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It: i 7 MR, BOTTS AND MR. TYLEJ The following lette from Mr. Bolts, PIred In the Richmond W&g of Taesday, It .witt be read with interest by the publiod, inU es timation of candid an A impartial nn can leave no doubjt of the unexampled parSdy of which John Tyler has beei guilty. It U proper , that we honld say that thie letter was-not necessary to convince at that Mr. Bjtts previous statement .wa B every parUcularonjjct : We knew him ta b I inatr of HritXarid W therefore believed him. We knew toV Jbai Mr. Tyler was base lieve any charge of baseness and perdy which might be brought against tan. . - - From the Madisonian. r , . 1 JOHll MV BOTTS.1 Our, attention has been called to the.circura tahce' that tome papers have given currency to the latest most improved, enlarged, and illustra ted edition of the'base'fabricatiqjas of this poto rioos individual. . IJe. is represented. as. .having charged the. President . publicly in his hue eJec tioneering campaign," as, baying said to him on the .third day of the extra session. . . r 1 - , That he. ineant ta'be a candidate not only for Vour, but for eight years from the 4th March, '45, thus making the whole term of his service twelve ' years i and then, k ur,. ... - rl .- That the President had offered him any office is his gift, provided be (Botts,) would - sustain him in hie asmratious ; and then i That he? John; Minor Botts, from this time teased to visit the President' So far as the first specification is' concerned, tee are authorized to say,- that at the time of wh ich this invented conversation of Mr. John Minor Botts is said by bin to have occurred, the Presi dent had no intention of being a candidate for jhe Presidency wi 44.fi The President was only pre vented from Introdacing an annunciation torihia effect, in his Inaugural - Address,' by considera tions ot great ;publi'c weight, and would have made it in his secbntt Yeto message, if his then Cabinet had not urgently opposed it, upon the question being' solemnly submitted to the pa. So far as the second specification is concerned, we are authorized to say, that the President never made to Mr. John Minor Botts any offer of an office, f n7 8ort or f any character, at , any time or at any place, for any purpose or object whatever. 'Aadr f'vv, Mtvu,. . So far as the third specification' is concerned, tMurt authorized to say that so far from Mr: John 1L JBotts having ceased to visit the President from end after the 3d day of the extra session, he repeatedly called at the - White House, until he pursued a course which precluded the President from having any - further communication with him.' That transaction "was this: During the . pendency before the Senatebf Mr. Clay's Bank, oill,; it' was ascertained that Messrs. Merrick, Preston, Rives and Archer, would not sustain it without the Insertion of such a modification as would reconcile it with the ' constitutional scru- ' pies of the President, and with their opposition it stood in a minority.' At this juncture of affairs, Mr. John Minor Botts called upon the President, with a' paper purporting to be such "an amend ment,' which he said had been drawn up by him self, and thought would remove . all difficulties upon the abject of a bank. After exacting from Mr. John Minor Botts, the positive assurance that ' if the amendment did not meet his approbation, it should be destroyed and never more beard of, the President took it and 'examined it, iostanta- neousjy rejectee; ii, wim uie ewpiauc uecjara- i AgngA tion, that Jte would inevitably syeto any bill cojl taming such a clause YY hereupon,, Mr. John Minor(Botts reiterated his. promise to destroy it and retired. The President thought no more of the master until a few day afterwards, when the Whig press was . filled , with laudationa , of Mr. Botts for having fallen upon this very expedient; and Mr. Clay subsequently offered it in the Se nate Chamber, substantially, if jiot literally, as an.-amendment to. his Bill I The treachery in thfl whole conduct of Mr. John Minor Botts be came so apparent, that the President ever after , Wards refused to hold any intercourse with him either by word or in writing. ' The charges jof Jr Botts remind us of one which he made against the President at an early period of the contest -between Mf.TyWntFthe ultra Whigs. The Hon. gentleman (!) then stated that while Mr. Tyler was at Brown's Hotel, act' j iug as president of the Senate, shortly after the , inauguration of General Harrison, he waited up .. on Mf . Tyler at his rooms in company with ano 4 ther gentleman and Mr. Tyler did then and - there to them declare himself in favor of a Bank of , the United States. We .have never. by au therfk'. denied this charge before-but we an now 'authorized to say, that Mr. Botts, in making .such a declaration, affirmed what was false in ever particular ' - To the Editors of Ois Whig, and through them to all others who may feel an interest in the matter. The above article which originally appeared . j in the Madisonian, the. official organ of Mr. John W Tyler, and which , has just come to my notice & through, the M Richmond Star," having been pub lished by (he authority of, if not-written by,, the individual who occupies the elevated post of act ing president of. the United States, would, from the position he occupies, seem to demand such attention at my hands, as I would neither p"ay to him a ft man, nor to the channel through which his communication is made. - - In