Alexandria Gazette

A FAIR HIT.
From the New York Star.

To my supporters in Tammany Hall and elsewhere:

A committee from Tammany Hall having waited upon me, with assurances that I can have the regular nomination in the place of Mr. Cambreleng, if I will come out in defence of the Post Office and retract the charge against Van Buren, that he opposed the clause in the new constitution that lets in the votes of poor men, proper to say, that nothing was further from my views in coming before the sovereign people, than to interfere with the prospects of Mr. Cambreleng. He has a practical knowledge of the stock business, to which I make no pretensions, and as a commercial representative may be preferred by the merchants, on account of his knowledge of the Scotch system of banking, and his intention to bring over a branch from Scotland to take the place of the mammoth. I am opposed to all systems of banking, including the Scotch.

As to a defence of the post office, Mr. Cambreleng having made no allusion to this subject in his speech at the late meeting, I will make a single remark, and that is, that in my opinion there has been no occasion on which our venerable chief has shown more real moral courage than in retaining the invaluable services of the Postmaster General after that insulting vote of the Senate, the American House of Lords.

The charge against Mr. Van Buren, concerning his effort to bring a branch into Albany, and the other charge, I cannot retract—they are true—the evidence is on record; and that is the reason why they are not denied.

As to Cambreleng, I make this proposition to settle the difficulty and contention among our friends. There will soon be a great meeting at Tammany Hall; we will both address the people on that occasion, and let them, after hearing our respective speeches, decide between us. If at that meeting Mr. Cambreleng comes forward to address the people, Roswell Saltonstall will follow him. If Mr. Cambreleng does not come forward on that occasion, the vox populi will proclaim the victory for
Sept. 19th, 1834.
ROSWELL SALTONSTALL.

P. S. The violent opposition Mr. Cambreleng's friends are getting up against the State Prison, I cannot account for. For my part I think it a very useful institution, and if it would draw in all its circulation before November, there would be no doubt about my election.
ROSWELL SALTONSTALL.