the first you
War, or in the distinct and personal considerations which demand k ig loo absurd lo
merit an answer. If
they had assigned for this me^iue, w in l ma e t o -, .t bg t} ie lagt, y OU may find authority for the same .
gatory upon, or even proper for me to adopt a similar Philadelphia naner about the first of Anril noL tolerate violence on the part of those connected with
course. Such a step, with any reference to that occur- j [ act m a . * iuiaaeipma papei, anoux ine nrst oi April ^ Govcrninent over whic £ lie ided alld tJiat he
rence, could only become so, on my part, as an act of j last, which is deemed to be quite as friendly to you j WOidd feel lliinsdf bound tQ prosecnte an ’ investigation
conformity to your will. You had felt this, and had an- as the Telegraph may be to me. \\ hen VOU have j nto ,] ie c p ar g e made by him. Mr. Ingham was appriz-
nounced your wishes to die Secretaries of the Treasury ; settled such accounts With your particular friends, it J ed t j iat Major Eaton had ceased toaefas a public officer
and of the Navy, respectively Lt - J - T !
a similar communication
wishes and opinions
when 1 determined to
tion was presented In i.>< <. ' M ‘“ 1 , what all the inhabitants of this city know, and per-
tut the moment of mv departure riom Hus place, witn ine ■ ’ . *
performance of certain public duties which were ye* un- haps halt tne people ot the United States belic\e
finished, and my report concerning.which you did not ex- to be true.
I am, sir, respectfully yours, &.c.
S'. I). INGHAM.
John H. Eaton, Esq.
ham’s residence as is charged by him; was I ai med
at any time during the hours mentioned, naving no ap
prehension of dangerjfrom Mr. Ingham, or those * friends,' 1
who he says surrounded liim. Aiajor Eaton was a-
lone when he sought an interview with Air.Ingham, at
will be shewn by die certificates of two respectable indi
viduals.
Yours, respectfully,
P. G. RANDOLPH.
pect to receive until iny return. 1 was gratified to learn
■from yourself, that you had taken the same view of this
subject, having postponed the communication of your
wishes to me until my arrival at this place, without ex-
J iecting in the mean time any communication from me.
t is due to myself further to state, that, from die moment
when I saw the communication referred to, I li cons ti
ered my official relation to you as terminated, or as sub
sisting only until my return to the city, should enable to
conform to your wishes, by the formal surrender of my
office, which it is the purpose of this note to make.
I retire, then, Sir, with cheerfulness from the station to
which your confidence had r uled me, because 1 have the
consciousness of having endeavoured to discharge bs du
ties with fidelity t.o yourself and to the country. Unin
fluenced by those considerations which have been avowed
by that portion of my colleagues who have voluntarily
separa'ed themselves from you—totally ignorant of any
want of harmony in your cabinet, winch git tier ha-, m
ought to have impeded the operations of yonr ad am
Mr. Eaton to Mr.'Ingham.
IStii June. 1831.
inly rendered questionable by t tie pe
euliar circumstances, and by the manner in which it is
done. If Air. Ingham had reason to believe that he could
substantiate an offence of so aggravated a character on
those criminated by him, was it not his duty to have re
mained and to have confronted the accused? If he had
no ground to make such accusationywl. it apology will he
offer to the public for directing, like the flying Parthian,
a poisoned arrow at the individuals who had never injur
ed or intended to injure him, and whom it is evident he
lent is returned. To injury unprovoked, you are
pleased to add insult. What is the remedy? It is
to indulge the expectation that, though a man he
mean enough to slander, or base enough to encou
rage it, he^'et may hav e bravery sufficient (o repair
the wrong. In that spirit I demand of you satisfac
tion for the wrong and injury you done me. Your
answer must determine whether you are so far enti
tled to the name and character of a 'gentleman as
tration, I perform this act simply in obedience to your to be able to act like one. Very respectfullv,
S. D. Ingham, Esq.
J. H. EATON.
Reply.
Washington, 20th June, 1831.