the reply I am about to make, I shall eon fine myself to a simple statement of facts,' avoid ing.s far al can everything like vituperation and abuse, beyond that which may be embodied in .the eimble expression- of my reason for it, which is, that I have Jong since held him, as ninete'en-twentieths of his countrymen hold him. indeed all but his purchased parasites, and hired .stipend!Jri8, as too degraded and contemptible, and sunk too Jowf p e,lFtho.attributea that adorn the character of a gentleman, to entitle him to rise to the dignity of abuse r for I m not one of those who think that high station can confer either d'rH1! respectabihty orcredikility On an unwor th -aiao, -Jrfut I am not a, UttTe gratified that the opportunity has At length been afforded by this hard, wrung and reluctant denial, to make known to my friends throughout the country, the. occa sion and the cause of my first denunciation of Mr. ' Tyler, on the floor of theJIoui of .Represeiita- " tives, a a Traitor te his party-fad his country, and of entertaining a. design to crush the power1 .. of the Whigs, who bad elevated him to office and to build up a party for himself upon its) ruins 4 oui vor m unwiy sapwe oi wniciv toe conse . que nee would be difficult now to estimate'. . Bv this statement. 'a ouestie venrf raised be tweet' Mr. John Tyler and myself, the j resnlt of wnich- 1 cannot dress', wnere we re both known. In the language of the 8tsr,' I tTuet,thAtI&Aitcouiitry1 TVfer and John M. JkHs, and jttpe&Ey 'te hath tre-.iVttotrnrimrtitn mort Qian.'Mn John TyierV "word tcUl lie .icaniedagoinst0ieux)rd f Mr, Cfitts TBen the day shall arrive- that ns-iiHifrathrcoJoacth of aa American Con greas shall be prepared tdFtcstifrittaea oath, that they bejieve me-pve Erailtj o(the nvsst "wilful arJeliberatr IiImScvs ia srromin tancei fvihen such falsehoods shall have been J fftahlisd open me by the ooocurreutfeatuDonj of such nvn as Thomas EwinjJohn. Bell. John I IX Crittendaii: GeoEl ladder. FranciiGrtnger.i Joba'McPhersonfrJ&o, and John Serjem! nnn. ...uU : .kiii thtrtrAA niinn mit I wuu utiii ur&aui - w - UllOLT, niUOU lb BUMI M" wuu-vo t" "il T V. . t V, , V . V k'i i .tKlU.. rViM.l i-fta. nlsginnt HI IffOmO. Ev'the mSfmiiieot,ad honorable meinbe the bar, and made a matter of record-ftha.tlbave obtained, by fraud, a bond from an idiot ard?nd that charge shall be sustained by the high Court of Chancery ijr Virginia,-aoM ball be perpetnml ly enjoined andirtstrained from ever rfraflzingthe amount pf b'bond, thus fraqdule&lrobtained fmm tha oatitn nf a confidin? and unfortunate yotfnfrfeM whttnia fdoted upTdme S3hTs7rrehd and second father,'' then it win oe nme enougn for me to shrink from euch a controversy ; but until then (for I cannot recognize any equality between the word of Mr. John ly.ier ana my self before)' "lei not ;-'tfienand that has been tainted and stainewith corruption add, fraud lei hot' the lips that have been polluted with false hood, or the heart that has been danmed with treachery as base as that of the fallen angel, or hdl ji?e i ffcwbf credited-Jn;any. .assaults that tie may .make on my character or veracity. , . 4 u But While the conversation which I am now about to give in full detail occurred, (as was not only natural, but certain to have happened,) in the absence of all witnesses, yet I will give such circumstantial and corroborative evidence of its truth, as will not fail to removejevery rejnnant of doubt, upon the'min.d of every candid, and I dis interested reader, no matter to what party he may belong. ' ' It was on Wednesday the third day of the Ex tra Session of Congress, that I visited Mr. Tyler on business that had been intrusted to roy charge, by some of my constituents, when the following conversation took place, the . substance of which he now so emphatically denies : and as I mean to affix my affidavit to it, I shall give entirely and in full, verbatim el literatim as nearly as I can re collect it, (and I believe I can repeat it precisely as it occurred,) and this will plead my apology for th6 mtroduction of language, which I confess Was neither becoming to Mr. Tyler nor myself, and stilY less proper for the public prints however as it was used I must repeat it here : After getting through the business which car ried roe there, Mr. Tyler said : Well, Botts, I understand you have been de nouncing my message to which I replied. No, Mr. Tyler, 1 have said nothing about your message that deserves to be characterised as de nunciation, though I am sorry to find you have al ready established a back stair influence here, to communicate every whisper that may be made. I'll tell you candidly what I did say of the mes sage, when asked my opinion of it : I said, it was a slip slop, milk and water affair, and not such as I had expected r desired .to see." Mr. Tyler, said with some animation, but good bumoredly : " Well, God damn it, what did you expect or wiph 1" , Well sir," said I, " I would have had you to have recommended a Bank of the United States, flat footed, and in the most unqualified terms." Now, by God," said Mr. Tyler, M that shews how damned hard yoti are to please. I have sub mitted to your consideration three plans : the Bank of the United States, the State Bank sys tem and the Sub-Treasury ; and have told you to take your choice, and I would be satin fied with eitherf But," said I, Mr. Tyler, did'nt you know that a Whig Congress would take neither the State Bank System sot the Sub-Treoeary 1" Certainly' I did," said