The Arkansas banner., 1847-07-05
,l..,,. ?. ,.7-,-,.e tR0,l JOHN TYLER

= A. oblect ot vlUaent atLaek 0orinB eho ,ss oenod that, by an act of an aiI-wise
 sa1.s .isnrs. and ihr1uzh no xoliiIon of my
 ". Is.', ,bs mowers and duties of the Execn-
 V. ,.srs deyoiyed upon me, as to have be-
 ~. ,,,,.e indifferent as to what shuuld be
 ~,] o me by o,heas. Hence lhsse remain
 = ''. .en, amid the attacks of the Pabiie press,
 '. f,I,ninauons of congressional eraaoss. ..I .Ae bright sciniillasions of vii which
 ,..,;ss - w occasions have brought forth ss my
 N~...s,. Secure in tIe possessions of my '. ;a,exrisy. have, for the most part.
 ~5s5 ., inc aseTIp.ioas of bad motives for mv oaadaet. which had no paseE source of'
 -..,a,,,oa than la the bad motives of those ..l, -S.' cr;siualed them. Nay, further--when
 .~,;sw inc course of my administration.
 ,,6 see it's efforts for the public good
 .-,xoed uith complete success in the ae- ,.o-,,slishmeut of every important measure,
 uy. one. which was suggested or proposed
 ~-vhs, compare the actual condition of
 A. country on the 4ih of April, l84l, with
 ,h,, # was on the 4ih of March, 1S45--
 .o1 uhen know that after the ssFngEles of
 rse pressni day shall have passed away. and
 hos. who have nkcn part in them shall
 bsse suak inso their graves. the greater part
 .o. sven to be remembered, impartial his
 ,ory will mol fail 10 write faithful account
 x sIt my aedons-I nay well bs eonieni to Iss sbe brawlipg demagvgae CT she sly iatri. sye, indulge n any measure of abuse of me
 aey may please. The .faets of my public
 de sre n,asters ol record. and can neifher be .tpsnsed nor altered. The impartial future
 wiH see the raottre in the dcl; and the iais.
 historian will look to the good or cyril only
 Shieh will hare been developed, and ind in
 .ss oae or she other cause of censuFe CT of
 raise. To this osdeal submit myself with
 a. fear My only solieiiude is, that con-
 wtares and supposiEions and mere naked
 statements, unsusiained and unsustAinable,
 saosId De regarded as authentic, merely be-
 aase the source from which they flow is .sseemej respectable IL Is to guard against .sis. in reference to one Of the most prorui- rent acts of my administration, that l now ,5tress you. and. through yon, the public
 h tse National lntelligencer of the 25th Nay--a paper which descrsedly ranks amongst the most respectable journals of
 Ae day. and which along with others of the ane high class, will be hereafter regarded ss one of the lights of history-the follow iH has arrested my attention. Under the bead of an article 'sT'he Administration and is 0g4n,n Il holds the following language:
 ~iss editor speaking Of the editor of the uaion1 had not been week installed in his presen, official station, before he began to ioreseil the existing war with Mexico, the eourse of which, by his influential agency m the Texas annexation scheme, he has had more to do in inficling upon the country than any other person whatever, aot erespt- ag PrssidsH, Tyler hizpself. or fhe spec- 4siors iH Tsras stock and lands by scko4a k ras sDroHsdsd, eeEsselied, sE4 impelied is kadt aartse aeGsaSs
 Now l do not mean to object to the as- criPlion of great influence to Mr. Rnchie, thea seairr editor of the Rlehmond Eaqui- rer, in aiding to carry out lhe cause of Tex as annexation Far from n The course of tha. able and talented editor has been sensd- bly felt on all questions of public policy for more than quarter of century; and do cheehuliy confess that, when the Enquirer espoused the Texan canse; l felt increased assurance of the ultimate eonsummalion of thsi great measure. Nor do mean to enter Iato any contest whether the annexation of Texas was either the immediate or remote esGse ef the existing Mexican war The editors of the lntelligencei and their able ally ln the aaiI-anne xation cause, the Hou. ihomos If, Benton, may have this either way that they please, will not even stop 10 inquire whether, if the treaty had been rasiied by the Senate, we should have had waf or not, but, taking into consideration that al that moment there existed no prospect oi any immediate collision with Great Britain oa the Oregon question, and so far from il, that stronger feeling of ami,y had been produced between the two countries by the then reeen, negotiation of the Ashburton treaty. Il may well be doubted whether Ns1ico, without the hope of succor or aid iron any quarter, would have waged war uPoa the United States for matter in which she had no right or interest, both having been conquered from her at San Jacinto, and tae conquest recognised by the whole world. When she struck her first blow at Gen. Tav- Tor, our relations with Great Britain had undergone material change, and stood, as the whole world bcliesed, ia most critical eoadlhos. Equally Tar ana from canvass las. al this time of day, the wisdom, or it's oPposIIe, of Texas annexation. Unwise the editors and others have from the first de- Hiared Ii to be. The large majority of the people of the United Slases have differed rom them ln opinion; and the popular Judgment having been formally entered up in ia'of ot the measures, the majority should eeFainiy be permitted to utter their con- Pia.Hts whea they please and as ,hey please.
 Bu' what l do complain of is. that the editors should have placed me in the com pahy. and usdeE the influence of those of Shese individuality have not the slightest knowledge. -The spectators in Texas s'sek and lands by whom he was sanonn- oee, and imPesled to that unwise measure r New, the editors have over me a decided advantage. Ii any speculAtors in Texan socks or lands ever eoanselled,s much less