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having done so but at the same time assuring you that I could not accept such an office constitutes an application from me then I grant you I made an application but in M other manner whatever- I connected myself with your cabinet as you know greatly against my will after having declined to do so more than once and in associating myself with your administration of the Government stipulated that I was only to remain in office a few months and that Gen H was to be minister abroad during your administration. of the Government if he so desired- I recollect mentioning to judge Jones of the Supreme Court who was at your house on the day I consented to go into your Cabinet that I had made it a sine quo non that Gen H. was to hold the place he occupied- I was informed by Col Love of this city about the time I resigned the office of secty of the navy that he was credibly informed that you contemplated recalling Gen Henderson I stated to him it could not be unless Gen H. had requested it that I had made it a condition on associating myself with your administration that Gen H should remain where he was if he desired to do so I called on you and stated what I had heard from Col. L & you denied any such intention I am aware that you had offered the appointment of secty of War to Gen H. immediately after his return from Europe and of his declining to accept it and your having requested him to accept the appointment of secty of state through two senators Viz Messrs Burton & Everett who it was understood particularly represented your views and wishes in the senate- It was stated to Gen H. when he mentioned that he understood You had already named Judge Lipscomb to the Senate for that place that that circumstance should be no impediment to his re- ceiving the office If he would accept it- Is it that your hate for that elevated and good man occasioned by this circumstance caused you to wish to break up the warm attachment which you knew we bore recip- rocally for each other that you attempted to create the breach between us that an assertion of my sanction of his recall as minister would naturally and justly produce- or was it because you could not use me about the 1st. of april 1840 to consent to advocate Burnets election to the presidency, and that I had spurned aily further intercourse with you declarinl? that you had attemnted to use the patronage of the Gov. to controul my vote and influence at the election of President. I never heard of my having applied for the office of minister to France until I said "Aristides" and I know I never made such an application and your note forces me to say that such an imputation is so unjus- tifiable and wanton that the declaration on your part that I solicited the appointment of Minister to France must be a dream- That I solicited to associate Col. W. with Gen H. or to ajd him in any man- ner in my power to become connected with our foreign affairs is true- Which I believe would have been done but for Mr. Saligny's inter- position-did this manifest a disposition to see Gen H. recalled under any Circumstances unless it was his expressed wish- I feel compli- mented at your gratuitous declaration that you con.sidered me un- q'IJ,(J,lified for the office for which I never applied and will remind you, that I had filled for more than a year a station more distinguished that the one alluded to- and on resigning the office of Secty of the Navy you wrote me a note saying that when my private affairs would
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