John Tyler, Jr., Tallahassee, Florida, to W.A. Cave, Salem, Faquier County, Virginia, 1871
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Will endeavor to explain his reasons for endorsing President Grant; the Democratic Party betrayed the South by accepting the compromise of 1850; he no longer looks to the past for political guidance but to the present and future needs; like Sallust, he has decided to support the ruling party so he can help direct the course it will take; foresees the breakup of Democratic Party and joining with conservative Republicans; Republicans have adopted practices first used by the Democrats under Andrew Jackson; abolitionist vote determined who won the 1848 election - if Taylor's party has not pleased them, they would have gone over to the Democrats; Democratic Party has practiced the same "deceptive professions and false actions" as Southerners now accuse the Republican Party as practicing; the Democratic Party; because of what it did during Pres. James K. Polk's administration, caused the late war; if Southerners continue the way they are going, they will lose those liberties they still have; the South can be saved only if it looks to the president for protection; the forces of agrarianism are forces of anarchy; if the South doesn't reform, it will be destroyed. 69 pp. ALS.
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