Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-03-07
From the Toledo Commercial
AN OLD.TIME LETTER.


A Perrysburg friend has furnished Us with
the following letter, addressed BY Gov. Tnos.
CoRwIY, to the late JoHS C. SrISK. ESQ.,, well
known to old settlers of the aaumss Valley as
for many years a prominent lawyer and leading
WhiE politician Of this region. From the let
ter, 1t appears that Mr.. SPISS had been Proffer-
cd the position Of Notary Public for Perrysburg,
but for some reason bad declined, and proposed
to substitute HssaY BEssEr, Esq :, then Of that
town and now Of Toledo, as the sppOintes'
With this explanation, we give the letter, as
follows;
"CoLcMBUs, Aug. l7th. Is4.
"Dear Sir Get Mr. Henry Benuet to send a
bond for tue discharge sf his duties as Not.
Pub. On receipt Of that here, a commission
will issue, The law, as you will see BY refer
snce to 1t, requires a bond in $4,000. Is this
the reason why you decline 2
"Rumor has thousand tales to tell, and still
more eopje:tures to make, concerning the Presi-
dents actsu on the Bank bill. ] am half hop
ing aud half dssparing, and wait for events
with a sort Of reliance on Providence. What
the effect precisely will be, should sinister coun-
sells with the President prevail, | feel unable to
predict vet, l cannot doubt that unniTed ca
lamity will lollnw. When will We learn wis
dom frsm experience Even fools, 1t is said,
may be taught in that school, but l begin to
doubt it,.
"Give my respects to your wife, aud sim
ner's blessing to that hne boy Of yours and for
yourself take both.
al should like to hear from you what NAV be
expected in your quarter from the elections
this fall. Your friend, THos. CoRwIS.
~. G. SPISK, Esq, Psrrysburg, Ohio"
The reference here m ide to the Presidents
action" will recall to tho minds Of many OF
our readers, the notable time in our political
history, when JoHS TYLER, elected by the
Wings as Vice President, succeeded, through
the death Of Gen. II HARRIsoS, to the Presidency
and undertook to set up business on his own
AocOuut-in The language Of the time, "Tylsriz-
ed" very much as a ft successor "a years sub
sequsntly "JahnsOnized." That was, indeed, a
time sf 'half-hoping and half-dsspairiug -
while the "svents" which Immediately follow :
ed, fully justified Gov. CoRwTN's forbodinga.
This "sort of reliance on Providence" which he
bad, was probably that to which politicians
usually lock in times of defeat aud disappoint-
ment but we think if the "eveuts" which re-
moteiy followed the apostAey Of TYLER, be
carefully traced and critically examined. they
may be found to warrant "sort" Of faith ia
"Proudsnce" more reliant than that indicated
by Gov CoHwIS. IL, as some bold. 10 the time
and manner Of the annexation of Texas, under
TYLKR's administration, for the purposes Of
the Slave power, be due the war in Mexico,
aud the consequent acquisition Of new ter
ritory from that country, leading N the new
phase OF the Slavery question, SO specially fa-
YoFAble TO the cause Of frssdOm-ws say, IL
this train Of "evsnts" really be the result of the
"sinlster sounses" which actually prevailed
with TYLER, may we not also conclude with
them the more important and effective oonss-
qusnces afterwards seen in the Slavshoiders'
+ Il A. \ 4 r
cspted, did not the Whig "fools," referred To by
Gov. CoRwIN, in electing JoHN TYLER, "build
better than they knew 7"