•will. 1 have not the slightest disposition to discuss the
question of its propriety. It is true that in a government
like ours, power is but a. trust to be used for tlie ticiicfu of
those who have delegated it; and laat circumstances
might exist in which the necessity of self-', hidira'inn
would justify such an inquiry. The first consideration
l»elongs to t hose to whom we are both and equally ac- '■ Sir: Your note of Sa.uruay, purporting to be a
countable. From the influence of the second you have demand of satisfaction for injury done to you, was
relieved,me by your own explicit declaration that no com- received on that day; company "prevented me from
plaint affecting either my official or individual cor.duc- sending vou an immediate answer. Yesterday
has at any time reached you. Mu have assured me, I morning, your brother-in-law, Dr. Randolph, intru-
fnat the confidence which induced you originally "yon- deJ himself into mv room, with a threat of personal
ier the appoint mental pon me, remains unshaken and an- , , ioieuce> j pcrih f iW unde rstand the part vou are
post office, at 8 o’clock, A. AI.
[Here follows, in t he Globe, Mr. Ingham’s letter to the
President of the United States, already published.]
tnm .iished, and have been pleased to express the regret .
which you feel at the separation, which circims ances made to piay in me farce now acting before tne A-
have, in your view of the subject, rendered uua variable. menctlil people. I am not to ue intimidated by
You have kindly added the assurance of your continued ; threats, or provoked by abuse, to an , act inconsis-
good wishes for my welfare. You will not, therefore,, tent with the pity and contempt winch your cell-
refuse to me the gratification of expressing my earnest dition and conduct inspire
•hope, that., under the influence of better counsels, your
ywn and the interests of our common country may re
ceive all the benefits which you have anticipated from
the change of your confidential advisers. A very few
days will suffice to enable me to put myoffiee in a con
dition for the reception of my successor, and I will ad
vise you of the fact as soon as its arrangement is com
plete.
lam. respectfullv. Sir, your ohcu cut serv’t.
JN. A1ACPHERSON BERRIEN.
To the President of the Vailed Slates.
Washington, June 15, 1331.
9-ir : I hare received your letter resigning die office of
Attorney General.
' In the conversation which I held with you, the day be
fore yesterday, upon this subject., it was my desire to pre
sent to you the considerations upon which i acted in ae-
«gepting the resignation of the other meniliers of the ca!>
^pet, and to assure you, in regard to yourself,‘as well as
fp them, that they imply no dissatisfaction with the man
ner in which die d ttiesof the respective departments have
Uccu performed. It affords me great pleasure i.o imd that
vou have not misconceived tlie charterer of those con
siderations, and that you d > justice to the personal leei-
iijo-swith which they are unconnected.
* I will only add, that the determination to change my
cabinet, was dictated by an impevi is sense of pubhc.dur
ty, and a thorough, though painful conviciion, that the
stewardship of powfir, with which I am clothed, called
for it as a measure of justice to those who uad been aLkt
invited to maintain near me the relation of conadeiviai
advisers. Perceiving that the harmony in feeling so ne
cessary to an efficient administration had faded, in a con-
fuderaolc degree, to mark the course of this; and having
assented, on this account, to the voluntary retirement of
Uie Secretaries of State and War, no alternative wa.-
Ipfi me but to give this assent a latitude C( .-extensive w:: b
the embarrassments which it recognized, and die duty
vhicti I owed to each member of the cabinet.
In accenting your resignation as Attorney General, 1
take pleasure in expressing my approbation of the zeal
and efficiency will', which its duties have been performed,
and in assuring you that you ca ry with you my best
■Wishes for your prosperity and happiness.
1 am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
ANDREW JACKSON.
John M. Berrien, Esq.
p You will please to continue to discharge the du
ties of the office of Attorney General until you make a •
those arrangements which you may deem necessary,
which, when completed, and I am notified thereof by you,
a successor will be appointed. A. J.
Yours, Sir, respectfullv,
S. D. INGHAM.
John H. Eaton, Esq.
Sir:
It
June 22, 1831.
Messrs. C.>1. Campbell, Treasurer; Major Smith, Regis
ter; Dr. Randolph, Acting Secretary of War; and Ma
jor Lewis, 2d Auditor—
Gentlemen: I have this moment received the inclosed
letter from Mr. Ingham, dated the 21st instant, and hav
ing immediately, on its receipt, sent to ask ail interview
with him, I find that lie left the city before it reached me.
