The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-20
Letters ano Times Qf the Tylers"

and the many weaknesses in my char acter. and a resolute will. And verify 1t requires great mental fortitude and resolute temper to look out on the pros pect with an unblanched cheek. But God in this hour of calamity helps me to do that.
 When you see Colonel Baker, present to him, If you please, my affectionate re- gards. I know few men I like better He is emphatically a good man. upright. sensible and honest. May God bless him for thinking of me in my distress. Owen Jones deserves also my most grateful sentiments. I should like to shake them both by the hand.
 And now, my dear sir, although I re- turn your check l. is with my thanks for your kindness.
 Should Miss Lane be with you tpray make my respectful compliments to her. What has become of my friends, James Buchanan and Buchanan Henry, your uephews I trust they are all well and doing well. May you live to enjoy many years of ease and comfort. Believe me. with great regard. your friend. Robert Tyler. fGov. Rsbt. B. Lindsay to T. c. Foster. Esq)
 Tuscumbia. Ala. 2oth January. 1879. Dear Sir-In reply tc your favor of the 14th instant, I beg leave to refer you to an Act approved March 9. 1871, and found on page sixty-eight of the Acts of Ala hama 1s7O-'71, for the authority under which I appointed Colonel Robert Tyler, as well as for an enumeration of the du- ties prescribed fer the office. Your reference to my deceased friend, Colonel Tyler, recalls some Of the most sacred and most fondly cherished recol- lections Uf my political past. It is a long Atr-,z ,Er NA C. all it's struggles. conflicts and triumphs, have known no one of purer patriotism and certainly no one quicker to recognize It's duties and exactiops. No influence could divert or restrain him; no personal responsibility deter him from their per- tormance. He seemed always to act as If he had an ancestral glory to preserve, not as if its lustre entitled him to consid- aratlon and distinction. His ssnsibility was delicate and his magnanimity gen. erouz
 Knowing that his fortunes had not es- caped our sectional desolation and ani- mated as I was by gratitude, in my con- ception one of the noblcst virtues in pub He or private relations, rendered to him. or rather suggested his acceptance of some position that might prove re- munerative in connection with that pro- life source of evils, the A. & c. R. R. He declined without a hesitating pause, assigning as a reason for his course, that he would not permit a shadow of suspi- cion to attach to his editorial discussions which that road was likely to generate What a beacon light was there to jour nalistic craft. threatened with the break CTS of self-interest! Take him all in all with nicely adjusted attributes of head and heart. Colonel Robert Tyler was a bright example of a noble manhood, well calculated to inspire those permitted to contemplate 1t with an exalted view ,,1 human nature.
 His services to Alabama were eminent and effective; but the history of politics affords the discouraging lesson that the lukewarm and indifferent in all great movements reap the fruits of victory, not the battle-scarred veterans who helped to achieve 1t.
 I have extended this beyond my fnten- ton; excuse me, and you may rest as- sured I will do all I am able to facilitate your wishes.
 Robt. B. Lindsay.