Washington telegraph., 1849-12-12
AN EXPOSURE.

t.b. whv and wherefore, are we'll under
stood. The Herald says that the Cabinet
of General Taylor were at one time most
.,xious to obtain the countenance and
support of the press; in other words to
secure it as their organ. The supposition
;s an extravagant and Incredible one,
and vet the Democratic papers. the Union
of course in the lead, are copying with
avidity the most absurd and foolish series
of letters purporting to have been written
by the Washington correspondent OF the
Herald in May last, but which the pnta-
tive author pronounces forgery. The
following card by the person who claims
to have written the letters, we take from
the Republic:
WASHINGTON Nov. Is. 1S49.
To the Pub,ic.-I observe in the New
York Herald of the l4th inst, a garbled
publication of letters addressed by me to
the editor of that paper during the last
spring and summer.
Those letters which, as published, are
fell Of inter- olations, and are garbleo and
ALTERED from the originals i'll many most
important particulars. were written by me
as the confidential friend and agent OF
that paper, but without any suggestion.
;privity of knowledge of any member Of
General Taylor Cabinet They were
hastily prepared in full confidence that
there did not exist OH earth man base
enough to publish and pervert them as
MIR. Bennett has DONE | never had any
authority from any member of General
Tayior's Cabiuet to offer the patronage
of the Government. or any other consid-
Grafton, to the Herald for its support: nor
did ever make such offer, either orally
or in writing, in the few interviews | had
with any member of the Cabinet. which
were always sought by me, and never
by either of them | sometimes conversed
with them as to the policy of the Admin
istration, but never with a view on their
part that I should use or publish their
,convers alton for the purpose of infuenc-
ing the Herald in its course or any other
paper.
NV letters were written to MIR. Bennett
as his paid agent, for his private benefit,
and l sincerely at the time wished success
by Mr.. Bennett IN the published letters are
falsely reported in that publication, and
in such manner as to injure all cOncern-
ed. | would never have dared to have
approached either of those gentlemen with
a corrupt proposition. l was myself ex-
ceedingly anxious as friend of MIR. Ben
nett that the paper should do the Admin
istration Justice; and from the professions
aud assurances given to me 10y Mr.. Ben-
nett, I had every reason TO believe that
he would give "a hearty and Jealous sup
port. For mouths past | have not been
able to See or converse with any member
of the President Cabinet. In the hasty
.scrawlsaI wrote privately aud confidential
.ly to Mr. Bennett, L gave my loose i'm
ipressions of the intended policy of the Ad-
ministration, and many inferemces which
have proved inaccurate, ant! III which l
was totally mistaken.
No member of the Cabinet ever author
lied or requested me to ask MIR Bennett
TO write for the Administration, aud the
statements to this effect, as published by
Mr.. Bennett are entirely untrue. l had
no conception that these letters of mine
would have ever seen the light in any
form. No member of General Taylor S
-Cabinenu is responsible for one word con-
tanned in them; and so far as they or any
part-of them may be construed as linpli-
eating or committing any OF those gentle
men to any declaration either OF policy Or
purpose. or which can have the sli 9hteSt
tendency to implicate them. the state
.merts are utterly aud absolutely false.
repeat that | never was employed as an
agent by any member of the Cabinet for
any purpose. [ was an entire stranger
to them; but was the agent of the New
York Herald and by its editor, James
Gordon Bennett, | was directed 10 give
him all the information L could obtain in
regard to the policy oil the administration
and its members.
[ think it further my duty to add. that
when spoke TO any member of the Cab
met OF the support of the New York Her
aid, which [ had been assured by Mr.
Bennett would be given to the Adnlnis-
tration, each of those gentlemen declared
that they desired the support oil no news
paper unless the independent convictions
OF its editor led him to support 1t; and
neither of them desired that any publlca-
ton should be made OF anything they
said; nor was it expected by them. nor
did either of them express desire 10 ne
to open amy correspondence with the
New York Herald, or any communication
between themselves and MIR. Bennett.
| was never their organ OF cominunica-
tion OF single line to the Herald OF It's
editor. | received no favor from them,
aud asked none. Neither of them ever
knew or had reason to Imagine that had
written auy of those letters
GEORGE w. BREGA.