I wish you to state to me if you, or cither of you, Lave
bad any agency or participation, and, if any, to what ex
tent, in the alleged misconduct imputed in liis letter,
herewith enclosed.
I surely have been deceived in your characters if you
are capable of so far forgetting the responsibilities of your
stations as to participate in the reprehensible conduct,
charged. To the serious charges contained in Air. Ing-
ham’s letter, which crave me the first information that 1
have had upon the subject of his difficulties, I wish you to
givea prompt and explicit answer.
Respectfully,
ANDREW JACKSON.
M. Eaten to Mr. Ingham.
20th June, 1831
vour note of this morning is received,
proves that you are,quite brave enough to do a j
mean action, but too great a-coward to repair it.— j
Your contempt I heed not; your pity I despise. It j
is such contemptible lellotvs as yourself that have
set forth rumors of their own creation, and taken |
them as a ground of imputation against me. I!’
that be good cause, then should you have pity of
yourself, for your wife‘has not escaped them, you
must know it. But no more; lieu our correspon
dence closes. Nothing more will be received short
of an acceptance of my demand of Saturday, and
nothing more be suid by me until lace to face we
meet. It is not in my nature to brook your insults,
nor will they be submitted to.
J. H. EATON.
S. D. Ingham, Esq, Esq.
Letter from the Ex-Secret any of the Treasury to the
President of the United States.
From the UrUM st it.Telegraph, June 22.
Washington, 21st June, 1S31.
To the President of the United States:
Sin; Before 1 leave tire city, it seems to be due to
the Government that f should perlbim the painful
duty, imposed upon me by the events of tiie last
forty-eight hours. It is necessary for me now to de
tail the circumstances winch have convinced me of
the existence of vindictive persona! hostility to me,
among some of tiie officers of the Government
near your person, and supposed to be in your special
confidence, which lias been particularly developed
Washington, June 22, ISffl.
Sir: I have liad the hf.nor to receive your communica
tion’of this day, enclosing a copy of a letter to you from
the late Secretary of lire Treasury of the 21st inn , com
plaining ot’an attempt to way-lay him on tire part of cer
tain officers of the Government, for the purpose of assas
sination, and charging me with being in their company,
and my room in the Treasury with being alternately or-
copied with other officers as a rendezvous far them while
lying in wait. I might perhaps l>e sufficient for the pur
pose for which you have referred f his communication v.
lie, for me to apply to fire charges aga nst me, a simple
t- unqualified den al. They are emirelv,destitute of the
least foundation in truth; but to show_you more clearly
haw far I was from aiding or particlpat’ng in anv tiling
connected with diis matter complained of, I will beg yr>ui
permission to add the following circiunstanccs. The
ia’e Secretary ol War, Aiajor Eaton, never consulted me
non the subject of his controversy w r ith Mr. Ingham,
nor did i even see him on the day in question, except in
an accidental meeting of a few. minutes. 1 never saw
he correspondence iaetween them until it appeared in the
Telegraph; and although I had heard that a correspon
dence was going on which might result in a personal con-
fl’ct, I did not beireve it was likely to take place on that
day, or even that "Washington was to be the scene of j\
Trusting that the re facts and explanations, will be en-
iredv sa’i factory to you, I cannot withhold the expres-
s on of my astonishment, that charges so wholly uncalled
lor and groundless, should have been made against me by
a gentleman with whom I never had the least cause of
quarrel, and with v.!-< m my official intercourse, since my
entrance into the. Treasury, had uniformly lieen of the
most friendly chara. r. I certainly had no idea of arming
a list mm, or
■f interfering in any way in his dispute
ith a ajor Eaton.
1 have t lie honor to rei; a n your most nbedien* servant
JOHN CAMPBELL.
Tire President cf the U. States.
Major Lewis to the President.
"Vashjngton, 221, June, TS3t.
Sir: Your letter of tins morning ha? this moment been
' Washington, June 22, 1931.
Sir: In conformity to the suggestion contained in my
no'e of the 15th instant, I have to inform you that the
arrangements necessary to put the office of the Attorney
General in a condition for the reception of my successor
ore now complete.
The misrepresentations which arc circulated in flic
newspapers on the subject of my retirement from office,
make it proper that this correspondence should be su mit-
tbd to the public, as an act of justice both to you and to
ruyself.
