Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-11-20
cTo,NcE DEVELOPMENTS.

air. Oh the part of the cabinet to constitute
nb.s) journal their peculiar aud confidential y.
~, The hor of all these letters Is senue'
man holding a high position in one oil me 'e-
par,ments, and possessing the most intimate ie'
lstops with the leading members oil inc caoino'
We withhold his name, as that is ma''er "
I'm, l;u,s consequence. The letters are vaiuaoie
and interesting 10 US and The public, iIom 'he'r
intrinsic authority, bearing upon their lace the
evidence of truth, fair dealing, man'iness' anu
business tact and talent"
The regular Taylor organs Of New YORK mao
charged Benefits attacks on The cao'ne' as in'
duced By their refusal of public printing and ad'
verlsing, as the condition Tor his support oil Inc
cabiper. Bennett, in self-deience, publishes the
correspondence, introducing ii as follows
We have here The means OF answering INC
charge. The correspondence whlcn We now
n.h,;.h furnishes cutie sufficient evidence thai
Ri .nch charges are utterly untoundec; ana
shows moreover that if the New York Herald
had Neon WILLING 10 Prostitute lis columns 10 lne
nnonali6,d puaery OF Mr.. Clayton ana ms
.ssnriaes. without regard 10 right or wrong, we
.,;oht have commanded The exclusive confidence
and favor of these laundering statesmen, and all
the patronage CT the government 10 oool. But
men OF such narrow capacities understand neiih-
:a W. We
despise all The patronage and power Which any
cabinet has 10 beslow, without perfect ihuePen.
dence Of thought and deed. We believe that
Cen Tavlor. a man OF justice and generosity,
vill award us full credit upon these points; and
eyhen the gentlemen OF ihe cabinet shat! nave
oh,ain.d q liule more Knowledge cf their own
nos;,ion and ours, they will concu. IN his jugs
ment
Asa specimen OF The whole correspondence,
which is very long and which, ii genuine, bears
IN, the conclusions OF the Herald, we have room
for only few passages:
your article referring to the New York ap>
poiptmenls pes read by Clayton before the csoi>
net and greatly approved. .,
I forgot 10 mention thai he said The admInis~
tration had no organs here, nor did lney Intend
m Save. He assured me, also, that he
had not explained The position OF tne ADMINS
,r.,ioo 90 any paper but yours, nor did ne ln-
Tend 10 do 90, al present, at all even,s. ne aP-
pears 10 have high respect for The Hedaid;
WAsHIsoroN, June Is, l649.
wrote ron in hagle a few lines yesterday
evening. upon The subject OF some interviews
had with MIR. Clayton. The cabinet is extreme>
~ DESTROYS of geilng your cordial support; aud
Mr.. Clay,on has requested me ~ see you per
sopally, and explain exactly how matters sand'
You can il You choose, possess more innuence
wilb them than any man in The Unlted STATES,
and gel advantages in the way OF early iniorma
,;on and documents oil incaiculeble bench! 10 me
naner. In The mean time, TIL see you, VIII
vou suppress euers from here abusive OF ne
eabinetf They annoy General Iay'of very
much.
trust you will excuse the liberty l Iaae IN
asking YOU not 10 insert letters against The aamin-
;s,ratio but do SO by The request o; Mr. Clayton;
and. perhaps, when you know exactly what the
nolicy OF the administration is, and what your
nosilion with them, by rendering an independent
hui effective suppor, can tie, you will ieei dispo-
sed 10 comply. All ask Iow is, that uniii you
hear what have 10 say, you will give ORDERS lha'
these attacks shall be omitted. ,.o
WAsHISsToN, July IL, 1919.
1 have had several conversations win MI
Claytou upon The subject OF he foreign ana ao-
nestle policy OF the administration. encit s. d
letter upon one of The topics discussed, aou nave
in il given Mr. Clayton's views. lie ~ishe: an
editorial upon il also, if you see n 10 Wi''e ~
BE SAYS The President has 10 desire 10 cheal 'ne
,ountry: ,ha, be was elected by moderate men o.
the doctrines of the Allison letter; that Inc ola
bunker portion OF lbe Wing party, who clamor
10 loudly about the success Of Wing principles,
and who wish 10 have an ultra Wing admlnisra-
lion. had better al once 60 out iron Inc parry
that be dispseS them, and under no circ ua's'a"-
.es will he permit their dictaton. tie Called l'y
attention also 10 matter which have no. ye'
seen uo,iced-,he fact, that IN the ipaugu a.
dress The Wcrd Wig is not once mentioned
Mr.. CLARION desires, above all things, mat
YOU should come out strongly against the oio
bunker portion of tic wings, aud show the DIS
honesty Of the endeayour, now Inc election Is
over, 10 take from he moderate men VINO
achieved il all credit. tbs party which mas
succeeded should be called the republican party
lit is no, the whig party as The party Is known;
and Mr.. c. has no intention OF re'FoStaoipg
from the position which he took "nen ne eA>
pressed bis preference for Taylor over Clay;
If you could give the caal"
nat +. liberal supporl. YOU would find that your
influence would be unlimited. l can get you
the advertisements, 1 think, and, if necessary
an acknowledgment Of your services, anu 40 OK
PLANTATION Of their neglect in not giving them 10
YOU before. confess feel strong desire lbat
the Herald should do the cabinet justice ana !
feel an equally strong wish that the caoine,
shonld do the Herald justice. fou have nau
reason 10 feel annoyed al their conduct OUT !,
ia NOT 100 late 10 owe como those difficulties, ano
proving that neither the Express. the Courier
nor any other paper, possessed grearr influence
than you do.
will Won write me a confidential letter upon
the subiec, oil the cabinst, &C., SO that may
know whether there is any chance OF 3 : COM
promise 2
All this looks singular enough, and has an IS
nee. OF SO much directness that if NO! lrue 1t ex'
hibils the most ingenious and conclusive case Of
forgery on record. Fridays Republic, however
publishes a letter from George w. Bresa
in$,he Land Office al Washington, in which
he de,ounces The "garbled Publication Of
The letters addressed by him (8fega) to lie
editor" OF to- Herald, during last spring
and summer. H.>says III. letters are ''tull OF
in,erpolatious. aud gaFaed aud altered from the
originals"-'h,i he had l. authority from auy
member of Gen. Taylor's CAiue, 10 offer lie
n,ropaes OF the Government, Orgy other con,
alteration, 10 the Herald for It's ''-aort. BE
admits, however, that he was himselt, N<cecd.
inely anxioas, as friend OF MIR Bennett "a
she paper should do the administration os''ee
and he had ievery reason 10 believe 'hal nc
fBenue,) would give the administration a hear
~ and Jealous support" He says that no mem
Der OF the Cabinet is responsible for anything
in The leuers, and ,ha, when he, as The agent
,he Herald, spoke TO any member OF The Cao'ne
Of The supper, of The New York Herald, each o
those gentlemen distinctly declared that lhey ae'
sired The support OF no newspaper unless INT
independent. convictions OF It's editor led n'm &c
supper, il; and neither Of them desired that any
nphl;c.,ion should be made OF anything the,
had ssi nor was it expected by ihem' nor on
either OF Them ever express desire To me It
open any correspondence with The New io''
Herald, or any communication between 'he"
selves and Mr. Bennett"
Be,ween Bennett and his agent, thee Is som
hard swearing some where-ard yet it was the IN
Aoence Of such paper, which greatly contribute
.,..,1on of he neone's candidate las