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

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| BOTTS, LAST.
Tho ,.st copvulsiye spasm of the most unhappy
| ,ohn Minor Botts occurred at "Half Sink" the
u ultimn; and lis fatal result is TO be found IN two
columns and half OF that 1ery deesnl shset The
Richmond Wing Of The 25ih June. Those who de
sire TO be entertained amused or interested 10 Inns
spepec produc action of the Hon ex-member, can there
| mao, with IT, We can assure the "Charlies that il
is something exactly their own line and after then
own TASTEFUL Of vulgar and obscene aouse oil Inc
President and crowded TO overlooking win the most
shameful fasehoods and BALD assertions, as paiPaole
~ ,hnse made in NAV last by the gentleman under
ootb But we shall abstain from comments upon Mr.
Bots' diving mprccations, and as heretofore proceed
to treat whatever empty declarations ne mas made with
stern and indisputabe facts. Facts winch every one
friend foe must believe, ano @n'.n no ingenuity
or oribb!ing of Mr.. Bolts change The bold promi
nence Of or alter in the slightest degree-tdets which
Mace him high upon the lists oil the asscredaed, and
which fully enti,.e him TO position in the front ranks
of his illustrous associates hessrs Ewing " Co., the
uimmoral RETlRED.'
throughout his whole production, that The President
prepared the editorial articles which appeared IN our
columns in reply 10 his letter OF May loth last
The fact is that the President was at his farm in
Virginia when they prepared, ana 'hat ne never
wrote one word OF them saw one WORD Of them until
they were published in our paper.
Therefore, the assertion is false.
In The second place, MIR. Bolts asserts that the Pre-.
sdent mlsquoes the speech delivered by HIM in the
r. OF Representatives on the l0th Sept io4i and sub
stitu,es for il language OF his own
The fact j. that the President did not write the ar
tcles 10 which we have alluded and consequently did
not misquote his language.
Hence, the assertion Is false.
In the third place, in addition to the assertion just
ouoed he endeavors to make il appear that he did not
| denv having written the President q friendly letter
about The time he addressed the Coffee House letter
The fact is that, in the House of Representatives,
on the 10Th September, in reference TO ihls very nat.
tor he made use of the following language, at
had been said, that, al the time he had written
Thai letter. 1.-THE Coffee House le,er she had address,
ed another 10 the President in terms of the
affection and friendship. II was due TO himseto say,
tina, this assertion, come from whence it might,
an absolute faisehood.
The fact is moreover, in relation 10 this pen that
Mr. Bolts, after charging upon columns nisquo,a.
ton msre presents his own language Tor he substitutes
"On Tie same day' for sat the same time iii stands
in his Speech reported in the National INTEL gencer Of
the 10Th September, to which we refer The reader
And why did the now e1 member make this charge:-
Because he was attacked in the Nladsonian or having
made false declaration he himself Stats; and he
found 1t necessary To alter his speech, and polish il
altered, on the 23d September. Let any man compare
the two that Of September 10th and that Of September
23d, and he will find in the latter much added which
he did say the 10Th, and much suppressed which
he did say. He hob5ed out of the difficulty di the lat.
ter by changing slime into "day, and hoped to dupe
the public by the trick.
Ia these two respects, then, Mr. Bolts shanefuly
prevarcates.
In the fourth place. Mr. Bolts asserts that tie fac,
which we stated in reply to his letter of The 10Th
May last, and TO the charge which he made
against the President for defeating Mr. Randolph for
the Senate, is can unmitgated falsehood.'
The fact is, in his speech of September 10TH lS4l
he says: 1--WE give his exact words:)
"Let gentlemen roll up the whites of their eyes al
the accusation of peridy. He could tell gentlemen
who happened net to be familiar with President Tyler 5
past history that this the first time that pr6dy
and treachery had been charged against that gentle
man and proved upon him In 1927, he had been Go.
vernon of Virginia. John Randolph was then
ddae for the Senate. Mr.. deprecated all opposition
to his election, and declared himself ready to throw
himself in the breach sword in hand Yet tim. as
now, he had listened to the opposition party md by
means Of their votes had defeated his friend fe (Mr
Botts) was, to be sure, in position to reap the BENEFITS
of his treason and did not say much in the way of
complaint
He here distinctly declares, that (" he was, TO be
sure, in position TO reap the benefits of Mr. Tyiers
treason, did not say much in the way OF complaint
The inference is PLAN and palpabe, and in this Re
spect he has been guilty of the 'unmtsated faa-
hood
In the fifth place, he endeavors to make it appeE
that he had not attacked the President about VOL
folk nomination, by asking very innocently "wirD
did assai Mr.. Tyler for his piance Of that no.
.'.-.:....''' Lob, ois, a. N-.:~--i I-.eing~~..
Of the lUh september, lS4l, anu you Will lind nere
this language OF yours
ga similar charge of perfdy had been preferred
against him (Nlr Tyler three years ago" &c, a.
at rested on very similar ground to the present use
! Mr.. Tyler had been asked whether not he wuld
accept nomination from the party opposed to hf 10
f which it was said he had replied by expressing his
willingness to accept the nomination of any partyhat
would give it him. The effect had been uttery to
PROSTATE him in Virginia, insomuch that be coult not
get from the people Of that State the appointmn. of
Constable.
1 Call you not this an attack? And in this reject,
does it prove upon the Qubber the most shameful
prevarication
In the sixth place, Mr.. Bolts says that "tht merit
thing which appears in this pamphlet worthy of Dtice,
is letter from Duff Green for do not deemit in
cumbent me, have any inclination TO ntrfere
with the Cabinet squabbe to which the intermediate
portion of the defence relates
The fact u.s. that the very facts, and the only acts,
which lay intermedIately between Woofolk's etter
and Green's letter, the proofs of the fasty oil hree
infamous charges which Mr. Bolts had made aginst
the President. No doubt The gentleman did cnsi
der them worthy OF notice, and deemed it much better
skulk from proofs of his depravty than to eny
what paIpable and Impossible 10 be misulder.
stood or msrepresented
The first is, that the compromise clause inserted in
Mr. Cays bill was inserted for "the express emf and
aim Of reconciling the President TO the BILL" as h
serted in his speech OF September TO- lS4l-forpeling
the fact that on July 23d, 1884, when Mr.. ella, Of
tered that compromise, he distinctly declared "ht he
did not know-had not sought, and did not with to
know, the opinion of the President in respect tt the
&c proposition"
The second is, setha the President declared he in
f &C tended holding 10 the Presidential Chair for
3 sc twelve years, though Mr.. Bolts makes The Pes
dent, in the next BREATH surge upon him the support o.
:" Mr.. Webster for the purpose of making him MIR
Websterl the strong of the South for the Pre-
sidency, IN opposition TO Mr. Cluy;" and
The third is, that he President never made propo
ston 10 his Cabinet in good faith. be a candi
date for The succession" The falsity of which Il
proven by Mr.. Webster's certificate appended to the
Presidents statement.
We would suggest to the gentleman, that there il
something more than cabinet squabble" in this
TO make use of your own expression, say, "lry
back, MIR. 1otts"
In the seventh place, Mr. John Minor Bolts asserts
'that Mr. Wharton was witness of his"
The fact is, he called upon Mr. Wharton on the 10th
Of May last to testify to his statement about the Pres
dents remarks at Brown Hotel in relation TO Bank
the u s., aud in reply to to this CALL Mr. Wharton gives
his testimony. But the very instant that Mr. Wharton
appears by his letters to the President be poor vii
who would sell his soul for mess Of pottape as Mr.