he, and therefore you ought to be satisfied," T 44 Well," I answered, 44 1 should have preferred that you' should have recommended a Bank of the U. S. outright and let Congress have come to your aid and stood shoulder to shoulder upon the ques tion, instead of saying that each had been con in its turn; and we should then have escaped the taunt we now meet with from our opponents tAat we have a Whig President who dare not recommend Bankv" But," I con tinued, M there was another objection I had to your message : I would have had you to recom mend the, distribution of the sales of the public lands', .without qualification." Ahdso I have," said he.. ... "Oh no," I said, "you have attached a pro viso, that the duties to be levied should'nt ex ceed those contemplated by the actof 1833, which you know they are obliged to do, in order to raise enongh revenne for the support of Government-" 44 There it is again," said he, 44 why by God, sir, you dont understand the Compromise Act," and stepping off to his table, he brought the volume of laws containing the Compromise act, and read from it the passage which declares that nothing herein contained shall be so con strued as to prevent the passage of any act prior to the 30th day of Jnne, 184A in the contingen cy of revenue, altering the rates of duties, &c so as to adjust the revenue to suit either con tinffencV. - u Now," said he, 44 sir, has'nt the contingency arisen ? is there not a deficiency in the revenue ! and what is there in this act to prevent you from raising the duties to 20, 3Q, 40, 50, or 100 per cent if it shall be necessary " without violating its provisions VWell, said I, Mr, Tyler if this be your cons trucl ion of that act why did you say anything about the 44 duties contemplated by it,' in connection with the subject of Distri bution." 44 Oh," said he, 44 you know what a certain portion of the country think of the com promise act, and it is well enough to humor them." And for this it was that I denounced his phar asaical and hypocritical cant' about the Compro mise art when he vetoed the Tariff Bill because it violated, as he said its provisions, and there fore required us to give up the Distribution clause. At this point there was a slight pause in the conversation, when I said, Tyler there is one piece of advice 1 want to irive vou, and as you have invited me to talk freely with you, 1 shall do so." xou are a poor man, and wuJ feel it more sensibly when you retire from your present situation, than you have ever done be fore; you will find it necessary to live and en tertain in a style different from what jbu have been accustomed to, and unless you provide the means .now you will be placed in . an embar rassing situation. .... t ' t . ,, You ought to lay .up from, your salary. $15 000 a year, which in 4 years will give you $60 000, and that, in Williamsburg, will be a fine estate, upon which you. can live after the pay ment of all your debts, as will become your station. 44 Botts," eaid he,." why confine me 'lo fovr year." Why eonfine you to uhat,' prise. . ' said I, with sur. ,4 Yes, by confine me to four years Why ----- - j , -r - - vj v uijcft. pired term of Generar Harrison, and if I can make. roy administration popular. why should I not be ''entitledtb' anelection on .roy own ac count, and then if I could make mysejf. accep. table to, the . peopl why should I nqterve out my own' eight years,' a others have, done oe- fcrVw :- "v. v. , - t4 Why, Mr Tylerf tiuwre&Z you forget the 'one term pnneipWf ,? NoW .saidher- if every, body else .would-be bound by , the s.one term principle so- would I but nobody else k, and why should J he.'!. , r . - not iweivc i i am oniy, aaisninir out tne unex. .u -Mr.., Tyler!! said J, let me t entreat. youl even ,Jh new to, talk, uvtthta way to ny oooy.jlse .,!,, JV., ,.,. , -y. . 7 his having Been said apparently, half in jest and halt in' earnest,. I. vas doubtful how he inten ded ituntil in a more serious tone heTeaumdd No w, Botts, don't you go off half cocked, and oppose myadminj-tration I bad jatheranjrman thfou--ftml inder greater obligations to you : - . thai! anv -tjodv-eise. ana mere is do mw wnwo ting than yours. Now, sir, I have aabinet around me not of my own selection ; thisls Gen eral Harrison's Cabinet, and I do not know how long I antJiVe in termonyyarithem Ioaft kinow.how soon I may harVtocalJ around , me if. Dolitirilfawiil of ifiwowrfrhQice-nd when Ldo, where should J look. so soon us to my oldfriends Xfrommy 'ownatt hands to. wards me. .. Said I, 44 Mr. fjlerititf time ydu'andihad come to an understanding : You say you had ra ther any man-in -Congress should oppose your ad ministration than L, Now, sir, let me say to you, if it Is' yWr 'purpose to'actVtth strict fidelity to that great Whig party to which I air. and ever have been attached on principle, and which brought you into power; if it-is your -purpose to iarryout in good frith those measures oi relief, which we have promised to the country you shall never want a supporter on that floor while I am there Landf able to render. yon assistaoce ; but, by G--aV Mr. Tyler, if it is, your purpose to be tray that party, and to defeat their measures, if it is your purpose to break them down and set up a party for yourself I'll be damned if ever you did see a more violent and bitter opponent than you will find in mo; arid, as for office, to which you have alluded, let me 6ay to you, that there is not an office in the gift of the Executive that I de sire to hold, and not one that I would consentto accept, if it were to be attended with the slightest sacrifice of my political integrity,' or of the confi dence of my constituents." 