New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-07-22
Correspondence Of The Tribune.

Correspondence Of The Tribune
WASHINGTON CITY 18th July, is'a
On the 9Th July the NasbriN WhIg asserted
tina, !, had heard from good authority
THAT, d, l.adiuc member of the Conservative party
ur the ate residential addressed letter 10
NJ Polk nquiring Of him what would De ais course IN
reference 70 the Conservatives in case tney should sup
49,, hi. election and he should be elected We have
heard that IN reply Mr.. Polk wrote cttr ga, ina
under those circumstances the ConserNauNes No mo-
Office should not be moested We have hearh iuf'ns'
NOR. hs, copy OF this letter shown, prtof ~ inc
election Ia some II the leading Con-erN .,ive- IN New
Work and no doub, had rs ,ser. Acopy also we under
stand has been IN Washington
The Wig called upon Mr.. Richie of the I mon
to explain why and wherefore these written pledges
had been skametully rioiafcd by Mr. Polk. Mr..
Richie after rci,crating for the 00s time, that he
cannot snare t.1e for the contradiction or eNplana
ton Of vague and indefinite suppositions and pre-
tended information, goes on 10 say
Iris scarcely necessary TO say that NJ such ieef A.
this, alluded in the Wing promising thu, me css %
persons called By the Wig consery sVes or any oh't
css- OF politicians who held once should not DC moes,
ed was written. The President made 10 sue"
promises IN letters or othcr"lsc III, course Wa
the whole public.
Does no, that seem intended to be plain, cNPi
cit contradiction Of the asserted fact that Mr. Polk
lll Nritc a tcttI ttPts W e"e HNN' -
Conservative No such letter was ever written.
-" The President made -ucn promises, IN letters
or otherwise BIZ course was open tothc whole pub
| lie" And yet a letter written TO Nr. Poik alter
BIZ nomination a. Baltimore, by distinguished Non'
serya'ii "a resident al the North-a former Mem
Der of Congress That person was in w ashngton
| at the time of the nomination. The leading Demo
| cratic managers were anxious 10 concentrate upon
| Mr. Polk all that they could bring together cid
! lfunkerism, Young Democracy. Tycrspi Nonserva-
tsm-were all wanted. Certain Conservatives. too
were DESTROYS 10 support VI Polk II they could be
assured thai ,hev you'd not be prescribed it De
were elected In this state of the case-the Demo
cratic leaders anxious Ia buy, the Conserv alive lead
ers anxious to sell-the only question was the
terms Conferences were had, and finally letter
was written by Mr. ..... OF ....- a IA Lewis win
Jacksons letter OF sth April last which was ap
proved by both parties 10 the bargain, and which
was sent fn- ratification tn Mr.. Polk. This letter
wss endorsed by Mr. Walker the Secretary of the
/ Treasury in other words II was franked oy nm
lie purport was as is stated in the extract from the
Nashville Wig. to know how Polk would treat the
Conservatives il they supported him, and he were
elected. Col POlk DID crtts reply 70 mat letter
If il did not contain absolute promises that the Con
-ervave- in office should not be molested.' ], was
80 rOr!ed "a 70 produce that impression on the mind
I Of the person who received H. and ON the minds of
those Conserva in various parts OF the mon In
whom copies printed is said were sent from this
city and under that impression they voted Tor anu
supported Mr. Polk
| Now who will say that Mr. Richie il not n mau
of tact thus to produce the impression that Mr.
! Polk did not write a letter to the Conservatives IN
reply TO one from a leading member OF that so called
party Who will 90 nearer 10 the line, without
crossing nj which runs between truth and alsehood
| than Mr. Richie has done in this instance And
| what il the moral distinction between telling an
untruth and using language calculated To pro
duce the impression on the mind which that untruth
| would have done II broadly stated In other words
| between telling an untruth. and framing words IN
| order 10 deceive.-to produce a false impression
must confess that | canno, draw that distinction
Now DO not intend nor desire TO put Mr. Richie IN
this category without giving him chance To es
cape from it, by showing that have not stated the
truth in what have said respecting Mr.. Polk having
received such a letter and written the reply. In or
der TO do this nothing more is necessary than that
Mr. Richie should officially authorize the pubca
ton of those letters il they be in existence For be-
il known that Mr.. Folks letter alluded TO has the
veil of private and confidential drawn over il
VIII that veil of privacy be Withdrawn in order to
relieve Mr. Richie from the charge Of having "in.
tended to dcceivel' We shall see believe II
will not Mr.. Richie il too much OF a dependant
upon Executive favor notwithstanding his boasts.
and his -urs-or rather attempted surs-upon every
one who ventures to write an honest, Independent
| expression of hs opinions and his attempt 10 de.
grade them BY telling them To 20 and labor on the
streets That IL Thomas Riches democracy. He
supposes labor TO be- discreditable lie has the
best blood of Virginia in his veins. Pah Out
upon such democracy-such pretension and As
sumption Of superiority over his fellow man Let
him relieve himself from the position in which |
have placed him # he can
A. specimen of the way in which unpreceden
| ted success il achieved in this city of magnificent
distances will give to you an account of the circu
laiion of the defunct Madisonian-as now rcviyiied
under the magnetic and poetic influences of Phosophe
Fisk and Dow into the United States Journal-a candi.
date for Executive. Departmental. and Congressional
printing II is from their sworn statements On which
they apply tor the Executive printing having the lar
gest circulation.