August 20th 1845
My dear Alexander,
I observe a long Rigmarole
in the Herald of this morning in which 
the names of some members of the 
family, figure quite conspicuously,
and which should be answerd.  I un-
-derstand the game well.  This is only
a premonitory symptom of a concocted
plan yet to be developed.  The object
of this scheme is to influence Mr Polk
if possible, to dismiss from office the
few remaining friends of the
last administration who have been
fortunate enough to escape the
general carnage.  Bennett has,
as usual, been paid for its in-
-sertion at so many cents a word
or with so many dollars for the 
use of his paper.  He of course
does not believe one single 
word in the article, and no 
doubt laughs in his sleeve at
the credulity, which, were [?]

August 20th 1845
My dear Alexander,
I observe a long rigarmole
in the Herald of this morning in which
the names of some members of the 
family figure quite conspicuously,
and which should be answerd.  I un-
-derstand the game well.  This is only
a premonitory symptom of a concocted 
plan yet to be developed.  The object
of this scheme is to influence Mr Polk
if possible, to dismiss from office the
few remaining friends of the 
last administration who have been
fortunate enough to escape the 
present carnage.  Bennett has,
as usual, been paid for its in-
-sertion at so many cents a word
or with so many dollars for the
use of his paper.  He of course
does not believe one single
word in the article, and no 
doubt laughs in his sleeve at
the credulity, which, were [?]

by malice, can be made to swallow
such enormous lying,  What the fellow
says about my father or myself 
is unimportant.  All those persons
who know us, and that are numera
would, I honestly believe, without an 
individual exception, express their
convictions that we are incapable 
or doing a mean, or ungentleman
act.
The Ex-President has never 
uttered a word, I am sure, about
Mr Polk, good, bad, or indifferent,
and does not give the subject of
Politics a thought, now that the
Texas question is settled.  After 
much toil and sacrifice for his
Country, which I verily believe
no other man in political life
in the Union would have encoun
-terd under similar circumstances,
and, for which, a Party he saved and
a country he prosperd with the 
sweat & agony of his heart, have

only torturd & reviled him, he has 
retired, I hope forever, into the quiet
and dignity of Private life.  What 
more, as a private citizen, should he
desire, than he [?].  He has a sweet
and blooming wife, a sufficient for-
-tune, a beautiful estate that he loves
to cultivate, and lives in the middle
of a proper family attached to him, 
and who give him daily proofs
of their affection and respect.  Moreover,
he scarcely ever opens a newspaper,
and thus happily escapes the snarls of
"[Tray], [Blanche], & Sweetheart" and, "all
the little Dogs" of Politicians, editors & others,
that bark at him, and whose fice-
-like voices, even if he did happen
to hear them, would no more disturb 
him, than the moon is disturbed in
the equanimity of its course by the 
baying of a hound.  The Man who
killd the Bank and who has shown
how the govennment & country can
prosper without a Bank, annexed

Texas, made the Chinese Treaty, & settled 
the North Eastern Boundary cannot be
[?], caught temporarily , by all
the vociferous [?] of these miserable 
creatures.  God forgive them.  He needs
but one thing more, which he will
yet live to have, the justice of
his country.  It is the country's fault, not
his, that he has yet to await it.
Whatever opinion I may
entertain of Mr Polk in a personal
point of view, and no reasonable
person has a right to expect that
my feelings should be very warm
towards him, I shall in my
humble way, with my vote at the
Ballot Box, and with my speech 
if necessary, sustain his admi-
-nistration, if it continues Republi
-can.  Indeed it would be strange
if I did not sustain my fathers
own measures.  I regard Mr Polk
as having been made president by 
the [?] & the Texas question & the
Democratic Party as having been

preserved by them, and so must]
worry other truthful men. So far 
I believe the Administration has 
started nothing new. The Secretary 
of the Treasury is [?] the 
place of the [?] administration 
in reference to the sure [?] of the 
Public monies & it may be that 
their plan will be adopted [in] 
lieu of the Sub Treasury, [?] 
being entertaind by [many] 
prudent men, that the revival 
of the Sub Treasury, will only 
have the effect of reviving a 
U States Bank, & the Country 
[?] no more experiments.
I write you at the moment, hastily,
but this infamous [article] in the 
Herald, should be at once answerd, 
and the [prospect] of these de-

detestable vermin nipped in the bud.

Believe me
Very Truly Your friend
Ro Tyler

A Gardiner

My dear Alex;
Would it not be well to 
publish the above in some paper. 
You can give it [what] [?] 
You choose. I have written at 
the present hastily, but I think 
that precisely such an article
is needed. I hope all are 
[well]. My love to all.
Yr
Ro

If you publish this letter, at the bottom in 
the paper in which it is published the 
editor can make the proper
comment. The object is to make 
the [matter] public, as having 
two sides & to clean the President
of all abuse of Public. These 
people wish to belittle the President, my
object is to put him above them.

Alexander Gardiner Eq.
New York City
Clerk of U. S. Court