The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-05-20

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suits referred to, with the exception OF Cols'ns SUM-
which, believe, was some year aner"afda oo"'
promised. The fact is, that the whole srfanse "e"'
enured /, the benefit Of my fathers estate 10 whose
creditors had paid inconsdersbie sums OUT "
my own very limited resources. was Per'ee",
ready upon the death OF Lghlioo, 10 have adJus'eo
the whole matter with Mr.. Christian, the Executor
Of Lightfoot upon liberal terms, may fairly be M
ferred from the answer of the Executors but IN CON
sequence of objections made TO the bond, by those
interested in the estate, upon what believed To De
untenabe grounds, brought suit, with the view
TO challenge inquiry in the Superior Court OF
Charles CITY, and recovered a verdict aud judg-
ment, upon which no execution was issued for
a year and day, and upon which no execution
was eper intended 10 be issued. An original Chance
nv suit in the nature Of bill OF discovery was
brought, to set aside the judgment, and for other
purposes, which has been pending ever since, until
those interested under Mr. Blakey, and some others,
agreed upon fair compromise, the obligations %
,phieh Ihape discharged, while with others, who stood
in fduciary character, hare settled in tuH, with
view to pat an end to controversy, which seemed
to be almost interminable. The probable duration
of Lgh,foots SUITS had he lived, may be conJectured
decide whether my proposed compensation was UNI
reasonable, But, be that il may, It was in the
place of voluntary offer made to me Of larger
sum at my Office, and in the course OF my prac-
tce, without any single word or suggestion from my
SELF other than have stated, the voluntary tender OF
fee not in the form of money, but IN that OF bond
made by person who desired to be my client--a
person VIII Sc capacity TO enter into such bond was
endorsed by his late guardian and brother-inaw Mr.
Blakey, who deemed his I" idiot card"-Q use Mr.
Bolts language without meaning to adopt it)-capa-
BILE Of making a good conveyance for his whole es-
tate. have never been able to conceive The ground
on which Chancellor Taylor declared the bond void
That decree pronounced by that Judge, many
years ago. when he was in the decline OF life, and
after he had been visited by severe paralysis aud his
decision was never enforced. As to Mr.. Leigh's
note CT argt,nent which MIR. Bolts states part IF the
Record, it states the bond to lie fraudulent as any
transaction is in law, if against law, although not a
PARTICLE of moral faint may be connected with it.
bond at a horse card table, would probably
fall under this rule, and although fairly won and fair
ly executed, would be avoided IN Court of Chance
ry as fraudulent. Heaven however, forbid that any
man should be assailed for moral obliqui,y, because
oil Inc arguments Oh COUNSEL ulHlCult1 WHICH IL
seemed to me had to encounter in the case the
statute of Virginia it then was, limiting an Aitor-
ney's fee to Is shilngs, and which declared all
bonds taken by Attorney for certain suits in Court
to be void, if taken for larger amount and yet, no
Attorney of any grade would have assumed the re-
sponsbilites of such undertaking that with
Lighlfoot for sum falling much short, if at all, of
that for which undertook
Since this has been in the courts, it has been
tried by jury in the county of Charles City, who
gave verdct--called for about twenty-five
years in the Chancery court, both in Williamsburg
and Rchmond-must have been extensively known
ia all its facts, and might have been known 10 MIR.
Bolts for all that time, if it had suited his purposes
to have gone before las, fall TO the chancery Office to
make inquiry. In the mean time have been elected
by an almost unanimous vote, by the people Of the
very county where the tried, and the facts
made known, to the Legislature for several success
si,e years afterwards Governor of Virginia more
than once; twice Senator in Congress then to the
Virginia Convention then with unanimlty to the Lee
bs shas if isny vice President Ct the Ini.
ted States; and should mos, probably have escaped
MIR. Bolts anmadversons, and those of his a.,oci-
ates and allies, Il, in violation Of my oath TO support
the Constitution, had given my approval to q Bank
OF The United States. | leave this matter now for
him and then. TO make the most of il tina, they ran
All have TO say to Mr. Bolts, in conclusion is that
should be think proper TO advert TO the subject again
hs better way will be to give the public the entire
record, particularly my own answer, the answer of
Llghtfoots executor, and the Commissioner Bakers
special statement made at my request He had bet
ter exhibit the record than swear to what il con-
tains, after the hagran, missatcments-a uninien
ionai, d. ubti,ssto which he has sworn shall GER
tainly be drawn into no controversy with him, nor
will be with those with whom on friendly terms
have adjusted this whole subject.
As TO other statements made by Mr. Bolts in the
publication in the Wing, and which arrsign the cor
rectness OF my political course, shall hand over
most probably, TO the editor of the Madsonian for
publication, certain papers which may be calculated
10 throw some light upon the extraordinary statements
founded upon the still more extraordinary memory
Of MIR. John Minor Bolts, and should | do so
hope, Mes'rs. Editors, you will give them place in
in your columns.
BE pleased to accept assurances Of my great re-
spect. JOHN TYLER
CnARLns CRY County, May Is, ls43
POVERTY IN THE CRY OF NEw YoRE-A sta,ist; |
cal account Of the applications for aims at the Com
missioners office in New York, between the Ist Of
January and he LET Of L.,