Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-07-04

: Albeit aea'ns; NY conscience and my soul
" Cousin Of buckingham and sage gave men
+" since you viii le fortune nn my back
=" To bear ncT burden wteer viii OF no.
" But if black scandal f,ul.iaced reproach
= Attend The sequel Of your imposition,
" our mere enforcement shall eciuiitance
g From all the impure biots and stains thereof;
" For God, ne knows, and you may partly sre
" How lar am itom the desire oi this.'
Here, then, we have the testimony Of Mr. Green and
the admission OF Mr.. Tyler, that although he had
early 10 April, The sub ect of declining re election
nnder eoaSsder0on al the suggestion Of some Of his
irencs yet the reasoning OF MIR. Green upon the
folly oil such step was if not convincing at least
SO captivating, that it had operated like charm and
uncer It's influence lie had determined to hold him
sell IN position, which, 10 this day. has never been
aoantoned-ese why is he candidate now? If his ad-
h'ns'fat'oh had oeen POPULAR and he had been called
on by the people, there mig have been some show Of
reason and propiety in his present a.titude-bu for
man who W universally detes,ed and denounced who
has no chance against any competitor 10 get one single
electoral district IN the broad limits Of the Union 10 be
still candidate and to have chcnoed his deter,
m'na,on on that point, from the time of Mr. Green's
persuasion in April 4l-to publish that letter 10 dis
prove that he contemplated such thing in June lS4I
paTlakes Of something more than a mere absence of
Judgment and good il is nothing sor, of lunacy
itself!
With Mr.. Whartons letters, which next follow.
shall not nterfere-the first is marked confidential
lis publication, and the To which the two refer,
leave TO be settled between the parties Mr. Whar.
very important fact In speaking of the conversation
at Browns Hotel, where many persons were present.
sad MY impression s, that Mr. Wharton, OF the
Wheeling Times, was one of them, though will not
say, with Certainty, that he there the time OF
the conversation, they were constantly passing i'm
and out of the room-he speak for himself, if this
should meet his eye" did moi call upon hin, as
witness, and he might have announced that he was
not present at the tme, without involving me in the
slightest difficulty but, the truth is MIR. Wharton de-
testify L.
that had saId-and il until he was called on
by one or citizens Of Wheeling through his own
paper, that he stated What had transpred in his pre-
sence, which | shall presently contrast with Mr..
Thompsons leter-but it is both ridiculous and con.
temptlbe to speak Of Mr. Wharton as ready tool of
mine. We are strangers to each oher-I never saw
him but twice-once in 1882, when passing through
Wheeling in company with Mr.. Tyler and again, on
the 3D. OF March, ~, in Mr.. Tylsrs room and there
only tor few momen,s-nnd should not know Mr.
! Wharton II | we're TO meet him at tins moment
| And now Games the letter of General Waddy
Thompson, Minister Penpotentiary TO Mexico an
old associate and intimate friend, who feels it to be
ms daty also to write, bfoye he asked this
of Power, 10 testify as 10 conversation between Mr.
Tyler and himself, Mt which he says was present,
when he says he gave the substance Of his impress.
sons derived from that conversation 10 me as We left
his room together. And if he felt to be his duty
volunteer his testimony TO Mr.. Tyler, in consideration
OF the Office be held at his hands, he should have
ecollected that washs dufy for reasons that he may
understand to withhold that testimony until he
certain Of his facts, before he attempted by his ev-
dence to place me in embarrassing stuaiion-ard
before "tIi.s supple act oil Iusuce done TO Mr.
Tyler, he should have assured himself that he did not
do injustice to another, WHO was ten times more friendly
20 him than Mr. Tylerever
] 1 do not believe Mr.. Thompson capable of fabrica
ting such tale is told in that letter-and yet he
states what certainly did not | do not know
| what conversation passed between himself and Mr.
