Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-07-04
POLITICAL.
(F'om the Eiehmoad whis, June a5.)
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Captain iyIer It must he conceded that am kept To-
iefaoiy nusy-engaged in contested election with tie
one, which IS enough Of itself out the patience
OF JOB, and POLITICAL and think might say some,cha,
personal controversy with the olher-I am compelled
10 give my attention alternately to the two gentlemen
OUT regarding my controversy with the former far
The more important Of the two, and Mr. Jones as far
more entitled 10 my attention and respect, have not
though, proper 10 ABANDON until now, the business in
winch nave been engaged-to the risk of proracting
the contest referred o-to notice the ale production Of
MI which is entitled "a defence Of the President
oil Inc u D against the attacks Of MIR. Bolts and the
Clay party which has been distributed in pamphlet
form all over the country.
speak OF It as the production Of Mr. Tyler because
DO NOT choose 10 regard any of the ping reptiles
ABOUT h'n whose existence, like that of the snail is
only 10 - traced TO the filth and slime in which they
cra" Us ~ any manner responsible for the task that
may have been imposed upon them in dscharging the
duties OF an emanuenss. Nothing can be more mani
test, IMAM that If this labored defence has been writ
ten with hrs own hand, il has been prepared under the
Immediate eye OF Mr.. Tyler and by his dlrectons-and
tnat an ne supposed facts and circumstances have been
ufhsnea oy INN, and that he is responsible at least in
moral point OF view, for all of Misrepresentation, mls
quotation error aud lalsehood that il contains.
IL Is not my purpose or my duty 10 defend Mr.
Clay or the Wing party, from The foul caIumnes and
vulgar assaults of tbs ha,lucinated man Neither Mr.
Clay nor The Wing party stand in need OF any such
Vhoication Tor nothing that from so polluted
and depfavrd source, affect the or the other
and INT could the character ofnether would be worth
Preserving-nor am ! apprehensive either that am
TO De affected by any thing that Mr. Tyler could say
OF orect 10 be SAID for him, acting Prcsden; Of the
STATES, though lie be. Yet, do choose TO perm,
The basest misrepresentation and ialsehoods pass
uhe1Posfd and the ves ,urpitnde and depravity that
ever man was guilty OF, who claimed to associate with
gentlemen, to go unwhpt Of justice.
aVing thus announced my purpose, not TO enter into
n defence Inv he
each Inns pamphlet is rs much directed against me
snail necessarily pass the larger portion Of it,
and confine myself strictly 10 much as has direct
reference TO me-and here let remark, that if Mr.
Tyler really believes that have any ambition he
says, to be engaged in conflict Of this sort with him.
ne either not believer the science of Phrenoory
or he has no knowledge OF the chronological develop
menls OF the organ of self esteem to be found en- the
crown oi my head for | declare, that regard il as
about az Improbable and humIliating controversy
any gentleman could embark in; 10 irample him 20
the ground would sink him no lower than he already
IS, IN Inc estimation all but the vermin that crawl
around HIM IN search of The crumbs that fall from the
Executive table
1t IS not my fortune 10 have ready witnesses 10 come
to my aid, VINO feel 1t 'ther dnty TO certify me out
OF trouble, and TO volunteer their unsought les,i
mony,
And crcok The pregnant hinges Of the knee
That thrft may follow fawnns"
No nor do | want ihem-or stand in need of them
truth, PLAIN, simple, unvarnished and unadulterated
TRUTH is The weapon that employ and with il will
beat down the united and combined strength of a legion
oil witnesses, whether they be the dependents, or ex
pee'an,s and hangers ON OF Presidential pnwer-and
before conclude this article will show that he has
has defence been guilty. no, only Of degree of folly and
stupidity discredable 10 his weak ,n,nd but
OF the lowest dlre-i and basest meanness and false.
hood that man conld commit; such would consign
any individual, s,rpt of power to depth of in!any
from which he conld never emerge.
