Port-Gibson herald., 1843-01-19
From the National Intelligencer.
TO THE EDITORS.
Washington. Dec. Is, 1912.

ished lelcF ~ lllS tAoli' oA4 1oti
l.sn' ~ Secretary Of War, dated the l9tt
4 ~ October last, and addressed tc
n, N LEWIS X. FAULKNER and others
y - which are contained charges and
inootations = upon the late Cabinet o.
N1 M Tyler, Of which vas memoes. l!.a.
| regret the necessity which opigu, y =
~ to this course, and engage ~ ,so : -
sn;r;t II of controversy, but from 9 ss,'sr .to,.
sFs,rbat sF',.bt i due to my own clarac1ei @
and 10 the true history fatter q tae II con-
lions ion referred to in that lettef' - -
Tins the following passages; e
~, .In proofoftbe absence OF al sen.Shs
..,,rnsfeG. Or ambitious motive on the
ln.g' q tbe president in the course
P1l' p;.b IL convictions Of duty prompted,
T,1 nv now advert 10 fact long known
-, ~ ubieb has been promulgated in
~ =, 9cu.papors Of the day, youehed for
~ = = least one Wing editor. stated by
y FepresentatiYe !, in Congress from
massachusetts, il 4 speech lately dcliv-
ale5 II Newburyport, upon authority,
III n9 hitherto not denied. That fact is,I
~, tbat pre,ious to returning the second
hank s bin to Congress with his oblec
sons ii full view Of the assaults to be.
made upon him, and with the purpose
orremoying all cause Of agitation as
roll Il to secure himself against unjust
;nn,raiions, the President submitted to
Il, then Cabinet whether he should, in
~ message then about to be transmit
IA 10 Congress, announce a resolution
,o retire from the public life at the ex-
riraIion Of the existing term; and that
a,ainst his doing SO all the members
III the Cabinet then present protested,
81 tie ground that such an annuncia-
ion would not have tie effect TO pro-
dpce peace or quiet, would not change
ibo direction Of faction; that no one
had right to expect such step from
lin. he had not been elected President.
and no obligation existed that should
interposc any barrier between him
and direct vote ofthe People.
sIn connexion, and yet in contrast
with the preceding, is another fact OF
an extraordinary character, which,
though known by many, has lately
been distinctly promulgated. L is
sbadowed in 4 letter Of Mr.. Ewing's
ii tie statement by him Of a PROPOSE,
lion having been made to the President,
that the majority who had passed the
first bank bill would consent to post
pone the second to the next session OF
if they could receive assuran-
ses in the meantime that no hostile
movement would be made on the part
1f the President. The full meaning OF
his statement has now been developed
by the declaration ola member OF Con.
gress that a message was carried from
the Whig leaders in Congress to the
President, 10 the effect thatif he would
engage not to disturb any members Of
his then Cabinet in the enjoyment O
their Offices, the second bank bill
should be postponed. The answer to
such proposition may be easily con.
The effect ot1hat proposition
was to prove the identity Of the mem.
bers Of the Cabinet whose places were
deemed in jeopardy with the hostile
of Congress, and il the design
vas to prccipitate matters, It was mos
oifcctual.
"You will require no aid to deter
nine which Of the actors in these
scenes exhibited lofty disinterested
patriotism. and which cvinced any te
aaeity for place or desire for power
These facts arc full of instruction, and
furnish key to many myseroCs trans
actions.n
To the statement and imputations
made il the above passages It is my in.
tention to reply as plainly and as briei'
y as | can.
shall endeavor to abstain from all
personal or intemperate remarks T.
is not nv object to assail others, but
to vindicatc my own conduct, and ic
Do that by a calm statement OF facts.
The first Of the foregoing para,
graphs Of Mr.. Spencer's letter relates
to the advice stated TO have been CIV.
en- BY all the members Of the Cabinei
"then present. at a certain meeting tc
which the President is said to have
submitted Che question whether he
should in the message (the Veto tc
the second bank bilD then about to bt
transmitted to Congress announce g
resolution to retire from public life a
the expiration Of the existing term.
So far as that paragraph might Bt
considered as duplicating me, It Is un
necessary / should say more than tha'
was not present at the Cabinet eer
lag referred to, end have no persona
knoWledge ofopinions which may have