Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-06-01
THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE L, 1919.

pr juliciBg me uOllc mnQ aRaiust Mr.,
/ Tyier--ahne can suppose that had any
such sign at the time his conversatioI
is sid TO have taken place; for was, al
that time, on trims Of tie slrlclest friend
ship and closest confidence with hun
ANXIOUS by every honor able means to ad
vance his views, rejoicing in his suecess,
and buoysnt with hopes of prosperity to
The country, resulting from what sup.
posed would be The policy Of his adminis
tratIon.
VIVA, Object could have had at that
tune; wi at purpose could have subs ~
ed IN trump NJ up such a tale as this a
gainst one, far my too ardent SUPP ri OF
wto ON, in the Leg stature ef Virginia, for
a seat in the Sen t., had incurred the
displtasure Of some # my best trends,
and ahenated the affrct OF some Of thu
best wings IN the State; aud to whom,
because beli-v, d t, he an honest and III
treat, d man, had adhered with a con-
stancy, tensciiy and zeal worthy ol bit
ter cause and better mani And vet
such was the impression M ade 90 my
m nd by the interview held that day with
Mr. Tyler, rs to his ultimate purpose to
run for second and tsIr9 i9f1m. which
was only to be accomplish d BY the de-
sirue,ion Of thu Wing party, that men
toned the conversation to several Of my
intimate friends on the same night Of the
day on which il occurred.
Atth7i time the Hon. VIM. c. Dawson,
and the Hon. Roger l.. G lmble and my.
sell formed a mess, ard 10 each Of them
| mentioned, 10 confidence, what had
transpued between MT. Tyler and my sell,
md expressed my apprehension Of the
result. % subsequent and perhaps to
some of them as early as the mex, day,
mentioned it confdenlially to my fiiznds,
the Hon. Willie p. Mangum, John j.
Crlttenden, and .hiuk the Hon. VIM S.
Archer, with all OF whom | was on terms
of the most fami liar Intimacy, besides one
or two Of my col eagues. To Nr. Clsy-l
b lleve never mentioned it, either until
The Veto Message was sent in, or untl il
was asce uained with certainty that it was
to come, when put him in poss ssion of
Mr.. Tyle's views of IL years term,
tina, h. might he on his quart.
! have not iine, before feel il neces-
sary to answer this "hy authority" attack
on my veracity, to write TO all or any f
the gentlemen above referred to, but if
anv one of III m d, not recoIect TO have
heard of this conversation substantially,
If not verbatim, as | have related il a.
bove, wish him to contradict ii publicly.
would efer that they should corroho-
rate this statement, if their recolections
accord with mine but knowing the re.
luctance with which many gentlemen ap.
p'ar in these newspaper controversies, !
will only ask, &c III y ubjec, to the oth-r
course,) that thy will contradict this
whole statement if they did not hear of il
long prior TO any rupture between Mr..
Tyler an myself.
This is the conversation which was al.
luded to by Mr.. Gibbons, Of Philadelphia,
last fall, in public address to The citizens
Of Philadelphia. An imperfect account
Of which hal reached Mr.. Gibbons, who
is stranger to me, aud which led TO
correspondence at that time, wien Mr..
Tyler was invited 10 autho ize publica.
ton of the whole conversation, which the
Madisonan declined Il suppose by author
ity) to give and which was referred 10
in the last canvass only at its close, after
it had been ment oned rep .a,edly by my
conn etitor, somewhat in spirit Of re-
buke, that had fallen ont and quarreled
with men IN power, "a charge from which
| entirely exnnora,ed him. because ii be-
came proper ia my own viudication. Ia
Shew that # had quarrelled with men in
poa0er !, was because had found men in
power prohigate and corrupt, and unwor.
thy of my confidence OF the support Of
the people; and at same time u shew
that could have hid no personal or sell
fish object in quarrelling with patronage.
honor, emolument, and reward, all Of
which attached 10 mrn IN power; and To
shew that il did quarrel with power, It
was because prefer d sacrifice my
paisonal advancement to a surrend r Of
my representative du'y and I'D lty.
| nigh, also here ADVERT 10 several pas
saaes TO be found in my speech on the
Veto, delivered in the Haus Of Repre-
sentaiives, at The extra session OF 1871,
in which al uson is made TO dis CONVEX
sa,on, as furnishing me with knowledg"
ofhis Tea,hary, and design 10 run for an
otter ierm-and in my ter "I'o the
Public" dated August 2lst, 1871, in ex-
planatinn Of The "CoGee House" letter,
distinct allusion is also made to it. For
example: After numer.iing many of
Mr.. lyle s acts, TO sh4w how FAR he had
mmtled himself to Whig policy. say
-" For MI. Tyler, who had done all this,
to BE- the first man to throw himself in the
path Of his friends, and make himself "a
stumbling block, and an obstacle to The
hopes, the en,rsaties, the demands oil
Nations happn' IS aud vel fir the fur-
pose Of promoting his oacn personal PoPi
lir,ty, did beiroy degree Of perfdy that
filed me pih Indignation and disgust"
'lf MT. Tyler chooses 10 call lor thu
reasons that brought m 10 the conclusion
that this wos his object, h. can have them.
am not now at libeuy to state them all. :"
And araio, remark in that letter, IN
hig official stltaoa had been nppermoa in
my mind, might haze betrayed my purity
and my friends and giren in my adhesion
to Mr.. Tyler's re election, and sustained
him in his desertioa." Vino can honest
lv dnnhi that | referred at that time h