pass all those little scrans of Editorial compl-
,nens, paid him at The time Of his elevation to office
collected and preserved IL seems, with great from
the columns OF the most respectable Wing journals
winch al once excited his vanity and PRIDE lie would
not hare thus preserved them, with the single remark
that there could have been furnished stronger
dence Of his unwo,lness, than that these jour
nails, thus inclined 10 take him by the hand and exalt
HIM IN The estimation OF the public should have
found good cause to change their opinions, and with
one voice 10 dennunce him in harsh, unmeasured and
emb,;isnd terms 1t is unnatural TO suppose that this
general, universal change Of opinion, the part OF
all who were pre-disposed 10 sustain his reputation
and elevate his name had been effected without good
cause.
Suppose The character Of an individual TO be under.
going he severes scrutiny before Court, and host
OF witnesses are introduced who testify to his
thiness and depravy and declare him be al,ogehe
un worthy Of confidence and credit, nssaIl him with
harsh Names and accuse him Of Infamous offences -
would The individual, if he were Of sound mind,
peel escape the influence ofther testimony by DIS.
closure OF the fact, that these Gere, in early life
his best friends and most disposed that time 10 de.
md and protect his character and his fame, bat had
since abandoned him To his fate, because ne had beay
ed traits Of character then unknown, which had de-
pryed him OF their respect? Yet such is the charac-
Ter II this defence If he had shown that these who
now heap obloquy upon his name, had been pfejudcrd
against him, and had been in The habit, sys,ematica-
linz u,t1 m i.h Ii,ao Io,,r
on or respect Of any decen! portion of those who
;e;alGed no such unfounded pejudices, them indeed
his defence might have carried pausIbility, If moi
force along With thu! not SO Nor, while he has
forfeited The esteem Of his old friends, has ne had the
GOOD fortune TO secure that of his former enemies
the only support or countenance he any where re
ceiyes, that which is either already purchased and
mid for or that which IS in The market ready for sale
Passing this by, then, we find, first, among the pa
pers promised by MIR Tyler, in his reply, through the
,ns,rum lay Of which such awful and annhliatine
de yelopmenls 10 be made, The old "Cotee House
Letter. it was called, coupled with another IRON
me 10 him, bearing date August l0th lc4l-whch
81 lar from disclosing any thing not know before, wal
rubIs!ed by me IN connection with, and IS part
INV speech on the second Veto, delivered I'm thu
House of Rep!esen!atves) on The loii September
1871. and published in The National lntelligencer o
the 23rd September, lS4l-as well as IN panPhle
form. and extensively circulated.
Nv the publication Of this last letter OF The 10th
August which il intended By him should be regarded
"a rs first introduction to the public, the attempt u
made 10 convict me Of declaring TO wfnl and deli
hsra,e un,rulh in the House, the course OF tina
s,erch-by what means, vii! presently appear
Immediately after these two letters, we iind these
remarks, which follow:
+" Here let Us compare the first and second picture
.. presented by alr. Bolts with his after declaration
made in his speech in The House of Represe NATIVE
:. upon the second Bank Veto In the first place, II
:. that speech he den'es having written The PresIdsn
friendly letter about The time he wrote The Collie
House letter, and declares that the assertion TO TIN
I. effect is falsehood. The date of The one Is Au-
!. gus, the lGif-and the other August 10th. 10 th'
one, he swears he will head the President-in The
other, he declares himself 10 be 'ciM unaffected sun
Certify his friend Upon this point, then, it appears
that Mr. Bolts has deliberately and knowingly de
clared 10 en- untru.h.
Now, lie, it be borne in mind that my speech, t.
which he here refers and from which he Processes 10
have taken the denial above quoted, was before HIM
and that from il he has made, the course OF his "de
fence, full and copious extracts, and let ms see VIVA
did say in reference TO this subject en- that occasion
and whether did deny having written him friendly
letter about that time, when actually read IN The
House, and after published part of that speech
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