Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-10-26
TO ruK sprrons or rnE WING.

Having seen letter from Mr. Wise to Mr.. Bolts
published in the whis and National lntelligoneor,
short time since, upon the subject OF Mr.. wise's
remark in reply to Mr.. Thompson. of Indiana, re
speeding the opinions Of the President upon tho sub
leet OF a Bank, in which he says-hc only ex.
pressed 1t, as his opinion, THAT from Mr. Tyler.
mas, course, and from the whole of hi, public
life, that he would never sgn any hill establishing
| a National Bank"
confess did no, see any reason for the letter. az
II is presumed that neither MIR. Bolts or any other
person understood it as any thing bu, his opinion
and in what attitude does it place MIR. Tyler, who
has constantly held out the idea OF his great ankle
~ to co operate with the Wings in the establish
ment of some sort OF Bank. and even now Leads
US to believe that he only objects TO the discoun-
| ting power without the assent Of the States when
| his intimate and confidential friend, rises in hi,
place, and declares it his belief that John Tyler
never iaisndsd TO sign any Bank billl What be.
comes Of all his professions and assertionsl IL Mr.
Wise don, suspect him Of dup!icity, he mus, have
a strange mode of forming opinions, truly!
But TO show that Mr.. Bouts was not singular in his
construction of what Mr.. Wise did saw and that he
assured at the tim. il he had said, what Mr.
Bolts aledgcd he said cut the following passage
from the printed speech OF MIR. Thompson, of Indi
ana, which send beneath, and ask TO have i, pub.
sh,d with this communication.
MIR. WISE rose and said, that he had always felt
perfectly assured that the President eouid not ,iyn
a Bank bill that IT he hal been walked up at any
hour Of the night, he would have declared his oppo.
slIion to a Bankl
Mr.. Tuonrsos continued. Would to God, MIR.
Speaker, the President had thought III so TO inform
US, at the commencement of the session. II nv
FwtaN.A foam mo, 81. 4
opinions, whv in the name of all that is pure, ele-
waited, dlsnihed, and honory Die IN public and i'm
private life, did he not, with good old Virginia fair
ness, frankness, and candor, avow them to us at
oncel Why all this su'terfuse and prevarication1
Does he gam any thing 10y such conceilment1 Ar.
the people supposed to he insensbe to the high
obligations Of public station, that they will lie con.
tent TO pass by, without notice or reprcach the con-
duct If that Executive, who, folding himself in tho
robes of accidental power, locks up his OPTIONS in
his own imperial bosomi To say the leas, that il
deserves SIR, is 1t not disns ous-almos, crimi
nai!y so-tha; the President has 50 long concealed
his real sentimentsl What labor, care and anxiety
would he have saved, II he had adopted the course
Which open and manly frankness dictates! But
what views did he entertain at the commencement Of
The session.
Ii MIR. Wise is familiar with the views Of the
President, it is supposed he Is, indeed, as il i.
known he is, what becomes of Mr.. Webster.
charge, sustained by MIR Ewing, tina, the President
would have signed the last bill but for Mr. Bolts
letterl What becomes OF the Madisonian's char.,
about "heidng the President, ard an organised op-
position TO him, and determination not to give him
such Bank bill as he could ssn1" What becomes
Of Mr.. WeJs:er's confident expectation that the
question yet be settled satisfactorily to the whis
pariy2-The truth is, Mr.. Wise is right: he knows
more Of the Presidents prva'e opinions and secret
movements than all Of them put together. He
never intended to sign any bill. He was playing
game OF 'hiie and seek" from beginning to end;
and there were others who knew as well a. MIR.
Wise, that he did net mean to syn any bl-buI
while Mr.. Wise chose support him in this course.
others chose denounce him for it-and there lies
the whole difference between the two parties.
Yours truly, sc.