The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-12-24

emen assured him that such change was contemplated
and they had doubt Il could be effected AT the in
stance OF these gentlemep Gen. Bayy wrote 10 com
municatng their views The proposition 10 made
by Mr. Polk and his rends without the slightest sugs
geslion On our part, and 10 the surprise q our friend
through whom Il Was COMM tailed and who up that
time had not heard word Of the noveuegt TO that
letter we made the following reply;
as q iAeas 'tFs'.3eA "BaAspos, December 70, l5ta
MY % ga mot % n very saa &c much %s
nersed The gaess Of large and social circle thai am mot
decline my preparing fOr Your own
nav s 70. s. s an.
free YOU ina. Others. and Inc
,oa my pseuSlsis ssrs, have placed me
% uSs @u h.Ss s not Ss the which
q 70 he ns S
again with family and daugh
saers interest, sum- confess you sany resort
this expeden than undertake ,he TOO responsible once which you
re proposition made g me year. ago
Jointly by Mr. Van Buren, and Mr. TazeweI in the
aeS i for a s ns
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people than BE- dependant in manner the
ny
s esa
which would dssSlve upon M Tazswe q the
arguments, certainly
given me baoysa, ye, am no, equal every
.sss
10 decline the oasr but iea are others which no wise
you thoroughly that parry in Imminent We have
sy ss pa e
they win become united than On Of s house
:ss. q vs,ors upon duty
lion in pain Calhoun diskns OBJ
some Or our New YORK friends are s dssasd viii, The
which virginia boldly and wisely May last With
The precautions which employed =. .e time 70 e.pIn orr
~ whom ~ was moi, univ noicav I'M, ne,sonaiv siacbeS
shrewdy suspec, sun remains Tia, Van Blu
rem was BY an intrigue set on foot at Washington pn
spsy oy M niena. ana .nai was directly 2! Ind
sond h. s o,oner 70 md
unite the whole party that should possess The
confidence Of Polk Of his immediate ends but would not
% 1py ~ va u nd ona o
d me by ,hs very absurd he
ansdmay indulge towards myself And there Globe
could not buy out my friend BLAIR ne were even disposed % e
and e % e mead o me y y no
ike and rivalry bstwe the Two esablshmsnts The quarrel
the white and the red might then be expected and nothing
would more strongly contribute 20 rena e party n IVAN ama
MY ss, , v y ~ nv, c. WHY ~, di.co ma
Ios. '
with and cordial thanks which and our friends
from Tennessee deserve AZ my hands must most e.
e ne Iu W a - n n n ,,hs NJ, ma
better y 70 do il here than shin he 10 ashns,on
" free that think republican friends who
arc not ogstne anea win e % ss T',Se o1Ss
mist have MI he eood ects witch me- desired III must
see a. well that Benton sI taking defeat
the annexation and % DO Us much mischief ~
our he snass na him, The ischef NAV he
aveed and we shall have much fewer difficulties
f friends in washington think Team good BY writing
freely 70 Mr. Blair would willingly undertake the once.
for. cose me TO 70 YOU in the most
terms to resist this shutting policy
Strike home for Texas and for reduction Of the tariff The coun
& @ 1 h, na n,o. " scramn,sn ~ s
cure bosh = NM. .
with best regards, your friend,
THOMAS RICHIE"
We had almost entr civ dismissed this proposition from
our memory when in N. month Of January fas we'll az
we can recoect we received through another friend IN
Washinvton 4 stl more brilliant offer We COMMENTED
Us with reoues,;nu friend IN Washno an IN IN
syae ,h nariauars Of This proposi,ion and 10 com
mun;ca,e n ~ Mr. Rlar Vel The whole grad
naliv fading away and we mad certainly abandoned
Mons ~ ,ha obect;on yvh;cb I'VE had nrred
removal IN Washnv,on ,yhen new inrn was gven 10
events Mr. polk's Standardization had commsnced on
month gentleman presented ma letter of introduction
from Wasbng,on referring 10 him for an EXPLANATION Of
the object OF his visit That gentleman was Major John
p Heiss He was perfect stranger 10 US but he told
~ M once aud In the fran manner the object az his
visit which was Ia communcae The wish OF The Pre,-
dent and some Of HI, friends ,hst we should remove 10
w ashingon and conduct a journal which might be.
come the organ of he administration Major Heiss says
truly in his letter of the Sd instant that cit long
time before (we) consented to come TO Washington"
Ia our long and cordial interview we stated To him our
We stated further TO him that we would mol establish
any paper il opposition 10 the Globe and that we were
poor and had to purchase that establishment
The Major replied that the money would be raised
else where and that he woHld see to that particular
Finally we parted from him without giving The slight
est inaaon on our pan that we would accept the Offer
though we promised 10 think OF H. Yet 80 indifferent
were we about H. that we permitted the time from We'd
nesday 10 Sunday pass away without consulting any
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