*■ I am, respectfully,
Sir, vour obedient servant,
JN. MACPHERSON BERRIEN.
To the President of the United Stales.
Washington, June 22, 1S31.
Sir* Your note of this day is received, advising ine,
“in conformity to the suggestions contained in my (your)
note of the 15th instant, I (you) have to inform you (me)
ihal the arrangements necessary to put the office of the'
At torney General in a condition for the reception of my
successor are now complete.”
For reasons assigned in your note, you further observe
witnm tiie last two weeks, ami iias finally displayed
itse.it'm an attempt to way -my me on my way to the
office yesterday, as I have reason to believe, for the
purpose of assassination. If you have not already
been apprised of these movements you may
pemaps be surprised to learn that the persons
concerned in them are die ’ate Secretary of War,
and acting Secretary of War; and that the Second
Auditor of tr:-' IYeasun, liojx •:* of the Treasu
ry, and tne Treasurer of the United Sis
in fiieir company ; and that the Treasurer’s and
Register’s rooms, in tne lover r>a:t of tiie building
ol’ uie Treasury Department; and also a grocery
store between my lodgings md tiie office, were al
ternately occupied as Their rendezvous while lying
in wait: the former allording the best opportunity
lor observing my approacn. Apprised of these
movements on my return from taking leave of some
ol’ inv friends, I found myself obliged to arm, and
accompanied by my son and some other friends, I re
paired to the office, to finish the businesss of the
day, after tvliich I returned to mv lodging in the
same company. It is proper to state, that the prin
cipal persons who had thus been employed for se
veral hours, retired from trie Department soon after
I entered iny room, and that I received no molesta
tion from them, either at mv mg: ess or egress. But
having recruited an additional force in tiie evening,
they paraded until a late hour on the streets near
iny lodgings, heavily armed, threatening an assault
ou the dwelling I reside in.
.k
•received and in reply 1 have to say ' hat the charge made
wains! me by Mr. In rham, of having been emuvred in a
v.jispiracy against him, is devoid of trutlu If there were
any such conspiracy against him, as allered in his letter
to you of yesterday, it was entirely unknown to me.
I arrived a' my offire on Monday morning - , 20th insf.
nr half past eiglu o’clock, and never left the building
until about half at ier two, when I walked down to the
United States Bank to attend to some Bank business.—
after seeing the Teller of the Bank, and informing him-
M hat 1 wanted done. I went to a barber’s shop a little be
low Mi. Strother’s Hotel. On my ret dm I called a* the
Register’s < -ffice, a few minutes before three o’clock,
where I saw, unexpectedly, Mr. Eaton—it being tire first
ime I had seen him since last Saturday evening,
nlos, "I tuained in the Register’s office a'
then walked up to my own offi
other person than Mr. Eaton. Mr. Randolph w as not
tlu re, nor did I see him any where on that day, out of the
W ar < .ffice, until late in the evtning. I neither saw no?-
heard of Air. Ingham while I was at the Treasury De
partment. I had no arms of any description about me.
I am, very respectfully,
A our obedient servant,
W. B. LEWIS.
Saturday evening. I re-
amt five inutes, an!
in company with no
“make it proper that this correspondence should be sub
mitted to the public, as an act of justice both to i
Mr. Smith to*'ie President.
Washington, June 22d, 1831.
Sir:—In reply to vour note of to-day, enclosing a copy
of a letter from Air. Ingham to you, bearing date the
21st insi. 1 beg leave to sia‘e, that the charges contained
in Air. Ingham’s letter as tar as they relate to me, are
wholly untrue. I have had no participation or agency,
whatever, m the controversy between Aiajor Eaton and
Mr. Ingiiam. 1 have given neither aid nor succour to
! Major Eaton, nor any one for him. I have not walked
with him nor near him. 1 have not sought Air. Ingham,
nor been m Ins neighborhood. I have been unarmed
constantly, and in all respects I have been unconnected
with any thing that threatened his safety. As to tiie
ilarge tnat my office was used for any such purposes as
milting
cfessary.
1 am, respectfully.
Your obedient servant,
ANDREW JACKSON.
Jrhn M. Berrien, Esq. *
Mr. Eaton tq^Mr: Ingham.
