Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-06-14
;DNEsDAY, JUNE II, 1919.
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FoR VIcE PRESIDENT,
JOHN DAVIS, OF MASSACHUSETTS,.
JOHN TYLER AND OUR LETTERS.

marked confidential and addressed 10y rs 10 Mr..
Tyler. when supposed hrm whig and an hon
est man. That they do MT express our present o.
piuions Of him. past remarks and tone very
clearly show; hut even when We rehec' upon has
betrayal Of the party that sustained i'm. and his IA
graft abuse Of the power placed his hands during
the two years that have elapsed since those letters
were written. we are not fully prepared Cor such
an evidence Of haseness his part the publica-
lion (uncsled ior-ns those letters prove nothing in
relation TO except that we were un terms Of ni
macy with MIR. Tyler, and therefore strengthen our
esIim7ny IN relation Mr. Bolts controversy)of pri
waite letters addressed to him. lis late coure Is
president has sunk HIM low in the estimation ofhon-
orahle men, but who, even among his most dec lded
opponents, ever believed that John TYLER, while
president ola great nation. would publish, vulunrlr-
ly, private letters from private individual upon
subj cts not connected with the puIlc interests, and
marked "cOafdential! 1t is considered, among
school.boys an evidence Of depraviiy and meunness
If spirit, to show communicate in any why,
confidential correspondence. and yet the president
# these United States has less keen Of han-
or than tho humbIesI school boy! How low has
country been sunk by the malice and Iepraviry Of
nan in whom she has Geposed confidence!
As to the substance Of those letters. there is
thing in them derogutory to our character moral or
political. when We cons der the time and circum-
stances under which they were written; but their is
Ia their very existence there that which should
make the cheeks OF John Tyler tingle and his heart
sink within him. When he look these Letters from
his desk. after having treasured them fer mYre than
Two years, To hand them To John Jones. lac mus
have thought, "hero is n who thought me hon
est. who saw enter the presidential chair with
confidence, and who would. had been honest and
faithful in the discharge Of my duties. have support
ed for election by The people for The office
which now hold. by the fiat of inscruiube
providence that my name might not go down to pos
rerIy with evidence Of the peoples disrusI upon
II. lie shielded me when others denounced me
he siroye TO calm the waters which raging
around me. 10 turn from me the sarcasm OF those
" ho had been disappointed by me, aud I-il only
when he saw me betrayIng every principle which
I Dad professed to hid, and now how | wind
ing uP the dramal by sac rIfcng III him, the only
ground on which | claim kindred with gen.
tIemsn-my personal trust aud integrity"
Ia Those letters themselves we inI very Lille 10
blame oursclf with, except the fact that we repo,ed
confidence IN man who is 50 devoid Of integrity |
'rd honor as MrTyler. however, much lhrse Gun
cIOus the worst motives themselves. and IherefTe
endiesI to arIri5are them To others, may see cen.
urable ia them. We ask the candid attention of
our readers for few moments u the conlens and !
The then existing circumstances. The FIST letter
was written, April 10. 1911. when Mr. Tyler hal |
just taken his seal; lie was then beloved and res
pccIed 10y oil. II written expressly 10 secure
the appointment Of Mr. Agnew TO the post office in
his city. IL was, as events proved, adapted u that
purpose rs we'll any letter that could have been
penned. The reason why we desired that appoint
menl. was that We believed it would best unite
the wing party Of the district When we wroie IL
We supposed that Maj Good. had authorized his
domination at Crave Creek. which wo Lave since
understood was not lhc iact-lhat he would contin.
ne IN his seat in the Senate, Il not appointed POST
muster. lie subsequently, resigned and would have
done so earlier had his friends permitted him. On
the day before lhnr letter was written. We received
letters from some friends Of Mr Wilson, in tie
mountain counties, strongly insinuating that they
believed Mr. Good was nominated Tor Congress. and
tho Wings OF the district defeated for the pnrro.e
Of making him more prominent candidate for the
post Office. This was not true-bul had he been
appointed. the wing party in the mountain and riy
et counties could never again have hepn brought Il,
unite and act in concert This was the only rca
son Why we ondeayored 10 defeat his appointment
We ask any whig 10 reflect we'll, v neither the enuss
then dad not seem tjusLfy lhut portion Of the letter
The expressions connecting VIZ Tyler's name with
the presidency. will seem now. to sumo. rsn,,k,tI.
and ohjec lionable. even when those reua,k. ,,o,.
intended alone for hs eye and 10 procure vybs, yys
then considered on appointment essential TO the
unity Of tho "hig parry, bat II they will ~ with
~ short time 10 The Inauguration Of 1871 they
VII readily see the basis OF the whole Of Them. d
The chain Of circumstances that led 10 Them. Then
lot Them ask themselves if they have not done
done sllrer things with less ressoi
As &c 10 au'sccIeut 30 point oitiue va will ,,c.,
10 the expression.
~ can easily however perceive that ron nj,
whose popularity The Van Buren party str,ve I,
yu'l !" Virginia North nnd South Carolina, during
lho the laIe canvass, will now. iu CARVING ,,t ~
measures OF ihe party DO power yourself and =. M.
'nas,el spun OF ne government, be the prominent
mark for their malice" F''''''o''
Mr. Tyler was nominated because he ,... T..
lieved good man, and because he was tbsyy6, 49,
ulat IN Virgins and The CafoIinas While b.u..
"s'' N 1870 5' susnIsI meeting at Crave