41 Well, well,' said he, 44 we wont talk any more about this now Come take off your hat a nd stay an4dine wHb-me." vi tried to excuse myself ; he insisted, took my hat and umbrella from me and I eta id and broke bread that day with him for the last time in his own house. Now for the circumstantial and corroborative evidence of the truth of this whole statement In the first place, if there be any portion of the people of this country, who, from an ignorance of my character, can believe me capable of fabricating such a statement as this to accomplish any selfish or interested motive, or for the pnrpose of preju dicing the public mind against Mr. Tyler; none can suppose that I had any such design at the time of this conversation is said to have taken place; for I was, at that time, on terms of the strictest friendship and closest confidence with him anx ious by every honorable means to advance his views, rejoicing in his success, and buoyant with hope of prosperity to the country, resulting from what I supposed to be the policy of his adminis tration. What object could I have had at that time, what purpose could I have subserved in trumping up such a tale as this against one, for my too ardent support of whom, in the Legislature of Virginia, for a seat in the Senate, I had incurred the displeasure of some of my best friends, and alienated theffee tions of some of of the best Whigs in the State" ; and to whom, because I believed him to be an hon est and ill-treated man, I had adhered with a con stancy, tenacity and zeal worthy of a better cause and a better man. And yet such was the impres sion made on my mind by the interview held that day with Mr. Tyler, as to his ultimate purpose to run for a second and third term, which was only to be accomplished by the destruction of the Whig party, that I mentioned the conversation to several of my intimate friends on the same night of the day on which it occurred. At the time the Hon. W. C. Dawson, and the Hon. Roger L. Gamble, and myself formed a mess, and to each of them I mentioned, in confidence, what had transpired between Mr. Tyler and my self, and expressed my apprehension of the result On a subsequent and perhaps to some of them as early as the next day, I mentioned it confidentially to ray friends, the Hon. Willie P. Mangum, John J.Crittenden, and I think the Hon. W, S. Archer, with all of whom I was on terms of the most fami liar intimacy, besides one or two of roy colleagues. To Mr. Clay I believe I never mentioned.it, until the Veto Message was sent in, or until it was as certained with certainty that it was to come, when I put him in possession of Mr. Tyler's views of a 12 years term, that he might be on his guard. 1 have not time, before I feel it necessary to an swer this "by authority" attack on my veracity to write to all or any of the gentleman above referred to but if any one of them do not recollect to have beard of this conversation substantially, if not verbatim, as I have related it above, I wish him to contradict it publicly. I would prefer that they 8 hould corroborate this statement, if their recol lections accord with minebut knowing the re luctance with which many gentleman appear in these newspaper controversies, I will only ask, (if they object to the other course,) that they will contradict this whole statement if they did not hear of it.Joug pnqr to the rupture between Mr. Tyler and myself. This is the couversation which was alluded to by Mr. Gibbons, of Philadelphia, last fall, in a public address to the citizens of Philadelphia an imperfect account of which had reached Mr. Gib bons, who is a stranger to me, and which led to a correspondence at that time, when Mr. Tyler was in vited to authorise a publication of the whole conversation which the Madisonian declined I suppose by authority to give. And which was referred to in the late canvass only at its. close, after it had been mentioned repeatedly by my competitor, somewhat in a spirit of rebnke, that ! had fallen out and quarreled with men in pow er, a charge from which I entirely exonerated him,1 because it became proper in my own vin dication, to shew that if I had quarreled with men in power it was because I had found men in pow er profligate and corrupt, and -unworthy of my conhdence or the support of the people, and at the same time to shew that I could have had. no per sonal or selfish object in quarrelling with patron age, honor, emolument and reward, all of which attached to men in power, and to shew that if 1 did quarrel with power, it was because I prefer red a sacrifice of my personal advancement to a surrender of my representative jluty and fidelity. l might also here advert to several passages to b found in my speech on the Veto, delivered in the House of Representatives, at the extra session of 1841, in which allusion is made to this. Conver sation, as furnishing me with, a knowledge of his treachery, and design to run for another term and in mv letter 44 To the PublieJ dated Au gust 21st, 1841, in explanation of the "Coffee House" letter, .distinct allusion is also made to it. For example: After enumerating many ofMn Tyler's acts, to show how far be had committed himself tb Whi nolicvI sav-fof Mr.TVler. who had done all this to be the first man to throw himself in the path of his friends, and make him self a stumbling