Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-06-08
Mr. Bolts and the President
From lhe Riehmond lYhlr.

pears at large 10 the Enqurer 10 reply to
Mr.. Bots letter, published last week.
II will be seen, that Mr.. Tyler, with
singular infeIicity takes issue with Mr.
Bolts, on only one point, and that one OF
recori, and susceptible of record proof
Mr.. Bolts, accordingly supplies the evi.
dence, in the annexed communication:
To the Editors Of The Wing:
BY the appearance Of communica-
ton, in the Richmond Enquirer. Of this
morning, from the pen Of Mr.. Tyler, il
becomes necessary that shouli, again,
pres nj myself before The Public. No,
10 make war upon him, but to defend my
self from another most grave and serious
charge which be has brought against me,
Of iaslying record and tina, upon oath.
One thing, however, | may at least
congratulate myself upon, aod that is,
that Mr.. Tyler IN his communication
makes no denial of any other part OF my
whole letter, than that, shich | am pre-.
pared to sus,aia by the most conclusive
evidence which is nothing less than the
Record itself.
And here let me remark that have
no more taste for these newspaper con-
troversies than Mr.. Tylr himself, altho'
my position for the last few years and the
assaults that have been made upon me,
have rendered it unavoidable, that !
should either have embarked in many
more than were grateful to my feelings,
or else submit in silence 10 the most un !.
jus, imputa.ions, that the violence and
malevolence of party spirit, could invent
And in the present instance it must be
known, that for the last two years have
subjected myself to harsh and und served
censure, for the violence of my political
Hostility to Mr.. Tyler, and denunciation
Of his tfeachery, rather than disclose the
occasion and the circumstances, that
would at any moment have plead my ex.
cuse and justification. And il was not
until full disclosure had been invited by
Mr.. Tyler, by his authority given TO the
Madsonian, to pronounce me base fab
ricator and liar, that was obliged either
to submit, TO this charge, going the rounds
Of all tho Democratic and Tyler papers
10 the country uncontradicted, or Of meet.
ing it IS | did, by full develoEement OF
all that had occurred leading 10 our sepa-
ration MS personal and political friends:
between the two could not hesitate or
doubt for a moment.
Now to Mr.. Tyler's communication OF
this morning, and | shall pass over all the
special pleading of county court aitor-
ney which he employs as TO fact whether
Ligh,foot was his ward or the ward of his
father, whose representative he was. and
out OF whose estate the sum he acknow-
Lodges to have been due from his f,iher's
estate to L;ghtloot, which would otherwise
have gone into his own pocket, Tia part,
a, least and come to the gist ofthe ques.
ton, by which il will be seen whether The
statement which | have made is sustained
by the record or not; and in the first
place must remark that Mr.. Ty Ter mis-
quotes and pervets my language! ] did
not say, as he repres mis- me to have said +,
that he had "obtained bond by fraud
from his idiot ward" &c. for ia this mat
ter n ither meant TO affirm or deny the
correctness Of the argument, nor the jus.
tce OF the decision, though | had no
doubt Of either-but simply to give the
facts as the record exhibited them. My
language was, as he truly quotes it in an.
other part OF his communication: "When
il shall hare been charged upon me By the
most eminent aud honorable members ofthe
bar, and made a matter Of record, thu,
have obtained by fraud, bond from an
IDIOT ward, and that charge shall be sus-
tanned by the high court Of chanc ny in
Virginia, and shall be perpetuaIly en-
joined and restrained from ever realizing
the amount of my bond thus faudulently
obtained, from the estate Of con6ding
and unfortunate young friend, who look.
I'd upon me as his friend and second faith e
er, then il will be time enough for me to
shrink from such controversy" Now
here is the written note of argument filed
in court from the pen Of the Hon. Benja-
min Watkins Leigh by which it will ap-
pear whether the charge was made by
the most eminent and honorable membe s
Of the bar, as | have stated ii; having
italicised the portions of the argument to
which particularly Gull attention:
B'aFey d ais.
1s ss; Note ''s mt for P'''ff''
PHILIP JOHN LIGHTFOOT, an in.
FAINT, by George Bokey, his guardian, in
1915, exhibited bill in the Court OF
Cnanc'ry of Williamsburg against John
Tyler, ex'or of Hon. John Tyler, decd,
who Ind been former guardian Of plain
tiff. II appeared by an account Of Judge
Tyler's guardianship, settled by Commls.
sioners Of the County Court Of Charles
City, and exhibited with the bill, that the
estate Of Judge Tyler was indebted to
his ward 1929 60, principal; and the
bill claimed to surcharge this account.
Pending this suit, Lightfoot attained to
his full age, and then he gave his bond to
the defendant John Tyler, the ex'or of his
former guardian, for $500: this bord
was dated April II, 1919: and a, the
same time he agreed TO dismiss the suit
brought to settle the guardianship accoun,
Of Judg4 Tyler.
LighIfoot shortly after died and left a
will, whereof he appointed Ro. w. Chris
tian his ex'or, against whom John Tyler
brought sui. upon the bond for $500,
and recovered judgment.