Friday Wgi
are named by Air. Ingiiam, it is not less untrue than the
statement. Aiajor Eaton was in my office
I not. present these facts to your notice for the
you and j purpose of invoking your protection. So far as an
myself Tam sure I can have no objection to your sub- j individual may rely on his own personal efforts, I; ^Vnfthe ms
milting them as you propose, as you behove this to be ne- am willing to meet this peril; and against an assault; tndcC} ’ on ^ between ten and eleven o’clock, and 'once a
by lumbers I have founa an ample assurance | !>out fif»een niinu-es before three; each time he came a-
of protection, in the generous tender of personal lone, and did not remain more than ten minutes,
service from the citizens of Warshin, ton. But they • 1 regret, sir, that*Air. Ingham, in making charges of
are communicated to you as the Chief Magistrate 1 such grave inport, had not thought proper to refer to the
of the United States, and most especially of the aufhoryy upon which he based .his allegations, and await-
From the United States Telegraph.
- Before Air. Eaton was appointed Secretary cf Vv"ar,
certamjadies had refused to associate with his wife. Al
ter it was understood that he was selected, and before his
name was announced, he was informed dint his elevation
would work no change in her iavor; and was auvised not
to provoke the consequences. He then protested that a
refusal to associate with his family would not be cause of
personal difference with - ny one. By degrees he found
his power increased. He obtained control of the Presi
dent’s will, and made an acquiescence with his demand
the condition upon which his colleagues were to remain
in office. They refused—the cabinet was dissolved; and
the Philadelphia Inquirer, devoted to Mr. Eaton, and the
favored press of Aiajor Lew is, charged as a justification
for the removal of her husband, that Airs. Ingham had
refused to associate with Airs. Eaton. Aiany weeks
thereafter the same fact is stated in the Telegraph; Alaj.
Eaton then demanded of Air. Ingham to disavow the fact,
under pain of being held personally responsible, and by
way of provocation, slanders Mr. Ingham’s wife. Thus
in the same breath, and in fact in the same nore, declaring
that Air. Ingham was unfit to associate with a virtuous
woman, and challenging her husband because she had re
fused to associate with Air. Eaton!!
But the Globe asserts that the wisdom of the Presi
dent never was more clearly exhibited than in removing
every discontented feeling from liis councils. Had the
President acted with the firmness and proper regard for
his own character, which his own fame and the interests
of his country required, he would have silenced the “ma
lign influence” at once. It was in his power to have hush
ed the rising storm by restricting it to the domestic fire
side of his favorites. But he lias adopted ail tlieir feelings
and passions, and by yielding to their control, be
come, we fear, irretrievably their victim. What had
Mr. Ingham, Air. Branch, or Air. Berrien, done to
provoke the private animosity of Air. Eaton. Nothing.
We defy the ingenuity and the invention of the Globe to
point to a single act, with the single exception that they
refused to compel their families to visit Airs. Eaton.
Tliev had not slandered Airs. E. They had not insulted
Air. Eaton. They had no private animosity against Air.
Eaton. On the contrary, they sympaffiised for his mis
fortune. Why then is it now pretendeddhat Air. Eaton’s
private animosities were good cause i ra dissolution of
the cabinet? Is not this an admission that Airs. Eaton’s
influence has dissolved the cabinet?
FROM THE GLOBE, OF JUNE 21.
We give below a letter addressed to us by Major Ea
ton, intended to meet the charges made by Air. Ingham,
which we published yesterday. The feelings developed
by Air. Ingham, not only towards Aiajor Eaton, but to
other officers of the Department, shews the propriety of
carrying cut the re-organization even after Aiajor Eaton
had resigned. The wisdom of the President was never
more clearly exhibited, than in thus removing every dis
contented feeling from his councils, and bringing into the
cabinet, men whose public views could not be biassed by
private annnusilies.
June 23, 1331.
Mr. Blair:—I owe it to myself and to the cause of
truth to solicit the favor of offering a few explanations
through the Giobe.
A strange letter of Air. Ingham is published in your
paner this morning. It charges me with a design to as-
-assir.a’e him; and in having organized a conspiracy to
accomplish it. Why did I not organize this band from
’he War, rather than tire Treasury, Department—for
most of the gentlemen charged are of the latter? The
public will not, I presume, give credit to such an accusa
tion, coming from such a source. Wantonly insulted by
Mr. Ingham, with a view, its I believed, to. provoke an
adjustment of gup difference in an honorable way, I adop
ted he course which evidently seemed to be invited by
my adversary; and which appealed to be the only aller-
narive that was left to me.