clock, and an obstacle to the P-hopes, the entreaties, the demands of a Nation's happiness and weaJ, or the purpose of , promoting his own personal popularity, did betray. a degree of perfidy y that filled me with indignation and dis gust," ,, , . And again, I.remarked in that letter, If high qfficiml etaium had been uppermost in my mind, J might hate betrayed my party and iv friends and gvsen in my adhesion to Mr. Tyler's re-election and sustained ami in his desertion." Wha can hoa eatlyrdoubt that. J referred a that time to- thiaL very- conversation l s And may, not . the question w Mieuy wiia some propriety, if there was no foundation for such remarks,-why the official or gan was not then, as nowrauthorixed to pronounce j it hh6Tfi r. M .1 But a-eingle extract from a speech delivered irH xnr. iyier in ichh, on the removal of the depoa jtemay ser?. to open the eyes of sonaeHo the criucjpic toa motive tnai acutaies uib mu u u ssauii on me j in epeaKifig ot toe aouse oi py on trie part of i the JeswJve, an the an annnnisiratroiH he says render .inaudible the voices of those who it,', . . i t : cairiiuo question nis conduct, ana compiaanoi vio lated law, ,ho M , ,11Pn . and A ri.j .fiiJ' -atAr.' eins,' They are tailed alarmists and a and are charred with bein?sctu&ted by unnoiy mo- Uives These expedienUbut too. often succeed and errors in the administration of affairs come to be ratified, which but too frequently destroy tlie 'very foundations offree.Goverament.'' And here he carries out the principle himself to render inaudible my voice for conYplaihTn'g of hie condujet anAykdated Jawhe- assails me in turn, and when argument fails him he begins the war of appellatives 4ut for once At least the x edient will not succeed, nor .will the errors of lis-administration bfe ratified for . I question if lis word would, be taken on oath by any intelli gent Grand Jury in hi native State, r- On the same day and during the same conver sation, I was. further informed of Mr. Tyler's views in reference to Mr. Clay as his successor by an invitation to unite with him in making Mr. Webster the 44 strong man of the South," for the Presidency-He is the man said he for us-, and if you will unite with me, wecah make him 'the popular man with all our Southern people; to which I replied th&t i should be glad te see many of the prejudices then existing in the Southern country against Mr. Webster removed, and should like to -see him President, but 'zi good fime, Mr. Tyler : his time has not yet come there .is one before him with far higher and stronger claims on the South and the whole country and Mr. Webster must wait his time. This part of, pur conversation I do not think I even to this day mentioned to Mr. Clay, though I may have done it : if J have, it was not until after an irreparable breach had been made between them from other causes but it will serve to shew that at that early period, he had fixed in his mind a determined opposition to Mr. Clay, which he has since attempted to ascribe to subsequent causes, growing out of what he called Mr; Clay's attempt at dictation to him, when Mr. Clay and the whole Whig party in Congress yielded to him, what I trust will never again be yielded to any offi cer in the Executive Chair. " The Madisonian is right in one particular, where he says I did not cease to visit Mr. Tyler af ter this interview nor did I ever say otherwise my expression in the discussion referred to, was that I never broke bread with him after that and I might have added that was never Mked ; for Mr. Tyler had found on that day, that I was not made of penetrable stuff; and did not suit his purpose? but I did continue to visit him, and did all in my' power to keep him in the path of recti tude and , honor, and I doubt not, he has often since in his moments of reflection cursed himself for not taking some of the wholesome advice I then gave him ; but when I found all my efforts unavailing, and that other councils had prevailed, which must plunge him into destruction and the country into ruin I then ceased my visits, and when at lastl was reluctant to look upon his treach erous visage, I made a last effort, by a letter which was long since published in connexion with my speech on the Veto, in which I warned him of all that has been realized by the course he haspur eaed. " ' . " '' s' " As for the statement of the Madisonian 44 by authority" that he refused to hold any communica tion with me on account of my 44 treachery' there is too much of stuff and balderdash in it to merit a reply. Let that go for what it is worth! It hi not neces sary that I should go into a"' history of the amendment subsequently offered by Mr. Clay to the Bank Bill, of which he complains a part of the statement is true, a part utterly and entirely false it is enough to say that Mr. Clay had never seen it at the time I presented it to Mr. Tyler, and was opposed to it when be did see it at first ;and at last yielded to his high sense of patriot ism, in offering it to the Senate, from a persua sion, (not derived from me) that it would be ac ceptable to Mr. Tyler, and that without it, it could not pass the Senate ; and, I can t say' with an upright conscience, that so far from that amend ment being adopted swith a view of embarrass ing Mr. Tyler, that I had every reason to believe, as had Mr. Clay, that if adopted the bill would re ceive hia signature. In regard to the last paragraph of Mr. Tyler's article, it is false that I ever made any such as sertion. - I do not know