Tyler, on the occasion referred 10. do not recoect
even 10 have seen Mr.. Tyler ard MIR. Thompson pre-.
sent together unless was on the occasion oil the din.
given By political friends Congress, TO the
members of the Harrisburg Convention, their re-
turn through Washington.
! do not doubt Inn, Mr. Thompson held such
ve.saton with Mr. Tyler but lie is mistaken as 10 my
having accompanied him there, as 10 my having
heard such conversation between them, as TO his
having made such remark to on leaving the room
He has evidently mistaken some body else for me.
very well conceive, that MIR. Tyler would
have been lees communicative such subject 10
Mr. Thompson, than be would have been 10 me-and
| | have difficulty in believing, that such q man as
Mr. Tyler bas since proven himself 10 be, would even,
on the day. have held Sc, Of opinions at one
hour, and another get al another hcurbut hardly IN
the presence should think
Now fer few facts that will set this matter straight.
/ | was called home early in the month Of February.
/ Al, by severe domestic affection, and did not return
to Washington until the 2nd day of March, and was
them by consequence, but day prior 10 the lnou-
sNra,ion which must have been the day which the
conversation between these gentlemen occurred, az
Mr.. Thompson says il was before the Inauguration OF
General Horrisou-and as MIR Tyler and myself
reached Washington in the same boa, the night of
the 2nd, so that II must have been the third of the
month, and the same day On which Dir. Wharton says
! he present, the occasion referred 10, when
Mr. Tyler was asked whether, in The event Of lie in
the Senate, he would give his casting vote for or
| against Bunk-to which he replied, substantially,
.sln that event. Sir, shall give my vote, regardless
Of opinions, expressed and acted upon, when was
the Representative of Virginia, in favor Of charter.
! When was the Representative Of Virginia, acted in
accordance with what believed to be the wishes of
my conciituents-t am now the Representative OF the
whole Union, and relieving, that large majority Of the
people, atthe last election, expressed themselves in ia
vor of United States Bank, shall, if called on,
rote fer charter"
did no, remain in Mr.. Tyers room tha. morning
more than twenty minutes, during which time do
not think Mr. Thompson was present, and if he were,
il is moi likely that he would have expressed, in that
short Time, sentiments directly opposite, in the PEE
scnce Of the persons. But To show et farther,
that Mr. Thompson is mistaken in the individual who
accompanied him, and to whom he made his remark
leaving the room lie, upon whose mind 60 positive
conviction "Hrs left" by what had fallen from Mr..
&; Tylers own lips-in five weeks after, immc-
diaely The death Of General HARRISON, wrote TO
to know what thought Mr.. Tyler would do that
and other suhjrcts-sermins rather 10 rely upon my
opinions than what Mr. rs Ter himself had told him.
La my letter Of April 2iih, reply 10 his enquiry,
say "Dont lie afraid of Mr.. Tyler he will do all
TIM, desire end vii! retain al! OF his present Cabi
net. He will make very good and vir,uous Pre-.
s dent, for he is in lie mcs, enlarged sense gentle
man, and is with Us in principle, and being now the
Representative Of the nc,ion Will look beyond the
limits Of Virginia for his text book, as haze a. from
his 't0pn lips
To that letter, Mr.. Thompson replied on the 9th of
| May, in which he saya:
81 know Tyler, and know what you say Of him is
true Blu, | had fears certain poin.s, which 4 an.
giad 10 beiifrc ,euhOut foundation
Now !, b. all probable that, if Mir. Thompson
myself had been boil! p;.scnt OF such interview
With Mr. Tylrr, when 'Els pOsitioe conriea0n' was
made on his mind, that lie would veto Bank bll-he
had communicated that conviction to me, that in few
We ks afterwards he would have written 10 me
know what thought he would d., and upon an
surance from me that he world DO all We wanted htn
d. and would lock beyond Virginia for his textbook
(cf course upon his question: as had it from his own
lIps-that he would readily have yielded 10 another
postice ccnreion that his fears were without ounda
i3D when those fears had been created by what he had