I plead not guilty to this charge of conspiracy and me-
dialed assassination. Freni the moment. I perceived
hat Air. Ingham was incapable of acting as became a
man, I resolved to pursue that course, which was suited
to the character of one who had sought difficulties, and
shunned ad honorable accountability. I harbored no clc-
sign upon the heart of one who had shown liimself so
heartless. Having ascertained that his sensibilities were
'o be found only upon the surface, I meant to make the
proper appl : ca t Ion.
On the 19th I notified him, that unless the call I had
made upon him, was promptly and properly answered,
he might expect such treatment as I thought his conduct
deserved. Afv note of the 20rh also advised him of my
•mention. Accordingly it appeared matter of-'duty for
me, to dissolve all connection with the administration -of
ihe Government. How then can Air. Ingham suppose
that I would involve those gentlemen in a disgraceful con-
spirary agahist him—one in which, as public officers,
'bey could not. engage even if inclination had sanctioned ?
Their own characters are a sufficient answer to the accu
sation, una ded by their positive denial of its truth. I
did endeavor to meet Air. Ingham, and to settle our dif
ference. Unattended by anyone, I sought after, and
awaited liis appearance, during the accustomed hours tor
business, openly and at places where he daily passed to
his office. He was not to be found! 1 passed by, but at
no time stopped at, or attempted to enter his house, nor
'o besiege it by day or by night. 1 offer no statement
here that is not susceptible of the clearest proof.
My note of the 20ih was written with indignant feel
ing?, and under strong excitement; hence the reason why
any reference was made to a female. 1 revret it; ah houg h
the letter was a me
was so intended. By me, it never was designed to meet, I
nor ever would have met the public eye.
Respectfully, &re.
J. H. EATON.
tural, horticultural and mechanical employment, at
Once healthful and useful too. The tine expended
in gymnastics on tiie other hand, is just so much
abstracted from useful pursuits—they teach noth
ing which is to be of future advantage or profit,
and it will not be pretended that they can claim
superiority in regard to the health and vig ur the
human body.
Whatever may be the opinion of a Parent on
these matters, much is gained^bv giving him an
opportunity of choice. He wd?o, upon the whole,
prelers to educate his son under his own eye, or in
the city, and upon the old plan, will indulge his
preference accordingly—while the parent who dis
covers greater advantages, as to body and mind,
in an education in the country, and according to the
more recent system, may be gratified.
As a ground of encouragement, we may refer to
the success which has attended the Fellenherg
School, at Whitesborough, Oneida County, New
York. It appears that it was begun some few years.,
since, it is supposed, with very limited means.—
Whether it has ever had the advantage of an in
structor, actually conversant with the system, we
know not, for indeed until lately, it has scarcely
been heard of beyoqd its immediate sphere. It
commenced with six scholars only, and soon in
creased to sixty, more than which number cannot
be accommodated. By the practice of early risir.fr,
more than the usual hours are devoted to study,,
while three hours of every day are employed be
tween Agriculture, Horticulture, and the Mechan
ic Arts. Unpretending as was its origin, and cir-
cumsffibcd as its capacity, and although pains had
been taken to make known that the Institution w as
filled, it is said that five hundred applicants were
necessarily rejected last year, and more than fifty
during the three first months of the present year-
This speaks loudly in favour of the system, even
upon an imperfect and inadequate trial.
The Bolton Fellenherg School, so advantageous
ly situated, upon a plan at once large and liberal,
and under auspices which leave nothing buffer to
be desired, cannot, we think, fad to receive coun
tenance and pa tronage, sufficient lor a full and fair
experiment.—We desire it, because we believe it
tends more than any other, to the advantage of the
rising generation, and because its accomplishment
will afford a suitable return to a fellow citizen, who
has devoted mostofiiis life to the offices more grati
fying to mere ambition; and many years to an ex
amination of this mode of instruction, in which he
is thoroughly initiated from the prosperous estab
lishment of which he will derive, we trust, not less
honor, and we will add, which he least considers,
more individual advantage. A FATHER.
