Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-07-01

They are worrying Mr. Tyler at tie south about
the Iexas treaty, which the Senate very properly
lected. The National Intelligencer having alluded
to the agency Of the Texas spectators in bringing
about that treaty. charge which our readers may
remember was publicly made by Mr.. Benton at the
ume-Mr. Tyler has caused long letter TO be pub
lished IN the Richmond Enquirer, in which he saws
any spectators in Texas stocks lands cOun-
selled much less mpelled upon that subject
declare myself be wholly ignorant Of the fact Cestain
u IS that never owned foot Of Texas land dollar Of
Texas stock in my life"
1t is not improbable that this is true. Mr. Tyler
though far from being himself scrupulOus, as
often as otherwise the tool of men whose interested
motives he had not the sagacity TO penetrate. He
goes TO say that all that he considered IN the mat
ter was the good of the whole country, and adds
"Nor until received authentic information that
other nations were exciting all their efforts 10 induce
believe with the permanent interests Of the United States
that direction to my lamened friend Abel P. Upshur,
then Secretary Of State, break up and the
the web Of their ingues by dect proposition for
ton advised with no One consulted with no one, save
him, in taking the initiative. knew holdeis Of
owners Of lands in the natter"
He further says, that until the preliminaries of the
treaty arranged he has reason believe that
the holders of stock owners of land knew any
thing OF what was going on, the strctest secrecy
having been enjoined.
The Richmond Wing answers Mr. Tyler thus
Does he not know that at least two members Of his
cabinet (Seeretacs Upshur and Gmcr) rey large
lanhoIdeTs Texas they strongly necessarily
urged this measure And have heard from believe
an entirely authentic that they encountered no little
difficulty in overcoming Mr. TyleTs objections the
scheme at the suggestion of which he first startled
Is also true that several other gentlemen largely inter-
esed in Texas lands aud scrip not members Of his cabinet
whose be given if it shall be deemed necessary
in communication with him the subject %
As to the secrecy observed in this affair, Mr.. Tyler
appears to have been under singular hallucnation,
for the Richmond print asks:
How happens il, beg to know, that the 2Sth OF
March, nineteen days before the fact publicly promul
gated in Washington, Mr. Bolts, public speech delivered
the Club House in this city, proclaimed that such treaty
in progress aud denounced both the scheme it,
authors We tell the Ex-President for while
writing Mr. Bolts has stepped into Office and have
inquired Of him BY what lucky chance il that he had
been made acquainted long in advance of the public with
the OF the Tyler Cabnet And he informed
the fact communicated to him by large Texas land
holder and stock Obber not member Of Mr. Tyler Cabi
net filling any other public station, but who, he had
10 believe in constant personal intercourse with
that Cabinet on that subject"
The spectators in Texas stocks were taken care
of in the treaty 1t provided for the payment of the
full amount Of their claims, for which many of them
had paid very little. As TO the Texas lands. the
expected of course a large rise in the value
of their prope-ty.-N Y Post.