to what particular occa sion he alludes, when he asserts that I made the statement there ascribed to me but I recollect the conversation at his rooms, at Brown's Hotel, very well, and I imagine whatever I have said heretofore will be found to correspond with what I am now about to say. On the night of the 2lst of March, -41, Mr. Ty ler, and myself slept in the same bed, and talk ed more than half the night on various subjects, public and private among those subjects of a public nature was the establishment of a Nation al Bank. There .was strong: reason then to ap prehend that there would be a tie in the Senate on that question, which we both deprecated: But said 1, 44 Tyler, it will afford you a glorious opportunity to immortalize your name if the es tablishment of an institution so indispensable to the prosperity of the country should be carried by your casting vote ; it will lay the . nation under, a weight of obligation , that will never be forgot ten :" To which he replied, ; That it was a res ponsibility he did not covet that he would rath er avoid it but if it did come to that, they should find that he -Vas capable asfa national represen tative, of making a sacrifice, or of yielding -s.lt his former opinions expressed as a reptesentativepf Virginia,"- 1 On the hex morning, a number of geemeh called and some of them introduced the subject of a Bank, as I supposed, With a view of ascer taining what they had to expect from Mr. Tyler, if he should have to decide the question as the presid ing officer of the Senate-and I remarked to them: 44 You need hot indulge any ears on that sub ject ; Tyler will do. what is" right ; he'll vote for a Bank." ,, 44 Come," said Mr. Tyler, "don't you commit me too far on that subject Botts' 44 Why," said I, "I cant commit you any farther than you have already committed yourself fifty'times over." ": yveVgetleme.n,"J. Baid,Mr. Tyler, 44 1a teU you th'a'much ifIamcaDedohtoffive thex e:L I will ffive it without the slightest reference in any opinion that 1 may at any former period have entertained or expressed while a representative of Virginia. I .anj now a National Representa tive, and wril not allow old opinions to have any influence on roy present course." All seemed to be satisfied.iand I -do not believe there Vae a man present (who believed Mr. Tyler trust worthy) that left the room with a doubt that be would vote for the bitt if he had to vote at all. Id reference to that portion of the article which asserts Mr. Tylers infehfibn to have Wotfde&iift in his tjecond! veto Message, ah arinrinciaf hia intenfidn hot to be a candidate for a second term", from rtricji her was Only prevented by' the urgent opposition pf fiie Cabinet-4 have nothing to do witltit-and vet it mat' nfit Ti a At w2 toireRafK'J,t Mr- Ewinj has atamped the atate-1 ? 1" fencing are extracts taken fiom Mr. Ew- 1048 letter otet& Dec last. fc - 41 did nbt tnfnk it advi!ihfsi in mmMAVtKa fyta with the1 propose! declaration, as there ap peared to me no onnexioii tetivien th'kwd subjects". v! . '-'?; For himv at that time and under the cninrntianeesl to declare volerSnly. in VfribKc pifjy thafne would or would note a cawidamr fw re-election, would as I thought ptakeim kfcej iuectrpublie ridicule and contevrpu he ajreafly Was of 9ubUtt indwrnation. My advice therefore was given seriously and in good faith, though I JiJ i t . !...'..- 1... .nw titirm vuist sn uw rust jvt u imnnciu vki w f p- no more man l oeiievea as a ia ma buhcujcui, tibn inliie inauurali' W ; . .. . no more than l believed as a facinis gunemem, It aDoeers then that Mr. Ewlriar simply advised bim not oie,& rjdicjilaujgs,,ofuneejf and tfiis he construes into a formal Cabinet consulta tion, and advice, which alone prevented him from declining a re-election at that time. But if he had submitted such a proposition, eub&aquent tjrenta justify MrEwing in bis con clusion, that it was not made in-ocilfaith, and that its Only purpose was tb asteftaih.wbo wfre for bis ,re-efeclibri and .who against t, . that" he might have retained the.one and have, dispensed WithtLe services of the other. . Junpg; the same, or, perhaps it might, haye been in ,3, subsequent cph.versation, and of thi I will not be certa.n, kjreoaarked that while Pro vidence i had always, watched - qver . tbja country w.th peculiar care, its hand had never been so visible as in the deaih of Gan. Harrison for if he bad lived he could never havecarried it through the storm that was rising: indeed said he, lam the only man that can, administer it, for my populari ty in the Nor;h on account of my vote against the Force Bill, -and ray general acquiescence rn the views of the South (alluding to Bank, Tariff, (Sc.) places me in a situation to do what no other man could. - J' ' Well, said I, Mr. Tyler, you are hopelessly incurable. Why, Botts, said he, what do you cbnsider as the true test f greatness Is it not success ! and d.dyou ever know me to attempt any thing in which I Bid not succeed ?" Oh, yes, I said, you attempted to be made Senator a year or two ago, and I think you did'nt succeed in that ul whovau; behove that a gentleman, "enter taining this exalted idea of hi&trancendeqt qual ifications, did not then intend to be a candidate for re-election. . , - t ' -, And now with this plain statement of facts.. I turn the gentlemen over to Gen. Van Reoselaer, pf N. York, who has promised to place hia vera city on a foundation tha twill put it at least be yond dispute hereafter, until I can have the plea sure