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FEDERAL UNION.
MILLEDGEVILLE, JULY 7, 18 *1.
FOR GOVERNOR,
WILSON LOIPKLA.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Candidates to represent Baldwin county.
for the senate,
GENERAL JAMES C. WATSON.
FOR THE HOUSE,
COL. EZEKIEL E. PARK,
CAPT. WILLIAM W. CARNES.
THE YEAR.—This day closes the first year's
existence of the Federal Union. If our part ounce
has not been as extensive as the sanguine feelings
of many of our warm friends could have desired—
yet we feel a debt of gratitude to our worthy pat
rons, who, 5n the midst of the most malignant at
tempts to impair public confidence in the purity of
our motives and our devotion to tiie principles of
the constitution, and to put us down in the estima
tion of the good and virtuous—have clung to us,
and increased our prosperity, in a manner which
cheers our hearts and encourages us in our course.
We congratulate them that our country lias lived
through another political year—and while we would
drop a tear of sympathy on the graves of those,
who have gone into eternity—we tender to the sur
vivors our rejoicings, to beiningled with theirs, that
we have again been permitted to see the return of
that day, which gave us a “rank among the nations
of the earth,” and shook off the yoke of British hu
miliation.
In looking back upon the history of the past year,
we leel much disposed to moralize, did space per-
“ " It is a solemn reflection for each individual—
mit.
/ am one year nearer to the grave! How many, in
•re private notice to Mr. Ingham, and the , last .^r- have «“*•'<> "'f loD f !°"S !
it nnvnrmae ! and yet I am sjmred ! \\ hat have I done lor my
self—for my family—for society? What have" I
done lor my country? Above all, what have I done
to secure my eternal interests, and to promote the
glory and honor of that Being, from whom “coni*
eth every good and every perfect gift.?”
In the old world, Kings have been dethron
ed, and Kings have been crowned. France, in
three days, has undergone an almost bloodless rev-
nment been
iiofithe
- . . _ has vanquished the Porte.—And Pc-
done towards even an experiment qt this admirable . land contends gloriously, and thus far successfully,,
mode ol instruction. / I for freedom, against the usurpations of the Auto-
Aiuco has been said and written on the subject. I crat. “God send her a safe deliverance!!”—In
It has been shown to he fitted lor all classes and England, the principles of reform have # taken deep
FROM POULSON S AMERICAN DAILY ADVERTISER
The Fellenherg School, at Bolton, Bucks County,
Penn.
It is a remarkable circumstance that here, where
every pursuit, for giving health and vigor to the
body no less than to the mind, and that it is pccu
liarly adapted to the wants and actual condition of
American society. There has prevailed lono; since
a universal concurrence of opinion in all these par
ticulars, and vet. it has remained little more than an
untried object ofadmiration and speculation.
root, and are flourishing vigorously—A British
King has submitted the most important question of
his Empire and of his administration, to the people.
—A most manifest advance in the knowledge of
the rights of man and the principles of freedom, has
lieen made in the old world.—May it progress!!—
In .Isia and Africa, the Christian religion has ad-
At length, it is to he hoped, a fair experiment is j vanccd, and the Gospel continued to “be publish-
about tobe made, and in our own state. The School ed.”
District of Columbia, whose duties in maintaining : ^ 1C i &sue before Lo lett tiie city.
good order among its inhabitants, and protecting I itli tiie highest respect, your obt. s
A 1/-. tR n rs ■wr. rvt' 4-lvrv t iX v» rv pi 4 A ! . .1 n ^ A1* ^ fell.
the officers of the Government in the discharge ol
Ight, 17th June, 1831.
Sir: I have studied to disregard the abusive slan- .... , .
"ders which have arisen tlirou*Uso debased a source U.eir duUea cannot be unknown to vou.
..the column of the U. S. Telegraph. I have been liave <inl >' «’ aJa that, so far as 1 am informed,
content to wait C>r the full developement of what he f P<‘ rsons en^ed in pvm ? countenance to this
had to sav, until persons of responsible character business are officer* of the Government; exceptthe
>e brought forth to endorse his vile abuse of: * ate secretary ol VV nr.
should be
me and of my family. In that paper oi^ this even
ing is contained the following remark of my wife :
“ It is proved that the Secretaries of Treasury,
« and of the Navy, and of the Attorney General
u refused to associate with her.” *This publication
■ - N-pte
♦This is not fairly quoted. "We said:
“It is proved that tiie families of Secretary of rh
easuiy, and if i lie Navy, and of the. Attorney General,
La associate with her,—£d. Td.
