John Tyler, Jr., Washington City, D.C., to Martha Rochelle [Mattie] Tyler, 1871

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Box 4, Folder 2

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Hopes he enjoyed the wedding fesitivites; there can be no doubt that the only chance of happiness is in the marriage relationship; outside of that all is discontent; at length one may wish for death as a relief from loneliness; such were his thoughts during the Carnival of Washington City yesterday and the day before; in the midst of it all he was never so lonely and perfectly willing to be at rest; yet the Carnival was a perfect climax to the madness of the last 10 years; it diverted the public from the loss of liberty they have suffered, to debauchery and bestiality; it is a government of oligarchy and tyranny; he thinks this privately as the press is as corrupt as the people and their rulers; no journal from the South will be considered; all is lost worth living for; no existing party can save the country; the parties want only power, not service to the public; the nation is marching to the Red Sea of Carnage; the constitutional system is terminated and despotism must follow; the Enforcement Act has passed congressl and the Legislature of Virginia sold themselves to the North and East throug hthe Pennsylvania Centra Railroad, thereby imperiling the alliance between the South and West. 7 pp. ALS. Including AN by John Tyler, Jr. endorsing letter. 1 p.

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