The republic., 1851-01-31
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The Curassitiss oe Pelitics.
In the long and dreary waste of statement and
counter statement, with which Mr.. RrrcHIE
and Mr.. RIvEs are traversing, we have found
few items OF general interest that we have
culled for the entertainment Of our readers.
The quarrels of the Zone and indivisible'
Democracy continue to furnish occasional mat
ter which throws light on other questions than
those merely personal to the contestants. In
his last appeal to Mr.. RIrcmE and his compur-
gators, Mr.. RNEs reaffirms in italics the fol-
lowing statement:
Ihave unqusstisnabls evidsnce that gentleman
who became gftr,cards Of Mr.. Folks sscrssayes,
informed him in July 1874, that the course of the
Glo6s in relation to Mr.. Tyler and his rsnds scas
the main o6stocls to Mr.. Tylers soithdrGsDaI. The
separate Tyler tiekst Mr. Polk thought soould put
IN jeopardy sepsva elosey contacted States and qf
feet As final result Of me Presidentiol election.
An0thu Of Noss most intusstsd in TIE result,
urged Mr.. Polk to devise soma mode IF inducing
MIR. Tyler 10 soitkdvaw, and General jackson soas
rsqusstsd 10 ascrtaip the motives schich actuatsd the
course Of the Globe tosoards Mr. Tyler and his
sfrisnds."
The facts here disclosed are said to be found
in letter from Mr.. Polk to General JACKSON,
dated the 23d July, 1874. 1t does not state
the name Of the person with whom the overture
originated. Mr.. RwEs supposed that it came
from Mr.. Tyler, through Mr. WALKER to
Mr.. Polk. How that may be, Mr.. RlvEs con-
siders immaterial, for the fact remains on the
face of Mr.. PoLK's letter, that Mr. TYLER's
withdrawal was the grand desideratum on one
towards Mr.. TYLER and his friends" "a thing
only to be consummated by the change of its
editor was the compensation on the other.
Mr.. RTvEs's version of this curious affair is
sufficiently interesting to be given in detail in
his own words:
"Mr. Folks words are '1he main object in the
soay Of Mr.. Iylers ,cithdracol is the course of the
Globe totoords himss!f and his f1iends.' Mr. Polk
did not dare 10 tell General Jackson ichat HE subse
qlent conduct shosoed he had stipulated to do All
he sought to attain through General jackson was
the forbcarancc Of the Globe towards MIR. Tyler
and his friends, At least until the election was
over. After that, If he became President, he
could carry out, as he did, the stipulation into
. which he had entered. He seeks, through the
General, TO get the GLOBE to cease its ,par upon the
Standardization during the pendency qf the contest, so
- to give earnest and bind the bargain which he
subsequently fulfilled. fthe friends Of Mr.. Polk
wish his whole letter for publication, they can see
the original and have copy. I only use 80 much
Of as places in true light the history ofa trans
action which Mr.. Richie has placed in false
one. He shall not place his Tazewell invitation
to Washington, more than two years before Gen.
eral jackson was first inaugurated as President of
the United Satcs to the preference of the latter for
him over Mr. Blair, by falsely giving the public
To understand that he was solicited to como and
conduct the official organ Of the jackson admin
istration. Nor shall he take the investiture Of
Mr.. Polk. whom he sxalts above the stature Of
General jackson, Il think he has said Mr.. Polk
was the greatest President we ever had as that
ofa President who consulted the will of the Amer
ican Democracy in this matter, but Mr.. Tyler's
rather. His own letters show his motives, and
am ready to furnish them, as did General Jack
sons, that Mr.. Richie may writo truly the his
tory he has begun. What / have already given
is enough for my present purpose. 1t settles the
point between my assertion and Mr.. Tyler's con-
tradiction. II he has nailed any base falsehood
70 tho counter, it is President Pok's or Secretary
= Walkers. II is the record made up between
them, that shows the contamination devoutly
wished for;' on the part of Mr.. Polk, the ,cifh-
drasUnlof Mr.. Tyisron the part of Mr.. Tyler, the
,cithdrosoal Of Mr.. Blair"
We think that Mr.. RIvEs makes out pretty
strong and conclusive case as to the arrange
ment with Mr.. TYLER, by which the sacrifice
of MIR. BLAIR was agreed to by Mr.. Polk in
consideration of Mr.. TYLER's withdrawal from
the candidacy. The whole story has an air of
truth about it. and is supported by the facts that
actually occurred. Mr.. BLAIR had no fancy
for the Democrats who had been brought into
Mr.. TYLER's Cabinet, and "intended to blow
up the TYLER administration that the Demo-
cratic party might be rid of the members of it.o
Mr. BLAIR did not "hate" Mr.. TYLER, lin Mr..
RIvEs's judgment,) but he "hated his ways as
a politician" Mr.. TYLER no doubt hated Mr..
BLAIR personally as well as politically, and
determined to stand in the way of Mr.. Polk
until he should consent to the sine qua non of
Mr. BLAIR's sacrifice. That Mr. Polk was
anxious to accommodate his course to Mr..
TYLER's wishes, Mr.. RWEs nfers from
his letter to General JACKSON That he
did so is demonstrated by the event. That
he gave in advance pledge to do it is mani
tested by circumstances which, according to
Mr.. RIvEs, "almost fix the day on which it
was made"
We think there are few facts in history rest
ing upon much better authority than this ac-
count of the sacrifice of Mr.. BLAIR by Mr.
Polk to propitiate Mr.. TyLER. 1t is we'll
authenticated episode in the annals of the zone
and indivisible" Democracy; and it is of SO
much interest that we shall make one more
citation in the words of Mr.. RIvEs:
"A gentleman Of high standing warned me, and
through me Mr.. Blair, that he intended to use all
honorable means to get rid Of him as editor of the
Globe, on account of bis opposition to southern
mon and southern measures. That gentleman
visited Mr. Polk, at his residence, in Columbia,
Tennessee, fesc Days before the 18th of August,
1914, when tho Nashville convention met. He
obtained from Mr.. Polk assurances in regard to
Mr. Blair that satisfed him; and just a. soon as
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