American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1827-02-23
ROBERT DoUTHAT.

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good fortune 10 stand terms of perfect intimacy u,
you from the first of our acquaintance and, more ,D,
pecialy since you intimately acquainted with the l
ings and sentiments political Subjects which h,y, en-
tertaned since the origin Of Acquaintance Upon no
have you distinctly understood me, than in reaiou
the late Presidential election and the principal actors On
that interesting occasion. Te you made known thefu
Of my having written to MIR. Clay, in day two after
had done and with you along with many etheno
friends was my fortune. while differing in some measure
certain political TOPICS to avow openly, eien 6es.
sed whatsoever you may please Such destination .,
may give il viii entirely satisfy
Your friend and servant,
JOHN TYLER |
Ths we'll established responsibility Of the Editors
OF the Enquirer, renders any statement OF fact on
their own responsibility, worthy Of no,ice-,ud /
readily concede that il hsy fall into any error such
error would be purely uninlenienal. The sceoun
which Is given By them in their paper Of this morn
ing Of = conversatsn held BY enc OF them with N.
on the subject Of letter written by myself TO MI
Clay shortly alter the Presidential elecsn, is eatu
lated to make the impression that was disposed
complain Of MIR. Clay for the mere fact OF having
spoken Of letter prirate, it il trae. bat not conf
tdential-thus leaving The public at liberty TO ina
that ! had acted with concealmsnt, ard had kept
reserve q set Of opinions to be acted on when had
reached the Senate Chamber. am sure that such
could not have been, and was not the intention
Whateser regre. l may have experienced al IL,
degrees Of ynupsraton, as to which no man ri s,ns,
by can be wholly Indifferent, 10 which The Win
chester paragraph may have unjusty subjected m.
ye, had no righ, to complain Of Mr. Clay. andin
fact no possible motive, to do so, merely becaussh
had spoken Of letter not confidential. and the sen
timents OF which myself had over and over again
avowed, as those which honestly entertained. Nov
the circumstances attendant on that converslicn
were these-being in the lobby Of the H. .oi D,
| which, ut the time was somewhat crouded. Ce
| Gooch with whom ! had been 10 habits Of friendly
inlercourse, approac ached me and placed in my hand,
,hs Winchester paper containing the SO much tlf.
ed OF paragraph. have no precise recollection
the very terms Of the conversation. In conyersng
with one supposed TO be friend, do not iressur
up every syllable for future use. ] can therefor
only deny what did not say, il q manifestiy ialR
ascriptron is made to me, but cannot repeat The
precise words uttered. That man is surely TO be
envied whose memory is so acute and 10 retenliven
to retail with entire accuracy whole sentences po.
ken in conversation, under The circumstances al.
tsndans on this. In this instance can only speak
with perfect confidence OF the impressions made on
my mind from reading the Winchcstcr paragraph
hen Tor the hrst time seen by ms. From the sp.
parent eagerness with which he sought The inter.
sion that stood committed TO the Adminisralion,
and At the moment il also occurred 10 ms ihs, Mr.
Clay by speaking publicly Of the letter sought
create that impression with the public, and thereby
TO render all men opposed 10 the Administrator re-
served and distant towards me, and thus ulimatel!
10 cause me 10 sds with ths Administrations
this ascrlption am convinced was mistaken. and
! hesitate not to retract the imputaon.-My better
reflection advises me that his was entire
y natural in itself. and which any one placed in hN
situation would have been apt to have adopted. The
object then, with me in utterinR any thing 10 Col
Y. could only have been 10 remove from his mind
the impression Of my commitment; and the Ian.
guage used was to this effect: I" did write 10 Mr.
Clay abou, the time ol the Presidential Election--
The precise terms OF the letter do not now remem.
Der. but haze copy and uiH rfcur to it-bul, il
Mr. Clay thinks that he binds me to the Admins
iraion By breaking the seal Of private cerrespon
dencs Tor BY making public the contents OF my lslts
hs expressions are OF the same mport) that ein
be driven from my principles he deceives himself
The coldnesa OF my friends may repel me from
their intercourse, but nothing can cause me absh
don my principles" | further stated that II vaf
true should have voted for Mr.. Adams, MIR. Crsw
ford aside, but that tina. created obligation sustain
him aferwards-to which Col. Gooch as well a. J
remember replied" Virginia would have done
then tbs same thing, but not 80 now''-or that .
preference for Mr.. Adams At the time OF his cleo
lion cid not necessarily imply = preference for him
now" repeat could no, vouch for the precise
form OF expression. but that the object Of any re.
mark used by me, was a. above stated. am pos
tive, could have had no motive to speak Of itn
any other manner, since the TACT ,hst that letter h
been written had been made known by me to MANI
and my opinion, relative to Mr.. Clsy's conduct h'a
been divulged in instances wahou, number.
In adyertinR TO that letter, shall content myself
With stating its substance but if MIR. Clay shs sec
cause TO crafty the appetites Of newspaper Editof
he is az liberty TO publish IT, shall have cau'e
to complain Of it. 1t is then perfectly Tue, that J