Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1848-08-24
VOL. XIII, NO. 4L---WHOIE No o,o1

audacity and efrrontery, / doubt if il has
been equalled by anything ever yentured I'M.
on by that monarch"
Just as the task of preparing the n,nors
now transmitted was drawing to a close an
envelope reached me by mail, bearing INV
address in the hand of a bosom friend y
man whose name is, irrespectively of locali-
" and country, among the very highest of
the profession TO which he belongs, and who
has intimately known me during the latter
half of my life. That envelope contained,
without note or comment, the words which
VIII here transcribe. / am no LUTHER,
nor have l ever proposed to myself to act
the part of one. The task | am now en-
gagged in has been foyccd upon me by the
power OF circumstances. 1t will be soon
at an end and with it will cease for me, all
incidents arising from connection with
public affairs Except in dscharginr nv
duty to my country as private citizen, they
are henceiorward to be beyond my sphere.
have bid farewell to all public employ
ments and all public posts. When these
words shall be believed, then let nv country
brand me IMposToR," and ascribe TO the
desire Tor Office, or notoriety.* all that I
shall have done and said in regard to thinps
r
/ OF concernment to her.
But although inapplicable to me, the very
name OF LVthcr, presented in such con-
nectIon as this, comes fraught with sirni6-
canoe which cannot but be felt, even though
the day is gone by when omens were be-
lleved in. This incident, though no pro-
phetc virtue can be ia it, may prove the
torcrUnner Of a storm that shall purify our
/ political atmosphere, and dissipate the seeds
OF death with which already it has become
loaded. 1t will prove so, if The representa-
tlyes of the people do their duty.
These are the words referred to: "I.u-
Their says, If am to have fault, I would
rather speak too harshly, and thrust forth
truth unwlsely, than to have played the
hypocrlte to any, and hold truth in" So
far as regards myself | do not believe that
have spoken "too harshly," or "thrust
forth truth unwisely." Upon this point our
country will judge. All ask of her-and
| ask this for her own sake far more than on
my own accounts, to suspend her iudg-
ment until she can Judge " wisely"
am, very respectfully, your fellow citizen,
N. P. TRIST.
Late Commissioner of the T. S. of America
to the Mexican Republic.
The letter was referred to the committee
on Foreign Relations, but the House reftls-
ed to print it.
In the letter fbr Secretary Of War to General
scott, unJer date Of April 81, lSis. which published in
all haste throughout couatry taken to peocc-
py her mind with the beofth have been actuted by
this mo71 The Administration have siuiously withheld
from her all knowledge what my course has ncen AIhe
power and all tho influence attached the trusts held by
thusn mon have hecn Nertod to mystfy tic public mind in
regard Ia tho Whole subject with which i've acted IL
has been rendered impossible for that mind form for te
any judgment IN regudtO motive. And
with all that bought letter writer's could d. this high unc-
tnnaF 1T tho Government, in wtitit letter concerning
The attire of e depirmont ontru ted to him,
enter upon topic MY cOutse having connection what
ever with the subject of which he was uoating And for
what: To give TO the country information respecting w,
ny cnuRsE has been! No! TO impress her with he idea
that my MOTIVE in puruing that course lespocng watch
she has been kept in the dark, and had been he o-
ged IN every possible way had consisted in for
n4oHoiy,' and this passion excessive mako
'misiGke uotoIety Tor c4mc.n