Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1844-01-18
To the Editor of the s,aua,on Spectator

learned whether the President would court a con-
troyersy with Mr.. Stuart, &c. Having received
letter from tho President, Of which tho follow
ing is copy, l shall proceed 70 redeem tha,
pledge.
WAsniNoToS, Dec. 18th, 1913
My Dear Sir,-l have sent you you have REQUEST
CD copy OF your letter OF the Both September by Col
Mr. stuart so that yo" may Sc: the m0aa ny
o,cn hand, which Mr.. Stuart believes to be so inmate
rial will to say that no one else ~ in ,h;nk
WIN MN on than point-ccrtan it is, The Whiy party
represented in Congress did think so-for when Mr.
stuart presented il to their leaders they rejected IT, and
passed their Bill cithOut IT, But MIR. Stuart cannot
MINK so himself Iic may have done at first before
he had considered 1t properly, but he would not stake
ms legal reputation upon it at this dag.
lpray you, my dear do with my letters rs Won may
,hink proper. ] shall get into controversy with Mr.
inc matter ON question of opinion His opinion is tha
the modification IN my o,onhand, did not alter the urir
ciPs oil the Bill IL he chooses to insist am erroneous
oph'on why no man can help it. The modifcaton
proposed by left the proposed Bank with no greater
power Than that now possessed by the Bank of Metro
polls or any other District Bank at this day Each of
them have right TO establish agencies in The d;rcn
States uatess mohbtedby The States. So have said the
supreme Court in many instances.
nave no fear oil any ill effect by publishing any thing
write TO you. JOHN 1YTER
Col ID. w. PArrrsox" '''"
l shall dispose of the subject i'm as few words
as practicable TO do any thing like Justice to .ke
parties concerned. WV
IL would seem then from the preceding letter
tHos ne president docs sanction The use tciich has
been made If has name, and - it remains to s seen
! ~n.ther Mr.. Stuart will sanction "the use
winch has been made Of his name.''-And here
let me also premise that am very much in.
deD'ed TO MIR. Stuart for the solemn announce
nieht mat he - can have no controversy wuh Mr..
fatteson )" that he can suffer .'no third person
10 in.erpose between him and the President.
HIS reasons for this modest, vet liberal annun-
ciaiion, are wholly mma.eria. If he deems me
an edge tool, dangerous TO handle his modesto
UNDERTAKES his own skill and prowess; and if he
regards me as too small game for "Proteus to
huht, he may learn in the sequel, that weaze
can - tree a coon"
1t can't tree "ihis same old COON" let's see
II can stump him. In his card he SAYS, (speak-
ing OF controversy between himself and the
ifesiueht,) " can suffer third person to inter-
pose himself between us"-while i'm his second
let'er TO me, J." third person." published with his
Ia'u' ne says But II there IS nothing in it (,he
PRESIDENTS letier) calculated 10 affect me iniuri-
ously, and you will give statement to that effect
an INC Staunton Spectator, / can ask NOTHING
more. thus the gentleman although unwilling
TO allow me to interpOse myself in the controversy
between hin and the President, is very willing
'ha' - me same Mrd person, should interpose to
get him out of it,
nus brings me down to the gentleman's
" thunder" after the Democratic meeting a, No.
Vember Court; for thunder certainly had--,he
regular corps OF stampers and clappers being in
attendance, in duty bound If Mr. s had nh
iIshed all that took place between us on that oc-
caSion- should not have referred to the matter !.
lot tniaS'ne no one then present thought he
9a'heh any thing TO BOAST of; and | refer to il,
now, mainly TO admonsh such as not beinp pre-
SEM or knowing truly, what did take place, and
YET take The liberty OF speaking of i, TO nv dis
advantage, that they encounter the hazard of do
i"S great violence to the truth, and to Justice ::
anu III Tue same category, TO say to such as are i'm
'e nno'' o, charging or insinuating, that have
Ssou MI yler letter secretly to disparage Mr..
fl,a
o'hers--that they speak, not knowing what they
say 10 be true; or, knowing it to be false. That
ever attempted to keep it secret from any bodv
,S,y mao received letter from Nj Tyio is ut
WHY uhiouhded and false; and Mr. Stuart was
more than ordinarily unlucky in not findiog out
The fact that had the honor of some little cor
! respondence with the President-for, besides the
tewtfiends of MIR. Tyler to whom Showed it at
tne octooer Court, think it was,--I received it
publicly with another package, containing nam
phlet, from the same gentleman. in a crowd m
'"c T. ost oihce por'ico, several making remarks
on me circumstance. l enioined no secrecy ON
Nar' brooks, The Post Master, and | dare saw he
would have told MIR. S. any Of his kind friends
,% were Trying so hard to find out " no was M.
yer correspondent. | went 10 the store of J. b.
breckenridge, Esq, opened the letter, and siuinq
III me moor among crowd, read it while was
! reading II II. Strbing, Esq. opened the pamphlet
package, asked me iocularly and publicly if had
S ,,G an appointment, &c. When got to Capt
|
tiSnen were speaking Of Mr.. Tyler's second Veto
20 his disadvantage, referring for authority to Mr..
STUART and :hen and there pulled out the letter
ana In Inc presence OF Capt. M'Clung and others.
holding 1t In my hand, remarked in substance.
" mere Is letter from Mr.. Tyler on that subject
Wh'ch you all shall see some of these DAYS; he
gives different view of that matter" On INV
arrival at home laid the letter in my desk, where
IL remained, with the exception of NV TAKING il
10 town on the first day of October Court think
ing mere might be political discussion. in
which 1t would be useful in defence of its author
anu i now 40 not remember taking it out again or
speaking OF 1t, until Mr. Stuart, upon the autho-
known, called it out
You may remember, Mr.. Editor that i'm the
spring oil 1912: you charged me with being a
! "Mc touched with Tylerism-you might have
SAID That was g0od deal touched with it; if
10 constitute such touching required the most un-
oouHucu confidence in the honor, integrity and
patriotism of John Tyler.
Entertaining these opinions of the man-bav.
ing the honor OF his acquaintance for more than
twenty yeaTs-regarding him as personal and
pollicdi iriend-havlng heard him much abused
! charged with a horrible catalogue of crimes, some
OF The sinaI Ter ones being political treachery and
u,uPcity, In relation to his of The second
pahk Dill wrote him a letter by Col. *. NJ
Johnson, oil kentucky, on the very morning that
one VINO heard" has chronicled the opinions
sayings and doings of the Colonel i'm relation n
MI clay, as having taken place. By the way.
wish the same chronicer had given the world
what the old Colonel said of Mr. Claws friend.
Jno. ~. Adams, on tie same day.
Now, MIR. Editor, we approach the only maize
f'di point IN this con.roversy-if controversy it
may be caled-for Mr.. S. having said that he
VIII have none with me and Mr. TYLER that he
VIII have none with him-it must be between
MI stuart and himseli-or between him and