of approaching him more, nearly in my re presentative character, which I shall do before the adjournment of the next session" of -Cbngrfss, if the laws of the country are to be any longerb served, with his pernicious example beford-us, when it will afford me much gratification to pay my respects to him again. JNO. M. BOTTS. Mat 8t, 1843. CITY. OF RICHMOND towit : " - - This day personally appeared before me, an Alderman for the City of Richmond, John Muk& Botts, who made oath that all the facts set forth in the foregoing communication are substantially and literally true. ; . Given under my hand and seal this 0th day 6f May, 1843. JAMES EVANS, J. P. Seai.. P. S. Since writing the abYe, ray attention has been called to another infamous falsehood emanating from the palace, which I should not notice, but I am on the subject and had as well dispose of it The following paragraph is taken from a, letter written by the .Washington corres pondent and published in the "Aurora and Union," Mr. Tyler's New York Organ, as substituted for the Herald., Whether. th:s: correspondent from Washington is one of , the 4 young crackling's' about the Palace, as has been charged, or not, I do not know but certain it is, he gets his infor mation from the White House. ' The defeated 4 header John Minor Borrf, who now finds himself minus the votes to place him again in a position which he so flagrantly dis graced, did not hesitate in the late election to re sort to every dishonorable means to purchase success. W'ith a full knowledge of his politi cal and personal character, of his horse-racinsr and jockeying propensities, of his jobbing in elections,' and the like, I had hot quite supposed that one' who hao occupied, a seat U3 Congress, couid de? scend to low and palpable falsehood to further his own ambitious views or to injure the cause of his opponents; Id a speech recently made by this man Botts, he unequivocally asserted that John Tyler, while Vice President, kad de clared himself in favor of a Bank of the United Statestohim B. in an interview bad 'upon that subject in company with a third person. This statement, I have reason to -know, is false in every important particular. "The President has not only repeatedly denied it, but the third per son who was not present. Gen. Waddy Thompson? our Minister at Mexico, immediately after this interview, communicated to certain members of the Senate his positive opinion, that if the bank charter depended upon the casting vote of the presiding officer of that bodyin no event, was it to be expected ! I make this declaration Upon no empty rumor. Gen, Thompson has, I am in formed, explained "the whole circumstances un der his own signature, which can be brought fort ward whenever the friends of the' President deem it necessary to corroborate the testimony already before the public This is' the species of bafe- tacetf calumny with which out Executive ha been assailed; and this is the kind of falsehood with Which such men as Botts would electioneer into place. The- fact ia now upon file. Botte has made the assertion, and Gen. Thompson plainly denies- it , Between these two authorities who will hesitate to decide 1" It is enough, I suppose, for me to say that I have never called Mr. Thompson's name1 in connection with this subject, never thought of him, and have never had the slightest allusion to him-nor do I recollect ever to have been present at any in terview with Mr. Tyler In company with Mr, inoropson. At the conversation, 1 refer to, it Brown's Hotel, there were '. eighteen or twenty gentleman present but Mr Thompson was not of the number. They wet all strangers, .who bad .visited Washington to attend the Inaugura tion. My impression . if", that Mrv Wharton, of the Wheeling times, wasone of them, though I will not,iay with certainty that he Wat there&C tne time . ot the conversation,, as Jbey were con stantly passing in and out of the room he can speak for himself If this should meet his eye. But let them select- witnestets, for me, and cau on mem 10 say - whether they have beam all that I bai-dVariditwilliMAhedifncalttodieprove all I have said 4 a tolerable strong game they at tempt to paytwiit wont doi try back gentlemen: 4 . ' . ... JNO. M. BOTTS. Will those papert hhat have puolished Mr. Tyler'retatemenVia an act of justice publish this also! .s y 'A. p 3. M. B. Saa rHUteA rmtmT f. etKm ml BXimrMu . ibe suit of Blakey vs. Tyle-j, aeepy of which has J n mrp jioKss,ion: since Jaa fsll, wyhen, for pie - firat liaMg, 1 became acquainted with the cirevmstan vs. ; t Note The lansuaee of bis Message is 'To vou then, who have coroe more directly Irooi the body of our common constituents, I subinit rbe entire nnettoo4 ucm qiiBiiueu.10 give m iwu ezpoaiuoo pi uir wish es oopini6i.'w'' . " ' ' ' ' GUEir:avo09ytoKhtfa haWt reoived e tareeVuaniftv of SrTTTN !nnWnr X4JWX ." 01 wmcn win ihb aetd ey low for Caab al . J0HN R "WHITAKER. ' Msyll,1843. 33 w3w R AL7EIQU I ypl 6h-OJ Sare a Dollar and get a bcUcr IIa nUGULUClimr, Practical n . re.pctfulfy inform, ibe Citeens'of Ktleieh Ur Neighborhood generally, that be bat --? ua 1 n. o eery oewri, which he offcrffA, twenty per cent. ch,e, than they can li 1 other place iu fyity He i. now fin ,ny Supenor CWimer aod'Cerman Uruth Hi ? neater tha.tf you have eeu for mny . a l!ult some very svperiot Mol jSkin n4 Khot N i0' Bate, which for beauty;of finish. a,,J noi be eicelled. Hats will belept co,,m2 ' ' 1 ,n or ra.nufarhKrd to order, pt eer qotlhl lnd' fa-lyon. Hau f ?very desertion preMed to took: fqoat o . new " LZ 2? u d pressed gratify J siomer8 hu . ; . M. 1-, has taken the Shop on Ptyeitevilfc . recently oreuped.b,;Dr. J.vrtT.. Ut doo,?' VI .T Shoe Store, where ft, incite. aK.fl Mr c.ll before rcbeing eUewhere, if ,he, wth I 10 dollar, siid get a better Hat. He irusti, thlfb! attention to the buinen,to reccire a slisreof ih. iiepatronaew; ( ""'pnb. N. B. Oeh given for Woot on (he $kin .nj ery jWiplion ,.f rDs. n' ,Dd i Raleigh, March If, 1843. 