I have the honor to he, respectfully,
Your obedient Servant.
S. D. INGHAM.
FROM THE GLOPE, OF UNE 2?.
The gentle .aen implicated in Mr. Ingham’s letter,
'b'eli' ve insert, have furnished us -with the call made
<pun them hv the Prcsidont, and the several responses
• tade by each of them. It is .strange that Mr, Ingham
diUkiid charge men who have borne pure aud unsullied
To the Pf.esident.
servt
SMITH.
Mr. Randolph to the President.
■ Washington, 22d June, 18J1.
Sir:—In answer to your letter of this date, asking the
extent, of my participation in tire controversy lately pars
ed between Mr. Ingham and Major Eaton, and how far I
am amenable to he charges made by Mr. Ingham against
mein his letter of yesterday, I have to reply, that I had
:.o further agency in the matter than is shown in the coi-
respondence between those gentlemen, as published in
the Telegraph on Tuesday last. I >vas not with Major
Eaton more than ten minutes at any one time between V
and 3 o’clock on Monday, on which day the charge of a
combination for the purpose of assassinating Mr. Ingham
is made by him against me and others. I did not partici
pate in, rtor did I.kuow of any design to attack Mr. Ing-
at Bolt®, the healthful residence of Anthony
Morris, Esquire, is admirably situated for the pur
pose, arul under the general superintendence of
this amiable and accomplished gentleman, aided by
the known skill and experience ol'a man and schol
ar such as the Rev. Mr. Chaderton and B. M. Is-
mar, who is practically familiar with the Fellen
herg plan, with other competent teachers, we have
every reasonable assurance of its success, so far as
the ability bf the instructors is concerned.
The comparative advantages and disadvantages
of public and private education in a city and in
the country, have ever found their respective ad
vocates alike zealous and confident. It is yet, and
perhaps will continue to be a debateable subject.
It cannot be denied, however, that in a city, the
temptations to pleasure and to vicious pursuits are
more numerous and powerful, and that the simple
and healthful aliments and the pure and wholesome
air of the country deserve a decided preference.
For exercises in the open fields and rural employ
ments, we are beginning to substitute gymnastics,
for the body confessedly requires care as well as
the mind. But are these suited to the strength,
the bones and muscles of boyhood? It is believed
that they are not, and so thought the Greeks and
Romans. It is known that they have in some in
stances produced disease and deformity.
On the Fellenherg plan, bodily exercise is ob
tained by simple, safe aad natqiqi ajeans, agriefe-
Of South America, we know comparatively but
little. Revolution has succeeded revolution in ra-.
pid succession, shewing an undifined notion of
rights, and a most unhappy state of society. Lib
erty has not been reduced to a system there.—The
liberator, Simon Bolivar, to whom history alone
can do justice—or perhaps, injustice—in the course
of the year, has “slept with his fathers.”
In “the land of the free and the home of the
brave”—our own dear country—strange things too -
have happened.—JWilliJication—poisonous, short
lived weed—like the night-blowing Cerus—sur
rounded with thorns—though not half so beautiful
—in a hot-bed, hitherto more congenial to the .
growth of true liberty—in a brief political night, \
unillumined by the glories of the “star-spangled |
banner”—lias flourished—and faded—and pensh- i
ed!—'Thus may every noxious weed of disunion per* 1
ish!—Our country has witnessed an uncommon de- l
gree of party turmoil—great political agitations \
have prevailed. The South has felt the injustice
and oppressions of the tariff—and yet has clung,
with ardor, to the Union—though the doctrine has
been openly avowed, that a separation of these States
would be a political blessing. The Amerioan Cabi
net has been dissolved, and the metropolis has ex
hibited a scene of qonfusion, unparallelled in the
history of our government.—On the bright side ot
the picture, much ^individual happiness and pros-'
perity have prsvafeU V[e hwenjov^ ag
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