The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-10-23

The annexed card, which appeared in
the National Iateihgencer yesterday, will
put to rest vast amount of idle gossip
with which partisan news-mongers have
been refreshing the credulity OF quid-
nuncs. The fabrications scarcely required
so formal contradiction, for all persons
of intelligence and sound mind must have
been satisfied, upon the bare perusal OF
them, that they were impossible to be
true.
EcKINGToN, Oct. 81, lS49.l
MY DEAR Sin: Whilst still in my bed, to which
have been for days confined by previous
illness, accident has placed in my hands the
g Union" of this morning, in which find attack
upon the National Intelligacer, drawn out by your
late satisfactory vindicaton OF the foreign policy
of the Administration, the only part of its policy
which yet have afforded any ground for
controversy. That attack contains within itself its
sufficient refutation, and would certainly, in
my opinion require no other, but for the following
personal reference myself, which is given by the
:" Union extract of letter from some one in
Baltimore to a New York journal:
s.The Cabinet and Joseph Gales, be it understood
have put their heads together to make the National
Intelhgencer the Administration organ at Washing
ton, to the exclusion of the Republic. This move
ment, although adroitly managed has come to the
knowledge ofthe President The party most inter-
ested in this operation (setting aside Joseph him
self is Mr.. Clayton, for whom Mr.. Gales has a
strong political and personal attachment. To the
General, the contrary, MIR. Gales is strenuously
opposed. We have recently seen letter addressed
to a gentleman of New York by Mr.. Gales in
which he says: Il have seen General Taylor seve-
raj times, but may with truth say that ! am not
acquainted with him. This to you may seem
strange, but it is nevertheless true To the same
gentleman he complained that the President, upon
his first coming to Washington, had not treated
him with proper courtesy. From this you will dis
cover that, although Mr. Gales is in with the Cab
net, he is out with the President"
There are two points in this s'extract" which de
mand refutation more prompt than will allow me
to wait for health and strength to make more for
mally.
The first of these is, that have had some con
sultaton with "the Cabinet or with some person
or persons, in order to make the National IafeHi
gencer 'the Administration organ at Washington
sc. This assertion is wholly false and unfounded
/ have had conversation with any member Of
the Cabinet on that subject nor, indeed, as you
know have ever desired the National Intelligence,
to be the Administration Organ, in the under
stood sense of that term that is to say, to the
clusion of any other journal.
The second is, that am Enormously opposed y
to Gen. TAYLOR. This statement is even more
basely false than the preceding. Gen. TAYLOR has
not on earth friend more conscientious or more
true than myself, or who desires the success
! of his Administration.
With respect to what am reported to have writ
ten in letter to ga gentleman of New York" Il
could so distrust gentlemen whose casual letters
answer TO keep copies of my replies, have not
time to be particular to keep copies of my pri-
vate letters. The two sentences quoted may OF
may not have formed part of some letter Of mine
written some months ago. If 50, they are, as must
indeed be obvious to every one, garbied, torn from
their context The letter must be, if il exists, il
answer to desiring TO avail himself Of my
| ina gined intimacy or influence with the President
or the members of the Cabinet for some purpose 0
his own; to which my reply was, substantially
! doubtless, that, though ] was on terms of persona
intercourse with the President ! could pretend Il
no such acquaintance or familiarity with him a
would Justify my constituting myself medium o
communication between him and applicants fo
public office.
With regard TO the concluding representation o
this extract, closing with the remark that athougi
Mr. Gales il in with the Cabinet, he is out with tn,
President" let me add that whilst have received
from the President all the courtesies due from hi
station, happen to have had from the pressure o
their engagements and Of my own, almost no per
sonal intercourse whatever with the gentlemen VIII,
compose his Cabinet
have written these few lines with difficulty anc
can hardly command strength to add that ann al
ways faithfully yours, 10. GALES.
WIN. w. SEAToS, Esa.,
Office Of the National Inteligenccr.