1 SUflLUFa uwi bum vui avw.m, w,iu k iTrpiare to each Ii h a ba ment atory Of E'tnmered Kock the wholf eiteV which i intended fo a Dining Room, Ac. w ith a fir place st each end-lhe basement Kom. pot fiai There w aaperb Roik MfaWo. fwooriea hjth. lWen ty-fonr by ihifty feet n'are-.alaoa Hock Smoke-h,,, and good frame Kitchen; and an excellent Well of Water. The Lot contains from six to aeven acri of ground, which have been highly impr.v,, ix. House is heanlifully !.it.ted on an eminence Mu the front line. All the improvrmenls have bcn mad. within three years.a-ad coat the builderver six thou sand Dollar. ( Thia deairable property i now offered fr four thousand dollar Tme will be giv, n the purchaser bul the noiea will draw interest and undoubted aefU' rity wilt be required. Pewona. d.siroua .f living in Raleigh, have noW; an opportunity of purchaMtea desirable residence at a very reduced price -' ' " ' " ' E. P.GUI0N J?a1eigh. Aognat 25. - ' 68 if TOT V???8 V Thia " kn JJlsnd valuable LPT. in the immedi.ie vicinity of the Tdwn of PilUborbugh, ia offered for sale on ery reasonable lerms. Pisaeaiion ran be had immediate, ly. the Purucriber baying removed lo his Piantauon a few miles dwant. ; The lot contains full 1 1 lcre, with a fine Grove, and a large and well cultivated Garden, which will be planted and ready for an oc cupant, a Gardener being left in care of the premitea. There are a number of Fruit Trees lhat bore last Mi son, a Well of excellent wafer near the hnufe, and a beautiful and never failing rivulet, runninn quite across one aide of the lot, and witbm.it. The dwell ing bouse and, out buildings are sufficient for the c- , rommodatioo of a large family, anil well aiiuated fur the establuhmeot of a Female 8chool or Privnte Boarding Hoese , The situation commands a fine view of the village and adjacent country, and is with, in a short walk of the Male Academy, which is now in a flourishing condition, with every prospect of in. creasing prosperity, j Henry A. London, Esq., P. M . who resides nrn the premisi s. will givfe any further information that may be desired by tetter or otherwise. i .. W. H.HAKDIN. Rock Rest, April 3. 1843. 36 4w a 1 r 1 w . William Thompson, Cabinet and Farnltarc i are houie, -i Kaleigh N. C. TTHHE Subscriber has now on hand at his furaish , U, ing Ware Roorna, just ill the rear of Mfr. Turner & Hughe' Book Store, a general astorimtnt ii Articles in bis line,1 made in the most faithful nun ner, after the newest and most fashionable pntiein. a ud which will be warranted. They wi.I be sld at such price, ss to leave no excuse for ending to the North for Fu mi tore. ! Call and look,' before yon send fromtiome. WILLIAM THOMPSON. I RiWgh, Nov. 4, 184.2. 28- 03 1 Walnut, Birch, Maple and Poplar Lumber f-eaonf, taken in exchange for Furniture JE.r.JWa SIM'S P.IAN0 FORfES. AS the best evidence the tSnbscriber can pwsiblj give of bis own Opinion, aato the superiority at the Piano Forte which be offers for sale ; and in order that ottiera may hae a:r opfiortunity of letting the -matter, he propoeeso place tbem upon trial in the p7lura of audi perOQs as may be derou ul sup plying themselves witb articles of the kind. The Hstponcment of a positive purchase of any instrument whatever for' a few months, to give tbi different makers a fair trial, would at least do the par chaser no harm.. j A line addressed to the Subscriber, at Petersburg, Vi would-answer just as good a purpose every wy a a personal interview, siac he takes upon himself the risk of selecting and guarantees to please in every reopect' x ..'!'. A large assortment always on band. Upward three hundred have been sold by him, without er ellirif av bad one. E. P. NAfH. 1 Mi. Petersburg, Va. J.,IM;C.P. COLLINS, WIIOtESALE DEALERS IN MUIV MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, PALMS, 7 GLASS, DYE-STDFFS, it. SoDth Fifth Street, Philadelphia. No. 1, " The "6uKcHb ra have a large and well selected 8ock of the aoye articles, which they offer attba lowest maikef prices, and on the moat liberal terms. Pbvsrciana, Drugguta and ;terebaiKMi the Souih ana VV vat, who wish' to make Durchaes, may.bf sending their addresses to the Subscribers, obtain ibur pricea fiee from expense'. 28 3m r w n; l-JaT.I.ifTPPT.IS!l OP ( jJttwfc instruments, .jrjsjvcr jsrticl.es, c. E. P. NASH, Sycamore Stretti Teteribttrg, Virginia. , f plOaNTRy MetchahU an others in want 01 sn, f Vilof the aWve article will find in ray eMtablKh.nenV tUe mow beeuaM stock t bae ever ofleren. ui ly reduced print.- A call from my old frienJsaoo ctialMmera ie otieitd , 4 B' "ECKWrriTS ANTI-DYSPEPTIC Plhh3 For sate at the Drug Store of ... 71 N L 8TITH, Ralwik" i j . - -. r 9 1 j5SkS RalC Jgh.-r'rhe fcuDKriher.Vil.p j ' j--9' rou" of moving to his Plantation J v toMlhistfOUKEKD LOT inth,.c 'it centre ..f the Capitol The Honw it a Ugc lwo . f rv buildincr. fortv-twS fcrt hv ., age through the middle three Room, m', i''"" I f" :f ' 1 " I 'fatoU.tr, wi m
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