The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-24

as We found II asserted In hunuteus VI 'n' o
ira Wing sheets) committed by MIR. Bolts, oil
Virginia. We treated Mr.. b. as one having |
committed the dishonorable act OF divulg'ng the
private and confidential conversations at the
Presidents freside, for the purpose OF inJurng |
the President. We append the story OF the
private conversation as we find it in the Wing |
papers, in all parts of the Union;
"INTERESTING SCENE AT THE WHITE
HOUSE.
Mr.. BoTTs-(peaking kindly MIR. Tyler, you
are in position that affords you an opportunity
of relieving yourself from pecunlary endorsements
and making yourself comfortable for the rest OF your
life think, by living in plain, Republican, style, |
you support the dignity OF your station for about
$40 900 year and, at the expiration OF four years.
you retire with snug little fortune OF S6O0oo
| Mr.. TYLER-(eooily THAT may all be true; but,
Mr. Bolts, why do you limit me to four years!
Borrs-(in surprise why, sir, you are acquaint- |
ed with the principle" upon which the Wing party |
came into power We are surely pledged to carry |
out the one term principle
an eIeciionesring piedgs-the people wont think of
that now-and re rciu not be expected to redeem It =
Enter Mrs. Robert Tyler- My dear, Mr. Bolts
talks of limiting 10 single term! What do you
think of it,
Mrs. TYLER.-Why, pa, you know have talked
that matter amongst ourselves and pe all agreed
that you should serre t,co terms am sure don't
see The necessity Of az aiing the question again
This rich scene IN the political and domestic drama
is given the authority of MIR. Gibbons, and re-
lated by him in his late speech at the Philadelphia
Museum
1t will be seen that 1t is "given on the au- |
thority of Mr.. GIBBoNs," who repeated it at the
"great indignation meeting" in Philadelphia,
on the 10th September, few days after
the removal of Jonathan Roberts 1t is said
Git is true the Wing papers say it) that
several thousand indignant merchants, Bank
Directors, &C., were present on the occasion
and doubtless all of them listened with delight
TO Mr.. Gibbons repetition of the private con-
versation between Mr.. Bolts and the President
and one of the ladies OF his family. AT all
events it was caught up by the Wing press in
every state in the Union, and was doubtless
made use of to operate on the elections.
In the Richmond Wing of the twenty- first
Of October, we see card on the subject, dig
nified BY the signature beneath of the veritable
MIR. Bolts himself Mr.. Bolts copies the article
that appeared in this paper, and at the end of il
exclams:
"And yet, strange it may appear, have never
yet seen the story myself"
| True, it does appear strange. We venture
to say that every other man, woman, and child,
in the United States, in the habit Of reading the
political papers, had seen it long before the 21st
OF this month. But we will not detract from
the force Of the solemn asseveration. The pub
lie must decide between US.
ut has since been represented to me as it has been
told and appears in prnt-and if | am accurately in
formed, the story itself is incorrect"
II the story is not true, then, Of course, all we
have written condemnatory of Mr. Bolts. in
this case becomes gatory with our free con-
sent.
But how does it stand between Mr. Bolts
and Mr. Gibbons? Certainly very awkward
question OF veraclty arises between them. The
story is published to the world son the author
ity of Mr.. Gibbons" 1t is published in the
Wing papers. 1t was first made public on the
10th September. Its truth is denied by Mr..
!, Bolts ON the 2lst October, who asserts that he
) was not aware of its PRONUNCIATION before.
These are facts for the People. Doubtless eve
ry reader will make his own comments.
Mr.. Bolts continues:
Il have nothing to lose by telling the truth as it
occurred and as II seems 1t has been msrepresented
the Madisonan, instead of abusing me for what
never did, and never authorized to be DONE had bet
ter, by authority" call FIR the story it is and let
me tell it myself as it occurred"
True, Mr.. Bolts has nothing to lose by telling
the truth that is as tue as the Gospel.
If MIR. Bolts was misrepresented, it was the
Wing press, not the Madisonian, that did it.
This, Mr.. Bolts himself dare not deny. We
copy the tale as We find it in the thousand
Wing journals. We waited some days to give
Mr.. Bolts an opportunity to contradict it, if
false. But no contradiction came In the
mean time it was producing al injurious effect
against the President, and doubtless was sub
Ject OF modification to his daughter. Hence
we took it up and commented on it with the Sc
verify which we thought it merited, and our
comments caused its instant suppression
We cannot authorize any man "by author-
~" to dishonor himself We have no power to
reverse the rules of society. Mr.. Bolts may, if
he pleases ,dvulge his private conversations with
the President. AS far as the President could
be affected by them, we have no objection to their
being made known. We have no more autho-
rty TO give Mr. Bolts permission 10 publish con-
fdential conferences, than we have TO authorize
him to take arsenic, cut his throat, or hang him
self-be may do either if it SO please him and
we wish it distinctly understood that we do not
deprecate Tin political point of view any of
the above acts.
1 MIR. Bolts concludes thus
4 " The character Of this piece of defamation tho
no worse than a thousand other lies they have pub
lished about me- is such as might if moi